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Kiara looks at her blacklegs in horror. She tries once again to move but with no luck, she can only just lay there and wait for it to be over. Only one good things would come of this. If Kovu and Amira were dead she would be able to see them again. She begins to cry as she thinks of her mate and daughter. But her parents and sons, they would miss her. She couldn't let this happen. "Please." She whispers.
The hyenas just laugh. "She's crying." Banzai comments.
"Should we leave her?" Shenzi says sarcastically.
"Hmmmm what do you think Ed?" Banzai asks his brother.
Ed just shakes his head and laughs.
"Good idea." Shenzi and Banzai say in unison.
The three hungry hyenas leap on the helpless queen.
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Simba paces on the edge of Priderock occasionally looking out into the distance. "What are you looking at?" Vitani asks walking up to the old king.
"Kiara left hours ago and she still isn't back." Simba says worriedly.
"Oh." Vitani says sadly. "Simba I'm sure she's fine. I've taught her everything she needs to know about hunting and defending herself." Vitani attempts to assure him.
"I know Vitani but I'm a father, I worry." Simba says sheepishly.
Vitani chuckles. "Believe me I know, but have you seen Nala anywhere. I have to talk to her about something."
"No actually I haven't." Simba says worriedly.
"Don't worry about Nala Simba, she is more than capable of defending herself." Vitani tells him.
Simba nods and Vitani walks off to find Nala.
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Vitani looks and finds Nala sunbathing with her cubhood friend Tama. "Nala!" Vitani calls.
Nala looks up startled. "Vitani? Is everything ok?"
"Oh yeah I just wanted to talk to you about something." Vitani says shyly.
"Of course." Nala smiles. "What's on your mind?"
"Um could we do this in private?" Vitani asks looking at Tama.
Tama rolls her eyes. "No whatever you have to say you can say in front of me too."
Nala glares at her. "Tama." She says warningly.
Tama rolls her eyes again but walks away.
"What's on your mind?" Nala asks the younger lioness.
"Well I um." Vitani decides to wait, she thinks of something else really fast. "Kiara isn't back yet."
Nala's blue eyes grow wide with fear. "She isn't!"
"No." Vitani tells her. "Simba is worried sick."
"We'd better send a search party." Nala says and she and Vitani begin running.
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Kiara roars in pain as Shenzi digs her claws into Kiara's back. She uses her front paw to whack Ed and send him crashing into some rocks. Banzai growls and sinks his teeth into her back. Kiara roars and attempts to shake Banzai off her, failing. Kiara begins to feel dizzy. "This is is?" Kiara asks herself. "This is how it ends?"
She sees Shenzi stand over her ready to kill her. Kiara sighs and closes her eyes waiting for it to come.
But it doesn't. She hears a roar and and Shenzi Banzai and Ed are gone. She then hears fighting and her savior roar, "Get away from her!"
She hears the hyenas leave and then looks up. She sees a blurry image of a dark lion. "Who are you?" She asks very weakly.
The lion looks hurt for a second but then it's gone. He leans down and nuzzles her. "It's ok Kiara, you're safe now."
"How do you know my name?" She asks softly.
He shakes his head. "You're tired Kiara rest."
"Who are you?" She asks again.
He sighs and then they hear multiple voices calling Kiara's name. The dark lion looks around. He looks as if he's about to cry. "I don't want to leave but I have too." He nuzzles her once again. "Goodbye." And then he runs.
"Kiara!" The voices get louder and closer.
Kiara looks in the direction the lion ran in. He looked familiar. Almost like...Kovu? "No it's impossible." She thinks to herself.
She sees her parents worried faces before everything goes black.
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Kiara wakes up sometime later in the cave and sees Pakyzo is still asleep. She sighs a pulls him close. "Wake up soon honey."
At that moment Pakyzo stirs. He groans and opens his eyes. "Mom?"
Kiara smiles and nuzzles. "Oh Pakyzo thank goodness you're awake."
"My head hurts." Pakyzo whines rubbing his head.
"You took a pretty big fall sweetie but you'll be ok."
"Mom! Pakyzo!" Kiara and Pakyzo look toward the cave entrance and sees Azryn. Azryn runs up to his mother and brother and nuzzles each of them.
"Hey bro." Pakyzo greets.
"Hi sweetheart." Kiara smiles nuzzling her son.
"Oh Kiara, Pakyzo thank goodness you're both ok." Nala says walking into the cave with Simba.
"What happened?" Simba asks his daughter.
"I don't remember." Kiara sighs.
"Try." Simba urges.
Kiara closes her eyes. "Um I went to the Elephant Graveyard to look for Amira but I got injured and couldn't move and then the three hyenas came and attacked me."
"Then what?" Nala asks concerned for her daughter.
"Someone saved me." Kiara looks up at her parents.
"Do you know who it was?" Simba asks.
"It was a blurry image...but it looked a lot like..." Kiara sighs. "Kovu."
Simba and Nala gasp. "No. It couldn't have been him."
"It looked like him." Kiara shrugs.
"Who's Kovu?" Azryn asks.
Kiara looks up at her parents and nods. She looks back down at her sons. "Your father."
A/N: I know this chapter is kind of short but I thought this was a good stopping point. I know there wasn't any Amira and Loner but I'm having a bit of writers block with them. If you have a suggestion don't hesitate to put it in a review or PM me.