A/N: Hello! Ok,thanks to allfor reading, I can't wait for more reviews, the movie's comin' out tomorrow and I NEED to finish it fast! So,here's the chapter!
Chapter 8- I have a what!
Sheba turned "N…Nina?" With her eyes still watery she sniffled and nodded. Both squealed and hugged. "OH NINA! But, what triggered your memory?" Sheba asked, still hugging her.
Nina chuckled "With all the times dad has told me to 'be safe' I'd be surprised if I didn't remember!" Manny smiled sheepishly. When Sheba let her go (actually she had to be pried off her, but you know, same thing) they start off.
Nina smiled "Hey dad, I'm almost as tall as you." He laughed, "You wish!" Nina grinned, "With how tall I got I wonder if I can jump off a cliff and only break 2 of my legs!"
Manny frowned "No." Sheba closed her eyes and sighed, "It's so nice to have the family back together again!" They hadn't gotten far when a voice behind them yelled "Tamie!"
Nina gasped "Oh no! I forgot about them!" They all turned around to see Kat and Takara coming up over a hill. Manny frowned "That wolf doesn't look female."
Sheba tilted her head "But then, who said that?"
Kat ran faster "Tamie!"
Manny blinked "Whoa…that human just talked…" Sheba closed her eyes "Oh no, I'm dreaming again?" Nina sighed "No, no, no…Kat uh…she can talk."
Kat stopped right in front of them and pulled her trunk "Come buddy, lets go home!" Sheba cleared her throat. For the first time Kat took notice to her and Manny "Oh, hello."
Sheba frowned "Nina's going with us."
Kat looked confused "Um…o-kaaay, now come on Tamie."
"N-no, Tamie is Nina." Manny said. Kat looked up at him "…Huh?" Takara frowned "Hey listen buddy, this kid just dragged me almost 2 miles for that kid, she's coming with us!"
Sheba stepped forward "NO, she's not!"
Manny sighed "Sheba-"
"NO MANNY! I'VE WAITED LONG EVEN, I WANT MY BABY BACK!" she shouted angrily. Nina put a trunk over her face "Ugh." Kat looked up at her "Tamie?"
She sighed "Mom, dad, you think I could have a moment to talk to Kat…alone?" Manny nodded "Sure, come on Sheba, let's talk about that temper…" They both walked out of earshot.
Kat's eyes got wide "What?"
"Uh, that lovable pair back there…those are…my parents…" she said, blushing slightly. Kat's eyes watered "So…you're gonna…(sniffle)…leave?"
Nina adapted a look of guilt "W-well…I…uh…" Kat's lower lip trembled. "Oh no, don't! Please don't…look I'm thankful that you found me and all-" Nina said.
"THEN COME HOME!" Kat whined.
Nina sighed, "Kat…look at them. My parents have been looking for me for 2 years! They missed my entire childhood and yet my mom still calls me her baby. Remember all those times I stayed up and wondered where they were and when I had memories of them? Well, now they're here and I can finally see them. Please, if not for them, for me? Can you let me go?"
Kat put her face in her hands "But…I…y-you're my best friend! Y-you can't leave!"
Takara cleared his throat "Uh, I'm not exactly the old geezer but I'll give it a shot. Look kid, Tamie's always been there for you and done everything, right?"
Kat sniffled and nodded.
"Well, in all that time, what was the one thing she always wanted? The ONE thing she ever asked for?" he said.
Kat sighed "Her family." He nodded "Right, so don't you think it's fair, after everything she's ever done for you, to get them back?" Kat stared at him then looked up at Nina, who was looking longingly at her parents.
She sighed, "…Ok…I guess you can go…but take this." And she took off a necklace with many different beads. Nina shook her head "No, no, not the necklace your mother gave you!"
"Take it, you're my best friend, you should have it…" She said. Nina smiled and hugged her "Thanks Kat, you're my best friend to." Takara cleared his throat.
Kat frowned "Alright! Well, bye Nina, hope I get to see you again." She smiled "Don't worry, I know ya will. Bye! Tell the other's I said bye!" Nina waved until Kat and Takara were little specks.
Both her parents walked over. Manny smiled "Funny, I got one just like that." Sheba sighed, "So, ready to go home?" Nina nodded "You bet! On the way, tell me how you guys found a place."
"Well, we're staying with Kim." Sheba said. Nina winced "And Diego?"
