Holidays
By: Kioko the pirate
Chapter 1: Halloween
After all the months that had passed since the ordeal with Pantucka, after all the months of anxious waiting the holiday season was finally upon Lilo, Stitch and their now large ohana. Yet the fact that Kioko's time left on the planet was now almost gone the family still kept with the holiday spirit. Oki, Kina and Ashley in particular were full of holiday spirit since it would be the first Holiday season that they would be around for. They were a little upset that their uncle 625 had moved out, Lilo had found him an excellent job at a local bistro. However their excitement for the arrival of the first of the four holidays, Halloween, was overwhelming to say the least.
The day was bright as usual on the island of Kauai, an unusually strong breeze swept across the tiny piece of land, carrying with it the crisp smell of the ocean. The town seemed silent despite the approaching storm of rubber masks, jack o' Lanterns and buckets of candy. However the Pelekai house hold was of course an exception to this. Jumba, Pleakly and Stitch were outside setting up the Halloween decorations while Lilo and Nani prepared a few bowls full of candy for the onslaught of trick or treaters that was sure to arrive later that night. Meanwhile Angel was tending to a much more messier job, helping the kids carve their pumpkins.
"Tonight's going to be so awesome! We get to go out and get as much candy as we want!" shouted Kina joyfully as he scooped a large paw full of pumpkin guts out of his large pumpkin.
"Do we get to keep all of the candy we get, Mommy?" asked Ashley as she carefully plucked a few strands of pumpkin innards from in between her fingers.
Angel gave a warm smile as she looked over at her daughter. "Of course you do, just as long as you keep it away from your Father that is."
"How far are we allowed to go tonight?" asked Kina as he dug his paw into the pumpkin once again.
"You're allowed to go as far as the movie theater, but no further then that." answered Angel in a motherly tone.
"Are you letting us go alone?" asked Ashley.
Angel shook her head. "No, your father is going to take you."
"Can Uncle Kioko come with us too?" asked Kina hopefully.
A large smile found it's way across the pink experiment's face. "Yes he's coming too."
"This pumpkin is good." blurted Oki with a muffled voice.
His mother and two siblings both looked over at the young experiments with slightly disgusted looks on their faces. Oki had his mouth full of pumpkin guts, strands of the orange gourd hung out from his mouth like vines.
"Oki, get that out of your mouth right now!" shouted Angel. "You don't eat the inside of the pumpkin you throw it away."
Oki lowered his ears as he spat the pumpkin out into the bowl that held all the other pumpkin guts. "Sorry, Mom."
At that moment the front door opened, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakly all entered the house with satisfied smiles on their faces. The front of the house was now covered with spider webs, skeletons, fog machines, spooky noise makers and many more pieces that made the house look haunted.
"If those decorations don't scare anybody I'll be very surprised." said Stitch with a big grin as he walked over and sat down on the couch.
"The chances of any persons not being scared by fake human limbs and appendages sticking out of ground is very slim, 6-2-6." blurted Jumba as he sat down next to the little blue experiment.
"After all the Halloweens we've been through on this planet I think we've finally mastered the art of decorating a house for Halloween." blurted Pleakly as he walked over and looked out the front window.
Both Stitch and Jumba looked at the noodle like alien with raised eye brows. "Let me guess, after all this time you still find Halloween to be a 'fascinating' Earth tradition?" asked Stitch.
Pleakly looked back over his shoulder at the two aliens and gave a small shrug. "Don't you?"
Stitch and Jumba both gave sighs as they rolled their eyes. At that Moment Lilo and Nani both came into the room caring with them the large buckets of candy. Stitch's face quickly brightens upon seeing the mountains of candy being set on a small table next to the door. Lilo notices her friends expression and gives a small laugh.
"Don't even think about it, Stitch. This candy is for the trick-or-treaters."
"Oh, but Lilo can't I have just one piece? You've got so much there, there will be plenty for tonight." pleaded Stitch as he clasped his paws together hopefully.
"Sorry Stitch but the answer is no. If we let you have even one piece you'll have your head buried in that bowl faster then you can say aloha."
Stitch folded his arms over his chest and gave a defeated moan as he slouched down into the couch. Lilo gave another small laugh as she watched Stitch give an adorable little pout. The room became silent as Lilo, Nani and Pleakly all went back into the kitchen. After a few moments the silence was broken once more as the kids and Angel came into the living room.
