Hello Lion King Fans! Hope you all are enjoying the story. Thank you to all the reviewers who have reviewed, you know who you are. Anyway, starting to settle into the new formula now, with flashbacks. Let's get this party started!

A Week before Kiara's Solo hunt (AKA the night at the beginning of last chapter)...

Beck was brought out of memory lane when Rafiki began speaking, to him and Mufasa. That's when it dawned on him, he was in the movie now.

"Oh, Mufasa, Beck, every day Kiara grows more beautiful, into a queen that will some day make us all very proud. But Kovu also grows stronger and Zira fills his heart with hate. I'm very worried. Things are not going well, no." Rafiki looked like a plant drooping due to lack of water. It didn't suit him. The wind blew in Rafiki's face, signifying Mufasa saying something. The wind began shaking some fruit above in a higher branch.

"Mm? You have a plan?" Rafiki asked. One fruit had now fallen and cracked on the wood below.

"What?" Rafiki asked himself.

"Kovu. Kiara. Together?" He clarified.

"I think so." Beck voiced his opinion on the matter.

"This is the plan?" Rafiki asked.

"Are you crazy? This will never work. Oh, Mufasa, you've been up there

too long. Your head is in the clouds." Rafiki objected, more than likely to both of us.

"Come on Rafiki, don't be like that. Mufasa said it himself years ago. He had a plan and this is it." Beck backed up the dead lion. Mufasa apparently agreed with my current sentiments for Rafiki and blew some wind in his face.

"OK, OK, OK, OK. All right, OK!" He relented.

"I don't think this is going to work,

but I trust you." Rafiki said to Mufasa and probably me as well.

"Trust me Rafiki. I got this. Just prepare Upendi for some visitors and have the song ready. I'll join you. I know them. There'll be some bumps in the road, but it'll work." I reassured.

"I just hope you know what you are doing." Rafiki said to me as Mufasa's wind left.

"I do know." Beck said to the mandrill-baboon hybrid.

FLASHBACK

"Alright Beck. The first thing you must learn is how to walk with four legs. Luckily, I do both." Rafiki briefed. It was mid morning in the Pridelands and Rafiki wanted to get me walking correctly so I could get around easier.

"Awesome." Beck replied enthusiastically.

"Now, how do you walk at this moment? This way, I can see what needs to be addressed." Rafiki orders.

Beck complies. His front legs moved just like human legs would, but his back feet just get drug along the bark of the treetop like a rag doll.

"Ok, ok. I've seen enough." Rafiki stopped the brown cub. Beck subsequently stops and balances himself. It was similar in feeling to standing upright as a human, but looks like he is using his hands and feet to stand.

"Alright, watch how I walk on four feet." Rafiki ordered, putting down his stick and begins to walk around in a circle on all fours.

"Notice how I step with my left hind leg, followed by my left front leg, then step with my right hind leg, followed by my right front leg, and so on." Rafiki explains as he walks. He demonstrates this for about another minute before stopping by his stick and retrieving it.

"Now, you try." Rafiki states.

"Alright." Beck complies.

'Left side, right side.' Beck thinks. He begins to move both his left legs. However, as he only got Rafiki's motion half correct, he became asymmetric and fell on his left side. It was a humorous sight, as Rafiki had to hold back a snicker.

"Dang it!" Beck cursed.

"Well, you cannot expect to get it on the first try." Rafiki reminds, still holding in a chortle.

"Don't have to tell me twice." Beck grumbles.

EARLY MORNING OF KIARA'S SOLO HUNT...

Beck's eyes flutter open to a face full of baboon.

"Rise and shine Beckham, it's the day of Kiara's hunt!" Rafiki shouts.

"Ugh, just five more minutes, please." The brown-furred cub griped. Rafiki was not amused. You know what Rafiki does when he is not amused or he needs someone to do something?

"I'm up, I'm up!" Beck ascended from his slumber after Rafiki had done his signature action upon the adolescent lion, clobbering him over the head with his stick.

"Good, as I was saying, today is Kiara's solo hunt, so I will be gone for awhile." Rafiki informed. Once that was said, the gears began turning.

'Kiara's solo hunt. Crap, the movie restarts today.' Beck realized.

"Rafiki, before you go," Beck called Rafiki's attention, "I just want you to know that I'm going to be gone awhile. The great conflict Mufasa has mentioned is about to rear it's ugly head. I'm afraid that if my plan goes the way I planned, then I'll develop a temporary bad reputation among the other Pridelanders."

"In what way?" Rafiki asked.

"You will see all in due time. All I ask is, no matter what happens, that you trust me." Beck finished.

"Alright Beck, I trust you, I just hope you know what you are doing." Rafiki relented.

"Don't worry about a thing ,baba, when do I not?" Beck eased. Rafiki looked to have a little water in his eyes.

"Goodbye for now, mwana." Rafiki bid farewell as he left. Beck turns to gaze toward the Outlands from Rafiki's tree.

'After all these years and everything I've been through, all leads up to this. I won't let you down Mufasa.' Beck thought.

FLASHBACK

Beck has been trying to walk correctly for about a week now. He nearly had the hang of it. He can walk for about 10 minutes around Rafiki's treetop home before he trips or becomes asymmetric.

"You nearly have it, Beckham." Rafiki encouraged. The brown cub collapsed on his belly for, well, he actually lost count about three days ago, but he knew it was a lot. This was straining at the cub's patience.

"Why can't I get this right?!" Beck exclaimed, frustrated.

"You will get it eventually Beck. All you can do is keep trying." Rafiki encouraged.

"What if trying's not enough though?" Beck asked.

"It will be enough. Just get up and keep going." Rafiki inspired.

'Put that with a crown on it and you've got a new t-shirt.' Beck joked to himself.

Beck put himself back on his feet and began walking again, trying to find his rhythm to prevent more slip ups.

2 hours later...

"...and that's why animals sometimes spontaneously burst into song." Beck finished.

"Fascinating, and look at this, look at your legs." Rafiki responded. Beck did just that to find he was walking, without tripping. He did it.

"I'm walking. I'm walking! Yahoo!" Beck celebrated, however he made a pretty big mistake, trying to run. He couldn't get three feet before tripping and sliding across the wood like cheese on cheese grader.

"Which brings us to lesson number two, running." Rafiki said, smiling.

All Beck could do was grumble annoyance.

"Ughhhhhh."

Hope you all liked it! Just so everyone knows I have multiple stories. Look at my profile if you don't believe me, so if you're able to be patient with updates that would be greatly appreciated. Also, make sure to review and/or PM your thoughts or concerns. Until next chapter, soma, mapito, pendwa na folow. (That's Swahili for Read, Review, Favorite, and Follow.)

Swahili Words:

Baba: Father

mwana: Son