The Tejina Chronicles: Final days

By: Kioko the pirate

Chapter 3: Far from Over

The battle had barely begun, and yet its intensity had greatly increased. Numerous spells had been cast already, leaving the windows of buildings cracked and shattered, lampposts toppled, and the road cratered. But Stitch had no time to worry about the numerous 'destruction of public property' laws he was breaking, for he was now zigzagging down the street as dozens upon dozens of ice spears slammed into the ground around him. Stitch winced as one nicked his shoulder but continued to run straight for Slushy.

"Punchito!" yelled Lilo, abandoning her nonchalant attitude for a more battle appropriate one.

With a snarl Stitch threw his blazing fist at Slushy's head, but the icy experiment simply sidestepped the attack. As he did, he drew back his right arm and mounted a large grin across his face.

"Aihoshi!" said Jacob with a grin of his own.

Stitch gasped as he watched Slushy's arm morph into the shape of a mace, which, a second later, slammed into Stitch's gut. Stitch was knocked high into the air as he tried to catch the breath that had been knocked from him. But despite the harsh blow, Stitch managed to right himself and began to fall back to earth. Unfortunately, Slushy and Jacob were not about to let him down so easily.

Jacob flipped a few more pages. "Gigano-Doornido!" the young man read as his face was illuminated by the book.

Slushy took in another deep breath, but instead of exhaling toward Stitch or Lilo the tiny experiment blew his frosty mist across the ground. Immediately, a thin sheet of ice began to form, traveling across the ground to a point directly beneath where Stitch was going to land. The thin sheet of ice suddenly erupted up into massive, jagged spikes that poked out in all directions like the spines of a cactus.

"Let's see you land gracefully now, Blue Butt!" taunted Slushy with a laugh.

However, unseen by Slushy, Stitch smirked. He and Lilo had come against this type of spell in all its variants before, and so they no longer posed a threat. Slushy saw this first hand as Stitch indeed landed gracefully atop one of the spikes, placing his feet on either side of the point. Just then, from out of the corner of his eye, Stitch noticed the ice around him start to expand outward. The blue experiment let out a sharp gasp as two more spikes shot up at him from either side. Leaping up into the air faster than the eye could see he easily dodged the spikes, allowing them to crisscross right where he had been standing. Un-phased Stitch immediately set his sights back upon Slushy, who had an impressed look upon his face.

"Balren Zashi!" called Lilo with a swipe of her hand.

As Stitch flew through the air his body became surrounded in an aura of blue energy. At the same time three, black tipped, spikes extended from the middle of his back. Stitch lurched forward, curling his body up into a tight ball, and began to fall toward Slushy, spinning as he went.

Jacob hurriedly flipped through the book. "Rikka Shi-Rudo!" shouted Jacob.

With another deep breath Slushy spewed his icy mist out in front of him. The icy particles formed into a massive snowflake just in time to block Stitch's spinning body. Slushy winced as he fought to keep up his defense, but Stitch, his spines acting like blades slowly began to eat away at the shield. Slushy let out another sharp gasp as cracks began to streak across the snowflake. Then, in a flash, the snowflake shattered into hundreds of pieces, but before Slushy could react Stitch snapped out of his spinning ball and cocked his fist back. Slushy didn't even have time to blink before he took a powerful "Punchito" spell to the cheek, sending him flying into the front of a store on the other side of the street.

'I won't be surprised if the police show up at the door tomorrow to arrest me for vandalism.' thought Lilo, her head dropping as the store's sign fell to the ground. "Why'd you guys have to go and choose a public street for this battle?" shouted Lilo towards Jacob.

"Don't blame me, blame him," said Jacob as he motioned toward where Slushy had crashed, "he chose this place not me."

At that moment, Slushy appeared in the gaping hole that he had made, a large smile still on his face. "Looks like your punch has gotten a lot better, Blue Butt," said Slushy casually as he ran his pointed hand over a gash on his cheek, "you definitely haven't been slacking off that's for sure."

