Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko... I wish I did, but apparently I don't.
A/N: Well, on with the story. This story is rated for future adult-like situations, contents, possible swearing, blood, and perhaps multiple deaths. Flames are allowed, (cough sticks and stones may break my bones but words typed on the Internet will never harm me cough) since I do believe that knowing the pros and cons to fan fiction can really make a story more enjoyable. It gives you time to think through and see just what the person is talking about, their view on things, and possibly even enhance your story. Nonsensical replies will be frowned upon, but its your thoughts that review my story.
So, to end things... I would just like to say: Please enjoy :]
"Summer break was the greatest!" Odd exclaimed to his friends as they met outside of their school's front gate.
Yumi sighed at her blond hared companion. "We know, Odd. We've been with you the whole summer..."
He blinked questionably then reached a hand behind his head, snickering timidly. "Oh... Yeah, that's right..."
Ulrich and Jeremie shook their heads, sharing laughs with their two friends.
"What surprised me most was that we only encountered Xana 17 times this summer. I wonder what he's up to..." Jeremie began to ponder, Yumi being the one to bring up the reassurance.
"Well, we shouldn't worry... No matter what, we'll stop him, right?" Yumi grinned. "But first, we should conquer these class lists."
"Ulrich dearrrrrrrrrr!" A voice chimed through the air.
"Oh great..." Ulrich sighed, his head hanging towards the ground. "Not now..."
"Oh, Ulrich... Please don't be upset, but I found someone who I really care about... More then you." The love struck Sissy sighed a happy sigh as a boy walked up behind her, dressed within a pair of blue jeans and a white tee shirt. "This is Ray... Ray? Meet Ulrich."
Ulrich looked up to Ray and wanted to laugh. Covering his eyes were a pair of sunglasses that looked more like a windshield covering his face. His hair was purple, dangling down to his ears.
Odd huffed. "Well, Sissy. Glad you're in love with the terminator."
Odd never did like to be left out of social greetings.
Yumi couldn't help herself and snorted into her shoulder. Ulrich laughed at the snort, and began himself. Jeremie was already roaring, leaving Odd with an amused grin.
Ray, however, didn't understand what was so funny. Let alone, he really didn't understand anything at all. He did know who they were already. The group of kids that ventured into Lyoko.
"Don't listen to them, Ray honey." Sissy cooed softly. "They're losers anyway."
Ray shook his head, laughing a bit himself. "No, they're quite funny."
Odd blinked. He had totally dissed the guy and he was laughing? Unbelievable.
Sissy glared at him a bit displeased then shrugged it off anyway. "Come on Ray, we have schedules to pick up before the morning rush."
The boy was about to follow Sissy's lead, but then realized Yumi's existence. He doubled back in footsteps and turned his head to the side to look at her. She looked much different in Lyoko, and all of the images that were uploaded were rather blotchy and etchy.
"Yumi, right?" He addressed to her.
She blinked for a moment, then replied. "Yes. Hi."
Quickly after she rested her arm onto Ulrich's shoulder, as if leaning onto her only grasp of sanity with this strange character around. Ulrich blushed at this, but tried to remain as serious as possible.
Ray shot a glance downwards, then up, then he resumed walking away with Sissy.
"I didn't like that."
"Thanks for that straight answer." Ulrich nodded to Yumi.
"Something doesn't seem right about him..." Jeremie plotted. "He also seems to fit perfectly with some possible Xana activity... What I am trying to get at is, how exactly did he just so happen to know your name?"
Ulrich sensed Yumi's tenseness, but didn't know what to do. He reached a hand up and patted the arm that rested on his shoulder, tossing her a smile of reassurance.
"C'mon, let's go get some breakfast before school. I'm starved!" Odd patted at his stomach, a slight rumble emerging from it.
--Later that same day, at lunch—
"That guy is in almost every one of my classes." Yumi sighed as she set down her tray, taking her seat next to Ulrich. "And Einstein, you may just have a run for your money now..."
"And why do you say that?" Jeremie blinked, looking up from his rice for a mere moment.
