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Part III of The Search For Franz Hopper
11: Discovery

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko
Thnaks for reviewing the last chapter almostinsane
-Odd POV-

"Time to go meet her again", I say.

I'll let Ulrich sleep this time.

I take a shower, get dressed and walk down to meet Kristina, but I have to act as if I never met her before, which might be a bit hard.

"Hey there", I say. "Are you lost?"

"Umm yes", she replies. "I'm looking for the office. Can you help me out?"

"Sure it's right over there. I'll take you there. By the way, I'm Odd."

"I'm Kristina, Kristina Soriani."

Again we made eye contact and blush. She really is pretty but this time we didn't hold hands. When we got to the office her stuff was there and I helped her up to her room. I help her unpack while most of the people in the school are still sleeping.

"Okay I need to tell you about a few things", I say. "Breakfast is at seven, lunch is at noon, and dinner is at seven. So I'll take you to the cafeteria in a few minutes. By the way when the bell will ring when class starts and ends."

"Thanks", she replied. "But I don't start class until next Monday."

"Lucky", I complain.

She starts to giggle.

I take her to the cafeteria and we get out food. I look across the room and see that the others already got their food. I take her to the table and introduce her.

"This is Kristina", I say. "She just came today."

"Nice to meet you", Aelita says. "I'm Aelita, that's Jeremie and Ulrich."

"Nice to meet you too", Kristina replies. "This place is great. I'm really starting to like it here."

And I'm starting to like you all over again.

The bell rang and we went to class. Lucky for Kristina she gets to skip classes for a while. I doubt anyone would turn that kind of deal down. But I still needed to ask her out too.

An hour and a half later...

I head to Kristina's room to take her outside to meet Yumi. I get to her room and knock on the door.

"Who is it?" she asked.

"It's Odd, I want you to meet another one of my friends", I reply.

"Be right there", she replied.

She came out after a minute and we began to walk.

"So I was wondering if you are doing anything tonight", I ask.

"Umm no not really", she replies. "Are you asking me out?"

"Yes", I say.

"Then of course", she replies making me happier than the first time she said yes. "When though?"

"After school", I reply. "Then we can catch a movie or something."

"Sounds great", she says.

We walk out of the building to find the others around a bench Jeremie and Yumi are sitting.

"Is she the new kid?" asked Yumi.

"Yeah this is Kristina", I reply. "She just got in today from Italy."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Yumi", Yumi says. "So where are you from?"

"Torino, Italy", Kristina replies.

"Cool. Winter Olympiad's there in a few years", Ulrich says. "Say what grade are you in anyways?"

Looks like Ulrich's pretty interested to that fact considering he loves sports as much as he does Yumi.

"Eighth", Kristina says as she looks down for a second. "Oh I didn't notice you had a cast on Jeremie. I'm sorry."

"This thing", Jeremie replied. "I fell and this is what happened. But I'm fine now."

We kept talking until the bell rang. Then Kristina headed for her room while we walked to class. I still think she's lucky she gets the rest of the week off. And I can't keep my eyes off her. She looks back and sees me staring at her and I see her blush. She kept walking.

"So is Franz okay?" Ulrich asks.

"I don't know but hopefully XANA isn't in him now", Jeremie replied.

"Then we should go check after school", Yumi says.

"We should get to class before we get into trouble you guys", Aelita says.

So we headed to our next class, math so I didn't exactly look forward to it. Then again lunch is right after this so I'll have something else to look forward to.

"I'm getting hungry", I say.

-Ulrich POV-

"I'm getting hungry", Odd says.

We laugh and head to our next classes class. I began to think that Odd seems to like the new girl a lot. She is pretty cute, but I'm spoken for. I remember when girls would swoon in my presence before I began to like Yumi. I'm getting pretty hungry too. Can't wait for lunch.

An hour and a half later...

I leave the classroom with Odd, Jeremie and Aelita and we head for the cafeteria.

"Finally it's over. I'm starving", Odd says.

"Same here", I reply. "Hey you should go get Kristina."

"Okay. See you guys in a sec."

Odd ran towards the dorms while Jeremie, Aelita and I walk towards the cafeteria. When we stepped foot inside the room I looked across the room to see Yumi already eating. The line looks long and my hunger is starting to get to me.

A few minutes later...

We finally are able to sit down and start eating. Lines always do make a few minutes into an eternity. I began to wonder what was taking Odd so long. Then he came in with Kristina. He put his hand on his forehead in disbelief of how long the line is. We kept eating and after a few minutes he and Kristina came over with their lunches.

"Wow that took forever", Odd says.

"It was like that when we came", Jeremie adds.

"Good thing I came earlier than everyone else", Yumi says.

"Anything new?" Odd asks.

"Nope", Jeremie says.

"Nothing", Yumi says.

"Food", I say.

Everyone laughs and we get back to eating.

We finish our lunches and go outside for some fresh air. Then Odd challenges me to soccer.

"Not today", I reply. "I don't feel anything today."

"I'll play you", Kristina says.

We watch the two play and Kristina in fact is pretty good. She has great speed and Odd is having trouble stealing the ball from her.

Half an hour passed and Odd and Kristina finished their game by then.

"You're really good", Odd says trying to catch some air.

"Thanks, you too", Kristina replies. "You good for another round?"

"Nah I'm beat", Odd says. "You're really fast so it's hard to catch you."

Then we hear the bell.

"Time for class then", I say.

"I'll see you after school then Kristina?" Odd asks.

"Yeah", she replies. "Later."

