Hey guys, Disneyboy101 back again with Chapter 3, also a special thank you to DarthJacob1, dmjrules, Macapedia and PRO-DRAGON for liking and review my story.

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Chapter 3: Meeting the King

Pridelands

Simba waits inside his den, thinking about his son, ever since he's got the news that Kion was taken, his mind been swimming through a thousand emotions. He looks outside and sees Bunga, wrapping his front paws with vines, he couldn't help, but feel empathy for the honey badger, he and his son has been friend for a long time ever since Kion was a littler cub. Simba walks out of his den and stood behind the brave one and made his presence known, "Breeze feels nice huh?"

The badger said nothing, continuing wrapping the vine, "You know, uh, your Uncles, Timon and Pumbaa, told me that they're looking for some fresh grub, they're offering you to join them before you go." "Not interested." says Bunga, that got the Lion King concerned, not interested? It's his favorite thing to do, even when Simba was with his adoptive uncles, it was an offer that he couldn't refuse.

"Look, I know you're trying to make me feel better, but I need to stay focus." The badger explains, "I want Kion to come home safely as much as you do." Simba nods, Bunga really wants to protect him, he reminds so much of his father, Mufasa.

They suddenly see Ono flying towards them and seemed to be in a hurry. Ono lands in front of the king and reports, "Your majesty, a message from a hyena named Jasiri, she, her clan and a human are bring your son back." Simba growled at this, humans, probably might be the strange creature that Rani was talking about, but the one thing he has dislikes, it's hyenas. He keeps calm and looked at Ono. "Take me to them."

Four Hours Ago in the Outlands

I've been waiting for Jasiri to return along with her clan and cleaned Kion's wounds, I mean what gives? She been gone for two hours and thirty minutes, maybe forty. "Well, time waits for no one, I must always say." I heard a voice talking to me, sounded like in gentleman manner, I looked around trying to find the source of the voice. "Is someone there?" I asked, then I felt something tugging on my pants, I looked down and see a gerbil, "Oh, hey little guy, did you get lost?" "My dear boy, it's very rude to call some small, little," the gerbil said to me, "I mean, do you know how many times, me and my family get called by that?"

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't no, I, uh, heh," I stutter, I didn't know what to say, he's offended by getting called little? The gerbil laughs, "Oh, don't worry, my boy, it happens sometimes and no, I'm not lost, I just found who I need." he headed to Kion, examining him. "Excuse me, but who are you?" I asked him, the gerbil turned his towards me. "Oh, right were are my manners, my name is Baba Kutetea, but everyone calls me Mr. Kutetea," He introduced himself, "And you must be the boy helped me and my family." Hold the phone, he must've been the same gerbil I rescued from the fox. "A pleasure to meet you again, Mr. Kutetea, my name is Nichael Chimmer." I greeted, Mr. Kutetea tapped to the lion cub's muzzle and climbed to the top of his head, "Um, what are you doing?" "Waking that lazy lion up, that's what I'm doing, my dear boy." The gerbil told me, he went close to the cub's ear, "HELLO! ANYONE HOME?!" Kion's eyes snapped open, getting up, causing the gerbil to go up in the air and quickly grabbed the fiercest one's lower jaw. "Miter Kueea, huat are you ooing herea?" Kion said with the gerbil holding on his chipped fang tooth. "Sorry, uh, what did you say?" the father gerbil asked. Kion lowered his head, sets him down and rephrased what he said, "I asked what are you doing here?" "You've been gone for a while," Mr. Kutetea explained, "So I went to go and find you here, talking to you." Kion looks at me, surprised and just when I was about to introduce myself to him, the cub went up to me, bitting my leg, back up and tackled me down, OK, I need to stop looking scary to animals. "Who are you?!" The lion cub demands, "Are you working for working for Janja?! Did he sent you here?!" The gerbil father calms the Lion Guard leader, "Goodness, boy, calm down, this is Nichael, the boy that I've told you and your friend about." Kion looks at Kutetea with eyes wide open, then looks at me, then groans in pain. I made him lie down, letting him rest as I cooed him, "Don't move around so much, you took quite of a beating from that hyena." "But, how did I get here?" He asked me, I explained about what happened, what his injuries looked like and how was rescued. Kion just shook his head, "Hevi Kabisa, how could I be so reckless?" "Don't feel bad about yourself," I comforted him, "You don't got yourself to blame, you didn't see it coming and took a beating, but what I'm surprised is that you took all of that punishment and still alive to tell the tale." Then I looked at Kion's symboled shoulder and the symbol has disappeared. "Hey, didn't you had some kind of symbol on your shoulder?" I asked him, he nods, but then looks at me in confusion, "Cause it looks like it's gone." He looks at his shoulder and he went into panic mode, "AHH! IT'S GONE! Sielewi! Hainafanya hivyo, haipaswi! Oo, wafalme wangu wakuu, walinzi wa gonna wanafikiri nimekuwa nimetumia Rozari ya Wazee tena, hiyo si mashara, HIYO SI MASHARA!" I looked at Kutetea and ask him, "Hey Mr. Kutetea, um, what is he doing and why is he speaking gibberish?" "Well, the symbol on his shoulder was supposed to the Lion Guard's symbol," he explained to me, "It gives him the power to use a mighty roar called the Roar of the Elders, one used it's power before him, but used it for his own gains and the cub's not speaking in gibberish, it's Swahilian language, that's what we use here sometimes." Wait, hold the phone, Swahilian, Swahili, perhaps? I see Kion, still freaking out in that language, then looked at the father gerbil. "Does this always happen?" I asked him, he shook his head. "This is the first I'd ever seen the King's son acting like this." He said to me honestly. I looked back at Kion, he seems to be in some state of a mental break down. "Kwa wafalme wakuu, hii ilitokeaje?!"

