Chapter 2: Meeting the Cat Devil

It was now the next morning since Stitch was caught playing Tekken Tag Tournament at 4:00 in the morning. Jumba was prepared for this company that was coming, thanks to a sweepstakes letter that Stitch received. He wasn't even informed of a sweepstakes at all for that matter and he decided to question his little creation about it. When he saw Lilo come down the elevator to her room, he walked in after she left and then, she was puzzled as she turned around and, before she could speak, Jumba was sent upstairs. Nani came around the corner, rushing for work as usual. She nearly bumped into her little sister as she spoke.

"Mornin', Lilo." Nani greeted tiredly. "Why are you staring at your room's elevator?"

"Jumba just went upstairs." Lilo replied. "I think he wants to finally talk to Stitch alone for a while, but I was just wondering, though."After that, the little girl walked off to her hula class. Nani just watched her for a minute before she continued on to work.

Meanwhile, in Lilo and Stitch's room…

Jumba found Stitch sleeping with his head on his folded arms in his bed. He then noticed that he was recently crying by the dried up darker blue streaks under the experiment's closed eyes. He felt bad that he has hurt his creation's feelings and decided to apologize first.

"626?" He started softly. Stitch opened his eyes, but didn't make any eye contact as he grunted in response. "I, uh… I am very sorry for hurting feelings. Little girl was wondering why you are sleepy during awake hours and, now that I have found out, forgive me you will, 626?"

Stitch looked up at him this time and still had an angry look on his face. He purred devilishly, but then, he slowed it down to an apologetic purr as he slightly smiled.

"Meega accept apology." He said sweetly. "Just… give meega fair warning next time, please."

"Okay. Now, about sweepstake letter I found in game compartment last night…" Jumba paused as he pulled out the letter he found. "…it says that you have won a visitation from a Tekken fighter, yes?"

"Yeah! Meega was lucky to win!!" Stitch hopped up on his feet with excitement as he continued. "I picked Kunimitsu to come and I won!! Even a digimon and pokémon are coming along with her! Do we have enough room, Jumba?"

"I hope so. If not, then they can stay in my ship with me. Pleakley needs to sleep alone, he does. Snoring is irritating to sensitive ears."

"Pleakley snores?"

"Heh, heh, heh. Don't tell him I made fun of it, 'kay?"

"Ogeetaka!"

2 hours later…

Jumba was watching Stitch finish his survival mode on Tekken Tag. Minutes later, Lilo came in with a wide eyed look on her face as she saw what her friend was doing.

"Stitch? Are you playing a game?" She asked with surprise. Stitch didn't remove his eyes off the screen as he spoke.

"Ih! Meega practing for big competition against Kunimitsu!" He replied with excitement. Jumba chuckled.

"Kunimitsu woman is coming over to play later. We are waiting for her." He translated. Lilo was still shocked.

"Who's Kunimitsu?" She asked. Stitch paused his game and looked at her with his shocked look.

"'Who is Kunimitsu?'!! She's the greatest Tekken fighter in the world!! I'll bet she can't beat me in competition though. I wanna give her tour before competition."

"A tour? Of the town?"

"Ih!"

"I don't know, Stitch. She sounds evil."

"Naga, Lilo! Kunimitsu nice. You'll like her."

"You must trust 626 on this one. He is one with knowledge of this Kunimitsu person." Jumba agreed. Lilo was still not too sure about giving a ninja a tour of a peaceful and tranquil town, but for her friend's sake and happiness, she had to accept.

"Okay, Stitch. We'll take her on the tour with us." Lilo finally said after a moment of thought. "But, if she turns out to be the bad apple that spoils the bunch, then we're sending her back to wherever she came from."

"Ogata!" Stitch turned his attention back on the game and continued playing. Lilo rolled her eyes as she sat next to Jumba and saw how eager her little friend was to see Kunimitsu in person. Pleakley came down seconds later and was curious as to what all the excited screaming was about.

"What's with the little monster?" He asked Jumba. "And what is Sam's name is he watching?!"

