Falling from the Sky

by LastofTheTimeGoats

This is an original work that was initially based off of the anime, "To Love Ru". Constructive criticism and ideas are all graciously accepted. Thanks, and enjoy the read. I understand the formatting needs some work but I beg of you to bear with it until I can fix it. I honestly would love it if you left a review.

3. Chapter 2

Chapter 2

A way out

Earth, United States of America, New York suburbs, 15235 Rivera Dr.

10:34:07 pm; Sunday the 15th of August

Percy:

Percy had been through a lot in one day. He has survived a hurricane, talked to a robot from another world, met an alien princess and then invited her to stay. So when he looked in guest room he somehow was not surprised to be looking at what appeared to be three superhumans standing in his guest room. The one in the middle was decorated in armor that added a few inches to his body structure. He was about 6 foot 2 with grey whitish hair and his armor was decorated with such royalty he almost looked like Thor had taken steroids and then bleached his hair. His two buddies on either side of them were in suits that looked just like MACK, but with less designs and decoration. Their suits glowed orange. "Lady Lily…" the man in the center spoke in a booming voice. "I'll admit it wasn't easy getting here, with that stunt you pulled involving a wormhole generator, but now it is time to come home." Percy looked back at Lady Lily and she was fuming with rage. The man spoke up again, "My apologies Earthling, but whatever Lady Lily has told you is not true, she is actually the eldest daughter of the ruler of the known universe, Lord Melosartifex." Percy was puzzled. "That's exactly what she told me." The character seemed to be taken aback. "Well, then she told you the truth, my mistake." Astral said calmly, "Please do not interfere, I do not wish to cause any bloodshed." He began to walk towards Lily. Percy stepped in the way. "From what I understand, Lily just wants some time to herself. Is she not allowed time to relax before she returns?" The knight drew his sword. It was a long blade that glowed menacingly, light emitting from the sword. "Human, I do not contemplate such questions. I simply follow orders, and my orders are to retrieve Lady Lily and bring her home. I will not ask you again, step aside." Astral waved his sword like a cattle prod. A sudden rush of adrenaline then began to flow through Percy. He'd probably end up sealing his own doom, but he was not going to let this go. "Well, then I guess you are just wasting your breath." Percy then bounced a nearby soccer ball off his shin, and kicked it home directly at Astrals face. It struck him with surprising force and he stumbled back into his goons. Percy turned towards Lily. "Run. NOW!" Percy bolted and grabbed Lily's hand. They said a quick 'bye' to Carmen as they bolted out the door. As she ran with him, she asked, "Percy, do you know what you've done? Astral will not stop until he gets me and then he is going to kill you!" Percy simply shrugged and began climbing up a ladder and onto the rooftop with Lily right behind him. "Yeah I probably should have considered that." Percy said back quickly. They were now bolting across the rooftop of his neighborhood, something he knew realtively well as he would come up here on sunny days to do his homework. He was running and he had no idea where to go, but he needed to hide, and fast. Lily then spoke up. "Hey Percy…" Percy looked at her as they ran. "You do realize that I had the situation under control?" Percy stopped. "What?" He said questionably. "I had a plan to take care of Astral and his goons if they showed up before I even reached Earth. But it makes me happy to know you are willing to help someone in need." Lily smiled brightly, "I wish everyone I knew were like you." This shocked Percy immensely. He couldn't help but blush at her words. "You give me too much credit Lily; there are plenty of people out there like me." Lily face flushed as well at this. "I bet there are, but you would put them all to shame, I'm sure of it." Percy would have sat there and mushed over her words all day if he hadn't been interrupted by a now angry group of aliens that were intent on killing him. They stopped about 60 yards away from them. "Lady Lily, you are coming with us. And you, Earthling, will be tried for kidnapping of Lady Lily and assault on the Captain of the Royal guard!" Astral screamed at them. "Lily, we need to go now!" Percy grabbed Lily but she shook him off. "I'm done running." She said sternly. "I need to take care of this now." With that Lily stepped in front of Percy and faced Astral. Astral looked taken aback, probably because normally Lily would be sprinting away from him, but now she was walking towards them. She then said to Astral, "Astral, you have come far to retrieve me, and I am annoyed at your stubbornness, but I do understand you are under orders from my father. So I will now disappear from your reaches forever." And with that she pulled a small cube out of her pocket, tossed it towards Astral, and yelled, "Hello Decibel. Initiate attack sequence. Do not kill." The small cube unfolded and transformed into a small droid, no taller than Percy's knee. The cute yet frightening device raised its arm, a cannon mounted on its wrist. Lily gripped Percy's hand, and spoke to Percy. "Decibel attacks anything that isn't me. The only exception is if I am holding on to anyone, they are spared." Percy was redder than his shirt. It's not that Percy wasn't listening, just that pretty girls didn't hold his hand often. Astral sprinted towards the machine, sword at the ready, with his two minions following closely behind. Just before Astral reached the tiny robot, a shockwave of bass emitted from the cannon mounted on Decibels arm. The wave of sound crashed over Astrals face, and he collapsed to the ground, his minions apparently struck as well. Percy let go of Lily and ran over to the robot. "Wow! That was amazing Lily, how did it do that?" He turned to Lily and she had a horrified look on her face. "Percy, I told you not to let go of my hand…" she said quietly. Percy was confused for a few seconds, then realized what was about to happen. Percy cursed as he turned just in time to see the robot blast him point blank with its cannon, throwing him backwards on his butt. Decibel began to fire bass at him, giving him an awful headache, then eventually, making him pass out. But before he completely lost consciousness, he heard a loud crackling in the air, then Lily's desperate voice talking to a big booming humming. All he caught from the conversation was, "Stay….come home…found love."