"Kion, could I have-"

"Ninahitaji kupata majibu, lakini wapi kuanza?!"

"Kion, can you-"

"Wanajuaje?! Labda hawajui ama!"

"Kion-"

"Wazee wakuu, tafadhali nisaidie sasa!"

That's when I really lose it, I grabbed Kion from the rear, flipped him on his back and I let him have it,

"KION, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, YOU NEED TO CALM, THE HELL, DOWN!"

He looks at me, surprised, he then looks around, analyzing the situation he's in an looks at me again. "Are you gonna calm down now?" I asked him, he nods and I set him back up right on his paws. Kion starts to ramble, "I'm sorry about that, I didn't mean for that, you're right, I just needed to calm down, that's all, I can get through this." A friendly hello from Jasiri cause Kion to jump into my arms, OK, if that didn't prove that cats aren't only just scared of cucumbers, then I don't know what is. Kion is surprised to see his friend and her clan, but he needs to know why they're here.

"I'm taking them to the Pridelands and ask the king if they could stay there." I explained, Kion's eyes went wider than an owl and looked at the hyena. Kion asks me if I'm actually doing this, I nod and told him that they don't deserve the environment they're in, but Kion retorts, "But there's law here, if Jasiri or any of the clan-" "That's going to change," I said with a comforting smile, "Trust me, he'll take a chance on them, speaking of which."

Jasiri introduce me to her sister, Madoa and the brother and sister pups, Tunu and Wema, whom they're very shy towards me, I tried to reach my hand to them, but they hid behind Madoa. How am I going to earn their trust and not be shy around me? Then suddenly, something gave me an idea. "Wait here, I'll be right back." I said to them, as I ran and hid behind a boulder and grabbed out my phone, I recorded a violin song covering "We Don't Talk Anymore." by Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez, so I put on the song and positioned myself, playing a invisible violin as the song starts. I walked slowly out of my hiding spot, while the violin on my phone is playing. Tunu and Wema slowly started to walk towards me, though I had my eyes closed, so I didn't know that.

I played the song for two minutes and the pups were actually and loving my performance. As soon the song was over, Wema yipped and nuzzled my leg. "It's nice too meet you to Wema." I said to her, I looked at Tunu, still looking timid, then the next song came on, it was "The Shape of You." by Ed Sheeran, so I decided to play my trusty imaginary violin again, hopefully this time, this'll let the young pup to earn my trust. The beginning beat starts, I position myself and started to do the violin playing motion again and Wema yipped happily, I smiled at her.

