Author's Note: Happy New Year Everyone! Hope you guys are enjoying the break. I will be attempting to update both this and tongue of emotion ASAP! Look forward to it!
Chapter 8: Tensions, simulations, sector five oh my!
After the gang de-activated another tower they were in the factory discussing the new sector they discovered. Aelita brought the idea of going there to discover an anti-virus for Michael and her. While Jeremie was against the idea, Odd brought up though that they knew everything about the sector.
"We might be able to find some more information on XANA." Aelita now trying to convince Jeremie.
"While I am all for this, we are all forgetting something. We are going to this mission blind. That means that we have to be prepared for anything and everything. So as long as we are all up for it, then we shouldn't go." Michael voicing his opinion. "Jeremie, I do think that this could help the anti-virus. What do you say?"
Seeing the entire group not seeming to budge, Jeremie gave in. "Okay. Tomorrow, we hit sector five." Jeremie agreed.
Outside the factory, the gang looked to see how late it was and Yumi couldn't believe it. Odd was complaining about missing dinner, Jeremie said a smart remark and Michael stayed passive.
"Crap, my parents are going to kill me! See you guys later!" Yumi now trying to run back as fast as she could. She didn't notice however that a silver figure was behind her.
As Yumi approached the front gate, she tried her best to sneak in. When she got through the front door, her parents were waiting for her.
"Yumi, we need to talk." Mr. Ishiyama said with his demanding voice.
In the kitchen, Yumi was eating some leftover noodles and trying to avoid her parent's eyes. She was explaining to them a lie, but she got caught for it.
"Yumi... Please tell us what's going on. We are concerned. We are-"
CREEK! SLAM! The front door was opened and shut. Yumi's parents were on high alert as they thought it was an intruder in their house. The thought though was perished, when they heard the voice of their "Intruder."
"Excuse me? I think I left my coat here earlier." Michael now coming into the kitchen.
"Oh hey, Yumi. Sorry for holding you at school. I really did appreciate you helping me with my project."
"Project? What is he talking about Yumi?" Mr. Ishiyama asked his daughter.
Yumi's eyes were the size of dinner plates. Michael gave her a wink and proceeded to Yumi's parents.
"I am sorry, Mr. Ishiyama and Mrs. Ishiyama. I wasn't able to tell you last time that Yumi had been staying with me this late." Michael had been referring to the time that he came over and decided to make dinner for the family. While the two protested, Michael insisted that he make something, it turned out to be fantastic, and they always secretly hoped that he would do it again.
"Did I come at a bad time?" Michael trying his best to look innocent.
"Well, Michael..." Mrs. Ishiyama now looking at him. "Why haven't you told us about it?"
"I didn't think that it would take this long! The few times that Yumi was late, she thought that you guys wouldn't be too angry. And here I thought that I was being okay with my desires!" Michael whispered into Mrs. Ishiyama's ear. "I am trying to keep it a secret so that way Yumi and I can surprise them big time!"
Mrs. Ishiyama seemed to understand and signal to her husband that they had really nothing to worry about. Mr. Ishiyama, on the other hand, wasn't buying it.
"I am still not okay with this." Mr. Ishiyama having his arms crossed. "Yumi is staying out way too late. Even if it is for her friends."
"How about this Mr. Ishiyama?" Michael now playing his trump card. "Best of three in Shogi. If I win, then you will let Yumi off the hook. But, if you win, then I will make you that Stir Fry I made for one week."
Mr. Ishiyama had been taken back by the offer. He didn't know that the young man could play Shogi. But, to make meals for a full week would be incredible!
"Very well! The match is tomorrow. Just to let you know, I used to be a Shogi Champion!" It was, in fact, true. In the living room, his two-time world champion trophies sat among other things. Like Yumi's first drawing or Hiroki's first test.
The following day Yumi's parents walked Yumi all the way to school. Just because they agreed to Michael's offer, doesn't mean that they still didn't punish her for staying out so late. But, Yumi was thankful in a way. If Michael didn't do anything, it would have been much worse.
