Disclaimer: I do not own the Lion King. It belongs to Disney.

A/N: Here's my second story. I believe it is quite interesting. If you want to get to know some of the characters better, I recommend reading my first story, The Beginning. This story takes place about a month after Tora and Kora arrived in the Pridelands. Well, enjoy!


Chapter 1: What's Wrong with Uzuri?

All the cubs were down at the water hole as usual, including Uzuri with her new found "friend." This "friend" was a young cub named Kotta. He had light gold fur with a black tuft of fur on his head. Ever since Uzuri's incidents with Tora and Nala, she wanted to get back at them, so she recruited Kotta to help her.

"Okay, here's the plan." Uzuri said to Kotta. "When Tora and Nala get here, you get them to stand right there." she said pointing to a spot on the ground. "Then, I'll swing on a vine from the tree and knock them both into the water."

"How am I supposed to get them to stand there?" Kotta asked.

"Talk to them, flirt, I don't care, just make sure they stand there." Uzuri said. "But make sure the spot they're supposed to stand at is in front of you."

"Talk to them? You know I don't talk to people I don't know! Let alone flirt with them!" Kotta exclaimed.

"Well, get over it." Uzuri said. She looked behind her. "Here they come! Make sure Simba and Kora don't get in the way." Uzuri ran to the tree and climbed up it. She grabbed a vine with her mouth to get ready to swing.

"Why did I agree to be her friend? Kotta asked himself. "Oh, right, I'm in love with her." Then he saw Tora and Nala coming. "Tora! Nala! can I talk to you for a minute?" Kotta shouted to them. Tora and Nala began to walk over with Simba and Kora behind them. "Alone." Kotta said.

Simba and Kora looked at each other. "Whatever." Simba said. "Come on Kora, let's go swimming." The two ran and jumped into the water.

Tora and Nala went over to Kotta. "So, who are you?" Tora asked.

"Um, my name's Kotta... and... um..." Kotta looked down and saw they weren't in the right spot. "Could you two take two steps to your right?" Kotta asked.

"Okay..." Nala replied, confused why he just asked them that. She and Tora did what he said.

Uzuri jumped from the tree to swing into Tora and Nala, but the vine snapped. She was sent flying into Kotta and they both ended up in the water hole. "OUCH!" they both yelled before hitting the water.

"What was that?" Nala asked.

"Obviously someone who doesn't pay attention to where they're swinging." Tora replied. "Let's go find Simba and Kora." The two began to walk around the water hole.


Uzuri and Kotta climbed out of the water. "What was that?" Uzuri yelled at him.

"I got them to stand where you wanted." Kotta replied.

"Whatever. Just don't mess things up next time" Uzuri said.

"But, it wasn't my-" Kotta was cut off by Uzuri.

"Be quiet. Now, if you don't mind I'm going to go dry off. You stay here and leave me alone for awhile, you idiot." Uzuri told him before walking away from the water hole.

Kotta sighed. "I love her anyway."


Uzuri was out of sight from the water hole when she was suddenly grabbed from inside some tall grass. "What the-" she began to speak, but a paw was put over her mouth and she was pulled into the grass. A few moments later, Uzuri came back out and walked back to the water hole.

Kotta was still in the spot she left him when she got down there. Kotta saw her coming back, but he noticed something strange. Her fur was completely dry. "How did her fur get dry so fast?" he asked himself.

Uzuri approached him. "Hi, Kotta!" she exclaimed.

"Um, hi... how did your fur dry so quickly?" Kotta asked her. "You just got out of the water."

"Oh, that, um... my fur just dries fast." she answered. "You know, I never noticed how cute you are."

"Come again?" Kotta said. He wasn't sure if he had heard that right. "Did you say I'm cute?"

"Yes, I did." she answered. "Now come on, let's go see if Simba, Nala, Tora, and Kora want to play!" She ran off to find them.

Kotta knew something wasn't right. "Earlier, she tried to attack Tora and Nala, and now she wants to go play with them?" he said. "On top of that, she was being nice to me... something's wrong..." He then ran after her.


On the other side of the water hole, Simba and his friends were playing tag.

"You're it!" Simba shouted as he tagged Kora.

"Darn it..." Kora said.

They all stopped when they saw Uzuri come over.

Oh, great..." Tora said with a sigh. "What does she want?"

Uzuri walked over to them. "Hi best friends! Can I play?"

The four cubs just looked at each other. "Best friends?" Nala said, confused.

Simba approached her. "Are you okay?" Simba asked. "You're acting strange."

"Why? Because I want to play with my best friends?" Uzuri asked.

Then they saw Kotta come over. "Do you know what's wrong with her?" Kotta asked.

"No... but it's as if her personality completely changed." Nala replied.

They all looked over and saw Uzuri playing with a butterfly.

"We've got to get to the bottom of this." Simba told them. Then he noticed that Kora was missing all of a sudden. "Where's Kora?"

"Kora! Where are you?" Tora yelled. Then Kora came out from behind some bushes. "Oh, there you are. Where did you go?"

"If it was any of your business, I would tell you, but it's not, so shut up." he told his sister. He walked over to Nala. "Hey, you're pretty hot."

Nala just looked at him. This wasn't like Kora at all. "Kora, what's wrong with you?" Nala asked. "First, you tell your sister to shut up, and now you're hitting on me?"

"Yeah, that's right." he answered. "This is the real me, so get used to it."

Tora whispered in Simba's ear. "That's not Kora, I can tell."

"What's going on here?" Simba asked himself. "We have to figure this out before it happens to anyone else. Come on guys, let's solve this mystery." Everyone but Kora and Uzuri followed Simba. What they were going to discover was something they never would have expected.


A/N: Ahhhh! What's going on? Uzuri kind? Kora being a jerk? What will the others discover? That'll have to wait for the next update. Please comment/review. Also, my poll is still open on my profile, so you can vote on that too. See ya for the next update!