It took me sometime to decide how to put this chapter, but here it is, enjoy! I don't own any of the characters! Except Gilapo and Lamka, they are mine!

It's the next morning, and Simba has called everyone out of the cave early.

"Simba what is it?" Nala asks through a yawn

"I have two announcements, first; Zazu hasn't come back yet, and we are going to go out and look for him,... second; tomorrow at noon, I have decided that Kiara and Kovu are ready to take the thrown."

"Really Daddy?!" Kiara asks excited

Kiara and Kovu share a happy look, Nala looks happy and shocked, Vitani is the first to speak.

"Congratulations lil' bro!"

All the other lionesses congratulate Kiara and Kovu for a little bit.

Simba walks over to them.

"Oh thanks Dad!" Kiara says as she gives Simba a hug.

"Your welcome Kiara," he looks to Kovu (Kiara steps back to Kovu and gives him a nuzzle. "and Kovu I'm sure you'll be a great King."

"Thank you Simba, I wont let you down!" Kovu says with a bow.

"I know you wont." Simba says smiling as Nala stands next to him.

"You two, together will be great."

"Thanks Mom."

"Yeah Nala, this means a lot to me."

"I know it does Kovu." Nala says with a smile

"Ok now, lets pair up and find Zazu."

The lionesses do as they're told, Simba and Nala go together, Kovu and Kiara, and Vitani goes with Dotty. They all go off in different directions.

"Well finally Kovu's King." Dotty says to Vitani

"Well not yet, but yeah."

"Finally something good has come from Zira."

"What do you mean?"

"Well everything else we've done for Zira has turned out bad, this has been good."

"I'm not following." Vitani says clearly confused

"Well, Kovu was sent out by Zira to 'save' Kiara, and in doing so, they really fell in love."

"Oh, yeah, I'm really happy for them." Vitani says neutrally

"You don't sound happy."

"I am."

"Oh please I know you better than that, what are you thinking about?"

"Well it's just I should be the one becoming queen."

"What wh... oh, Vitani."

"No, I'm over it, come on lets go look for Zazu."

"Why do we need to search for this dodo anyway? I mean other prides don't have one, and yet they survive." Dotty asks irritated

"I don't know, Simba has some weird attachment to it I guess, like the meerkat and warthog."

"I guess, well lets just find it and get this over with as soon as possible." Dotty says picking up the Pace and sniffing around, Vitani follows

Over with Simba and Nala.

"Where could he be?" Simba asks

"I don't know,. what made you suddenly decide that Kiara and Kovu were ready?"

"I don't know... I guess I'm getting too old for this, I need to step down."

"Wow, your actually admitting this! That's a first." Nala says with a smile

"Nala, come on now, we need to find Zazu. He should have come back by now."

"Ok calm down, we'll find him."

"I hope so."

Over with Kiara and Kovu.

"Can you believe it? We're going to be King and Queen!" Kiara says excitedly

"No! But first we have to find Zazu, come on lets go ask that giraffe if he's seen him." Kovu says pointing to a big male giraffe that's nibbling on a tree.

"Alright." They run over to the giraffe, who's name is Gilapo

"Hey Mr. Gilapo have you seen Zazu anywhere lately?" Kiara yells up to giraffe who stops eating and lowers his head right in front of the two lions

"No I have not, why has he gone missing?"

"Yes I'm afraid he has." Kiara says

"Well I can assure you I haven't seen him."

"Ok thank you anyway Mr. Gilapo." Kiara says with a smile and they starts to walk off.

"Hey now wait, I haven't seen your little blue friend, but I have heard word that there is a lion and a lioness in the Pride Lands."

Kiara gasps.

"Where?" Kovu asks

"Over towards the hills." The giraffe says lifting his head and looking in the direction.

"Thank you Mr. Gilapo, we'll take care of it, don't worry." Kovu says with a slight bow

"No problem kids." Kiara and Kovu run off to the hills (where Dotty and Vitani already were)

Kovu and Kiara soon arrive in the hills, they slow down to a walk, looking around for any sign of a lion trespassing. They walk around a smaller hill that has a rock jetting out from the base. As soon as they turn the corner Kovu bumps heads with another lioness! Kiara gasps at the sight of a very large lion, about the same size as Simba, and a lioness, Kovu growls.

"Who are you!" Kovu demands

Vitani and Dotty happen to be on top of a larger hill looking down over where Kovu, Kiara and the two new lions were.

"Hey Vitani, look!" Dotty says pointing down to the new comers

Vitani looks down the hill to see a large lion with a dark brown main, golden-brown fur, and something blue on his back. The lioness is a reddish color, and has a black stripe down her back. "Come on!" Vitani says trotting down the hill.

oooo meanwhile with Kiara and Kovu oooo

"I am here to find my family again, I am the son of King Simba, and I have something I think your looking for." the lion motions for the lioness to grab something on his back, she gently grabs a blue bird and sets in down on the ground in front of Kovu. It's Zazu.

"Zazu!" Kiara almost screams and runs to check him.

"He's alive, but I think has a broken wing.

Kovu growls, "How did you know we were looking for him?"

"Like I said, I'm Simba's son, I used to live here, this is Zazu, the dodo that flies around and reports all of the problems in the Pride lands to Dad."

"Very good, but I can assure you Simba only has a daughter, not any son." Kovu says

"But he is! You said they would recognize you." The lioness says to the lion

"I know, but they might not, because I don't recognize them."

"What's your name?" Kovu asks eying the large lion.

"My name is.." The lion isn't able to finish

Vitani gasps as she gets closer to the lions and can make out more features. The lion has three scars on his left shoulder, the color of all of his fur, his face, he looks just like.. "It can't be.."

Dotty doesn't say a word, the lion looks familiar, but she can't put her finger on it.

The lion looks at them both, though his eyes fall on Vitani. "V.. Vitani?"

Vitani doesn't move, her eyes fixed on the lion.

Kovu and Kiara are shocked at the fact that this lion knows Vitani. "Vitani, do you know who this is?" Kovu asks

"It can't be.. no.. NO! Vitani says shaking her head and backing away.

"Vitani it's me! I'm back!"

Vitani stops, and walks slowly over to the lion, she looks him straight in the eye, looks down at her paw, and paws the ground three times. The lion does the same, she looks back up at him, they both jump up in the air, and come down in a pouncing position, then jump at each other. Vitani pins the lion the same way Nala does. "KOPA!" she yells, joy filling her body."YOUR BACK!"

"Yes Vitani I'm back!"

They nuzzle each other, tears slightly start to come to Vitani's eyes.

Kovu clears his throat. Vitani gets the hint and gets off Kopa

"Vitani who is this?"

"Kovu this is Kopa, umm... Simba and Nala's first born son."

Kiara gasps "What!? No that's impossible, they would have told me!"

"Is that?" Kopa asks to Vitani

"Yeah... it is."

"Kopa... I don't believe it, this isn't possible." Dotty says clearly shocked.

"Dotty!" Kopa says

"How, where, what?" Dotty asks

"Dotty, Kopa ran away, he's not dead." Vitani says to Dotty

"You thought I was dead?" Kopa asks

"Well what were they supposed to think Kopa?" Vitani asks kind of angry now.

"Well I don't know." Kopa says looking down at the ground.

"Kopa who are they?" The lioness asks Kopa

"Oh, Lamka this is Dotty, Vitani, and... um."

"Kovu and Kiara." Vitani finishes for him

"Right, and guys this is Lamka, she's my mate." Lamka and Kopa share a nuzzle.

Well look who decided to come back. Why didn't Kopa come back earlier? Find out soon! Hope you liked it!

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