Binas: As you notice, I love making secrets get exposed. It's a bit of a fetish for some reason. ^.^
Thanks for the wonderful reviews. And yeah, the chappies could be longer... This chapter is where the Teen rating kicks in... And it's not for gore... You can easily guess why...
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Last time...
Inuyasha took off from the room and dashed after the freshest scent of Jeremie's. Once he got outside he saw Odd holding a weird looking object and using it to shoot down weird looking insects which almost looked like Naraku's poisonous insects and traveled in large masses.
"Take that you stupid Hornets!", Odd shouted, "BAM! BAM!"
The Hornets were also shooting red beams from their stingers at Odd. Odd dodged the beams and only got hit by a few.
"Watch where you aiming those! You may hurt someone!", Odd taunted and kept on shooting the Hornets with some occasional misses.
"Get out of here kid!", Inuyasha shouted.
"Why? I can handle these guys!", Odd said.
"Don't say I didn't warn you.", Inuyasha said and dash right for the Hornets and jumped into the air, "IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!"
Inuyasha cut up multiple Hornets at once with the attack, but the swarms kept on coming. Odd was dumbfound by this.
"Lucky...", Odd pouted.
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'I don't believe it! Inuyasha has superpowers in the real world! I WAS RIGHT AGAIN! HA!', Odd thought.
Odd shot down some more Hornets right on the Eye of XANA with his nail gun. There was however a few elusive Hornets that escaped his aim and ended up getting shot by them.
"OWWW!", Odd cried when a Hornet shot him in the rear end, "Hey! That isn't a nice good bye at all! But this is!"
Odd shot down the Hornet that shot him in the backside and smirked at his revenge. Inuyasha started growling.
"This is taking too long!", Inuyasha growled.
"I know! XANA must have been hiding these guys somewhere so he could make this massive swarm!", Odd shouted and then realized his mistake, "Ooops..."
At that moment Odd's cell phone went off. Odd answered it.
"Hello?", Odd asked.
"Odd! Where are you?! Yumi got devirtualized and Ulrich has to deal with two Megatanks! And may I remind you that the Scyphozoa is on it's way!", Jeremie said a little bit irritated.
"About that... I am still fighting off these Hornets near the school yard! And let me tell you, these guys are in a swarm larger than normal! It's like XANA made a nest here on Earth!", Odd said.
At that moment Inuyasha was hit right in the chest by several Hornets. Inuyasha used his nails to make his own palms bleed.
"So you guys like playing dirty huh? Well take this!", Inuyasha shouted and leaped into the air again, "BLADES OF BLOOD!"
The bloody blades slammed into about five Hornets, cutting them up like sushi. Inuyasha then turned his attention to the entire swarm and growled again.
"Just great! Sorry Kagome but I need to use my sword for this!", Inuyasha said and pulled out Tessaiga and transformed it into it's true form before jumping back into the air, "Hey you lousy Hornets! Meet my Tessaiga! WIND SCAR!"
The Wind Scar hit almost two thirds of the swarm on the Eye of XANA, effectively killing them. Odd finally hung up on his cell phone and saw that majority of the swarm laid on the ground motionlessly. His jaw dropped in shock and awe as the remaining swarm got cut up by another Wind Scar.
"How?!", Odd asked finally.
Inuyasha put his sword away and loomed over Odd.
"Alright! Talk now! You seem to know what's going on!", Inuyasha demanded looking a bit irritated, but that was an understatement.
Odd gulped. After what he saw Inuyasha do, he didn't want to make this guy angry.
"Okay... These things, are Hornets, one of XANA's monsters. I guess XANA recently seems to be liking using the scanners to materialize monsters here on Earth.", Odd said.
"Who is this XANA?", Inuyasha asked.
"XANA is not a person but a nasty program that works like a virus and lives in the Supercomputer at a nearby factory. He is bent on taking over the world and stealing Aelita's memory.", Odd said, "His welcoming committee like the one you saw today is XANA's way of giving a nice warm welcome."
