Under an Angel's Care
Chapter 1
Another sunny day on the tropical island of Izayoi. The local birds were singing, and the sun was warming the ocean waters. Townsfolk went about their various businesses. While a familiar blue creature was darting into and out of various shops. Stitch was on a little shopping spree.
He had just gotten some important news, and he wanted to be prepared. His girlfriend Angel, was coming to the island again, having taken a break from her music career just to visit her friends. Especially Stitch. Stitch was giddy with excitement. He was also nervous at the same time. Any foul up he would make around Angel, would cause her to be really angry with him.
He gulped at the thought. Stitch got the last of gifts for Angel taken care of and he made his way to the dock.
Not too far behind was Stitch's friends. Yuna, Pleakley, Sae, little Boogoo were chasing after him. They usually like to watch Stitch and Angel in hope things would go well between them. "Stitch sure can run." Sae said trying to keep up. "When Angel comes to the island he's always like this." Yuna said as she ran.
"Ah, the wonders of love." Pleakley said as he ran. "So beautiful and yet at the same time so painful."
Just then, he felt a sharp pain in two of his three legs. "Ah!" Pleakley exclaimed. He hopped on his good leg while clutching the two in pain. The girls became concerned. They stopped running. "Though a cramp is probably more painful!" Pleakley said.
Stitch rushed as fast as he could toward the dock. He made just as soon as Angel hopped off of her yacht.
"Angel!" Stitch exclaimed as he ran toward her with the many gifts he had in his arms. Angel saw him. "Bujiboo!" She cried happily. "I sure hope this goes well." Yuna said as she, Sae, Pleakley and Boogoo peeked from behind a wall. They watched intently.
Stitch kept running excitedly towards Angel. He failed to notice a wet spot on the concrete of the dock. It had rained the night before. "Bujiboo look out!" Angel cried noticing the water on the ground. Too late. Stitch ran right in it's path and began to lose his balance. The gifts in his arms didn't help. "Oh no, not again." Yuna said from the wall. "It's Valentine's day all over again." said Pleakley. Boogoo covered his eyes with his little appendages. Angel braced herself. Stitch fell over backwards onto his backside.
His gifts went flying. "Oof!" He said. Then he remembered. Angel. He got up and tried to catch his merchandise.
He flashed around desperately hurrying to get everything. Unfortunately, he missed one.
"Eek!" He heard. "Uh oh…" Stitch said. He gulped. He did it again! "Angel?" He asked. He looked to see Angel was still standing up, but with a white box over her head.
Stitch felt his heart sink. "Oh man…" Yuna said covering her eyes. "Gaba iki?" Angel asked, unusually calm from under the box.
"Stitch sorry!" He wailed. Stitch pulled the box slowly from Angel's head. And on Angel's head, instead of a cake, was a lovely purple ladies had.
Synthetic blue flowers pinned to where the crown meets the brim puffed up as Stitch removed the box.
Stitch looked panicked. He didn't even see the hat on Angel's head, for he closed her eyes so he wouldn't see the expression on her face. Angel was curious as to what was on her head this time. It didn't feel like anything bad
But she wanted to be sure. She took out a compact mirror from her tote-along suitcase.
Stitch looked like he was gearing up to be hit. "Bujiboo!" Angel exclaimed. Stitch braced himself. But instead of a scolding, Stitch received a big hug. Stitch opened his eyes. "Huh?" Stitch asked. Angel purred. "Meega love it." She said. "Morecheeba."
Stitch gave out a sigh of relief and returned her hug. Yuna, Sae, Pleakley, and Boogoo, all gave out a unanimous sigh of relief. "Whew." Yuna said. "That was close."
"Ah, young love." Pleakley said. He then pulled out a small video camera. "What are you doing?" Sae asked.
"Taking video for America's Gushiest Home Love Stories." He said. "America's what?" Sae asked. "We're not even in America." Yuna pointed out. "No worries." Pleakley said. "That's what air mail is for. Now. I just need the perfect angle." "Boogoo." The little floating creature said.
He held up a scene marker. Pleakley reached down and pulled a baret, also known as his "directorial skull protector," and placed it on his head.
"Action!" Pleakley said.
"Ok, who's hungry?" Yuna asked. They had come to her house, where Angel would be staying. Angel and Stitch both raised their hands. So did Boogoo. Well he raised whatever it was he used for hands. "Gramma! We're home!" Yuna called. As if on cue, Yuna's grandmother came into the room, holding some type of platter. "Oh, you're here."
She said. "Welcome." She pet Angel. The pretty pink alien purred.
"What's on the platter?" Sae asked.
