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4 with Kipo and someone else for the Little moments prompts?

((tThank you for this, and I’m sure it took so long to write! I needed to brush up on my Kipo knowledge :D))

Set: A couple of months after Emilia’s defeat, but before the five year time-skip. Kipo, Benson and the gang are living in Las Vista.

Spoilers: For most of the series, especially the ending of Season 3.

Warnings: Friends arguinh and reference to major character death.

Note: This was inspired by Rad Sechrist’s official art for the Wolf Movie, which shows Wolf returning home and hugging Kipo after being gone a long time. We see Wolf is present in Las Vistas after the timeskip, but it’s possible she left and returned home sometime during those five years.

Title: Cure for Lonliness

Summary: Wolf wants to leave Las Vistas. Kipo isn’t happy with this development. Benson provides comfort.

Right when the mega jaguar was tearing through Las Vistas— right when Benson needed a lift off Buff Dave— Dave went and transformed into a senior bug.

Benson chucked Dave into the restaurant. “Troy— take care of Dave!” Benson shouted, ignoring Dave’s complaints that he was too old for a babysitter. “Stay inside! This could be bad…”

Was someone attacking the city? Had Kipo gone to confront them? Was Wolf helping Kipo…?

Had mega-Amelia returned to carry out her revenge?

Benson slammed the shutter over the restaurant window and locked the front door.

He scanned the sky, but there was no sign of an air assault. What did catch Benson’s eye was a mega dragonfly— perfect timing!

Though Benson was far from fluent, he had picked up some Dragonfly from Dave.

Frantically waving to the dragonfly, Benson managed to express— through a series of zip sounds and raspberries— that he needed a lift.

The dragonfly swooped down to pick him up and they zoomed after Kipo.

A couple of Las Vistas residents— including the Humming Bombers, the Umlaut Snäkes, and the Scooter Skunks— also tried to follow, but Benson indicated for them to keep back.

Whatever was happening, Kipo could handle it… right?

Benson squinted at the outskirts of Las Vistas— he couldn’t see any attackers— when the mega jaguar suddenly shrank from his view. “Kipo!”

Was she hurt? Had Amelia— or one of her followers— finally perfected a ‘cure’ to take out the mega jaguar?

Or had Kipo decided to talk to an enemy instead of fighting them?

(Benson really hoped it was the latter!)

Benson steered the dragonfly down to the streets below.

No one was living in this part Las Vistas yet (Thankfully!)— expect for some trees, shrubs and flowers escaping from cracks in the concrete.

Benson ran around the street, calling for Kipo, until he found her curled up in a ball on the road.

“Kipo! Are you okay?” He rushed to her side— not caring if there were enemies nearby— knelt beside her, and rested a hand on her shoulder. Kipo was shaking slightly.

“What happened…?” Benson trailed off as Kipo lifted her face, which was covered in tear tracks.

(He hadn’t seen Kipo cry since… since…)

Inspecting Kipo’s limbs for injuries, Benson intoned, “Are you hurt?”

Sniffling, Kipo shook her head.

Gently, Benson released her. “So, we’re not under attack?”

Kipo‘a voice emerged as a croak. “N-no…”

“But you’re still hurting.” It was a dumb observation— of course Kipo was still hurting, after the loss she had experienced— but this pain seemed fresh. New.

Had someone upset Kipo? But who in Las Vistas would want to do that?

“I… I’m… Yes, okay, I am,” Kipo admitted. She pulled her knees up to her chest. “Happy?”

“No, because you’re unhappy!” Benson exclaimed. For a moment, he considered playing some upbeat music to lift Kipo’s mood, but then he thought better of it.

Kipo didn’t need to block out her sad feelings— she needed to work through them.

“That’s.. that’s okay— you’re allowed to be unhappy. Can you just… tell me why?”

“Wolf wants to leave,” Kipo mumbled.

“Uh…” Benson thought he had misheard. “What?”

“Wolf. Wants. To. Leave,” Kipo repeated, grinding her teeth together on each word.

“Like— leave your house?” Benson said, though he highly doubted this was the answer.

Since they had all settled in the city, Kipo and her parents had invited Wolf to live with them— and Mandu. (Their invites had also extended to Benson, but he had decided to stay with Troy and his dad. Dave was bunking with Jamack.)

Wolf had accepted and, for a while, things seemed to be working out, as far as Benson was aware. But lately, he had noticed how Wolf was hanging out with Kipo less and less…

One reason for this was that Kipo had resumed her school studies with some of the former burrow kids. (Troy had decided he was done with school after prahm.)

Wolf hadn’t wanted to attend school— not even Lio’s classes— and no one had forced her to do so.

While Kipo was busy learning, Wolf had been spending some time with Benson, Troy, Dave and Mandu… but Benson wasn’t sure what Wolf did with the rest of her time.

They didn’t need to fight or forage anymore, now that everyone was coexisting in Las Vistas.

