Ok, Exams suck. AND THANKS for the reviews guys! Ashsema, joo kick ass, now UPDATE! ----Hypocrite----And quit buttering me up ^__^ You'll feed my nonexistent ego. Alright Alright, here's the pity party invitation. My comp isn't working, for a full description read my journal at my art site, http:// arijones . deviantart. com Just take out the spaces. I can't upload any new art due to my comp and printer and everything ganging up on me, sorry. I'm trying my best to be inspired. . .its hard. . But since I love you guys so much for reading this piece of shiza, I'll upload a new one. But it may be the last one I do. . . . .

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-At Zim's House-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Ari sat quietly in the odd shaped window, stroking Skitzobunny, who to Zim's repulsion had been brought home with her.

"I swear he'll be good!"

"No WAY! That creature is FOAMING!"

At which point Ari retaliated by saying,

"He's the only thing from earth that matters to me anymore Zim……PLEEEESE?!?" Switching last-minute from sentimental guilt trip to downright begging.

Zim rolled his eyes. "Fine, but if that thing gets eaten by Gir don't come eye-vomiting to me." He crossed his arms and "hmmphed." As they walked home.

The flashback ended, fading in Ari's mind, making her feel grateful, although she didn't know why, and didn't at this point care. Skitzobunny merely twitched and chewed on her shirt in response to her pause in petting.

In a content sigh, Ari felt the urge to stop watching the ravenous sewer gophers attack the remaining citizens, their screams of anguish dampening her happy mood. She hopped to her feet, putting the shivering mass of fur and claws on the ground. His needing-a-trim claws clicked as he ran off, probably chew more wires or eat dog food, either way it would annoy Zim.

The newly- irken girl stood there quietly, feeling she was becoming a bit of a nuisance to her alien idol. She sighed and walked to the elevator under Zim's rancid green couch and boarded it.

"I wonder what he's up to. . . . " she softly murmured to herself to try and take her mind off the eerie elevator noises.

As the elevator lurched to a stop, Ari hopped out and wandered around looking for her favorite green skinned friend. Although at the moment it really seemed like she should've said master, but either way she was loving it. Ever since she was a small kid she thought it'd be great just to always have someone bigger than you, not literally in this case, but it was a comforting thought to her. Even if she was a slave it wouldn't bother her, it was just in her demented nature.

She spied her prey, sneaking up behind him. Her relatively short antennae bobbing as she leapt slightly, putting her arms on his shoulders and spooking the poor guy.

"EEAGHH! What the- Oh, it's just you, for a moment there I thought it was that wretched Dib. . ." he growled under his breath at the mere thought of him. He turned to go back to his work.

"You dwell." was the simple response that was given to him as Ari sat in a swivel chair that had randomly popped out of the floor.

"! I-THE MIGHTY ZIM DOES NOT DWELL! Especially on such stupid things." he finished curtly.

Ari gave an unconvinced look. "What are you planning to do now?" her voice filled with curiosity, after all it was her planet's fate and whatnot.

He shrugged his shoulders simply. "Well, after I inform the Tallest that I've FINALLY conquered this HORRIBLE stinking DIRT mound, they'll have NO choice but to give me an invitation to their. . .ceremonial. . .meeting. . .thing. Then I'll come back and rule over whatever horrible organisms still remain here, maybe I'll make it a zoo. . ." he trailed off pondering.

She blinked and spun her chair around in circles. "Why's it so important you go to this. . .meeting thing?" Finding a more intelligent way of wording it had proved more difficult than she had thought.

He nearly gaped. "Because-it gives the GREAT Invaders a chance to talk about how they conquered their filthy planets, and show off what the inhabitants look like, some of them keep them as pets. . .Zim shuddered at the thought of an overfed lethargic drooling mass of stupidity being his "pet".

Wide eyes took up most of the space on Ari's face. "Can I come too. . . . . ?" It was just barely above a whisper but a flick of his antennae could show he understood her.

Ignoring the fact he was planning on bringing her anyway, he gave a long taunting "Hmmmm" which Ari took quite seriously.

