Binas: I hope you loved the jokes last chapter. Cause now we enter the belly of the beast! Oh wait... That sounded really wrong! :P
By the way, I recently applied for a high school college program for highschoolers! :D I hope the college in my area will be able to give me what I need. I have a GPA that is about one point higher than it needs to be to get in that college, and I haven't taken the ACT... And to my surprise, I have a GPA higher than some of the kids that I thought were very smart. It's nothing to brag about though. I do know that I have a chance at getting a Honors Diploma despite not being in Honors Classes. Yes, I am a Sophomore and I am already looking at that stuff. You can never prepare too early you know. ;)
Also I will be getting everything College students have access to (like public transportation on the trolley, swimming pool, gym, library, etc.), except the dorms, for free :D. I guess it's to prevent some things that go on in other places or something. But for one thing, I will be bringing my bathing suit with me if I get accepted! ^.^
Also on the bad news part: My friend's mom recently passed due to cancer. I can only imagine how hard and painful it will be for her, because she has a slightly more severe Autism than me. I will try my best to be by my friend's side through these times, cause that is all I can do.
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Last time...
"Franz Hopper was the creator of XANA. In his diary, he wrote down everything that happened during the creation of Lyoko. Everything!", Jeremie said.
"So he created that scoundrel? Why did he?", Inuyasha asked.
"I am currently looking into it. I will let you know when I got information on it.", Jeremie said.
"So that means we'll be able to find the antivirus!", Aelita said happily.
"Yes and I found something else. Before virtualizing himself on Lyoko and being a prisoner of XANA, he lived here on Earth.", Jeremie said.
"We know that already.", Yumi said.
"Yes, but what we didn't know, was that he had a child. A little girl.", Jeremie said.
"Really? Well what became of her?", Odd asked.
"He virtualized her on Lyoko at the same time as himself.", Jeremie said.
"And? Did she fall victim to XANA too?", Yumi asked.
"No, she stayed on Lyoko.", Jeremie said.
"Then where is she on there?", Inuyasha asked.
Jeremie looked at Aelita.
"Huh? But that's impossible! If Hopper's daughter were on Lyoko, I would've definitely known, I...! I'm not...!", Aelita said in shock and saw Jeremie nod, "Oh..."
"What? Am I missing something or what?", Inuyasha asked.
"You know, your cluelessness really spoiled such a dramatic moment!", Odd said in annoyance.
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In the factory...
Jeremie watched the screens as he studied the recently decoded diary. At hat moment, Inuyasha, Yumi, Aelita, and Odd stepped in from the elevator.
"Einstein! We looked everywhere for you!", Odd said.
"I was up all night looking at Franz Hopper's Diary.", Jeremie said, "But listen to this!"
Jeremie began playing the video diary.
"June 6, 1994, Day 67: Project Carthage was a military program used to block enemy communications."
"No wait. It's farther up ahead.", Jeremie said and fast-forwarded the video.
"-So I built the Supercomputer, created Lyoko, and last of all XANA, to destroy Carthage-"
Jeremie sighed and fast-forwarded it again.
"June 6, 1994, Day 639-"
More fast forwarding.
"June 6, 1994, Day 1265, Someone's watching me! Someone wants to get rid of me!"
Once more, Jeremie fast-forwarded. Inuyasha was noting that Franz was becoming slightly paranoid.
"I wanted to destroy the supercomputer and destroy all the evidence of my activities! That's when I discovered one of its fascinating properties: Returning to the past. It gave me all the time I could possibly need to perfect my great project. The only thing that allowed me to escape my enemies..."
Jeremie fast-forwarded.
"WILL YA QUIT DOING THAT ALREADY!?", Inuyasha asked in irritation.
"Alright! Here it is!", Jeremie said.
"June 6, 1994, Day 2546, The scanners and the virtualization programs are ready. In a few hours, I will go to Lyoko with Aelita. Just like me, Aelita will hold the Keys to Lyoko. Together, we will be the absolute masters. We will live together, forever..."
The video diary ended and Jeremie closed it.
"The Keys to Lyoko. That's what XANA wants to steal from Aelita's memory!", Jeremie said.
"But what could XANA do with them?", Ulrich asked.
"Escape from the Supercomputer and take over the world...", Aelita said grimly and left the room, leaving shock on everyone's faces.
"Great! First Naraku wants to take over the world, now it's XANA!", Inuyasha said ticked off, "Why does every evil scoundrel I run into want to take over the world!?"
"You keep mentioning Naraku an awful lot. Who exactly is he? You seem to hate him a lot.", Odd said.
"I can give you the story how he messed up my life and you could get a good understanding!", Inuyasha snarked.
Cringes were everywhere at those words.
"How exactly did he mess it up then?", Yumi asked.
"He shape shifted into Kikyo and made me think she betrayed me and did it work and got me pinned to a tree for fifty years. Not only that, he cursed Miroku's family by stabbing his grandpa in his right hand, killed all of Sango's family, and terrorized, manipulated, and KILLED a bunch of people just to get his rotten hands on the Shikon Jewel, which Kagome broke.", Inuyasha said summing up the entire mess he got into.
Everyone's jaws dropped. In only two sentences did he give them everything that Naraku did and who was involved.
"That is one messed up life...", Ulrich whistled, "And I thought you never talked about it."
"I guess you guys rubbed off on me or something. I can't believe it either.", Inuyasha said.
Later in the Kadic Academy Cafeteria; Breakfast...
Aelita played around with her food, not eating one bit of it. Everyone else arrived at the table and sat down and began to eat. Jeremie sat down next to Aelita to give her some comfort.
"Aelita, you should have stuck around till the end. I didn't have the time to tell you the best news of all!", Jeremie said, "It turns out I've been wrong all along!"
"Huh?", Inuyasha asked, "Why would ya say that?"
"You have? Why?", Ulrich asked at the same time Inuyasha asked his question.
