Yay! Chapter 15! This is a good chapter, thought the next one will probably be better. After all, filler chapters are never as good as action chapters. But enough about that, before I give away what happens. Thanks for the many reviews I've gotten up until this point. And right now, I know for a fact that this story is going to continue well beyond twenty chapters, so rejoice!
Anyway, let's just get to the story, after a word from our sponsors:
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Now, on to the chapter!
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Chapter 15 – Practice
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Rena and Amy were deep in the forest, high up on a cliff and far away from all paths. After all, they were sparring, and their techniques were a bit…unusual…
Amy was hiding in a tree, spying on Rena as she searched all over the ground. It was early December, but it hadn't snowed yet. Amy smiled, remembering what Rena had told her during their last sparring session.
"Always expect the unexpected, and try to be unexpected too."
She smiled and concentrated, hiding her hands behind her back and closing her eyes to dampen the blue glow. She shot a blast of water at Rena.
Rena spotted the dim blue aura and easily evaded the blast. She smiled as she shot a firebolt in the direction of the tree. Amy blocked it with a water shield and dropped to the ground. She was about to shoot another water blast when her cell phone vibrated in her pocket. She held up her hands in a "time-out" gesture and pulled out the phone, answering it.
"Yeah? Hey Eric…you're done for now? Good…the cliff, I'm sparring with Rena…I'll show you…call me back when you come in…you do? Okay…bye."
She hung up and looked at Rena. "Our bro's got out of detention and are gonna come here to spar with us after they try something."
"What are they trying?"
"They wouldn't tell me."
They continued sparring.
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Eric and John were sitting in their dorm. John sighed.
"So, how do we do this?" he asked.
"Um…it looks like you have to concentrate on something, then say something out loud…"
John rolled his eyes. "That helps…"
"Too bad they don't say how to do this in the books."
"Yeah, I know… I'm assuming we concentrate on our avatars. Let's do that and just say random stuff until it happens."
Eric shrugged. "Okay. Transform! Go! Abra kadabra! Go Lyoko!"
"It's not working…" John muttered.
"Yeah, maybe we should go read 'Code Lyoko' again and see––" Eric cut himself off as his body started to glow bright yellow.
"It's working!" he yelled.
He rose up a foot into the air, still glowing yellow. There was a bright flash of light, and he fell back to the ground, in his Lyoko form. He reached into the pouch at his waist and pulled out a shuriken. He smiled.
"That's it! You have to say 'Code Lyoko'!"
John transformed too, and looked down at himself as he pulled out his bo staff.
"This is awesome!"
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Amy answered her cell again, speaking for a second before hanging up. She turned to Rena and Nina, who had just come back a minute ago after exploring the forest.
"They're here, and they have something to show us. They won't tell me what! Anyway, Nina, could you send up a signal so they know where to go?"
Nina nodded and shot a ball of light into the sky, where it hovered directly over them.
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John and Eric, exploring the forest, saw a second sun rise into the air.
"That would be Nina," Eric said, smiling slightly. John glanced at him and saw a blank expression on his face.
"Eric? Hello? HELLO? EARTH TO LOVER-BOY!"
"Huh?" he asked, snapping out of his trance.
"Thinking of Nina?"
Eric blushed. "Uh…yeah…I was… Does it really matter?"
"So, you're really in love with her huh?" John prodded.
"Yeah, just as much as you are with my sister," Eric shot back at him.
Now John was blushing. "Forget about that. Let's take a short-cut."
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Rena looked out over the forest, and saw two figures rise from it, one riding on a board of stone. The two figures flew towards the cliff.
Moments later, John and Eric landed on the edge of the cliff. They grinned, running up to the group.
"We have something to show you!" they said in unison.
Rena rolled her eyes. "You told us that already. Just show us!"
"Fine. Ready John?"
John nodded, and they both closed their eyes, muttering something that the others couldn't hear. John began to glow bright green, and Eric was glowing bright yellow. They rose up a foot into the air.
There were two bright flashes of yellow and green light, and they dropped back to the ground, smiling as the others looked at them in awe. Eric threw his hands up in the air.
"Ta-daa!"
The three girls just stared. John and Eric now looked exactly like their Lyoko avatars. John pulled out his bo staff and twirled it around a couple times, then looked around.
"Hey, where's Dan?"
Rena rolled her eyes. "I have a guess. He wouldn't answer his phone, so he's either doing homework or on his…what do you call these computer-thingies anyway?"
Eric shrugged. "Computer-thingies sounds fine…"
"Anyway, I'll go get him!" she yelled as she took of on a jet of flame.
"So?"
John looked at the two girls that were left. "Um…uh…what?" he asked.
Nina rolled her eyes. "Show us how!"
"Okay, you just have to say 'Code Lyoko' and concentrate on your Lyoko avatar." Eric explained.
"It's that easy?" Amy asked.
The two boys nodded. Dan stepped out from under the shadow of a tree as Rena landed back on the cliff. They explained everything again, then joined in on the sparring.
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Nina waited in a tree, contemplating how to hide herself better. Suddenly, she had an idea.
If I can control light…
She smiled as she closed her eyes and concentrated. She felt the light hitting her, bouncing off of her. Then, the light no longer hit her.
She was invisible.
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Where could she be?
Eric was walking throughout the forest, looking for Nina. She was definitely good at hiding. They had eventually decided to play hide-and-seek, because they were tired of fighting. Eric had found everybody except Nina, and now they had all split up and started to look for her.
But she was nowhere to be found!
Then, he suddenly stopped as he heard a twig snap. He whirled around, but there was nobody there.
He kept walking forward, then ran into something.
"Oof!"
The invisible barrier became visible again, and was revealed to be Nina. She bent down.
"Eric? Are you alright?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Great trick with the light by the way," Eric said.
"Thanks."
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After sparring for several hours, they headed back to school for dinner, then went to sleep, ready for whatever the next day would throw at them.
Or so they thought…
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Yes! I know! I'm evil! I don't care! I'm leaving you with a cliffie because I feel like it. I'll tell you a little about what will happen next. Lessee…there will be a XANA attack soon, but I can't say when. Right now, there's something missing from this story, which will become apparent after the XANA attack.
That's really all I can say. See you next time! Please please review! Even if you don't have an account, anonymous people can still review!
Oh, and I just started reading a pretty good story by ClInIcAlLyInSaNeChIcK (wow, that's annoying to type...) called "Heart2Heart". Go read it some time if you're okay with UxOC! (Yumi moved back to Japan. If you want any more info, just check out the story!)
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Then, I'm planning an interesting UxY story, which I'll post when I finish planning the story and writing the first chapter. I also have two otherunposted works-in-progressmentioned in my profile, so take a look! Once again, I'll post one of my four new stories soon, either during Spring Break or earlier. I'll just post the one I finish first, or the one you guys want the most (tell me in your review!).
See you soon with chapter 16!