Her fingers linked themselves together, her hands palm to palm in a pleading pose. "PLEASE Zim! I won't say anything! I can pretend to be a mute! I'll wear whatever you want me to, pigtails, skirts, high heels, a leash,-"

The alien merely sprung an invisible eyebrow. She seemed pathetically desperate yet strangely determined on coming with him. He finally ended her rant by saying, "Alright alright, but on one condition. You'll have to stay in your Earthenoid form until I say. Is this a deal?"

Ari's eyes must have swollen to the size of grapefruits, they were watered over and shining, giving her a cheesy almost anime look to her. She nearly pounced him, after being down on her knees before it was a relief when her body met his in a soft yet somewhat very loving hug. Her forehead laid on a part of chest and a part of shoulder, embarrassingly enough he seemed taller than her, although it was true, he HAD grown at least 2 inches on his entire time on Earth. After all, a failed two years seemed enough didn't it?

Not as surprised by this as Zim thought he would be, he mentally congratulated himself. Either it was for wooing a female of sorts or just thinking himself such an expert on humans he could predict her next move, most likely the latter.

Ari gave a rather content squeak without opening her mouth, as she moved her arms to his shoulders and, being too happy to blush, she planted a soft kiss on whatever alien lips he had.

She stood back and gave a long flourish of a bow, never minding his form of bewildered surprise.

"When do you plan on going? Where is it held? Do you need to write a speech? What will you have to wear? How do you get there? How long with the trip take? Will your leaders be there? Will I get to see them? Do I have to wear a collar? Am I allowed to go pack now?" She was sub-consciously bobbing up and down on her feet with pure bliss.

Zim merely brushed off the look of surprise, before closing his red eyes and thinking.

"As soon as the human race has dwindled to one thousand remaining, on the Massive, er-No I don't think so, By voot- wait I mean formal Irken dress, THEN voot, Not too long, The tallest will be present, If your lucky, They'll decide that, and Yes." he panted. Stupid curious human beings.

Ari's squeak of joy was interrupted as Gir came screaming into the room, glue and what looked like a guinea pig was all over his face while he clutched feathers in each hand and chanted.

". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ." Zim and Ari gave each other confused glances before Zim proceeded to tell Gir off and sent him to wash himself off and detach the wildly screaming guinea pig from the side of his face.

"GIR get that DISGUSTING thing off of your face!"

"What thing?!" he said in an excited paranoia.

". . .The earth beast that you seem to have fused to your head."

"WHERE IS IT?!"

Zim pointed bluntly. "Right there."

Gir madly swung his head to see, but as the guinea pig was stuck to it, it too was swung, A few silent moments passed as Zim and Ari watched the robot frantically swing his head side to side to glimpse it but with no luck. Eventually he paused, and ran back upstairs chanting again.

". . . . Is Gir-"

"Never."

-----------------------------------At the house of the Membrane Boy----------------------------------------

"Come on Jes. . .THINK! We've got to come up with SOME way of defeating Zim, ONCE and for all. . .This is our last chance to save humanity! Mankind's future DEPENDS on us! We cannot afford to fail!"

Jes was sitting on his bed attempting to balance a pencil on her nose, vertically. "Dib, has it ever occurred to you that mankind might deserve this? You know. . .karma and all."

He looked at her with a tired and scrutinizing look that mingled with confusion. "What?! What has mankind ever done to. . . .everyone else?"

She gave an annoyed look as if it couldn't be more obvious. "Well, they did cut down the rainforests, wipe out entire species, start wars for the stupidest purposes, created machines that polluted the world, which if I'm not mistaken eventually lead to global warming. . ." She trailed off giving him a slightly accusing look.

He blanked and brushed it off. "It was for the better of the world!. . . . . . . Ok, so mankind has done some pretty stupid things, but getting wiped off the face of the EARTH!? Its like the dinosaur era all over again!"

"Ahh yes, the horrible gluttonous beasts that ravaged the land without mercy, then were wiped out by an unknown cause, paving the way for an even better world suited for more intelligent creatures. . .I see your point.:" she smirked. Annoying Dib this late at night was fun.

Dib sighed and gave up. "I guess you're right about THAT part. . .But I will NOT let the Irken race win!" he stood up from his chair he had been sitting in, knocking papers with ideas on how to spread the antidote fell from the desk as he yawned.

