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About William

Due to the changes in this AU, i don't think William would actually have any impact on the story. Rather he would be just another secondary character studying on the academy. I said this because pn the original the two main things in which William interacted with the group were: a) Wlliam helping the group get away to lyoko and in the academy when they weren't enough people b) As a point of tension with the Yumi-Ulrich relationship The thing is that Sissi already takes care of both of those things. She is already an extra member in comparison to the OG group, as well as having connections to make things in the academy go easier. This means that they do not need to call William for help, much less ponder and decide on if he should be added to the group. Second, in regards to the love triangle that happens, i don't think it would appear here. As i mentioned on other posts, Sissi was a good influence on making Ulrich more open with what he felt and more comfortable actually communicating. Making the Yumi-Ulrich relationship a much healthier one than the original. And as we can see on the original series William isn't actually someone trying to steal Yumi from Ulrich, to the point of saying so directly to Ulrich that if he should be honest with Yumi and his feelings, and if he isn't then he will take the chance for himself. But as i said in this AU Ulrich is actually more open and honest. So even if Ulrich and Yumi were still on the ''it's complicated'' phase of their relationship, i'm sure that after hering this (and maybe Sissi telling him for the hundreth time that yes, relationships are build on comunication and the broody cool persona wears down quickly) Ulrich would actually tell his feelings to Yumi, completely stopping the formation of the love triangle. And again, that's in the case Ulrich hasn't said anything yet, which i think is something that could happen, at the very least to adress the kiss at the end of the first season. The only thing would be how would the ending of the third, and fourth season develop in this AU. But that's a thing for another day. 16

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Sissi and Jeremie relationship

Perhaps even more so than with Aelita, this relationship doesn't have as much deepness as the others, so don't expect a long post.

Sissi trusts in Jeremie, since he was the other one that first let her into the secret alongside Yumi, even if due to his personality he wasn't as expressive, or was that interested on Sissi's inner problems.

As time went on and she started to pass more time with him and the group Herb got more jealous and antagonized them even more. (See the Nick and Herb post I made a while ago).

She also learned to ask him for help with studies and more academic stuff. This made her scores on the exams go higher, not to the actual top, but to a place where it was acceptable and wasn't afraid of failing everytime a test approached. In turn she helped Jeremie getting more comfortable in social environments, not the cliche of "teaching him to be cool", but to actually navigate and understand social ques better and to not feel as awkward when talking with people outside his group of close friends.

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Sissi and Aelita relationship

This one will be shorter since their relationship isn't as intrincate.

Since Aelita first impression of Sissi was about her getting inside Lyoko without knowing anything to help her friends, they started on good terms. Aelita taught her the basics of the virtual world that first time. And while not being as close as with Yumi, they ended up as good friends.

This friendship got more solid once code:earth was developed, since Sissi was the one who helped her integrate a traverse the real world and in specific Kadic. To the point that same as Odd and Ulrich, Arlita and Sissi ended up being roommates, after Sissi told her father that since Aelita was Odd cousin and she was part of that group of friends it would be for the best.

All this coalesced into them having a more tight "rant" group alongside Yumi were they could talk about things they weren't comfortable saying in front of the boys, and as I said multiple times, Aelita, Sissi and Odd ended up forming a synth rock group.

