SZ: Well..time to relax and have some fun in the sun.
GT: Well, relaxing for most…*dressed as a disco dancer* For those curious, I lost a bet and must now do the Funky Glocknar for the chapter.
Z0: *resting in a hammock as little aliens bring me tropical fruity drinks in coconut cups* Ah...I am happy I got to flex my desire for needlessly intense combat last time. Now its time for something cute and fun.
SZ: Eeyup. After the three parter last time...a rest chapter is definitely needed. For the fun, hilarity, and relaxation
GT: As usual, we own nothing. Now I shall boogie! ...I get the feeling Ben knows that line too well.
SZ: Oh ho yeah…
Z0: *slurps drink annoyingly* Deal with it~
"Oh boy oh boy oh boy!" Makoto squealed excitedly, zipping up the light green and white sweater she had on while underneath she wore an orange and white tanktop and a black pair of sweats shorts, "Can't believe we're in Hawaii~!"
"Technically a version of Hawaii, Makoto," Mai pointed out, wearing a deep blue and white tee and a pair of blue jeans.
"Meh…" Makoto shrugged, "This just means one key thing: we can walk around...and no one knows us!" she exclaimed as she shook Mai, "We can just...be normal people...stop it." she turned to Ben who was about to say something, "No talking of the tail."
"Just saying…" Ben smirked.
"Shhh...be a good boyfriend...and do as I say." she argued.
"I agree with Makoto...here we can be normal people," Noel pointed out, wearing a simple blue blouse and white skirt while Lambda just wore a grey shirt and grey shorts as she held Bluey in her arms.
"Relaxation…" Lambda added as she slipped on a pair of sunglasses.
"After what happened in Hyule, I do believe we can all use time to relax," Rook agreed.
"And making a profit," Gentoku noted, polishing some tables.
"Well I'm certain it will be for some time in the sun," Rex grinned, currently missing his jacket as he slipped on his own pair of sunglasses, "Plus..we can catch some sick waves at the beach."
"Just remember Aliens exist in this world." Sento spoke up as he walked around with a welding mask over his head, "So if you run into anything weir, you know what it is." he nodded his head flipping down the mask as it filtered and deepened his voice, "Don't be stupid, so speaks the Genius!"
"But of course, Lord Vader," Skurd chuckled.
"Did he make the mask do that just because?" Rex asked Ryuga.
"Yep…" he sighed, "He's still a giant freakin nerd afterall. He even made a lightsaber once just to prove he can. And the super fancy kind that has two blades and spins around…"
"Seriously?" Sari blinked, wearing just a light-orange tee and skirt.
"Yeah...best not to ask to see it."
"...eh. Fair," Sari shrugged.
"I'm just gonna sit outside and catch some rays," Bobo stated as he walked by, holding a foldable chair as he walked out the door, "No nonsense for this ape, thank youse very much."
"Alrighty. More fun for us," Makoto shrugged before grabbing Ben's arm, "For now...time for some fun in the sun with my BF!"
"We'll try to keep it to the most normal of nonsense, nothing dangerous crazy!" Ben spoke as he was dragged out.
"I think I'm gonna go check out the surfboards, so catch you guys later!" Rex grinned as he rushed out.
"Hey wait up! I wanna catch some waves too!" Sari shouted as she ran after him.
"...no," Mai spoke as she lowered the pen Noel was about to write with.
"Mmm~" Noel pouted as she, Mai, and Lambda walked out.
"Not you." Gentoku and Ryuga stopped Kazumi and shoved him into the back.
"The only thing you're good for is cooking, Bakazumi...so you're stuck here with us!" Ryuga declared.
"Hah?! Oi, I have plans!"
"You're not going to fawn over Noel in a swimsuit," Both deadpanned.
"You don't know that's what I planned…" Kazumi replied with shifty eyes.
"We do now…" Gentoku muttered.
As the trio argued, they failed to notice a small blue figure watching them in confusion. Before it slinked off to spy on the others.
"Mmm...smell that fresh island air," Makoto smiled, taking a sniff of the fresh air as she held onto Ben's arm while walking the streets of town, "Ahh...I needed a day like this."
"Gotta admit, surprised we never came here during one of our many vacations back home." Ben chuckled, "We're totally coming back here when we return to our home dimension. It won't be as relaxing 'cause well...global fame, but this is totally worth it." he smiled while taking a deep breath.
"Aye," Makoto giggled as she nuzzled against him, "Oh and later...we definitely gotta hit the beach later for some surfing."
"Oh totally," Ben agreed.
"Just be sure to keep yourselves in control and try to not sneak off," Skurd stated.
"Oh please. We're totally in control of ourselves," Makoto huffed.
"Mmm hmm…The couch back home begs to differ."
"Hey...we don't do anything that bad in the living room!" Makoto argued, "'Sides, it's when you're not around that things happen." she grumbled.
"I've invested in a soundproof dome already...I don't need to imagine...disgusting multi-cell organisms and your genders…" Skurd muttered, "I've seen many a good movie totally derailed just because the male lead really wanted to woo this one annoying female character...and utterly make a fool of himself till the third act when the female best friend is revealed to be his true love. You don't see that nonsense in good movies like Back To The Future…"
"Admittedly true," Ben nodded, "But let's not fight...let's check out some of the local dishes."
"Good idea!" Makoto beamed.
"Seriously? After that huge feast from last night back in Hyrule?" Skurd deadpanned, "...oh wait. I forget who I am talking to."
"What are you trying to say, alien glob of snot?" Makoto pouted.
"Just how lucky you both are to make such good money as Plumber Agents…" Skurd chuckled.
"Ben...I'd like to throw him into the ocean." Makoto spoke.
"If it didn't involve throwing away the Omnitrix...I'd totally agree." Ben sighed.
"Mmm…" Makoto pouted at that.
"Come on, let's just ignore him," Ben smiled as he began poking Skurd.
"OW! Stop..AH!" With enough effort, Ben was able to force Skurd to hide himself under the Omnitrix, "Rude!" his muffled voice complained.
"There we go...some silence for a bit," Ben said, freeing his arm as he wrapped it around Makoto's shoulder, "Now...how's about we get our grub on?"
"Sounds good to me," Makoto smiled as the two walked off.
"Hey, what do you think Aliens look like here?" Ben asked out of interest.
"Don't know, but they can't look too different if Sento implies they live among the locals like it's normal." Makoto offered.
"So you're thinking lazy TV aliens who look like humans?" Ben smiled.
"Maybe, I mean they could be a thing," she argued.
The two then blinked as they fully entered the main section of town...and witnessed these small alien creatures here and there helping with day to day life. No two looked the same, but each one had this oddly adorable quality to them.
"...or they could be adorable in their own way," Makoto whispered.
"I think one of them just beat Ditto as my cutest alien," Ben added.
"I was not expecting them...oh no...Noel…" Makoto realized, "Once she sees them…"
"...oh crud," Ben whispered in realization, slightly earning the attention of the blue creature in both worry...and confusion.
"Ahh…" Noel whispered in awe, her eyes sparkling at some of the adorable aliens she, Lambda and Mai saw.
"...kawaii…" Lambda noted.
"..." Bluey shrugged as he nibbled on a piece of lettuce.
'Sento didn't mention the aliens here were cute,' Mai thought..before she grabbed Noel by the shoulder, "Noel, no."
"But…"
"They look like they already have homes," Mai pointed out, "And...jobs?" she blinked, noticing one seemingly made of ice with a round blue Clown nose making sno-cones.
"That just makes them more adorable! They are working pets...that's so much more adorable!" Noel argued.
"Agreed." Lambda nodded, causing Bluey to pause in his nibbling and look at the aliens doing jobs.
"Well maybe it's not fair to say 'pets.' They could be much more sentient than given credit." Mai offered.
"...mmm~ You have a point," Noel pouted cutely, "But...they're so cute."
"So is Ditto," Mai countered.
"Mmm~!"
"...suggestion, why don't we talk to them?" Lambda offered, "Keep personal space, and take a better look at them without invading privacy."
"...better than nothing," Mai sighed.
"Y-" Noel began in her cheer before the sound of handcuffs locking could be heard, prompting her to look to see she was cuffed to Lambda.
"Better safe than sorry…" Lambda stated, holding Bluey in her free arm who was watching a group of the time aliens that had parts of them resembling construction tools working in building a new structure.
"La-chan…" Noel muttered.
"She's right. Better safe than sorry...now come on. Let's see if we can find some souvenirs here," Mai offered as the three walked off, "... and no. Not one of the cute creatures Noel."
"I w-"
"You were," Lambda deadpanned as they walked by a pair of disguised aliens, the more...bulkier of the two tensing up the moment his four eyes-one of which were hiding behind a pair of sunglasses with a fake nose and mustache on it-spotted Bluey.
"Jumba? Is something the matter?" the alien sitting across from him, a more lanky one with yellow skin wearing a sundress, big hat, and brown wig asked as they looked at the bulkier one with their singular eye.
