Chapter 2

The principle agreed with Jim. "Yes, what is it you…" He was going to say four but noticed William was with them. "Five want?"

"Where's Yumi? What happened?" Ulrich asked, worry in his voice.

Jim started to tell them that they had no right to just come up and ask of her personal business, but the principle cut in.

"I suppose you should know. There was… an accident." He started.

"What sort of accident?" Aelita asked, the others got it but she didn't.

The principle took a few minutes before answering. "It was her brother. He's… well he's-"

"Dead." Ulrich finished. But to his surprise, the principle shook his head.

"Not quite, Ulrich. They're headed to Japan with Hiroshi. They're transferring him to a hospital there. Our hospital had no idea what was wrong. But if he's not helped soon, what Ulrich said will happen. His skin was a strange gray color, and his eyes were very peculiar."

The entire group was silent as they turned and left the office. They split up and finished their morning classes. Even lunch was pretty quiet. Until Odd spoke up.

"Hey, what did he mean they didn't know what was wrong?" He asked.

"What do you mean? It was something they had no data on it. A new virus. I hope Yumi's taking this alright." Jeremy replied.

Everyone was quiet again until Aelita spoke up. "Wait! Grey Skin, and peculiar eyes."

"You don't mean-" Odd started.

"Of course! It's got to be Xana!" Jeremy grabbed his labtop and went to the tower scanner. "Oh no! Aelita was right! There's an activated tower!"

The four jumped up and quickly raced out of the lunch room. They quickly hid behind a wall as they saw Jim coming. He was about to head that way until the principle called him back into the room. Ulrich peered out and gave a signal, showing it was good. They quickly raced into the woods. Ulrich looked around, making sure no one saw them and then followed the other three down the manhole. Inside him and Odd grabbed their skateboards, and Aelita rode with Jeremy on his scooter. When they came to the ropes, they each swung down and quickly went into the descending elevator. It opened on the first floor. Jeremy stepped out.

"Hurry up. I'm going to be transferring you to the forest region, that's where the activated tower is." Jeremy said as the elevator closed. He walked over to the super computer and puts his headphones and speaker on.

Down below Aelita, Odd, and Ulrich went into the scanners. The doors closed behind them.

"Transfer: Odd" A light flashed around Odd.

"Transfer: Ulrich, Transfer: Aelita" The same happened to them.

"Scanner: Odd." This time a ring raised around him. "Scanner: Ulrich, Scanner: Aelita"

"Virtualization" With that the three quickly rematerialized in the virtual world of Lyoko.

"Hey, Jeremy. Can you get a hold of Yumi, to make sure she's alright?" Ulrich asked.

There was a pause until Jermey's voice seemed to come from the sky. "No luck. I've tried, but she won't answer." He replied with glum.

The three became more concerned as they headed towards the tower again. Jeremy's voice broke the silence.

"Be careful! There's three bloks, and two Krabe's ahead." He called. "And- wait. I'm not sure what that is. I'm guessing Xana has a new monster up there."

They got there and sure enough, there were the three bloks and two krabes. In front of them stood an orange haired girl, her hair went to her shoulder, with long pointy ears, wearing a short red Japanese Ninja dress. She wore a leg warmer like Aelita's from a little below her knee to only a few inches from the top and wore light brown boots. The strangest part was the 'Kitsune Mask' over her face.

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P.S. Wooo! Happy Birthday to me! Today: October 11, is my Sweet Sixteen (Yes. I'm lame like that.)