"I wish I could say the same for you, Slushy. But you haven't even drawn blood yet, not even a little bit." said Stitch with a small smirk of his own.

"Is that how you gauge your opponent's strength, by how much of your blood they can spill?" asked Slushy as he raised one brow, "It's a little crude but I like it. But in order for you to gauge my strength, I'll have to spill all of your blood!"

Stitch quickly looked over toward Jacob, who had the white book shining brightly. "Gai-Burizan!" the blue haired boy shouted.

Looking back toward Slushy, Stitch saw the icy experiment blow a large cloud of icy mist right at him. But this time the mist did not change into any other form; it simply continued to come right at him. Just then, Stitch's keen eyes detected why; it was not a simple cloud of ice particles coming at him, each particle was shaped like a scythe blade! With little time to spare Stitch vanished, allowing the deadly mist to engulf a car parked on the side of the road, which was reduced to metal shavings in an instant.

'Wow, this guy's got some lethal spells,' thought Lilo as she watched the mist shred the car, "if Stitch had taken a direct hit from that he would have been done for.'

Fortunately, the attack hadn't even touched Stitch, who reappeared behind Slushy as if nothing had happened. "You'll never defeat me with slow attacks like that." smirked Stitch.

Slushy quickly spun around to face his opponent while Stitch pulled his open paw backwards. "Kujido!" read Lilo with a smile of her own.

As soon as slushy had turned, Stitch slammed his open palm into Slushy's chest. The cold experiment's eyes shot open as a wave of energy passed through him and then burst from his back, taking his breath with it. Once again Slushy shot across the street, this time slamming into Jacob who was knocked a few feet back by the impact. The two fell to the ground, both trying to regain their breaths.

"You're lucky," blurted Stitch with a small chuckle, "that attack would have ended this fight if you had a body like mine. Ordinarily, that spell will damage or even destroy organs and other soft tissue, but because your insides aren't the same as most the attack only did half the damage."

Slushy pushed himself up to his knees and looked down at his chest. To his surprise there were numerous cracks spider-webbing out from the center of his chest. "Damn… you." growled Slushy as he continued to try and catch his breath.

Despite the grin on Stitch's face the experiment felt very confused. 'I don't get it,' he thought, 'how can I be winning so easily? I can sense that this guy's power is incredible and yet I'm doing damage without really trying. Is he holding back his power?'

"What's wrong with you," Stitch finally asked as he watched his opponent get to his feet, "I know you're stronger than this. Why are you holding back?"

Slushy just glared at Stitch with a look that could have killed. All of a sudden, as Jacob now got to his feet, Slushy began to laugh, slowly at first but it soon grew into a full-blown laugh. "You fool, I was only holding back for your sake! I didn't want to overwhelm you. But since you apparently don't care about that, I'll let you see what I can really do!"

With a single, swift, motion Jacob turned a page in the book and placed his finger down onto one of the numerous lines of alien text. The spell book erupted with a bright light, forcing Stitch to cover his face with his arm.

"Aisayado!" summoned Jacob.

With a twisted smirk on his face Slushy pointed his arm at Stitch. A second later the ice experiment's tiny appendage extended rapidly toward it's target, morphing into a massive arrow head as it went. Stitch lowered his arm just in time to see the attack coming and using his speed managed to dodge. Lilo's jaw dropped as the massive arrow slammed into the store, reducing it to rubble in an instant. As the last bricks fell to the ground Stitch reappeared to the left of Slushy and his partner. This time, however, Slushy was ready and quickly spun to face him, launching an "Aisarendo" spell as soon as Stitch was in his sights. Caught only a little off guard Stitch managed to leap into the air above the spell. Unfortunately, Lilo was not as nimble and had to throw herself to the ground to dodge the blast of frozen projectiles.

"Stitch," yelled Lilo angrily, "what did I tell you about watching how you dodge an attack?"

"Oops, sorry, Lilo." said Stitch with an innocent smile.

