A/N I have searched long and hard for Lilo & Stitch stories, but eventually found out that they don't have their own section in "movies" or "cartoons". Well, I say that they should! If I knew how, I'd suggest it to the guys who run this site. Well, newayz. I don't own any one in this story, except for Peka. If you're wondering where I got the name, it's the Hawaiian translation of "Beth" which is me. So.I'll just shut up and write now, shall I?

"You Can Never Belong"

Chapter 1

'This is the way it should have always been.' Stitch sighed as he watched Lilo surfing with David and Nani. He had decided to sit this one out, although he loved surfing just as much as the next experiment. He gazed at his family in the sapphire waters. He could feel so much by looking at them. Support, compassion, and that one other thing. The thing that was the most important.love. It was that which had enabled Lilo to change him, change his heart, so long ago. If it weren't for Lilo taking him in and not giving up on him, the things he would have done were unthinkable. He shuddered and fought to hold back tears as he pushed away the horrific thoughts.

"Hey! Stitch!" he snapped out of his thoughts when he heard Lilo's shout. She waved to him from Nani's shoulders. He waved back, smiling. That little girl.she had saved him from what he would have become, saved him from becoming the monster that Jumba intended him to be.

"Stitch, loo-" Her cry was cut short when suddenly they lost their balance and tumbled into the waves.

"Lilo!" Stitch leapt to his feet, heart pounding. He watched the surface frantically. He watched with growing concern as David surfaced. Then Nani, but no Lilo. He knew perfectly well that all three of his friends could swim, but he panicked. So did the others. Nani and David searched around them frantically, but to no avail. Stitch braced himself before diving in.

Stitch fought against the strong waves that threatened to wash him ashore. He could see Nani not far off, also searched under the surface. She ignored him as she frantically swept past.

***

Lilo shook her head, trying to clear it. Her head was spinning, this had never happened before. What did she feel like this? Was it the way the wave had hit her? Most likely, she flailed desperately as she became increasingly dizzy. She could swim.and yet she couldn't. Her body didn't seem to be doing what she wanted it to. The last thing that she saw was a murky form through the water.

***

"Lilo? Lilo, baby, talk to me." Nani begged as both David and Stitch leaned over the soaked Moomoo clad girl. "Well? Guys, say something!"

"Nani, I think she'll be okay.just swallowed too much water and passed out." He went to pick her up, but Stitch got there first.

"Let me." David nodded as Stitch bent to pick her up. They were the same size, but sometimes Lilo seemed so small to him. She had taken care of him as best she could when he came to Earth, and he wanted to take care of her. Nani and David glanced to each other, still worried and scared to death but touched all the same.

***

Stitch thumped his head lightly on the mattress. Why hadn't Lilo woken up? It had been at least three hours since he had carried her home. He heard a soft movement near the door. It was Pleakley.

"Stitch, I hate to bother you right now, but.Nani and David have decided to take Lilo to the hospital. It's on the main island so they'll be leaving soon."

"Tell them I'm going too." Pleakley left, but was followed by a not-so- soft movement.

"You must not vorry yourself so. The girl vill be alright." Stitch didn't turn to face him, but kept his face buried in the blanket, so as not to show his tears.

"Jumba, once Lilo told me about the night her parents died. She had told me before, but this time she told me everything. She said that her and Nani had to go to the hospital because that's where they took their parents. Don't you understand? That's where they took them to die." violent sobs shook him, preventing him from saying more. Jumba placed a large hand on his shoulder comfortingly.

"Small One.even though she is going to hospital, she may still get better. It doesn't mean that she vill die."

Stitch sniffled and looked up at his creator. "Really?"

"Really really."

A/N so? How was that for a first chapter? I think it looks promising. And I've always thought Jumba to have a slight bit of a German accent. Maybe it's just me. Remember, both flames and reviews are perfectly welcome. If I don't get any, I'll tell Pleakley that you've been killing mosquitoes by the dozen so you'll have to sit and listen to him and his little VeiwMaster.BWAHAHAHA!!!!! And if that doesn't work.I'll tell Stitch that you've been destroying small villages.heh heh heh.