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Sissi in lyoko

I just noticed i haven't explained how i imagine Sissi's avatar weapon and so on looks like in lyoko. Taking inspiration from both how she is on the cheerleading team, and how for better or worse the position of her father as had an impact on her life I picture her with an appearance that primarily evokes that of a princess, with a more athletic twist on it. A salmon/coral piece on top that had her sleeves puffed. on her legs it would be a skirt more relating to a sports/cheerleading one than a gown one. All o fher clothes would be adorned with gilded patterns in golden string. Her shoes would have heels, not high needle ones but enough to give a regal appearance. On her head, instead of the headband she usually wears she would have a crown that signified her princess motif. As a weapon she would have a golden Royal staff that she would use as a cheerleading baton, with the capacity of separating it in two of half the size of the original. The top part of the staff would end in a big protuberance thit shined like a precious metal or gemstone and on the other a point like an ornate spear When the updated outfit happens, she would have the same style but more toned down, no puffed sleeves, no more gilded patterns, the scepters much more less ornamented, no gemstone symbolism, and not made of gold anymore. This would be a definitivve symbol of how she has completely abandoned her diva persona, and while she is still the daughter of someone in a power position it doesn't define her anymore, she now sees herself at the same plane as everyone else, not above them. As for her power this is what has taking me the most time to come with. I ended up landing on is ''Rally Up'': Depending on her movements, she can do a small dance to buff her own, and her friends abilities (Defense, attack, movement, heal a bit... imagine a Bard on a fantasy setting) As for transport, if Jeremie did one for her (that i'm ont so sure since she could use the Overbike or the Overwing) it would be Overshoes. Hovering rollerskates basically, akin to the ones shadow the hedgehog uses. And i think that would be all. Here are some images that i think shows relatively well the feeling i was going for with her lyoko form:

Anf course have to mention this lyoko design for sissi made by other talented fan of the series, that while not exactly the same is remarkably similar to what i had in mind

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Dive into Odd and Sissi's relationship evolution

As i said, the relationship between these two was pretty rocky at the start. Odd was the one with more reservations with Sissi, the one that didn't believed in Sissi's attempts to change for the better. At the end of the day Odd still had fresh in his mind how the first time she came around Sissi told her dad and the police almost spelling disaster for everyone. So with her, he kept up the sarcastic almost caustic personality he had on the main series. Berating her and taunting her almost at any time. Of course and mainly at the beggining Sissi took the bait and barked back, insulting him as well and saying how he didn't brought anything to the team except perhaps a highly debatable comic relief, like a class clown who doesn't know his act has gotten old. While this confrontation was annoying for the rest, they tolerated it because both Odd and Sissi knew better than let it affect their mission when Xana attacked. They also were intelligent enough to try and not go to Lyoko together if they had the chance to choose. As time passed and attacks were repelled the flames of hate went down. They still existed and tried to ignore eachother, not wanting to stay in the same room. But now at least they didn't start screaming at eachother at each moment. It all this ended on one attack where they were the only ones free to enter Lyoko and protect and guide Aelita. After a day of getting in eachother nerves as usual, they had to put their differences aside to survive a direct attack on Cadik that had taken both Yumi and Ulrich by surprise. After fighting through the latest monsters sent their way and reaching the factory, they went together in the scanners and acted as a unit to save the day. After this, Odd went into Sissi's room ans finally opened up to her and had a real conversation ''Look... I'm sorry for how i've been treating you all this time. You didn't deserved all that. While it's true that maybe we won't ever truly see eachother eye to eye, it doesn't excuse me from being a jerk all this time. What i'm trying to say is that... I know why the others trust in you. And even if i try to deny it, i trust in you too and i've been doing it for a long time now.'' ''Thanks, I cannot know what i must have been thinking... that time. I literally have not experienced it. And honestly, after seeing how the returns work so many times i won't make myself responsible for what another version of me might have done all the times i myself haven't decided to do it, even more with... well, with how much different i'm now than what i was back then. But again, thanks for telling me that. I know that even if i try to do the right thing i'm still the new one. I know you all took a massive risk letting me know of your secret. And i completely known that i wasn't the best person to any of you in the past, trust me in that. But that's precisely why i'm trying to be better. And one thing i'll never, ever do is betray that trust you've given me. You said how you trusted me even if you deny it right? i'm the same way, i honestly respect you a lot. Time and time again you've shown you cared. You've fought. And today, yesterday, whatever the term for it might be you've demonstrated that you won't pull at any stops to save your friends... including me. So truce?'' ''Truce'' 12

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Why purple garfield

Short post today. While it's obvious why the nicknames Odd uses to mess with Sissi are alluding to her ego, the fact that she is the daughter of the director and she uses to act all high and mighty, the reason why Sissi specifically calls Odd "purple garfield" is because in her own words

"He is a purple, lazy, dumb cat that loves to eat way too much."

