It all began at the track, where we see a mass of students and the principal standing in front of some bulldozers.
"Dear students. This magnificent stadium is being built by full cooperation of the board of education. You will be enjoying the latest in sports equipment. And I personally am delighted to supply you with the finest working conditions possible in all areas. Both intellectual and athletic. Since a juvenile said. A sound mind and sound body." Delmas said.
"Geez… Listen to this guy." Petra said.
"Do we really have to listen to him?" Odd asked.
"You could have stayed with Jeremie." Ulrich said.
"What is he up to anyway?" Francisca asked.
"Same thing as usual, working on Aelita's Materialization." Odd said.
Meanwhile in Jeremie's Room…
"Just a few more calculations and we're ready." Jeremie said.
"Will I finally be able to live in your world?" Aelita asked.
"I hope so. Let's get started." Jeremie said running the program. It was running smoothly til it hit a snag and started to fall apart. Then a red exclamation mark appeared on the screen. "No!"
"Do you want to try again?" Aelita asked.
"Not now. I need to stretch my legs. I'll see you later." Jeremie said as he left his room.
"Jeremie?" Odd asked as he walked in. "What's this? Another of his materialization programs?" he said before eyeing a bag of candy. "Oh, candy." he said taking the bag and helping himself to it.
"Odd!" Jeremie shouted. The bag spilled over and the candy hit the keyboard. "How many times do I have to tell you not to get on my computer when I'm working? There are months of work on there."
"Relax, Max. I didn't hurt your little toy." Odd said.
"Oh no, you're such a cosmic creep. These keys are very sensitive." Jeremie said.
"Okay, okay. A little candy's not going to wreck your keyboard." Odd said.
"What the? I...I don't believe it." Jeremie said running the code again on his computer but it resulted in a green plus instead of a red exclamation sign. "It worked…! Odd, you're a genius!"
"Am I a creep or a genius?" Odd asked.
"You're a creepy genius. You didn't do it on purpose, but by spilling the candy onto the keyboard, you reinforced my materialization program. But since I didn't see what keys the candy hit, we only have one chance." Jeremie said.
"And we only have one Aelita." Odd said.
"Go tell the others, I'll tell the news to Aelita." Jeremie said.
It was later in the quad where the student group had gathered with others listening on their comms.
"Guys, its now or never. We may not get a second chance. What if there's some kind of bug? I'll never set up this program again." Jeremie said.
"Whoa, whoa...slow it down. I understand how much you've wanted this but you can't just bring her here like that." Mark said.
"He's right. Aelita has no family, no birth certificate, she's not even enrolled in any school. Okay, that can easily be fixed, but in our world, she doesn't exist." Francisca said.
"She's right. Just imagine it. 'Hello, I'm Aelita. I just got here from a virtual reality.' Do you really think anyone would believe something like that?" David asked.
"Hmm. Well I could always put her up in my place. My parents wouldn't mind." Yumi said.
"And you could hack into city hall and create an identity for her.' Ulrich said.
"As for school, duh. This one right here." Odd said.
"Okay...we'll start first thing tomorrow." Jeremie said.
"Hmm...least no one was around to…" Flamberge said before looking out. "Move!" she said as a thrust moved past them.
"What the? Who are you?" Francisca asked.
"We've finally found you. It wasn't easy...but we did it...Dimensional Heroes!" a voice said as the smoke cleared to show a cricket creature with a mustache and an armored bug creature with twin javelin arms.
"Those are...Kricketune and Escavilier!" Francisca said.
"Correct. We're knights sent down from the bug kingdom of Chrysalia." Kricketune said.
"What do you want with us?" Francisca asked.
"By the orders of our current king, we must eliminate all opposing threats to our invasion. That means all of you." Escavalier said.
"Urgh… Fine, bring it." Francisca said.
"Are you crazy, Franny? Zan isn't with us." Flamberge said.
"Yes, but the two of us are more than capable of handling these guys." Francisca said.
"Ha. You underestimate us, knave. But since we're being so generous...you are allowed the first hit." Escavalier said. "But I must warn you, my armored shell is impervious. I will not feel a thing."
