Here's Chapter 4! :) A much quicker upload, I really wanted to write this chapter. Warning: Characters die in this chapter, and I suppose its kind of graphic, I went into a lot of detail. So just be careful of that, if you don't like that. Kay? Good. Read and Review :) Enjoy!


That morning, Chuma thought about the plan. He was almost scared to go through with it, but he was even more frightened of what would happen if the lioness found out he hadn't. He would surely be killed. She hadn't sounded like someone to disobey. He trotted out of the cave, about to go play with his friends, when Kana stopped him.

"Where do you think you're going, young prince?" she asked, looking at him suspiciously.

"I'm just going to go play," he answered, and side-stepped her. However, the dark lioness caught him with her paw.

"I've been instructed to keep an eye on you at all times," she informed him, and then let him go. The brown cub trotted off to the waterhole, Kana watching every step he took. She also stayed relatively close. Chuma snorted in annoyance.

For the rest of the day, Chuma was followed by the dark furred lioness. By the time he entered the cave to sleep, he was sick of her. He glared over at the scarred lioness, who was asleep with Sauda beside her. Before he fell asleep, he'd fully made up his mind. Tomorrow, the plan was being put into action.

The next day, the young prince rose to his feet with a yawn. He walked out of the cave, stretching. He saw his grandfather at the peak of Pride Rock, looking out over the Pridelands. Chuma went up to him and sat down.

"Morning, Grandpa," he greeted.

"Good morning, Chuma," Simba replied with a smile.

"Hey, Grandpa, what's being king like?" the cub asked. Simba looked at him, and then looked back at the lands.

"Well...It's a lot of responsibility," Simba said. "At the same time, though...I feel proud to have been king," he added. Chuma looked at his feet.

"I wish I could be king," he spoke up. "Instead, Enzu is the one that gets to be king, while I'm just...just not important," he admitted.

"Look, maybe your brother's going to be king. That doesn't make you any less important, Chuma. You should be proud of Enzu," Simba told him. Chuma forced a smile.

"Yeah...I guess. I don't know, I don't want to live in his shadow forever," he responded.

"You won't," the older lion assured him. Chuma looked up at his grandfather.

"You're right...Hey Grandpa, could we take a walk today sometime?" he asked. Simba smiled and nodded. Chuma smiled back, and walked back to the cave. His friends were awake by now.

"Hey, Chuma, we're going to the waterhole. You want to come?" Enzu asked.

"No, I'm going to stay here today," the brown cub answered. The older prince shrugged.

"Suit yourself," Kondo piped up, and the group headed off. Chuma hung around Pride Rock for a while, until he and Simba went for their walk. The two left Pride Rock.

"Do you miss being king?" Chuma asked.

"Hm...Yes and no. I mean, it was pretty interesting being king, but now I get to help your mom and dad," Simba replied. The young prince nodded. He looked around; the plan was just about ready. The two kept moving in silence.

Suddenly, a brawny light brown lioness, with cream ears and muzzle, with an X shaped scar on her forehead with the points going down over her eyes, and several other scars and grey eyes, jumped out of nowhere, roughly headbutting Simba. He lost his balance, falling to the ground. He got back up with a snarl, showing his teeth. Chuma backed away as several more lionesses showed themselves. The young prince turned and ran as the fight commenced, ignoring the roars of pain and the growling he could hear behind him.


Meanwhile, the other lionesses were hunting, except for Kana. She had stayed behind this time. She was looking around the Pridelands, when she saw a little brown cub running. She rushed down to meet Chuma.

"What happened now?" she asked sternly.

"Grandpa...Lionesses...There was an ambush!" the young prince shouted worriedly. Kana's eyes widened and she let out a growl.

"Go up to the cave, and don't leave until the other lionesses get back!" she growled out, and Chuma nodded. He bounded up the stair-like steps quickly, and darted into the cave as the scarred lioness ran her fastest towards the ambush. She soon arrived.

Simba was bleeding heavily and panting. He looked like he was about to collapse at any moment. Kana roared viciously, leaping at the nearest lioness. With one hard blow to the neck, the enemy lioness went limp. The others, seeing this, backed off just a little. Kana's bloodied claws dug into the dirt. Simba, losing a lot of blood, fell. The scarred lioness crouched, waiting for the next one to make a move.

The enemy lionesses parted to either side to let another pass. They all smirked as they watched their leader walk past them. The light brown lioness with crimson eyes and one ear with a chunk tore out of it grinned evilly at the dark furred lioness who had thrown her off a cliff a long time ago.