As their relationship got better these terms came to be more playful from the veiled insults where they began back in the day. Thankfully as I said their relationship while not becoming best of friends they got in good terms in a sort of frenemies way to the point where they eventually made with Aelita in a music group.

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What Sissi does out of Lyoko to help

Due to her conexion to the director, when not directly fighting in Lyoko on a Xana attack, Sissi can provide a more direct help to the group to be able to get out scot free by distracting her father or taking some written permissions to get out of kadic without Jim interfering too much. This is something she cannot always do tho, since getting in too much trouble and trying to use her father position too much leads to Jean Pierre putting his foot down and either grounding her or revoking her benefits. Another advantage is that when Xana does a more direct attack on the academy, like with a temperature change, animals or something else she can go tell her father sooner, and even if he doesn't fully believe her it makes him be on the alert, making the attacks a bit safer. On the other hand as this kind of action becomes more evident, Xana can try to attack in a more sneaky way, or going directly after the director, making him a favourite victim to posses since it has both power over kadic and a hold over one of the Lyoko warriors. In term of self defense, while not knowing martial arts she is quite athletic thanks to the work as a cheerleader. So while she cannot exactly defend herself or others from monsters, animals and possessed people as well as Yumi or Ulrich, she has an advantage over them when it comes to pure athletism, letting her go around with less problems when needing to jump from a building or dangerous terrain, this makes her the most suited one of the group when it comes to relying information, messages or items when they have the luxury of getting to choose who enters lyoko and who stays in the real world, thing that of course is not guaranteed at all. 10

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On Ulrich and Yumi's relationship

Similarly to the canon events, Ulrich and Yumi both develop crushes on each other due to their common hobbies and tastes. Both like doing sport and are really athletic, both practice martial arts, Ulrich is interested on Yumi's culture which makes her feel accepted. The main difference with the main series is precisely that Sissi is part of the friend group. Sissi is actively trying to be a better person and abandon her diva persona, also she has found that while her crush with Ulrich is manageable and is getting over it and accepting that they can still be friends even if they aren't romantically involved and that's okay she now has a newly discovered crush on Yumi too. This creates not actual conflict but turmoil on Sissi's head. Due to her capacity to read people she is the first one to notice that Yumi and Ulrich have feelings for eachother, even before they admit it to themselves. And after a while and some serious thinking and restless nights she decides that is not worth it to put their friendship in danger yet again creating a love triangle. Instead, she tries to explain Yumi since she trust a lot in her. Something in the lines of ''Hey, I have this feeling, i don't want you to feel you pressured and i don't want to get between you and Ulrich. I would like to stay being friends since i value our friendship so much. I just wanted you to know because if i feel weird and awkward for a while is because i'm trying to process all this.'' After doing this, (Honestly that could be a chapter on itself, Sissi discovering that crush, acting awkward through the entire episode, having trouble in lyoko due to that and finally having the realization of what to do, deactivating the tower and having that conversation on the epilogue after the return to the past) , Sissi actually helps both Ulrich and Yumi get together in a better way than they originally would have. Letting Ulrich know that that the whole brooding, cold, not communicating his feelings is not that cool actually. That while is okay if he doesn't want to open to most people, he should to at least his friends, and mostly the one he wants to actually know on a deeper level. She can also act as a mediator when a discussion arises, so when William comes to Kadic Yumi and Ulrich relationship is more set, to the point that even if they are not an item yet, they are more openly flirtatious and William doesn't get in the way. TL;DR: Sissi has a crush on Yumi but decides to stay being her best friend instead of getting between her and Ulrich and causing more problems. To the point that she actually helps with their relationships making it stronger and smoother than in the canon 9

