A/N I'd like to thank Yee111213, red hood, Nova Lioness, thingsareweird, Elsie, mimoo01, Alama, TRON0602, Lozzo101, and RKOfan123 for reviewing ch 1. I love it when I get reviews in double digits! Here's ch 2 for you and as always see ch 1 for disclaimer.

CH 2 New Happenings

Two months had passed since Mufasa and Kuza's birth and the two Princes were allowed to venture out of the cave. Since then Selena had given birth to a daughter who she named Sarabi and Fura had given birth to a daughter as well who she named Sarafina. The other cubs were also allowed to venture out on this day. They were going to be escorted by two older cubs from the Pride. One was a tan lioness cub with ruby eyes named Zira. She was only a month older than the others cubs but she was trusted by the adults because she was always responsible and very mature for her age. Her mother, Zuri had always been this way and since she and Uru had been friends since they were cubs it made sense for their cubs to become friends. The second cub was a grey cub with blue eyes named Ni. He was the same age as Kukoma but way more immature. He was always playing pranks on everyone. Sometimes Mufasa would join in and they were always causing havoc. It was clear that the two were becoming best friends. But on this particular day Ni's mother, Sante had given her son strict orders not to goof around. Uru and Ahadi had given Mufasa the same orders.

"Now I'm serious Mufasa," Uru was saying. "No funny business. Understand?"

"Yes Mom," Mufasa said with a crooked grin. Uru smiled at her son, unable to keep a straight face when Mufasa gave her that smile.

"Don't worry Mom I'll keep him in line," Kuza said with a smirk. Mufasa stuck his tongue out at his brother who laughed in response. The next thing Uru knew her sons were wrestling on the ground. However this fun was short-lived when Ahadi appeared. Ahadi cleared his throat and his sons quickly stopped wrestling and jumped to their feet. "I trust you two are aware of the rules," Ahadi said sternly.

"Yes Dad," the cubs said together.

"Don't worry King Ahadi," Zira said coming onto the scene along with Ni. "I'll make sure they stay in line."

"I know you will Zira," Ahadi said smiling at the three-month old. Just then they were joined by Sarabi and Sarafina both of whom looked excited

"Are you guys ready to go?" Sarabi asked with a big smile.

"We sure are!" Kuza exclaimed. Then the brown cub looked at his father and said, "Can we go now Dad? Please?"

"Of course," Ahadi said smiling at his son. The he bent down and gave Kuza a nuzzle followed by Mufasa. "You boys have fun," Ahadi said.

"And please be careful," Uru said also giving her sons nuzzles.

"We will Mom," the boys said together. With that the Princes and their friends took off to do some exploring. As she watched her sons go Uru let out a sigh. "Oh Ahadi they're growing up so fast," Uru said leaning against her mate's jet black mane. "I just hope they'll be ok out there."

"They'll be fine Uru," Ahadi said reassuringly. "Kuza is responsible for his age and so is Zira. They'll make sure Mufasa stays out of trouble."

"I'm sure you're right Ahadi," Uru said giving her mate a nuzzle. "But I'm still going to worry until my boys are home safe."

"Would it make you feel better if I told you I sent Zuzu to watch over them," Ahadi asked, referring to his majordomo.

"A little," Uru said.

"How about this," Ahadi said. "I'll go make my rounds and at the sametime make sure our sons are safe."

"Oh Ahadi that would make me feel so much better," Uru said.

"Then that's what I'll do," Ahadi said. With that the golden King gave his mate a nuzzle and went off to make his rounds.

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Meanwhile the cubs were busy exploring the Pridelands. Mufasa and Sarafina were paired off as were Kuza and Sarabi. The cubs were fascinated by all the new scenes that they saw. Zira and Ni were watching the younger cubs with smiles. But it wasn't long before Ni got bored. "Hey why don't we take them somewhere really cool," the grey cub suggested.

"Like where?" Zira asked.

"Like uh like," Ni began. "Like the gorge. Yeah it's really cool you'll love it."

"Hey yeah that does sound pretty cool," Mufasa said his amber eyes lighting up. Sarabi nodded her head in agreement.

"Can we go?" Sarafina asked her green eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Yeah can we?" Kuza asked, excited to go somewhere so cool.

"I suppose so," Zira said. "But we need to be extra careful. The gorge is very steep and rocky."

"Ah don't worry so much," Ni said rolling his blue eyes. "Come on let's go." With that the cubs headed off towards the gorge.

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A few minutes later the cubs had arrived at the gorge and were peering down the side. "Whoa," Mufasa breathed his eyes wide.

"It's really steep huh?" Sarabi said softly trying not to show her fear.

"Yeah it is," Mufasa said.

"Maybe we shouldn't do this," Kuza said his emerald eyes filled with fear. "What if we fall. We could get hurt."

"Or worse," Sarabi said with a gulp. "I think Kuza is right. Maybe we shouldn't go down there."

"Ah don't be such a baby," Ni said. "Me and Zira won't let you fall. Right Zi'?"

"Right," Zira said. "But if you don't want to go then you don't have to."

"Yeah we get it if you're to scared to go," Ni said in a sing-song voice.

"We're not scared," Mufasa declared. "Right 'Fina'?" Mufasa looked at Sarafina when he said this last part.

"Right," Sarafina said with force. "You're coming to right Sara'?"

"Well I'll go if Kuza goes," Sarabi declared.

"He's comin'," Mufasa said. "Aren't ya Kuz'?"

"Ah sure I am!" Kuza said almost shouting. "Let's do this." With that the cubs began the steep climb down the side of the gorge. However on the way down Ni decided to play a trick on Mufasa and threw a dead lizard on the golden Prince causing him to yelp in surprise. Mufasa lost his balance and bumped into Kuza who lost his balance as well and began to fall down the side of the gorge. "Kuza!" Mufasa shouted running down the side of the gorge with the others right behind him. When Mufasa reached the bottom he saw his brother laying on the ground with his eyes closed. "Kuza!" Sarabi shouted running over to her friend. But Mufasa got there first and was checking on his brother.

"Is he ok Muffy?" Sarafina asked, concerned for her friend.

"He's really hurt," Mufasa said tears coming to his eyes.

"I'll go get King Ahadi," Zira said. However the tan cub didn't have to go anywhere because Ahadi was already running towards them.

"What happened?" Ahadi asked his green eyes wide with horror as he saw his unconscious son.

"Kuza fell down the side if the gorge," Mufasa said tears flowing down his face.

"It's a good thing I had Zuzu follow you guys," Ahadi declared. "She came and got me when Kuza fell."

"It was an accident King Ahadi," Ni declared tears in his eyes.

"That dosen't matter right now," Ahadi said as he gently picked up Kuza and placed him on his back. "What matters is that we get Kuza back and let Rafiki look at him." With that the King began to walk back up the side of the gorge with the cubs right behind him.

"I hope you're happy Ni," Zira whispered. "I knew your horseplay would get someone hurt."

"Ah shut up Zi'," Ni hissed. "I didn't mean for Kuza to get hurt. I just hope he's gonna be ok."

"I hope so," Zira hissed. "For your sake. I hate to think what King Ahadi will do to you if something happens to Kuza." With that the cubs walked silently back to Priderock all of them hoping the brown Prince was going to be ok.

A/N well there you go folks ch 2 complete. Hope you all liked it. Review please.