A human friend, a lion's heart
By
White hunter
These are the characters I made up but I do not own Kimba the white lion or any of the other characters
Rick's run and new friend
It was a beautiful day on the African savanna as a truck roars across the land. In the back of the truck a boy sat with a bored look on his as he saw nothing but open grass land. The boy's name was Rick Leo and he was thirteen year old who never cared what people do to them selves.
Rick was wearing a green vest over a white short sleeve shirt and dark brown shorts. On Rick's feet were white runners with black stripes on it. Rick had dark brown hair with red tints in it and cold blue eyes that show little emotion.
Rick with only show his emotions when he was moving on his own or racing some one for fun. Rick's parents had decided that for there summer vacation that they should explore Africa. Rick wasn't too thrilled with going to Africa but he knew that once his parents made up their minds that there was no going back, or changing their minds for that matter.
"I hear of a village that has a white lion." Rick father said "How about we all go check it out."
"Fine, whatever" Rick said in a bored voice than yawns.
Scene change
Rick and his parents soon came to a village were other people were gathered around a cage. As Rick got closer he saw a patch of white fur and once he with his family found an opening he saw a white female lion that was wearing a golden tiara, and a beautiful golden necklace around her neck.
Rick wasn't imprested by this for so while his family was staring at it he walks back over to their truck. Rick crawls into the back of the truck and sat on the edge of it. He lays back to look at the sky and the clouds with his eyes half closed.
'Why did we even come here?' thought Rick with a huff and a scowl on his face. 'I would rather be back home and hanging out with my friends, and going to the skateboarding park or racing.'
Rick watches a cloud pass by and saw it change into a lion. Rick smiles a little as he though of how different he was from everyone. Rick loves to run and explore what was new in his own city of New York. Rick sighed as he slowly sat up and look towards the open gates of the village.
Rick looks out into the jungle and he felt his heart pound with excitement as he thought of racing through the jungle to his hearts content. He looks over at his parents and smirk as he saw just how much they fell in love with that white lion. Rick jumps to the ground and slowly walks over to the gate while no one was looking.
"I wouldn't go into the jungle if I were you" a voice said behind Rick.
Rick looks over his shoulder to see a young African girl that was about his age. She was wearing a light blue short sleeve shirt and dark blue shorts. On her feet were blue shoe slippers and around her right and left wrist were golden bracelets.
"Why shouldn't I?" Rick asked as he turns to look at the girl.
"There are lots of wild animals in there" the girl said. "If you're not careful you'll get ripped apart by a panther, a jaguar, a cheetah or a lion."
"So what girl!" growled Rick with a huff as he looks away. "At lest that will give me some excitement in my life in this place."
"You must be very brave to face those creatures" the girl said with a look of curiosity.
Rick smirks as he looks at the girl. "Sure am girl, I can even out run street dogs that watch over a junk yard. I'm Rick by the way Rick Leo the fastest teenager that can out run anything if possible."
The girl giggled a little bit before continuing. "It's nice to meet you Rick the lion who is fast as the wind. My name is Kina the girl that lives in this village."
"Nice to me you" Rick said with a smile on his face.
"Rick" called Rick's mother as she came up to him and Kina. "What do think of Africa so far son?"
"It's okay I guess" Rick said with a look of boredom on his face.
"I thought you might say that" Rick's mother smiled at her son. "And that's why you're father and I decided that we should move to Africa. We already called back home and told the people there to bring our stuff on the next plane."
Rick's eyes widened as he heard what his mother said. He, Rick, and his family, moving here, to Africa, away from the home he once knew.
"NO!" shouted Rick in anger as he glares at his mother. "I don't want to move here, I want to be home in New York!"
"It's for your own good son" Rick's father said as he came up beside Rick's mother. "We have a friend here that can help us find a home in Africa, and besides back in New York you won't have to hang out with those drunken friends of yours."
"You don't understand!" yelled Rick as he backs away from his parents. "New York City is my home, I was born there. And now you made a decision without telling me how I feel….HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME!"
Than without warning Rick ran off into the jungle with his parents shouting for him to come back. But Rick didn't hear them for he only heard the sound of his heart breaking in two. Rick didn't care where his feet carried him as long as it was far away from his parents.
'How could they, how could they?' It was the only thought that ran through Rick's head as he ran.
Rick ran and ran with all his might through the jungle while not noticing how the animals were looking at him, or a lion that was fallowing him. Rick felt a stitch form on his side and he soon had to stop to take a breather.
Rick soon caught his breath than he slowly looks and found himself in front a ruin castle. Rick walks towards it to take a better look at it.
"This castle must have been beautiful back than" Rick said as he climbs up a path up to the roof.
