Chapter 2
Inuyasha's eyes opened suddenly, and he immediately felt a surge of pain course through his entire body. He managed to suppress the searing pain to an extent like he always seemed to do, however and stood up.
Something felt different. He knew they'd done something to him, but he didn't know exactly what it was that they had done.
The mirror from before was still sticking out of the wall, so the half-demon ventured toward it to see for himself what they'd done to him. He didn't know what to expect, so he was amazed when he saw himself; they'd altered his appearance completely, and he was now almost unrecognizable.
"Damn…" Inuyasha muttered. He couldn't even find the right words to express how he was feeling about all this.
He now looked even more like the two he'd been arguing with earlier. The only differences were the fact that he still had long silvery hair, and they style and colours of their outfits. While Red and Purple's had been, well, red and purple, Inuyasha's outfit was orange to match his eyes.
He was standing there reflecting on what he should do when one of his captors approached him. He was a tiny thing, and was wearing a simple red outfit that covered the lower half of his face; his outfit was that of an Irken elite.
"My Tallest, what is your first course of action going to be?" the Irken asked, his authority showing through his voice.
Just then, Inuyasha got an idea. It was a simple one, but plausible as well. He'd eavesdropped enough while the previous Tallest had been arguing with him to know that he could go anywhere he wanted. Keeping that in mind, he planned to use that godly power to his advantage in order to get back to his home.
"Take me to Earth. I have business there," Inuyasha commanded, as he crossed his arms and closed his eyes. He didn't know what exactly the elite's reaction would be, so he wanted to be as calm as possible beforehand, in case his anger bubbled up.
"E-Earth? Y-you want to see ZIM? Why?" the Massive's elite gaped. He had thought that no one would ever want to visit ZIM, even if the circumstances were dire.
"I shouldn't have to explain myself," Inuyasha said, as he turned to face the little green man and opened his eyes slowly, "Just take me to your…station on Earth. Now."
The look that the Irken elite saw in Inuyasha's eyes when he opened them was enough to convince him that the new Tallest wasn't joking in the least, and that bad things could happen if his orders weren't followed.
"Take me to one of your own down on Earth. I want to go somewhere," Inuyasha said, ending the conversation.
((Change in time))
It took longer than Inuyasha had thought to reach his home planet of Earth; it had taken five months, in fact. He was starting to worry about his friends forgetting all about him and going on with their lives. Despite how much they tended to argue and fight, he now realized how much he needed them.
While they'd been cruising through the galaxies, he'd come to be known by all the Irkens as, 'Tallest Inu'. He'd aided in the destruction of other worlds along the way, and had gotten a taste of real power. Just as he was thinking this matter over, one of his elite interrupted his thoughts.
"My Tallest, we've arrived in Earth's orbit. Shall I activate the teleportation device and send you to…ZIM's…base now?" Pek, Inuyasha's favourite elite, asked, flinching at the very mention of Zim.
"Sure, go ahead," Inuyasha sighed. He was finally going home after months of loneliness and seclusion.
The phasing process that the Irkens used for teleportation normally would have scared Inuyasha shitless, but since he'd been around these peoples and their technology for almost half a year, he was now fairly used to it.
He waited patiently in the teleportation pod, and was very soon standing in the lower levels of Zim's 'house'.
"ZIM! ZI-IM! Get down here!" Inuyasha yelled at the top of his lungs, expecting to be greeted and taken to where he needed to go. For a long while no answer at all came, until a deep mechanical voice told him something.
"Zim's not here right now…want me to get GIR to call him?" the computer sighed uncaringly. Inuyasha took it up on its offer, wanting to get some decent service from his loyal follower.
((Change in focus))
Zim felt something vibrating inside his PAK, and let the oddly shaped two-way microphone emerge from within it. He held it up to his mouth and whispered, "What IS it? I'm learning how the Earth-scums skin geese with oily spit!"
It was a miracle nobody noticed the conversation the alien was having with his little robot slave; it was so obvious, with the sound on max and the utter silence in the classroom. In fact, the only thing happening in that room was Ms. Bitters repeatedly telling them of their doom.
"Hey, Masta! You gotsa guest!" GIR screeched in response, in an overly loud voice.
"What? How could you let someone into the base?" Zim fumed quietly, though he didn't need to be discreet about it to keep it a secret. The kids in the room just stared blankly at the teacher, as she went on with her lesson.
GIR's response shocked Zim for a moment, to a point where he couldn't move. "It's da Talleest!"
"Th-the Tallest?" Zim stuttered. He almost didn't believe it; the Tallest were finally here to see his progress after years of him begging them to come, and he wasn't ready. "I'll be RIGHT there!"
The microphone-thing slid silently back into the depths of Zim's PAK, and the odd little alien abruptly stood up.
