Mr. Lion
"Oh, man. I hope we don't get the same science teacher," Odd groaned.
"Why? Because you keep flunking her class?" Jeremy joked. Odd's pride came up.
"Well, I'll have you know that I know a lot of science and other technical stuff," he proudly said.
"Oh yeah, like what?" Aelita asked smirking.
"Umm...How to turn on a computer?" Odd said unsure. The others laughed. Then Mr. Delmas came in.
"Good morning, students. Your old teacher, Mrs. Hertz, decided to retire this year, so I'd like to introduce you to your new teacher, Mr. Lionel Theodore Lion from England." With that, a tall dark skinned, black-haired man came into the room. He was young, well-built, and handsome. All the girls stared at him intently. He came in a white dress shirt unbuttoned from the top to the chest with black dress pants.
"It's nice to meet you all," He said with a clear low voice. He strangely had no accent. "If you're wondering about the accent, I was born in England but I've traveled a lot, so I never really picked up an accent."
"Well, Mr. Lion I hope that you'll find your settings. Students, play nice," Mr. Delmas said chuckling a bit. Mr Lion set his stuff on the deck.
"Well, I'm guessing that this is science, correct? Well, since this is science and nothing in experimenting is expected, you won't expect a syllabus from me. I like to be...spontaneous. Enough about me, let's go around the room to get familiar with each other," Mr Lion said pointing at different people. He came to Aelita.
"I'm Aelita Stone," she said. Mr. Lion's face lit up.
"So you're Aelita Stone. I've heard a lot about you. As I've heard a lot about everyone else, but you, especially, have come up in a lot of teacher conferences," He smiled making Aelita blush a little. Then the bell rang. "Well, that's our time for today. Remember to read that first chapter in your book. You might be surprised tomorrow." All the girls went out the room giggling. The group gathered at their usual spot. William wasn't there.
"I like this teacher. He seems like a lot of fun," Odd said. Then he saw Mr. Lion on a different bench tutoring a girl student. "Of course, I think he's starting to interfere with my job."
"Job? What job?" Yumi asked smirking.
"Making sure that every girl has a fabulous piece of Odd," Odd said proudly earning a laugh from everyone. They noticed that there was a long line of people in front of the bench that Mr. Lion was sitting on, mostly girls.
"I think you have a point, Odd. There seems to be a lot of girls that 'don't know' something about the first chapter," Ulrich commented. Then they saw Sissi going by. "That's weird. Usually if there's a cute boy or man, Sissi would get first dibs. Maybe our old ice queen has gotten warm." Sissi was looking at a book when Odd stopped her.
"Hey, Sissi, what are you doing?" Odd said in a cheery voice.
"I'm doing a project. What do you want Odd?" Sissi said in a tired voice.
"We were just wondering why you weren't the first one to ask Mr. Lion for help," Odd said.
"Because I've learned how to hide my intentions for guys and not drool like a complete idiot," Sissi said earning a laugh from the group.
"That's a good one," Ulrich said, "But why aren't you hunting down Mr. Lion?"
"One: too busy. Two: not my type," Sissi stated. Yumi came up.
"But seriously why do you seem so stressed? You miss your old minions?" Yumi teased. Herv and Nicholas had transferred to a different school. Luckily, Herv found another girl that loved him back. It gave Sissi a peace of mind. She really regretted being so mean to Herv. Before he went, she told him how sorry she was. Fortunately, Herv forgave her.
"No, just stressed," Sissi replied.
"So what are you doing?" Odd asked. Sissi smirked.
"You want the old Sissi back? Okay, move out of the way, Odd, before I bite you like your mutt once did," Sissi said brushing past him.
"Ah there's the Sissi I know," Odd shouted. "That was just one time though. It wasn't even his fault."
"Yeah, wasn't that the time XANA possessed him?" Jeremy asked. "But we used a 'return to the past' on that."
"So she couldn't possibly know, could she?" Odd asked. No one knew. They all went to the Rec room to hang out. Ulrich and Odd were at the foosball table. Jeremy was ref. They were just finished with their game when Mr. Lion came in.
"Oh hello, nice to see you all again," He said. Yumi and Aelita watched him intently. "Aelita, how are you doing with your homework?"
"Good Mr. Lion," She said proudly.
"Ah good. And Yumi?"
"All finish Mr. Lion," Yumi said smiling widely. Mr. Lion said something in Japanese. Yumi was astounded and answered back.
