Title: Trusting The Enemy 3
Author: saar_fantasy
Pairing: Puck/Kurt
Rating: G
Warnings: Penguin!Kurt, Shark!Noah (Yes, you can take that literally), Animals who can talk
Spoilers: none
Genre: AU,Crack!fic, Fairytale-ish
Word Count:: ~500
Disclaimer: As much as I wished I did, I don't own any of them.
Summary: Noah and Kurt are still swimming around in the ocean together. On their trip they have an encounter with someone out of Kurt's past, which might influence the rest of their journey. They might end up separated after all.
Kurt was lying lazily on Noah's back, who was swimming rather slowly too, after having a little swimming race with his friend.
Which he had won, with a little cheating.
Suddenly, something came to his attention.
"Noah, Noah!" he shouted, jumping up and down excitedly to get his friends attention. "I see land! I see land, Noah!"
Noah smiled at his friend's antics and lifted his head up to have a look at the sight himself.
"You want to have a look over there?" Puck asked, already knowing Kurt's answer.
"Yes!" Kurt squealed, "Can we? Can we?"
"Of course."
In his enthusiasm, Kurt jumped off of Noah's back and started swimming as fast as he could towards the land.
Noah immediately followed him, so he could save Kurt if danger appeared.
When he had approached the land, Kurt immediately jumped onto the land and was ready to go and explore, when Puck called him back.
"Be careful, Kurt. You know I can't follow you up on the land. I can protect you here in the water, but not up there."
Kurt rolled his eyes good naturedly, smiling at his friend's concern.
"I'll be fine, Noah."
Still not completely sure, but knowing Kurt would go on exploring anyway, Noah nodded.
Kurt gratefully nuzzled Puck's head, then jumped on the land and started waddling away. Noah stared after him until he was out of sight.
He really wished he could move on the land as well, but unfortunately he couldn't.
He just hoped Kurt would be extra careful everytime they came across some island the little penguin wanted to explore.
He wasn't ready for what would happen when Kurt came back, though...
~~++~~
Kurt was waddling around happily. He loved swimming but a penguin liked to get some ground under their feet as well.
He was just playing around, although playing was much more fun with Noah, when he suddenly heard a noise.
A very familiar noise at that.
The sound of another penguin close by.
He was curious by nature, but he knew Noah would kill him if he got himself into danger. If he hadn't gotten himself killed already beforehand that is.
He hid behind some tree stomp and watched as the other penguin came into view.
He suddenly felt a shiver run through him and all of his senses were on high alert.
He knew that penguin...
The other, older, penguin seemed to sense Kurt's presence too, because he started looking around, his eyes finally settling onto the tree stomp Kurt was hiding behind.
"You can come out, little one." the strange penguin spoke, "I'm not gonna hurt you."
Kurt hesitated, but just for a second. The other penguin sounded nice and sincere enough.
When he came out of his hiding place, his little eyes widened and his beak fell open. The older penguin seemed just as surprised.
"D-dad?"
"Kurt?"
That was all it took for the two penguins to surge forward and land chest to chest, flippers settled on each other's sides.
When they pulled away, tears were rolling down both the penguins' cheeks. Kurt was the first one to speak.
"I have so many questions for you."
"I know, son." Burt, the older penguin replied, "Let's sit down and have a talk. I have a lot of questions for you too."
And so the two penguins sat down and talked about everything that had been going down in their lives when the other wasn't there to experience it with them.
Time went by fast, but neither of them noticed or cared.
~~++~~
Noah was swimming down the shore line, getting more and more nervous every second that went by.
Kurt had been gone for hours and still hadn't returned.
What if he'd gotten an accident? What if he got killed?
Noah was eating himself up on the inside. Why the hell can't sharks move on the land?
Finally...FINALLY he saw Kurt waddling towards the sea, but he wasn't alone...
There was another penguin with him, which made Puck confused and antsy.
Kurt looked happy though as he came closer to the shore line.
"Dad, I want you to meet my friend."
Burt looked around, as if expecting to find another penguin, then his eyes widened and he stumbled back a few steps.
"Kurt, look out!" Burt yelled, "There's a shark at the shore!"
"He's the one I want you to meet, dad." Kurt answered, "This is my friend, Noah."
Burt stared as Kurt stepped even closer to the shark, their natural enemy, and started petting his head. The shark seemed to enjoy it too.
"Kurt," Burt spoke silently, but firmly, "We need to talk."
Kurt looked first at Noah, who was eyeing Burt rather suspiciously. When he noticed Kurt looking at him, he composed himself.
"Go and talk to him."
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
Still a little unsure about it, Kurt moved away from Noah, towards his dad. His dad leading him even farther away from Noah so they could have a private talk.
Noah knew the talk didn't go that well when he saw Kurt wave his little front flippers around in exasperation and his dad didn't look much better.
Noah was scared of the outcome of this and when Kurt finally waddled up to him, he knew he had every right to be.
"What's wrong?" was Puck's immediate question when Kurt had reached him.
"My dad doesn't want me to hang out with you anymore," Kurt answered with tears in his eyes, "He says you're dangerous."
"I am dangerous, Kurt. Your dad is right."
"But you're not to me!" Kurt exclaimed, "You saved me! You take care of me! You're my friend."
Noah looked over at Burt, wh still didn't dare to come close to him. Sighing, he turned back to Kurt.
"Now I've heard what your dad wants, but, what do you want, Kurt?"
Kurt looked over at his dad, then back to Noah.
"I...I don't know."
"I do," Noah answered, "You want to stay with your dad, get acquainted again.I can see it in your eyes."
"But...What about you?"
Kurt didn't even try to deny it, which made Noah realize, once again, how well he knew the little penguin already.
This really wasn't making things easier...
"I'll be fine. I can take care of myself."
"But, Noah..."
"It's ok, Kurt. Come here."
Noah's large head nuzzled at Kurt's much smaller one, which really was a funny sight and Kurt would have laughed if he didn't know this was Noah's way of saying goodbye.
"N-Noah..."
"Goodbye,Kurt." Noah turned around so Kurt wouldn't see his tears. "Take care of yourself."
"Noah, wait!"
No answer... Noah was swimming farther and farther away from him.
"NOAH!"
When Noah dived under, Kurt wanted to jump into the water and swim after him, but his dad stopped him.
"It's better this way, Kurt. Living with that shark is too dangerous."
Kurt didn't answer. He just couldn't.
A loud, painful, sob escaped his throat as he collapsed against his father's slightly larger body.
He didn't know that the sea was now tainted with big shark-tears.
All because of their goodbye.
A/N: I know, sad ending is sad :/ I promise to make it better tho :) Also, check out the previous post if you want :)