"I see them..." Faraji's eyes locked in on the two lions, laughing as they walked towards Pride Rock.

Simba was still, he watched Kovu and Amne, they were all smiles; as if nobody was worried about them. As if nobody stayed up all night, hoping they were still alive.

Maua couldn't wait any longer, her daughter was so far away; and so close at the same time. "AMNE!" She yelled; her voice coated with worry.

Amne and Kovu were starteld by Maua's call, Amne stared at her mother for a spilt second before she dashed towards her. Kovu followed behind, as quickly as his sore muscles would carry him.

Once Amne was next to her mother, Maua sighed a breath of relief, "Amne..."

Faraji beamed at Amne, "I'm glad you're safe."

That's all he could say, even though he wasn't her father he felt as if he was. He was worried sick, and didn't sleep a wink.

"Where is everyone?" Kovu asked, walking up to the small crowd.

"The lioness are hunting, and Eshe is watching the cubs." Faraji replied, but his eyes didn't leave Amne's direction.

"We were worried when you didn't come home last night, I can't believe it took all night to find her." Simba said, looking at Kovu.

A nervous laugh escaped Kovu's dark muzzle, "yeah...I was looking all night...I just found her right now."

Faraji gave Kovu a skeptical look, "all night? Where did you find her? And why are you all scratched up?"

Kovu shifted from one foot to another, "I found her in the Outlands...And I was attacked by a rouge."

Simba's eyes flashed with concern, "a rouge?"

Kovu nodded and looked around.

Faraji noticed Amne was oddly quite, "are you okay, Amne?"

"Mhm..." She replied, staring at the ground.

"Amne, what happened?" Maua asked, it wasn't strange for her daughter to be quite but Maua could tell something wasn't right.

Amne didn't reply, she studied her paws.

After a few moments of silence, Kovu cleared his throat and spoke, "I'm going to get Kamili...Where is she?"

"At the Watering Hole, playing with Haki." Simba answered.

Kovu was about to walk to the Watering Hole when Faraji stopped him, "you found her today? This sunrise?"

"Yeah..." Kovu muttered, keeping his gaze away from Faraji's.

Faraji wasn't convinced, "Kovu."

Kovu flinched slightly, he felt Faraji's stern eyes burning into him.

Amne couldn't take the tension, she didn't know why Kovu had to lie, they didn't do anything wrong. "No," she mumbled.

"No what?" Faraji's voice was deep, it made Kovu want to whimper like a cub.

Kovu knew he shouldn't be lying, he didn't even need to anyways, why lie when nothing happened? Nothing happened. "No, I didn't find her today, I-"

"-When did you find her?" Faraji's voice was harsh, and it was slowly getting colder.

Simba strained to get words out of his mouth, "when? When did you find her?"

"Last night." Kovu managed to say.

Those two words cut Maua like a knife, she felt dizzy, "last night?"

"Why didn't you come back last night then?" Simba's voice was calm, bringing relief to Kovu...Relief that washed away as quickly as it came.

"I know why." Faraji snorted, traces of anger and disgust lined his voice.

Amne gasped, "No! It's not like that, we-"

"Amne! If he found you last night, but you didn't come back last night..." Her voice chocked a little, "we can only conclude that-"

"NO!" Amne screamed, "no, no, no! Not anything like that!"

Simba was in shock, he couldn't move or speak, are they implying Kovu and Amne...?No, he wouldn't do that to Kiara, to Kamili. Would he?

Kovu finally remembered to breathe, everyone was glaring at him. Anger and disgust showed in their faces, everyone but Amne; she looked at her paws in shame. "nothing happened, I swear."

"Why do you look so guilty then?" Maua asked coldly.

"I'm not guilty, we didn't do anything...Nothing happened." Kovu's head was throbbing, why did he feel so guilty? Nothing happened, nothing...Nothing; right?

Kovu blocked out everyone, he squeezed his eyes shut and tried to remeber everything at happened that night. I saw Amne fall asleep, then I fell asleep. I woke up thirsty to see Amne was already at the lake, drinking water. I laughed at her for being so thirsty, she splashed me with water. I splashed her back, and then...SHIT!

His eyes flung open, "nothing happened..." He repeated for the last time, before running off.

Author's Note: So...Hmm...Did something happen? Was Kovu so freaked out about everyone accusing him that he imagined something happened...Or did it really happen?

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