Chapter 24: A Case of Misunderstanding part 1
It was now the beginning of February, and now the Lyoko Warriors have decided to let Mason in onto one of the Replicas for the first time. After school all of them gathered at their usual spot on the bench to discuss the matter at hand.
"Hey where'd Max?" asked Apollo looking around.
"He's talking to Emily, and he looks like he's enjoying it," said Odd pointing over at the two discussing other things.
Mason was giving them a envious eye, yet the others didn't notice the strange behavior of Mason. Max gave a smile and returned to the others.
"Looks like you made a friend Romeo!" laughed Ulrich.
While Max blushed a little and gave a cute little smile Mason quickly looked away in anger, as well as in jealousy, and gave a small huff then turned back. Mason then remembered about his " Replica Initiation" today and gave a smile which auotmaitcally fogave the little mongrel until later.
"So when are we going to head to the Replica!" smiled Mason.
"When the time comes..." sighed Jeremy.
"Don't forget today's Friday...and tonight Jim will be having weekly inspections today, so if we leave then he'll notice...so we're going to have to wait until tomorrow," chimed Aelita explaining to the impatient Mason.
"Allright...fine by me...," smirked Mason playing with a pen clicking it over and over again.
They all walked away and Mason slipped away to see how Emily was doing.
"Heeeeyyyyy...yooooouuuuu" smirked Mason waving.
Emily ignored him and turned around and made a huff sound.
"Ermmmmm... is this about the Gundam thingy-ma-jig?...look if you want it you can have it I don't care...Chamael will send me another one soon." huffed Mason looking aggravated.
Emily gave and squeal and turned around.
"Really! YOU MEAN IT!" smiled Emily.
"ooooooo...yeeeeaaahhhh sure." spoke Mason in a weird tone rolling his dark grey eyes.
Emily gave a spin, and then remembered she was mad at Mason and then angrily turned around.
"What's with you!" huffed Mason.
"Oh I don't know Mason Laird...maybe...just maybe...you were flirting around with Brynja last night..in your room...by yourselves," angerly spoke Emily.
"What! Ohhhhhhhh that...look that wasn't flirting I swear she came by...and she started flirting with me I swear!" explained Mason trying to defend himself about last nights finatics.
"You always try to defend yourself Mason! I'm not going to talk to you any more right now!" huffed Emily walking away.
"Naww..." moaned Mason rubbing his hair.
Later Mason met back up with the others and sat with them in Jeremy's room hoping to find a new Replica to let Mason have a test course on.
"Max is hanging out with Emily huh?" questioned Mason in his trademark depressed tone playing with Kiwi.
"Yep...and Apollo is walking around town with Hiroki," smiled Yumi leaning on the bed.
"You guys can go somewhere right now...me and Aelita will stay here and keep looking for that Replica." mentioned Jeremy with his fingers flying away on his keyboard typing in coordinates and numbers into the scan to find the Replica.
"Nahhh... there mothing much to do today, and besides knowing you guys you'll find one soon" sighed Ulrich.
"Yeah I'm going to go somewhere...I'm going to walk around the forest now..." sighed Mason leaving the room.
While Mason was thinking to himself he bumped into someone.
"O-oh sorry...Brynja!" gasped Mason looking down at the foreign student who was evilly smiling at platinum-gold haired boy.
"What's the rush?" seductivly asking Mason.
"I'm going for a walk...please don't follow me." barked Mason shaking his head and trying to get by her.
"Oh come on Mason...don't play hard to get!" smiled Brynja.
"I'm not playing hard to get now YOU GET OUT OF MY WAY!" ordered Mason trying to get out of her way moving from side to side only to be blocked by his stalker.
Brynja did the unexpected...she leaned over and almost kissed Mason. Luckily, for Mason that is, he quickly stood straight up and her lips couldn't reach his and she kissed his chest.
"S-stop it!" barked Mason.
"Awww...come on...let's go to my room." smiled Byrnja taking his hand.
Mason dodged her and his hand slipped out of hers and HE RAN.
"Ewww...do not want...ANY of that." mentally cried Mason running down the stairs and out to the woods.
The next day Mason woke up and quickly got dressed and ran out the door due to excitement...as well as fear of meeting up with his stalker.
