Hello there fellow Kingdom Hearts fans! Prism here back with yet another chappie. So I think I'll be able to wrap up this world a bit faster than usual so it looks like next chapter will be the final chapter of Islands of Paradise. I was really happy to fit this world in and I hope you guys enjoy it! Still own nothing other than the plot and my OCs.

Chapter 59: Ohana Means Family

As the team escorted Lilo and Stitch, the group took in the sights of the new world. It really was beautiful. Even in town, palm trees and tropical flowers were everywhere. The sky still remained cloudless and blue with a warm sun shining down on them. Among the shops in town, there was a tropical fruit stand, a shave ice cart and a beach supply shop. Myde really wanted to stop for shave ice, but he was dragged away from the stand by an aggressive Lydia. Dragon, Xion and Roxas looked just as disappointed that they wouldn't be able to try shave ice. Kyra and Oswald simply rolled their eyes while Lilo, Stitch, Naminé and Rusty chuckled in amusement. Rusty and Stitch appeared to be getting along well though Rusty was more curious as he sniffed the blue creature.

The town didn't have a lot of people wandering around thanks to the heartless that were roaming the world. The heartless included were several blue rhapsodys, huge watermelons and rabid dogs. But, it wasn't anything Roxas and his team couldn't handle with Stitch's help. Kyra had been watching Stitch fight the heartless alongside them and couldn't help but think that he wasn't just any normal kind of dog. Not only his colour, but he was a lot stronger than most creatures she'd seen in her travels across the worlds.

Kyra allowed her thoughts to wander as the group continued their trek through the town. Before too long, they arrived at Lilo and Nani's house. It was much larger than any of them expected, resting isolated on the top of a hill. The roof was red and the sidings were yellow with a long staircase leading up to the front door.

"Here we are!" Announced Lilo as she opened the door and let the big group inside one by one. "Stitch likes it a lot." It looked even bigger on the inside with a large living room and an equally big, well-equipped kitchen.

"Wow." Said Naminé in awe. "This is your house? Seems really big for just you, Nani and Stitch."

Lilo gave a nod. "Yeah. Mom and Dad died awhile ago. It was rainy and they went for a drive." Lilo sighed sadly.

The team of world travellers immediately turned quiet and looked away sadly.

"I'm sorry." Said Naminé with sympathy in her voice. "I didn't mean to bring up any bad memories."

Lilo shook her head and smiled. "It's okay. I still have Nani and we got Stitch now too. We're Ohana."

"Ohana?" Roxas asked curiously.

"It means 'family'." Explained Lilo. "Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. Stitch is part of our family now."

"That's so sweet." Said Xion with a smile.

Oswald nodded in agreement. "Yeah. It's nice that you brought Stitch into your family like that."

Then, just at that moment, Stitch's ears twitched up and he started frantically looking around the house as though he was on edge.

"Stitch?" Lilo asked curiously. "What's wrong?" Stitch then moved to Lilo's side and took her hand. He took one step towards the back door when the sound of the front door opening stopped him in his tracks.

Then, two strange-looking creatures stepped into the living room. The first was a large, overweight alien with four small eyes and indigo and peach skin, holding a yellow plasma gun. He was dressed in a black vest and pants. The other was a skinny lime green alien with an antenna on his head, one eye, two purple tongues and three legs. He was dressed in a dark blue and gold military-like uniform. They were known as Dr. Jumba Jookiba and Agent Pleakly.

"Oh hello there my little creation!" Jumba spoke in a thick accent as he pointed his plasma gun at Stitch and grinned. "You have taken so long to find! Hiding behind your little friends are you?"

"What the heck?!" Said Dragon. "What are they?!"

"I've seen a lot of things across the worlds; I think they're some kind of alien breed." Replied Kyra.

Jumba ignored what Kyra said and pointed his plasma gun directly at Stitch. "Come along now my little creation. You know we got fired this morning so now we do things my way!"

"Now, Jumba." Pleakly said nervously. "Calm down and think rationally about this! What about the mosquitos?!"

"Bah! Out of the way you stupid One-Eye!" Jumba exclaimed as he shoved Pleakly out of the way and fired his blaster. Stitch just barely managed to jump out of the way of the bast.

Thinking quickly, Roxas summoned Two become One to his hand. "Hey don't you know it's rude to just barge in when you're not invited?!" Oswald, Dragon and Lydia followed his lead by raising their weapons.

"Meega nala kweesta!" Stitch added as he raised his claws.

