Disclaimer: I do not own any of the original Code: Lyoko characters or places.
((Please note that this takes place before the end of season two. There are also references to "Garage Kids" the five minute pilot, and "Garage Kids 2: Aelita and the Code of Lyoko", a fan fic by DanMat6288.
I'll try not to put in any spoilers for those of you who haven't seen it. I myself can't wait for seasons 3 and 4 to premiere in 2006! Plus the movie! ))
"So, Einstein, have you figured out the materialization program yet?" Odd della Robbia asked, leaning over the eighth grade genius's shoulder to look at the screen of a black laptop. Odd's blonde hair was styled to stick straight up from his head, slanted a little bit behind him. A bright purple streak went up the middle, giving the hint that he really didn't care what others thought of him.
"It's coming along, little by little," Jeremie Belpolis replied, his pale fingers working across the keyboard like a pro. And that he was. He was smarter than the average twelve-year-old boy at Kadic Jr. High. Shifting his round glasses, he scanned the laptop screen before closing it. Lately, he had been working a materialization project to get their friend Aelita out of an alternate reality called Lyoko.
It had all started when Jeremie had decoded an S.O.S. signal sent from Aelita, intended for someone to step in and stop Xana. But Jeremie, Yumi, and Ulrich found the old factory where the super calculator resided. After multiple adventures in through the scanners, they figured out that Lyoko was an alternate reality so closely intertwined with Earth that even the slightest malfunction would bring destruction to Earth. Now dubbed Team Lyoko, they set their sights on trying defeat Xana and keep Earth safe.
When Odd arrived at Kadic Jr. High, he made friends with Jeremie, Ulrich and Yumi. But an incident with Jeremie and Yumi led the team to introduce Odd to Lyoko, where they met Xana and Aelita. Since then, Odd has been part of Team Lyoko, and they knew they couldn't destroy Lyoko without getting Aelita to saftey. When Jeremie came up with the idea for the materialization program, opposite of virtualization, the team knew that this was the only way to keep Aelita safe. Now, Jeremie is in the process of creating such a program, but with no such luck.
"Hey, Ulrich!" Odd called out to Ulrich Stern, who was currently on the soccer field, passing the ball back and forth with Yumi Ishiyama. "Ah, young love," Odd commented as he watched the two closely. He could see the smiled on their faces and hear their laughter. Ulrich, like Jeremie and Odd, was in the eighth grade. Yumi, on the other hand, was a year older than he, in ninth grade. But these two had obvious feelings for each other. Feelings they weren't quite ready to admit.
Jogging over to the other two, Ulrich and Yumi were panting. "Glad you're on the soccer team and not me," Yumi said as she leaned against the bench. Her straight black hair was matted to her face in sweat, but she brushed it out of her eyes.The black sleeves of her tutleneck were rolled up, exposing her arms which seemed to have a bit muscle on them.
"Yeah, well, I dunno how long that's going to last. What did you want, Odd?" Ulrich asked, breathing hard. His hands were now in the pockets of his green, baggy cargo pants.
"I just wanted to point those two out to ya. They new?" Odd asked, pointing to a couple not far from them. They seemed to be about their own age, but something gave them the air as if they were new. There was a guy and a girl, both who looked completely different from another. The girl, the one with the smile on her face and her eyes crunched up in laughter, had wavy blonde hair pulled up into a ponytail. Bangs were brushed over her left eye, and her clothes were dark red. The boy, on the other hand, had dark hair, bangs that shaded his eyes, and a frown on his face. He seemed to be mad at the world. His clothes were mostly black, gray and white designs on his shirt. The two didn't look like they got along well at all.
"I've never seen them before," said Jeremie as he looked at them both, racking his brain for any information. "There was word going around that there were two new students coming in from England." That had been the rumor for the past week or so. Their last name, he thought, was Tounay, but he wasn't sure. If in fact they were French, according to their last name, why were they in England?
"Yeah, I've never seen them before either in any of my classes. You sure they're not older? Or younger?" Yumi asked, hands now on her hips. Yumi hand't heard any of the rumors the others had, since she lived at home and most talk went on after school. But as she started to look away, she noticed the couple looking at her, at them. Their expressions were serious, and she could feel a chill on her back.
"Hey guys, I'm going to head home for today. Mom's cooking my favorite tonight." As Yumi turned away, she could hear their voices. They were talking low, but she could hear them. That's them. Remember what Elder said, Rian. We have to be careful. Yumi wasn't sure if this was the guy or the girl speaking. But it made her walk all that much faster towards her house.
"Alright now, students..." Mrs. Hertz trailed off in Ulrich's head as he slumped in his seat. Odd had kept him up last night with his snoring. Kiwi had eaten his ear plugs, and there was no way to sleep in that noise.
"Ah, students, I would like you to meet two new arrivals." Mrs. Hertz seemed usher a boy and a girl into the science room. Ulrich immediately sat up in his seat, recognizing them as the couple he saw yesterday. Now, seeing them up close, they did seem to be about his age. Odd and Jeremie looked at them too in anticipation. The same thought was going through each of their heads. Who were they?
"Introduce yourselves, now," Mrs. Hertz insisted, nodding her approval at them.
