Another short one I'm afraid. I know, I know, there'll be some longer chapters later on, don't worry. Enjoy this one, and the reveal at the end.

Chapter 7

Kovu had worked out that they must be about half way to the tree by now. It seemed like Vitani had done a good job of distracting the Muuaji patrols because they'd been able to get this far without much trouble at all.

"How much further?" Shenzi complained.

"Just keep going. The sooner we get there the sooner we'll be safe." Kovu answered behind him, rather half-heartedly.

The peaceful stroll back to the tree was soon interrupted when, to Kovu's horror, the Muuaji returned in the distance. Vitani had managed to draw them off but not for long enough by the looks of it. There was barely any cover around them save for a few low down rocks here and there.

"What are those?" Banzai exclaimed in awe.

"Trouble." Replied Kovu sternly. "Take cover!"

"Where?" Shenzi asked.

"Anywhere." Kovu said as he leapt and took cover behind the largest rock he could find. The three hyenas were left out in the open, looking for a place to hide. Ed eventually spotted a fallen tree near a particularly large rock. He frantically pointed at it and giggled to tell the others.

"What is it, Ed?" Shenzi sighed.

She then saw for herself what the eccentric fur brain was pointing at. She notified Banzai and the three of them headed over to hide behind the rock and tree trunk. Only moments later two Muuaji's come swooping past, completely missing Kovu and the hyenas. They flew off into the distance and the coast seemed to be clear once again. Kovu, who had been holding his breath the whole time, let out a sigh of relief and emerged from behind his cover. He checked again that the skies around him were clear of any blue bodies of terror. After that he saw the hyenas come out from behind cover also and rejoin him.

"What were those?" Shenzi asked.

"Muuaji. They were the creatures that were attacking the lions in the Skylands. But surely you know that already." Kovu said.

"No. Why should we know?"

"Because you had connections with Scar back when he was working with Mohatu, didn't you?"

Shenzi's face changed to an expression of recognition and she replied.

"Oh, yeah. That. I remember now. We were never involved that much but we know some things."

"How much?"

"Not much. And we're not talking about it until you get us to safety either." Banzai declared.

"Alright. Come on then."

And so Kovu continued to lead the three hyenas to Rafiki's tree where there was, at least some temporary, safety.

As they got further and further away however, there were two sets of evil, beady eyes staring at them the whole time. The eyes were hidden in some bushes and completely out of sight. One set was a dark green and the other was red.

The green pair's owner turned to the owner of the red pair and said:

"Follow them. See where they're hiding out and report back to me when you know."

"What are you going to do?"

"I'll go and get Jasiri while she's still under the influence of the herbal mix. That'll give them a bit of a shock."

With that Zira parted ways with Scar and she went to follow Kovu back to the tree, staying a good distance behind him so as to not be detected. Scar on the other hand headed off in the other direction to do what he said he would do. Fetch Jasiri.

They're safe. For now at least. And yeah, Jasiri is gonna be in this, but in quite a different way to how we know her. And then there's still the mystery of who the stranger at the beginning was and who Vitani is going to rescue. Well it's the same person, I'll tell you that. But who? Anyway, don't forget to favourite and follow so you can keep up to date on this story and leave a review if you wish, it does make me happy to see them.