A/N I'd like to thank Aggregate Dragon, scartakafan, thingsareweird, mimoo01, RKOfan123, TRON0602, and Alama for reviewing ch 2. Here's ch 3 for you and as always see ch 1 for disclaimer.

Ch 3 Actions have Consequences

As Ahadi and the cubs returned to Priderock he was met by Uru. "Ahadi what happened?!" Uru cried out when Ahadi placed an unconscious Kuza on the ground.

"Would you like to tell your mother what happened Mufasa?" Ahadi asked looking at his other son, who wiped the tears from his eyes.

"Mufasa honey tell me what happened," Uru said gently pulling her son towards her.

"Kuza fell down the side of the gorge," Mufasa said softly. "Me and Ni were goofing around when we were climbing down and I accidentally bumped into Kuza and he lost his balance and fell. It was an accident Mom I didn't mean for him to get hurt." By now Mufasa was in tears again and he buried his face in his mother's fur.

"Oh Mufasa I warned you about your horse playing," Uru said. "This is exactly what I feared would happen."

"Ni you are in big trouble young lion," Ni's mother, Sante said coming onto the scene.

"I'm sorry Mom," Ni said with a sniffle. "I feel awful."

"As you should," Sante said. "You are grounded mister. No fun for you for at least a week. Now come on its bath time then bedtime for you." With that the black lioness picked up her son and carried him away. By now Rafiki had arrived and was examining Kuza. After a minute he pulled Uru and Ahadi aside.

"How is he Rafiki?" Ahadi asked.

"He is vedy lucky to be alive dat is fer sure," Rafiki said. "And he is not dat serious injured. He just has a concussion which means no activity fer a couple of days."

"Well thank the Kings it's nothing more serious," Uru said with a sigh.

"Thank you so much Rafiki," Ahadi said giving his friend a hug.

"My pleasure," Rafiki said. "And now I shall be on my way." With that the mandrill took his leave. Uru and Ahadi went back to Kuza, who by now was awake and talking with Mufasa. "Oh Kuza I'm so glad to see you awake," Uru said giving Kuza a nuzzle.

"You had us very worried son," Ahadi said also giving Kuza a nuzzle.

"I'm sorry I worried everyone," Kuza said softly. "But what happened to me?"

"You don't remember?" Uru asked sharing a worried look with Ahadi.

"Huh uh," Kuza said shaking his head. Then he winced as pain shot through his head at the movement.

"It was all my fault Kuz'," Mufasa said trying not to cry. "I accidentally knocked you down the side of the gorge 'cause me and Ni were messing around."

"It was an accident Muffy," Kuza said. "I don't blame you."

"But still it was a very foolish thing to do Mufasa," Ahadi said, giving his son a stern look. "I'm afraid I have no choice but to ground you for a week."

"Ah man," Mufasa grumbled laying down with a grunt.

"Be thankful I'm not the one giving out the punishment," Uru said. "I would have made it a month. Now come on it's bath time then off to bed." With that Uru picked Mufasa up by his scruff and carried him away leaving Kuza and Ahadi alone.

"Kuza do you up to getting a bath right now?" Ahadi asked.

"I guess so," Kuza said. "But Mom's giving Mufasa a bath right now."

"You know if you want I could bathe you," Ahadi suggested. "That way you won't have to wait for your mother."

"Really?" Kuza asked, surprised that his father was offering. "Sure I'd like that." With that Kuza climbed between his father's paws and Ahadi gently began bathing him. When Uru returned a little while later with a sleeping Mufasa in her mouth and she saw Kuza between Ahadi's paws snuggled in his jet black mane. Both the father and son were sound asleep. Uru gently placed Mufasa on the ground and layed down next to her family smiling at the sight. Then the brown Queen layed her head down and went to sleep her dreams filled with happiness.

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Two months past and Kuza and Mufasa were now four months old. Kuza had recovered from his injuries and was now a carefree cub. Mufasa and Ni were still rambunctious as ever and causing trouble everywhere they went. Sometimes they even recruited Sarafina in joining them in their pranks. Kuza had no desire to join in and he spent most of his time hanging out with Sarabi and Zira, who both hated the idea of pulling pranks. Mufasa and Ni's target was usually Zuzu's son, Zazu. Zazu was about the same age as Ni but he acted more like and adult and was always bossing everyone around. This made him the perfect target. On this particular day Zazu was being his usual bossy self and Ni and Mufasa decided to teach the little blue bird a lesson. So they devised a little trap for him. When he wasn't looking they snagged him in a little noose they made, which caught Zazu by his legs and hung him upside down. "Awk!" Zazu cried when he was flipped. This cause Ni and Mufasa to burst out laughing. "You had better let me down if you know what's good for you!" Zazu cried out trying his best to get loose.