"I thought that XANA had given Aelita a virus, so I've been looking for an antivirus. But thanks to Franz Hopper's diary, I finally understand: XANA didn't give her anything at all. In fact, he took something from her.", Jeremie said.
"He did? But what?", Yumi asked.
"I don't really know yet. It's a fragment that belongs to her. I've located it in Sector 5.", Jeremie said.
"In THAT messed up place?", Inuyasha asked not sounding too thrilled.
"We could go and get it tonight, after the end-of-year dance!", Odd said.
"Awesome! It'll be our final mission! And then it's time for a well-earned, real vacation!", Ulrich cheered.
"Out of the question!", Aelita said getting up and leaving.
Jeremie got up and went after Aelita. Inuyasha turned to Odd.
"What's a dance?", Inuyasha asked.
Odd almost chocked on a meatball when he heard those words.
"Inuyasha, you have A LOT to learn about this era STILL!", Odd said and began to explain what a dance was and what you do at a dance.
Ulrich many times had to correct Odd's explanation to make sure Inuyasha could understand.
With Aelita and Jeremie...
"Aelita! Wait! What's the matter?", Jeremie asked.
"I refuse to set foot on Lyoko ever again!", Aelita shouted.
"Why? What's gotten into you?", Jeremie asked, baffled by Aelita's outburst.
"My dad stole my life from me! He was a totally crazy second-rate magician. Because of him, I'm nothing... I'm no-one...", Aelita said, nearly bursting into tears.
"All of that now is the past now! We will recover the fragment that XANA stole you and turn off the supercomputer! Then you will be free...", Jeremie said, trying to comfort Aelita.
"What if we fail? What if XANA gets a hold of the Keys to Lyoko?", Aelita asked.
Jeremie remains silent with a serious look on his face.
Later in the cafeteria...
Jim entered the cafeteria with his hands on his hips and a stern look on his face.
"Right, for all you party animals with short memory spans, I'd like to remind you that, uh…what was I saying? Oh yeah! During the end-of-the-year dance, any overly suggestive dancing, wild behavior or trouble-making will be severely punished! Uh, that's all, enjoy yourselves.", Jim said.
Odd paled at those words. Inuyasha could only feel insulted by Jim's words.
"So far, I don't have anyone to take to the dance! Fortunately, I've got a way with women!", Odd said and ran up to a random girl, "Hi Magali! Wanna go to the dance with me?"
"I told you never to speak to me again!", Magali shouted angrily.
"Oh! Sorry!", Odd said.
Ulrich tried not to laugh at Odd's failure to win a date. He then turned to Yumi.
"Uh, Yumi... Would you go to the dance with me?", Ulrich asked.
"I was about to-", Yumi said but got interrupted by someone.
That someone had wild spiky black hair, a long sleeved red shirt with black sleeves with a skull printed on it. He also wore jeans. Inuyasha hadn't really noticed this guy before and began to sniff him.
"What the heck?! What do you think you are? A mutt?", The boy asked, weirded out by Inuyasha's dog-like behavior.
Inuyasha growled a bit at the word 'mutt'.
"Careful William! He loves dogs so much, he some times behaves like one! So I wouldn't call him a mutt if you didn't want to sign your death sentence!", Odd said earning a glare from Inuyasha that said 'Shut up or you will be signing yours first'.
"As I was trying to say, Yumi, I wanted to talk to you for a second.", William said and dragged Yumi away.
"Okay, I get the idea now.", Ulrich said, not thrilled by what William was doing.
"Yoohoo!"
It was Sissi and she was somehow behind Ulrich already.
"What would you say to taking the prettiest girl in school to the dance?", Sissi asked.
"Uh, you mean Anais Fiquet? No, she's going with Christophe M'Bala.", Odd said.
"I meant me, stupid! Well?", Sissi said irritated.
Ulrich saw Yumi and William talking. He could make Yumi jealous and get her back that way.
"Uh, okay. I'll go to the dance with you.", Ulrich said in defeat and slight disgust.
"Oh! Uh, r-really? Uh…well, uh, great! See you tonight!", Sissi said and ran off with a happy victory grin on her face.
Odd repulsed slightly at Ulrich's choice.
"I'd rather look like a big loser and go by myself than go with someone like... Like her!", Odd said.
"Hi Inuyasha.", Kagome said walking over, "I um... Wanted to ask you something."
"What is it Kagome?", Inuyasha asked.
"Will you um... Come to the dance with me?", Kagome asked.
'What was I thinking?! He doesn't even no what a dance is!', Kagome thought.
"Sure.", Inuyasha said.
"Thanks... HUH?! You know what a dance is?!", Kagome asked in shock.
"I ain't that stupid to not ask what one is.", Inuyasha said.
"We told him for you!", Odd said with a grin, "I would ask you if Inuyasha didn't get dibs on you first!"
Kagome giggled slightly.
"I am not sure if that would work anyways due to the age difference.", Kagome said, "I am fifteen and you look like you are ten."
"I am thirteen!", Odd said in defense.
That got a few giggled and chuckles out of everyone as Odd blushed in embarrassment. Odd then noticed Inuyasha was snickering as well.
"Like you are the one to talk! You are at least two hundred!", Odd said earning a some what light Gibbs Slap from Inuyasha.
"You have to remember, he is still around my age by demon standards.", Kagome said, "So may I sit with you guys?"
"Um sure.", Inuyasha said.
Kagome smiled and sat next to Inuyasha.
With Yumi and William around at the same time...
"So do you want to come to the dance with me?", William asked.
Yumi looked over and saw Sissi and Ulrich. She narrowed her eyes slightly and face William again.
"Of course.", Yumi said.
William gave a questioning look.
"You wanted to go with someone else?", William asked.
"You could say that.", Yumi said as she once more looked at Ulrich.
In the computer housing room...
Aelita walked up to the large cylinder shaped black and gold supercomputer that took up almost half of the room. She was hesitant at first, but then pulls down the lever, turning off the supercomputer. After a few seconds, she immediately fainted, slowly dying.
