Disclaimer: Jet, Tekirai, myself, Majik and Jimmy are mine. Code Lyoko isn't.

It's…COLD! Well, it was snowing yesterday…and it just happened to start while I was out bouldering. Blah. Anyway, I'm back from Ardnabannon Outdoor Education Center. HOORAY!

Personally I think the new review answering thingy sucks. I find it more fun to write answers in the fanfic. xD No chocolate coins since I ate them all. Sowwy!

Schnozberry: WOO! GO DAIRY PRODUCTS!

Sithking Zero: Yesh, explosions are sweet. And fun!

JapanCrazy: Yay! Another reader! Thanks for your comments. I have more thumbs than you, HA!

Tekirai: Well…hi again. Jet isn't here since he's out destroying more random places.

Nyobot: Nyobot wonders if Jet sane. Nyobot wonders…

Tekirai: Bakabakashii-aoi tori…

Nyobot: Can I be in the story?

Chapter 6 – Why Driving Licences Exist

The bus. One of the biggest land vehicles known to man. And maybe even to monkeys.

Buses were great tools of transportation of large groups of people and or objects..

Everyone's favourite PE teacher wanted that day to be great. Not only did Jim want to break hostility with the students of Kadic by bringing them to the pool, but he also made sure he got the most ego-friendly bus around. Electricity was great.

Unfortunately, Jim was voicing all his current opinions to anyone to was listening.

A certain blond haired purple clad was the victim. Poor soul.

'Take a look at this, Odd. One of the cleanest buses around. It's electronic, but powerful, too.' He said proudly.

Odd decided to poke some fun at him while he had the chance. 'Electronic and powerful too, huh? I bet you this crate goes as fast as a snail.' He said as he stepped onto the bus.

Jim's little moment was gone at the drop of a hat. He continued to smile as Ulrich stepped onto the bus.

Bill Johnson (A/N: I'm bad with names, ok? Work with it. xD) was the lucky costumer to drive the bus in question. As Odd stepped onto the bus, he gave Mr Johnson one of those cute anime waves as he took his seat.

If that kid's as nice as the rest of 'em, I'm going to have the time of my life here, he thought.

Too bad EVERYONE'S favourite virus was yet again hatching yet another evil scheme at that time.

The electronic generators nearby crackled as the virus's black mist seeped out of it and zipped over into the bus.

The eye of XANA was visible for a split second on the headlights.

Now Bill was quite old for a bus driver, and giant eyes along with bright sparks weren't signs that he was going to receive an ice-cream cone from the president.

He watched in horror as the pedometer went out of control, but then it stopped again.

Ulrich watched all of this from the top step of the bus. He took note of it as Jim shoved him forward.

'C'mon kid, sit down.' He said as he walked over to Bill. 'OK, what's the prob?'

Bill shrugged as he tapped the pedometer screen. This time, XANA's smoke slid up the windscreen like a bucket of water.

All the students stood up in panic to see what was going on in the front. Jim ordered them to sit back down as Bill closed the bus door.

Not without two extra passengers jumping into the bus at the last minute.

All of this happened while more random stuff blew up further into the city.

People ran around screaming as a nearby store randomly exploded. Jet dashed out of it holding a box of Reese's Puffs (A/N: You don't need to be American to figure out how much sugar they have.) in one hand and Jimmy in the other.

Tekirai screamed at the sight of them. 'JET! NOOO!'

Too late. He instantly devoured the breakfast cereal as if there was no tomorrow.

That's when all hell broke loose.

'MUAHAHAHA! WE ARE THE MIGHTY PEOPLE OF THE DANCING CLOWN TREES! LALALA!' screamed Jet as he laughed manically.

Then he ran off again.

Tekirai bit her lip. What was she to do now?

'I know a certain blonde girl and her little computer friend who might have the answer.

She tore off in the opposite direction of Jet's.

Majik wasn't sure if Tessa's plan made any sense at all.

'Are you sure we're not going to get caught?' he asked worriedly.

Tessa shook her head. 'We won't get caught, I know we won't.'

It's official – coincidence sucks.