"Hey Mason ready to go?" asked Ulrich as they all sat down for a quick breakfast. Max was at the other table talking, again, to Emily, and Apollo was with Hiroki and Johnny.
"Yeah I'm ready to go take care of this damn Replica!" smiled Mason throwing a few fists into the air.
"Good..." replied Jeremy typing on his laptop.
"Yay," smirked Mason rubbing his hair.
"Then we'll get there later today." smiled Yumi holding her sweet Ulrich's hand.
Later that day they all head to the factory, without Max and Apollo, and started the procedures to transport to Lyoko. In Lyoko they headed towards the Skid and set sail for the Digital Sea.
"Wow...it's sooo...sooo...empty," stated Mason looking thorugh the new mini skid window.
"So what's this about you and Emily having an argument my dear platinum-gold haired friend," asked Ulrich in his serious "I want to know" tone towards Mason.
"Nah...it's nothing much honestly...she's just mad at me for "flirting around" with Brynja last night...and she's suspicious. Hopefully...she'll come around," answered Mason with a sigh in his deep pitched, dull voice.
"She isn't the type to let that kind of stuff go so easily Mason." perked Odd joining the conversation.
"Oh...then that's a problem...also she's been spending a lot of time with Max," moaned Mason rubbing his eyes.
"Why? Are...ARE YOU JEALOUS!" grinned Odd giving a small perky laugh.
"No! I don't give a damn on who she dates or what nonsense she takes part in!" lied Mason trying to defend himself.
"Suuuurrrreeeee...," smiled Ulrich rolling his eyes, and he always liked how Mason would defend himself and spaz out in doing so...he always saw it as a way to torture his old soccer friend.
Mason gave an angry huff. "I'm not jealous...I just...i'm just cautious with Max." Mason admitted telling only a half truth.
"He looked happy Mason what's there to be cautious about?" asked Yumi fiddling with her fans.
"Isn't it a LITTLE suspicious that a person we've never even heard of pops out of the Super Computer?" questioned Mason playing with his lazer guns.
"Hmmmm...I'll need to check on Max and Apollo and do a little research on them...thanks for the reminder," thanked Jeremy.
"I see the Replica Jeremy.." said Aelita slowly halting the Skid and hacking the key.
The key was soon unlocked and Aelita sent the Skid upwards until they reached a fake Desert Sector.
"Ermmm...," spoke Mason looking confused.
"Don;t worry XANA just uses the codes to create similiar areas," explained Jeremy now researching the two who came out of the Super Computer.
"Oh...," answered Mason in a reliefed sigh.
"Allright who will knock out the other Super Computer?" questioned Jeremy.
"How about Mason, Yumi, and Ulrich?" suggested Aelita drumming her fingers on the control board and fiddlig with some harmlesss switches.
"Great idea Aelita...have the three of them go and the other two ill teach Mason about it." grinned Jeremy looking into birth records.
"Engerize Ulrich...Energize Yumi...Energize Mason," spoke Jeremy typing in the right numbers and letter to start the program.
In a few seconds they were brough tto life and set out in the middle of the Russian frozen wasteland.
"Ahhh...nice and cold...just what the doctor ordered," smiled Mason stretching out for a few seconds and letting his breath turn into fog in the freezing air.
"Over there!" huffed Yumi pointing to the base.
The trio ran over to the frozen base in the middle of nowhere. They opened the door and took a step inside.
"Open Seasme...," said Jeremy opening up a lock on another door letting them in.
"Hey we're back...and looks like just in tine too," smiled Apollo peeking though the elevator door with Max
"Hi you two...hey do any of you remember about your past?" questioned Jeremy as records flashed thorugh his glasses creating a eerie glow.
"No...at least I know I don't remember a thing...," sighed Max rubbing his hair.
"Nope...neither do I Jeremy!" perked Apollo looking through some magazines Mason and the others gave him and flipped thorugh the pages.
"I see...allright Mason go with Ulrich and Yumi...they know the way Mason," instructed Jeremy the conductor leading his team onto victory.
Max got an evil smile on his face and bent over to Apollo who was reading one of Mason's band magazines.
"Do you want to play a game Apollo? It'll be fun," grinned Max showing him a fixed car.
"I like games...how do I play...?" amiled Apollo holding the car.
"Make this car jump over that switch." smirked Max giving Apolo the remote with an evil grin spread over his wide face.
