Dedication: To Maki Murakami for making Gravitation! I recently read Gravitation EX (A sequel to Gravitation) and I can wait for the next one.

Disclaimer: As usual, I own nothing but Xenon and this plot.

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Xenon and Odd went through the various possibilities on how to stop Xana planting a virus in Xenon causing her to look dead. The simplest thing to do was to stop Aelita from going to Lyoko and Xana wouldn't have the chance to use her as bait for Xenon. To do that Aelita couldn't get upset about yesterday when she got all the memories in sector seven that she had long forgotten and run off to Lyoko which meant no contact with Odd and Xenon. Xenon could manage that but to stop Odd would be rather difficult. Odd wanted Xenon and Aelita to forgive each other and get along thus he would try to talk to Aelita. Also, Xenon couldn't be at his side twenty-four hours a day so there would be the possibility that Odd would run into Aelita, just like how he did in the past.

"Dammit, this won't work." Xenon said, throwing her arms up in frustration. She and Odd leaned against a wall of the scanner room in the factory. "There's always the chance that Aelita will go to Lyoko alone or a tower will get activated and Xana will take her as bait." Xenon glanced at her watch. 6:36. "School starts in less than two hours. I get the feeling that no matter what we do, it's going to happen. We don't even know what happens or what Xana will do to me."

"Well," Odd said thinking. "There has to be a way to cure whatever he'll do. I mean there has to right?" Xenon sighed and looked at Odd.

"Odd, in stories the good guys always win, but in real life the good guys almost never win. There won't be a happily ever after for me no matter how many times I turn back time through sector six." Odd looked at Xenon.

"There will be." Odd contradicted.

"Nope, never. I have, well my past selves, have always gone back in time to fix what Xana's done to my life like you dying. I don't even know what number I am now, but if it was possible to defeat Xana and everyone to still live, then it would have happened already."

"So...you have no hope for the future?" Odd asked slowly. She has no hope for the future? Does she imply me too? Am I nothing? Odd asked.

"Well, in some ways." Xenon said realizing what she had said. "I mean, I love you Odd and, I suppose, your other self which is sleeping." Xenon trailed off. She gave a soft laugh. "I love you, Odd and I hope that this time everything will turn out right and I can live in the current time period past eighteen. Odd, I—I want to live my life with you. I want you--" Odd couldn't contain himself any longer and lunged at Xenon. He pushed her to the ground on her back and pinned her wrists to the ground. He hovered above her.

"Odd..." Xenon said, there was complaint yet lust in her voice. Odd realized what he was doing and immediately started to pull himself up. Xenon pushed him onto his back with a devilish grin on her face. She straddled Odd and grinded against him. Xenon licked her lips slowly.

Odd was surprised, sort of. Xenon always expressed that she wanted Odd but never took it to that level. He wanted to take it to the next level but didn't know what would happen next or what Xenon would think about it. What if he didn't perform well? What if Xenon didn't enjoy it? What if it hurt, Xenon overreacted, and ran away to Paris again? These were the questions Odd asked himself over and over.

Xenon leaned forwards and sucked Odd's bottom lip. In response, Odd open his mouth and Xenon's tongue entered. Odd let Xenon take control as he felt his way to Xenon body and slipped his hand under her small, purple shirt. Just as Odd was about to grab her breasts, Xenon drew away. Odd put on a faux frown on.

"Odd?" Xenon asked, tilting her head to the side.

"Yes?"

"Don't use sex as a distraction." Xenon smiled as she got up off of Odd. Odd followed the suit and stared at Xenon shaking his head.

"I should have never have said that." Odd said. Xenon opened her mouth in disbelief and covered it innocently with with both of her hands.

"You would honestly take advantage of a girl who was sad over her sister who hates her?" Xenon said. Odd continued to stare at Xenon and Xenon stuck her tongue out at Odd. Xenon ran as Odd chased her. Odd caught up to her and wrapped his arms around her thin waist. He spun around causing her legs to fly up and also her black mini-skirt. Xenon blushed and tugged it down to where it usually was. "Odd?" Xenon asked.

"Yeah?"

"We still have to think about what's going to happen." Xenon said.