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Ulrich and Sissi's relationship background

The reason why at the beggining Sissi had a one sided crush on Ulrich, why she was so familiar with him and why she was not the most pleasant to be around can be traced back to when they were kids. Before highschool, both Ulrich and and Sissi went to the same elementary. The thing is that since Sissi was the daughter of an authority figure, a professor since back then Jean Pierre wasn't the director yet, other kids didn't want to be with Sissi. Both fear awkwardness and a bit of contempt from the others made the young girl a pariah, at least on the first year. Thankfully, same way as he did with Jeremie, Ulrich didn't care that much for all those things. Either for lack of interest on things that didn't directly affect him or genuine empathy he looked past those circumstances and befriended her. This is where she developed a crush on him, since he was the first person to give her an opportunity. During the first years they were always together. But as time went on, and they went from childs to teenagers, things started to change. Ulrich became more brooding and quiet, adopting a more ''cool'' persona in part due to the rocky relationship with his father, this stopped him from communicating and letting his mind known as well. On the other hand Sissi in part resented for the way she was treated in the past, in part because she wanted to impress her everyday more absent mother, in part as a way to feel more in control of her life she started to use her more than respectable capacity of reading people and society and the leverage of having a dad in a position of power to basically try and become a stereotypical ''popular mean girl'' that she had seen so many times in movies and TV, thing that didn't work that well since she ended up just having Nicolas and Herb as her group. Eventually this made Ulrich not enjoy her company and drifted away from her but, as previously stated, he didn't actually communicated why. So as they entered Kadic Ulrich had basically stopped hanging with Sissi altogether, while the girl tried to gain him back on a way doomed to fail, just augmenting the breach without her even noticing why.

Thankfully, she was again given a new opportunity. With Yumi actually caring for her, even if for just a moment, trusting her both with her personal troubles and the secret of Lyoko, defending her when the others doubted the decission at first and being able to open to her about her true feelings about her mother, letting her start unpacking a lot of hard thoughts, she started to change. She asked for forgiveness. And she eventually rekindled her deep friendship with Ulrich. The only bad thing about all that is that she now felt the same way with Yumi as she did with Ulrich way back then... But she would unpack that in due time, not now. 8

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Nicolas and Herb

The fact that Sissi started being in good relationship with the other Lyoko warriors and got more in that group as time went on meant that the trio of Sissi, Nicolas and Herb started drifting apart. Nicolas was the one that minded the least since while being a bit meatheaded he wasn't really a bad guy nor that unpleasant to be with, so he eventually found another group that shared some of his hobbies. Herb on the other side didn't took it that well, having an unidirectional crush on Sissi meant that when he saw her passing more and more time with the guys he didn't like, in particular with Jeremie he became bitterer that he already was. The bad blood he had with Jeremie becoming full on hate fueled by jealousy, even if Sissi told him that there was nothing between them two. As time went on Herb became as annoying and as a problem as Sissi was on the original series. The difference is that as time went on and her character develop, Sissi found out she felt guilty for using Herb so blatantly in the past. She believed that what he needed was a group to belong to. A place where he could be himself and sand out all his jagged edges. Jeremie and her ended up hatching a plan precisely to do that, bringing to Herb's attention a robot building competition. During that competition, Sissi made sure to hype up Herb to the other participants, which after seeing the finals of the tournament (Jeremie vs Herb) where Herb won by the skin of his teeth, they were all too eager to try and befriend what in their eyes was a young genius. Sissi had a heart to heart with Herb as well and told him that while she would still be his friend, he needed a group of their own, one where he could really be himself and not just trying to look as someone cool that stomped on everyone else, because she could confirm that that road left her with pieces of guilt that were hard to come to peace with. Herb had an oportunity to try and have a good time, to have a place where he could be comfortable in his own skin, Sissi told him to not miss the opportunity but that was his own choice to make. After that, Sissi left him and saw how he went with the group of teens that had participated as well and started talking. She didn't know if this would work or Herb's ego would stop him from making genuine connections but she had done all she could. Because just as Yumi and Jeremie had done with her what felt like a long time ago, she had given Herb an oportunity.