"Well, well, it's been a while. I see you still have those scars from our last encounter," Zira snarled. Kana glared.

"So do you," the darker lioness replied, referring to the scars over Zira's right eye, across the left side of her jaw, down her neck, and the shredded remains of her left ear, which was basically a stub. Zira growled.

"This time, I'm going to be the one walking away," she said fiercely. Zira leapt at the chocolate lioness. Their claws raked each other, Zira's claws running down over both Kana's eyes. She roared with pain, claws flailing and almost catching Zira's throat, but missing. Zira knocked Kana down, grinning. Kana tried to wipe blood away from her eyes, but it kept bleeding. It reminded her of the hyenas she had saved Chuma from. Realizing she would probably bleed out anyway, she rose to her feet again. Zira chuckled. The other lionesses moved in closer. The brawny one that had headbutted Simba leapt at Kana, clawing her back. The two clawed and wrestled fiercely, kicking up dirt. The darker lioness eventually knocked the grey eyed one away, and she snarled.

Zira and the other lioness, Intisar, attacked Kana together. The two knocked the dark lioness down. The three all clawed wildly. The final blow came when Zira's claws slashed across Kana's throat, blood pulsing out messily. Zira and Intisar grinned maliciously and backed off. The other lionesses all grinned too, at the success of their plan. The group turned and left the Pridelands.


It was only a short time after that the hunting party came across the bodies. Kiara and Nala stared in horror and disbelief. They turned away, not being able to look at the mess. It was not until they'd gotten back to Pride Rock and buried the two that they broke down, sobbing uncontrollably. Between this, Sauda, Enzu, Adimu, Kondo and Yamileth had returned. They'd been shocked to find out about the deaths, and Sauda was the third to be sobbing. Kondo and Yamileth took turns nuzzling Sauda comfortingly, while Enzu and Adimu went to Kiara and Nala.

"How could this happen!" Kiara screamed through her tears. "This one hunt, and..." she trailed off, beginning to cry too hard to speak. Sauda and Nala were similarly choked up, not being able to say one word.

Chuma sat out on the peak of Pride Rock. He felt absolutely sick and disgusted with himself. If he hadn't asked Simba to go for a walk with him today, this never would have happened.

'Being king is not worth this!' he shouted to himself mentally. He laid down and began to weep. No one noticed; as everyone was too busy comforting each other and especially Kiara, Nala, and Sauda.

Hours later, Chuma was still sitting outside. Sauda had heard the whole story; how Chuma and Simba had been out for a walk when they were ambushed, and her mom went to Simba's aid. The dark cub left the cave. She went and stood by Chuma.

"You!" she hissed. The prince looked at her, puzzled.

"I'm sorry about your mom—"Chuma said, before getting cut off.

"This is all your fault! If you hadn't gone out for that stupid walk, my mom would still be alive right now!" she responded angrily. Chuma blinked in surprise.

"This isn't anyone's fault, except maybe the lionesses' that killed her!" he snapped.

"All you ever do...Is screw up!" Sauda roared.

The lionesses in the cave heard a sudden howl of pain. Several rushed out. Chuma was holding his paws to the top of his muzzle. Sauda stood there with one paw raised, claws extracted, and tiny drops of blood falling from her claws. She looked over to the lionesses. Enzu, Adimu, and Kondo all came out, and were shocked. Sauda looked at Enzu sadly, before she turned and ran. She ran down the stair-like steps, and away from Pride Rock. No one paid attention, except the cubs. Enzu watched her run, until he couldn't see her anymore. Then they turned back to Chuma. He removed his paws to show four claw marks across the top of his muzzle. They were bleeding, and the lionesses were offering to help him.

All that night, Enzu sat at the peak of Pride Rock. Tears ran down his face, for his grandfather and his brother. And of course for Sauda.


Well, there we go. I'm sorry if I made anyone not like this story/chapter by killing off Kana and Simba, removing Sauda temporarily, and clawing Chuma across the face. Oh yeah, and Chuma is still just a cub. He really wanted to be king, and he said he'd do anything. He didn't really think he'd feel quite THAT awful about the plan, and he couldn't really imagine how everyone else would feel. And he certainly wouldn't have suspected Sauda blaming him for her mom's death. Clearing things up.

Yes, I brought Zira back. BAH! Those scars that were mentioned? She got them in my Lion King 2 rewrite. Read and Review! Enjoy :)