ISN'T SHE CUTE

A/N: Hee, hee! Thank you allfor your reviews!Ok, anew chapter with new adventures! I only own a few characters but Manny, Sid, and Diego are NOT mine, so, now that that's out of theway,lets get to those adventures hm?

Chapter 5- friend or foe?

Diego smirked "That's right…she's been following us, I've smelt her scent everywhere we were…" Nina nodded slowly "Oh…in that case, I did it on purpose! So, HA! Evil stalker lady!"

Kim frowned "Ok, you got me…so now what? Gonna kill me?" Manny frowned "That depends…why were you following us?" She growled "NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!"

He looked around at everyone else "Well? What should we do with her?"

Everyone was silent after this question.

Kim, waiting for her death sentence, closed her eyes and kept her head down. Diego looked her over "…Hm, we'll keep her." Everyone looked at him "Huh!"

Kim looked up "What?"

"Yeah…if you are a spy, then we can't let you go…you could report to your boss…besides, you're not goin' anywhere with that back…" he said smugly.

She bared her teeth angrily as she spat "I can leave anytime I want to!"

He smirked "Ok, then get up…"

Kim glared at him for a while before slowly putting her paws out as if to get up, but with a noise of pain she lay back down.

"I rest my case…" Diego said.

Sheba sighed "Ok, I guess we can bring her along…ma'am, this may hurt for a second." Next thing Kim knows, Sheba gently placed her on her back, making her look like a hunted animal.

"Ow…thanks…" she muttered angrily.

Manny sighed "Well…lets just keep going then…"

So, they walked on, but this time was different…no one spoke and Nina didn't play. Instead she kept to her mother's side and glared at Kim. Finally it wore on her nerves.

Shesighed "Alright kid, I'll bite…what do you want?"

Nina frowned "I'm keeping an eye on you, Uncle Diego said never turn your back on your enemy…"

Kim scoffed "Don't worry, I doubt I'll be able to do anything with this back, so, you can go back to playing your little games and hurt someone else for a change."

A ping of guilt went on Nina's face but she shook it off,"NOPE! You won't trick me! You're the bad guy so you won't make me feel bad about hurting you! Besides, this is the first time I've met you, so it's the first time I ever did anything to you!"

"Yes…and no." she said.

Nina frowned "Yeah right! Name one time I-"

"Playing in the puddle, you splashed me with water." Kim said dully.

Nina looked takenaback "The talking rock…that was you?"

"Yesss…" Kim said, now sounding annoyed.

Nina looked around before looking back at her"Welll…I bet you can't name two-"

"Hit me in the eye with the stick you were pretending was a flying bird." Kim said in the same bored tone.

Nina bit her lip "…Welllll…you can't name three-"

Kim stared at her "When you were pretending to be attacking some deadly animal you charged and ran over my tail."

"Um…four-"

She sighed "You were head butting a tree and knocked a branch over my head."

Nina looked around nervously.

About almost an hour later

"Um…lets see…what number comes after 34?" Nina asked. Sheba blinked "…35…Geez Manny, when did we get such a violent daughter?"

"Hey, don't look at me, you're the one who tells her to do her own thing and not take anything from anybody…" he said.

Nina stomped her feet "I am NOT vi-o-lent!"

Kim looked up thoughtfully "35…oh, that was when you were running after a mouse, you thought was a snake and you were chasing it with a bush. At first I thought you scared lunch to me, but then you started hitting the rock in reallllly hard, which led to you crushing my paw."

"Wow…and I remember I was hitting really hard! You must have a lot of self-control!" Nina said in awe.

She shrugged "Comes with training…I mean, I really tried not to scream, but most trouble I had was to resist from killing you."

Nina sighed "Ok…35, but I bet you can't-"

"KID, just give it up! Every game you've played so far has led to my injure, ok! Lets just drop it, not to mention the little rock shower I got at the beginning of all this!" Kim said angrily.

Nina gasped and pointed "Sid did that to! You can't just be mad at me!"

Kim glared at the sloth who took a step back, "Whoa! Don't look at me, Manny said to play with her!" he said pointing.

Manny looked back at the mention of his name"I said PLAY, not throw rocks!"

"Yeah, but that's what SHE wanted to play!" Sid said defensively.

"SO! You threw your rocks the furthest!" Nina yelled accusingly. Sid turned to her "Yeah, but you said to throw all the rocks!" Nina hesitated then said "Well…dad said you should play, so it's his fault!"

"WHAT! That doesn't make since!" Manny said suddenly.

Soon the three-sided argument was getting louder…and louder…

Diego had just been listening and soon, his ears started to hurt "…grrrr…SHUT UP!"

This sudden out burst got everyone quiet.

"IT'S ALL YOUR GUYS FAULT SO YOU ALL HURT HER, OK?…But it is mostly Nina's fault…" he added. Nina turned her head up and pouted "HMPT!"

Both Kim and Sheba sighed "Finally!"

Kim nodded "My head starting to hurt, thanks…uhhh…"

He sighed "Diego."

She nodded "Diego, right…and you all?"

"Sheba."

"Sid."

"I'm Nina, and my dad's name is Manfred, but everyone always calls him Manny." Nina said. He looked backat her "Hey! What, I can't say my own name?"

Kim sighed "Ok I get it, no more fighting…(yawn)...I'm really tired…" Sheba smiled "It's fine, you can take a nap up there until we find a place to stay for tonight."

Kim nodded and yawned loudly "Thanks." Cuddling up to her fur like a blanket, Kim closed her eyes and slowly drifted to sleep.

Sheba looked at everyone else "…Ok, I think she's asleep." Nina sighed "I dunno…she seems really nice to me…a little grumpy, but nice…" Sid looked at her teeth "Yeah…nice…"

"Well, we can't take any chances…I mean, she was following us…" Diego said. Manny nodded "True…but then, couldn't she've just wanted some company…"

Diego snorted "Sure and pretty soon Nina will lose all taste for adventure…"

Sheba laughed "Nice use of sarcasum!"

He smirked "Well, we should all still keep our guard up anyway…"

Sheba sighed "Whatever you say Diego. Whatever you say…"

They walked a little longer before Kim woke up. She yawned "Hey…how far have we gone?"

Nina shrugged "I dunno…few miles…"

Kim's eyes widened "CRAP! I haven't put my scent on anything for a few miles…think of something!" she thought.

Slowly, she looked behind Sheba.

"(Sigh)…Ok…this is REALLY gonna hurt…" she thought.

Closing her eyes tightly and preparing for the immense pain that was sure to follow her actions, she rolled off Sheba's back and landed behind her.

She roared in pain as she hit the ground, but made sure her claws dug into the dirt.

"Sheba!" Manny said. She turned back "Oh no, I'm soooo sorry! I…it's weird, I didn't feel her slipping!" Diego sighed "Maybe you're just a little to far off the ground…"

Gently, he helped her on his back "I'll take her till we find somewhere to rest…"

Kim smirked inwardly through the pain "Excellent, since he's closer to the ground my tail and possible my legs'll scrape the ground leaving my scent…"

Nina looked at her but said nothing.

Only she had noticed Kim rolling but she couldn't bring herself to say anything to make everyone suspious. "Maybe she had a good reason for it…yeah…" she thought as they moved on.

So they walked a little ways on until they found a good place to rest for the night.

Diego bent down and gently she slid off his back.

Kim yawned "Thanks…now, think it's time we all got some sleep…"

Everyone agreed to this…it had been a long day, and in the end, everyone decided Kim was friend, rather then foe…but is she!

THE END…for now…

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