Gan: HELLO PEOPLE OF FANFICTION! How are you all? As you may know, I'm Gan, the co-writer of Zim the King (give it a read if you haven't already), and I'm here with a new story. This story doesn't have any correlation with Zim the King, it's set in a new universe meaning new Zim, no OCs from that story, new problems so on so forth. There may or may not be quips talking about Zim the King, but don't think it's set in an alternate universe in the same timeline as Zim the King or something like that. Anyways moving on to the more important things, this story is entirely made by me. Shin won't be a co-writer for this one, but he may help me out here and there. This story won't be worked on as much cause of Zim the King being a thing still, but anyways hope you enjoy the first chapter and sorry for making this A/N so long. BYE!

Chapter 1: An Unwelcoming Surprise

It was the first Friday in the summer and Zim was down in his lab, thinking of ways to take over the Earth.

"Computer!" He called out.

"Whaaaaat?" A voice chimed.

"I'm stuck. I can't think of a way to take over the Earth." Zim told the computer.

"Have you tried mass mind control via the water systems or the foods they eat?" Computer checked.

"The mind control changed the color of the food and water so they filtered it out." Zim responded.

"Hm… how about fear? Like mass destruction."

"Dib got in the way of that. We got into a giant fight and I used my weapon for destruction. It overheated and blew up."

"Hack into the computers of everyone and steal everything that they have?"

"Dib also got in the way of that and how would that help Zim conquer this planet?"

"I dunno, but it is evil and funny when the humans realize all their things got stolen."

Zim chuckled a bit. "Yes, yes, that would be pretty funny, but still I just don't know what to do… I'm running out of ideas somehow."

"Hm… what about the boy's sister? You ever tried doing something with her?" Computer asked.

"Zim would… but she's terrifying for a human. She even sends chills down his spine. Bleh!" Zim responded as he shivered.

"Well… oh, I know! How about trying to be the pr-oh wait… sir, you got an email."

"Who's it from?"

"Um… Anonymous, but it's from the Irken Armada."

"The Irken Armada?! Open it, now!" Zim commanded. Computer turned on the big screen and the email was open. "Hello Invader Zim, you have been invited to a very important announcement on Irk, held by the Tallest themselves! You may wonder why this message is anonymous, it's because we don't want any outsiders tracing the message and ruining it. Now, the meeting starts at 18:30 and it's at the Grand Meeting Place on Irk so get there ASAP. Every Irken will be there so attend!" Zim read out loud. He grinned, showing his zipper-like teeth.

"Hm, sounds like you should go immediately, you did upgrade your Voot Runner to be able to go light speed, right?" Computer checked.

"What Irken wouldn't?" Zim asked as he cracked his back.

"Alrighty then, hurry up and get going, I'll try and keep watch of Gir while you're gone."

"Good, and make sure the Dib-monkey or his sister don't break in." Zim told the computer.

"Got it."

Zim was in his Voot Runner and was just out of Earth's solar system. He maneuvered past the asteroids in excitement.

Ah… it sure has been awhile since I've been to Irk. Zim can't wait to return to his home planet! Zim thought as he pressed a button on the control panel and disappeared from sight. He reappeared in front of Irk and flew down. He saw a giant landing dock and flew towards it. He landed his Voot Runner in a secluded area from everyone else's.

Zim got out of his Voot Runner and happily trotted towards the Grand Meeting Place, not looking at the buildings, the sights, or anyone for that matter, he just went straight to the Grand Meeting Place.

The Grand Meeting Place was a giant and open field with a big platform. Zim checked his watch and it was 18:27, three minutes before the big announcement! Everyone around Zim were chatting about what the Tallests wanted to announce.

At 18:29, the Tallests floated down from their hover pads onto the giant platform with half-lidded eyes and smirks. At 18:30, Red brought out a microphone and he tapped it to make sure it was on.

"Hello, this thing working…? Okay good. Ahem… Hello Irkens of Irk! We are Tallests Red and Purple, but you should already know that! And if you don't, then you'll die and I'm not joking either! But beside from that, we called you all here to announce something very, very important! First, we need our very special Irken... Zim! Come on up here bud!" Red called out to the crowd.

"YES!" Zim screeched, scaring the Irkens next to him as he pushed and shoved his way past everyone. Once he made it to the platform, which took him about five minutes, he climbed up and stood in between Red and Purple, facing the crowd with a giant grin on his face.

"Now, we all know who Zim is. He's made a name for himself the time he's been alive. Let's give a round of applause for Zim real quick before we start." Purple told the many Irkens. They didn't want to clap for Zim, but they did anyway in fear of what the Tallests might do if no one did.

"So, we've spoken to the Control Brains and they thought that this was a good idea. Zim, why don't you just stand a few feet back for us." Purple instructed.

Zim took three steps back. "Right here?"

"Perfect." Red and Purple replied in unison. A second later and a wall slightly bigger than Zim appeared behind him. Two straps came out and trapped Zim against the wall, making him unable to move.

"Now, recently, we've found that there is something under this very planet that we never saw. Thanks to our brave miners, we were able to uncover something spectacular and amazing. There's a monster living in the middle of this planet." Red announced, making everyone gasp and start talking about it. "Now, don't be afraid, my Irkens, the monster has been sleeping for many years. How many years has it been sleeping? We don't know, but once our miners went down there it barely woke up and asked for a sacrifice before it left this planet. Luckily, we have one, it's Zim!"

Everyone cheered as Zim grew a bit nervous. Wait… I'm being sacrificed to a monster…? He asked himself as he glanced around at everyone.

"We don't know exactly what the beast looks like, but today we will!" Purple shouted, making everyone cheer loudly. "The beast did say that if we find a sacrifice, it will take over the sacrifice's body and use it however it wants to. After that, the beast will leave but all we need to do is escort the body the beast took control of onto a ship and watch it fly away!"

"But before we begin, we'd just like to say a few things to our brave volunteer." Red told before he turned to look at Zim. "Also this is being live-streamed and will be recorded after this is done."

"Should I?" Purple asked his partner.

"Go ahead."

"Right. Zim… I don't know how many times we have to tell you in different stories… but you were never an invader to begin with." Purple began as the Irkens gasped. Zim looked scared and confused.

"That's right, you were supposed to work at Foodcourtia for the rest of your life but you disobeyed us and came back to an assigning that didn't even have your name on it anywhere." Red added.

"But, My Talle-"

"Atatatata! Don't speak, Zim, you also weren't even given a real assignment and have you ever in your life heard us talk about the planet Earth once? It was also on a sticky note… on the side of the screen… We didn't know what planet that was nor did we care, we just wanted you gone for good." Purple insulted.

"Yet you still tried to contact us. Frell, do you even recognize what you did to Irk? You crippled us, Zim… you crippled us. We were on our way to being the best empire ever…! And you ruined it simply cause you're a defective and can't do anything right." Red told the trapped Irken.

Zim didn't know what to feel. He wanted to cry, but yet he couldn't… not in front of his people.

"We don't even consider you one of us. If the Control Brains can't even deactivate you… then you're not one of us." Purple added.

Now Zim could cry. He let his tears hit the platform floor as he took all of that in.

I… I'm not an Irken…? They don't even… consider me as one of them…? Zim thought as more tears escaped from his eyes.

"Zim… I can't believe how there's an Irken like you that exists. I'm so confused as to what happened when you were born." Red voiced with a hand to his head.

"Jeez, but anyways, I think we should move on to the main event, we've broken him enough." Purple said as he turned back to the crowd.

"Yeah, I'd love to tell him more about his life and how it's just a joke, but we should get back to what this announcement is all about." Red agreed as he turned to look at the crowd to. The wall Zim was strapped to rose a little bit higher. Red and Purple's hover pads activated and they moved a bit away. The floor under Zim began to open as large as the platform itself.

Zim looked down and only saw darkness. It was chilling and made him sniffle. Two orange eyes with black and white pupils suddenly appeared, scaring Zim as they stared into his ruby eyes.

A smile appeared below the eyes as something serpent-like emerged from the shadows slowly. The serpent-like being was a dark red and it's head was a bit higher than Zim's as it stared at the sacrifice the Irkens offered. The being was way bigger than imagined as it's head alone almost took up the platform's space. It opened its mouth to reveal plenty of sharp teeth and it's hot breath smacked Zim in the face. Smoke was rising from the corner of its mouth as it just stared at Zim. It quickly retreated back to its whole, before dark red tentacle like appendages came from the whole and wrapped Zim up.

