Thank you everyone who reviewed (and for those of you who were to shy/lazy well this chapter is for you. Chapter 5.5 (haha almost 5—5) REVIEW lol and happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day everyone! END CHAPTER

Oh sorry my laptop was having problems last night uploading the documents :-( but I was able to get it up during my first period class today.

Sorry for the dumbness here is the disclaimer

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko but if I did there would be a 5th season. And a more concrete answer to the question everyone wants confirmed UxY finally???

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Chapter 6

Yumi stared blankly at Jeremy as he counted up the votes. "Well that's that. The vote stands at four to one in favor of Chris joining, but since we all agreed the vote had to be unanimous she won't be able to join or know anything about Lyoko," Jeremy said then began to brief the others on what he thought X.A.N.A.'s new tactic was.

"So I believe X.A.N.A is attempting to disrupt our ability to use the Way Towers as a means of quick travel to the appropriate sector. This change in strategy probably has surfaced because X.A.N.A. has noticed a glitch in the virtualization program that causes you guys to be dropped off in the wrong sector."

Ulrich wasn't listening instead he had spent the entire time glaring at Jeremy. 'Why'd he do it? It is not like Chris couldn't be trusted, or like she'd not take the role of saving the world seriously.'

"Ulrich? Hey Earth to Ulrich have you heard anything I've been saying about the major ramifications if X.A.N.A. is successful in wiping out the Way Towers?"

"Why did you do it Jeremy? Huh?" Ulrich asked with a little bit of anger leaking out.

"Do what? What are you talking about?" Jeremy retorted defensively.

"Why did you vote against Chris?"

"What I didn't vote against her. I actually-"

"Don't lie to me!" Ulrich hated how Jeremy remained so calm.

"Um, Ulrich… Jeremy wasn't the one who voted against Christine joining the team," Yumi said but instantly regretted doing so. 'God I'm so stupid,' she thought.

"Oh yeah who did then?" Ulrich asked turning all of his attention onto Yumi.

"It was, it was me," she said and looked down fighting back the tears. Odd, Aelita and Jeremy all exchanged glances that said 'we better get the hell out of here.'

"Uh we are going to uh go to dinner yeah dinner!" Odd said while holding the door open letting Jeremy and Aelita out. As the door shut behind them Ulrich glared at Yumi.

'How could she have done this? Is she jealous of Chris?' Ulrich thought as Yumi remained quiet wishing everything that she had done away.

After a few minutes without saying anything Ulrich spoke in a calmer voice and asked, "So why did you do it?"

Yumi sniffled and looked up at Ulrich. "I don't know…" she didn't really know why she had always told herself that Ulrich didn't matter to her.

"You know why so just say it!" Ulrich wasn't angry about her voting against him all he wanted was some clarification on whether the girl that still appeared in his dreams cared for him.

"I guess I did it because I had always seen Lyoko and even X.A.N.A. as an excuse just to be with you and… and I thought Christine would take away the only thing that the two of us do together anymore… after we broke up."

Ulrich was stunned, 'She still likes me? Why didn't she tell me this before I got involved with Chris?' Ulrich paused then started to say "Oh Yumi I-" but Odd busted into the room.

"It is yoohoo-it's-us-time!" Odd said excitedly.

Without thinking Ulrich picked up Yumi in his arms since she couldn't run very fast with her injured leg and started heading towards the stairs. Yumi started to feel her face fill with blood at being swept away in Ulrich's strong arms but quickly found herself quite comfortable.

Out of the corner of Ulrich's eyes he sees a door open then someone's voice call out his name but he has no time to stop to see who they are.

Lyoko: Ice Barrier

"Okay guys there has been some X.A.N.A. activity in Sector 5 so I'm sending you to find out what it is," Jeremy said, "Go to the edge of the sector to meet up with the transporter orb." The sounds of the elevator doors opening in the laboratory room could be heard through Jeremy's headset on Lyoko.

"Christine what are you doing her?" the Lyoko Warriors heard Jeremy ask because he still had his headset on.

"I saw Ulrich carrying Yumi so I decided to follow them. What is this place?"

"Uh, could you hold on a sec?" Jeremy asked her then turned his attention back to Lyoko.