"I am expecting you at Five O'Clock sharp." Mr. Ishiyama said putting a hand on Yumi's shoulder. "Michael must be a pretty good Shogi player. He must be better than you if he thinks he has got a shot at me."
In truth, Mr. Ishiyama was a two-time champion, but Yumi wasn't too bad herself. A few moves here and there really threw the champion off. She would beat him a few times, and she was no ordinary player.
The next day came and Sissi made some off-hand remark about Yumi getting walked to school, but Yumi had other things on her mind. She saw the gang at the vending machines, but Michael and Aelita were nowhere to be seen.
"Hey guys, have you seen Michael?" Yumi now coming up to them.
"No, we haven't. We heard about the incident, though. Sounds like Michael must be pretty confident." Jeremie remembering when Yumi told them about her father.
"I think Michael was saying something about working on something in his room. I think Aelita dropped by as well." Ulrich remembering the bags around Michael's eyes in the showers this morning.
"What a mess. I hate lying to my parents. And to think that Michael had to cover for me." Yumi disappointed in herself. "I need to go thank him. See you guys later!" The group waved as Yumi headed for the dorms.
Michael was struggling. He finally managed to finish his program with the help of Aelita. But, the space he made could only support three people. He needed to expand the area, but the coding would only allow a certain distance. So, Michael had tried to work around that distance. Aelita was looking over his shoulder to spot anything out.
"Dang it! Still, doesn't work." Michael now wanting to throw his keyboard.
"Maybe, Lyoko is just restricting you somehow?" Aelita said.
"I am honestly not too sure. Granted this will work for now, though. I am close to making it bigger." Michael typing away.
"What is this even for? You never told me about it." Aelita asked.
"Oh, it's for-"
KNOCK KNOCK!
"For the last time Jim!" Michael getting out of his chair. "I told you that running is the best way to-" Michael opened the door to see Jim not standing there.
"Hello, Yumi. Please come in." Michael completely flustered going back to his computer.
"What was that? I couldn't hear you maggot!" Yumi and Aelita doing an impression of Jim.
"ACHOO!" Jim sneezed while bench pressing. "I think someone is talking about me."
BANG! And with that Jim dropped the bar on his chest.
"I would rather not talk about it." Michael sighed as he got back to his computer.
CLANK! After Jim got the bar off his chest he hit the bar.
"What are you doing here? If you don't hurry, then you are going to miss your test today." Yumi noticing that the bell was going to ring soon.
"Don't worry, Aelita and I already took it." Michael groaned.
"Huh? How did you manage that?" Yumi now wondering how on earth they managed to do that.
"Michael is struggling right now. He is like a Jeremie who doesn't need sleep. So the nurse told him to rest for today. She asked me to watch him make sure he got to sleep. So, she told us to take our exams early today." Aelita explained. Yumi now noticing why Michael had dark circles around his eyes.
"I am telling you I am fine. I just want to finish this, go to the factory, and win Yumi's freedom." Michael said in a deadpan voice. "After that, then I could get sleep."
"You do remember that my dad is a master rank Go player right? Even though I beat him sometimes, he will not fall for any tricks. Especially for your Stir Fry."
"Stir Fry?" Aelita wondered. She felt her head spin a little.
"Thank you for yesterday! You better make that Stir Fry again for my birthday!" -Aelita
"Aelita? Aelita?" Michael waving his hand in front of her. Normally, he would have picked up on Aelita's facial expression, but with no sleep, he struggled to do so.
"Oh sorry, what were you saying?" Aelita now back in the conversation.
"I was saying that I think I will try one more time. You can go to class. I know that the nurse told you to stay, but you love learning. Go on, don't keep me from taking that away." Michael explained with a thumbs up. Aelita smiled and gave him a brief hug before making her way to science.
"That was sweet of you." Yumi having more respect for Michael than before.