"Lunch." Gramma said. She lay the platter on the table for the others to see. Stitch's eyes went wide. "Oooh." He said. His mouth watered at the sight of many assorted fruits. "Stitch." Yuna said. "Huh?" He said.
"If you keep drooling like that, you'll drown us all." said Yuna. "Oops." Stitch said, before covering his mouth.
Boogoo grinned and scarfed up a grape with his tongue. "So Angel, what brings you back to the island?" Yuna asked. "Vacation." Angel said. "and visit Bujiboo." Stitch blushed and got a goofy love struck look in his face, making Angel smile. "Glad to see you're not still sore about that Valentine's day thing." Yuna said with a smile. "Is you're singing career going well?" "Ih." Angel replied with a nod. Stitch smiled. He picked various bits of fruit and stacked them on one of his claws as they were shish kabob. He stuffed the whole thing in his mouth. Everyone laughed. "Hey, how about after lunch we can walk through the Chitama forest?" Yuna suggested. "The plants probably look nice since the rainstorm last night. The sunlight on the water drops on the leaves just make them shimmer like stars."
Angel purred. She liked the idea of seeing something pretty. "I'd love to Yuna but I need to do laundry. Jumba needs to wash his shirts and I'm the only one that does it." Pleakley said. Boogoo just nodded and agreed to help with a "Boogoo." "How about you Sae?" Yuna asked. "It does sound fun, but I need to do some shopping later." Sae said. "Oh." Yuna said, sounding disappointed.
"Hmm." She looked at the pink and blue couple before her. Yuna's frown quickly became a smile. "Well I guess it's you, me, and Angel Stitch!" She said happily. Stitch cheered. "A walk with da bujiboo!" Stitch said spinning on his head. He laughed happily as he did this, making Angel giggle. "You're going to love it Angel." Yuna said. "Not only will we get to see plants, but lots of little creatures like to come out after a rainstorm. Last time I took a walk, I got to see probably the biggest Stag Beetle on the island." Angel looked at her, eyes wide. Yuna saw this. "Uh, you ok Angel?" Yuna asked. "Bujiboo?" Stitch asked.
"Bugs…" She began. Stitch, Yuna, and the others looked at her. Angel felt her skin crawling. "Iky!" She exclaimed.
She started moving about like a girl that just saw a mouse crawl across the floor, exclaiming in her alien language how much she didn't like bugs and other such "iky" things. "Well, there's other things too." Yuna said. "Lots of cool frogs and salamanders love it when it's wet." Angel's expression didn't improve. "Blech!" She said. Stitch frowned. "Angel not want to go?" He asked. Angel looked at him. He looked disappointed.
"Naga." she said. "Meega go with Yuna and bujiboo." Stitch and Yuna beamed. Stitch hugged her.
"Bootifa!" He exclaimed. He broke the hug and ran giddily around the room. Angel smiled, but was uneasy about being near insects and amphibians. She did her best to hide it though.
After their lunch, Yuna, Stitch, and Angel went on their walk through the Chitama forest.
The forest was alive with sounds after the tumultuous rain they had had the night before. The water droplets on the leaves and petals of flowers gave of a sparkling gleam in the bright sunshine. Angel purred when she saw this.
"Morecheeba." She said. "See I told you that you'd like it." Yuna said. "The forest is just full of life." Stitch walked next to Angel. He gave her three lovely red flowers he had picked. Angel smiled widely. The water on their petals and leaves shimmered before her eyes. Angel thanked Stitch and kissed his cheek. Stitch blushed. He laughed happily, This walk was going so well. Angel pressed her nose against the flowers. Yuna smiled as she walked. They suddenly heard a buzzing noise. Stitch and Angel's ears perked up. Angel slowly pulled the flowers away from her nose. Yuna and Stitch saw something. "Uh, Angel?" Yuna said. "There's a…" She pointed to her nose.
Angel crossed her eyes to see there was a tiny Japanese beetle sitting there on her nose.
"Eeek!" She squealed. She began flailing around, dropping her flowers. The poor little beetle just flew off of Angel's nose during her little outburst of fear. "Angel relax." Yuna said. "It's gone now."
Angel calmed down instantly. She breathed heavily. "Angel ok?" Stitch asked worriedly.
She nodded. Stitch heaved a sigh of relief. He though for sure he was in for a scolding. "Bugs…" Angel said. "Iky! Naga bootifa!" "Oh, come on Angel." Yuna said. "Bugs aren't all bad." "Blech!" Angel said. They soon saw something hop along the path. A bullfrog. Angel ran to the nearest tree. "It's just a bullfrog." Yuna said. "It won't hurt you." The frog hopped on it's way.
