Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko. I do own Musa, Cascada, Sitara, and any new charaters that appear in this chapter except for Cassie, Brooke, and Zoey. They belong to HoboLover. I also own the plot.

Be Our Guest

Musa stared out the window as the bus slowly came to another stop. "We're here!" one of the other students shouted happily.

"Finally," Ulrich sighed in relief. "I don't know how much longer I could have survived with Odd's singing."

"Hey," the spiky hair boy said. "I have a great voice!"

"You do," Aelita agreed, "but you hardly ever show it unless we're performing."

The blonde grinned. "I just like messing with Ulrich is all," he grinned.

"Watch out Musa," Cascada smirked. "You may be losing Odd to Ulrich." The blonde boy and the brunette boy looked at each other before cringing.

"No thanks. I like girls," Ulrich said placing an arm around Yumi. "Not dweebs, like Odd."

"Yeah," Odd agrees. "He likes girls, not dweebs like- Hey!"

The rest of the group laughed, including Sitara who seemed to be enjoying the Lyoko gang's company.

"I think we should hurry up and find out our rooms," Jeremy said. "The sooner we do that the sooner we can…you know," he said glancing quickly at Sitara to see if she had overheard anything she shouldn't have before looking at the others.

"Relax Jer," Cascada said. "You're forgetting this is a vacation so I expect to be seeing you go down those mountains at lease once."

"Whatever," the computer whiz huffed as they all made their way out of the bus.

Odd and Musa both tried to calm down their pets that were still hidden within their packs. The animals were begging to become anxious. "Just wait a little, Ichigo," Musa said to her kitten. "We have to get our rooms."

They walked towards the hotel following the other students. The outside of the hotel looked like a large lodge with about seven floors. As they stepped in, the group of kids found their jaws dropping.

The inside of the hotel was spectacular. A large fountain decorated with native foliage was the center piece of the room, water overflowing the rock steps and going into a small pond containing fish similar to koi. The room was decorated with red and gold, giving off a sense of richness while still managing to keep a warm and welcoming fell. One of the walls facing the snow covered mountains was made entirely out of glass giving a great view. The room was filled with people of different nationalities and cultures. People entered the lobby from glass elevators that could be seen going up and down the levels of the hotel.

"How much would you bet that the cheap school of ours didn't pay for this?" William asked.

"All of my savings," Cascada murmured looking around, pleased to find out that they were to be staying at a comfortable looking hotel.

Musa scanned the room and her eyes fell on a shiny black grand piano sitting atop of a raised platform. Her fingers twitched at her sides but she resisted the urge to run her fingers along its sleek surface.

"Alright, listen up," Jim said getting the students attention. "We'll be staying here for our entire trip and I want you to know that the rooms you are staying in aren't your dorm rooms meaning that I do not want the hotel staff to be calling me saying that one of you blew a hole in the wall," he said looking at some younger students who were snickering at a prank they had done a while ago. "Anyway, you'll be put into suite with four other people. The rooms are fairly large and each of you will have your own. Also, the floors will be separated just like Kadic so boys stay on your floor and girls stay on yours," he said giving a look towards the Lyoko gang.

They all looked nervous. Did Jim know that they had been going to each others rooms late at night?

"Well, that's all I have to say other then be on your best behavior. Remember that Mr. McArnald is sponsoring this trip so you all are representing Kadic and him," Jim said scratching the back of his neck as he thought of anything else to say. "Oh yeah, the manager of the hotel wants to say a few words too," he said stepping to the side as a woman stepped forward.

The Lyoko gang, specificly Musa, Cascada, and Aelita, were slightly surprised when they saw the woman. She couldn't have been any older than mid twenties. She had bright red hair, which actually looked natural, and it was pulled into a bun held by two pairs of black chopsticks. Her eyes were a mint green with flecks of ivy green. She was of average height with a petite figure wearing a burgundy hotel suit jacket and skirt. The woman radiated of friendliness despite that she held herself with an air of intelligence.

