The Tejina Chronicles: Allies
By: Kioko the pirate
Chapter 3: Friends Forever
After hearing her friend's diabolical plans to crash Mertle's party, Lilo had run home as fast as she could. She no longer felt the nervousness that she had felt on the way to Victoria's, it was now replaced by a feeling of uncertainty and a small amount of fear. She ran the situation through her mind at least a hundred times before she reached the end of her driveway. Her friend was about to do something that could get people seriously hurt or worse.
She knew first hand the kind of power that the experiments could have. Yang had collapsed an entire section of the street, Twister had sent boulder's weighing a couple hundred tons each flying through the air like pebbles and Angel had nearly reduced an entire hill to rubble with one blast. She did not know exactly how strong Snooty was but she knew she had to do something to stop Victoria from harming those people, even if it was Mertle.
Lilo was out of breathe as she reached her front door; she flung it open with little concern for the door itself or anyone who was on the other side. "Lilo! Watch what you're doing, you nearly knocked my head off!" yelled Nani angrily as she glared at her sister.
"Sorry Nani I thought that you had left for work already." Said Lilo as she tried to catch her breathe. "Where's Stitch, I really need to talk to him?"
"I think he's up in your room? Why?"
"It's nothing; I just really need to talk to him."
Without another word Lilo bolted out of the living room and towards the steps. She made her way to the top of the steps in only a few leaps. She hurried down the hallway leading towards her room. When she was only a few feet away she saw that the door was open and she could hear Stitch's voice coming from inside the room. It sounded like he was talking to someone; Lilo gained a curious look on her face as she now slowly approached the open door. She got close to the wall and slowly slide towards the open door like a spy.
She reached the door way and peeked in, but what she saw made her almost laugh. Stitch was standing in front of the full length mirror that was in the corner of the room. He was wearing one of Lilo's red dresses that was of course way too big and had a sunhat on his head. Lilo quietly leaned in the door way as she listened to Stitch try and mimic her voice.
"Now Stitch, don't go and eat all of that cake, otherwise you'll get big and fat like us humans can." Said Stitch as he tried and mimic her voice.
"Do I really sound like that?" asked Lilo with a sly smile on her face.
"Yeah, you sound exactly like yaaahhh…" Stitch's eyes shot open and a moment later he spun around to face Lilo. "Lilo… I uh…um… I was just um practicing my uh… when did you get back?" asked Stitch as he yanked the hat off of his head and hid it behind his back.
"Just now, but don't let me spoil your fun. Go ahead and finish what you were doing." Said Lilo with a smirk on her face.
Stitch just gave a nervous laugh as he looked down and drew circles with his foot in the carpet. After a moment of Lilo staring at him, his embarrassment grew too strong and he slipped out of the dress and neatly placed it on the bed.
"So… is there something you wanted?" asked Stitch sheepishly.
Lilo gave a sigh as she walked into the room and sat down on the bed. "Yeah, there is. I'm afraid that we have a problem."
"What is it?" asked Stitch as he hopped up next to her.
"Well, it turns out that Victoria blew up Mertle's car using an experiment."
Stitch's ears perked up at this news. "An experiment? She has an experiment?"
"Uh huh, but she was away on vacation in Mexico. I thought the experiments only landed in Hawaii?"
"Well, yes and no. While most of the experiments did land on the Hawaiian Islands, there were a few experiments that Jumba wanted to really test. So he sent them to other places." Explained Stitch.
"Well, then this experiment must have been one of those. Tell me, do you remember an experiment named Snooty?"
A thoughtful expression appeared on Stitch's face but after a moment it faded. "Nope, I don't remember any experiment named Snooty. Of course I didn't get to meet a lot of the experiments."
Lilo let out a sigh as she fell back onto the bed. "Then you wouldn't know if it was a powerful experiment or not."
"Oh well, if she's only had Snooty for a month then they can't really be that strong." Said Stitch as he lay down next to Lilo. "We can just kick their butts."
Lilo gave a smirk as she looked over at Stitch. "But you've only been with me for about a month as well and how many experiments have we beaten? Besides, this isn't like all the other battles. Victoria's my friend and I don't want to hurt her. Not to mention that others might get hurt."
"What do you mean other people?" asked Stitch.
