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"Second place winner is..." Timon spoke after a dramatic pause, "Love Will Find A Way by Kiara and Kovu!"
Kovu's jaw dropped when he heard his name. He wasn't expecting to win the best song award, even in second place. He felt Kiara's lips pressing beside his cheek. "Let's go," she whispered as they got up from their seats and headed towards the stage. Little did Kiara know that Kovu had a little plan brewing in his mind.
"Kovu," Zira hissed his name. "KOVU!" she yelled when he didn't hear her. Both Kovu and Kiara halted in their tracks and turned their heads to look at the distressed lioness. "You walk up that stage and you can forget about me being your mother!"
Banzai head snapped up from the table as he looked at both mother and son. "Man," he slurred followed by a loud hiccup, "she's ain't kiddin'."
Was that a threat? Kovu thought. Why would his mother say such a thing to him? He felt his heart break at her harsh words. "Kovu," Kiara softly said as she gave him a little nuzzle, "don't listen to her. She doesn't deserve a son like you." Her words made Kovu feel slightly better. He took his chance and walked onstage with his girlfriend. When they got onstage, the lions and lionesses from Pride Rock applauded for them. Kovu was also glad to see Vitani and Nuka clapping for him.
Timon and Pumbaa handed the two lions their awards. "Aren't they cute?" Pumbaa asked as he looked from Kovu and Kiara and into the audience.
Shenzi rolled her eyes, pointed at her mouth, and made a gagging sound.
"NO!" Zira answered with a hiss. "You can forget about being my son Kovu!"
Kiara furrowed her eyebrows at Zira. If Zira didn't like that Kovu was with her, then too bad. She felt Kovu's nose giving her a light nudge to assure her that he didn't care about his mother's thoughts anymore. "Well that's too bad." Kovu looked at Timon's remark towards his mother, "because all the animals of Africa are in agreement that these two guys are the greatest couple ever in the movie."
Zira slapped her paws on the wooden carved table. "I could care less!" she yelled at him, "that boy is a betrayer to me and to the rest of the pride."
"Well it's your loss Zira," Kiara finally spoke up, "because Kovu is a wonderful lion." She turned her head and looked at him with a smile. Kovu gave her a warm smile in return.
"God Zira, stop being such a drama queen," one of the Pride Landers said as she looked at the lioness while Simba, Nala, Sarabi, and Mufasa shook their heads in disapproval.
"Can you believe this?" Mufasa suddenly said to his family, "a mother saying that to her son."
"Don't act so surprised," Nuka jumped in, "she always called me weak and I tried my best to make her proud of me. Did it work? No!"
"I do apologize to you and your sister that had to suffer in the paws of a mother like that," Mufasa told him. "No cub or lion deserves to be treated like that."
When Mufasa shared his sympathy with the two siblings, Vitani suddenly had a new look towards the Pride Landers. They weren't vicious or brutal as Zira had said. That idea had been planted into their minds ever since they were cubs and by who? Their mother who was a little fan girl of Scar. Well now she got her wish, since she was sitting next to the great and mighty Scar.
"So you lovebirds," Timon spoke up after the heated argument had died down, "would you like to sing that little song for us."
"Gladly," Kovu answered as he looked at Kiara. The fireflies changed their lights into a dim yellow color and directed it towards Kovu and Kiara.
Kiara slowly opened her eyes and took a deep breath. She had never sang with the whole pride watching her but now was not the time to be scared. With all the confidence she had, she opened her mouth and a sweet melody came out her mouth. "In a perfect world /One we've never known /We would never need to face the world alone/They can have the world/We'll create our own/I may not be brave or strong or smart/But some where in my secret heart."
"That's one thing that she's right about," Shenzi mumbled as she heard Kiara's song.
"'Bout what?" Banzai asked.
"That she's not smart you idiot...like you!" she snapped.
"Oh," Banzai said with a nod, "hey!"
"SHHH!" Ed shushed them. He mumbled a few gibberish words and flung his paws towards Kiara and Kovu indicating that he would rather listen to the romantic song rather than her and Banzai constantly arguing.
"I know/Love will find a way/Any where we go/I'm home/If you are there beside me," she continued to sing. At that exact last lyric, Sarabi pushed her head into Mufasa's mane and let out a gentle purr while Nala did the same thing with Simba. Zira subconsciously put her head slightly into Scar's mane.
"What are you doing?" Scar asked when he noticed her head resting there.