They part and we got to class.

Music class always was a boring class, hard for anyone to pay attention to.

"Who's gonna go to the Hermitage after this?" I whisper to Jeremie who's sitting in front of me.

"Aelita and I'll go", Jeremie whispers back to me. "We're just checking if he's fine or not. if he's not I'll call. Is Odd asleep?"

"No", Odd whispers. "But I'm getting there."

We try to pay attention for the hour of class left but it finally ends. Jeremie and Aelita head for the Hermitage while I go and get Yumi.

-Aelita POV-

Jeremie and I arrive at the Hermitage after maybe ten minutes. We go in and find my father reading the same book he was.

"Franz?" Jeremie says.

"Jeremie? Aelita?" he asks. "Is something wrong?"

"Is it really you?" I ask.
"Good you're not possessed by XANA", I say.

"What on Earth are you talking about?" he asks.

"You were possessed by XANA and we managed to stop him", Jeremie replies. "Then we went back in time."

"Went back in time?" Franz asks. "I thought the factory was destroyed."

"Guess we were wrong since everything is still there", I add.

"That's great news then", Franz replies.

"Yeah so Lyoko should still be there", Jeremie says.

"Let's get going then", I say.

"Oh right", Jeremie replies. "See you later then."

We leave and head back to school. While Jeremie and I walk back I notice his leg seems to be getting better fast. Thankfully he can walk without crutches with the cast.

"How's your leg?" I ask.

"It feels better", he replies. "I guess if I can walk I'm fine."

I smile back feeling happier about him. Thank god it didn't do anything worse to him.

"I was wondering if we could go out sometime", I say.

Wow that came out of nowhere.

"Sure", he replies.

I blush and he says, "We haven't actually gone on a date or anything have we?"

I nod my head instead of saying no.

"When should we go then?" I ask.

"How about tomorrow night? It's Friday", he replies.

"Great", I say.

Yes!

We keep walking for a few minutes and the school comes into sight. There are a few hours left before dinner so Jeremie and I decided to go to the factory to see if everything there still worked.

5 minutes later...

We take the elevator down to the lab room. Jeremie takes the controls at the keyboard and turns on the computer.

"Too bad the holosphere's gone", he says. "That thing was pretty cool."

"More importantly is Lyoko online?" I ask.

"Let's give it a second to connect."

We wait and watch the monitor open a wireframe map window.

"Yeah! Lyoko's back online."

"Great but what do we exactly do with it?"

"Good question, but at least it's still there."

"You're right. But we should keep this place turned off so XANA can't infect it again."

"Okay then, let's go."

We take the elevator down to the supercomputer room. We approach the giant machine and Jeremie presses the button to access the power switch. We both grab the lever with one hand and pull down. The supercomputer is now turned off.

"That's that", Jeremie says. "One step closer to defeating XANA."

"We should go back", I say. "The others must be worrying about where we are."

We head back and after a few minutes we enter the dorms. We go to Odd and Ulrich's room and Jeremie knocks on the door.

"Who is it?" Ulrich asks.

"It's Jeremie and Aelita, Ulrich", I answer.

"Come in."

We enter to only find Ulrich doing homework.

"Where's Odd?" Jeremie asks.

"He left half an hour ago but he didn't tell me why", Ulrich answers. "I think he likes the new girl though."

"So that's why he's been around her all this time", Jeremie says.

"I'm glad Odd's found someone he likes", I say. "And I'm guessing Yumi went home."

"Yup", Ulrich replies.

We talk for a few more minutes and then decide to go back to our own dorms.

-Odd POV-

I began to wonder if the others are wondering where I went off to.

"Something wrong?" Kristina asks.

"No, nothing", I reply.

"Oh okay", she replies. "Wow this a pretty big city."

"I guess it's because pretty close to Paris."

"Really? How far?"

"A few kilometers. We can get there by train."

"Oh please take me there. I've never been to Paris."

"Sure we have a lot of time."

We find the station and take the next train into Paris. When we get into the station and exit it, Kristina is astonished at how big and grand the city of lights is, although it's still light out. She wants to do so many things at once but I kept reminding her we're on the clock. Then again I follow her around where she wants to go and for some reason I was falling further in love with her.

-Kristina POV-

Paris is bigger than I thought it would be. It's so nice of Odd to bring me here. I'm not sure but I think I'm beginning to like him. It's pretty obvious he likes me since he can't make eye contact with me for more than a second without blushing.

A few hours later...

"Wow it's already six", I comment. "Maybe we should get back to school. I bet everyone's worrying about where we are."

"Yeah probably", Odd replies. "Oh wait someone's calling me...Hello?"

"Odd where are you", Ulrich asks Odd.

"I'm in the city with Kristina."

"We've been wondering where you've been. Don't go running off like that okay?"

"Okay whatever we're coming back right now anyways."

Odd hangs up.

"Who was that?" I ask.

"Ulrich. He was worried about where we went."

"You told him we're coming back now, right?"

"Yeah. Let's go."

We find a train station and get a ride back to school. By the time we get back it's six-thirty.

"Hey thanks for taking me all the way into the city", I say.

"No problem", Odd replies. "It was really fun being with you."

I blush a little and then Odd gently kisses my cheek. We then head back to our dorms and wait for dinner to come. He's a nice kid and I'm actually starting to like him. I still can't believe a boy would do something like that for a girl.

Things getting interesting here with Odd's new love. Please R&R. I'm going to think this part through before I continue with this story. Feel free to send in ideas.