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Reaction of Odd and Ulrich to Sissi getting added to the group.

Both Odd and Ulrich as soon as they came back and were told about what happened got understandably pretty upset. It was a decision taken without them, one that could not be reversed. Thankfully, after a few days of rest, talking it out more, seeing how Sissi didn't mess with them the same way while on the academy, and eventually how she held on her own on lyoko, they ended up accepting her, even if (manly Odd) wasn't still fully on board with the idea.

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Origins (part 4)

Jeremie relented, and while doing as much as possible to slow Xana now that seemed like Sissi had arrived to kadic without problem and had started making the conexion, and inform of the new plan and partner to Aelita, Yumi went running to Kadic. There she found Sissi in the rooftop finishing the connexion of the laptop. Yumi had a conversation with her and explained her that since she had done the laptop thing, they needed her help. way more on-hands. At this time Sissi was clearly nervous and suspicious, she should call on the authorities, something big was going on and she didn't think they would be able to resolve it, they were just three highschoolers and a laptop at the end of the day. Yumi was also speaking some story that felt like nonsense, about a virtual reality, an alive program trapped in a computer and an informatic virus that was alive and trying to conquer the world. She didn't want to hear any more things, her head was about to explode. But at that moment she saw Yumi the most distressed she had ever been, almost letting out tears in frustration. holding her hands and squeezing them while begging her to please, please, at least hear her out enough to follow her to an abandoned factory, she promised everything would make way more sense there. Sissi took a deep breath, and remembering what Yumi had done for her, she accepted. But telling her that for her own good, if it turned out to be something they couldn't handle she was calling the police. After some more running Yumi arrived at the old factory followed by Sissi. One she arrived, and saw the whole computer terminal with the projection of lyoko's map, followed by an introduction and short conversation with Aelita through the computer screen. She understood. Not everything, still thought they were over their head in her opinion but at least saw how this ''Aelita'' Even if digital was a dear friend of Jeremie and Yumi, and if police intervened they would probably ran experiments on her or worse… So she understood why the secretism at the very least. After this, she went in the scanner and appeared in Lyoko. There, while taking in that she was inside the computer heard the voices of Jeremie and Yumi in her head, telling her to run in the blue tower in front of her. There she met face-to-face with the pink haired pixie girl. After another short talk in which Aelita taught Sissi the basics of how this world worked, and why it was so important to escort Aelita to the red tower, they started the travel. The Krab and Wasps that had devirtualized Yumi were still there, but now with some guidance from the other three, Sissi was able to while not destroy all of the monsters, take out the Krab and one of the Wasp and distract the others enough to let Aelita reach and deactivate the tower. After that, rather than doing it immediately, they explained Sissi what a return to the past was, how they would probably end up again at friday morning and how she would remember it. They told Sissi that if she didn't want to she could just opt out of the group and they wouldn't mention it again, but they asked her to keep the secret. Sissi, having seen and experienced all these things was unsure, but couldn't deny she felt an actual conexion with these people. An actual friendship, something thet she felt could trust. So repeating what she had said before she told them that she may have faults, but being ungrateful is not one of those. And that she would honour and repay all the trust they had put on her. After Sissi let them know that yes, she would be up to keep helping them if this situation happened again, Jeremie activated the return to the past, now with a new member of the lyoko warriors. Origins (part 1) Previous

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Origins (part 3)

