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Okey dokey guys! Here's chapter 7!
Guess What: I just realized that Mheetu and Zira are the same age! Oh Boy! Mheetu is a bit of an ass in this, but try to see where he is coming from. He won't be this way for long .
And I kinda base Kula off of Cat from Victorious..ya know, the 'innocent' one lol…just a little ;).
Warning: Scar and Zira…nothing will get intense, so, calm down, but yall may squirm a little ;).
(my comp is on the fritz again, so if you see a crap load of errors, please forgive me…I'm trying to reread over stuff as I type.)
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Chapter 7: Friend or Foe?
Nala P.O.V.
"Hi, everyone."
"Mheetu, this is Kula, Chumvi, Tama…" I introduced my friends to my brother by name and they saw how much we looked alike, yet didn't. When we were here, Mheetu was the oldest of all of us and none of them remember him due to the fact that they were just babies and their eyes were not yet opened. Once we all greeted each other, I had to speak up and ask,
"What, what are you doing here?" My brother gave me a skeptical look with a smirk," Well, I mean, not that I'm not happy to see you, but-" I hadn't seen my brother this way in a long time and his positive attitude and I wondered how long this lovely attitude would last.
"I get you, Sis. I uh, I have some news for you and mom." I raised an eyebrow. News? What news could he be…Oh no. Abasi is coming for us. Mheetu saw the look on my face and nodded his head.
"What? What's wrong?" The golden prince and my new friends had no idea what was going on.
"The king is coming for us." I said irritated and they looked between my brother and I.
"When?" Tama asked and the tone in her voice told me that she would be more than willing to fight for us. Mheetu looked at her.
"I'm not sure. I just know that he said he was coming and I left as soon as I could."
"My father won't let him take you guys back. You were both born here, both of you." Everyone around me nodded, but my brother and I knew what King Abasi was capable of. The lion would stop at nothing to get what he wanted and would kill anyone who got in his way.
"It doesn't matter if they or we were born here or not. The deal was made with my dad and he's staying loyal to him."
"So your mom and Nala can't make decisions for themselves?" Simba sounded mad, but his anger wasn't directed toward my brother and he knew that.
"Not according to him, Simba. Trust me, you don't know anything about Abasi. Savage beast himself." Silence went throughout our area. I'm guessing dread and confusion passed through all of us. At this point in time, none of us really knew what we could do. We had to come up with some kind of plan. Would the pride really fight for us? Would we win?
"Hey!" Kula's bubbly voice sang out and we all turned to look at her, "I bet you're dying to see your mom!" My eyes darted to my older brother and he smiled brightly like he had just won a fight.
"Yes of course! Where is she?" Probably somewhere on Pride Rock." We started to walk towards the monument. "Wow. I've really missed this place, even if I was just a cub when we had to leave."
"That's right, you were born here too." Malka jubilated.
"That I was and it doesn't look like anything has changed. You're dad's still doing a great job, Simba."
"Thanks, I just hope I can follow in his pawprints."
"Not to worry, you'll do fine. Every king rules different, but yet the same." I was in between my brother and Simba and I saw him look in my brother's direction, then to me, then back straight.
"Funny, you're sister said the same thing." Mheetu narrowed his eyes our way and had a curious look on his façade.
"Oh really? And just what else has she told you?" I met his eyes and I could tell he knew that the prince and I had something going on between us. I ignored him and Simba both and kept my focus straight. Thinking no one else would say anything about it, I should have thought again.
"Wow. He hasn't been here an hour and he already knows."
"Well, Tama, he is her brother." I hate my life right now. Until Simba and I were completely on the outs and everybody knew, we'd get teased and chastised to no end.
"None of you, but Kula and Chumvi can talk, so shut up." We all laughed as Simba pointed out that not all of them admitted to having feelings for one another until they absolutely had to. They had all grew up knowing that they liked each other, but it wasn't until they were teens recently.
