Shin: Hello! I went back and fixed up all the grammar mistakes in the first 3 chapters, still got some more to fix. Also, in the last chapter, Twiglug's name was supposed to be Trenj so I went back to fix that. Sorry for the confusion.

Gan: You need to reread your work, smh.

Shin: Why don't you do it since you seem to not do much?

Gan: I have a story to write as well ya know!"


Chapter 14: Demigoddesses

Seina was asleep in her purple bed. She was smiling as she was having a good dream.

A few minutes passed and her closet opened. A zombie came out of the shadows and slowly limped towards Seina's bed. The zombie lowly grumbled and stepped on a creaky spot in the floor. Seina fluttered her eyes open and sat up to look at the zombie. Her eyes widened as she saw it clearly.

Seina screeched and the zombie instantly started to get encased in ice before it was destroyed, dismembering all of the zombie's body parts.

Laura busted through her door with an angry expression on her face. She was in a blue tank top with black shorts on and black socks. Her hair was a mess as she just woke up due to Seina's screaming.

"Seina! What the hell are you screaming for?! You sound like a damn banshee!" Laura grilled.

"Laura! Th-there was a zombie in my room just now!" Seina told her younger sister. Laura raised an eyebrow and looked around the room before seeing the zombie's frozen body parts.

"What the hell?!" Laura exclaimed and jumped back. "Why is there a zombie on your floor?!"

"How the fuck am I supposed to know?!" Seina shouted.

"Good morning, children!" Galara voiced and swung around the doorframe with a wide smile.

"Mom! There's a zombie on my floor!" Seina yelled and pointed to the floor. Galara looked and giggled.

"Why are you laughing?! Zombies shouldn't even be a real thing!" Laura exclaimed.

"Oh children, I was the one who summoned that zombie!" Galara announced.

"Huh?" Both Laura and Seina asked dumbfounded.

"Mhm! Watch!" Galara said and held her hand out. The frozen zombie parts came back together to form the encased frozen zombie. The ice broke off and the zombie stood there.

"MOM WHAT THE FUCK?!" Laura and Seina shouted in shock.

"Children, there's something I need to tell you, I've kept it for years and I feel like now should be a good time to tell you." Galara stated.

"What?! Tell us that you're a fuckin' wizard?!" Laura guessed.

Galara sighed and left the doorframe. "Come downstairs."

Laura looked at Seina, and Seina looked at Laura, then they looked at the zombie.

"If you don't come downstairs that zombie will eat you!" Galara warned and the zombie grew a devilish smile.

"GO GO GO!" Seina shouted as she leaped out of bed and ran out of her room with Laura already being by the stairs. The zombie ran after them.

Laura ran down the stairs and jumped off of them midway. A loud crash was heard as she rolled and ran into the living room. As Seina was running down the stairs, the zombie touched her neck and she screeched. She too, jumped off the stairs and rolled. Seina ran into the kitchen and fell forward. Her sister was on the couch, trying to catch her breath.

"Mom… explain, now." Laura demanded.

Galara giggled. "Well kids, to put it simply, I'm a goddess."

"Mom, you're not high, right? Cause that's what it sounds like." Seina told Galara.

"If I wanted to pretend to be a goddess I'd do LSD… but that's not the point! The point is, I'm really a goddess, look, I'm so old that I could be everyone's great grandmother times 10 and up." Galara explained in a serious tone

Laura and Seina's eyes widened. "Wait… so then what goddess are you?"

"You girls probably never heard of her, but I'm the goddess Hel." Galara answered.

"Isn't she from Norse mythology?" Laura guessed with a raised eyebrow.

Galara smiled and clapped happily. "So you do know! How awesome!"

"Yeah, I remember seeing her in some game." Laura added while scratching her chin. Galara's smile turned into a pissed off grin as one of her eyes twitched.

"Not the response I was expecting… but anyways, I lived on this Earth for many years." Galara said and calmed down a bit.

"Did Dad know?" Seina wondered as she sat up.

Galara shook her head. "I couldn't imagine what that man would do if he knew…"

"Thank god he doesn't, cause I know he'd stay for obvious reasons." Laura voiced, resting against the couch.

"Wait… so, if you're a goddess, why are you here?" Seina asked.

"Well, the place that I attend is kinda boring. There's practically no one there and the people who are there are my two brothers."

"What are they like?" Laura asked.

"Jackasses, that's what they're like." Galara responded with a glare.

"So, why tell us this?" Seina asked.

Galara took a deep breath. "As you may know, there are beasts roaming around on Earth and more are appearing."

"How do you know that?!" Seina asked in shock.

"Seina… I'm a goddess… I oversee the Earth, plus, the news is helpful." Galara answered with a deadpan expression.

"Dumbass." Laura whispered, making Seina glare at her.

"So, if you knew, why didn't you do anything about it, or warn us?" Seina asked.

