Disclaimer- I don't own any character, with the exception of my Leo.
Warnings- Same as before.
My writing has changed a little, for the better. As always enjoy. xD
Chapter 6
"Class this is our new student Leo." Mrs. Hertz voice said as she showed the new student. 'Here we go again' thought Odd wearily. The day had restarted itself and Odd was in no mood to relive this day. He sighed as the day continued exactly the same.
It was later in the day around the time Odd originally left Leo. With no distractions the duo headed to the dorm rooms. 'Thank god today is better.' Odd thought as Leo followed him.
"So Odd what are we going to do while we skip the rest of class?" asked a curious voice from behind the blonde.
"Well we could always talk and get to know each other." suggested Odd as he waved his arms.
"Thanks. I think I could do that." Leo said gratefully. 'At least he's thoughtful' ran through the brunette's mind. Odd lead the other boy to his favorite spot, an area in hidden in the woods that not even the gang knew about. It was the area he went to when the blonde wanted to get away from the rest of the world.
"This is where I go when I want to think." Odd spread his arms out, spinning around in a circle. Leo looked around amazed at the expanse of meadow like area around him. Unlike the rest of the school's yard it was treeless, but still beautiful in its own way, definitely an area that saw few people. A loud noise and a grunt came to his ears as Odd hit the ground quite forcefully. He followed suit. Leaning back onto the grass, Leo turned his head towards his companion.
"It's beautiful." 'Like a certain someone.' The brunette thought unaware of the other having similar thoughts. A strand of black hair flew out of place, swatting it Leo sighed.
"I know I found it a couple of months ago. No one else knows about it so I hope you can keep this a secret." 'And if he does…' Odd trailed off not wanting to think of things in the future, the last time he did he ended up heartbroken and forced to come to Kadic which in the end wasn't all that bad, considering the friends he had now.
"Who wouldn't keep this place a secret?" Leo would never give this place up, what was the point in doing so. A calm place to relax was just the thing he needed. Odd nodded he was happy the other boy had no intentions of giving the spot up. The two relaxed until the bell rang for the lunch.
"Do you want to go to lunch?" Odd himself was hungry.
"Sure." Leo was starting to get hungry and his stomach agreed. Both shared a laugh, walking towards the portable that held the lunch room. Walking inside both ran to the lunch line.
"I would recommend the Shepard's pie." Odd grabbed a tray and started to sweet talk the lunch ladies, earning himself two instead of one. Leo just stared, his own tray, it looked empty, compared to his friends. Odd noticed. "I eat a lot. What can I say?" He shrugged and started to walk towards his friends.
"Okay." Leo followed a little uneasy. 'This is going to be interesting.' Placing his tray on the table, he looked lost amongst Odd's friends. Odd just moved over a little making room for the other.
"Everybody." Yumi, Aelita, Ulrich, and Jeremy looked up. It wasn't that long ago that Jeremy had figured out how to materialize the virtual girl, who now spent her days at school with the gang and helped in their quest to defeat Xana. "This is the new student, Leo Smith. Is it okay if he sits with us?" The gang just nodded their heads, yes. Satisfied, Odd looked up, motioning for his new friend to sit. Leo did so, but was uncomfortable to say the least.
"Where are you from Leo?" Ulrich spoke first, which was unusual. He always observed the person, trying to deduct what they wanted from Yumi.
"America." Leo's thoughts drifted off to his friends. 'I need to stop thinking about them.' It was true, his mom had told him from the moment he left he should treat the time spent here as a new beginning. Though life was good in America he didn't have any close friends, the closest being his step sister.
"Really which state?" No one in the group had ever been anywhere near the country of freedom, so Jeremy was very excited. It was a chance for learning.
"New York." Leo had actually lived in the Big Apple, as many called it. The city was nice, but the change of pace was nice too. The rest of the lunch went the same and by the end all of them had warmed up to the newcomer. Ulrich the most because he didn't have to worry about the boy hitting on Yumi. The bell rang, and the group parted ways once again. Odd was unusually quiet at lunch, he wanted to spend his time observing Leo, something that the rest of the group picked up on, even Leo who hadn't known him for that long. Walking into history, Jeremy questioned him at the table they shared.
