Mistaken

Mistaken

Disclaimer: I do not own Lion King but I do own Mali, Bob, Gus, Tar, Jam, Zanzibar, Natasha, and the plot.

Summary: Kiara and Kovu stumble upon a dehydrated lion cub in the savannah, but what if he wasn't a lion cub but a…?

Message from Me: How long has it been? A week? I hope so because I have so much work to do! I'm supposed to finish a math problem with my friends but I'm feeling lazy. So, I'm updating for you readers! XP Enjoy!

(I spaced out the other chapters because, for some reason, FanFiction won't let me use the hyphens. So, I used the words Lion King in bold.)

There will be a memory which will be in italics.

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"Bob, hold still! I need to wrap new bandages around your hand!" Gus complained, trying to push Bob back on the bed.

Bob countered, "I can't stay still if you're trying to kill me!"

"And I won't stop 'killing' you until you stay still!" Gus retorted.

"How long has it been?" Tar asked her older sister while lying on her back.

Jam replied, "Around three or five days… but it's seems to have been an eternity."

Tar and Jam were watching their masters' bickering against each from inside the tent.

"I am… so hungry…" Tar said to no one in mind.

"Yeah, they haven't fed us since yesterday…" Jam added, "Let's go eat now."

Tar did not argue and turned over onto her paws.

They paced up to their masters and nudged their legs.

"Bob, Tar and Jam are hungry," Gus told his partner.

"So?" Bob reacted, "Go feed them!"

Gus sighed and responded, "You have the food, remember?"

"I knew that," Bob said after a moment and then paused; "We're out of supplies right now."

"Sheesh," Gus replied, "I had to use almost everything of ours for your 'needs'!"

Tar and Jam nudged their masters' legs again.

"They haven't gone hunting in a while…" Gus thought to himself.

Gus left Bob for a while and signaled for Tar and Jam to follow him.

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Gus finished cleaning the paint off of the two lions, and there wasn't a scratch of white on them, at all.

Tar's yellow-orange fur blended with her surroundings and Jam's mahogany-colored fur disguised her as a rock. With these two, they could hunt down whatever they wanted to eat.

"You're going to have to hunt for your food right now," Gus notified them, "We're running low on food so you need to work. When I blow the whistle, come back, okay?"

Now, you may think Tar and Jam were lazy and hated working but that wasn't it. They just hated Bob; he was a mean, lean, arguing-machine that was lazy.

They nodded their heads, having heard these instructions before and ran off into the savannah.

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"Okay, Tar, let's see if our skills have decreased or not," Jam suggested to her younger sister.

"Right, big sister," Tar agreed and then stalked a gazelle. It turned around, hearing a rock turn over but then resumed its grazing.

"Heh," Tar reacted, "too easy."

With a gigantic roar, Tar pounced towards the gazelle, purposely missing it so it could run towards her sister's direction.

Jam licked her lips and the swooped onto the victim, sinking her teeth into the gazelle's neck and her paws digging into its hide.

It called out to its herd but none helped, too afraid of the lionesses.

Tar bit into the gazelle's stomach, bringing it to its fall.

With their teamwork, the gazelle plummeted to its death.

Jam licked her blooded lips and responded, "Hm, seven minutes and fifty-eight seconds; that's not too bad."

"Yeah, whatever," Tar replied, already eating the carcass, "Are you going to eat or what?"

"I'm eating, I'm eating," Jam answered, ripping the cadaver apart.

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In only half an hour, they had eaten three antelopes, two gazelles, and a boar. (Me: They didn't eat Pumbaa, all right?)

"We need to find food for our masters," Jam reminded her sister and then thought for a bit; "Let's have a bath as a reward."

"Yeah, my fur is covered in animal guts," Tar concurred.

"One more kill should make a day's worth," Jam assured her and stood up, "Let's go find another boar."

Within minutes, another victim fell beneath the vehemence of the two's attacks.

"This one was a bit tough," Tar admitted.

Jam reasoned, "Yeah, but we're tired and boars are pretty stubborn… and dumb."

They both snickered at the statement.

"Come on, let's go give this to our masters now," Jam told her sister.

"Um, which way do we go, though?" Tar inquired, looking around.

Jam replied, "Well… I'm not sure. Let's retrace our steps."

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"Zanzibar!" Natasha screamed out, catching her ill husband.

Zanzibar guaranteed her, "I'm fine… really." He lifted himself up from his wife.

"You're not healthy! I knew you shouldn't have fought before we left!" Natasha reacted.

Zanzibar shouted, "It was the only way to escape the Outlands! Did you want us to die there or come injured into the Pride lands?!"

Natasha remained silent but helped Zanzibar stand up.

"I'm just worried, okay dear?" Natasha told Zanzibar, "You've went through a lot there."

"Yeah," Zanzibar responded, "but then you came and saved me."

(Start Flashback)

A teenage-looking leopard steadied himself, preparing to win the race between his rivals.

