Alright everyone how's it going out there, I can tell by the bemused smile on your faces that you're wondering why in the blue hell am I stalling with the disclaimer, well, the answer to that is that I have no idea. Any way this is a the next chapter in the epic tale of our lyoko heroes as the do battle with that renegade virus Xana, so without further a due, I give you the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I don't own any part of code lyoko; that belongs to moonscape and CGI Flims

I do however own this story and about a third of the OCs that have yet to perform before you.

Tale of the Ten Sword

Chapter 6

: Lyoko :

The air was filled with the sight of piercing red laser and streaks of golden arrow heads as Odd held off the army with just his laser arrows as he was forced into cover by the megatanks.

"Laser Arrow" Odd cried as he popped from his place behind the wall to fire off three shots before pull back behind the frozen barrier. In the sky above the battle field, two wire frames began to take form as Ulrich and Yumi began to materialize. At the rate this was going, they would end up landing right in the middle of the crossfire. Without another thought, Odd leaped out from his hiding place and began to charge his gauntlets.

"Strike. Laser. CLAW!!!" he cried as he sent two golden streaks along the ground towards Ulrich and Yumi, it was going to be close, he just hoped he made it in time. Just as they finished vertualizing, and begun to fall, the twin streaks sailed by just underneath the feet. The carried on and collided into some krabes and bloks. Ulrich and Yumi just stared as the explosions carried on to the others who were too close.

"C'mon guys, MOVE IT!!!" taking the incentive, they dashed for the tower. As they were heading for cover mantas and hornets were making attack runs. The mantas began to release the mines as the hornets prepare to spray their acid.

"Watch Out" Ulrich said as he pushed Yumi forward toward the opening as he spun around drawing his blade, parried a couple of shots, before taking off for the archway, "Triplicate" His two clones appeared behind him and rushed forward. Using his body as a ramp, he let the clones run up his back and then up the ice wall where they ran up a bit more before leaping off at their pursuers. The clone going for the mantas manage to take out the first by flipping around like a buzz saw, slicing through the first then went to strike at another but instead it's blade made contact with one of the floating mines, the blast engulfing both the clone and the manta.

The other clone was having a bit more of a hassle. Right after it leaped off the frozen tower, it was parrying bolt after bolt as it closed the distance, managing to send some of the bolts, destroying two of the five. However once it was within range, one of the hornets shot a spray of acid. Doing the only thing it could do, it block with its blade, the acid began to eat through it immediately. Quickly, before the blade was completely gone, it hurled it at the hornet. It struck home, lodging itself deep into its head, just above the 'eye'. The acid on the blade continued on to eat through both the hilt as well as the rest of the hornet. Defenseless the clone didn't stand a chance as it was consumed by acid sprayed from the other hornets, deleted in seconds. Spotting a defenseless Ulrich; the hornet flew in closer before spraying another dose of acid at him. However before it could reach him, a tessan fan intercepted it, coating it as it sailed towards the hornets. One managed to dodged the acidic disk, but the other wasn't as fortunate.

Using her telekinesis, she took hold of the second hornet and rammed it into the first. With both covered in acid it was a matter of seconds until they were destroyed. While this was going on the remaining manta was charging its laser to take advantage of the confusion. However it never got the chance to as Yumi destroyed it with her other fan

During this time, Ulrich had still been standing outside the archway, unaware of the energy wall that was coming at him. The megatank attack would have connected, devurtualizing Ulrich if he hadn't used his katana to halt the wall of energy.

"Nnggh," he grunted under the strain, pushing back against it, "I could use some help here." He called over his shoulder.

"Hang on I got you, Strike. Laser. Claw." Odd cried as he struck the wall, shattering it. Taking his chance he launched an arrow, hitting the tanks eyes dead center, before ducking behind the wall once more. Following his lead,Ulrich dashed in and ducked behind the wall as well. When he leaned against it to catch breath he felt something come over him as an emerald green aura enveloped him. Looking over at Yumi he saw that the same was happening to her as well, and just as it appeared, it vanished.

"What the heck was that?" Ulrich asked looking at his hand

"That was Jeremy's program, as soon as you get close to the tower the program activates." he says as he spins around the corner and launching a few shots before he ducks behind the wall again for protection, when he does, three reassuring explosion sound off.

"So what did that program do to us?" Yumi asked, catching her remaining fan.

"Basically we have no life points," at this, they stare at him as if he's gone crazy, "don't worry, we can't be devertualized unless someone at the super computer." He says as gets a few more shots off.

"Odd how come you still have arrows left," he asks as he draws his katana, "and exactly what did that program do to us?"

We'll to put it one way; it's an 'infinity program'. Anything that would normally run out, won't, that includes-" he was interrupted by an explosion on the outer wall, "hold that thought." He says before peeking around the corner only to have to draw it back as a bolt strikes where his head was moments before. In response leaps into the open and unleashes a barrage upon them before jumping back for cover. "Alright, like I was saying, you can't run out, life points, ammo, you name it."

"Ok, ignoring how crazy that sounds…" Ulrich stops for a second to draw his katana. A krabe materialized in front of the entrance. Getting an idea, Ulrich cuts off the front legs and as it fell he moved underneath and took out the back legs as well.

"Odd, help me move this." Ulrich says as he lifts the mantle so that it's on its side. Together they moved what was left of the krabe in front of the entrance, using bottom as a barricade.