"He is not watching, my one-eyed aquaintence." Jumba started as he remained watching the game. "He is playing game console entertainment system device called Tekken Tag Tournament, developed by excellent video game designers from different countries."

"Playing?! How is he playing this movie?!"

"IT IS NOT A-! Ahem! Pleakley?"

"Yes?"

"It's is called…"

"A VIDEO GAME!!" Stitch finished for him as he was getting agitated. "Didn't you hear 'video game' come from Jumba?"

"What's a video game?"

"UGH!" Jumba and Stitch groaned in annoyance before Lilo stopped them from doing anything rash or cruel and she did the talking.

"Pleakley, Tekken Tag Tournament is a video game developed on this game system." Lilo replied sweetly. "Of all the things about Earth you studied since you got here, the only thing you didn't study about were video games. You need to take up some classes."

"EEEEEEEEHAHAHAHAHAHA!!" Stitch laughed as he paused his game and rolled over on his back like crazy. Jumba held in his laugh.

"Heh, poor Pleakley." Jumba moaned playfully. "Try to study video game history, please."

"Okay." After that, Pleakley left for he and Jumba's room upstairs. When he arrived and opened his door, he saw a hansome anthromorphic male Typhlosion with strict orange eyes and wore a black jacket with tan kimono pants. He stared at Pleakley with confusion, even though he looked normal. "HEY! Who are you?!"

"That's no concern to you, cyclop stranger." The typhlosion spoke in an extremely deep male voice. "Where's Stitch?"

"The little monster? He's downstairs, playing a 'video game'."

The typhlosion squinted his intense eyes with annoyance as he growled in his throat and Renamon came in from the ceiling, startling Pleakley.

"That video game must be Tekken." Renamon guessed in her deep voice. Pleakley started to sweat when he took a step back in defense, away from the two mysterious creatures before him. "Am I right?"

"Yes… yes, you are. Who are you?"

"My name is Renamon and this is Valkablaze behind me. We're here with Kunimitsu for Stitch."

"You are? And… who's Kunimitsu?" Valkablaze and Renamon looked at each other with the same strict eye look before they turned back to Pleakley simultaneously with sly smiles. "O… kay. I'm guessing you know and I have to find out… right?"

"Yes." They both replied in unison. "She's downstairs."

"Huh?" After that was said, he ran downstairs and he did indeed see Kunimitsu standing on the right side of the couch, next to Lilo, watching Stitch play his game. "That's Kunimitsu?!"

At the sound of his voice, Kunimitsu quickly turned around and grew wide eyed at what Pleakley looked like, even though her foxen mask was hiding it. She pulled out her stealth knife in defense before Lilo stopped her by grabbing her free hand.

"Don't worry, Kuni." She softly told her. "It's only Pleakley. He's part of our ohana, too."

After that was said, she lowered her kunai and slid it back in its sheath attached to her waist, staring at Pleakley the entire time. Lilo looked at her through that whole moment and then, looked at Stitch as she relaxed.

"What's with her, Stitch?" She asked with confusion. "Does she talk?"

"Ih, but not all the time." Stitch replied, finishing up in 20th fight in survival mode. "Only talks when needing to."

"Oh. At first, I thought she had a voice problem."

"Oh, naga. Kuni okay. Just very quiet."

"Precisely." Renamon spoke from behind the Manji with Valkablaze next to her. "We're all here, Stitch."

"Oooooh. This must be the digimon and pokémon creatures mentioned in notice letter. What are you names?" Jumba asked as he looked at the two creatures.

"My name is Renamon and this is Valkablaze. He's a limited edition anthromorphic typhlosion."

"Interesting. Kunimitsu, where did you get creatures from?"

"My dojo." Kunimitsu replied in a surprisingly deep female voice. Everybody stared at her, except for Valkablaze and Renamon. "I found them."

"O…kay. Deep voicer here." Lilo muttered with shock. Stitch purred with excitement as Jumba nodded.

"Deep indeed." Jumba agreed as she stood up. "You are from Japan, yes?"

"Yes." Kunimitsu replied. "You must be Dr. Jumba Jookiba."