"Daddy, look at our pumpkins!" shouted Oki happily as he ran into the living room with his pumpkin in his arms.
Stitch quickly sat up in his seat as the three kids ran in front of him, holding up their pumpkins happily. Each of them had carved their own little design into the pumpkins. Oki had carved a vicious looking face into his, it had many triangular teeth and narrow, evil looking eyes. Kina had carved a basic Jack-o-Lantern face into his pumpkin, with triangular eyes, nose and square teeth. Ashley had carved a rose design into her pumpkin, but to keep it from getting to girly she had put a multitude of thorns onto it's stem.
"What do you think of them, Dad?" asked Ashley.
Stitch gave an impressed nod as he looked at all the pumpkins. "They look great, kids. You did a wonderful job on them." smiled Stitch.
The kids all gave joyous grins at their Fathers compliments. Angel also had a happy smile on her face as she walked over behind the kids. "Why don't you go put those pumpkins outside on the porch? When it gets dark we'll put candles in them to light them up." instructed Angel as she looked at each of the kids.
"Ok, Mommy." smiled Kina.
Without another word the three children ran off to the front door, quickly opening it and running out onto the front porch. Angel gave a happy sigh as she watched the children run out.
"You know, I'm impressed with you too, Angel," smiled Stitch as he hopped off the couch and walked over to his buchi-boo. "This is only your second Halloween here and your first Halloween where your not dealing with overwhelming cravings and morning sickness. Yet you've still managed to teach the kids how to carve pumpkins like pros." finished Stitch as he wrapped his arms around Angel and kissed her on the cheek.
Angel gave a small giggle as she placed her paws on Stitch's arms. "Well just because I spent most of last Halloween trying not to eat the pumpkin doesn't mean I wasn't paying attention."
Both Stitch and Angel shared a laugh as they gently rocked back and fourth. Suddenly the front door once again swung open and the kids ran back into the living room. Coming to a sudden stop in front of Stitch and Angel who were still holding each other.
"Eww, Mommy and Daddy are getting all snuggly again!" shouted Oki as he stuck his tongue out.
Stitch gave a sly smile as he buried his nose into Angel's cheek, causing the pink experiment to giggle slightly. "Oh you three just wait until you find your own buchi-boos. Then you'll be the ones who are going to be doing all of this snuggling stuff." said Stitch as he looked at the kids out of the corner of his eye.
All three of the kids gave a disgusted 'eww' as they wrinkled their noses. Stitch's smile widened as he kissed Angel once again on the cheek, watching as the kids shook their heads in disgust before running off for their room. Stitch and Angel both laughed as they watched the kids scramble up the stairs. After hearing their door shut Stitch once again looked back towards Angel and gave her another kiss.
"I should go get the kids into their costumes, before it gets to late." said Angel.
"I didn't know you bought them costumes?"
"Well we didn't buy them costumes…" started Angel.
"Me and Angel made their costumes." finished Lilo as she walked into the living room.
"You two made them?" asked Stitch as he looked over at Lilo with a surprised look.
"Yep, we barrowed Pleakly's sewing machine and some of the material he had lying around and just threw together a little something for the kids." explained Lilo as she sat on the couch.
"Yep, and I'd say we did a good job too. Wouldn't you say so, Lilo?" asked Angel with a confident smile.
"I think we did better then good, I think we did great."
Angel gave a nod of agreement as Stitch gave a nod of his own. "Well, I cant' wait to see these costumes you've made." smiled Stitch.
"To be telling the truth, I'm interested to see what not so little, little girl and 6-2-4 have come up with." blurted Jumba as he rubbed his chin thoughtfully
"Well then I better go and get them into to their costumes," said Angel as she gently pulled out of Stitch's arms. "Hopefully Oki hasn't eaten his yet."
Lilo gave a small sigh as she rubbed her forehead. "We really need to find a way to stop that boy from eating things he's not supposed too."
Angel gave a shrug. "That's easier said then done. After all he is Stitch's son." smiled Angel as she looked at Stitch.
"Hey, I've gotten better at controlling myself." defended Stitch as he folded his arms over his chest.
"Better, but you're still not quite there yet." said Angel as she kissed Stitch on the nose.
Stitch gave another sigh as Angel went off to help the kids. The blue experiment slowly walked over and sat down on the floor in front of the couch, leaning against Lilo's legs and rubbing his face with his paws.