"You guys were just babies when we left here. Kings, I feel old." We bursted with laughter and finally made it the flat top of our home and luckily we saw mom, Sarabi, Mufasa, and Cy sitting and chatting. Our mother had her head resting on Cy's shoulder and, oh boy, my brother just stopped and tensed. What would he sa-
"WHAT IS THIS?!" The adults wide eyes went to our group, but mom's was the widest. Of course she hadn't expected my brother to show up or make her the center of attention.
"Mheetu…" Her voice was distant, probably just from seeing him after a while and shocked that he was by himself.
"Ixnay on the ttention ay." I whispered into his ear and he shut his mouth, but his face was still shouting obscure words. The last talk he and I had, it was of us taking care of mom and her not needing anyone but he and I. Mom stood up and walked towards us. Her eyes danced with love and excitement to see her son. I nudged my brother in the arm and he looked at me with a fury still lit in his eyes. "Go to her and talk later. She misses you." His eyebrows rose a little and his face softened. He faced mom now and pulled her in for a hug and I had to stop myself from crying. None of us had really gotten along after we found out dad's 'dirty little secret', and Mheetu had just went into a shell and withdrew himself from us and didn't want to be bothered by anyone, so we kinda just stayed away from him. It was very rare that you'd see us talk and even those times the conversations were limited.
"I'm happy to see you, Mheetu."
"My my, he has grown." My mom and brother pulled away from one another and looked at Sarabi.
"How are you, Sarabi? Mufasa?" Mheetu greeted them with a full smile and a slight bow.
"Doing what we can." The kings voice boomed into all our ears. I noticed that Cy had stood to his feet and began walking towards us and Mheetu caught on real quick and shot him a look.
"Mheetu…" Our mother's warning, whispered voice went through one ear and out the other. Mheetu meant what he and I had discussed before about Mom just being with the two of us and no one else, but I hadn't seen anything but kindness from the lion.
"He hasn't done anything to her." I whispered in his ear.
"Not yet, Nala."
"You remember, Cy, Mheetu. He's my old frie-"
"Yes, and you two were not on speaking terms and now that you're here by yourself, he thinks you're a target."
"Mheetu!" My mother exclaimed and Tojo stepped out of line so my brother could see him. I didn't like the look on his face already. He'd stand up for his father.
"Mom, you're not vulnerable and you're not stupid." My brother was not trying to be silent at all and Simba's eyes met mine. He had no clue who my brother was, but he was silently telling me that he wasn't at all liking him. My brother still has restored anger and he doesn't care who he used it on now.
"My father is NOT a user!" Tojo stepped up closer to my family and I, and now I grew worried. If these two didn't get along, neither one of the adults would be happy. Mheetu turned to him.
"You're right because we aren't even going to give him a chance."He faced our mother, "You're not seeing him." My mother's dark brown eyebrows scrunched together in a fury.
"Says who? I am your mother!"
"He hasn't been anything but sweet to her!" Kula made her voice known as did others. This would soon turn into a shouting mob.
"I'm not going to let someone else mistreat my mother. Not gonna happen!"
"He hasn't done anything to me!"
"And he won't!" We all turned to look at Tojo. The guy was pissed and this much we could tell. He looked to his father, "This isn't going to work, Dad. Just let it go."
"That IT you're referring to is my MOTHER!" My brother took a step closer in the blue eyed lion's direction and he mimicked.
"I was talking about the situation, Mheetu!"
"Yea, well-"
"Enough!"Mufasa's voice bounced off the air currents and into our ears and all went silent. "Your parents are adults and can make their own decisions an-"
"But, Mufasa-"
"AND without your consent." I looked at my brother and I knew it was hard for him not to say anything, but because he knows him and what kind of king he is, he'll show respect, but if it was Abasi, that's a whole other story.
"Yes, Sir." Both boys said in unison and eyed each other evilly after.
"Come on, let's go talk." Mom pushed my brother back down the path we just came off on and hit a shady area.