"Well, for one, Zim was there to stop the ones that were in the city. Two, only major disasters catch our eyes. For example, say a giant tornado went through a whole state, that would be a problem, other than that, we just chill in our Heavenly Realm. Three, if I were to kill the beasts, not only would I get in trouble for interfering with human problems, but I'd also stand out too much because of the way I handle things. Also, people would know who I am and stuff and it would be crazy." Galara explained.

"Why would you get in trouble for interfering with human problems?" Laura wondered.

"It's a rule that gods can't interfere with human problems, at least, it's a rule for the preexisting gods." Galara responded.

"Preexisting gods…? So then, who're the new gods?" Seina asked.

"Who do you think?"

Seina and Laura both thought about it for a moment. "Wait… is Zim a god…?"

Galar nodded. "Yes, he is."

"That makes sense… apparently he's Sun Wukong or something and everyone else knew but us." Laura remembered.

"Jeez… I'm surprised… never knew an alien could be a god." Seina said as she rubbed her head.

"Well… Sun Wukong was already an alien." Galara added with a slight chuckle.

"Eh?" Both Seina and Laura voiced as they looked at their mom with a confused look.

"Yep, he was an Irken, just like Zim."

"Now this is getting complicated…" Seina commented.

"Argh… is there anything else you wanna tell us that might blow our minds?" Laura wondered.

"Yes, actually… you two both have powers." Galara told with a serious look.

"Really?" Seina checked.

"Yeah, that's mainly the reason I told you. I want you two to harness the power that I gave you to defend yourselves against the beasts in case no one else can." Galara expanded.

"Wow… that's…wow." Laura whispered as she tried to process it.

"And what other way to practice your powers than have Zim help!" Galara added. "Hopefully he's not doing anything!"

XXX

Zim was in his lab with Gaz as they were researching the gourd battle. When they got home, they saw a girl in a white dress they'd never seen before. It was Manna and she explained to them that Grin was fighting an alien beast so she switched bodies to carry him over and yeah, you guys know.

Anyways, in the large screen, it displayed an image of the gourd bottle and a description on what it looked like and what material it was made of.

"Ugh, no one cares about what it's made of!" Gaz voiced in annoyment.

Zim continued reading and his eyes widened. "So… this gourd bottle is a defensive weapon… it can hold 10,000 people…"

Gaz soon found where he was reading and her eyes widened as well.

"Jee, that sounds like a neat weapon to have." Gaz commented.

"Yeah, it sure is. This'll surely make it easy to transport people or capture any beasts if need be." Zim agreed with a slight nod.

Gaz smirked. "So, what now? It sucked that we couldn't fully enjoy the gaming convention…"

Zim sighed as he recalled the events. "Yeah… but maybe next time, and honestly, I don't really know."

"Well, how about we-" Gaz stopped as Zim suddenly disappeared. "-what…"

XXX

Zim was teleported in someone's house and he looked around. The first thing he noticed was Seina, second was Laura, and third was Galara. Seina and Laura had shocked faces and Zim realized he was sitting next to Galara.

"Wait… how'd I get here…?" Zim wondered.

"I summoned you!" Galara responded with a wide smile.

"You can do that?!" Zim asked bewildered.

"All gods can!" Galara said.

"I wanna try! I summon, Hel!" Zim spoke. Galara disappeared and appeared in Zim's lap.

"Interesting, I don't think this was supposed to happen." Galara noticed with a giggle.

Zim was embarrassed as he wondered why she was sitting on him instead of next to him.

"M-MOM!" Seina shouted in embarrassment.

"What? Not my fault it worked like this." Galara defended.

"You could at least get off of him." Laura suggested.

"But what if I don't want to?" Galara challenged.

"Oh god…" Laura responded as she facepalmed.

"Mom… that's not appropriate." Seina pointed out with a sigh.

"Oh? And you think that some of your undergarments are appropriate?" Galara wondered with a raised eyebrow. Seina quickly blushed while Laura and Zim's eyes were wide open.

"MOM!" Seina shouted.

Zim fake coughed loudly, making everyone look at him. "Why did you calm me here, Miss?"

"Ah right! I called you here because I need you to help me teach Seina and Laura about spellcasting!" Galara answered.

"What for?"

"Well, I forgot to tell you this, but they have powers."

"Wait they do?! That's awesome!"

"Mhm! They're basically demigod...essess… demigoddesses? Yeah, I think that's right…"

Zim smiled at hearing this. "Well this sure is exciting news!"

"What exactly are our powers?" Laura wondered.

"We'll have to train you to find out." Galara answered as she hopped out of Zim's lap. "Come on, let's go to the woods so we can practice."

"First let's get dressed." Laura said as she got off the couch. Seina stood up, but didn't move.

"The zombie's gone, right?" Seina asked as she pointed toward the stairs. Galara nodded and Seina sighed in relief before she made her way up the stairs followed by her sister.

