Here's chapter 12 and PLEASE review. Reminder that Lion King doesn't belong to me, it belongs to the Walt Disney Company. Also please remember that this story doesn't have a main plot line, just a bunch of little stories put together. And if the story is getting boring, tell me and I'll see what I can do. Give me some short story ideas, and I'll see if I can put them into the story. And this chapter's mainly a bunch of family fluff.
A few months later, Nala was waiting for Simba to come back to Priderock. She had been hoping to spend some time with her mate. She and Simba hadn't been able to have some privacy in quite a while. It was the rainy season now and the Pride had begun using the big den again. Today however, there was no rain and Nala was glad. She knew how much Simba hated doing his duties in the rain.
"You're Majesty!" Zazu called, flying towards her.
"Yes, Zazu?" Nala asked.
"Simba wanted me to inform you that he's going to be busy. He has a large amount of things to deal with." Zazu said.
"Alright, thank you for telling me." Nala said. Zazu nodded, and walked away. Nala sighed, a bit disappointed that she would have to wait to spend some time with Simba;
Nala walked back into the den, and lay down next to her daughter, who was sleeping. Kiara stirred and opened her eyes, and looked around for her mother. When she saw Nala, Kiara began to nudge her.
"Hungry?" Nala asked, and pulled her in closer so Kiara could feed. When she was done, Nala picked her up, placed her in her paws, and cleaned her.
Kiara squeaked and squirmed. She had grown bigger over the past few months, but Rafiki said she was a bit small for her size, but had told the Royal Couple not to worry about that. She had been a bit more active lately, rolling more, and moving around more. For the past while, she had been babbling some sounds and noises, but hadn't said her first word yet. She was now able to sit up. She still hadn't begun to walk yet, or even stand up.
"Let's go outside," Nala said. "You've been in the cave all day."
She picked her daughter up, and walked down Priderock, and the two of them rested under a tree near Priderock, with a small pond near them.
She set Kiara down beside her. Kiara looked up at Nala mewing, and batting her. Nala leaned over and nuzzled her.
Kiara pushed herself up, and then flopped back down. She continued pushing up with her legs, and falling down. Nala gasped as she realized what she was trying to do. Kiara was trying to stand up!
"That's a good cub, Kiara." Nala encouraged. "Keep trying."
Kiara continued trying to push herself up and fell down every time. She let out a frustrated squeak and then looked up at her mother for help.
"Come on, sweetheart." Nala insisted, "You can do it."
Looking determined, Kiara pushed herself up again, and managed to stay up for a few seconds before falling back down. Kiara grunted and pushed herself up again and once again she held it until she fell back down a couple seconds after. Nala chuckled and helped her back up.
"Just like her father." Nala thought. "Never gives up."
Kiara continued pushing up, and managed to hold it for a minute before she fell back down. Finally after a long while, she could stand up without falling down, or without having to hold onto to Nala for support.
Nala looked up at the sky and saw big clouds rolling in and she knew it was about to rain.
"Let's go to the den." Nala said, and picked Kiara up. She carried Kiara back into the den, and made it into the Royal den as it began to rain.
Nala set Kiara on the ground beside her, and Kiara stood up again without falling down. Nala smiled and drew her daughter in closer, holding her against her chest.
"Do you want to go show Uncle Tojo?" Nala asked. Kiara's eyes perked up at the mention of one of her uncles.
Nala took Kiara into the big den where she stayed and spent time with her family of friends until night time. Kiara began to get drowsy and fussy so she took her back into the royal den, and coaxed her into going to sleep. Nala wanted to wait up until Simba came. She hadn't seen him this morning either, he had left early to do the patrol.
After a long while, a tired looking Simba walked into the den. His eyes lit up when he saw Nala and Kiara. Simba went to Nala's side and gave her face a lick, before settling down next to her.
"I missed you." Nala said, snuggling next to him, taking in the warmth from him.
Simba chuckled, "It hasn't been that long." He looked at Nala's face, and the look she was giving him, and laughed. "But, I missed you, too." He smiled and Nala leaned in closer and licked and nuzzled his cheek.