In the school yard...
Odd, Ulrich, and Inuyasha stood near the vending machine. Odd was playing Tetrix Annihilator on his Gameboy Advance while Ulrich leaned on the vending machine.
"I can't believe that you of all people could score a date on your first try.", Odd said.
"Kagome seems to really take a liking into you.", Ulrich said.
"What do you mean?", Inuyasha asked.
Odd and Ulrich looked at each other.
"Clueless.", Ulrich and Odd chimed.
By that moment, Jeremie came by.
"Have any of you guys seen Aelita?", Jeremie asked.
"I haven't./Nope./No.", Inuyasha, Odd, and Ulrich said receptively simultaneously.
"She's not answering her cell phone and the Supercomputer isn't responding either.", Jeremie said.
"Do you think it's a bug or something?", Odd asked.
"Not sure. I will go check it out at the factory.", Jeremie said.
"Let's make it quick.", Inuyasha sighed and lowered enough for Jeremie to get on.
"Good luck riding on Inuyasha's back, Einstein! His piggy back rides are not something to take too lightly!", Odd said.
"What do you mean by- WHOA!", Jeremie said but got scooped up and carried away by a rather not impatient Inuyasha.
And let's just say, he now knew why Odd said what he did. It was a really wild ride. Odd got a good laugh out of the look on Jeremie's face when he got picked up though.
"Let's hope he didn't eat breakfast yet!", Odd said.
At that moment, Yumi came by.
"Hey Odd. Any luck with finding a date?", Yumi said.
"No.", Odd said shaking his head.
"Yoohoo! Ulrich!"
It was Sissi, again. She ran up to Ulrich with a small pink present in tow.
"Here, for you!", Sissi said handing Ulrich the present.
"What is it?", Ulrich asked taking the gift.
"A surprise! See you tonight!", Sissi said and ran off to go pamper up for the dance.
Yumi was not fond of this at all. She looked at Ulrich.
"Okay, I get it.", Yumi said.
"What? You are going to the dance with William, aren't you?!", Ulrich asked in irritation.
"Is that a fact? Well, you really don't get it, do you?", Yumi said and was just as irritated as Ulrich.
Yumi walked away in anger that Ulrich pulled that stunt.
Odd began to think.
"One more of your stupid proverbs, and you are dead!", Ulrich exasperated.
" 'Ulrich has lost his head, and should've stayed in bed!' ", Odd said just ticking Ulrich off enough to make Ulrich walk away.
Odd thought for a few seconds and began following Ulrich to give his next 'proverb'.
"Oh, wait, wait, wait, I've got another one! 'Go with Sissi and your future's gloomy cause you're gonna lose Yumi!' ", Odd said.
In the lab...
"Does it take this long just to do something?", Inuyasha asked impatiently.
"No. This isn't good.", Jeremie said and rushed to the elevator.
"Huh?!", Inuyasha asked and followed Jeremie, "What do you mean?"
"I just hope it isn't true!", Jeremie said.
"I still don't get it!", Inuyasha said.
The elevator closed and began to descend to the lowest level, the computer room. When the elevator opened, they saw Aelita lying on the floor, unconscious.
"AELITA!", Jeremie shouted and rushed to turn the Supercomputer back on before going to Aelita's unconscious body, "Aelita! Answer me! Come on! Wake up!"
Inuyasha now understood what happened and was ticked off at the fact Aelita attempted suicide. At that moment, Aelita began to wake up.
"You're insane! Why did you do that?!", Jeremie said full of distress.
"To save the world... To save you all!", Aelita said weakly.
"Well it looked more like stupidity to me! If you didn't notice anything earlier, there are more crappier situations that you could have been in and this stupid idea would have not worked in.", Inuyasha said in irritation, "Besides, I don't need saving that costs a life, okay?"
"The way Inuyasha worded it wasn't a very nice way but he is right. We'll save the world together! And then you'll have your whole life in front of you! A brand new life!", Jeremie said.
In Odd and Ulrich's dorm...
Odd was getting ready for his big night as Ulrich sulked on his bed. Odd fixed the lone spike of hair on his head with some hair gel. A loose strand of hair fell in his face, which he immediately fixed.
"You should get ready! Your girlfriend's gonna be waiting for you!", Odd mocked.
"Drop it, Odd!", Ulrich said.
"Okay, I'm outta here! Who knows, maybe I'll bump into a lonely heart!", Odd said as he left the dorm to go hit on and 'win' a last minute date for the dance.
After Odd left, Ulrich began to scan through the album which was filled with pictures of Sissi. He shut the album shut and began to think. Maybe he could still get Yumi.
Later...
Ulrich knocked on the door of the Ishiyama residence. Hiroki answered the door.
"Is Yumi home?", Ulrich asked.
"YUMI! YOUR BOYFRIEND IS HERE!", Hiroki sang rather loudly.
"BEAT IT HIROKI!", Yumi snapped and walked up to the door as Hiroki giggled as he left, "Well then? You're not at the dance with Sissi?"
"I don't really like dancing... Even less with Sissi!", Ulrich said.
"Then WHY are you here?", Yumi asked coldly.
"I came to tell you something. I wanted to tell you for a very long time, but never got the chance to say it...", Ulrich said.
"What is it?", Yumi asked.
"I... Uh... Can't really put into words...", Ulrich said and blushed rosy pink all over his face from embarrassment and twirled his fingers.
Yumi raised an eyebrow at Ulrich's obvious embarrassment.
"I shouldn't have tried what I did! I'm sorry! I thought William was going to ask you out and you would say yes to him! I got jealous!", Ulrich said, getting it out all out at once, hoping some of the embarrassment would go away, but all he did was make himself MORE embarrassed.
Yumi chuckled.
"You were jealous? Should have seen that one coming!", Yumi said.
Ulrich chuckled sheepishly as the blushing seemed to have made itself comfortable on Ulrich's face. He also rubbed the back of his neck.