"No it couldn't be…" the one known as Jumba blinked, his eyes blinking multiple times. He then produced a little circular alien laptop from a bag, "Could it be...Experiment 628?"
"628...628!? You said that 627 was the last one! AAHH! You lied to us!"
"I lie about many things! Like that dress looks good on you," Jumba replied quickly.
"Wh- aww...I bought it on sale, too…" the lanky one pouted, "...Ah! Don't you try and change the subject! Oh...we need to tell Stitch that y-"
"Adatatatatata!" Jumba exclaimed as he quickly covered his mouth, "Relax, Pleakly...I have a plan. We just need to capture Experiment 628 before little girl and Experiment 626 even notice."
"How did it even get out?" Pleakly asked.
"I...do not know. But my lab has being mess for weeks now. It must have escaped in recent chaos. That new little girl and her friends must have discovered it. 628 is meant to be a vastly evolving life form that can adapt to any situation. At the moment, it's peaceful and relaxed, so it has taken this oddly adorable form to gain favor from these girls," Jumba explained.
"So...as long as it's in that form, nothing bad will happen?" Pleakly cautiously asked.
"Yes, that is correct," Jumba nodded, "But..if startled or threatened…"
"Stop! I don't wanna know!" Pleakly panicked.
"Good...because it is to being gruesome and scary!"
"I didn't want to know!"
"Hmm...no. This doesn't seem right for me," Rex muttered as he put a surfboard away, "Hmm...there has to be a good surfboard here."
"Come on, Rex. Just pick one," Sari sighed a bit, "I really wanna get to surfing…"
"Can't say I blame ya," Rex admitted before whispering to her, "Especially after the Sand Seals back at Gerudo Desert in Hyrule."
"Yeah. That was fun, but I'd like to do some real surfing with cool refreshing water and ocean breeze." Sari smiled, "Rather than very warm sand, and a very cuddly but super warm magical sand walrus."
"Agreed, hence why I wanna find a board that's just right. One that gives us the same feel as the Sand Seals, but also makes us feel relaxed as the cool waves of the ocean hit us," Rex explained as he looked back at the surfboards.
"You're just looking for something that matches your favorite jacket aren't you?" Sari smiled.
"Maybe…" he muttered.
"You mean like this one?" She added as she pointed to a surfboard in the same colors as Rex' jacket.
"...I could've found it."
"Sure you could," Sari rolled her eyes with a slight giggle.
"But since it's here…" Rex began as he took the surfboard off the rack, "Let's see who we need to talk to to rent this thing, because I am ready to hit the waves."
"Shouldn't be too h-" Sari began as she turned...and blinked at seeing a rather cute alien managing the cashier, "...Psst. Rex...look over there."
"What? Wh-" Rex began before he noticed the alien, "...wha…?"
"...I knew Sento said there'd be aliens here, but…"
"It...It's kinda cute." Rex blurted, he looked around and tapped Sari's shoulder, "Look, a little purple Fourarms aliens!" he laughed.
"Wait r-" Sari began as she looked where Rex was looking, "...huh. He kinda does look like a little purple Fourarms...and I think he doesn't take to you laughing at him."
"Why? What's he g-"
"HAI!"
*BAM! CRASH!*
"That's why…" Sari deadpanned as Rex was stuck in the roof of the surfboard hut, all while the purple alien seemingly shouting in an odd, foreign language.
"Noted…" he groaned.
"Hey sushi," Ben pointed out a place to eat.
"Ohh~ I can go for some sushi," Makoto beamed a bit.
"Should be a good snack till we can find a place that will let you eat your normal fill of lunch." Ben chuckled.
"Mmm hmm, now let's head in and get our…" Makoto began as she and Ben walked into the restaurant..and saw yet another alien working in there, "...huh."
This one looked like a shark with a giant bladed dorsal thin extending from its head. It also had a sushi chef's headband, as it swung its head down and chopped up sushi rolls before flicking them through the air onto a plate.
"...huh. Neat," Ben noted, "A shark preparing sushi…"
"It should be so intimidating, but it's mostly really cute!" Makoto cheered, "He's headbutting sushi to cut it!"
"This world is kinda fun," Ben chuckled as they took a seat.
"It really is!" Makoto beamed as her tail wagged excitedly before rubbing her chin, "Think you could learn to do that with one of your aliens with claws?"
"...hmm. Probably," Ben muttered as he pondered over that.
"I mean you got tons of slicing forms." Makoto motioned with her arms.
"True, but I don't think that's all it takes to be a master sushi chef…" Ben chuckled, "I'm barely competent enough to feed myself."
"Well you won't know unless you try one day," Makoto countered, "My mom would always say stuff like that back when I was younger and helped her in the kitchen."
"Says the one of us who's the actual good cook." Ben argued.
"Oh you can do it if you try." Makoto shook her head.
"Well can't be worse than Noel…"
"Sadly that is true." Makoto sighed, "That girl concerns me…"
"Speaking of, I wonder how their time off is going for them?" Ben muttered.
"I'm sure it's fine. We haven't heard the sounds of chaos or Mai screaming 'Why' to the heavens above." Makoto argued.
"Eh. True," Ben nodded, "...That or Lambda's got Noel in check."
"For a girl with barely any emotions, she's more in check with herself than Noel when it comes to cute stuff at times," Makoto muttered.
"Oh! I've been wanting to find a new bookmark!" Noel gasped as Mai's group walked by a bookstore...with the shy blonde's face plastered to the glass as she looked at the display case.
"Well a souvenir sounds like a nice and normal thing," Mai noted, "Sento did say our money would work just fine here."
"Mmm…" Lambda nodded in agreement...while spotting a stuffed corgi doll inside, "...want."
"Eh? Wh-" Noel began before she spotted the corgi doll...and noted it was dressed up like a hula dancer, "..."
"...Mine," Lambda whispered as she bolted inside, holding onto Bluey as he continued to eat his lettuce.
"You have Bluey, La-chan!" Noel complained.
"Companion for him."
"Ah...these two are obsessed…" Mai shook her head, "It is cute though." she shrugged while following them inside to see what items of interest she could find.
"This may be our chance. Little girls are obsessed with earthly ideals of what is adorable. With this opening, we may be able to be sneaking Experiment 628 away and escape back to the lab to dehydrate and seal away." Jumba spoke, appearing from behind a mailbox.
"Are you sure? Because I feel like they'd immediately notice if 628 was missing," Pleakly argued, poking out from behind a lamppost.
"Yes, I am aware. In which case it becomes a matter of outrunning you, so I may be to escaping to my lab." Jumba bluntly stated, "Hopefully they are distracted with destroying you, and fail to notice Jumba's masterful escape."
"Wait, what?" Pleakly blinked.
"Is sound strategy, no?"
"No! It isn't!"
"Perfect! Then let's go!"
"I...and you're walking away," Pleakly sighed as Jumab hurried into the store, the lanky alien following behind as they began to look for the three girls...and spotted two of them fighting over a corgi doll dressed as a hula dancer.
"You have Mari and plenty of Pokemon plushies at home," Lambda argued in her neutral tone as she pulled back on the corgi doll, making sure not to tear it.
"But this is a Corgi. A race of adorable tiny fluffy loafs of cuteness," Noel argued as she gently pulled.
"How can you both be so violent...yet so gentle about this?" Mai blinked as she was holding Bluey for Lambda.
"We don't want to rip it…" they both argued in unison, before going back to their oddly gentle tug-o-war.
"...yup. They're definitely sisters," Mai sweatdropped.
"Are your friends okay?" a local asked Mai.
"Oh no, this...hah...this is normal. They have a deep love for adorable items…" Mai explained, "They, uh, they don't cause as much noise as you'd think, but they don't back down any easier. By chance...do you have another of those dolls?"
"Hmm...well they sold out rather quickly among tourists from Europe…" she noted, "And girls like them, I think we have another of the same series, but this one is the male counterpart to that one." she added, "It just has this little tikki crown," she explained what the difference was noting Mai's expression.
"Oh…"
"Tiki crown?" Noel and Lambda repeated, stopping for a moment as a glint appeared in both their eyes, "...Corgi party~" the two whispered in glee as stars appeared in their eyes.
"...Do you happen to have any more in stock?" Mai asked the local, unaware of Jumba and Pleakly sneaking up on her.
"I believe so. Let me go check."
"Thank you," Mai sighed as the woman walked off, "...Well, at least this way they won't have to argue over one corgi," she said as she looked down at Bluey.
"I still do not get the big fuss over an earth animal," Jumba quietly whispered
"From what I've read, Corgi's are amongst the most adorable dogs on Earth," Pleakly whispered to him.
"Bah…" he waved off, "Dog is dog, now let's see if…"
"Can I...help you with something?"
"GH?!" the two tensed up, quickly turning to see Mai looking at them in confusion.
"Uh no! No, not at all!" Pleakly exclaimed in a slight nervous tone, "We were just...uh...oh! Discussing why Corgis are among the most adorable dogs on Earth!"