"Fine then. I've got just the thing for that." Francisca said as she tossed her labrys in the air before performing a front flip somersault, jumping in the air, catching the labrys and slamming down on Escavalier.
"Keep him busy, Franny! I've got the other one!" Flamberge said drawing her sword.
"You're out of your league, foolish girl." Kricketune said.
"If i had a nickel for everytime I've heard people tell me that." Flamberge said.
"Well...wait, you weren't on the…" Kricketune said before looking at the student group. "A lot of these people...weren't on the roster we saw. They aren't the same group that defeated the Dark Crew."
"(Oh, right…)" Flamberge thought. "(We're in the past way before we were around. So I guess these guys don't know all about Franny, myself and the others on Hope, David and Mark's teams…)"
"This is not good. We didn't think they'd expand in force so quickly." Kricketune said. "Escavalier, we need to retreat. The king must know."
"Retreat? Blasphemy! I am one of Chrysalia's Insect Knights. Running is the mark of a coward." Escavalier said.
"You should've listened to your friend." Francisca said slamming her labrys to Escavalier.
"Didn't I already tell you? You attacks can't hope to break my…my….gah!" he said before falling unconscious.
"We will not forget this. You all will fall to the bug kingdom." Kricketune said collecting his ally before running off.
"Yeah, run back to your hive Bug Brains!" Flamberge called.
"So the Kingdoms have finally come into play…" Hope said.
"Seems that way. But what was that crew they mentioned?" Flamberge asked.
"The Dark Crew. They were the first villains we ever fought during our first adventure together." Dan said. "We won against their plans to stop time and to distort space once we took down Darkrai."
"Sounds pretty insane." David said.
"It was. We had to fight so many powerful Pokemon. We even went up against Dialga and Palkia." Usopp said.
"Wow…" Flamberge said.
"Though that was then...this is now." Pit said. "The Bug Kingdom's back and we're gonna have to fight them."
Later that night in Jeremie's room, Jeremie was on his computer talking with Aelita.
"Are you asleep?" Jeremie asked.
"You know virtual beings don't need to sleep." Aelita said.
"I just can't stop thinking about your materialization and all the things you'll experience here on Earth." Jeremie said.
"I see. Tell me more about your world." Aelita said.
Meanwhile while everyone else slept, a black smoke crept out from a light and went into the bulldozers. The bulldozers then began to move with a will of their own. It was at that same moment an alert went off on Jeremie's computer.
"Oh no. XANA attack." Jeremie said.
Flamberge meanwhile was sleeping in her room before he heard the noise outside and saw the bulldozers moving.
"Oh, come on! At this hour?!" Flamberge said getting up and getting on her comm. "WAKE UP GUYS! XANA's attacking with bulldozers!" she shouted into it.
"Ow! You know you don't need to shout, right?" Kaminari said in the comm.
"Sorry. Force of Habit." Flamberge said.
It didn't take long before the student group hurried out to see the bulldozers moving across the stadium, wrecking anything in their path.
"Flamberge was right, XANA is attacking with bulldozers. Way to be subtle." Odd said.
"Jeremie, go to the factory and try to contact Yumi. We'll stop the bulldozers." Ulrich said.
"Okay, just be careful." Jeremie said as they hurried off with Ulrich jumping onto one of the bulldozers.
"Ulrich, get off there!" Fuyuhiko called.
"Actually, Ulrich has the right idea." David said.
"He's right. They can't ram into us if we ride on top of them." Natsu said as they saw the one Ulrich was riding on drive off. "What the? Where's it going?"
"I have a good idea where...just hope I'm wrong." Eijiro said.
"Let's book it." David said.
The group cut ahead of the bulldozers to the factory.
"Oh I knew it. He took over the bulldozers to try and tear down the factory." Eijiro said.
"Not good. We need to get down there, now." David said.
"I'll stay behind. You guys better hurry on." Eijiro said.
"Right. We're counting on you, Eijiro." David said.
Eijiro stayed behind to block the bulldozers for as long as he could, hardening his body as he took each of their strikes while protecting the factory at the same time.
"I have to hold XANA back for as long as I can…! If one single bulldozer gets by me, we're finished!" Eijiro said. "It's up to me to protect them! I'm not going to run away again."
