Note: Hello everyone, this is my Lion King^^
Beta-Wolf's Willow
Chapter 4
Kari leapt over a few rocks. She noticed pure white bones around before she looked up and saw Simba jump on top of a rock. He turned around looked at the other cubs. "All right, it worked!"
Nala pouted and looked behind her. She smiled and snorted. "We lost 'im." She laughed loudly and looked back at the others.
Simba smirked arrogantly and put his paw onto his chest "I... am a genius." he stated rudely, which made the two girls roll their eyes and Nala lean towards Kari, whispering into her ear, making said lioness laugh.
Baxter rolled his own green eyes, his muzzle twitched and his tail flicked angrily. "Hey, Genius, it was my idea," he pouted as Simba slid down the rocks and skidded to stop next to the male.
"Yeah, but I pulled it off," he snarled smugly. His own tail wagged slightly as Baxter laughed and shook his head while Nala jumped ahead. "With us!"
Simba rolled his eyes and shrugged. "Oh yeah? ...Rrarr!" he growled and leapt at the female, who smirked and leapt out the way, letting said prince tumble into Baxter making the two cubs tussle quickly. Baxter smirks as he pins Simba with his forepaws, producing a resounding thump. "Ha. Pinned ya.",
"Hey, lemme up." Simba groaned, annoyed as Baxter leapt of him and watches as Simba pushes himself up. He looked at him and for a while did nothing before he suddenly leapt at him. The two tussle, rolling down a short hill. He pinned him again in the same position with another thump. "Pinned ya again."
Suddenly the two boys heard a soft female scream. Both boys jumped to their paws and looked around. "Nala!" Baxter gasped and looked back up the hill while Simba leapt over him. "Kari!" The two boys rushed back up the hill.
Baxter looked at Simba. "Where are they? They were right here," he whimpered as Simba's ears fell to his head and nods in agreement. They did leave both girls here.
The green-eyed lion walked over to the edge of another hill. He gasped when he saw a dark craggy vale filled with skeletons of elephants. "Nala? Kari? Are you guys down there?" he called, hearing his voice echo around the place. Simba quickly leapt up next to him and looked down.
"Yeah, we're down here!" Nala's voice echoed before the two male cubs skidded down the rocks. They leapt off the last rock and onto a large black rock that had a few bones around it. They see the two female cubs, Nala leaning up against a rock, peering over the side. Kari was leaning against the bottom pat of the rock. Both were covered in black soot.
"What happened?" Simba demeaned. He rushed over to them and looked at Nala and then down to Kari. He then gently licked her nose, ignoring the soft growl from the girl.
Nala ruffled her fur. "We was just rough fighting and we fell down here," she explained, hoping away from the rock and stretching out her back.
"Rough fighting?" Simba snorted rudely, looking between the girls before laughing. "Rough fighting~"
Nala growled, her blue eyes flashed dangerously "What? Just be cause we're girls doesn't mean we can't fight. In case you've forgot girls have to go hunting for you boys," she snarled at the prince who shrugged.
"Yeah, so?" he asked lazily and flicked his tail at the girl.
Baxter looked at the group and then looked over the edge of the ledge they are on. A large bull elephant skull is nearby. "Hey, check this out!"
"Whoa!" Both Simba and Nala peeked over the edge. "It's really creepy."
Simba nodded and creeped over the edge. He looked back at them. "Yeah... Isn't it great?"
"Guys.." Baxter shook his head. "We could get in big trouble for this." He purrs worriedly, looking around the darkness, rocks and bones littered everywhere.
Simba purred, enjoying the moment "I know, huh." He laughed as the other crawl onto the ledge and eyed the skull.
"I wonder if its brains are still in there," Nala wondered, moving closer to the skull. She glanced at the shining whiteness.
Simba looked back at her and shrugged. "There's only one way to know, come on. Let's go check it out." He smirked and walked towards the mouth of the skull. Zazu flapped suddenly up in front of them, emitting a sharp squawk of "Wrong!"
Zazu growled, his eyes burning brightly with anger. "The only checking out you will do will be to check out of here," he hissed before looking around. "We're way beyond the boundary of the Pride Lands."