"Uh yes! I tried to argue this and think there is something cuter than Earth Corgi," Jumba added as he followed his lead.
"There is nothing cuter than a corgi!" Noel exclaimed, startling the two.
"Corgis are precious cinnamon roll bread that must be protected," Lambda added as she stood next to her.
"..." Bluey felt slighted, shown by him pouting.
"...but Bluey is still best bunny," Lambda added as she took her Blupee back from Mai, "Precious blueberry muffin that must be protected…"
"..." Bluey no longer felt slighted as his ears lowered in content from Lambda's gentle rubbing.
"You two and pets…" Mai sighed, "I sure hope you don't waste all your money here, we might end up making more stops on our trip."
"We just want corgis for a corgi party," the two Vermillion siblings stated in unison.
"They really like corgis, don't they?" Pleakly asked.
"You have no idea," Mai sighed.
"I'm back," the woman from before spoke as she walked back in, carrying a corgi doll with a tiki crown on its head, "You're just in luck. We have the last special edition one with the limited heart collar."
"Ahh~" Noel and Lambda whispered in awe, looking at it with stars in their eyes.
"In fact...for a few dollars extra, I can give the one on display the limited edition star collar."
"...How much e-" Mai began.
"SOLD!/Sold," Noel exclaimed in joy while Lambda stated in her usual monotone.
"Oh! And a copy of the bookmark you have on display please," Noel added.
"And cookbook," Lambda added as she held up a recipe book filled with different Hawaiian recipes.
"Of course. Will that be cash o-" the woman began before blinking, noticing the corgi in her hands replaced with a pair of twenties in it.
"Thank you!" Noel beamed, holding the female corgi doll in her arms while Lambda held the male doll in her other arm, Bluey poking it.
"Yes...they are a handful." Mai sighed to the woman.
"...noted…" the woman whispered, "...Still, I hope I was able to help you today."
"You were, so thank you!" Noel beamed.
"Now...bye," Lambda stated as the two sisters rushed out, dragging Mai along with them.
"...what an interesting pair of girls," Jumba whispered.
"Yeah. It's like...Ahh!" Pleakly gawked in realization, "We got pulled into their nonsense!"
"GH?!" Jumba tensed up, "...no no. It is fine...we just need to follow them and grab 628 when they are distracted...and not get pulled into their craziness."
"It would go well if we had an actual plan!" Pleakly argued.
"And yet little girl and 626 haven't learned of it yet, have they?"
"...well...no but…."
"Perfect! Then let us be off!" Jumab exclaimed as he dragged Pleakly out.
"I still think this is a bad idea!" Pleakly screamed as he was dragged out of the store...just as Sento walked inside.
"Excuse me, I need some directions to any stores that sell parts and such?" Sento asked the woman.
"I think there's an autostore not too far from here...why not check there?" the woman offered...choosing to forgo the randomness that just transpired in her store.
"Ah thanks," Sento smiled as he walked off, "Hmm...I'm gonna need a lot of electrical cables…"
"...oh yeah. We came at the perfect time," Rex grinned, seeing a few big waves crashing out in the ocean as he wore a pair of orange and black swim trunks, "Not a cloud in the sky, clear blue ocean waves...kickin' waves….oh yeah. Perfect time to surf."
"Just try to not flop there," Sari rolled her eyes as she held her own surfboard, wearing an orange and cream two-piece swimsuit, "You're really setting yourself up here."
"Oh please, I can surf through the air, water should be a piece of cake!"
"Bet you one of Rook's shakes you can't prove it," Sari challenged with a smirk.
"You're on!" Rex grinned before frowning in thought, "But...how are there waves here? The conditions aren't exactly…"
"Nanitu!"
"I think that's why," Sari noted, looking at a pudgy magenta alien with a rather large rump it was bouncing on.
"An alien...that makes the waves?" Rex blinked.
"...Rex?"
"Yeah, Sari?"
"I think we found the most awesome version of Hawaii ever," Sari whispered.
"Oh totally!" he cheered, "Surfs up!" He ran for the water.
"Hey! Sorry we're late a-woah~!" Sari turned to see Ben and Makoto approach, the former wearing his usual swim trunks while the later wore a orange two piece with the top covering the upper half of her chest with an acorn printed on the front, a black pair of black armbands on her upper arms, and a pair of red fingerless gloves as she carried a pair of surfboards, "Ben, you see that?! They got an Alien that makes waves too! ...It's official. This is the best version of Hawaii ever!"
"Man, I wish my Cannonbolt waves were that nice. Normally they just come out way too big." Ben chuckled, "We really gotta find some way to come back to this dimension whenever we need a vacation."
"Maybe Sento can hook us up?" Makoto asked.
"I don't know. He seems like the kind of person who could...but won't just to be that guy." Ben muttered.
"I am!" Sento shouted in the distance despite the fact he was not seen.
"We really gotta ask how many mutant powers he has…" Sari muttered.
"We really do," Ben and Makoto muttered.
"Hey hey! Check it out!" the three looked out to see Rex riding on top of a big wave, "Looks like I got that bet in the b-woah!" he yelped as he lost his footing for a moment, causing him to slip off his board and into the wave, "Brlubgb!"
"Hey I win!" Sari smiled.
"Oh, one of those bets, Nice~" Makoto cheered, "What does he have to do?"
"Drink one of Rook's shakes."
"Oh that poor goober." Makoto shook her head.
"As a respectful boyfriend...I have learned that this situation never ends well…" Ben muttered.
"I've trained him well." Makoto smirked.
"Bluegh…" Rex groaned as he staggered back onto the beach, bits of ocean water spilling from his mouth.
"...you okay man?" Ben asked as he helped him up.
"Never….better." he groaned, shaking his head, "You know...besides drinking low tide…"
"Still beats surfing in the desert." Sari spoke up.
"Oh big time!" Rex declared, "Still stinks to wipe out…"
"Is that even a legit Surfing term?" Ben whispered to Makoto.
"I dunno…" she shrugged.
"Anyway...time for us girls to have some fun in the sun," Sari grinned, holding her board up as she rushed for the water.
"We'll see you boys once we're done," Makoto said, putting Ben's board down as she followed Sari, the Beastkin looking back at Ben for a moment and giving him a wink.
"...you really are one lucky guy, Ben," Rex muttered as he sat down in the sand.
"I really am," Ben admitted as he sat down.
"...Though I am curious though man," Rex began as he looked over at him, "What happened with that Julie girl you told me about?"
"...let's just say...I was an idiot," Ben sighed.
"Yeesh...what did you do?"
"I was in the middle of a game when she called and...well…"
"...oh…" Rex cringed at that.
"Yeah, but I learned from that, and I met Makoto. I think I was lucky to find someone who lives the same life as me...and gets me. Julie and I are at least friends still, and she's happy with someone who can live her kind of life." Ben explained.
"So dating as a superhero blows?" Rex summed up.
"Pretty much," Ben chuckled, "Till you find the right one. How's the dating life for you?"
"...honestly, I got a gal back home myself," Rex admitted as he looked up at the sky, "Her name's Circe, an Evo kinda like me...well more like she could create portals kinda but..well you get my meaning."
"How come I didn't see her back at Providence?"
"She wanted to head home to Hong Kong for a bit," Rex explained before giving a dry chuckle, "Funny..I was gonna surprise her with a special date."
"I'm sure she'll be waiting for ya man," Ben assured with a smile, unaware of something snatching the smoothie he had with him.
"Well...seems I lost a bet…" Skurd grunted as he managed to slip out from underneath the Omnitrix.
"Huh?" the two blinked.
"Noel and I made a bet whether Rex had someone or if he had a thing for Sari."
"Woah woah woah!" Rex held his hands up, "Sari's more like a sister to me. Plus..no way am I gonna cheat on my girl."
"Though now you realize she's gonna pester ya all about her and demand material for a poem or love story, right?" Skurd pointed out, "Now...you've been backed into a relentless corner...your only means of escape? Bribery with anything cute and fluffy."
"Seriously?"
"Yup," Ben nodded, "I can probably…" he began as he reached behind..only to blink when he touched nothing, "...uh…"
"What?"
"My smoothie is missing," Ben replied as he got up and looked around, "I know I had it. I put it down for a moment so we could talk."
"Maybe you already f-" Rex began before a slurping sound could be heard, "...que?"
The two turned around to see who stole the smoothie...along with Rex's Surfboard, a small little blue creature with large ears, big solid black eyes and a rounded nose. He almost looked like a Koala crossed with some kind of dog. Oddly his rear legs were a little more stubby while his front legs looked more like clawed hands. He slurped the smoothie...before he ate the entire cup. He looked at the two boys, before he grabbed Rex's board in his teeth and began dragging it off.
"Wha…"
"Mine!" he declared before scurrying off.
"HEY!" Rex snapped as he shot up, "THAT'S MY BOARD!"
"And that was my smoothie!" Ben snapped as the two began to chase after the blue creature.
"Uh-oh!" the creature panicked as he picked the board up in his hands and began running on two legs.
