At the start of the morning at Kadic, in Odd and Ulrich's room, we see Ulrich looking for something and Odd waiting by the door.
"Hey, Ulrich. What are you waiting for? I'm hungry and I wanna get there before Luffy and Akane try to eat all the good stuff again." Odd said.
"You go ahead. There's something I need to find." Ulrich said.
"Okay…" Odd said as he walked off as Ulrich continued to search.
Later in the cafeteria…
"Eight slices of toast and three bananas. Not bad, huh?" Odd said.
"So, Jeremie, are you really gonna skip Gym class again?" David asked.
"Yep. It gives me time to work on Aelita's Materialization." Jeremie said.
"Wow, you are dedicated to that project, are you?" Petra asked.
"Of course I am. I do want to make sure Aelita can experience Earth like we do." Jeremie said.
"Are you sure it's just so Aeilta can come to earth?" Hiyoko slyly smiled.
"I uh…don't know what you mean." Jeremie blushed.
"Sure you don't." Mark replied, smiling.
Back with Ulrich…
Ulrich exited the room only to be confronted by Sissi.
"What's wrong? Afraid the walls are gonna crumble?" Ulrich asked.
"Very funny. Can we talk for a second?" Sissi asked.
After the bell rang, the group met up with Yumi as she came in. She then noticed something.
"Isn't that Ulrich?" Yumi asked.
"Yeah...but with Sissi." Pit said.
"There is something very wrong with this picture. What has Sissi got on him now?" David asked.
"So, do we have a deal?" Sissi asked.
"That's blackmail! How do you expect me to give into that?" Ulrich asked.
"First of all, it's hard to say no to a pretty girl like me and second, I'm not going to give you any choice. Come on." Sissi said pulling him away.
"Hmm. Something's up with this scene. And we gotta find out what." Asta said.
"We're going to need someone to distract Sissi and pull her away from Ulrich for a little while." David said.
"Leave it to me. I'm great at distractions." Odd said.
It was after History class that Odd was able to pull Sissi away from Ulrich so that they could talk to him.
"What's going on, Ulrich? It's not like you to be close to Sissi." Hiyoko said.
"Okay…To be honest, for years, I've been keeping a diary around. And here's the problem. Sissi found it and now she's blackmailing me with it." Ulrich said.
"In this diary, did you write stuff about Lyoko or the Hero Alliance in it?" Jeremie asked.
"Of course. She promises to give it back if I go out with her and if I don't she's gonna tell everyone." Ulrich said.
"That sounds bad. If this gets out, we'll never be able to maintain our facade here." David said. "Not only that, but the school will be thrown into a state of panic."
"Yeah...a real state of panic...how?" Luffy asked.
"It would mean this world would panic after learning about the existence of other worlds." Ven said.
"I have to agree, the world isn't ready for that. We must retrieve that diary immediately." Double D added.
"No, I did not get a nose job!" Sissi insisted.
"Sounds like Sissi's almost done." Hope said.
"Well, she and you and some others are going on a trip somewhere in that new bus. What if while they're away, we look for the diary in her room?" Shin said.
"That sounds like a good idea." Maki said.
"Stay strong Ulrich." Mark assured. "We'll get your diary back."
It was later that the bus trip was getting underway.
"This bus is the latest in modern technology, it's electricity driven so it's non-polluting but powerful too." Jim explained to those on board.
"Electrical and powerful too huh? I bet that this crate will go as fast as a snail." Odd said as some of the other students laughed. After Ulrich and Sissi had gotten on, the driver thought he saw something wrong for a moment.
"Something wrong?" Jim asked.
"No...guess not." the driver said as they took off.
Back in Jeremie's room….
"Sissi's blackmailing him?!" Yumi asked, punching the wall.
"I know, this is so like her." Hope said. "We gotta get Ulrich's diary back before she blabs about Lyoko, or we're sunk."
"That's why we're going to get it back." Shin said. "Just get into Sissi's room and find it."
"And how do we do that?" Hiyoko asked.
"Glad you asked." Shin said as he led them to Sissi's room. "Just take these tools and…" he said as he picked the lock open.
"Nicely done, Shin!" Mark said. "Now let's find that diary."
"Huh...I'm getting a call from Odd." Eijiro said. "Odd what's up? Huh? Something strange? What bus?"
Back on the bus…
"Our bus is going twenty miles an hour." Odd said.
"I don't believe this. I'm stepping on the brakes but nothing is happening." the driver said.
"This smells like XANA. We're gonna check out Lyoko." Eijiro said. "We'll call you back if we find anything."
"Okay, gotcha." Odd said hanging up.
"Of all the times for XANA to strike...I'll head to Lyoko and see if a tower is active. If anyone wants to join me, now's the time to say it." Mark said.
"Whoa, slow down there, cowboy. You're going to need someone to operate the supercomputer, remember?" Miu asked.
"Jeremie said he was heading to the factory, so he could already be there." Hope said. "Also, we don't know the full scope of what XANA is doing yet, and not to mention we need to find Ulrich's diary. You need to slow down, Mark."
"You're right, I did jump the gun." Mark admitted.
"Guys, come check this out." Maki said.
"Did you find Ulrich's diary?" David asked.