"Ms. Bitters?" he asked in the most polite voice he could muster given the circumstances, knowing that it would better his chances of getting out of school.
"What is it, Zim? It'd better be important, for you to interrupt my lesson on spit," the creepy teacher hissed through her teeth, as she slithered through the air to Zim's desk.
"My dog has…peed on the carpet. I must CLEAN! Can I go?" Zim squeaked, quickly thinking up a very obvious lie.
"Go. But my DOOM shall reign upon you!" seethed Ms. Bitters, turning into a shadow and reappearing at her own desk.
"Thank you!" Zim thanked with haste, as he raced out of the room.
Dib knew that something had to be up, and he wanted to find out what it was. He stuck up his hand into the air and called out, "Ms. Bitters? I need to check on the monster blob my dad created in the basement of my house. It could destroy the world if I don't. Can I go too?"
"No! Now sit back down and do your useless learning. And control your child stink!" Ms. Bitters denied fiercely, as a spray of angry spit flew from her mouth.
"Yes, Ms. Bitters," the boy replied obediently. Despite how desperately he wanted to know what Zim was up to, he knew that it wasn't possible. Not yet, anyway; he didn't want to incur the teacher's wrath.
((Change in time))
"My Tallest! My Tallest! I am here, my Tallest! ZIM is here!" Zim called loudly when he entered his base, referring to himself in the third person like he so often did.
No answer came, so he wandered into the lower levels of his base. Along the way he asked his computer, "Computer, where are the Tallest? I must meet with them immediately!"
The computer sighed in response, "I guess I could tell you. He's in the second room to your right."
Zim's excitement overtook him. He'd been waiting for this moment since he'd first been assigned to Earth to take it over. He opened the solid steel door that his computer pointed him to, and was immediately hit with a troubling scene.
"Get this damn thing offa me!" Tallest Inu yelled, as soon as he saw Zim at the door. GIR was mauling him, stretching his face and just generally being GIR.
"GIR! GET OFF OF HIM! AND GET OUT!" Zim yelled at his robot slave. GIR switched into duty mode briefly and leapt off Inuyasha and towards his quirky owner.
His obedience soon wore off, however, and he gave Zim an explanation for his actions, "I was only tryeen ta give him a HUG!"
They waited for the little robot to leave the room, and then started their conversation.
"What happened to Tallest Red and Tallest Purple? I was not informed…" Zim squeaked, not sure if it was the right thing to say.
"Apparently I'm taller than them. Of course, if they hadn't slouched so much…but never mind that. I need to go somewhere," Inuyasha said rudely, only thinking of himself.
"Where do you need to go? ZIM can take you anywhere you want to go, and tell you all of my INGENIOUS plans!" Zim offered, thinking of how this visit could benefit him.
"Feh," Inuyasha chuckled, "I don't need to know about any of your worthless plans. Just take me back to Japan so I can get back to the Feudal Era and defeat Naraku."
"You lie! I have not detected any THREATS on this planet, aside from that Dib-stink," Zim stated loudly, as he flailed his arms in the air and scrunched up his face.
Inuyasha moved to irritably scratch his nose, and remembered that he no longer had one to scratch. So he continued on. "ZIM, is it? If it wasn't for my need to get back to where I came from, which you need to help he with, your head would be rolling on the floor by now," he threatened.
Zim shuddered slightly, seeing the look in Inuyasha's eyes. He bent to the half-demon's will, though, when the Tallest reached for his demon sword. Despite the Irken elites objecting the possession of such a primitive weapon and most of his other possessions, he'd kept them. Although, he'd had to keep it all hidden.
Zim opened his mouth to say that he'd get Tallest Inu to Japan or wherever it was he had to go, but the words never made it out. Just before he spoke GIR bounded into the room, playfully hitting his head and yelling, "Folly! Foll-eeeee!"
As GIR was being random, the computer spoke up. "ZIM, there's someone at the door," it said uncaringly.
"GIR, stop being stupid and see who's at the door," Zim commanded. This sudden mayhem was getting on his nerves; it was ruining his talk with the Tallest, and he didn't like that in the least.
The room quieted down quite a bit when GIR left to get the door, but Zim didn't resume the conversation just yet. Knowing GIR, they'd start talking and then the little robot would come back, bringing more chaos with it. As it turns out, Zim was right.
((End of Chapter 2))
Whew, I've been working double time to get this up here so quickly. I want to ge this done and over with so that I can go on to complete Ninja in a Demon's world...so the last chapter of this fic and the rest of Ninja in a Demon's world should be up here sometime soon...still on chapter 2 of Ninja, but it's all good...
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So...yeah. The third and final chapter of this fanficiton should be up hopefully before next Wednesday, though I can't tell for sure. I have to work all this week, which gives me little time for liesurely stuff like writing and drawing.
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