Notes: Some of you are gonna kill me for making Sissy a Digidestined. Some of you are going to faint from shock. I assure you that I am one of them. Maybe 13 is just an unlucky chapter.
The title of the chapter comes from Teen Valkire, an original series that I'm working on. In Teen Valkire the monsters that are manifested as a part of a characters minds are called Mana (plural Manae.) The chapter title is meant to suggest that there is something seriously wrong with Sissy, but that none of the Lyoko crew really cares. After all, they're the Lyoko crew, not the Valkire, any semblance of caring would be OOC. In this chapter its up to Kathy to work things out and help Sissy to come into her own as a digidestined.
Chapter 14- Sissy's Manae and the DanceKathy followed Sissy into the gym. She wasn't to be seen. Then she saw Sissy round a corner into an alcove near the far side of the gym. Kathy followed, it was dark and dusty. "Sissy!" She hissed.
"Sissy come out, I know you're in here."
"Sissy, you're like I am aren't you?"
"Hn."
"You're a warrior, you have power. I sensed it in you when you grabbed me."
"Go AWAY!" Sissy snarled.
A water main creaked and sprayed a spurt of water at Kathy.
"Water? You're the warrior of water aren't you?" Kathy used her elemental powers to suck up the water into her hands.
"I have control over water yeah. I don't know what you mean by warrior though." She said, eyeing Kathy suspiciously. "Anything water related I've always been able to do, and water can't harm me either."
Kathy sighed and opened her backpack for Blancamon to come out. "Hello!" Blancamon said happily, bouncing up and down on the mat.
"Ever see one of these before?"
"What IS that?" Sissy asked, looking over at Kathy with round eyes.
"It's a digimon, her name is Blancamon. She's my partner." Kathy explained. "The digimon are our friends, well, most of them are. I'm a digidestined and a Neo Legendary Warrior. You're a NeoLegendary warrior too. We've been looking for you, my fellow warriors and I. There are ten of us, but we haven't found everybody yet."
"How do you know?" Sissy asked.
"I sensed it. And..." she whipped out her laptop and began scanning. "I knew it. You have a DNA tag like I do."
"A what?" Sissy asked, looking over Kathy's shoulder in amazement.
"A DNA tag is the gene on the eleventh chromosome that gives us our power. My power is over wood. Yours is obviously over water." Kathy gestured for Sissy to sit next to her. "It's a long story, and it all has to do with the digimon." Kathy explained. "They have a world of their own, which is closely tied to the human world. The digimon world is called the digital world. As warriors, its our job to protect the digital world, because if the digital world falls, so will the real one. The digital world is mostly protected by the digidestined. Yumi is one, she's also the warrior of wind. Jeremy is a digidestined. And so are Ken and Davis."
"That's what you were doing this afternoon!" Sissy accused. "You went to this digital world place!"
"That's right. We had to get Jeremy his digimon and digiegg." Kathy explained. "I wasn't allowed to bring his gear into the real world. Only Jeremy could connect. Yumi's been a digidestined for about a week now, so she helped protect everyone." Kathy was bringing up appropriate diagrams on the screen. "But a long time ago the digital world was protected by the Legendary Warriors and the Digimon Tamers. The tamers are all grown up by now. But for awhile the Legendary Warriors were believed to be dead. They really weren't, but that was beside the point. The digital world needed new legendary warriors. So the powers that are there decided to create new legendary warriors. This time, they were born, not made. So they tagged the power to the DNA of unborn human children and let them grow up a bit before bringing them to the digital world. But the documentation of who was who was destroyed, so Gennai and his counterparts had to find us the hard way, but luck and thorough searching."
Sissy was doing something that she had never done in her life. She was trembling. "I... I suppose it all makes sense... I... I never thought there would be others like me... people who could... who were different. So I kept myself away from others... I wouldn't let them near me." Sissy trembled.
"We'll see each other again Sissy. Meet me at the school computer labs tomorrow afternoon." Kathy said, she shut her laptop, got up and left.
"Wait!" Sissy cried, standing. "When will I see..." She realized Kathy was gone. "You again?" She sighed, dejected and flopped back onto the mat to take a rest.
Odd heard the pounding of the bass from his room. "IT'S TIME!" He cried happily. "It's time... t...t...t... TIME!" He sang as he bounced around the dorm room. He checked his hair one last time, holstered his cell phone in case of an emergency, grabbed his CD's and ran from the room. DJ Odd was on his way to the party.
Davis was waiting outside the door to the gym. "Odd! Check me out!" He whirled around for Odd to take in his outfit.
Davis was wearing a burgundy red silk shirt with the top few buttons open, revealing rippling muscles, not as impressive as Ken's of course, but enough to set Odd drooling. He also wore tight black jeans. "DAVIS YOU'RE GORGEOUS!" Odd cried, glomping him and snuggling his face between Davis' shoulder blades.
Ken rolled his eyes as he and Wormon passed him. "Ken, I'll be over on the bleachers if you need me." Wormon snuck over to a position where he and Demiveemon could watch the whole dance.