After they got dressed and were in the living room, Zim and Galara got up and walked out of the house. Zim pulled out his phone and quickly texted Gaz.

Zim: Sorry that I left you, Gaz! Seina and Laura's mom teleported me to their house and now I have to help them out with their powers.

Gaz: wait… since when was seina's mom able to teleport people? also, seina and laura have powers? that's bullshit

Zim: I know, it happened pretty quickly, also their mom has always been able to do that. every god has the ability to summon another god.

Gaz: ugh, that kinda ticks me off

Zim: Are you mad because they have powers and you don't?

Gaz: basically yeah

Zim: Don't worry Gaz, it ain't all that bad.

Gaz: if you say so

Zim: Anyways, I gotta go now, I'll see you later.

Gaz: yeah, ciao

"Who ya textin'?" Seina wondered as she peered over Zim's shoulder.

"Texting Gaz about the sudden teleportation and whatnot." Zim responded as he pocketed his phone.

"She's mad, isn't she?" Seina asked with a cat-like smirk.

Zim breathed out air and nodded. "Yep, she's mad."

"I would be too, but I'm not!" Seina said with a content smile on her face. Zim looked at her questioningly before shaking his head.

The group soon made it to a spot far away from the city so that no one could hear them.

"Alright children!" Galara spoke as she turned around. "First lesson will be to transform into demigoddess forms."

"We can do that?" Laura asked.

Galara nodded. "Zim, let's show them." Zim nodded and stood next to Galara.

Galara closed her eyes and spreaded her arms out. Black and white swirls circled around her body before making it impossible to see her. The swirls dispersed into little particles and revealed Galara's Hel form.

Zim took out Ruyi and a fire began to circle around him before it swirled around his body and fully covered him. The fire exploded into tiny sparks and flares and revealed Zim in his Sun Wukong form.

"Woah! That was awesome!" Laura commented.

"You can do it too." Galara pointed out.

"How?" Seina asked.

"First things first, close your eyes." Galara told her kids. They both closed their eyes. "Good, now, put your hands together like you're praying."

Seina and Laura both put their hands together.

"Okay, now focus and keep a clear mind. What you're going to see is a black or white orb. Do not do anything and let it come towards you. Don't freak out if you see anything else." Galara instructed them. They slightly nodded as their faces furrowed as they concentrated on trying to keep a clear mind. Zim and Galara witnessed as Seina started to get enveloped in a dark aura. The aura covered her whole body slowly before it all went into a set of dark and feathery wings that were now in Seina's back. She was now wearing a pitch black dress and black boots. The left side of her face was half black and was glaring. There was a small horn on the top of her head that had dark energy swirling around it slowly. A small tail drooped from her back.

Laura was surrounded in a light tornado. It soon exploded and revealed Laura in lightweight armor. It was silver and bordered by gold. She had on a silver mini skirt with gold frills. She had silver boots that went up to her knees. There were little wings in the back of them, and she also had light feathery wings on her back. Half of a mask rested on the right side of her face, and so did a half-completed, golden halo.

"After the orb has disappeared, open your eyes." Galara told them.

Seina and Laura opened their eyes. Seina's left eye was completely black with a red circle. Laura's left eye was white and had a flat yellow circle.

Seina looked at Laura, and Laura looked back. They both shared a shocked expression as they checked each other out.

"What the hell?! You look so… demonic! It's cool!" Laura complemented.

"And you look so angelic it makes me feel safe…" Seina complemented back.

"You both look awesome! These forms will definitely help you guys out, and I think it fits your style." Zim voiced as he inspected both of them.

"Why does Seina get the demonic form and I get… this?" Laura asked as she gestured to her armor.

"It fits your style, that's why. You'll see whenever you use it more." Galara answered.

"Wait, how did Seina and Laura get dark and light powers? I thought that you only had ice, disease, necromancy, and death." Zim said.

"If I told you I had both dark and light, you'd probably tell me to use them when we fought, and if I did, you'd absolutely be destroyed." Galara responded.

Zim looked to the side and considered if what she was saying was possibly true. Most likely since Galara's a goddess.

"Now, let's see you summon a weapon. Seina, close both of your fists and hold them out, make sure they're touching." Galara instructed as she put her closed fists together and held them out. Seina did the same.

"Great, now, take your right fist and move it away from your left fist, open the right fist and curve it down." Galara told Seina. Galara moves her right fist away and opened it, she moved her opened hand in a downward curve.

Seina did the same and as she was doing it, a black substance was forming where she was moving her hand. Seina opened her hand and curved it down. After she did that, she made a black scythe that was swirling with purple energy.

"Holy shit!" Seina exclaimed as she looked at the black scythe in surprise. Laura and Zim also looked at the scythe in surprise too.

"Mom! Do I get a cool weapon like Seina?!" Laura wondered.

