A/N Thank you for the reviews and the alerts. Happy Independence day for all my fellow Americans. Here's ch 12 coming at ya and as always see ch 1 for disclaimer. Enjoy.
Ch 12 A Surprise Helper
The group turned and to their shock they saw Kurya standing there. "Kurya what the Hell are you doing?!" Zira demanded, getting in her sister's face.
"Doing the right thing for once," Kurya declared, unphased by her psycho sister's tone. "I was wrong not to do this before. I just now realized it. King Simba, Queen Nala Zira doesn't have your cubs anymore."
"What?!" Simba and Nala cried out, their eyes wide.
"Liar!" Zira snarled, striking Kurya in the face.
"I'm not lying!" Kurya shouted, unphased by Zira's strike. "Their friends came and rescued them. Along with Nuka, Vitani and Kovu."
"That's our boy," Basi said to Baploe, who smiled proudly.
"My children would never betray me," Zira declared, glaring at Kurya.
"You mean child don't you?'' Kurya spat back. "Or do you forget that Vitani and Kovu are my children that I so foolishly let you raise."
"You ungrateful bitch!" Zira snarled, glaring at Kurya. "I'll kill you!"
"Oh no Zira," Simba snarled, his amber eyes filled with hate. "I'm going to kill you."
"Oh Simba," Zira said mockingly. "You are such a fool. Ladies!" With that the rest of Zira's lionesses emerged from the shadows. Simba and Nala got into a fighting stance as did Basi and Baploe. Kubwa and Aibu just stood there, unsure what to do.
"We need to get help," Kubwadeclared quickly. Aibu just stood there as if she were frozen in place. "Aibu!" Kubwa shouted, snapping her golden coated friend out of her funk. "Move your ass! Now!"
"Right," Aibu said, shaking her head. "Ok. You go Ku'. I'll stay and help." This surprised the peachy coated lioness but she didn't say anything. Instead she ran back to Pride Rock as fast as she could.
"Basi you and Baploe should go," Simba declared, looking at the hippo leader and his mate. "This isn't your fight."
"Your son is friends with ours," Basi declared, his green eyes filled with determination. "And I'd like to think we're friends as well. So we're staying."
"Yes this is everyone's fight," Baploe put in. Simba smiled at the hippo couple. But then his expression got serious when Zira's hate filled voice called out, "Attack!" With that Zira's lionesses attacked, save for Kurya. The tan coated lioness stood back debating on what she should do. She watched as the lionesses attacked, aiming for Basi and Baploe first.
"Go for their legs!" Zira called out as she raced towards Simba. "That's their weak points!" The lionesses obeyed and aimed for the hippos' legs.
"Oh I don't think so!" Baploe hissed, lowering her head and flipping the lionesses away from her. She looked over and saw Basi do the same thing with the other lionesses. Nala had succeed in taking down the lionesses that had attacked her with the help of Aibu.
"You really wanna do this Zira?!" Simba growled, glaring at the deranged lioness.
"Oh yes Simba," Zira hissed, glaring back at the King. "I really do. Cala! Asha! Now!" Before Simba could react Cala, Asha and Zira attacked together, taking the King to the ground.
"Simba!" Nala cried out, her blue eyes wide with fear. But before the creamy coated Queen could help her mate she heard Basi cry out in pain. The male hippo had become distracted when Simba got attacked and the lionesses used that to their advantage and attacked his legs, causing him to fall to the ground.
"Basi!" Baploe cried out, her blue eyes wide with fear. She went to help her mate but he cried out.
"No! Help King Simba! I'll be alright!" Baploe reluctantly did as she was told and raced to help the King. But to her surprise this wasn't necessary. Kurya had raced to Simba's aid and with Nala and Aibu's help Cala, Asha and Zira were dealt with. But Zira was far from done.
"This isn't over," the tan coated lioness snarled as she went in to attack again. But just then she heard roars echo through the air. Looking up she saw the rest of Simba's Pride coming to help.
"Zira we need to go!" Asha shouted.
"Another time Simba," Zira snarled as she and her lionesses retreated.
"Oh Simba are you alright?" Nala asked, giving her mate a nuzzle.
"My side," Simba groaned, closing his eyes tight in pain. Nala looked down and to her horror she saw numerous gashes and bit marks in Simba's side, which were seeping blood.
"Oh Kings Above!" the Queen cried out.
"I got him," Basi declared as he tried to stand. But a sharp wave of pain in his legs prevented him from doing so.
"Basi you're hurt," Baploe said, nuzzling her mate. "I'll carry King Simba back. You need to focus on you."
"Here Basi we'll help you," Nala said as she, Aibu, and Kubwa helped the hippo leader to his feet.
"I..I don't think I can make it back to Big Springs," Basi declared with a wince.
"Don't worry about that," Nala said with a smile. "You and Baploe are welcomed to stay at Pride Rock as long as you need."
"Thank you Queen Nala," Basi panted.
"Its just Nala," the creamy lioness said, still smiling. "After all we're friends aren't we?" With that the animals began to walk back to Pride Rock.
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Meanwhile a new day had come for the group of young animals. "Hey Ky how's your paw?" Beshte asked, after helping Kion off his back.
"Its mostly numb," Kion declared, holding up his paw, which was swollen and now had a purplish color to it.
"Oh no," Kiara cried out, her amber eyes wide as she ran over to her younger brother and examined his paw. "This is not good," the Princess said after looking at Kion's paw for a couple of minutes.
"What's not good?" Fuli asked, coming over to the siblings.
"Kion can you feel this?" Kiara asked, gently touching her brother's paw with the tip of her claw.
"No," Kion said, shaking his head. Kiara moved her claw up Kion's paw but still the Prince felt nothing.
"So what gives?" Bunga asked, as he too walked up beside the Princess.
"I think the broken bone moved and is cutting the circulation off," Kiara declared. The group gasped, their eyes wide.
"So what does that mean?" Tiifu asked, dreading the answer.
"It means if we don't get the blood flowing again Kion could lose his paw," Kiara declared, earning more gasps from the group.
"But how do we do that?" Fuli asked, trying not to show her true fear.
"We have to push the bone back where it belongs and set it there," Kiara declared. "It gonna hurt real bad though and I'll need help."
"What do you need from us?" Fuli asked.
"Bunga since you have hands I'll need your help pushing the bone," Kiara instructed. "And Ono I'll need your help tying it into place."
"Got it," the two animals said together.
"Fuli you, Tiifu and Zuri gather some twigs and anything we can use to tie it," Kiara went on.
"Got it," the three females said together, racing off.
"Beshte would you be ok with just keeping Kion calm while we work?" Kiara asked, looking at the hippo.
"Of course," Beshte said with a smile
"What about us?" Kovu asked.
"Yeah we wanna help too," Vitani put in.
"Kovu you can help by handing me what I need," Kiara said. "And Nuka and Vitani you guys help hold Kion still and make sure he doesn't move."
"Got it," the three siblings said. Just then the girls returned with the supplies.
"Ok you ready for this Ky?" Kiara asked, looking at her brother.
"Just get it over with," Kion said, holding out his paw and looking away.
"Its a good thing I paid attention to Rafiki's lessons," Kiara muttered. "Ok here goes." With that Kiara began her work on Kion's paw.
A/N well there you go folks ch 12 complete. Did you all enjoy it? I hope so. Review please and thank you.
