Chapter 3

"Stitch!" Yuna shouted the next morning, shaking him awake. Stitch awoke with a start. He jumped back.

"Sorry I scared you." Yuna apoligized. "But Lilo and her family are back." Stitch was immediately awake then.

"It's time?" He asked, falling to the ground. He stood up. "Already?" Yuna smiled.

"No silly." She told him. "It's only been a day." Stitch sighed in relief.

"Ohhhh! Don't scare me like that again." Yuna smiled again.

"Sorry, but come on! Let's say hello!" Both girl and alien raced out of the room.

Outside, they saw them. Lilo and family. David and Nani were talking to Obaa as Lilo was listening to her mp3 player. Stitch went next to Lilo and looked at the mobile device, cocking his head in confusion. Lilo looked at him, and took out her earplugs.

"Lilo?" Stitch asked. "What you listening to?" Yuna went beside them.

"Yeah." She added. "What is that?"

"Oh, this is my mPod." Lilo answered. Stitch scratched his head.

"mPod?" He wanted to know.

"Yeah! It's a cool device that stores and plays music and stuff."

"Ohhh!" Yuna gasped, impressed. "Cool! Mind if I ask what you're listening to?"

"Elvis!" Lilo replied. Yuna looked confused.

"Elvis? Who's he?"

"Elvis! You don't know Elvis? Elvis Presley; the King of Rock and Roll?" Yuna shook her head.

"No, but I guess you love his music."

"You bet! Elvis is my idol! Although he may be dead, his music lives on!"

"Yeah!" Stitch posed, pretending he was Elvis. "Thank you, thank you very much." Lilo laughed. Yuna smiled.

"Mind if I listen?" Yuna wanted to know.

"Sure, go ahead!" Lilo agreed. She handed Yuna her mPod. Yuna put the earphones in her ears. "Right now, I'm listening to one of my favorites; 'Hound Dog.' Yuna listened, and got thrilled.

"This is amazing!" She declared. Stitch shook his hand in her face.

"Yuna?" He said. "Yoo-hoooo! Earth to Yuna!"

"Ladies and Gentlemen!" Lilo said. "Yuna has left the building!" She and Stitch laughed at the joke.

"Thanks!" Yuna said when done, offering it back to Lilo. "That was some good music!" Lilo took it and put it away.

"You're welcome." She said. "Glad you now like The King like I do."

"Lilo." Nani said. Lilo looked at her. "Yuna showed you the Japanese culture yesterday; why don't you show her the Hawaiian ways now?"

"Yeah!" Lilo agreed, turning back. She looked at Stitch. "And Stitch can help!"

"Okay!" Stitch happily agreed. Yuna was puzzled.

After Yuna and Stitch had their breakfast, they said goodbye to Obaa, David, Pleakley, Nani, and Jumba, they were on their way to teach Yuna some Hula.

"You do karate." Lilo said. "We do hula." She and Stitch started hula-dancing. "A traditional Hawaiian dance." Yuna applauded after the dance.

"That was marvelous!" Yuna cheered. "Bravo! Good for you!" Stitch then nudged Yuna.

"Yuna's turn?" Stitch asked.

"Oh, I don't know." Yuna told him. "I do karate, not hula."

"Oh come on!" Lilo urged. "It'll be fun!"

"Yeah, fun!" Stitch added.

"Well okay." Yuna decided. "Let's do it!"

"Yay, this'll be fun!" Lilo cheered.

"Yeah, fun!" Stitch shouted.

They showed Yuna how to Hula, and just moments, the nine year old was hula-dancing like she had been doing it her whole life. Yuna gasped in amazement.

"You're right!" She said. "This is awesome! Watch me go!" Lilo and Stitch smiled as they danced to Elvis music Lilo had on her mPod.

After that was done, they met up with Kijimunaa and had picnic lunch under Kijimunaa's shady tree.

"Ah!" Yuna sighed, drinking her orange juice "What a wonderful day for a picnic."

"Totally!" Lilo agreed as they ate their ham sandwiches.

"I agree." Kijimunaa said. "The weather's great!" Stitch laid on the grass, relaxed.

"Pudge has really done it." Stitch said. Yuna looked at him, confused.

"Huh?" She wanted to know. "Who's Pudge?"

"Oh, Pudge is just a fish I made friends with when I was little." Lilo answered. "I use to claim that he could control the weather."

"Oh." Yuna said, and then giggled. "A fish that controls the weather? That's funny!"

"Yeah." Lilo agreed. "I was younger back then. Now that I'm older, I know it's in the lowest layer on Earth, the troposphere that weather occurs the most." Stitch then looked at Lilo.

"Huh?" He asked. "What happened to Pudge?" Lilo shrugged, laying down and looking at the clouds.

"Don't know." She admitted. "Must be pudgier now though. I haven't seen him in a long time." The four of them continued to lay down, looking at the puffy white clouds.