"Good job, Mheetu." I mumbled.
"You move fast." He ignored my insult and Mother and I sighed irritably at my brother's comment and our twin eye sets landed on him.
"Seriously, Mheetu…"
"What?"
"Stop it!"
"Well excuse me, Nala for being concerned. But after what happened with Dad, she should have sworn off males."
"Cy is her best friend! He's been good to her and his son is just as sweet."
"Sweet huh? As in what? A little sugar in his tank?" My claws came out and went back in slowly, several times. I did this when I was getting agitated. I was really trying to keep it together. This is why my brother and I don't get along. Ever since that thing with my dad, he's become sarcastic and careless, well, kind of. He's just not himself anymore! I hate this side of him.
"Ya know, your mood swings are kinda giving me whiplash."
"What mood swings?" He asked me glaring.
"What mood swings?! First you're happy to see me and happy mom and I are ok, and now you're acting all, nonchalant and egotistic. Grow a pair and get over yourself."
"Are you serious!? You grow up and look around. Mom doesn't need anyone! She's fine by herself."
"Mheetu, I appreciate you being concerned and protective, but this is my life and Cy has always been my friend." She tried to plead with him, but my brother is just as stubborn as our father and I.
"Dad, was your friend too and we see that didn't pan out too well."
"I've known Cy longer and he didn't even want me to be with your father!" I watched as my brother paused. This was new information to him. He knew of Cy and a little history of he and my mom, but that history mostly posed of the negativity that the two went through ever since our parents met.
"He didn't want you two to be together?"
"No."
"Did he try to stop you?!"
"Yes, Mheetu, he did."
"Why didn't you listen? I mean this whole time…"
"I know, son, I know, I should have. Yes, I should have. But I didn't, but now I have a chance to have the life I always wanted and can have if you don't mind." I knew my brother didn't mean to be rude, he was just shocked at this revelation he just came to.
"We could have had a better father and a better life."
"I know and I'm sorry. I really am." He heaved out a sigh and looked at the ground.
"It's ok, Mom, I'm just, surprised is all. He was your best friend and he still wants you. I mean, yeah, I'm still going to be wary about him because I don't know him, but I'll try. I'll try for you." Our mother out a creamy paw on his and rubbed it softly.
"Thank you, son. I appreciate it." I smiled as I remembered the times we did have, just the three of us, and I felt warm. I missed these moments. They had ended so abruptly, we didn't have time to savor them thinking we'd have more. Maybe now we can.
"I will ask a lot of questions and he needs to answer them if he wants to be on my good side. I'm not letting anything slide. If I hear or see or notice something 'off' about him…it's a no go, Mom. I won't see you get hurt again. I'm done being nice. I won't see you hurt anymore." Mom pulled him in for hug and I watched with amazement how his size has overcome hers. Mheetu was bigger than my mom and I, but smaller than my dad, ya know, the average male adult lion.
"Thank you, sweetheart. I know how you feel. I don't want to be messed over with again, but I think we're good this time."
"Hey, how did Aniya take you leaving?" I asked with a light voice and he had a small, sad smile on his face.
"She wasn't happy, but supportive. She even said she'll be on our side if her uncle poses war on Pride Rock."
"What!?" Ha ha, that's right. Mom didn't know yet. Our matching aqua colored eyes met our mothers.
"Yea, Mom, um…Abasi is coming for you two. I don't know when, but he is." The older creamy colored lioness hung her head sharply. None of us knew what would happen, like who would make it out alive.
"Mufasa will fight for us. I know he will without us even having to ask, but I'd hate to put them through that." She jerked her head to the sky, "Gods! This is so unfair! Why!" Mheetu and I just sat in silence and looked at one another. None of knew 'why' either. Was this fate? Was it really this cruel? Maybe one of us did something and now the whole family is getting punished for it.
"Ya know, Dad's upset about you guys being gone too." Mom jerked away from her son and stood up and my eyebrows shot to the top of my head.
