A/N: It's June! Summer is around the corner.. Time flies. Enjoy the read xD..

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko! Only my imagination :)!

"So, remind me, why are we doing this again?" Ulrich stood behind Jeremie, who was seated in front of the computer screens in the private lab. "Because they want to," the blond-haired answered paired with a shrug of his shoulders and then pointed to Aelita and Odd. The former cousins were standing apart, back facing back. Ulrich and Jeremie were currently ignoring them.

"Too bad Yumi couldn't come," he added. Ulrich scratched his head. "Yeah, she said she had an exam coming up and won't leave her apartment until she's done studying," Ulrich explained. "Doesn't she have to work on Monday? Is one weekend enough time? Or do you grant her days off?" Jeremie inquired after the details while he tapped away on his keyboard. He was touching up some functions for the training mode in the limited edition.

"She took some time off, because it's the most difficult subject of this semester," Ulrich replied. "Ah," Jeremie continued programming. "Okay guys. It's done. Just log into the game. You'll still see New Game, Continue Game and Training Mode as your first options. Choose the last one, it has been extended. Now you'll be able to train together or in your case against each other," he sighed before resuming his explanation.

"And when we press Training Mode, it'll ask which game mode you want, Lyoko or the game's original. Only if you press Lyoko, you'll have access to playing a match against one another. Remember, you're still in Training Mode. It won't change your actual game stats. And of course, this is to remain a secret. These options won't arrive until later in the original game, for normal players that is," he revealed.

"He's talking to you Odd," Aelita spoke up, still facing a wall. "Really? I hadn't noticed!" Odd spun around. "Einstein, you better pay attention. I will be defeating your girlfriend soon," he warned him. "Whatever you say Odd," Jeremie shrugged again. "Are you guys ready?" He asked, but when he looked around the room the bickering duo had already logged into the game.

"So what happened between them?" Ulrich asked. "I have no idea," Jeremie shook his head. "Great," Ulrich plopped down on the floor. "What will they be doing?"

"Much like your match against Aelita when she was possessed by XANA, they will be having a sword fight until we have a winner," Jeremie explained. "But Aelita was good at that time. I don't think Odd has ever handled a sword properly," Ulrich pointed out. "Yeah, but Aelita was possessed. Except for that moment, I don't think Aelita has ever held a sword nor has she ever had any training," he defended her. "Okay, how many rounds do they play?" Ulrich asked.

"Three," Jeremie held up three fingers.

Round one

"Ready? Go!" Jeremie shouted. After seeing their friends trying to swipe across each other, Ulrich couldn't contain his laughter. "What are they doing? Fencing? Tap dance?" He remarked as he watched the game on the holographic display. Aelita and Odd were only grazing sword tips as they moved back and forth. "You should turn on the sound. Maybe we can find out what their problem is," Ulrich said. "I already did," Jeremie stated.

Meanwhile in the game

"Are you regretting your actions now, princess?" Odd casually dodged Aelita's stab at his chest. "I don't think there will be anything to regret," Aelita said, trying to stab Odd again. "If you hadn't been so dumb as to do what you did, nothing would have happened," she angrily told him while swiping at him between words. "It was inevitable, we didn't hide it well enough," Odd said, blocking and dodging her blows. "That's the point. You don't understand. We haven't been found out for years. Then you just spill the secret like that!? Tell me why I'm not supposed to be angry at you?" She asked him.

"It was just a slip of the tongue. At least I didn't specify all the details!" Odd defended himself.

"UGH!" Aelita cried out, hacking away at his shoulders. She then performed a perfect low kick. Odd landed on his back. Aelita mercilessly finished him off, getting her a lead in their match.

Back at the lab

"Okay… that doesn't really clarify," Ulrich said. He and Jeremie had overheard the conversation. "Do you know what they're talking about?" Ulrich asked. The blond haired shook his head. "No, but she must have been upset at Odd. She wasn't really all that happy during work either. I guess that's what her idea for this emergency meet up was for," he said.

Round 2

"Ready? Go!" Jeremie started off another round. This time they seemed to have picked up the tricks to using a sword. Both of them had improved. "That's more like it," Ulrich crossed his arms and continued playing judge. "How do you think you'd do Jeremie?" The person in question rose one eyebrow. "Let's just say we're probably better off not even imagining it," he calmly stated, taking off his glasses to clean them. Ulrich grinned and continued watching the game.

In the game

"So, are you regretting your actions Odd?" Aelita asked. "I might," he said as he pressed his way forward more aggressively. He swung his sword at her from the left. Aelita managed to parry it, but wasn't prepared for the low kick that followed. Aelita fell over his feet and landed on her back, much like her opponent in the previous round. "Payback time, princess," Odd smiled at her and brought down his sword. Aelita put out hers in time to hear a loud clanging noise. She was safe, for now. She kicked him in his stomach and rolled away. Odd had staggered backwards.

They went at each other again until eventually they were pushing back and forth trying to gain the upper hand. Odd won and Aelita lost her sword to his force, but not without hitting his hand. It made Odd lose his weapon as well. Aelita tackled him to the ground and Odd endured it.

"You know princess, this position won't please our genius doing the computer work up there," Odd pointed upwards. "Seems like old habits die hard," Aelita's eyes followed his hand and she snickered. "Yeah, you can't blame me," he said. "Yes, I can," Aelita referred to the original topic of their conversation.

