( A/N :thank you for those reviews, very very much. Sorry this took me so long to write up this next chapter but I'll be quicker from now on)

Kanya followed behind the trio looking at each of them from one to the other. She had found that this wouldn't be so easy. Sudo had mentioned NOTHING about there being a mammoth to protect Diego. She wasn't worried about the sloth who she had found was quite amusing. Diego had left a gash on her muzzle but she promised to herself she would get him back for that. She had told them that night when she had said she needed help that she was lost and her pack had left her behind for their migration and she was growing short on food, so she explained to them that she was looking for some food. Diego had jumped in quickly that they had no meat and that they really didn't an extra tag along. The sloth though said that maybe with two tigers they could catch more meat. Diego had shot him such a look he ran away quickly. After a few minutes of arguing they had agreed to let her come along. Now she was sulking just a bit that her stomach was grumbling for a decent meal and she kept eyeing the sloth with hunger. Suddenly, as she snapped herself back to attention she noticed that her three other companions had stopped walking. She sped up a bit and stood next to Diego. "Why did we stop?" she asked, not directing the question to anyone. Diego spoke up though. "Sid thinks we can get fish from that frozen lake." She adjusted her weight to turn and look at the lake and nodded gently. "We can." She said simply and trotted toward it. She ignored Sid's chant "I told you so!" She found a large rock that she could push still. She began to push on it with her front paws her back paws sinking into the snow. She was actually surprised to find Diego coming up next to her and began to help her push. After a few moments the rock gave way and rolled into the water. It gave a loud crack as the ice cracked leaving icy water to show. Both tigers moved forward and peered into the water. "Hope you like fish." Kanya said with a bit of pride in her voice. Diego looked at her and she looked at him, she gave him a feline grin that her was more than happy to return. Sid and Manny stood back watching the sabers as they leaned over the water waiting for a fish to swim by. Sid nudged Manny gently and chuckled. "look at them, the love birds!" he said with a grin. Manny looked at Sid and chuckled as well. "Maybe I could give them a nudge in the romantic direction." He said slyly. Manny looked back over him and shook his trunk. "No! Don't! If you give it a nudge you might shove it over the edge!" he said and shoved Sid over with his trunk. Sid laughed and shook his head as snow filled his nostrils. He coughed gently. "alright alright!" he said with a bit of a glare. Diego and Kanya both suddenly gave triumphant growls as both had fish in their mouths now. Kanya laid hers down gently and Diego did so as well. He looked at her as she adjusted her eyes back on the water. He was studying her face, he knew he didn't exactly trust her but something was growing in his stomach, that he couldn't ignore. Whenever he looked at this other saber tooth. He was snapped form his thoughts as Kanya looked at him. "Are you going to fish or just sit there?" she asked with a soft feline smile. ~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~

The moon rose high above the icy mountains, and Kanya was sitting up on a high rock trying to be as near as it as possible. She growled softly to herself looking over her shoulder, the trip was sleeping but her eyes were focused on Diego. She had found that he was smart and she was beginning to feel something as well grow inside her. She had to ignore it though, and she was going to force herself to. She would not risk her life that she knew she would lose if she grew soft. Being soft wasn't her and it never would be. She froze feeling something tap her back. She turned and saw Sid, looking at her with curiosity. "I thought you were all asleep." She said briskly turning away. "Oh, I couldn't sleep." He said and plopped down next to her. "oh." She said looking away. "Whatcha thinking?" Sid asked after a few minutes. She looked at him. "A lot of things." She said with a deep sigh and laid down gently. "Such as? Maybe a certain tiger, not naming any names." He nudged her in the ribs and she looked at him warningly. "I actual thought you were being touching for a moment." She said sarcastically and looked back up at the moon. "Aw, come on! You know you like that big hunk of tiger down there!" Sid said with a loud nasal laugh. Kanya chuckled looking at Sid. "you got an an,using imagination." She said. " I could never like Diego.." she said firmly. "why?" sid asked curiously. Kanya looked at him. "you wouldn't understand." She said and jumped up and away from him planning to just walk for a bit. Sid watched her and then looked at Diego. No matter how hard he tried he never got these tigers. One minute they were nice and the next minute they wanted to bite his head off. He shifted and then waddled back down cuddling next to Manny. He knew something was up, he just didn't know what. Yet.