Zim was too scared to scream as he watched many more tentacle like things crawl up his body. He looked at Red and Purple who wore devilish grins on their face before his vision was covered completely.

Zim kept his eyes shut for a little bit before forcing them open. He looked around and couldn't see anything. He looked down and could barely see his gloves, but he could see his invader uniform just fine.

Where am I…? He asked as he continued to look around. I must be in some sort of… area, but… where?

"Hello!" A random person greeted Zim.

"GYAH!" Zim screamed as he jumped back. He looked to see who greeted him and it was a dark red girl with black horns, red and messy hair, orange eyes with black and white pupils, and a mouth with many sharp teeth, and pointed ears. Her wings were quite large as they were a dark red too and her tail was dark red as well with a pointed tip. She was wearing a torn up brown shirt that went down to her midriff and brown shorts that went to the middle of her thighs. She also had some sort of collar with a broken chain around her neck. Zim looked at her hands and noticed she had four sharp claws. He looked down to her feet and saw that she had four claws on her feet as well. Not to mention, she was shorter than Zim.

Zim looked back up at the weird girl. "Uh… who are you…?"

"Oh me?! I'm Crish, nice to meet you!" She introduced herself energetically as she put a claw out. Zim hesitantly grabbed it and shook it.

"Yeah… and I'm-"

"ZIIIIIIIM!" She exclaimed with a giant grin.

"How do you-"

"Hehehe! I'm the demon that was hiding in the hole!" Crish interrupted as she tried to conceal her giggles.

"Wait, you're the demon My Tallests were gonna sacrifice to?" Zim asked.

"Yes!" Crish responded as she raised her hands.

"How?"

"Weeeeellllll, you're only giving your body up for me to use for all of eternity, that's all!" Crish answered as she leaned back, rolled her eyes, and waved her hand like it wasn't a big deal. Except it was.

Zim's face changed to shock. "Wait what?!"

"Hehe! You heard me silly!" Crish said with a wide smile, sort of creeping Zim out.

"But… why?"

"I don't wanna be near you guys! You guys are meanies!" Crish told as she humphed and pointed a claw at Zim.

"What do you mean?" Zim wondered as he slightly calmed down and wiped the tears off his face.

"I've been here longer than any of you stupid Irkens have!" Crish stated as she crossed her arms and stomped her foot.

"And… how long have you been here for?"

"BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF YEARS! Not on the planet, just in general!" She exclaimed, making one of Zim's antennae twitch.

"What did you do in all of that time?"

"I explored the universe and what it had! I also slept a lot when I got to this planet!" Crish told the alien as she leaned forward.

"How long did you sleep for? And what planets did you go to?"

"Uh… I slept for awhiiiiiile. Sometimes I just faked it and I heard a lot of things you guys said! I've also been to ALL of the PLANETS!"

Zim adopted a confused face. "Huh, that's interesting… but, back to what you were saying about how you were here before us, please explain further on that."

"Okayie! Originally, this was my planet and it was called Kruci and then there were other monsters like me on Kruci, but I killed them all! But after I did that I was sooooo lonely! Kruci was just boring. But then, you guys came in out of nowhere! I saw your ships and I was gonna kill you, but the Irkens who landed on this planet brought out weird laser thingies that really hurt! So then, I retreated and found a place to dig a gigantic hole! I did that and I covered it up! Then I just stayed down there the whooooole tiiiiiime!" Crish told as she jumped in place.

"Wait, so… the Irkens came from somewhere else…?" Zim restated.

Crish nodded her head rapidly. "YES! I was confused at first as to why anyone would wanna come here! This place sucks!"

Zim rubbed his head in stress. He soon sat on the floor and put his knees up to his head and deeply sighed.

Crish lost her smile as she inched closer to the depressed Irken. "What's wrong?"

"Zim isn't even an Irken…" He answered.

"But I thought you considered yourself one! You're green and have weird eyes and you have those antennae! Can I touch them?" Crish asked as she pointed to them.

"No. Also that doesn't even matter when your own people don't consider you one of them." Zim said as he brought his knees closer.

Crish laughed, which made Zim look up in anger. "WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ZIM'S MISFORTUNE?!"

"You're stuuuuupid." Crish insulted as she laughed. "Well it's good that you're not an Irken, cause you're a Demonic Irken!"

Zim shot his head up and stared at Crish. "Wait, explain what you do to people who're sacrificed to you."

"Hmmmmm? Oh! You mean I can take over their bodies and use it as my own? I thought the Tallests said that…" Crish explained.

"So then… what's gonna happen to me once you take over my body?" Zim wondered, scared of what this unstable demon would say.

"Welllll, you'd just be stuck in here! Forever! You wouldn't be able to get out of here as this is an infinite space!" Crish answered as she threw her arms up and spun around. Zim's eyes widened as he clutched his head and silently panicked. "But that's if I wanted to control of your body."

Zim stopped freaking out as he slowly looked at Crish. "W-What are you talking about?"

"I don't wanna take control of your body." Crish answered as she crossed her arms and looked away.

"Why not? Wouldn't this be a great opportunity to get away from here?"

"Yeahhhhh, buuuut I जस्तै you!" Crish replied as she pouted and stared at Zim. He jumped back as Crish's voice suddenly changed.

"W-What was that?!" Zim questioned.

"Oh! That's what happens when I say a word and I don't know what it means!" Crish exclaimed.

"So then… how did you learn to speak?"

"I didn't!" She told with a brimming smile.

"Um… okay…" Zim said as he tried to calm down. "So, what happens now since you don't want to take control of my body?"

"Hehe, I'll be apart of you! I'm gonna be your personal demon! We'll share our powers and you'll have a cool new form too!" Crish explained.

"That sounds… pretty cool. What's happening to my body now?"

"Well, right now I'm trying to move everything of me inside you without having to take control of your body. It's almost complete and your people are now escorting you to your Voot Runner!" Crish informed.

"Wait, how do you know that?" Zim asked curiously.

"Right now, I have most control of your body so I can hear everything that's going on right now!"

"And you're just casually having a conversation with Zim?"

"I'm ignoring them."

"Right… this is… too much for Zim to handle…"

Crish tilted her head. "How so?"

"You heard them. I'm not one of them… I wasn't an invader to begin with… M-My life's a joke…"

"Ziiiiim, your race are jerks! They're a bunch of parasites who have no manners! You should be glad they don't consider you one of them, cause from my experience, the Irkens are the number one most hated race in the universe!" Crish comforted.

"Jeez… that somehow makes me feel better, slightly." Zim said as he smiled at the demon.

"Glad I can help you!"

Zim chuckled a bit. "Uh… so I'm gonna be a Demonic Irken?"

"Yes! It'll be soooo cool, you'll have wings, horns, a tail, claws, sharp teeth, ahh I can't wait you'll look sooo cool!" Crish explained excitedly as she hopped around.

"Why are you gonna be excited?" Zim wondered as he tried to follow the demon.

"Because this is the first time I'll see someone use my powers!" Crish replied as she stopped.

"Really? That's interesting." Zim commented.

"Yeah, the other bodies I tried to take control of were either boring or weak. But yours is interesting! Also, I'm gonna have to make some changes to your body that'll help me settle in comfortably."

"And what are those changes?"

"You'll be taller, muscular… uh… oh! And you'll have black markings over your body! Don't worry, it's only an easier way for my power to course through you."

"Oh… okay, good."

"Yknow, I expected a more… explosive attitude from you. I didn't expect you to be calm about this." Crish told the Irken.

"I can't muster up any energy to be myself…" Zim said as he sat down.

"Aw, well at least you don't have to deal with those jerks anymore!" Crish said as she sat next to Zim.

"Yeah… hey, how long will this conversion process take?"

"Well, I dunno, it depends on what planet you wanna go to."

"Earth."

"It'll take… 6 months!" Crish told.

"6 months?!" Zim exclaimed, baffled by what Crish told him.

"Yes!"

"Does time move differently at all in this infinite space?"

"Yes, it'll take 2 hours in this space."

"Okay, that's not as bad as I expected."