"Oh, yeah." He said. He had forgotten. Odd loved being around Xenon even if she teased him. She was perfectly fine; she wasn't dead looking and covered in fresh, red blood.

"Well, I can keep you, the other Odd, away from Aelita as much as I can. You should stay here at the factory to keep her from going to Lyoko should she come. Try to keep on the down low because people might freak out if they find out that there are two of you. Jeremie, Ulrich, Yumi, and your other self might think you're a polymorphic clone made by Xana since there hasn't been a accident on Lyoko to explain why there are two of you."

"So, I'll stay here?" Odd asked.

"Yeah." Xenon said.

"But," Odd complained. "I'll be lonely without you." He tightened his hold around her waist.

"Odd, don't worry. It won't be boring for long. Someone will come here soon. I can guarantee it."

"What will you bet?" Odd asked, with his breath hot on her ear. Xenon giggled and her body shook in excitement.

"What are you willing to lose?" Xenon countered. Odd shook his head and smiled.

"Wait, what time is it?" Odd asked. He and Xenon had been there for hours. The last time Xenon checked it was 6:36 am and that felt like ages ago.

"It's," Xenon looked at her watch. "Seven twelve."

"Better hurry. You're going to be late all over again." Odd said. Xenon gave him a quick kiss and then bolted for the elevator.

"See ya later, Odd." Xenon said waving as the elevator door closed.

"Bye, honey." He said right as the elevator door closed. Dammit. What the hell am I thinking? Why did I just call her honey? Did she hear me? Why, why did I just called her that?

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Xenon stood in the elevator confused. "What did Odd just say?" Xenon asked aloud. "Did he just call me honey?" She raised an eyebrow at the wall and shook her head as she grinned.

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Xenon walked back to school via the entrance to the sewers from the hermitage. She walked through the park and onto the campus of Kadic. A few of the early bird students were up and milling toward breakfast the cafeteria. Xenon walked to her dorm room without catching the attention of anyone. When she opened the door she stared at Odd sprawled out on her bed. Xenon shook her head and felt a pang of guiltiness. She felt like she had cheated on the young man in front of her with a future self of him. Xenon shook it off but felt it still there.

Xenon took off her shoes and got into her twin bed with Odd. I'll get rest for a few minutes. Xenon told herself. I've been up for five hours and I need more sleep...

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Xenon opened her eyes as the sunlight from her dorm window poured itself onto her face. She squinted her eyes and lifted her left wrist to her eyes and looked at the time on her watch. 8:12.

"Shit." Xenon said jumping up. We're going to be late, school starts at eight thirty. "Odd." Xenon said shaking his shoulder. "Odd, get up." She said forcefully. "You won't have any breakfast if you don't wake up." Odd cracked open one eye and looked at her.

"Wha-what?" Odd yawned.

"School starts in fifteen minutes and you won't get any breakfast if you don't hurry--"

"Fifteen minutes?!" Odd asked, jumping out of bed. He looked around for something on the floor. Xenon raised an eyebrow.

"What are you looking for Odd?" Odd looked ridiculously cute as he panicked to get ready so he could go eat something.

"My clothes!" Odd plainly said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Xenon chuckled.

"You're wearing them."

"Oh..." Odd said as he looked down to see that he was indeed wearing clothes. He grabbed his shoes, shoved the on his socked feet, and went to Xenon. He gave her a long, delicate kiss. Xenon pulled away.

"Go get breakfast." Xenon laughed. Odd put on his famous goof ball smile, opened the door and ran through it, and down the hallway. Xenon shook her head with a smile plastered onto her face. She shut the door which Odd had left opened. When she faced he room to decide what to wear, she remembered; She remembered that Odd, while rushing to go get breakfast, would run into Aelita which would upset her, and she'd run off to Lyoko. Xenon tore her room apart haphazardly as she looked for something to wear and go and stop Odd from running into Aelita.

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"Sorry!" A girl in a dark pink jumper said after a purple clothed blond ran into her. She raised her head to see who she had run into. Her eyes narrowed as she realized that it was Odd, her sister's boyfriend. The same sister who gave her memories off to the demonic computer virus called Xana. Aelita vowed that she did not want any connections with her sister which meant blocking off her and her boyfriend. She got up and ran to the park where she could find an entrance to the sewers which would led her to the factory a safe haven from everyone. She could hide in a sector and never be found till she wanted to be found.