"Hey! Get back here!" Rex shouted.
"What are you!?" Ben demanded.
"Fluffy!" he laughed as he jumped over their attempt to lung at him, letting them slide across the sand face first, "Hehehe...stupid heads." he laughed while walking away.
"...Ben, mi amiigo?"
"Yeah, Rex?"
"Our pride has been insulted…" Rex spoke as he and Ben got up.
"Oh yes it has, by some...dog...koala...thing!" Ben spoke as they looked down at the creature.
"Hmm?" he blinked while turning around, he then stabbed the board into the sand, as he could sense some hostile intent, "Okay, okay," he held his hands up, "I give, I give."
"...wait. Just...like that?" the two boys blinked in confusion.
"Uh-huh! Lilo get mad," he explained, "You two stupid heads not worth it," he smirked as he walked off.
"...oh I like him," Skurd chuckled.
"Oh shut up...AH!" Ben panicked as he was tackled over.
"Cousin?" Stitch blinked as he held Ben's arm up to look at Skurd.
"Cousin?" Rex blinked at that.
"I can assure you my dear furry friend I am no cousin of yours," Skurd explained.
"Oh...just...alien." he noted, letting go of Ben's arm, "AH! Alien!" he realized, antenna's sprouting from his head along with a second pair of arms, "You good...or bad aliens?" He asked Skurd while motioning to Rex and Ben.
"Eh...they're harmless." Skurd argued, "Stupid...but harmless."
"Yea, Stupid...but harmless!" he nodded.
"Hey!" Ben and Rex complained at that.
"Hey...what's with you boys? Me and Sari were doing some cool tricks a-" Makoto began as she and Sari walked over...and saw the little blue creature, "...eh?"
"Squirrel?" he tilted his head, "Oh...that not normal…"
"Technically I'm half squirrel so...yeah. Not normal in a way," Makoto shrugged.
"What did you two do?" Sari asked as she and Makoto looked at Rex and Ben.
"They weren't paying attention in their guy talk and this little furry fellow took Ben's smoothie and Rex's surfboard," Skurd explained.
The little creature began speaking in some odd alien language he seemed more fluent in. Skurd nodding in understanding, "That's why Sitch take back board."
"Hm yes I see, I understand." Skurd nodded.
"Wait, his name is Stitch?" the girls asked.
"Aloha!" Stitch waved to them as he sucked his extra arms back in followed by his antenna.
"Stitch says; this board was brought out to the shop by accident, a mix-up by the boyfriend of the big sister to whom Stitch calls his partner and best friend. Lilo is her name?" he got a nod, "Yes, well Lilo had classes to attend being she is a little girl and she...may have caused the mix up. So Stitch promised to get the board back before anyone noticed it was missing. And so we are here...the smoothie was just 'cause he was hungry and paper cup tastes good with pina-colada smoothie…"
"Stitch take board now." Stitch spoke.
"Stitch take board now, yes," Skurd nodded.
"Oh...well...I got no problem with that then," Rex muttered, "Also...uh, sorry for getting mad with ya, little guy."
"It's okay." Stitch spoke, "Thank you little booger friend," he smiled patting Skurd on the head, his claws tapping the Omnitrix a few times, causing a yellow light to go off, "?" he blinked a few times...before shrugging it off as he grabbed the board and walked off.
"...did you just gain a new form based on Stitch?" Sari blinked as she, Makoto and Rex looked at Ben.
"I think I did," Ben blinked as he looked at the Omnitrix, "...huh. Neat."
"I have to do it…" Skurd spoke as he slapped the Omnitrix sending out a blinding flash of light. Everyone flinched from the flash before it died down to reveal...Stitch, an actual perfect copy, save for the Green eyes instead of black, as well as the Omnitrix set in a black and green collar around his neck, "Hahahaha!"
"Ah! Me fluffy!" Ben's new form exclaimed before blinking, "...oh….Noel."
"Eh? Noel? Wh….oh…." Makoto whispered in realization.
"...I sense something," Noel whispered as she came to a stop, "A feeling I haven't felt in a long while…"
"Hmm?" Mai blinked at that.
"I know this sensation...small...blue...fluffy...cute but strong…" she spoke, "Yes...it is time...I had forgotten."
"Concerned…" Lambda spoke up as Bluey decided using Lambda's corgi plush as a shield was becoming a bright idea.
"It comes together, the form which I have waited to be added to the Omnitrix," Noel said before she dashed off, Lambda blinking in surprise to see she was no longer cuffed to her, "We must find Ben's new cutest alien!"
"What?" Mai and Lambda blinked before running after her.
"Ah...why is the taller little girl so fast?" Jumba huffed.
"Wait...wait up...I…" Pleakly gasped as he caught up, "Oh not more running…"
"After them!"
"Why no change back!?" Ben's new Stitch cloned form panicked as he slapped the Omnitrix, "Not good!"
"This is really weird…" Makoto spoke, picking him up, "Maybe Sento can fix it. He did give you temp Master Control."
"Yes! Find Sento now!" Ben's Stitch form exclaimed.
"Come on...and...huh?" Makoto blinked as he was gone, Ben's new form now currently face first in a garbage can before he fell in.
After a moment, he came back out and began eating an old soda can.
"...Dude….really?" Rex sweatdropped.
"I can't help it!" he declared, "I just want to...go crazy!" his ears perked up as a car drove off in the distance, "..."
"No...Ben, don't you dare…" Makoto realized what was happening here.
"Ooh~" he spoke as he followed the car before he turned to the others, "Ikata!" he shouted in the same alien language the real Stitch spoke before he ran off, "Meega nala Kweesta!" he cackled.
"There is no need for that type of language!" Skurd snapped, "Also I made a mistake!"
"YA THINK?!" Makoto, Rex, and Sari snapped while backslapping the air.
"Where is it!?" Noel spoke, sliding to a stop near them.
"AH!" Makoto jumped, "H-how did you know?"
"I sensed the fluffy…" Noel replied in a serious tone before grabbing Rex and shook him, "WHERE IS THE FLUFFY?!"
"Naga!" Ben's Stitch form shouted, getting her attention as he dropped the rear muffler of the car he chased, "No! No Fluffy! Naga-Takabah!"
"FLUFFY!" Noel exclaimed as she threw Rex up, resulting in him flying into a trashcan as she gave chase.
"No! Aka-choota!" he panicked as the trashcan flipped over and began rolling away, "No Cuddles!" he complained, slamming into a tree, before he stumbled out, "Oof...naga...Ah! No Cuddles!" he then panicked and began running again.
"FLUFFY!"
"Holy…!" Makoto gawked.
"Noel, st-and she's already gone…" Mai muttered as she and Lambda caught up.
"Ah! She's got me!" Ben's Stitch form panicked as Noel picked him up, "No! No! Me, not want cuddles! Me not Fluffy!"
"Oh you're super fluffy!" Noel cheered, swinging him around, "Look at your stubby little tail!"
"Leave me alone! She's touching me!" he panicked.
"NEVER!"
"...It finally happened," Makoto whispered with wide eyes, "Noellie found something so cute, she snapped into an excitable little girl."
"Nukasha!" Ben's new form complained to Skurd.
"I know it's my fault!"
"Yu porma dissy!"
"Well there is no need for name calling!" Skurd huffed.
"Wait...why is Ben's new form talking in alien?" Makoto blinked.
"It's Tantalog. It's more akin to Earth's Esperanto, a language made up by others." Skurd explained, "Since it's not a language spoken by aliens on their home worlds and one has to actively speak it...the translation function doesn't pick up an abnormality. It would seem that this alien's brain is hardwired to speak mostly Tantalog. But he full well can speak English if he wanted to..."
"Stupid head…" he grumbled.
"See…"
"So fwuffy…" Noel cooed.
"Mmm…" Ben's new form grumbled before his ears twitched, "Hmm…"
"You have an idea?" Skurd asked.
"Ih."
"Fire away," Skurd encouraged.
Bumps appeared under his arms before two more arms came out that he quickly moved to tickle under Noel's armpits, "Coochie-coochie~!"
"?!" Noel tensed up, a silly smile growing on her lips as she tried her best to not laugh, "Must...resist...for...fwuffy…"
"Her will is strong," Skurd noticed, "Faster man, faster!"
"Uh...uh….oh!" Ben's new form gasped as he looked over at Makoto, "Help! Tail!"
"Tail? Wh...oh!" Makoto gasped as she rushed over, moving her tail to the back of Noel's knees as she began to tickle them.
"GH?~...gh….gigig…." Noel snickered, tears dropping from her eyes as she tried to hold on, "Must...not….p-pffffft! Kyahahaahahahahahahahahahaha!"
"Phaa thoy gho!" Ben's new form shouted as he ran and hid behind the others legs.
"N-no...f-tee hee! Faiiiiiirherhehrerherehrheher~!" Noel laughed hysterically as Makoto continued to tickle her.
"Phew. Nice thinking," Makoto noted, "Wait a second...You have extra arms?"