Thirty seconds later, Tunu slowly continued to walk towards me but nervously, while I'm still playing, I knelt down, hoping that I won't be as intimidating and then the bridge part of the song starts up, the gerbil encouraged the brother pup to come over, "Come boyo, he's here to protect you, trust him." Tunu heard him, then he looks up at me and our eyes met. "It's pleasure to meet you, Tunu." I greeted, still playing the invisible violin. Wema went to her brother and ran circles, indicating that she wants to enjoy the music, that got Tunu to enjoy it too. Getting to know the clan, while playing music to the youngsters? Gotta admit, it was fun. "Well, Kion, what do you think?" Jasiri asked him, while they watch me playing.

"He's seems to know what he's doing," Kion said to her, "And he seems really interesting to be around, you think he'll change my father's mind?" "With a passion of a human like him and a wit of a lion like yourself," Mr. Kutetea proclaimed, "I think with no doubt about it that he might." The song ends and I got my stuff ready to head to the Pridelands.

"Shall we ladies and gentlemammals?" I said jokingly, but the Jasiri looks beyond from the Outlands, she asked us if we've seen Amani, we shook our heads no, then we heard rambling. A male hyena walked towards Jasiri, the clan leader rushed towards her friend and embraced him. "Amani, you had us worried, are you hurt?" she asked him, he continues to ramble, she waves her paw in front of his face, then he snaps back into reality. "Oh, sorry," he stammers, "I, uh, I saw him again today." She nods, then told us that they're ready and we're off.

Pridelands

Simba, along side the rest of his family, the Guard and the Night Pride on the boundaries, all waiting for Kion's return. Simba then sees me, Jasiri and Mr. Kutetea, but no sign of Kion, a growl of warning to leave. I looked at him with gentle eyes, standing my ground. "You must be King Simba," I said to him, "My name is-" I suddenly get tackled down to the ground by the badger, without him knowing that Kion's still in my backpack. "Seriously!" I shouted, "This is the fourth time that I get tackled down, why couldn't it be you Amani?!" "I'm lucky I guess?" He asked me, shrugging. "Alright pal," Bunga threatened, with his paw grabbing my shirt collar, "Where's Kion, where is he?" "That's what I want to present to his majesty," I explained to Bunga, "if I wasn't laying on him when you tackled me down!" I heard muffling from below me, so I sat up, took my backpack off and checked on Kion, who put his paw to his lower jaw. "ZUKA ZAMA! YOU'RE ALIVE!" He exclaims as he hugs him. "I'm glad- ow, to see- ow, see you," Kion grunted from the pain, "I would- ow, be much happier if- ow, if you could let go of me!" "OH, oops, sorry." He said, letting go of him. "Open your mouth and let me have a look." I said to the cub, he opened his mouth and saw that one of his fanged tooth is coming loose, "Oh brother, it looks like one of your fang tooth is coming loose, just needs a little tugging and laughing gas and I think it should be OK." Simba's sees my actions, confused what I'm talking about, I ask him if there's some place where I can get it done. "Can you explain to me first why are these hyenas doing here in my kingdom?" He asked me, I told him everything Jasiri told me, he then turns to the clan leader, "Is that true?" She nods, the king didn't know what to think, then he made a decision. "Very well then, Jasiri, my wife and I welcome you to the Pridelands, but if this is a trick-" "It's not your highness." She interrupted. We head on our way back to Priderock, then Rani went Kion's side and said, "Kion, you've got to tell me how you came across him."

Priderock

I grabbed a small nitrous oxide tank and connect to a tube with a breathing mask (Also, why would my dad put those thing in my backpack?) and warned Kion, "A bit of a warning, it's gonna make you loopy and laugh hysterically like a hyena would." "Whatever you throw at me, I can take it." Kion said in triumph, I shrugged my shoulders, turned the notch on the tank all the way around and put the mask to the cub's muzzle. "OK, Kion, deep breaths for me please." I instruct him, he breaths in and out, deeply as he's instructed, oh boy, I should've not gave him too much. I removed the mask and begin to ask, "You feeling OK, bud?" "Y-yeah, I feel f-fine." He said, slurred, he realized his speech, "W-whoa, why do feel so light headed?" "Don't worry Kion," I told him, "It'll wear off, eventually." He giggled like a little child, I've seen a hyena and a parrot laugh, but a lion or a lion cub? OH, boy. "How many fingers am I holding up, Kion?" I asked him, putting up three fingers in the air, he looked at my fingers, still giggling then turning into laughter. "Four?" He laughed, "HA, like my team, four members."

