The Lion King III
I mean… I couldn't just do that. This angel seems to actually have… feelings for me? See, that's what's making it more convincing. That you're so insane. Could such a beautiful lioness actually be in love with you? Couldn't you answer that question in less than a second if you didn't love her? I mean… I mean… Yeah. What do I mean anymore? I don't deserve to belong here. Not that I think I ever would anyways. If I leave her and just… maybe there's some place just like this past the Outlands. There'll be a little spring, a cave, some grass, some herds of gazelle. All for me, where I don't have to be constantly judged.
Judged? That's funny… you just stopped the two prides from ripping each other limb by limb and you think they're gonna judge you for that? Why are you being so critical, Kovu? You deserve your place here just as much as any of these lions. I mean, the rest of the Outlanders just went over to Simba's side after attempting to slaughter them, and I… I had been with Simba the whole time.
Even though he didn't think so.
Maybe I don't deserve to belong because I tried to get him killed. I did try and get him killed, I was just too soft to go through with the plan. If you had just not fallen in love with that Kiara girl, Kovu, you could've been king now. Your mother, Zira, would be alive, you wouldn't be judged, you wouldn't feel so guilty for joining the pride. It would be your pride.
But it is that Kiara that made all the difference. All the better difference.
"What are you doing?"
I reacted suddenly. "Uhm…" I looked back down at my reflection in the watering hole to see my face, with an ugly gash near my left eye socket. "Just… Nothing." I turned back to face who had startled me.
"Are you… sure that's just nothing?" Kiara giggled. "I was gonna pounce but I thought I'd be diving head first into the water."
I laughed. More of a nervous laugh, I suppose. Why wasn't I completely comfortable with her yet? Ugh… all these emotions…
She must have seen that I was still heavy in emotion. "C'mon big guy… it's almost dawn. I thought you wanted to go star gazing with me tonight, like two nights ago. Start back over from where you messed up last time."
I did mess up big time two nights ago, I have to admit. If I had just told Kiara the truth, the whole truth that she deserved to know, I wouldn't have gotten exiled again, and Kiara wouldn't have had to chase after me. I suppose she did love me for some reason…
"Of course. I look forward to nothing else," I responded slowly, making sure she received the intent in my voice I was attempting to get across.