"Ih," he nodded before retracting them into his body.
"...Huh. Neat."
"Okay now the important question: why can't you change back?" Rex asked.
"I dunno…" he replied.
"This alien...is very odd...it feels almost...synthetic," Skurd spoke up, "I do believe that this...Stitch was a laboratory made creature!"
"...huh/eh?!" the group gawked at that.
"Smish!"
"See he gets it," Skurd spoke.
"So...wait, is that why Ben's...a perfect copy of that little guy we met?" Makoto asked.
"There's another?!" Noel gasped.
"Hey, the original already has a little girl that called dibs on him," Makoto spoke up.
"Aw…" Noel pouted.
"...Also no," Makoto frowned as she picked Ben up, "My boyfriend."
"We're gonna need to find Sento," Sari noted while keeping a finger on the Omnitrix, "I tried to figure out an unlock...but it feels like the Omnitrix is drunk."
"Drunk?"
"That's the best way I can simplify how it sounds," Sari replied.
"...Is it because of Ben's new form?" Mai suggested.
"Possibly," Sari replied.
"Haka taba…" Ben's new form groaned in embarrassment, "Thirsty."
"I got this," Sari offered a thermos.
"What's that?" Makoto asked as Ben's new form opened the thermos, held the cap like a mug...and proceeded to guzzle the contents from the thermos itself.
"Oh, some coffee," Sari explained, "Was still a bit sluggish from the party, so I made a thermos in case I needed to-I think I goofed."
"Huh?" the others blinked before looking at Ben's new form...which was twitching.
"Hehehehehe...hehehehe…" he giggled before three sharp spikes jutted out of his back down the spine, his extra arms popped out, and a pair of antennae emerged from his head before running off as a tiny blue blur, "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!"
"...Ohhh...Yeah. I done goofed," Sari whispered with wide eyes.
"Ya think?" Makoto and Rex deadpanned before a palm tree sailed over their heads and splashed into the ocean.
"AHAHAHAHA~!" he cackled beside where the tree had been before running off once more.
"Noel, I take it back. Catch the fluffy!"
"FLUFFY~!" Noel cheered as she ran in the direction Ben had gone off to.
"...Fast," Lambda whispered as she and Bluey blinked.
"Lambda, take Sari and tell the guys at the shop what's going on," Makoto ordered, "Rex, you follow Noellie and I'll take Mai and look for that Stitch guy."
"Understood/Gotcha," Lambda and Rex replied as the former ran off with Sari while the latter ran off to chase after Noel and Ben.
"Let's go," Mai said as she and Makoto ran off.
"Ahh...m-missed...again…!" Jumba panted as he finally arrived, "Ahh..ahh...oh I am thinking I have pulled something."
"W-w-HA-Wait…" Pleakly gasped as he finally caught up, before falling face first to the ground, "I...I'm really out of shape."
"G...give me...a moment…" Jumba panted as he plopped down onto his rear, "Gotta...catch breath…"
"Ok...now can we tell Stitch about…"
"NO!" Jumba snapped, "We can...do this…"
"We don't even know where they went!" Pleakly argued before a flyer landed on his face, "..." he pulled it off and looked at it, "How about a smoothie while we plan?"
"Hm?" Jumba looked at it, "Smelt petunia?! I love smelt petunia! Okay, smoothie while we plan on finding and catching Experiment 628."
'Phew…'
"Oh my…" Rook blinked as he looked on at the long line, "I was not expecting we would get this many customers…"
"Good thing we have so many blenders," Gentoku noted.
"We got an order for a dozen Chocolate Delights!" Ryuga shouted from the register.
"Working as fast as I can!" Kazumi shouted from the back.
"This may be a problem." Gentoku muttered.
"Wow, that's a lot of people!" Sari called out as she and Lambda got back.
"Busy...very busy…" Lambda muttered as Bluey shyly tried to hide in Lambda's arms.
"Welcome back," Rook greeted.
"What the heck happened?" Sari asked.
"Apparently, we're the only smoothie shop on the island," Gentoku explained.
"Bright side…" Ryuga began as he turned on the cash register, "We're making a ton of money…"
"Is everything going well?" Rook asked.
"Not exactly," Sari admitted.
"Ben had coffee while in new fluffy form. Currently on rampage."
"Fluffy form?" Rook blinked.
"Small, blue, looks like an adorable mix of a koala and dog," Lambda listed.
'...oh that form…' Rook mentally realized, 'The one that the future Ben had during that incident with Eon…' "...Does Noel know about said new form?"
"She's currently chasing him right now," Lambda answered.
"He drank coffee and went totally wild." Sari chuckled.
"Hoping to find Sento," Lambda added.
"..."
"...He's not here, is he?" Sari asked with a sigh.
"He left to find parts, and hasn't been back since," Gentoku sighed, "Normally when he gets parts, he vanishes for a day or two...and comes back with a garbage truck worth of supplies."
"...Mmm…" Lambda pouted as she puffed her cheeks up, "Mission failed…"
"Hold on. Maybe we can look around town for Sento," Sari offered, "I'm sure we'll bump into him eventually."
"This seems to be a small little island." Gentoku noted, "It might not be too hard…"
"Good. Then let's hurry out, Lambda."
"Understood," Lambda nodded as the two girls rushed out once more...just as Jumba and Pleakly walked in.
"Hmm. Seemed much bigger than outside," Jumba noted as he looked around.
"Might be an optical illusion," Pleakly noted.
"May we help you two?" Rook asked, earning their attention.
"Ah yes. We saw flyer and would very much like a smoothie!" Jumba declared.
"Then you have come to the right place."
"See him yet?" Mai asked as she and Makoto looked around town.
"Mmm...Nope," Makoto replied.
"Do you remember where he might've gone?" Mai asked.
"...hmm...I think he mentioned about taking that surfboard back to the shack, and then going to help that 'Lilo' girl he mentioned," Makoto guessed as she tapped her cheek in thought.
"Okay, so it sounds like they said she's a little girl, so we just gotta find the one Elementary school in the area." Mai offered.
"Or a hula class," Makoto added, "There's a chance she might be there."
"Well I guess that is the norm around here…" Mai muttered, "Wait...why did you specifically jump to that?"
"Cause there is a class of adorable little girls hula dancing that-a-way," Makoto pointed behind Mai.
"Hmm?" Mai blinked as she looked in the direction Makoto was pointing, noticing a building with a slightly open door to show a group of young girls practicing hula dancing, "...oh."
"And cue the original," Makoto pointed to the real Stitch as he was dancing along with the class in a grass skirt, "...This is the most adorable and wholesome thing ever."
"Gotta agree," Mai nodded as she glanced out to the distance to see a boulder being thrown in the distance at something else in the distance, "But we kinda need to ruin it to help deal with Ben's current rampage."
"Sad, but true," Makoto sighed, "...Though we may come off as suspicious if we suddenly ask for Stitch in general…"
"...We're not putting on disguises, Makoto," Mai deadpanned.
"I wasn't thinking that."
"Uh-huh…"
"Well she has an alien koala dog...how often do you think folks come here looking just for Stitch?" Makoto argued.
"Hm...you have a good point." Mai nodded, "Let's meet in the middle and wait and see if their class lets out soon. If not, then we bother them."
"Seems fair to me," Makoto smiled, "Wait here. I'll go get us a drink while we wait. Besides how much chaos can Ben cause as such an adorable little alien?"
"Ah-chooga moopa!" Ben's Stitch form shouted as he scared people out of a shoe store, he cackled while taking all the left sports sneakers, and munching them down.
"FLUFFY!"
"Mmm?" he looked up, part of a left shoe in his mouth before swallowing it, "Uh-oh." he quickly climbed up a wall, tore open a grate, and went into the vent moments before Noel ran into the store, stars in her eyes.
"Where are you~?" she asked in a sing-songy voice, her arms slumping to the sides as she walked into the store like a possessed doll.
"Creepy…" he muttered, watching from the vents.
"?!" Noel snapped her neck to one of the vents, "Found you~"
"AH! Oh no! Run!" he screamed as he clambered away.
After a moment, however, he just fell out of a different vent...to the left of the one he entered. Ben's new form looking around, confused. He then turned to Noel, giving a nervous chuckle as she began to approach him. He looked around nervously...before he grabbed a fuzzy slipper and tossed it in her face, taking her by slight surprise for a moment.
"Oh...even now, still can't hurt…" he groaned in realization of why he threw it so softly, "Look, Bunny!" he pointed behind Noel, "Pink Bunny!" she still approached, "Uh...Oh! Baby Corgi in a pink bunny party hat!"
"Hmm?" Noel turned around in honest curiosity, "Ah nuts…" she slumped her shoulders as she heard the backdoor to the store slam shut, "Even as that form, Ben still gets me with these tricks…"
"FREEDOM~!" a car engine went off outside followed by a horn honking Dixie.
"...Uh-oh…" Noel's rationality returned for a moment as she realized what he did.