"She is so innocent. I want to keep her that way. Her smile just takes all of the anger out of you. If only Jeremie would pick up on it." Michael gripped his hands a little. "If only If only... So what can I do for you Yumi?" Michael now trying a test trail again for the program.
"Um..." Yumi wasn't really sure how to word her response. "Thank you." She whispered.
"Huh? Can't hear you speak up." Michael hit the enter key and the test began to run.
"I said thank you okay?!" Yumi yelled. She noticed her tone and how loud she was.
"Whoa!" Michael now paying attention and falling out of his chair. Doors began to open and some wondered what happened. Yumi was so embarrassed.
"Don't worry about it. After all, friends do that for each other don't they?" Michael simply being blunt.
"I guess so. Hey, wait a minute, how did you know that I was going to get in trouble? That lie seemed too well prepared. And how did you get in?" Yumi now wondering.
"Well, based on your reaction and the fact that I knew I left something at your parent's house, I simply came to check. When I got there I used the spare key that you guys told me about." Michael explained.
"I see. Well, I got to go fail an Italian test. Wish me luck!"
"Buona Fortuna! (Good luck!)" Michael yelled out. He looked at his screen to see that he had a big green check mark.
"YES!" Michael fist pumped in the air. He pulled out his phone and texted two people.
Odd and Ulrich were actually in a good mood for once after a test. Although a few questions messed them up, for the most part, they know they got at least a B in Ulrich's case and C in Odd's case. So when they got a text from Michael, they couldn't be happier.
"Meet me in the factory in 20 minutes. It's ready to be tested ." Michael's text said. After class ended, Odd and Ulrich told Jeremie that they needed to go to Michael's room to check something out. Jeremie let them because he assumed it was some sports thing. Boy, would he be surprised later.
Yumi didn't do great on her Italian test. Although Good Luck was a vocab word so she got that one right for sure. She was heading out of class when she saw Odd and Ulrich nod to each other. They began to run towards the forest.
'That's weird.' Yumi checked her phone and there was no message. 'Is XANA attacking?' Yumi decided to check it out for herself, but she saw Aelita and Jeremie talking over near the vending machines. 'It's not XANA. Because Jeremie would be heading there now. Why would they need to head to the factory?' Yumi decided to follow them.
After following behind them, Yumi saw them take the usual swing down the rope. Yumi followed and got into the elevator as it was shutting.
"Yumi!?" Ulrich shocked that Yumi followed them. "What are you doing here?"
"I could be asking you both the same thing. There is no XANA attack, so why are you going here huh?" Yumi now basically demanding answers.
"What should we do?" Odd whispered in Ulrich's ear.
"Well, she is here now. Might as well let her in." Ulrich whispered back.
"Do you think Michael will be happy or angry?" Odd asked.
The door to the elevator opened up into the computer room. Michael was on the main computer typing away.
"Michael, we brought a guest," Ulrich said frustrated. Odd and Yumi wondered why Ulrich sounded so mad.
"Ah! Yumi! What a surprise!" Michael said with delight. It took Odd and Yumi back, though. Michael sounded way too happy. The answer was found when Ulrich handed Michael 10 dollars. "Man! And you thought that Jeremie would be the one to discover it! HA! In your face Ulrich!"
"Ah! Happy! That's why!" Odd now understanding the gag.
"Wait, what happened?" Yumi processing just happened. "Wait a minute... Are you guys betting on us?"
"Well, just you, Jeremie, and Aelita. Don't take it too personally. Although, Odd found out second, so you have to live with that for the rest of your life." Michael said. Ulrich was on the floor crying laughing.
"HA-ha! Very funny! At least I know that Aelita will be last!" Odd said. Michael on the other hand disagreed.
"Are you kidding me!? Aelita helped me make this program! You must be joking! Aelita already knows what this program is. Maybe not the purpose, but she still helped." Michael arguing for Aelita.