With that Stitch snapped his focus back on Slushy, who seemed to be trying to think of what to do next. A small smirk crossed Stitch's lips as he saw his opening. The tiny blue experiment landed and once again, using his blinding speed, vanished into thin air. Slushy gasped and quickly looked over his shoulder but Stitch didn't appear. Instead, playing off of his opponent's expectations, Stitch appeared right in front of the icy experiment.

"Kenchito!" yelled Lilo with a smile.

Stitch quickly jumped into the air, bringing his foot level with Slushy's head as it became surrounded in blue energy. Slushy, realizing his mistake, quickly turned forward, but it was too late, for Stitch's kick slammed right into Slushy's cheek. A pleased grin crossed Stitch's face as he watched his opponents face contort from the impact. But his grin disappeared as Slushy's head suddenly shattered. Stitch landed from his attack and then leapt backwards closer to Lilo as Slushy's headless body fell first to its knees and then straight onto its stomach. A terrified expression flashed over Lilo's face as she stared at the chunks of ice on the ground that were once Slushy's head.

"Stitch… I… I think you over did it!" exclaimed the girl.

"Th… that's never happened before. I didn't mean to kick him that hard!" said Stitch as he held his head in panic.

"Do we call 911 or something?" asked Lilo frantically.

"I don't know; his book's self destruct device should have kicked in!"

Just then, the sound of Slushy's laughter reached the two friends ears. Both looked back toward where he had fallen to see the pieces of ice melting into water, which flowed through the air and back to Slushy's body. The icy experiment's head slowly began to reform as he pushed himself back up onto his feet.

"The self destruct device only triggers when an experiment has suffered a near fatal wound," Slushy's half formed head began to say, "For most, losing their head would indeed qualify, but like you said earlier, my body is not like yours. I can be pulverized into snow and I can still regenerate!"

Stitch and Lilo both looked on with morbid fascination as Slushy's head regained its original shape; even the gash on his cheek was gone. "So don't go thinking you can kill him or anything, cause he'll just keep coming back." said Jacob in a taunting manner.

"That's got to eat up your strength though." said Stitch with a raised eyebrow.

"Not as much as you may think," said Slushy as an evil smirk, allow me to demonstrate."

"Gigano-Nashorn!" called Jacob as he pointed dramatically at Stitch.

Like Jack Frost Slushy sent a wave of icy dust heading right for Stitch. But suddenly, the icy dust came together to form a massive block of ice that was shaped like a rhinoceros with three mighty horns. Stitch's jaw dropped as the massive creature came toward him, tearing up the road like a ship through water. Snapping out of his amazement Stitch raised his arms out in front of him and braced him self for the impact. However, he miscalculated the spells strength and was immediately pushed backward by the icy beast. Stitch clenched his teeth and dug his feet into the pavement as he strained to halt the monstrosity. He winced as one of the creature three horns pierced his shoulder.

"Lilo, give me a spell!" Stitch shouted as he and the summoned beast slid past the girl.

"Right, Gigano-Punchito!" said Lilo.

With a fierce growl Stitch began to push himself back. Keeping one paw on the beast he cocked his fist back and with blue energy screaming forth brought it down upon the creature's forehead. Luckily, Stitch's attack stopped the spell dead in its tracks, however it did not destroy it. Instead, the two spells now fought to gain control of one another. Stitch dug his feet deeper into the ground as he began to push Slushy's spell back. Finally, cracks began to spread across the rhino's head and with one final push from Stitch the mighty creature shattered.

"You see, even after all the hits I've taken from you I'm am far from weak." laughed Slushy as he watched Stitch fall to his knees trying to catch his breath.

"And just because one of your spells gave me a rough time doesn't mean you have me beat." responded Stitch as he got to his feet.

"That may be true, but I' am starting to spill more blood." said Slushy as he pointed to the open wound on Stitch's shoulder.

