A/N: Welcome Back! Simba and his friends are in a bit of a situation, aren't they? Let's see what happens, shall we? Hope you enjoy the chapter! Please Review!

weatherwatcher: Yes, Roka is a coward, but he doesn't care as long he doesn't get his paws dirty.

TLKLover1212: Yeah, I don't think Nala would be happy spending the rest of her life with some creepy weirdo...

Chapter 4: Fatal Injury

Simba was pinned to the ground quickly. "Get off!" Simba yelled.

"Sorry." the cub said. He pressed his claws into Simba's throat. "Prince Roka said to kill you. I cannot go against his orders."

Right when the cub was about to finish him, Simba found the strength to flip him, so now, he was pinned. Simba pressed his claws into the cub's throat. "Now, I have some questions for you."

Mheetu was fighting one cub. "Hey, I remember you." the cub said to Mheetu. "I always used to have fun beating you up with Roka. It'll be just like old times."

"Oh, yeah?" Mheetu said before leaping at the cub. He tackled him and the two rolled around for a couple seconds before Mheetu was the one to get pinned.

"You know," the cub said as he unsheathed his claws. "I think Roka and I were too nice to you before." He pressed his claws into Mheetu's throat. "Goodbye." He sliced Mheetu's throat. The cub got off him satisfied at what he had done, he turned to walk away... To leave Mheetu to die. "Heheh to easy." He ran over to Tora, who was already fighting four of the cubs.

"Ha! Look the little girl thinks she can beat us up!" One of the cubs exclaimed.

Tora glared at them. Now, she was really angry, and she didn't even know about Mheetu yet. One of the cubs jumped at her from behind, but she felt it coming and she spun around and slammed her paw into his face, knocking him out instantly. Two more cubs jumped at her but she ducked and their heads smashed into each other. The cubs fell to the ground, unconscious.

Tora suddenly had a bad feeling, she looked around and that's when she saw Mheetu lying in a pool of blood. "WHICH ONE OF YOU DID IT!" She screamed. Everyone stopped what they were doing, whenevr Tora yells, it's scary. Tora looked at the two cubs in front of her. She noticed one had blood on his paws. She glared at him, her eyes burning with fury.

"Uh, oh..." the cub whimpered. Tora jumped at him and landed directly in front of the cub. She grabbed him by the throat and was choking him. Then she threw him down to the ground. By this time, two of the remaining cubs had run away.

Tora slashing her claws wildly at the cub. Kora ran over to her. "Tora! Calm down!" he shouted.

"NO! DON'T YOU SEE WHAT HE DID!" she yelled.

"I know, but you need to calm down and see if you can still help him." Kora said.

Tora knew that her brother was right. "Alright." Tora said as she and Kora walked over to Mheetu. The cub she had attacked somehow found the strength to get up and get out of there. Simba joined them after he had finished questioning the cub that attacked him.

"How is he?" Simba asked.

Kora was listening for breathing. He couldn't hear anything. "I can't hear him breathing." Kora said.

Tora had already started crying. "No. H-he can't be dead..." Tora said. "Mheetu... Wake up."

Kora picked up Mheetu's paw. "Wait... He still has a pulse!" Kora exclaimed. "It's weak, but it's there. Quick, get something to wrap up his wound."

They looked around and then Simba saw a plant that had large leaves. He went over to it and pulled one off. He brought it back over and dropped it. "Will this work?" he asked.

"Yep." Kora said. He picked up the leaf and wrapped it around Mheetu's neck to stop the bleeding. "Okay, done. It's only a temporary fix, we need to get him some help."

"You two take him back to the Pridelands to see Rafiki." Simba told them. "I'll stay to handle Roka."

Tora picked up Mheetu and put him on her back. "Are you sure you'll be okay?"

"Yes, now go before he dies." Simba replied. Tora and her brother ran back towards the Pridelands. Simba began searching for Roka. Okay, Roka. Simba thought. Let's do this.

"Roka!" a cub yelled as entered the den.

Roka turned around and looked at the cub. "Did you take care of them?" Roka asked.

"Well... One of them..." the cub answered.

Nala, who was still with Roka, had a terrified look on her face.

"Which one?" Roka asked.

The cub whispered into his ear, so Nala wouldn't hear. "It wasn't Simba!" Roka exclaimed. "Where is he?"

"Um... We don't really know."

"Whatever, he can't stop me anyway." Roka replied. "Come, Nala." Roka said. "It's time for the ceremony. I told my dad I wanted it to be earlier."

Nala reluctantly followed him out of the den. It was killing her that she didn't know which of her friends was dead. I hope Simba comes quick. She thought to herself.

"Let's see..." Simba said to himself. "That cub told me that the ceremony will take place on top of a hill..." Simba looked around, and out in the distance he saw a very tall hill. He saw what looked like lions gathered on top. "Oh,no!" he exclaimed. "It must be starting!" He ran as fast as he could towards the hill. He wasn't sure if he could get there in time...

A/N: Mheetu! No! Will he survive? That was a pretty bad injury... Can Simba get to Nala in time, or will he arrive too late? All will be answered in the next chapter! Don't Forget to Review! Thanks!