In Jeremie's room where he is trying to come up with another materialization program. But as soon as he launched it, it then failed.
"Ugh… I don't believe it. Not again! I'm completely useless. I'll never figure this out." Jeremie groaned.
"Say, do you think we'll be friends when I make it to Earth?" Aelita asked.
"Yeah. Why?" Jeremie asked.
"Because I wouldn't want a friend who was worthless." Aelita said.
"Ha ha. Very funny." Jeremie said as Odd opened the door.
"Jeremie. You better hurry up or else you'll be late for class again." Odd said.
"Is it that late already? Just let me try one more thing and I'll be right there." Jeremie said.
"I know where this is going." Odd said as he left.
Meanwhile in the Mountain sector of Lyoko, Aelita was meditating when she was attacked by something. It was also later in the morning that Ulrich noticed Yumi heading to class pushing something large towards it.
"So, mind telling me what this is for, Yumi?" David asked.
"It's something that's been in my family for generations." Yumi said.
"I think I have something like this too, but...it's kind of embarrassing to take out." David said.
"Cmon David, from one fellow Japanese to another, we should be proud of our history." Yumi said.
"I know, but my family is branched off from the Minamoto clan. The armor I have isn't even mine." David said.
"Well, least you don't have to drag it to school for the end of your report." Yumi said.
"I'd bet. Neither of them would go with the drapes." Ulrich said.
"Ulrich, you never cease to have any witty repartee." Yumi smiled as the three walked away from the class, unaware of a two of reporters sneaking right on in.
"Attention all students. This is Milly and Tamiya of the 7th grade bringing you a special expose. You may not know it, but just behind my back, something is hatching and this my friends is a part of it. Now we will reveal to you what is hidden under this drape." Milly said. Just as Milly pulled back the drapes, Tamiya then dropped the camera. "Tamiya, is there any reason to be filming your feet?"
"I'm sorry. Its just that it scares me a little." Tamiya said looking at the samurai armor that was under the drapes.
The bell then rang.
"Oh no, time for class already?!" Milly asked as the two hurried to class, Milly unaware that she didn't close the armor's doors all the way. Just then, a black smoke flowed towards the samurai armor.
Meanwhile…
"Any reason you look so tired?" Mahiru asked.
"I've been working on Aelita's materialization program. With my last program, I almost succeeded." Jeremie said.
"You shouldn't overwork yourself, Jeremie. I understand Aelita is important to you, but you have to make sure you balance school life too." Mahiru said.
"How can he do that when he's clearly crushing on her? I mean, he's practically obsessed." Hiyoko piped in.
"Shut it." Usopp said. "Look, you gotta get your mind off her."
"Now before we begin class today, I'd like to introduce a new student." Delmas said. "Come on in, Taelia."
"Now just picture her, standing right before you." Odd said.
"I...don't believe it." Jeremie said as they saw a girl walk in bearing a striking resemblance to Aelita.
"That's not her." Hope said quietly so Jeremie wouldn't hear to the others.
"I think that's obvious." David said.
"Yeah, we already know it's not her. Besides, her hair is all wrong." Rarity said.
"Yeah. It's red, not pink." Mayumi said.
"Of course the only one who would believe she's Aelita is…" Kaede said looking to Jeremie.
"Should...should we do something?" Hope asked.
"No. Don't do a thing. As long as we don't mess with him, he'll eventually realize she's not her." Lemon said.
"But what if he doesn't?" Gemini asked.
"Relax. The moment he starts mentioning virtual realities and monsters, she'll keep her distance." Lemon said.
It was later in the quad that they saw Taelia on the bench reading.
"There's another sign. If she really is Aelita, she would've recognized us." David said.
"Exactly, though he'd probably attribute it to memory loss." Iida said.
"I say we head to the factory and see what's going on. Something might've happened to Aelita." Miu said.
"That's a good idea. It would be best to just check on her anyway." Pit said.
In History Class, Yumi laid out several items from Japan.
"Though this is just a glimpse of my country's culture, telling you every aspect would take a long time and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to listen to me for that long. Now to wrap up my presentation, is a living symbol of Japan." she said opening the cabinet only to see the curtain. She was surprised before looking at an outlet. "XANA."