"... He answered the teachers questions-"
"Even I can do that!" Odd sighed, finding Yumi a bit off of the crazy end.
"Hush and let me finish!" She rolled her eyes, then resumed. "He answered the teachers questions before she even asked them. I mean, her mouth wouldn't be open to say anything, and he'd just be like 'The answer to the question you are thinking of asking is...'"
"That sounds so weird," Ulrich admitted, finding his appetite diminishing slowly. "But, maybe it was all just the luck of the guess?"
"Highly doubtful." Jeremie said. "There are many questions a teacher can ask relating to a certain topic. The question may not even be related to the previous topic that was being discussed. Such as: One minute, you're talking about plants and the way they use photosynthesis. Next minute, you could be talking about geology. Teachers have a formulated way of teaching different sections from our books, and not all of them always flow together."
"Jeremie, make sure you tell Aelita to keep a watch for any activated towers. If Xana's in the real world..." Ulrich's voice trailed, then Yumi piped up, smiling to him.
"If Xana is in the real world, we'll stop him."
"If Ray is Xana, it WOULD explain that Terminator look..." Odd laughed.
The group laughed again, it was what helped keep them together. After talking about certain teachers they liked and disliked, lunch was coming to an end. Of coarse it wouldn't have come to an end until Ray had made an appearance to the group.
He had walked up to their table as they gathered their supplies, standing right behind Yumi and Ulrich. Ulrich had turned to walk to the other side of the table, but found himself bumping into Ray.
"Oh, sorry Ray. I didn't see you there." Ulrich rubbed his head, silently thinking to himself. Ow... What does that guy eat? I feel like I just ran into a brick wall...
"It is alright." He looked around the group, then laid his eyes on Yumi. "Um, Yumi? Can I talk to you privately for a moment?"
"Uh..." Yumi didn't know how to reply, but it was best that they play along and act like they didn't know who Ray really was. "Sure. I'll be back in a second, guys."
Ulrich, Odd, and Jeremie watched in silence as Ray took Yumi to the corner of the room.
"Ulrich dear, why does your face look so angry?" Sissy blinked as she walked by, gasping as she followed his eyes to spot Yumi and Ray in the corner of the room. "How dare she!"
Sissy quickly stormed off to confront Ray and Yumi, both hands clenched into fists.
Odd now looked to Ulrich, grinning. "So... Why is your face so angry, Ulrich dear?"
Ulrich shook his head, keeping his eyes fixated on Yumi and Ray. He had already seen one attempt from Ray to hold onto Yumi's hand, but she had retracted. Maybe he asked her out... It seems like he's trying to act as casual and low key as he can. I can see why he'd avoid Sissy, that doesn't take much thought, but now he's made a big mistake. What if she is his first victim?
He soon snapped out of his thinking stage as Yumi began a walk back up to the group, leaving an angry Sissy and an angry Ray.
"Sissy chewed Ray out for talking to me, so he's mad at her. Then she 'dismissed' me which left Ray even angrier." Yumi smiled, slightly amused by Sissy's strange antics.
"What was he asking you?" Jeremie pondered, Odd smiling once again.
"You should have seen how mad Ulrich's face got, especially when Ray tried to hold onto your hand."
Ulrich blushed, as did Yumi. She smiled.
"Well, I'm sure he's only angry because it was Xana. Even looking at Ray infuriates me."
The bell then rang as Ulrich stifled to say something, his confidence falling as soon as Yumi had turned to leave.
"Better luck next time!" Odd gave Ulrich a swift smack on the back, Ulrich only sighing deeply.
--8th period—
Yumi looked down to her cell phone as it began to vibrate, her eye catching the Xana symbol. Quickly she asked to go to the nurse's office, which was quickly granted.
Ulrich had waited for her at the secret entrance, worried sick that Xana may know that something was up. When he first say her clear the trees he sighed heavily in relief.
"Ray isn't in your class this period?"
"Nope." She grinned, jumping down into the tunnel as Ulrich opened it.
They made their way to the factory, finding Jeremie.
