Must... write... more... even... though... it's... one... in.. .the.. .morning... and... I... have... church...

*later note: I actually stopped after the regret part and resumed after church. G'night! In a way!*

Ah, well. Anyway, here...weee...GOOOO!

Zim watched Gaz leave, shaking his head slightly.

"Does that happen a lot?" Kama said after a moment.

"Seems like it." Zim sighed.

Suddenly, Kama giggled a little. Zim looked back at her.

"What?"

"Did... are you the one who made her purple?"

Zim gave the slightest grin.

"Yeah."

He blinked and looked at the food in their arms.

"Well, better go find Gaz and let her have a share before Gir takes it."

Kama nodded. They walked forward slowly, not bothering to rush. Gaz would need a bit of alone time, otherwise they would probably regret getting there so early. It was silent for a while.

Zim looked back at Kama and she seemed to have an uncomfortably curious expression.

"You okay?" he asked in Irken.

"Well..." she replied in the same language. "I just...um..." He looked at her expectantly.

"I'm just going to come right out with this. Are you guys... y'know..."

"What?"

"Together?"

He stopped in his tracks and blinked. Then he started to laugh. He tried to cover it at first, but soon it came out loud and strong. He doubled over, struggling to keep the fruit and dead creatures in his arms. He laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes.

Kama laughed too, but not as hard. "So I'm guessing that's a no?"

"No? More...like ab...solutely...NOT!" He said in between laughs.

Once he had calmed down quite a bit, he asked, "What in the world would make you think THAT?"

"Erm...nothing." she said, smiling.

"Come on. We'd better keep going." he started walking along, Kama following eagerly. Soon, they came to a clearing. Zim smelled the slightest traces of smoke, and guessed it wasn't a natural clearing. A glance at the charred remains of trees on the ground confirmed his suspicion.

He saw something in between some trees at the other end, then a flash of purple. Gaz was over there.

"Come on, she's over there." he said.

"Over there? How can you tell?"

Zim remembered how his sight must've been much better than hers. Especially since the sun was going down and it was starting to get a bit dark. He walked forward and through the trees, ignoring Kama's question. He pushed aside some leaves and walked out into a big space. Kama gasped behind him.

Gaz was standing with her back to them. There was a giant hole in the middle of the earth which made two cliffs, and she was standing on the edge of the one on their side. Way down below was a wide river, running over rocks and flowing off into the distance. Zim had a feeling that that was where the water in the waterfall came from.

Nearby there were some fruit trees and a nice cave that branched off into three different little rooms. Perfect.

Gaz turned and frowned when she saw them.

"'Bout time you got here." she was clearly still mad, but had cooled off quite a bit. She walked up to Zim, took some of the fruit in his arms, and walked away into the cave.

"Going to sleep. If you enjoy having limbs still attached to your body, I'd suggest that you don't disturb me."

She disappeared into the darkness of one of the little rooms.

Zim shrugged and went to the trees. He broke off a few branches and quickly made a fire, Kama watching intently the whole time. He cooked some of the small creatures and left one out on a flat rock with some fruit to give to Gir later, once he found his way back to them.

He sat on the edge of the cliff and Kama shyly went over to join him. They ate in silence for a while, looking out over the river and at the stars that were just beginning to appear. When they finished, Zim wiped his mouth with his glove and sat back. Kama looked at him for a moment.

"Hey," she said quietly. "You never did answer my question."

"What question?"

"What are you guys doing in these woods?"

"Er... long story."

"I have time."

He looked over at her and studied her quickly. Her curly antennae twitched eagerly and curiously. She seemed to be hoping with all her might that he would tell her anything she wanted to know.

"I'm not sure if I can trust you."

Her antennae drooped a bit.

"Why?"

"I don't think I can trust anybody at the moment."

She sighed sadly. "Oh, the things you must've been through."

"Hmm...yeah..." he paused, thinking for the first time in a long time that he certainly had been through a lot.

"Can you tell me at least one bit of the story? I promise, I'll earn your trust soon."

"Hmmm... You know, I saw tallests Red and Purple die. I was there."

Her eyes widened. "You mean... from 1,000 years ago? How is that even-"

"You'll have to earn my trust before I can answer that." he said, smiling ever so slightly. He stood up and went into the cave, to the room furthest from Gaz, who was snoring loudly. He layed down and thought about that day. That horrible, horrible day.

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Kama sat on the cliff, looking at the romantically full moon, wondering who this guy was. If he was there 1,000 years ago...

She sighed as she wished she had payed attention while they were teaching her history in school.