A/N: Yays, another chapter, FINALLY. I have High School to think of now, so I'm gonna be finishing up all my stories pretty soon, maybe. But I'm gonna do them one by one. So this one is gonna be the first to go.
Disclaimer: I do not own The Lion King. I only own my interpretation of the Shadow Lands, The Grass Lands and My Characters.
Simba didn't tell anyone about the strange lions, and he didn't tell anyone about Kula and Kaiba either. They went on normally, although some lionesses secretly went out, trying to find the Outlanders, but they came back unsuccessful.
After many years Kiara was older and bigger and was allowed out on her own. She completely forgot about Kaiba, Kula, Kovu and the Outlanders and was more interested in hunting, than the males.
One morning Simba called Kiara out. They walked through the Pride Lands and then into the Outlands, which were now grassy but not many animals lived there
"Kiara, in a couple more years you will become Queen, but you need a King. Have you thought about it?" Simba asked her
"Well…no. I don't want to rule with someone else!" she said
"You need to, because you need to give birth to another prince or princess," he said
"I'll think about it," she said and Simba nodded.
"I'm gonna stay here and think," she said and Simba nodded.
He walked away and Kiara watched him until he was no longer visible. She found a small stream and lapped up some water, before collapsing on the bank and sighing. A shadow passed over her and stayed still so she looked up and saw a dark lion, his eyes red and his black mane billowing in the wind.
"Who are you!" Kiara cried, jumping up in surprised.
The lion didn't say anything, but bent down to have a drink.
"I said, who are you?" she asked again and he looked up
"Can't a lion get a drink?" he asked, a small smile on his face
She frowned and started to relax.
"You've changed," he stated quietly
"You don't even know who I am, how would you know I've changed?" she asked scornfully
"I know you…and you know me," he said softly
"What's your name?" she asked
"Where's the fun in that…come on, you must remember me…" he said and she let out a frustrated grunt.
"I don't know!' she exclaimed
"Do you remember the days we spent at Pride Rock…playing tag with my brother and sister…" he said slowly and something in her mind ticked.
"I do remember…I think I remember you….." after a pause she looked up at him "Kovu?"
He smiled and she grinned.
"You really have changed," he said, eyeing her.
"So have you," she said, tugging on his mane.
He shook his head so his mane swished about and then he looked over at Pride Rock
"Where did you go?" she asked
"I'm right here!" he said, grinning
"No, silly, when we used to play tag…..you went away one day and never came back…where did you go," she asked
Suddenly he sniffed the air and his eyes widened
"Do you smell that?" he asked and she sniffed the air too.
"Smoke!" she cried and they looked around and saw a billowing flame in the distance.
They sprinted towards Pride Rock and when they got there, they ran into the cave and everyone looked up.
"Fire!" Kiara cried and Simba was immediately running up to the peak.
Nala and Kiara followed, while Kovu stayed at the bottom, looking out from the rock that jutted out. Simba roared, telling the animals to find safe land beyond the Pride Lands. All the lioness and Kovu gathered at the peak, knowing they'd be safe if the fire spread all the way to Pride Rock.
"Who's this?" Simba asked after a while, looking at Kovu.
Kiara smiled and nuzzled Simba
"Remember Kovu?" she asked and Simba's smile turned into a frown and then a growl.
"You…where is your family," Simba snarled and Kovu backed up
"Daddy!" Kiara was surprised at his attitude towards Kovu
"Kiara, don't interfere. Kovu, where have you been all these years?" Simba asked
"We fled. We couldn't risk you coming to kill us!" Kovu said and Simba frowned
"What about Kaiba and Kula?" he asked
"We never were looking for them, we just abandoned this place, everywhere. We went past the Grass Lands, past everything. We needed to be safe. So we were and we regrouped. Our numbers increased, and now there is a whole army coming to attack you, and kill every last one of you," Kovu said calmly, an amused but evil smirk on his face
Simba's eyes widened and he looked out in the distance and saw a mob of lionesses and one lion coming towards Pride Rock.
"Kovu…" Kiara said softly
"What about the fire?" Simba interrupted
"We've got lionesses keeping it at bay." He said and Simba nodded.
