Mad-Face, here to come back into writing again. I will say thanks to DiegoRedeemedLover for the inspiration she gave me to write fanfictions again. Hopefully you guys enjoy this story.

Kyle is the main character in my series, Ice Age with Kyle, and he belongs to me.

Diego and rest of Ice Age characters belong to Blue Sky Studios.

Hard To Let You Go

Chapter 1: Depression

I remember those old days. When it was just me and him-getting along, talking, and spending time together to amazing lands and seas. How can I ever forget? Those are the memories that I can never let go… That's when I used to smile, laugh, and had a great time… Now...I'm different. I'm not the same optimistic kid how I used to be. I try to hide my emotions...but I can't; the tears just stream like a river from the valley where I live, the gleams in my eyes sparkle like the twinkling stars in the night sky, and my smile was an upside-down, sad frown. However, he can hide them and make it seem nothing has happened. I can never forget our good memories… I remember when we laughed together, me snuggling close to his warm fur when I feel cold and he doesn't feel bothered by it, and always watch the night with the beautiful auras of cosmic worlds in a pool of light together. Those were the old days. I chuckle a bit. I smile, he smiles. I laugh, he laughs. I listen to him, he listens to me. We were like a connection that couldn't be broken. But I was wrong… Now...I don't mean anything to him anymore. Not now...never will I be again.

"Kyle?" someone called over at a distance.

An orange saber cub opens his brown eyes, waking up to reality as his vision was such a blur. But that was normal to him. He slowly turns, feeling a bit dizzy as he looks to a female mammoth, looking concerned for him.

"Kyle, are you okay, sweetie?" asks Ellie the mammoth. Her face was sad, knowing the Kyle was not okay at all. He does not have that same smile he always have in the mornings. It's always a frown. "Do you need anything?"

The cub's ears drops down and answers, "N-No, thank you…" He slowly walks away from her as he goes out to entrance of home cave. "I'm going to get a drink" He informs Ellie before leaving, since the herd wanted to know where Kyle will be.

"Okay, sweetie, stay safe for me, please…" Ellie said sadly. Ellie is like a mother-figure to Kyle, always in concern for him and help get better when he feels sad. But there's one she cannot fix and probably it will never be fixed.

Kyle makes a small smile and nods. He slowly goes outside as the rays from the sun sting his eyes. He makes a small cry, but blocks the sun with his paw and slowly heads to the river. Kyle feels heavy everytime he walks. He didn't feel energetic as he used to, he felt tired and inactive. As he approaches to the river, Kyle lies on his stomach and pants a bit. He looks down to his reflection, seeing a sad saber cub with dry tear stains lining down to his cheeks. This is how I look now… He thought. He closes his eyes as he dips his jaw to the cool water, feeling the cold sensation of the water crossing around his mouth. Then he took small sips, feeling the cold water running his body which felt amazing to him. He refreshed him.

"Hey, Kyle, buddy!" Kyle turns to see a green sloth with a smile, standing behind him. The green sloth was Sid the sloth. One of the members of the herd that got them together as one and quite a clumsy fellow but also gives others laughs. On top of him were two possums, Crash and Eddie, the two pranking clowns of the herd who always into trouble. They stand with smiles written on their faces.

"Hey…?" Kyle said confusingly, not sure what the three wanted.

Crash, with a giggle, looks at Kyle, "Hey, Kyle, check this out!"

Sid suddenly dances in a goofy way; dancing as a hunchback with a goofy look, making odd tribe man noises. Kyle looks at Sid more confusingly as Sid attempts to juggle with a spiky sea urchin, a piranha, and crab as Crash and Eddie were throwing more strange and dangerous objects to get Sid to juggle. Then, Crash and Eddie carry a stone hammer and swings it at Sid's foot, making the poor sloth hop and hold his injured foot as the objects he just juggled land on Sid as Sid cries in pain. Sid was on the floor, Crash and Eddie motion Sid to get up as they bowed with a 'ta-da', hoping they would make Kyle to smile or laugh.

Kyle stares at them not amused at their attempt. "So, heh, heh…was that funny?" Eddie asks with a smile. Kyle just stare at them, his lips not moved a muscle.

Crash looks at Eddie, nudging him by the elbow, going to a next plan. "Well, if that wasn't funny for you," Eddie said, looking at Kyle. "will this be?" Eddie kicks Sid's bottom as the poor sloth cries in pain. "Or this?" Crash kicks Sid in the private region, making the Sid whimper in pain, falling on his knees with his paw covering his area. They look at Kyle with a nervous smile, hoping he would at least smile, but Kyle still has that sad face, turning away from them.

Crash and Eddie sadly sit on the ground, giving up hope that they would never get Kyle to be the same. They help pick Sid up and begin to walk away.

"Hey...guys…?" Kyle calls them from a distance, making the three turn to him. The orange saber cub with a brown spiked mane makes a weak smile. "Thanks for trying…" Then he walks away.

Kyle continues walking alone in the valley, looking sad and depressed. He sighs sadly. He couldn't blame Crash, Eddie and Sid to make him smile. They probably miss the old Kyle...but the old Kyle is gone forever… As Kyle was walking, he feels a familiar stomp from someone big and smaller steps from someone light. Kyle looks up to see Manny the moody mammoth and...Diego…walking towards the same path.

Kyle's heart starts to beat differently when he saw Diego. Diego was the one he cared about the most in the herd, but now, the adult saber was the one who broke his heart into fragments. The two are close to passing each other as Kyle sees Manny eyeing Diego with a glare, seeming he wanted Diego to do something. Diego's hazel eyes look Kyle for a moment. Kyle stares back as well. This is longest time we ever saw each other… Kyle thought. As the two adult mammals pass by, Kyle stares at Diego but the saber harshly looks away from him. Kyle feels hurt being ignored by Diego. He wonders what has changed between them, what went wrong, and what caused their relationship to end…

To be continued... Sorry how short it is. I wanted to be longer but I need to go to bed and it's late here.