"Iky!" Angel shouted. "Angel, you really need to respect all life." Yuna said. "Not everything is as cute or pretty as you want it." "Hmm." Angel said looking to the ground. Then out of the blue, a red hairball, hopped from tree to tree and landed right in front of the three travelers.
The little being removed the hair from his face to reveal himself.
"Kijumunaa." Yuna said. "What's up?" "Gaba ik?" Stitch asked.
"Boy am I glad to run into you guys." Kijimunaa said to them. "There's trouble at the river."
"What trouble?" Yuna asked. "Follow me." said the little troll like yokai. He hopped down the path and the three travelers followed him, running. They got to the river in a matter of minutes. When they arrived, they were not happy with what greeted them. "Oh no." Yuna said. Before their eyes, Yuna, Stitch, Angel, and Kijimunaa didn't see a beautiful flowing river with water as rich and blue as the sky above them.
Instead, it was brown with all manner of filth. The river stank of untreated sewage and pollution. Bits of garbage and oil spots floated on top of the water. "This is terrible." Yuna said. "I wonder how it happened."
Stitch gagged at the stench. Angel held her nose. "If this doesn't get fixed soon," Kijimunaa said with worry in his voice. "all the animals in the river will die."
"We need to find out where this scuzz is coming from." Yuna said. "Ih!" Stitch said. "We save the river!"
"Ih!" Angel said. "All right so it's a plan!" Yuna said.
"I'm going to see if there's any other yokai that can help out." Kijimunaa said. "OK, we'll meet up with you later."
Yuna said. Kijimunaa nodded and hopped on his way deep into the forest as fast as he could.
Together, Yuna, Stitch, and Angel raced off to find the source of the pollution.
As the three ran, they already started to see dead fish starting to float to the surface. "Crabba snabba." Angel said.
"No kidding crabba snabba." Yuna said. "We need to get to town and tell everyone about this."
"Ih!" Stitch said. Then something caught his eye. "Huh?" Stitch said. "What is it Stitch?" Yuna asked.
Stitch said something in his alien language and pointed to a shallow spot in the river.
There was something lying in the water. The visibility in the water wasn't to bad, so they could definitely see something. "Gaba iki?" Angel asked.
A lizard like creature was sitting in the water. It seemed lifeless and pale. "It looks like a salamander." Yuna said. Angel cringed at hearing that. Yuna bent down and picked up the little creature, holding it gently in her hands. "Poor thing." Yuna said. It's grayish skin and yellow splotches were pale and not the usually bright and healthy looking. The creature was thin and sickly looking. Suddenly, it moved! Yuna gasped. "It's alive!" Yuna exclaimed.
The creature tried to crawl. The poor amphibian was weak. The very motion seemed to make it exhausted.
Yuna looked at it with compassion. Stitch looked at it with curiosity. Angel just gave it a look of disgust.
"Esa haga blabla?" Stitch asked. "It's sick?" "Very sick." Yuna said. "But it's alive." "Iky!" Angel said. "Naga bootifa!"
"Angel, please." Yuna said. "We have to help him." "Naga!" Angel said. She turned her back to then and crossed her arms in a pout. "Angel…" Stitch said. "Meega naga touch!" Angel said. "No one said you had to touch him Angel." Yuna said. "But he does need our help."
Yuna got off of her knees and stood up. "Let's take him home for now." Yuna said with a smile. "Gramma will know what to do." "Oki takka!" Stitch said. The two started to walk, leaving Angel behind.
Angel didn't like the idea of helping something that looked so ugly to her. But, she swallowed her tongue and followed them. "What do you think we should call him?" Yuna asked as Angel caught up with her and Stitch.
"Slimy?" Stitch suggested. Yuna giggled. "Nah, I don't think so." She said. "What do you want to name him Angel?"
"Naga!" Angel said. "Iky!" She turned her head away from them. Yuna sighed. "Fine." She said. "Just because I can't think of anything better, we'll call him Iky." Stitch laughed. "Iky the Salamander!" He exclaimed happily. Angel just groaned. No way she was going to touch that sickly little thing. Yuna just sighed and returned her focus to Iky resting in her hands.
The poor creature opened his eyes and looked up at her. Yuna smiled at him. "Don't worry little guy." She thought. "We'll take good care of you." Iky just stared at her. He looked so ill. If he didn't get any care soon, he might not make it.
(A/N: I do not own the characters for they rightfully belong to Disney and Madhouse.
I give credit to knightcommander for helping me write it. Note that the pollution in the river was NOT caused by Ploot. The focus on the fanfic is mainly on Angel. And how she learns to respect and love all living things and help her character grow a little more. More will come soon. I hope y'all enjoy it. Please R&R and be respectful. Thanks and Mahalo plenty.)