At that time, Jim saw the unfamiliar girl sitting near Ulrich and Sissi (Ulrich still sulking).

'HEY, YOU!'

'Oh crud!'

'Just who are you, anyway?'

Tessa gulped as the giant red demon of a gym teacher loomed over her. If he was a dog, he'd be foaming at the mouth. Thank god he wasn't.

That's when the magic light bulb went 'ping'.

'I'm…uhh…a new student, yeah! I got to go a few years ahead since I'm so smart!' she said, smiling innocently.

Please let him buy it, PLEASE LET HIM BUY IT…

Majik had managed to transform into a backpack just in the nick of time.

Jim thought for a second. What harm would an extra student do, anyway? He might make friends with her.

He smiled as he held out his hand. 'Welcome, I haven't seen you around. The name's Jim, I'm the PE teacher.'

Tessa grinned as she shook his hand. 'Nice to meet you too. …kyuuban.'

'What was that?'

'Nothing.'

Majik chuckled quietly at the teacher's stupidity, wondering if even if he did listen he'd understand what she said.

Then Jim skipped off to his seat at the back of the bus thinking about bladdy-blabla-god-know's-what.

As soon as Tessa was sure he was far enough away, she burst out laughing.

'HAHAHA! WHAT A STUPID BASTARD!'

Majik unmorphed back to his normal self and laughed along with her.

Ulrich quickly told Odd what he saw at the front. He nodded in reply, signalling to keep an eye on things.

While all of that happened, a shadowed figure landed on the roof of the vehicle.

Everyone always wonders why Jeremie has a poster of Albert Einstein on the wall beside his bed in his dorm.

Sure, he's a nerd. A cute one at that. But he's not THAT nerdy.

Pent up stress can be let out in all sorts of ways.

Reading those two statements, you might guess how Yumi let out her own. Combined with the power of a fist.

'SISSI HAS ULRICH'S DIARY?' she shrieked while punching poor Albert's nose. 'AND SHE'S BLACKMAILING HIM?'

Jeremie sighed, he knew he'd get this reaction since she felt so much for the brunette. 'Crazy huh?'

'But what matters now is that we find Ulrich's diary, before Sissi goes blabbing about Lyoko.'

Yumi calmed down a little after a little of the theatrics.

'I'll go look in her room,' she said, 'and I'll call you if I find something.'

'I'll be at the factory.'

They both put their shoes back on and exited Jeremie's dorm.

'Good luck!' they said to each other as they ran off to their separate destinations.

The bus was really starting to act strange at this point.

Yes, buses are known to be a little slower, but this was a little too slow.

No matter how much Bill tried, the darned vehicle refused to increase or decrease in speed.

'This is really weird!' he said exasperatedly to Jim, 'I've floored it and it just refuses to move!'

It was quite amusing to see the vehicles going past. The group included a man on a bicycle, a few cars, a truck, a small family of snails in a jet car and a penguin.

Sissi was ignorant to all of this as she was too busy drowning in her own happiness.

'Isn't this nice and cosy, Ulrich?' she swooned. Ulrich honestly couldn't care less as he leaned over and listened in on Odd's conversation with Jeremie over the phone.

'We're zipping along at 2 miles an hour.'

'OK, I'll call you if I find something.' Jeremie said before Odd hung up.

Tessa turned around in her seat and looked over the head cushion. Oh how lucky she was, she just happened to be right in front of Sissi and Ulrich.

She raised an eyebrow at her. 'So. The all-famous Sissi finally with Ulrich. I think I'm going to be sick.'

Ulrich smiled a little. I think I like her attitude... (A/N: DON'T GET ANY IDEAS! UxY FOREVER!)

'What makes a brat like you so naïve?' Sissi spat at her, 'I bet you're just jealous because I've got the most handsome boy in the whole world.'

She emphasized 'handsome'. Ulrich was in no mood for compliments. And neither was Tessa.

'Sure. Right. Me being jealous is the day Ulrich will even CONSIDER liking you.'

She turned to Ulrich. 'Your diary will be found in exactly 8 minutes.' She whispered, winking at him and then disappearing. Ulrich wondered what the hell she meant.