A red ferrari slowly drove by the store, Ben's new form in the driver's seat. He did a handstand and proceeded to shake his rump at her.
"Whoo-hoo~" he taunted before sitting back down and flooring it, driving off with reckless abandon and a mad cackle.
"In my moment of selfishness...I may have forgotten who was the rampaging wild one…" Noel muttered, "Wow...is this what it feels like? I owe the others an apology after all is said and done." she cringed upon hearing a crash, "After I catch Ben's new alien…"
"I'm okay! I'm fluffy!" he cackled.
"...He tricked you, didn't he?" Rex asked as he caught up with Noel.
"Hai…" Noel slumped in shame.
"I'm guessing he went that way," Rex noted, gesturing to the various cars sporting dents, scraped paint jobs, and a dented street sign or two.
"Uh-huh…"
"...We better follow and stop him before he does something he'll regret later."
"Hai…" Noel nodded as the two hurried off.
"Ugh...where is he?" Sari groaned as she and Lambda looked around for Sento in town, "We checked every store that would sell parts and such."
"Difficult to find...How does he get around so fast…?" Lambda groaned from exhaustion, sitting on a bench with Bluey beside her.
"Could be part of his physiology. He does like to bring up that he and others have been experimented on and, while they may look like humans, they've become much more," Sari replied.
"That and they show it…" Lambda muttered, "They are...freakishly powerful."
"Says the girl who can one shot monsters to protect her adorable bunny," Sari replied as she gestured to the Blupee that was hopping around the bench.
"That's different...this is adorable." she argued while holding said Blupee up for emphasis, "And he's a good boy."
"That he is," Sari giggled, patting his head and earning a content squeak, "Hmm...Maybe one of these aliens has seen him?"
"They do seem to pride themselves on being helpful," Lambda noted as she looked over at one that looked a bit like a red aardvark, "That one, maybe?"
"Can't hurt to try," Sari shrugged as she walked over to the aardvark, "Hey there. I'm Sari." the aardvark gave a squeak before offering a business card, "Oh thank you. 'Finder 158 of Found.' Finder? Hmm…" she pulled out her phone and pulled up a picture of the group that she had taken during the celebration in Hyrule, "Can you help us? We're looking for this guy on the far right with the bowl cut." Finder sniffed her a few times before letting out another squeak and gave a salute, "Great! We have a lead, Lambda!"
"Mmm," she nodded happily, "Please lead the way."
Finder nodded before running off, the duo quick to follow. Nearby, Jumba and Pleakly walked along.
"Mmm...It has been many years since the last time I had smelt petunia. Is very good it tastes just as good as I remember," Jumba noted.
"Oh true. I'm surprised that an Earth establishment even had rosetta shavings myself," Pleakly agreed before rubbing his chin, "Though do you think we forgot something?"
"Hmm…" Jumba rubbed his chin before Finder, Sari, and Lambda went by, "...Gah! Experiment 628! Now I am to be remembering!"
"Oh boy...Back to running...You know, we really need to invest in a car or something," Pleakly sighed.
"You kidding? After seeing how Little Earth Girl's sister stresses out over one? Pheh, no thanks, not this evil scientist!" he wagged his chubby finger to prove his point, "Let's just steal one...and blame it on Little Girl and 626."
"That's not better…" Pleakly complained.
"You wish to run all over the island after other Little Earth Girls again?" Jumba smiled.
"...I will put it on record that I was morally against this," Pleakly stated.
"Get in the jeep!" Jumba shouted, already hot-wiring one.
"Okay, seems he likes to reverse street signs," Rex noted, looking at a One-Way sign flipped upside down, "And he ate all those shoes…"
"Um, well...Only the left ones," Noel corrected.
"Why the left?"
"I don't know...but for some reason, it feels annoying…" Noel noted.
"Okay, so he reverses street signs and steals left shoes. What else?" Rex asked before spotting Ben's new alien shoot out of an open manhole.
"And stay out!" A worker barked before covering the manhole.
"...He was gonna back up the sewers, wasn't he?" Rex asked.
"Uh-huh."
"...You still want to hug him regardless?"
"Not even stink shall detract from the fluffy!" Noel declared as she bolted right for Ben's new form.
"Oh no, Noel!" he panicked as he was chasing after Noel.
"AHH!" Ben's new form freaked as he bolted with Noel hot on his tail.
"FWUFFY!"
"Ah! No! Bad Noel! I'm not a pet!" he panicked, scaling up a wall like a gecko almost.
"He climbs walls too?" Rex asked, "How many things can this little guy do?"
"I will not be stopped!" Noel declared as she displayed an uncharacteristic level of athleticism, and was able to parkour her way up the wall after Ben's new form.
"Girls be crazy…" Rex muttered.
"...I feel like Noellie's doing something insane at the moment in her pursuit," Makoto whispered.
"We're gonna have to be careful of Ben accidentally turning into this form in the future." Mai sighed.
"Agreed," Makoto muttered as she took a sip of her shake.
"Ooh, Squirrel lady!" Stitch called out, getting their attention, "Why are you here?" he asked while ignoring the scene of a little girl with long black hair currently attacking another little girl with curly red hair and glasses, "Eh, that's normal, Mertle is a stupid head." he noticed their gaze.
"That's Lilo?" Makoto asked.
"Yes!" he smiled happily before taking out a camera, "Memories!" He took pictures of the fight.
"...ahh. The classic 'bully gets karma' bit," Makoto noted with a grin, "Nice."
"Please don't encourage that type of behavior, Makoto," Mai sighed.
"She deserves it," Stitch argued, "Always picking on Lilo, most times not worth it. But sometimes she says something too bad to let go." he explained, "So...she deserves it," he nodded, "Ooh...I taught her that one!" he laughed as Lilo pinned the bully known as Mertle.
"See? Well deserved," Makoto nodded.
"Very deserved," Stitch nodded, taking more pictures before scrambling to run over in a panic, "Ah! Lilo no! No biting!"
"Feel it's deserved now?" Mai deadpanned to Makoto.
"I never said it didn't go too far," Makoto shrugged.
"She had it coming!" Lilo declared as Stitch dragged her away.
"I know, I know…" Stitch sighed, "Lilo look, half girl, half squirrel!" he pointed to Makoto, "And...blue hair girl...that not so special...but it looks neat!"
"Eh heh heh…" Mai sheepishly chuckled at that..while giving a light sweatdrop, 'I'm kinda special in my own way…'
"Half...AH! You have a tail! Oh my gosh! Are you like a mutant or something?" Lilo asked excitedly as she looked at Makoto.
"Uh...I'm more of a special case really," Makoto answered, "Makoto Nanaya. This is my friend Mai."
"Hello," Mai waved a bit, "Listen, we need Stitch's help for something important."
"Why? What happened?" Lilo asked.
"It's...complicated."
"Would you believe we know someone who has an alien gizmo that lets him turn into aliens, and now he's stuck as a copy of your buddy Sitch?" Makoto asked.
"Another me?!" Stitch asked, "That means...Brother!" he smiled happily.
"Wow…" Lilo awed at the idea/story.
"I like you; you're awesome," Makoto smiled.
"Thanks," Lilo smiled, "Most people think I'm weird…" she muttered.
"Normal is overrated," Makoto argued.
"Someone who gets me!" Lilo cheered.
"So, uh...can we ask for help? Cause...our friend can't control his Stitch form." Mai spoke up.
"Well...if he's anything like Stitch when I first met him, all he wants to do is cause chaos," Lilo explained.
"I was made by an evil scientist." Stitch explained.
"...I-I'm sorry...evil scientist?" Mai repeated.
"Well...he calls himself that, but Jumba isn't actually Evil," Lilo argued, "But he did use to be a little bad, but his creations tend to come out more like Stitch. They just need a place to belong, a family."
"Aww~" Makoto cooed at that.
"...wait. So the aliens we've been seeing around the place are…" Mai began in realization.
"Cousins!" Stitch beamed.
"And I thought I had a big family," Makoto muttered with wide eyes.
"Stitch is Number 626...he's got a big family," Lilo agreed, "We try our best to find homes for all of them on the island, some are tricky to deal with, but they are happier now."
"Any chance you can help with a second Stitch?" Makoto asked.
"Well Jumba said Stitch was meant to mess up big cities, but since Stitch first landed here, he couldn't go full crazy." Lilo explained, "Stitch still enjoys eating left shoes." she and the girls turned to Stitch, stealing a left shoe.
"Ehehehehe…Oops…"
"Anything else?" Mai asked.
"Um...If I remember right...he's meant to reverse street signs, back up plumbing, and steal everyone's left shoe," Lilo replied, "Oh, and don't feed him macadamia nuts and a left shoe."
"Does he grow into a giant with four laser tentacles growing out of his back?" Makoto asked.
"What? No," Lilo giggled, "He just forgets to do everything and you have to retrain him."
"Ohh…"
"Still...Stitch is really strong. He can lift things exactly three thousand times his size with ease, he's indestructible, he can see in all sorts of visions like heat and night vision, and he can play Elvis records using his finger and opening his mouth!"