"Oh, didn't I mention. Victoria and Snooty are going to crash Mertle's party tomorrow." Said Lilo with a little frustration entering her voice.
"Sweet, can we go with them? I love to crash things!" cheered Stitch happily.
Lilo glared at her partner with a serious look. "By crash I mean use their spells to blow things up at the party. Innocent people could get hurt."
"Well then, seeing as how you're her friend and have an experiment of your own. It should be up to you to stop her."
Lilo gave a small growl and sat back up again. "But that's just it; I don't know if I could bring myself to fight my closest friend."
Stitch sat up and leaned his head against her arm and gently nuzzled it. "You've got until tomorrow to find a way to stop her without attacking once. I'm sure you'll come up with a good plan, you always do."
A small smile formed on Lilo's face as she looked down at him and gently stroked his head. "You really know how to make me feel better, you know that?" said Lilo with a small laugh.
Stitch smiled and looked up at her. "What can I say… it's a talent."
The two of them laugh a little as Lilo playfully pushes him over. After a few minutes the two of them calm down from their laughing fun. The two of them hang around the house for the rest of the day, nothing too exciting happened. Before long the sun began to sink towards the horizon and Nani returned from her job at the rental hut. Dinner was simple that night, just some left over pizza which every one ate when they wanted. But with the quickly fading sunlight Lilo's renewed happiness, brought on by her and Stitch's little laughing fit, soon faded as well. The worries that she had been feeling returned like the bitter chill of winter.
They kept with her even into the night. Sleep was not coming easily and so Lilo decided to try and think the situation through. She was lying face up on her bed staring at the ceiling with Stitch's blue spell book in her hands.
"What am I going to do? My best friend has an experiment that has changed her. Yet I can tell that they honestly care about each other. Just like how me and Stitch care about each other." Lilo gave a deep sigh and sat up against her head board.
Her room was dark, with only the lamp next to her bed illuminating the area. The only sound that could be heard was Stitch's snoring coming from his little makeshift bed.
"All I want is my old friend back, but if it means separating her from her experiment… I don't know if I could do it. I've seen the way people react when they lose their experiments; I don't want to put Victoria through that."
Lilo placed her thumb in between the pages of the spell book and opened it. She flipped a few pages and finally stopped on the pages containing the two spells that they had.
"But how? How am I supposed to stop her with only two offensive spells? I can't think of anyway to use these and still let her keep Snooty. Plus these spells are too dangerous to use when there are too many people around. And since this is Mertle's party I'm sure there will be plenty of people."
Lilo closed the spell book and let her arm and the book drop to the covers. Lilo closed her eyes tight as she desperately tried to think of a way to stop her friend from ruining Mertle's party and possibly even hurting someone. She strained her mind for minutes until finally she growled and gave up.
"This is ridiculous!" Growled Lilo as she began to pound her fist on the spell book in between each word. "Why… can't… I … think… of a way?"
Lilo finally let her fist drop on to the books worn cover with a thump. But the moment she did the book began to glow with an unusual brightness. The light caught Lilo's attention, she looked over at the book with a confused expression. She grabbed the book and lifted it in front of her, sitting up straight against the head board she pried her finger in between the books pages. She slowly opened the book and looked down onto the now open page.
There, at the top of the page, was a glowing set of symbols. Symbols that Lilo had never been able to read before. Her eyes widened as she came to the realization of what she was looking at.
"Stitch! Wake up! I can read another spell!" yelled Lilo almost as loud as she could.
Lilo's sudden outburst snapped Stitch out of his peaceful slumber and sent him leaping out of the covers. "What, what did you say?" asked Stitch with a little irritation in his voice from being woken up in the middle of the night.
"I said that I can read another spell. It's just a few pages before the others." Said Lilo in a very ecstatic voice.
The sleepiness disappeared from Stitch's face as he crawled out of his bed and over to Lilo. He crawled up next to her and looked down at the open page. "But how did you unlock it? We weren't in any battle."
Lilo thought for a moment before looking at Stitch with a smile. "The book is controlled by emotions right?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I must have unlocked the spell when I was pounding on the book."
A questionable look appeared on the experiments face. "You were pounding on my book?"
Lilo sighed and rolled her eyes. "I was trying to think of a way to stop Victoria and I was getting… frustrated. So I started to hit the book and I guess I transferred that frustration into the book and unlocked the spell."