Galara giggled. "Yes, you do. Now, Laura, I want you to put one closed fist over the other."

Laura instantly did what she was told and had both of her closed fists on top of another.

"Good. Now, move the bottom one down and as you see your weapon form, keep going until you see it's finished, after that, raise the sword high." Galara said.

Laura moved her hand down, and a sword was forming, Laura finished the sword and raised it high. It glowed bright and was shining before it died down. Laura brought it to her face and looked disappointed.

It almost looked like a regular silver sword. The hilt was gold and on the blade there were golden arrowheads on it.

"This looks like any other sword!" Laura exclaimed with anger while Seina laughed.

"Mm… nope! Flick it down." Galara told Laura. Laura sighed and flicked it down. The arrowheads extended, and made the sword look even longer.

"Woah!" Laura shouted and looked at her extended sword.

"Now, quickly flick the sword at a tree."

Laura looked for a tree and quickly flicked the sword in the direction of the tree. The sword extended and struck the tree.

"Woah! How long can this thing extend for?!" Laura asked in amazement.

"It can extend quite far." Galara answered with a smirk.

Laura pulled the sword towards her and the blades started coming back to her. The blade turned to normal and Laura gave it a twirl.

"Alright, let's get this training started, shall we?" Galara challenged.

"Wait, we don't even know how to cast spells!" Laura spoke.

Galara looked at Zim and Zim looked at Galara, they both shared a devilish smirk.

"That sure does suck, huh? Hey, dodge this." Galara told as she stomped on the ground. Ice started to form and it rushed towards Seina and Laura.

"Move!" Seina shouted. She shoved Laura out of the way and quickly jumped away from the ice. As the ice got to the spot where the two sisters were originally standing, it bursted out into giant icicles.

"Are you trying to kill your children?!" Laura grilled at her mom.

"Kids, you have to learn something, we're playing as the villains right now, and villains…"

"... Don't play fair." Zim finished as he slammed Ruyi on the ground, creating an earthquake. Seina and Laura lost their balance and fell down. Galara our both of her hands on the ground and ice started to form. The ice darted towards Seina and Laura.

"Laura run!" Seina shouted as she got up and ran off. Laura got up too and ran in a different direction. The ice attack missed and struck the trees.

"Ah, they know how to run, great." Galara whispered malevolently.

"Should we go hard on them?" Zim asked as he looked down at Galara.

"Nah, we'd kill them. Go easy medium-ish, if you know what I mean." Galara responded.

Zim smirked. "Yeah, I know what you mean."

"Have any ideas on how we should find them?"

Zim put a hand to his chin in thought. His eyes widened a bit as he got an idea.

"Yeah, I do." Zim said as he kneeled down. "You better encase yourself in ice."

Galara looked at him with a raised eyebrow before shrugging and making a small cube of ice.

"Jindouyun." He whispered as he pushed off of the ground. Zim was flying up and was soon high enough in the air to see the whole forest.

"Fei Yun, Transport!" Zim called. Parts of a nearby cloud darted at Zim and soon swirled under his feet. The parts of the cloud made a miniature cloud that Zim was able to stand on. Zim raised Ruyi to the sky.

"Fei Yun, Thunderbolt!" Zim shouted. The clouds in the air began to swirl together and started turning a dark grey as electricity was gathered in the clouds. A giant thunderbolt came striking down and hit Ruyi. Ruyi gathered all of the electricity that Fei Yun dispersed and the red rod was crawling with electricity. Zim then stuck Ruyi in the miniature cloud.

"RAIJIN'S THUNDER WRATH!" Zim shouted. All of the electricity in Ruyi went into the cloud and the cloud turned dark grey. The miniature Fei Yun was pulsating with electricity, then it released all of that built up electricity on the forest in all directions.

The electricity now turned into thunder destroyed the trees it touched. The trees that didn't get hit caught on fire because of how close the thunder was.

Galara saw this and her mouth gaped at the sight. Easy to say, she was easily impressed.

"Zim… if that's easy medium-ish, then what the hell is hard…?" Galara wondered.

A thunderbolt struck her ice cube and the part that it hit melted.

"Ah shit…" Galara cursed. She got up and sprinted away from her spot.

Seina was sprinting away through the forest and occasionally flapped her wings.

"Those guys are crazy!" Seina yelled as she found a tree and hid behind it.

A wild thunderbolt struck a tree in front of her and was incinerated. Seina looked with wide eyes.

"Holy shit… they're crazy." Seina whispered. The tree she was at caught on fire and some electricity coursed down the tree. It slightly shocked her neck and she jumped away.

"Ouch!"

Zim whipped his head in the general direction that Seina was.

"Found you." Zim said as he spun Ruyi. "Sonic Boom."

Seina was about to walk away, when Ruyi split the tree she was hiding behind and landed in front of her. She stared at the rod with surprise.

