Chapter One Hundred-Four: A Job Search and Lessons

Later that day they went to a vendor store as Nani held an ad.

"Mrs. Hasagawa? I'm here to answer your newspaper ad" Nani said.

"Elvis Presley was a model citizen" Lilo said holding up a picture, "I've compiled a list of his traits for you to practice. Number one is dancing" Lilo said holding up a hula scrit.

"I can't talk now, dear. I'm waiting for someone to answer my ad" Mrs. Hasagawa said.

"That's why I'm here" Nani said as Jason raised an eyebrow at the skirt Stitch wore.

"Hands on your hips. Now follow my lead" Lilo said moving her hip as Stitch followed.

"Ooh-hoo!" Stitch said as Lilo and him did a few dance moves.

"Nice" Jason said as he looked over to see Nani progress.

"Ah! That's my want ad" Mrs. Hasagawa said.

"I know!"

Lilo and Stitch then slide in as he caught as Stitch did a spin and bumped into Mrs. Hasagawa as they crashed into the watermelons as it was stuck on her head and Stitch head hopped out the top of it.

"Why is everything so dark?" Mrs. Hasagawa asked.

"Uh new place?" Max suggested.

Later they went to Kiki's Coffee Hut for the next ad.

"I am all about coffee" Nani said as Jason took a seat to watch Lilo next lesson.

"Let's move on to step two. Elvis played guitar. Here" she said handing him a guitar, "Hold it like this, and put your fingers here" she said playing afew strings, "See? Now you try."

"...and I make great cappuccinos and lattes with..."

"I wish I could, Nani, but I just hired Teddy and with tourist season ending..." she said stopping as they looked over to see Stitch playing a guitar.

"Ah!" Jason said covering his ears as all the glass around them shattered and Mr. Bubble looked from his newspaper from his table.

"Uh...moving on!" Jason said grabbing Stitch and Lilo and Max pulled her wagon.

Later at a Hotel!

'Concierge-er-ing is my life. I just love to answer phones..."

"Uh Lilo?" Jason said as they approached a couch and Stitch wore a Hawaiian shirt and held a rose.

"This is the face of romance" Lilo said as they looked to an old woman reading a newspaper, "She looks like she could use some lovin'."

Stitch then sat on the couch and took the woman hand as the woman looked up from her newspaper.

"Oh, we might have something" the manager said as Max looked over to the couch where the woman had the rose in one hand.

"Good. Now kiss her" Lilo said as Jason and Max eyes widen in horror at what Stitch did to the woman.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!"

Nani then ran out pulling Lilo as Jason carried Stitch.

"I'm sure Elvis had his bad days, too" Lilo said.

At the beach!

"I'm all about saving people?" Nani said to a lifeguard.

"Actually, I do think we have an opening."

"Really?"

"Okay, this is it" Lilo said as Jason sighed at the Elvis getup Stitch wore, "Time to bring it all together.

"Oh, that'd be so great! You have no idea how badly I need this job" Nani said as Stitch walked onto the beach.

"It's all you! Knock 'em dead!" Lilo said pulling in a speaker.

Stitch then began to play much better than before as Lilo danced on the speaker and Jason clapped.

But when tourist began to flash their camera at Stitch he growled covering his eyes as Jason, Max and Lilo ran over.

"Don't crowd him!" Lilo yelled.

Stitch then roared tearing off his clothes and wig as he snatch and camera and broke it in his mouth as a woman ran screaming.

"Hey, knock it off!" a man yelled squirting Stitch with a water gun as Stitch picked him up and threw him as people screamed and ran knocking the tower in the process as the Lifeguard glared at Nani before walking away.

"Oh great" Jason sighed looking at the destroyed beach as Stitch picked up his broken guitar and Nani and Lilo sat together and both tossed her ad and Lilo Elvis picture.

"Stitch" Max said as David approached with two surfboards.

"Hey, Lilo! Howzit... Nani?" David said seeing their sad faces.

"We've been having a bad day" Lilo said.

"Hmm...Hey, I might not be a doctor but I know that there's no better cure for a sour face than a couple of boards and some choice waves, what you think?" David asked.

"I think that's a great idea" Nani said.

Later they all were in surfboard as Nani pushed her out into the water with Lilo in the front and Stitch in the back.

"Come on Max!" Jason said in some trunks as he followed after Nani and David boards.

David then pulled Lilo onto his board as they watched them on the wave as Stitch stood up.

"Oooh!" Stitch said pointing at the surfing as Nani stared at him and he sat back down as David and Lilo came up next to them and Nani kicked David off the board and into the water.

They then watched Nani ride a wave as they all took turns ridding waves and swimming in the water as Stitch watch with interest.

When the sun began to set Nani and David built a sandcastle on Lilo as Stitch pulled the sand over him like a castle as he smiled.

"Good job Stitch" Jason said petting him "but if you really want a family how about trying a surf?"

Stitch then walked up to Lilo and tapped her back as she looked back as the surfboard he had.

In a tree nearby Jumba and Pleakley climbed a tree to watch Stitch.

"Oh, can't complain, Mom, I'm camping out with a convicted criminal and, uh... oh, I had my head chewed on by a monster!" Pleakley yelled glaring at Jumba.