Stitch glanced casually at his wounded shoulder and the blood running down his arm. After a moment, an arrogant grin appeared on his face. "This is nothing. I've taken far worse hits than this."

"Is that so," questioned Slushy, "ok then, I guess I'll just have to keep trying!"

Just then, Jacob flipped a page and filled the book with his energy. "Nika-Aisayado!"

Slushy once again raised his arm toward Stitch and launched it like a spear. But instead of forming into a single arrow, Slushy's arm split into multiple arrows that came at Stitch from all sides. With a smirk Stitch disappeared right as the arrows slammed into the ground, provoking a frustrated growl from Slushy.

"I told you, your attacks are far too slow!" shouted Stitch, drawing Slushy's and Jacobs's attention skyward.

Slushy's eyes widened as he watched Stitch dive down toward him, his fist cocked and ready. "This should do some damage, Gigano-Punchito!" said Lilo with a pump of her fist.

With little time to spare, Slushy retracted his arm and then crossed them in front of his face just as Stitch's punch slammed into him. Jacob was knocked on his butt and Lilo had to cover her face as the impact sent a shockwave through the area. A second later they both looked back to see a large pillar of dust lingering in the air over where Stitch and Slushy had been. Both watched eagerly as the dust slowly dispersed. Finally, the two combatants became visible. Stitch and Slushy now sat at the bottom of a large crater, Stitch's fist still pressing down on Slushy's arms. The ice experiment growled as he strained to keep Stitch's fist at bay, while Stitch seemed to be hardly trying at all. The two continued to try and overcome one another for several moments, even as cracks began to streak across Slushy's arms.

'This still doesn't make sense,' thought Stitch as he stared into his opponents eyes, 'he couldn't possibly be giving it all he's got. Why does he continue to hold back?'

"Damn it, I'm not going to let you win." growled Slushy as he began to push Stitch's fist back.

Then, with a single push, Slushy knocked away Stitch's fist, leaving him wide open to an attack. Without even considering the use of a spell Slushy thrust his arm forward in an attempt to impale Stitch. But his pointed arm struck nothing but air as Stitch vanished and reappeared down the street near Lilo.

'Well, it looks like this will be an easy win for Stitch,' thought Lilo as she looked over at her partner, a sad smile on her face, 'at least I can be happy knowing that your dream will come true.'

Exhausted, Slushy only managed to stumble up out of the crater, glaring furiously at Stitch. "Never would I have believed… that you'd be this strong of an opponent, Blue Butt," said Slushy as he stood hunched over, "You've definitely grown into one hell of a fighter."

"You really think so?" asked Stitch half jokingly.

Slushy just smiled. "But you still have a long way to go before you can match me. Jacob, use it!"

Jacob nodded and began to flip pages in the white book as Lilo and Stitch looked on confusedly. "Besa-Furiku!" summoned Jacob as the book lit up like a torch.

With a final laugh, Slushy began to take a deep breath, his cheeks and chest growing larger than they had before. Stitch lowered himself in preparation for what he could only assume was going to be a fast and powerful spell. Slushy finally released his breath, sending a huge wave of icy mist down the street toward Lilo and Stitch. Unable to dodge the icy cloud, due to its immense size, Stitch braced himself for the spells effect, but as the cloud passed by he felt only a refreshing breeze. Lilo, expecting the worst, turned her back to the cloud and shielded the blue book with her body, however she too only felt a cool breeze pass over her. The cloud disappeared and the two friends slowly lowered their defenses. Their jaws then dropped as they looked upon the sight that lay before them. The entire street was covered in a layer of ice! The streets, sidewalks, buildings, lampposts, and even the ground beneath their feet were completely blanketed in ice.

"Behold, Blue Butt, this is the effect of my absolute favorite spell!" smiled Slushy.

"What exactly is it supposed to do," asked Stitch as he looked around, scratching his head in confusion, "freeze the opponents toes off or something?"

"Not quite." grinned Slushy as he watched Stitch take a step forward.

