ISN'T SHE CUTE?
A/N: Thanks for all your reviews everyone (ALL 3 OF YOU! GRRR! SHAME ON THE REST OF YA!), and I probably should've said this sooner, but it'sthe fic'sgonna focus on Diego forthe rest of thefic,but Nina will still leave her mark of childmischief on this fic so don't worry!Ok, this is going on from where I left off and here it is! I own nothing but a few characters. Manny, Sid and Diego are not mine!
Chapter 6- it's not what it looks like!
Last time…the group found out who their stalker was, but decided that if she was a spy it'd be best if she stayed with them. So, even though she was injured, Kim still kept leading her pack right to them, but our group had no idea what was going on right under their noses, and now the present...
They had been traveling for a few weeks and Kim's back was starting to recover.
Diego looked at her as they were about to leave from their latest resting place"Are you sure you can walk?"
She nodded "Oh yeah, I've had tons of little mammoths fall on my back before, you heal faster with each time."
True, they were all pretty certain she was on their side…but she never seemed...happy. Sort of like how Manny use to be, almost always sarcastic, a little grumpy, felt she had the worst luck to be forced to go with them (even though technically she wasn't forced to.) Yeah, just like Manny in the first movie.
But, everyone sorta got use to this so they had no problem with it, in fact, Nina thought it was funny.
Nina laughed "Hey Kim, wanna play a game?"
"That depends, am I gonna be the cushion when you fall?" she asked. Again she laughed "NO! But, we can pretend we're giants and, and then…crush all the mountains of mud I made!"
One thing about Kim everyone liked, she played with Nina without being told to! And actually enjoyed it…either that or she was really good at pretending she did.
She sighed "Ok…but I get to crush the big one!" Nina stomped a foot "Hey! No fair! You got a head start!" They both ran to a pile of mud and started stomping it and throwing it at one another.
Diego watched then shook his head and sighed "Whatever…"
And who should come along…but Sid.
He smiled "Hey Diego…what'cha doin'?"
Diego shrugged "Watching them play…waiting for them to finish so we can leave."
Sid nodded "Ah-ha…sure you're not watching anyone in particular…?"
Diego glared at him "Don't start…"
See, over the past few weeks, Sid had gotten this bad habbit of trying to get Diego to confess his undying love for Kim.
"What? I'm just sayin'…I mean, I helped Manny get Sheba, why not help you?" Sid said. He frowned "Ok, I'll admit, she is a pretty attractive female, but…"
Sid looked at him "Bbbbbut?"
"But that doesn't mean I automatically have feelings for her!" he growled.
Sid looked at him "Welll…why not?"
Diego groaned "Because I'm NOT shallow! I mean, we barely even know if she can be trusted and you expect me to have other feelings for her?"
Sid shrugged "If you say so…just tryin' to help…"
Diego snorted "Well I'd like it if you just stayed out of my personal business, GUYS, COME ON, LETS GET GOING!"
Nina looked up from the mud "KAY!" Both walked out of the mud pilesand shook the mud off their backs. "YAY! That was fun!" Nina laughed as they walked.
Kim smirked "Yeah, but your mom'll have a fit when she sees you…" Nina looked back to ask what she meant but Kim kicked up mud all over her.
"AUGH! KIM!" Nina said angrily.
But Kim was already running "Come on! Don't wanna keep them waiting!"
Sheonce again shook the mud of her back and ran after her. Of course,Kim's back wasn't completely healed so she wasn't to fast and Nina won.
Well, after that, they spent the rest of the time walking.
Diego found it annoying that Sid kept making silent gestures at Kim, but at times he found he couldn't help but look over at her. She was pretty in saber standards…or at least in his…
"But still, I can't ever be to sure…you can't just trust her because she's pretty…beautiful even…" Diego thought. He watched her as he thought these things and didn't notice the rock in front of him until his head made contact with it.
Kim walked over to him and nudged the side of his face with her nose "Hey, you ok?" He stood up and shook the dizziness out of his head "Uh…yeah, I'm ok."
She gave him a looked as she walked on "If you say so…"
Sid smirked and raised his eyebrows.
"Shut up before I eat your head." Diego growled and continued walking. Sid couldn't help but chuckle…they moved on once Nina helped Sid out of a log he was stuck in.
Nina sighed "Geez, what'd you say to get him thatmad?"
He rubbed his sore neck "I didn't say anything!…I chuckled…"
Nina rolled her eyes "You were asking for it." she said as they continued walking.
Later that night, they found a little valley, not that there was grass there, but they did find that the hills took most of the cold blowing air…I'M NOT GOOD AT DISCRIBING PLACES, I JUST SEE IT IN MY MIND! >(
Nina yawned "DAAAAAAAAD! I'm tried…" Manny looked at their surroundings "Yeah, this is a good place to rest for the night…"
All feeling rather tired, they lay down to sleep. It was still night, when Diego for some reason or another, woke up. But as he blinked himself awake he heard a sound…soft, sweet…harmonious?