Oswald turned to Naminé, Xion, Kyra, Rusty and Myde. "Get Lilo out of here! We'll deal with the alien."

"You got it." Nodded Kyra as she pulled Lilo away from the phone in the living room. The group didn't waste any time in rushing out of the house, knocking over Pleakly in the process.

Jumba raised his plasma gun and fired directly at Stitch. However, the little creature caught the plasma ball in his hand and tossed it back at Jumba, causing some damage. Oswald followed by casting thundara on the alien. Lydia then raised her tambourine, and hit it a few times, casting haste in her allies, causing them to gain an increase in speed. Dragon used Lydia's spell to his advantage and struck Jumba with multiple strikes from Steel Slayer.

Still, Jumba was very durable so Roxas saw fit to use the summon charm he got from Wasteland. He pulled the Brazzle Dazzle charm out of his pocket and raised it into the air.

"Elliot!" Roxas exclaimed. Blue sparkles rained down from the sky and appeared all around him then, a giant green and pink dragon appeared beside him. The dragon smiled at him and allowed Roxas to climb on his back. "Let's do it!"

"Bom bom ba boom!" Elliott said as he flew into the air. He and Roxas descended towards Jumba, allowing Elliot to unleash his fire breath upon their enemy. Roxas then jumped off of Elliott's back and struck Jumba with a powerful blow from his keyblade. This allowed Elliott to turn invisible again. Then, Elliott rammed through Jumba multiple times, dealing a great deal of damage, then Roxas dealt the final blow with a powerful strike from his keyblade.

Roxas then looked up at Elliott, who had just become visible again and smiled. "Thanks from the help, Elliot!" Said Roxas. Elliot simply waved as he dissapeared in a flash of blue sparkles.(1)

~*KHIII*~

While Stitch, Roxas and the others fought Jumba, Lilo, Naminé, Xion, Kyra, Rusty and Myde were running down the stairs of the house. However, the moment they reached the bottom of the stairs, they instantly became surrounded by heartless. Among the breeds were huge watermelons, powerwilds and neoshadows.

"Seriously?" Myde complained. "We just got away from a fight! Does this ever end?!"

"Sadly, no it doesn't, traitor." A mysterious voice echoed through the space. Sensing a real fight was about to happen, Kyra drew her bow and arrow. Rusty followed her lead by crouching down and baring his teeth. Xion, Naminé and Myde all summoned their weapons in an attempt to shield Lilo.

Xion stood strong with a firm grip on her keyblade. "Who's there?! Show yourself!"

At that moment, a corridor of darkness appeared before the, and a figure in the black organization coat stepped out. The figure raised their hands and pulled down their hood, revealing the face of one of their allies.

"Riku!" Kyra snarled angrily, raising her bow and arrow. "I knew you were still working with the dark side! Don't expect any mercy from me!" Rusty growled and barred his teeth in agreement. Sure enough, the figure before them had Riku's face and silver hair. Only, his eyes were golden and he had a dark, sinister smile upon his lips. Though, Naminé knew who he really was.

"No." Naminé shook her head. "That's not the Riku we know; it's his replica."

"His Replica?" Questioned Myde. "When did Riku get a clone?!"

Naminé quickly explained. "Back at Castle Oblivion, Vexen made a Replica of Riku as an experiment. Back then, I...helped create memories for him. I just don't understand how he managed to come back, I heard that our Riku defeated him."

"Dear Naminé, my remains were found at Castle Oblivion. Xehanort and Maleficent brought me back from those remains." The replica explained. "And don't put me in the same catagory as that weakling. The real Riku will die by my hand. I'll become my own person before long now that I've become a part of Xehanort. Call me Repliku."

"Become part of Xehanort?" Questioned Xion. "What does that mean?"

"You don't need to know about that." Repliku said as he turned his attention to Naminé and held out his hand. "Naminé, there's no reason for you to suffer. Come with me. We can be together like we were always supposed to be."

Naminé released a small gasp of surprise. "What?! What are you talking about?! The organization had me mess with your memories; there's no reason for you to keep talking like this."

"Yes there is!" Snapped Repliku angrily. "It doesn't matter that you planted false memories back then. I know in my heart that you and me belong together. Come with me, Naminé. You'll be spared if you stay by my side."

"Spared?" Questioned Naminé. "I can't stand by while Xehanort hurts innocent people. I'm staying with my friends and fighting alongside them. I'd never join Xehanort. I'm sorry I messed with your memories back then but you're making the wrong choice and going down the wrong path.."

