The Tale of Two Kings II:
Open Your Eyes
Disclaimer: I do not own the Lion King or any of its characters. I only claim possession of my own characters and original story. Also if you did not read the prequel to this, Tale of Two Kings march that tail of yours around coppy on this link: s/9318958/1/The-Tale-of-Two-Kings
Now that everyone is caught up please enjoy.
Characters:
Kali : Fierce
Usafi: Purity
Maji: Water
Nurisha: Shine Light Upon
Hafsa: Sound Judgment
Ufisa: Mischief
The following characters belong to my friend Nala-Nay who gave me permission to use him:
Hiassen
Prologue
The winds were blowing strong as the sun shined brightly on yet another beautiful day in the African savanna. As we looked across the vast plains, we come to the glorious formation of Pride Rock. Home to the lions of Pride Lands and their co-ruling Kings, the twin sons of Mufasa, Kali and Simba.
The two kings sat next to each other on the peak looking over their lands, which they were responsible for safeguarding. A gentle breeze blew their manes both their faces and moving in sync the two brothers smoothed their manes out of their eyes and smirked at this joined action.
"Kings above we must be going crazy if we're making the same movements huh?" Simba said with a chuckle which Kali joined in looking at his brother and then looking at himself. It is rather weird given our appearances Kali thought.
Even though they were twins, the two brothers could not be any more different. Simba had golden brown fur that shined like the sun and a mane as red as a flame with crimson eyes. In contrast, Kali's featured mirrored that of the night. His fur was still as silver as the moon. His mane which finally restored to it's old thickness before the battle is as white as snow on the top of mount kilimanjaro as were his eyes, that are currently shining like a newborn star. Plus Kali was also had a broader build than Simba, much like his father's. Although he did not get all the gloating rights. Simba had retained his lean muscular build when he had taken the throne and was a bit taller than his twin.
Kali shook his head. "Yeah bro it is. I mean years ago we each acted so different from each other that we caused so much chaos and mayhem and now… we act like Banana Beak!" Kali said faking horror by placing his paw over his head and earning a laugh from his brother.
"I don't believe we're that bad yet bro. We aren't enjoying the Morning Report yet." Simba said with a shake of his head.
Kali shook the remaining laughter from his body and turned his eyes towards the sky. Something he had not done frequently in a long time. He Finally noticed the that there were very few if any clouds in the sky, but the wind held a refreshing breeze. Kali smiled as he thought, its going to be a beautiful day. He closed his eyes breathing in the fresh air of the Lands and released in a refreshed sigh before his ears perked at a noise behind him. He turned his head to see who was coming.
It was the friendly form of his aging mother Sarabi, who was coming up and join him and Simba. "Good morning boys." Kali snorted. Seriously?
"Mom, come on we aren't little cubs anymore. You can't call us boys." Kali said with a hint of annoyance.
Simba nodded in agreement and followed with."Yeah, we're the Kings now so we order you not to call us that." Kali winced as he turned away for what he knew was coming next. Bad move Simba.
Sarabi raised her eyebrow before sighing and shaking her head. Simba is still that little cub inside she thought. She turned to her golden son, raised her left paw and flicked his ear with it causing him to yelp and for Kali to snicker.
"OW! Dang it Mom. What was that for?" Simba grumbled as he rubbed his stinging ear.
Sarabi chuckled. "That, my dear boy, was for thinking you can order me around. You might be Kings now, but both of you are still my sons and as such you will always be my cubs whether you like it or not."
Simba rolled his eyes but nodded. "Yes Ma'am."
Kali chuckled at the two before noticing his mother still chuckling even though Simba had stopped. "You seem pretty happy this morning Mom.
What's up?"
Sarabi smiled even wider and looked at both her sons. "Oh I just came from visiting my grand cubs. Kopa said Grandma." Sarabi said proudly.
"What?! He said his real first word and I missed it?!" Simba shook nervously as he thought of missing such an important moment.
Kali shook his head."Seriously bro. Haven't we been over this? Kopa said his first word a few days ago remember? He said Mama." Kali said as he Simba facepalmed himself for forgetting that fact. Hell, he had been grumpy that day while Nala had been smug since Simba was hoping Dad would be his first word.
"Man I must be getting old or something cause I keep forgetting that." Simba said with a chuckle Knowing all the while that he was trying to alter Kali's memory.
"Well its understandable bro. Our cubs are only going to be cubs for so long. We have to cherish every moment we can with them."
"Kali, don't remind me. I still can't get over the fact that I'm a father. I mean I know it should be obvious and just stick with me but its hard to accept after all that has happened. Almost a year ago I was living with no worries and not even thinking of coming back and now I am a King with you and have my own family."
Kali nodded." Time passes by very quickly, just like the clouds."
Sarabi sat between them. "Indeed it does. Say do you remember the day each of your cubs said their first words, Kali?" Sarabi asked with a smile towards her silver son who smiled at the memories and nodded.