"How did he find me…?" She asked herself. Suddenly, the ground and the tree where Ruyi hit exploded, causing her to fly back. Seina went through a couple of trees and tumbled across the ground. Her back hit a tree and she laid there.

"Damnit… this sucks…" Seina said as she slowly got up. "I need to find Laura…"

Laura was running through the woods and wasn't looking back. She soon stopped at a tree and tried to catch her breath.

"Damn… what the hell was that?!" Laura grilled at nothing. Five thunderbolts crashed near her and she jumped. The electricity from the thunderbolts crawled near her and shocked her.

"Ow! What the hell?!"

Zim turned his head in the direction Laura was. He made a finger gun and pointed it in Laura's general direction.

"Ukko's Thunder Snipe." Zim said as his fingers started to get wrapped in electricity. He fired and all of the electricity on his hand went zooming in a straight line towards Laura.

Laura looked around and walked, when a tree in front of her got struck by Zim's thunder. The tree exploded and sent out electricity in the form of small sparks. The sparks flew everywhere and some landed on Laura. She tried to sweep them away, but soon got electrocuted badly. Laura fell to the ground and tried to get up, but she'd get electrocuted slightly causing her to fall back down.

"What… the hell…" She whispered, crawling away.

"Zim!" Galara shouted from behind a tree. Zim heard her and started floating down with Fei Yun. He reached the ground and hovered over to where Galara was hiding.

"Heya." Zim greeted with a wave.

"Zim, what the hell was that?! Are you trying to kill my children?!" Galara grilled.

"Of course not, I didn't directly hit any of them." Zim answered nonchalantly.

"But why use so much power? You really could've hurt them."

"I only used that much power so that they could get away from us. They need a plan since they're new, if they chose to fight us head on it wouldn't last long." Zim explained.

"Ohh, so that's why you almost tried to kill them!" Galara said as she understood.

"I didn't try to kill them! I was just scaring them!" Zim defended. He sat down on the cloud and sighed.

"So what now?"

"Well, we wait for them to come to us." Zim responded.

XXX

Seina limped through the forest and was rapidly checking her surroundings.

Where could she be? Seina wondered. She soon saw her sister resting up against a tree.

"Laura!" Seina called to her sister. Laura looked up and saw Seina limping towards her.

"Seina…" Laura whispered. Seina made it to her sister and crouched to her level.

"Holy shit… are you okay?" Seina asked and checked her sister for any major injuries.

"Heh… I could be better… but they really meant it when they said villains don't play fair…" Laura said with a slight chuckle.

"They didn't have to do all of this though…" Seina pointed out.

"I guess they're trying to have us know that these beasts won't wait for us to get ready." Laura added.

"Mm… but how are we supposed to beat Zim? He's been fighting these beasts since like day one! And our mom is fighting too, who knows how long she's been fighting for." Seina posed.

"I think we need to catch them off guard, but first we need to learn how to use spells." Laura said and she sat up.

"We could try meditating. That might help us." Seina suggested.

"Hm… alright, let's try it." Laura agreed. Seina day down and they both put their hands together. They concentrated hard and Seina could only see white. Laura, on the other hand, could see black, but there was a white swirl. It grew bigger and it had a gross green and a light blue. The swirl soon covered the blackness and there were three orbs. One had ice, another had a heart with a pulse, and the last one was just a black outlined white circle.

Seina grew frustrated as she just saw white, she opened her eyes and clenched her teeth.

"I'm not getting anything!" She complained. Laura soon opened her eyes.

"How? I got something." Laura told.

"What?! What'd you get?!"

"I got three orbs. One was ice, another had a heart with a pulse, and the last one was blank." Laura answered.

Seina glared at her. "Well that's just stupid…"

Laura shrugged. "Well, I dunno what to tell ya, sis, but you better figure it out soon."

Seina put her head on her hand and looked in another direction. She had her scythe in her back and took it off. She stared at it, wondering how she was going to cast spells.

Laura stood up and looked at a tree, she aimed her sword at it.

"Uh… Blank Attack?" Laura said. Her sword shot a small, white beam at the tree and as it hit the tree, it made a giant hole in it. "Woah!"

Seina looked and grew wide eyes. "What?! You can already cast spells?!"

Laura grinned and hopped around. "Aw hell yeah!"

Seina turned around and stared harder at her scythe. She gre angry and stood up.

"Damn this!" She shouted and slashed with her scythe. A purple blade appeared and flew into a tree, slicing it vertically. The tree fell, causing a loud crash and Laura to look at her sister.

"The hell did you do?!" Laura questioned.

Seina stared with wide eyes. "I… I don't know…"

"Did you just cut down that tree with your scythe?" Laura guessed.

"I think so…" Seina replied.

"Heh, seems like we're learning quick. We should practice while we have the chance." Laura suggested.

"Yeah, couldn't have said it better."