"This is going to be a long night," moaned Stitch. "Keeping those kids close by will be almost impossible since there will be so much free candy around. Luckily Angel has that yell of hers that'll keep them close by hopefully."
"Uh Stitch, Angel isn't going out tonight." said Lilo.
A shocked expression swept across Stitch's face as he looked up at Lilo. "She's not? But I thought for sure she'd go out with the kids tonight. After all it is the kids first Halloween."
Lilo shook her head. "Nope, instead she's asked Kioko to go along with you to take the kids trick-or-treating."
"Kioko? Why?" asked Stitch as he got up to his feet.
"Well, it'll give the kids some time with their Uncle and it will give you two some more time to bond. Angel still thinks you two could be a little less competitive around each other."
"Ugh, I love her, I love her." groaned stitch as he turned to face the window while throwing his arms in the air.
Lilo just gave a small laugh as the sound of scampering paws echoed down from upstairs. A second later the kids came rushing down the steps and into the living room. All of the rooms occupants looked towards the children as they slide to a stop in front of their Father. All three of them were dressed in little cowboy/cowgirl outfits. Each had on little leather vests and hats and were wearing tiny cowboy boots with spurs on them.
"Well, what do you think?" asked Kina as he clicked the heels of his boots together.
A large smile formed on Stitch's face as he looked at the three. "You all look awesome! But I think you're missing one tiny part."
"What's that, Daddy?" asked Ashley.
"Well if your going to be little cow folk, shouldn't you have gun belts?"
"Ah yes, no outfit is being completely with handy plasma blasters at side!" exclaimed Jumba.
Lilo looked over at the scientist with a raised brow. "They didn't have plasma blasters in the old west, Jumba."
"Yeah Grandpa, they had revolvers." grinned Oki.
"For last time, please not to be calling Jumba Grandpa!" shouted Jumba.
Angel's laugh suddenly filled the room as she casually walked in. "You know their going to keep calling you that, since it annoys you so much. Besides, since you are basically our Dad, you instantly qualify for Grandpa status." explained Angel as she walked over to Stitch.
Jumba just gave a grumble as he slouched down into the couch. "So, what do you think of our work?" asked Lilo.
"I think you did an excellent job. I'm very impressed." said Stitch as he looked back and fourth between Lilo and Angel, smiling at them both.
"Well we modeled them after your old cowboy outfit. The one you apparently wore when you were in that bull wrestling contest." said Angel with a smile.
"Oh, that outfit."
"Yes, that outfit." said Angel as she leaned in towards Stitch, bringing her herself close to his ear. "Which by the way I've never had the pleasure of seeing you in." whispered Angel.
A sly smile formed on Stitch's face as he looked at her out of the corner of his eye. Stitch turned to face her and leaned in over her shoulder. "Well maybe you'll get to do some trick-or-treating of your own later tonight." whispered Stitch.
"What are you two whispering about?" asked Ashley curiously.
Stitch and Angel leaned away from each other and looked towards their daughter. "It's nothing you should be worrying about. We were just discussing some Mommy and Daddy stuff." said Stitch.
A confused expression appeared on the young girls face as she tried to figure out what her Father was talking about. "Why don't you kids go get your gun belts? There in our room on the bed." said Angel with a warm smile.
"Ok!" shouted the kids as they once again ran off towards the stairs.
At that Moment Nani came speedily walking into the room. A small checklist in one hand and a pen in the other. "Uh oh, Nani-zilla's on the preparation war path again." said Lilo with a small grin.
Stitch gave a small laugh as Nani hurriedly went around the room, checking off things on her little list. She seemed almost oblivious to every one else's presence, at least for the moment. Her eyes quickly fell onto the two experiments, alien scientist and her younger sister.
"Why are you all just sitting around?" asked Nani in a raised voice. "There are things that need to be done before tonight. And tonight is in less then two hours."
"Relax, Nani. Every big thing that needed to be done is done. Just relax for a bit." explained Lilo.
"Yeah, you don't need to do anymore tonight. Me and Lilo can pass out the Candy while Stitch and Kioko take the kids out." said Angel.
A confused look appeared on Nani's face as she looked down at the tiny pink experiment. "You mean you're taking your kids out trick-or-treating?"
"Well Stitch and Kioko are, not me. But yeah… their going out trick-or treating." answered Angel.
"Why does that surprise you?" asked Lilo.