"Cowabunga!" Stitch yelled as she and Lilo were surfing. "Come on Yuna, Kijimunaa, its great!" Yuna was by her surfboard, taking off her sneakers.

"Okay, coming!" She and the Yuca ran out with their surfboards to the water. Yuna was now in a pink swimsuit.

When they got there, they both put their boards in the water. They then crawled on them, and paddled out to where Stitch and Lilo were. They both stood up and surfed a glorious wave with them. They gasped with amazement. Yuna looked at Stitch.

"You know." She said. "For someone who can't stand water, Stitch is acting like there's nothing to it!"

"That's because Stitch knows that no matter what, I'll be there for him." Lilo explained. "That's what being an Ohana is all about! You got to have faith in someone in order to make it!" Yuna nodded in agreement.

"Cowabunga!" She screamed.

"Cowabunga!" Kijimunaa shouted.

When the girls were done, they dressed, said goodbye to Kijimunaa, and they walked to Yuna's house. After Yuna and Lilo put their swimsuits away, and got re-dressed, they got ready for supper.

When they came in the kitchen, there was a surprise! Angel was there, with Obaa, Nani, David, Jumba, and Pleakley!

"Angel!" An excited Stitch shouted running towards her. "Boojii boo!"

"Boojii Boo!" Angel called back. She ran too, and the two hugged each other. When they were done hugging, Angel licked Stitch. The blue alien blushed. The two families laughed and aww'ed.

"Yuna," Obaa told her. "You and your friends can eat your supper outside. It's such a lovely night."

"Okay Grandma!" The girl agreed. She looked at her plate. It was a Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Next to it was a glass of milk. "Uh, Grandma, what are these?"

"That's a Grilled Cheese Sandwich and a glass of milk." Obaa answered. "It's what Americans eat and drink. Go on and try them. They're quite satisfying."

"O-kay." Yuna said, not sure. The girls, Angel, and Stitch grabbed their plates and milk glasses, and went outside to eat. Obaa was right, it was a beautiful night.

"Yummy!" Yuna said when she took a bite of her sandwich." This is good!" She then drank her milk. "The milk tastes great too!" She took another bite.

"See?" Lilo asked. "Now you got a taste of what Americans eat and drink."

"Totally!" Yuna agreed. She then decided to change the subject. She looked at Lilo. "Lilo, why aren't your parents here? Surely, they'd enjoy being here exploring our beautiful country. Are they busy with their jobs in America and couldn't come or what?" Lilo then looked sad, she didn't answer.

"Lilo?" Yuna asked, standing up. "Did you hear me? I said where are your paren…"

"I heard you." Lilo softly interrupted. "And they…." She fought back tears. "Died a long time ago."

Yuna couldn't believe it! She went by the sad girl, and sat down next to her.

"I'm so sorry to hear that." Yuna comforted her. But you know, you aren't alone." She and Lilo looked at the nighttime sky. "My mother died too, and my father is far at sea. So all I have is Grandma." She looked at Lilo. "But now I have Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley too! Life isn't so lonely anymore!"

"At least you have a father." Lilo told her. "All I have is my sister, and she works a lot." She then sighed. "You're so lucky that you're not alone." She sighed again. Yuna stood back up.

"Lilo," Yuna told her. "Your parents aren't really gone." Lilo looked at her, and sighed.

"I know." She said. "I always have a place for them in my heart. Nani told me."

"Well, she's right!" Yuna said, sitting back down near Lilo. She looked at the moon again. Lilo did the same.

"Although my father is gone all the time," Yuna began. "I used to think that he abandoned me and Grandma, and would never come back. I now know that's not the case. He'll come back; I just know it! All I got to do is hope, have patience, and hope some more!" Yuna turned back to Lilo. Lilo smiled at Yuna. Yuna smiled back.

Angel and Stitch looked at the moon too as they were drinking their drinks through their straws. Stitch put his down, stretched and yawned, and put an arm around Angel. The pink alien leaned on him as the two continued looking at the moon.

For the next five days, the families all did activities together. Obaa took them all to the sightsee Japan. They went to the park, Tokyo Disney, the Imperial Palace, Kyoto, Mount Fuji, and more.

On Lilo, Nani, and David's last day, Lilo asked Stitch the big question again. She put her hands on his shoulders, looking at him straight in the eyes. Stitch grinned, not knowing what this was about. He stopped when he saw her expression; she was serious!

"Lilo?" He asked. "What's the matter? You're creeping me out. Lilo?"

"Stitch." Lilo began. "The time has come. I need your decision; what do you want? Stay here, or come with us back to Hawaii?" Stitch hesitated. Time flew by so fast that he forgot! Decision day, the day that he'd have to make the toughest choice of his life. Life with Yuna, or life with Lilo.