Stitch nodded. "That makes sense. I wonder what spell it is."
"Hmm, let's see here… da… daos… daoshaaaa. I almost forgot, if I say it aloud… it would happen." Said Lilo as she quickly shut the book.
"Yeah and we don't want to cast any spell indoors. Who knows what would have happened." Sighed Stitch as the books glow faded away.
"Yeah, we might have ended up outside of the house, or what would be left of it." Said Lilo with a small laugh. "Oh well, maybe it will come in handy tomorrow. Maybe it can stop Victoria and Snooty without hurting anyone else?"
Stitch sighed and hopped off of her bed; he walked over and crawled back under his covers. "Stop worrying; you'll lose your concentration if you're too worked up about fighting your friend. Just try and get some sleep, we'll think about our strategy tomorrow."
Lilo sighed and slid down into her warm soft covers. "Your right Stitch, I need to stay focused. I can't let my worries get in the way during battle if I want to save her." Lilo reached over and turned off the lamp with a click. "Goodnight Stitch."
"Goodnight Lilo."
Before long the both of them feel asleep and a quiet peacefulness filled the room. The night seemed to flash by and soon the room was filled with sunlight shining through the windows. Both Lilo and Stitch awoke with refreshed energy; they both ate breakfast quickly and began to plan for the day.
The two of them were up in Lilo's room; Lilo was pacing back and fourth with a thoughtful expression on her face. "Ok, Victoria's going to attack Mertle at the party… and if we don't come up with a way to stop her. Well, many people may get hurt." Explained Lilo.
"Well, perhaps that new spell will be able to help us?" said Stitch as he watched Lilo pace.
"It just might, but there's no telling what kind of spell it is. After all, our spells are becoming more powerful; if we cast it there we might hurt somebody."
"That would be a problem, but what if we try it out before the party we'd know what it does." Suggested Stitch.
Lilo stopped mid stride and looked over at him with a look of sudden realization on her face. "That's a great idea, we can go and practice with it until it's time for the party!" cheered Lilo happily.
"Yeah, so… when is the party?"
The smile disappeared from Lilo's face. "Oh crap! I forgot to find out when the party is!" yelled Lilo as she rushed over to the telephone.
"You forgot to find out when the party is? This is great Lilo, for all we know the party might have already started."
"I know that Stitch!" growled Lilo after dialing in Mertle's phone number.
The phone began to ring as Lilo held the ear piece up near her ear. The phone rang five times before being answered by Mertle's mom. Despite her kind personality, her voice was like an annoying splinter in Lilo's head.
"Hello, who is this?" asked Mrs. Edmonds in her usual cheery voice.
"Yeah hi Mrs. Edmonds, this is Lilo. I just wanted to call and ask whe…"
"Oh Lilo, yes I know you. Your one of Mertle's friends aren't you? Did you know she's throwing a party today?"
"Yes I did, that's kind of why I called. I need to know what time the party starts."
"Oh, well sure thing. The party starts at 10:00, do you need to know when it ends?"
"No, that's all I needed to know, thank you."
"Ok, well see you later, bye."
With that Lilo hung up the phone. "Stitch, what time is it?" asked Lilo with a little worry in her voice.
Stitch glanced over at the clock on the wall, his ears dropped when he saw the time. "It's… 9:52. The party's going to start in just a few minutes."
Without warning Lilo bolted for the door, grabbing the spell book off of the dresser as she went. Stitch ran after her as she leapt down the steps and made her way into the kitchen. Stitch managed to catch up to her right as she bolted through the front door.
"Do you think she's already there?" asked Stitch as he ran on all fours along side his partner.
"I hope not. But even if she is we got to get ther quickly before she can cause any real damage." Said Lilo.
"Well then pick up the pace girl." Mocked Stitch as he started to accelerate ahead of Lilo.
"Don't rush me, you know I can't run as fast as you!" yelled Lilo as her and Stitch reached the end of the driveway.
They turned down the street towards Mertle's house. Meanwhile at Mertle's backyard party most of the guests had arrived. Mertle was standing on the porch and was surveying her party. Tables were set up in front of the porch; they were filled with tons of food. On the center table was a large cake that stood at least 3 feet tall. A fountain was set up in the middle of the yard; people were standing all around it and were talking. Most of them were dressed in suits and dresses.