"Hello," she greeted warmly. "My name is Anita Emeraldson and I am the hotel manager. I hope you all enjoy your stay here and remember the number one rule." The students of Kadic sighed as they waited to hear a long drawn out speech. "Have fun," the hotel manager smiled before walking off. On her way she accidentally bumped shoulders with Musa. "Oh! Excuse me, dear" Anita apologized, no hint of malice or mockery in her voice.

"That's okay," Musa grinned shrugging it off as the woman smiled once again and left.

"Okay everyone here's your room assignments," Kadic's P.E. teacher said handing out papers to everyone.

Cascada quickly scanned the sheet before groaning. "You GOT to be kidding me!"

"What is it?" Yumi asked.

"Me, you, Aelita, Musa, and Sitara are sharing a suite," the plant A.I. informed.

"What's wrong with that?" Musa asked.

"We got stuck with Sissi," Aelita sighed.

Sitara didn't really know Sissi well but from what she heard from the others she could tell that the girl wasn't very nice.

"Wait," William said, "I thought Jim said that it was groups of five."

"I did," Jim said appearing behind them. After the teens had settled their pounding hearts from just being startled the man continued. "We had and uneven amount of students due to Deangelo's arrival so there had to be one group with an extra person in it." Sitara looked down sadly. It was here fault that her new friends were stuck with Sissi.

"Stop looking so depressed, Deangelo," Cascada sighed, "It's not your fault".

"For real," Musa grinned. "Turn that frown upside down!"

"That is so old," Cascada murmured rolling her eyes.

"Whatever," Musa said turning away from her sister and hooking arms with Sitara. "Just because we're sharing a room with Banshee-chan it doesn't mean we can't have fun!" she said enthusiastically as she and the rest of the groups girls walked over to the elevators.

"Hey! What about your suitcases?" Odd asked.

"Oh you can guys can handle them," Aelita giggled as the girl's entered the elevator.

"Well I'm certainly not caring all of those bags upstairs," Jeremy said.

"Einstein's right," Odd said. "We shouldn't be taking orders from them. We're men!" The rest of the Lyoko gang males agreed getting riled up before their enthusiasm quickly faded.

"They'll kill us if we don't do what they say. Won't they?" Ulrich sighed as the other nodded solemnly in agreement. They all sighed as they picked up their girlfriends bags, thier bags, and splitting Sitara's amongst themselves.

"Whipped," Hiroki muttered to his friend, Johnny.

"Hey, Hiroki," Milly, one of the schools reporters called out to the boy. "Do you think you and Johnny can help me and Tamiya with our bags?"

"Sure!" the young Japanese boy said eagerly dragging his friend over to help carry his crush and her friend's bags.

"I wonder if they know that the hotel has a bell hop service," Jim murmured to himself, grinning. "Guess that's young love," he shrugged.

CODE TWILIGHT

Musa gasped as she and the other girls entered their suite. It was so big! The main room had a living room with a plasma screen T.V with surround sound, video games, karaoke machine and a large comfortable looking couch. A kitchen was nearby and the room had six doors leading from it which they assumed led to the bedrooms. There was also a great view of the mountains.

"I guess this will be our home away from home," Cascada looking around the room.

"So, how are we going to decide about rooming arrangements?" Aelita asked. "Since there are going to be seven of us and only six rooms two of us will need to share a room."

"Easy," a voice that all of them didn't want to hear said, "I get my own room and first pick." They turned around to see Sissi standing in the door way with Nicolas and Herve flanking her sides.

"Hey," Cascada said coolly, "leave your pets outside. I don't want to get fleas from them."

The boys scowled but Sissi held up her hand to hold them back. "You know, I was about to do just that," she said flipping her hair over her shoulder, "but then I saw you in here and I thought it was okay, bitch."

"Oh that's understandable, brat," the plant A.I. said not even flinching.

