A/N: Time for Nala and Mheetu to hear the truth... Hope they take it well...
snheetah: You'll see what kind of relationship they had...
Anonymous13 B: His voice? I haven't really thought about it... If I had to give him one, maybe a little like Scar's, but not as deep or awesome sounding.
Chapter Two: The Truth Comes Out
"Huh?" Mheetu said, stunned by the truth. "But we've never met him before."
Sarafina sighed, "And I hoped that you never would."
While Mheetu looked more surprised than upset, Nala's face clearly displayed her anger.
"So, that lion we always knew wasn't our dad!?" Nala shouted, "You've been lying to us!? Why would you want to keep us from knowing who our real father is!?" She couldn't believe that their own mother would lie to them, especially about who their real father was.
"Nala," Sarafina said, remaining calm with her daughter, "There's a reason I didn't tell you. I did it to protect you."
"From what?" Nala asked, "He didn't seem that bad. I thought he was crazy for saying he was my father, but I guess he was telling the truth..."
"He's not as nice as he seems." Sarafina said, "Like I said, there's a reason I never told you about him." She hated thinking about her time with Buko, but now she had to tell he cubs what that lion was really like.
"And that would be...?" Nala motioned for her mother to continue. She wanted to know why the truth had been kept from her and her brother.
"His name is Buko." Sarafina said, reluctant to even say the name, "When I met him, I thought he was the love of my life... I soon realized that I was very, very wrong... He was abusive. He called me horrible names that should never be said to any lioness." That was the only the psychological aspect of his abuse, Sarafina saw the physical aspect of it to be much worse.
"He also beat me." Sarafina continued, shuttering at her memories, "He was brutal. If I said one thing out of line, or did anything he didn't like, he would strike me until I was a bloody mess... And that wasn't the worst part."
She now had Nala and Mheetu's undivided attention. Nala now felt bad for yelling earlier... She shouldn't have jumped to conclusions like that.
"He had threatened to kill Nala after she was born." She told them. "He never acted on that, I was able to convince him that she was his." She looked at Nala, "Which you are."
"So, why didn't you leave?" Mheetu asked.
"I still loved him." Sarafina said, "I thought the lion I fell in love with was still somewhere inside him, but it was only after I became pregnant with Mheetu that I realized I needed to get out of there. He had become much more violent. I needed to get you two and myself away from him before he could hurt us, which by that point, he would have. I barely managed to stop him from killing Nala during one of his outbursts."
"So, I wasn't born yet?" Mheetu asked.
"No," His mother answered, "When we left, I had just gotten pregnant with you. He never knew. That's when we went to the Lake Pride. I met the lion I like to call your father and we had a happy life until he was killed and had to leave again."
"Not to mention that scummy Roka..." Mheetu muttered, remembering the cub who had kidnapped Nala and nearly killed him twice.
"Why is he back?" Nala said, "Why would he be looking for me?"
"I don't know, dear." Sarafina said. "But if you see him again, get away from him. Do not let him get you. Come straight to me or one of the other adults in the pride."
"Well, then I guess it's a good thing you're here." a voice sounded from behind Sarafina. She turned around and Nala and Mheetu stood right behind her.
Buko was standing there, a grin on his face. "Reliving the past, Sarafina?" He asked, "Back when we were in love?"
"I told you to get out of here!" Sarafina spat.
"I told you, not until I get what I came for." He looked behind her, down at Nala.
"You'll stay away from them!" She hissed, "Or I will kill you!"
"Oh, really?" Buko asked sarcastically. He wasn't scared of this lioness, which is why he ran directly at her.
"Run back to Pride Rock!" Sarafina yelled at her cubs right before Buko collided with her.
Nala and Mheetu bolted back in the direction of Pride Rock, listening to their mother, who Buko managed to easily take down. He looked up and saw the two cubs running away. He jumped off Sarafina, hearing one of her ribs crack as he lauched himself off her and made a beeline at Nala.
"Got you!" Buko yelled as he picked Nala up by the scruff of her neck and began to run in the other direction with her.
"Mom! Help!" Nala shouted.
Sarafina felt the pain of her broken rib, but that wasn't going to stop her from saving her daughter. "Mheetu! Keep going to Pride Rock!" She began running after Buko, but it was going to be hard to catch up when she was in pain...
Ugh... Tora thought to herself, Why couldn't Kora and Sora stayed a little longer? Haiba was really beginning to get on her nerves.
"Please?" Haiba said to her.
"Haiba for the last time," Tora said, "You cannot kiss my injuries to make them better. They're on my stomach, that would just be weird..."
"Haiba, stop bugging her." Simba said, "Just let her rest."
"I was just-"
"Guys!" Mheetu yelled as he tore into the den, coming to a stop in front of the three. Gasping for breath.
"Woah!" Simba exclaimed, "What's wrong?"
"Nala... Was... Kidnapped." He breathed, "My mother... Went after them..."
"Which way did they go!?" Simba asked frantically.
Mheetu indicated with a paw, "That way."
"Shouldn't we tell someone?" Haiba asked.
"Mheetu tell my parents." Simba said, "I'm going ahead now. I don't care if I get in trouble. Let's go, Haiba. We can't waste time."
"I would help." Tora said, "But I can't. Good luck... Ow..."
Simba led Haiba out of the den. They started running immediately. They didn't have time to stop at the water hole to tell anybody else, Simba just wanted to get to Nala before anything happened to her... They knew that lion from earlier had to be involved... And they didn't even know about his past...
A/N: So... Buko... Not a nice guy is he? But what does he want with Nala? It doesn't look like his violent nature has subsided over time... See you next time!