Yes, there was still the occasional squabble between humans and mutes (Just last week, Dave had ‘borrowed’ Benson’s backpack without permission!) but for the most part, they were resolved peacefully.

What was a survivor meant to do in an environment where you no longer had to survive?

“She wants to leave home,” Kipo said. She threw out her arms, gesturing around them. “Leave Las Vistas!”

Benson frowned. “Have you asked her why—?”

“Of course I have!” Kipo sat up straight. Benson also shifted with a wince. (It wasn’t exactly comfortable on the hard ground!)

He watched as Kipo did her best Wolf impression— complete with a scowl, narrowed eyes and a tense voice.

“Kipo, I know how much your mom is trying, but it’s been months and she hasn’t made any progress with an anti-cure!”

Kipo replied as herself, “I’m sorry! Mom’s been struggling since we… since the funeral, but she’s still been doing everything she can with the limited resources she has—“

“Maybe it’s time we looked for other resources, outside the city…”

“That’s not a bad idea! You, me, Benson, Dave and Mandu can search for resources and bring them back here. It’ll be just like the good ol’ days!”

“…No, Kipo. It won’t be US…”

At this point, Kipo dropped the impression. She growled and tore a tuft of grass out of the road.

“Wolf doesn’t want any of us to go with her! She’d rather go with… with…” Kipo chucked the shreds of grass into the air. “Her old pack!”

“Margot and Rupert?” Benson breathed as the grass drifted away on a light breeze. “But they’re…”

Kipo gave him a jerky nod.

Wolf’s determination to find an anti-cure suddenly made a lot more sense.

There has been sightings of two young wolves— quadrupedal ‘cured’ wolves— roaming around the edge of Las Vistas.

Did Wolf fear these could be her former pack members? Or, even if they weren’t, did she still want to find them? To help them…?

“They’re not like they used to be,” Benson said sombrely.

None of the ‘cured’ mutes had shown any signs of improvement yet. They hadn’t returned to their original sizes, and most of their memories were still out of reach.

Clearly, there were some things they remembered, like Brad’s love of canned cheese, and Yumyan’s penchant for chasing butterflies. And they were all still fond of their old friends!

None of the ‘cured’ mutes were aggressive— not even Bad Billions, who had once threatened to make a meal out of Benson and Co at the Observatory… and that was before he got hit by a ‘cure’ dart!

Just the other day, Bad Billions had happily let Kipo pat him on the head.

Would Wolf’s former pack members— if they had been ‘cured’— behave in the same way? Would they accept Wolf if she approached them?

“They might be harmless now,” Kipo grunted, “but what if Wolf does find a way to cure— I mean, anti-cure them? What if Margot and Rupert betray her again…?”

Honestly, Benson had had similar thoughts when Margot asked for Wolf’s help to rescue her brother.

Margot hadn’t just abandoned Wolf all those years ago— she and the rest of their pack had hunted Wolf like prey!

But despite everything, Margot had claimed she still cared about Wolf— that she’d always cared— and she had only betrayed Wolf because her parents hadn’t given her a choice…

Just like Emilia hadn’t given her a choice. Emilia had threatened to ‘cure’ Rupert unless Margot led Wolf into a trap.

Benson couldn’t condone everything Margot had done— Of course he couldn’t!— but he could… understand that part about wanting to save her brother— to survive.

Heck, if Dave’s life was on the line— and if Benson hadn’t befriended Wolf and Kipo— Benson might have done the same thing.

(He and Dave had tried to con Kipo and Wolf when they first met… but that was a long time ago!)

“What if Wolf needs backup, but she’s all alone out there?” Kipo finished in a whisper.

“Come on…” Benson nudged Kipo’s arm with his elbow. “This is Wolf we’re talking about! Our girl escaped from the whole pack years ago— and that was before she became a hardened, staff-wielding surface-survivor. And, despite your best efforts to melt Wolf’s heart…” (Kipo smiled ever so slightly.) “I’m sure she could handle Margot and Rupert if they turned on her— which they won’t.”

“I’m not sure I can handle Wolf leaving,” Kipo confessed. She sniffed and clutched at her T-shirt. “I just don’t want to lose her like… like…”

“It won’t be easy,” Benson murmured, “but it won’t be like that. Wolf will come back…” He hugged Kipo. “…and we’ll all be waiting right here with you till she does.”

The pair of them found Wolf waiting at the edge of the Dog Park.

Benson held back as Kipo crept towards Wolf and sat down beside her, leaving a small space between them.

Kipo said something about how much the Mega Dogs were going to miss Wolf. Wolf’s shoulders became hunched.

Then, she threw her arms around Kipo’s waist. Kipo readily returned the hug with a bittersweet sob.

Benson smiled at the both of them. No matter where Wolf ended up— no matter how long she was gone for— he knew they were all going to be okay.

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