"Why does it surprise me? Their… their the children of two experiments and you're taking them out among all of those human children? Don't you think it's a little bit risky?"
An angry look appeared on Stitch, Angel and Lilo's faces. "That's evil, Nani. How could you think of keeping those kids from participating in such a happy event?" scolded Lilo as she got to her feet.
"Well what if people get freaked out?" asked Nani defensively.
"I think this island has grown accustomed enough to our presence that there shouldn't be any problems." said Angel angrily.
"Yeah, besides… I always went out with Lilo when she was little. No one ever complained then." added Stitch.
"That was then this is now." replied Nani.
"Now there should be even less complaining." snapped Lilo.
Nani opened her mouth to say something but she was quickly interrupted by another voice. "Complaining about what?"
Every one looked over to see Kioko coming through the front door, a large grey sack slung over his shoulder. "Nani was just trying to say that taking the kids out trick-or-treating was a bad idea." explained Lilo as she shot her sister a dirty look.
Kioko gave a shrug as he sat the sack down on the floor. "I don't see anything wrong with Stitch and Angel taking them out."
Angel quickly raised her finger. "Uh Kioko, we decided that you and Stitch were going to take the kids out tonight."
A confused look appeared on the pirates face as he raised an eye brow. "Ok…"
"I still don't think they should go out." blurted Nani.
A group sigh filled the room. "Nani, it'll be fine. It won't look weird especially since I'm going to be going out with them." sighed Kioko.
Nani gave a frustrated sigh as she held her forehead. "Fine, fine, it's obvious that I'm never going to get any where with you all. I give up."
With out another word Nani walked over and flopped down into a near by chair. After words the grey sack that Kioko had been carrying caught every one's attention.
"So, what's in the sack?" asked Lilo curiously.
A small smile snuck across Kioko's face as he looked down at the sack. "This, is my contribution to the decorations outside." explained Kioko as he reached down and opened the sack.
Every one looked on curiously as the pirate reached into the bag. A moment later he pulled out what appeared to be a mummy, it appearance was of grey, dry skin stretched across bone. Kioko lifted the mummy up into the air by the back of it's neck.
"Wow, that looks so realistic!" shouted Lilo.
"Yeah, that looks like something they'd use in the movies." added Stitch
Kioko gave a small chuckle. "Looks realistic? This is realistic."
A confused look appeared on every ones faces. "What do you mean?" asked Angel.
A small grin appeared on Kioko's face as he looked the mummy up and down. "Well, say hello to the ancient Egyptian high priest, Nephrotia."
Every ones expressions changed instantly to that of a shocked appearance. All of them quickly looked between Kioko and the mummy with out making a word. For a few moments the room was completely silent, until Nani shot up to her feet angrily.
"Are you saying that's a real mummy?" shouted Nani as she walked up to Kioko.
"Yep, sure is." smiled Kioko proudly.
"Awesome!" exclaimed Lilo as she quickly ran over next to Kioko. "I've never seen a mummy this close up before."
"You want to touch it?' offered Kioko as he held the mummy out to Lilo.
A massive grin forms on Lilo's face as she extends her hand out towards the mummy. The Hawaiian teen gave a joyous giggle as she poked the mummy's chest. The mummy's leathery skin sent a chill up Lilo's spin causing her to shaky slightly. Stitch gave a curious coo as he watched his friend poke the mummy. The blue experiment slowly began walking towards the ancient man but stopped when he felt a paw on his shoulder. Stitch gave an innocent grin as he looked over his shoulder at Angel, who had a disapproving look on her face.
"Come on, can't I just poke it once?" asked Stitch pleadingly.
"Not if you plan on ever touching me again." replied Angel.
"Oh man." whined Stitch.
"How did you end up with a mummy?" asked Lilo as she stepped back from the mummy
"Well, it was a gift. A sort of thank you gift." explained Kioko.
"Who would give you a mummy as a thank you gift?" asked Nani questionably.
Kioko rolled his eyes as he set the mummy down. "Oh just… King Tut." smiled Kioko with a proud tone.
Lilo's and Nani's eyes both widened in an instant. "King tut?" shouted Lilo.
"Yep, you see ole Nephrotia here was a corrupted priest serving under king tut. Well, Tut found out that Nephrotia was stealing gold, Nephortia ran and then… made the mistake of trying to run me over with a camel. And well that was the last of the corrupt priest and as a thank you tut gave me Nephrotia's mummified body. Though I didn't want it." explained Kioko casually.