"Oh he's there to." Manny said. Sheba smiled "It's so cute! They made up and…oh, you'll see when we get there." The rest of the way was spent talk about things in the past and how everyone was doing.
It wasn't until they were really close that they heard a noise.
Nina gasped, "What was that?" Sheba gasped next "Oh my gosh! I completely forgot! Manny, keep her here and don't come until I call!" And she ran ahead of them.
Nina looked up at Manny "…What's she talking about?"
"Frankly, I don't ever know what's going on in her head so don't ask me." He sighed. She grinned, "Hey, remember when you and mom fought about where to go?"
Manny sighed, "Well I try not to." Nina laughed, "She got really mad and-" He groaned "SHEBA, CAN WE COME NOW?"
"…JUST A SECOND!" she yelled back.
Nina smirked "And remember when I got to play with the rhinos?"
"SHEBA! YOUR DAUGHTER'S BEING A PAIN!" he yelled.
Nina pouted, "AM NOT!"
"…OK, OK COME ON!" Sheba yelled.
Both walked over to the little saber campsite. Sheba stood straight but was smiling happily. "Ok…Nina, I honestly never thought we'd get to do this, but we've got a surprise for you." She said, barely able to keep the excitement down.
Manny smiled "Oh! So this is what you were practicing!" Sheba nodded "Yes…ok, now ready…Nina, I want you to met…"
(Holding out for suspense)
"MOM! Can ya just show me?" Nina yelled.
Sheba stepped out of the way and Nina gasped and her eyes nearly popped out of her head "…Nina…this is your baby brother…Kurt!" she said enthusiastically.
(Ok, sorry, I have to brake in for a second, see, Kurt was who Diego was talking about in the 6 chapter 'What are you yelling about! A certain child is asleep and if you think I'm gonna put 'em back to sleep-' See? That was Kurt. Ok, back to the story…)
Nina stared "…I have a what?"
For a moment both of them stared at each other.
The little mammoth that sat before her looked a lot like Sheba, he had light fur, which was between brown and a sort of pinkish, he also had milk chocolate brown eyes.
He looked up at her with his mouth open wide "…WOOOOW…YOU'RE TALL! Like dad! And mom!" Nina blinked "I have a what?" The little mammoth looked at Sheba "This is her? She's my sister?"
Sheba had tears "Yup, that's Nina." Kurt smiled "YAY! Come on, we're gonna have lotsa funny together!" He grabbed her trunk with his "Come on! I'll show you the caverns and the lake, and the field, OH, oh! We can eat or weight in daisies!"
Nina's facial expression didn't change as Kurt practically led her. Sheba was crying "Oh look! Our children playing together!" Manny sighed "I dunno…it looked like a shock for Nina…you think they'll get along?"
Sheba hit him with her trunk "Don't say that! Of course they will!"
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Kurt smiled "Here we are!" Nina shook her head "Oh wow…" Daisies, everywhere…For a while they ate in silence, then Nina sighed "SO! Um…little…brother-"
"My name's Kurt and your name's Nina." He said happily. She nodded "Right, right…well…wanna tell me a little about yourself?"
He grinned "Well…I like daisies, certain kind of leaves, bushes, I like blue, red, green, purple and pink! Uncle Sid is funny, but Uncle Diego's funnier! OH! One time, Uncle Diego walked with me to lake and Uncle Sid came with us and blah, blah, blah, blah, blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahb-"
"Wow…this kid won't shut up! Heh, he takes after mom more then I thought…" she thought as he talked…and talked…and talked…
She was practically asleep when he asked "-so that was really fun but what about you? Where have you been, mama never told me, what's that stuff on your face?"
She sighed, "Ok, well…" Nina told him everything that happened to her with Kat and the wolves, but unlike her, he paid attention.
He laughed at the right time, gasped, sighed, 'oooh'ed and he always had his big excited eyes on her, like it was a story.
"Then again…maybe having a little brother won't be so bad…" she thought.
He grinned "WOW! That's so cool!" Nina smiled "Yeah…hey, you showed me all this great stuff, why don't I show you on of my favorite games…"
She led him to the top of a cliff, there, they both peered at a herd of rhinos from a distance. "Kay, now lets get 'em." She whispered. Kurt shook his head "But we can't!"
Nina stared at him "What?"
"Daddy always says to stay close to the pack, never mess with animals bigger then me, NEVER do dangerous stuff!" he said. Nina blinked "…Ok, now lets go."
"But caaaaan't!" he whined.
She groaned, "Why do you do everything he says?"
