Ch.10 Wrestling Tourney

It was about midday when Simba called everyone for a meeting.

" We are going to have a wrestling tournament thanks to Adam and Sam who came up with the idea."

Adam explained all of the rules and how the tournament was to be run.( This was similar to the NCAA March Madness.)

" I will be the one seed because I am so much better than all of you," said Sam.

" Okay then Sam, you will play against my mom first," said Kopa.

" Shut up Kopa! That is not your decision!"

"I like that idea! Let's start out with that being the first match," said Adam.

Nala had no memory of what had happened two days ago but Sam thought she had remembered.

All of the lionesses gathered in a large circle on the side of pride rock chanting for who they wanted to win.

Adam let Nala and Sam shake paws and hands then fight.

Nala dived immediately at Sam for a quick takedown but Sam dodged out of the way. Sam attacked Nala with a punch which she caught immediately jumped on Sams back turned him over and used all of her weight and pinned him.

" So much for being the number 1 seed," said Vitani.

" Next up it's Nitajina and Kefa," said Adam.

Kefa was the strongest lioness in the pride who had a darkish yellow coat and Nitajina had a sandy colored coat and was the youngest, so Kefa won that with ease.

Sam had already lost so he started his own bracket with were 14 cubs Kopas age alone. 28 in all. All of the cubs gathered in their own circle and started with Kopa and another male cub named Nuka.

Nuka was born a weak cub and didn't stand a chance against the future king Kopa. Nuka put up a good fight dodging most of Kopas hits. Kopa eventually grabbed him

and pinned him to the ground. Kopa beat every cub he faced except for Vitani. Kopa was puzzled because the urge inside him told him not to hurt her. " She is one of my best friends, but that doesn't mean I can't beat her," thought Kopa.

All of the cubs screamed for a turn to fight. Sam got every cub at least 4 fights and Adam finished up his tournament with Kefa versus Nala. All of the cubs and lions gathered around for a huge championship fight. Simba gave his mate a pep talk.

" Kefa is the strongest lioness so you will have to..."

" Relax I got this," Nala giggled at Simba.

Kefa was getting a pep talk from her mother.

Adam rang his bell to signal the fighters to come to the center of the circle.

" Go get em mom!" said Kopa as she winked back.

Nala and Kefa snarled at each other in the center while Adam read that there were not to be any claw scratching or biting. He let them shake hands and then backed up.

" Ready? 1!2!3!," Adam yelled.

Kefa and Nala came racing towards each other. Kefa got lower than Nala did so Nala fell to the ground. Nala got back up and slapped Kefa on the head and tackled her. Kefa threw Nala off with her paws and dived at her once again. Kefa thought she had Nala but Nala dodged her way out of Kefas path and pinned her.

" Winner of the pridelands is Nala!" yelled Adam as everyone cheered except Kefas mom and Zira.

" Showoff," they both said at the same time.

Most of the lionesses congratulate d Nala for her hard earned victory.

" Wow Nala! You are pregnant yet you managed to beat Kefa in a fight!" the lionesses said with amazement. Nala just shrugged like it was nothing.

"Alright! Time for Grudge matches," said Adam.

" I want to challenge Sam!" said Timon.

" Alright then, Sam versus Timon in this ring!" yelled Adam.

The lionesses started chanting " TEE-MON! TEE-MON!"

Timon couldn't wait to murder Adam, while Sam wouldn't stop complaining.

" Sam! Listen to me! You are a lot bigger than he is. You just need to let him dive right at you then dodge and pin him," said Kopa.

" Alright then Kopa, if you say so."

Sam thought of some other ideas as he and Timon walked to the center of the ring. Timon dropped all of his weapons and headed to Adam.

"Alright Timon, Don't do anything crazy, just have a clean fight, alright?"

Timon and Sam both nodded and headed back to their corners.

" Man I'm nervous. Timon's got the eye of the tiger man," said Sam.

Some of the lionesses around Kopa growled at Sam.

" The Lion!" Kopa corrected.

" Sure, wait a minute, how do you know what a..."

That was as far as Sam got before Adam yelled " Fight!"

Sam was expecting Timon to charge right at him so he was surprised to see Timon was just waiting for him. Sam came at him very slowly. He turned his head for only a moment but that was enough time for Timon to attack him. Timon jumped on Sam's shoulders and put him in a headlock. Sam stumbled around the ring trying to get Timon off him. After two minutes Sam threw Timon off while gasping for air.

" Is that all you've got? Come on!" yelled Sam.

Timon grunted and charged right back at him. Taking Kopa's advice Sam ducked under Timon, grabbed his legs and put all his weight on the meerkat. He turned Timon on his back and held him there for three seconds.

Sam was filled with joy.

" Winner!"yelled Adam as he raised Sam's arm up.

" Boo!" all of the lionesses yelled at Sam.

" Don't listen to them. You did great!" said Kopa.

" Thanks Kopa," said Sam.

" Wow Sam! You were amazing. Very impressive," said Simba.

" Thanks Simba. At least a couple people appreciate my good effort," said Sam.

" I apologize for these lionesses, I don't know what they are thinking," said Simba.

Adam let a couple of other lionesses fight before it got dark.

" Last fight of the night! Kopa against Me!"

Adam stepped down from the rock and flexed his muscles.

Simba stepped onto the rock to take his place. Kopa came into the ring with his head held high and the crowd chanting " KO-PA! KO-PA!"

Nobody needed to explain the rules this time.

"Fight!"

Kopa came out along with Adam focused and moving around the ring in a circle. All of a sudden Kopa just sprung right at Adams chest and knocked out Adam cold in a matter of seconds.

Everyone was shocked about how quick the fight had ended. " Whoo Hoo!" yelled the crowd as they picked Kopa up and carried him off with a grin on his face.

" You did great my little Heart," said Nala.

" You make any father very proud," said Simba.

" You guys are awesome parents!" said Kopa.

All the lionesses had gone to bed a few hours later while Sam and Adam got ready for bed.

" Man those lionesses really don't like me," said Sam.

" They don't like either of us," said Adam.

"I sure hope that changes Adam."

" Me too."

" Goodnight."

" Goodnight Friend."

Those words came from Kopa.

Adam smiled. Even though Kopa had murdered him, he still appreciated him.

"What a nice young chap."