XXX

It had been two hours since Seina and Laura split off. Zim and Galara were resting by a tree.

"You think they just gave up?" Zim asked.

"Nah, they're not the kind of people to just give up." Galara denied.

"Hell, I hope so." Zim said. He was laying down on his cloud and was alerted by something. "They're here."

A blade went flying at Zim and he jumped over it. He grabbed the blade and landed on it, before running down it. A white beam was shit from the shadows and he jumped, but realized that was a mistake as Seina came out from the trees and slashed at him with her scythe. Zim went flying into another tree and crashed, while Seina landed cleanly. The blade was retracted and Galara shot up.

"Ice Storm!" She shouted and threw her hands out. Many icicles formed in front of her and launched at Seina. Seina spun the scythe around, creating a miniature vortex.

"Mystic Vortex!" She shouted as the vortex grew bigger and swallowed all of the icicles. Galara grinned nervously.

I'd never expect my children to grow so fast… Galara thought. The vortex grew smaller and Seina stopped spinning her scythe.

Seina grew a cocky grin. "How'd you like that, Mom?!"

"It was impressive, daughter, but you should pay attention." Galara warned. Seina looked confused but saw in the corner of her eye that Zim was in the air. She only had time to turn around before Zim smacked her with Ruyi, sending her gliding across the ground.

"AHH!" Laura yelled as she jumped out from the shadows and was about to slash at Zim, but a dark beam overtook her and sent her back.

Seina got up instantly and used her wings to cover the distance between her and Zim. She swung at Zim, but he blocked it with Ruyi. He pushed her back and she landed on her feet before he appeared in front of her and spun. He tried hitting her head, but she blocked it.

Seina pushed him back and tried to swing at him from the top. Zim jumped back and easily avoided it. Seina got it stuck in the ground and yanked it out before rushing him. She let go of the scythe with one hand and tried to side slash him, but he easily blocked it with Ruyi.

Zim twisted the scythe and struck Seina's chest with the other end of Ruyi. She stumbled backwards and jumped back after regaining her footing.

"Seina, you're using the scythe like a sword. The scythe isn't a sword, so don't use it like one. It's a big object and is usually not used in combat, but if you know how to use it properly then it becomes a big problem. Don't do vertical swings like you did before, do diagonal swings. If you swing with the scythe and you miss don't try to instantly change directions, go with where the scythe is going and use your arms to switch directions when it feels right." Zim told her. Seina thought about it and nodded as she understood.

"Now, try again." Zim challenged.

Laura was sneaking behind the trees and had her eyes on Galara.

"Nonexistent Slash." She whispered as she reverse gripped her sword and brought it up to her face. Laura slashed down and a white slash appeared before disappearing. Galara suddenly leaned backward and the invisible slash went past her. It went through a tree and cut it in half. The top half of the tree slid off and tipped over. As it fell, Galara looked at Laura from the corner of her eye and smiled.

"Nice one." Galara complemented before putting her right arm up. She flexed her fingers in, then flexed them out. "Kokinoct of the Dead."

The ground rumbled before a large, deceased, and dark bluish hand appeared from behind Laura. She looked behind her to see the hand slam on the ground fire a head popped up. It had ghostly white eyes, no hair, green and yellow rotting teeth and half a tongue. It pushed more of its head out of the ground before its other hand appeared. It pushed its whole body out of the ground and stood up. It was easily twelve feet tall and loomed over Laura.

"Oh… oh shit." She cursed.

Galara smirked and pointed a finger at Laura. "Death's Abode."

Laura flinched and couldn't move as her eyes went fully white.

Fuck! I can't move! Laura thought as she only saw darkness.

Soon, she could see… a living room? It looked nice and clean. There were paintings of catastrophes that seemed to happen in the early years. She looked around and was really confused.

Soon, a figure in a dark cloth appeared from a door and carried a bowl of cereal. They looked up and noticed Laura. She looked at his face and noticed it was a skull with red eyes

"Who the hell are you?" The thing asked.

"I could ask you the same thing." Laura returned.

The thing sighed. "You kids and your damn smart mouths… fine, I'll introduce myself first. I'm Death."

Laura's eyes widened. "Wait, you're Death?!"

"I just said that…" Death said.

"Does that mean… Am I dead?!" Laura exclaimed.

Death shook his head. "Nope, you just left your body for a moment, if you turn around and walk out that door, you should be able to return."

Laura whipped around and saw a door closed. "Oh… okay then… thanks dude!"

Death watched as Laura bursted the door open. "And of course she doesn't open the door like a normal person… I need a break…"

Laura's eyes regained their color and she looked to see a fist flying at her. She quickly put her sword up and scored back as the sword took in the impact. Laura extended the sword and it dug into the ground. She quickly ran to the side and it extended more. As Laura was out of the way of the fist, she pulled as hard as she could and the sword was pulled from the ground. Laura swung it around and the sword cut off the zombie's head and the upper half of a tree. The zombie's body fell back and Laura looked at her mom.

