Chapter 3: Stitch Jr.'s Test

Now that Stitch Jr. was part of the ohana, it was time for Jumba to test his functions in the backyard. Pleakley, Lilo, Darryl, and Nani were part of the audience. Some of Stitch's cousins was the other part: Sample, Slushy, Yang, Yin, Yaarp, Melty, Finder, Swirly, Angel, Bonnie, Clyde, Houdini, Plasmoid, and Kixx.

"Are we ready to begin 626.5's annual test of skill?" Jumba asked the audience. Everybody nodded. "Excellent. 626 will be assistant. Now, first, we will test his strength. Let's see how much 626.5 can lift."

Right on cue, Stitch Jr. walked up to a line full of the heaviest objects Jumba could find. The first was a wrecking ball. Stitch Jr. picked up the ball with ease. Stitch was impressed.

"Ooooooh. Maka maka!" He said to himself. After that, he lifted his own. Lilo was puzzled.

"Why is Stitch doing the same thing?" She asked the evil genius.

"So, we can compare." Jumba replied. "Shall we continue?"

25 minutes later…

It was up to the final object: a 50 foot pyramid of red bricks. Everybody in the audience moved to the edge of their seats, awaiting the big finish. First, it was Stitch Jr.'s turn. He lifted the tall tower of bricks as if it was a feather! Then, Stitch tried. He struggled for 10 minutes, trying to lift it… but no avail. He decided to give up. Everybody applauded.

"Now, that's what I call strong." Bonnie commented as she clapped. Jumba patted Stitch on the back.

"Nice try, 626. You nearly match 626.5's strength, but his is 50 percent more, remember?" Jumba explained. Stitch nodded.

"Ih." He replied. Stitch Jr. saw the look on Stitch's face and he gently placed the tower down and gave him a hug. Everybody awed at this sight.

"Not only is he polite at table, he is very affectionate to everyone." Jumba said to Lilo as she walked up beside him.

"When it comes to being affectionate, that's what he does best, right?" She agreed.

"Right." Nani replied. "I'm really starting to like Stitch Jr.. So, what's the next test gonna be on?"

"Fighting skills." Jumba replied.

Meanwhile, at Gantu's ship…

625 was just sitting in a chair, watching Gantu pace back and forth in front of him.

"Okay, 625. Let's recap." Gantu started. "Jumba has a new experiment call 626.5. His functions are to be 50 percent stronger, smarter, and perhaps more affectionate… ugh! What does that tell you?"

"That you need to hurry up with a plan before I go crazy with boredness." 625 replied. Gantu growled.

"Were you even paying attention!"

"Nope. I was just guessing that since 626.5 is stronger, smarter, and more affectionate than Stitch, there's a 50-50 chance that you'll never win."

"What do you know?"

"What I know is what I know."

"So, you're saying that I need to think of a really sinister plan, right?"

"Exactly."

"Okay. I'll think of something… but it's gonna take some time."

"Why?"

"I need…"

"GANTU!" Hamsterviel yelled from the tv screen. "WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?"

"626.5 seems to be harder to defeat than he looks. I'm gonna need a plan on how to get rid of him and… you're just the person I needed to see." Gantu replied.

"Well, good thing I called. Alright, Gantu! Remember that I told you that 626.5 can create experiments of his own since he's a toddler experiment?"

"Yes."

"Well, here's what you can do…"

Later, back at Lilo's backyard…

"Now, to test fighting skills!" Jumba announced as he pointed to a well-built fighting ring. Stitch Jr. was in a corner. He was awaiting directions.

"As you can see, there's nobody in the corner across from 626.5. What I'm gonna do is allow a few of these other experiments to try and battle him. Does that sound like plan?" Jumba continued.

"Hopefully." The experiments replied in unison.

5 minutes later…

Yang was in the empty corner, ready to fight. Stitch Jr. showed a look of slick determination. When Jumba rang the bell, Yang fired his first shot of the fight. Stitch Jr. made a front flip to avoid the shot. Then, he ran up to the lava experiment, grabbed him by the head, and slammed him towards the floor. Stitch Jr. chuckled afterwards, seeing that Yang was knocked out cold from that slam. Jumba dragged the unconcious experiment and motioned for Kixx to enter the ring. Lilo leaned over to Nani.

