Writer note: Urg, I've been disinterested in this series, maybe because I'm totally focused on the "Colors of the Past" instead. Anyways, sorry this chapter is so short.
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The next day, Guinna slipped away from her shed in the bushes. Her brother had left to pick up some groceries, so it made a good time for her to go see Kit for a while. He and Baloo were loading cargo to be shipped on the routine drop to New Fedora when she walked up.
"Hey, guys."
Kit turned suddenly, forgetting the cargo. "Hey Guinna!"
"Greetin's, girlie" Baloo grunted out, setting a box down in the cargo hold of the Sea Duck.
"Where are you headed to today?" Guinna asked curiously, peeking into the cargo hold.
"To New Fedora" Baloo answered. "Just a weekly routine run; a couple hours."
Guinna nodded then asked something she didn't plan on. "Can I come?"
"Yeah, why not" Kit said, smling.
"I don't know." Of course, it was up to the adult to crush a kid's fun. "Becky might not let you, Lil' lady."
"Why not? She flow us to Louie's yesterday. Why can't she just come along for the ride today?"
Baloo shrugged. "Go ask ole' Becky then Lil' Britches."
Kit hiked up the dock to the building with Guinna.
"Miz Cunningham?"
Rebecca looked up from her paperwork over her glasses "Hi, Kit. Who's your friend?"
"This is Guinna Kurosawa. Guinna, this is my very understanding, very patient bosslady - Miz Cunningham."
"Hi" Guinna greeted. "Pleased to meet you."
"Pleased to meet you too" Rebecca replied with a smile.
"We were wondering if she could come along with us to New Fedora and back?" Kit asked, hopeful.
"I don't know, Kit. Wait, are you the girl who hit Kit over the head?"
Kit groaned. "How did you know about that?"
Guinna blushed. "Guilty as charged."
"You two are friends?"
"Now we are" Kit shrugged.
"I think it's great that you have friends Kit, but going on a business trip? You remember what happen last time you asked me to bring a friend on a trip?"
Kit rolled his eyes. "That was almost two years ago. Besides, this is just a routine trip to New Fedora."
"Well, I suppose it won't hurt."
"Thanks, Miz Cunningham!" Kit said before dragging back to the SeaDuck.
Halfway to new Fedora, Kit spotted a mass of curling clouds. He grinned. Ideal clouds for his favorite sport.
"Papa Bear, perfect cloudsurfing straight ahead." He pointed to the mass of white. "Can I go out?"
Baloo saluted. "All right, navigator, but don't go too crazy with trying to show off."
"Can I take Guinna out on my air board?" Kit asked, nonchalantly.
"Can your board handle it?"
"I think it'd be able to handle me and her."
"I'd really like to go out on it, Mr. Baloo."
"Well, go for it kids."
They headed to the cargo hold as Baloo opened the hatch.
"Hold on to my waist real tight and don't let go" Kit said with a playful grin.
"Don't worry, I won't let go."
With tow rope in hand, Kit cascaded out the plane. He took out his airfoil from under his sweater and flicked it open. He smoothly placed it under his feet than glanced at Guinna. She had her eyes closed tightly.
"Guinna, you can open your eyes now" he told her.
She slowly opened her eyes and her feet found the board still holding on to Kit's waist with a secure grip. She screamed than laughed at the sight of the water so far below her.
"Kit, this is great! I've never experienced such a thing before!"
"It is great."
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The next day, Guinna slipped away from her shed in the bushes. Her brother had left to pick up some groceries, so it made a good time for her to go see Kit for a while. He and Baloo were loading cargo to be shipped on the routine drop to New Fedora when she walked up.
"Hey, guys."
Kit turned suddenly, forgetting the cargo. "Hey Guinna!"
"Greetin's, girlie" Baloo grunted out, setting a box down in the cargo hold of the Sea Duck.
"Where are you headed to today?" Guinna asked curiously, peeking into the cargo hold.
"To New Fedora" Baloo answered. "Just a weekly routine run; a couple hours."
Guinna nodded then asked something she didn't plan on. "Can I come?"
"Yeah, why not" Kit said, smling.
"I don't know." Of course, it was up to the adult to crush a kid's fun. "Becky might not let you, Lil' lady."
"Why not? She flow us to Louie's yesterday. Why can't she just come along for the ride today?"
Baloo shrugged. "Go ask ole' Becky then Lil' Britches."
Kit hiked up the dock to the building with Guinna.
"Miz Cunningham?"
Rebecca looked up from her paperwork over her glasses "Hi, Kit. Who's your friend?"
"This is Guinna Kurosawa. Guinna, this is my very understanding, very patient bosslady - Miz Cunningham."
"Hi" Guinna greeted. "Pleased to meet you."
"Pleased to meet you too" Rebecca replied with a smile.
"We were wondering if she could come along with us to New Fedora and back?" Kit asked, hopeful.
"I don't know, Kit. Wait, are you the girl who hit Kit over the head?"
Kit groaned. "How did you know about that?"
Guinna blushed. "Guilty as charged."
"You two are friends?"
"Now we are" Kit shrugged.
"I think it's great that you have friends Kit, but going on a business trip? You remember what happen last time you asked me to bring a friend on a trip?"
Kit rolled his eyes. "That was almost two years ago. Besides, this is just a routine trip to New Fedora."
"Well, I suppose it won't hurt."
"Thanks, Miz Cunningham!" Kit said before dragging back to the SeaDuck.
Halfway to new Fedora, Kit spotted a mass of curling clouds. He grinned. Ideal clouds for his favorite sport.
"Papa Bear, perfect cloudsurfing straight ahead." He pointed to the mass of white. "Can I go out?"
Baloo saluted. "All right, navigator, but don't go too crazy with trying to show off."
"Can I take Guinna out on my air board?" Kit asked, nonchalantly.
"Can your board handle it?"
"I think it'd be able to handle me and her."
"I'd really like to go out on it, Mr. Baloo."
"Well, go for it kids."
They headed to the cargo hold as Baloo opened the hatch.
"Hold on to my waist real tight and don't let go" Kit said with a playful grin.
"Don't worry, I won't let go."
With tow rope in hand, Kit cascaded out the plane. He took out his airfoil from under his sweater and flicked it open. He smoothly placed it under his feet than glanced at Guinna. She had her eyes closed tightly.
"Guinna, you can open your eyes now" he told her.
She slowly opened her eyes and her feet found the board still holding on to Kit's waist with a secure grip. She screamed than laughed at the sight of the water so far below her.
"Kit, this is great! I've never experienced such a thing before!"
"It is great."
