Summary: After the events of Scar pass over it seems peaceful, Queen Sarabi continues to raise her son and Nala is trained to be the queen of the pride rocks. Deep down Simba's worried he can't be a good king little does he know the dark secrets his loyal followers have sworn to take with them to their graves. When a rouge lion threatens the pride lands and Nala falls I'll Simba must find a way to protect both his kingdom and his mate. (Sequel to Nala's story)

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters, places, or things from the movies the Lion King I am a mere obsessed fan, who will forever continue to write for Nala, as she is the most epic female animal character ever made and deserves to be forever.....erm, I just own the plot of this fanfic bye bye...

A/N................................................blame the delay on my VAMPIRE KISS STORY! It took me LIFETIMES to finish that cursed chapter!

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"Nala...just as gorgeous as I remember..." Her eyes went wide and she shook her head slowly trying to convince herself she wasn't really seeing anything, Zazu landed on her shoulder and rubbed her fur with his wing whiles Sarabi and Sarafina along with the others increased their growls to a lower more threatening tone, letting them know, their queen was not to be messed with. She moved closer to Simba, no how could he be...alive!

Nala felt her legs shake, no, no this had to be a nightmare! It was, she was dreaming, she must have been dreaming, there was no way this could be happening, he was dead, he had died! Simba stared at his mate in awe, never had he seen her this distressed, casting a glare at the lion in front of them he nuzzled her almost protectively till he remembered their earlier conversation, instantly he took his head from hers, puzzling the on lookers

"Nala, what's wrong? Not happy to see an old friend?" He asked as Nala nearly threw up, friend? Her FRIEND! He was no friend of hers, Sarafina and Sarabi both extended their claws, ready to attack if he felt the need to. Simbas fur stood up from the heated tension among the four before he finally decided to speak up

"Who are you? What do you want?" The lion looked up at him, a slightly sinister glint in his eyes as he surveyed Nala, as if he hadn't heard Simba taking in every inch of her form before a low growl warned him the king was getting impatient

"Kalap, my name is Kalap, an old friend of Nala's...." He said, at the moment Nala felt ready to collapse, it was him! He had come back to torture her, in every sense of the word, Simba looked at her as if waiting for to confirm or deny what Kalap had announced, gulping she merely gave him a passive face, not accepting nor denying it. Kalap smirked and continued

"I wonder great king, how much do you know about your queen?" He asked as Simba gave him a confused look, what did he mean how much did he know? He knew EVERYTHING about Nala, didn't he? His mind begin to run wild and slowly things began to build in his mind, this new arrival Nalas odd behavior.....a friend he had never heard of, how upset she was earlier. This was the lion who had STOLEN the heart of HIS lioness! Claws extending Simba growled though not at anyone in particular, Nala moved over a step or two sensing her mates anger...

"I do hope I'm not over stepping my grounds, after all, it's not my intention to do so, merely to....allow you to see the truth." Kalap added to Simba, earning sounds of disgust from Sarabi and Sarafina, how dare he sound so noble about any of this, knowing what he did, what he allowed to happen, it was despicable!

"I know enough by now..." Simba spat angrily, Nalas eyes widened horrified, had he found out? Was he disgusted with her? Did he hate her, the anger in his tone told her everything, bowing her head a singe tear slipped out of her eye and Kalap noticed

"So much grief, just like then, when you were with Scar..." The silence that followed couldn't even be described as awkward, the pride landers all looked at one another worriedly, had they not sworn to never speak of that awful night? Of what had happened, how would they stop this rouge from doing the same? Simba roared and Nala almost dropped to the floor, instead she stepped back with her mother and Sarabi her ears pinned down, both nuzzled her while casting hateful glares at Kalap

"Watch yourself rouge...." Simba growled, Kalap nodded understandingly

"It's a touchy subject I know, I was merely pointing out, to take what someone else had first....and it being your uncle....isn't that a bit odd? I remember well, how Nala and I..." Simba growled again and Kalap cast him a taunting look, as if daring him to attack, or initiate some type of fight. Simba looked back at his mothers and Nala, she looked so afraid...when he tried to catch her gaze she avoided his eyes at all cost, Simba kept his face the same but inside he felt his heart was breaking again, she was afraid....of him? He was now sure, his earlier suspicious were true, and he hated Kalap even more for it. A large gasp sounded though when a female walked over to join Kalap, she was older obviously, but the fact she was even HERE astounded them all, Sarafina growled darkly

"Zira...." Sarabi felt the urge to spill blood when her friend uttered that hated name, there standing before them in all her pathetic glory was Zira, mate of the late Scar and forever enemy of the true Queens of the Pridelands,

"Sarabi, Sarafina....so lovely to see you again" She said coolly , Sarabi and Sarafina replied back with looks of disdain, Zira shrugged it off and locked eyes with Nala, a sneer crossed her features, she hated that stupid lioness. Looking over Simba she scowled, that damned lion he had been the reason Scar died, the reason he had been brutally murdered, she stood next to Kalap and Simba felt confused, who were these lions? Why did everyone else except him seem to know!

"Your highness a pleasure to meet you." Zira said calmly, Simba scoffed, if only he could say the same, Zazu had remained quiet throughout the ordeal and felt the uneasiness he always felt when Simba would question him about Nalas odd behavior, he death glared Zira and she looked at him as if he was an insect, an insect that needed to be squashed.

"His highness has had enough of your games, get out" That caught everyones attention Zazu was not one to over step his king, but the small bird had, had enough, Sarabi nodded to him in approval before casting a cold stare to Kalap and his pride

"Ah, yes, his major domo, how do you serve your king when you lie to him as you do?" This time Zazu was speechless,he cast a look at Simba who only looked at him dumbfounded at the accusation, Zazu was quicker to react though

"I have not lied to my king about anything, you two have." He spat coldly, it was true in a way Simba had never asked him if Nala had been forced to mate with Scar he had never even asked if Nala and Scar mated or anything near that! The hornbill continued to stare down the lions before Kalap spoke up

"Simba, the reason I came is....I want the Pridelands." He said, one furious roar later Simba was directly in front of him. how dare he! How dare he come here and demand SIMBAS kingdom, his home! The place he had fought for, and he had the nerve to march in here like he owned the place, the pride landers all prepared to attack

"A challenge, lion to lion, no outside help, if I win, the pride lands, your pride everything belongs to me, if I lose, you have the right to banish me." Kalap said, Simba prepared to tell him to get out when Zazu landed on the ground, a grime look on his face

"Sire, it is law, the first challenge you receive....you must accept" He pointed out, Kalap smirked along with Zira as Nala exchanged worried glances with Sarabi and Sarafina, Simbas face morphed into one of disdain, just as he prepared to open his mouth Timone and Pumba were charging he barely had time to stop his friends from being attacked by a snarling Zira

"Send him running with his tail between his legs! Him and his ugly boyfriend!" Timone yelled as Pumba held him back, Zira growled again and Sarabi let out a sound almost like a muffled laugh. Pumba snorted and kicked a pebble making it smack Kalap in the fore head, he growled dangerously and the pig snorted back, Simba stepped in front of his two companions, the only ones who seemed like he could turn too,

"All right, I accept." He said calmly, Nala shook her head slowly, Simba wouldn't lose, he couldn't....right?

A/N I worked my fingers to death, they reincarnated and died AGAIN to write this chapter, anyways i hope this is satisfactory ill work on getting another one posted before Sunday hopefully, Happy Reading Princess Starfire!