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Lion King Beybladers

Chapter 9

The small journey had been uneventful Not a word left anyone's mouths, the anger of the King scaring them to silence.

By then they had travelled to a large field full of grass, beautiful twinkling stars sparked up above them. It had become night without them noticing.

Right at the back, Kai's head still drooped, he only knew where to go by following the feet of his friend next to him. He had no idea where they were at all, not really caring.

Beside him, Hilary looked worried, her friend was rarely this depressed. Too bad there was nothing she could do.

Finally, the King at the front of the group stopped, signally the others to halt too.

"Daichi!" He said. That one word sounded louder then usual seeing as no one had talked in a while in the silence.

The bird flew over quickly and landed in front of the King, "Yes, sire?" he answered, his voice quivered slightly.

"Go and take Hilary home." Dickinson ordered. Daichi nodded, "Yes, sire…"

Then, Dickinson turned to the cheetahs,. They paled under their fur as the King stared at them.

"I trust you two are old enough to find your way home by yourself, but if I have heard you have gone anywhere else, there will be serious trouble, understood?"

The two nodded, fearfully. The King's expression softened.

"Very well, off you go"

Both cubs bowed honourably, before turning around and walking off.

"See you guys later." Ray whispered as he came up to them.

"Yeah, bye." Brooklyn added.

Hilary smiled back, while Kai didn't move.

Ray hook his head, then turned to his brother, "Come on, Brooklyn, lets go"

The young female lion watched as her two friends ran off in the direction of Saari Caves.

When they disappeared behind the horizon, Hilary tuned to her other friend, "You could at least of said goodbye…"

Kai looked at her for a second, before sighing and looking down again.

That was when Daichi flew over, "It's time to go, Hilary…"

The lioness nodded.

Before she left, she nuzzled her friend with her muzzle. (do cats have muzzles or is it just dogs?)

Kai looked at her, slightly surprised at what she did.

Hilary smiled, "Don't worry. He loves you, he wont be that hard on you."

Kai smiled, "I hope your right, Hil' "

Hilary winked at him, before turning and leaving with Daichi flying just behind her.

Kai watched her for a while. Slowly an odd feeling became known inside him, but he had to forget it for his father's strong voice rang out.

"Kai, come here" Kai cringed as he heard the King's rough tone, but obediently walked towards the lion.

His head down, Kai sat next to his father. He waited for the explosion he knew was coming. He closed his eyes and waited…

"Why did you go to that place, Kai?"

Kai's head snapped up, that was a lot gentler then he expected.

"Well?"

"I-I was just trying to be brave like you" he said in a small voice.

"By disobeying me?"

"I…I…um…I"

The King cut him off, "Kai, you need to learn that bravery doesn't mean you go looking for trouble. You are only brave when you need to be."

Kai nodded, "But I thought to be brave was that you weren't afraid of anything…"

"That isn't true. You say I'm brave but I was very scared today."

Kai looked up in surprise, "Really, what made you scared?"

The King bent down to his son's level, "I was afraid I might lose you."

Kai smiled, "I guess even Kings get scared, huh?"

Dickinson nodded.

"You know what? I bet those hyenas were even scareder"

Dickinson chuckled, "That's because no one messes with your Dad!"

Dickinson playfully grabbed his off-guard son, rubbing his head with his paw.

"No! No! Get off! GET OFF!"

Kai wriggled out of Dickinson's grip and jumped on him, sending him to the floor.

Dickinson chuckled again as Kai chewed at his ear, a game they always enjoyed playing.

Kai finally let go and the two lay still.

"Father?" Kai started, "We're pals right?"

"Of course"

"And we'll always be together, right?"

Dickinson didn't answer. Instead he pulled himself up to sit instead of lay.

"Kai, I think I should tell you something that my father told me at your age…"

The King flung his head up to look at the sky.

"Look at the stars, Kai."

Kai too looked upwards.