"Yea right!"Mom shouted dejectedly and Mheetu smiled.
"I know, hard to believe, right? But it's true as sure as the world spins."
"He can't miss me. He's the one who pushed me away. Pushed you and your sister away and now that that lioness is dead, he wants us all back."
"Sounds about right. I told him, 'the grass wasn't so green was it?' and he got mad." My brother and I shared a laugh, but mom didn't find amusement in this.
"He has his nerve. He got his wish and is still unhappy."
"Mom, we need to go talk to Mufasa and let him know." She finally faced us,
"Yea, yea, you're right. Let's let him know." The three of us began our short journey back to Pride Rock, but I needed to go some other place first.
"I, uh, I'm going to see if I can find Tojo." Mheetu stopped quickly and looked at me and mom followed suit.
"For what?" I glared at him and then rolled me eyes.
"To make sure you two can be on good terms."
"So?" I have him an indignant look.
"Mheetu! You just blamed the guy and his father for being pigs and you don't even know them. We have to let him know that everything is alright."
"We? What we? I didn't agree to this. I said I'd ask him some questions to make sure his head is on straight, but I never said yes completely. And who's to say that they don't change. Dad did. You guys have known them well enough after two weeks? I don't think so." At that, my mother and I both faced palmed and shook our heads. She and Cy would never get to be together if it were up to my brother. I'd had enough and I turned to him.
"This is not your decision, Mheetu. It's Moms. Now you and I are going to find Tojo and his father and you are going to apologize." The look I got from my sibling was one of 'oh, ya think so?'.
"You gonna make me?"
"I don't make trash, Mheetu, I burry it. Now come on!"
"Na-"
"Come on, all three of us will go." I had hoped that the father and son had left the flat top of Pride Rock and went off on their own. I didn't want to cause a scene and I'm sure Mom didn't either, but Mheetu? Yeah, you saw how that one turned out.
"You were very rude, Mee."
"Well excuse me for being concerned for my mother, Nal. You should be just as concerned as I am. You saw everything Mom went through. Come on, Nefertiti, get yourself together and think."
"Mheetu!" My mother shouted and I stopped dead in my tracks, turn and gave my brother the most evil death look I could muster.
"Take. It. Back!" He came to my level, which wasn't much of a distance. I come to about his shoulder, but his size didn't scare me.
"Kufanya mimi."
"I will make you!" I took a swing at my brother, but he leaned far back enough, without moving his whole body, and missed my hit and he smiled arrogantly.
"Stop you two!" We both ignored our mother and I took another swing. "Knock it off!"
"Come on, Nefer-ti-ti, I know you can do it." My cream colored brothers face taunted me and brought back horrible memories and hot tears made their way to my eyes. How dare he bring that up. When we had moved to the other pride when I was a baby and I grew up a little, some of the girls teased me because of my looks and thought I was stuck up even when they saw me grow. It irritated me because the boys there didn't help any by wanting to be with me and only be around me while the jealous girls were pushed aside.
"Stop it, Mheetu!" I shouted with my voice breaking and shaking from anger. I knew the meaning of the name was coming next and I sure as hell didn't want to hear it.
"Aww, The Beautiful One Has Arrived, is gonna cry." He stepped forward abruptly and got nose to nose with me and bared his teeth, "Be strong, Nefertiti!" After that remark, I got mad decided not to swing, but to just bowl right into him.I knocked him right off his feet and he flipped me and planted all four of his paws on my arms and legs that way I couldn't do anything back to him. I'd had it.
"Get Off Me, Mheetu!" I let tears spill down from my aqua eyes and they burned with hatred and shame. Why he would tease me like this was beyond me. He was my brother, my OLDER brother, and he's making fun of me like someone who doesn't know me. If I had to group him the same as Maeva and her friends, I would. He will still and forever remain a stranger.
"Stop crying!" He bowed his head until we could both look in our ogbo eyes. I breathed heavily and growled a little. "If you really wanted to hit me, you would."