"Aelita!" Odd called after her as his stomach growled.

Aelita ignored Odd's call and continued running as tears made the slow journey down her face. The mere sight of just Odd sent her over the edge. I have to get to Lyoko. Aelita thought as she ran through the trees in the park. I can be alone away from them there. She ran as she knew that her feet would lead her the hermitage. I don't need them. Aelita cried harder. I don't need them. All I need is Jeremie.

"Aelita!" A voice echoed. Aelita stopped and turned. She looked for the owner of the voice. It sounded familiar. Aelita looked around for anyone.

Odd was behind a tree. He was on his knees and his red stained hand used the tree for support. As he called out to Aelita and she stopped to look for him, Odd felt queasy. He looked at himself and saw that he was turning transparent. What the... Odd thought as he lifted his hand in front of his face. He could see through it and see the bush on the other side. As Aelita gave up looking for him and ran toward the hermitage again, Odd became solid again.

"OK, messing with the past can't be good for me." Odd whispered to himself. He realized he should have stopped Aelita from going to Lyoko, but then it would be the end of him and he wouldn't exist anymore. He wouldn't exist because Aelita would never be used as bait by Xana for Xenon. Xenon would have never traded herself for Aelita. Xana wouldn't have had the chance to implant a virus in Xenon. Xenon would've not been covered in blood and look dead causing Odd to freak out and send himself back into the past via sector six. "Better follow her." Odd stalked Aelita and took out his cellphone. He looked through his address book for Xenon's number and hit call when he got to it. It rang twice before Xenon picked it up.

"Hello?" Xenon sounded nervous. Odd could understand why. Aelita had slipped off to Lyoko and she was with the other Odd.

"Aelita went to the hermitage." Odd said.

"But I told you..." Xenon stopped. She didn't know how to talk about what was happening without letting the cat out of the bag for the other Odd.

"I know. I know. You told me to stay at the factory but I knew she was going to come through the park and--"

"Did she see you?"

"Well, no." Odd heard Xenon give a sigh of relief. "But I did call out to her and she stopped to look for me. Then, I went transparent."

"Well, did you figure out what that means?" Xenon asked. She doesn't want to say too much in front of my other self, but I'm probably suspicious right now. Odd thought.

"Yeah, it means don't mess with the past but it's a little too late for that. Look just go to the factory, because if I go and stop her, I might disappear all together. If you were to stop her then I'd probably still disappear."

"OK, we're heading there now. Meet us by the house. OK?" Xenon told Odd.

"OK." Odd said and hung up.

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"Who was that?" Odd asked Xenon as she hung up her cellphone. They were in the middle of the courtyard after the tardy bell rang and there was no one else around.

"I'll explain in a minute. Let's get to the factory." Xenon said as she grabbed Odd's arm and dragged him into the park and headed for the hermitage.

"Who was that?" Odd repeated.

"You." Xenon said simply as she continued.

"What? Me?" Odd was definitely confused.

"Yes, I was talking to you." Xenon confirmed.

"On the phone?"

"Yes." Xenon took her purple cellphone with white crystals that formed to make a 'X.' She opened up recent calls and showed him the number to his cellphone.

"What the hell?" Odd commented.

"Look, it's difficult to explain, but in this time period. There are two of you currently since last night. The other Odd is your future self. He is from about a day a head."

"Um...I'm confused."

"Don't worry. You're not alone. We just have to get to the factory and stop Aelita from transferring herself to Lyoko." Xenon said. They reached the hermitage and saw the door that led the the sewers wide open and waiting by the door was Odd. He stood there looking bored and glanced up as Xenon and his past self approached.

"Hi me!" Odd waved. "Hi Xenon."

"Um...hi?" Odd said, looking at himself, his future self. Same size, same clothes, overall looked the same, but then what felt different then? He looked at his future self and looked him up and down. He couldn't put his finger on it, but then his eyes locked onto his red stain hands.

