Chapter Three

Back Into Action

Victoria and Riku woke up early in the morning to go meet Donald and Goofy. Sora stood behind, groggy and still sleeping. He still had the attitude thinking nothing was never worth it all. Riku just shook his head and walked out of the room.

They stopped by the armory to get a sword for Victoria, in case the Heartless troubled them. Then they were off to find Donald and Goofy.

The search for them wasn't hard. All they had to do was follow the large ship to were it landed. As the door opened, the first one to exit was the King.

"King Mickey!" Riku said and he bowed a little. He signalled for Victoria to do so too, who did, "What are you doing here?"

"I came to get to the bottom of this," he said, "Heartless, Heartless, even if we put the worlds at rest there are still Heartless running around somewhere," he noticed Victoria, "Who is your friend?"

"This is Victoria," he said, "Victoria, meet the King, Mickey."

She smiled and shook his hand, "Nice to meet you."

Donald exitted the ship, "Where's Sora?"

Riku looked down, "He's giving up."

Goofy walked out, "Whadda ya mean he gave up?"

"He doesn't want to help."

"Oh if he's gonna act that way I'll--" the King stopped upon hearing a rustle in the grass. He pulled out his keyblade, "So, Heartless, you wanna peice of me? Well lets go!"

"Hold on there, bub," a voice came from the bushes. A boy with long brown hair and green eyes emerged, "I ain't here to pick a fight."

Victoria's face lit up, "Brandon!" she said and she jumped into his arms. She planted a kiss onto his cheek, "Guys, meet my boyfriend, Brandon. Brandon, meet King Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Riku."

They all shook hands. Brandon never watched a Disney cartoon or played any video games so he didn't recognize any one of them.

"So what's going on, Vic?" he asked.

"We're gonna go fight some Heartless and save Riku's friend Kairi."

"What happened to her?"

"She was kidnapped."

"Cool, I'll join in."

"That'd be great!"

"Hold on," Riku said. He was furious that Victoria had a boyfriend but not as he was with having people he didn't know and starting a search party, "How do we even know you're good enough to fight with us?"

Victoria took out her katana, "I'll prove myself then, whom do I have to fight?"

Everyone just stared at her, a loss at words and actions, except for Riku, who quickly took out his keyblade and attempted to attack her. Reacting quickly, she blocked the attack with her katana and attempted an attack of her own. It was blocked also.

"Gawrsh," Goofy said, "Their strengths match."

"Did I prove myself to you?" Victoria said, still in contact with Riku. He just rolled his eyes, lowering his blade, and nodded, "And Brandon is just as good as me, if not better. So he should be in too."

"Ok," King Mickey said, "So we have more people. That's good. But we need Sora. How do I get to him?"

"Why don't you," Victoria pointed to Brandon, "go to my house, show him where Sora is and pick up a sword while you're at it."

Brandon nodded, "Good idea."

King Mickey started down the road, "Donald, Goofy, you start your own party. Victoria and Riku, you are together."

Victoria nodded, "Ok!" she smiled at Riku, excited she got to be his partner. However, Riku didn't smile back. He just turned around and started walking.

"Let's get going," he said.

Victoria lost her smile and feebily followed him.