Simba laughed and shook his head, amused. "Huh. Look. Banana Beak is scared. Heh."
"That's Mr. Banana Beak to you, fuzzy. And right now we are all in very real danger." Zazu huffed and poked the boy on the nose angrily, scared.
Simba rolled his eyes and moved nearer to the entrance of the skull. He smirked back at the dodo. "Danger? Hah! I walk on the wild side. I laugh in the face of danger. Ha ha ha!" Simba laughed confidently when suddenly a loud laugh echoed from inside the skull. The laughter echoed around the cubs and Kari shivered as she backs up.
"Z-Zazu…" she whispered. Her voice crackled a little making the dodo fly to her. He gently pushed his feather like hand on her head and patted her "It's alright Kari, we'll get home alright just slowly back away.." he said gently before looking back in time to see Simba run back as three large brown hyenas emerge from the skull's eyes and mouth.
The only female hyena out of the three looked at one of the boys. Her long black hair rolled over her right eye. "Well, well, well, Banzai. What have we got here?" She grinned, showing her large white teeth.
Banzai was a male with black hair stuck up on ends. "Hmm. I don't know, Shenzi. Uh... what do you think, Ed?" he asked, his own grin larger then Shenzi's. Ed erupts into an over crazy laugh as they circled the four cubs and dodo, all laughing.
Banzai laughed as he scanned the cubs. His black eyes shone, not in a good way. "Yeah, just what I was thinking. A group of trespassers!"
Zazu moved in front of the cubs. He looked at the hungry animal. "And quite by accident, let me assure you. A simple navigational error. Eh heh heh…"
Shenzi's eyes narrowed. She leaned in closer and pouted in confusion. "Whoa, whoa, wait wait wait... I know you, you're Mufasa's little stooge." She gasped and smirked evilly at the group.
Zazu puffed out his chest to make himself look bigger. "I, madam, am the king's major-domo." the dodo said proudly.
Banzai rolled his eyes and looked at the cubs. He smirked and moved towards the cubs. "And that would make you two...?" he said, looking at the back cubs.
Simba growled, and stepped in front of Kari "The future king and queen," he snarled at them.
Shenzi laughed. She flicked her black hair out of her face. "Do you know what we do to kings who step out of their kingdom?" she asked, ignoring the little snarls coming from the cubs.
"Puh." Simba rolled his eyes "You can't do anything to us," he hissed, his left ear twitching.
"Ohhh…" Zazu's eyes widen and looked at the prince "Technically, they can. We are on their land." He laughed nervously.
Simba pouted and looked at the dodo "But Zazu, you told me they're nothing but slobbering mangy stupid poachers," he said frowning in confusion.
Zazu stepped aside, looking surreptitiously to Simba "Ex-nay on the oopid-stay…"
Banzai growled angry, his eyes flashing "Who you callin' "oopid-stay?!" he hissed, annoyed.
Zazu's eyes widened and he looked up at the sun nervously. "My, my, my. Look at the sun, It's time to go!" He smiled nervously and starts to try to hasten the cubs away.
Shenzi smirked and leaped in front of them. She laughed. "What's the hurry? We'd looove you to stick around for dinner." She smirked, the sun flicking of her white teeth whaler Banzai crept up next to her. "Yeaaaah! We could have whatever's... 'lion' around! Get it? Lion around!" The others busts into laugher.
"Oh wait, wait, wait. I got one, I got one. Make mine a "cub" sandwich. Whatcha think?" Shenzi smirked, laughing peals of uncontrollable laughter. Ed jumped up and started gesticulating and jabbering.
Shenzi sighed and looked at the animal in confusion. "What? Ed? What is it?" she groaned and rubbed her forehead.
Banzai pouted and looked where Ed was pointing. "Hey, did we order this dinner to go?" he asked, looking back at Shenzi who shook her head. "No. Why?"
"Cause there it goes!" Banzai yelled, jumping to his paws and pointing towards the running cubs.
Zazu looked back as the cubs disappeared around a corner, being caught in mid-flight.