"Christine has stumbled across the factory. I'll have to detain her here until you guys find out what the disturbance is on Lyoko."

"Detain?! I don't think so! I don't know who you think you are or what your doing here Jeremy Belpois but-" Jeremy cut off his headset's transmission to Lyoko leaving the gang completely alone on the Ice Barrier.

"Let's get going," Ulrich said as the group started to move out.

The trip was uneventful because not one of X.A.N.A.'s monsters were anywhere in the Ice Barrier.

"Strange none of X.A.N.A.'s pets are anywhere," Odd said as they reached the end of the sector.

"Jeremy we've reached the transport site," Aelita said hoping that Jeremy was finished confining Christine in the factory.

"I've calmed down Christine, and she seems to actually believe us about Lyoko. I've just entered the code Scipio so the Transporter Orb should be coming around,"

The Orb floated eerily and engulfed everyone then flew off in the direction of Carthage.

Carthage: Sector 5

The Transporter Orb dropped off the gang on the white glowing elevator in Carthage that usually had a predominate X.A.N.A. eye symbol on it was currently covered in something very soft and oozy.

"Uh Einstein the elevator to the arena is very dark and we're standing in something very squishy," Odd said.

"Hm I have not clue what it is but we don't have time my map of Sector 5 shows the Scyphozoa and some Green Kankrelats are in the Core room. I don't think I have to remind you that if the Core gets destroyed."

"X.A.N.A. will be freed completely and escape yeah yeah we know," Odd said sarcastically as he began running to catch up with the others who had begun without him.

Once Odd had reached the room with the timed button. He could already see that Yumi was working her way over the button and Ulrich was taking out some creepers. With a couple minutes to spare Yumi pressed the button that opened the door to the Arena.

"Great Job Yumi not I'll program you vehicles in the arena and you guys should be good to go," Jeremy said as they group rode the lift to the Arena.

Inside the Core Room

All the Lyoko Warriors especially Aelita cringed at the sight of the Scyphozoa. Its long translucent tentacles wrapped around two Green Kankrelats as it hovered mystically in the air. The beast hurled the first Green Kankrelat at the Core shields. The shields glowed red after absorbing the force of the explosion. Then the Scyphozoa raised its other tentacle holding the second Green Kankrelat above its orb like head.

"I'll handle this jellyfish," Odd said as he jumped up the stair-like blocks of the Core room. Odd reached the Scyphozoa a it raised a new Green Kankrelat above its head.

"Asta la vista," Odd said as he fired a shot at the Green Kankrelat, which erupted on contact. The explosion crippled the Scyphozoa's anterior right tentacle and shattered the Scyphozoa's protective shield like head exposing the beast's brain.

"And now for the kill- ahh" Odd screamed as a Green Kankrelat jumped on his back wrapping its four little legs around his arms and sunk its small crab claws in to his shoulder.

Odd turned to the gang and gave them a wry smile, "I hate GKs," then the Green Kankrelat exploded instantly devirtualized. (Nickle not: GKs are Odd's new nickname for Green Kankrelats. Don't worry next chapter he'll explain it to the group. that and I'm lazy and hate typing Green Kankrelats all the time.)

The Scyphozoa's tentacles lay useless at its sides as the maimed beasts began to retreat. The monster's head bellowed a trail of smoke as it slunk out of sight.

"Wow Odd really hurt the Scyphozoa that time I'm sure X.A.N.A.'s not going to be happy. Great work as always guys I'm going to bring you in. No wait! My screens have picked up on another monster being there. I don't know what it is but it seems familiar.

I don't see a monster anywhere," Aelita said.

"Are you sure?" Jeremy asked as Yumi felt something like ooze fall from the ceiling of the Core room onto here shoulder.

"What is this purple stuff?" Yumi asked as she flicked it off her shoulder. The purple muck stained her pale white hand.

Yumi looked up to see that the ceiling looked like it had the Marabounta crawling over it. Then out of the center of the gross creation came a large diamond shaped face. The gang watched in horror as the eye of X.A.N.A. seared onto the face of the beast branding it as X.A.N.A.'s new weapon.

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