Scar and Zira glared at Nuka for giving away his real identity that could possibly exposing them later on but they said nothing.
T cocked an eyebrow at Shenzi and Banzai, who seemed to be trying to calm Ed down. For some unknown reason, he seemed to be freaking out. Timon and Pumbaa seemed to be puzzled for they saw Simba had a somewhat nervous look on his face. Nala turned to the three.
"Look we're going to have a little talk with the rogues so you three might want to wait somewhere far off until we're finished with them." She said.
"Oh, I gotcha." Timon said, winking at her. Then he, T and Pumbaa left the five lions and three hyenas. Seeing as how T was out of earshot, Ed began to verbally panic.
"I CAN'T GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN! OUTTA THE WAY!! I GOTTA FIND ME A WATERFALL!!!" Ed yelled as he started running off. But before he could get far Shenzi and Banzai pounced on him had him pinned down.
"You ain't goin' down no waterfall and gettin' yourself killed!" Banzai said.
"I GOTTA GET RID 'A THIS VOICE!!" Ed yelled as he tried to claw his way out of his two friends' grips.
"Ed, the only thang you're gonna get rid of is your next life insurance payment!!" Shenzi said. Nala turned to Zira.
"Why is Ed trying to find a waterfall to go down?" she asked.
"When Edward received his voice it was because of a lightning storm; the bolt struck him through the head, thus stimulating his vocal chords and giving him the ability to speak proper English, but also disabling him to speak in that foul tongue he once conversed in." Zira explained.
"Go on." Nala said.
"As you might've noticed those few months ago, things didn't go as planned for Edward when he began using this new voice. Soon becoming an outcast and isolated from his clan, driven to depression Edward ran off into the desert. But only to find his friends, who were searching for him, in grave peril. He managed to rescue his companions from a horrible fate but ended up plunging down an enormous waterfall.
Miraculously he survived but with the exception of his voice. Ironically this bothered no one and as you can see Edward lives to speak nonsense to this day…until now of course." Zira finished. Nala looked over at the trio to see Ed had managed to drag Shenzi and Banzai a few feet as he continued to try to claw his way through the desert. Before this got any uglier, Simba decided to speak up.
"Y'know, I think that our friends are waiting for us. Why don't we just pick this up tomorrow?" he said.
"Gimme a minute." Shenzi and Banzai said, still trying to hold Ed down. Then while Ed was still struggling they each gave him a solid punch to the head, knocking him out. Ed fell to the ground, unconscious, and Shenzi and Banzai pulled him up on their shoulders. Then the trio and the royals went to meet their friends.
Scar, Zira and Nuka watched as Simba left with Nala, Timon and Pumbaa. And as the trio, along with their female friend, went back to their cave. When they were gone, Zira turned to her son.
"What did you think you were doing?! Running off like that! You could've been killed while you weren't looking by those three monstrous hyenas!" She said.
"Well fortunately he only ran into their female friend." Scar said. At the mere mention of T, Nuka sighed with a slurred tone and his face seemed to take on a dream-like appearance. He turned to his mother and idol.
"Mother, Scar, I know you both may find this hard to believe but…I'm in love!" he said. Zira looked at Scar with cocked an eyebrow, while he glanced at her with a slightly puzzled expression on his face. They both turned to Nuka.
"What impossible non-com are you talking about?" Zira said.
"When we came here I met the most beautiful female in the world!" Nuka said.
"What female in her right mind would unearth fondness for you?" Zira said.
"Well I don't know if she likes me back or not. …But I can see it in her eyes! Every time I've looked at her, after only telling her my name, she's been smiling!" Nuka said. The two adult lions glanced at each other, until finally, Zira decided to be the one to tell him.
"Nuka, are you aware that your name means 'smelly'?" she asked him.
"Try and make me forget; I got picked on all the time by the other cubs because of it." Nuka said.
"Well, have you ever stopped to think that maybe it's not you she finds striking, but it's your name she finds hilarious?" His mother asked him. Nuka paused for a minute, taking in this theory. But then he just looked at his mother and Scar with a determined look in his eyes.
"I don't care! I'm in love don't you see?! Haven't you even been in love before?!" he asked them. The two adult lions glanced at each other, then Scar turned to Nuka.
"Even if you are infatuated Nuka, it cannot ensue; for you see, technically you are dead." Scar said. Nuka's eyes widened.
"And we're only here until we earn everyone's forgiveness." Zira said.
"Th-that's only if you earn their forgiveness! And in the meantime, I could make the most of it here with her! Please!! I'm not asking to spend the rest of my life with her, just the rest of the time we spend here!" Nuka said.
"I am sorry Nuka, but, that is just how it has to be." Scar said.
"But-but I've never met anyone like her before!! …She's the most beautiful hyena I've ever met." Scar and Zira were shocked.
"WHAT?!!" They screamed.
"NO SON OF MINE WILL BE INVOLVED WITH TRASH!!" Zira yelled.
"Zira!" Scar scolded her.
"Well they are! They corrupted you! They disobeyed you! And when it was over, they killed you!" But Scar still defended his "friends".
"It was my father who corrupted me! Any hyenas who disobeyed me were quickly put in their place! And I needed killing, for it finally brought some sense into my intellect!!" Scar said.
"Uh, can we get back to me liking Tana?" Nuka cut in. Scar and Zira turned to face him. Did he just say, Tana? The two lions glanced at each other again.
"Well the minute we earn everyone's forgiveness, though I don't see what's there to forgive, we'll be leaving and you won't see that wretched female again." Zira said.
"May the kings just ensure that Shenzi, Banzai and Edward don't find out." Scar said as he put a paw up to his forehead.
Meanwhile…
T glanced back at her three friends as they walked into the cave with her. Tired of all the silence, she turned around and spoke up.
"Hey what's goin' on here? Why're you all acting so weird all of a sudden? Ever since those rogues showed up you three've been…" T trailed off. The trio looked up at her, but didn't say anything. T turned her attention to Ed.
"For instance, Ed you haven't said anything since we left the watering hole." Ed avoided her gaze.
"Ed, ya might as well go ahead; she's gonna find out anyway." Shenzi said. Ed shook his head.
"Do ya need a little, convincing?" Banzai said. Ed noticed Banzai had his claws out. Realizing what would come if he didn't open his speak-up soon, he opened up his mouth. Banzai lowered his claws and Shenzi waited patiently. Ed looked at T, took a deep breath, and said,
"There was a rainstorm while you were gone." in a hoarse voice, due to a lump starting to form in his throat and also trying to keep tears from running down his face. Shenzi and Banzai rolled their eyes, T was speechless.
"Oh. …So that's why ya've been quiet. Heh heh." T said, smiling a little embarrassedly.
"That everythang ya need to know for today?" Shenzi asked her.
"Yeah."
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