"It has been said, that all the great Kings of the past live up in those stars, watching down on whoever is King at the time. Currently, it is me, but one day it will be you in my place, and I will watch you from those stars.

"You see, Kai, with those Kings above you , you will never be alone. Just know that those Kings will always be there to guide you…and so will I"

Silence took over again, as the King and the Prince enjoyed the stars above them.

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Back at the elephant graveyard, two hump-backed dogs sat. Their bellies rumbled at them, constantly reminding them of what they let get away.

"I can't believe that stupid King," Bryan growled bitterly, rubbing his injured backside, "I wont be able to sit down for weeks!"

Spencer burst out with laughter at the other hyena, rolling on his back.

Bryan scowled, "Hey, shut up, mongrel!" he yelled, but Spencer continued to laugh, maniacally.

Bryan growled, got to his feet and tackled the other one and pretty soon teeth and claws were everywhere as the two fought.

Just at that moment, Tala came over to them. He immediately took charge.

"Will you two knock it off!"

Bryan stopped what he was doing and moved away from Spencer, leaving him to chew his own leg stupidly.

"No wonder we're at the bottom of the food chain. We fight each other like idiots." Tala grumbled.

"It ain't our fault, Tala," Bryan said, "If those lions weren't around, we would run the joint with no problems. Oh, stop chewing yourself, Spence' " he growled

Spencer looked surprised for a moment, then stared down at his leg still in his mouth. He released it, giggling.

Bryan rolled his eyes and Tala shook his head.

Tala sighed "Man, I hate lions. They're pushy…"

"And hairy…" added Bryan

"And stinky…"

And, man, are they uuuuuugly!" they said together.

The three laughed at their words, madly before a voice broke it off.

"Oh, surely us lions aren't that bad?"

The three jumped at the voice and looked around for the speaker. Finally, Tala looked up to find a black lion staring down at them from the top of the elephant skull.

Tala let out a sigh, "Oh, Boris it's just you"

"Yeah" Bryan said, "For a second there, we thought it was somebody important…like…Dickinson"

Boris's face hardened at those words.

"Yeah but Boris is different, your our friend right, Boris? And while we're on a friendship topic, did you bring us anything to eat, huh, Boris, buddy, pal, did ya did ya did ya!"

Boris sighed at the stupid creatures (real sorry all you d-boys fans, but they have to be stupid to fit the story)

"I don't think you really deserve this…" Boris said, bringing a zebra leg out from behind him.

The mouths of the hyenas immediately began to water at the meat.

"I practically gave you those cubs on a silver platter, and you couldn't even get rid of them…" Boris casually let the meat fall from his paw and to the waiting hyenas.

The hyenas dived and sunk in their teeth into the severed leg, chewing a lot of it before answering Boris.

"It wasn't our fault, Boris, we would have had them if Dickinson hadn't shown up."

"Yeah, what were we supposed to do? Kill the King?"

Boris grinned, evilly, "Exactly"

The dogs looked up in confusion, temporarily forgetting the meal.

Gracefully, the black lion bounded down from the skull to land in front of the dogs, still grinning.

Tala snapped out of his confusion, "Woah, woah wait a minute. You want us to kill Dickinson"

"That is correct" Boris said.

"Heh heh, right, sure and how are we going to do that again?" asked Bryan, slightly sarcastic.

"You don't need to worry. I've already come up with a perfect plan."

"And that plan would be…?" Tala pushed.

"Brilliant," sneered Boris, "By the end of tomorrow both the King and the hairball will ,as they say, have become the grass," the black lion chuckled at his own little joke.

"But if they're both dead…who will be King?" Bryan asked.

"Why, me of course."

"Ooooh, right. But what do we have to do?"

"Yeah, and what do we get out of it?"

"You will get all the food you want to eat, and the water you want to drink and as much authority as the lions."

The dogs grinned, pleased with that answer.

"As for what you have to do, don't worry about that now. Just make sure that you are at Kohano Gorge tomorrow at sunrise, leave the rest up to me" Boris growled

Well…………that sucked.

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