In the lab

"Aren't they taking it a bit too far?" Jeremie got up. Ulrich laughed. "Hard to say with those two." Jeremie retrieved his own device from a locker in the room. "What are you going to do?" Ulrich asked him, pointing to the electronic disk in his friend's hand. "Going to stop them, they're being idiots," he answered. "I guess it is plain stupid," Ulrich shrugged.

"Just monitor from there," Jeremie waved about with his hand, indicating his seat and the screens. "Right," Ulrich said. "And what if something goes wrong?"

"I seem to remember you are very good at reading instructions from my notes. So just check them if you need it," Jeremie was a little annoyed at the closeness Odd and Aelita were showing. Even if they were grappling like kids. "Ouch, that's bringing back some foul memories of the past. That was uncalled for. It's not like I can return to the past now," Ulrich paused. "Can we?"

"Nope, I erased the program. So you're safe. Sorry for the jab," Jeremie told him as he logged in.

"Too bad," Ulrich thought about how things would have gone if he could transport himself back to any particular moment in time where he tried to ask Yumi out and actually see it through. "But it's better like this."

Round 3

"Guys, can you please stop your nonsense?" Jeremie interfered their never-ending second round. "How nice of you to drop by Einstein," Odd said, holding of Aelita. "Will you please get off him now?" Jeremie asked his girlfriend. She was stunned. "Uhm, yeah, sure."

After separation, the three of them were standing in a triangle. "Look, this fight will result in nothing but more stress. You will not be able to come to an agreement like this. Let's log out, sit and talk. I think you owe us for being all secretive behind our backs," he tried to reason with them.

"She's acting like I've destroyed the universe!" Odd spread his arms for emphasis. "I'm just saying you could have thought twice about it. It's all about trust Odd. You broke the promise," Aelita explained.

"That's all fine, but can we have this conversation in the lab?" Jeremie asked, still unaware about what was bothering Aelita.

Odd and Aelita held him back.

"I understand, but you're overreacting princess. If Yumi would have done it, you wouldn't have been so mad," Odd brought up.

"That's a different matter. And I don't see how she would have a reason to," Aelita crossed her arms.

"This is ridiculous guys. Let's just talk about this with the whole group," Jeremie tried again, eyes widening at the mention of Yumi's name.

"No, Odd doesn't realize what he has done," she stubbornly stood her ground. Odd didn't budge either. Jeremie sighed and walked away. The other two ignored him.

Then they heard clanging noise of metal on metal again. Both of them looked around until they saw Jeremie approaching. "What's he doing…?" Odd and Aelita backed away.

Back at the lab

Ulrich's phone rang. "Hey Yumi, what's up?"

"Nothing, I'm taking a break and just felt like asking how you guys are doing," Yumi told him.

"Well… I'm watching an interesting show," he said while being surprised at Jeremie's display of sword swinging.

"Huh?"

Ulrich explained all of it.

"Why are they fighting?" She asked.

"I don't know," he said. "But Jeremie went in to stop them and he's now holding their swords."

"Too bad I have to miss that," she said. "It would be funnier if the others had their swords as well."

"That would be hilarious, but I have no idea how to do that," he paused and looked at the notebook next to the keyboard. "Or maybe, I do," he smirked. Ulrich skimmed through the pages until he found what he was looking for.

"Okay so, this and this and then this… There, done," he proudly told her. Yumi laughed.

"What's happening now?"

In the game..

Aelita was shocked to see a sword appearing in her hands. Odd was amazed when the same thing happened to him. Jeremie attacked them with both swords and his targets blocked without trouble.

"Jeremie, what are you doing?" Aelita asked him. The rookie fighter was silent as he continued to approach them.

"Princess, he's gone mad," Odd said. She hit him with the hilt of her sword.

"Hey! What did I do?" He shouted. "Probably, a lot," she glared at him.

Jeremie started spinning around, keeping his arms spread with swords in his hands.

"Maybe, just maybe, you're right Odd," Aelita admitted when they saw a spinning top Jeremie going crazy. They weren't able to fend off all the hits and went down.

Back in the lab

Ulrich held his stomach while laughing. "If you thought he looked ridiculous years ago, you should see him now," he informed Yumi about the play. "Oh, I think he defeated them," he suddenly stilled. "Or Odd and Aelita gave in?"

"Ah, they're logging out. I'm hanging up," Ulrich told her.

"Okay, I'm going to eat. Then study some more," she said. "Bye."

Ulrich hung up and readied himself to be his friends' welcoming committee...

"Ulrich?" A female voice said.

"Ulrich?!" The same voice called out to him again with a more urgent tone.

He woke up. "What happened?"

"You fell asleep in a bad position," Yumi said, referring to his neck that was bound to be feeling painful now.

"Ah," he sat up straight, rubbing his neck, "what time is it?"

"Closing time. You were out for a pretty long time," Yumi glanced at her watch. "About two hours?"

"I had a weird dream..," he told her.

"Oh? What was it about?" Yumi asked.

"Aelita and Odd cheating behind Jeremie's back while you were aware of it. And all I did was laugh."

A/N: I think the break line in the chapter makes it pretty obvious. But, it's where Ulrich wakes up :P.