When Code Lyoko first came out, quite a few people thought it was an anime. And that made me think: what if Code Lyoko had been a anime or manga? And so I made this series. Enjoy!

PILOT

"I'm telling you guys, she up to something" Jeremy said.
"Ah, come off it already Jeremy" Odd said, spearing a potato on the fork. "You've been going on about this for the last few days." He popped the spud into his mouth and started going for the other one already.
"What are you guys going on about? Yumi asked, sitting down at the table.
"It's Jeremy being paranoid again" Ulrich replied. "He thinks that new student that started here this week is up to something."
"I don't think she is, I know she is!" Jeremy shouted, thumping the table. "And tonight I'm going to prove it."
"How?" Odd asked, smiling. "Are you going to stalk her as she goes home?"
"As a matter of fact, yes"

17:30pm, a few blocks away from Kadic College. He had been following her for 20 minutes now, and so far nothing strange had happened. The only thing peculiar she did was once point her watch at the school, turn around until it beeped, then started walking home. 'Maybe I was wrong' He thought to himself.
"Alright" she said, breaking him out of his self doubt. "I know you there, and I know you've been following me. Show yourself now, and I might be kind"
Jeremy gulped. How had she seen him? Should he really come out and reveal himself?
Suddenly a bolt of energy shot from the tree across the street. The girl flipped sideways, the beam missing her by an inch. "Right then" she said, pulling off her backpack, "Let's do this the hard way then"
She pushed a button on her watch and said "Scanner Aelita!"
A ball of energy encircled her and began spinning. She curled up into a ball inside, then stretched out. "Virtualise!" she shouted. The sphere glowed bright white and cracked, Aelita dropped on the ground, dressed in a pink shirt and skirt, yellow pants and arm bracers with two stripes on her face.
She smiled and said "Ready or not, here I come."

With an electronic screech the thing shot from the tree towards her.
Jeremy caught a glimpse of something insectile before it zoomed up into the sky.
It twisted and dive bombed down to Aelita, energy blast flying down towards her.
She held her arms up above her. Just before her hands the air turned white and solidified into a round curved shield. The blasts hit the shield, some bouncing off, others dissipating on it. Jeremy saw her go down on one knee under the assault.
The bug shot down and stopped inches from her. It was like a wasp, but with eight legs, four wings, three red eyes and a round hole for a mouth.
The hole glowed and then discharged. Aelita cried out as her shield cracked.
She fell back and the bug zipped in, ready to finish her off.
"Get away from her!" Jeremy shouted, jumping on top of it. His weight drove it down to the ground were it struggled to shake him off. He held on tight and thought of rowdy cowboys. 'Now I know how it feels' he thought to himself
"MOVE!" he heard. He jumped off quick, just in time. A loud shriek hit the wasp and hit it straight against a brick wall. The sonic assault quickly shattered it and the wall. Jeremy looked at Aelita open mouthed. She stood with her legs apart, hands pointed forward for a few minutes more, breathing hard, then moved to him.
"My hero" she said, grinning, and helped him up. Jeremy still just gazed in wonder.
"Take a picture, it lasts longer" she said, walking to the tree.
He blushed and quickly caught up to her. "What was that thing?" he asked.
"Must have been a new form of Frelion. Never had a problem blasting one before.
Still, now I know about it" She looked at her watch and turned in one spot.
When she reached the tree it flashed blue. "So that's where it is" she said.
"What?" said Jeremy, looking around for another wasp.
"The portal it used to get here" she replied. Walking up to the tree she held the watch up so that the screen on it faced forward.
A beam shot out and Jeremy saw it, a white revolving distortion in the air.
For a moment he swore he saw a tower in the background.
Aelita closed her eyes, held her arms out sideways, and sang. The portal shimmered, pixelated and disappeared. She stopped and turned to Jeremy.
"Come on, hero" she said, putting her arm around him. "I think I owe you some answers."

"All clear. You can come in" Aelita said, holding open the door. Jeremy entered the house and followed her up the stairs. He look at some of the photos hanging there.
"Hey, I know him!" he said, pointing the picture. "He use to teach science and computer classes at school."
"That's my brother" she said, and Jeremy noted a sad tone in her voice.
They went into her room. Jeremy sat down in a bean chair while Aelita got on the bed.
"O.K, my parents won't be home for a while, so that gives me a few minutes to answer your questions". Sighing, she picked up a photo of her and her brother from the bed stand and looked at it with sad eyes. Smiling at some old memory, she told him.
"It all started with my brother. He was brilliant, as you know from his classes. He was working on some new idea, something about A.I. that could evolve. He created a virtual world named Lyoko in which this intelligence could grow.
His whole experiment is in the old factory downtown, a massive supercomputer and calculator. He even managed to find a way in and out of his world.
But then something happened."
"Virus attacked and warped the A.I's programming. It became evil, corrupted."
A tear ran down her face. "And it killed my brother"
Wiping her face she continued. "My brother always thought ahead and made this gadget for my" she said, pointing at her watch. "It can detect virtual portals and particles in the real world, and also can transform a person into a virtual being with powers. But most important, mine allows me to control the towers and the minarettes."
"What do you mean yours?" Jeremy asked.
"My brother made four devices. He wanted me and my family to be able to go with him to Lyoko, but of course, that never happened."
"And the towers and minarettes?"
"The towers link our world and the virtual world together. Some of them however, have a minarette, or micro tower inside that contains a power. My brother, just before he died in battle with Xana, scattered the minarettes throughout our world and the virtual one."
"And whose Xana?"
"The rogue A.I. He's the one who created the wasp you saw. He's always trying to get to our world, and usually tries using the towers to get here.
"Usually?"
"He has some minarettes. He sometimes uses them, but once used it takes a while for him to recharge them."
Aelita sighed again, her shoulders sagging. Wearily she looked at Jeremy and said
"I'm so tired of all this, Jeremy. I've been fighting him for almost a month now.
I need help."
Jeremy smiled and said "I think I now 3 guys who'll be more then willing to help".