"Yeah, but Einstein is a genius! He is the one who started the whole thing!" Odd shouted back.
"Oh? Is that a challenge I hear? Tell you what, if I am right then you can't ask any girls out for one whole month." Michael laughing and Ulrich and Yumi barely containing their grins. "But if I lose, then I will try and program you something cool on Lyoko. Think of it as an upgrade."
'Hook, line and Sinker. Odd is screwed.' Yumi and Ulrich both thought.
"DEAL!" Michael and Odd shook hands.
"Okay! Now, what are you guys even doing here? What's this program that you are talking about?" Yumi still not quite sure what was happening.
"Oh right! Odd, Ulrich, get to the scanners. We don't have a lot of time, but we will make the most out of it." Michael explained. Ulrich and Odd nodded as they went to the scanner rooms. "Come here Yumi, you will want to watch for now." Yumi still not sure what was happening, came over to Michael's screen.
"Virtualization!"
Odd and Ulrich landed in the Ice sector. They had high hopes for what was going on.
"Alright. Looking good so far. Is XANA active?" Michael asked.
"Nope. We are fine for now Michael." Ulrich replied.
"Okay. For now, I want to test it first. This is the test for Training Area 1. Which one of you feels brave enough?" Michael on the inside was really nervous. He wanted this to work so bad, but he knew that anything could happen on Lyoko. Yumi heard the words training area and she wondered what was going to happen.
"I will go," Odd said.
"Alright then... Let's do it." Michael finished typing his program. "Simulation Bubble! Start!" Michael hit the enter key. A bright white light engulfed Odd and Ulrich was a good distance away to watch.
"Connection!" Michael began typing away and loading screens were all popping up on his screens. "Simulation loading. Training Area 1. Allowing passage for Lyoko warrior Odd." Michael waited for Odd's voice. It started to worry Michael as he got no response.
"Odd! Can you hear me! Odd!" Michael began yelling into the mic. Yumi and Ulrich were worried.
"Relax! I am here!" Michael sighed in relief. "I am at some door thing!" For Odd, the space around him was all white. A simple door with a keyhole and a panel.
"That's good Odd!" Michael began calming down. "Fire a laser arrow into the door. After that, it should open!" Odd fired one arrow into the door and a panel lite up green.
"Acess Granted. Confirming with the main computer." Michael said. He hit enter and Odd went through the door.
Odd appeared on Michael's screen confirming that he was indeed in Training Area 1. With training area 1, it was quite peaceful. The surrounding area was the forest sector. But all around it had different targets, lakes, and a tower in the center of all of it. The digital void wasn't there anymore instead replaced with another level below.
"Wow." Was all Odd could really say. He thought at first it was just the forest sector but clearly, some remodeling had been done.
"Alright Odd. I am going to send you some dummies. They will fire at you, but they can't devirtualize you. Try and take them out." Michael hit his mini program and two blocks appeared in front of Odd. "These are every bit like XANA's creatures. The only difference is I got control of them. Try fighting them. See if you notice anything about them."
Odd wasn't really sure what he was supposed to notice, but they began firing at him. He began running around and using the trees to his advantage. But, then something strange happened. Odd could have sworn that he saw a hint of silver around the creatures. He opened fire at the blocks and they dodged his shots.
With the visual that he provided Ulrich and Yumi, they both noticed something strange.
'These blocks are moving better!' All three realized. The blocks seemed to be guiding Odd somewhere. Odd saw that several fire rings began heading towards him. He saw a chance and began to dive into them.
"Sorry Odd! Checkmate!" Michael grinned. The other block jumped on top of the other and fired an ice beam through the gap that Odd was diving through. He saw that he was trapped and got frozen in mid-air. He hit the ground hard shattering the ice around him.
While the other three couldn't believe that Odd just lost to simple blocks, Michael knew the results. "Alright, that's enough for today. Simulation shut down." Michael began typing away and sure enough, the simulation bubble faded and Michael rematerialized Odd and Ulrich.