"Yeah... I also wanted to say, I really like you, Yumi. More than a friend.", Ulrich said as the blushing became an even brighter shade of red.
Yumi gasped slightly. She too began to blush.
'Oh no! I blew it!', Ulrich thought.
'He really thinks that way about me?', Yumi thought.
Yumi hugged Ulrich, letting Ulrich knew that she felt the same way. Ulrich accepted the hug and hugged back. Before they could even think about kissing, Ulrich's cell phone then rang.
"Aren't you going to get that?", Yumi asked with a slight giggle and let go of Ulrich.
Ulrich answered it.
"Hello?", Ulrich asked.
"It's me. Are you at the dance?", Jeremie said.
"I am not going.", Ulrich said, "If I did, then Sissi would start throwing a tantrum that I don't need to see or hear."
"Glad to hear it. Me, Aelita, and Inuyasha aren't going either. Our last mission is about to start.", Jeremie said, "So grab Odd and Yumi and hurry over to the factory."
Ulrich hung up and looked at Yumi, telling her what is going on without a single word.
Outside the gymnasium...
Music blared from inside the gymnasium. Children danced and socialized on both the outside and inside of said place. Jim acted as a guard/bouncer, making sure those who are not in any trouble don't enter and those who cause trouble are sent to Mr. Delmas. Kagome and Sissi looked around for their respective dates. Soon both of them ran into Odd.
"You... You haven't seen Ulrich, have you?", Sissi asked.
"Nope and he promised to take me to the dance!", Odd said with a mischievous grin, attempting to get on her nerves.
Sissi would have said something if she wasn't feeling dumped. So instead, she shrugged and walked away.
"Have you seen Inuyasha around here?", Kagome asked.
"Same as I told Sissi, except he was supposed to take you here not me!", Odd said.
"Oh. Do you know why Inuyasha has been acting weird since we got here?", Kagome asked.
"Weird how? As in Sissi not being mad at my jokes kind of weird?", Odd asked.
"Normally he isn't so calm and this secretive. I can understand the whole New Moon thing but ever since the ambulance and Sissi incident, he won't tell me anything.", Kagome said.
"Maybe he is boy in a quest for love so he does what I do, date every girl he can find until he finds his soul mate!", Odd said.
Kagome sweatdropped at those words.
'I hope that's not true...', Kagome thought feeling slightly nauseated at the thought of that, 'The thought of it is sickening!'
"Now excuse me! I think I found myself a lonely heart!", Odd said and ran over to a random girl, "Hi! Wanna go to the dance with me?"
"Uh... Alright! My name's Jeanne!", The girl said.
"I'm Odd!", Odd chimed.
"Odd... Della Robbia?", Jeanne said hesitantly, hoping it wasn't who she thought it was.
"The one and only!", Odd said with a large grin.
"I'm sorry, I'm already seeing someone!", Jeanne said, worming her way out of going to the dance with Odd and ran off.
Odd sighed. Suddenly, his cell phone rang.
"Hello?", Odd asked.
"Odd, you at the dance?", Ulrich asked.
"Uh, yeah, well... I mean, almost...", Odd said not to proud of himself and his recent bad luck with the ladies.
"Right, urgent meeting. Come to the factory, we're taking the plunge!", Ulrich said.
"Oh man, just when I finally almost found a girl to go with!", Odd whined and hung up as he began to dash out to the woods.
"Where you going Odd?", Kagome asked.
"Uhhh... Somewhere! My friends need me!", Odd said and ran away before Kagome could ask any more questions.
'That's how Inuyasha behaves sometimes! Is Odd involved? Only one way to find out!', Kagome thought and followed Odd.
While the idea of being the woods was a familiar idea, these exact woods were different from the woods and forests in Feudal Japan. Kagome made sure to keep a safe distance from Odd so he wouldn't spot her.
Suddenly, Odd seemed to have vanished. She looked around the area. That was when she found sewer entrance. Odd must have entered through there.
'Since when does Inuyasha play in a sewer?', Kagome thought with a grimace and entered the sewer.
Once she hit the bottom of the ladder, she saw what looked like marks from skateboards and scooters. Was Inuyasha attempting to blend in here in secret or something? She realized that all of the marks went in one direction and followed the marks. Eventually the marks ended at another ladder.
She climbed up the ladder and realized something, this was the same factory where she found Inuyasha on top of that nurse. She dashed into the factory and saw Odd rushing into an old elevator.
'Why would hiding the fact this place is where they hang out be so important to hide?', Kagome thought and swung down the rope and rushed to the shaft and pressed a button, and began waiting for the elevator to come back up.
In the lab...
Yumi, Odd, Aelita, and Ulrich looked tense as they faced Jeremie, who was giving his version of a 'pep talk'. Inuyasha on the other hand, didn't look tense at all. He looked ready to kick some butt so he could get a little payback for the recent dirty tricks XANA pulled on them.
"This is the big one, guys! We're going to recover Aelita's fragment, and get rid of XANA once and for all!", Jeremie said.
"Let's go, then! I'll lead the way!", Odd said lifting the spirits of his team mates.
At that moment, the elevator opened to reveal Kagome. Inuyasha paled as he got away from the equipment just to be safe.
Kagome was mesmerized by the the room.
'So this is what they been hiding. I never seen anything like it!', Kagome thought.
"Kagome?", Inuyasha asked like a punished puppy.
"Is it just me or does it look like we need a Return to the Past afterwards?", Odd asked.
Jeremie nodded.
Kagome then faced Inuyasha.
"Why didn't you tell me this is where you have been running off to? First you are running off to see Kikyo now you are running to this place!", Kagome said.
"Kagome! I-", Inuyasha started.
"It's like you keep hiding things from me!", Kagome shouted.
"Uh oh...", Ulrich said as everyone backed away.
"Can you just let me-", Inuyasha began.