He sat up and looked around, it was then that he noticed Kim wasn't where she was when he first closed his eyes.
At first he was tense, looking everywhere for signs of an attack, but then saw her sitting on a hill staring up at the moon and as he soon found, that soft sound was coming from her…she was singing to herself.
"…And it's loooonely bein' the only one who knows the truth…I have a secret that I can never tell, one wrong decision, puts my heaaaart through hell-"
Diego's eyes widened "Secret? So she is a spy?" he thought as he moved forward, accidentally stepping on a twig.
Though she may have seemed off guard, the moment his foot touched the twig, her ears twitched and when it snapped she turned with amazing speed and a roar.
It was so fast Diego didn't even know what was happening until he found himself nose to nose with Kim on top of him.
She had on paw with her claws out up, ready to strike with a vicious look on her face…Diego actually flinched! Her snarling expression slowly softened when she say who she was looking at"Diego?"
He smiled sheepishly "Uh…hi…"
They were like that no longer then a second, when they heard an 'A-HEM!' Both turned their heads to see everyone was wake and staring at them.
Kim's roar woke them all as she intend…if it were an attack!
Sid smirked "Are we, interrupting?" They both looked back at each other before Kim jumped off him. "IT'S NOT WHAT LOOKS LIKE!" they both yelled.
Sheba sighed "Hey whatever, if you guys are involved, that's your business, but would you mind keeping it down…and out of view?"
"WE ARE NOT INVOLVED!" they both practically screamed. Manny shook his head "Alright, alright! Whatever! Lets just…go back to sleep!"
They all went back to the little valley with Manny against the bottom of a hill, Sheba next to him and Nina snuggly in between, while Sid got comfortable on the mammoth's backs, but not before casting a wink to Diego.
Diego growled and muttered to himself "I'm gonna kill 'em…" As he lay down to sleep he noticed that Kim was off at a distance from everyone else…
She rested her head on her paws and closed her eyes sadly "Hn…brrr! It's cold…which I had my pack, at least then I could keep warm…"
"…Hey…" he said softly so as not to get everyone's attention once more. Kim almost jumped at the sound of his voice "Oh, hi…uh, sorry about the whole…you know…"
He chuckled "It's ok…I uh…noticed you looked pretty cold and sad here by yourself…"
"Oh…well, I just don't trust myself…" she muttered and trailed off. Before he could question her further she looked back down "Look, I'm ok. Just cold…"
He sighed "Well…maybe if someone was here with you, you wouldn't be so cold…" She looked at him skeptically "Are you hitting on me?"
"No! But…we sabers gotta stick together, right?" he said slowly. Kim smiled warmly"That we should…" So she moved over and he lay down next to her.
Kim yawned, closed her eyes and still shivered "Brrr…still cold…hm, that's better…wait!" She opened her eyes to see that Diego had rested his head over hers.
"You were still shivering, thought you might need a little more warmth…" he said when she was about to speak.
Though she would rather argue about it, a gust of wind made her change her mind and with a soft sigh she decided to stop resisting and snuggled closer to his neck.
His eyes widened and he swallowed a sort of lump in his throat.
"Oh boy…that was weird…wow, she really is pretty…in the moonlight…(sigh) Diego you idiot…you love her…" he thought to himself.
Over a little ways, it didn't take long for Manny and Nina to return to sleep, but Sid and Sheba were still wake.
"They sleep?" Sid asked motioning to Manny and Nina.
Sheba chuckled as she looked down at Nina "Like rocks…heh…kid takes after her father…"
He nodded "Hey, look over there."
Sheba looked up and sighed, "Aw, they're so cute together…" Sid chuckled "I knew this would work…but their so proud, to proud to admit the love each other…"
"Yeah…I'll try talking Kim down." Sheba said more to herself then to Sid as she slowly closed her eyes.
Soon, everyone was asleep once more.
Else where…
A group of sabers walked on a path. Everyone had their noses to the ground. Another growled, "I can't believe they refused to help us take down those mammoths…"
Kovin sighed "It's fine…besides…their not the ones who killed Ringo…I'm just glad a few volunteered to keep them back while I get Diego…"
"Kovin, I think I've found her scent!" someone shouted said over his shoulder.
The leader walked to the spot and sniffed the ground "…Hmm…yes, it's this way, lets hurry! Revenge can only stay fresh for so long…" he said evilly.
THE END…for now…
HA, HA, HA, HA! I HAVE DONE IT! I'VE FINISHED ANOTHER CHAPTER! YEEEEAAAAAH!…Review if you want to know what happens now!
