It's an Odd World after all
Thank you for being so patient, I know I haven't updated in a while!
AGENTTITANIUM: Hehe, I'm glad you liked the title, it just struck me! It's kind of mad and weird. Looking at your profile I'm guessing you like Odd just a leetle bit?
American-Kitty: Thanks for your support, it is greatly appreciated! Here's the update!
Just one thing, I've only been watching Code Lyoko for about 3 weeks and I'm hooked, it's why I decided to write this. However, in the show, after Aelita deactivates a tower, Jeremie always says "return to the past," and it, well, happens. However, for my fic to work, I'm afraid I have to get rid of that. Once a tower is deactivated, they all return to the real world, congratulate each other on a job well done, and carry on with life. I'm sorry if you don't like that format, everything else will remain the same, but I really have to do that for my fic to work. Thanks.
Ch.2 Dragoon Knight
The 3 'Lyoko Warriors,' Odd, Ulrich and Yumi arrived in the Forest, a few yards away from where Aelita was waiting.
"Hi." She greeted. "No monsters yet, but the vibrations are strong, the tower can't be too far."
Just as they were about to head even deeper into the forest, Jeremie called out to them. "Ulrich, you and Yumi take Aelita to the tower; I have a job for Odd."
"Huh? You do?" Odd asked, his tail twitching. "What other job is there aside from guard Aelita?"
"You'll see. Aelita, go." Jeremie told the pink-haired girl.
"This way." She led Ulrich and Yumi down a forest trail, soon becoming lost in the ever darkening trees.
"Alright, Jeremie, what do you want me to do?" Odd asked.
"Keep an eye on Kia, help her out, teach her how to fight." Jeremie replied.
"What?"
"Enter Kia." Jeremie smiled.
Odd looked up, and saw Kia being 'digitised' into Lyoko. He gasped in a mixture of surprise and awe as she landed gracefully next to him. "Kia . . ." He muttered.
"Hello Odd, long time no see!" She giggled, spinning round and examining herself.
"Did she get there okay?" Jeremie asked. He nodded. "Good, I can't seem to connect with her . . ." Jeremie continued typing.
Odd tilted his head in confusion, much the same way a dog or cat would. "Uh . . . Jeremie . . . explain!" He asked.
"Meet Kia, the Dragoon Knight." Jeremie's voice rang though the forest.
"Dragoon Knight?" Odd asked, staring at Kia.
"Also known as Lancers." Jeremie explained. "But Kia has a twist." Jeremie laughed. "Show him."
Kia nodded, and faced away from Odd, her back to him. He blinked in astonishment as her saw she an arrowhead tail, and wings! She opened them out, a full wingspan of about 2 metres. They were dark blue/grey, which matched her armour. They were dragon-like in style, and had a small claw at the end of each wing.
"She can . . . fly?" Odd asked.
"Hopefully, but she'll have to get her strength together first, that's why I wanted you to wait behind and see if you could help her." Jeremie explained.
"I see." Odd nodded. "So what kind of weapons do you have?" He asked her, taking in her whole 'outfit' for the first time.
"Only these blades." She said, looking at her arms.
Kia's getup was pretty intimidating. Although her upper arms, thighs, stomach, hands, ankles and feet were bare, the rest of her body was covered in light grey armour, including a helm she wore on her head. It had large spikes, mirroring a dragon's horns, protruding out of the top, and running down the armour plates that covered her upper back. She had 2 plates of armour on her shoulders, each housing 2 long spikes. However, her main weapons were located on her lower arms and her shins. The armour on those parts of her body was darker, and much thicker. 2 silvery-white blades stuck out in a curve, almost like a scythe, on the dark amour covering those 4 limbs, making any punch or kick deadly. Each blade was about 3 feet long, and looked as if it could slice anything open. All of her armour, blades and horns coupled together with her ability to fly made her one formidable warrior, more than capable of surviving in Lyoko.
"I've got to keep up with Aelita and the others," Jeremie's voice sounded again. "Odd, go easy on her!" With that, his voice disappeared.