"Why were you so quiet at lunch today?" Jeremy pushed his glasses up his nose, leaned down and took some notes as their teacher walked by lecturing about the Civil War. Odd just shrugged, his own paper out. During the last year he had turned his grades around, making one of the top students in his grade. "Okay." The rest of the classes went well, with no attacks. Everyone was grateful as the day ended.
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"Honey, dinner's ready."
"Coming." Leo looked up from his homework, he needed to catch up and was planning to do it soon. Getting up, he walked out of his room and downstairs. On the table was a pot roast and some vegetables, like always it looked delicious. "You should have been a chef mom." He had always told her that, knowing that at one time her dream profession had been just that.
She blushed a deep red, making the lines of her face look a little more defined. "You're just saying that." Rubbing her hands on her black cooking apron she took it off.
"You know its true and don't deny it." He lifted the plates up and took them over to the table, waiting for his mom to sit down, before serving them. Lifting up his fork, he waited for the grilling his mother was going to have.
"How was your day?" She looked at the her son's face, happy at the way it lit up.
"It was wonderful actually. I met some friends." Leo looked down, blushing. His mother knew of his preference for boys and accepted it, but not without teasing him.
"Any prospects that I should know about?" Leo's mother winked an eye at her son. A teasing grin gracing her face. Leo flushed red all over again. "Oh there is. Tell me about him."
Leo did just that, gushing to her like a teenage girl, which in a way he was. After the interesting dinner conversation he shut himself in his room for the night, intent on studying and catching up with the other students.
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In the dorm rooms, Odd laid on his bed unable to fall asleep. Kiwi barked from his spot next to him. "Oh Kiwi how do I get myself into these messes?" The dog just barked in response. "You're right, I should just stop thinking about it." Tossing to face the wall, he fell into a uneasy sleep. The next day he woke up to Ulrich's shaking.
"Wake up Odd, we're going to be late again." Odd opened his eyes, blinking sleep out of them. It was now morning, which surprised him. 'When did I fall asleep?' Looking at the time he jumped up, classes were going to start in less then ten minutes. Grabbing his things he ran to the bathrooms, hoping all the hot water wasn't gone. Unfortunately it was, after screaming at the lack of heat, Odd hurried, leapt out, dressed and brushed his teeth. Less then eight minutes later he left the bathroom, a record for him. After stopping at the dorm room, he went to class, knowing Ulrich was probably already there. 'Or maybe he's talking to Yumi finally. God knows they've been pinning after each other for a long time.' Even Jeremy and Aelita had started a sort of thing with each other.
Running to class he made it just before the late bell rang. Taking the seat next to Leo he lifted his thumbs up. "Thank goodness I made it to class on time." Leo laughed, he had a rough morning, almost forgetting to get up again. Before he could say anything, Mrs. Hertz began speaking, silencing the class.
At the end Jeremy opened his laptop, alerting him of an activated tower in the forest region. Looking between the two, he mouthed 'emergency' to the blonde, who made an excuse to Leo about having to go to the clinic and to tell the next teacher where he was. Leo nodded numbly, watching his friends run into the forest, which defiantly not the way to the clinic. 'I wonder where they're going.' He didn't want to intrude, figuring it would be better to leave it be, until they told him. Making his way to the gym he missed the principal making his way to him, possessed by Xana and fading in and out.
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The gang made it to the supercomputer in record time, none of them caring about Xana's lack of attack. "Get into the scanners and I will transport to the Lyoko." Making his way to the chair, typing some things in, the Lyoko warrior cards showed up. "Scanner Ulrich." Ulrich's card popped up. "Scanner Odd." Odd's card popped up, taking its place next to the other. "Scanner Aelita." The third and final card popped up. Yumi wouldn't be able to come just yet, when she finished taking an important test she would join them.