Little does anyone know, the suit of armor started walking on its own. It was soon encountered by some of the school staff as it drew its sword and was attacking across the school without discrimination for friend or foe.
In the lunch room…
"Do you think someone might have stolen it?" David asked.
"No. I think XANA had something to do with this." Yumi said.
"That settles it then. We're going to Lyoko." Miu said.
"Attention students. Recently, some of our students and our beloved Jim, Vector and Franky were attacked. The attacker was described as someone who wore samurai armor. Any important information should go to the police immediately." Delmas said.
"And it doesn't seem like we're going to have room to wait either." Asta said.
"We need to go, now. Aelita could be in danger." David said. "But…I can't just leave that armor unchecked."
"Don't worry about it. Delmas and the police are probably gonna question me since the armor is mine. So you all can go ahead." Yumi said.
"Gotcha. Thanks, Yumi." Genis said.
"We can't rely on Jeremie for this one since he's still in lovey-dovey mode with Taelia. Miu, we'll be counting on you to help us out." David said.
"Gotcha. Leave it to me." Miu said.
"I'm still worried about Raine. I hope she'll be okay with that armor on the loose." Genis said.
"Her name wasn't called, so chances are it hasn't gotten to her yet. But even if it does, we still have other staff and those outside on hand to hold it down." Francisca said.
"Yeah...and Jexi has things handled on the bug side. So all we gotta do is find and save Aelita." Pit said.
"So, we better get moving." David said.
They quickly arrived at the factory.
"Okay...I'll send in teams of three. Odd, Ulrich and Pit. Dan, Luffy and Ranma. Then Hope, David and Mark. And...we're good to go." Miu said as she quickly sent them into the mountain sector three at a time. "Hmm...looking good so far. And nothing…" Miu said turning to the elevator to see Jeremie arriving with Taelia. "Ah crap." she groaned.
"Let me guess… Jeremie's here, with Taelia." David said.
"Should have seen that coming." Hope groaned. "I knew he'd do something like this."
"We have no choice. We'll just have to complete this ourselves before Taelia starts asking too many questions." David said.
"Oh...she won't ask questions. She'll probably go to the police after what Jeremie probably explained to her on the way." Mark said. "And only after...that." he said pointing to the real Aelita floating in a sphere.
"A guardian. Like the one that imprisoned Yumi." Ulrich said.
"Well, Aelita is the one in it this time, so it looks like we need to free her somehow." David said.
"I think not." a voice said.
"Who…?" Hope asked.
"Wait...I know that voice." Dan said as a gothic looking Pokémon appeared before them. "Gothitelle!"
"Geez… So we're fighting one of those now. You've got a strange taste in Pokémon, Leia." David said.
"I'll advise you to hold your tongue. But I'm glad you all still remember me. Now move aside so I may terminate the girl. Then I will terminate all of you. To think hiring Flux would lead me here. He hasn't even answered the calls I've been sending him." Gothitelle said.
"Well, there's a good reason for that, but I don't think you're much of a talker, are you?" David asked.
"All I am here for is to avenge my love. My master who's plan you silenced along with him!" Gothitelle said.
"What are you...she's here for revenge for Darkrai." Dan said.
"I'm not even going to ask. But she's not gonna let us go quietly, it seems. Miu, find a way to destroy that guardian. We'll hold her off." David said.
"I'll try and...wait...it's a program. I know what to do." Miu said getting to work.
The others then faced off with Gothitelle.
"They say hell hath no fury like a scorned woman. Guess that's also true for you, Gothitelle." Hope said.
"Shut up! Psybeam!" Gothitelle said firing a beam of psychic energy.
Hope dodged the attack as he pulled back.
David began shooting ice crystals from his guns.
"Listen Gothitelle. There isn't any need for this. If you'll just listen…" Dan said.
"Silence! I will have justice for what you did to my master!" Gothitelle said.
"How can you be sure Darkrai is even dead?" David asked.