"Ok, you telling us that we no longer have life points, but that's not a problem. Since you two are long range fighters, you have unlimited ammunition. So what does that leave me exactly?" He asks as they lean against the barricade. "In case you forgot, I already used my triplicate…" right after uttering those words two more clones appeared before him.

"Wait a minute," Yumi starts, "I thought you could only use that technique once?!"

"So did I, I guess that's how this infinity program works on me." As he said this, a distant look appeared in his eye. "You guys cover me, I got an idea." he says as he and his clones leap over their barricade. Immediately, Odd jumps in front of him, activating his "Shield" as he stood in front of Ulrich. Yumi, using her telekinesis summoned fan after fan from her sash and sent them out to help protect the boys. Ulrich pulls out his katana and spins it around a bit before thrusting the blade into the ice, one hand on the hilt with the other before him, two fingers extended as he focused. His clones both drew the blades assumed fighting stances. "Triplicate," six clones appeared next to the other two, "Triplicate," eighteen more clones appeared, "Triplicate," Now there was a total of eighty clones with Ulrich behind Odds shield and Yumi's wall of fans. Each clone readied their swords, "SUPERSPRINT." They cried as the sailed over their protective cover and on to the battle field. The fell upon the enemy force like a wave crashing against the shore, each time one knock down, two more were there to avenge their fallen brother.

Ulrich was still summoning more and more clones as he stood behind Yumi wall of razor edge fans. Odd had left the cover provide by the flurry of fans and had joined the clones in dispatching the drones.

"Odd, where's Jeremy?" Ulrich asked through a couple of his clones nearest to the wildcat.

"He's dealing with Xana on the other plateau. He's pretty much fight on par with Xana, nothing out here has the power to faze…." Odd said a familiar sensation swept over him.

: Flash vision:

All around them the battle was progressing as it should, the clone army and odd had been mostly dominating the battle with the original Ulrich and Yumi a ways off providing more troops. Yumi had gotten the hang of maintaining the wall so she summoned even more of her deadly fans and sent them through the enemy ranks. Over head, a squadron of five mantas where coming from the far side of the field. Four of them were orbiting the one in the center. The one on the bottom broke formation and flip upside down underneath the center manta and they began to charge their lasers. Only instead of it being two separate shots a orb formed in the center surronded by a small ring of energy. As they continued to charge it, it took on a more 3d look and shape. Soon it was a crimson sphere with a black core. When it fired, it scream through the air as it sailed toward its target; Jeremy.

: End vision:

Odd gasps as he is released from the vision. When he looked around he was surrounded by Ulrichs. They most have seen him when he was taken over by the flash vision.

"What did you see?" one of the Ulrichs shouted as they held off Xana's drones. There was no need to ask what had happen. He knew there was only one cause for his paralysis like that, Odd's visions. He was slightly worried about the fact that it lasted longer than normal, but there was no time to be sympathetic. Whenever odd had a vision, it was never done them any good.

"It's Xana," Odd pants as he get his strength back, the vision had taken more outta him than he had originally thought, "there's gonna be a squad of manta, they got this wicked new strike, it's like nothing we've seen before."

"How bad is it?

"let me put this way, imagine a flying, screaming rasengan aimed at Jeremy"

"I get it, its mega bad, meaning we don't have time to play around anymore. YUMI, NOW!"

That last part was screamed by all the Ulrichs at once. Yumi hearing her cue, focus everything she had on attacking. She dismantled the wall and used the fans that made it into a swarm of deadly spinning disks. The original Ulrich released his hold on multi clone jutsu naruto reference haha and cried "Supersprint" as he took off into the fray, Yumi's fans following close behind. One fan came up beside Ulrich as he race onward and attached itself to his forearm guard. The rest of the fans did the same with the other clones, providing them with extra protection as well as an upgrade in their arsenal. The fans that weren't used as shields for the clones; flew around striking the monster like a swarm of killer bees, then rebounding off of the clones makeshift shields to once again go on the attack.

Odd had a pair of fan/shields himself, and although he prefers the 'heads first' approach, they didn't hinder him as he lashed out, cutting the drones down like a hot knife through butter. Only thing was there was a lot of butter. This is so not good for my cholesterol, he joke to his self as he slashed a leg off a krabe and using it to pole vault over an oncoming megatank and while airborne launching the leg like a javelin in to the eye of said tank. Once again he got the strange feeling of dread, like he was about to miss a crucial moment. He scanned the skies over head search for Xana' five horsemen, harbingers of the lyokian apocalypse, and he found them; sailing through the skies as though through water. In the center was a black and red manta, each of the others were jet black. One of them broke formation and flew underneath the crimson one and attached itself.

"Ulrich get Yumi, we gotta stop that thing." Odd called out as he raced off towards Jeremy. Each of the clones immediately left whatever they were fight and followed after Odd. Three Ulrichs went after Yumi and place her on their shoulders, looking like she was sitting on a throne a took off to join the others.

"we have to hurry, if that things is half as powerful as I expect it to be then were in trouble." Ulrich says to Yumi as he pulls alongside her, Odd was still a ways ahead.

" Ulrich, tell me straight," Yumi pleads, "how bad is it gonna be?"

"From what Odd told about it, let's just say it's a good thing you've been going to church."

"Why?"

"Cause we're going to need a miracle."