Some Context: This story is essentially the Stitch! anime with Lilo written into it and some changes made where I saw necessary. This is written in a way that matches up enough to the actual anime so if you're curious about the actual contents of the anime but don't want to watch it you'll get the general idea of it since some of the dialogue is taken directly from the show itself.

I'd like to write a cool disclaimer, but unfortunately having to make a disclaimer for something posted on a site for fan fiction is a pretty laughable prospect.

Disclaimer: Satisfaction of this fan fiction is not guaranteed. If you read this with the intention of having it as a substitute for watching the actual anime, I recommend you don't since I changed a lot of major points. There are summaries elsewhere on the internet the sums up what's wrong with it quite nicely. Even though I consider this version to be better (I mean the anime does nicely for a stupid kid's show I guess…) it is not above having plot holes and inconsistencies if you see any besides the obvious ones like Lilo and Stitch snapping and running away from home then please tell me.

Thank You, and enjoy the Prologue.

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I, like most people who adored Lilo & Stitch growing up, was very distraught (for lack of a better word) when I discovered the Stitch! anime (but hot damn is the japanese opening theme infuriatingly catchy "ali~en!"). Being the… uh, type of person that I am (A jerk? Genius? Guy who can't leave well enough alone?) I decided that I wanted to rewrite the whole thing in my image.

Rewriting the Stitch anime to include Lilo in it was an epically great idea to start with it but my mission had one terrible downside. I was the one who was going to write (right?) it.

Now before you start going and bashing my blatant self-demotion, I do consider this a fair downside. The way I intend on writing this is quite different than the one people would expect and probably enjoy more. For starters, if you read the summary then you've read that Yuna plays a rather central role in this version still. I'm aware that most people generally dislike Yuna so when I decided I wanted to share this story this prospect hindered me.

I believe all characters have the right to development.(Except for the Yokai, because we all agree they did not belong in a story about genetically mutated aliens and the reforming abilities of familial love. I love Yokai and Japanese Mythology and all but I feel a sci-fi story like thistle one I want doesn't really have the pacing suited for the type of Yokai shown in the anime.) Sure, the anime is funny, silly, very "kid-friendly" to measures which are easily mocked but that's just not how I write.

I could definitely have written out Yuna. I could make this an anime-style fan-fiction about Lilo growing up and taking Stitch to college with her when she studies abroad in Japan. Everything would make sense, but…

I felt sorry for the character of Yuna. I really do, I can't help how I feel people! Yuna is a character with a complex backstory (for the type of show that anime is anyway), a personality with potential and I feel if she had been in a kid-show independent of the Lilo & Stitch franchise it could be great. A show about a little girl alone on an island making friends with spirits and Yokai, learning to deal with her childish problems in ridiculous ways, a standard plot, and in Japan it might've been a success. (Don't roll your eyes at me hypothetical readers!)

This is why I want to redeem Yuna - she doesn't belong in the world her writers put her in. I feel that's a tragedy right there. I wish I could write some sort of "Yuna, Izayoi & The Spiritual Stone" or something with her completely independent of Stitch and the aliens.

But I can't because I want that to be for kids and I can't write something meant for kids even if I was given a million bucks to do it (I mean I could but it wouldn't be good).

The point is people only hate her because she's out of place in the world she was written into. She's not inherently a bad character, she just doesn't belong in her setting, she's out of place (just like me) and doesn't fit quite right with the franchise she was designed for. (I pity her, I identify with her problem, and I am going to take pity on her character and attempt to make it better for personal reasons.)

Am I done having to defend my poor-choice to include Yuna in the story? Great, moving on to defending my extremely poor choice of keeping the bit about Lilo & Stitch running away from home. Officially, the story is that they got sick of being outcasts on Earth one day and having been exposed to the rich diverse culture of the galaxy they one day snuck out to explore but never stopped running.

This is so out-of-character for them, it's not even funny. The characters in-universe are aware of it, all of them except Lilo and Stitch have utterly no clue how this really happened and why. Lilo and Stitch, the poster children and primary advocates for the "Ohana" theme running away from home and their beloved family? What the hell is this nonsense?

I intend to abuse this plot-point whenever possible for thematic purposes. I'm working on a rational in-universe explanation, but it's not easy. I really only did it at the time because it was an easy way to get them to Izayoi. I admit it's sloppy writing, but hey, I'm going to improve it! (Maybe)

Uh… overlook this one problem and I promise the rest is better? Sort of…

Feh, whatever, you win some and you lose some. Every story has good points and bad points - this is a bloody fan fiction it doesn't have to be perfect! (Or even be taken this seriously at all, ever)

It's great practice for any real novels I intend on writing though - *squeals like school-girl!* - anyway without further ado I'll explain how Hamsterviel is reformed but still the villain!

Basically, I was inspired by the fan-fiction "Gantu's Assignment" by Joshua-Sinclair. Except in this version Reuben and Hämsterviel, and everyone in the Armada is aware of this "assignment" - Lilo and Stitch as well as Jumba and Pleakley are not. However, the experiments are and the reason for this will become clear eventually. Unlike why L&S ran away and why Yuna is in the story, the story actually explains this itself so we're good to go.

If possible: Sit back, relax, and enjoy a fan fiction about a disappointing anime remade into a story that gives a terrible character a second chance and doesn't treat the experiments as some "monster of the week" to be captured then tamed but as people and extensions of the main character's family.