"Good job, sweetie!" Galara complemented.

Laura glared and retracted her sword. She took off and appeared in front of Galara's face. Galara jumped back and summoned an ice wall. Laura swung and destroyed it. Laura turned the sword and tried to jab at Galara, but she spun out of the way.

"Now it seems like you're trying to kill me!" Galara pointed out and swung her open palm in front of Laura's face, creating a black cloud. Laura coughed and jumped back.

"W-What the hell was that?!" Laura asked and kept on coughing.

"A disease that'll soon clog up your lungs if you don't defeat me." Galara answered with an evil smirk.

"What?! How long do I have?!"

"Why would I tell you? If I did, you'd rush and make mistakes." Galara said.

Laura growled before she rushed Galara and started swinging. Galara danced around the randomly thrown swings and soon put her arms in a weird position. A hammer made of light was formed and Galara swung down in the ground, sending Laura flying back and hitting a tree. Laura fell to her knees and started coughing up blood. Her eyes quivered as she covered her mouth and kept on coughing.

"Sweetie, you know how to use healing spells, right?" Galara asked a bit worried.

Laura shook her head and Galara rushed over to her side.

"Ah, sorry! I must've gone overboard." Galara apologized. Laura smirked before reverse gripping her sword and smacking Galara's face with it. Galara stood and tried to regain her steps, but Laura got up and punched Galara in the gut, sending her flying into a nearby tree. She slid down the tree and coughed. Laura stood over her with the sword pointed at Galara.

"Ah… you cheeky child…" Galara whispered.

Laura smirked confidently. "Heh, thanks, now remove this disease please." Laura requested as she coughed. Galara nodded and raised her hand at Laura. The black smoke that was inside Laura, went out threw her ears, nostrils, and mouth. As all of it was removed from Laura's lungs, she took a deep breath and smiled.

"Sorry I smacked you, Mom." Laura apologized.

"Don't apologize, it was a part of the training. I'm impressed though, I never thought you would grow so quickly." Galara told.

Laura chuckled. "Yeah, I dunno how it happened."

Galara and Laura both turned their heads to watch Zim and Seina fight.

Seina has better control of her scythe as more of her swings were on point. Zim blocked all of them and retaliated with a jab, but Seina blocked it with the handle.

"Impressive!" Zim complimented.

"Void Slash!" Seina shouted as she made an upward diagonal slash with her scythe. A giant and purple blade rushed towards Zim.

"Expand!" Zim shouted. Ruyi expanded and took the hit, but as Ruyi went back to normal, Zim saw Seina rush him and jumped in the air. She came down on him, and he barely blocked it. Zim shoved her away and she did a backflip in the air before swinging her scythe horizontally.

"Void Slash!" The slash once again rushed Zim, but he jumped out of the way instead of blocking it. Seina landed and spun the scythe around before slamming it into the ground.

"Dark Sprout." She said. Purple lights started shining from the ground and a giant one was underneath Zim's feet. All he could do was look as a giant beam was shit from the ground where he stood.

After the beam ended, Zim stood there, motionless, and just to make sure he wasn't faking it, Seina ran up to him and kicked him over to where Galara was. He skidded across the floor before hitting the tree.

Seina walked over to the two defeated gods and smirked.

"Hah, seems like we win." Seina declared. Galara smirked and giggled, making Seina and Laura adopt confused looks.

"Yeah, if only that were true." Galara said. Both Seina and Laura raised an eyebrow, but out of nowhere Zim came up from behind them and smacked Seina in the back of the head, sending her straight down.

Laura looked at him and tried to swing, but Zim used Ruyi to parry the swing and smacked Laura with the other end. She twirled before she fell down. Seina looked up at the Zim laying on the ground and the Zim that was standing near Laura.

"I… thought that I knocked you out…?" Seina said.

"I made a clone of myself." Zim said as the Zim that was next to the tree disappeared.

"Oh… how?" Seina asked.

"When I made Ruyi bigger, I made a clone and went behind a tree before you could see me." Zim answered.

"Well shit…" Seina cursed.

"You did really good though. I thought it'd take you longer to understand your powers, but I guess not." Zim complemented. Seina smiled at him.

"We should go to your house, Miss." Zim suggested.

Galara sighed as she got up and stretched. "Yeah alright." Zim picked up Laura and Seina and followed Galara out of the forest. They all transformed back to their normal selves.


The group of four soon made it to Galara's house and she opened the door.

"Take them to their rooms please." Galara said as she sat on the couch. Zim nodded and made his way upstairs.

"Zim…" Seina spoke quietly.

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for today, even though you almost killed us." Seina thanked with a small smile.

"I missed you on purpose, why would I kill you? It was training not a death match."

"Eh, good point, but how'd you find us?" Seina wondered.