"So is Zim doing this all on his own?" she asked, catching Dib's yawn.

Dib shook his head as he rummaged for pajamas to wear, an old tradition that he would never let die.

"Nah, he's got this maniacal girl from school helping him."

Jes sat up. "What kind of stupid person goes to HELP the threat to Earth?!"

"Ari does. Did you see her around when you crashed near Zim's?"

She shook her head, purple holographic hair realistically swaying. Dib had told her it was best if she was kept unseen, although she missed the point of it. "I didn't see any humans around him. . .unless. . ..What's she look like?!"

Dib was a bit surprised by the anxious tone. "Eh, I dunno, blonde hair, blue eyes, about. . This tall." he showed her a few inches below him. Jes's eyes went wide.

"Oooooo Zim's going to get KILLED for that! I can't believe it! And it actually worked?! Amazing really, didn't think it was possible, especially not for him-"

"Do what!? Tell me!" he said, new information to him on this was like a dog bone to an underfed puppy.

"Well I'll just say she's not human anymore. . .And Zim's done an extremely illegal thing by making her so."

Dib pieced it together mentally until his eyes shot wide with realization. "So THAT'S why she helped him. . .Stupid girl! She's so selfish! Sacrificing the WORLD for her own. . .happiness!!! But wait! What will happen if anyone ever finds out what he did?" a new glimmer of hope had begun to flicker in his eyes.

"Well, it's Irken law that the one who commits such an offense as this would probably get the death penalty. . .or maybe just get a few thousand laser shots, I'm not good with the law and all. . ." she stretched and yawned, flopping over onto Dib's bed.

"BLACKMAIL! Of course, that's it Jes, we'll threaten to . . .tell the Armada what he's done, and get him. . .whatevered so he can't kill everyone off! Or. . .something similar to that idea involving blackmail!!!" He looked so happy saying this. . ."I'm going to go change, the guest bedroom's down the hall and next to the statue of my dad. . ." he grabbed his pajamas and a toothbrush that was in a pencil jar on his desk as he left, murmuring future plans.

Jes smiled, seeing as how she hadn't brought any clothes with her she was borrowing one of Gaz's night shirts, it was a creepy black with a jagged purple swirl on the front. As she changed, she made a note to herself that the window needed to be closed, as she was shivering and a cold breeze was coming through it.

As she slipped the gown on, she turned around with her arms outstretched to shut it when suddenly she realized the breeze had died down due to something in the window. A very large, black outlined red-eyed something.

She shrieked a bit and stepped back. "Don't DO that-hey wait were you WATCHING me?!?"

Tij merely laughed and leapt down from his sitting position into the room, his heavy metal paws skidding a bit on loose papers and magazines. He give a disdained look at the mess around him. The first thing to notice about him was that the lighting in the room suddenly looked a lot less bright as the cold hateful red eyes met hers. The second thing though, was that his front paws were covered in what looked like flaking rust

"No, I wasn't for your information. . .speaking of which, how's the little 'save the world' escapade going? It doesn't seem too successful if you ask me."

"I didn't." she glared. He was NOT one of her most loved things to see this late at night, especially when she was alone and weaponless, although she was hoping he didn't know that.

"Touchy aren't we? You don't speak so confidently when your gun isn't on you." he smirked.

"Just because I'm physically weaponless doesn't mean I can't kick your ass, why've you come here?" her patience was running out.

He gave a placid yawn, then with a taunting tone, "Its dreadfully cold outside, and I'm afraid I've not made the best of impressions on the dog owners on this block-" his speech was interrupted by the sound of gunshots in the air, with the barely audible cry of "We're-a gonna find that dog-eatin' monster!" and whatnot.

Tij gave an innocent look at the ceiling as Jes realized that most certainly wasn't rust on his feet, it was dried blood. How lovely.

"Look, Tij," she said his name with annoyance, "I'm not letting you stay here, besides you don't DIE I've gathered that much about you. Anyway this isn't even my house its Dib's-"

He strolled into the room with a toothbrush hanging out of his mouth.

"Yea Jes- EEEAAAA!" he cried out, the toothbrush dropping from his mouth as he recoiled. "What are YOU doing here. . .again?"