"So you want to explain to me what just happened?" Yumi asked. Michael simply kept his smile on as he yawned and stretched his back.
"That is what I call a successful test," Michael said. Odd and Ulrich came up on the elevator.
"Okay Michael, what just happened?" Ulrich now asking.
"Yeah, those movements were completely different from the blocks we usually face." Odd now complaining. And here he thought that he had those blocks on the rope.
"Easy Odd. Those blocks I programmed so that way I can control them. In a simulation bubble, the main user has access to everything in its space. Therefore, by rewriting some of XANA's basic DNA code for the monsters he uses I am able to isolate-"
"In English please?" Odd pleaded.
"Basically, I can recreate any of the monsters and control them. Or just set them to autopilot. This way you can prepare for the fight against XANA." Michael chuckled.
...
...
"Guys? What's wrong?"
"YOU ARE A MANIAC! WHAT- NO HOW MUCH TIME DID IT TAKE YOU TO WORK ON THIS?" All three asked.
"Um... I would rather not talk about it." Michael began to run away from everyone as they continued to chase him around the factory.
Code lyoko…
Back at the school, Jeremie and Aelita were doing homework in the library. Alone for once. And while Jeremie loved hanging out with his pink crush, he noticed something odd and decided to get an opinion on something.
"Have you been noticing the mood shift recently?"
"Not particularly. If there has been one, I like it. Odd and Ulrich are finally getting good grades and not looking so stressed. I only wish the same could be said for Yumi. But, she has been getting along better with her parents and hopefully will improve soon," Aelita said as she closed another textbook.
"Don't you find it weird that ever since Michael has gotten here, the group has changed? It feels like everyone is being affected by him in some way." Aelita didn't like where this conversation was heading. But she decided to bite.
"How is that a bad thing? He has been very helpful to the group and even helped with the vehicles that we worked on. It would have taken much longer without him. Not to mention the number of all-nighters he takes. I am worried about his health."
"That's another thing that bothers me. Whenever I ask him what he is doing, he just brushes it off and ignores me. I am really getting sick of him." Jeremie slammed his textbook with vigor.
"Jeremie, I think that you are overreacting a little. Don't you think? Michael told me that he simply wants to be sure of something before he presents it to the group," While Aelita hoped the comment would slow Jeremie down, it got him more infuriated.
"Wait, he has been consulting you and not me?! Who does he think he is? I am the one who found Lyoko! I got the virtualization program started! Without me, he wouldn't even exist!"
*SLAM*
"Quiet in the library, Jeremie! And no slamming on the desk Stones!" Jim shouted across the room.
"You can be mad at what Michael does. But don't you ever say his existence wouldn't be a reality without you! What does make me? I am just someone that owes everything to you now? Should I be begging for things from you since you allowed me to live?" Aelita grew tears in her eyes and ran off before Jeremie could respond.
Code Lyoko...
Eventually, the group at the factory stopped messing around and began preparing for the night. While Yumi ran home for the night to be on time for curfew, the three boys were hanging out in Michael's room. Ulrich and Odd introduced Michael to a game called space invaders.
"This is impossible! I can't shoot all these guys at once when they keep firing back at me! Not to mention my barriers keep breaking down!" Michael cried as he got another game over screen.
"Well looks like we found Michael's kryptonite," Ulrich noted as he didn't expect Michael to be so bad with games.
"Krypto-what?"
"Oh, we are so showing you, Superman, when we get back from this mission." Odd sighed as yet again he was reminded that Michael was not around when a piece of cinematic history was around.
The boys continued talking about pop culture until the two left to get ready for the evening. Michael continued to look at the practice board that the gang had given him and he had a solid strategy in place. For better or for worse, he was going to have fun.
*Knock Knock*
"Door is open!" He continued to stare at the board and was trying to formulate a strategy seeing if he needed to do any last minute adjustments. When he heard no noise he wondered how long he was in that daze because he thought someone should have answered. He looked up to see Aelita crying.
