Cloudy Implications

The Arrival of Kiaka.

"This blows." Odd said to Ulrich and Jeremie who were sitting behind him, while watching his teacher lecture. She had been going on for 15 minutes and had already managed to put half of the students to sleep.
"Ulrich? Did you even hear me??" He asked.
"What?" Ulrich replied, coming out of the daze he had seemed to be in. He had been thinking about Yumi, which explained his odd attitude toward things. Every time he thought about her he couldn't keep himself from smiling. If only I could tell her how I feel about her.
"Yeah I heard you Odd... but what do you me to do about this boring lecture?"
Odd shrugged and put his forehead down on the desk.
The teacher paused for a moment at the sound of tapping on the door. As she opened it, the principal became visible along with a girl their age.
"Hey, you're not going to go on a rant about this being Aelita are you Jeremie?" Ulrich questioned.
"Give it up already, you know that the other girl did kindof look like Aelita. This one... not a bit."
"She's pretty." Odd said quietly, looking at the girl.
The girl had long brown hair, and was wearing a white tank top, and a short black skirt with a pair of knee high black boots.
"Ladies and gentleman, I'd like to introduce you to a new student. This is Kiaka. Why don't you tell your fellow students where you're from Kiaka?"
She looked at him uneasily. "I'd rather not. They probably haven't heard of it anyway."
"Just give it a shot."
"I've lived in a lot of places." She said. He gestured for her to go on. "The last place I lived was a place called Lyoko. You wouldn't have heard of it." She said anxiously.
"How could she be from Lyoko, Jeremie?!" Ulrich whispered.
"I don't know... maybe we should talk to her." He responded.
"Not me. I've already got girl problems." Ulrich said.
"How about you go sit down over there next to Odd?" They heard the teacher tell Kiaka.
Within a few moments she had reached the desk looking very timid. The teacher had continued to ramble before she had sat down, so she took her seat as quietly as she could. Jeremie poked Odd in the back.
"So... you're from Lyoko?" He asked her. She gave him an awkward glance.
"Oh, sorry... my name's Odd. It's nice to meet you... Kiaka.. right?"
She nodded her head to him in agreement. He thought for a moment before responding again.
"Can I call you Kiks? It's easier to remember." He asked, leaning his head on his hand and looking at her.
"Sure... I don't like my name anyway. People always get stupid nicknames like kiki and Kiki Monster out of it."
"But Kiks doesn't bother you?"
"Nah." She answered, shaking her head. "You know about Lyoko?"
"Yeah. I'm a Xana fighter I suppose you would say. How do you... how did you live there?"
"I don't know how I got there. I just did, I went through visualation somehow... I'm just not sure how. I was practically turned into a computer program by Xana. He tried to turn me into one of his annoying henchmen, but it didn't work out. I escaped from him and ran into Aelita... do you know her?"
"Do I ever. The love of her life's sitting right behind you."
Kiks glanced at Jeremie.
"You're Jeremie?" At the sound of his name he began to blush.
"Aelita told you about me?"
"Of course. She says you're her best friend...and that you're trying to materialize her..."
"Yeah."
"So far all he's gotten is a piece of her hair." Ulrich chimed in.
"And what's your name?" Kiks asked.
"Ulrich. You'll have to meet Yumi. She's the other one of us."
"Out of curiosity, did you just kill yourself in Lyoko to get materialized?"
"No Xana made that impossible. I was attached to an odd sort of router... where he could let me leave, but my only way out was threw him." "So how did you get out?"
"I don't remember... I'm sorry. I think I went threw and outlet just like he does, but it's still hazy."
"Understandable." Jeremie replied. "How long have you been out?"
"A few days."
"Would you like to see Aelita?"
"I'd love to!"
"Just follow us after class."