"Electricity." Zim answered.

"So, when I got shocked, you knew where I was?" Seina guessed.

"Yup."

Seina sighed. "I guess you pressuring us made us learn how to use our powers more quickly."

"Good, it would've been troublesome if it took you awhile to figure it out." Zim said. He arrived at Seina's room first and entered.

"This place is really clean." Zim commented as he set Seina down in her bed.

"Thanks, but please get out, it's kinda embarrassing just having you in my room." Seina kindly told Zim.

Zim laughed. "Yeah, no problem, I'll see ya later Seina."

Zim left and closed the door before walking to Laura's room. He opened the door and set her down on her bed. She looked to be knocked out.

"I guess I hit her harder than I thought…" Zim said to himself. He looked around and noticed all of the pop star posters she had hung up on her wall. He walked over to her dresser and saw a pink notebook along with some fashion products. He picked up the notebook and saw her name in cursive. He opened it and it said 'Diary.'

"Diary? Who still uses a diary?" Zim wondered and began to read through it. As he read through it, he began to notice that Laura's writing sounded like a kid. She used incomplete sentences, a bunch of ands here and there, and used a lot of exclamation points. Zim continued reading and soon got to a section called 'Zim.'

The section was at least around five pages or more. Zim was really surprised at how much Laura could possibly write. Most of it was how Zim was amazing, a god, and other nice things. He smiled at that, but as he got to the end he lost his smile.

"Zim is like a big teddy bear. He keeps me safe when I'm with him, and he protects me from all the bad things that try to hurt me. I'm not scared of anything when I'm with him! Even though we haven't spent much time together, I want him to stay. I don't think I can do this by myself…" Zim read quietly. He slowly looked at Laura, then back at the diary.

"I'm happy I'm able to be with someone I feel like I can count on. I know I have my family… but I wanted someone that wasn't a part of my family to care about me. To actually know that I matter. And thankfully Zim was there to care for me, even if it was for a moment. I don't want Zim to leave me… I need him here…" Zim finished reading the section and put the diary down. He stood there with worried eyes. He couldn't find a reason as to why she acted like this, and the only way to know was from Galara.

Zim walked down the stairs and saw Galara resting on the couch. He walked over to her and sat down.

"Hey, Zim." She greeted.

"Hello, Miss." Zim greeted back. "Um… is there… anything wrong with Laura?"

Galara darted her eyes at Zim. "What do you mean?"

"I… I looked in her diary and the way that she writes… it doesn't go with the way that she acts." Zim responded.

Galara sat up. "You looked in her diary?"

"I was curious… I'm sorry…" Zim apologized.

Galara stared at him before sighing. "Yes, there is something wrong with her. Y'know, Laura was a bright child. She was happy all the time, was energetic, had a huge smile on her face, and was overall a joy to have around. But when she was in 2nd grade, she got bullied a lot. Maybe it was because she was so energetic? I still don't know to this day… but, as she kept on getting bullied, she first ignored it and as she went up the grades, she couldn't ignore it anymore and it soon affected her. One time, in 5th grade, I don't know what happened, but she came home covered in blood and she was dirty. Her hair was a mess, her eyes were shaking, and there were a bunch of bruises and cuts on her… she was traumatized and after that day Laura didn't say a single word to anyone. Someone would try and greet her, but she wouldn't even look at them nor even make a sound. She wouldn't even look at me or Seina… it was horrible…

"A few years passed and she began to talk again, but she was so different. Her voice was lower, she began taking a liking to more dark things, and all around was just the complete opposite of who she used to be… the girl you see now isn't even her true self… her true self is in her diaries…" Galara told with a heavy sigh.

Zim looked down with closed eyes. "I… I didn't even know… gosh, I'm so sorry, Miss, I didn-"

"No, it's fine. I mean, from what I've recently read you make her happy to be alive right now, and honestly I couldn't ask more. Of course, I wish that she'd go back to the way she really is… but one step at a time." Galara interrupted.

"So… why'd she turn out like this?" Zim asked.

"No one told me anything about what happened to her… but I'm guessing that whatever happened was so traumatic, that she forced herself to change and suppressed her real self, of course, I don't know if that's true, but I'm just going off of that." Galara answered.

Zim rubbed his head. "I see… well, I'm glad I'm making your daughter happy. I should be going, I'll see you later." Zim spoke as he got up.

"Oh, before you go, can you promise me something?" Galara wondered.

"What is it?"

"Can you… please, protect Laura if you can… I know it sounds troubling, but she needs you." Galara requested.

Zim smiled. "Of course I can!"

"Thank you, Zim, it really means a lot…" Galara thanked.

"Yeah no problem, have a good rest of your day, Miss Galara!" Zim said as he walked out of the house.

Galara smiled and laid back down, happy to know that both of her daughters were in good hands and she could sleep peacefully.