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[Real impt A/N: I am so sorry for not replying to all your reviews, for this story and all my others…You see, my exams are like piling up atop one another and I am allowed online for limited lengths of time only….SO well, I couldn't thank all of you for your wonderful support. Hope you all can forgive me….Please? Pretty please?]

Literally Out Of This World

crystal-mist

Chapter 2

Alice's Reality

Alice found everything fascinating. And she got along really well with Runo, Julie and the rest. Well speaking frankly she got along with everyone she met. She also got a part time job to clean up Shun's enormous house. His grandfather had taken a liking to her and now show worked as a maid. Well no uniform of course.

Time slowly passed by. Alice was strange…She was so different from everyone….At times she acted like she belonged to a different world. Shun was the only one who noticed this queerness in her behavior.

Alice was standing on the rooftop of her house again that night. She looked up at the sky and reached for the sky with her pale-white fingertips.

"Please, let everything be alright …I hope you are okay there Mom, Dad…Why did I have to flee?" she addressed the starry night sky.

She then took a deep breathe.

"What? Is something wrong?" she almost jumped out of her skin as she saw Shun there.

She couldn't answer.

"Playing with glitter again?" he questioned as he realized that she wasn't going to answer the previous question.

"Ah…well…" she didn't know what to answer.

"So you did the project."

"Uh-huh…"

"Miss perfect aren't you? Well I have to get going now."

"Uh- Well okay then…"

Shun left and Alice couldn't help but notice that her heart was beating faster. "What in Neptune is happening to me?" she then shook her head to dismiss the idea.

She delicately brought her hand to the crook of her neck, right between her collarbones. Her fingers grazed over a cold, green stone embedded deeply in her skin... She closed her eyes and felt it's pulse.

A wave of memories flashed before her eyes.

The sound of her crying mother …The apologetic face of her father…The sight of a shining stone on the table beside her bed… The pain of upcoming death…And then pain, bone-crushing pain…Swirling colours…Scared screams escaping the lips of her dear Mother…And then clear vision once more.

She remembered how she woke up from her death-bed and found herself alive and healthy once more. Her parents had embedded one of their inventions in her neck.

Ever since that day she had that clear, green stone there in her skin.

If only her parents had known that the stone would not only give her life but would bring her immense pain, danger and endless suffering.

Right now she was fleeing from a group of people who called themselves the "Apocalypse Knights."

People who were after her and who desired to misuse the powers of the crystal in her body.

Yes, it had granted her strange powers…morphing* being one of them. And they could well and truly use those powers to terrorize and then to rule over the whole of Neptune and maybe even the Earth.

"This wretched stone." She said remorsefully as she clutched the collar of her dress.

Killing herself also wasn't an option…Because if The Apocalypse Knights were ever to find her body then they could misuse the stone to unimaginable extents.

A single tear rolled down from her luminous eyes and flowed down her snow-white skin.

For now she just had to live on…Somehow, and maybe someday she might be able to live like a normal Neptunian and not have to be in hiding.

After about a month Alice was well accustomed to life on Earth. And although she didn't want to admit it she was quite enjoying it. She found it amusing when Dan and Runo got into fights every now and again. She also like hanging out with Shun. He was king and very nice.

When she worked part-time he would help her a little here and there even if she refused his help.

Slowly but surely she found herself liking Shun more and more. She was also more self-conscious in his presence. At first she just brushed away this small feeling. But little by little it was becoming harder to ignore or to hide it. She loved it when he smiled at her. And her heart would fill with a strange happiness when he called her name. She would also blush uncontrollably whenever their hands touched accidentally.

Even if she was from Neptune, she was still a female-species and she found this male Earthling quite appealing.