"Cuz he's dad and he's the boss!" Kurt said. She laughed and shook her head "Man kid, come on, this is gonna be the most fun you've ever had!"
They both walked in front of the herd, well, Nina more marched with a smirk and Kurt followed meekly behind. She grinned, "Ok, now here's my favorite part…HEY UGLY!"
Kurt and the entire herd looked at her with shock/anger. "YEAH! YOU GUYS! WHAT, YOU CALLED UGLY SO OFTEN IT'S SECOND NATURE TO YA?" she screamed.
Kurt giggled but shook his head "Nina, stop!" The leader glared "You're a kid so we'll give you 3 chances, leave, before you get hurt." Nina smirked "OK, I'LL LEAVE WHEN YOU GUYS LOOK BETTER!"
Kurt giggled again. She smiled "Come on, give it a shot!" Kurt opened his mouth but closed it and shook his head. "Aw come on, please? Don't make play alone…" she said.
Kurt looked at her for a long time.
"…Y-yeah…YEAH! AND-AND YOU SMELL STINKY!" he shouted.
They growled.
Nina smirked "That the best you got? Watch this…YOU SMELL SO BAD NOT EVEN THE VULTURES WANNA EAT YOUR DEAD CARCUSES!"
"GrrrrrRRRR! THAT'S IT! I'VE HAD IT! GET 'EM!" the leader yelled. Kurt's eyes widened "They're running over here…" Nina smirked as she threw Kurt on her back "Ok, HERE WE GO!"
And she took off as fast as she could. Kurt screamed "WWWHHHHHHHOOOOOOAAAAAAAA-AAAHHHH HA-HOO! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
He screams went from fear to excitement in nothing flat, but the rhino's where right on her tail. "Faster Nina, FASTER! THEY'RE GAINING!" he yelled in her ear.
She smirked "Kay, hold on, this is how I always lost 'em!" Kurt gasped "Nina! They're reeeeaaaaaallllllly close now!"
"Just a little more…" she muttered. One of them was at her side "I'M GONNA MAKE YOU EAT THOSE WORDS KID!" Kurt whimpered "Nina?"
"Almost there…hold on!" she said as suddenly she took a sharp turn into a hole on the side of the cliff. The rhinos didn't see it happened and she did it to fast so not even the one that did see couldn't turn the rest of the herd.
Nina panted, "See?" Kurt was silent, the fur on his head stood up and his eyes looked like they'd be widened forever. She looked up at him "Hey kid, you alright?"
He blinked once, then again, and smiled "Heh…hee…HAHAHA! WOW! NINA! THAT WAS SOOOO COOL!" She lifted him off her back "Heh, see! I told you!"
"Oh man! That was the coolest thing I've ever done! Dad would be so angry right now!" Kurt laughed. Nina smiled "If you liked that, you're gonna love this!"
She led him closer to the pack but stopped at a geyser. "Watch." She said as she got a rock. She threw it in and counted '3…2…1…' then it flew into the air.
Kurt looked at it then back at her "So?" She smirked "Next?" He gasped "I get to fly!" She smiled "Only if you want to!" He looked at the pack with guilt but then looked at Nina "...Yeah!"
She grinned as she picked him up "Alrighty then, here ya go!" He sat there as she started the count down, having second thoughts. '2…1-'
He gasped "W-wait! I change my MIIIINNNDDD! WWWWHHHHOOOAAAAA!" She smiled "Don't worry Kurt, I got ya!" and she ran under him.
Kurt screamed as he came down and crashed right into Nina. "…Ow…" Nina said weakly. Kurt panted, "That…was…insane…" She laughed "I know, isn't it great!"
He stared at her, then laughed. They both laughed for a while. "KIDS! THE SUN'S GOING DOWN COME BACK!" Sheba shouted. Kurt looked up "KAY MA! Come on Nina!"
She smiled and they walked back together.
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Sheba sighed happily "This is nice. Isn't this nice?" Manny nodded absentmindedly "Yeah, great." She looked at him and groaned "Alright, what is it now?"
"What? Nothing! I didn't say anything…" Manny said. "Come on, I know you! What's wrong?" she asked. He sighed, "Well…Nina's not exactly the safest person-"
"Oh Manny, I'm sure she'd never do anything to hurt him!" She said hitting him lightly.
Manny shook his head "I dunno about that…"
They both came into view.
