Hurricane Island [Diddy Kong x Dixie Kong]

Chapter 96: Starting Again

Dawn had arrived and, finally... it was the last day. It was just a matter of time before the two little kongs could begin their trip back. They decided to schedule it for the sunset hours, as the trip lasted more than a whole day, and it would be somewhat risky to spend the night far from Hurricane Island in case of any emergencies.

They both got up early that day and ate together with Mr. Pinky as usual. The two had decided not to talk about the topic of the previous night anymore; they just wanted to continue as usual.

Later, both went with Mr. Pinky to the animal shelter, since that day they had to make some last observations to the ship where they planned to sail, in addition to boarding more food to take on the trip. The ship was anchored by a low cliff near the shelter, so they would have no problem moving around.

After that, they stayed another while in the shelter. Mr. Pinky had returned home, while Diddy and Dixie stayed longer. Both were reunited with some of the rescued kong children, with whom they had already spoken and spent some time during that week.

"And so, you won't come back here anymore?" one of the kong children asked them.

"I don't think so now," Diddy replied. "Considering that our island is too far, too far away. Even the way we got here had been because of that hurricane storm."

"Oh, we won't see you again then," a girl in the herd added. "I thought you were going to return later... Are you going to come back someday?"

"Well, who knows," Dixie said, shrugging and smiling. "Maybe by fate we'll pass through here again... Although of course, I hope it's not again because of a storm."

"Diddy! Dixie!" a voice different to those who were gathered exclaimed.

Diddy and Dixie were the first to turn to see who was calling them; it was some of their animal friends there.

"Yeah, what's going on?" Diddy asked them.

"There was a small mishap with some pieces of the ship and we wanted to ask you if you can help us, since we cannot reach it... And you're small."

"Okay, we'll be there in a while," Diddy replied along with Dixie.

Diddy and Dixie temporarily said goodbye to the children, and then went to accompany the animals that had called them.

When they arrived, they had noticed that a part of the sails had detached from the masts and, as the animals told them, just the two of them could reach it due to their small sizes and their primate ability to climb. Diddy and Dixie were each with a group of animals, as they were two separate parts where they had to intervene.

At a time when Diddy had lowered the piece from the mast, he reunited with the animals, who were going to help him make adjustments to the parts that had broken down. Dixie was with another group of animals, fixing another piece.

Meanwhile, Diddy along with the animals that were with him, were on some rocks, trying to fix the pieces separately. At first, he was quietly concentrating on making the necessary adjustments to the piece, when suddenly, and he did not know why... his thoughts turned to Dixie. Ever since he woke up, he couldn't stop thinking about that moment they had shared the night before. He hadn't felt that way in a while; even in the previous days he had spent most of his time with Dixie and everything had been normal, even in the moments alone with her. Then, he turned to look at her for a while in the distance; he couldn't deny it at all... He still loved her.

"Hey, Diddy!" one of the animals called him, causing him a small fright and breaking the thread of his thoughts. "What's going on?" they added with a little laugh.