"Aye mother I do. Hafsa was the first I think. The first day we had left her alone after her birth since we were concerned that because of Maji's black and Nuri's white fur colors that they might not be healthy. We had left her with Ufisa to watch and when we got back…" Kali chuckled at the what would come next as he thought of his adopted cheetah cousin. "...when we got back Fisa was jumping around everywhere with the goofiest grin on her face while our little silver daughter kept saying Auntie Auntie Auntie through the whole thing."
Simba nodded. "I had not seen Ufisa that happy in months ever since… well you know." Kali's eyes saddened as he thought of what his brother was referring to. The death of Kusudi, Ufisa's twin brother who had been murdered by Zira the day Kali and Simba had returned for their kingdom. Since that day Ufisa had been a bit of a lost soul. She would usually be seen lying beside her brother's grave for hours. That was until Usafi's and Nala's cubs had been born and Usafi had made her Hafsa's godmother which she had bouncingly accepted. Hafsa, Kali felt, as much as the other cubs had given Ufisa a chance to feel happy again.
Simba then suddenly had a puzzled look on his face and asked, "Hey what was Nurisha's first word? I don't recall that one."
Kali smiled at his mother who smirked even wider, if that was even possible. He looked to Simba and said. "Nurisha said her first word two weeks after the day she opened her eyes. I think it has something to do with the fact that the first thing she saw aside from her mother, was Sarafina, who had pushed me aside to get the first look at her eyes. I think she spent more time with Sarafina than I did those two weeks while we addressed the returning herds. Then I finally get home and saw Nuri giggling and squealed 'Gramy'." Kali said with a smile remembering that day Sarafina had also shed tears for she had always one day hoped of having grand cubs and hearing Nuri call her Nana had made it even more beautiful a moment.
"I remember that day fondly." Sarabi commented. "Hearing little Nuri saying Nana to Fina made her happier than I have seen her since Mufasa's rule. "
Kali nodded but grinned as he remembered. "Then, there was Maji's first word. It was on the same day as Kopa's real first word. Maji had fallen from his mother's back because of a nightmare he must have been having and started crying 'DADA'. I was there in a heartbeat and managed to soothe him back to sleep." Kali smiled proudly as he thought of the fact he was his son's first word.
Suddenly as Simba's lips unpressed from one another Zazu came swooping in. "Sorry to disturb you at such an hour but we have a bit of a problem on our paws."
"What is it this Time?" Simba asked his voice tinged with concern.
"It is the Rhinos again fighting over their designated grazing zones. Please come quickly, things are turning violent."
"Sorry Kali I have to go. Mom, can you please give me your help. You know how those Rhinos are." As Simba and his mother speeded off like the cheetahs they ruled Kali wondered if he was really necessary.
Kali shook his head looking at the sun. "Father I really hope I made the right choice in ruling side by side with Simba." Especially before it is too late. Kali still worried day after day of the warning that the spirits of the past had given him almost a year ago and feared the darkness that may come would take his family away from him and in the process confirm his fears that he was not fit to rule after all which plagued him since that day his father asked who shall be the heir.
With this thought in his mind he got up and went to start his patrol. Never knowing what the future would bring.
A loud whining noise rang throughout these lands of death waking a sleeping creature. This lion of tan stalked forward."What the hell is that sound?" Taking a deep breath he attempted not to roar in anger for someone interrupting his sleep but only managed a painful chirp.
Grumbling in annoyance of his embarrassing sound he stalked around the sky scraping termite mound which he called his home and looked for the source. He raised an eyebrow at what he gazed upon. It was a small female cub decipherable by its voice. She also had tan fur and blue eyes like the sky gazing at him, with tears of hunger and fear. "Well what have we here?" He smirked.
Authors note: Well here it is folks. The long awaited sequel. This starts a few weeks after the end of the first story. This is also my gift to you for May 23rd its publishing date is my birthday. Happy Birthday to me and Kali!
A big thanks to my previous reviewers:
Anonymous 13 B, Greg M94, Jonny 2b, Zero Unit RGB, SteelLark, Macora Prime, Asante, TomMaier, IxoxoheartoxoxNuka, queenlionesses, Brasta Septim, Thingsareweird, CSIMentalistTLKLover, Gemini Gemelo, ILoveTama, Watership's Nightwish Rat, Kaladion,EmeraldDreamer96, SweetchinMusic115, Lionblaze and Jayfeather, Nala-Nay, Simbaanaya
For those of you who need a refresher on the gangs new families, here you go:
Pairings:
Simba/ Nala
- Kopa - (Male) Golden fur, Aqua eyes, and mossy brown tail tuft
Kali/ Usafi
-Maji - (Male) Black fur with emerald Eyes
-Nurisha - (Female) Snow white fur and eyes
-Hafsa - (Female) silver fur with violet eyes
Tojo/ Fuwele - She is a new OC and has greyish white fur and green eyes. Her personality is to be discovered latter ;)
-Uhuru - (Female) with greyish brown fur, hair tuft and golden eyes.
-Kimba - (Male) white fur and blue eyes.
Malka/Tama
-Cire: Property of Nala Nay
Chumvi/ Kula
Both cubs have different tones of brown fur and orange eyes
-Babu (male) kula like
-Boga (female) Chumvi like