"Mhm!" Crish closed her eyes and started concentrating. Outside the space, Zim's body was set in his Voot Runner and was already in space. The Voot Runner steadily floated in no particular direction. Zim's body had fully black eyes, and a bunch of black markings around his body that pulsed every so often. One of the black markings moved and slowly made its way over to the control panel. Once there, it began to slowly type out Earth and it hit enter.

"Confirmed, Destination: Earth. Time: 6 Months." The computer in the Voot Runner said.

Crish opened her eyes and saw Zim look at her confusingly. She grinned and waved at him. He returned the gesture.

"I've been wondering." Zim spoke after a short silence.

"What is it?"

"How did you kill all of the monsters on this planet?"

"Hehe! I was very powerful back then! I was able to shapeshift into anything I wanted and I could use that to my advantage, also everyone was just weak to me." Crish answered as she punched the air.

"I wonder what you looked like back then."

"Nothing's changed!"

"Oh really?"

"Yes!"

Zim giggled. "You're so energetic… you remind me of… Gir…"

"Who's Gir? Is he another Irken? I've never heard of an Irken named 'Gir' before!" Crish bombarded Zim.

"Calm down, Gir isn't an Irken, he's a SIR Unit, you know, the robots Irkens get when they become invaders?"

"Ohhh, yeah now I remember!" Crish said excitedly.

"Mhm, Gir was an outdated SIR Unit, and runs off of trash."

"Ohhh, that's cool!"

"Haha, yeah, he's a goofball just like you are."

"Heyyyy! I'm not a goofball!"

"You definitely are."

"Am not!"

"Am too."

"Am not!"

"Am too."

"Am not!" Crish denied as she pouted.

"Am too." Zim said with a smirk. 2 hours in here may not be so bad after all.

XXX

Dib was wearing his signature black trench coat, blue shirt with a ghost on it, black pants and red boots. He made his way over to Zim's house and was spying on it. He hadn't heard from Zim in 6 months! Skool was already three months in and there was no sign of Zim anywhere! Dib peered into the dark house, no lights were on, not even his robot was bouncing off the walls.

What the hell is Zim doing…? Dib thought. Gaz, who was dragged into following Dib, was playing her Game Slave 3. She had her signature hair cut, was wearing her usual skull necklace but her outfit was now different. She was wearing a purple, open shoulder sweater, black leggings and black boots. Gaz didn't know why she had to come, she didn't really care about Zim.

"Why is it so dark in there?" Dib whispered as he tried to find a better angle to see in the house better.

"I dunno Dib, maybe Zim went out somewhere and won't be coming back for awhile." Gaz suggested, not caring.

"Gaz, he's been gone for 6 months. 6 months! Obviously something's up, and I'm gonna find out what it is! Aren't you the least bit curious as to why he'd disappear before his sophomore year started?" Dib asked his sister as he turned to look at her.

"No Dib, I'm not. I don't care about what Zim does as long as it doesn't involve me." Gaz stated as she glared at Dib with one eye.

Dib sighed as he continued to watch. Just then, his house's roof suddenly opened up and Dib knew what that meant.

"Gaz! He's coming!" Dib warned. Gaz lowly growled as she tried to focus on her game. Dib saw the Voot Cruiser land and the house closed back up. The lights suddenly turned back on and an inhuman screech could be heard from inside the house. Dib put down his binoculars as he raised an eyebrow at the sound.

Gir ran out of the house, crying.

"Gir!" A familiar voice called from inside. Zim stepped out with his disguise on and sighed.

"What the…" Dib trailed off as he saw the new Zim. He was taller than he was 6 months ago and his outfit was tight against his skin, almost ripping. "G-Gaz…"

Dib kept on tapping Gaz's shoulder. She ignored it until she died and gritted her teeth. "OH MY GOD WHAT IS I-"

Gaz stopped as she saw Zim from the corner of her eye. Her jaw was left open as she saw the new Zim. "What the hell happened to him?"

Gir was still running around in circles, balling his eyes out as Zim grabbed him using his PAK legs and forcibly brought him inside. The door closed and Gir's crying stopped.

"I wonder where he went." Gaz said. Dib looked at his sister with a raised brow.

XXX

Zim sat Gir down and turned on the stupid monkey show, instantly making him stop crying. Zim rubbed his face as he sat down on the other end of the couch from Gir.

"Um… Sir, why do you look so… different?" A voiced asked the newly formed Irken.

"Irk had a monster living in the middle of the planet and the Irkens recently discovered this. The monster asked for a sacrifice and they decided to pick me. I didn't know that until after they strapped me against a wall. The monster took control over my body, she said that she wasn't gonna take control, so now I have a personal demon." Zim summarized. It was silent for a moment.

"Interesting… so what now?" Computer asked.

"What now? That's a good question computer, because Zim doesn't know himself…" Zim responded as he sat back and was about to take off his disguise when a knock at the door stopped him from doing so. He got up and passed Gir, who was entranced in the monkey show. He looked back at the hypnotized robot, before he opened the door to reveal someone he hasn't seen in half a year.

"Oh, hello Dib-sister." He waved. She didn't say anything for a minute as she just stared at Zim.

"Yeah… hello to you too Zim." Gaz greeted. "Uh… where've you been for the past 6 months?"

"Ah, I traveled to my home planet." Zim answered.

"You did?"

"Yes, that's why I haven't been trying to take over the planet in 6 months." Zim said.

"OOO, OOOO! Zim, Zim, Zim, Zim, there's someone else near that girl!" A voice in Zim's head informed him. Zim knew who it was.

"I assume that the Dib-stink is here as well?" Zim guessed.

"What? Where'd you get that from?" Gaz asked. How the hell did he know Dib was here?

"Oh Dib-stink! Zim is going to use Gaz here for experiments if you don't come out!" Zim yelled, causing Gaz to reel back.

"You're gonna do what?!" Both Gaz and Dib shouted. Zim just smirked as they both realized what he did.

"Stupid alien…" Dib mumbled as he walked up to Zim's house.

"I see that barely anything's changed, Dib. Thought you'd get taller or something." Zim joked.

"Oh shut up! How'd you get so tall?!" Dib questioned.

"Irk has great food that allows you to grow faster." Zim lied as he crossed his arms.

"That's bullshit!"

"You look good today, Little Gaz, I like the sweater." Zim complimented the Membrane sister.

Gaz blushed a bit as her eyes widened slightly. "Oh… th-thanks Zim…"

"Don't flirt with my sister, alien!" Dib yelled as he got in Zim's face. Zim lost his smirk as he had an unimpressed expression.

"Dib-monkey, I'm simply complimenting your sister, which is something I rarely do, is there a problem with that?" Zim asked.

"I don't trust you at all! You've been gone for 6 months and then you come back different! Obviously something's up!" Dib accused.

Zim sighed as he facepalmed. "If you say so, Dib, but I guess we'll just have to wait until tomorrow now won't we?"

"What do you mean by that?" Dib asked, growing worried.

Zim just smirked as he closed his door and locked it.

"W-Hey! We're not done here!" Dib screamed as he banged on the door before giving up shortly after. "Ugh, come on Gaz, let's get going."

She made a confirmation sound and followed Dib home. Gaz was deep in thought the whole way home.

Why was I staring at him? And why'd I blush when he said I looked good? Has Zim ever done that before? She thought to herself as her blush returned. She shook her head to try and get the thoughts out of her head.

Dib glanced at his sister every now and then, angry at Zim for making his sister like that. That damn alien…

The two Membrane siblings got home and Gaz instantly went upstairs.

"Wait, you're not gonna eat dinner?!" Dib called after her. All he heard was a door slam. "I guess not…"

Gaz was taking a shower and hoped that her mind would travel to other places. And if Zim's name was "places" that's exactly where her mind traveled to.

What the hell is wrong with me?! I look at Zim once and I… blushed! I didn't care about Zim so why do I care now?! She bombarded herself with questions as her head was leaning against the wall. I just need to sleep on this… surely my mind will be cleared up by then. Gaz thought as she finished her shower. After getting in her pajamas, she went into her room and instantly got in her bed.

Just don't think about Zim and it'll all be fine… Gaz told herself as she got into a comfortable position.

Gaz was asleep in about an hour, but it was difficult keeping a clear mind.

XXX

Zim resided in his base at his kitchen table without his disguise on. He rested his head on his arm as his three fingers repeatedly tapped the table.

"Computer." He lowly called.

"Yeah?"