"Well, Kia . . ." Odd began, trying not to look at her bare stomach. "Ever fought before?"
"Only in street fights." She admitted.
"Well it's a start." He laughed. "Okay, let's see how agile you are in that armour. Try and catch me . . ."
Much deeper in the forest, Aelita and the others had reached the activated tower. There were no monsters in sight. "Well that's a relief!" Ulrich sighed, sheathing his samurai sword.
"It's too easy. Since when has there been an activated tower and no monsters?" Yumi argued, on the alert. "Jeremie, are you sure there aren't any monsters?" Yumi called out.
"I'm positive, guys." Jeremie replied.
"See Yumi? You worry far too much." Ulrich smiled.
"Hold on . . ." Aelita whispered. "This is the activated tower . . . I'm sure of it . . . but something's pulling me the other direction. Back the way we came . . ."
"Huh? But there's no tower back there!" Yumi questioned.
"I know . . . but . . . I . . . I . . . I can feel the vibrations coming from back where we left Odd." Her voice barely above a whisper.
"Maybe something's attacking Odd. Jeremie?" Ulrich called back.
"Hold on guys, I'll check on him." Jeremie's voice replied.
After typing furiously for a while, he connected to Odd again. "Are there any monsters, Odd?" He asked.
Odd and Kia, however, were sparring with each other, and Odd was finding it difficult to reply whilst dodging Kia's punches and kicks. "What . . . did you . . . say? Jere . . . Jeremie?" Odd muttered, blocking a punch and rolling off to the side.
"I asked you if there were any monsters around. Aelita is feeling more vibrations where you and Kia are." Jeremie explained.
"Nope . . . nothin' here . . . unless you count Kia . . . as a . . . monster . . ." He joked.
"This is serious Odd! Are you sure there's nothing unusual?" Jeremie snapped at him.
Kia stopped attacking, in order to allow Odd to reply, they were both a little out of breath because of the 'training' anyway.
"No, Jeremie." He replied. "Do you want Kia and me to go see the others?" He asked.
"Mmmm . . . that would probably be best. You sure Kia will be alright?"
"Hehe, she can hold her own!" Odd laughed.
"Alright then, take the path Aelita and the others took, and you'll catch up." Jeremie instructed.
As Aelita approached the tower, 5 boxes crawled down the trees to attack them.
"Wow, I never thought I'd be glad to see these things!" Yumi smiled, taking out her fan.
"I know, nice to see things are back to normal." Ulrich agreed, unsheathing his sword, and rushing to attack the nearest box monster. With one quick slice, he had destroyed it, and he immediately rushed off to attack the next one.
"Don't worry guys, help is on the way." Jeremie's voice sounded from above, as Yumi destroyed another box, leaving 3.
A sharp yell of fear from Aelita caught Yumi's attention, as she threw her fan at the box that was closing in on Aelita. It hit the box, but missed the 'eye.' The creature turned away from Aelita, and headed for Yumi. Yumi stood in an attacking stance, fan at the ready, waiting for the thing to approach. With one quick hit, she had destroyed it. "Aelita, are you alright?" She asked her.
"Yes, thanks . . . . But the vibrations seem to be . . . coming this way . . ." Aelita closed her eyes as she sensed her surroundings.
"Don't worry, Odd's here, look." Ulrich pointed in the distance.
"Who's that with him?" Yumi asked, squinting to see.
She was so focused on trying to make out who the figure was, she failed to hear one of the remaining 2 boxes scurry towards her.
"Yumi! You just lost 20 life points!" Jeremie called out as she was struck by the creature.
Yumi pulled herself back on her feet. "Lucky hit . . ." She snarled half to herself, backing away slowly, trying to draw the box away from Aelita.
The box suddenly exploded with a loud bang. "Huh?" As Yumi looked up, she saw Odd had fired a laser arrow whilst doing a backflip over the creature.
"Great timing Odd, makes a change!" Yumi smiled. She looked behind him and saw Kia attacking the last box. She plunged one of her scythes into the eye, destroying it instantly. "Hey, guys!" She smiled.