"Wait...something is not right" Jumba said seeing Nani heading to the water with the surfboard and Stitch and Lilo following, "626 is returning willingly to water."

'Oh, hold on, Mom-another call" Pleakley said switching the call on his hand held phone as the Grand Councilwoman appeared on screen.

"Mr. Pleakley, you are overdue. I want a status report."

"Oh, uh, things are going well" Pleakley said.

"He cannot swim!" Jumba said.

"Things are going well. Jumba, aren't they going well?" Pleakley said.

"Why will he risk drowning?"

"Jumba? Jumba, help me out here."

"I would have expected you back by now, with 626 in hand" the Grand Councilwoman said.

"Just a few things left to pack and, uh, we'll be..."

"Hang up. We are going swimming" Jumba said hanging up the phone.

"Huh?"

Out on the water Jason saw Stitch smile as they headed down a wave and Stitch held onto Nani leg as they road inside the wave.

"Yeah!" Stitch said a Jumba tackled him and Nani and Lilo crashed.

"Lilo!" Nani said coming up as Lilo did.

"What happened?" Lilo asked.

"Oh... some lolo must have stuffed us in the barrel" Nani said.

"Where's Stitch?" Lilo asked as Jason swam to them and Stitch came up out of the water and climbed on Lilo.

"Get off of her!" Nani yelled as Jumba pulled Stitch down and he pulled Lilo down.

"What happened?" David asked.

'Stitch dragged her down" Nani said as they dived under.

Nani then came under and kicked Stitch away from Lilo as they pulled her up the the surface.

"We lost Stitch!" Lilo said as underwater Jumba and Pleakley tried to put the restraint on him but Stitch cuffed the two together then bit on Pleakley air tank and sent the two flying.

David then grabbed Stitch and swam them to shore as Nani carried Lilo to shore.

"Are you okay?" Max asked.

"Lilo? Lilo, look at me. Look at me, baby. Are you hurt?" Nani asked.

"No" Lilo said as David walked up carrying Stitch.

"He's unconscious, but I think he's alive" David said.

"Stitch" Jason said tapping his face as Stitch coughed then roared looking for Jumba and Pleakley.

"Nani" Max said as they saw Mr. Bubbles approaching.

"David, take Lilo" Nani said as she approached, "this isn't what it looks like...we were...It-It's just that..."

"I know you're trying, Nani but you need to think about what's best for Lilo...even if it removes you from the picture, I'll be back tomorrow morning for Lilo, I'm sorry" he said walking away.

"Oh no" Max said.

"Nani? Is there something I can do?" David asked.

"No, David. Uh, I need to take Lilo home now. We have a lot to talk about, Lilo" Nani said taking Lilo, "Thanks."

"You know, I really believed they had a chance. Then you came along" David said looking at Stitch before walking away.

"Don't feel bad Stitch" Jason said picking him up.

"Something good will come of this, I just know it" Max said.

At the house Nani sat in a hammock with Lilo as Jason and Max watched below as Stitch sat on the stairs.

"Lilo, honey...we have to, uh..." Nani said.

"Don't worry. You're nice, and someone will give you a job. I would" Lilo said.

"Come here" Nani said as she held Lilo in her arms.

"Aloha Oe, Aloha Oe E ke onaona noho i ka lipo. One fond embrace, a ho'i a'e au Until we meet again."

In the house Stitch looked at the picture of Lilo family under her pillow.

"That's us before...It was rainy, and they went for a drive. What happened to yours?" Lilo asked as Stitch flinched.

"I hear you cry at night. Do you dream about them? I know that's why you wreck things and push me" Lilo said as he got off the bed to head to his box, "Our family's little now and we don't have many toys but if you want, you could be part of it. You could be our baby and we'd raise you to be good. O'hana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind but if you want to leave, you can" Lilo said as he headed to the window with the book and crawled out it, "I'll remember you, though. I remember everyone that leaves."

"Oh man" Jason sighed as he and Max followed Stitch as he went into the jungle to the page as he tried to read a word.

"L... L...Lost" Stitch said before sitting down and looking around, "I'm lost."

"Stitch, you remember this?" Jason asked holding Stitch Wayfinder, "you made this because you wanted friends and didn't know and cause Terra, Aqua and Ven let you into our circle of friends, this bond is more than that" Jason said handing him it.

"I wish you could see the family you can become a part of" Jason said.

"Help! I don't like the ocean! AHH Oh, look, a friendly little dolphin. They helped sailors in the war...It's a shark! It's a shark, and it ain't friendly! It looks like a dolphin. Tricky fish! Tricky fish! Oh, octopus, come and help me? An octo... octopus is worse than a shark!" Pleakley yelled climbing onto a rock out of the water and threw the octopus off his face, "I hate this planet!"

"Oh...little monster!" Jumba growled as Pleakley phone rang and Pleakley shook it off and answerd.

"Uh, Agent Pleakley here."

"I have lost patience with you both! Have you captured 626 or not?"

"Um...Uh-uh..."

"Consider yourselves fired and prison-bound. Your incompetence is nothing short of unspeakable!" she said hanging up.

"But, uh... mm..." Pleakley said before sobbing.

"We're fired! Now we do it my way!" Jumba yelled.

"Your way? Oh... uh, wait!" Pleakley yelled.

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