"Zim needs you to make him some new clothes, perhaps ones that fit the style of Earth and not Irk." Zim told the AI as he heard a tear. "Please."

"Sure, it'll be done by morning. Also, you gonna be alright?" Computer asked in concern as it started making new clothes for Zim.

"Honestly? No. I can't take my mind off of what the Tallests said… it… hurt." Zim answered with a deep sigh.

"What'd the Tallests say?"

"All sorts of mean things to Zim. Like how he wasn't an invader, how his life's a joke, how he's a defective…" Zim listed.

"Why would they say that?"

"Because they hate me."

"Irkens are jerks, sir."

"That's what I said!" A random voice chimed in out of nowhere.

"GYAH!" Zim yelled as he jumped. He looked around and saw Crish just standing there.

"Sir, who is this?" Computer asked.

"That's… my personal demon."

"HULLO!" She greeted.

"Hi…" Computer greeted back.

"Wait, Crish, since when were you able to do that?" Zim wondered

"Duhh, I've always been able to do it! How else do you think I get out of people's bodies when I don't want them anymore?" She replied.

"Oh… interesting." Zim commented.

"Sir, your first day of Hi Skool is tomorrow, wouldn't want to stay up all night." Computer informed.

"Irkens don't need sleep, Computer." Zim stated matter-of-factly

"One, you're not an Irken anymore. Two, at this state, you need the sleep."

"Ouch…" Zim said as he got up. "Fine, I'll go to bed."

"Yaaaay! Even more sleeping!" Crish celebrated unironically.

"I thought you'd be pissed." Zim said as he walked out of the kitchen.

"I've slept for so long that I've gotten used to it!" Crish told Zim. He looked at Gir, who was still watching the monkey show.

"Goodnight Gir." Zim spoke to the robot who didn't pay any attention to him. Zim walked up to Gir and tapped his head, still no response. As soon as Zim grabbed the remote and turned off the TV, Gir went right to sleep. "Okayyy…"

Zim made it to his bed and flopped on it. Crish stood next to the bed, smiling at Zim.

"Uh… so, how exactly are you gonna do this?" Zim wondered.

"I can sleep next to you." Crish suggested.

"Hm. Isn't there something wrong with… people sleeping next to each other randomly?" Zim checked.

"Uh… hm." Crish took a moment to think about it. "Yeah, you're right, I'll just sleep in the infinite space, goodnight Zimmy!"

"Goodnight Crish." Zim said as Crish disappeared. Zim sighed as he closed his eyes and went to sleep.

Zim woke up and wiped his eyes. He got up groggily and made his way to his closet. As he opened it, his eyes widened as he saw the many different colored clothes he had.

Zim smiled as he heard a yawn. He looked around before realizing it came from his head.

"Morning, Crish." Zim greeted

"Morning Ziiiiiim!" Crish greeted back.

"How'd you sleep?"

"I slept wonderfully! Wha about you?" She asked the Irken.

"Zim slept good, surprisingly." Zim answered.

"OH OH OH! Can I choose your outfit Zim?!" Crish asked excitedly.

"Go ahead."

"Hmm… okay! Pick out… the dark red hoodie, the black joggers, and the red and black shoes!"

Zim smiled a bit as he picked out the clothing Crish told him to.

"Crish, I don't have… red… huh, I guess I do have red and black shoes." Zim scratched his head as he picked up the shoes. He got dressed quickly and went downstairs to where Gir was still sleeping on the couch. Zim made himself some waffles and ate them in silence.

"Computer."

"What?"

"Has anything happened in the past 6 month?" Zim wondered.

"No, other than that big-headed Membrane kid kept on coming by and staying for hours." Computer informed.

Zim sighed. "Of course the Dib-monkey would still spy on me."

"Also, the Membrane sister came by at least once a month." Computer added, making one of Zim's antenna twitch.

"Really? That's interesting." Zim commented as he rubbed his chin. "Ah well, it's whatever." Zim got up and put the plastic plate in the trash before heading to the door and putting his disguise on.

"Okay, Computer, I'm heading off to skool now, you know the drill!" Zim told the house as he walked out the house.

"... Since when was there a drill?"

Zim made it to the Hi Skool and joyfully walked in. There were a lot of kids he had never seen before, that he could mess with if he chose to. But then, after thinking that thought, his mood diminished slightly.

Right… I'm not an Invader anymore… Zim thought depressingly as he slinked his way down the hallway. He checked his schedule and he had Geometry first.

Zim made it early to the class and the only people there were kids he didn't know, but one stood out with his recognizable curly, red hair. The kid looked at who entered and his face had a smile on it as he got up and walked to Zim.

"Zim! Glad to see you!" The kid exclaimed.

"Ah, yes, hello Keef." Zim greeted. Keef was slightly shorter than Zim and was wearing a blue sweatshirt with black joggers and black shoes.

"Huh, I'm surprised you actually changed from your weird outfit." Keef commented as he checked Zim out.

"Yeah, I thought I should change my outfit since it's my first day of junior year." Zim said as he watched Keef's eyes dart from place to place.

"Haha, you've also gotten… taller and muscular since I last saw you. You work out?"

"Say yes!"

"Yes."

"That's pretty cool. Anyways, where were you? We got a bunch of homework in this class already and you are way behind." Keef informed.

"Family crisis, also Zim can catch up." Zim assured the human.

"Zim… Skool started in August and we're in November. We've had at max around 50 tests and more than 100 homework sheets, I highly doubt you can catch up. We also have 100 pages of notes." Keef told the Irken who held his head up slightly.

"Easy."

Keef snorted. "Okay, Zim, if you can catch up by… Tuesday, I promise you I'll get you whatever you want for the rest of that week."

"No matter how expensive it is?"

"No matter how expensive it is." Keef restated with a cocky smirk.

"You're a confident worm baby, and what if I don't get it done?"

"You'll have to do whatever I say for the rest of that week." Keef said.

"Deal." They shook hands as more people walked in.

"Oh right, I'm having an open party tonight and was wondering if you'd want to come." Keef offered

An open party…? I'm not very fond of parties.

"Go to the party! Go to the party!" Crish cheered from inside his head.

But-

"Trust me, Zimmy, it'll be fuuuunnn!"

Fine…

"Zim shall attend your party, Keef-beast, expect me to be there." Zim accepted.

"Awesome!"

The other students apart of the American History class arrived on time and so did the teacher. The bell rung shortly and class started.

"Zim." The teacher spoke. Said alien looked up at the teacher.

"Yes?"

"Come up here." The teacher told him. Zim got up from his seat and walked up to the teacher's desk. "Here's your work." The teacher slammed down what could be a giant phone book full of homework, class work, and tests. "Have fun."

Zim's eye twitched as he picked it up and carried it back to his seat. Keef, who was behind him, tried to contain his laughter. Zim just glared at him as he set the phone book down. He heard creaking coming from the desk.

Who the frell gives out this much paper in the timespan of three months?! Zim angrily thought as he instantly got to work.

Class ended with Zim completing about 10 pages of work out of 623.

"Zim, I'm telling you, you can't do it." Keef assured.

"And I'm telling you that I will!" Zim stated, making Keef laugh.

"If you say so, man I'm already thinking of what you could do for me." Keef said as he put a hand to his chin in fake thought.

"You're too confident, Keef."

"Because I know ima win, Zim."

"Pfft, in your stupid worm baby dreams!"

"Give up now, Greenie!" Keef jested as he ran down the other direction. Zim growled at him and would've chased after him if only his next class wasn't in the other direction. Since when was Keef so tolerable? He wondered as he made his way to his next class which was English III with Ms. Frey.

As he entered the class, he instantly saw Dib. Dib was in his own little word, not paying much attention until Zim sat down. Dib stared at him from across the other room. Zim could feel the Dib's state but didn't pay much attention to it.

Class soon started and Zim didn't pay attention to the lesson as he was in the infinite space.

"Why'd you want to be here?" Crish asked.

"I just don't feel like being out there." Zim answered as he laid down.

"Is it cause of yesterday? You're still thinking about it aren't you?" Crish guessed as she crawled towards Zim.

"Mm."

"It's gonna take awhile to get over this, since this is a MAJOR deal, but you have to get over it." Crish told the Irken. "Your people didn't want you because you operated differently. And yeah, you may have messed up a lot and whatnot, but you have to realize what Irkens really are."