Nala gasped as they skidded to a stop. She panted and looked at the others "Did we lose 'em?" she asked, her chest moving fast.
Simba looked back and nodded. "I think so," he mumbled before blinking when Baxter suddenly tapped them on the head. "Where's Zazu?" he asked, concerned.
Nala gasped, her eyes wide. "The hyenas have him, we have to go back, we can't just leave him here," she said looking back as Kari nodded in agreement and whined "Z-Zazu."
"Come on guys." Simba nodded and turned around to rush back the way they came, followed by the others. They rushed around a rock and heard the cry from Zazu and loud laughing. Peeking around the cubs gasped when they saw Zazu being forced into boiling pot.
Simba growled, his eyes narrowing. "Hey! Why don't you pick on somebody your own size?" he yelled as Kari whined again and hid behind him when the three hyenas looked at them.
Shenzi tilted her head "Like…" she sang with a high pitch voice "You?" she smirked and watched as Kari tugged on his ear and hissed at him.
Simba looked at the cubs and back at the hyenas. "Oops," he gasped and pushed the mute lioness down a hill before jumping after her when the hyenas leapt at them. They darted around behind them and poked their heads through an active methane vent when Simba and Kari met up with Baxter and Nala.
"BOO!" The hyenas laughed loudly when the four cubs rushed away. The hyenas chased the cubs up and over the skull. The cubs slipped away by sliding down the spine. They shoot off the end of the spine and landed on a hillside of bones.
Nala gasped and looked down the bones "Simba!" she called to him. Simba turned around. He was horrified to see Kari and Baxter slipping back down the pile.
"Aaaaiee!"
Simba breathed in harshly and runs bravely back and claws Shenzi across the cheek, drawing blood, distracting her while the other two cubs escape. Shenzi became enraged, her eyes flashing angrily. The hyenas pursuedthe cubs quickly and cornered them in a cave.
Shenzi snickered and glared at the cubs. "Look, boys! A king fit for a meal!" she growled, eyeing Simba, who shivered and backed away into the wall, he and Baxter trying to hid the girls with their bodies.
Hearing Nala and Kari whimper in fear, Simba tried to roar. He produces a nice medium yowl. It bounced off the walls, making the hyenas laugh. "Yoo-hoo... that was it? Hah. Do it again... come on."
Simba hissed lowly before he opens his mouth to roar again, but this time a full- grown lion's roar echoed around. The hyenas freeze and gasped in confusion before suddenly a large red and amber lion appeared. The lion roared, angry at the hyenas and charged at them, knocking them to the ground and hissed in their faces.
Shenzi shivers and shakes her head "Oh, please, please. Uncle. Uncle." She squealed loudly as her body twitched.
Mufasa glared down at them. He roared again angrily. "Silence!" he yelled, his eyes flashing dangerously.
Banzai nodded and nipped at his lips, his paws waving around. "Oh, we're gonna shut up right now."
Shenzi nodded, her yes bouncing as she moved her head. "Calm down. We're really sorry." She laughed nervously.
Mufasa growled. He opened his mouth to show his teeth. "If you ever come near my son again…"
"Oh this is... this is your son?!" Shenzi gasped and looked at her brother "Did you know that?" she asked, her eyes twinkling lightly.
Banzai shook his head. "No... me? I-I-I didn't know it. No. Did you?"
"No! Of course not." Shenzi looked at him and laughed, shaking her head. "No!"
Both Shenzi and Banzai looked at their last brother, their eyes hopeful. "Ed?"
Ed let out a silly laugh and stupidly nodded 'yes' before he gasped when Mufasa roars. The king watched as they rushed away at the speed of light. Zazu landed in front of Mufasa, giving him a "that'll show 'em" nod... but then withered under Mufasa's angry glare.
Simba whined and slowly approached the lion, his ear curled to the back of his head. "Dad, I…"
Mufasa simple turned and began to walk past the cubs. "You deliberately disobeyed me," he said sternly "Let's go home!"
"Papa, I'm... I'm sorry…."
Note: Review plz, I liked to know what you guys think!
Gha, I'm snuck. I don't know if I should have Kari runaway with Simba or Baxter? What do you guys want?