As they walked down to the ground level Simba whispered to Zazu to find the Shadow Lands and the Grass Lands Pride, and ask them for help. He complied and flew off. Simba eyed Kovu warily as they watched Zira and her pride come forward with a male leading them.
"Zira…" Nala growled
"Nala…you haven't met Zanatos yet, have you?" she asked evilly.
Simba eyed the male and Zanatos raised his head scornfully.
"ATTACK!" Zira screamed and the whole pride split into many groups with four lionesses in each.
They pounced on each lioness while Zanatos, Kovu and Zira circled around Simba. Suddenly a loud roar was heard, accompanied by many more. All the enemy lionesses looked up, which gave the Pride Landers time to move away.
The Shadow Lands Pride had grown since Sarina and Kaphu were ruling, and so had the Grass Lands. Sakra, her mate, and the two rulers of the Shadow Lands led their large Prides into the battle, Zazu flying ahead. With Zira's pride and the combined Prides, they looked even, but it didn't matter.
They started attacking again, but this time the Pride Landers stood more of a chance and could think properly. They attacked at a unit, instead of the lionesses attacking everywhere, like the enemy was doing.
After a couple of hours, many lionesses were dead, and there were only about 50 left of Zira's pride, and 60 of Simba's combined Pride. Simba, the King from the Shadow Lands and the King from the Grass Lands all roared together, stopping the fight.
They eyed Zira and Zanatos and all the other lionesses knew that it was up to the rulers. The female rulers eyed each other and Zira almost had a frightened look in her eye, while the 3 kings faced off with Zanatos and Kovu.
Suddenly two lions jumped out, a slightly darker one with a brown mane facing Zira and a lighter one with a red mane facing Simba.
Everyone looked surprised, and then Zira growled
"Get out of the way!" She yelled but the lions stood their ground.
Suddenly Vitani looked at the darker lion and looked almost surprised. Nala had the same kind of expression, but Simba just closed his eyes, searching among the stars for his father. After a while he opened them again, confused.
"Simba?" Nala questioned
"I can't find my dad," he said softly.
"I said get out of the way!" Zira snarled and the two lions frowned
"Who are you?" Simba asked
"You don't need to know us yet, just know what we're on your side," the older one with the red mane said
Simba nodded and they walked over so they looked like they were apart of the Pride.
"Simba….are you ready to face your defeat?" Zira said and Simba growled
Nala, Sakra and the other Queen leaped at Zira, knocking her down easily. Unlike the other lionesses, she was weak and obviously hadn't trained as much as the others so the lionesses had her pinned without too much effort.
Simba pounced on Zanatos and with the other kings' help, pinned him. The other younger lions and the other king pinned Kovu, without him knowing what was happening.
The enemy lionesses looked on in shock and started backing up but Simba roared at them to stay.
"Do you surrender?" Simba asked and Zanatos nodded slightly, an embarrassed look on his face.
They all backed off each other and Zanatos looked sideways at Zira. Zira grinned evilly and pounced, but the young lion with the red mane had already realized what she was going to do and caught her in mid air, knocking her away.
They rolled off the edge of the gorge, which had a small river floating through it. They grazed their sides as they slid down the rocky cliff but they didn't seem to mind. As the young lion hit the hard ground he immediately sprang back up with a pained growl.
Zanatos and Simba were already sliding down the cliff, hoping to reach them before anything happened. The current was strong and was pulling both Zira and the young lion down the stream. The young lion managed to grab onto a rock, pulling himself onto the bank and watched as Zira was struggling.
Zanatos was there now, following Zira down the river. He looked ahead and saw the falls. Panicking, he jumped into the river, getting caught in the current. He swam towards Zira and yelled to her about the falls and they tried to scramble out, but they were unsuccessful.
"Grab this!" Simba yelled, throwing a piece of bamboo down to them.
"Never!" Zira yelled, eyeing the falls.
She looked at Zanatos with a sad smile and he nodded as they stopped struggling and let themselves be carried.
"It's over," Zira called and Simba bowed his head as they disappeared over the edge, then winced as he heard something crack against a rock.
A/N: Oh, forgot to tell you about the suicidal thing going on. Well sorry. Please R & R