Searching For An One True Place

A/N Here's the next chapter for my fave reviewers and I hope you enjoy.

Reuben heard soft crying but it was coming from the forest. He had a feeling Mika was in there upset and hurting in her heart. He wanted to help her and hated seeing her upset along with Nikko as he followed her sounds to a cave deep in the forest.

He found her lying there surrounded in darkness as he entered the cave.

"Mika.... you okay?

We were worried about you." he said as she looked up with her eyes glowing green like Stitch when he glitched but there was sadness in them.

"D-Did Uncle Jumba send you here to get me?" she asked softly.

"Naga Mika.

I came because I care about you.

We are friends, right?

Friends tell each other what's wrong like you being upset eariler and giving Dr J the cold shoulder.

Please it'll make you feel better." he said as she hesitated but decided to tell.

"I-I got some news from my parents.

They're had another child which is a perfect Quanta Quaglian and not a hybrid freak like me but disowned me from the family!

I....... thought they cared about me but I guess I was wrong!" she said crying as Reuben hugged her.

He couldn't believe Mika's parents had done that to her.

"Come on kiddo let's go home.

I'm sure Jumba can help." he said holding out his hand to her to take but she hesitated but sighed getting up as she took it and left the cave.

"It'll be okay Mika, I promise." he said as they left the forest.....

Maru was annoyed that Maia wouldn't help him and had ran away but wondered who he could get to help him take over but saw the transporter beep as somebody emerged that made him smile. It was his father Jacque Von Hamsterviel.

Maru smiled at this as he hugged him.

"Let's do this!" he said as they began to plot their revenge.......

Reuben was in the kitchen standing on a chair at the counter with ingredients to make a sandwich and found bread in the cupboard. He hadn't seen Mika sad before and it hurt him along with Nikko who'd heard Mika crying and wanted to help but Jumba and Lilo had told him to stay away until they could help her feel better. He saw the young red and white furred experiment enter the kitchen but was curious at what Reuben was doing.

"What're you doing?" he asked him seeing Rueben open a jar of peanut butter and spread it on the bread with his claw.

"Making a snack for Mika to cheer her up." he answered as Nikko nodded getting his hands on a container of squeeze cheese and spraying it but it went on Rueben.

"Nikko..... spray cheese not toy." he said to him trying to get the cheese off his fur as Nikko gave him a sad look.

"Nikko sorry.

Soka." he said leaving the room as Reuben started cutting up pineapples and putting them in the submarine sandwich. He wondered how Jumba and Lilo were doing with Mika but saw Lilo walk in.

"How is she?" the golden brown experiment asked softly.

"She's asleep.

It took Jumba and I a good few hours to talk to her but she's asleep now.

How've the others been down here?

We haven't heard an noise since we went upstairs.

What happened to your fur and why..... is it cheesey?" she told him seeing Nikko hide outside.

"Nikko sprayed squeeze cheese over me and Sukai and the others are outside in the pool.

Kaimi's watching them so nothing's happened.

I had this idea that Mika needs another friend like her.

I know Nikko and I are her friends but somebody like her she can relate to." he replied.

"That's a great idea!

But you're thinking of using Roxy, aren't you?" Lilo said as he nodded.

"Yeah leave it to me." Reuben said finishing off the sandwich master piece and going upstairs......

Mika woke up around six in the evening. She had red rims around her eyes from crying so much but heard footsteps as somebody approached her door and opened it. Reuben was walking in with a plate with the sandwich he'd made for her on it.

"Hey...... you okay?

I made this for you because you look kind of hungry." he said but Mika was staring at his messy cheese smelling fur as a smile crossed her face.

"Mahalo Reuben but what happened to your fur?

You look like a walking Rueben sandwich!" she said giggling at that.

"That was Nikko.

He found spraying me with cheese hilarious.

I see I made you laugh huh?" he told her as she ate.

The sandwich tasted as good as it had looked.

"Thanks Reuben." she said as he blushed.

"Hey no problem.

I'm just going to be downstairs, okay?" he said as he left and went downstairs and out the front door.

He hoped Roxy would help him as he headed to Gantu's ship........