Tessa grinned to herself. Even Majik was impressed.

'Wow, that was good.'

'I practically eat taunts for breakfast. And lunch. She wasn't so amazing.'

Then Tekirai unexpectedly crashed through the window.

'HIYA PEOPLES! YOU JUST DIDN'T SEE ME, OK?' she screamed.

Since everyone except Ulrich and Odd were extremely dumb, and the two boys were thinking about other stuff, nobody noticed Tekirai's little entrance.

'YAY! GOODY!'

Tessa glared at her. 'I thought I sent Nyobot after you and Jet!'

'Hey, about Jet…' she rubbed the back of her head sheepishly and explained the whole sugar high burniness scenario that had happened before.

Tessa's eyes widened. 'So that's why I saw lots of fire engines speeding past us! And he has Jimmy?'

'Yeah, and he ran off in the direction of the petrol chemical pant!'

'OH CRAP!'

Yumi picked Sissi's dorm lock open easily as if she got an A in Lock Picking 101 five times in a row.

She stepped into the room and closed the door.

Eech..pink fest much?

Her eyes were filled with nothing but pink. Lots and lot of pink. It would have made any goth girl shrivel up and die.

But Yumi wasn't really that much of a goth, so she set out to look for Ulrich's diary.

In her wardrobe? …no.

On top of her wardrobe? …no.

Under her desk? …NO…

In..her…Barbie…collection…no…

Ok, I'll try under her bed. …NO?

Yumi scratched her head. 'Where the heck is it?' she said out loud.

She sat down on Sissi's bed, trying to think of somewhere else to look. She stretched out to lie down and to rest her head on a pillow, but it felt…odd.

Very odd.

Since when did hart shaped pillows with arms feel square and hard?

…HARD?

'Aha!' she said triumphantly as she picked up the cushion and pulled the zip on the back to reveal Ulr- well, a diary.

'Bingo!' she said while flicking through the pages.

Strange. Ulrich's handwriting looked very…feminine. And pink was definitely not his colour.

Was it Sissi's diary she had found?

Yumi picked a random page to read, but instead she found a picture of Ulrich with 'Ulrich' written all around it. She read the entry beside it:

Thursday 12th May

I'm tired of him acting as if I don't exist. He pays too much attention to Yumi. But all of that is gone, for I finally have Ulrich dear all to myself! When he was in the lunchroom with the rest of his weird friends, I went looking around in his dorm. I wanted a picture of him, and I found one along with something else. And it happened to be his diary! Now he can't possibly turn me down. I know what I'm doing isn't very nice…but it's the only way to get him to stop ignoring me.

Yumi growled. 'Of all the nasty tricks…'

'Well, I'll have a peek at one more entry to make sure this is her's.'

Tuesday 10th May

PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK PORK

'…oh yeah, it's Sissi's alright.'

Let's go say hello to Jeremie in the factory! Hello Jeremie!

'So Yumi, did you find Ulrich's diary?'

Yumi sighed as she came down the staircase. 'No, but guess what? I found Sissi's. You're right, she knows about Lyoko. She doesn't exactly know what it is, but she's ready to use what she knows.'

'Rats!' said Jeremie angrily, 'Look, you've got to find Ulrich's diary before she stats blabbing about Lyoko!'

He could almost hear her smirk. 'Don't worry, I know how to get hold of it.'

Back at the bus, nothing much had happened about the speed. Tekirai, Tessa and Majik were listening carefully to Sissi and Ulrich behind them.

'Hey, maybe I can ask my father if we could go see a movie tonight. That'd be cool, huh?'

Ulrich wasn't listening. 'Huh…'

''Huh'? I'm being nice to you right now, but it just might not last, you hear? Take my advice: be nice to be or the whole school's gonna read your diary!'

'OK, OK! You don't have to threaten me, I know exactly what I'm risking.'

'Oh yeah? You really think so Ulrich?' she asked, until her cellphone rang. She groaned and answered it.

'Hello?'

'Hello Sissi. Nice day, isn't it?

