Okay, I really do think this one isn't as cheesy as the last one but it might be, it happens when you listen to Nick Lachey while you write a story. Damn you Nick Lachey! Him and his love songs. Anywars, big problem at the end. You kind of have to think back to the previous chapters to get into Zim's head. I really hate him at the moment. He deserves a slap. Also, theres a point where it in Zim's POV but goes out of it then back, just to warn you. Now, you read and review and tell me if you like it!

I do not own Invader Zim, only this cup of hot chocolate and bottle of almost empty ketchup. No they are not mixed together, that would be gross.

It was around twelve in the afternoon and Lei was walking home thinking about the night before. She was shocked she did what she did. She thought it was a dream before she rolled of over and saw Dib and since then, she just was, well, shocked.

Once she got to her home, she noticed a little girl, probably around seven, playing in the yard beside her house.

Lei walked up to her. The girl had long black hair that reached the middle of her back, purple eyes and was wearing a black t-shirt with a monkey on it and jeans.

"Hello. Are you new to the neighbourhood?" Lei asked the girl.

The girl stared at her. "Yeah." She looked at Lei weirdly. She was holding a long rod and began wielding it like a sword.

Lei watched her. "So, what's your name?"

The girl stopped and looked at Lei. "Tess. My real names Tessandra, but no one calls me that. What's yours?" The girl cocked her head.

"My names Lei." She said with a smile.

Tess held back a smirk. "Oh, that's a pretty name." She lied. "Uhm, where's your house?"

Lei pointed to the house right next to the yard. "That one."

Tess stood there with a smile. "Cool. I moved here last night. What did you do last night?"

Lei stood there and laughed to herself. "Nothing really, hung out with a friend." She didn't need anyone to know what happened, especially a seven year old who she just met.

A women walked out of the girls house. "Tess, come inside now." She called. The lady spotted Lei and came over to the two girls. "And who might you be?" She said in a fake polite tone.

"This is Lei, mommy." Tess told her mother.

"Oh, well hi there." The mother said, holding out a hand that Lei shaked.

"Hi. I'm your neighbour." Lei smiled.

Tak smirked. "I thought so. I'm.." She couldn't use her real name only because if Lei knew Zim and told him about them, Zim would blow the whole operation. "My names Tam." She finished.

"Nice to meet you." Lei said and looked back at her house. "Well, I got to get home. I will see you around I guess." She waved and headed to her house and went inside.

Tess turned to her mother. "I found her." She singed. "I'm going to go tell daddy!" Tess ran past her mom and into their base.

Tak followed her daughter and closed the door.

Zim was up and sitting on the couch watching T.V. There was nothing better to do but sit around and do nothing.

He looked out the window at Lei's house. He thought about going over and hanging out for a bit.

"Master! Can Sali come over?" Gir ran in yelling. He looked up at his master with pleading eyes.

Zim looked at the S.I.R and sighed. "Sure, whatever."

Gir jumped up and down. "Yay! Yay! Yay!" He then ran out the door and across the street.

Zim watched as Gir knocked on the door.

Gir swayed a bit with his hands behind his back. Lei answered the door with Sali hiding behind her leg. When Sali saw Gir, she jumped on him and gave him a big hug. Then the two little robots ran back to Zim's base and crashed through the door.

Sali picked up the door and fixed it, then turned and smiled at Zim. He smiled back.

Zim got up off the couch. "I'm going to be across the street. Don't destroy the base." He said giving Gir a stern look.

Gir's eyes went red. "Yes Sir!" then they quickly turned back to their cyan colour. "Come on Sali!" he grabbed her hand and sat on the couch and began watching the scary monkey show.

Zim rolled his eyes and left. I could snoop around Lei's place while she isn't paying attention he thought.

When he got to Lei's, he saw the new house next to it. He cocked an invisible eyebrow.

Lei answered the door. "Hey Zim. What's up?" she said with the usual smile.

Zim pointed to the peculiar house. "When did that get here?"

Lei looked at the house. "They just moved in last night, nothing strange about that."

Zim looked one last time at the house, and then walked into Lei's house.

Zim slumped himself on the couch. He didn't know where to look first. The house looked normal, but he wasn't fooled by looks. "An entrance to a base would be the first thing to look for." he said to himself.

Lei looked at him. "Huh? What did you say?" She crossed her arms.

Zim noticed he had said it out loud. "Oh, uhm, I would love some orange juice." He plastered a smile across his face.

Lei gave him a weird look, then walked to the fridge and poured Zim a glass.

Zim contacted Gir. "Gir, I need you to distract Lei." He whispered so Lei wouldn't hear.

Gir saluted his master. "Okie dokie." He said gleefully and signed off.

Zim sat there until the door was broken down. "I brought waffles and piggies!" Gir yelled while waffles and piggies flew out of his head.