Zim started to tear up as he remembered the harmful things the Tallests said to him. They said it so casually which made it even worse.

"What are Irkens…?" He asked.

"Irkens are invaders, obviously, they invade other planets and claim it as theirs. Pretty simple, but they already had a planet, and they owned other planets too. But since it was such an early age, the Irkens didn't have any real way to keep the planets under wraps. So, the planets they owned rebelled against the Irkens and they were forced to move as they were the ones invaded. So, they moved to the emptiest planet they could find and it was the one where I murdered a bunch of monsters. It was thanks to Tallest Miyuki that you people actually had a working system and stuff. Otherwise you probably would've been destroyed by me. It's because of the laser thingies that Miyuki developed, I couldn't do anything against it." Crish explained as she laid down next to Zim.

"What was the original planet called?" Zim wondered.

"I believe it was called Zim." Crish said. Zim's eyes widened as she said this.

"Wait… what?"

"Mm. Maybe it's cause of the fact your name reminds them of the old days they hate you, but that was a long time ago."

"Zim… finds it hard to believe that he had a whole planet that had the same name as him…" Zim said.

"Maybe the name "Zim" is just unlucky since it's tied to that event, so that's why you have so many mistakes in your PAK."

"Well that's just stupid."

"Who named you anyway?" Crish asked.

"The Control Brains." Zim answered.

"Shouldn't they have known that Zim was related to the event?"

"By going off of what you're saying, the Irkens had to make the Control Brains, so the Control Brains don't have any knowledge about what happened on Zim and the Irkens probably forgot to exclude the name "Zim" from appearing." Zim explained.

"Ohh."

"Why did the Irkens name the planet Zim?"

"There were other races living on that planet, so they couldn't have named it Irk or else the races would get mad."

"And I assume that there was a co-dominance with the ownership of the planets?" Zim guessed. Crish nodded her head and Zim sighed.

"Even more information Zim hates to attain…"

"Come on Zimmy, cheer up! You can't let this get you down or else you won't be able to do anything."

"What is there to do? I don't have a purpose anymore…"

"Just cause you're considered not an Irken doesn't mean you still can't conquer planets. Also you have the entirety of Earth to explore! So why not do that? You could also keep up the invader act with Dib, or else he might do something severe if you don't keep him in check." Crish warned.

"What could Dib do that's severe?"

"He could actually expose you if you let your guard down. You don't wanna get dissected, right?" Crish asked, making Zim shake his head 'no.' "Exactly what I thought, and if you don't wanna do that then try to befriend him or something so at least you don't have to worry about it."

"This is too much…"

"Hey, don't worry about it. You can accept the information at another time, but for now, you gotta pay attention in class. Bye Zim!" Crish said. Zim sat up as he saw Crish disappear and when he blinked, he returned back to the real world.

"ZIM!" Ms. Frey shouted, making Zim's head shoot up.

"Yes, Ms, Frey?" Zim asked.

"I've been calling your name for the past minute!" She yelled at him.

"Oh, sorry, I wasn't paying attention." Zim said as he scratched the back of his head.

"Clearly." She mumbled. "Anyways, get up here and grab a book. We've already finished two."

Zim got up and went to the front of the class to get a book. Dib watched him the whole time and noticed his eyes shrunk a lot. They looked like pindots.

Zim grabbed a book and headed back to his seat, he sat in it and paid attention to the rest of the lesson.

Class ended and Zim was the last one to leave class. He trudged along to his next class which was Gym. Once he made it to his gym class, he didn't bring any gym clothes so he didn't change. What was the point in changing if you're gonna get back in your regular attire after the class?

Gaz was also in the class, but she didn't do anything and Zim didn't notice yet. She sat on the bleachers and watched everyone else play basketball. It was a free day today and her Game Slave was dead. She saw Zim walk up the bleachers and sit down.

Zim's in this class? Meh, who cares? Gaz thought as she turned away.

Zim sat there, not paying attention when a basketball came flying at his face. Luckily, his contacts were sturdy or else they would've broke. He held his face as he glared at the person who threw the basketball at him.

He saw Torque, Chunk, and Poonchy laughing at him. Zim glared at them with his teeth bared.

"Come on Zim, why you sitting there? Can't play basketball?!" Torque teased.

"Did your skin disease affect your ability to work your legs?" Chunk asked, making the others laugh.

"Come on Zim, don't be a bitch, come down here!" Poonchy called.

Zim got up and grabbed the basketball. He walked down the bleachers slowly. Gaz decided to watch how this would turn out with nothing else to do.

Zim doesn't know how to play basketball, Crish.

"Hm… well, hold on just a sec." Crish said.

Zim waited and he jolted in pain. What did you do?!

"Hehe! You should be able to play basketball now! Just go at it and cross em up!"

What does "cross em up mean?"

"Just… destroy them! Not literally."

Zim sighed as he cracked his neck and walked on the court.

"Alright, this should be easy, you boys just watch." Torque said to Chunk and Poonchy. They nodded and went on the sidelines. "Heheh, easy win."

Torque bounced it to Zim, who bounced it back. Torque instantly went for the 3-point shot, but got blocked as Zim jumped and slapped it down. Torque's eyes widened as Zim took the ball and dribbled it to the basket. He jumped and slam dunked it in. Gaz's eyes widened a bit in surprise.

"Make it, take it." Zim said as he grabbed the ball. Zim and Torque switched places and he bounced it to Torque. Torque dribbled it before passing the ball to Zim's shins.

Zim reacted quickly by reaching for the ball and to avoid contact with Torque, flipped over him. He threw the ball and it bounced off the backboard. Zim ran and caught the ball and jumped up, slam dunking it again in the basket.

"YO!" People screamed around the gym as they saw this. Gaz was now fully interested in this game.

"4-0, we're playing to 11." Zim said as he got to the top of the key. Chunk and Poonchy were surprised by this. Zim bounced it to Torque and he bounced it back. Zim took it slow and began to dribble the ball between his legs. Torque got ready and Zim furthered his glare. He stomped to the side and Torque ran that direction, thinking Zim would sprint that way, but he didn't. Zim put his foot back and shot, making the 3-pointer. The gym went wild as he faked out Torque.

Torque was getting angry as Zim bounced it to him. Torque threw it at his chest and Zim caught it, adopting a confused look on his face. He jumped and faked taking a 3, making Torque jump as well. Zim dribbled past him and did a 180 dunk with one hand.

The gym cheered for Zim.

"9-0, you can have possession." Zim said as he offered the ball to Torque who snatched it from him. Torque went to the top of the key and bounced the ball to Zim who bounced it back. He began to move forward as he dribbled the ball, glaring at Zim, who didn't care.

Torque ran up to the basket and shot. The ball hit the rim and bounced off to the side. Zim grabbed the ball and dribbled it to the top of the key. Torque chased after him until they were in front of each other.

Zim kept on switching hands when he dribbled and Torque tried to snatch it, but Zim dribbled it between his legs and passed it behind himself to his other hand. He ran past Torque and threw the ball up. He jumped, grabbed the basketball, and windmill dunked it.

"11-0, Torque." Zim said as he threw the ball towards Torque. Everyone was cheering loudly for him as he absolutely destroyed Torque. Gaz was shocked at how good at basketball Zim was. She watched the alien make it up the bleachers and he smiled at her. She didn't know what to do and continued watching as Zim rested on the bleachers.

The rest of the period was spent just playing basketball. After the period ended, Gaz got up and left to head to the cafeteria. Dib was already there and she sat next to him.

"Heya Gaz!" Dib greeted painfully loud.

"Hello." She greeted back.

"Hey Membranes! How's it goin?" A voice that sounded like Keef's asked.

"It's going good." Dib responded.

"Eh." Gaz replied.

"Great to hear! You two should come to my party tonight, it's gonna be open to anyone!" Keef invited.

"Sure." The Membrane siblings voiced.

"Awesome! I'll see you guys tonight!" Keef said as he walked to his own table. Gaz looked around once and didn't find Zim in the cafeteria.

I wonder if Zim'll get invited-wait no, stop thinking about him damnit! Gaz told herself.

The rest of the Skool day went by easily and everyone ran out of the Skool, excited that it was Friday.

"Computer!" Zim called as he entered his base.

"Huh?"

"I'm going to a party tonight and I need you to do this assignment for me." Zim replied as he grabbed the phone book from his PAK.

