CHAPTER 2 – Seduced
"I know, love will find a way. Everywhere I go, I'm home, if you are there beside me. The dark turning into day. Somehow we'll come through, now that I've found you. Love will find a way…"
Zazu was singing with melancholy behind the bars of his ribcage. He was running out of ideas on what else he could sing to sooth the constantly nervous Scar.
-Don't you have anything better on your list than cheap, shoddy love songs? – sighed the bored king.
-Uhm, actually no, your majesty.
-Then keep silent! I need to rest.
Unfortunately, yet again he didn't have the chance to do that, as someone appeared at the entrance to the cave a moment later. A lioness, calling his name.
-Scar!
The king raised his head. The sun blinded him, but he managed to recognize her. That slim body, that stripe on her head, that wild look in her eyes…
-Zira.
-Exactly. Welcome, my king. Can you spare some time?
Scar sighed. He rose from the ground and went out to face her.
-I just hope that you're not here to tell me about your troubles with feeding your family! You know the principles of our agreement. I can't help you.
Zira bared her fangs in a friendly smile.
-Oh, king. Nothing can hide from your inquiring mind, as always.
Scar snorted and turned his back at her.
-Wait! – she cried. – I do not come here to beg. I'm here to negotiate the conditions of our deal.
-There is nothing to negotiate. Everything has already been determined. Now get back to that rogue of yours!
Zira approached him in such a way that she touched his side. She looked at him carefully. Her eyes shined with beautiful scarlet…
-And what if I don't want to go back to him?
The king stood astonished, with a sense of irritation covering his face.
-What do you have in mind?
-Oh, Scar! If you only knew how much I miss the Pride Lands! Of course, I sentenced myself to this exile, but now it has become unbearable! – her voice was filled with great sorrow. – It's all because of Siri!
-And who might that be?
-My mate! At first he seemed strong and protective… But now he is beginning to ill treat me, despite being the father of my son! Poor, little Nuka… Siri doesn't want to hunt for him, that's why the cub is weak and sickly!
Unfortunately Scar wasn't very concerned about sad family stories.
-Hmf! And what does that have to do with me? As you said, you alone sentenced yourself to such a life!
-Oh, but Scar…
Zira, who was standing aside until now, started to fawn and rub onto him like a cat.
-You can be sure that your help will not go unrewarded…
The lion felt confused. He closed his eyes. Willingly or not, he returned the lioness' caresses. She was no longer a cub, definitely… He couldn't stop thinking about her scarlet eyes, so deep and wild…
He was woken up by his own purr of delight. He made a step backward, his smile disappeared.
-What exactly do you want, Zira?
-I want you to use your royal power. I'm conscious of the strength you wield in your paws. You rightfully deserve it, only will you be willing to use it to support your poor subjects? To support… this poor subject of yours?
Her voice was full of gentle request. Scar felt stunned, caught in the trap of her seductive behavior, the way she gazed at him…
-In what… way would I be able to help you?
-Oh, in erasing the threat, naturally!
Zira came closer and looked Scar straight in the eyes.
-I am not concerned only by my own benefits. I am also a loyal subject of my king. Siri mentioned to me, that he is dreaming of joining our pride… and taking a significant role in it, if you know what I mean.
The king growled upon hearing these words.
-What?
-Oh, no worries! He is no match for you.
-I will make him regret ever thinking otherwise…!
Zira touched Scar's cheek with a smile.
-That's precisely what I wanted to hear.
She was charming. The lion felt something about her that attracted him. Still he had the habit of keeping distance to everyone he met, so he decided to make sure whether if he could fully trust her. Finally, the lioness looked at him, smiling.
-Goodbye, my king.
She jumped down from Pride Rock like a young pussy cat. Scar watched her until she disappeared over the horizon. He sighed. Returning to his layer, he went pass Zazu' s cage.
-What have you been conversating about for so long, your majesty?
-Mind your own business, all right? Keep quiet and don't bother me now.
He laid himself on the ground, but soon noticed that he was no longer sleepy.
-Or Zazu? Sing something for me.
-What should I sing, my liege?
-What you were singing earlier. That… love song, if you will.
AN: … and with all this romantic atmosphere… disaster's in the air! XD
So finally the evil king found someone that's actually interested in him… or rather she did! Zira became bored with her present spouse, despite that he's Nuka's father in my story. 'Siri' isn't a real name. It just means 'mystery' in Swahili. I called him that to symbolize that we will probably never know who he really was. Zira plots to seduce Scar… and she succeeds. Why? You're asking why? Cause she has eyes just like Sarabi's XD.
… a bitter kiss will bring him to his knees…