Well, now that we've got more kitchen nonsense, let's head back to something a little more heartwarming.

Requested by Twin Cats.


It was a wonderful-looking Saturday morning on Kongo Bongo. All of the Kongs were out enjoying the fresh air.

Diddy Kong was wandering through the jungle. He wasn't quite taking the time to enjoy the scenery that surrounded him. He seemed to be in a desperate search for something.

"What am I gonna give her?" the little monkey asked himself as he felt more desperate than ever.

Diddy searched through almost every mile on the island, but nothing seemed to get his attention.

A few minutes later, DK came by.

"Hey, little buddy," the ape said, "Why in such a desperate rush?"

"I'm trying to find something for Dixie," said Diddy as he was about to walk right by his uncle without stopping.

"Uh, why so?" asked DK in curiosity.

Diddy stopped and turned around to face DK.

"I don't really have a particular reason for it," said Diddy, "I just wanna give something to her so that she can put a smile on her face."

"Well, I'm not sure than wandering around alone, feeling desperate, would help you much," said DK.

"Gee, thanks for that advice," said Diddy sarcastically.

"C'mon, little buddy," said DK as he walked up to Diddy and patted his forehead, "Don't be so hard on yourself. Believe me; I often have a hard time trying to find things for Candy. Why not let me help you out?"

"What if you can't find anything?" said Diddy, looking worried, "I'm sure you don't even know half of the stuff that Dixie likes!"

"Well, that may be true," said DK, feeling a little stupid at the moment, "But I can still help you by showing you all of the things I like to pick out when I get into these things. At least one of them could help you."

"Are you sure, big buddy?" asked Diddy.

"Of course I'm sure!" said DK playfully, "Now let's head out there and find something! Shall we?"

"Okay."

With that, Diddy climbed onto DK's shoulders, and the big ape began to slowly walk around the jungle towards a place where he always loved to go to. He felt sure his nephew might like it too.

"I know a wonderful place where you can go and pick up certain things for a girl," said DK, "I love it, and I'm sure you'll love it too."

"I hope," said Diddy with a slight gulp.

The little monkey still seemed worried. What if there wasn't anything there that Dixie liked? What if it was just another tickling trap set up by DK? Diddy just didn't know.

Eventually, DK brought Diddy to a strange temple which he had never laid his eyes upon before.

"What kinda place … it this?" asked Diddy nervously.

"You'll see, little buddy," replied DK, "You'll see."

DK carried his little nephew into the temple.

"This isn't the kind of temple that collapses when you touch something, is it?" asked Diddy.

"Nope," said DK, "Not even close to that."

A hundred yards later, Diddy's eyes caught the glimpse of what seemed to be a huge collection of jewels and other shiny objects scattered over the floor and hanging on the walls.

The little monkey felt so amazed by the sight of this pouring of jewels that he couldn't even believe his eyes. He had never seen so many of them in his life.

"This place looks so unbelievable!" said Diddy excitedly, "I don't even know where to begin from here!"

"Well, that's why they've got so many to choose from," said DK, "They've been kept in here for so many years yet they still shine brightly and make the walls seem as if they have lights.

"Wait a minute," said Diddy, "How could anyone else see this temple if you said that Candy and Dixie have never seen it?"

"It seems complicated, but … let's just say that I'm the only one around who really knows where it is," said DK.

"Well, not quite anymore," said Diddy, "You'd have to count me too!"

"Yep, you too!" said DK with a smile, "Anyways, ever since I first laid my eyes on this temple, I've never really told anyone about it/ I always feared it would spread to an enemy who would want to snatch them all."

"Oh, … yeah," said Diddy, "And then, none of us would have decent gifts to bring to others."

"It's true."

DK carried Diddy over to a spot where hundreds of beautiful, shiny earrings laid against a marble wall.

"Oh, my!" said Diddy as he stared at the earrings, "I can't take my eyes off those earrings! I'll bet Dixie would love one!"

"See! Now what did I tell ya!?" said DK happily.

DK crouched down and allowed Diddy to reach two pearly blue earrings with his own hand.

As the little monkey took the earrings, he gazed at them for several minutes straight.

"Okay, I'd say it's time to head back home and make those things shine even more before you give them to Dixie. The cleaner, the better," said DK.

"Alright, then," said Diddy, "I can't wait to see the look in Dixie's eyes when she sees these!"

The two Kongs left the secretly hidden cave and rushed back home to their tree house so that Diddy could wash off the earrings.

Once the two had arrived back home, Diddy scrubbed on those earrings as much as he could, and soon they were as shiny as ever.

He took them out in the sunlight, and they glistened in the brightness, reflecting the light off the sun.

As Diddy was about to leave for Dixie's house, DK came up and patted his nephew on the back.

"Good luck, little buddy," the ape said.

"I hope she likes these," said Diddy.

"I'd bet she will," said DK, "Now go over there and have a splendid time!"

"Thanks, big buddy!"

