Chapter 2
"Stitch!" Lilo shouted excitedly, running up and hugging him. Stitch was confused as to why this girl was hugging him the way she was. Lilo released him. "It's been six months since the last I saw you!" The girl then looked puzzled. "Why did you leave Stitch? Why did you leave me, Nani, David, and all of our friends back in Hawaii?"
"Keoni." Stitch answered simply.
"Huh, Keoni? What does he have to do with this?" Stitch growled.
"Love Keoni. Not me!" Stitch yelled. "Broke my heart! The alien crossed his arms on his chest, and looked away angrily.
"Huh?" Lilo didn't get it. Why was Stitch acting like this?"
"Little girl and surfer boy's relationship increased." Jumba said. Lilo looked at him. "You spend time with him, and less time with my creation. Made 626 jealous and that is why he is here with grandma and other little girl." Lilo then realized the evil scientist was right. She felt sorry for what she had done.
"Gee Stitch, I-I'm sorry." She told her old friend. "But I'm older now, not a kid anymore." Stitch looked at her. "I'm 11, a-a preteen. I'm sorry you got jealous but you must know, I can't stay little forever. I got to move on."
"Move on?" Stitch wanted to know.
"Yeah." Lilo reassured him. "Get myself ready for my future for when I'm a grown-up. And to do that, I got to have a boyfriend. Keoni's the one I like." Stitch looked away cross again.
"Stitch, you were jealous once before. Remember, Mr. Stenchy? Remember Ohana, that no one gets left behind or forgotten?"
Yuna had had enough! She went over to the Hawaiian girl.
"Give it a rest will you?" She shouted in her face. "Can't you see? Stitch moved on too! You broke his heart; he doesn't want anything to do with you!" Lilo got angry too.
"He does to!" She shouted. "Stitch and I are Ohana! Family!"
"Oh yeah? Then why did he run away?"
"He was jealous! But, I'm sure with some understanding, I'm sure he'll want to come back home!" She looked at Stitch. Her mad tone dropped to a friendly one again. "Right Stitch? You want to come back home with me?" Before Stitch could answer, Yuna got into Lilo's face again.
"He likes it here, he's staying with me!" Lilo scowled again.
"What makes you so sure? He's coming back home!"
"No he's not!" Both girls grabbed one of Stitch's hands.
"He's mine!
"No, he's not; he's mine!" They pulled on him like they were playing Tug-of-War, and he was the rope.
"Mine!"
"No, mine!"
"You let go!"
"No, you let go!" Stitch didn't like this one bit, he shut his eyes tight.
"HE'S MINE!"
He had enough, he jumped out.
"No!" He blurted out. Both girls looked at him. "Stop fighting! Fighting only makes worse. I don't want to see you fight over me." Yuna sighed.
"Stitch is right." She informed Lilo. She then smiled, and offered her hand to Lilo. "So, truce?" Lilo looked at it then shook it.
"Truce!" She replied. They then released hands, and put them back to their sides.
"Good! Now, since that's over, how about meeting some of our friends?" Lilo seemed confused.
"Friends?" Yuna nodded.
"We'll show you Kijimuna, Taro, and our other friends."
"Ichariba Chodei" Stitch cheered. Lilo was confused to this new word.
"What? Itch…?
"Irchatiba Chodei." Yuna answered. "When we meet, we're family!" Lilo smiled.
"Ohhhhh! Irchatibe Chodeu!" Stitch fell to the ground at the mispronunciation.
"Well," Yuna laughed. "Close enough!"
"Well, Obaa." Nani told Yuna's grandma. "I must admit, Japanese is one unique language."
"Your language is unique too." Obaa said. "Ohana! What a beautiful and interesting way to say family."
"I guess every culture is unique."
` "That's most definitely true."
"Come on!" Yuna called to Lilo. "Stitch and I will show you around!"
"Coming!" Lilo shouted to her. She was about to go, but then stopped. She looked at Nani. Nani nodded.
"We can always go to the park later." She answered.
"Okay! Bye, David! Bye Nani!" Lilo followed after Yuna and Stitch. David and Nani followed Jumba, Pleakley, and Obaa into the house for some traditional Japanese snacks.
"This is the town's market." Yuna informed Lilo as they were walking through the outside market. Lilo looked around. There were stands of cabbage, pineapples, watermelons, etc."
"Mmmm!" Lilo smacked her lips, and rubbed her stomach. "Looks tasty!"
They then stopped by the pineapple factory. Lilo looked at it.
"This is the Okinawa Pine Apple Factory factory and park." Yuna explained. "The only pineapple factory in all of Japan. There are pineapple fields, and cars shaped like pineapples."