Mertle gave a satisfied sigh as she looked around. "This party is perfect. Thank you so much for putting it together for me daddy." Said Mertle as she looked back at her father who was smoking a cigar.
"No problem, anything for my precious little angel."
Mertle smiled and blushed slightly; she turned back towards the party. She stepped off of the porch and walked over near the food tables, where Yuki, Teresa and Elena were standing. "Hey Mertle, great party." Said Teresa.
"Yeah, this has to be your best one yet." Added Yuki
"I know I really planned it well this time. Plus, everyone has showed up." Said Mertle happily.
Suddenly the girls heard laughing coming from the fence gate. They all look over to see Victoria standing there, with Snooty sitting on her shoulder. "Now Mertle, how can you say that every ones here when you didn't invite everyone?"
"What are you doing here Victoria?" asked Elena.
"Yeah, you weren't invited." Added Yuki.
"And what is that hideous thing on your shoulder? It looks like a giant disgusting rat with wings." Said Mertle in her usual mocking tone.
Victoria and Snooty both chuckled. "I'm here because I wanted to liven up your dull party. And my friend Snooty here is going to help." Said Victoria as she pointed at Snooty.
Mertle and her hoard of brain washed lackeys all laughed. Yuki, Teresa and Elena all nearly fell to their knees from laughing so hard, but Victoria just stood there with a sinister smirk on her face. Her smirk widened as she reached behind her back and pulled out her greenish-blue spell book.
Mertle was the first to gain control of her laughter; she looked up towards Victoria with her hands still on her knees. "That's a good joke I'll give you that much. But how exactly do you expect to "liven" up my party with an oversized bat and a book?"
Victoria held the book in front of her; sliding her finger in between the worn pages she slowly opened the book. The book begins to shine with a green light as Snooty lifts off into the air. Mertle and all of her friends instantly stop laughing as they watch Snooty hover just a few feet above Victoria.
"Wha… what is that?" asked Yuki with a look of growing fear on her face.
Victoria's smirk grew to a toothy grin. "This Yuki, is why you need to start respecting me." Victoria looked up from the book and pointed her index finger towards the group. "Gikair!"
Snooty opened his mouth, a moment later a swirling vortex of green wind gathered in front of his open mouth. The swirling mass formed into a large sphere and blasted towards the group. Mertle and her friend's barley managed to get out of the way before the attack slammed into the table, shattering them like glass in a large explosion.
People began to run in all directions as they tried to make their way to the exits. Meanwhile Lilo and Stitch were nearing Mertle's street. Lilo was beginning to run out of steam but Stitch wasn't even out of breath. The two of them both look up as they hear a large explosion echo through the area.
"Oh no, she's already there! We've got to hurry Stitch!" yelled Lilo as she stared at the column of smoke rising from Mertle's backyard.
Stitch nodded. "Right, I'll run ahead and try and stale them. You hurry and get there." Instructed Stitch.
"Right." Replied Lilo.
As Stitch accelerated ahead of Lilo, Victoria was continuing with her fun. She turned her attention towards the fountain at the center of the yard. "Gikair!" yelled Victoria as she pointed towards the fountain.
Once again Snooty opened his mouth and fired the devastating green orb. The blast slams into the fountain, reducing it to rubble in an instant. Victoria and Snooty both watch as the smoke clears, the both of them had smiles on their faces. The two of them then turn their attention to Mertle and the rest of the guests, who had not been so lucky at reaching the exits.
"You've made a lot of mistakes Mertle." Stated Victoria with a small laugh. "You've picked on me and Lilo all of our lives… and now you're going to pay for it. With this experiments' great power at my finger tips no one, not you, not anybody else will be able to push me around!" Victoria's book began to glow once again. "Gikair!"
Snooty dropped his jaw and summoned his power. The green orb formed in front of him, swirling and shifting it seemed to grow larger then normal. In the next instant the orb blasts towards the group, kicking up a cloud of dirt as it went. Every one in the group closed their eyes as they waited for the explosive impact of the spell. Suddenly they felt a gust of wind blow hit them. They all looked up to find the blast stopped dead in its tracks by a small blue creature.
Both Victoria and Snooty gasped as they watched this lone experiment hold off their attack. "Is that… another experiment?" asked Victoria with a definite sound of shock in her voice.