"..." Makoto and Mai blinked with wide eyes at that, slowly looking at each other for a moment before looking back at the two.
"By any chance...what would happen if Stitch is given coffee?" Mai cautiously asked.
"Oh no…" Lilo realized.
"The town is in trouble!" Stitch realized.
"Oh it's that bad," Makoto whispered.
"Let's hope Rex and Noel caught him…" Mai added.
"aaaaaaaAAAAAH!" Ben's new Form screamed as he ran past them, making the four blink in surprise.
"...was th-"
"FWUFFY!" Noel shouted as she zipped right by.
"Brother!" Stitch shouted running after them.
"Stitch...ah and he's gone." Lilo sighed.
"We should probably go after them," Makoto muttered.
"Give me a second," Lilo spoke, grabbing the duffle bag Stitch was carrying a moment ago, "Okay, ready!"
"..something in there to help calm him down?" Makoto guessed.
"Hopefully."
"Gotcha,"
"AH!" Ben's new form complained while trying to climb up a tree, only for Noel to hold onto his stubby back legs, "Let go!"
"No!" Noel argued as she tried to pull him down only for his four arms to anchor him, "Just...give up! I can almost never hold your small aliens because Makoto gets dibs, but this time I'm allowed to!" she grunted.
"No! No cuddles! Must destroy! Rampage!"
"Oh, I just thought you were hyper! Then I really can't let you go!" Noel grunted.
"No~!"
"She is really clinging onto him," Sari noted as she and Lambda looked up.
"Filled with determination…" Lambda whispered as Bluey blinked a bit.
"...still sucks we couldn't find Sento, even with Finder's help..." Sari muttered.
"Mmm..." Lambda puffed her cheeks up a bit in agreement.
"Noel, slow d-oh wow…" Rex blinked as he finally caught up with the normally shy blonde, "She really isn't letting him go…"
"I'm not!" Noel declared.
"Brother!" Everyone turned to see the real Stitch, "Brother!" he cheered, jumping to Rex's shoulder before bouncing off his head and tackling Ben's Experiment form, knocking him and Noel off the tree, "Oh, Brother!" he cheered, hugging Ben's new form close.
"AH! He's touching me!" Ben cried in panic.
"Hugs!" Noel cheered, scooping both up.
"AHH! Double hugs!"
"Noellie, calm down!" Makoto shouted as she and Mai ran into the area, the former carrying Lilo over her shoulder as she put her down, "Let go of th-"
"NEVER!"
"Wow, that lady really likes Stitch…" Lilo noted.
"Noellie is a strange duck," Makoto muttered, "It seems to run in her family."
"Hey…" Lambda realized.
"Lilo! Look, Brother!" Stitch declared.
"Oh wow! He looks exactly like Stitch!" Lilo smiled before tilting her head, "But his eyes are green."
"That's how his transformations work," Makoto explained, "The thing on his collar is an alien gizmo called the Omnitrix. It lets him turn into any alien imaginable."
"Any alien?!" Lilo gasped excitedly.
"Eeyup."
"But for some reason, after scanning Stitch...he's trapped...AS Stitch," Mai added.
"Which is weird…" Makoto noted, "He turns into the perfectly healthy version of any alien, not an exact copy of them."
"Well...Stitch is kinda the only one of whatever he is. All his cousins are like different animals, and Stitch...well he's the strongest of his cousins." Lilo spoke up, "So...in a way, Stitch is the perfect healthy version of his kind...cause he's the only one of his kind. Well...except his evil twin, Leroy...but he's gone."
"Now Stitch have good brother! He just needs to learn!" Stitch spoke up.
"Rah! Rah!" Ben's Stitch form growled, trying to escape.
"Lots to learn…" Stitch chuckled.
"Oh! Here!" Lilo spoke up as she pulled out a necklace of white flowers and tossed it around Ben's neck...making his ears perk up as he suddenly relaxed and calmed down, "This worked on Stitch the first time. I guess the smell of these flowers calmed him down."
"So….it was that simple…" Sari whispered.
"Oh no...this is just temporary," Lilo spoke up, "He's going to go crazy again in a few. We need to train him to control his Stitch energy."
"...No," Makoto spoke the moment Noel began to raise her hand, "Again...my BF."
"Mmmm~!"
"Corgi party later still," Lambda spoke, holding up Bluey and her corgi doll.
"...mmm…."
"How did you train Stitch?" Sari asked.
"It...wasn't easy," Lilo admitted.
"I'm handful!" Stitch smiled.
"Honestly, you just gotta keep trying 'till the good inside comes out," Lilo explained.
"Uh…" Rex muttered, unsure that was an actual explanation.
"I get it. Ben's in there, but the Stitch part is just too strong right now," Makoto spoke up.
"Also, is there anything else we should know about him?" Sari asked.
"Well Stitch is a really strong fighter. Like I told Makoto and Mai earlier, he can lift three thousand times his own body weight, he's got a lot of weird eating habits...but he's not that hard to manage. Oh! Don't put him in water!"
"Why?" Makoto blinked.
"They sink...like rocks...and don't breathe water," Lilo explained, "You don't wanna know what bath night is like."
"Hehehehe...yeah...I'm bigger handful!" Stitch laughed.
"...alright. Hopefully…" Makoto began.
"Gangway!"
"Hmm?" the group blinked as they looked to the side..and saw Jumba driving a jeep right towards them with Pleakly hanging for dear life.
"Hm!?" Ben's ears perked up as he jumped forward and used his hands to stop the Jeep, the sudden stop sending Pleakly flying off. He then proceeded to lift the Jeep up, and shake it 'till Jumba fell out. After a moment, he slammed it down before ripping the licence plate off...and eating it like a cookie.
"There's Ben," Makoto smiled, picking him up as he struggled a little before giving up.
"Blitznak…" he sighed.
"I am...being okay…" Jumba groaned as he rolled onto his back.
"I'm not…" Pleakly groaned, slowly poking out of a nearby dumpster, a banana peel on his head.
"Jumba, Pleakly? What are you doing?" Lilo asked.
"Hotwire car!" Stitch spoke up, "AH! Without Stitch!?" he looked hurt that they did something like this without him, "Jumba? How could you!?"
"Oh! Uh…" Jumba trailed off, trying to come up with a lie that'd be believable as Bluey got out of Lambda's arms to sniff at Stitch.
"Hm? Ghost bunny?" Stitch pondered as he sniffed back, "No it's alive, but very strange. Cousin?" he blinked, holding Bluey up, "No...not smell like cousin. Sure look it though."
"Complicated," Lambda explained.
"Is not Experiment?" Jumba asked in surprise.
"We just pulled another Rufus, didn't we?" Pleakly asked.
"You thought her Bunny was an experiment?" Lilo blinked, "Jumba...what are you hiding?" she put her hands on her hips.
"Uh...well…" he muttered.
"...Alright! I confess!" Pleakly caved, "Jumba made an Experiment 628 before Leroy and stored it in his lab and the computer showed its normal form looking just like the bunny Stitch is holding!"
"Jumba!" Lilo shouted.
"Oh...you and your big mouth…" Jumba shook a fist at Pleakly, "Just for that...I won't tell you what I did to your alarm clock!"
"You made a 628!?" Lilo demanded.
"Oh, I am to being, how you say, in the house of dog, no?" Jumba asked, cringing.
"Show it," Lilo ordered before Jumba handed her his computer before she opened it, showing a blueprint that looked like Bluey with a spike on the shoulders, three going down its back, and shark-like teeth, "Adapts to anything and everything it encounters...will appear docile at first until angered…At least you didn't make it immune to becoming good like 627."
"Well 627 was more to prove a point," Jumba muttered before blinking, "I must have hit head harder than thought. Is that a second 626?"
"Hi~" Ben's Stitch form smiled.
"Okay, you can lighten your punishment by helping my new friends," Lilo spoke, "See, their friend Ben has a watch that can turn him into any alien. And now he's stuck as Stitch...which is something we just talked about so no, you can't ask how." she smirked, "But you can help us try and make it so he can control himself."
"Hm? You are still having big book on training 626, yes?" Jumba asked, "Need to be making copy for squirrel girl."
"Of course I do," Lilo pulled a large book out with a drawing of Stitch taped to it, "You realize how often Stitch eats macadamia nuts and shoes in the same day, right?"
"Not that many," Stitch argued, earning a look from her, "...Not daily...Just every other week."
"Mmm-hmm…" Lilo muttered.
"This little girl is awesome!" Makoto smiled.
"Huh...Hey, Skurd, why didn't you make him heavier with making weights from some of his heavier forms?" Sari asked.
"...Would you believe Noel terrified me?" Skurd admitted.
"Stupid booger…" Ben grumbled.
"Also I felt no need to get involved, lest I be further blamed..." Skurd muttered.
"...Oh yeah. You were the one who activated the transformation," Makoto recalled, narrowing her eyes at the Slimebiote.
