Hurricane Island [Diddy Kong x Dixie Kong]

Chapter 32: A Returning Plan

Night had fallen, and Diddy along with Dixie already had their boat almost ready to ride it. They knew the danger they were going to be exposed to, but it was their only alternative if they wanted to return home as soon as possible. They couldn't wait to set foot on DK Island again and see all their friends and family again... Much less were they going to wait three long months on another island that, although they had met many acquaintances there, didn't feel at home at all.

Diddy and Dixie were heading back to the animal shelter, as it was going to be dinner time and they had been invited.

"Will we tell the rest of the animals that we are leaving?" Dixie asked as she walked along with Diddy.

"I would like to tell them, but they are sure to stop us."

"You're right, and they are quite a few."

"Or we could secretly tell the circus guys; they're more understanding," Diddy added before pausing. "Not like that grumpy ape."

"'I bet you won't get more than ten meters away from here to the sea,'" Dixie imitated him.

The two began to laugh when referring to Mr. Pinky's attitude; they had decided not to take importance of his opposition.

Minutes later, they arrived at where the other animals were. Everyone was gathered at the table as on previous occasions. Diddy and Dixie went to sit near the circus animals, as they were a little more confident with them than the rest. While they were having dinner, they were also talking.

"How are you doing, little monkeys?" one of the elephants greeted them cheerfully.

"All right," Dixie replied along with Diddy, looking cheerful. "This day has been quiet."

"I see you very excited, huh?" a zebra told them. "Has anything new happened?"

Diddy and Dixie looked at each other smiling and beckoned to each other so they could talk.

"Well, we have something to tell you, but... only you," Diddy said, whispering his last words.

"Don't go telling anyone else this," Dixie added in the same way.

"What about?" one of the tigers asked them curiously. "Are you already a couple?"

"Hey!" one of the gorillas whispered, elbowing the tiger. "Don't be reckless!"

Diddy and Dixie just looked at each other with some shyness, and then laughed while blushing a little at that assumption.

"No, it's not that," Diddy replied. "What happens is that... we're going to our island later," he added, whispering in the last sentence.

Instantly, the animals looked at them in much the same way as when they were told they were going to be taken out of the circus or as if they were a pair of children playing at being explorers.

"What are you talking about?! Are you going to leave?!"

"You're kidding, aren't you?"

"No, seriously, we even have a boat ready," Dixie said. "But don't tell others, or else they'll stop us."

"Hey, but what about hurricanes and whirlpools?!" replied the animals in a low voice.

"I know, but we must return to our island as soon as we can," Diddy added.

"But you're going to get lost or something bad can happen to you, did you go crazy?"

"Don't worry, we've located DK Island," Dixie reaffirmed. "And we didn't see any big waves along the way."