Suddenly, as Stitch's foot touched down onto the ice, he found himself falling forward at a very high rate of speed. Lilo winced as Stitch slammed face first into the ice. "I see, so it makes everything slippery." groaned Stitch as he brought his arms in to push himself up. But as he pressed down on his paws he once again fell face first onto the ice. "Oww, what the hell? What's going on?" asked Stitch as he continued to try and push himself up to no avail.

"You see that is the true nature of this spell. It doesn't just make things slippery; it removes all friction from the battlefield. So no matter how hard you try you'll never be able to push yourself back up. Keep that in mind girly," explained Slushy as he glanced over at Lilo, "if you don't want to fall on your ass I suggest you don't move a muscle."

'Damn it, this isn't good at all.' thought Lilo as she clenched her fists.

"Wait a minute," blurted Stitch as he raised his head toward Slushy, "if there is no friction how do you plan on fighting, huh?"

"Don't you worry about that," laughed Slushy, "it took me a while to get the hang of it but I learned how to fight in this environment. Now it's about time that I defeated you. Your speed and strength were nearly impossible for me to over come, but with this spell," Slushy laughed before suddenly vanishing in the blink of an eye and reappearing next to Stitch, "I'm am the fastest and the strongest experiment around!"

Before Stitch could do anything, Slushy kicked him in the side and sent him flying through the air like a bullet. Lilo raised her arms in front of her face as she watched Stitch head right for a storefront, expecting debris to go flying in all directions. But instead, Stitch slammed into the store window and bounced off, blood and spit spewing from his mouth upon impact.

"He… didn't even scratch the ice!" said Lilo to herself in disbelief.

"Not only does this ice disperse friction, it also disperses energy, effectively making it indestructible!" laughed Slushy before disappearing once again.

This time the icy experiment appeared right beneath Stitch as he fell to the ground. With a swing from his pointed arm Slushy sent Stitch spiraling down the street. Dazed, Stitch slammed down onto the sidewalk and slid halfway down the street before being stopped by Slushy's pointed foot coming down on his wounded shoulder. Stitch screamed in pain and quickly grabbed onto his attackers leg, trying to lift it out of his wound. But Stitch could not even budge Slushy's leg, leaving the cold-hearted experiment to press down further into Stitch's wound.

"You see now how futile your efforts are," laughed Slushy as he continued to watch Stitch writhe in pain, "no matter how strong you are, as long as I could use this spell your defeat was assured! Oh how fun this has become!"

"Stop it," screamed Lilo, her stomach twisted into knots by Stitch's painful screams, "stop torturing him like that! At the very least help him to his feet so that he can defend himself!"

Slushy just turned and smiled at the girl. "And what reason do I have to do that?"

"If you don't stop… I'll make you!" yelled Lilo furiously.

"And just how do you suppose you'll do that? Your partner here is in too much pain to use a spell effectively and there certainly isn't anything you can do." said Slushy in a mocking tone.

"Don't underestimate us," growled the young girl as the blue book erupted with light, "Kujido!"

Slushy gasped and looked down to see Stitch, still contorted with pain, slam his paw into his leg. The icy experiment's eyes widened as a pulse of energy shattered his leg and freed Stitch from his suffering. Unfortunately for Lilo, the mere force exerted by the books illumination sent her sliding backwards into a mailbox a few yards away, knocking the wind from her instantly.

"Damn it, how could I have forgotten about that spell?" asked Slushy, who still managed to stay standing on one leg.

"See… I told you not to underestimate us." laughed Lilo.

"I see you and Blue Butt here share the same arrogance. It doesn't matter though; there is no way I can lose to you when I'm surrounded by my element. Though, that spell of yours will definitely cause trouble."

The little smirk that sat on Lilo's face suddenly vanished along with Slushy. The young Hawaiian gave a sharp gasp as the icy experiment appeared right next to her. 'He can still move that fast on one leg?' thought Lilo with a certain sense of amazement.