-Monday-

He awoke the next morning to his alarm blaring at 6:32 am. Percy's eyes then adjusted and he stood up, yawning and stretching simultaneously. He then remembered what had happened the day before. Must've just been a dream, Percy thought. He got dressed and headed downstairs. Carmen had left his breakfast on the counter with a note next to it. The note read, "Morning Percy, I had to leave early this morning, I had to work on some stuff at school. Enjoy your breakfast! Love, Carmen." Percy looked up at the plate and it was a plate of eggs and bacon, his two favorites. As he scarfed it down, he pondered yesterday's events. Could they have been real? What if it wasn't just a dream? Percy put these thoughts aside. More important things needed to be taken care of. Percy looked at the clock. It was 6:50. Important things like not being late to school! Percy hurrily finished his breakfast, and was out the door by 7:00. I'll worry about this whole alien escapade when I get home, Percy thought as he ran down his driveway and began jogging to school.

Percy had gotten to school at 7:25, just as the five minute bell rung. He didn't have time to chat with his best friend James unfortunately, but he had plenty of time to spend with him later. Percy was sure James could go one morning without hanging out with him. As Percy reached the door to his first class, World History, he nearly ran into Katelyn. She was just as pretty as he'd last seen her. She wore her long dark hair so that it always swept into her eyes. He'd go crazy every time she brushed her bangs out of her eyes, leaving a small strand or two unraveled. She then tackled him in a bear hug. "Percy! You're okay! After the shelter was closed, I was really scared for you." Percy did his best to reply with a casual shrug. "Nah, I was fine." She smiled at him, and then began to walk along with Percy. "Are you doing anything on Friday?" Percy was stunned. Is Katelyn about to ask me out on a date?! Is today my lucky day?! Percy replied with calm, "Uh, no I don't think I am actually." Nailed it, Percy applauded himself. Katelyn smiled. "Well Sammy and I are going to the homecoming game this Friday, and she's bringing her boyfriend. See, I didn't want to be the third wheel because they are going to be all over each other. So I was wondering if you could tag along with me." Percy would've sold his soul for an opportunity like this. "Yeah, I mean…if you want me there, I will." Katelyn let out a smile that Percy wanted to see for the rest of his life. "Okay then, I'll see you there." And with that she walked inside the classroom with Percy right behind her. Before he walked in though, he thought he saw running Lily down the hallway, her blonde hair flying behind her like rays of a sun. She was wearing jeans and a green t-shirt, and toting a blue satchel swung over her arm. He nodded it off, chiding himself for seeing things. As the final bell rung, Percy sat down in his seat. Mrs. Hemmsworth, their teacher began to babble on about some revolution that happened a century ago, but Percy was too busy thinking about how amazing Friday was going to be. The teacher kept going on until she was interrupted by a knock at the door. then spoke up. "Oh, that's right. It's really unexpected at this time of year, considering we are almost halfway through the semester, but please welcome the new transfer student. Come on in!" What? A transfer student? In the middle of the year? Unheard of. Percy turned to see who was walking through the door and he should've seen it coming. A girl with long blonde hair, light skin, and deep green eyes walked in. No way. Percy's jaw dropped as he was looking at none other than Lily Melosartifex, the girl who fell from the sky.