Simba leaned over, and nuzzled and licked Kiara, before turning back to his mate.
"She learned how to stand up today." Nala said.
"She did?" Simba exclaimed. "I wish I was there to see." Nala saw the disappointment in his eyes.
"You'll see her, don't worry. She just learned this afternoon. I took her out of the den and beside one of the ponds." Nala said, giving him a nuzzle.
"I'll spend some time with her tomorrow." Simba said, and Nala gave him a look.
"That's what you said yesterday, and the day before." Nala said.
"Tomorrow." Simba said.
Nala raised her eyebrows, "Simba..."
"Tomorrow, I swear." Simba said.
Nala nodded, and then turned back to her daughter. She bent down and licked the back of her ears. She would do anything to make sure Kiara grew up safe and happily.
With that, the King and Queen, settled down to go to sleep.
The next morning, Nala woke up before her family did, and walked out of the den. After taking a drink from the waterhole, the Queen went back to Priderock, and went up the summit.
Nala watched the sunrise over her kingdom. It truly was beautiful. She could see way off in the distance the borders of the Pridelands, and what lay beyond it. She knew the hyena graveyard was west of the Pridelands, and Zira and her followers lived towards the North. She had been in the Outlands many times, but she wondered what lay even beyond. When she had been a young cub, a rogue stayed with their Pride for a little while. Nala couldn't remember what his name had been. The rogue was a traveller, instead of staying in a Pride, he travelled around the land. When Nala asked his why he wouldn't just rather stay in a Pride, he had told her that the African land has many secrets for them to discover. He told her of a beautiful place, called the ocean. He said it was endless miles where the sandy ground met the water, and it was especially beautiful at night. How she wished to see it! She wished she could go and explore the land, but with her duties as Queen and a mother, that was impossible. And nothing was more important to her than the two lions she loved the most, Simba and Kiara. Her thoughts were interrupted when Simba came up to her and nudged her.
"Good morning, beautiful." Simba said, nuzzling her. Nala licked his cheek.
"Is Kiara asleep?" Nala asked. Simba nodded.
"Don't forget that you promised to spend some time with her." Nala reminded.
"I know, I didn't forget. Let's go back to the den." Simba said, and the King and Queen walked back into the Royal den, where Kiara was just beginning to wake up.
Nala nuzzled Kiara, and then placed her at her side so she could feed. Simba lay down next to them. When Kiara was done, Nala picked her up and placed her in Simba's paws. Kiara looked at Simba happily, glad to see her father. Simba licked her face.
"I'm going to leave you two alone now." Nala said, giving Simba a nuzzle. Simba nodded.
"Show Daddy that you can stand up now, okay?" Nala asked. She licked Kiara's face, and then walked out of the den, leaving father and daughter alone.
"Come on, darling." Simba encouraged, "Show Daddy that you can stand now."
Kiara looked up and him, and squeaked and mewed, babbling some sounds and noises. Simba nuzzled the top of her head, she would stand up when she wanted to and Simba knew that. Kiara tapped his nose, and Simba knew that was her signal that she wanted to play.
Simba grinned, and began tickling her belly with his nose, Kiara mewed and laughed. Simba was enjoying himself, he hadn't been able to spend play with her in a while. When he stopped, Kiara was breathing hard from all the laughing. He knew if Nala was here, she would scold him for being too rough on their cub. Kiara looked at Simba, and began pushing herself up on her feet. Simba realized she was trying to stand.
"Come on Kiara," Simba encouraged, "You can do it."
Kiara managed to stand up without falling, and gave a happy squeak.
"Good cub." Simba praised. After a few minutes, Kiara flopped back down into his paws, and snuggled herself against Simba's mane. Simba gave the top of her head a lick, and Kiara let out a purr of happiness. Father and daughter continued to play together. After noon, Nala came back into the den.
"Enjoy your time?" Simba asked.
"Yes, I did." Nala said, giving him a nuzzle. She turned to Kiara, who was still nestled in Simba's paws, and licked her forehead.
"And how's my Princess?" Nala asked. Kiara squeaked and mewed at Nala.