"Get off your sister! Now!" Mom tried her best to remove the boy from me, but his size was greater than hers which meant he was stronger.
"No! She came after me, let her finish!" He spoke to her, but he look at her. His focus was on me and it'd stay there until I did something. How was I going to get out of this? He has me pinned and I can't move anything but my hea- MY HEAD! All of a sudden I got a crazy idea and head- butted him and he reeled back in pain, I jumped up quickly and used all my strength I could and made my paw collide with his skull and he hit the ground in even more pain.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Mheetu got up after a few seconds and looked like he wanted to come after me again, but Mom put herself between us. "I said ENOUGH! You hit her again, and I'll knock you out myself!" My brother gave my mother a daring look and she stepped up to him, "You think I won't?! Try me, Mheetu! I brought you into this world and I'll take you out!"
"SHE HIT ME! AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'LL HIT ME?! HOW FAIR IS THAT!?"
"You provoked her! Why would you bring up her childhood, Mheetu?! You're her brother! You shouldn't have brought that up and protected her!"
"I did protect her!"
"At the time, yes, but why would you do what they did? That's makes you no better than them."
"You're right. It makes me her sibling!"
"No! It makes you your FATHER!" After Mom's last comment, my brother looked appalled and his mouth dropped open.
"Ar-are you kidding me? Like my father!? I'm nothing like my father!"
"That was one of his acts, Mheetu! Always to make fun of someone when he could, just because he thought he could. If you don't want to be like him, do what he WOULDN'T do!" My brother gawked at our mother and then turned his vision to me. The tears were still there and his face kind of fell.
"I'm, I'm sorry, Sesi."
"Save it!" I turned and started to walk away, "Punda!" I didn't care anymore, at least right now, to go and talk to Tojo and his father. I was too pissed and angry at my so called brother for teasing me. How dare he! What was his problem!?
After walking for a bit, I found refuge under a baobab tree and slumped to the ground. All kinds of memories flooded my mind and I couldn't help, but let more tears roll down my eyes, but this time, I was sad. It seemed like no matter how hard I tried to forget my past or want to start over, something or someone brings up something horrible about my past life at the Mala Mala Pride. Will anything really be different? I let out frustrated sobs and buried my head in my arms.
I'm not sure how much time passed, but soon I felt like I was being watched and I perked my ears and looked up to find two red eyes peering down at me.
"What's wrong with you?" THE HELL! What is this!? Pick on Nala Day!?
"What the HELL do you want, Zira? Leave me alone!"
"Now that's an awkward opposition." I raised an eyebrow at her. "You ask me what do I want and then tell me to leave you alone. Which one would you like me to do?" I hated her as much as I hated Maeva. The two were the perfect pair of friends.
"The latter!" She scoffed at me and rolled her flaming red eyes.
"See, if I liked you, I would, but seeing as I don't, I won't." I stood to my full height and came face to face with her.
"Then what could you possibly want?" I seethed with bared teeth which she took as something fun, for her smile grew wicked and I mentally rolled my eyes.
"Do you know where your dear Simba is?" Was this a trick?
"Probably with his friends, why is this relevant to me?" I asked tiredly. Her brows rose with enthusiasm and she made an 'oh' shape with her mouth.
"You really don't know where he is." She sucked her teeth, "shame that. And I thought you two were so close. Mmm, oh well." For some reason, when I think I shouldn't have cared, I did. I quickly walked in front of the lioness before she could get far away from me.
"What are you talking about, Zira? Usually I don't give two shits for what you and your deranged friends do or think, but I'm curious for some odd reason." I could tell right away that I had given into my enemy, for her presence radiated success.
"Do you have any clue how close Maeva and Simba were when they were little?" I had heard enough through my friends and my 'boyfriend', but I was always still wary that he'd go back to her because of their history even if he had assured me plenty times that they were forever and completely over. I wouldn't let her know that though.
