A/N: YAY! Thank you all my reviewers! Those have got to be some of the best reviews I've ever gotten, thanks! Ok,Manny, Diego and Sid are not mine and'll never be mine for final time! I'm not gonna say it again so don't expect me to! (Heavy breathing)…(normal speech) Anyway! Here's the chappy you've been waiting for!
Chapter 5- Mending old wounds
Diego sighed "Geez, what's takin' Sid so long?" He had been gone for almost an hour. Diego was actually considering going to look for him, until there was a loud yell.
Both Diego and Sheba jumped up; it was enough to even get Manny out of his mood for a moment. "That sounded like Sid!" Sheba said. "Come on!" Diego said as he took off first.
They ran to the sound of the scream and were shocked when they saw Sid…perfectly unharmed, in a field of daisies, eating. Manny was the first to speak "Didn't you scream?"
Sid nodded "Yeah, but out of joy! I mean- look at all the daisies! HM! Delicious!" Sheba frowned "Is this why you were taking so long?"
"No, actually, I was delayed and you'll never guess by who!" he said. Diego gave him a confused look "What do you mean?" Sid sighed, "Ok, here's what happened…"
-Flashback-
One of the sabers chuckled "Well, well, well…didn't think we'd ever find any food…with all those despicable humans…getting everything…this good enough for the pack Ma'am?"
Sid covered his eyes in completely fear, but a voice said almost softly "Sid?" Sid slowly peeked through one claw. The voice chuckled "Sid, is that you?"
He slowly calmed "Kim?" She laughed "Sid! Oh it is you! Back off the sloth!" she ordered. The sabers growled lightly, but at her glare, moved away from Sid who smirked.
Kimsmiled and hugged him(like in the Lion King when Simba/Mufasa hugged Rafiki) "Oh how are you? Why are you out all alone? Are the others with you? Are they ok? How's Diego?"
"Um, I won't know, haven't really asked him, the others aren't all to good and I was looking for food before you came, I'm ok I guess…" he said slowly making sure he answered every question she asked.
She frowned "They're not ok? Why? What happened?" He sighed, "Well…these humans attacked us and well…Nina's gone…Manny's all weird and Sheba's crying every second!"
Kim growled "Humans! You to huh? Yeah, half our original pack is gone to. It's strange, they're reproducing at a tremendous rate…"
Sid nodded.
"Well, if you're still hungry, I could tell you where there's a field of flowers, you can even bring the others. We found a spot the humans don't come to. You can join us there and we can help you find Nina!" she said happily.
Sid smiled "Ok!"
-Flashback ends-
Diego winced "Kim's here?" Sheba completely ignored him "She said she can help find Nina! Lets go!" With Sid leading, they made their way to a little valley, no human tents in sight.
Sid smiled "Here we are." Diego was very, very far behind. Of course Kim was there to greet them…making Diego much slower. Kim smiled "Hey guys what's-"
Sheba ran forward making her face mere inches from Kim's "You can help us find Nina?" Kim blinked "Uh…s-sure! 8 noses are better then 3!"
Sheba squealed and turned "Did you hear that Manny?" When they stopped moving, Manny went back tothe mental battlewith his emotions "...Wha?"
"DON'T YOU EVEN CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR DAUGHTER! UGH! YOU'RE UNBELIVABLE!" she yelled as she marched away.
He went after her "No wait, wait! Sheba!"
Kim looked after them then back at Sid "Kaaaay…well, anyway! Where's Diego?"
"Huh? Oh, uh…he's not here? Oh there he is!" Sid said pointing behind him. Diego dragged his feet and refused to look up. She smiled "Hey Diego."
He visibly winced but muttered a quiet hello. Shesmiled "So, how've you been?" Again, he muttered a quiet reply without looking up. "…Are you still mad?" she asked.
This time he was silent…until-
"…Hey what's that?" he said looking up suddenly. Kim looked behind her and when she looked back only to seedust where Diego once was. "He's gone." Sid said.
She frowned angrily "Well…FINE!" And she to, marched away angrily. Sid looked in both directions then shrugged "Well…I guess I can go back to the field and eat my weight in daisies…YEAH!" and left.
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Manny followed her a long way "Will ya wait a second?" She finally stopped, in fact, she stopped so suddenly Manny bumped into her.