"Hi Percy!" Lily waved across the room. Percy was stunned, but he managed to make out a shy, "Hi." back to her. spoke up again. "Well, so you two know each other?" She said with a lift in her voice. "Yeah, we kind of ran into each other." Percy replied. puffed up like a whale, "Well then, Lily, you can sit right behind Percy, and since Percy is already the odd one out, you can be his partner for the activities." Lily bounced happily over to where Percy sat and took a seat right behind him. Percy whispered to her, "How are you still here? How are you even attending this school?" Lily pointed a finger at him. "I talked to my dad about staying for the time being, we argued about it for awhile, but then he said I could stay as long as I was still being educated and I was still protected. Astral is going back to the capital ship to bring a small living vessel for himself. And he convinced the principal to allow a transfer student to enroll this late in the school year. He says as long as I have Astral, MACK, and you to protect me I can stay." She said matter-of-factly. Percy pondered this for a minute, and then spoke "Where are you going to live? And me? Protect you? I can hardly protect my cookie jar." Lily didn't seem bothered by this. "No matter, I can handle most encounters, and worse come to worse I can just call in Astral to help. As for a living space, I was hoping your offer for the guest room was still open." Lily gave Percy a crocodile tear face and Percy started batting at her. "You don't need to get all puppy dog eyes on me to stay. Just make sure Carmen is still okay with it and you're in." Lily looked like she might combust with happiness. "Thanks a load Percy, now, we learn about Earth's history!" Percy turned his head around back to the teacher, who had surprisingly not noticed their conversation. Percy pulled out some paper and began writing down the notes about the French revolution. Excellent. My life is basically some Japanese anime now, Percy thought quietly.

Lily:

Lily could not have been happier. She was finally free from her father. As long as she played by the rules and didn't cause any suspicion, she would be good. After class Percy had compared schedules with her and found that they had not just history, but also Algebra 2 and P.E. together as well. The only class where she would have to manage on her own was English, her next class. She swung into the room and sat down in a seat. After a few moments of silence, she noticed two other girls in desks across from her. She stood up and walked over to them. "Hi." She said cheerfully. "I'm Lily." She stuck out her hand. The two other girls looked up at her. One girl had black hair that went down to her shoulders and blue eyes that seemed to glimmer. She was almost as tall as Lily, who was close to five and a half feet tall. The other girl was shorter, with very light blonde hair, hazel eyes, and a smile that was very welcoming. The taller one answered first. "Hi. I'm Katelyn Booker." She shook her hand and smiled. Then the other one piped up. "Sammy Dewitt. Hey…aren't you the new girl?" Lily beamed at both of them. "Yep, that's me. I wanted to make some friends quickly at school, and you guys look cool." Katelyn took a sudden interest in her shoes, and seemed to ponder on this. "Do you have any other friends here at school?" This made Lily perk up. "Yes, in fact I do. Do you know Percy Steelman?" Katelyn twitched at his name and Sammy chimed in, "Yeah, the kid that dug up the garden in elementary school? I know him." Katelyn flushed at her comment. "I'm telling you, I don't think Percy did it. He was always taking care of the plants, why would he tear them out? And it's not like anyone was taking care of them anyways." Lily was taken aback by this, "You mean Percy dug up the schools garden?" Katelyn gave her a nod, "At least that's what was rumored, I don't believe it though. I think it was Rockfell and his goons, they were the ones who showed me the picture after all." Lily pondered on this. Percy didn't seem like the kind of guy that would do such a thing, but she didn't know him well enough to be sure. "I'll ask Percy about it after school today." Lily smiled happily. Katelyn nodded, "Go ahead, but don't mention me please, I know it's a touchy subject with him and I wouldn't want him to think I was trying to sell him out." Lily nodded, "Okay Katelyn, I'll tread carefully." Lily smiled and strolled back to her seat in front of the classroom as the class begun.