"I know what I know." I said quickly. I didn't want to be entertained by this, but I had a feeling something was up, I just didn't know from which party: mine of theirs.
"Well I hope you know that I just walked past them from their old favorite spot and uh…" She paused for a dramatic effect, a little too long for me and my anxiety grew.
"What, Zira?!" She glanced away from me and tilted her head to the side a little.
"Well, they were sharing a little more than just a conversation." My heart dropped and the world stopped. More than just a conversation? Well what else could they b-…no. He wouldn't do that. Simba wouldn't do that to me. After all the nice and sweet things he's done to and for me. No. I don't think so. Besides, why would my enemy shared this information with me? She wouldn't take up for me. She must have noticed the change in my face. "You look doubtful."I made my face into a mockingly shocked expression.
"Oh really? I hadn't noticed!"
"I'm serious, Nala! I'm trying to help you!" I scoffed at her.
"Yeah right. Why would you, most of all, want to help me? You're Maeva's friend and she and all her friends hate me because of Simba. You're obviously lying." I started to walk away from her, letting her admit defeat, but the next thing she said stopped me.
"Because I was once like you!" I turned and eyed her skeptically yet cautiously.
"Come again."
"You heard me! I use to be like you! Not being accepted by everyone and I'm still in that boat. I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through. I'm telling you the truth. I saw them together and I came to warn you." My head was spinning. Was she really telling the truth or feeding me lies, but then I looked at her. I could see why she would get teased. She wasn't an ordinary lioness. She had a long snout an inch shier than an anteaters, her black claws stuck out like daggers, and her eye shape had points at different ends. She was odd. Well damn! No matter how you look, somehow and someway you will be made fun of! I was known as too pretty while Zira was probably known as too ugly. No one can win.
"Are-are you sure, Zira? Maybe they were jus-"
"They were just doing more than having a conversation, Nala! I know what I saw! He's royalty! He can do whatever he wants to anyone e wants! Think about it. He knows you two can't always be in the same place at the same time which an example is, um, oh yes, RIGHT NOW! He thinks you're with your family. Perfect timing." There was a fury in her eyes and I'm not sure who or what they were really directed at, but for some reason, they made me believe her. She seemed do passionate about what she had just said and how could I deny someone who had and has been in the same boat as me? I dropped my head and sighed heavily.
"How could do this? I thought we-"
"He's a guy, Nala. Come on. You know how slick they are. He knows that game too well because he can." A thought popped in my head and I looked up at her.
"But what about Tama and them, wouldn't they have warned me?" The tanned lioness threw her head to the great blue sky above and laughed mockingly, shocked that I'd ask such a stupid question.
"They're part of it! He's royalty! They have to do what he says. He's their soon-to-be king, why wouldn't they want to stay on his good side?" All this information went around in head and everything just didn't add up. They all seemed genuine and we spent all our free time together. None of them seemed fake, but then again, I'm kinda new here and Zira knows them better than I do. Ugh! I don't know who to believe.
"I never thought about it that way." I paw came to rest itself on my shoulder and I looked into Zira's eyes.
"I'm sorry, Nala, I really am. But as one teased lioness to another, I had to have your back." I nodded my head as more hot tears were forming. Soon she left, but I could have sworn before she did, I heard a stiff laugh. Who was really playing me? I'd have to play 'nice' with everyone, including my 'friends'. I hate this. The Mala Mala Pride is back.
Zira P.O.V.
Oh my gods how STUPID and naïve could one be!? I had her eating out the palm of my paw! Scar was right. I do have a gift of manipulating others. Maeva did convince Simba that she wanted to apologize for the argument they had the other day and I was nearby listening. When I had heard the conversation getting good, I decided to make my presence known and accidently made the girl bump into Simba, their muzzles met, and for a split second they stared at one another until Simba cleared his throat. I knew Maeva saw exactly what I did, and that was that spark of 'I still want you' look. He's playing right into this as well. Oh, what I would give to hear the soon to be confrontation between Nala and Simba about what happened, but I'll give that up.