Sitara stared nervously between the two girls from her place next to Musa. She could tell that both girls were getting ready to argue and she was never too comfortable when people were arguing. She felt herself take a step back; trying to distance herself but it seemed only to draw more attention to her as Sissi caught sight of her.

"Hey! Mute girl!" the principal's daughter said.

"She has a name!" Yumi frowned.

"Use it, Banshee-chan," Musa growled.

"And who is going to make me?" Sissi asked.

"Maybe we can persuade you," a voice said behind her. She turned around to see William, Odd, Ulrich, and Jeremy standing behind her, Nicolas and Herve nowhere in sight.

"Oh, hello Ulrich dear," Sissi said in an overly sugary sweet voice.

"Don't," the brunette said moving past her, setting the bags he was carrying on the floor and slipping his hand into Yumi's with only a faint blush on his cheeks.

Sissi bristled angrily, not realizing that Cascada had slipped behind her. "You can have your own room," the strawberry blonde said startling the girl. "I doubt that none of us want to wake up to a green goop monster."

The Lyoko gang chuckled as Sissi stormed into one of the rooms. Musa turned to Sitara, once again hooking her arms with the girl. "Come on Sitara, let's walk," she said guiding the girl out of the room.

"But Musa!" Jeremy called after them as they entered the elevator. "What about, you know?" he said meaning the supercomputer.

"It's been there for the last few years it'll be there for a few more hours," Musa said before the doors closed.

She sighed turning to Sitara. "Jeremy sometimes worries too much," she grinned. "I hope you don't mind. It was getting a little crowded in there," she said to the caramel eye girl who nodded, her hands nervously clasped before her. Musa noticed. "Like I said before, don't let Sissi get to you. Just because you can't talk doesn't mean you should let her walk all over you." Deangelo nodded a shy smile on her face. Musa returned the smile with a bright one. "You know Sitara-chan, I think we'll be very good friends," she said squeezing the mute girl's hand reassuringly.

The doors opened and they exited into the hotel lobby which seemed to have less people then before. Musa's eyes immediately fell on the shiny black piano. She found herself being pulled to it and without even realizing it she was sitting in front of it. Sitara looked unsure as she quietly sat next to blue streaked hair girl.

The wolf A.I. let her fingers graze the piano's keys, barely even touching them as she went into a sort of trance like state.

Curious blue-green eyes watched as long fingers gently glided across white and black keys. The eyes strayed from the playing fingers and to the glasses wearing man playing them.

Utada shook her head as she came out of her day dream. She barely gave it any thought as she stationed her fingers above the keys and played a somewhat somber tone. As she continued on the tone lightened up slightly. Musa smiled softly as words came to her head to go along with the music.

Under your spell again
I can't say no to you
Crave my heart and it's bleeding in your hand
I can't say no to you

Shouldn't let you torture me so sweetly
Now I can't let go of this dream
I can't breathe but I feel

Good enough
I feel good enough
For you

Sitara gasped. She never knew that her new friend could sing so…beautifully. The girl could hear so much expression. It was like nothing else she had ever heard, except…

Drink up sweet decadence
I can't say no to you
And I've completely lost myself and I don't mind
I can't say no to you

Shouldn't let you conquer me completely
Now I can't let go of this dream
Can't believe that I feel

Good enough
I feel good enough
It's been such a long time coming, but I feel good

And I'm still waiting for the rain to fall
Pour real life down on me
'Cause I can't hold on to anything this good enough
Am I good enough for you to love me too?

Musa softly smiled at Sitara before tossing her head back and letting out a few deep hums.

So take care what you ask of me
'Cause I can't say no

The wolf A.I. paused, staring at the keys. She was broken from her daze when she heard someone clapping, followed by someone else and soon more people were clapping. She looked up to see that a crowed had gathered around her without her noticing. She blushed; embarrassed that she had called attention to herself.

"Okay people. The show is over," a voice called through the crowed pushing through the onlookers to make their way towards the young singer.