"WHY DO I BOTHER HAVING ANY CONSIDERATION FOR YOU?!", Kagome screamed.
"QUIT-", Inuyasha said as he raised his voice too.
"SIT!", Kagome shouted as she pointed at Inuyasha.
"Let me explain this Kagome, just stop taking it out on Inuyasha.", Jeremie said, "He has been rather helpful so far."
Kagome looked between Inuyasha and Jeremie for a few moments then sighed.
"Okay.", Kagome said.
"Now while I deal with Kagome, you all get to the scanner room.", Jeremie said.
"Yes sir!", Odd said giving a mock salute.
Yumi, Odd, Ulrich, Aelita, and Inuyasha all went down the hatch. Kagome looked at Jeremie as he headed back to the monitors.
"Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Yumi. Transfer Odd. Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Odd. Virtualization.", Jeremie said and then did the exact same thing for Inuyasha and Aelita.
"What just happened?", Kagome asked.
"They are all sent to the Ice Sector on Lyoko.", Jeremie said then talked into his headset, "I am programming your vehicles. The edge of the sector is located north east of your current location."
"Inuyasha can drive?", Kagome asked in surprise.
"No. He can fly on Lyoko. It's one of his Lyoko abilities and he tends to forget about it.", Jeremie said.
"Oh.", Kagome said.
In the Ice Sector...
Yumi, Odd, and Ulrich got on their respective vehicles while Aelita hopped on to the Overwing with Yumi and and Inuyasha activated his flight power. All of them headed in the direction Jeremie told them with Odd leading the way.
"No monsters?", Jeremie asked.
"None!", Odd said.
"Does anyone find it strange though?", Yumi asked.
"Yeah, this is too quiet for my liking...", Inuyasha said.
"Looks like XANA wasn't expecting us.", Jeremie said.
After the very quiet trip to the edge of the sector, everyone minus Inuyasha got off the vehicles while Inuyasha landed.
"You can enter the code now.", Aelita said.
"Alright. Entering the code: Scipio!", Jeremie said making the Transporter Orb appear.
"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT THING!?", Inuyasha shouted as he pulled out his Tessaiga.
"Relax. It's just the Transporter Orb. It's going to take us to Sector Five.". Ulrich said face palming.
The Transporter orb split in half, scooped up everyone, closed up, and raced through the open space in the sector. It zoomed to the other end in no time flat and entered the center of Lyoko. It went full speed through the binary data banks, the Celestial Dome, the lift, the Carthage, all before finally landing in the arena. It split in half once more, letting it's passengers off before racing away.
Odd made a disgusted face. Ulrich looked at him.
"What's wrong with you, you feel like throwing up as usual?", Ulrich asked.
Inuyasha backed away, not wanting being near virtual barf.
Odd froze for a moment, realizing something.
"No, I don't! That's what I can't understand!", Odd said as he gave a puzzled look.
"Are you guys ready? I am entering the coordinates to where Aelita's fragment is located.", Jeremie said.
"The wall is about to open.", Aelita said.
The wall of the Arena slowed it's circling down before coming to a full stop, allowing entrance to the Carthage.
"You have three minutes to find the key and stop the countdown!", Jeremie said.
Everyone raced out of the Arena and into the Carthage. Like all the times they have been in Sector Five, it's a big chaotic mess of blocks and columns that is ever shifting with every visit.
"There's the key!", Yumi pointed out.
The key was several meters off the so called 'ground' of the ever changing Carthage.
"As always! Out of reach!", Odd said.
"WATCH OUT!", Ulrich shouted.
Suddenly, Creepers slithered out of their hiding place and began firing at them. Ulrich and Inuyasha began deflecting the blasts with their respective swords.
"Hi there Creepers! Still as ugly as ever, huh?", Odd said with a cheeky smile as he insulted the monsters.
Odd then quickly killed two of the Creepers.
"If you think THAT is ugly, then you have seen nothing!", Inuyasha said as he sliced a Creeper right down the middle of the head where the Eye of XANA was, to the ground, "In fact, I think that one looked like Koga!"
Inuyasha then snickered at his own private insult.
"Inuyasha! There's no time for getting into an insult competition with Odd!", Jeremie reminded, "You only have one minute left!"
Yumi quickly climbed to the key with gymnastic styled jumps and flexibility. She nearly got squashed by a few passing blocks, but dodged them in time.
Odd dodged yet another set of lasers from the Creepers. His response was of course, three Laser Arrows. Inuyasha and Ulrich protected Aelita from being hit by the lasers. Inuyasha quickly threw up a Demonic Barrier around himself and Aelita for safety precautions.
Another laser was fired from the Creeper that was attacking them. Ulrich deflected the blast and struck the Creeper with his katana.
"Go for it, Yumi!", Ulrich said looking up a her.
Yumi nodded and continued to climb up the wall to the key.
The barrier Inuyasha held up was then let down due to too many hits. He began to charge at the offending Creepers with a battle cry.
"WIND SCAR!", Inuyasha shouted.
"Almost there!", Yumi said as she swung up from a narrow platform and got a foothold.
Turns out, a Creeper was waiting for her. It fired a laser at Yumi, hitting Yumi in the leg. Yumi yelped a bit but managed to stand her ground. She propelled herself into the air with a graceful leap and kicked the Creeper of the platform. The Creeper was welcomed to the ground by Ulrich's sword.
"Only sixteen seconds left!", Jeremie shouted.
Yumi jumped up at the key, and pressed it at the last second, stopping the count down. During those last seconds, Odd had shot down a Creeper while Inuyasha practically diced the last one.
In the lab...
Kagome was amazed at the interface that Jeremie used. She saw various cards appear on the screen that resembled Yumi, Ulrich, Aelita, and Odd. But one card stood out from all of them. One card looked just like Inuyasha except with a smooth purple streak on each cheek bone.
"Is Inuyasha doing anything that I should be concerned about?", Kagome asked, hoping what she saw wasn't true.