"No way…What am I thinking? I…I am practically in hiding. I can't…have a 'crush' like the Earthlings put it….I just can't…It is pointless..." She thought to herself. "I can't help it…Shun is just so perfect in every possible. He is always kind to me and he looks very nice…I believe he looks 'cute'…Uh…Admiring from afar can't hurt though can it?"She thought to herself, blushing uncontrollably at the last part…"No way did I just think that?" She shook her head vigorously, immediately dismissing her ridiculous idea.

Simultaneously Shun was having somewhat the same train of thought.

He had noticed the change in his behavior since Alice showed up…He was less cold and very welcoming to her…No way…I DO NOT have a crush on Alice. He concluded with finality.

Two more days passed…

Alice and Shun got paired up on an assignment and they had to get it done together.

"Meet me at my house tonight okay Alice?"

She nodded. That night she met Shun and they spread the books on the huge oak table in the hall.

They worked for a long time until Alice let out a big yawn. Shun laughed a little.

"Look like you are tired."

"Well, I guess." She replied smiling sheepishly.

"Well then maybe you should be heading home…"

"Yes I think that you are right…" she said gathering her books. Shun also helped her…She didn't know what happened, perhaps she tripped. The books in her hand hit the ground with a thud.

The next thing she knew she was awake and was looking up at an unfamiliar ceiling. She sat up and noticed the covers of an unfamiliar bed. And there on a couch in the corner she saw the sleeping figure of Shun.

"What happened?" she questioned herself gently rubbing her head…

Shun stirred a little in his sleep but didn't wake up.

Lazily, she looked out of the window at the warm glow of the rising sun.

It was then that something caught her attention. A silver orb was floating in the air just outside the window…

Her eyes widened and she fumbled out of the bed and hurriedly opened the window.

The orb floated onto her hand. She took it and gently yet frantically opened it. A hologram appeared. A young man with glittering blonde hair and shimmering blue eyes stood in the hologram...

"Dear Alice…

Everything here is okay…more or less. But I have an urgent message to deliver to you …Alice, I am afraid your whereabouts have been detected. It is only a matter of time before the Apocalypse Knights come for you…Please get out of India as fast as you can."

Alice smiled at the man weakly.

"Actually William, I am not in India."

"What do you mean?" questioned the hologram.

"Minor miscalculation….I ended up in- no I had better not say it, for security sake…Just know that I am safe and that I am not anywhere near India as originally planned."

"Yes, very wise of you…I am glad that you are alright…Your parents are still in hiding but they are fine. Take care all right?"

"Right…"

"Keep the orb with you…You might need it, although I will not be communicating with you too often…You know security-sake."

"Alright then…I will do my best."

And with that the hologram retarded back into the orb. Alice sighed, just then Shun stirred a bit more in his sleep. Then his eyes fluttered open.

Alice smiled at him.

"What happened yesterday?" she questioned as she watched him stretch himself, still yawning.

"You fainted…I didn't know what to do…So gramps suggested that it was better to let you stay for the night."

"I see….I am so sorry for causing trouble."

"It's alright…You had better get ready for school if you feel fine."

"Uhm- Yes, I will get going now." She bowed a little before exiting the room.

"Idiot, now why did she have to do that?" sighed Shun as he headed to take a bath.

The whole day Alice couldn't help but think back to what William had told her…

What a bit of luck that I landed in Japan by accident. She thought as she leant back in her chair.

Things here on out were going to be complicated and she was well aware of that fact…

Me- Okay you guys I hope you like this fanfiction. The idea to make Alice a fleeing alien just popped into my head at random…I wonder if it really is a good idea…Anyways I will undoubtedly continue this story no matter what.

William- Arisu does not own Bakugan Battle Brawlers or any of it's characters. Unfortunately she owns ME because she created me.

Me- Hey, what do you mean unfortunately?...Anyways never mind. Please read on and Please please pretty please review…

Thankyou.

*morphing- It shall be explained later in this fiction…All those who have watched the anime 'Black Cat' will have a pretty good idea I think…Well this is similar to Eve's ability…Those of you who did not understand what I just said don't worry, I will explain it properly in the following chapters.