"Are you sure this fighting thing is a good idea?" She whispered to her older sister. Nani nodded.

"It's not like they're gonna die from this." She suggested.

Meanwhile, in the bushes…

Gantu and 625 were secretly watching Stitch Jr. do his fighting test against Kixx. Gantu gasped with surprise as he saw this.

"Well, well, well." He started. "Looks like 626.5 has some fighting skills up his sleeve. Wouldn't you like to fight?"

"Not really, Gantu." 625 replied. "I'm a sandwich-eater. Not a fighter."

"But, if you WERE a fighter, would you fight him?"

"Yeah. But, for now, I couldn't."

Back on the ring…

Again, Kixx was outmatched my Stitch Jr.. He was knocked out by a perfect slam towards the corner pole. Stitch Jr. chuckled as he snapped his fingers cooly.

"Not even 601 can defeat him!" Jumba exclaimed. "Amazing! We must try one more opponent…" He turned around and did a sly smirk. "…626."

"Huh?" Stitch surprisingly asked. Jumba nodded.

"Yes, you. Come and battle your counterpart cousin."

"Oh, naga." Stitch muttered under his breath as he slowly climbed into the ring and walked over to his corner. Stitch Jr. was breathing heavily, anxious to hear the bell ring.

Over in the bushes…

Gantu's big, blue eyes widened at the sight of Stitch and Stitch Jr. in the final fight. 625 was also surprised, but speechless.

"This has to be the greatest battle I've ever seen." Gantu said to himself as he sat down and watched from behind some trees.

Back in the ring…

"Ready?" Jumba asked. Everybody gasped, then got quiet. This match was in silence. "Begin."

Stitch Jr. lept for Stitch, but he grabbed the smaller version of himself and rolled him up into a ball and bowled him back to his corner with the sound of bowling pins the he impacted. Stitch chuckled as he ran up to the unconcious experiment. When he approached him, he was caught of guard when Stitch Jr. opened his eyes and snatched him from his neck and made a clean, but vigorious punch across his face, then threw him towards the rubber bars. He bounced back towards Stitch Jr. and he jumped for him, having his right arm completely around Stitch's neck and slammed him hard on the ground, nearly breaking his neck. Everybody cringed at the sight of it, including Gantu and 625 in the bushes.

"This fight's really starting to look interesting." Pleakley commented.

Back in the fight…

Stitch was slowly getting up. Stitch Jr. watched with anxiousness. When Stitch was finally on his feet, he tried to catch Stitch Jr. off guard by quickly pulling out his raygun, but Stitch Jr. sensed it already and snatched the gun from him. Then, he tried shooting Stitch back. He made a 3-point shot right when he jumped to dodge the beam. This made him fall to the ground, unconcious. Jumba sounded the finishing bell.

"Once again, 626.5 is the victor. Amazing! His fighting skills are far beyond 626's." Jumba declared. "I believe this test has ended. 626.5 has passed."

Stitch Jr. cheered with glee as he walked over to Stitch, who was still unconcious. He walked over to Jumba and handed the experiment's unconcious body to him.

"I'll have him regenerated by tomorrow." Jumba said to Stitch Jr., who nodded in response.

"Tell cousin I said 'good fight.'" He told the evil genius.

"I will."

Meanwhile, in the bushes…

625 fainted with surprise as Gantu nearly did the same, but caught himself.

"Fantastic! Hamsterviel was right." Gantu said to himself. "If 626.5 is good at fighting, then he must be good at creating his own genetic experiments of his own." He looked up at dusk sky. "Better call it a night for now. I'll try to capture him tomorrow." Then, he looked down at 625, who was still unconcious from his faint. He sighed in annoyance as he picked up the fainted experiment and went back to his ship.

Later…

Stitch Jr. was with Lilo in her room. She was tucking him into Stitch's old bed as she spoke.

"That was some battle you pulled, Stitch Jr." She started. "Some battle indeed."

"Do Lilo think meega could beat Big Dummy?" Stitch Jr. asked ever so sweetly.

"Maybe… but, who knows? One day, we'll find out. Right now, you need to get some rest. You've had rough battles today."

"Okay. Goodnight, Lilo."

"Goodnight."

To be continued…