"Other than him making insults towards the Creepers with Odd, there's nothing wrong.", Jeremie said.
"What kind of insults?", Kagome asked.
"One insult was about how he has seen things that are uglier than the Creepers. Another was how one of the Creepers looked a bit like some Koga person.", Jeremie said.
Kagome sighed in relief. Inuyasha wasn't rampaging around like a mindless idiot but rather firing off crude insults as always.
"Can you show me a picture of a Creeper?", Kagome asked.
Jeremie managed to pull on up. Kagome repulsed at how worm like it was.
"He said THAT looked like Koga?!", Kagome asked, "Oh Inuyasha... Grow up, would you?"
In Sector Five...
"Nice job, Yumi!", Ulrich said smiling.
If Yumi could, she would be blushing.
The blocks within the Carthage began to shift a bit, allowing access into another room. The room glowed eerily.
"Wanna see how low you can go, huh guys?", Odd asked.
"I thought you were gonna lead the way! Go on!", Jeremie said.
Everyone, of course, entered the next room. The next room wasn't anything special in assembly terms. It was still a chaotic mess of blocks and columns. There was a shiny blue orb in the center of the room at the end of a platform of 'stairs'.
"Jeremie! There's something shining over there!", Ulrich said pointing at the orb.
"That's it! That's Aelita's missing fragment!", Jeremie said.
Aelita took a breath and dashed for the stairs, aiming to recover her fragment. Following behind her was Odd, Inuyasha, Yumi, and Ulrich. All ready to defend her from whatever trap XANA may pull at the last minute.
Suddenly, compartments opened up in the wall, revealing Creepers. One of the Creepers shot at Yumi. Yumi deflected it with her fans, and she threw one of her fans at the Creeper.
"WATCH OUT!", Yumi warned as another laser came in, just for Yumi to deflect it with a fan.
Ulrich used his Super Sprint and immediately deflected another barrage of lasers from the Creepers. He did a forward somersault and sliced a Creeper.
"Go on without me!", Odd shouted.
Odd began firing Laser Arrows at the Creepers that were just arriving. Inuyasha, Ulrich, and Aelita continued running up the long winding stairs. Yumi did a light somersault to avoid the lasers that the Creepers kept shooting. Afterwards, she threw her fans at the Creepers, successfully killing them. Odd tried to fire more Laser Arrows, but realized, he was out of arrows.
"Jeremie! I am all out of Laser Arrows!", Odd shouted.
Before Jeremie could reload Odd's Laser Arrows, Odd got shot and devirtualized.
"Bye-bye.", Odd said as he devirtualized.
"ODD!", Yumi shouted.
Yumi threw her fans at the Creepers that got Odd. She was backed onto the edge of the platform by the Creepers. She caught her fans and before she had a chance to throw them, the Creepers shot her, devirtualizing her.
Ulrich saw it all happen.
"YUMI!", Ulrich screamed, "Jeremie! Yumi and Odd are down!"
"Great! Just great!", Inuyasha grumbled.
"I know! Hurry up and get that fragment!", Jeremie said in distress.
Ulrich and Inuyasha began fighting like madmen. Slaying Creeper after Creeper, every few seconds.
"WIND SCAR!", Inuyasha shouted, destroying two Creepers at once.
After that, two Mantas flew in. Ulrich groaned in annoyance.
"Jeremie, it's getting worse!", Ulrich said.
"Oh no, it's getting better!", Jeremie said.
"Are you crazy!? What's going on?!", Inuyasha shouted.
"It's Franz Hopper who's controlling the Mantas!", Jeremie said.
One of the Mantas went to the area where the Creepers were leaking out of to fend them off. The other Manta went up to where Aelita was and stopped.
"I think he is waiting for you, princess.", Ulrich said.
Aelita and Inuyasha hopped onto the Manta. The Manta flew towards the fragment. Ulrich was amazed at the sight.
"This is amazing!", Jeremie said.
The Manta stopped near the glowing orb. Aelita and Inuyasha jumped off the Manta. That was when they got a good look into the orb. The orb had a ghostly doll sized image of Aelita in it, signifying that is her's. Aelita approached it with her hands out, reaching for it. Once she touched it, the orb shattered everywhere.
"WHAT?!", Jeremie asked in shock.
The room began shifting rapidly. The stairs fell apart, and the Mantas got squashed by the blocks and columns. Aelita and Inuyasha were stranded. Ulrich fell into the void but got devirtualized in time.
"IT'S A TRAP!", Jeremie shouted in horror.
Inuyasha quickly put up another Demonic Barrier around him and Aelita.
"DANG IT ALL TO HECK!", Inuyasha snarled in irritation.
In the lab...
Kagome was horrified by the three words she heard.
"INUYASHA!", Kagome shouted with tears, "Will he be alright?!"
"I am not sure at this point!", Jeremie said.
Kagome held her breath, hoping Inuyasha would get out of this in one piece. Jeremie then was horrified by the lone symbol that appeared.
"Oh no...", Jeremie said.
In Sector Five...
The Demonic Barrier shattered as the Creepers destroyed it. Inuyasha began deflecting the blasts with Tessaiga.
"AELITA! BEHIND YOU!", Jeremie shouted.
The Scyphozoa loomed above the two of them. Inuyasha got in between the Scyphozoa and Aelita.
"Not so fast you scoundrel! You have to get through me first!", Inuyasha shouted and pointed his Tessaiga at the Scyphozoa.
The Scyphozoa knocked the Tessaiga out of Inuyasha's grasps. The Tessaiga became lodged in the side of the platform. That was when Creepers began firing at Inuyasha non stop. Inuyasha struggled to dodge the constant laser blasts from the Creepers. He fortunately didn't get hit. At that moment, he got hit by one laser.
"You just lost forty five life points, Inuyasha! Hang in there!", Jeremie said.
The Scyphozoa dreaded closer to Aelita, but Aelita managed to keep her distance away from it.