He soon made it to the top and Rick felt his mouth hung wide open as he saw what was in front of him. The view of the jungle was so amazing that he thought that he might have lost his breath and he could help a smile that was forming on his face.
"Now this one amazing view and I bet that the city's that I've gone to never had this." Rick said in a whisper as he saw the sun going down above the horizon.
Just than Rick heard a growl from behind him and he quickly turns around to look behind him. There standing in front of him was a white lion cub that was bearing its teeth at Rick and glaring at him with its blue eyes.
"Not good" Rick said as he stares at the cub. "If a lion cub is here than its parents can't be too far away."
The lion cub took a step towards him as it gave a hissing growl. Rick takes a step back from the lion cub with his hands out in front of him.
"Easy there tough guy, I'm not going to hurt you" Rick said as he took another step back not noticing how close he was to the edge. "I was only passing through and I'm really sorry for coming in to you're….Ah!"
Without warning Rick right foot slips off the edge and he almost fell right off the edge but he managed to grab the edge without difficulty and quickly climbs back up. Rick was on his hands and knees with him panting for breath but only go a brief moment before dodging the lion cub. The lion cub had nearly pounced down on Rick and was now slipping off the ledge with only its front paws holding it there.
Rick slowly walks over to the edge and looks down at the lion cub. Blue eyes met blue eyes as they stared at one another and Rick felt a jolt go through him. Rick felt anger and rage go through his entire body but he shook it off quickly. Slowly Rick reached to the back of the lion cub's neck and grabs the scruff but he soon grounds his teeth as he felt the lion cub bite his arm.
"It's okay, don't worry" Rick said as he kept his grip on the cub's scruff. "I'm not going to hurt you; I promise that I'm going to help you."
Rick soon pulls the cub back up onto the castle roof than looks down at the lion cub, which was still biting his arm. Rick couldn't help but smile as he remembers a junk yard dog biting the same arm the lion cub was biting.
"Seems like the whole world hates me" Rick said as he looks up at the sky. "First family brought me to Africa for a vacation, than my parents wanted to move here to Africa and now you are biting me on the same arm a dog in my city bit me on. Yeah…the world really hates me and wants me to die a fast death."
Just than Rick felt a tongue licking his arm and he looks down and was surprised to find the white lion cub licking his now bleeding arm.
"I guess you feel sorry for me somewhat" Rick said with a sad smile as the lion cub looked up at him. "I'm sorry for making you scared or angry at me, you see…I was running away from my parents and I didn't know that this jungle belonged to you and you're parents, so I'm sorry."
The lion looks away from him with a sad look on its face. Rick looks at the lion cub for a minute before a realization came across his face.
"Oh I'm sorry" Rick said quickly and looks away. "I didn't know that you didn't have parents…I…"
"It's alright, just be lucky that you have parents." A voice said from in front of Rick.
Rick looks down at the lion cub and shook his head for a moment than looks at the lion cub again.
"Did you just talk?" Rick asked as he stares hard at the lion cub.
The lion cub quickly looks up at Rick with a confused look on its face. "You mean you can understand me?"
Rick and the lion cub stare at each other with shocked looks on their faces. Rick felt like screaming but the only sound that he made was "Wow".
Just than Rick heard his family truck sound through the jungle and he looks back at the lion cub.
"Sounds like my parents are looking for me." Rick said with a small smile on his face. "I better go back to them so I can receive my punishment."
"Just remember that you should be lucky to have your parents with you." The lion cub said with a smile of his own. "And sorry for biting you're arm like that."
"That's okay" Rick said as he stood up. "Not the first time it's happened to me, I'm just sorry for entering you're jungle…um"
"It's Kimba" the lion cub said. "And that's okay…Um"
"Rick" he said with a proud smile. "Rick Leo, the fastest race in my own town."
"Nice to meet you Rick" Kimba said with a nod of his head. "I hope that arm of yours doesn't get infected."
"Don't worry" Rick said with a wave of his right hand. "One I clean it up and put a bandage on it will be good as new."
"That's good" Kimba said with a sigh. "Well goodbye than Rick Leo."
With that said Rick watched the white lion leave and for some reason Rick felt his heart jump with a warm feeling in his chest.
"Goodbye…Kimba" Rick said in a whisper than turns to go to his parents.
Scene change
After getting a scolding from his parents and washing up his arm back in the village that held the white lioness. The village people had let them stay in their village for a while until they find a house in the city. Rick was looking out a window from his own bed room at the full moon.
Rick was thinking about the white lion cub, Kimba. Something about him made Rick want to see him again, if he got a chance. What he didn't know was that he and Kimba will have many adventures together with some new friends as well.