"That I am, yes. Pleasure to be meeting you." Jumba liked her politeness he wasn't expecting from a woman like her. He shook her hand in welcome. "You must have come long ways to be getting here. Are you partched?"

"Come to think about it, I am." Valkablaze replied as he approached the two. "Ya'll got any water?"

"Why, yes. I'll serve a glass for each of you." Jumba walked into the kitchen to get their glasses of water after that.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen…

Jumba just got the glasses and was about to get the water from the fridge until he saw a long kunai get in his way of the handle and he looked at the owner of that knife. It was Kunimitsu.

"Kuni, why do you interrupt me serving you hydration substance of icy coldness?" He asked abruptly. Kunimitsu chuckled as she eased back into a standing position and removed her mask, revealing her beautiful Japanese face with smooth skin and luminescent green eyes. "Ay-yi-yi! That is why. You want to reveal mysterious face that you have hidden for years. Why hide such a marvelous face?"

"So, my identity can remain as sealed as this mask has sealed my face." Kunimitsu replied expertly. "Ever since I joined the Manji Clan, my identity was gone. So… I preserved it."

"Ahhhh! Excellent news to hear, yes!! What do you think of 626, now that you're in here with me?"

"He's pretty cute. I could get used to him like Lilo did when she found out he was an alien. She didn't freak out when she heard about it, did she?"

"Uhhh, a little. Little girl was, at first, furious at the fact that 626 was nothing more than my greatest creation of a new alien species. Then, when she realizes that she needs more support than just from her older sibling, because of Cobra Bubbles, she feels that 626 really fits in to her lifestyle… and it also replaced 626's previous excile location."

"What did he do to become exciled?"

"His previous function was to destroy everything he touches."

"So, how come he's not doing it now?"

"He feels that he should stop making havoc among this ohana that found him. Thanks to myself, his thinking is faster than a supercomputer and that's what actually led him here."

"Damn."

"Yes. Harsh times for 626, they were… but, on lighter side, he feels comfortable here… as long as there's someone who really cares about himself." Jumba poured Kuni's glass of water as he continued. "Now, he has cousins."

"Cousins?"

"Curious about my creations, aren't you?"

"I'm a curious woman."

"I see. Maybe that's how your stealing skills kicked in like your fighting style. Heh, heh, heh!"

Moments later, in Jumba and Pleakley's room…

Stitch typed on Jumba's computer database of his cousins to show Kunimitsu, Renamon, and Valkablaze, who stood behind him. Lilo was smiling as she saw how excited he was to show off his cousins while Pleakley just shivered with nervousness next to Jumba.

"Meega show Cat Devil and pets my cousins! You'll love 'em!" Stitch exclaimed with extreme happiness. Lilo, Jumba, and Pleakley froze as they heard Kunimitsu's nickname, which they didn't like too much. Stitch sensed it. Same for Kunimitsu and her friends. "Gaba? Why did it get quiet?"

"What is her nickname?" Pleakley asked. Kunimitsu chuckled as she expected this.

"The Cat Devil is who I am." She replied without hesitation. After that, Lilo and Pleakley both stepped back. Jumba remained calm. "Is that a problem?"

"Yeah." Lilo replied. "It means you're a devil to cats… right?"

Kunimitsu chuckled. "Not exactly. My symbolic animal is a cat and my bad attitude towards common people when I steal is the devil part. Get it?"

"Ohhhhhh! Now I get it! Thanks. I was about to kick you out."

"No need to. I'm actually friendly to cats."

"Oooooooooooh! Aakitaka!" Stitch exclaimed with an impressed expression. "Anyway, here's one cousin. This is Poxy."

"Ahhh, experiment 222." Jumba spoke. "He is designed to go inside people who have a high ruling and cause symptoms like purple pimples, smelly feet, and uncontollable burping. Pleakley has gotten infected by him before and it was gruesome. It took us a while to get 222 out."

"Do the symptoms mess up your immune system?" Valkablaze asked.

"Luckily, no. 222's functions are just symptom-wise. Not disease-wise."

