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"Fast! Fast! Fast!" Tackle said excitedly as he ran around his dad in circles. The brown saber was taking a nap or trying to. But since his cub had learned to talk and say some words, he's been more loud than usual. "Tackle. Keep it down. Dad's trying to sleep here" Diego groaned annoyed but his cub just pounced on his head, biting his ear.

"Sigh Shira had to leave me to babysit while she went out hunting" he said annoyed and irritated as he gently shook his cub off of him.

"Hey Diego!"

His ears perked at a familiar voice and he glanced up. Manny was approaching him and when Tackle spotted him, his tail wagged excited. "Manny! Manny!" He yelled out excitedly as he ran over to the mammoth. Manny held his trunk out for the the cub to play with. He didn't mind so long as Tackle didn't use his claws or teeth.

"Hi Manny what's up?" The saber asked him, getting up on his feet. "Good. I thought I check on you. See how your doing since Tackle learned to talk" he explained as the cub swatted at his trunk playfully. The brown saber stood up, stretching his body as he groaned tiredly.

"As much as I'm happy having my cub talking, I would really like some peace and quiet right about now" he told his friend irritated as Tackle walked back to his dad and nuzzled his leg, glancing up at him curiously. Diego sighed but smiled at the cub as he licked his head. Although Tackle exhausted him, Diego can't stay upset with him.

"Welcome to my world of being a dad" Manny told him flatly but then he had an idea. "Hey about you let me take Tackle for a bit and you have some time for yourself? Hm? You look you need some time for yourself" he offered him, gently wrapping his trunk around the cub and picking him up.

Diego thought about this, part of him feeling uncertain. "Look Manny. I really appreciate that. But I gotta warn you, raising a saber cub is not the same as raising a baby mammoth. For starters, he likes to scratch and bite things" he cautioned him but Manny disregarded it.

"Buddy relax. If I can raise Peaches, then I'm sure I can babysit Tackle. Look, I'll be at the waterhole and you can meet me there alright?" He suggested to him as he placed the cub on his head. Tackle glanced down curiously from how high he was on the mammoth. "Alright. Just make sure he doesn't get hurt. Otherwise Shira will kill me. And I will kill you" he warned him darkly, flattening his ears as he snarled a warning. It intimidated Manny a bit. He had quickly learned that when Tackle was born, Diego and Shira became much more threatening when it came to their cub's wellbeing.

The mammoth brought Tackle to the waterhole, letting the cub play in an area where the water wasn't deep. The little saber splashed in the water and Manny would suck some water in his trunk and sprinkle it on the cub who gladly swatted at the water drops. He chuckled at the cub's cuteness.

"Hi Manny!"

The mammoth glanced over and saw his friend Sid coming over, waving at him. The sloth's eyes widen when he noticed the cub and he got excited, rushing over to him. "Oh hello my little bundle of joy! It's your uncle sid!" He said to the cub joyfully, scratching his ear. Tackle purred, leaning to his touch.

"Floppy! Floppy!"

Tackle said excitedly, pawing his nose. One time, Buck referred to Sid as floppy green thing in front of Tackle and the cub calls the sloth floppy. Not that Sid minded. He had been called worse.

"You know Sid is not a hard word to learn. But I can go with floppy anytime. Especially if from you my sweet nep-ow!" Sid started but as he was petting the cub, Tackle bit his hand. The sloth pulled back, holding his hand as he rubbed the bite to soothe it.

Manny chuckled amused at this as Sid glared at him. But then the cub walked over to the mammoth where his belly and he crouched down in a pounce stance and....

"OW!"

Manny yelled out loud, startling Sid and jumping up to his feet. His best friend saw what it was as his eyes widen. "Manny! Manny! Don't move! Don't move!" He told him alarmed. Tackle had bit down on Manny's stomach, clinging to it with his teeth.

"How?! Whatever it is, get it off!" Manny yelled in pain, moving around a lot. Sid was concerned that he could accidentally hurt Tackle. "Manny Manny! It's Tackle! It's Tackle!" He told him urgently which got the mammoth to calm down. The sloth manage to grab the cub but Tackle held on. "Now come on. Let go of your uncle Manny" he told the cub gently but he wasn't budging so the sloth tried to pull him without hurting him.

SSSSS

"OW!"

Manny yelped in more pain as Tackle finally let go but not with a piece of Manny's fur in his mouth. Sid and Manny looked at the cub, shocked at what just happened. Sid took the piece of fur out of Tackle's mouth as he too a look at the bite. It wasn't bleeding but there was a red bite on it with some lighter red skin showing.

"Oh wow. Now that's a much deeper bite than mine. It looks like he even ripped of some fat of you, Manny" Sid explained concerningly and the mammoth glared at him. "Sid it's nor fat! It's fur!" He told him annoyed.

"Fat! Fat!"

The two got quiet and looked back at Tackle. "Fat! Fat!" He said again and Manny groaned annoyed. "No Tackle. I'm not fat. I'm poofy!" He denied to him but he knew it was pointless. Tackle was still a cub who wouldn't understand this right now.

"Hey guys"

The two heard a familiar voice and spotted Diego approaching them. Tackle's eyes widen in excitement at seeing his dad and he got out of Sid's hold, running to him. "Hey buddy. Did you had fun with your uncles?" Diego asked him, rubbing his head.

"Fat! Fat!" Tackle jumped up and down excited but what he said caught his dad by surprise. "Wait what? Where did you learn-?" He started but then looked at Manny, noticing the bite mark and he saw Sid holding the piece of fur.

"Oh" he said in realization. Slowly, he started to smirk and he found himself trying to hold in a laughter. "What?" Manny asked, starting to be annoyed. "Pffft hahahhaha! " the saber bursted outl laughing, disregarding the fact his cub bit his friend. He just found it funny on where Tackle learned the word.

"Oh for crying out loud. I'm going to go get this treated" Manny grumbled irritated as he walked off with Sid following him. "Oh Shira's gonna love this" Diego said amusingly, wiping a tear out of his eye as Tackle nuzzled his dad's leg, puzzled by what's going on.