'…oh Yumi. What do you want?' Ulrich turned around at the sound of his friend's name.

Yumi grinned to herself. She was sitting in the girl's bathroom since she was supposed to be in class. 'Well, I just wanted to tell you how much I like your style.'

She cleared her throat before talking in the crappiest impersonation of Sissi's voice since the author of the story. But then again, Sissi's voice was the equivalent to Wolverine's claws on a chalkboard anyway.

'I ran into that doofus Jim today. What a moron he looks like in tha-'

That sentence set off the alarm bells in Sissi's head. She had her diary!

'Okay, okay! What do you want?'

'Tell me where you've got Ulrich's diary hidden,' Yumi tried not to laugh, 'Or else all of your nasty little secrets will be on page 1 of the school newspaper!'

'Hold on, wait! Fine, if you go into the girl's bathroom it's on top of the water tank in the third stall, got that?'

Yumi froze. She was in the third stall. She stood up and saw-

TADAA! ULRICH'S DIARY! YIPPEE!

'Ok…I'll go….check…'

'Wait! What about my diar-'

Nothing else was heard as Yumi grabbed Ulrich's diary and ran back to…wherever she was supposed to be.

Ulrich only heard one end of the conversation, but it was enough to tell that Yumi managed to get his diary back safe and sound. He crossed his arms behind his head. 'Thanks a lot Yumi! There, y'see? It's good to have real friends, isn't it?'

Odd moved over in the seat next to them and Ulrich sat down beside him.

'HAHA! YEAH!' Tekirai and Tessa said triumphantly. They sat up and looked behind them.

'In your face! PFFFT! Hahaha!' they said, high-fiving each other. Sissi scowled as Herb came along and sat beside her.

It was then that the bus suddenly lurched forward and Bill lost control of the steering wheel.

Tekirai watched in horror as they whizzed past all of the cars beside them. And some in front as well.

She saw singe marks in a few places. 'Oh no! We're coming into the area where Jet was! EVERYBODY, PANIC!'

So everybody started screaming and running around in circles. Ulrich and Odd made their way towards the front to have a look.

'What's going on with this bus, huh?' Ulrich asked Bill.

'Gosh kid, I wish I knew!'

'Hold on a second, it was ok before you charged the batteries, right?'

'Yeah! Everything was just fine! But now I can't…'

Everyone screamed as the bus increased in speed.

Ulrich sighed as he dialled a number on his mobile.

Ulrich's icon popped up on the supercomputer screen in the factory.

'Ulrich? What's happening at your end?' said Jeremie.

'We're in trouble. XANA's taken complete control of the bus!' (A/N: I say that in a singsong voice all the time.)

'That's really strange…where are you now?'

'Well…let's see, we're in France. But bad dubbing by Cartoon Network makes us seem like we're in America, but the show's inspired by anime, so we might even be in JAPAN…'

'Ulrich, please just tell me where you are and stop ranting.'

'Apparently, we're at the corner of Washington Street and Franklin Avenue. What kind of French cartoon is this?'

Jeremie sighed, knowing Ulrich would refuse to shut up. 'I'll call you back as soon as I can.'

Ulrich turned to Odd. 'We're in for a rough ride.'

'Aelita's gonna need help on Lyoko. We've gotta go.'

'Then you go. I'll stay here.'

Odd ran back to the front of the bus and tried to force the doors open. But they wouldn't budge.

Tessa and Tekirai came over, with Majik floating beside them. 'Hold on, let us help you.'

They all took hold of the door (except for Majik. He had no arms, duh.) and managed to pull them apart.

Odd jumped off the bus.

'Happy Lyokoing!' Tessa called after him.

'HUH? But how'd she-'

His thoughts were cut off as he painfully landed on his arm. He got up, rubbed it and ran off to the factory.

Jim ran to the door the girls held open. 'Hey! Where'd he go?'

The door suddenly slammed shut, causing Jim to fly backwards and slam into Bill.

It left poor Mr Johnson unconscious.

Tessa ran to the front driver's seat as Tekirai lifted him up and dragged him to a nearby seat.

To drive a bus took a lot of practise, since they were so much more different than the common car.