"What about this one?" Kunimitsu asked as she pointed out Kixx while Stitch typed in his number. "He looks like he has the muscle of all the cousins."

"Heh, heh, heh, heh! Exactly. That is experiment 601, designed to perform professional kickboxing."

"Kickboxing?!" Valkablaze exclaimed in his deep tone. "Those lessons I can use."

"601's special skill in kickboxing got him into having own learning facility, a dojo, I believe it is called."

"Sweet!"

"He makes money… lots of it."

"I'll bet he does." Renamon commented with a chuckle. Stitch continued typing on his creator's computer, then Kunimitsu stopped him abruptly with her kunai.

"Takiiba?!" He nearly screamed as he was rudely interrupted. Kunimitsu took a good look at Leroy, who was on the screen. "Oh, naga… not Leroy."

"Leroy?" Kunimitsu repeated. "What number is he?"

"Ohhh!! Leroy has no number, but he is deadly fighting machine… far more deadlier than 626 and all of the other experiments combined." Jumba replied. "He is being held in my ship in dehydrated state."

"Can I see him?"

"WHAT?!" Lilo and Pleakley asked in a yell. Jumba smiled as he loved the Manji ninja's curiosity. Stitch was impressed by her curiosity as well when he looked at her. Valkablaze and Renamon were just as curious.

"What is problem?" Jumba asked Lilo and Pleakley. "Can't ninja woman see Leroy?"

"Uh… no!" Lilo replied with an attitude. "He's dangerous."

"Do not worry. Kunimitsu can handle dangerous. Can't you, Kuni?"

"I've been handling it for nearly my whole life." Kunimitsu replied. Pleakley whistled with Stitch and Lilo sat back with shock.

"……………oh. Well… okay. I guess it is okay for you to see him then." Lilo finally spoke after 10 seconds of silence. "You'll be prepared for any mishap from him, will you?"

"As always."

"Good. Go ahead, Jumba."

Later, in Jumba's ship…

Stitch, Jumba, Kunimitsu, Renamon, and Valkablaze entered inside the laboratory ship and headed for the very back of the vehicle. Jumba entered a few numbers before he pressed the 'enter' key and a small drawer opened, revealing a red pod with darker red spots. Kunimitsu volunteered to pick it up and look at it with Renamon and Valkablaze as she spoke.

"This is him… in his dehydrated state?" Kunimitsu asked. Jumba nodded.

"Yes. After big battle with Dr. Hamsterviel's Leroy clone army, he was placed in rehab and had to be dehydrated during that time." Jumba replied. "His violence really made our ohana become ultimately protective."

"No need to be protective this time. I think this Leroy can make a perfect aquaintence to me… along with Valkablaze and Renamon, of course. Can we rehydrate him and see what he looks like?"

"Of course, but be prepared for the shockingness you will receive." Jumba took the pod and placed it in a chamber before closing the glass cover. "He does look like 626 a little bit."

After that was said, he pressed a red button and a water gun sprayed on the pod for 5 seconds. After the water was done, the red pod started to light up, grow, and then, exploded into Leroy. Kunimitsu was shocked to see that he did look a lot like Stitch, except he was red and had rougher-looking fur. Stitch groaned with annoyance as he looked at his evil cousin.

"Wow." Kunimitsu said as the chamber opened. "This is the Leroy you told me about?"

"Yes. All Leroy is right in front of you." Jumba replied as he grabbed Leroy by the scruff of his neck and handed him to Kunimitsu. "You said you wanted him to be aquaintence, so that is what he'll be. Okay?"

"I'll make sure he doesn't cause much trouble to your family."

"Bless your heart, Kuni. 626, you and Kunimitsu should go into town alone. Train Leroy to be as friendly as possible."

"Awww! Meega naga Leroy!" Stitch groaned.

"I know you don't like Leroy… but once he turns new leaf, he'll be friendlier than ever."

"Ogata. Meega be good."

"Good. You two have fun now and, for safety, do not let Leroy touch anything. Undertstand?"

"Affirmative." Kunimitsu replied with Renamon and Valkablaze. Stitch just growled.

To be continued…