Chesrook: And I'm back.
Lister: That was fast.
Chesrook: Yes, well, I wanted to get it to the people and-
Sakura: Oh, please! You're bored, you're still waiting for your video card, and this is all you can think of doing!
Chesrook: Alright, fine! I AM bored out of my mind! At least the VC's coming soon.
Sakura: And that's a good thing how?
Chesrook: Look, you guys may hate this, but can I just please get on with this? Lister, say the disclaimer.
Lister: Fine. Chessrook44 owns none of the characters in the story except for me and N.
Chesrook: Right. On we go then.
"Call me N," said the figure. "I am your trainer."
Ulrich narrowed his eyes. "What do you want with us?"
"Why did you take Aelita?" Yumi yelled.
"Trainer? What in the world are you talking about?" Odd asked.
The figure-N-turned towards Odd. "My purpose," he said. "I am here to train you. As I mentioned before, you three are pathetic. When you face Xana, you will all die one..." he pointed at Odd. "...by one..." Ulrich "...by one..." Yumi "...by one." Aelita.
"Xana will NEVER defeat us!" Ulrich yelled, and charged towards N. N drew his blade and held it above his head, prepared. Just as Ulrich reached within cutting range of N, N twisted to the side. The next thing Ulrich knew, he was lying on his back, his blade 5 feet from him, N's blade at his throat. A moment later, Ulrich heard some sort of whirling. Next, N jumped into the air out of Ulrich's view, and a split second later, he saw Yumi's fan fly above him right where N had been standing. He then heard shots and turned his head to see N leaping from tree to tree, Odd's arrows flying everywhere. Ulrich sprang up and ran to his sword. However, a number of four-pointed steel stars landed at his feet. A second later, N flew down, grabbed Ulrich's sword, and leapt forward again. Ulrich felt another of Odd's arrows fly by his ear. He twisted around to find Yumi gearing up for another attack while Odd finished off his last arrows and N jumped to the ground in the middle of the clearing, landing with his feet splayed apart, the two blades in his hands held outwards. Yumi wasted no time in throwing her fan, but at the last second, N whirled around and brought the two blades together, piercing Yumi's fan and saving himself.
For 5 seconds the scene remained unchanged: Ulrich staring at N in shock, Yumi's hand frozen in place from throwing her fan, Odd holding his arms out as if about to fire another arrow, and Aelita simply staring at it all from behind a nearby tree.
Jeremy was the one who broke the silence. "Incredible," he said. "I've never seen anything so... so fast and accurate!"
"You attack in haste and anger," said N. He then removed the fan from the blades. "This will be your downfall." He tossed the fan and the blade to their respective owners and sheathed his own katana. "Unless you practice and learn how to fight such impulses. And I can teach you that. I can teach you patience, accuracy, control, agility, strength, and speed. Without these abilities, Xana will destroy you."
"Who are you?" Yumi said angrily.
"I told you. I am N." he replied.
"No. WHO are you?" Yumi said forcefully.
N narrowed his eyes, understanding. "I am N," he said. "And I am as alive as Aelita."
"Then who created you?" asked Odd.
"I... I do not know. I only know my purpose here, and that is to train you." He stood there and closed his eyes. "You shall return here to this very spot every day at this exact same time. Please allow me a week to fully prepare your... tests." Ulrich thought he noticed what might be a smile under N's face covering. "Class dismissed," he said with a chuckle, and leapt upwards and disappeared into the forest.
/That's all/ N thought as he leapt through the trees. /they have the message. Now I must begin the construction./
The gang was gathered in the computer room, Aelita on the screen.
"Well, guys, what do you think?" Jeremy asked.
Yumi frowned. "I don't trust him," she said. "He kidnapped Aelita and almost killed us."
"Except he didn't," Odd said.
"But he attacked us," Yumi retorted.
"Only after you attacked him," Aelita said. "Listen. While he held me he told me that he was going to train you to defeat Xana. He said it was his purpose on Lyoko and he will let nothing stop him. He then said that the dagger he held contained a powerful poison that, once injected into one's body, would destroy them here on Lyoko, and they shall cease to exist. I said then that I was a program and immune to poisons. He then said that most poisons are chemical, but this one consisted of a virus. It would kill anyone. I asked him why he didn't just use it on Xana, and he said that it wasn't his purpose. We didn't say anything else besides that."
"Why are you telling us this?" Jeremy asked.
"As long as I'm here, he can kill me," Aelita said. "You have no choice but to co-operate. I'm sorry."
"So it's blackmail," Yumi said angrily.
"It seems so," Jeremy said. "But we need to make a decision. Should we trust him or not? Let's sleep on it and decide later. We do have a week, anyway."
"Right," Ulrich said. "Come on, Jeremy, let's head back to school."
Chesrook: OK, I'm just going to end it there. Sorry the chappie's so short, but, anyway...
Lister: Is there something you haven't been telling us, Ches?
Chesrook: sigh Alright, listen. Part of the reason I haven't written more for my other story is the fact that all my data is gone.
Sakura: What do you mean?
Chesrook: Some virus or something completely screwed up the family comp, which had all the story data, not to mention all my saved games and such. When my uncle managed to look through it, it turned out that my entire account had been erased. The stories may be on fanfiction, but the originals are gone. I want to keep things in order, and this completely screwed it up.
Lister: Ouch.
Chesrook: Yeah. Well, there's my reason, happy? Well, please review. Seeya.