He fell back and she glared at him, her face in his "WHY SHOULD I! YOU'VE BEEN SUCH A…UGH! I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'VE LOST A CHILD BUT I HAVEN'T! YOU SHOULD BE HERE TO HELP ME! Don't you care?" she asked and continued moving.
Manny stared at the ground "I do care just…"
Sheba looked back "Just what?"
"It's just I'm thinking…why…why is it I can never keep a child? I was careful this time! I watched her! I…maybe I'm just not meant to be a father, I mean…I've already lost two children…" he mumbled to his feet.
But Sheba was done being sympathetic, he wasn't for her so she just exploded"WELL IF YOU KEEP ACTING LIKE YOU ARE…you might lose another mate to…"
His eyes widened and he looked up.
She heard the harshness of her words andsighed "Manny, you've been hurt and I can understand that…but so have I. If you're really my mate then we should be working through this TOGETHER!"
For a moment they just stood there staring at each other, each with their own expressions…but then Manny sighed.
He moved forward and took her trunk in his "Ok…you're right. I'm sorry. From now on, even if we don't find Nina, we'll get through this…together…" She smiled and hugged him "Thank you."
Else where…
Kim paced around angrily "Stupid…I said I was sorry…" She had been doing this for hours. Kovin sighed "Kim, are you gonna stay here, pacing like an idiot or are you gonna go talk to him?"
She rounded on him "WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN?" she shouted.
He shirked back for a second, she was really scary when she was angry "Er…I mean, come on, you can't say you don't see it!...Can you?" he added questioningly.
She scoffed "What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb! It's obvious! I mean, he's all you ever talk about! For example, I try to make a romantic moment and what do you say? 'I wonder how Diego and the others are doing'."
She scoffed "I was asking about the others!"
"Yeah, but you said his name! I'm not stupid and maybe you should stop acting like you are! Go to him, it's obvious he's all you can think about. It's always Diego this and Diego that! Just go already!" he said, slightly angry.
She frowned "But…what about you?"
He scoffed "Me…you know I honestly don't think I should have mate...I'm better off alone, besides, if you were going to be my mate you would be lying to yourself and I couldn't bare to even look at you. Now stop being stupid, go to him." He added softly.
She smiled and nuzzled him "Thanks Kovin, you're my best friend." He sighed "As are you, now get outta here already!" She smiled and ran to the direction he was in.
Kovin waited till he was gone then sighed "Besides…I love you to much to have you be miserable like me…"
Where he was…
Diego sighed as he paced back and forth "Talk about pathetic…grrr! Get it together! You can do this! So what if it still hurts to hear her name…and see her face…and hear her voice…oh who am I kidding? I can't face her…not after what she did…but still…ugh!"
He fell on his stomach in defeat "…But…I still love her…and that's what hurts the most…" For a moment he just laid there in silent defeat, but then-
"Diego?" a voice said softly.
He almost jumped out of his skin "AH! Er…Kim…uh…hi…"
She smiled "Hi…may I join you?"
He mumbled a response as she sat next to him and he got up, moving further away from her, for a moment they were both quiet…then Kim sighed.
"Look, can we just…please, forget the past and start over?" she asked. He swallowed hard "I…no…I'm sorry…I mean, how can you ask me that after what you did?"
She sighed "Diego, it's not that I didn't love you just…you were gonna kill Kovin and I couldn't let you do that…he's my best friend…" He stared at her "Best friend?"
Kim nodded "Yes, he's been my friend since I was a cub…can you please, just give me another chance?" For a while it was quite...but then Diego smiled, sat down next to her and stared up at the sky "…It's nice out tonight…"
She smiled as well and rested her head on his shoulder"Yeah…"
Meanwhile, far, far away…
'Tamie' shook her head. "What? Another memory?" Kat asked. See, over time, Tamie's memory of her life before had came back, little by little.
Not all at once, she still didn't know her own name, how she lost them, or anything important…but she did hear her mother and father…never saw, but heard…
She nodded "Yeah only…heh…I was sostupid! Before you found me, I was messing with rhinos!"
Kat laughed "HA! Yeah right! You're to scared to even go past the waterhole and your saying you were messing with rhinos!"
Tamie sighed "Not me now! It's me…before…" Kat smirked "I probably would've liked the old you then, at least you'd let me have a little fun!"
Tamie made a face.
THE END…of this chapter!
YES! See, I got a lot of complaints about my ending last time so…to 'give the people what they want' I put them together.