"Aelita! What's wrong?!" His voice seemed to shock Aelita out of her state as she went falling towards the floor on her hands and knees. Michael quickly caught her before she completely hit the ground. He embraced her as she sobbed into his shirt. "Aelita talk to me. I am right here." He asked in a much softer voice.
"It's Jeremie! He is being an impossible jerk again!" Aelita let out a pained screech. "He is saying that you are causing the group to change! And is saying that he is sick of you hiding things from him! Not to mention that he feels like you owe him something! For him to say that, doesn't he think the same about me then?!"
Michael closed the door behind Aelita and the two sat in the bed with Aelita calming down a little. He began to think about what Jeremie was saying and thought process.
"I know Jeremie didn't mean all of that. Maybe he is just scared of losing all of his friends. And maybe he is right in a way of me hiding things from him."
"What do you mean?" Aelita asked.
"Well, maybe I have been changing what he used to know. And change takes time to adjust to. Look, I will talk with him about it some other time. But please, don't get mad for my sake okay? It's pretty uncool for a guy to get defended by a girl." Michael laughed at the sentiment.
"And who told you that?" Aelita now putting a smile on her face.
"Why Odd did of course!" The two laughed and Michael looked at the clock realizing it was time for him to head to Yumi's place.
"Welp I got a Shogi match to win. Good luck with sector five. And please try and forgive Jeremie." Michael picked up his bags and locked the door.
"How is it possible that you are more forgiving than me?" Aelita wondered as the two walked down the hall.
"Call it a good hunch. Later!" The two high fived and before she knew it he was gone.
Code Lyoko…
It was later at night when the four warriors gathered at the factory. While Ulrich and Odd didn't seem to have the sixth sense that Michael had, it didn't take a genius to figure out something happened between the two Einsteins. Regardless they were scanned into the forest sector and soon took off to the edge of the sector.
"Alright, I am typing in the code. SCIPIO." The white XANA transporter appeared and engulfed the three warriors transporting them to the center of sector five. As the dome span around, the three were dropped off. "Happy Campers?"
"Yeah, I think I am finally starting to get used to these trips," Ulrich stated feeling much better than last time.
"Ugh, not me. I shouldn't have had that fifth dessert at lunch," Odd sighed at his stomach.
"Jeremie, the walls about to open," Aelita stated.
"Right that means the countdown is to start. That must be how we explore further." Jeremie concurred.
The three began exploring sector five, while Michael and Mr. Ishiyama's battle was coming to a close. With the series tied at 1-1, the tiebreaker had been stressful. Michael's board was actually losing badly against Mr. Ishiyama's board and with around 124 moves in, it seemed like there was no chance for him to win. At least that's what Mr. Ishiyama seemed to think.
"Sorry, Mr. Ishiyama. Gold General 1-2-1. With that, I would say the situation has been reserved." Michael smiled as his opponent declared his defeat seeing no way out.
"You used the climbing silver? Never thought of you as a risk taker." Mr. Ishiyama said as he took his pieces back placing them in the container.
"There is a first time for everything. It's important to know when you need to sacrifice some pieces to get the advantage. It just happened to be the perfect aggressive strategy I was looking for." Michael laughed as his opponent was still trying to figure out how he lost to someone much younger than him. But, that's the way of Shogi.
As things winded down, Michael and Yumi both saw their phones lit up. The two looked at each other and knew that something was up.
"Well, I think I am going to call it a night," Yumi said yawning as she exited the living room.
"I think I am going to be heading back to the dorm. I need to still finish a report on the great war." Michael also stated.
The door shut behind them as Yumi answered the phone putting it on speakerphone.
"Jeremie, how is it going?"
"Badly, head straight for the factory!"
Seeing no time to lose, the two left in a hurry. What they forgot to do though was make up a dummy for Yumi.
Code Lyoko…
"Jeremie, I think I hear something…" Aelita stated being in a small room alone.