"I barely understood half of what you said. But from what I do now, CAN'T YOU SHUT THE ******* THING OFF?!", Inuyasha shouted.
Odd cringed at the vulgar in Inuyasha's sentence a bit.
'Didn't anyone scrub Inuyasha's mouth out with soap?', Odd thought.
"We would if XANA didn't plant a virus in Aelita. If the Supercomputer goes bye-bye, so does Aelita until the virus is gone.", Odd said, "And I really have to get going. Jeremie is starting to sound like Yumi's parent's."
Odd headed in the direction of the sewers, unaware that Inuyasha was tagging along behind him, mainly due to being focused on getting to the factory. Odd reached the sewer and uncovered it. Once he reached the bottom, he grabbed his skateboard and road it through the sewer.
"GAH! MAN IT STINKS IN HERE!", Inuyasha shouted after getting near the sewer water.
Inuyasha plugged his nose and continued to chase after Odd. He was glad he was able to hear Odd traveling through the sewer. Inuyasha then came to a ladder and unplugged his nose. Odd had apparently just climbed due to the very fresh scent. Inuyasha jumped up towards the cover that was above and smashed it to pieces before landing on the concrete.
"Feh! You can't get away from me that easily...", Inuyasha said and entered the building that was right in front of him.
He saw Odd enter a strange looking cage and pushing something with his finger. Inuyasha then went at his peak demonic speed and entered the 'strange looking' cage a few seconds before it started closing. Odd yelped in surprise.
"YOU WERE FOLLOWING ME!? HOW DID YOU EVEN GET INTO THE ELEVATOR THAT FAST?!", Odd shouted in shock.
"Your scent is not that hard to track. You are the only one who's smell is just disgusting!", Inuyasha said looking at Odd's feet, "I am surprised it hasn't knocked me out yet."
"Hey! That isn't very nice!", Odd snapped, "My feet don't smell that bad!"
"So? At least I didn't say they smelled like Naraku! If they did then you would be not alive right now.", Inuyasha snapped back.
Odd gulped. He didn't know who Naraku was, and didn't intend to find out. Who ever he was, Inuyasha must have wanted to kill him really badly.
Eventually the elevator stopped and opened. Inuyasha saw Jeremie in front of a rather large computer set with four monitors and a large see through image floating in the center of the room. There were also cords everywhere. Jeremie faced them, was a bit surprised to find Inuyasha there.
"Odd you made it but why did you bring him here?", Jeremie asked.
"Inuyasha here saw me fighting the Hornets and joined in the fight. After he pretty much took out all of the Hornets, he kinda forced me to tell him what was going on a bit. Then he followed me here like a bloodhound without me knowing.", odd said.
"How did he force you?", Jeremie asked.
"Let's say when he is really anger he looks like he is ready to kill you.", Odd said and got whacked by Inuyasha, "OW!"
"Shut it kid! You are bad as Shippo! Are you really looking to tick me off?!", Inuyasha snarled.
"No...", Odd said.
"Odd just go to Scanner Room I will deal with any questions Inuyasha has.", Jeremie said.
Odd dashed right for the elevator and entered it.
'Looks like I have to use a Return to the Past... Again... First XANA attacks an Airport, now Inuyasha knows about XANA and the Supercomputer.', Jeremie thought.
"Scanner Room?", Inuyasha asked, "What in the seven hecks is that?!"
"Basically it is a room with scanners that allows people to be virtualized onto Lyoko.", Jeremie said.
"Lyoko?", Inuyasha asked.
"It's a virtual world where XANA is. He lives in Sector Five, one of the regions in Lyoko.", Jeremie said, "But his monsters can pop up in any sector."
"So there are more regions?", Inuyasha asked.
"Take a look at the Holomap.", Jeremie said.
Inuyasha cocked his head in confusion.
"The what?", Inuyasha asked.