"I'm tired," she lied.
"Like dark turning into day/Some how we'll come through/Now that I've found you/Love will find a way." She looked at Kovu and gave him a deep and affectionate nuzzle.
"You have a great voice," Kovu whispered when she was finished with her part, "the voice of an angel." After they were done nuzzling, Kovu walked up in front of the stage and sang his part. "I was so afraid/Now I realize/Love is never wrong/And so it never dies/There's a perfect world/Shining in your eyes."
"NOT WHEN YOU'RE SCAR!" Banzai screamed as him and Shenzi erupted into a roar of laughter. Ed put his paws on his head and growled at his two friends.
Scar slowly turned his head and looked at the hyenas. "I would keep my mouth shut if I were you. Oh wait a minute, I am not a slobbering poacher like you three!"
Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed scowled at him.
"Would everybody please shut up?" Timon yelled as he threw his arms in the air. "These two lions are trying to sing their part, pay some respect lions and lioness and...hyenas."
Sarabi shook her head and the hyena's manners. If they had a proper matriarch, they wouldn't behave in such a way.
Finally, Kiara stepped beside Kovu and gave him a deep and meaningful look. Her and Kovu opened their mouths at the same time and sang, "And if only they could feel it too/The happiness I feel with you/They'd know/Love will find a way/Any where we go we're home/If we are there together/Like dark turning into day/Some how we'll come through/Now that I've found you /Love will find a way/I know love will find a way." They finished the song as Kovu pulled Kiara's paw towards him and affectionately rubbed his head against hers.
After the song ended, Sarabi wiped a small tear from her eye. It was wonderful to have seen her granddaughter find her true love. At the hyena table, Ed hid his eyes behind his paws. "Are you crying Ed?" Banzai asked him.
"No, he has eaten too many onions," Shenzi sarcastically said.
"They didn't serve us any onions!" Banzai said.
Shenzi smacked her forehead with her paws. "Say one more word and you are dead!"
On stage, Kovu looked from Kiara and then at the audience. Having those pairs of eyes from the good and the bad staring back made him a little nervous. However, if he wanted to execute his plan, he had to do it was calmly as possible. "Kiara," he finally spoke as she turned his head and looked at him. "Throughout this whole time, you have been the love of my life. Although our betrothal was never shown-" a voice in the audience interrupted him.
"Can I get some more passion fruit?" Banzai yelled as he held his empty coconut cut in the air.
"NO!" Shenzi snapped.
"A-Anyway," Kovu continued, "will you marry me?"
Kiara couldn't hold back her shock. Had he seriously asked such a question? A smile made its way to her lips followed by a little water welling into her eyes. "Yes," she answered as she bought her head under his chin and give him an affectionate nuzzle. Kovu returned back her nuzzle with a soft purr.
"Cut the cheesy parts and announce the next winner already!" Shenzi suddenly yelled for the nuzzling was going a little overboard for her.
"You didn't appear in the second movie," Timon pointed out.
"And you are not going to appear on that stage in the next three seconds," Shenzi sneered.
Kovu and Kiara picked up their awards and walked off stage and back to their table as the Pride Landers, Timon, and Pumbaa clapped for them. Simba was the only lion on the table that was speechless when he heard Kovu's proposal. He put his paw on Kovu's head and ruffled his mane. "Have you been planning this the whole time?" Simba asked Kovu.
"Yes," Kovu nodded. "I am sorry that I didn't tell you in advance but I wanted it to be a surprise."
"And it was a wonderful surprise Kovu," Sarabi said as she put her paw on top of his, "I am glad that my granddaughter has found someone like you."
Nala gave him an approved nod while Sarafina and Mufasa gave him a smile. "Welcome to the family," Simba said with a smile, "all of you," he added as he looked at Vitani and Nuka. The two Outsider siblings gave the king a smile.
"Ladies and gentlemen of Africa," Timon said, "the third place winner to win the best song reward is..."
"LET IT BE ME AGAIN!" Zira yelled as she shot up from her lying position and threw her arms in the air.
"You didn't perform two songs so cool your jets," Timon told her, "and it's not you anyway," he mumbled.
Pumbaa peeked at the leaf cards and a warm smile stretched across his face. "I think that these two winners are the best lions I have ever met. Especially when they sing as a family."
"Shh, Pumbaa," Timon whispered to him, "no hints."
"Oh, sorry," Pumbaa apologized.