"Kia! You . . . you're in Lyoko!" Ulrich and Yumi gasped in disbelief.
"Hehe, yeah. Odd's been teaching me how to fight." Kia explained. "Are you Aelita?" She turned to the pink-haired girl.
"Yes I am. I live here in Lyoko." Aelita introduced herself.
"Aelita, this is our friend Kia." Yumi explained.
"From the real world?"
"Yes."
"Nice to meet you, Kia, but I really must deactivate the tower now." Aelita quickly bowed her head to Kia, before disappearing into the tower.
"Now what?" Kia asked the others.
"That's it." Odd said. "All we have to do is ensure Aelita reaches the tower."
"And the storm will stop?" Kia asked. The group nodded.
"Its how we keep on top of Xana." Ulrich explained. "But we'll tell you more when we've left Lyoko."
The group gathered round Jeremie once they had returned. "So Kia, how do you like Aelita and Lyoko?" Jeremie asked her.
"I think it's amazing! I could never have thought of anything like that in my wildest dreams!" She said, her eyes lighting up.
"Well you were lucky." Yumi said. "Normally it isn't anywhere near that easy. Imagine having to fight a whole swarm of those things on your own!"
"Well . . . can't you train or something? You know, get stronger, faster, like in a real video game?" Kia asked.
"You can, but we don't always have time to train, what with school and everything." Jeremie explained.
"It's Friday now, do you . . . do you think you could send me back in there to hone my skills more?" Kia asked.
"Umm . . ." Jeremie muttered; he had wanted to speak with Aelita that evening, but an extra hour or so wait wouldn't kill him. "Alright." He nodded.
"Great! I'll spar!" Odd jumped up, earning himself strange looks from the other 3.
" . . . what? Why are you looking at me like that?" He asked. "Did I say something?"
"Never mind . . ." Ulrich muttered, trying to keep himself from laughing.
Ulrich, Yumi and Jeremie exchanged glances, they all knew what Odd was thinking, but none of them said a word.
"Go to one of the towers, Odd. Kia will be waiting for you." Jeremie told him. Odd walked off, smiling to himself.
"I'll see you later, Jeremie; I've got work to do." Ulrich waved as he left the factory.
"Yeah, catch you later." Yumi nodded, following him.
"Bye guys." Jeremie waved back, as he transferred Kia and Odd back into Lyoko for some training.
"I'll bring you guys back out in an hour or so, okay?" Jeremie's voice called to them.
"Sure, see you in a bit." Odd nodded, before turning to face Kia. "Okay, ready for round 2?"
It was nearing the early hours of the morning before Jeremie managed to get a hold of Aelita, having spend the past few hours searching the whole of Lyoko for her. He was back in his room, and his eyes were grotty with sleep before he finally found her.
"Aelita! There you are! Where've you been?" He asked.
"I'm sorry Jeremie, I didn't know you were trying to talk to me." Aelita apologised.
"It's alright, I was just worried." He smiled, reassured now he had found her.
"Is something wrong in the outside world?" She asked him, concern evident in her voice.
"No, I just wanted to check on you."
"Hehe, I'm fine, Jeremie, why wouldn't I be?" She laughed.
"Actually I wanted to know your thoughts on Kia."
Aelita's smile vanished at that.
"What's wrong?" Jeremie asked.
"I'm not sure . . . I feel weird around Kia." Aelita explained.
"Define 'weird'." Jeremie asked.
"The pulsations I feel when Xana activates a tower . . . I feel off Kia. I do not know what it means . . . but I feel worried." She tried to explain.
"I'm sure it's nothing." Jeremie yawned, too tired to continue the conversation.
"You feel 'tired?'" Aelita asked.
"Mmmm . . . I just had to check on you before I went to sleep." Jeremie stifled another yawn. "We'll speak again in the morning. Maybe your concerns will pass. . ."
End of the chapter! Thank you for reading, now please review and we can both be on our way! ALL REVIEWS WELCOME.