The Lion King 3: Calling
Disc.: I own NOTHING from this wonderful series, save for the plots used in this story revolving around characters that aren't mine.
A/N: Well, here's Ch.2! I can't believe how far I got in the first chapter, that was pretty much the first 45 minutes to an hour of the second movie…anyway, surprise pairing of the rest of this fic is KiaraxNuka! It's sad how he died so soon, on top of that he was never really loved by anyone- not even by his own mother! So, I've decided to change that and let Kiara give him the love he never had, because he deserves it! Now then, here we go with the next chapter!
Ch.2- The Sun Yearns For The Moon
Kopa and the other lionesses said nothing as they headed back to Pride Rock to settle down until the morning came again, Ishani and the elite guard walking further ahead while Nala decided to hang back and talk to her mate about their highly irresponsible son.
"Kopa…"
Kopa just cleared his throat as a gesture that he would take care of everything, Nala smiling gently at her mate before heading back to Pride Rock with the other lionesses. After they were all out of sight, Kopa set his son down onto a rock and glared at him. Simba looked up at his father and flashed him a grin, but the angry glare on his father's face quickly made it disappear as the young Prince looked down at his own paws sadly.
"Simba, what did you think you were doing out there? You could have been killed today!"
"But Dad, I-"
"I'm telling you this because I love you, Simba and I don't want to lose you or your sister."
"I know."
"If something ever happened to either one of you, I don't know what I'd do."
Simba let out a sad sigh, he already missed Kovu. He wanted to teach him what it meant to actually play, and not treat it as one of those training exercises that he probably did all the time while living in the Outlands.
"One day I won't be here, and I need you or your sister to take my place. We are all a part of the great-"
"Circle of Life, I know!"
"Exactly, and from now on I want you to be careful…because as future King-"
"Well what if I don't wanna be King?! It's no fun."
"That's like saying you don't wanna be a Lion, it's in your blood…just as I am, for we are a part of each other."
Simba had heard this same speech a thousand times, so it was nothing new to him. What he wasn't expecting, however, was for his dad to gently push him off the rock and then grin down at him. Simba then grinned back at him, and the rest of the trip back to Pride Rock was of father and son chasing each other playfully until they arrived home.
(In the Outlands)
The sun had set long ago and was denoting twilight, the Outsider lionesses each doing their own sort of activity. Hawa was rolling a rock around, and Sumai was having a tug of war match with Nefret. As these Pridesisters each stuck to their own business, a single male lion was grumbling to himself about how he'd never amount to anything important. He kept at it until he came upon a lion cub who was trying to pull a stick out of the ground but was failing to even get it loose.
"Kovu, Kovu, Kovu…Scar wasn't even his father, he just took him in like the rest of us. Oh hey, Vitani, where's that little brat Kovu…(mockingly) the chosen one?"
The lion was obviously a teenager, if his size and attitude were any sort of identification factors. He had light gray fur and a scraggly black mane that wasn't even fully developed yet, his chocolate brown eyes showing annoyance at how his little brother was King and not him. He was thin, too thin for his own good as he unsheathed a claw and used it to cut the stick that his little sister Vitani was desperately trying to pull out of the ground, a somewhat high pitched laugh erupting from his throat as Vitani slid across the ground for a few feet and then stopped as she rolled onto her stomach and then got up on all fours.
"Nuka, where's Kovu? Did you leave him alone again?"
"Hey, it's every lion for themselves out here sis…that damned runt's gotta learn to look out for himself." Nuka said as he scratched the fleas that were jumping around on his back.
Vitani's blue eyes showed annoyance at her older brother's carelessness, even though she never showed it half the time she really did care about Kovu.
"Mother's gonna be mad, she told you to watch him!"
"Oh who cares? I should have been the chosen one…I'm the oldest, I'm the smartest, I'm the strongest- damn these fucking fleas!" Nuka all but screamed out as he began scratching himself so hard he was almost bleeding.
"I could be a leader if she'd just give me a chance!"
"Oh pfft, yeah right…why don't you tell that to her?"
"Yeah? Don't think I won't!"
"Oh really…well, here's your chance."
Nuka was about to ask her what she meant when he heard the distinctly familiar approach of his mother, his excitement rising as he let a happy grin slip onto his face.