"What?" Ulrich asked.
"I asked if she needed any help. I've gone to Japan before and I know how to speak it. Anyways, I trust you guys will do great on your homework as well. Bye," Mr. Lion said closing the door.
"What was that?" Ulrich asked Yumi jealously.
"Nothing, we were just talking. No need to get jealous Ulrich, after all we are just friends," Yumi shot back.
"And you, Aelita? What was with the proud proclamation over your homework?" Jeremy asked.
"Oh and weren't you doing the same thing when Sissi's pen-pal from Iceland came. He was just asking questions," Aelita said crossing her arms. The group went back to Jeremy's room all darting glances at each other. Odd was the only calm one.
"I guess it would be a bad time to tell a joke, huh?" He asked.
"YES!" they retorted. Just then Mr. Lion ran into their room with a bunch of girls behind him. He was out of breath.
"Whew! This is ridiculous!" He said. Ulrich and Jeremy looked at him with vulture eyes.
"Well, hello, Mr. Lion. What brings you here?" Aelita asked trying to irritate Jeremy.
"You mean you didn't hear the riot outside the door? These girls are crazy. All of them want to be tutored just to spend time with me," Mr. Lion said sliding to the floor.
"Well, not all of them. Sissi doesn't seem to bother you," Yumi remembered.
"Yeah, well, not like these girls do. She actually needed help," Mr. Lion said.
"With what?" Jeremy asked wondering what Sissi was up to.
"Some project she's doing. She won't tell anyone. Not even her father," Mr. Lion revealed.
"Wait, you're telling me that her project isn't from any of the teachers?" Ulrich asked.
"No, none of us. Of course, all I've seen are some watches, wires, and drawings. I don't know what she's up to," Mr. Lion said.
"Well, you can stay here for a while," Aelita offered. She looked at Jeremy, who already looked cross. Then Yumi was smirking at Ulrich. Mr. Lion picked up on this quickly.
"Oh I see. I'm causing some trouble in the friendship, aren't I," Mr. Lion said getting up and surprising the others, "Listen, you guys are one of a kind. I've heard rumors about how great of friends you guys are. Don't let me and my...whatever it is that's attracting these girls, tear you guys apart. You must stay strong through problems like these. No matter how emotional, physical, verbal, mental, spiritual, or even virtual the situation maybe. You must still be friends." The team looked at one another in sadden and shameful expressions.
"Thank you, Mr. Lion," Jeremy said.
"Glad I can help," He said. Just then William came in.
"Oh, hey Mr. Lion," William said. The others were confused.
"How did you get through the horde of women?" Odd asked.
"Oh I told them that Mr. Lion climbed out the window and was going towards the gym. You're safe Mr. Lion," William said. Mr. Lion exhaled.
"Thank you, Will. And I hope I can join your circle of friends some day," he said nearly walking out the door, "Oh wait. There is something I'm suppose to give you," He said reaching into his pocket, "A person on the street said that she knew you guys and wanted to give them to you." He produced five watches, each in different colors, for Yumi, Ulrich, Odd, Aelita, and William. "Sorry Jeremy, she said that she would give your watch later." He said exiting the room.
"Who are these from?" Yumi asked. Then the watches lit up and the Mechanist spoke through them.
"Hey my warriors. Good to hear you," The Mechanist said.
"Did you send the watches?" Yumi asked.
"Yes. Apart from telling time and how many miles you've run or walked, these watches can contact me and transport you straight into Lyoko!" The Mechanist said.
"You mean that we don't need to go through the scanners?" Jeremy asked amazed.
"Exactly. You just press the big gold button, select the sector by using the dial, and then press the button again. Then you'll be teleported," The Mechanist explained.
"Wow! Incredible!" Aelita said.
"Yes, but don't use it now or just yet. I'm still working out the kinks with it. For now, it's just a time piece," The Mechanist said before calling off.
"Cool! It's even my Lyoko color," Odd said putting the watch on.
"Okay, good, but remember what The Mechanist said. We can't use them yet," Jeremy warned.
"Great, now let's get on with the rest of our day," William said.
"First, I want to make a pitstop at Sissi's," Aelita said.
"I'll go with you. You'll probably need all the help you can get," Yumi said running out the door with her.
"So, what I miss?" William asked. Jeremy, Ulrich, and Odd laughed.
"A lot," Jeremy simply said.