Chapter 21- The Test Run
"Where are you going, Naruto?" Hinata asked while Naruto was putting on his slippers.
"I'm gonna see if Kakashi-sensei will let us go to Lyoko."
"What about Sakura and Sasuke? What is they say no?"
"I'm going to ask them before I go to the Hokage's office. I'm also going to ask Shikamaru. Jeremie might like him."
"Why?"
"Yumi told me that Shikamaru is the PERFECT guy for Jeremie."
"Oh."
"After asking those three, that leaves one more person to come…. Do you want to go to Lyoko, Hinata?"
"Sure!"
"You can come with me to ask the others, then."
"Okay. I'll get ready." Hinata went to her room. When she was prepared, the two went off to Sakura's house, and to start their string of errands.
Naruto knocked on Sakura's door. Instead of Sakura, her father answered the door.
"Hello, Naruto." He said.
"I would like to see Sakura."
"Well, I don't really know where she is."
"What do you mean?" Hinata asked.
"She ran off somewhere after getting REALLY mad."
Naruto and Hinata looked at each other for a split second. Sasuke's house! They both thought.
"Thank you, sir." They both said. "We might know where she is." The two ran off.
"Good luck finding her!" Sakura's father yelled out, and closed the door.
Hinata knocked on Sasuke's door, and he opened it. He saw Hinata and Naruto. "What do you guys want?"
"Sakura's here too, right?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"We want to ask you guys if you want to Lyoko."
"Already?"
"Yeah, why not?"
"Well, I'm up to see Lyoko." Sasuke said. "SAKURA!" he called. "CAN YOU COME OVER HERE?"
"SURE!" Sakura ran to the doorway. "Hi Naruto, Hinata!"
"Hey, Sakura!" They both said.
"Why did you call me over here?" Sakura asked.
"We wanted to see if you could come to Lyoko." Hinata said.
"Why?"
"To see what the fighting there is like." Naruto said. "Yumi said that we needed to get used to life points instead of blood."
"Well, sure, if Sasuke's coming." Sakura said.
"Great! Now we just need to ask Shikamaru if he can come, and then the Lyoko group, and then Kakashi!" Naruto said.
"Why Shikamaru?" Sakura asked.
"Yumi also said that Jeremie might like Shikamaru." Hinata explained.
"That makes sense." Sasuke said as they (Sasuke and Sakura) went to join Naruto and Hinata. "Shikamaru is the most intelligent in the village."
"Let's go then. Shikamaru is in Kakashi-sensei's office, right?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, I think so." Sasuke answered.
The four stepped into Kakashi's Hokage office to see Kakashi (himself) and Shikamaru.
"Kakashi-sensei, Shikamaru, we were wondering if we could go to Lyoko." Naruto said.
"I'm assuming that you're going with Shikamaru?" Kakashi said.
"Yes, sir." Sakura said.
"Okay, then." Kakashi said. "Why are you going?"
"We want to see what fighting X.A.N.A. 2.0 is like on Lyoko." Hinata said.
"Wait… you can fight this X.A.N.A. thing on Lyoko?" Kakashi asked.
"Yes, Yumi said that is the only way to defeat X.A.N.A." Sasuke said.
"Interesting… well, you have the Hokage's permit." Kakashi said. "You just have to ask the group of four."
"Well, Shikamaru, what do you say?" Naruto asked.
"Sure, I guess. X.A.N.A. is a com-pew-tur program, right?"
"Yeah. We also asked you because there is someone in the "real world" who is really smart, and Yumi wants you to get to know him." Naruto said.
"Okay. Let's go ask the others." Shikamaru said.
"You want to go to Lyoko now?" Ulrich asked. The four Lyoko Warriors were in the hall with the five.
"Yeah." Naruto said.
"I mean, the earlier, the better, right?" Odd said. "we might as well go. Yu guys need to get used to life points and all that anyway."
"Well, the only risk is that X.A.N.A. 2.0 will be able to come to this world using the digital trace that you leave of Lyoko." Aelita said.
"EHHHH?!" Naruto was puzzled.
"Basically, you leave a mark on Lyoko, and this X.A.N.A. thing can get out of Lyoko the same way we do using that mark." Shikamaru explained.
"OH!" Naruto said.
Yumi wasn't lying when she said that this guy was SMART. Aelita thought. "Well, should we go?"
"Sure!" Everyone (except Sasuke and Shikamaru, of course.) exclaimed.
