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Kearo jumped down from above and in front of Conor. " That is something I wondered myself, too." He said to him. " But I am still waiting for you to answer my question. What are you doing following me here? Are you with XANA?" He asked him as he prepared the pole he had for defense or an attack.

(Sorry, most of you characters are named Ethan ((like your Xana warrior)). And now time for a little excitement twisted )

Donny quickly made his way over to the girl who had fallen. "Here, let me help you," Donny said softly, offering her his hand. The girl smiled and took Donny's hand and he pulled her to her feet. "Thanks," she said, not letting go of Donny's hand. There was an awkward silence for about two seconds before everything shot to hell in a hand basket. "Hey, what're you doin' with my girl?" 'Ooooooh crap. Not good.' The guy was big, and very, very pissed. Donny quickly stepped back from the girl and held his hands up. "Hey, hey easy buddy," Donny said carefully, "I was just lending a hand, nothing else." "Don't give me that crap kid!" Now here's a fun fact about this particular young man; he had a fist the size of a small truck. At least that's what it seemed like to Donny as the big bruiser gave him a hook across the face. The blow sent Donny sprawling to his knees. Before he could get back up, a circle had formed of kids chanting, "Fight! Fight! Fight!" Donny regained his feet and Mr. Jealousy was standing before him, hands up, looking like a boxer. 'No, no, no!' "Hold up buddy! Hey! Easy!" Donny exclaimed, now sounding panicked. Donny had never been in a fight, or anything close to it, in his entire life. First time for everything. And this first time was not a fun one for Donny Bell. Donny's word did nothing but earn him a punch to the gut, which dropped him back down to his knees, wretching and coughing. Then Donny felt an explosion of pain on his face that came in the form of a knee. Yup, nose is definitely broken......

((anitasakura: told you! mrgreen ))

Conor jumped in surprise when Kearo appeared in front of him. He brought the whip around and wrapped it around Kearo's feet.

"Why would I be with XANA? On multiple occasions he almost killed me and everyone else in the school!"

He pulled and the wraps around Kearo's feet tightened, threatening to make him fall over. "Now. I was going to ask you the same question. Are you with XANA?"

Alicia's face changed expression slightly, "I thought you were new to this school. How do you know Conor?" mentally she told herself to calm down after all this guy could just an old friend from another school. There was no need to get paranoid.

As she opened her mouth to ask another question, something else caught her attention. She saw a crowd of students forming around two boys. Alicia could have sworn one of them looked familiar, but it was hard to tell with all the kids in the way. Alicia placed both feet on her chair as she slowly raised herself up to get a better view. "What the? Donny what the hell are you doing?" She yelled out in shock.

Conor jerked the whip sideways, sliding it out from under the pole. He pulled it tight again.

"If you're not with XANA, then why are you here? What are you, a past lyoko warrior or something?" He asked, not expecting that to be the case at all.

"Stop playing games! How can you be both at the same time?" Conor asked, annoyed.

"If you really are a XANA-warrior then I've got some news that might interest you: your master's not dead yet." He said with a smirk.

"I'm not playing a game." Conor said, slightly annoyed as he proceeded to explain. "It's like a deleted computer file. It's not really deleted - it's marked as available space for overwriting." At least, that was his take on the situation.

"XANA's been stuck in a sort of recycle bin, and at the moment he's very... much... alive." He emphasized the last three words. "Do you get it?"