Chapter 2: Battle and Divide
Simba was pacing back and forth in the cave, waiting for his trusted assistant Zazu to return and tell him where his daughter had gone. Simba glared at the angry brown wall of the cave, his brows furrowed in dismay when he thought about his daughter siding with Kovu. What made it worse though, was that he was Scar's heir.
Just then, Simba heard the fluttering of wings; he turned to face the mouth of the cave and greeted Zazu, hornbill with blue feathers, white belly, undertail, underwings, and eyes with black pupils, aqua eyelids, both orange feet and bill with yellow trimming on both sides around his nostrils, indigo feather tips with white linings beneath them, thick black eyebrows, both indigo trimming on his head and feather on the back of it, with a curt nod of his head.
"Well?" Simba asked.
Zazu gulped, looked Simba right in the eye. He didn't want to be accused of being a coward.
"Kiara, Vitani and your two friends have gone out of the Pridelands. Kiara will not go against Kovu; I'm afraid Sire, that she will not change her mind." Zazu said.
"I see. Where is Kovu?" Simba enquired softly.
"At the North river, having a drink." Zazu said.
"In or out of the Pridelands?" Simba asked.
"In." Zazu answered in a voice that was barely a whisper.
Simba turned away from Zazu and faced the lionesses of the Pride Lands. He roared in anger, banged his front paws down, claws out and dugs them deep into the ground.
"Kovu will not mate with Kiara. I'll make sure of that." Simba said.
(Meanwhile)
Kovu was drinking peacefully from the stream.
"Kovu?" a voice asked.
Kovu lift his head up and see his love of his life; Kiara, heading to him, along with Vitani, Timon and Pumbaa.
"Kiara?" Kovu asked.
Kiara and Kovu nuzzled each other for a long moment but then, they heard a voice yell, "Get away from my daughter, Outsider!"
When they turned around, the voice was in fact Simba's. He was also with three other lionesses along with sad Nala.
"Simba?! What's going on?!" Kovu asked in surprise.
"Father won't let us mate or rule together and might even exile you and former Outsiders!" Kiara said.
"I WILL exile them!" Simba said.
"Simba, don't you think you let hate get the best of you?" Pumbaa asked.
"No, Pumbaa! I'm not let the hate get the best of me. I was just to blind earlier, believing that Kovu and the Outlander had changed. Now I'm realizing the truth." Simba said.
"Hey now, let just calm down and talk this out." Timon said.
But suddenly, without warning, Simba leap at Kovu!
Kiara saw her father tackle Kovu to the ground and a vicious fight began! Vitani is about to help her brother but was pin down by two lionesses while Timon and Pumbaa just watch in shock at what is happening!
Kovu manage to knock Simba off of him. Kovu then pin down Simba.
"I think we should listen to Timon." Kovu said.
Suddenly, a lioness attack Kovu from behind and knock him off of her king. Simba and the lioness then attack Kovu, biting and slashing.
"HEY! Two against one?! That's not fair!" Timon said.
Simba just look at his meerkat friend.
"As long as I kill Kovu, that's all that matters." Simba replied, fire in his eyes.
"Father, please stop! Don't hurt him!" Kiara begged her father, tears streaming down her face and wetting her golden fur.
Simba turned his gaze to his only child. Kiara's mouth was in a mournful line, her eyes glaring at her father in utter disgust. Her gaze turned to Kovu, he was in a right state, the right side of his body sagged where the bones appeared to be broken, he has claws marks everywhere and a bite mark on his neck. Red flowed from every direction.
Kiara started to walk towards Kovu; Simba put himself in front of her path.
"Stay away from him!" Simba said, cast a dark look Kovu's way.
"Move!" Kiara growled to her father, lowered herself to the ground as if she were going to attack her father.
Simba ignore his daughter and the lioness place her paw on Kovu, prepare to finish him off. Kiara felt something soft on her right side, she turned around and saw her mother there, smiling at her. Kiara embraced Nala tenderly and roared in relief.
"Mother, please tell father to stop." Kiara whispered lowly, so only Nala could hear her.
"I can't.", Nala responded sadly. "Simba, your father is my husband and also my king. I must obey his every command or risk exile and death myself."
"Then risk it!" Kiara choked out hopelessly.
She knew how much her mother loved her father, and wouldn't go against him for anything in the world; even for her.
Kiara roared is such pain, it felt as though she had been stabbed to the every depth of her soul. Her eyes were screaming in protest. How could her parents turn on her? Didn't they know what love was, or what it felt like?
"What do we do?! What do we do?! What do we do?!" Pumbaa asked.
"For once, I don't know." Timon said.
"Father, you told me once when I was a lot younger, that everyone was equal. You said appearance didn't matter; it was the inside that counted. Did those words mean nothing to you?" Kiara asked Simba, vehement accusation laced in her voice.
"She does have a point." Pumbaa said.
Simba regarded Kiara for a moment, his mouth in a hard line. With a slight shake of his head, he answered, "you're too young to understand the true meaning."
Kiara laughed derisively glaring at her mother and father in anger and exasperation.