"Virtualize Ulrich." The card started to blink and fill up, showing that everything was running smoothly. "Virtualize Odd. Virtualize Aelita." All three cards filled up, then shot off to the side.
In Lyoko, the three warriors dropped, landing gracefully. Instead of their normal attire, Ulrich wore a yellow headband with a white exclamation point surrounded by circle on it. His regular outfit was replaced with a black turtle neck shirt underneath a yellow jacket, with a face on the back, and a orange pattern on the front. Over his waist was a green and yellow waist band, like on a kimono, at the side was a saber. His legs were covered with black tights and boots. Odd's attire consisted off a purple shirt a darker lavender then his usual attire, with a picture of a dog in yellow, where his shirt ended was a band of pink and yellow stripes, followed by a pair of lavender pants. The pants had a stripe of black at the sides, which ended at yellow knee guards, then resumed on the front of his pants, his shoes were the same bright yellow as the knee guards. The only big differences on the boy was a purple tail, which swayed, the lavender paws, with their claw extended ending at the upper arm with white circles on it, and the two purples markings onto his forehead, and the two on his cheeks. Aelita was taller, with her pink hair a little more tamed, her ears had grown more pointed, with two silver piercing at the tips of each. Instead of her pink dress, she wore a dark pink shirt, with lighter pink trimmings, underneath was a creamy white shirt, which extended down to her legs, underneath the dark skirt, to her shoes. On her wrists were two puffy cuffs.
"Jeremy where is the tower?" Odd spoke to the air, knowing that the other could hear him just fine.
"To the east, it shouldn't be far." The group started to run in the direction they were told in, nothing happened for the most part.
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Leo had turned around just in time to duck from a punch. "What the hell?" He looked into the eyes of his principal, well the Xana symbol anyways. The man went for another punch, missing and hitting the wall, leaving a big dent.
Yumi who had just been coming out of class, saw the two. Running she tried to divert the possessed man's attention to no avail. Leo ducked another punch, and started to run towards Yumi.
"What the hell is going on?"
Yumi could offer no explanation , Xana only went after the gang, unless someone had annoyed them, which didn't seem to be the case for Leo. "Run." She started to run for the sewer system, vaguely aware of Leo running the other way. Making her way to the lab she told Jeremy to send her to Lyoko fast.
Leo on the other hand, ran like a madman. Beforehand he noticed the principal paid no attention to his friend. Not wanting in any danger he led the man away from her. 'I hope she's okay.
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After Yumi landed, she took out her flowered fans. Like the other's her outfit changed as well. Her black outfit was now black dress, with a yellow belt, with a red ribbon tied to it, much like Ulrich's. Underneath were red leggings, black knee guards, bandages and black shoes. Her face was painted much like a geisha.
"Jeremy where are the other's?"
"They're at the tower, fighting some crabs." Jeremy pressed a button. "Here is your vehicle."
"Thanks." In front of the girl an outline of a gray hover board type vehicle appeared, jumping on she made her assist her friends. When she caught up to them, she saw Odd jump shooting one of his laser arrows. Jumping off the vehicle, she ran to assist him, holding up her twin fans to dodge some shots a couple of hornets shot at her.
"Need any help." She jumped backwards, landing gracefully next to Odd.
"Yes I do." The two jumped out of the way as the horn shot another round. Another laser arrow, and a throw of the fans the monsters were gone. Jumping back on their respective vehicles, they drove to catch up with Ulrich and Aelita.
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Leo ran behind a tree, still running away from the principal. Bending over, he panted, brushing off beads of sweat that collected on his face during the race. The possessed man grunted, looking around for his victim. Unable to find him, he turned away on a search for him. "Thank goodness." He sank into the tree, waiting for the coast to be clear.
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"Yumi be careful you only have thirty life points left." Jeremy warned the girl, she was the only one left besides Aelita. The other two stood beside the short blonde.
