The group stood there in awe as Jeremie finished reading the letter. Aelita dug through the box once again, pulling out the ring. She looked intently onto it. Jeremie looked at her face and he could see her expressions changing as she processed what she was just read. Looks of sadness, guilt, rage and acceptance were reflected back at Aelita through the shining, green ring.

Everyone else simply looked to Aelita. She stood in middle of a circle they had formed around her, waiting for her vocal reaction to this news. William had begun to compose himself and tried to focus on Aelita, and not on the thought of XANA being back.

"The Green Phoenix. They were the ones that caused all of this. They were the reason my father had to create the Supercomputer. Their artificial intelligence program caused XANA to go rouge, and cause so much pain. They are the reason my father is dead"!

"So what now"? Odd began. "We still have no idea how XANA came back from the dead and why he's getting involved with the Supercomputer's we destroyed".

Jeremie swerved his chair to take a look at the new super-scanner. When there was no activity on the screen he turned back to Odd and said, "Well this scan should be detecting any trace of XANA near the four Supercomputers. We know little to nothing about XANA's return. Once we get a little bit of information we can begun to figure out how he came back. If I had to guess, I'd say this Green Phoenix is behind it".

Yumi raised an eyebrow. "Jeremie, I understand we now know more about Aelita's past and and the creation of XANA but why would the Green Phoenix do something now? Wouldn't they have done something years ago when XANA was actively fighting us"?

Aelita intervened before Jeremie could answer. "We got this package from "my mother". Judging by what the letter said it probably was from that person Beth, who she trusted. How she knew where to find me is beyond me. And why wouldn't she come in person"?

"It seems like we need to go find this person if we want to get some answers". Ulrich said.

"Ulrich is right. We need to find Beth Dolan and question her. We still have some time before school starts for the year, maybe we can find her before then". Jeremie finished his sentence and eagerly checked back to the computer monitor, hoping for something.

"We don't even know if she is in France though! She could be on the other side of the world"! Yumi had to be the realist here. She wanted to get answers, and wanted to solve this problem as soon as possible, but she knew they couldn't be running in blindly.

"There was no sender address on the package. We should see Mr. Delmas, maybe he knows where the package came from". Aelita added.

"Alright, let's go. The Super-scan will send my phone a text message if it finds something, and I'll be able to hop onto my laptop and see what it is". Jeremie planned ahead, always had, always will.

"To the Principal's"! Odd yelled as they boarded the elevator.

"I'm sorry but I don't know where the package came from Aelita. It is strange that it did not have an address on the packaging, and it baffles me as to why the postal service would allow that package to be sent with improper information". The group stood in Mr. Delmas's office and tried to get some information out of him.

"Alright, well thank you anyway sir". Aelita sighed but acted polite despite her disappointment. As they turned to leave, the principal stopped them.

"Ms. Stones, why do you need to know the sender's address anyway? It was from you're mother, wasn't it?" Mr. Delmas questioned her, not forgetting this groups suspicious activity's over the years.

"Uhm, well you see sir, Uhm..." Aelita was cut off by Odd pushing her out of the open door in the principal's office and cut in. "Aelita's mother ran off when she was little! How dare you sir, you are a principal are you not"!

"Yes, but..."

"Honestly sir, you were always such a kind and caring principal, but this is crossing the line! Boundaries man! There is a personal and student-principal relationship, and you are in no position to be messing with that Mr. Delmas"!

Mr. Delmas rubbed the sweat off of his forehead. His face was blushed red and he mumbled words trying to make the situation less awkward. Odd began to push the rest of his friends out of the office and spoke a few last words to him.

"You do not want to start the school year off with a scandal in the paper"! Odd began to make air quotes with his fingers. "Kadic principal makes A-Plus student cry, questioning her family issues'. Come on sir, think before you speak"! Odd slammed the door of the office as he left, causing a picture frame to drop off of the wall. Mr. Delmas ran his hands though his hair in utter confusion as to what just happened.

Odd led the rest of the group out of the administrative building quickly, hushing them from speaking before they were out of sight from any faculty members. "Odd that was amazing"! Aelita hugged Odd for saving her from this risky situation.

"Odd how did you learn to act like that? Did you see Delmas's face"! Ulrich patted Odd on the shoulder and looked at him in amazement of what he just did.

"All in a day's work for Odd the magnificent"! He bowed as Yumi and Jeremie clapped for him.

"Alright, well Delmas was no help. So it seems we need to search for Beth". Jeremie pulled his laptop from his bag and sat on a bench once they left the administrative area of the Academy.

"But if she was a Green Phoenix member wouldn't she be going by an alias?" Aelita remembered what her mother had wrote about her being an ex-member of the secretive agency.

"Your probably right. But I don't see what else we could do right now. We have no leads as to where she could be or any information on her current life. All we know is she was friends with your parents, Aelita, and that she was a former member".

