Oh, I'm defying, Invader Johnny. I'm defying him. LOOKIT ME GO!

Yeah, as I wrote "Because of Zim" (and if you haven't read it, you should. I demand it.) I started to realize that I have always, even before this mind-numbing obsession took over, had the very Zim like habit of thinking I am the greatest. I do say things like "Why am I so AMAZING!" and demanding things, and arguing with people who disagree with me, even if they're right.

Which was kinda creepy. And now that I've been writing lots of fan fiction, that whole "losing yourself" thing has begun. I'm fighting it like I would fight off a pack of stampeding zebra, but stampeding zebra are hard to fight off.

Oh well.

This chapter is dedicated to Dibsthe1. I don't know if you're reading this, but I revised it and decided to take the story in a totally different direction. You really made me think about the characters and their personalities, which is in turn affecting how I look at life and this really weird comic idea is starting to solidify. So… yeah. Here's to you.

And so, we blunder forward! OFF I GO!

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So, for the moment we leave The Doom of Ms. Bitters and pan dramatically away from the Skool, away from the earth and into space. This dramatic zooming out speeds up as we see stars rushing past us, becoming streaks in front of us.

Zoom.

Yeah, this is some awesome zooming.

And finally we see bright neon alien billboards advertising various alien eateries. Then, largest of them all, a fluorescent sign announces where we are heading.

"WELCOME TO FOODCOURTIA!" the sign blares, the subliminal messages engraved into it making us think we are hungry.

"Welcome to SHLOOGORGH'S! My name is GASHLOOG how can I help you?" bellowed the Irken behind the counter.

"Lookit the funny man, mommeh!" screamed a small alien child with one tooth and big, super-cute eyes.

"… where AM I?" whimpered Ryoga Hibiki, looking around hopelessly.

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Back on Earth, Zim was walking home with a bit of pep in his step. True, human anatomy didn't allow him to march like he always did, but he was slowly adjusting to the odd way of walking. With a smile, he looked up at the darkening skies. There was nothing to fear from the rain today. In fact, Zim paused for a moment, then struck a pose, pointing angrily at the clouds. "I DEFY YOU, RAIN! ZIM HAS BEATEN YOU!"

There was a thunderclap in response.

Back at Skool, it was Dib's turn to stand under the awning and glance hesitantly at the sky. Rain meant cold water. Cold water meant transformation. Transforming was bad. Especially with Torque Smacky and other bullies-become-jocks standing around waiting for a reason to pick on him.

But rain was not to be Dib's problem today. The Skool groundskeeper was watering some nearby hydrangea bushes, and squirted Dib in the process.

Thinking fast, Dib whipped off his glasses, which would be a dead give-away, if, y'know, the trench coat and not-so-happy face t-shirt weren't already.

The jocks glanced his direction, and did nothing.

Dib glanced around, and thought that maybe it wouldn't be so bad after all.

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Meanwhile, Gaz was crouched near a wall, shivering. It would take a while, but she HAD to get back inside. With her clothes and her Gameslave. Which were currently twice her size. The Jusenkyo guide had been handy when she first fell in, so neither Dib nor Zim knew about it. And now she was mentally kicking herself for not jumping into the spring Dib had fallen in.

Regardless, there was no way they could ever find out. Gaz was very sure to guard her secrets carefully, and this was bigger than ANY of them.

But before she could do anything, a metal mongoose rounded the corner and screeched. Even though the rain was pouring, she recognized GIR with a horrible realization dawning on her.

GIR took one look at her and screamed. "SQUIRREL!"

And then Gaz ran for her life, the string of profanity directed at Zim too foul to publish with a K+ rating.

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So, it has come to my attention that I am rather harsh on Dib. I would like to be fair and be hard on everyone. But… it'll have a happy ending after all. I promise.

Anyhoo, chapter 5 will come soon. New Student Week is boring. I'm gonna register, get a job and stuff tomorrow, but… there's nothing to do in between all of that. So, yeah.

Suddenly, without warning, Ryoga wanders into Rei's dorm room. She looks up from her computer keyboard and stares at him. Without a word, she reaches behind herself and grabs the trusty pervert stick.

"Uh… can you tell me how to get to Nerima?" he asks tentatively. But he has no chance to answer because Rei has chased him out screaming like a madwoman.

And now that I have evicted the pig-boy from my dwelling, you must all review.