"Yeah, sure, no-ZIM WHAT THE KRIFF!?" Computer questioned as he saw the giant phone book full of papers. Zim dropped it on the couch and ran to his room.

"Sorry, Computer, but I have to get ready!" Zim apologized.

Once he made it to his room, he closed the door and huffed a sigh. He went up to his closet and opened it.

"Okay, Crish, what should Zim wear?"

"OOOOO I GET TO DECIDE AGAIN?!" The demon asked with pure excitement.

"Yes."

"YAYAYAYAYAYAY!" Crish exclaimed. She suddenly stopped and examined the many clothes Zim recently got. "Go with the… camo sweatshirt, black joggers, and white shoes!"

Zim changed into the clothes Crish told him to and checked himself out after he was done.

"Wow… not too bad, Crish, Zim likes this." Zim said.

"YAYYY!" Crish cheered.

"I'm surprised you have some sort of fashion sense."

"Zimmy, I've been around for years, I've seen all sorts of outfits!"

"Oh right, I should've thought of that."

Zim was on the couch, watching TV with Gir.

"Mastteeeeerrr." Gir spoke.

"Yes, Gir?" Zim asked as he looked at the little robot.

"Where is you going?"

"Ah, Zim is attending an open party in a bit." Zim responded with a smile.

"PARTY?! CAN I COME?!" Gir wondered as he shot up.

"Sorry, Gir, but you can't." Zim apologized as he patted the little robot's head.

"Aww…" Gir instantly sat down with his head low.

"If Zim attends another party he'll bring you along." Zim told the robot who picked his head up.

"R-Really…?"

"Yes, really."

"YAY!" Gir screamed as he tackled Zim. "I LUV YOU MASTER!"

Zim laughed as Gir nuzzled his head against Zim's. "Alright, alright get off of me, I have to go now." Gir jumped off as Zim stood up and wiped himself off.

"Be a good robot, Gir, I will surely be back."

"Bye master have fun!"

XXX

Gaz finished with her eyeliner and checked herself out. Her hair stayed the same but she was wearing purple eyeliner with black lipstick. She had on a purple hoodie crop top with black sleeves with black leggings and black boots. She also wore her favorite skull necklace with silver skull earrings.

Gaz made her way out of her room and went downstairs. Her brother was waiting for her on the couch. Once she finally made her way down the stairs she looked at Dib. He was wearing a white sweatshirt with black joggers and black shoes.

"Alright, let's go." Gaz told her brother as she walked past him. Dib got up and followed her outside. "You know how to drive, right?"

"Yeah, Dad taught me, sort of." Dib answered as he got into the driver's seat of his car that Professor Membrane got once he turned 16. It was a blue Chevrolet Corvette. Gaz got in after him and he started the car up. After a bit he backed up and drove to Keef's house.

The Membrane siblings arrived at the large house and could already hear music blasting from there, upsetting some of the neighbors. They saw a bunch of people park their cars and walk to the house. Dib found a spot and parked it. He turned off the ignition and got out with Gaz. As they got closer to the house, Gaz's mind started to mess with her.

Is Zim going to be here? If he is what would I do or say? Can I even do anything? Wait, no shut up and stop thinking like that! Gaz told herself as they got to the door.

"DANCE WHEN THE BASS HIT, DAB ON THE SPACESHIP, ME AND ALL MY MOTHERFUCKIN HOMIES GOIN APESHIT!" The people inside screamed as soon as Dib opened the door, causing him to cringe. The two fully walked inside and it was hot.

"Jeez, there's so many people here…" Dib commented as he looked around.

"That's what you get for going to an open party." Gaz said as she too, looked around. She spotted Zim and her heart slightly hurt once she saw that he was talking to a girl. "Have fun, Dib."

"Wait, where're you going?!" Dib asked, but it was too late. His voice was drowned out by the other people screaming. "Ugh, whatever." He said as he walked to the kitchen, hopefully there wouldn't be as many people there.

Once Dib made it to the kitchen, he saw Gretchen in the corner, on her phone. She had her hair down and was wearing an orange sweatshirt with black pants and orange with purple shoes.

She's the only one I know here that might actually talk to me… Dib thought. Jeez, do I really wanna talk to her? Screw it, if it turns out bad I can just find someone else. Dib thought as he walked up to Gretchen.

Gaz made her way through the crowd of people and was near Zim. She stood there and started lightly dancing in case someone asked why she was just standing there.

"I like your outfit Zim, it surely beats what you originally wore." A girl complimented.

"Ah yes, Zim knows this outfit is great, behold it while you still can!" Zim told the girl, getting a giggle from her.

Zim makes a fool of himself without even knowing yet she finds it funny how? Gaz wondered, even though she'd do the same thing if it was switched and she knows it.

"God, you're funny. I wish I talked to you last year." The girl said.

"Why couldn't you?" Zim asked.

"Mm, because of my boyfriend, he's too protective of me and won't let me talk to any guy, even if it's to ask a simple question." She responded.

She has a boyfriend too?! Gaz thought growing angry by the second.

"Hm… well, I don't know anything about your relationships, so I really can't help you with this." Zim told her honestly.

If he knew would he have helped her? And since when did Zim help people? Yet again he did compliment me yesterday… Gaz thought as her blush returned. NO NO STOP IT!

"Ah, it's fine, I just wish he wasn't so protective of me."

"AYO HANA!" A voice yelled from behind the girl. Soon, a boy that was slightly taller than Zim appeared behind the girl that was talking to Zim. He was wearing a tank top with a chain and black, baggy pants with black shoes.

"Oh, hey Drew." Hana greeted half heartedly. Drew stared at Zim who stared back.

"Who the fuck are you?" Drew asked the alien.

"I'm the Almighty Zim, who're you, monkey?"

"The fuck you just call me?" Drew asked as he pushed past Hana.

"You didn't answer my question, monkey." Zim stated as he didn't move. Gaz watched and was getting excited at seeing Zim look so tough, it made her feel tingly.

"That's it, yo-"

"Alright alright, cut it out you two!" A voice told the two. Keef rushes over to them and got in between them. "If y'all are gonna fight then do it outside, not in here."

Drew snorted as he turned around. "Let's go, Hana."

Hana sighed. "See ya Zim."

Keef looked at Zim, who was still glaring at Drew's back.

"Yo."

Zim shifted his attention to the red haired boy. "Hm?"

"Calm it down now, dude, you have a party to attend to." Keef told the alien who raised a brow, if he had one.

"But Zim is already at your party, why would I go to another one?" Zim asked, not getting the joke.

"What? No, I meant you still have to party. So far all you did was talk and nearly get into a fight-I mean yeah that happens at parties-but like you still have to dance and sing, also get wasted!" Keef exclaimed.

"As if I, the Almighty Zim, can get "wasted." I have a high tolerance of alcohol." Zim stated with his head held high. At least he knows what wasted means.

"Haha, okay, Greenie, lets have two drinks." Keef invited.

"Lead the way." Zim accepted as the two made their way to the kitchen. Gaz secretly followed them and saw her brother talking to Gretchen. Woah, wait a minute since when did this happen? Gaz thought as she was slightly intrigued as to why Dib would talk to Gretchen.

Dib saw Keef walk in with Zim. Zim looked and saw Dib and Gretchen.

"Where's Gaz, Dib?" Zim asked as Keef got out two shot glasses.

"Dunno, she walked off somewhere." Dib answered.

"Ah so she is here…" Zim whispered loud enough for Dib to hear.

"You better not do anything to her, al-asshole." Dib warned.

"Zim would do no such things, Dib-stink, he would simply like to talk and dance with her." Zim told as he grabbed a cup and chugged it. Keef did the same and poured one more for the both of them.

"You're not doing any of those things." Dib stated.

Gaz snorted quietly as she heard this. As if I'd do anything you say, Dib. Gaz thought with a glare.

Zim drank the cup full of alcohol and he set it down. He looked at Dib with a sinister look. It made Gaz tingle.

"As if." Zim simply said, leaving the kitchen with Keef. Dib was about to chase after him, but Gretchen grabbed his arm. Dib looked back and Gretchen just shook her head.

"Don't chase after him, it might give him more ideas if you worry." Gretchen told the Membrane sibling.

He sighed. "I guess you're right."

"So, what was it about… the zombie bear you wanted to tell me about?"