"Aelita has found an activated tower in the Arctic Region." He announced, glancing around. "Where's Odd?"
"Maybe he's having a hard time getting out of class," Ulrich suggested, "Let's just get into the scanners."
Yumi was already waiting in the elevator for Ulrich when he came back, going down one floor to the scanners. After positioning themselves into the scanners, Jeremie began virtualization.
"Transfer: Ulrich. Transfer: Yumi. Scanner: Ulrich. Scanner: Yumi. Virtualization!"
Yumi and Ulrich landed with grace upon an iced arctic terrain. Then glanced around for any sign of Xana's minions, then decided to speak up.
"Alright, Jeremie. Where are we going?" Yumi extracted her fan, incase of a possible attack.
"Head to your right. Aelita is already headed to the tower."
The two began their trek towards Aelita, catching up with her quickly.
"Glad you guys could make it," She smiled, "I was getting worried!"
"Of coarse we'd come, Aelita." Ulrich chimed.
"Friends don't leave friends flying solo." Yumi then winked, the two following Aelita's lead towards the activated tower.
Jeremie watched his screen cautiously, Aelita now entering the tower.
"Maybe this will stop Ray..." Yumi prayed.
"I hope so, Yumi." Ulrich gave her a slight glance.
Ulrich watched Yumi's eyes mold into a sadden state, hesitating to ask what it was about.
"Odd... I hope he's okay."
Odd. Ulrich had forgotten completely about him. "Me too.."
After a bit of pondering, he slid his hand into hers, grasping it tightly. "Ready to go back into the past?"
She nodded as Aelita's hand was scanned through and the password Lyoko was typed in.
"Let's go back to the past... Now." Jeremie pressed the 'enter' button, a white light engulfing both areas.
--Back to the Past—
"Where were you, Odd?" Ulrich and Yumi blinked, only finding him shaking his head.
"I don't remember..." he shrugged, then smiled. "Summer break was the greatest!"
Jeremie, Ulrich, and Yumi looked to one another and sighed, another mystery to solve.
"Ulrich dearrrrrrrrrr!" A voice chimed through the air.
"Oh great..." Ulrich sighed, his head hanging towards the ground. "Not again..."
"Oh, Ulrich... Please don't be upset, but I found someone who I really care about... More then you." The love struck Sissy sighed a happy sigh as a boy walked up behind her, dressed within a pair of blue jeans and a white tee shirt. "This is Ray... Ray? Meet Ulrich."
Ulrich looked up to Ray and laughed all over again. The windshield covering his face, his strange purple hair.
Odd huffed. "Well, Sissy. Glad you're in love with the terminator."
Odd never did like to be left out of social greetings.
Yumi again laughed at the comment, but like Ulrich and Jeremie, she was trying to figure out what the tower they had just deactivated actually did.
"Don't listen to them, Ray honey." Sissy cooed softly. "They're losers anyway."
Ray shook his head, laughing a bit himself. "No, they're quite funny."
Sissy glared at him a bit displeased then shrugged it off anyway. "Come on Ray, we have schedules to pick up before the morning rush."
The boy was about to follow Sissy's lead, but then realized Yumi's existence. He doubled back in footsteps and turned his head to the side to look at her all over again.
"Yumi, right?" He addressed to her.
She stammered a moment, not knowing what to say... Yumi then quickly nodded, deciding silence was the best possible answer to not give away anything unusual.
Ulrich stood a bit in front of her and grabbed onto her hand, squeezing it lightly.
"Well, we better get going. See you during school."
Ulrich lead Odd, Jeremie, and the flushed Yumi away from the school, turning around again to check if Ray and Sissy were still watching.
Ray had looked to them strangely, then turned to Sissy and walked off with her in the opposite direction.
A/N: So, I hope you liked it so far! I'd like to make this as fan-ficed as possible, SO, if you'd like to post any comments or opinions please do so! Even better, add things that you would like to see happen and I will try my best to work them in! Flames can be added, it's always nice to see what the pros and cons are to stories. All in all, I think this is okay... Sorry for its shortness, I'll work on that. :]