However, well…

Let's just say that 11-year-olds aren't good drivers.

Majik watched her poke random buttons and levers. 'Are you sure you know what you're doing?'

'Yus.'

'You've never driven before!'

'I have. Gran Turismo is great!'

'When did you last play it?'

''Bout five years ago.' She tapped the pedometer. 'Is this the pedal?'

Majik fainted. 'We're all gonna die…'

Ulrich was back on the phone to Jeremie. 'We've just passed the Constellation Intersection, got that? Yet I see no stars, nor is it night-time…'

'It's ok Ulrich, I've got you spotted now. But I still don't understand what he's trying to do.'

Red lines started appearing on the motorways on Jeremie's screen.

'Crazy…' he said as they went on and on, until error signs popped up when the lines stopped at a very familiar building.

'Ulrich! XANA's launching the bus on the petrol chemical plant!'

'HE'S WHAT?'

Tekirai sighed. 'Great, now we've got a demonic Jet complete with flamethrower and a one-hundred-mile-an-hour speeding bus heading towards the ultimate doomsday area.'

'Do you think we should go and…well…get him?' asked Majik.

She shook her head. 'Nah, it's too far away now. We'll wait a while first unless we're on the verge of death.'

Tessa ran back to them. 'The bus's controls won't budge!'

Jim had been trying to stop the bus by cutting some wires underneath the floor. He managed to cut a few.

'How'd that? Hehe! Heh..?'

Nothing happened.

Bill was awake at this point. 'We haven't got any choice, we'll have to jump!'

He shakily stood up and walked over to the emergency door button. He pressed it. Nothing.

'Now look what you've done!' Bill said angrily to Jim, 'By cutting the cables, you've blocked the doors!'

'Jim,' Ulrich spoke up, with the two of them not knowing he was there the whole time, 'Jeremie thinks the bus is headed straight for the petrol chemical plant!'

Jim froze at the sound of such a dangerous comment. 'You mind telling us how he knows that?'

'Uhh…we'll tell you later, but you just have to trust him. He can help us.'

'Ugh…fine…'

'Ulrich?'

This time it came from none other than Sissi.

'Well I'm really sorry about taking your diary, it was wrong to take it. Please forgive me, can I help in any way?'

Ulrich's face softened at her words. He held out the his hand with the mobile.

'Here, you can be the one who gives the instructions between Jeremie and me.'

Sissi nodded. Tessa rolled her eyes.

'Drama queen.'

Jeremie's voice was heard coming from the mobile. Sissi started talking to him right away.

'He says we're gonna turn left!'

'Everybody over here with he!' Ulrich said, who was to the left. Take it back now, y'all. (A/N: CURSE YOU CHACHA SLIDE!)

Police sirens were heard behind them as everybody slammed into the left of the bus as it turned. It leaned over a little, but nothing critical.

Jim sighed. 'Why don't we jump off the bus? It might just be better than crashing into the petrol chemical plant.'

'At that speed it'll be impossible to survive.' said Sissi.

Ulrich thought for a second and signalled for Sissi to hand back his cellphone. 'Jeremie, how are things going on Lyoko?'

'Ok, Yumi and Aelita are getting closer to the tower, except they're caught in a sandstorm!'

'Right, we'll wait a little longer.'

'But you'll be reaching the complex in ten minutes!'

'Guys, shouldn't we do something?' Majik asked, since they were getting closer to the plant.

Tekirai closed her eyes for a second. 'I can sense Jet's getting closer to the plant. With…a rake? Odd.'

'We'll wait for someone to break one of the windows, then we can fly over to the plant. Crashing through the window earlier wasn't exactly a trip to the pillow factory. PILLOWZ!'

After a few minutes of everybody panicking even more, Ulrich called Jeremie again.

'Listen, we only have five minutes until we get to the complex! How are things on Lyoko?'

'…right…uhuh…ok.'

Jet looked around. A normal person would have seen a terrifying factory-like thing.

In the eyes of a hyper Eon, it looked like a balloon factory, and the giant chemical vat looked like the world's biggest balloon.