"I'm trying!", Inuyasha said and dodged another blast, "But these guys aren't exactly making this easy as you want it."
That was when another laser hit Inuyasha, sending him to the ground.
"What's going on!? INUYASHA ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!", Jeremie asked.
"Jeremie! I don't like the looks of this!", Aelita said.
Inuyasha's eyes snapped open. Aelita was right to be worried.
In the lab...
Jeremie watched in awe as Inuyasha immediately recovered his lost life points. Inuyasha's ID card then slightly shifted. Inuyasha's smooth facial marks became jagged as his eyes gained a red sclera with blue irises and white pupils. Kagome gasped. She could recognize THAT transformation anywhere.
"What's going on?!", Jeremie asked and immediately went searching through lines and lines of code.
"No...", Kagome said in an almost whisper.
At that moment, Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd came up to meet the uneasy atmosphere.
"Sorry, there was nothing I could- huh? What's wrong?", Ulrich asked.
"Something strange is going on with Inuyasha! He just regenerated life points right out of nowhere and now his digital incarnation has changed!", Jeremie said.
Odd took a look at Inuyasha's avatar.
"He looks really vicious. Like he got a nasty case of rabies or something.", Odd said.
Suddenly an error message popped up. Jeremie read through it quickly and his eyes grew wider by the second.
"There's a secondary code in his digital incarnation! It's deleting portions of his primary coding!", Jeremie said in alarm.
"A secondary code?", Odd asked.
"Is that good or bad?", Ulrich asked.
"If it's bad, how serious is it?", Yumi asked.
"While you guys have one set of coding, Inuyasha's coding is more complex. Due to his heritage, the supercomputer has to make a secondary set of coding for him. For what reason, I am not sure. Since it's deleting some of his coding, it's bad. If we don't stop it somehow, it could completely delete him."
"Can't you devirtualize him?", Odd asked.
"I have a feeling this is something that devirtualization would solve...", Jeremie said.
"I know what's going on...", Kagome said, "His demon blood kicked in."
"What does that mean?", Yumi asked.
"It means he somehow got separated from Tessaiga and was near death. When his Demon blood takes over, he essentially becomes a full demon and attacks everything and anything until it is killed then finds something else to kill until he tires out or is snapped out of it.", Kagome said.
Everyone gained horrified looks. It was one of Odd's horror films come true at last.
"So that means, he could go after Aelita like this!", Jeremie said.
"Send me in. I was able to snap him out of it before, I can do it again.", Kagome said.
"I am not sure if that's a good idea.", Jeremie said.
"Listen. I promise to not tell a soul.", Kagome said, "And if I do, it will be only Miroku, Sango, and Shippo. Besides they are at least five hundred years in the past, so they won't be able to report you guys at all."
Jeremie thought long and hard. He balanced out the pros and cons. Right now, if he sent Kagome into Lyoko to snap Inuyasha out of his current possession via his own blood/coding, they would prevent losing Aelita to Inuyasha's uncontrolled full demon side. Thus, making Kagome immune to the Return Trips. If he didn't, he would lose Aelita forever to Inuyasha's uncontrolled full demon side and Kagome would lose her memories after a Return Trip.
"You can go, we can't risk Aelita dying like this.", Jeremie said reluctantly.
"Where's do I go?", Kagome asked.
"Follow me.", Yumi said and lead Kagome down a hatch, "Just step inside one of the scanners and let Jeremie do the rest."
Kagome stepped inside one of them cautiously. She felt a small breeze fill the scanner, lifting her up, followed by a moving, glowing ring, and finally a final large gust of wind blowing her hair upwards. Everything went blank.
In Sector Five...
Kagome regained her consciousness before falling to the ground on her butt. She examined herself. She was wearing Miko robes similar to Kikyo's with sleeves up to her elbows, the skirt up to her knees, and slippers instead of tabis. She 'felt' her hair. It was held up in a similar way Kikyo's was, minus the hair loopies. Where there should have been red, there was green, like her sailor fuku, on every part of her outfit. She let her hand travel to her back, and found a bow. Just a bow.
"I don't have any arrows!", Kagome said and plucked the bow string back, unintentionally releasing a Sacred Arrow, "Nevermind. The bow makes it's own arrows..."
Kagome then spotted Inuyasha on another platform with Aelita, who looked like an elf, backing away from a giant jellyfish and Inuyasha. On one side of that platform, she saw Tessaiga sticking up like a sore thumb from the edge. Inuyasha was inching near the jellyfish-thingy and Aelita with his claws bared.
A Creeper aimed at Kagome. Kagome ducked and fired a Sacred Arrow at the Creeper on the Eye of XANA, destroying it.
'So that's where I should aim! Just like how I aim for the Jewel Shards imbedded in demons!', Kagome thought.
"INUYASHA!", Kagome shouted and immediately darted for the edge.
Before Kagome could fall, she looked around and saw a smaller platform nearby and jumped to it. She saw another and jumped to that one. She continued doing this until there were no more smaller platforms to jump to. She looked to the side and saw a narrow ledge. She jumped to that and began to balance on it, hoping she wouldn't fall. Kagome then reached the end of the narrow ledge and jumped onto the main platform near Tessaiga. Kagome grabbed Tessaiga and rushed over to Inuyasha.
"INUYASHA!", Kagome shouted.
Inuyasha turned his head and saw her. He didn't have time to react to Kagome's arrival. That left Kagome an opening to hug Inuyasha and slip Tessaiga where it belonged. Inuyasha immediately was awakened from his demon blood induced rampage.
"Kagome?", Inuyasha asked.
"Inuyasha.", Kagome said and nuzzled Inuyasha a bit.
That didn't last long. Suddenly several lasers were heading towards them and devirtualized them as they hugged. That is when the Scyphozoa attacked Aelita and begun draining her memory.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!", Jeremie shouted.
In the lab...
By this time, Inuyasha and Kagome had just came back into the lab.
