Three months has gone by as Nala is fully healed from the attack made on her by Kamili which haven't been seen since he was exiled. Simba left with Zazu following to patrol the pridelands before the sun sets as Nala, Mufasa, and the rest of the lionesses are to stay at pride rock to do whatever they please to do which is mostly chatting and napping which most were doing while Nala, Sarabi, and Sarafina are laying in the shade of trees near pride rock with soft green grass underneath them. Sarafina: "how are your legs?" Nala:" they're not hurting when I walk so I guess they're fully healed" Sarabi:" that's good, have you and Simba gotten used to the duties of being king and queen?" says with her head laid on her crossed paws Nala:" I don't know about Simba but I'm getting the hang of it, not as stressful as I thought it would be but the rhinos can be a pain but other than that it's been great" Sarafina:" so it's been... two months? Since you and Simba became king and queen?" Nala:" three" Sarafina:" three months, have you two talked about 'continuing the circle of life' yet?" she says smiling giving Nala a wink making her blush slightly.

Nala:" we did on the night we became king and queen but we decided to do so once we're used to the duties of being king and queen, I'll have to talk to him again about it tonight probably" as Nala was talking to her mother and Sarabi she sees something in the distance behind them. Nala looks at the figure approaching closer ' it's not Simba' she says in her head Nala:" mom, Sarabi can you identify what that is?" she says as Sarabi and Sarafina looks to see what Nala is talking about as the figure becomes more identifiable which appears to be a hyena with three more following. Nala got up with Sarabi and Sarafina following her to confront the intruders as some of the lionesses that were laying near noticed and caught up to help assist, Nala:" what business do you have here?" she asks looking at the hyenas that stop when they see the queen and her lioness assistance behind her.

The hyena in front looks back at his group then looks back at the pride of lionesses and said "uh we were just hunting" Nala:" you know you and your kind are not welcomed in the pride lands" she says scowling, one of the hyenas behind said" who are you the command?" Nala:" I am the queen of the pridelands by law from the king hyena's are not welcomed, leave now or be forced out!" she say as one of the lionesses growls threatening the hyenas. Hyena:" we're not leaving without food, (looks at his group) come on guys" he says starting to walk away with his group as Nala and her lioness group quickly surrounds the group as Nala is the one to be in front of the leader of the small group of hyenas. The hyenas notice they're surrounded Nala:" last chance leave or be forced out" she scowls as she sees Simba returning from his patrol in the distance.

Simba sees the group of lionesses surrounding the group of hyenas Simba:" what's going on over here?" he says to himself as he starts to run to the area. Once Simba arrives the group of lionesses and Hyenas look to see the king returning then quickly the lionesses putting their eyes back on the hyenas, Simba:" what's going on here?" he asks his queen Nala:" hyenas trespassing" Simba looks at the group of the hyenas which who looks like were about to fight. Simba:" you know your kind is not allowed in the pridelands" Hyena:" we were just hunting for food" Simba:" if one of the animals wanders in your land then it's yours but if it's in the pridelands it's not yours, you should know this" Hyena:" But there's no food where we're at" Simba:" that's not my problem to solve, but my problem is you trespassing in my lands" he says as he and the lionesses start to make a wall type of line up in front of the hyenas with Simba in the middle and walk closer to the group of hyenas.

The Hyenas growl and snarl as they back up away from the line of lionesses getting closer forcing them to move back, the more the hyenas get closer to the border the line moves faster until the group of hyenas slides down a slope similar to the slope Kamili went down when he was being exiled entering the outlands. Simba and his line of lionesses stop at the top of the slope like hill looking down at the group, Simba:" next time you walk into our land you will deal with consequences" he says as the group flee into the dry dead land disappearing into the distance.

An hour has gone by since the encounter of the hyenas as Simba and Nala lay next to each other in the same shade of trees Nala, Sarafina, and Sarabi both laid at. Nala:" so how was your patrol?" she says laying on her side but on the side where she can see Simba, as he moves his head which was laying on his paws to where he's looking at Nala in a comfortable spot Simba:" eh, not much really, peaceful as usual" he says smiling " how was here other than those hyenas?" Nala:" pretty much the same here, the hyenas were the only action we had today or all week to put it at a better perspective" Simba:" that's a very good thing" Nala" indeed it is" she says then nuzzling him, Simba:" how's your legs, and body?" Nala:" feels healed" she says smiling at him Simba:" Thank goodness" he says nuzzling her.