Stitch strained against the powerful spell, it singed his furry palms. He clenched his teeth as he removed one of his paws and clenched it into a fist. Even without a spell he sent his fist slamming into the green orb, it grew slightly before dispersing into nothing. Stitch was now out of breathe, he lowered his paws and glared at his two opponents.
"That's definitely an experiment alright." Said Snooty as he looked at his fuzzy blue foe.
"Yeah… but where's its master?" asked Victoria as she looked around.
"His partner is right here." Shouted a voice that Victoria knew very well.
Victoria looked over towards the gate, Lilo was standing just inside of it. She had her blue spell book in her hands and open. "Lilo! What are you doing here?" yelled Victoria.
"I've come to stop you Victoria. I can't let you hurt these people, even though they might deserve it."
"How can you say that? After all the things they've done to you, you can't tell me that you don't want revenge."
"No… I can't because I would like to see them punished for their actions. But this is going way too far, you can't just blow them up."
"And why not?" asked Victoria in nearly the same tone that Mertle uses.
Lilo's book began to glow, illuminating her face with a bluish hue. "Because, if you try to… I will have to attack you."
"Oh please Lilo, you can't be nearly as strong as us." Mocked Victoria.
Lilo hated hearing her friend talk like that; it was like she was changing more and more by the second. Lilo decided that if Victoria was going to act like a jerk, then she was going to act like she does to jerks. "If you're stronger then us then how did Stitch here stop your spell with his bare paws?"
Victoria's eyes narrowed and she clenched her teeth. "Is that a challenge?"
A cocky smirk formed on Lilo's face as she gave a small chuckle. "You bet it's a challenge. Now stop wasting time, if you're going to attack then attack."
Victoria growled with frustration, Snooty growled as well. "Fine then, but you'll regret it! Gikair!"
Victoria pointed towards Lilo, directing Snooty's blast towards her. Lilo leapt out of the way right as the green orb slammed into the fence, shattering it like glass. Lilo rolled to a stop next to the table that Stitch was perched on.
"Aim for Snooty, I don't want to hurt Victoria." Commanded Lilo as the two of them stare at their opponents with determined eyes.
Out of the corner of her eye Lilo saw Stitch nod with understanding. "Right then, fisten!"
Stitch's fists become engulfed in the familiar blue energy, a moment later he sends a wave of blue bolts towards Snooty. With one flap of his wings Snooty flew above the attack allowing it to pass beneath him. The storm of energy continues onward, finally slamming into the top of an electric pole, sending a shower of blue sparks and wood to the ground. Snooty swoops down to the other side of Victoria; she launched another ball of green wind. Lilo had barley enough time to figure out what to do.
"Punchito!" cried Lilo as the blue book shined with a soft blue light.
Stitch cocked his arm back as Snooty's attack drew closer and closer. His fist disappeared in a swirling orb of blue energy as his face was illuminated by the green glow coming from the oncoming spell. At the last moment Stitch threw his fist forward, the two body's of energy slam into each other creating a small flash of white light. Snooty's large green orb became distorted in shape for a moment before being torn apart by Stitch's blue energy.
Before Stitch or Lilo could react Victoria launched another Gikair spell. It blew through the light cloud of smoke left from the previous one; it seemed to be going faster then usual. Stitch leapt above the blast allowing it to slam into the picnic table he was standing on. The blast how ever knocked Lilo for a loop, sending her sliding across the ground for a few feet. Lilo came to her senses just in time to see Stitch flying through the air above Victoria and Snooty.
'He's in a perfect position to hit Snooty. I better act fast.' Thought Lilo. "Punchito!"
The swirling mass of blue energy formed around Stitch's fist as he dove like a comet towards Snooty. Snooty looked up right as Stitch's glowing fist slammed into him, the two of them slam into the ground with a large explosion of dust and dirt. The cloud fills half of the yard preventing Lilo from seeing what was going on. She squinted as she peered into the cloud, searching for the two experiments. A light green glow shines through the dust catching Lilo's attention. A moment later another explosion expanded the cloud of dust, sending it in Lilo's direction.
Stitch comes flying out of the dust cloud and slides to a stop in front of Lilo. The fur on his chest was slightly singed and he was moaning a little. "Stitch are you alright?" asked Lilo with concern in her voice.