Nala picked her up, and placed Kiara at her side, so she could feed. Kiara began to nurse, hungry from playing. When she was, done, her eyes were closing, and Nala quietly put her to sleep, and then, Nala turned to her mate.
"You and I haven't had some quality time in a while." Simba said, giving her a seductive smile.
Nala smiled and rubbed her muzzle against his. She remembered their time before Kiara was born, and before Simba had been King. How they could sneak away more often, and go to the Jungle, or a secluded place in the Pridelands, and enjoy their time with each other. Simba gave her nose a lick as they pulled back. Right now she wanted to go find a secluded place with him, so they could have some proper privacy, but she didn't want to leave Kiara. Nala placed Kiara against her side, so her movement wouldn't wake Kiara up, and then lay her head in Simba's paws. He rested his head on top of her head, and Nala turned her head, and buried it into his mane. She nuzzled her nose and face against his chest and neck. Simba leaned closer to her, and pressed his face against hers. He rubbed his muzzle against her face.
"I love you." Simba whispered.
"I love you too." Nala replied, her face still pressed against him. She licked his face, and Simba purred happily. The couple went undisturbed for at least an hour, both of them enjoying their time with each other. Suddenly, Kiara began to wake up and whine. Nala and Simba pulled back, a bit disappointed. Nala gathered her daughter up and gave the top of her head a soothing lick.
"It's okay, we're here, Kiara." Nala said. She knew she wouldn't fall asleep again until that night, so she had to forget about Simba and hers quality time for a while.
"Let's go into the big den." Simba suggested. Nala nodded, and the family went into the big den where they joined Kula and Chumvi who had Kovu with them, and Amri and Shari who had their son, Haru with them. The group enjoyed their time together, until the males had to go do the patrol. Nala saw that Thresh was also on the same time as them, and winced silently. Thresh was good friends with Amri and Chumvi, but has issues with Simba. The females, continued to chat and gossip, since they couldn't go outside because of the heavy rain that was beginning to pour down. Tama joined them.
"When are we going hunting next?" Tama asked. Everyone looked at Nala since she was the leader.
"Probably tomorrow, I hope it doesn't rain. It's hard to stalk the prey." Nala answered. The lionesses nodded in agreement. Nala saw that Kovu was standing up, and trying to take a few steps forward, but falling every time. Kula noticed Nala looking and smiled.
"He's been trying all day." Kula said, giving the top of his head a lick. Kovu was beginning to grow a tuft of dark fur on his head, showing that the color of his mane would be like his father's someday.
"He looks exactly like Chumvi." Shari said, smiling at Kovu. Everyone laughed at Kovu when he became self-conscious that they were looking at him, and buried himself into his mother's fur.
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In the Outlands, Zira and her followers were trying to stay warm in the rain. Vitani was asleep in her paws, and Nuka was with some other lions. She growled when she realized that she wouldn't have to be going through this if that monster Simba hadn't exiled them. She was so close to taking his pride and joy, Kiara if Hashi hadn't ruined it. Now how was she supposed to get her revenge. And her plan to kill Simba hadn't worked out. It hadn't been Simba who was killed, it was Karan! At least Zakia had suffered and understood what it was like to lose your mate. . She had heard that Kula and Chumvi had a son named Kovu. Zira thought for a second. Maybe, if she took Kovu, Kula and Chumvi would have no idea where he would be. She could train and raise Kovu to kill the Royal family, along with his parents. Kovu would do all the work for Vitani, and then give her the throne. He wouldn't like it, but if he grew up with her for a mother, Kovu would know better than to argue with Zira. She wanted a son, but after Nuka was born, Rafiki had told her that she could be able to give birth again only once since Nuka was born unhealthy. When she had been carrying Vitani, she had hoped and begged she would be a male, but she was a female. Not of that would be a problem, if she took Kula and Chumvi's brat.
"It would work out perfectly." Zira thought.
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Nala was with Simba in the den that night. She had just put Kiara to sleep again, and turned to his mate.
"Any news on Zira?" Nala asked.
"No, she's being smart enough not to cause anything these days." Simba replied.