Repliku growled. "Fine. Have it your way. If you don't stand with me we'll be enemies. But I will have you one way or another." The replica raised his hand in front of him as a swarm of dark shadows appeared. The shadows solidified, creating the blade Soul Eater.

"So it's a fight you want, huh?" Said Kyra. "Fine, you stupid replica. We'll take you and your heartless out!"

"That's right!" Xion agreed. "We won't let you spread darkness."

With that, Repliku rushed towards Naminé, Kyra and Myde with Soul Eater raised. That left Xion and Rusty to protect Lilo and deal with the heartless. Xion used her keyblade to strike down the Neoshadows and even cast a few thunder and blizzard spells. Rusty followed with a powerful fire spell. Lilo herself couldn't do much to fight back against the heartless but she did manage to offer support to Xion and Rusty with potions and ethers.

In the meantime, Naminé, Kyra and Myde were fighting against Repliku. The replica appeared to really have it in for Kyra and Myde but was doing his best not to harm Naminé. Kyra attacked Repliku with her arrows and magic from a distance and strong strikes from the bow up close. Naminé used her keyblade to heal both Kyra and Myde whenever they suffered damage. She also managed to get a few strikes in herself. Myde himself was having trouble getting decent hits in, so he thought it was as good as time as any to activate his limit.

"Dance water! Dance!" Myde exclaimed as he swung his sitar. He then strummed a few chords on his sitar, sending blasts of bubbles and water at Repliku. The blasts of water gradually grew stronger and stronger until Myde was ready for the final blow. "Time for the finale!" Myde exclaimed as he played one final chord on his sitar, summoning a giant wave of water which swept over Repliku. (2)

Myde's attack was enough to send Repliku to his knees. He snarled at the group of heroes as he summoned a dark corridor behind him.

"I'll give you losers this victory. Until next time, Naminé." Said Repliku as he rose to his feet and stepped into the corridor.

"Hey! Wait!" Kyra exclaimed. Rusty rushed towards the corridor but it closed and swallowed Repliku before Rusty got to it.

Just as Repliku dissapeared, there was the sound of a loud explosion. The group turned around, finding that Lilo's house had been completely destroyed. The world travellers' jaws dropped in shock. But then breathed sighs of relief when Roxas, Oswald, Dragon and Lydia emerged unharmed.

Naminé and Xion didn't waste a moment in rushing towards their allies. "What happened in there?! Are you guys okay?!" Xion questioned.

"Stitch shoved a carrot into Jumba's gun." Explained Roxas. "That's what caused the house to explode. Jumba and Pleakly must have escaped during then.

Dragon rubbed the back of his neck. "I still don't get what those aliens wanted with Stitch."

"Guess it'll have to stay a mystery a little while longer." Lydia shrugged.

Lilo looked around the area and noticed Stitch was missing. "Hey, where's Stitch?" The group of world travellers turned around and looked around the area and noticed that the little blue fluffy creature was in fact gone.

"I don't know." Admitted Oswald. "He was with us when we were fighting Jumba. He must have left when the house exploded."

At that moment, Nani was seen running up the path to the house followed by a tall man with dark skin in a black suit, sunglasses and gold earrings. Nani didn't waste a moment in rushing to Lilo's side and pulling her into a tight hug.

"Oh Lilo!" Nani exclaimed. "What happened here?!"

"Aliens attacked." Lilo said. "One of them had a giant eye in the middle of his face!"

Nani was honestly speechless as the man approached the sisters and separated them. Nani's expression instantly shifted to one of fear as she looked up at the man.

"Please, don't do this." Nani pleaded.

The man shook his head. "You know I have no choice." The group looked at each other in confusion.

"Who are you?" Roxas asked curiously.

"My name is Cobra Bubbles. I'm a social worker. I told Lilo to call me if there ever was an emergency. It seems that it was a good thing she did." The man explained. "I've been observing Nani's ability as a caretaker these past few days. And I've decided that Nani is an unfit caretaker; I'm here to take Lilo away."

"What?!" Nani exclaimed. "No! You can't take her! She needs me!"

"Is this what she needs?!" Cobra yelled. "You left her alone with complete strangers! It seems clear to me you need her a lot more than she needs you."

"You can't take Lilo away!" Protested Xion. "Lilo and Nani belong together!"

"They're family!" Agreed Dragon. "You can't tear them apart!"