"I saw what happened. You all forced him into the Dimensional Hole, and then had Palkia destroy it and my master inside. His vision...no one but me could understand it. And you all...you snuffed him out in his prime!" she shouted as tears streamed down her face.
David moved closer to her, still on his guard. "Listen… I don't know if you'll believe this, but...Darkrai might still be alive."
"Don't you dare try to…" Gothitelle said.
"It's not a trick. And there is no might. Darkrai isn't dead." Dan said.
"I don't know all the details of what happened, but… Darkrai has lost his memory. He's living a peaceful life now." David said.
"I never knew. But Flux told me he perished." Gothitelle said.
"He knew what happened to Darkrai. The Flux of this timeline was manipulating you from day 1." Dan said.
"That's right. Everything he told you is a lie." David said.
"I...I see." Gothitelle said seeing the guardian destroy itself and free Aelita. "Sorry, for the trouble I caused you. Let me teleport you to a tower." she said as her eyes glowed as they suddenly found themselves before a tower.
"Thanks, but what about you?" Hope asked.
"Since I know the truth, he'll likely try to eliminate me. So I'll have to hide somewhere. Best of luck." Gothitelle said as she teleported out.
"I may not have known what exactly happened, but...I kind of feel sorry for her." David said.
"Don't worry too much about her. In the end, she's going to get her happy ending." Dan said.
"Yeah. Just trust us on this. She'll turn out just fine." Pit said. "Now come on. We got a tower to deactivate!"
"That's right. It's in the forest sector. And you guys might want to hurry, Taelia is already at the police station." Miu said.
"Right!" Hope said as they headed to the forest.
"We should be done with time to spare before she gets back." Ranma said. "And what luck? XANA sent us a warm up committee." Ranma said seeing some Bloks appearing before them.
"Bloks. My favorite monsters." Odd said.
"Same here." David said. "Shall we?"
"I don't think we have much choice." Odd said.
"Well then, let's dance." David said.
A hail of arrows and bullets went flying across the forest as they were all fired at the incoming bloks., taking out a large number of them as they quickly reached the tower as Aelita went and deactivated it.
"Whew… Made it." Miu said launching the program. "Return To The Past, now!"
The RTTP was launched with plenty of time to spare, returning to the point of time when Taliea was introduced.
"Wow...can't believe you all thought that was Aelita. I mean, the eyes aren't the same and neither are the nose and hair." Jeremie said.
"He's not serious, is he?" David asked.
"Denial is not a good look on him." Hope sighed.
"Just let it go. I'll be getting back at him later." Pit said.
Later in history class, Yumi continued her report.
"And to end my report, I present to you something that has been in my family for centuries. A symbol of Japan." Yumi said opening the doors to show the samurai armor only with its feet now cuffed.
At the Sunny, Gothitelle was seen.
"Oh wow. I know I already have one, but to see a Gothitelle like this. I'm quite stunned to be honest." Leia said.
"I realize how strange it is but she's useful for us against the kingdoms with her teleportation abilities." Jexi said.
"Especially since the attack is in a few days." Alphamon said.
"Why can't I just teleport us to Chrysalia?" Glimmer said.
"Because Gothitelle's range is as large as a ship. You can only teleport yourself and two people at a time." Jexi said.
"Even if I pull my teleportation abilities with Kirumi, we'd still cover the distance, but we wouldn't be able to hit the altitude to reach them." Marco said.
"In short, it doesn't matter how much their teleportation abilities cover. If we are to reach them, we need Gothitelle." UlforceVeedramon said.
"Oh. I get it." Glimmer said.
Meanwhile in Chrysalia…
"Hmm… They resolved the incident quicker than I expected. This Hero Alliance is quite impressive." Orbeetle said. "Guess we should plan the next battalion."
"There is no need. I'll be taking the next battle." Leavanny said. "I'll take my Sewaddle and Swadloon and attack during the night where their vision is weakest."
"Are you certain? You haven't been in battle for a long time now." Orbeetle said.
"While I may have aged, I am still battle worthy." Leavanny said.
"Very well. Go forth." Orbettle said. "Good fortune to you."
"Thank you very much." Leavanny said.