Apollo gave a smile and started working the car. To be honest, Apollo was a pro with the small electronic car. Making twist and turn through the endless cords and wires around Jeremy's besk and the Super Computer. Apollo chuckles as the car swooped around and headed over to the switch just a few inches in front of the little car.
"Press that button to make it jump over the switch," explain Max reading some of the magazines Apollo put in a neat little pile.
Apollo pushes the jump button and the car lept half way onto the switch, but Max flipped a small switch he had in his pocket and the car died landing on top o fthe button. The Super Computer flicked off and Jeremy had a look of sheer shock on his face. He immediately restarted the comptuer and accessed a reboot program he had personally installed and everyone got back there safely. Apollo had a shocked look on as well when crossed his fingers hoping Jeremy could reboot the computer, he hoped his friends would come back all in one piece...which they all did.
"Is everyone okay!" asked Jeremy literally screaming though the headset.
"Yeah we're all fine Jeremy...all of us are accounted for!" checked Ulrich.
"Whew!" sighed both Apollo and Jeremy wiping the sweat off thier foreheads in pure relief.
"WHEW! And I thought we were done for!" sighed Odd.
"Yeah...good thing Jeremy set up a rebooting program for emergencies." smiled Aelita gently touching her tempil.
"Ναι thamks Jeremy. Καλό σας κρατήσει μυστικά από εμάς." smiled Mason quickly covering his mouth.
"What in the world was that?" gasped JEremy immediately getting Apollos attention.
"Well...looks like you had some bugs with the program Jeremy." sighed t rubbing her forehead in dissappointment.
Everyone immediately ran up to the Computer area to see what the issue was. Jeremy's glasses glowed as numerous numbers and programs flashed onto the blue screen.
"Well...bad news is that some of Mason's language data was altered...so he can't speak English...but the good news is I can find the data and get back your English language." explained Jeremy adjusting his glasses.
"Bien..." sighed Mason rubing his hair.
Apollo looked away in massive guilt and shame as the others were huddled around the computer waiting for a sign of Mason's missing language.
"Is there any way he can communicate with us?" questioned Ulrich.
"Maybe..." spoke Jeremy turning to Mason giving a questioned look.
"Waaaaiiiiitttt...Yumi can speak Japanese...and I spent a few years studying the language...I guess i'm a pro at it...I should try speaking to Yumi...see if she can understand me..." thought Mason looking at Yumi.
"Y-Yumiwa..." spoke Mason stuttering a little.
Yumi gave a surprised look as the others turned towards their foreign speaking friend.
"Oshie te ta no watashi ga kaiketsu sa reru heibon na nippon no wareware no mondai wo hanasu koto ga dekiru..." explained Mason speaking in foreign tongue to Yumi.
"He says that we don't need to worry...he can speak Japanese..and that the problem is solved..." smiled Yumi explaining the news to the others.
What a relief...but where did you learn to speak Japanes?" asked Jeremy fiddling with the headset.
"Anata wa ōku no tabi suru toki , sore ga tasuke ...watashi wa ikutsu ka no hoka no ...wo shi~tsu te iru dake ni yomu koto ga deki masu." explained Mason to Yumi to translate to the others.
"He said that he knows a few others...but can only read those...also that it comes handy when he travels around a lot." replied Yumi now speaking for her troubled comrad.
"This is something we should start working on tomorrow..." suggested Max hiding his evil grin.
"Good idea...we should deal with this issue later..." sighed Jeremy taking off the headset.
"ittai ...kore wa shinkoku na jōkyō desu ...dō ya~tsu te hitobito ni gakkō de hanashi wo suru ...ee iku mae ni ike nai seikō ya ki ni ..." huffed Mason.
"MASON!" scolded Yumi smacking his head.
"What'd he say?" asked Ulrich.
"Something... that I cannot repeat..." scorned Yumi in a cold tone in her voice.
Mason gave a grimaced and the others shook their heads in confusion, Later when everyone was outside the factory Ulrich beckoned Yumi over to him. Ulrich took her into his arms as soon as she walked over.
"You know...we should "make sure" that everything's secure." smirked Ulrich nudging Yumi saying "huh".
Both Ulrich and Yumi took their time "securing the perimeter", which meant flirting around with each other quite a bit, and then headed back to Kadic.