"Well she blames you on her exile, but she chose to leave." Nala said, with a small sigh.
"Hey, Nala?" Simba said suddenly. Nala looked at him, as Simba leaned in and gave her a lick.
"We didn't get to finish what we started." Simba said, giving her a seductive smile. Nala giggled, and pressed herself closer to him, and lay in his paws, as he pressed his face against hers, whispering loving words in her ear, words that only she was allowed to hear. With that, the King and Queen continued to enjoy their time together.
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The next morning, the Royal family woke up together. Nala listened, but she couldn't hear any rain. She was glad, knowing that would mean easier hunting conditions. Kiara mewed and made noises at her, wanting to feed. Nala let her. She then turned to her mate.
"Are you busy today?" Nala asked. Simba nodded.
"I am, sorry. The animals drive me insane sometimes, but it's always like that during the beginning of a new season. It won't take all day though, I promise. When I come back, we can go to the meadow, and spend some time together." Simba promised, getting up. He nuzzled the top of Nala's head, and then nuzzled Kiara who was done feeding from Nala, and then left.
Nala began cleaning Kiara. When she was done, she looked at her daughter.
"I have to go hunting soon, alright?" Nala asked.
Kiara looked around for Simba, wondering where he went.
"It's okay, Daddy's busy, he'll be back soon.'' Nala assured. Kiara was silent, and Nala rested her head on top of Kiara, hoping to get a few minutes of sleep before going.
"Da" Kiara squeaked.
"What is it?" Nala asked, raising her head.
"Dee" Kiara babbled. Nala looked at her, wondering what she meant.
"Daddy!" Kiara managed to babble out. Nala laughed, realizing she meant Simba.
"Yes, sweetie, Daddy is gone." Nala laughed, happy that she said her first word. She was tempted to go find Simba, and tell him what Kiara said, but Nala didn`t want him rushing through his duties.
"Daddy! Daddy." Kiara repeated, as if she was tasting the word.
"Good," Nala praised.
After another while of encouraging her, Kiara could say 'daddy' perfectly, and had almost perfected saying, 'mommy', and was trying to say, 'Kiara'. Nala wanted to keep encouraging her and help her, but she had to go hunting. She left Kiara at the crèche, where a few lionesses watched her.
That night, Simba and Nala took Kiara into the meadow. Simba cradled Kiara in his paws.
"I'm sorry I've been so busy lately." Simba apologized, "I dealt with a lot of things today, and I don't think I'll be this busy for a while."
"It's alright Simba.'' Nala assured, "You have priorities as King. I understand that.''
Simba nuzzled her, "You and Kiara are always my first priority. Don't ever forget that." Nala gave his nose a lick.
"Kiara, why don't you show Daddy what you learned today?" Nala asked, giving her daughter a smile. Simba looked at Kiara, wondering what she meant.
Upon hearing, 'Daddy', Kiara giggled.
"Daddy," Kiara squeaked. Nala looked at Simba's face. She hadn`t seen such a happy smile on his face in such a long time. She chuckled, glad that her mate was happy.
"Good, cub." Simba said, he licked Kiara's face. Kiara continued saying 'Daddy', and Simba continued playing with her. At one point, he turned to Nala.
"Didn't I tell you that 'Daddy would be her first word?" Simba asked, in a teasing tone, smirking at Nala.
Nala rolled her eyes. A while ago, when Kiara had begun making sounds, Simba had told Nala that 'daddy' would be Kiara's first word. During that time, Nala had just rolled her eyes, and laughed. She hadn't really thought that it would be. But Kiara's first word really had been 'daddy'
"Oh, she can say more than that, right sweetie? Show him that you can say 'mommy'" Nala encouraged. Kiara looked up at her.
"Mommy" Kiara said. "Mommy" Kiara repeated the word a few times. Nala grinned at Simba, who just rolled his eyes.
Kiara stood up on her hind legs, and wrapped her paws around Simba's neck. Simba licked her face.
Nala looked up at the sky.
"It's going to start raining, let's go back to Priderock." Nala said. Simba nodded, and picked Kiara up by the scruff and the Royal Family went back to Priderock.
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