"What's wrong with him?" Kiara asked me, I explain to her what it does and it's effects. "H-h-hey, Kiara, I think dad's calling for you for more royalty lessons," He laughed, then looked at Simba, "OH, pops, there you are, sis has been looking for you, old timer." OH, GOD, what have I done? The king looks at his son, confused, what's happening to him? "HEY, eye in the sky," The cub said to Ono, "Been looking for you! Looking at some cute female egrets lately?" I covered my mouth with my hand, trying not to laugh myself as everyone looks at the egret with his lower part of his beak hanging. Oh, does this become hilarious! "Hey, zoomy, I don't think you might out run any adult cheetahs in the Pridelands! I think you might out run everyone!" The giggling cub said to her, she blushes, on one has ever said that to her before. I look over at Jasiri, Madoa and the pups, holding in to contain their laughter. "Hey, where's strongpo?" He asked, "I think we need to move the kingdom to safety!" "I know I'm strong Kion, but I'm not that strong!" Beshte said laughing, then Ono and Fuli were laughing from the nicknames that Kion gave them.

The badger couldn't take it anymore, he rushed to his friend, shaking him. "Zuka Zama, Kion, what's wrong with you, pal? Snap out of it!" Bunga shouted. That caused his friend to laugh more, "Zuka Zama, it's so funny, Zuka Zama!" Bunga looks at him surprised, then looked at Rani, she doesn't even know what to do. "Hey, you know that reminds me of someone," he says, "Oh, what's her name, Poni? Runi? Vane?"

"Rani," She answers to the loopy cub. "That's the one!" He shouted, "Yeah, Rani, that's the one, I like her so much, I want to marry her!" I couldn't take it anymore, I burst out laughing, so did the hyenas and the Night Pride disincluding Amani and Simba, who looked at his mate, she's trying not laugh. Kiara too laughed hysterically and repeated the last thing her brother said to Rani, but the Night Pride leader just looks at the Lion Guard leader, still laughing. "You want to what, Kion?" she asked him, he repeated the last thing he said. "I want to marry her!" He proclaimed, "I want to marry her and have a kingdom of our own, have kids! Don't worry papa king, we'll name one of them after Grandpa Mufasa!" Now Nala breaks down laughing, being looked at from her mate. Simba looks at me, I think he doesn't know when to laugh or be angry at this. "Oh, shh! Don't tell anyone though," He laughed, "It's a secret!"

Two hours later, night time

Kion's been asleep for a while, so Simba, his family and I looked after him, Simba and I had a conversation about what just went down. "You think my son will be alright?" He asked me, I nodded, even though I've met him for like a good five to five and a half hours. "He's strong and took up a lot from you." I said to the king, "I mean, you've seen what he can do right?" "Yes, but I worry for him every day," The king confessed, "Whenever he's with the Guard, he's been taking up a lot of doubt as well, believing that he might turn into Scar." I looked outside, Rani was sitting over at the ledge, thinking.

"I'll go check on Rani." I told Simba, as I got up and went out, I sat next to the Night Prider, "Hey, you feeling OK?" "I-I just don't know," She stuttered, "That's the first time that anyone confessed love to me." I can't say I blame her, my dad had to go through almost the process as Kion, but he had to confess his love without sounding like a psycho. "Maybe that might've been Kion," I explain to her, "But then again, it might've been the laughing gas' work." She looks over at Kion and had a thought about it, was it really a confession or was it something else? "I think it's a confession." She said to me, "I've known him for quite a while, so has he, I like him, but do I love him? Yes, I do." Wow, just, wow, never in my life did I've heard a girl confess someone else's love. "Maybe, we should get some rest." I told her, she nods and we went back inside and get some rest, me and Rani laying next to Kion. Speaking of my dad, I wonder if he's doing alright.

Henry's Shack

Henry walked towards my tied up father and shined a light on him. "Let's try this again, Stevie," He said to him, coldly, "Where. Are. The. Maps?"

OH boy, thought I've forgotten about him, haven't I? Is Henry really gonna get the answers he needs? Will Steve get out of Henry's hideout alive? And what about the maps? What clues will the Lion Guard discovers?

Chapter 4: Find the Pieces

Welp, that's done and done, I had a blast working on this!

Also, I forgot to mention that this takes place beyond season three.

OK, gonna get some rest now, until then, see you real soon!