"Mother? Mother! You're back! Mother, I caught some tasty field mice for your dinner and I left them by…uh..." Nuka stopped talking as he saw how angry his mother was at the moment, but he felt happy again once Kovu was on the ground and she was looking at him.
"You were supposed to be watching him!" Zira screamed furiously at her eldest son, the look of happiness on his face becoming one of deep fear. Kovu, as much as he was annoyed by his older brother, decided to save him from their mother's verbal lashings before things escalated and became violent.
"It's not his fault, I went off on my own!"
Zira then turned on Kovu, her anger increasing tenfold at hearing him admit that it was all his idea to go off where they couldn't find him.
"What did you think you were doing?"
"N-nothing."
"Who has made us Outsiders?"
"K-kopa."
"Who killed Scar?!"
"Kopa!"
"What have I told you about them!" Zira was all but ready to wring her youngest son's throat, she was that angry at him.
"I'm sorry, Mother. But, he didn't seem that bad…I-I thought that maybe we could be-"
"Friends!?"
Kovu flinched at the venom in his mother's voice when she said the word 'friends', it seemed that her anger wouldn't go away anytime soon.
"You thought you'd get to the son, and that Kopa would just welcome you with open arms? What an idea! I oughta-" but as she let the thought sink in, a smile appeared on her face…maybe her son hadn't completely fucked things up after all.
"What an idea…you brilliant child, I'm so proud of you! You have the same conniving mind that made my Scar seem so…powerful!"
Nuka visibly gagged at hearing of his mother mention Scar in a somewhat sexual tense, but backed down when Zira snarled at him before she picked up Kovu up and carried him off into the cave nearby.
(The Cave)
Zira dropped Kovu into a hollowed out tree that served as his bed, a vengeful smile spreading across her face.
"I can now see the path to our glorious return to power."
"But I don't want-"
"Hush!" Zira said irritably before she gently nuzzled Kovu's cheek.
"Hush, my little one. You must be exhausted."
She then began singing a lullaby to Kovu, the same one that she had sung to him every night since he was a newborn.
"Sleep my little Kovu, let your dreams take wing. One day when you're big and strong, you will be a King."
Kovu smiled at his mother's gentle words before he drifted off to sleep.
"Good night."
"Good night, my little Prince…tomorrow your training intensifies."
Nuka knew that his mother would be busy for who knew how long, so he snuck off to visit his secret friend…hoping that she'd be awake long enough to talk to him.
(Pride Rock, night)
Kiara woke up to get some water, so she quietly snuck out of the cave where her parents and brother slept so that she could get a drink when she heard rustling in the bushes nearby.
"Who's there?"
"Kiara, it's me!"
Kiara's face lit up when her best friend came out of the bushes, a huge smile appearing as the lion she'd been having wonderful nighttime talks with was now standing in front of her.
"Nuka, you're here!"
"Yeah, figured you could use a friend right about now. So, how ya been half pint?" Nuka said as he playfully ruffled her ears, a quiet laugh coming from the Pridelands princess' lips.
"I've been great, mom's been teaching me how to hunt and she says I'm making progress!"
At hearing of how much fun Kiara's been having with her mother, Nuka's own features took on a look of sadness. Kiara saw how upset her friend became as soon as the subject of a mother came up, so she changed it to something more lighthearted.
"Say, Nuka…I've been thinking, and I know this may seem sudden but…"
Nuka looked at the young princess sitting next to him with curiosity, it seemed like she was really struggling to tell him something important.
"But…? What is it, Kiara?"
"Well…I really like you, more than I should a lion who's old enough to be my older brother, and I was wondering…when I come of age, will you be my mate?"
Nuka was shocked, and this clearly showed on his face. Kiara liked him that much, so much that she wanted to have his cubs?
"Do you…really mean that? Are you sure that's what you want?!"
Kiara then gently placed her small paw on one of his before she placed a small kiss at the corner of his lips, her eyes taking on a gentle and loving glint as they held each other's gazes.
"More than anything, my dearly beloved Nuka." Kiara said with all the love she could put into her words, the small kiss she'd placed on his lips turned into a passionate and heated exchange between them under the crescent moon. After a few minutes of fiercely making out, Nuka placed one more kiss on her forehead before he left to go back to the Outlands…his heart already yearning for Kiara, and her words that had saved him from his own sorrow.
T.B.C.- Well, thought I'd throw in some of our surprise pairing to give you guys something to look forward to in the following chapters. As always, you know the drill- read and review please!