"Oh boy! The King is trying to find us!" Donald shouted excitingly.
"Yeah, let's get to the station!" Sora said in the same tone. We ran down to a small area that held a decent sized area for fighting and three people were standing there.
"Hey you, where'd you come from?" The one with blonde hair, and who seemed to be the leader, asked rudely.
"Your mom's face." I muttered. Sora elbowed me and responded with a smart reply of: "Uhh..."
"You here to pick a fight with us or something?" The blond said, growling slightly. I glared at him and stood in front of Sora protectively.
"Fight? We're not here to fight." Sora said, moving to stand beside me.
"Yeah, you big palooka!" Donald quacked.
"Okay, smartalecks... Time to teach you how to behave in my town. Bring
it!" The blond said, getting into a defensive stance with his two lackeys following suite. I growled and stood in an offensive stance.
"Man, what a jerk." Sora, you just read my mind. Donald nodded at his reply and took the same stances I did.
"One moment!" A slightly fatter man called out, running over to us.
"If you're gonna fight, why not make it a proper Struggle?" He said when he reached us.
"What?" the blonde boy spat out. OK, this guy needs some manners.
"You see, Seifer... I'm a really big fan." Ah, so that was Blondie's name.
"Wh-what do you want?" Seifer looked slightly creeped out.
"In other words, I want to see more of your 'super cool' moves! You
handled the tournament with real style, and you absolutely dominated the title
match. But I just can't get enough. Don't you see? The matches are far too
short!" The man said in one breath.
He then turned to us, his eyebrows lifting slightly.
"And what're your names?"
"Sora."
"Annalise."
"Sora, Annalise, if you wanna fight a match, you just say the word." I raised my hand eagerly, a smile playing on my face. "I'll do it!" The man looked very surprised, but handed me a blue bat of sorts. "Good luck." He said, ushering me into the ring.
I once again took an offensive stance as Seifer did the same.
"Struggle!" The man said, beginning our match. Seifer ran at me, with his bat raised. I blocked it quickly, dazing him. I took that opportune moment to hit him in the stomach. He groaned, but retaliated by hitting me as well. I winced at the pain, but pushed it back and continued.
During the battle, I could almost feel people standing on the rooftops, watching me. When I looked, however, I would only get glimpses of black cloaks. This carried on for a while, before we both dropped, exhausted. Seifer's two lackeys ran over to him, while Sora, Donald and Goofy ran over to me. I got up and walked over to Seifer. "Good fight." I said, sticking my hand out. He stared at it for the longest time, and finally shook it as well, a smirk crossing his face. "You're not bad." He said in return. I let go of his hand and turned back to my friends, who seemed ready to leave this place. I nodded at them, and they smiled at me, relieved, as we walked away. "Hey, Annalise!" I turned towards a smiling Seifer, and he threw something shiny at me. I caught it and saw that it was a small green crystal. "For luck." Seifer said as he walked away. Sora glanced at me, a goofy smile on his face. "Looks like you got an admirer." He teased, poking my stomach. I rolled my eyes. "My heart belongs to Riku- Uhh… No one!" I said, covering my mouth when I realized what I just said. Sora, Donald and Goofy all looked at each other, then shouted at the same time: "We knew it!" I blinked and blushed as Sora continued to poke fun at me for my crush on Riku. I shake my head and run ahead of them as quickly as I could.