Then, with a swift smack, Slushy knocked the blue book from Lilo's hands. Time seemed to slow down as she watched the book fly through the air. Her heart was beating a mile a minute as she followed the book down to the ground. The moment the blue book hit the ground Slushy's book lit up.

"Furi-Zan!" shouted Jacob from a small circle of un-frozen pavement.

Lilo felt like her heart had stopped as she watched Slushy spit a large glob of water at the book. In an instant the glob of water struck the book and encased it in a block of ice. Lilo's tension eased slightly when she saw that the book had not been destroyed, but the fact that Stitch was now on his own stayed ever present in her mind. Before Lilo could look back toward her friend, Slushy appeared right next to him and drove his pointed arm into Stitch's shoulder. Stitch let out another blood curdling scream as Slushy skewered his shoulder and lifted him into the air.

"Stitch!" screamed Lilo, tears welling in her eyes.

"I could burn your book right now, but instead I'm going to bat you around for awhile until you learn your place beneath me, Blue Butt!" laughed Slushy with a twisted smile.

With another "Aihoshi" spell Slushy sent Stitch flying up into the air, before tumbling back down like a lifeless doll. Slushy let out an all too pleased cackle as he slammed his mace-like arm into Stitch before he could even hit the ground. With blood and drool trailing from the corners of his mouth Stitch flew across the street where he bounced off another storefront. But once again, Slushy would not give him even a moments rest, for right as Stitch was about to land, Slushy's mace came down on his back. Stitch's jaw fell open in a silent scream as he felt his body being crushed under the force of Slushy's attack.

"Where's that confidant talk now, huh?" shouted Slushy as he kicked Stitch back up into the air.

"We got him on the ropes now," said Jacob with a smile, "Aisaredo!"

Nearly unconscious, Stitch was unable to defend himself as the honeycomb shaped chunks of ice cut him all over. Fortunately, this meant that the pain was lessened. At that moment Lilo wished that she were the one on the verge of unconsciousness. At least then she would not be have to watch her best friend be beaten to a pulp. She even wished that she could be the one taking the brunt of the attacks, that way Stitch wouldn't have to suffer.

'I have to do something,' she thought with tears rolling down her cheeks, 'I have to help him. I can't let him be beaten like this, but what can I do? I have to get the book some how, but if I try to move I'll just go sliding down the street.'

Lilo felt close to losing her lunch as she watched Stitch take a chunk of ice to the gut, causing him to spit out more blood and saliva. His seemingly lifeless body slammed down onto the street, only to have Slushy punt him like a soccer ball.

'No, when did I start thinking so negatively,' Lilo's fists now clenched so tight that her knuckles popped, 'I'm not going to let Stitch get defeated, not after all we've been through! I'm going to get that book!'

Without another thought Lilo sprung into action. Using Slushy's own spell to her advantage, Lilo threw her arm out to the side away from the book. The thrust created sent Lilo sliding along the ground right toward the book. As she was about to pass it she reached forward and grabbed onto the frozen block of ice that held the book. Luckily, the book had been frozen to the ground and the ice that covered it was not frictionless. Lilo then gently pulled herself up to the frozen book and quickly looked it over. The book was encased in a thick layer of ice, which made busting it by hand impossible. Lilo quickly looked around for something she could use to chip away at the ice, but the only thing she had were her shoes. Ignoring how poor an ice pick tennis shoes made, Lilo began to wail on the block of ice with a shoe in one hand and her other holding the block tightly.

"Come on, break dammit, break!" she growled as she rained blow after blow down upon the ice.

At that moment and ice arrow across his chest sent Stitch flying down to the street. Stitch crashed to the ground and slid down the street, only stopping when he rammed head first into a lamppost. At the same time Slushy landed softly in front of Jacob, panting heavily, but with a smile on his face.

"What a wonderful feeling, I haven't felt so alive in a long time," said Slushy, "You really do make a great punching bag, Blue butt. I've never fought someone who could take so much punishment."