Next morning, after having something for breakfast and some light conversation, to the point that Jeremie thought that Odd and Ulrich were exaggerating. Sure Sissi could be a pain in school, but both last night and now she was being pretty nice to be with. Nothing to write about, she still felt somewhat self-centered, but it wasn't anything that bad. He even had to admit he was having a good time the three of them, Yumi, Sissi and Him. Sadly after breakfast and while planning what to do on that saturday, Jeremie's laptop began beeping… Xana had activated a tower. First thing he searched for is what was going on. Turn out Xana had taken control of the train net. With Odd and Ulrich out of town, and probably lot of roads collapsed, they wouldn't be able to come back for lyoko. So there were only him and Yumi to escort Aelita to the tower. Not only that, It would seem that the weak signal of just a home router wouldn't do. He needed to move the laptop to Kadic where he had access to the whole broadband of the school. He put a mental note to put a repeater in the factory for next time. but for now this makeshift plan will have to do… Only problem was… Yumi on Lyoko and him on the chair of the supercomputer… They would need someone to take the laptop to Kadic and connect it. Well, Sissi would have to do. He was told about that first time she told the police but since he forgot about it with the back to the past didn't have any feeling attached to it, and now he had the feeling Sissi wasn't that bad. He told in private to Yumi about the plan and she accepted it quite easily. Yumi and Jeremie then proceeded to tell Sissi that there was something going on, a problem with the trains that was putting a lot of people lives in danger. They didn't tell her more than the bare minimum, and how they needed her to take the laptop to Kadic and follow their instructions. They told her that probably the police wouldn't act in time nor believe some highschoolers, so this was the least they could do. Partly for the explanation and partly for the growing respect and trust on Yumi and Jeremie, Sissi acccepted. After a while, Each arrived at their position, Jeremie and Yumi at the factory, with the girl getting virtualized while Sissi was getting into the rooftop of kadic to connect the laptop to the signal and follow Jeremie's instructions. It would seem everything was going according to plan, until while going into a travel tower with Aelita, Yumi got ambushed and devirtualized by a Krab accompanied by three Wasps… Aelita was able to reach the travel tower, but she didn't thought she would reach the activated one on her own. Both Jeremie and Yumi were stumped, out of options. Odd and Ulrich out of the picture and Yumi couldn't get into lyoko again for at least 12 hours. The only viable option was to send Jeremie himself, but they both knew he would probably fail in scorting aelita as well, since he was the worst fighter of the group. Not to mention that Yumi didn't really know how to use the supercomputer… Yumi, finally had an idea. Not the best, desperate and without even taking into account the whole group, but it was the only thing that could work. She told Jeremi: they could send Sissi. It was a huge risk, they didn't even knew how would she fare in Lyoko, but the alternative was letting the people on the trains to die. Besides, Yumi had a hunch that this time around Sissi wouldn't tell on them, at least not before actually hearing them. Origins (part 1) Previous Next

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Origins (part 2)