"I'm Kira Tournay, and this is my twin brother, Adrian. But you can call him Rian. He doesn't talk much. We just came in from London, England, and we're very glad to be here in France." The girl, Kira Tournay, did all the talking. Her wavy, golden hair fell down to her thighs, the front portions pulled back into a sort of ponytail. Nose length bangs fell around her eyes, a pale face unblemished. Her shirt was held up by two white spaghetti straps, white covering her chest. Red material was the sewed to the white, covering her naval, the sides of her stomach showing. A red miniskirt was held up by a white belt, a crescent moon belt buckle in the center. White, knee-high socks covered her legs, with white shoes and red designs covering her feet.
Rian, on the other hand, seemed the complete opposite of Kira. He was wearing a black hoodie with white Daft Punk written across the front. Black cargo pants feel loosely around his legs, multiple zippers and chains surrounding them. Black hair was spiked in multiple directions on his head, loose bangs falling over his eyes. His skin seemed a bit darker than Kira's, and they didn't look at all like twins of any sort.
"I knew it," Jeremie commented to himself. He knew their last name was Tournay. He didn't question how he knew. The name just seemed familiar.
"Knew what?" Odd hissed up to Jeremie, wondering what the little einstein was congratulating himself on already.
"Hey, doesn't Kira look familiar?" Ulrich asked, looking from Kira to Adrian and back. He knew he had seen her somewhere before. Before, well, before, actually. It was that smile. And that voice. Yeah, the voice seemed the most familiar. It was light and flowing...
"She sounds familiar. Where have I heard her?" Odd was wondering the same thing, his head in his hands. He was looking at Kira with a dreamy look on his face, as if she had enchanted him. This same thing seemed to be happening throughout the classroom. To the guys, at least.
"I'll do a search on her. I agree with you guys." Jeremie fixed his glasses, Kira's enchantment seeming not to have affected him much.
"Hey guys, have you met Kira yet?" Yumi asked as she sat down to lunch with her friends. She had a smile on her face, and it looked as if she had been humming. Definitely not a classic Yumi.
"Hey, how do you know her? I haven't even talked to her yet!" Odd seemed a bit upset that Yumi had met the girl before he did. I mean, Yumi was a year older then they were, and Kira wasn't in any of her classes. Well, not that he knew, anyway.
"I was showing her to Mr. Chardin's class. Seems she's very talented in art. Well, that's what Mr. Chardin said, anyway. I think she's in advanced," Yumi replied, taking on her more serious Yumi-ness. Mr. Chardin had seemed to takea liking to Kira, as if he had known who she was all along.
"Yumi, did she seem familiar to you?" Jeremie asked, wondering if Ulrich and Odd had just been day dreaming earlier.
"Yeah. I mean her voice sounded-hey, Kira!" Yumi cut herself off as she saw Kira halfway across the room. She raised her arm to wave Kira over, Adrian watching her and following.
"Uh, hi Yumi. Mind if we sit?" Kira asked, smiling innocently at them all. She seemed a bit nervous now, looking from one person to the other. Adrian was silent behind her, as if he was mute or something.
Yumi looked at her friends, raising her eyebrows to see if they'd let her sit. The group nodded in satisfaction, none objecting to Yumi's offer.
Putting her tray on the table, Kira looked to Adrian. "Well, I suppose you all know who I am. And him." she pointed over to her brother, who didn't utter a word.
"Yeah," Yumi replied. "Well, this is Ulrch, Odd, and Jeremie," Yumi pointed to each of her friends, eager in introducing everyone. It was strange, how Yumi was more perky than ever. Was it Kira that had done this?
"Well, I'm glad to meet you all. I'm not used to being in France. I haven't spoken it in years, it seems." Kira was failing at creating small talk. But the others didn't know that she was bad at starting it. In any other situation, she'd just yap and yap and yap and yap and yap...well, you get the idea.
"Well, you'll get used to it. I mean, we speak it just fine, after a while." Odd tried to come up with something witty, but he found he couldn't do so in her presence. He seemed all nervous and jittery.
Talk like this went on while the kids ate their lunch, smiling and laughing. When Kira and Adrian departed, though, Jeremie finally opened up the information he had gotten on them.
"Guys, I figured out why Kira sounded so familiar to you guys. She's a pop sinsation all over Europe. She records in every language on the continent, and has performed in various countries. She's currently in France to catch up on her studies, and she's opening for the Eurpean music awards. She'll be about a year if we're lucky. Wait, I didn't know you guys listened to Pop music," Jeremie said the last comment in a bit of surprise, since the group listened to heavy metal mostly.
"Well, I heard them say something earlier, guys. They pointed us out, and I heard them say something about 'Elder', whatever that is. And they have to be careful," Yumi said quietly, not wanting anyone else to overhear them. She didn't know why she had heard this and they hadn't, but she thought it had something to do with her telekinetic powers outside of Lyoko.
"I dunno, Yumi. But I do think we'd better be careful around her. She just seems too..too...I dunno. But I think the gears in her brain are turning faster than mine." Jeremie didn't seem to like Kira. Or Adrian, for that matter. He could feel something. But he didn't know what it was.
((Ok, so I'm done with my first chapter. Go Me! Anyway, I just wanted to point out that Adrian is there, he just doesn't speak. He's like the extreme form of Ulrich.sigh anyway, there is a whole thing that will happen with Kira and the music industry, so keep reading! I would like some reviews, but I will go on with the story regardless. Happy trails!))