"Ready, Slowpoke?" the one to his right asked, "You know you're always going to lose, right?"

Zanzibar snarled at him and retorted, "I will surpass you!"

"Heh," the one to his left reacted, "your disability will lead you to your end."

"Kids, ready yourselves," the adult leopard ordered.

Once they were set, she yelled, "Go!"

Zanzibar's two rivals were already two feet in front of him- which was bad.

Only halfway through the race, Zanzibar was hardly anywhere ear his rivals.

And when he finished, he was only greeted by displeasure\.

"So, Slowpoke," the one that was at his right said; "You lost. You know what that means, right?"

The one that was at his left answered for him; "Punishment."

Only a second later, he was charged into a tree, with such impact that the tree cracked.

"W-why you…" Zanzibar murmured, trying to stand up.

They both smirked and declared, "You will NEVER be a true leopard, Zanzibar. You lack the speed needed to survive."

They always used Zanzibar's disability against him.

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(Seven years later)

Zanzibar, a now full-grown leopard, was walking around the borders of the Outlands and Pride Lands.

His leopard "friends" were not around because they were asleep.

Something caught his eye as it rustled through the tall grass.

He stared at it and spoke, "Come out."

Instantly, a lioness revealed herself, her tail swishing back and forth.

"You're pretty good," she complimented and then added, "for a stranger."

"I'm a leopard if you haven't noticed, thank you very much," Zanzibar responded.

"Really?" she queried and then jogged up to him, "I didn't notice your spots until up close now."

Zanzibar responded, "Are you blind or something?"

She answered, "Yeah, I'm starting to."

Zanzibar stood, dumbfounded at what she said. "Y-you're becoming blind?"

She looked up at him and replied, "Yeah; a disability I had since I was a child. It worsens each day so I can't see very well… I was kicked out of my pride because of it."

Zanzibar didn't know why but he felt terrible when he heard those words; "When were you kicked out?"

"Just a few years ago," she responded, "That's when they figured it out. They said I was 'useless' and 'just baggage' so they kicked me out."

"I'm having the same problem," he told her, unknowingly, "My… species does not accept me very well because I'm… slow."

The lioness reacted, "That's horrendous! I understand for being kicked out like me but for just being slow! They should be ashamed!"

"Hey, I never knew your name," he informed her, changing the subject, "Mine's is Zanzibar."

After a moment, she smiled, "I'm Natasha."

"Natasha…" Zanzibar repeated and then looked at her; "Stay with me."

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(A year and a half later)

"Zanzibar, watch out!" Natasha warned her husband, while dodging the fearsome attacks of his species.

"Don't worry about me, Natasha! Escape with Sash!" Zanzibar commanded, slamming another leopard onto the ground.

Natasha asked, "But what about you?!"

"I told you; don't worry about me!" Zanzibar repeated, kicking a leopard in her shin, "Just go!"

Natasha, hesitantly, carried her hybrid cub in her mouth and ran away from the fight.

"Sash," Natasha said, a bit muffled because she was holding him, "stop struggling!"

Sash meowed and pointed his head back at Zanzibar, who let out a pained roar as he was bitten.

"Daddy will be safe, Sash," Natasha reassured her cub and repeated her husband's words; "Don't worry."

Zanzibar looked behind him to see Natasha crossing the borderline.

"Please," he and Natasha thought, "just stay safe."

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(A few minutes later)

"Sash, stay here, understand?" Natasha ordered, placing Sash behind a rock, "I'll come back later, okay?"

Sash blinked and meowed in confusion, for he was only a couple of months old.

"Don't move from this spot," Natasha repeated, "It's not too far from where Daddy is so we'll be back soon."

Natasha retreated from Sash, hurrying towards her husband.

Sash simply looked at her receding back and walked into the Pride Lands.

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"I'm sorry," Natasha apologized, "I just couldn't think of being without you so I had to help!"

Zanzibar countered, "You were close to being killed! Natasha, your eyesight isn't very good so you were going to have difficulties fighting!"

"I know!" Natasha responded, "But I just had to help you! I knew Sash wouldn't understand but I was hoping!"

Zanzibar sighed and comforted her, "It's all right, Natasha; we'll find Sash and then we'll be a family again."

Natasha recommended, "Let's rest; we'll continue tomorrow, okay?"

"Fine," Zanzibar concluded, lying on his stomach, "but don't expect me to appreciate it."

Natasha smiled at Zanzibar and replied, "Of course."

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Okay, this was a pretty long chapter. Right? Right? –Looks at right and left- Okay, maybe not but at least I updated! This chapter didn't go correctly… I'll just put what I wanted into the next chapter! XP Sorry, I can't update soon. If you're lucky, I might but it'd take a while. Oh, and the profiles are edited now. Well, everybody, I must be on my way! I hope I will conquer the annoying math problem! XP Bye!