The bulldozers continued to bash against him as the others on Lyoko hurried through the forest as best they could to reach the tower.
"We need to hurry. If we don't reach the tower before the bulldozers get to the factory, we're sunk." David said.
"We need to hurry through. Eijiro is doing his best to hold them back. I know he can harden but...even he has to have limits." Flamberge said as they were approached by several kankerlats. "Great. More bugs."
David starts shooting at some of the kankerlats.
"Why can't you all just bug off!" Flamberge said slashing away at some of them before seeing Yumi ahead battling some before one blasted her in the back. "Yumi!"
David dashed at the kankerlats, blasting them as well. "Don't worry, Yumi! I'm coming!"
"Hurry David!" Yumi called before seeing a large blok attempting to fire at him from behind. She quickly gained balance as she moved past him, checking it off the edge, following after it into the digital sea.
"Yumi! Why did you do it? I was supposed to be the one to save you!" David said.
"That Block was about to hit you, David. She sacrificed herself to save you." Flamberge said.
"Not again… Am I going to lose another friend like this again?" David asked.
"David, don't think that way!" Flamberge said getting his attention. "Remember, no one actually dies on Lyoko, Yumi's avatar just gets devirtualized."
"I'm afraid it doesn't work that way in this case, Berge. When someone falls into the Digital Sea, they're lost into the network." Francisca said.
"Not...entirely. While we were planning it for Aelita...we do have something to save her." Miu said on the comm.
"She's right, it's the only way." Leopardmon said on the comm.
"Aelita...Do it. Deactivate the tower." David said.
"But… what about Aelita?" Jeremie asked.
"It's okay, Jeremie. I can wait a little longer." Aelita assured as she went in and deactivated the tower. "Besides, I want everyone to be there when I become real."
The RTTP soon activated and the group was in the factory, preparing the materialization program for Yumi. Once it had finished, one of the scanners in the room glowed bright before opening as Yumi was shown laying inside of it.
"Welcome home, Yumi." Fuyuhiko smiled.
"But… how did I get back?" Yumi asked.
"I'm glad Yumi is back but...it cost us the code." Jeremie said.
"At least you know the program works. You just have to set it up again. I have faith in all of you." Aelita said.
Meanwhile, David was having a discussion with his group in the forest…
"I'm sorry you all had to see me like that again. The thought of losing Yumi, it just kept bringing those memories back." David said. "I'm sorry. I tried to be a strong, dependable leader so that I wouldn't lose anyone again, but in reality, I'm no different than anyone else."
"No, that's wrong!" Shuichi said. "David, you're more great of a leader than you think. You are one of the key leaders of our alliance with Jexi, Hope and Mark. You figure out the best way to tackle problems, your strategies and mindset are what get us out of tough situations. So you aren't any different from anyone else… you're unique in a way only you can be, and it's the same for Hope, Jexi and Mark."
"As much as I hate to admit it, Saihara is absolutely right." Cheetah said. "Besides, no one is invincible. Take it from me, I've lost to you countless times before KOF, but that's because you rely on your own strength to win your battles. You can't let a single blemish get to you."
"She's got a point. And we're going to need that strength if we're going to tackle the Kingdoms, the Lost Thieves and XANA." Sachiko said.
"So don't get so down in the dumps. It's too early to start acting like that. After all, all you can give is the best you've got." Captain Cold said.
"Thank you...everyone." David said.
"No problem." Shuichi said. "You were there for us. It's only fitting we are there for you."
Meanwhile…
"...the Dimensional Heroes' ranks are larger than we thought. It appears they have been recruiting immensely ever since defeating the Dark Crew." a Levanny said. "What do you make of this, King Pineco?"
"What do I make of this...it's easy. More players for Pokemari!" Pineco said happily.
"My king, with all due respect, I don't believe Pokemari is the first thing on their minds." Levanny said. "We should press our attack on them immediately. Shall I send for Yanmega and the Air Force?"
"Of course. I'll allow it. Then after we conquer this world and them...we can play Pokemari all day long." Pineco said with joy.
"Sometimes I wonder how you even became king…." Leavanny muttered with a sigh.