"I shall apologise to you in any way deemed fit," he quickly replied.
"You guys have a talking booger, too!?" Lilo asked.
"I am a Slimebiote, thank you very much," Skurd corrected, "Skurd is my name; DNA is my game."
"He can be troubling at times, but he's pretty useful," Makoto explained.
"I am still not sure I am following…" Jumba admitted, "You say a device turned someone into 626...a perfect duplicate...save for the eyes." he muttered, only for Ben's new form to punch him, "Ha! Exactly like early 626…" he cringed while rubbing the area he punched, "Same spot, too."
"Why did you make it so this is the default state of mind?" Makoto asked.
"Well, I am an evil scientist…" he grumbled, everyone looking at Lilo as she raised her hand and tilted it around to show, 'eh so-so', "I created 626 to be my perfect creation! To sow true chaos and evil around the world! Ahahahaha!"
"Jumba…" Lilo sighed.
"Eh...but in end, 626 was made into a kind and loving creature. Because he found something not built into his programming: Love. He discovered a family of his own. Small, a little broken...but still good."
"Still good!" Stitch nodded.
"Well of course. Family is what family is," Makoto nodded, "No matter who they are...no matter where you've grown up from...even if you're not related by blood, family is family. And me and my friends..." she paused as she looked back at her friends, "We're one heck of a weird family...but still a family regardless."
"Very," Noel agreed with a smile.
'...Bro..ken...' Lambda thought, looking ahead for a moment as she saw a faint image of Kokonoe facing her back to her before it faded, '...broken...'
"Finally...The rush is over…" Ryuga groaned, the men who had stayed behind to run the shop collapsed at various spots.
"I am so glad we made sure to get some seeds to grow new supplies from Hyrule," Gentoku noted, "Because we're out of everything."
"Good…" Bobo muttered as he walked in...covered in drawings and bits of smoothie, "No good kids…"
"Why are there so many annoying people on the beach?" Ryuga groaned.
"That's it...I'm done…" Kazumi groaned, "I can't cook no more...dinner is take out!"
"Better lock up all the cooking equipment lest Noel try to cook," Gentoku warned.
"...If my legs weren't jelly, I'd be running out to find her…" Kazumi admitted.
"...What timing," Rook blinked as he looked out, "I think I see her and the others arriving."
"N-Ah...no energy…" Kazumi began as he got up only to fall over on his face.
"Ano...we're back a-" Noel began as she and the others walked in, "...long day?"
"What do youse thinks?" Bobo deadpanned as he motioned to himself.
"How was your day?" Ryuga grunted as he got up, "Also...What's up with the blue koala?" he asked Makoto.
"It's Ben, he's got a new alien." Makoto explained as Ben's new alien was currently using his surprisingly long tongue to clean his ears.
"Ew…" Ryuga gagged at that...before Ben's new form spat in his face, "..."
"Stupid head…"
"AH!" he panicked as he ran for the sink.
"So why is he...this?" Gentoku asked.
"He and the original agreed since Ben's not from here, he can call this form the same thing as him," Makoto spoke, "This is our Stitch the alien."
"Ih," he nodded, "Meega Stitch."
"And because of the booger, he's stuck like this until Sento comes back," Makoto deadpanned, pointing at Skurd.
"I regret many a thing since I pushed down on the core," Skurd sighed.
"So what's wrong? He just stuck as this creepy thing?" Kazumi asked.
"Cute and fluffy…" he corrected with a growl.
"Until Sento gets back...more or less yeah," Sari sighed.
"Well, where is Sento?" Rex asked.
"I told you. When he goes off to get stuff for inventions, he's gone. We can't find him and we have experts at that job. But he still evades them…" Gentoku explained, managing to open his shirt to reveal another with the words 'ULTIMATE NINJA' on it, "Chances are unless the world is in danger, our lives, or dumb luck. He will never be found 'till he has what he needs."
"Hey guys!" Sento smiled while wearing headphones and entering from the back with a drink in hand. He then walked off while listening to music.
"...Sento! We have science for you!" Sari called.
"You rang~?" he asked, coming back out with goggles over his eyes.
"Aloha!" Stitch greeted.
"We may have glitched the Omnitrix," Skurd noted.
"We?" Makoto deadpanned.
"Interesting…" Sento took Stitch and put him on the counter as he examined the Omnitrix, "Well...I'm gonna need a moment to get a sample." he plucked a strand of fur from Stitch's head.
"Ow…" he groaned.
"..." Sento dropped the hair into a microscope...which was not there a moment ago, "Yes...interesting...it seems this life form is a synthetically made organism. All of his molecules are charged with powerful energy which the Omnitrix did for him, keeping him stable both physically and mentally. But it seems that exact cause formed this odd loop of energy feedback." he spoke as he tapped the dial a few times, "This life form is also a one of a kind being. So it's not a specimen, but an entire clone. Just as Ben explained his Chromastone form."
"Now I'm Stitch of our world!" he cheered.
"Let me see…" he took out some tools and tapped the side making the green face plate slide open so he could get at the inner mechanisms, "Reroute this here, adjust this to compensate, and hmm...let's see…" he pulled away as the Omnitrix closed, "Done."
"But...he's not changing back…" Makoto noted.
"Of course not. Turning into Stitch caused the Omnitrix's timer to constantly reset because of his own cellular energy. I just fixed the timer." Sento explained, "He'll still be Stitch for the next 10 to 15 minutes."
Beeping went off as Ben yelped and fell off the counter.
"Or seconds...yeah...10 to 15 seconds…" Sento nodded, "Maybe I should take a look at that later."
"Ugh….ya think?" Ben groaned as he pulled himself up, "Still...thanks, man."
"No problem." Sento smirked.
"Aw, I still think this form is cute," Makoto chuckled, helping Ben sit down.
"Meh...I like Stitch more…" Noel muttered.
"Your concern shows how much you're essentially like a sister to me…" Ben grumbled, "Also you got more than a little creepy while chasing me."
"She really did," Lambda nodded.
"Mmm~"
"But now…" Lambda began as she held her corgi doll up, "Corgi Party, sister."
"OH!" Noel gasped before she held her own corgi doll up, "Hai!"
"Corgi party?" Rook blinked as Noel and Lambda walked past him, the former humming a tune while having a content smile on her face.
"Ah leave 'em be," Makoto waved off, "Let's just relax to the sound of the tranquil Hawaiian waves~"
"I'm gonna fix up my machine. It should be in perfect working order by the morning," Sento spoke, "No one do anything stupid!" his eyes focused on his friends, and then Makoto, Ben, and Rex.
"Hey…"
"No stupid," he repeated, "Or so help me...I'll make all of you go bald over night…"
"We'll be good," was practically everyone's response as they held their hands up in defense.
"Good…" Sento slowly nodded as he walked to the back.
"...Honest question here, but anyone wondering where we might end up next?" Rex asked.
"We could end up anywhere…" Ben added, "I mean, what if we end up in some crazy world of magical monsters and other nonsense?"
"Or we could end up in a city that seems normal but has mutants hiding in the shadows," Makoto added.
"All I know is...they better not want to buy smoothies," Ryuga stated.
The streets of New York City, usually bustling with many people during the day, but at night...it becomes a mysterious and dangerous place. Whether it be from ninjas, monotone men in suits carrying blasters...or even a mutant or two, the streets of New York during the night often lead to some...mysterious things to happen, especially in the shadows.
"MIKEY!"
"AH! I didn't do it! It was Raph!" Punching filled the air, "OW! Raph! Stop! OW! Not my own fist! Please, not my own fist!"
"Blame me, will ya!? Let's see you blame me when you ain't got any teeth! Now say the line!"
"No! Never! Ah! No! Not the nerve pinch thingy! Have a heart!"
"Say it~"
"Raph, cut it out."
"Not 'till he says it, Leo!"
"Donny, help me out here will ya?"
"Huh...I'm sorry. I stopped paying attention…"
"He's too busy stalking April like a creep!" the one called Mikey laughed.
"Raph...hold him down…"
"Yeah!"
"Guys...come on...and it's the Turtle Pile…" the one named Leo sighed, "When did I become the mature one?"
"When you put that stick up your butt and through your shell…" Raph chuckled.
"..."
"Bring it!"
"No, Leo, don't! AH!" Mikey cried as Leo gave in and joined the fighting.
SZ: Eeyup...from the cool island waves of Hawaii to the gritty streets of NYC at night...and not any streets either!
Z0: ….*covering mouth to stop myself from singing the song*
SZ:...resist the urge man...resist it!
GT: *still disco dancing* Has it been a thousand hours yet!?
SZ: I don't think so…
Z0: *tapes mouth* Mmmm, MMM mm mmmm Hmmm!
Stitch: Turtles! *hanging from the ceiling* Next time it's Turtles!
Z0: MMMMM *tape explodes along with the ground around me*
SZ: 0-0….
GT: *dances out of the room*
Z0: Heroes in a half shell! T-*screen goes black*