"I won't repeat myself. If you really are that desperate for an intelligent conversation, I'm going to be downstairs on your couch." and with that as his final statement he left a very shocked Dib and an annoyed Jes as he sauntered down the stairs, mechanical gears chiming as he did.

"I'm not going to sleep at all tonight knowing that thing is in my house. . . . . ." Dib murmured as Jes stood up to go to the guest room.

She turned and looked at him. "What'll your DAD say?"

He shrugged. "He hasn't been here in a while, he's working on the antidote, which I have yet to show to him. . ." Dib almost seemed to have found a smug little smile placed on his face, was it because he had in a way, bested his father?

Jes sighed a bit and turned for the guest room, making a turn into the door at the dramatically posed statue of Dr. Membrane.

--------------------------------------At Wooshlines Airports-----------------------------------------------------

"I can't believe it Umi, these people have no clue what a ship is anymore, I mean, you say the word old fashioned sailing ship and these idiots say 'Pirates.' I guess we'll be taking this crude air-machine as a plan B." Jaz frowned at the large luxury plane in front of her, she had heard these things were fast, but she needed to get there SOON. And Umi's cram-as-much-airport-food-into-his-mouth-game wasn't helping.

"Come on Primah! We're gonna misth the flighth!" he said, his cheeks bulging a bit from the cookie he had previously shoved in it.

Jaz sighed, for once he seemed to have said something of slight sense.

"Yes. . .that would be a pity. . .Well grab the Sirs and hurry up my eccentric cousin, and this time, make sure they STAY deactivated, got it?" Lately Jaz was emitting an air of superiority, of a cold determination, Umi could feel that Jaz was already tensing up, she was becoming a lot faster in her reactions and her eyes never lingered on the same thing for more than a moment.

. . .But to Umi this just meant his ability to annoy her was simplified greatly. . .

It was no more than 17 earth minutes before Jaz began her colorful habit of cursing underneath her breath, her long disturbingly well defined near-talon-resembling human fingernails drummed the arm rest perplexedly. "DAMNIT what could be taking the idiots so LONG?!" she stood up from her chair and growled to herself, making Umi wonder if he shouldn't have started pegging her with airplane peanuts as they were boarding. . .

By now the large plane was taking off, its ugly colored purple nose pointed towards the sky, as flight attendants scurried around the scarcely populated ship to rant about seatbelts.

A flustered flight attendant scurried up to Jaz with an astounded look on her face.

"Please er, miss, you MUST stay seated during th-" That was as far as she could get before getting absentmindedly shoved into the side of the plane. She was obstructing Jaz's path, what else was she supposed to do???

Umi laughed as he always did, her antics amusing him more than usual.

Jaz ripped back the old fashioned curtains the pilots were sitting in, they both turned in their swivel chairs to look at her. She gripped one around the neck collar and lifted him off the ground. His fat grubby hands clawed at her arm, trying to get her grip to loosen.

"You! You're a pathetic pilot and you fly too slow for my needs. . .your services are no longer needed." she grinned, chucking him out of the small pilots room. As she turned to the other, a long lanky man with spindly fingers holding a rather shaky gun, she merely grinned oddly lupine teeth and dealt him a quick uppercut to the nose.

"Now. . . . . Umi set the flight controls and prepare the engines, if you can't do that at let's PRETEND you can! We're making this an express trip!"

"YESSAH MY COUSIN, now, FREE THE SIRS! EEEEHEEHE! And quickly my robot friends, RAID THE FOOD STORAGE! AND FIND MORE FRENCH GIRLS! Auh hau hau hau!" he ended in a disturbingly accurate French laugh.

The shape shift shuddered and made it a point to threaten to have Umi neutered if he didn't behave better on the trip home. . .

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Uhm…yep….what a let down chappy eh? I mean…NOTHING happened….. Don't worry, the NEXT CHAPTER-hopefully! If I DO make it, Jaz and Zim, duel to the finish! Umi finds yet ANOTHER love interest! Tij. . .well actually I don't know. . .What he does in this story yet, he sorta decides himself, and ARI. . . .gets a space banana or something, I dunno. . .whatever. I LOVE YOU ALL! And look, my comp is fixed!