"Einstein I'm sure they will be fine."
"Yeah." Ulrich walked out of the elevator. He had taken a blow by a megatank. "See." The screen showed the last of the little red triangles disappearing.
On Lyoko, Aelita ran into the tower, stepping on the rings in the center, taking herself to the second floor. A screen popped up putting her hand against it, the computer entered the code; Lyoko.
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Leo watched in horror, as his attacker was about to hit him with a branch. He stopped short, falling to the floor out cold. Shivering Leo picked himself up, running away he ran out of school. Determined to take the rest of the day off.
Climbing out of the sewer Odd thought he saw the faint outline of Leo running out of Kadic. The gang finished the morning classes, noticing the boy was gone. At lunch Yumi asked them to go somewhere more private, everyone agreed, but not without some protest from Odd.
Walking into the forest they sat at a deserted area. "You guys…" Yumi started she had been meaning to tell the other's what had happened earlier, sooner, but didn't have the chance. "When Xana attacked, didn't you find it weird that nothing was attacked, or that no one attacked us?" The group all nodded their heads yes, sure they had noticed, but didn't think much of it at the time.
"Old Xana just got tired of us kicking his ass." Odd punched the air, making the rest of the group snicker.
"It's not that big of a deal is it?" Ulrich waited for Yumi to answer, knowing that something was wrong. The other never played with her hair, unless she was nervous.
"Well the thing is…." She took a deep breath. "The principal was possessed by Xana, but he was attacking Leo." That had Odd's full attention, along with everyone else's. "I tried to distract the Xana, but he just kept attacking Leo. I'm really worried about him. The only reason I got to the factory was because he ran the other way, to get him away from me."
In a flash Odd stood up, running away from the group. He was determined to see if the other boy was alright. The other's just watched. "Do you think we should return to the past?" Jeremy said, seriously.
"No. I think Xana may use that to his advantage." Before anyone could reply the bell rang, forcing the remaining members of the gang to part ways.
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Odd had ran out of Kadic and down the street on his way to Leo's house. When he arrived, he rang the doorbell and stood.
Leo was ready to go upstairs, a cup of hot chocolate in hand, when the doorbell rang. 'Who would be at the door at this hour?' Figuring, he would never find out until he answered the door, he went to get it. In front of him stood Odd, his arms crossed. "What are you doing here?" He raised an eyebrow, he never told the other boy where he lived.
"I saw you leave, and I followed you." Odd thought up the excuse quickly, and realized it had its faults. He waited for Leo to grill him, but was pleasantly surprised, when Leo moved out of the way, letting him come inside.
"Do you want anything to drink or eat?"
Odd walked inside, stomach growling at the offer of food. Sheepishly he replied. "Sure. Do you have any cookies?" Leo raised an eyebrow. He did, his mother made him some before she left for work.
"Yes."
"Great!" Odd ran off in the direction of the kitchen, making Leo more suspicious. "This is great." Odd had proceeded to shove his face full from the moment he walked in. "This is delicious." Leo stared, reaching over to take a cookie as well. The two finished the plate quickly and retreated upstairs. Once inside Odd became serious. "Leo I need to ask you something."
Leo who had been taking off his shoes, turned. "Yeah."
"Earlier when we ran off saying we were going to the clinic, Yumi said she came out and saw the principal attack you. I just wanted to know if it was true." Odd looked down, not wanting to meet his friends eyes.
"Yes he was. He was kind of fading in and out." Odd nodded, it was Xana, the big question was, why Leo? "I'm okay though." Leo didn't want the other to think of him as weak, so he blurted out the words before he could stop himself. Sitting down on the bed, he looked around his room. "Sorry this is a mess." The only thing he had been able to unpack was a drum set.
"You play drums?" It was obvious, but Odd was too excited.
"Yeah, I used to be in a garage band for fun." If someone could have hearts in their eyes, then that's what Odd would have. The two spent the rest of the afternoon talking, forgetting about the problems from earlier that day.
A/N: Review please.