The Lion King 4

The new king stood proudly over the perch with the new queen. His dark brown mane blew from the hard wind, trying to battle with his strength.

"Are you sure it was a good idea to let them become king and queen in this storm, Simba?" asked Nala, a beautiful and graceful lioness with sky blue eyes.

Simba didn't answer for a moment. He looked down to his creamy paws and smiled. "I suppose not, but they do seem to be enjoying themselves," The eldest lion replied, "anyway, how long can this wind last?" A rhetorical` question, but the late queen answered anyway.

"A week, perhaps?" Nala asked. After the two lions' roar, the animals began to cheer, monkeys threw leaves and flowers, elephants held their long trunks and zebras, antelopes, giraffes and all the other animals bowed. Kiara nuzzled her husband.

"Are you excited, Kovu?" she asked, a warm smile on her face. "we do need an heir soon." The brown lion's eyes widened at her last sentence.

"Heir?" he muttered under his breath, shivering from the word 'heir'. He didn't think he was ready to be a king, nor did he think he was ready to be a father.

"Yes, Kovu.. Heir!" said the wise baboon poking the brown lion's nose and staring deep into his eyes.

"K-Kiara... can I talk to you? In the cave, ALONE?" He frowned, pulling out of Rafiki's gaze.

"Sure, Kovu." The queen said, taking off after her mate. The baboon pulled her back.

"Don't Vorry, Kiara. Just believe. Your fader had this problum, too.. but look at him now." Rafiki whispered, pointing over to the old lion.

"Thanks, uh... Raf—" she was cut off when the old crazy ape pushed her into the cave. Kiara walked in to find Kovu, sat on the cave floor and pulling a snarl on his face. "Kovu?" she said under breath, waiting for him to speak.

"Kiara, the truth is.. I don't think I'm ready to be a father. I'm too weak, I was manipulated by my own mother, almost killed you and your father and I've still got that dream about Scar stuck in my head." The king sighed. He couldn't dare to raise his green eyes and meet with Kiara's amber ones.

"Kovu," she gave a warm smile. "You'll be a great father, look at you now. You're worrying about the future of your own cubs, which is good, you're deciding whether or not to have them. You have all the qualities of a king, honey. I can feel it. And I'll be here to help you," she went over and comforted him with a tender nuzzle.

"Kiara? I can't believe it! You're the queen! You've grown up so fast." Said a meerkat, hopping off of a warthog.

"Uh... Timon.." said the warthog, trying to calm his companion.

"Shush, Pumbaa! Can't you see.. I'm tryin' to CONGRATULATE THEM?" the infurated meerkat roared.

"Sorry, Teemon.." the warthog replied.

"It's TI-MO-N, get it straight!" Timon roared then walked off "Gee, what's wrong with people these days?" he muttered, storming out in such manner.

"No worries, Ti—I mean...Pumbaa. Pum—I mean.. Timon's just having a hard time," Kovu said, consolling the over-whelmed wild pig.

"See? You have the qualities of a great king already." Kiara said, walking over to Pumbaa and patting him on the back.

"He almost called me TIMON. I want nothing to do with that so-called MEERKAT!" the pig scoffed, running out of the cave.

"Oh, Kiara! I'm so proud of you, you too Kovu." Nala said, nuzzling her daughter.

"Kov—I mean, KING Kovu, can I... uh speak to you? Just king stuff," Simba said, worried. He walked out of the cave in silence, Kovu following close behind whilst looking back at the former queen and late queen.

"Have you seen my brother?" asked a fringed tan lioness. "I need to talk to him," she circled her paws on the ground, looking nervously at Nala and Kiara.

"He just left with Simba. Vitani, do you mind if I ask why?" Nala asked gentley, a warm smile on her muzzle.

"I do, actually.. I'm sorry your highnesses.. But this is personal. Tell me when Kovu's done, alright?" the youth lioness said, walking out.

"Can this day get any worse?" Kiara groaned, walking out of sight.

"What's wrong, Kiara..? Is—.." Nala was cut off by her daughter's voice.

"EVERYTHING!" she yelled, "Timon and Pumbaa had a fight, Kovu doesn't want to have cubs, The weather is horrible, Vitani is .. well.. odd! What's next? I'm going to discover I had a dead brother or something? What a hor—.." Kiara was cut off.

"A new Queen should never be this frustrated! And..." Nala's eyes swelled up with tears. Before she could finish, she ran out of the cave in tears, her blue eyes turned to a piercing dark blue.

"Was it something I said?" Kiara shrugged her shoulders and looked to Vitani, making her way into the cave.

"Yes it was. You said you had a dead brother... and..." Vitani, too began to mourn, but didn't run out like the late queen, instead she walked outside to lounge with her pride sisters.

-X-

Simba was sat with Kovu outside.

"What's with Nala?" Simba gasped, noticing his wife run out. "Is she hurt?"

"No, Kiara was angry about today and she came across something about... about having a dead brother. She said 'Timon and Pumbaa had a fight, Kovu doesn't want to have cubs, The weather is horrible, Vitani is .. well.. odd! What's next? I'm going to discover I had a dead brother or something?' and then that's when Nala ran out." Vitani repeated the exact same words as what Kiara said.

"She thinks I don't want to have cubs?" Kovu said in disbelief. "I thought she understood me, she can't force me to have cubs if I'm not ready, yet her father is here explaining to me why we need cubs! She's so impatient." Kovu was getting angry, he didn't know why but he seemed he needed to defend himself.

A mixture of Outsiders and Pride Landers came in.

"What's going on, my king?" asked Madoa, one with one lazy eye. She bowed in front of Kovu to show respect.

"Simba?" Simba turned his head to find Aisha, a childhood friend with a worried look on her face. "What happened? I saw Nala crying outside."

This was a lot to take in and Kiara felt guilty. "It was my fault! I started this whole mess!" Kiara cried