Reset
SPOILERS: This is a fic that bridges episode 97 with my created universe. Please do not read unless you have seen or read about episode 97 of the series. Episode 0 of The Reset Arc.
Disclaimer: Code Lyoko was created by Tania Palumbo and Thomas Romain. It was produced by Antefilms and then by MoonScoop. It is aired in France by France 3 and in America by Cartoon Network. The author is neither employed by or affiliated with any of the above companies or entities. All characters, locales, and other non-original entities are property of the parties mentioned above. All rights reserved.
Journal Entry for Jeremie Belpois #111007
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Six months have passed since our adventures in the virtual world known as Lyoko ended. Much has changed in our little circle of friends but much has also remained the same.
XANA was defeated by Prof. Franz Hopper, whom we later came to know as Franz Schaeffer. He sacrificed himself to save us and the world from an artificial intelligence program bent on world domination or worse. His actions helped us activate the program that would end up stopping the menace once and for all.
The virtual world of Lyoko is gone. The program I helped to create ate away at the world where we did battle at. All signs of each and every sector have been wiped away for good.
The supercomputer was shut down. Any and all access to that world is now cut off for fear that Lyoko and XANA could come back. While it was a very difficult thing to do, shutting down the computer was ultimately deemed the right thing to do.
William was rescued from XANA's clutches. The influence of the mad AI program is gone now and William is his own man again. Yet, despite all this, I can still sense remnants of XANA's code existing in his mind and body. I can still see him clad in all black wielding a sword that was twice as big as his body and covered in a murky black essence from the handle to the hilt. He never gave up on trying to win Yumi's heart but, luckily for Ulrich, she romantically gave up on him soon after he returned to Earth. They are still friends, however.
Sissi was now part of our little group... at least for a little while. While we didn't mind having her around, she still felt uncomfortable around us after so many years of suspicion and resentment. She gave up on both hanging out with us and giving us grief. Nowadays she's just neutral with our little gang with the exception of Odd, whom she bickers with on a daily basis. She also seems to have given up on Ulrich, though if you ask him, he still fears that one day she will corner him and try to have her way with him.
Odd puts more of his energy on his film and music now that he no longer has to fight digital monsters from another world. He's still torn on what passion he wants to focus on more but, to his benefit, music and film have a way of working well together. He's still a skirt chaser. Dubbed the "Kadic Casanova" by just about everyone in the school, a slow week for him is when he only has one date with one girl a week.
Ulrich barely changed after the incident. He's still a star on the school team and quickly becoming proficient in various martial arts. He's also still not the brightest bulb in the pack. Luckily for him, he's always getting tutoring from Yumi. He still loves her to death but has yet to confess his love to her once and for all. We're always taking bets on the side to determine when it'll happen but I feel that by the time it does, we would forget about the whole thing.
Yumi also refused to change after we shut down the supercomputer six months ago. She still tries to deal with two boys fighting over her heart, though she will never admit that Ulrich is currently winning that bout. She's still a student of the martial arts herself and can easily kick Ulrich's butt unless he really tries to concentrate.
Aelita was the only one of us that changed the most after the shutdown. She has more time to concentrate on her music and duties for the Subdigitals. Her programming skills have become on par with my own and, at times, even surpassing my own. Overall, she's been a better person after Lyoko, though the loss of her father in front of her eyes did hit her hard. She no longer feels that she has to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders by saving Lyoko time after time. While she has become a stronger person, her grief does get to her every so often. Since I've been trying to console her during this time, we seem to have gotten closer than ever before.
Speaking of which, I don't think I've changed much after Lyoko. I'm still fascinated with computers and machinery. I'm still one of the best students in the school thanks to my top marks in almost every class I attend. I'm still madly in love with Aelita. I do feel we've gotten closer together but with her grief still taking hold of her every once in a while, confessing to her how I feel wouldn't exactly be the wisest move to make at this time. She's given me a close friendship out of all this and I'm happy to take that than to lose her forever.
Six months have passed since Lyoko and XANA were gone. While we are grateful for helping to save the world, we all miss those adventures. Even Yumi, who was the first one to vote in favor of shutting down the supercomputer, misses Lyoko since it became her outlet for pent up tension in her life, though she would never admit it. It was truly an exciting time in all of our young lives and something we will never forget.
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