Lydia vocalized her protest. "Nani had to work to provide for Lilo. We were just looking out for her."

"I've heard enough. Come on, Lilo." Cobra said as he turned around, but the little girl had dissapeared. "Lilo! Lilo?!"

"Lilo! Lilo where are you?!" Nani exclaimed in shock and fear.

Knowing things had turned serious, Oswald turned to his teammates. "We have to find Lilo. We'll cover more ground if we split up."

"I agree." Said Naminé. "Let's get moving." With that, the group split into three. Naminé, Dragon and Lydia headed towards a forest of palm trees. Roxas, Kyra and Rusty went to search with Nani. And Xion, Myde and Oswald went to search in town.

Naminé, Dragon and Lydia spent some time going through the pat of trees and tropical flowers until they finally spotted Lilo and Stitch. Stitch had a guilty look on his face while Lilo had an angry look on hers.

"Lilo!" Lydia exclaimed, capturing the girl and creature's attention. "What are you and Stitch doing all the way out here?"

Naminé spoke up. "You know, Nani's really worried about you."

"I need to get away from all that chaos." Said Lilo as she turned to Stitch, her look of anger returning. "I just wanted to stay with my sister; she was the only part of my family I had left. And you ruined everything!"

Stitch looked down at the ground guiltily. Then, much to the surprise of everyone there, Stitch grew an extra pair of arms, spikes on his back and a pair of antennae. Dragon, Naminé and Lydia all gasped in surprise at the reveal.

"You're one of them?" Lilo asked in shock. Stitch nodded, then Lilo shoved him away. "Get out of here Stitch."

"Come on, Lilo that seems a little harsh?" Dragon said.

Lilo was just about to open her mouth to awnser when a small clicking sound was heard. The next thing the group knew, the five of them were ensnared in a green alien net.

The one who caught them was a giant whale-like alien with grey skin and dressed in a black and red uniform. This was none other than Captain Gantu.

"Surprise!" Gantu laughed as he holstered his blaster and picked up the net. "And here I thought you'd be difficult to catch. Oh silly me. At long last after twelve long years I've finally caught you, Experiment 626." Gantu laughed evilly as he started walking back to his space ship.

~*KHIII*~

The rest of the team, along with Nani had been searching for some time and had only just met up alongside the palm trees. Roxas, Xion, Oswald, Myde, Kyra, Rusty and Nani had all been searching for some time but had found no sign of Lilo or Stitch.

"Anything?" Nani asked the others with concern.

The six world travellers all shook their heads sadly. "Sorry, Nani." Roxas said sadly. "We looked all over but couldn't find her or Stitch."

"Where could they be?" Asked Xion with concern. At that moment, Xion seemed to have got her awnser. Right at that moment, Gantu stomped past them as Nani released a scream of terror. The group watched as Gantu approached a black and yellow space ship. He then took a glass container off the back of his ship and dumped the contents of his green net into it.

Their eyes widened at the sight of Lilo, Stitch, Naminé, Lydia and Dragon falling into the container.

"Heh. There you go. All buckled up for the trip." Gantu chuckled in victory as he locked the container and reattached it to his ship. Gantu laughed as he retreated to the driver's seat and started the ship up.

Nani gasped as she realized what was about to happen. "No! Stop!" Nani screamed desperately as she ran out towards the ship followed by the rest of the world travellers. But they were too late as the space ship blast off into the sky.

"Naminé..." Roxas gasped. "I can't believe it, that thing just took them and left and we couldn't do anything!"

"What was that thing?!" Exclaimed Oswald. "Another alien?!"

Myde wined. "I'm really getting sick of these aliens."

"What happened?!" Demanded Nani. "Where did that thing take her?! Where's Lilo?!"

Xion shook her head. "I have no idea."

Just then, a small groaning noise was heard. The group turned around, finding Stitch pushing himself off the ground.

"Stitch?" Oswald asked curiously. "I thought he was in that container with the others."

"He must have broken out." Deduced Kyra. "I honestly wouldn't be surprised at this point."

After seeing Stitch, Nani's expression shifted to one of anger as she stormed towards Stitch, who still had his extra arms, antennae and spikes out.

"Okay, talk! I know you had something to do with this now where is Lilo?!" Nani snarled, her fists clenched. "Talk! I know you can!"

Stitch looked up at Nani and raised his hands. "Okay, okay." The alien said in his scratchy voice.

"Where's Lilo?!" Demanded Nani in a dangerous tone. Worried that she might get more violent towards the creature, Kyra held her arm back.