"The big floating image thingy.", Jeremie said as he virtualized Odd onto Lyoko, feeling humiliated he had to put it like that.
Inuyasha took a look at the Holomap. He growled at it and threatened to claw at it. When he did, his hand went right through it.
"Don't attack it! Good grief you are just as dumb as Kiwi!", Jeremie exasperated.
"Kiwi?", Inuyasha asked.
"Odd's mutt.", Jeremie said.
Inuyasha showed a very nasty scowl to Jeremie as he growled in annoyance.
On Lyoko in the Forest Sector...
Odd landed on his feet, dawning his purple cat costume that had the signature chest symbol of Kiwi peeing. Ulrich was in between two Megatanks.
"Ulrich look out!", Odd shouted and dashed at a Megatank.
"Odd! Stay back!", Ulrich shouted.
Odd froze in his tracks. The two Megatanks fired their circular lasers.
"SUPER SPRINT!", Ulrich shouted and dashed out of the way.
The two lasers paralleled each other and destroyed the two Megatanks at once.
"Nice one Ulrich.", Odd said.
"Don't thank me yet.", Ulrich said.
"Oh right! We have to fry a squid for the sushi bar!", Odd said snapping his now paw like fingers.
Ulrich gave Odd a look. Odd's joke was not that funny.
"Let's get to Aelita. The Scyphozoa could be in her presence at any second.", Ulrich said.
Both Odd and Ulrich dashed through the forest.
"Watch out! Two Bloks are closing in!", Jeremie said.
"Thanks for the warning, Jeremie!", Ulrich said.
That is when the two Bloks came barging in.
"Oh so Tweedledee and Tweedledum decided to show up.", Odd said and aimed at the Bloks, "LASER ARROW!"
Odd fired an arrow head from each wrist, hitting one of the Bloks in the Eye of XANA on the first shot. The Blok exploded.
"Too easy! XANA has lost his touch.", Odd mused and got shot at by the other Blok.
Ulrich dashed at the Blok and sliced it right in the Eye of XANA, thus making the Blok explode like it's friend.
"XANA isn't showing any mercy today! You have another Megatank coming!", Jeremie said.
"XANA just loves his Megatanks...", Ulrich said in irritation.
"Cheer up! All it needs is a little push over the edge!", Odd said.
"You aren't helping at all.", Ulrich said as the Megatank came into view.
The Megatank kept rolling after Odd and Ulrich, forcing the two warriors to start running to avoid getting squashed.
"At this rate we will never get to Aelita before Mr. Scypy does!", Odd groaned.
"Mr. Scypy?", Ulrich asked, "That has got to be the most ridiculous name you have ever come up with."
The Megatank eventually started getting closer to Ulrich before flattening him and devirtualizing him in the process. It then went rolling straight for Odd. Odd lead the Megatank to the edge of the forest platform and smirked.
"Come and get me you giant bowling ball!", Odd shouted.
The Megatank came barreling for Odd. At the last second, Odd jumped out of the way, causing the Megatank to go over the edge and fall into the Digital Sea.
In the Lab...
"What happened to that Ulrich guy?", Inuyasha asked.
"He got devirtualized. Odd's by himself now.", Jeremie said.
"Is that good or bad? Isn't there this Aelita person on there?", Inuyasha asked.
"Most of the time bad... He tends to do the most craziest stunts and brags after he thinks he has gotten rid of the surrounding problems! And while Aelita is there, she doesn't really have any form of attacks to destroy enemies with. With the Scyphozoa after her memory, it's a bad idea to leave her alone on Lyoko.", Jeremie said.
"A what is after memory?", Inuyasha asked.
"The Scyphozoa. Odd calls it a 'big jellyfish' or 'squid' most of the time. It can steal almost anything from a person like memories and DNA codes.", Jeremie said.
"Sounds like the Infant to me... That creep little scoundrel...", Inuyasha spat looking for a good analogy.
