Chapter 6

"So, what sort of things are you interested with, Aki?" Ulrich asked.

"Oh. I like video games, playing practical jokes and sleeping." Aki replied.

Aelita giggled. "She sounds like a female version of Odd!"

Yumi tried to think. She couldn't tell her friends about her suspicion with Aki around. "Hey, Aki? Are you hungry? That's the breakfast line over there. You can get something to eat for breakfast." She told Aki.

Aki looked over. "Alright. Thank you." She said, smiling. She walked over to the line, wondering what breakfast was.

Yumi looked at her group of friends again when she was sure that Aki couldn't hear. "Guys, I don't think Aki's from Japan." She started.

"Yumi, stop. Aki's nice enough. Sure, Lyookisho doesn't seem very realistic, but there's got to be reasons why she's lied about where she's from. Plus, I don't think XANA can create people to send up here." Jeremy told her.

Aelita nodded. "Jeremy's right, Yumi. I've gone through XANA's memory before. There's no way he could do that. He'd have to somehow create someone first, then get control of the scanners." She said.

Ulrich looked over. "But there was that girl on Lyoko that was helping XANA. Maybe he did-" He paused. "Ah. But then he'd need to activate a tower…"

"But she wasn't here the first time around! So, what's going on?" She wondered as Aki returned to the table with a tray.

"I hope you don't mind if I sit here and eat." She said, sitting down by Odd.

"Nope! Not at all!" Odd said quite happily. The others sort of giggled at Odd, but he didn't notice. He sat there, looking at Aki. "Oh! I've got an idea!" He called out.

"Odd has an idea? Now there's something new." Ulrich commented. Odd glared while the others laughed. Aki giggled a little.

"Shut it, Ulrich. How about I show Aki around? Show her the cool places around here." Odd said.

"Are you sure? I mean, She's in my class and-" Yumi wanted to say how she might not be what she appears, but stopped herself. She couldn't say something like that in front of Aki. She wasn't even positive yet.

Odd smiled. "Yup! Since we've got some things in common, I might be able to show her some places that you wouldn't."

"I don't mind. It's not a problem. I just don't want to be late for my first day of class." Aki said as she began to eat a bit of egg. She smiled at the taste of it.

Odd jumped to his feet. "Then it's settled! Come on, Aki!" He grabbed her arm and they raced off. Aki dropped her spoon as she was dragged off.

Yumi sighed. "Well, I'm going to the History department to see if that place really exists." She turned to leave.

"I'll come with, Yumi!" Ulrich yelled, following.

All that was left was Jeremy and Aelita. They watched the others leave.

"Who could've guess that one new kid would change everything?" Jeremy asked.

Aelita smiled. "It's kind of cute."

"What's cute about it?" Jeremy asked.

"Well, Odd obviously has a crush on her. Yumi and Ulrich are determined to discover that she's not from where she says she is and you and me could really care less." Aelita replied as she slurped up some Jell-O.

It was quiet between the two for a minute before Jeremy replied.

"I still don't see how that's cute."

"You will." Aelita said.

They'd been all around the school. Classes had already begun, but they hadn't heard the bell. Odd smiled. "And this is the gym!"

"Thanks for showing me all this, Odd. I really enjoyed it all. I'm glad you showed me around. And I'm glad I met you." Aki said. She smiled as Odd blushed.

"I-It was nothing. Really!" Odd said, his face beat red. Aki giggled.

"Odd?"

"Y-yeah?"

"Why is there a gorilla behind you?"

"Huh? A gorilla?"

Odd turned around and saw Jim standing behind him. Jim didn't look too happy, either.

"Hey, Jimbo! What's up?" Odd said, smiling.

Jim just looked at the boy and girl. "So now I'm a gorilla, huh? Are you two aware that the bell rang 15 minutes ago!"

Aki looked at him. "Heh- sorry about the gorilla thing. I- 15 minutes ago! Oh no! I'm late!"

"Yeah." Jim said, just a little more annoyed that she didn't even notice. "And who are you, anyways? I don't remember you."

"Jimbo, this is Aki Shieta! She's a new student from Japan. I was showing her around, and I guess we lost track of time." Odd said.

"Yes. Me and Odd have been going around the school since about 6:30 this morning. He's showed me just about everywhere, and I've gotten to know him pretty well. Ask me his favorite color!" Aki said happily.

"Uh- what?" Jim asked a little dumbfounded.

"Ask me Odd's favorite color!"

"Uhm. What's Odd's favorite color?"

"Purple!" Aki and Odd yelled at the same time.

"Wow. That's pretty- wait. You two need to get to class!" Jim said, grabbing Aki and Odd's arms. "I'll have your teachers not count you two as tardy only because you're new and you were helping her, got it?" Jim asked.

Both kids nodded their heads.

"Got it!" They said in unison.

Odd smiled at Aki. "How about you meet me at lunch? We can sit together!"

"Okay! I like that idea!" She said, smiling.

Odd gave Aki a thumbs up and she returned it. Jim rolled his eyes. They arrived in front of Mrs. Hertz class. Jim knocked on the door and opened it. Mrs. Hertz had been in the middle of a lecture. The entire class looked over to the door as Jim pushed Odd into the room, and Odd went to his seat behind Aelita and Jeremy, and next to Ulrich.

"Odd's excused. He's, unfortunatly, got an excuse." Jim said, still sounding angry.

"Really? Alright. Thank you, Jim." Mrs. Hertz said. Jim nodded and shut the door.

Ulrich looked over at Odd. "Where were you? Were you with Aki this entire time?"

"Yup." Odd replied. "I was showing her around. We've got so much in common!"

"You were 'showing her around' for 3 hours." Ulrich hissed.

"Yeah, I know."

"Lyookisho isn't a real place. Me and Yumi looked it up! It doesn't exist!"

"So?"

"So! So she lied-" Ulrich started.

"Mr. Stern! Do you kave something you want to share with the class?" Mrs. Hertz asked.

"Yes. Lyookisho isn't a city in Japan…" He grumpily stated.

Jim kept walking, but let go of Aki's arm.

"I'm telling you now, you've already chosen a bad group to hang out with."

Aki looked him. "Why? Odd's really funny, and they all seem nice."

Jim snorted. "They may seem nice, but they're trouble makers. The lot of them. I suggest you find a new group of friends."

"I'm a trouble maker myself..." She mumbled under her breathe.

"What was that?"

"Nothing"

They arrived at the biology room and Jim opened the door without knocking.

"She was with another student being showed around. She's excused." He said and left, without waiting for a response. The teacher nodded and Aki took a seat by Yumi.

"I really like your friend Odd. He's really nice. Do you think I can be your friend as well?" Aki whispered to Yumi.

Yumi looked at Aki. She wanted to yell no. Yell how she was a liar, but stopped. Jeremy was right. There had to be a reason why she would lie, and the possibility of her being XANA wasn't very likely. She smiled.

"Of course. We can hang out at lunch." She responded.

Aki smiled wide. "Okay! Thanks."

Okay, so how was it? Please review.

If anyone's wondering about parings, it's more of a YxU, JxA, Ox(Ak). But I don't get into those too much, so they really don't matter that much. Then why did I post them? I don't know...

Uker: No angsting! Bad! Bad (:Whacks over head with Odd:) ((Odd: Huh? Ow! Yay! I'm a whacking bat!)) Yes. Yes you are. And I write in Japanese in my english class. It's quite fun.