Stitch clenched his teeth as he slowly got to his feet, but within seconds he was to his feet. "I'm fine. But these guys are tougher then I thought they would be."
"I know. I didn't expect them to have such a powerful spell."
At that moment the two of them hear a small chuckle seep through the cloud of dust that was slowly settling to the ground. "If you think that the Gikair spell is powerful… just wait until you see our second spell."
The dust settled revealing Victoria and Snooty. Victoria's spell book was glowing unusually bright; both her and Snooty had looks of determination on their faces. "Victoria, please don't. We don't need to fight anymore, we don't have to…"
"You don't get it Lilo, these experiments are here to fight and as their spell casters it is our responsibility to help them. So it is my duty to burn your book and defeat you." Growled Victoria.
Lilo's grip on her own book tightened. "Victoria, that's not…"
"No Lilo, this ends here." Victoria placed her two fingers onto the page and glared at Lilo and Stitch. "Raja Gatsu!"
A moment later Snooty opened his mouth, a swirling mass of green energy forms in front of his mouth just like the last spell. The vortex of energy grew larger and larger with every passing second, before finally being released as a massive swirling blast of Green energy. The blast looked like a reversed tornado as it speed towards Lilo and Stitch, sucking up dirt and debris as it went.
Both Lilo and stitch's eyes widened as they watched the powerful attack race towards them. Without a second thought Lilo flipped a couple of pages in the blue book, finally stopping on the page with the new spell on it. 'I don't know what this new spell does, but lets just hope that it can help.' Thought Lilo as she focused her emotions.
The blue book began to glow as did the spell. Lilo closed her eyes and called out the spell. "Daoshi!"
Stitch's face emptied of emotion as he raised his paws out in front of him. His paws begin to glow with the same blue glow as the book, a moment later a dome of semi-transparent energy formed around Lilo and Stitch. Right as it appeared Snooty's attack slammed into the protective dome, the blast spread across it's surface as Stitch clenched his teeth from the sudden strain.
Lilo slowly opened her eyes, realizing that Snooty's spell had not hit them. She slowly got to her feet as she looked around at the protective dome and the blast of green that was flowing over it. 'It's a shield; finally we have a defensive spell.' Thought Lilo.
"Victoria, listen to me! We don't have to fight, we're still friends not enemies!" yelled Lilo over the roar of Snooty's blast.
"I know we're friends Lilo, but this cannot be helped. It doesn't matter who fights who, even if their two close friends. In this fight there is only the partnerships between the experiments and the keepers of their books, nothing else matters until it's over." Said Victoria in a solemn voice as she looked away.
"No Victoria, that's not true!" yelled Lilo. Lilo's eyes narrow in a look of sorrow as she remembers back to the battle with Angel and Kioko. "Not all experiments have to be enemies, we can be allies, and we can be friends. There's no need to fight, not now at least."
Victoria closed her eyes and looked away once more. "No, this must end now. I'd rather have this over with now, then have to do it later."
"You don't have to do it at all. A friend has already turned their back on us because of this tournament. I don't want you to do the same." Said Lilo as she looked towards Victoria.
For a moment neither of them said a thing, the only sound was the low rumble of Snooty's blast. Suddenly Victoria's book begins to dim and soon the green light faded away. Snooty's spell also soon faded away and he closed his mouth. Stitch's blue dome disappeared as well as the glow around his paws.
"I don't want to turn on you either Lilo, it's just that I'm scared." Tears began to well up in Victoria's eyes. "It's just that I thought nothing bad could happen to me and snooty if we struck first. I thought that if we just defeated every one who showed themselves to us that everything would be all right."
A few tears escaped as Victoria closed her eyes and bit her lip. She soon fell to her knees as she began to cry. "I'm sorry Lilo, I never wanted this to happen!"
Lilo quickly ran over to her friend and kneeled down beside her. "It's ok Victoria… its ok." Said Lilo in a comforting voice.
"What a cute sight, don't you think so?" asked Snooty as he flew down next to Stitch.
"Sure is. So, it looks like we're going to be allies now." Said Stitch as he looked up at the purple bat.
"I guess so." Said Snooty with a laugh.
Wow, it seems like this story has taken me forever to finish. I hope the ending worked, I just wanted to try a little something different. Anyway, please review. My next story will be up as soon as it can be. Later.