English had been a breeze for Lily. The teacher was very impressed with Lily's large vocabulary as well as her fondness for literature. The bell rung signifying lunchtime and Lily went to find Percy. She found him, Katelyn, Sammy and Percy's lifelong friend, James Packers all eating lunch outside of the gym. Mathematics came next, and Lily was seated in the back, with Percy on her right, James, to her left, and Katelyn across from her. Lily and James quickly became friends after discovering they both enjoyed reading. This is awesome, I am constantly surrounded by people who I can trust and depend on, Lily thought to herself happily. They spent the entire class period learning about vectors and how to reflect shapes across a coordinate plane. After that finished up, Lily changed into shorts and a t-shirt and went to her P.E. class. With Percy as her partner, Lily played tennis for the very first time and had it nearly perfected by the time they finished class. Afterwards, they walked home spent the rest of the day doing homework and enjoying each other's company. Later that evening, Lily and Percy were sitting on the porch, sipping iced tea as they watched the sun set. They both were seated on a swinging chair when Lily remembered how Katelyn and her had discussed the garden being dug up. She spoke up. "Hey Percy, there was something I wanted to talk to you about." She needed to be careful, as to not offend him. Percy looked at her, asking, "What is it?" Lily, now embarrassed, looked down. "I heard about what happened back in elementary school…about the school garden, and I was wondering if you want to talk about it." Lily looked up at Percy expecting a look of shock, disgust, or even anguish, but what she saw, was a bright smile. Percy was smiling at something that most the school had looked down on him for. "Sure, we can talk about it." Lily replied with a shy, "I was wondering if you could explain it to me, truthfully, I won't tell anyone." Percy smiled even brighter at this. "I'm glad you are interested, when I was framed, nobody bothered to listen what I had to say." Percy took a sip of his tea then sat back. "It was towards the end of my 4th grade year, when the janitor was fired, because he was apparently doing shady business. Mind you, he was framed by the same guy that framed me. When I saw the picture of him 'caught in the act', I could easily see that it a fake. I didn't say anything for a few months, but I began to notice the school's garden was slowly dying since it was lacking the janitors care. So I bought some fertilizer, got myself a trowel, and a watering bucket. I talked to the principal and he supported it, giving me a few bucks every week for fertilizer. I would show up an hour early to school every day to take care of the garden and keep it alive. This went on for a month or so. One day I was getting some more money from the principal, I told him that the janitor was framed by Rockfell. The principal then called Rockfell in, and they talked apparently. Rockfell had played dumb and gotten away with it yet again. Then, he somehow figured out that I ratted him out. He and his buddies went out early in the morning, and pulverized the entire garden; they kicked up the soil, spilled the fertilizer all over it, and then hid in the bushes, with their camera ready. That was about the time I showed up normally to take care of the garden. With my trowel in my hand, I looked over my devastated garden. Rockfell sprung out of the bushes, laughing at me. I spun around and he clicked his camera, a perfect picture of me with a surprised look on my face, just like I was caught in the act." Percy pulled out his wallet, opened it up, and pulled out a small piece of paper. He unfolded it, and then handed it to Lily. She gasped as it was revealed to be a picture of a younger, scrawny version of Percy. His mouth was open in shock, and a trowel held tightly in his hand. Lily's eyes got teary as behind Percy, in the background, was a pavilion with a walkway down the middle with a fountain in the center. The walkway was covered in dirt and grime, the fountain water brown with slick mud. The dirt plots on the side looked like they were newly tossed, wet soil was everywhere. "A few hours afterwards I was sentenced to 3 weeks of detention and lunch duty by the principal. He claimed that I took out my anger on the garden because my accusation of Rockfell was wrong." Percy took the photo back, folded it, and stuck it back in his wallet. "Why do you keep it? Why not just throw it away?" She asked. He gazed at the now setting sun and said, "When I told my parents the truth about what really happened, my mother was outraged. She wanted to call the school. But my dad simply sat down next to me and told me the truth is always the least popular rumor. So I let it go, and moved on. Lily set her tea down and placed it on the chair. "Percy I am so sorry, that's awful." She said to him sadly. He replied with, "Well it helps because anyone that believes it I wouldn't want to be friends with them anyways." Percy's face then changed and he became redder than a tomato. His cheeks were red. "Uh, Lily…" He looked down at the area between them. Lily had subconsciously placed her hand on top of Percy's. She was gripping his hand tightly. Lily looked up and made eye contact with Percy, their faces were no more than a foot away from each other. She saw a universe in his hazel eyes, whole galaxies stretching across them. Beautiful spirals and colors as millions of stars captivated her vision so much she couldn't look away. Percy blinked, and it all went away. "Uhhhh. Lily?" Percy was now completly flushed, from his chin to forehead. Uh-oh. Lily thought. A few moments passed before she was jolted back to reality as the door crashed open, and MACK stepped out in a flowery apron, with a bowl of soup in each hand. "Soupe a la tomate!" MACK set down a bowl on their laps. "For the happy couple." Percy's cheeks returned to their natural color. "We are not a couple!" MACK looked at Lily, then back at Percy. "Yeah, ok. Enjoy your soup anyways." MACK waved his hand and ruffled his apron and went back inside. Lily took her hand away from Percy's and began to rub it like she sprained it. Percy stood up and said, "Well, it was nice to talk to you, but I'm going to head into bed now." Percy yawned and wiped his eyes. "Goodnight Lily." Lily replied with a quiet "Goodnight Percy." As Percy went inside, she thought about all the men that had tried to swoon her back at the palace. They would become so desperate to even have Lily look at them. They would be on their knees, begging her to marry them. She would always turn them down of course, sometimes twice in a month. But what puzzled Lily was that Percy wasn't trying to get at her, he wasn't trying to marry her, or even attract her attention. Percy was treating her like a friend, and this was making her fall deeper in love every second they were together.