"I am not going to even ask about that.", Jeremie said.
At that moment Ulrich came up and saw Inuyasha.
'What's he doing here?!', Ulrich thought.
On Lyoko in the Forest Sector...
Aelita was backing away from the Scyphozoa. She had the activated tower right in front of her but she couldn't reach it. She yelped when the Scyphozoa's tentacles floated forward and began to wrap around her. She became motionless as the Scyphozoa began to drain her memory.
At that moment, Odd came to the scene and started to aim for the Scyphozoa.
"Release Aelita you overgrown jellyfish!", Odd shouted, "LASER ARROW!"
The arrow hit the Scyphozoa in it's clear dome-like head. It cried out, dropped Aelita, and skittered away. Aelita stirred a bit.
"Are you okay Aelita?!", Jeremie asked.
"I am fine.", Aelita said.
"That was a close one. Now let's get you into the tower, princess.", Odd said.
Aelita nodded and ran into the tower and began her ascension to the top platform.
At Kadic...
The second wave of Hornets that XANA materialized earlier had finally came out of hiding and began attacking the school. Kids and adults were running left and right. Some of the fifth graders were crying and the older students were trying to fight back but got injured by the lasers the Hornets shot.
Kagome looked at the Hornets.
'Oh no! I don't even have my bow and arrows!', Kagome thought.
One of the Hornets approached her and fired a laser.
"GO AWAY!", Kagome screamed and unknowing sent out a pink blast of spiritual energy, destroying the Hornet that was right in front of her.
In the tower...
Aelita finally made it to the top. The interface popped up and Aelita placed her hand on it.
AELITA.
CODE.
LYOKO.
The floating screens of information started dropping from the walls of the tower.
At Kadic...
The Hornets began to glitch and then exploded all over the school. Everyone was relieved that the Hornets were gone now.
In the Lab...
"Should we do a Return to the Past, Ulrich?", Jeremie asked.
"With Inuyasha in here, I believe we should. Besides the school was attacked by those Hornets, you can't really expect them to believe the truth.", Ulrich said.
"Hey! What are you kids blabbering about?!", Inuyasha asked, becoming a bit irritated.
"Okay.", Jeremie said and began starting up a program and hit the Enter Key, "Return to the Past now."
The same white dome that Inuyasha saw the day he arrived manifested and began to grown.
"IT'S THAT THING AGAIN!", Inuyasha shouted and growled as he eyed the expanding white light before setting his glare at Jeremie.
'Again? Uhhh ohhhh...', Jeremie and Ulrich thought.
The same day, after class... At the vending machine...
"What do you think Inuyasha meant by 'again'?", Ulrich asked.
"Maybe he saw something similar.", Odd said as he sipped his hot chocolate before spitting it out, "GROSS! IT TASTE LIKE DIRTY SWEAT SOCKS AGAIN!"
"No. I am not sure how it's possible but Inuyasha may be immune to the Return to the Past's memory erasing.", Jeremie said.
"How?!", Aelita asked.
"I thought you had to be scanned to become immune to it!", Yumi said.
"Same here, Einstein!", Odd said.
"Odd, was there anything and I mean anything unusual that Inuyasha did? We all know he has dog ears, so fill us in on anything you learned about him.", Jeremie said.
"Well when we were fighting the Hornets, he jumped into the air. You should have seen how high up he went! It was like he was gliding in the air! Then he shouted 'Iron Reaver Soul Stealer' and, bam! About five Hornets were dead! Then he did another attack that looked similar except he used his own blood for it! And his sword was HUGE! I don;t even know how he lifted that thing like it was NOTHING and destroy ALL of the remaining Hornets!", Odd said, "I am so jealous of him! Having super powers outside of Lyoko..."
"Are you sure that is what you saw?", Aelita asked.
"Yeah! Would I ever lie about something like that?", Odd said.
"Sounds like Odd was right. He is something. But what?", Jeremie said.