"I've got a pretty good understand." Kiara said.
"Uh, Timon, do wise kings be unfair and selfish?" Pumbaa asked.
"No, Pumbaa. They don't." Timon said as he thinking.
"Then Simba is NOT the Simba we know and we should save Kovu and others." Pumbaa said.
"That means Simba is NOT the Simba we know and we should save Kovu and others." Timon said.
"Hey! You're right! So shall we?" Pumbaa asked.
"Oh yes. Lets!" Timon said.
The lioness lift her paw and unsheathed her claws. But before she could strike...
"YYAAAAAHHHH!"
Pumbaa with Timon on his head, charge at the lioness and ram her to Simba who watch in shock. Pumbaa then ram one of two lionesses that pinned Vitani, then back kick on the other.
"Thanks guys." Vitani said as she got back up.
"You're welcome!" Pumbaa said.
"Timon! Pumbaa! What are you two doing?!" Simba asked in shock and surprise.
"Well, we saving our friend; Kovu. Is there a problem with that." Timon asked, amused.
Simba being near Kovu, decide to finish Kovu himself. Simba lift his paw and unsheathed his claws. Kiara knows what her father going to do.
"NO!" Kiara yelled.
Kiara got herself between her father and mate and took the hit. Simba couldn't stop, slashed Kiara's right eye.
"Kiara!" everyone said.
Kiara place her paw on her right eye. When she remove her paw and look at her parents, everyone but laying Kovu, saw a fresh scar like what Scar and Kovu had on the other eye!
Vitani, Timon and Pumbaa head to Kiara.
"You're alright?" Vitani asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Kiara said.
Just then, they heard a moan. Everyone look at Kovu who's slowly and painfully, got up.
"Kovu." Kiara said, nuzzle Kovu.
"Hey, pal. You're ok?" Timon asked.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine." Kovu said weaky.
"But not for long!" Simba said before he starting to leap...
But Pumbaa ram Simba to Nala and lionesses and Timon jump on the tree, grab the vines and trying them up.
"There's a good kitties." Timon said before he turn to Pumbaa, Kovu, Kiara and Vitani, "The vines won't hold them for long. Let's go."
Everyone nodded. Kovu try to move but he was in too pain and collapse. Pumbaa gently lifted him onto his back. Together, they ran like the wind back to Pride Rock.
(While later)
Kiara, Vitani, Timon and Pumbaa with Kovu on his back, reached the cave and Kiara roared to summon the outsiders. Vitani's mate, Kito; the grey fur lion with dark grey under fur, black mane and ruby eyes, was the first to appear, carrying his 5 weeks old son; Nuka, named after his dead uncle who never had a chance to have a peaceful life, a cream fur lion cub and light yellow under fur, blue eyes and bushier black hair tuft like his uncle Kovu, the others quickly followed. Kito put Nuka down.
"What happen?" Kito asked.
"My so call father attacking Kovu. I must take the former outsiders out of the Pirde Lands before father could do something bad." Kiara said.
"Well, my wife won't be leaving alone. I'll go with her and you all." Kito said.
"Thank you, dear." Vitani said, nuzzle her husband.
"The people coming with me, you have five minutes to do what you need to do, but after that we must leave. " Commanded Kiara in a light voice.
Whilst the others went to say goodbye to friends they had made, Timon and Pumbaa after he put Kovu down on the ground, are having a chat before they turn to Kiara.
"We're going as well! True friends stand together in times of need." Timon said with Pumbaa nodded in agreement.
"Thanks, guys." Kiara replied touched, emotion quaked in her voice.
"You're very welcome, friend." Pumbaa said.
"Let's go, we have a lot of ground to over!" Kiara instructed.
Kovu try to get up but Kiara place her paw on him.
"Oh no you don't. You're still hurt." Kiara said.
With that, Kiara lift Kovu onto her back.
Kiara with Kovu, Timon and Pumbaa, Vitani carry Nuka and Kito lead the procession of Outsiders across the Pridelands They ran with the speed of light, Kiara knew that her father would get free from the vines, follow her and try and find her, and then destroy Kovu and possibly the other Outsiders. She couldn't let this happen, she wouldn't allow it!
After a while they came to a stream, they stopped for a drink while Timon and Pumbaa grab some grubs as much as there can. Vitani sighed.
"Home sweet Outlands home." Vitani said.
"Don't worry, it won't be forever. It's only untill father change his mind and let you live with us again." Kiara said.
"But what if he doesn't?" Kovu asked.
Kiara nuzzle her soon-to-be mate, "We'll find the way."
Love will always find the way.
(Chapter 2 done. What do you think.
Since someone like my crane and gorilla idea, I'll use them. I just need to name them. I thinking naming my female crane; Zula. What do you think? I just need a good name for the Gorilla.
Also when they found they new lands, they will need a den like Pride Rock. Any idea for that? I mean; Is it a rock or something and What would it look like?
OH! And one more thing, seeing someone like my tick-bird and an aardvark, so I decide to add them only one of them is a female, can you guess which one?
If so, just reveiw or PM me. Hope you enjoy it.)