Lei ducked under the table. "What the hell? Sali!" she yelled as soon as Sali entered the scene.

Sali grabbed Gir and shook him. "Stop Gir! Please!" she yelled. He didn't stop.

Lei screamed at Sali. "Sali! Do something before he destroys the place!"She got out from under the table and picked up a pan and was fighting her way to Gir and Sali.

Sali looked at her master. She was going to hit Gir with the pan. Sali grabbed Gir and gave him a quick kiss.

The insanity stopped. Gir stood there in awe while Sali walked up to Lei and grabbed the pan. Her eyes went red. "Don't you ever try to hurt Gir."

Lei stood there. She gathered herself and looked sternly at her S.I.R. "Clean up this mess." She looked around. "Where did Zim go?"

Zim POV

I had made it to Lei's room. I had to remember to thank Gir for that distraction.

I looked around the room for a hint of her being Irken, but nothing stood out. I went through a few drawers.

"Zim? You better not be in my room." I heard her say from right outside the door.

I dashed to her closet and shut the doors quickly and quietly.

Lei walked in and looked around. She sighed and then left, thinking that I wasn't in there. I stepped back more into the closet. My hand brushed the wall and hit something, and the next thing I knew, I was going down an elevator.

I threw my hands up in the air in victory. "I am Zim!" I said loudly.

Once I got to the base part, I jumped out of the elevator and looked around. The place had a hallway that led to only one room and looked like it wasn't used a whole lot. I began my snooping.

I walked up to a bunch of files thrown on a desk. I looked at the names on them.

" Tallest Red, Tallest Purple, Tallest Yellow." I read out loud. The Tallest Yellow file wasn't as neat as the others, so I opened it and took a look.

There wasn't all that much in it, just a picture and some information. I read the information out loud to myself.

"Yellow reined for twenty years as Tallest. He was one hundred and fifty years old when he began. He had plans for a brighter future for Irk and the Irkens. When he was two hundred and fifty, he made himself a daughter, who would rein after him. She was programmed to not be like the last few Tallests who had no sense of peace. Everyone called her princess, but her real name was Lei."

Zim dropped the folder as he heard footsteps walk down the hallway. He tried to hide, but was too late. She saw him.

Lei looked at the dropped folder and its papers scattered across the floor then to Zim. Her eyes were full of anger. "How dare you invade my place!" She screamed at him while advancing.

Zim backed up into a corner and Lei was now towering over him. Zim thought of the memory on the hill. He couldn't believe that this was the lost princess.

Lei looked at Zim with so much anger. She felt like she could kill him, but instead, backed up and sat in her chair shaking.

Zim looked at Lei, shocked. "Your...your..." He just stood there. He didn't believe this. His only friend from Irk, the one that he met so long ago, right in front of him. She obviously didn't remember Zim and how she hugged him and crowned him her best friend when she first met him. On Irk, she always called him Ven and must have forgotten his real name.

Zim walked up to her and looked at her. "You remember that day, when your father gave you a tour of Irk?" he asked, trying to look into her eyes. She avoided his gaze.

Lei stood up and walked away from Zim. "Just because you are Irken, doesn't mean you know everything about me." She said gathering the folders contents.

Zim began to help her, stopped and grabbed her wrist. "You saw a smeet in line at the Irken Academy waiting to get in."

Lei stopped and looked up at him. Her face was streaked with tears.

Zim continued. "You ran up to him and gave him a name and made him your friend." Zim stepped back and pulled off his disguise. He was hoping that she would recognize him, but she just stared at him with a blank expression. He decided to continue. "The name you gave him was Ven and you swore when you were Tallest, you would give names to all the Invaders."

Zim POV

She stared at me. Something sparked in her eyes and she finally knew who I was.

She got up slowly, still watching me, and then jumped at me. "Ven!" she pulled me into a big hug. I hugged her back.

We hugged for a few minutes till the doorbell went off. She backed out of the hug and looked at me. "I need to get that." She said wiping some tears off of her cheeks and tried to walk off, but I grabbed her wrist and swung her back and pulled her into a passionate kiss.

Lei's POV

I stood there as he kissed me. All that went through my head was holy crap, shit, and fuck!

When he stopped, he looked into my eyes. I stepped back. "I really need to get the door." I said, still in shock.

He nodded, put his disguise back on and followed me.

We came up from my base and stepped out of my closet. We walked out of my room to see Dib sitting on the couch. He looked as shocked as I was. His eyes shifted back and forth from me to Zim. He crossed his arms and stared at me. Crap, fuck, shit, bwwaaaah! Ran through my head again.

"It's not what you think." Is all that came out of my mouth.

RAWR! I want to kill Zim, but I can't, he's important to the story. Please review!