Percy:

Percy went to bed wondering what just happened. One minute him and Lily are sitting on the porch sipping tea, next her hand is on his and she's staring at him like she's petrified. Then to make things worse MACK comes out in Carmen's apron, addresses them as being 'together' then serves them soup. As he stretched out on his bed, looking at his ceiling fan, he wondered if Lily had a crush on him. He shoved aside the thought. Yeah…no. Lily probably has some other alien crush back home that is as more crushed on her. And even if she did what would I even say to her. Also dating an alien is kinda weird. I wouldn't want to break her heart, but I'm after Katelyn still. Percy kept muttering to himself until he fell asleep, completely exhausted.

Tuesday

Percy woke to the smell of eggs, bacon, hash browns, and sausages cooking. uhhhh….yes! Percy cheered to himself. Carmen was making a breakfast buffet downstairs. Percy literally threw himself downstairs and was shocked to see what was going on. In his kitchen MACK (still in his sisters apron) was cooking sausages and flipping eggs almost simultaneously, Carmen and Lily were both packing lunches, and Astral and his two buddies were seated at the table, moaning and sighing about how good the food was. MACK was the first to notice Percy had woken up. "Good morning, Percy, it appears I am exceedingly good a cooking as well as multi-tasking." MACK flipped an egg in the air and it landed on his face, making him look a robot with an egg eye patch. Carmen and Lily turned. "Good morning, Percy!" Lily shouted. She began to blush. "And, uh, nice pajamas too." Percy looked down at what he was wearing. He had a worn out tie dye shirt that was several sizes too big and pants with all sorts of different smiley faces printed on it. "Quiet, don't judge me." Percy made a face and got his breakfast. He sat down across from Astral and his two companions and made quick conversation with them. "You guys get that spaceship house here?" Astral looked at him thoughtfully. "We are still working out the kinks with the teleporter between the ship and your house. And, now that we are on the subject, where would you suggest we put the exit? We need a place out of the way as well as always empty so we don't break anything coming through." Percy looked up from his plate and said, "You may want to talk to Carmen about that, I wouldn't be the best person to find a spot." Astral pondered this. "Yes, very well, I will speak with Carmen after she finishes this thing you earthlings call 'school'." He made finger quotation marks. With that he and his friends stood up. "Until then, we will need to find suitable cloths for Earth, so we will be at such place called the 'Mall'." Astral made quotation marks with his fingers. "Thank you for the meal Carmen and MACK…" MACK looked up at Astral. "Get rid of the ridiculous 'apron'." Once again, Astral quotation marked in MACK's direction. MACK was very taken aback by this as Astral and his friends walked out the door, off to the mysterious land of 'mall'. Percy chuckled to himself at this as he got dressed and prepared for school. Today is a new day, Thought Percy. Let's make it the best." What Percy didn't realize that it was a new day, a new day perfect for preparing and protecting Lily from an alien invasion.