"Or what?" Ni said getting in Zazu's face.

"Yeah what are you gonna do about it banana beak?" Mufasa said tapping Zazu's beak causing him to swing back and forth.

"I'll tell your parents that's what I'll do!" Zazu cried. This only made Mufasa and Ni laugh harder.

"Come on Muffy let's ditch this loser," Ni said.

"Right behind you," Mufasa declared. With that the two lion cubs walked away leaving Zazu hanging there squawking the whole time. After a couple of minutes they met up with Sarabi, Kuza, Sarafina and Zira.

"All right what did you two do this time?" Zira asked narrowing her ruby eyes at the pair.

"What makes you think we did anything Zi'?" Ni asked.

"Because," Zira said. "You have a very suspicious look on your faces."

"Yeah plus you're smiling and giggling," Kuza pointed out. "Which means you two have either already done something or are about to do something. Now which is it?"

"Geeze Kuza who do ya think you are Dad?" Mufasa asked annoyed by his brother's questioning of him.

"Gee Mufasa why don't we get Dad and see if he agrees with you on that?" Kuza said.

"Come on Muffy you may as well tell them," Sarafina said.

"Shut up Sarafina," Mufasa hissed glaring at his friend.

"Tell us what?" Zira asked. "You two had better start talking or I'll go get King Ahadi myself!"

"Alright, alright sheesh we'll tell ya," Ni said rolling his blue eyes. "We played a trick on Zazu. We hung him by his legs then just left him there."

"You left him there?!" the other cubs exclaimed their eyes wide.

"What's the big deal?" Mufasa asked rolling his amber eyes. "We'll go back and let him down so relax will ya?"

"Mufasa Zazu is a small bird," Kuza pointed out.

"So?" Mufasa asked in annoyance.

"So," Kuza said his voice rising. "If you left him hanging there he could get eaten."

"No way!" Ni exclaimed his voice high-pitched.

"Yeah we weren't gone for very long," Mufasa said.

"It doesn't matter," Zira said. "Think about it guys. If you saw a free snack just hanging there wouldn't you eat it?"

"Oh man I didn't think about that," Ni said.

"Me either," Mufasa said.

"You guys need to go get him!" Sarabi cried out tears coming to her amber eyes. "I don't want him to get eaten!" By now Sarabi was on the verge of crying and Kuza gave his friend a nuzzle to calm her down.

"Come on Muffy let's go," Ni cried running back to where they had left Zazu. Mufasa quickly followed his friend. The other cubs joined them just to make sure Zazu was alright. When they got to the tree to their horror they saw two hyenas circling around Zazu licking their lips and drooling. Zazu was pleading with them not to eat him but they merely laughed at the young hornbill.

"Hold it!" Ni cried out surprising not only the hyenas but himself as well. "Back away from the bird!"

"Or what?" the male hyena said with a growl.

"Yeah," the female said. "What are you cubs gonna do about it?"

"We'll hurt ya!" Mufasa cried out. "That's what we'll do!" This caused the hyenas to burst out laughing.

"Yeah right," the male said. "Did ya hear that Frita? These cubs think they're gonna hurt us!"

"I heard Neo," Frita said still laughing. "Look kiddies why don't ya do yourself a favor and beat it?"

"Why don't you beat it?" Kuza said suddenly stepping forward. "Before my Dad, King Ahadi gets here and rips you both to shreds!"

"Did ya hear that Neo?" Frita said. "We got ourselves a couple of Princes here."

"Good," Neo said licking his lips. "Then our pups will have Royal food tonight." With that Neo and Frita advanced on Mufasa, Ni, and Kuza causing them to back up until they ran out of room. Luckily for them the hyenas hadn't seen Sarabi, Zira and Sarafina who had run off to get help. The trio just hoped they could come back in time to save the boys. Kuza however was determined not to go down without a fight. The brown cub reached out and slashed Neo across the face causing four long scratches to appear on his face. This distracted the hyenas long enough for the cubs to try and make a run for it. However Frita wasn't distracted for long and she quickly pinned the three cubs. "You're gonna pay for that," Neo growled wiping the blood from his face. The male hyena advanced on the three cubs, who were shaking with fear. "Time to die twerps," he hissed. With that Neo raised his paw fully prepared to end the boys' lives.

A/N well there you are folk ch 3 complete. Did you all enjoy it? I hope so and as always please review.