Everyone watch in horror as Aelita's memory was being drained AND as she lost life points with every second that her memory was being drained. Suddenly, everything for Aelita hit zero. Jeremie was devastated the most out of everyone.
"Aelita's... De... Dead!", Jeremie cried as one by one, the Superscan picked up all of the towers on Lyoko as XANA activated them, "XA... XANA... Got what he wanted. He has the Keys to Lyoko. He'll be able to get out of the Supercomputer..."
Inuyasha growled as he felt something change in the atmosphere.
"I don't like this feeling! If XANA ever gets a body, I will kill it!", Inuyasha sneered.
Suddenly, Jeremie noticed something new happen. XANA lost control to every single tower on Lyoko.
Aelita's memories of her childhood...
"Don't go too far!", Anthea said.
"Okay mommy!", Aelita said.
Aelita opened a small gift from her parents. Inside was a small elven toy.
"Oh, he's so cute! What should I call him?", Aelita said.
"What about Mister Puck? It means goblin.", Franz Hopper said.
"Do you like him?", Anthea asked.
"Oh thank you, Mommy!", Aelita said in joy.
"Dad.", Aelita said.
Franz Hopper stopped playing the piano to listen to his daughter.
"I am going to my room.", Aelita said.
Aelita went into her room and began to read a book. A short while later, she saw something outside the house.
"DADDY! THE MEN IN BLACK ARE HERE!", Aelita screamed as she rushed down stairs to Franz Hopper.
"I know. Do you remember where Mister Puck is?", Franz Hopper said.
"Yes.", Aelita said.
"Come quickly!", Franz Hopper said and began running with his daughter to the back yard.
Franz Hopper opened a metal door that was well hidden. They rushed through the hallway into the sewer. Both of them rushed through the sewer until they came to a ladder and climbed up it. They both entered the factory and went down the elevator.
"Where are we?", Aelita asked.
"In my lab.", Franz Hopper said as he typed away before getting up, "Come on!"
"Where?", Aelita asked as Franz Hopper lead Aelita to the hatch.
"To a world where we will be safe! You and I, forever!", Franz Hopper said.
Aelita saw three scanners. She and Franz Hopper both entered one.
"See you in a minute, honey.", Franz Hopper said as the scanner closed on him.
"See you in a minute, Daddy.", Aelita said as the scanner she was in closed on her.
In Sector Five...
Aelita's eyes opened as these memories brought her back to life. She felt like her dad, Franz Hopper, was saving her.
In the lab...
Everyone was stunned at what was going on.
"What's going on Jeremie?", Ulrich asked.
Aelita's life points began to regenerate rapidly.
"It's Franz Hopper... He's bringing Lyoko back to life!", Jeremie said in awe.
Inuyasha felt the ominous presence leave, allowing him to calm down as much as an easy to angry person could.
"Look, it's incredible!", Yumi said.
"Franz Hopper is saving his daughter!", Jeremie said and was filled with new hope.
Suddenly, the supercomputer showed that Aelita was starting to materialize. Jeremie perked up.
"To the scanner room! Quick!", Jeremie said and rushed to the elevator.
Everyone followed him into the elevator. Jeremie hit a button, sending the elevator to the Scanner Room. They rushed to the only closed scanner and waited anxiously. The scanner opened as smoke emerged from the inside.
"AELITA!", Jeremie shouted.
Aelita, who was unconscious, fell out of the scanner into Jeremie's arms. She slowly opened her dazed eyes.
"Jeremie...", Aelita said weakly.
Jeremie hugged Aelita, revealed that she was all right.
Later in Jeremie's room...
Aelita was on Jeremie's bed, wrapped up in a blanket. She was exhausted from the events that had occurred. Everyone was around her, glad she was alright. Inuyasha however was watching the door, making sure no one was eavesdropping on them.
"Right... Would... Someone please say something funny before I have a heart attack?", Odd asked.
"Oh... My dad sacrificed himself for me... And we don't even know if he's still on Lyoko!", Aelita said.
"Fine. Excuse me while I have my heart attack.", Odd said.
"All of the memories of your life on Earth... That was the fragment that XANA had taken you and what linked you to the Supercomputer, and Franz Hopper was able to give them back to you!", Jeremie said.
"Now you are free, Aelita! But, unfortunately so is XANA!", Ulrich said.
"We can no longer destroy XANA by turning off the Supercomputer, so what will we do now?", Yumi asked.
"Same as always, we'll fight!", Jeremie said, "XANA may have become more powerful, but I don't think he's invincible! If he attacks, we'll counter-attack! We'll find a way to get rid of XANA for good!"
"And we can do all we can to find your dad, Aelita.", Yumi said.
"You're right. The fight has to go on! After all... Fighting XANA is my job.", Aelita said.
"No, Aelita, it's our job!", Jeremie corrected as the Lyoko Warriors gave each other a group hug.
"Hey! What about me and Kagome!? We helped!", Inuyasha said from the other side of the room with Kagome, making the group hug break up.
"Oh. Guys, should we let them join? They did help out when I was in danger when recovering my fragment. Not only that, Inuyasha helped out quite a bit before that.", Aelita said.
"They are a pretty good battle couple...", Odd mused.
"Inuyasha is a pretty good secret keeper from what we have seen. If he and Kagome have managed to hide the fact that Inuyasha was a half demon from people for so long, I think they can hide our secret too.", Ulrich said.
"Ulrich does have a good point. They also already have a lot of fighting experience.", Yumi said.
"Welcome to the group you two!", Jeremie said.
"Come on over! We already got it nice and toasty over here!", Odd said.
That was when Inuyasha and Kagome joined into the group hug. They were now officially Lyoko Warriors.
"Inuyasha!"
"Your suffocating me!"
"Paws off! That's a no-no zone!"
"That's not how a group hug works, Inuyasha!"
"Move your hand right now or I will bruise it!"
"You had to spoil a group hug, too!"
"Feh!", Inuyasha muttered and stopped hugging.