"Hang on, I think I got something"! William shouted, surprising the group. He reached into Aelita's bag and took out the package. He opened it and pulled out the envelope with the list of aliases Antea had left for Aelita. "Aelita's mother left these aliases for her in case the Green Phoenix forced her to run. She picked these in particular, I'm sure of it. They're probably people that the Green Phoenix has no way of finding info on. Chances are if Beth is going by an alias, it's on this list". William handed the list of aliases to Jeremie, and he began skimming some of the names on it.

"William that's amazing" Yumi ran up and hugged William. He was hesitant, but hugged her back. Yumi had been with Ulrich ever since XANA had been (Seemingly) destroyed. While Ulrich and William had become friends, and he accepted Yumi was with Ulrich, there was always an uncertain vibe when all three were together. Originally they blamed William for his own capture, as he had been reckless. However Yumi was the first one to accept him back, when he had begun to breakdown from flashbacks of being under XANA's control.

"It's well worth a shot. I'm going to go back to the Supercomputer and put these names in a super-scan. If I get info on anything, I'll reach you guys". Jeremie closed his laptop and walked away to make his journey to the Factory.

"Alright, well I've gotta get this little diggity-dog back to our room"! Odd pulled Kiwi out of the hood on his purple hoodie. Kiwi barked as he awoke from his nap in the hood.

"Was he in there the whole time! Even when we were talking to Delmas"? Ulrich questioned. Odd simply flashed his famous grin and began to run back to the dorms. "Alright, Well I have to go help him put his stuff away, I'll see you guys later". Ulrich reached in to kiss his girlfriend before he ran to follow Odd.

William studied Yumi as she watched Ulrich run away. She smiled for a couple of seconds, in case Ulrich turned back. When she was sure he wouldn't turn back her face lowered. She looked to the ground, lost in thought. William wondered what it was and took the chance to talk.

"Yumi, whats going on? We agreed a while back to tell each other everything. Weather it be my flashbacks to my days as a minion of XANA, or you getting in a fight with Hiroki. We agreed to tell each other everything, so spill it".

Yumi looked at him in the eyes, with a smile. She was going to say something about him being silly, or not knowing what he was talking about but she saw nothing but honesty and comfort in his eyes. Nothing but trust.

"I...I want to tell you William. I want to tell everyone, but I can't". Yumi looked down at the ground again, and tried to find a comfort zone to avoid crying in front of William. She thought of Ulrich first, but then she began to think of how she would be leaving him. Then she thought of William, always there for each other, but then she realized she was trying to avoid telling him what was wrong in the first place.

William took his hand and brought it under her chin. He delicately led her eyes to meet his and he said, "Yumi, you need to tell me, don't you"?

She turned around and mumbled what was wrong. He couldn't hear it and asked for her to repeat it.

"I've been accepted to a good school in Japan".

"Uhm...wow. Well good for you Yumi"! He acted as excited as he could, but both knew he was trying(badly) to mask his emotions.

"I don't know how I can do this to you guys. I mean, we've all been through so much, but the world isn't like Lyoko. Things age out here, the world moves on. I didn't know XANA would be back, I want to help fight, I should have anticipated him being back, I should have..."

William covered Yumi's mouth with his hand. "Shh". He eased. "Relax, there was no way you could have known, or any of us. You're right, the world does move on. You've been accepted into a great school. As much as it's sad your leaving, I can't help but feel excited for you, your going to get to go to Japan, see your heritage, and begin your life as an adult"! William was not only trying to make Yumi feel excited for this, but himself.

"I cheated in telling you. We have to be honest with each other". She laughed. "But I was going to have Hiroki of all people break it to Ulrich, and after I was gone. Pretty low of me? Huh"?

"Not at all. Saying goodbye sucks". William looked down this time, he felt a bit dizzy as all of this was happening quickly, and the same day as finding out everything with Aelita nonetheless.

"William, thank you". She hugged him, and rested her head on his chest. He wrapped his arms tightly around her and closed his eyes. In two years all of them had grown, but Yumi had grown a lot less than the rest of them. William was practically a full head taller than her.

"Don't mention it". He moved around a bit, almost dancing with her. Only a few people where in the quad where they were standing. Yumi pulled away a bit, and opened her eyes. William did the same and their eyes met. They both leaned toward each other and...

"Dunbar! You have some nerve"!

Both of the teens jumped when Jim Morales had grabbed William by the arm and pulled him away. Jim was wearing black athletic shorts and a plain-red T-shirt. He (Surprisingly) wasn't wearing his favorite head band. He yanked William back and pushed him back a few feet. He spoke before William could get a word out.

"School hasn't even started yet and you and Stern picked a fight in the Rec-room"!

"Jim, that guy started with us, honest"! William pleaded for Jim to listen to him, but he crossed his arms and shook his head. "Still not gonna fly Dunbar, he was unconscious! U-N-C-O-N-C"? Jim tried to spell out the word for emphasis but failed. "Just get to the principal's office as I fetch Stern"!

William walked away as Jim stood next to Yumi. He looked back and him and saw Yumi, giving a small wave. He turned his head and continued the walk to Mr. Delmas's office.

Jim looked at Yumi, and she looked at him. "You graduated, get out"! He pointed to the direction of the gate and she began to walk away.