Once Sissi and Yumi reached the Ishiyama household Things calmed a bit. While it was awkward, Sissi didn't act as bad and unreasonable as she normally did in school. She still had a petty actitude and said some comments that noted that she still had quite a bit of ego, but the difference was noticeable. Once Jeremie arrived, Yumi told himm what had happened and why was Sissi there. Belpois didn't mind that much, since he was the one who care the least about Sissi, at least in comparison with Odd and Ulrich, and as the night passed he as well noticed how Sissi was acting better than normal. Finally came time for dinner and in part due to Sissi's insistence for having something japanese, and in part for convenience they had Instant ramen with things added to it like veggies and some meat, all accompanied by some frozen dumplings. As time passed, and everyone got a shower and put on their pajamas, Yumi's mother called to check on her daughter. Yumi explained that everything was fine and she didn't have to worry about anything. She told her that instead of Ulrich and Odd, Sissi Delmas was the one staying for the night along Jeremie. Yumi's mother said that it was okay, but in that case she was going to call Sissi's mom to let her know and talk with her. When Sissi heard that her face went white. She didn't say anything but her expression, her eyes and a cold sweat explained more than any words. Again Yumi saw this and without even blinking she told her mom that there wasn't any need for that. That they already had done that when they picked Sissi up. After some more talking, they hung up and now Sissi let out a sigh of relief… For the rest of the night she didn't almost uttered a word. The group stayed somewhat late watching some movies and both Jeremie and Yumi got surprised when Sissi didn't try to convince them to watch anything in particular, she just agreed with their decission. Finally they finished watching the movies and went to sleep. Jeremie on Hiroki's brother, and the girls went to Yumi's room. Is there when something that shattered all of Yumi's expectations happened. After a bit of silence and telling their good nights after turning off the light some minutes passed and suddenly Yumi heard some rustling. She looked and saw Sissi sitting down just before talking. ''Look… I know how i might come across, we have battered heads more than once, but one thing i don't want you to think i am is ungrateful… Thank you. Really, You… you have no idea how much this has meant for me. Thank you for stopping when you saw me and letting me come pass the night here… and above all thank you… thank you for covering me and not telling my mom. Don't worry about my father, i've sent him a text and i'll explain him where i was in more detail tomorrow. I just… I wasn't in the mood to deal with any of my parents…'' Yumi stood there for a moment, shocked at the sudden burst of sincerity from what she had always thought as a brat. But she decided to answer her honesty in kind ''Yeah, don't worry. honestly i kinda recognized your expression both in the park and before when the phone call. It's the same one i have when my parents get a discussion. The same one i have when i just want to be away of it all. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that you have passed the night with us uncool kids'' Yumi Said trying to lighten up the mood ''Oh, don't worry about that… Honestly i don't think you're that bad it's just that~…'' And with that spark an actual conversation started. one that evolved as time went, subjects changed organically, showed the things they had in common and gave them a bond they didn't knew was possible just that morning. And after a couple hours of talking and a budding friendship, they finally fell asleep. Origins (part 1) Previous Next 3

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Origins (part 1)

Okay, While not as detailed as a full on written fanfic, this is how i imagine Sissi joining the Lyoko warriors, i'll continue the story next time, don't have enough juice to write it fully now. This happens on the relative begginings of the story, around the first third of season 1. It's friday and festive in the Kadic Academy, which means students have three full days of freedom. Of being able to rest and let loose. Yumi's parents and brother have gone on a trip, leaving the girl on charge of the house. And since they trust in her, Yumi has permission to invite her friends to her house. Sadly, both Ulrich and Odd had already made plans and cannot go since they will be out of town throughout the whole weekend, though this doesn't stop her from going ahead, even if there will only be Jeremie and Her. Besides, this means that even if Xana attacks she will be ready to fight. Meanwhile, Sissi's home is in turnmoil. She thought she would be able to pass this weekend with her mom, but alas she cancelled in the last moment. Jean-Pierre, the director and Sissi's father, tried to calm her down and tell her that her mother loves her still, that she is a really occupied woman and probably some emergency happened. Sissi doesn't buy it, since her mother left her dad she has had this gnawing feeling that it was somehow her fault. That she wasn't enough. Normally she can silence it but now... It feels like a flame eating her inside. And so she goes to the park besides Kadic, to be alone, to calm down... to let the time pass. On her way home, Yumi goes through a shortcut through the park, since it has started raining and is possible that in a bit it will be too much, and she didn't have an umbrella right now. But on her way, she notices something. Under a tree there is someone. Not exactly hugging her knees, but noticeable cowered. Yumi also noticed that Sissi's make up what somewhat ruined, even if the rain was still a drizzle... She recognized what happened. She still didn't know why, But something bad had happened to her. Something painful, not just banter or sarcasm and light insults from classmates, Sissi never reacted to them this way. The director's daughter didn't seem to have noticed her yet since she was too absorted on her own thoughts... probably she could keep walking without trouble, letting this be just a weird enc- ''Hey, it's starting to rain. Did you bring anything to cover from the rain?'' Yumi started the conversation, even if sometimes she was a pain. Seeing Sissi like this felt wrong...Perhaps she would regret it but at this point she kept going with the inertia. ''Look, my family is on a trip for the weekend and they left me the house free and told me i could invite some people over. There was going to be only Jeremie and me, since the others are out of town so i have still some room left. Want to come over and pass the night, even if it's just to cover yourself from the rain?'' Sissi looked at Yumi. Her head still fuzzy and full of bees. Her eyes itchy and blurry. Yeah, Yumi was annoying and the nerd a bit weird... well probably not that different from Herb so whatever. But it felt weird, Sissi thought Yumi didn't liked her, that they were rivals for Ulrich attention. All this interaction felt awkward, It would have been easier if she just had ignored her, at least she didn't noticed the marks of her crying, thanks to the starting rain probably. Sissi was about to tell her that thanks but no thanks. That she had a home herself to return to... But her throat went dry. She... she didn't want to go back home... not yet at least. She collected herself and got up. Cleaned the dust from her clothes and looked at Yumi. ''Alright, i'll go. Just... Nevermind. Besides, i'm sure the place will get brighter just with me being there. Guide the way'' And with a sigh, Yumi guided Sissi to her home. Partly regretting having invited her and preparing herself for what would probably be an uncomfortable and not that great of an experience... Next 2