"Hi Odd." Xenon said. The red-handed Odd noticed himself looking at his red hands and tugged at his sleeves of his long sleeved purple shirt in attempt to cover the aforementioned hands. "So, better get to the factory." Both the Odd's nodded and followed her into the sewers. They each grabbed a skateboard and headed along the pathway of the sewers.

"What's with the red hands?" Odd asked his future self.

"Um--" Odd started.

"Odd let's talk about this later. Let's just say if we don't stop Aelita from going to Lyoko then everything will repeat itself and we don't want that to happen." Xenon interrupted.

"OK." Odd put stress on the 'o' part. I'm sooo out of the loop here. He thought as they reached the end and started to climb up the steeled ladder which led to a bridge in front of the factory. They took the elevator down and got off at the floor with the supercomputer. Xenon got in front of the computer.

"We better hurry. Aelita's been on Lyoko for five minutes." Xenon reported. "Odd," She turned her attention to the Odd from the future. "You stay here because the supercomputer will freak out if two of you were transferred." Odd nodded. Xenon set up the Virtualization process. Xenon and Odd headed for the elevator as the other Odd sat in the chair in front of the supercomputer.

"Xenon." Odd said. Xenon turned and looked at Odd.

"Yeah?" Xenon asked.

"Good luck." Xenon nodded in response. "I'll know if everything is alright if I start to disappear. Also, what will happen to me if I do disappear?" Xenon thought about it for a second.

"I honestly don't know." Xenon replied. She and Odd stepped into the elevator and the door closed behind them.

"This could be the last time to be alive." Odd said aloud. "Weird how I'll just be erased and forgotten if they prevent Xana from giving Xenon that virus. I'm nothing but a possible future eh?" Odd asked the supercomputer.

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Xenon and Odd dropped to the ground of the desert sector. It was empty and in the vast distance there was a neutral, blue tower. There wasn't a sign of Aelita. Xenon snapped her fingers and her white disc appeared out of thin air in front of her. She clambered on and Odd followed this suit behind her and wrapped his arms around Xenon waist. Xenon took off and searched for Aelita.

"What aren't you telling me?" Odd asked Xenon. Xenon sighed.

"Odd, your other self on Earth, is from the future. Xana implanted this virus in me causing me to be covered in blood. He reacted by waking the whole school. Mr. Delmas thought I was dead and threatened that he'd be sure of it that your other self would go to prison. Odd ran away via my dorm window, used sector six to send himself back to last night, and is currently trying to make it right so it doesn't happen." Odd took this all in, opened his eyes wide, and then shook his head.

"Oh." Odd said. "Sounds like a drama."

"Yeah and unfortunately it's our life." Xenon said as she scanned the barren, sandy landscape around them for Aelita.

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Aelita ran and was out of breath. She stopped and placed her hands on her knees. Someone will come looking for me eventually, but I don't know where to hide. I could hide in sector five but Xana will be no doubt be waiting there. I have no place to go. Aelita thought. A pair of arms wrapped themselves around her waist.

"I'm closer than you think." A man's voice said into Aelita's ear with his breath hot on Aelita's left ear.

"Don't touch me!" Aelita yelled. She turned to face him, Xana let her and then grabbed her wrists to stop her from turning around and running away. Aelita looked up in disgust at Xana with his messy red hair the flopped everywhere around his face and covered one of his red eyes.

"But, milady, you mustn't think." Xana gave a fake British accent in his French. "'Tis for the men to think for you woman. I shall do the thinking for you. You shall be tamed in the way I couldn't your sis—fuck!" He shouted as the hair on the back of his hair sizzled as fire burned its way into his scalp. Xana turned his head to see who had attacked him. He saw an overgrown purple cat with blond hair that came to a point and a girl in a white karate outfit with white hair and skin to match and a purple eyes and sash. Xana eyes narrowed as he noticed Xenon had another fireball ready to be fired and Odd had an arm ready to release some laser arrows while the other gripped around Xenon's waist.

"Whoops, sorry, my hand slipped." Xenon said and she recognized Xana's pissed off face. Xana let go of Aelita only to re-grab her and this time around the neck. Xana waved his hand in front of his pink hostage. A square five feet by five feet appeared in front of him. He pushed Aelita toward it.