"Oh no! It's the Scyphozoa!" Jeremie panicked as the two warriors went straight to the scanner room.
Being virtualized quickly, both Yumi and Michael made it quickly to the edge of the sector. As they approached the edge, two crabs were waiting right near the edge.
"We don't have time for you! Take this!"
"YAHH!"
Both fan and sword hit their marks as Jeremie typed the code SCIPIO. The transporter appeared and soon the two went to sector five.
Michael sprinted off first before encountering a bunch of lasers in his path. Yumi quickly caught up and saw the problem.
"Yumi, you are going to have to do this one. My avatar isn't made for this."
"No pressure huh? Just like gym class." Yumi responded nervously.
Yumi began maneuvering her way through the lasers as creepers appeared along the left and right sides and behind Michael. While firing some wind blasts taking creepers out along the walls, Michael knew they were getting overrun fast.
"Yumi! Today please!"
Not having many life points left, Yumi made it through the last hurdle and hit the mechanism changing the whole core zone and saving Aelita from the Scyphozoa. Making their way further down they saw an elevator and quickly jumped on. Soon they saw Aelita and she jumped on grabbing both Yumi and Michael's hand.
"Where are we going?" Aelita asked relieved to see her friends.
"Your guess is as good as mine," Michael said thankful to see that Aelita was alright.
When the elevator stopped, the group entered a giant arena data flowing all over. With a single interface sitting at the heart, Aelita wasted no time trying to find the program for Ulrich and Odd.
"Wait this data is… The heart of XANA! Sector five is where XANA lives!" Aelita exclaimed.
"While that is indeed crazy, something off is happening in the sky." Michael gathered energy to his fists just in case.
"We are going to need our vehicles," Yumi asked while Jeremie politely told them he couldn't do much while Aelita was searching for the program.
"Found it! You can take over Jeremie." Aelita sighed as she knew her friend's codes were found.
"Jeremie! We need vehicles now!" Michael exclaimed blasting one of the Mantas.
The three quickly jumped onto vehicles as Jeremie found a way to open up one of the data holes to a different sector. Not before Yumi got di-virtualized leaving only Michael and Aelita.
"Code: Earth!" The scanners popped open and were sealed again for their friends.
All three warriors were waiting for the program to work and before they knew it Yumi, Odd, and Ulrich were back. While groggy, nobody seemed injured and that's what mattered most. Everyone was tired and exhausted when Kiwi came sneaking through the factory entrance. Surrounded by adult's Michael did the only thing that made sense.
"LEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY JENKINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!"
"Did he just run away?" Ulrich asked.
"Jeremie stick to the plan!" Odd yelled as Jeremie hit the button for the elevator. Before everyone knew it a white light engulfed everyone around them.
Code Lyoko…
"So you still refuse us to give us an explanation?" Mr. Ishiyama said with a typical parent look of disgust.
"Alright, I will tell you. I am in love." Yumi sighed looking at her parents and giving a certain boy a quick glance.
"Ah, that's it. I knew there had to be a reason." The man nodded his head with glee and proudness.
"And would you tell us your boyfriend's name?" Mrs. Ishiyama asked.
"No sorry mom. See you tonight." Yumi waved her parents off and gave a little tease face at Sissi.
"Well, that seemed to go better than expected. What did you tell them?" Ulrich asked.
"The truth," Yumi said blushing a little.
In this time period, Yumi asked Michael not to follow her home and covering for her. Instead, she figured she would confront her parents herself.
While the three friends began walking to their classes, Michael was at the factory experimenting with his simulation once more. He hoped that he would begin creating other sectors. That way the group could get more experience. Engrossed in his work, Michael didn't even see it coming.
*WHACK*
Outcold, Michael's body was dragged to the scanner. And before he even realized it, transferred to Lyoko.
Author's Note: Well that's quite unforunate. That is going to leave quite the scar. TILL NEXT TIME!