Nina picked him up and set him on the ground where he ran around her, mouth going none stop. "-And then we can swim in the lake! Dad says not to but I can do anything with you!" he just finish saying.
Nina laughed "Sure! But you'll have to teach me to swim!" He gasped "No…way…you don't know how to swim!" She shook her head "Never learned…"
"Oh…well what you do is just move your feet really fast and ALWAYS keep your trunk out of the water." Kurt said happily. "Hey kids." Sheba said.
They both looked up "Hi mom!" She giggled, "So, what'd you guys do?"
Before Nina could even open her mouth Kurt's went off "Oh mom, it was so AWESOME! See, first we went to the field and we talked for along time, mostly about Nina's trip! Then, then we went and made fun of rhinos and-"
Manny stood up "RHINOS? NINA!"
"Heheh, HEY, Kurt, remember what I said about not snitching?" she said nervously. He looked at her "But you never told me what snitching was."
Sheba frowned "Quiet Nina, Manny. Go on Kurt, tell mommy."
He shrugged "Ok, anyway, we out ran the rhino's 'cuz Nina knew where to go, then we went to a geyser and I went flying! It was so funny!"
"NOOO! Nina! You broke him!" Manny said suddenly.
Everyone looked at him "Wha?"
"I had him know who was boss and who made the rules! And he actually followed them! Now, look what ya did! You broke him! With your insanity!" he yelled.
She scoffed "It's called, 'fun' dad. Ever hear of it?"
"More like a death wish." He muttered.
Sheba frowned "Alright that enough! Now come on, if you're going to fight we can all go to bed early!" Both children groaned "AWW! BUT MOOOM!"
"End of discussion." She said firmly. Nina sighed, "Alright…can I at least say hi to Sid and Diego? I haven't seen 'em yet."
"Fine…DIEGO, SID!" Sheba called.
It wasn't long before both came.
"Someone would like to talk with you." She said as Nina smiled. She grinned "Hey guys!" Both their eyes widened "Nina? What…happened to you?" She still had the breads and paint on.
"Oh, that reminds me, we gotta go wash that off, come on." Sheba said. Nina shook her head "No mom. Kat did this so she could always know if she sees me, I don't wanna wash it off!"
She groaned "Fine, keep that junk on your face." Nina rolled her eyes then looked back to them "So, how've you guys been?" Sid smiled "I'm great! This place is awesome! Daisies, sabers who actually protect me, yeah…I could get use to this!"
Before Diego could answer Kim walked over "Hey Diego, we're gonna eat now, you coming?" She looked up "Oh, hey Nina!" Nina looked at her "Put on a little weight there Kim?"
Kim smirked "Well, lets just say I'm not just eating for one anymore." And if that didn't answer her question, Kurt should, with what he said next.
He smiled and said in a sing-song way "Uncle Diego's gonna be a daddy, a daddy, a daddy, Uncle Diego's gonna be a daddy and-"
"OK! I think she gets the point!" he said over him.
(Sorry, gotta but back in again, this is way Diego was so concerned about Kim helping to 'kidnap' Nina, back to the story)
Nina grinned and hit him lightly on the arm with her trunk "Ha, ha! Diego, you sly cat! That's great!" He looked down and mumbled something. Kurt smiled "Hehe! Uncle Diego's embarrassed!"
"Alright, enough embarrassing Diego, I said bed." Sheba said. Both groaned "Goodnight!" They all nodded "Night kids."
Diego muttered "Little brats, both of 'em…" Kim smiled and nuzzled his neck "And just think, soon we'll have a few little brats of our own."
Diego felt heat rush to his face as he groaned "Come on, lets go eat."
And he walked back to the food.
Sid laughed, "Wow, you were right." She smirked "Yeah, that one always gets him!"
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Sheba lay down next to a boulder and Kurt ran up and snuggled next to him. He looked up and smiled "Mom, can Nina sleep next to me!"
Sheba smiled "Course she can."
Nina lay down next to Kurt and he smiled and snuggled next to her "I always wanted a sibling!"
Sheba sighed, "I honestly don't know where he hears such big words, but he uses them all the time."
Manny came and set himself next to Nina.
She felt warm "So…this is what I wanted…my family…" she thought.
A smile found it's way to her face.
She rested her head on Manny's side "I love you dad."
He smiled "Love you more."
Kurt frowned "What about me?"
Nina sighed, "I love you all! Very much. Goodnight!"
"Night!"
THE END!
YAY! Aww, such a sweet ending! Epilogue anyone?