As they were laying there Nala got the thought again making her blush slightly Nala:" hey Simba?" she calls for him next to her, Simba opens his eyes and looks at her Simba:" hmm?" Nala sits up with Simba doing the same so he can hear what she's about to ask Nala:" you might already know this question but I was asked this earlier, when do you want to 'continue the circle of life'?", Simba let it sink in for a little bit then smiled Simba:" whenever you're ready" Nala:" ok, so tonight? Tomorrow?" Simba:" we can do it tonight" he says nuzzling her Nala:" sounds like a plan my king". They lie back down next to each other and close their eyes to take a nap.

About 4 hours go by as Simba awakes to the sun still high in the sky but is descending making the sky starting to become a little orange next to Nala who is still asleep. Simba looks and admires his beautiful queen, the way the sun is with color of the sky slowly turning orange nothing compares with how beautiful Nala looks, no matter if she's asleep or awake Simba always admires her not only for her looks but for her being her. Being the one that didn't try to get with him or liking him because of he was the prince, being friends with him for who he is as a lion and not as a royal soul, every single cub that went up to him almost instantly started to like him once he said the words 'prince' but as for Nala all she wanted was a friend weather it's someone royal or not and Simba liked it when she didn't see him as a royal prince and over protectively guard him like the group of cubs did when him and Nala was playing pin for the first time.

The more Simba looks and stares at sleeping Nala the more he thinks how lucky he is to have her and how much he loves her for everything she did for him also he's proud for doing the deeds for her, protecting her from cubs like Kamili or any other harm, being her one and only best friend and most of all being in her heart to be in her love life with her being the same in his heart and love life. While Simba stares at her, he couldn't resist but to let his thoughts turn into action as he leans in close to her snout and licks the side of her snout waking her up in the process, she slowly opens one of her eyes to focus on Simba with his chocolate brown eyes locked and focused on her. She opens both eyes and smiles at Simba Nala:" what?" she giggles Simba:" oh nothing just gathering thoughts"

Nala:" what kind of thoughts?" she giggles again as she lifts her head to where she's not laying flat on the ground. Simba:" just the kind of thoughts that makes me lucky to have you as a friend in the beginning", he smiles as Nala nuzzles him "you're so sweet" she says noticing the sky is turning darker and darker as the sun goes lower and lower going behind the horizon.

Simba notices too and knows what it means as he looks at Nala and smiles. Nala smiles back as they stand up and head to their favorite spot to look at the stars or to be alone at night. Once they arrived they laid down next to each looking at the stars for a little bit. Nala looks over at Simba with her loving eyes as he looks back, Simba: "you ready?" Nala smiles at him as he stands up "whenever you are my king" she says turning over to lay on her stomach with her tail to the side.

Several months go by after that night; Nala gave birth to a healthy female cub named Kiara, Mufasa died due to old age, and the hyena's they encountered earlier never made appearance, After the exile of Kamili he has never shown or stepped a paw in the pridelands ever again and hasn't been seen since, Paka married a beautiful tan fur colored lioness named Ashley which who gave birth to two healthy female cubs named Sara and Jillian, and peace is maintained in the pride lands as the circle of life continues.

THE END

Thank you everyone for reading and following this story part after part and leaving your reveiws. To be completely honest I didn't expect this series to get much feedback or much views for that matter, I expected at least one or two reviews and possibly get 50 views per week (or somewhere around there). This series maybe over but I'll tell you this, I'm working on another TLK fanfic right now, it might take awhile to get finished but hopefully it'll be as worth it as this fanfic. Again thank you for reading and leaving your feedback on this story, it was fun reading your feedback :^)

( P.S: I was respectively pointed out for misinformation on how Simba and Nala grew to adults in one month. I did my research just a few minutes ago and I was way wrong so please pardon my misinformation on that one particular part _ )