"Wait, let me get this straight… you meet King tut? But that was over 2,000 years ago." blurted Nani.
"And how old am I? Nani, I was on this planet before you humans even started recording your history."
Nani gave a sigh as she held her forehead, shaking her head disbelievingly. "You aliens…" sighed Nana as she wandered off into the kitchen.
For a short moment every one in the room watched silently as Nani disappeared around the corner. But soon after attention was returned back to the previous issues.
"So, I'm taking the kids out trick-or-treating, huh?" asked Kioko as he folded his arms over his chest.
"Yep, you and Stitch are." blurted Lilo.
"Why?" asked Kioko flatly.
Angel gave a sigh as she walked over to Kioko and climbed up his coat so she was face to face with the pirate. "Listen, I just think it's a god idea if you and Stitch get a little more time to bond. Plus, it'll let the kids have a little time with their favorite uncle." smiled Angel as she poked Kioko's chest.
Kioko narrowed his eyes suspiciously as the pink experiment smiled at him. "What are you up to?" asked Kioko in a whisper.
A surprised look appeared on Angel's face. "What, I'm not up to anything I promise." said Angel trying to play innocent.
Kioko continued to stare at Angel with the same suspicious look for a few moments before finally giving a snort. "Fine, if you say you're not up to anything… I'll believe you." said Kioko with a low tone.
A toothy grin spread across the female experiments face. "Thank you, Kioko."
"Yeah, yeah. So… where are the kids?" asked Kioko as he looked past Angel.
"They should be coming down soon." blurted Lilo.
As if on cue the kids came bounding down the stairs nosily. In a flash the three kids where in the living room, surrounding their uncle and clicking their little toy guns while making gun noises. A small smile formed on the pirates face as he looked down at the three happy children.
"Well if it isn't the three banditos. I feel like I'm back in the old west." smiled Kioko.
"Hey, we're not bandits…we're sheriffs!" shouted Kina proudly.
"Speak for yourself." blurted Oki as he pulled a small red bandana over his mouth.
"I'm a cowgirl, Uncle Kioko." smiled Ashley as she tipped her hat.
"I see that," said Kioko a she kneeled down to the kids level. "And I'd have to say you're the cutest cowgirl around these here parts." finished Kioko with an old western accent.
Ashley gave a small giggle as her cheeks turned a slight shade of red. "Eww, her cute. Yeah right." teased Oki.
Ashley gave a small huff as she gave her brother a dirty look, while Kioko gave a smile of his own. "Hey, Oki," called Kioko.
"What?" asked Oki as he looked towards Kioko.
Kioko raised his index finger towards Oki while raising his thumb to simulate a pistol. "Gotcha." smiled Kioko as he quickly lowered his thumb.
Oki dramatically grabbed onto his chest and stumbled backwards. "He got me!" moaned Oki as he playfully fell backwards. "I'm done for."
Both Kioko and Ashley laughed as the boy stuck his tongue out. Meanwhile Angel walked away from the chaos and back over to Lilo and Stitch. She came to a stop next to Stitch and gave a sigh a she leaned on his shoulder.
"See, the kids love their Uncle." blurted Angel.
"And they love their Father." added Lilo.
"And you wouldn't want them to continue seeing their Father and Uncle competing over stupid little things now would you?" finished Angel as she rubbed her forehead on Stitch's cheek.
"No… I guess not." said Stitch a she looked down at his Buchi-boo.
"So, you won't mind taking the kids out with Kioko tonight, right?" asked Lilo a she kneeled down next to Stitch.
Stitch gave a groan as he was snuggled on both sides by Angel and Lilo. "Why do I have to love you two so much?" asked Stitch as he looked back and fourth between Lilo and Angel.
"Is that a 'Yes, I'm fine with it' or what?" asked Lilo cautiously.
Stitch gave another groan as he rolled his eyes. "Yes it is."
The two girls were instantly overcome by large toothy grins as they hugged their favorite blue experiment tighter, causing Stitch to groan and roll his eyes once more.
Well that's the end of this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Just to let you know, this story will cover all four main Holidays from Halloween to the New Years. Each Holiday will be covered by 1 or2 chapters ( though the average will probably be 2). Anyway, if you have any questions send me a PM. Well please review.