To everyone's surprise Stitch raised his head and gave a weak smile. "I… wouldn't… call this a fight."

Slushy just laughed, but as he did he noticed Lilo still trying to smash the spell book free from its icy prison. "Do you really think you're going to get anywhere doing that?"

Lilo paused for a moment and glared up at Slushy. "Me and Stitch have been through far too much to allow me to just sit back and do nothing. Even if it means I have to break my hands getting to this book, I'm going to make Stitch champion!"

"How noble of you, but I'm afraid his fate is sealed. There is no longer anything you can do. Now before you go and waste any more of your own strength, I think I'll do the merciful thing and end this battle and this tournament. I've grown bored of this anyway. Jacob, it's been good, but if you wouldn't mind casting one last spell to finish this off I'll be on my way."

"Certainly, it's been fun, little guy." smiled Jacob as he flipped through a few pages in the book.

As the white spell book began to glow, Lilo turned back to her own frozen book and resumed trying to smash it free, a frenzied and desperate feeling behind each smack.

"Come on, break, break, break!" shouted Lilo as tears once again began to flow down her cheeks.

"It's over, Dioga Hitsus Voran!" yelled Jacob as he threw his fist in the air triumphantly.

Stitch began to growl in frustration as he watched Slushy take in a deep breath. 'This can't be the end,' thought Stitch angrily, 'I can't lose like this! I've come too far to lose like this!'

Slushy now released his breath as yet another massive cloud of icy mist. The cloud instantly began to coalesce into three long, solid objects. Lilo's jaw dropped as she watched the three objects form into a massive three-headed dragon, with large, jagged teeth, and horns protruding from their heads. The young girl became paralyzed with fear as she watched the three heads aim right for Stitch.

"Damn it, damn it," cursed Stitch to himself as he tried desperately to gain a foot hold on the ice, "This can't be happening! I can't let Lilo down like this!"

Only feet from their target the three dragon heads opened their gaping jaws, ready to tear into Stitch and forever end his hopes of becoming champion.

"Damn it!" screamed Stitch as he lowered his head and closed his eyes, waiting for the impact of the powerful spell.

Suddenly, as the three heads were about to strike, a large, black object fell from the sky and crashed down onto the necks of the dragons. In the blink of an eye the heads of the dragons were severed clean from their bodies, causing the ferocious beasts to revert to their misty forms. At the same time, every inch of Slushy's "invincible" ice was shattered like fragile chinaware.

"What, what is going on!" screamed Slushy as he watched his spell dissipated and his frictionless ice destroyed.

Both Lilo and Stitch's eyes shot wide open as the shards of ice flew into the air and vanished as if they never existed. Lilo was too shocked to realize that the force of the impact even shattered the ice that surrounded the blue book. As the dust from the impact settled every eye fell upon the large object. Stitch was speechless as he now found himself staring at a large, thick, black wall with spikes running around its edge and a demonic face imprinted on the side.

'Where… where did that thing come from?' thought Stitch, his inner voice trembling just as much as his body.

"For the love of god, that's twice now I've had to save your sorry ass." said a sudden, familiar voice, in a displeased tone.

Both Lilo and Stitch's eyes grew even larger as the voice filled their ears. Slowly, the two of them looked up toward where the voice had come from, neither truly believing what they saw. For right before their eyes, standing casually atop one of the buildings with her arms folded over her chest, and a pair of purple sunglasses on her face, was Angel.

"An…angel?" stammered Stitch as his mind struggled to make sense of what was going on.

"You really are hopeless, Stitch," blurted Angel as she looked down on him through her sunglasses, "After all this time you still haven't learned how to fight."

The pink experiment then reached up and lowered her sunglasses, exposing her deep black eyes. "Allow me to show you how it's done." said Angel with a toothy smile.

Well that's the end of this chapter! I'm really impressed at how fast I got through this one. I had almost no trouble thinking up dialogue and such. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed it. The next chapter will be up shortly. Please review.