"Cool!" Lilo said. "Pineapples are famous in Hawaii too."
"Really? Wow, that's interesting!"
Stitch elbowed Yuna.
"Teacher coming!" He told her. Yuna looked up. Sure enough, Ms. Kawasaki was coming down the road with a basket full of food. She stopped as she approached the alien and the girls.
"Hi Yuna." She greeted. "Who's your friend?"
"This is Lilo, Ms. Kawasaki." Yuna told her. "She's from Hawaii like Stitch is." She looked at Lilo.
"Lilo, this is my teacher, Ms. Kawasaki."
"Hi!" Lilo greeted. Ms. Kawasaki smiled.
"Pressure to meet you. Welcome to Japan! See you at school Yuna!" She then left.
"See you Ms. Kawasaki!" Yuna shouted back. She turned back to Lilo.
"Well, come on!" She said. "There's plenty more to see!" Lilo followed them.
"This forest is where our friend Kijimunaa lives." Yuna explained as they were in the forest. When they were at the tree, Yuna called up.
"Kijimunaa!" Yuna yelled up. "We'd like you to meet somebody!" Kijimunaa ran from his hideout. He stopped, and looked at the Hawaiian girl.
"Hello!" Kijimunaa waved. "I'm Kijimunaa, Yuna and Stitch's friend." Lilo waved back, and then whispered to Stitch.
"Is he one of Jumba's experiments?" She wanted to know.
"No, Yuca." Stitch replied.
"Yuca?"
"Magical beings." Yuna answered. Lilo looked at Yuna.
"Magical beings? Wow, this country sure is confusing."
"Hey, I have an idea!" Kijimunaa spoke. "How about we swing on some vines?" Lilo looked at the Yuca.
"Vine swinging?" She asked.
"Come on!" Yuna said, pushing Lilo forward. "It'll be fun!"
"Fun, fun!" Stitch cheered.
"Okay." Lilo said, going with it.
"WHOOO-HOOOO!" Lilo screamed in excitement as the four were having a blast, swinging on vines, tree to tree. "This...is…AWESOME! I never swung on vines before; WEEE!"
"Told ya it was fun!" Yuna told her on her vine.
The girls then saw Stitch swinging fast; he was swinging like a professional!
"Last one is rotton egg!" He shouted.
"So, that's your game, huh?" Yuna asked him. "Okay, you asked for it!"
Both girls then gained speed, racing against the alien.
"Hey guys!" Kijimunaa called from a few vines back. "Wait for me!" He swung to catch up with them as fast as he could.
"And the winner is…" Yuna said as the four were getting near to the forest's end.
"ME!" Stitch yelled as he passed the 'finish line' first. Both girls laughed as Stitch cheered.
"STITCH WON, STITCH WON, STITCH WOOOOON!"
"That's the Stitch I know!" Lilo laughed.
"Good for you Stitch." Kijimunaa congratulated him as the girls laughed. "You won…again."
"Bye!" Kijimunaa waved from his tree.
"Bye!" Lilo, Yuna, and Stitch waved back. Kijimunaa then hopped to his branch, and went for a nap.
"Wasn't that fun?" Yuna asked as they exited the forest, and to the dojo where Yuna taught.
"It sure was!" She admitted. "I never had this much fun since…" She looked at Stitch. "Since Stitch and I played together." Stitch smiled at her.
The girls then turned when they heard laughter. It was Penny, Kenny, and the gang!
"Who's that?" Lilo wanted to know. Yuna scowled.
"Penny!" She answered with a low growl. Lilo looked at her.
"Penny? Who's she? Maybe she can be our friend!" Before Lilo could go over to them, Yuna stopped her, waving her arms franticly.
"No, no!" She smiled, and laughed nervously. "You don't want to do that. Let's just go to the dojo and…" But it was too late; Penny saw them from the corner of her eye. She and the gang walked over to them.
"Well, well, well!" Penny said. "If it isn't Yuna and the creepy alien." The gang laughed. Yuna scowled at her, Stitch growled.
"Oh, just back off Penny!" Yuna ordered. "I don't have time for this!"
"Fine!" Penny huffed. "I don't know why I'm taking to you losers anyways." Stitch growled again.
"We're not losers, Penny!" Yuna scowled. Penny flipped her blonde hair back.
"Whatever! Come on boys, we don't have time for these low rankers." Stitch kept growling, and Yuna kept scowling. Penny then noticed Lilo.
"Oh, who's this?" The bully wanted to know. "Your new friend? How sweet!"
"Penny, leave her alone!" Yuna mumbled under her breath.
"Hi!" Lilo greeted in a friendly voice. "My name's Lilo, what yours?"
