A Heart's New Beginning-Chapter 7, Pure Hate On the Edge/Part 2
"DON'T call me by my NAME!" screamed Vitani. Shegro jumped back into a dead and shriveled up bush as she tried to clout him over the head with an outstretched paw. He was too fast for her though, and after she missed him, she turned to hide her face.
After a few moments, Shegro came out of his bush and they started walking deeper into the Outlands in silence. They passed many more termite mounds and dead plants that had been scorched by the sun. The dead roots twisted in a funny way, and that's just how they had grown: funny. Shegro playfully bagan slicing the roots as he passed, but stopped abruptly when Vitani glared evilly at him.
They came to the edge of a large cliff. They would either have to go back the way they came, or cross a particular nasty swamp and climb to the top of the cliff. Shegro gestured with his head, letting Vitani go first, but she didn't need telling at all. She was already half-way across the muddy rocks.
Then Shegro noticed something. This was the place Kovu and Kiara had met playing, he had heard lions talk about it. And the muddy rocks, well, they weren't rocks but none other than fifty dirty crocodiles.
"H-hey!" he shouted at Vitani nervously, but she ignored him and kept walking.
"Vitani! They're not rocks!" he screamed even more loudly and more nervous. She whipped around to face him, and after sinking her claws into the crocodile dangerously, she noticed it began to move slowly underneath her.
"W-what?" she skrieched, eyebrows raised in a scared manner. The crocodile got faster, and eventually stuck his head out of the water roaring at Vitani. The others awakened too, all turning to her and Shegro. He suddenly bounded across them with a burst of energy, his mane bouncing and flying in all directions, and clawed the crocodile which Vitani stood in the eye. He roared his crocodile roar louder in pain now, and began snapping ferociously at the air.
"Vitani, GO!" screamed Shegro and she nodded briefly and turned, running across the moving crocodiles. She stopped and could hear Shegro fighting with the others, but knew that he was advancing her at the same time. Vitani continued moving along the monsters quickly and easily, but when she reached her last one, it moved as fast as it could out of the water and Vitani fell off sideways into the grimy water.
She didn't know what to do. She had never had never been in water before, and was unaware that she could use her larg paws to swim out of the water. She was in fact moving them, but vary vigerously and in all directions. She began to sink under the water, unable to move her legs and paws much more, due to exhaustion. In the background, she could he the faint roar of a crocodile, then one from Shegro, a slash of clash cutting open both lion and crocodile flesh, and the unsuccessful snap of three foot long jaws. She began to loose conscienceness and finally sank beneath the surface.
As the life seemed to flow from Vitani and bubbles began issuing from her nose and mouth, sharp jaws grabbed her neck, waking her. Her eyesight was very fuzzy and she was unable to see the crocodile that was trying to kill her, but she began to fight blindly. She kicked behind her with her hind legs and tried to as much as scrath her attacker, but ran out of air once more and drifted off into unconscienceness again.
"Wake up, Vitani, please, WAKE UP!" screamed a faint voice nearby. It seemed familiar. Vitani did not wish to wake up though, she felt very peaceful. She was warm and laying on such a soft nest, she could have sworn it was made of clouds. Her surroundings were completely dark and she couldn't see a thing, but this was exactly like she liked it when she was sleeping.
No, I don't think I will, thanks, she thought to herself as she heard the voice again, and smiled inside her brain, drifting back off to sleep. But the voice grew louder and more desperate and she knew she could no longer ignore it.
With a great difficulty, Vitani lifted her eyelids and saw a sopping wet Shegro standing above her, a single tear rolling out of his eye and down his cheek. He quickly swiped it away with his paw when he saw her eyes open, but he didn't think she noticed, she had faked so well.
"Vitani, thank goodness your're alive!" he exclaimed excitedly, bouncing around as far as the cliff's edge. Somehow, Shegro and Vitani had appeared at the top of the cliff off which they had come.
"W-what happened to me?" asked Vitani drearyly.
"Well, the last I saw of you was falling of that crocadile and into the water. I had to fight them off so hat you could swim to the edge, but I could hear that you had never swum before and that you didn't know how. I clawed the eyes of the nearest crocadile and dove into the water after you. It took a while to find you in that water though, it's so swampy."
"When I saw you, I grabbed your neck. Rigth then, a crocadile under water tried to bite my legs and I sunk my teeth into your necks accidentely. I wasily kicked the thing away, they are so dumb, but you started struggling with me, kicking and scratching me. I didn't think I could hold on any longer when you lost conscienceness."
"Then, with a lot of work, I brought you back across the lake and up here again. I was...so afraid that you wouldn't wake up again, Vitani. I know Kovu or Simba one would kill me for letting you die, but that wasn't my main worry. I was," he stopped talking for a moment. He had been so involved in his story that he felt like he was talking to himself, and he almost admitted to her that he loved her, but stopped dead. "I was just afraid, that's all," he finished dryly, lifting his head proudly.
Very quietly, Vitani rose to her paws and sunk once more into a crouch. She sprang at Shegro, knocking him backwards onto the ground with a surprised look on her face. She pressed a paw against his throat, but gently so.
"You saved my life, Shegro, and I am very thankful for it. I do not wish to hurt you, and I will try my hardest not to be rude or mean anymore, but you cannot speak of this, or I will personally bite off your ears. You understand?" she asked, a frown on her face. He nodded three or four times, very vigerously and she let him up.
"Let's go back now then," she said turning in another direction. He stood gazing after her in awe, and when she turned and gave him an evil frown, he stood slowly and followed.
But Vitani was not frowning ahead as she did when she had looked back at him, but smiling. Something seemed to come over her, a different feeling towards Shegro, a warm feeling. A somewhat loving feeling.
And then she realized it. When she had been laying back there only moments ago with her eyes closed and a warm and soft feeling erupting inside her, she realized it wasn't anything to do with anything but Shegro. Only his presence had made her feel so light, so almost perfect.
Author's Note: WOW! I actually wasn't expecting it to end like that! I didn't plan it out, just wrote as I went along. Please review and tell me what you think, and QUICKLY! :D
I know Shegro and Vitani together was a bit predictable, but oh well. I looked up Simba's family tree even before I knew Vitani's name and started watching the movies again and writing this story a few months ago, and saw Shegro on it with Vitani, and I just made up their own relationship. I hope everyone finds this story enjoyable, humerous, and plain good, but if ANY of you don't just let me know, and I'll improve the best I can. Thanks! :)
