Ohana To Me

A/N Here's more, yay!

I'm glad you like it also in this chapter, I'm showing Jumba's soft side which we only saw in Stitch 2 but actually I'm watching Lilo and Stitch 1 right now while writing. I hope you all like!

Reuben sighed as he entered the kitchen but looked tired and not himself.

Jumba had noticed this but knew that he was to blame for what was affecting his creation.

"625 you don't look so good.

Let me examine you please!" he said softly as Reuben was asleep on the table.

The scientist then scooped up his little creation feeling Rueben's head.

It was hotter than lava.

"What wrong with Rueben?" Stitch asked him concerned.

"Not sure 626.

Need to check." he answered as he left carrying Rueben after drinking coffee......

Lilo saw Amore was very quiet as they ate breakfast. She had a feeling that it was because she was worried about Rueben but wondered what was wrong as she saw Sukai eating coffee beans and was worried but saw him go quiet but wasn't going berserk like his father whenever he had coffee.

"Sukai you okay honey?" she asked as Sukai ran around like a speeding bullet.

"Oh boy!" she said seeing Stitch running after his son trying to calm him down.

But then he tackled him but broke a lamp.

"Uh-oh!" Krista said as she and Miko were playing.

Stitch then waited until Sukai was calm before leting him go.

"Sukai calm now?" he asked his son.

"Ih." he answered going upstairs......

Jumba looked worried as he was doing tests on Reuben but hooked the golden brown experiment to the ship computer. He had a feeling he knew what his little creation had but was being cautious.

He hoped he'd be okay as he waited for the process to be complete but would have to wait.

He smiled sadly looking at Rueben sleeping peacefully snoring and sighed. He cared about all his experiments as if they were his children but couldn't bear to see them hurt or in danger from molecular density or glitching.

He hoped that Rueben would heal from whatever illness had afflicted him.

Even though he wouldn't admit it, Jumba did have a heart and a soft side which he didn't let people see but he cared about his ohana but wouldn't admit it but right now his train of thought was broken by the beeping of the ship's computer. Jumba sighed sadly seeing red spots over his creation's fur.

"What in blitznak is chicken pox along with Earth flu?

Naga good.

Must ask Nani or Lilo." he thought leaving the Big Red Battleship.......

Lilo was practising hula outside while Sukai and the other young experiments were taking an nap. She then saw Jumba with Nani but he looked worried and was curious and went inside. She heard some of what they were saying as she came into the room. She saw sadness in his eyes.

"Uncle Jumba what's wrong?" she asked him.

"Reuben....... is sick with Earth flu and strange red spots over body.

Jumba worried for 625." he answered as she followed him out to the Big Red Battleship and was surprised seeing Reuben lying there with red spots and coughing with orange mucus running from his nostrils and sneezed a little.

Lilo saw Nani smile at the golden brown experiment.

"Jumba it's chicken pox along with the flu.

No wonder he's not himself." she answered stroking his soft fur.

"Nani be careful!

You could get it from Reuben." Lilo said as Jumba was very curious.

"Hmm...... this pox contagious, no?" he asked her curious.

"Yeah it's contagious but only if you've never had it before but Nani and me are okay.

We already had it before." she said hearing him chuckle evilly as Lilo gave him a look.

"Will...... he be okay?" Jumba asked nervous.

"He will be in a month but right now he's very sick.

Maybe he should stay here for a while...... just in case." Nani told him leaving but Lilo stayed with her uncle for a while.

But she saw sadness in her uncle's eyes.

"Jumba..... are you worried about Reuben because he's sick?" she asked him.

"Ih.

He and all the experiments are my children but they're precious to me but I have a soft side but don't show it a lot around ohana because would ruin evil genius image.

Promise not to let ohana know?" he admitted softly with Reuben in his arms.

"I promise Uncle but you should be careful since Reuben has chicken pox since you've never had it before and you just recovered from the flu." she said but he put Rueben in the fold down bed to let him rest.

He wiped away a tear seeing Reuben moan a little while asleep but he was waking up.

"J-Jumba...... why...... am...... I...... in here?" he asked weakly and coughing slightly.

"You're ill 625 with Earth flu and chicken pox which is the red spots over you.

You need to rest, okay?" he told him feeling Rueben's forehead which was still very hot and delirious.

It hurt him to see one of his creations ill and defenceless like this.

He always wanted to be a father but was afraid but he loved his creations and was proud of them.

"Please get better 625.

It would hurt me if you remained this way.

Like Stitch when he was glitching." he thought going into the house for lunch.

Amore wondered why Jumba was so quiet as he sat at the table but Miko was very quiet too as they sat at the table. She had a feeling he was worried about his father since he hadn't seen him since yesterday but hoped nothing was wrong with him.

Jumba had told Amore and Kayden what was going on with Rueben and hoped he'd be okay.

But Pleakley saw Jumba still sitting there after everybody had left the room.

"Jumba you okay?

You seem upset about something." the Plorgian asked his room mate and best friend.

"Worried about experiments.

Reuben ill.

I-I want to protect them, make sure nothing happens to them or hurt.

They're very special to me besides causing mayhem." he answered him sadly.

Pleakley was shocked to hear that the Quanta Quaglian said that.

"You love them like our ohana, don't you?" he asked him.

"Ih Pleakley I do.

They're like children to me.

I care about them very much." he said beginning to tear up but Pleakley saw him leave.

There was nothing wrong with having love in your life.

It made the world seem a better place than what it was.

But Jumba sighed heading to the Big Red Battleship.

He just wanted to be alone right now.

Reuben had woken hearing the door open but didn't feel like talking because his throat was too sore.

He hated seeing Jumba sad like this but liked him better when he was happy creating or planning to create something.

"I'm so sorry Reuben you feel like this.

You see you and the others have grown on me since I first created you but I-I...... love you as a father.

You're my children and part of ohana." he said crying a little as he heard the door open and Stitch walked in.

"Jumba...... oki-taki?

Why you crying?" he asked him but Jumba wiped the tears away before he let his creations see him upset.

"I'm fine 626, really.

Just worried about Rueben.

He isn't too good right now.

Very sick." he answered softly as he saw the blue fluffy alien look at him and Rueben but left.

He knew something was bothering Jumba........