Ken passed them, rolled his eyes, and searched the gym for Jeremy. He wasn't sure how, but tonight would be the night he'd tell Jeremy how he felt. There he was, Jeremy was sitting on the bleachers, about two tiers down from Demiveemon and Wormon.
Odd watched as Ken took up a position directly opposite the gym from Jeremy. "Damnit." Davis rolled his eyes. "He promised."
"Promised what?" Odd asked as he pulled Davis out onto the dancefloor. Odd had an arm around Davis' waist and was leading very deftly.
"He promised me he'd tell Jeremy how he feels about him tonight." Davis explained.
"You're kidding. Ken likes Jeremy?" Odd demanded in a voice that didn't carry beyond the two of them.
"Yup. But he's really shy about it." Davis explained.
"You know..." Odd said thoughtfully as they made their way to where Yumi was dancing with Ulrich, "I think that Jeremy just might feel the same way. I've got an idea, if you'll excuse me for a moment." He slipped away through the crowd just as a fast hip hop song came on.
"Hurry back!" Davis called.
A few seconds later Odd was back. "I'll work on Jeremy, you go to Ken." He said cheerfully. "We'll dance until the song comes on."
A few minutes later the slow song came to an end. Then Odd's chosen song began to play. It was intense, it portrayed a yearning. But who would have expected anything less of a song written by Mellissa Etheridge.
I know you're homeYou left your light on
You know I'm here
The night is thin
I know you're alone
I watched the car leave
Your lover is gone
Let me in
Odd went over to Jeremy and plopped down on the bleachers next to him. "Now's your chance Einstein."
Jeremy didn't look up. "My chance for what Odd?" He asked innocently.
"Your chance to tell Ken how you feel about him." Answered Odd.
Open your back doorI just need to touch you once more
Jeremy jumped about a mile. "What makes you think that I've fallen in love with Ken? You know I'm interested in Aelita."
"I don't think you are. You've been all Ken this and Ken that ever since you've got your crest, since before that even. Don't think I haven't noticed."
I want to come overTo Hell with the consequence
You told me you love me
That's all I believe
I want to come over
It's a need I can't explain
To see you again
I want to come over
Jeremy turned to Odd. His eyes gave Odd chills. They were sad, haunted, yearning.
I know your friendYou told her about me
She filled you with fear
Some kind of sin
How can you turn
Denying the fire
Lover I burn
Let me in
Davis went over to Ken. "Ken, now's your chance. Go ask Jeremy to dance and guide him over to the mat corner so you can make out!"
Open your back doorI just need to touch you once more
"I can't... I mean... I want to... but... I'm scared."
"Well get up the courage to get him onto the dance floor!" Davis tugged at Ken's arm
I want to come overTo Hell with the consequence
You told me you love me
That's all I believe
I want to come over
It's a need I can't explain
To see you again
I want to come over
Ken followed Davis over to where Jeremy was sitting at the same time Odd convinced Jeremy to come over to where Ken was standing. They met in the smack middle of the gym. "Uh... Jeremy..." Ken flushed.
"I was wondering if you..." Jeremy began.
"Would you dance with me?" They asked at once.
I know you're confusedI know that you're shaken
You think we'll be lost
Once we begin
Odd and Davis backed off, Ken swept Jeremy into his grip and pulled him into a dance. They moved tentatively, getting used to the feel of each other's arms.
I know that you're weak
I know that you want me
Lover don't speak
Let me in
As the song approached the final chorus Jeremy and Ken slipped away into the corner that Sissy had vacated a few hours previous. The janitor had fixed the pipe Sissy's power had broken and dried up the mess, and now it made the perfect make out corner. Ken gently pushed Jeremy onto the mat and climbed on himself. He snuggled next to him.
I wanna come overTo Hell with the consequence
You told me you loved me
That's all I believe
"Kiss me..." Jeremy begged softly.
And Ken did just that, he pulled Jeremy into a long, gentle, tender kiss. Electricity seemed to ripple through them both. Jeremy felt as though his body were on fire, and every fiber of his being, body, heart and mind yearned for Ken's touch, for his kiss.
They pulled apart, panting. "Dorm?" Jeremy asked, panting.
"If you say so." Ken grinned, scooping Jeremy up and leading him back to Jeremy's dorm.
I wanna come overIt's a need I can't explain
To see you again
I wanna come over
Aelita was grinning from ear to ear on the monitor as she waited. Kathy, whom she'd been talking too on another line in the digital world rolled her eyes. "What is it Aelita?"
"I predict Jeremy and Ken will walk through that door in five... four... three... two..." The door opened and Aelita winked out. "Told you!" She giggled. "Jeremy told me that he'd make tonight the night!"
"Looks like they did."
Unaware of their friends' speculation, Jeremy and Ken reveled in each other's being, one in body, mind and soul.
Okay, the fic is nearly done. Whoo hooo! There's just one thing left to do. HOWHOWHOWHOWHOW are the Lyoko Crew gonna take care of problems in the digital world? Well, I'll do the Epilogue in the next chapter and you'll find out!