"No, but I found Sissi's." Maki said, reading a passage. "I'm tired of him acting as if I don't exist, and I can't stand watching him pay so much attention to Yumi. So while he was in the Lunch Room, I went looking around. I just wanted a picture of him but I've found something much better than that so now he can't possibly turn me down…I know what I'm doing isn't very nice but it's the only way that I can get him to stop ignoring me."
"I swear. That's low, even for her." David said.
"Hmm. Gives me an idea though." Shin said borrowing Yumi's phone.
"Hello? Oh...you. What do you want?" Sissi demanded.
"Nothing much. Must say, I like your style. 'I saw Jim along with those two weirdos who arrived recently.' " Shin read.
"What do you want?" Sissi asked.
"Tell me where Ulrich's diary is and this all goes away." Shin said.
"Okay if you go into the girl's bathroom in the third stall it's on the Water tank you got that?" Sissi said.
"Thank you." Shin said. "Girls bathroom. Third stall. Water tank."
"I'm on it." Maki said as she headed off.
"Thank you for your cooperation." Shin said.
"Wait, what about my…" Sissi started before Shin hung up.
"Shin…" Hope said.
"You're probably going to ask why I'm helping you guys, is that right?" Shin asked. "Many reasons, one of them being I can't go back to the present unless I help you."
"I see." Hope said. "We can't stop to talk, we have to get to the factory."
Back on the bus, it was going even faster now and not showing any signs of stopping.
"I don't think I've seen anything like this. It's like it's got a mind of its own." the driver said.
"It was working earlier when you recharged the batteries, right?" Sachiko asked.
"Yeah it was but now I can't control it." the driver said.
"XANA…No doubt about it." Lloyd said.
"Where's he driving us?" Hiyoko asked.
"Well, judging from this map, the turns we've made, and XANA's previous methods, I'd say he plans to drive this bus straight into...the Petrochemical Compound Complex!" Double D realized. "Oh no, this is horrible! If XANA gets this bus to ramming speed and drives it straight into the complex…!"
"We'll all be killed the moment it makes impact!" Iida said.
"We have no choice, some of us need to pry this bus open and head for the factory." Sachiko said.
"She's right. Grab a door." Franky said as they started to pry open the doors of the bus.
"Here we go!" Odd said jumping out first.
"Ha!" Sachiko jumped off next.
"SUPER!" Franky yelled jumping off.
"Okay...let's…" Hiyoko said before the doors slammed shut. "Oh come on."
"Don't worry. I went to an electrician's school. I'll cut the wire and force the bus to stop." Vector said.
Several wires later…
"Huh...I cut them all and the thing won't stop." Vector said.
"We'll have to jump like those three did." the driver said pressing the button, only for nothing to happen. "Great. By cutting the cable, you blocked the door!"
"I thought you said you went to an electrician's school." Jim said.
"Yeah but I never said I graduated." Vector said.
"Sachiko, Franky, Odd…It's all up to you now." Lloyd said.
It didn't take too long before the three that jumped arrived at the factory.
"We're here, Jeremie." Odd said.
"You better get in there. Mark was already devirtualized and Yumi just got finished." Jeremie said. "The foe they're facing in the desert is no joke. Maki is holding it on her own."
"We're going to help her." Sachiko said.
"Go, but we need to hurry. Time is the enemy, and XANA's making sure he wants to win." Jeremie said.
The three soon got to the scanner room.
"Transfer, Odd! Transfer, Sachiko! Transfer Franky! Scanner, Odd! Scanner, Sachiko! Scanner, Franky! Virtualization!" Jeremie called sending them to Lyoko.
Arriving in the desert, the three saw Aelita watching as Maki was blown back.
"Great to see you here. This enemy is very formidable. Are you okay, Maki?" Aeilta asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. My life points have taken quite a hit, though." Maki said.
"From what I can tell...there's only one person inside the sandstorm. They're likely the one causing it." Aelita said.
"I see...if that's the case…" Maki said focusing before tossing a kunai into the sandstorm, hitting something as the sands cleared for a moment to reveal a man in a full body brown suit standing there holding two scimitars.
"So it really was just one guy." Odd said as the guy started spinning in place as many particles of sand started to come off him, creating a sand storm.
"So the guy spins like a top and makes the sandstorm." Franky said.
"Yeah...but tops...they're made to get toppled." Odd said.
"You've got that right." Sachiko said.
"Just one good shot to the guy and we're golden." Franky said.
"Odd, are you ready?" Maki asked.
"Definitely." Odd said. "Laser Arrow!"
Maki throws a kunai in tandem with Odd's arrow. Both quickly hit their target, knocking the guy off kilter as Sachiko finished the job, defeating the man.
"Just who was that?" Sachiko asked.
"No idea. But...let's call him Top to make things easy. Cause he spun like one." Odd said laughing a bit.
"Aelita, you're clear." Maki said as Aelita ran into the tower and deactivated it just before the bus could run into the plant. After which, the RTTP was quickly launched, returning them to earlier in the day.
"Okay, here." Yumi said handing Ulrich his diary. "I didn't read it just in case you were wondering."
"I'll tell you about it someday. I better go see Sissi." Ulrich said walking off.
"Ah...young love." Shin said watching from afar as he walked off to his dorm.