"Well the perimeter is "safe"," winked Ulrich to his girlfriend.
"Yeah! You know Ulrich...I know I still have a long way to go..but you and me...," Yumi started blushing.
"Y-yeah? Hwta about us?" blushed back Ulrich.
"I think you and me was one of the best decisions I have ever made." sincerely smiled Yumi kissing her lover.
Ulrich blushed a bright red and kissed back with a romantic passion which showed his affection back to her.
They broke apart due to the need of Oxygen and held hands and hugged as he and Yumi went to Yumi's house to drop her off. When they reached her front gate Ulrich gave a small sigh and a smile.
"See you tomorrow Yumes?" smile Ulrich letting go of Yumi's hand.
"Yep...sure thing Ulrich," replied Yumi giving Ulrich a peck on the lips and opening her gate to go inside her house.
Ulrich gave a cute little blush as he turned around and started heading back to the dorms giving a proud stride and giving a peppy smile which concerned a lot of late-night-owls who happened to cross paths with the cheery teen.
Later, tensions began to rise in the dorms. Mason was strolling back hoping not to strike a conversation with anyone. When Mason thought he was safe he started whistling a happy tune and started to unlock the room door when the least person he wanted to see right came through the hall...Brynja.
"Hello Mason...," smiled Brynja.
Mason leaned on the door trying to open it but the knob was stuck; the door wouldn't open for it's master.
"Would you like to...hang out?" smiled Brynja pressing against the door.
Mason was now trying for dear life to open the door; he so wished he could just tell her to piss off, but he had a...foreign problem.
"I'll take that as a yes!" smiled Brynja seductively as she went in for a kiss to try to win her lover's heart. She went all the way and crashed to the floor as she realized that her crush had disappeared and nowhere to be found. After searching around for a few minutes she gave up and went back to the Girl's Dorms.
Mason was now at the only place where he though he could be safe from a woman's wrath...his best friend, good buddy, pal, Ulrich's room. He knocked on the door and slid in.
"My my...its the foul mouth," smirked Mason's brown headed friend flipping thorugh a magazine. "Yumi told me what you said earlier..." replied Ulrich now sliding off his pants for his boxers when Mason gave him a mean, foul look.
Mason found a dry erase board by Odds messy side of the room and a marker; then started scribbling his thought onto the white board.
"Guys I need your help! BRYNJA WONT LEAVE ME ALONE!" Mason scribbled drawing a frown face with a tear in one of it's eyes next to the obvious message.
"Well...looks like you got a stalker...boy Mason i'd be very very lucky if I were you!" teased Odd trying to be funny and get a laugh about Mason's dire situation. Odd immediately gavea weird worried look when Mason shot him a glare.
"Er okay okay! You don't have to be so serious! I'll talk to her tomorrow! Otherwise then you can stay in our room!" studdered Odd trying to give a peace offering to his Godzilla-like friend.
Mason gave a smirk and gave a bow and took the sleeping pad from under Ulrichs bed and got a blanket, pillow, and a sheet.
At the same time ,Max had entered into Jeremy's room when Aelita FINALLY convinced him to go asleep. Max turned on Jeremy's computer and started to type down codes and keys into Jeremy's computer. After a program popped up and ran the Eye of XANA appeared and flickered onto Jeremy's computer screen. Max put in a memory stick inot the back of Jeremy's computer and carefully concealed it. Max gave an evil chuckle of success and clicked off the computer monitor and slithered back out without a sound.
"Who is that! YOU THERE!" barked Jim.
Max reacted with a sudden electricity attack with stunned Jim and made collapse on the ground. Max gave a surprised look as he though someone else had seen him.
"Just Fatso-Jimbo" Max though happily to himself as he positioned Jim by the wall and headed back into his dorm room and closed it with a slam of the door.
Inside his room Max opened up his computer and the same program started up again. Max gave a satisfied chuckle while all of Jeremy's data appeared onto his very own screen!
"Today really sucked...A LOT...I'm loosing a friend which who I don't want to loose...I can only speak every other language accept English...I HAVE A STALKER! Oh well...as they say: There's always tomorrow..." though Mason dozing off to sleep on the floor of a fellow Lyoko-Warriors room.
If Mason knew what was in store for him and the group tomorrow...he would've taken back those words of a hope for a brighter future.