(A/N) Sorry I've been taking so long. My inspiration tanks were running on low. Any way, welcome back if you have been reading this story for a while (if you're still reading it), or if you're just joining, welcome. Last chapter, I decided that this story takes place during season 2, so fill in the blanks please. I just saw the pilot episode of Code LYOKO (Garage Kids), and it's actually pretty good. But, you don't want to listen to me rambling on and on, let's get on with the story.

Chapter 4: Digital Dogs

By Dark Magician Boy

Yumi's eyes drooped. She had finished the test early.

"So, what are you doing after class?" a voice said, and Yumi turned to see William.

"I'm……," Yumi said, wishing that she could just blurt out that she was going to a virtual world to find bits and pieces of memory for a materialization.

"Out," she finished, and William turned back to finish his test.

Ulrich sighed, looking out the window lazily as Aelita explained and rewrote the Theory of Evolution on the chalkboard.

"And if you look here, you can see that," she continued, making the teacher's mouth continue to lower in astonishment.

Odd made an origami out of spare paper. It looked just like Kiwi.

Wait a second… Kiwi!

Jeremy had always reminded Odd to feed Kiwi, and since he wasn't here, he had forgotten to feed Kiwi!

Odd watched the clock nervously until the half hour was over, and free period began.

He grabbed Aelita and Ulrich by the hand, and ran off towards his room, praying that they wouldn't find a dog skeleton.

Odd leaned to his door, listening for any sounds. Nothing, except….. Jeremy!

The door burst open for Odd, Aelita, and Ulrich to see Kiwi finishing off a bowl of dog food, and Jeremy on the computer screen.

"You know Odd, Kiwi is actually pretty smart! When given instructions I mean," Jeremy said, and Odd looked at him annoyed, wishing he could pinch his virtual nose.

Kiwi looked up a them, barked happily, and jumped up into Odd's hands.

"Well, go and get Yumi. I found the first file," Jeremy said, and without asking, each of them ran off to get Yumi, then ran into the factory.

"Ok everybody, into the scanners," Aelita instructed as the three went downstairs to the scanner room. Odd set Kiwi down by Aelita.

"Transfer Odd. Transfer Yumi. Transfer Ulrich," Aelita said, scrolling over the three cards.

"Virtualization!" she said, and the three were sent through the process, then came to Lyoko.

"Come on, let's go," Jeremy said, popping out from behind a boulder.

The group ran to the edge of the mountain sector, and Aelita typed in the password.

"Scipio," she said, typing the password as a giant white thing resembling a contact lens came down from the sky.

The transport spun around them, and took off towards Carthage.

The four arrived in the main hallway, as the room began to spin quickly till a hallway formed out in front of them.

"Let's go!" Ulrich said, taking off into the hallway as the countdown started.

The other three started behind them, since they didn't have super speed powers.

Eventually, the group came to the arena.

"The key is on the ceiling," Aelita said, and the four looked up to see the symbol with the key sticking out of it.

"Let's get to work," Yumi said, focusing on Jeremy as he began to float up towards it.

Several creepers crawled into the arena, and Odd and Ulrich stationed themselves around Yumi as Jeremy floated further up.

The creepers blasted, but not at Odd and Ulrich. They blasted at Jeremy.

Jeremy took the hits, as his life points dropped a bit.

"Here comes the Overboard," Aelita said as the purple hover-board appeared in front of Odd.

Odd jumped on and took a straight incline towards Jeremy, and hovered in front of him to protect him from the creepers.

"Ten seconds left!" Aelita warned, and Jeremy began to speed up going up.

The creepers kept blasting, and kept missing as Jeremy shot up, until his head hit the key. But nothing happened.

"No!" Ulrich said, looking around to see the hallways closing around them.

The creepers ran out of there just in time.

"Oh no!" Aelita yelled as the room closed off.

Suddenly, the whole entire sector turned into some sort of Rubric's Cube, as all the room began to switch around. She lost contact and visual of the other four.

"No! I'd need a dog's sense to find them now!" Aelita said, leaning down to cry.

But when she leaned down, she saw Kiwi at her legs, and an idea hatched in her brain.

Aelita began to type madly to create a new virtual body, then set up the scanner timer. She'd risk going there too.

She picked up Kiwi and ran into the elevator, going down to the scanner room.

Aelita placed Kiwi in one scanner, and walked into the other.

"Stay. Good boy!" Aelita called across to Kiwi right before the doors closed.

The lights beneath her began to light up, as she slowly lifted from the ground, and lights around her began to spin, until there was a bright flash, and she was flying through tunnels.