Diddy jumped off the porch and landed on his feet. Then, he strolled back into the jungle with the earrings towards Dixie's house.

Throughout the walk, Diddy was careful not to let anything happen to the earrings before they reached their destination.

Eventually, Diddy arrived at his girlfriend's tree house. He climbed up the ladder with one hand while holding onto both earrings with his other hand.

As soon as he was on the porch, he ran up to Dixie's door and knocked.

A few seconds seem to last for about a minute or two before Dixie finally answered the door.

"Oh, hi, Diddy," said Dixie with a warm smile.

"Hi, Dixie," said Diddy, smiling back at his girlfriend, "I thought I'd stop by and give you a little something."

"Well, what would that be?" asked Dixie curiously, "Something truly romantic, I presume?"

Diddy revealed the earrings from behind his back.

Dixie took one glimpse of the earrings, and she gasped in surprise.

"Wow!" she said.

"New earrings!" said Diddy with a big grin.

"Earrings?" said Dixie, "I never thought I'd get new earrings in years! Oh, my precious Dids, you shouldn't have!"

The two Kongs smiled and giggled at each other.

"So, … uh, … yeah, I was thinking that if something ever happened to your other pair of earrings, then these could be a new charm."

"Really?"

"Yeah!"

Dixie slowly reached her hand out and took the earrings from Diddy's hand.

"I'll be right back," she said before turning back inside.

Diddy's heart had leaped with pride. He felt so proud of himself for choosing those beautiful earrings for Dixie. He really felt that he owed DK a million thanks after helping him through this.

Moments later, Dixie came back out with her new earrings pierced onto her ears.

"Wow!" said Diddy in astonishment, "Dix, my precious girl, you look so beautiful I can barely stand up!"

Dixie giggled and began to squeeze her boyfriend for a hug.

"Thank you so much, Dids!" said Dixie happily as she embraced Diddy in a romantic hug, "I love you so much!"

"I love you so much too, Dix!" said Diddy as he hugged Dixie back.

"You are the nicest monkey I've ever known in my life!" said Dixie.

"You are the prettiest girl I've ever known in my life!" said Diddy.

The two monkeys kept hugging each other for a minute before they finally let go of each other.

"You wanna stay and hang out for a little bit?" offered Dixie.

Diddy's smile faded into a frown.

Dixie knew what that meant. She sighed and wrapped an arm around Diddy's back.

"I understand," she said, "You've got important things to do with DK?"

"(sigh) Yeah," said Diddy unenthusiastically, "I wish I could stay with you a little longer, but … my uncle and I have some business to attend to."

"I sure hope it's not having to deal with Cranky," said Dixie.

Diddy's face gave a look of dumbfounded confusion.

"Don't worry, Dids," continued Dixie, "I could invite you over tomorrow, then we can hang out all day and just … enjoy each other."

"Why, sure! You know I'd love that!" said Diddy as his smile came back, "You always seem to know what to do when I'm down."

"Sure seems that way," replied Dixie.

"Well, I'll see you later, precious," said Diddy as he patted the back of Dixie's neck and turned towards the ladder.

"I'll see ya tomorrow, Dids!" said Dixie.

"See ya tomorrow, Dix!" said Diddy.

With that said, Diddy jumped off the porch and began to take a run back to his own house, shared with DK.

As the little simian ventured into the jungle again, he increased his speed and began running like the wind.

Soon, Diddy was back home with DK.

As the little monkey walked in, DK came out of the kitchen with a banana in his head.

"Hey, little buddy!" the ape said as he jumped onto the living room sofa in front of the TV.

"Hi, DK!" said Diddy as he approached DK and jumped right onto his lap.

"So, how did it turn out?" asked DK.

"SHE LOVED THEM!" shouted Diddy in extreme happiness, "She couldn't take her eyes off for a minute before she eventually tried them on her ears and considered them beautiful! She felt like thanking me a million times!"

"I'm so glad, Diddy!" said DK, "See, I told ya that cave was a special place to go!"

"Thank you so much for taking me to that temple, big buddy! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have found those earrings, and I certainly wouldn't be heading back to her house tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow?"

"She invited me over for tomorrow! We're just gonna hang out at her place."

"That sounds nice," said DK.

Diddy wrapped his arms around DK's neck and embraced him in a cute hug.

"I love you so much, DK! I love you!" said Diddy with extreme happiness.

"I love you too, Diddy," replied DK as he hugged Diddy back.

"You've gotta take me to that temple more often," said Diddy.

"Oh, I will!" answered DK, "I certainly will. There will be many more treasures awaiting us in the future."

DK and Diddy smiled at each other and kept on snuggling each other while watching TV for the next hour.


And so ends another chapter combining 'romantic love' with 'brotherly' love. Diddy's had such a lucky day! XD

More requests welcome! Good news: I don't have to worry about any races this weekend! Plus, I've got Monday off! I could spend the next three days just lazing around. I don't laze around too much, though. I'm NOT an obese person, and I wanna keep it that way!

Anyways, see ya later … with more chapters! :)