I arrived closer to Scar's cave and before I could even get in the entry way,
"My Dear Zira, please come in." This is interesting. His voice is more sly and sweet than usual. I walked in with confidence though and noticed he was perched on a little appraised rock, all sprawled out on a small and pathetic mimic of the inside of Pride Rock where Mufasa and Sarabi shared. "Please, come and lay beside me and tell me just what you have been up to today." I was confused by this, for Scar usually had me stand a good distance away, make me deliver the news, pat my back, and then would leave. I did as I was told though and took a look around the rocky room. I noticed a few new things: it was cleaner, there was a sweet aroma of irises, and he was in a particularly 'good' mood. What in the hell was going on? Had he done this…for me?
"Um, Scar, be-before I start, may I ask something?" His smile grew a little and his lime green eyes sparkled with enchantment and they drew me in and my mouth grew dry. I had fallen for him a long time ago, but I hadn't told him, but I'm sure he knew already.
"Anything dearest." Dearest? That was…new.
"Um…" He placed a brown colored paw under my chin and brought my face just a tad bit closer to his. My body was feeling very weird, but I knew it well because I'd always get this way when I saw him and his voice sent chills down my spine.
"Don't be shy. You can ask me anything." For a minute I had almost forgot what it was I was going to say, then I remembered that it was the entire situation right now. I'd never known him to be so attentive and…and…sweet?
"Are-are you alright, Scar? You seem to be in a-"
"Good mood?" He finished for me and I nodded my head and he sighed happily, "A lot of things are going my way and I have you to thank for that." Thank me? I hadn't really done anything worthy of this attention.
"Me? What have I done that you have to thank me?" He leaned in closer to me and whispered,
"You're as conniving as I am." I scrunched my eyebrows together. I was thoroughly confused.
"I-I am?"
"Tell me what it was you did today." He voice gave off gladness and good tidings and as if he already knew what it was I did, but I'd tell him anyway.
"Well, I, uh, I spied on Maeva and Simba…"
"Mmm hmm…"
"I made them, uh, kind of, bump into one another." His pearly white teeth shown as white as the moon and he pulled me closer to him.
"And brilliant that was!" He didn't shout, but seethed happily and my insides had jumped for joy. I made him happy and this time he hadn't pushed me away, but pulled me in. But then it hit me,
"You, you knew?" His long smile went to one side of his face and all of sudden mine matched his.
"But of course. I've had my eye on you, Zira. A good planner knows to make sure all the pieces come together and that everyone involved is doing their part. I had to make sure you were doing what I asked, but today I hadn't asked you for anything, yet you went above and beyond and that pleased me." Right then, he let his tongue slide up my cheek and I froze. That was something I myself had been waiting for and now I didn't know how to react. Would I really get what I wanted? "That was an ultimate move you made today, Zira, and that my dear is what I am looking for." I grew confused, yet my mind was still fuzzy from the sudden attention.
"What? Pushing them together?"His embrace grew tighter and my thoughts grew more intimate. Was this a bad thing?
"But of course." His other paw started to massage my shoulders and a sneaky purr that was going along with his acts, escaped my mouth and rolled out the entrance followed by two more of its followers. I couldn't stop myself, nor him, and I continued to let myself be pampered for a few more minutes and then Scar asked me a question I thought would never come, "Will you do me the honor and stay with me tonight?" The request poured from his mouth with such velvet and want, how could I say no? Besides, we aren't that far apart in age.
"Anything for you." This night would be the best by far.
Simba P.O.V.
I. Can't. Believe. That. Happened. Zira pushed Maeva right into me and it brought back wonderful memories and now I was confused. I want Nala, but now this with Maeva. I missed her as well no matter how much I didn't want to admit to myself. She was my best friend! Why on EARTH did she have to change? Gods life is so confusing!