Musa found herself coming face to face with brownish red hair young woman with brown-blue eyes. She appeared to be in her early twenties and wore a hotel uniform with a name tag that had "I can only please one person a day and today is not your day" on it where a name should have been. Three earrings lined her right ear lobe, one green, one blue, and one red.

"Uh, hi?" Musa asked confused as the girl stood before her, hands on her hips with a frown on her face.

"Though I'll admit that your playing wasn't half bad, hotel residents are not permitted to play the piano unless they have the manger's permission," the young woman said.

"Brooke, leave her alone," a voice sighed as two more hotel employees came into view. They were both two young women about the same age as the other woman, Brooke.

One was a brunette with her hair pulled into a ponytail. She had on the standard hotel uniform with a black belt hanging from her hips. On her left earlobe she had the same earrings as Brooke.

The other girl had pink hair that stopped below her ears, though it was a shade or two darker then Aelita's, almost to the point where it could be mistaken for red. She had greenish black eyes and a small bell hanging from her neck by a black ribbon that seemed to ring with every step she took.

"Look, Cassie," Brooke said, "I'm just trying to keep the hotel in order while Anita is out. You do remember what happened last time," she said as she and Cassie looked at the pink hair girl.

"What?" the girl asked.

"You know what, Zoey" Brooke said. "The last time the manager left, you were put in charge and the hotel was in ruins! It's a good think they fired him. I don't know how long the hotel would have stood if he was still here."

Zoey pouted before turning her gaze on Musa and Sitara. "Tara?" she asked in shock before without warning she was glompping the girl. "Oh my gosh! Cassie! Brooke! Look! It's Tara!"

The other two women looked at the silent girl before they gasped. They, too, without any warning embraced the girl, squeezing the air out of the poor girl.

"Sitara!" Brooke said, her icy demeanor quickly replaced by a warmer cheerful one. "It's been so long since we've seen you!"

"Yeah," Cassie agreed. "How've you been?" Sitara grinned shyly happy to not only be able to breathe but to see some old friends.

Zoey turned to Musa, finally noticing the girl. "Hey! You were the one playing the piano!"

"I think we already determined that, Zoey," Brooke sighed exhaustedly. "Anyway," she said turning to the blue-green eye girl, "sorry about that. I'm Brooke, that's Cassie and that's Zoey. Who are you?"

"She's Musa Utada," Anita said appearing behind the three employees. "And I believe you three," she laughed, "should be getting back to work."

"Yes, ma'am!" all three young women said before turning to Sitara and Musa.

"Sorry we couldn't chat," Cassie said.

"Yeah, but we'll try to find you later on our break," Brooke said.

"See ya Tara!" Zoey waved as she and the others went back to work.

"Those three are hard workers," the hotel manger chuckled, "but sometimes they can be a handful. Well, I hope you two enjoy your stay," she said before she too walked off.

"Well they seemed nice," Musa thought aloud. Sitara vigorously nodded her head. "I guess we should head back to the suite before Jeremy gets his underwear in a bunch," she joked. Sitara smiled, holding back her laughter.

They headed towards the elevator when a copper hair young man stopped them. "I just wanted to say that you have marvelous talent miss," he said.

"Arigatou," Musa thanked him. The man nodded, giving her a polite smile before walking away. Musa couldn't help but to watch the man's retreating back until he went out of her view.

Sitara tugged on Musa's hand, once again waking Utada from her daze. "Oh, gomen," Musa apologized before they headed to their suite.

Hey guys! I got the another chapter up. Mostly an introduction chapter where I introduce characters that will play important roles later on. Thanks so much to Hobo Lover for letting me borrow his charaters. You rock dude! Sorry if they're kind of out of character.

I'm glad everyone likes Sitara so far. As you can probably tell, she has some self concious issues that will be explained later on in the story.

The song in this chapter is Good Enough by Evanescence. Listen to it! It's great.

Nothing more to say so...PLEASE REVIEW!