As they walked down the hallway towards Jeremie's room, Kiks and Jeremie talked a lot about mistakes in the materialization process, and kept a few paces ahead of Odd and Ulrich.
"Is something wrong Ulrich? Don't you like Kiks?" Odd asked.
"Yeah. She's cool I guess. I just don't like the idea of working with something that Xana made."
"That's someone and he didn't make her. I'd just think of her as a good bad guy. Could only help us right?"
"Yeah."
"That's not what's wrong with you... you're thinking about Yumi again aren't you?"
"What would make you think that?"
"You get all quiet and daze-like when you think of Yumi."
Ulrich's face began to turn red.
"It's okay Ulrich... we all know you like her. Maybe you should just tell her?"
"It's not that easy. You wouldn't understand! Just leave me alone for a little while okay, Odd?"
Odd gave an unwilling nod as they all walked into Jeremie's room. Jeremie turned on the computer and called for Aelita, within a moment she had appeared on the screen.
"Jeremie. Hi!"
"Look who we found Aelita. She says she knows you."
Aelita turned and looked to the other side, her vision setting on Kiks.
"Kiaka! Nice to see you made it out... soon I should be materialized like you. Right Jeremie?"
"Right."
"Have you met everyone yet?"
"Everyone but Yumi." Jeremie responded for her.
"What do you think of the guys?"
"They're all very nice Aelita. You have very caring friends."
Aelita smiled and began to speak more when the door opening interrupted the conversation. Yumi walked in casually, saying hello to Odd and Ulrich when she noticed the new comer.
"Who are you?" She asked confusedly.
"I'm Kiaka... I'm new here."
"Odd nicknamed her Kiks. Seems to stick easy enough." Ulrich said quietly without looking at Yumi.

"She's from Lyoko Yumi!" Odd exclaimed happily. "She's going to help us out... aren't you?"
"You... want me to?" She asked in a shocked tone.
"Well of course! It would even us out... three girls and three guys? Why not?"
"Because I'm not..." She fell into silence.
"Because Xana made you?" Ulrich asked, still avoiding eye contact. Everyone looked at him and quickly back to Kiks. She nodded.
"I should go. I have to find out where I'm staying." She headed for the door with her head down.
"Hey now!" Yumi said, grabbing her by the arm. "You don't even know what room you're staying in?"

"No. I have to go ask the principal."
"You can stay with me." Yumi resolved. "Here. Uh—go to room 113, and wait for me there. Make yourself at home."
"Thank you." Kiks said, nodding her gratitude to Yumi and walking out the door silently. Once she had left everyone turned and looked at Ulrich.
"What was that all about Ulrich?"
"She was made by Xana. I just thought that that might have been why she was hesitant about joining us. I mean, what if she's one of Xana's pawns. What if she's just here to cause problems?"
"Ulrich, she's there to escape from Xana. I can assure you that she is not one of Xana's warriors. She fights for good, I know... I've seen her." Aelita said quietly. "She's saved my life on multiple occasions. Xana is after her because she poses a threat to him. Kiaka, or Kiks if you will, was made for his use... so he put many features into her programming that could help you. For one, she can sense me and give you a fairly accurate reading of where I am at all times based on my computer code. Not to mention that her Lyokian form is an upgraded version of Odd's."
"She has my form?" Odd asked.
"It's more advanced than yours."
"What else can she do? Is she special enough to disable towers?" Jeremie joked.
"Actually... Yes." Aelita answered. "Not disable them, but she has a code that can pause their actions until I get around to disable them."
The whole group gaped at the computer intelligence.
"And I take it that that is the main reason that Xana is after her?" Ulrich commented.
Aelita nodded.
"Well then what are we waiting for?!" Odd shouted. "I say we get Ulrich to go apologize and add her to our team. After all... we are a giant group on Xana wanted, aren't we?"
"You think she's pretty." Jeremie said.
"Well..." He blushed. "That too I guess."
They all laughed.
"I'll go talk to her." Yumi said as she walked out of the room.
Ulrich watched her leave and watched the door after she had gone. Jeremie had just finished powering down the computer, Aelita's last words reaching out to Ulrich. 'Please give her a chance Ulrich.' So I know that I can trust her. But how much could she possibly help? One of these days Xana is going to get the best of us. We've already lost Aelita once.
"Come on Odd, we should probably go ahead and leave."
"Alright. See you tomorrow Jeremie." He said as he followed Ulrich out.