"I'm sorry for the way I acted, Cy." I see I stumbled upon Sarafina and Cy's families and Mheetu was in a world of apologies. Good. He needed to. How could he just come up here and just disrespect Tojo and his father? He had no idea what those two have been through. He had no right to come off at them the way he did.
"I understand, really I do. I wanted to ring your father's neck when he was here." I rounded the corner a bit, but unseen, I could see them but they couldn't see me. Someone was missing: Nala.
"I just don't her hurt again. I won't let her be hurt again. I'll kill anyone who tries."
"Same here, Mheetu, same here."I'm glad they were on the same page now. Mheetu needs to know his place. I decided to leave and go find Nala and see why she wasn't here. I'm sure she would have wanted to be there, but wasn't.
I wondered aimlessly around my home's land until I picked up on her scent and saw her sleeping soundly by an old baobab tree. I don't think she even knew I laid down beside her. I liked watching her sleep whenever we would hang out and she'd fall asleep before me taking a nap, but this time, her position seemed kind of…edgy? I nuzzled the back of her head. She stirred a bit and then her head met mine and her face turned sour and she jerked back. Had I done something?
"What do you want?" I was taken aback by her hostility and I looked at her strangely.
"Um, I-I came to check on you."She got up and started walking away.
"Don't bother." I stayed in my spot for a minute, but then got up. I wouldn't let her get away with her treating me the way she did without reason.
"Nala, wait." I jumped in front of her and she tried to move around me, but I let us tango for a little until she got the hint that I wasn't going to let her go.
"Move, Simba! I don't want to talk to you."
"What did I do to you?" I didn't yell, but I was letting her know that this negativity wasn't called for.
"You know what you did. Why should I be the fool and explain?" Where was this coming from? I put on a very confused, honest face and she continued, "Where did you go after my family and I left?"….Oh no. Don't tell me she saw-
"I, uh, I we-went…"
"You went…where?" She narrowed her eyes and bared her teeth at me and my heartbeat began to speed up. How did I tell her what happened without making her think that I like Maeva, but then again, I kinda do. But I won't lie.
"I, I was with Maeva and w-"
"I don't need to know anymore." She tried again for the tenth time to walk away from me and for the tenth time I blocked her.
"What are you talking about!? What did I do?!" She got in my face in a hot, infuriated second and I took one step back.
"I'm not going to be another victim in your little game, Simba! I will not be used!" Used?
"I'd never do that to you!" I wasn't yelling to be mean, but to try to get her to understand that I'd never hurt her and especially not intentionally. We had spent so much time together…where was this coming from?
"I don't know what anyone will try to do to me because I won't let anyone do anything to me." All of a sudden she looked hurt and pissed. "How could you-how could you do this to me? Just two weeks and you had me wrapped in your claws and I let myself get cut up."
"Wrapped up? Nala, I've been nothing but true to you since you got here. Why would I play you?"
"You're royalty. You can do whatever you want, that's why." She hung her head while I looked at her desperately.
"Nala," I stepped closer to her and shocked that she didn't move, "Who put all this is your head?" She jerked her head back to me.
"No one out anything into my head, but reminded me of what I've come from."
"Will you please be honest with me and tell me what's wrong?! I'm begging you!" Her face twitched slightly as if she wanted to falter, but decided to be defiant.
"Will you!? But how will I even know if it's really true or not?"
"What do you want to know?"
"What happened between you and Maeva today?" My heart dropped. I had fallen for Nala, hard, and now I felt as if I had to break her heart to keep her, but it'll be a bizarre story, so bizarre that, would she even believe me?
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"Try me." I sighed heavily and began my story, the result, I'll have no clue.
Author Note: Ok you guys…wow, that was an interesting chapter lol.
How did you guys like it? What was your favorite part? Who is your favorite characters? Will Nala forgive Simba and the can pick up where they left off?
Question For This Chapter: What is your favorite SNACK!?
Atode anata o sanshō shite kudasai
~Nala-Nay~