Stitch shook his head and sighed. "Lilo-" But, before he could say anything else, he was interrupted by a plasma blast from behind. The next thing they knew, Jumba and Pleakly had jumped out from behind the trees and attacked Stitch, attaching silver alien cuffs to two sets of arms.

"Hah! Now your resisting is up!" Jumba laughed evilly as he triumphantly held the captive Stitch in the air.

"You're under arrest you little monster!" Pleakly exclaimed as he waved a strange-looking alien badge in Stitch's face. Then, while Jumba continued his evil laughter, Pleakly pulled out a small red communicator and started talking into it. "Hello Galactic Command? Experiment 626 is in custody. We'll wait right here." Pleakly then shut off his communicator with a content look on his face.

But then, Pleakly and Jumba turned around and noticed Nani, Roxas, Oswald, Xion, Myde, Kyra and Rusty staring at them.

"Don't interact with them!" Pleakly whispered to Jumba as they started looking at the scenery and ignoring the group.

Kyra released an annoyed groan. "Okay, seriously? We can still see you." Rusty shook his head in disappointment.

Nani, however approached the two aliens. "Where's Lilo?"

"Who?" Jumba asked as Pleakly slapped him. "What?"

"Lilo." Xion said. "She's Nani's little sister."

Jumba looked at Pleakly, who was glaring at him, but still "Uh, sorry. We do not know of this... Uh..."

Finally, Nani lost her composure. "Lilo! She's a little girl this big! She has black hair and brown eyes and she hangs around with that thing!" Nani shouted angrily, pointing at Stitch.

Jumba sighed in defeat. "We know her."

"Then go bring her back!" Exclaimed Oswald. "You guys are aliens too! You can't just leave an innocent girl like that."

"That alien has three of our friends too! You have to help us!" Demanded Kyra. Rusty barked in agreement.

"Oh we can't do that." Pleakly shook his head as he pulled out some kind of alien rule book. "That would be a misuse of galactic resources."

Jumba stepped forward and pointed at Stitch. "You see, problem is, we're just here for him. My creation escaped captivity twelve years ago and we have been searching ever since."

"So that's why he was on Radiant Garden with Sora." Said Roxas. "I remember. He must have been hiding from you guys."

"Rock-sas know Sora?" Stitch asked curiously.

Roxas nodded. "Yeah I'm his no... Uh, I guess he's kind of like my brother now."

"So what does this mean?" Nani asked. "She's gone?"

Jumba and Pleakly looked away guiltily. Nani knew what that meant ans slumped to the ground in tears. The team of world Jumba and Pleakly looked sympathetic and guilty and were about to walk away. But then, Stitch approached Nani.

"Ohana." Stitch said as Nani looked up at him. "Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten."

Nani gave Stitch a small smile. "Yes. That's right."

Then the little blue alien turned to Jumba. "Hey! Genbu ga gabbi!"

"WHAT?!" Jumba exclaimed angrily as he picked Stitch up. "AFTER ALL YOU PUT ME THROUGH YOU EXPECT ME TO HELP YOU JUST LIKE THAT?! JUST LIKE THAT?!"

"Ih."

"Fine." Jumba said as he took the key to the cuffs out of his pocket and started unlocking Stitch's cuffs.

Pleakly looked up at Jumba in confusion. "Fine? You're doing what he says?"

"Bah! He's very persuasive." Said Jumba.

"Persuasive? What exactly are we doing?"

"Rescue!"

"You men it?" Roxas asked. "You're really going to help us?"

"Aw man." Myde slumped. "Does this mean we're going after that giant alien?"

"It means we're going to get Lilo." Said Xion. "And save Naminé, Dragon and Lydia."

Stitch nodded and smiled. "Ih! Save friends!"

So next chapter will be the last of this world. We'll be finishing up with Team Twilight then check in with Team Destiny. I really hope you guys enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. And Mysterygirl, Greymon Leader I hope I'm still portraying Dragon, Kyra and Rusty right. If not please let me know. And Elliott is from Disney's Pete's Dragon.

Also, something else I want to mention; world suggestions have been closed for a very long time and I already made plans for Hope a long time ago so I'd appreciate it if you'd stop hounding me with plot-important suggestions as I've planned this story out back when I first started. I'd gladly take suggestions for shippy moments between the main cast but that's it.

(1): Elliot's limit; Imaginary Dragon

(2): Myde's limit; Wave Gigs