Zim and Keef made their way to the middle of the crowd.

"They saw we've been spending our time, lost and wasting our lives." Keef began singing to the song.

What is he singing? Zim thought.

"It's called Finding Our Way! You wanna sing it with him?" Crish asked from his head.

Yes.

"Okay! One song coming right up!" Crish said as she did something. Zim's eye squinted in pain as he bared his teeth. Keef was too busy singing so he didn't see any of this.

Crish, what are you doing?! Are you trying to attack my brain?! Zim angrily thought.

"No you dummy! I'm trying to cram the song in your head!" Crish told as she pushed the song which was in the form of a disc into Zim's brain.

Zim's brain is big! How can you not fit a simple song in there?!

"You have too much crap in there, Zim!" Crish said, finally the disc slipped in and Crish fell against the brain. "Oof!"

Zim's face turned back to normal.

"Yeah, we messed up a little too much!" Keef sang.

"Since our skool nights out getting drunk!" Zim sang along making Keef look at him in excitement.

"Used to sing at the top of our lungs!"

"We're finding our way, we're finding our way!"

"We're lost in the fray, but we're not afraid! We're finding our way, we're all just the same! We learn from mistakes, we're finding our way, we're finding our way!" They both sang together. Gaz looked at them in amazement. Who knew Zim could sing?

Thanks Crish! Zim thanked with a wide grin.

"No problem, dude! I also shoved a bunch of other things in there. You can now dance! And you also know a bunch of more songs now!" Crish informed. "Go wild, Zimmy!"

Keef started shuffling as the song went on and the alcohol was kicking in. Zim joined him too and the two soon-to-be-drunks were perfectly in sync somehow, making Gaz even more impressed.

"Ooh ooh yeah, finding our way! Ooh ooh yeah we're finding our way!" They sang as they shuffled together. People started looking at them and moved out of the way for them to dance. Some took out their phones and started to record.

"Damn Zim, since when could you shuffle?!" Keef wondered.

"Zim doesn't remember you being able to dance either!"

"I recently started during the summer!" Keef told.

"I started not too long ago as well." Zim lied, it technically was true that he started not long ago.

"I find it crazy how we're in sync!" Keef noticed.

"Don't stop now, Keef-monkey, or are you too slow?!"

Keef grinned. "Alright, Greenie, you're on!" Keef declared as the song ended. The two stopped and looked at each other. Everyone cheered them on.

"How do you want to do this?" Zim asked.

"We could each take turns. I go first, then you go first, something like that. Or we could try and be in sync and see who falls out of it first." Keef offered.

"I like the second one more." Zim said as he grinned.

"Bet." Keef said as he walked up to the dj. "Yo dj! Play Krush Groove!" The dj nodded and Keef made his way back to the dance floor.

"Alright, Beef, let's see how you fare in this."

"Beef? Hadn't heard you mispronounce my name in years." Keef dramatically said as he changed his voice.

"Calm down, it's only been a year." Zim said as Keef laughed.

"Get ready."

As the music began to play, both Keef and Zim began to dance. People started to cheer for the two as they danced more intensely, switching it up every now and then, but still in sync.

"ZIM! ZIM! ZIM!" Some people cheered

"KEEF! KEEF! KEEF!" The others cheered. Even Gaz was cheering… for Zim of course.

Dib and Gretchen heard the commotion and decided to check it out. They pushed past people and saw Zim and Keef dancing.

"What the hell…" Dib whispered as he did not expect this to happen.

"Awesome! Zim and Keef are having a dance off!" Gretchen noticed. Dib watched in shock as he saw the two go at it.

The song ended shortly and the two drunks stopped to take a breath. They smiled at each other before walking off the dance floor, hearing the other people cheer for them made them feel good.

As Zim and Keef sat on the couch, they both laughed.

"Dude… dude! That was… a-mazing!" Keef commented as he tapped Zim's chest.

"Ahahah! Yes, it was epiiiiiic! Wow, I don't think I've ever had that much fun at a party before." Zim told.

"Have you ever been to a party?" Keef asked.

"Hm… ah, who knows, can't remember!" Zim responded making Keef laugh. Zim looked around and saw Gaz.

Oh right… I think I was supposed to talk to Gaz? Did I say that or was that to piss Dib off? Ah, who cares! Zim thought as he stood up.

"Zim's gonna talk to Gaz, he'll be back." Zim said as he walked over to Gaz.

"Ardy." Keef responded.

Gaz started to dance by herself, feeling a bit better since she saw Zim dance with Keef, strangely. She soon felt a presence behind her and for a second thought it was Zim, but then she saw the hands wrapped around her waist.

"Get. Off." She demanded as she stopped moving, the body behind kept on moving though.

"Why? We were havin a good time." The voice behind her said in a fake whining tone.

"No, Trey, get off me now." Gaz demanded again.

"Oh come on Gaz, let's enjoy this one dance. Your body feels nice." Trey commented as he smirked at her. That comment made Gaz angry. She stomped on his shoe which made him release her and she stepped away. Gaz whipped around and was about to say something, before she saw Zim behind Trey.

"Hey." Zim spoke, slightly scaring Trey. He whipped his head around and backed up to see Zim clearly. The two were about the same height, Zim being like half an inch taller. Trey was wearing a white and black sweatshirt with jeans and white shoes on. "Why are you trying to convince Gaz to dance with you when she clearly doesn't want to?"

"Pfft, how do you know that? You just assuming things?" Trey asked.

"No, Zim was standing here the whole time, even the Gaz is glaring at you as we speak." Zim replied, glancing at Gaz. Trey glanced too, and saw that Gaz indeed was glaring at him. Trey turned back around and glared at Zim.

"Alright, bitch, you'll leave me and Gaz alone or else I'll ruin you!" Trey quietly grilled as he got into Zim's face.

"First off, I'm not a female dog. Second, why would I leave you alone with Gaz when she clearly doesn't want you anywhere near her? And third, you won't do anything, worm baby, you're too weak." Zim insulted with an unimpressed glare. Gaz loosened hers a bit as she saw Zim's fierce look. She felt all tingly again and it was annoying her.

"Weak?! I'm not weak!" Trey shouted at Zim.

"You're clearly weak-minded if a simple insult like "weak" affected you." Zim stated. Out of rage, Trey pushed Zim back.

"You're gonna get it!"

"If you wanna fight then let's do it outside, I don't feel like crashing the party for everyone else, unlike you." Zim said, Trey pushed past Zim and made his way outside. A couple of other people went outside right after Trey, presumably his friends.

"Zim-"

"Zim'll be fine, Dib-sister, just make sure no one does anything like that to you while Zim is gone."

Gaz didn't say anything as Zim walked out and left the house, a bunch of other people walked out too to watch the fight. Gaz looked around and found Dib sitting with Keef. She walked over to her brother.

"Where's Gretchen?" Gaz asked, not really caring.

"Left. Her mom wanted her home." Dib answered with a drink in hand.

"That's lame." Gaz commented.

"Psh… it's whatever, I thought it'd go horrible but it was surprisingly pleasant." Dib said as he took a swig from the cup. Gaz looked at Dib, then at the door debating on if she should watch Zim fight or not. She decided to watch Zim and she left the house. Outside there were already people watching from a distance. Zim was surrounded by Trey and his two friends.

"This doesn't seem fair." Zim commented as he looked around.

"Hah, you mess with the wrong people and the whole squad will be after you." Trey said with a smirk.

"No, krintek, I'm talking about you guys." Zim said.

Trey bared his teeth. "Alright, enough talk!"

"Zimmyyyyyy! Use my fighting abilities to help you out! A 3 against 1 is hard to do, and you're still not exactly in good mental health and you're a little drunk!" Crish warned.

Hah… as much as Zim hates receiving help from others, He is slightly drunk and has no choice… Zim thought as he sighed. Alright, lend Zim your powers, Crish.

"On it!" Crish said as she put her hands against Zim's brain. Her power was traveling down her arms and into his brain.

Wait, shouldn't you be using my PAK for transfer? Zim asked.

"Oh I forgot to tell you, your PAK doesn't function as your brain anymore. The PAK is now a separate thing, मन पराउनु a backpack!" Crish informed.

… Do you not know what "like" means? Zim thought.