"Hey, Odd I'll trade you." Xana said, implying to switch Aelita for Xenon. "Sound good?"

"Nah." Odd said.

"Yeah, your right. Xenon is more valuable than Aelita. So, why not drop this pink bitch into the digital sea?" Xana lift up his foot and kicked Aelita in the small of her back toward the edge and Aelita started to slowly fall.

"NO!" Odd and Xenon both shouted. Xenon's reacted by jumping off her disc and onto the ground leaving Odd above. As she landed, tentacles gripped her from behind at the same time Xana clutched one of Aelita's wrists and drew her back up to solid ground. Xenon's mind went blank as the scyphozoa took her into its many tentacles.

"You really think that you'd escape me even if you had warning from the future?" Xana asked with an evil grin on his face. "You should know by now, no matter how many times you turn back time you'll never beat me completely and safely. You seem to forget this fact. I am forever. I do not have physical constraints of Earth as you do. I'll always exist, immortal, never tired, and win all fights against me."

Xenon just stared at Xana blankly, not comprehending any of this while the scyphozoa held her. She hung there defensively. Odd didn't know what to do neither did Aelita. They both just stood and watched with not expressions on there faces.

"So, let's get down to business." Xana said. He snapped and he automatically started to float toward Xenon. Odd took this chance and fired a few laser arrows at Xana. The laser arrows sped to Xana but when they got within a few feet they simply disappeared. Xana got right in front of Xenon and stuffed his left hand into his corresponding jean pocket. He drew out a vial filled with a blood red liquid. He took off the cork with a pop! and then poured it into Xenon hanging open mouth. The liquid forced it's way down Xenon's throat and entered her bloodstream.

"NO!" Odd shouted. "No!" Odd repeated. Xana ignored him and kept his focus on Xenon. Aelita look up at Odd and felt guilty. Odd was tearing himself up. Anguish was all over his face and she realized that what ever Xana had given Xenon meant bad news. Also, it was all her fault. If she hadn't run away to Lyoko Xenon and Odd wouldn't have come after her and none of this would have happened.

Xana bit his tongue in thought and watched Xenon. After a minute, he body jerked around in the blue tentacled grip. Just as suddenly, Xenon fell limp. "I think my business is done." Xana commented, satisfied.

"You asshole!" Odd shouted. He didn't know how he was doing it but he took control of Xenon's disc for the first time and headed straight for Xana. He didn't know what he was doing either. He ran into Xana's forcefield and fell hard on his back. Xana walked over to him and put one of his black combat boots over Odd's neck.

"Hmm...your a waste of space in this virtual world." Xana said, he pressed harder causing Odd to gag. Odd felt his life point slowly fade away. There's nothing I can do. Odd thought. Xana has a forcefield and I can't get through it.

"ODD!" Aelita yelled. Odd turned his head slightly to look at her while Xana was immersed in crushing Odd's throat. Aelita was sitting on the ground with Xenon in her lap. "Odd, devirtualize me and Xenon. Xana will kill us or something if we stay. Hurry!" Odd took a second figure out what Xenon was asking for; he then stretched his arm out and shot laser arrows. Aelita used Xenon as a shield till she was devirtualized and then took some laser arrows herself and was devirtualized too.

Odd focused his attention on Xana again. He felt that he only have ten life points left. He felt them be taken away and he gasped in sweet release of Xana's crushing foot as he was sent back to the physical world of Earth.

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A/N Another chapter yet at the end you fell like your in the same spot as the last few chapters. Also, an one getting deja vu? I'm sorry this chapter is two days later posted than I would have liked and I didn't start it till a day later than when I expected chapter 23 to be finished. I hope it's alright since I only spent two days on it and wrote 3000 words of it today. Anyways...

If you're confused at all with the plot or need some clarification just private message me and I will gladly answer any questions. I've always accepted any questions but so far in this whole story no one's ever asked me anything. I'm here for any questions.

As always, REVIEW! Also, I have this whole week off, so there won't be (hopefully) in any delay for a chapter this Sunday. Maybe I could even write two chapters but don't give your hopes up. :-)