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Relationship Chart

Alright, maybe in another post i'll explain some of these in more detail, but basically this is how i see the different relationships on CL+S and a couple trios. William is not there because i honestly i'm still not sure how would he fit in the new status quo. For reference: S: Sissi, U: Ulrich, Y: Yumi, O: Odd, J: Jeremy, A: Aelita

S-U: reignited friendship S-Y: confidants S-O: banterish frenemies, odd calls her ''miss highness the snob'' or some variant, while she calls odd ''purple garfield'' S-J: help eachother, sissi with social skills and jeremy with scholar ones S-A: guide in real world and friends U-Y: ''it's complicated'' U-O:roommates U-J: first friends in kadic U-A: Friends/protector Y-O: friends that get on eachother nerves Y-J: sibling-like Y-A:sisterlike friendship O-J: opposite in personality but friends O-A: shenanigans friends J-A: crush/ intelligence partners

group dynamics of interest S-J-Y: trust bond, yumi and jeremy where the ones who first gave an opportunity to sissi S-O-A: synth-rock music band. Aelita on the synth/mix table, odd on electric guitar and sissi as vocalist with some moves coming from her cheerleading S-Y-A: rant group

Kiwi likes Sissi once he discovers her scritches are really good with her long nails. Even if she denies it, she finds Kiwi cute, ''Ugly cute, emphasys on the ugly'' she says when teased by odd

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Explanation and beggining

So, I'm going to try this as a project for this year. I've always been a fan of Code Lyoko with it being one of my childhood cartoons. And honestly i never grew out of it, to the point that when i rewatched it in completion i was surprised on how well it holds up, not being just a nostalgia goggle effect. Not only that but me and a friend talked about it and one comment got stuck in my brain like a splinter i cannot get out. What if Sissi Delmas ended up as a Lyoko warrior? How would thing change, what would the relationships be and how would that affect the status quo? Here you have a story summary of how i imagine that came to pass. Origins (part 1) Lots of ideas, storylines and character arcs kept coming into my mind, things that i wanted to put into words and share with other people. But Knowing myself i know that if i try to actually write a fanfic i'm not going to stick with it, or at least is not probable. So for now, and to at least write down the ideas and headcanons i have, i'll be posting snippets, details and different stuff from small (probably most will be small) to big about this thing of mine, with the hope that eventually i can start writing an actual written fanfic. that's why it's CL+S Code Lyoko plus Sissi. My objective is to post something, no matter how small, if possible every day and at least every week. Hope you find this interesting, And well, Welcome and have a good time ^^

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