"No, but- ZIM PAY ATTENTION!" Zim snapped out of it as he saw Trey throw the first punch. Zim parried it, then grabbed his arm and put it behind his back. Zim kicked Trey's leg in and he kneed.

"AGH! FUCK! DO SOMETHING DIPSHITS!" Trey screamed at his friends. One of them took a step forward before throwing a punch, but Zim rolled over Trey's back and, once again, use Trey's back as a leverage to kick his friend's back hard. He tripped over himself and fell. Zim kneed Trey's face before rushing the last guy standing and grabbed his face before slamming it into the ground. The other guy that fell stood back up, but Zim swept his legs and stomped on his back.

"This was barely a warm up." Zim scoffed as he turned and headed back into the house. The people that watched were shocked that Zim could pull off a 3 versus 1. Someone recorded it and snickered as they disappeared.

Gaz was amazed as she saw Zim fight while drunk. She couldn't believe that he was that strong to kick 3 people's asses at once. Zim walked up to her and smiled.

"Well, Little Gaz, Zim still has to dance with you, so Zim shall do that." He said as he patted the Membrane sibling's head.

Gaz lightly blushed at the sign of this. "Zim… get your hand off of me…" She demanded in a low voice, almost sounding cowardly.

Zim leaned down to her ear. "Come on Little Gaz, your face is red, hope you're not sick. Also, your outfit looks rather pleasing to look at, keep it up."

Gaz's eyes widened as her blush deepened. She watched as Zim walked into the house and was now questioning herself as to why she liked hearing Zim whisper in her ear.

Gaz shortly followed Zim inside and they both made their way to where everyone else was. Zim began to dance slowly, waiting for Gaz to join him.

"Come on, Little Gaz, dance with me." Zim insisted. Gaz just looked at him. She really didn't want Zim to see how she danced.

Zim smirked at her. "Gaz… loosen up a bit, I can tell that you're tense for whatever reason may be, but this is a party, enjoy yourself."

Gaz sighed as she began moving slowly.

"There we go." Zim commented as he slowed down to match Gaz's speed. She looked at Zim then at the floor.

God, why am I doing this? She asked herself.

"You're gonna have to move faster than that, this song isn't that slow." Zim told her. Gaz looked up and glared at Zim as she moved faster.

"Little Gaz, you have a lot to learn." Zim said as he got behind her.

"H-Hey! What the hell are you doi-"

"Trust me." Zim whispered in her ear. She tensed up a bit as he did that and he moved away.

The next ten minutes, Zim was instructing Gaz on how to dance. Gaz couldn't pay attention as she was too busy trying to calm herself down, and that Zim was touching her and she wasn't doing anything about it.

"One touch, one kiss won't be enough, I'm all empty, fill me up, closer, baby I want you. I'm hooked, I'm struck, I'm at your door, desperate for a little more. Closer, baby I want you." Zim sang with the song. Soon, the two fell in rhythm and began dancing with the song.

Gaz grew a small smile as she watched her feet basically move on their own. Zim moved away and got back in front of her. He began dancing with her and they began to enjoy themselves. People started turning heads as they saw Gaz dancing with someone. Normally she'd just sit and glare at everyone, but it looked like she was genuinely having fun.

Gaz ignored the looks as she was too busy dancing her ass off, Zim looked at her and smiled.

Why am I enjoying this? Zim asked.

"Because you're dancing with someone you want to dance with." Crish answered with a smug smile.

Interesting… Zim thought as he continued dancing. The two eventually stopped once the song did and laughed.

"Wow Zim… I'm really surprised you can dance." Gaz commented.

"Pah! What else do you expect from the amazing Zim?" Zim asked cockily.

"I'd expect you to trip over your own feet." Gaz responded, making Zim glare at her.

"Says the one that needed Zim's help." Zim retorted, causing Gaz to lowly growl at him.

"No I didn't! You just felt the need to help, which I didn't need." Gaz denied.

Zim put his hands up. "If you say so, Little Gaz, but what you were doing wasn't really dancing."

Gaz glared at him. "Whatever."

"Don't get all pouty now, we had fun, right?"

She sighed. "Yeah, we did."

Zim smiled as he walked away to find Keef and Gaz followed. They found him asleep on the couch and Dib was on the other side, asleep as well. Zim walked up to Keef and gave him a light slap on the cheek.

Keef woke up and blinked. "Oh, hey Zim… what's up?"

"I think it's time to end the party, Keef." Zim stated. Keef checked his phone and sighed.

"Alright, give me a moment." Keef said as he rested against the couch. Gaz full on slapped her brother.

"Ow…" Dib groaned as he rubbed his cheek. "Gaz… why'd you slep me…?"

"Time to go, Dib." Gaz answered as she stepped back.

"Fuck…" Dib whispered as he put his arm over his eyes. Keef got up and wobbled to the dj stand. Once he got to it, he used it as a support and grabbed the mic.

"Sorry to… sorry to end the party, but it's gonna have to end now. Go home and don't drive if you're drunk! See ya guys later, make sure you come to the next one!" Keef told everyone. "Whenever that'll be…"

Zim watched as Keef wobbled back and held onto Zim's shoulder. Everyone started leaving after the announcement, a bit sad it had to end.

"You gonna be okay, Keef?" Zim asked as the Keef flopped on the couch.

"Yeah… I'll be fine." Keef reassured. "H-How are you not… drunk?"

"I told you, I have a high tolerance. Whatever you gave me was a bit stronger than expected, but I assume you don't?" Zim guessed.

"Yeah… 2's my limit." Keef confirmed as he chuckled.

"How many drinks did Dib-stink have?" Zim asked as he turned to Gaz. She just shrugged.

"Gaz… can you drive me home?" Dib asked as he slumped against the couch.

"Dib that's not even a question you should ask." Gaz told her brother. Dib dug in his pocket before grabbing his keys and Gaz grabbed them.

"You know how to drive, right?" Zim checked.

"If I can drive an alien ship I'm pretty sure I can drive a car." Gaz said. Zim nodded as he stretched.

"Let Zim take Dib to his car." Zim offered as he walked up to Dib.

"You're really gonna help Dib?" Gaz asked in slight bewilderment.

"I'd rather not, but it'll just be a hassle for you if he's too heavy." Zim replied as he picked up Dib and carried him over his shoulder.

"Thanks, I guess." Gaz thanked.

"Goodbye, Keef." Zim waved to the sleepy redhead.

"Ciao Ciao, Greenie." Keef said as he raised his hand.

"See ya Keef." Gaz said.

"Bye Gaz."

Zim with Dib on his shoulder and Gaz walked out of Keef's house. They made it to Dib's car and Zim set Dib in the passenger's seat. Gaz went to the driver's seat and started up the car. She looked at Zim, who looked at her with a smile.

"Thanks, Zim… for showing me how to dance… and… you fighting those 3 assholes was pretty cool." Gaz admitted, slightly looking away.

"No problem, Little Gaz, also you seemed to know the Trey-beast, what is it with you two?" Zim wondered.

Gaz deeply sighed. "Trey liked me since 8th grade, he was obsessed with me during that time but seemed to calm down a bit… but he tries to be more physical with his actions."

Zim glared intensely. "Seems like this Trey-beast is going to have to learn a lesson, FROM ZIM!"

"Dude, keep your voice down!" Gaz whispered to him. "Also, you don't need to do that."

"I can already tell this'll be an ongoing thing, from the way he acted, it won't die down anytime soon." Zim told Gaz.

"Well, knock yourself out then, make sure I'm there to see it though."

"You'll get the first hit."

"Sounds like an easy deal to me."

Zim laughed. "Well, I guess I'm off then, goodbye Gaz."

"See ya dumbass." Gaz said as she watched Zim walk away. "Wait a minute, how will you get home?!"

Zim threw up his hand and made a V shape with it. Gaz stared a bit more before remembering that she had a brother to take home.

Zim made it to his house and flopped on the couch once he got in.

"How was it?" Computer asked.

"Fun." Zim responded.

"I finished your homework."

"Good job."

"Did you just… compliment me?" Computer asked, only getting a snore as a response. "I'll take that as a yes."

Gan: So uh… I didn't expect the chapter to be this long… idk if the others I make are gonna be like this, but… also this story might go from T to M, but it depends on how the story goes. I hope you enjoyed it! Leave a review if you wanna and favorite it too. All your choice though. See ya in the next one, whenever that'll be!