Aelita saw Lyoko form in her eyes, and she dropped down to the ground.

She looked over to see her plan work, and dived over just in time to catch Kiwi.

Virtual Kiwi was strange. He looked exactly like he did in the real world, only… virtual.

Aelita put aside this fact, put him in her arms, and ran into the closest tower.

She opened up a screen to check on their stats. Good. They both still had their virtual DNA, and the life support systems were fine.

Kiwi barked behind her, and Aelita turned around to see him just about to go over the edge.

"No Kiwi. Bad boy," she said, snatching him up, and setting the transport on timer.

Aelita ran out with Kiwi towards the edge of the ice sector, and waited.

Sure enough, the white orb dropped down from the sky, took them both in, and flew off behind the bright light to Carthage.

Aelita didn't waste time as she set down Kiwi and the hallway opened up.

She ran off into Carthage, and Kiwi followed her into the arena, where they saw the key on the other side of the room.

Aelita materialized a path of blocks, and she balanced her way over, whereas Kiwi simply jut walked over since he was small enough.

Aelita pushed the button with plenty of time to spare.

The floor came up to the room, making getting around much easier.

She and Kiwi ran into the next room, which led to the elevator.

Aelita held Kiwi in her arms, and jumped onto the quickly moving elevator as it shot up to the next room.

Kiwi whimpered. Being a dog, and never have been virtualized before, he wasn't used to seeing rushing things, and to be missing two of his senses.

The elevator finally hit their destination, and Aelita ran out with Kiwi, and opened up the screen.

She resisted the temptation to open up X.A.N.A.'s files, and went straight to her destination.

"12.5 PERCENT OF MATERILIZATION JEREMY PROCESS RECOVERED" The screen said.

"Yes!" Aelita said, and she ran back into Carthage to look for the other four.

"Okay boy," Aelita said, setting down Kiwi after they had made it past the elevator.

"Find Odd," she said. Kiwi knew this trick.

He took off into the hallways. Aelita had managed to virtualize the Overbike from the screen. She hopped on, and took off after Kiwi deep into Carthage.

They moved very quickly through Carthage, searching room after room, avoiding the monsters, until they came to one that a lot of yelling sounds were coming from.

Aelita crouched down on the floor, and began to sing as the wall in front of her and Kiwi faded away.

Kiwi ran in before her, and before the other four knew they were there, Kiwi was chewing on Odd's foot.

"What the- KIWI?" Odd yelled, looking down to see his dog, and Aelita ran up.

"Aelita, you're supposed to be at the computer!" Jeremy yelled, making Aelita crouch down.

"And what's more, why did you bring Kiwi? The scanner's aren't ready to handle canine DNA!" Jeremy continued, and Aelita crouched down further.

"Jeremy, stop it!" Yumi defended, bringing Aelita up.

"And also, if she hadn't taken the risk, they would have never found us,' Ulrich said, and Jeremy silenced.

"Plus I've always wondered what Kiwi would look like on Lyoko!" Odd joked, cradling Kiwi.

"Ok, ok, I guess I was wrong. But there's one thing I have to ask. How are you guys going to get out of here!" Jeremy said, and Aelita smiled.

"That should be happening in about 3.… 2.…. 1," she said.

Suddenly, the transport came down from the ceiling, absorbed the six of them, and flew back to the forest region.

Aelita had the transport timed, so if she hadn't found them by eight minutes.

Aelita slowly walked into a tower, and floated up to the upper area.

She accessed the materialization process, as she floated further up, past the platform. The files flew around her, and she was brought back to Earth.

Aelita didn't waste any time as she ran into the elevator, and went up to the lab to materialize the other four.

"Materialization Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd," she said. On Lyoko, the three digitized into the air, and transferred back.

"Materialization Kiwi," she said when one of the scanners was free. On Lyoko, Kiwi stared as his body vanished, there was a bright light, and he reappeared in the scanners.

The second the doors opened, he ran out and jumped into Odd's arms, safe and sound.

Eventually, they all got back to the lab.

"Hey Jeremy, guess what? I got an eighth of your DNA," Aelita said, and Jeremy yelled out on happiness from within the tower.

"It was a good day. For all of us. Even Kiwi!" Jeremy joked, and everybody laughed as Kiwi jumped around, licking everybody on the face.

(A/N) My dream is to see virtual Jeremy on the show, but my second dream for Code LYOKO is to see virtual Kiwi. That I think would be a funny site, which is I wrote this chapter. Please review!