AN: In the last chapter someone pointed out that I had Xavier stand. --" I'm sorry. I wrote it late at night and just wanted to get it done I guess. But just so everyone knows… it was a complete mistake. Anyway, here's the next chapter. Enjoy.

Chapter 26

It seems the longer I stay on Earth, the more homesick I am. Earth was great, but there were always some sort of problems. Not to mention because this wasn't my home I couldn't always feel when there was danger. I guess I just need to train more.

Michelle was walking down the street and stopped when he noticed a large building with many kids and teens of all ages. Curious, he walked in. Was this some sort of school? The people were so friendly. He liked the atmosphere here.

He stopped when a group of people sitting under a large tree caught his attention. No, he thought. It can't be. But it is… Lily.

As if sensing his presence, Lily's gaze turned toward him. For a moment all she did was stare at him until finally she smiled. She stood and walked over to him.

"Long time no see," she greeted.

"What are you doing here?" Michelle asked.

"Fighting a war. Let me guess. You're tracking Sage."

"Of course." He smiled proudly. "Why else would Michelle be here? So does that mean that you know where she is?"

"Not at the moment, no. But she comes around here every now and then looking for Morion, but alas, he no longer resides here."

"Morion? Michelle has met him. He lives on Michelle's ship now."

"Morion does? Oh Michelle. Kick him out. Kick him out now. He's trouble."

"Lily?" Jean stepped up beside Lily. "Your lesson is about to start. Are you ready?"

Lily blinked and looked up at Jean and sighed. "Yes ma'am." Lily turned to Michelle. "It was nice seeing you again. Come visit. I'm sure eventually you'll run into Sage." Lily waved and walked off with Jean.

Michelle was a little curious as to why Lily had told him to kick Morion out but he just shrugged it off and left the Institute in hopes of finding something good to eat. He walked into a small store that had food everywhere but he couldn't remember what Morion had explained to him about the currency. He stopped a young lady.

"Excuse me. Michelle is new around here and doesn't understand the currency here. Could you help Michelle?"

"Of course," the girl smiled. "Where are you from?"

"The Sun."

The girl only blinked, confused. "No… really."

"But it's true. Michelle is from the Sun. And Michelle has many friends from the other planets. Technically we're not allowed here on Earth, though never got why." Michelle shrugged.

The girl only started to laugh at him. "What are you? Some sort of nutcase?"

"If Michelle weren't from the Sun could he do this?" Michelle started to fly and started speaking in some unknown language. The girl started to scream and ran away. Michelle landed and watched as she ran away from him. "What did Michelle do wrong?"

Jen was in the TV room flipping through channels. Bored, she just stopped on the news. "I wonder if there's anything interesting going on." She was about to turn off the TV when she saw a picture of Michelle. "What?"

Sakura leaned over Jen and put the volume up. "When did Michelle arrive on Earth?"

"This is bad," Jen stated. "Michelle isn't like us. He NEVER went to school. He doesn't know the rules."

"… claims that he is from the Sun," the newsperson explained. "Isn't it enough that we have problems with our own mutants and now we have aliens? We must put an end to all of this. Just how many more creatures must we fear?"

"Creature?" Sakura shouted. "I'm no creature. None of us are."

"They can't help it if they're scared of us."

"What ya guys watching?" Kitty asked as she took a seat next to Jen.

"This guy is crazy," Jen tried to cover up. "He claims to be from the Sun. Everyone's scared now of aliens invading Earth."

Sakura couldn't help but laugh. "That's ridiculous."

"Aliens?" Kitty looked a little interested. "But that's kind of a scary thought though. I mean… aliens? They could be stronger than us mutants. I don't understand."

"Looks like you got yourself caught."

"Michelle does not know what he did." Michelle sobbed onto his desk. "Explain to me what Michelle did." Morion only sighed.

"Whatever. Look, they're scared of you. They're scared enough of me, meaning they'll be terrified of you. Now you can't go anywhere without someone trying to kill you or whatever."

"Why didn't Lily say so when Michelle saw her then?"

"You know Lily?"

"Oh yeah! Lily mentioned you. Michelle's not sure, but he thinks Lily does not like you?"

"Lily hates me."

"Hm…."

"So wait… where do you know Lily from?"

"She is the Princess of Mars."

"Mars?" Morion fell back onto his bed. "You're lying. She's an alien too?" Michelle just nodded. "Wait. That means Lily's in danger. Michelle, you can't tell this to anyone."

"Why?"

"It's bad enough everyone will be after you. Don't put Lily in danger because of your stupidity."

"Stupidity? Michelle is not stupid!" Michelle shouted. "Michelle resents that," he pouted. "Take it back."

"Why should I? I can't help it if you're stupid."

"Take it back!"

"No!"

"TAKE IT BACK!"

"FINE! You're not stupid. Geez."

In response, Michelle laughed and stuck his tongue out at Morion. "And no more saying mean things to Michelle or he'll tell Lily."

"Why not? Go ahead. She'll kill me either way if she ever sees me again anyway."

"What do you mean Michelle basically blew our cover?" Lily asked in a near whisper.

"He was on the news today. Apparently he told some girl that he was from the Sun and that he had friends from other planets," Jen explained. "Lily, what do we do if everyone finds out? The second rule under not going to Earth was making sure that Earth never found out about us."

"I guess both those rules are broken. There's nothing else we can do. We just have to pray they don't find out we're one of those friends."

"Lily! There you are." Bobby walked up to the two cousins. "I've been looking everywhere for you. Hurry up or we're gonna miss our movie."

"Oh I totally forgot. Sorry Jen. Gotta go." Lily grabbed her purse and ran out the door with Bobby. She shook her head trying to forget her worries, but no matter what it was still there in the back of her head nagging at her. What if people did find out? What would happen to her and her friends?

"Professor Grey? Are you okay?" Sakura helped her fallen Professor up. She wasn't sure what had happened. One minute she was talking to Jean about the assignment that was due next week and the next minute Jean was on the ground in a fit of screams.

After a few moments Jean had settled down and was sitting at her desk.

"Professor Grey?"

"I'm okay Sakura. Thank you." Jean smiled up at her. "You don't need to worry about me."

"Um… are you sure?"

"Yeah. Go ahead. I have some things to finish up here." Jean chased Sakura out of the room. When she thought Sakura was gone, Jean slammed her head down on her desk. "Damn it. Get a hold of it Jean."

"Gambit, there you are." Tal ran up to her boyfriend. "Where have you been?"

"Busy. That's all. Gambit had some things to take care of. Care to go somewhere for a bit?"

"Of course!" Tal linked her arm through Gambit's. "So where to?"

"Gambit was thinking just a walk would be nice for once."

"A walk sounds nice actually," Tal agreed. "Gambit?"

"Hm?" Gambit looked down at Tal as they left the Institute.

"Tell me what's wrong? I know when you're keeping something from me."

"It's nothing love. I'm not hiding anything. What is there to hide from you?" At first Tal didn't know whether to believe him or not, but in the end she did so anyway.