"I'm Penny. FYI Lilo, I won't hang around with these losers all day. They're bad trouble if you know what I mean." Lilo blinked in confusion
"Well I know Stitch, but Yuna's trouble?"
"Exactly! So if I was wise I would stop hanging with her, and join us. So, what do you say?" Lilo thought about this for a second.
"Forget it Penny!" Yuna blurted out. "Lilo's with us, so there!" Penny flipped her hair again.
"Whatever!" She looked at Lilo. "But if you change your mind, contact me!" She and the gang then left.
"I thought she was cool." Lilo told Yuna.
"No she's not!" Yuna disagreed. "She's maybe sweet, but she's really nasty." The three walked on.
"Real nasty!" Stitch agreed.
"Is she the like the new Myrtle?" Lilo asked Stitch.
"Yeah, new Myrtle."
"This is my karate class." Yuna explained to Lilo when they were at the Dojo. "I teach it."
"Really?" Lilo asked, interested. "That's so cool!" Yuna smiled.
"It sure is! Now, let me show you my students." She led them inside the Dojo. The students were talking; they quieted when Yuna sat down.
"This is Lilo." Yuna told everyone. "She's visiting from America." The students turned to Lilo who was sitting next to Stitch.
"Hi Lilo!" They all said at once.
"Hi!" She greeted. "Aloha!"
"Now." Yuna continued. They all looked back at her. "Let us recite our intro to Lilo. Officer Suzuki."
"One." The chubby man began. "Always defend the weak."
"Two." Taro continued. "Love everyone, even the stinky heads."
"And three," All off them continued. "Ichariba Chodei."
"Very good." Yuna told them. She stood up. "Now let's begin!"
"I'm Taro." Taro introduced himself to Lilo. "Welcome to Karate."
"Hey Taro." Lilo said back.
"And I'm Officer Suzuki."
"Hi Officer. It's nice to meet you." Everyone introduced themselves to the friendly girl.
"Watch this!" Stitch said to Lilo. Ten boards were stack upon each other. The alien jumped up, and karate chopped all ten boards.
"Taa-daa!" He bowed when done (his style.) Lilo applauded.
"That's so cool Stitch!" She cheered. "Way to go!" Stitch grinned to himself from ear to ear.
"I'm not good as Stitch is." Taro admitted. "I've only broken one board."
"Congratulations!" Lilo congratulated him. "Although you may not be good as Stitch, one board is a start. Your parents must be proud, you too."
"Thanks!"
"Lilo, try?" Stitch asked Lilo.
"Oh I don't know." She said. "I don't do karate."
"Oh come on!" Yuna urged. "Just try it!"
"No, you see…"
"TRY IT, TRY IT, TRY IT…" Everyone encouraged her.
"Okay." Lilo decided. "I'll try it!" Everyone cheered.
Stitch placed a board by Lilo. Lilo looked at the board and concentrated. She raised her hand, and lowered it fast, and then…
"Owwwww!" Lilo wailed, shaking her hurt hand. "That hurts! I don't do Karate. Ouch!" She then sucked on it.
"Well, at least you tried." Yuna smiled.
At dinner that night, Yuna taught Lilo how to eat food with chopsticks.
"This is hard!" Lilo complained "Can't you Japanese use spoons and forks like normal people?" Yuna and her grandma smiled.
"You just need practice." Yuna said. "You'll get used to it. We taught Stitch."
"Practice makes perfect!" Stitch shouted. Lilo groaned, and continued eating.
"Well, time to go back to the hotel!" Nani said when done. She and Nani stood up, and started off. "Come on Lilo!"
"One minute." Lilo told her. She looked at Stitch and put her hands on his shoulders. Stitch looked at her as her eyes were focused on him.
"Stitch." Lilo began. "We have six more days left in Japan before we return to the U.S. Now I want you to decide by then if you want to stay here with Yuna, or come back and live with me." Stitch was shocked!
"Well…" Stitch hesitated.
"You got six days." She looked at Jumba and Pleakley. "You got six days too." The two were shocked as well.
"Okay little girl!" Jumba agreed.
"You can count on us Lilo!" Pleakley added.
"Goodbye." Lilo said, disembarking.
"Bye!" Each family said.
"Bye." Stitch said softly. Lilo and family then left for the hotel.
That night, when the family was sound asleep, Stitch laid awake on his mat. He was thinking about what Lilo had said.
"Yuna or Lilo." Stitch said to himself. "Yuna or Lilo, Yuna or Lilo!" Stitch closed his eyes tight. Why was it so hard choosing? He then opened them again.
"Oh well; I'll decide in the morning…" He then turned off his lamp, and went to sleep.