'OOOH! BALLOONS!'

Using the rake, he jumped over the gate and ran inside, wondering what to torch next.

Ulrich nodded to Jim as he elbowed the emergency hammer glass thingy, ignoring the 'Break Only In Emergency: Yes, That Means You Bill!' bold text on it.

Jim used the hammer to break the glass, but it only made a huge dent.

The bus swerved to the left, knocking Jim through the once proud window only to have Ulrich and another student try to pull him back.

'What's the matter? Dontcha like it here Jim?' Ulrich yelled over the wind.

Sissi was screaming and pointing at the fast approaching front gate to the complex. 'Oh no, we're gonna crash!'

'It's all over for us! It's too late!' Ulrich said, …uhh…insert word to describe his voice here.

'And that's our cue!'

'Huh?'

Tekirai was on all fours with Tessa and Majik on her back.

'GERONIMO!' screamed Tekirai as she flew out the window. Everyone stared after them.

'Gate!' Tessa warned.

'I see it.'

She swerved in and out between vehicles and over the front gate. At the next corner they saw Jet running towards the main chemical vat, Jimmy raised.

'Jet! No!' they screamed after him. Majik tried to stop him but Jet whacked him away with the rake like a baseball with a bat.

The flame was coming out now, but Tessa and Tekirai dashed in front of it.

'FIRE IN THE MORNING, FIRE IN THE EVENING, FIRE AT SUPPERTIME…'

'HOT HOT HOT!' Tessa screamed, running around on fire.

Tekirai growled, still burning. 'We're on the same team, ya moron!'

'MWAHAHA! YOU ALL BURN THE SAME!'

Then there was a beep-beep in the background as the bus came speeding towards them.

'OH NO!'

'EXPLOSION!'

'I LIKE FLUFFEE SHEEP CUZ I LIKE THEIR FUNNY TAILZ…'

Aelita was in the tower. Yay!
Majik was still beaten and Jet was ballroom dancing with his rake…
AELITA
Sissi clung to Ulrich in fear while Ulrich clenched his teeth, ready to brace the impact…
…

CODE:

Tessa and Tekirai ran around screaming their lungs out…still alight…
LYOKO
And

The

Bus

Slowed

Down

To

A

Stop

Inches away from the explosive container.

'RETURN TO DUH PAST, NOWZ!'

(insert big scary brain taking light here)

Ulrich was back at school, leaning against the wall singing the song for the I Love Horses! Commercial.

'I LUV HORSES! Best of all the animals…I LUV HORSES, THEY'RE MY FRIENDS!'

Then he saw Yumi running towards him. She held out his diary.

'Here, I didn't read it. I swear Ulrich.'

Ulrich placed his hands on the corners of the book, but not actually taking it.

'I'll tell you about it one day, Yumi.'

'I'd…really like that.' she said, her cheeks tinged a slight red.

'I'd better go. I wouldn't want to miss Sissi…'

He took a step towards her for a second, before running off again. Yumi waved after him half-heartedly.

The horses thing he was planning to tell her soon, but this…nooot just yet.

'He'd be good for you, you know.' A not-so-mysterious voice said behind her.

Yumi turned around. 'Who's there?'

'A secret admirer…of you two being together.'

Then the figure pounced off into the distance. Yumi watched her go. What did she mean by that?

'C'mon Majik! Take me to the next damn episode already!'

So, there you have it. There's still a chance for the thing between Yumi and Ulrich to grow stronger, Bill got to retire early, Jim lost a bit of weight, Ulrich got to add more to his My Little Pony shrine and Jet was back to his normal self.

With one of the deepest…most painful…headaches, the world has ever known.

'IT HURRRRTS, GOD DAMNIT!'

Woo! This is the biggest piece I've written yet! 13 pages, I got pulled away from it about 6 times, but I did it! Let's celebrate!

Jet: Owww…

Tekirai: Man, you had it bad…

Jet: It hurts…

Nyobot: YAY! NYOBOT GOT TO BE IN STOREE! It…happy…it…want to go to Jamaica!

Jet and Tekirai: uhh...?