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Chapter 12- A Tale of Two Ladies

The morning after taking the throne, Scar set out to find the mysterious figure he had seen the night before. The search took him all the way to the Outlands border, and he still couldn't find anything.

He was just about to give up when he saw a shadow move behind a tree. He crouched low to the ground, ready to attack if it was anything dangerous. He was just about to make his move, when something jumped out of nowhere and tackled him. He looked up and saw…

"Zira!"

The lioness grinned, and started licking Scar all over. "Thought you would never see me again, huh?"

"Yes… I guess not…" he looked around, but the shadow was gone.

"What are you looking at?" Zira asked.

"Uh…nothing!" Scar assured her, and then looked at the lioness. She was almost the exact same, but he noticed two little eyes peeking out from under Zira's arm…

"Zira? Is that a…"

"Oh, that?" Zira then pulled out a scruffy cub out from under her arm. It had red eyes, a tuft of black fur on its head, and fur a few shades darker than its mother's "This is my son, Nuka. I feel guilty about naming him that, but I'm awful at names…"

"No, it's fine." Scar told her as he brought the cub towards him. Although he never liked any of the cubs in the pride, he seemed to be attracted to the small creature he held. "Who was his father?"

"Not sure, actually." Zira admitted. "He was just the same as most males who come into the Outlands…spend the night, mate the female while she's sleeping, then leave…it was a regular cycle. All I can really remember is that he was pretty ugly and smelly…oh, and that fight we got to once I learned I was pregnant."

Scar couldn't help but smile. "You haven't changed a bit, have you Zira?"

"Actually, I've changed a lot." she told him. "Your family problems taught me not to let anyone get in my way, to fight my own battles…" She came up closer to Scar's face. "and I thank you for that, Scar."

Scar's eyes opened wide, and then reached out to nuzzle Zira. They sat together, with little Nuka, as one…together at last.

About a week later, Scar walked outside and stood at the edge of Pride Rock. He was more happy than he had ever been in his life. First, his plan had been a success and he was now king. Then, shortly after reintroducing Zira to the pride, the couple had been united as mates. It was just that morning when Scar had named Zira's little cub as his heir, and his adopted son. Yet, something still felt missing…

"Taka? Is that you?"

Scar was startled by the noise. Not just for his real name being heard for the first time in a while, but because of the voice that said it. He turned around and saw…

"Vitani!"

"I still can't believe that you're the king!" Vitani exclaimed.

"Well, it took a lot of work…and a lot of pain…" Scar admitted, feeling remorse for his brother for the first time ever.

"I still can't believe that Mufasa is gone," Vitani said. "Of course, because of what happened, I didn't exactly like him, but he was your family."

"You know, I agree with you, in a way." Scar replied. "I just wish things were different with us…"

"If that 'great kings of the past' idea really exists, then it might," she assured him. "Just don't go blaming yourself for an accident."

Scar knew deep within himself that he had never really blamed himself-it was always Simba or, just as Vitani said, an "accident." But he knew it was neither of those things. He had killed his brother, and Vitani had the right to know.

"Vitani…there is something I need to tell you…" he started to say, but heard growling. Vitani's eyes were opened wide, and she was staring at something behind Scar. He turned around, and saw Zira.

"Well done Scar…" she sneered. "You have caught a human! Now we can stop their terror once and for all!"

Vitani stared at Scar. "Did you plan this, Taka?"

"No! Of course not!" Scar protested. "I didn't even know you were coming!"

"Yet it all worked out perfectly, didn't it?" Zira cackled. "And we have you to thank, Scar…"

Zira was about to pounce upon the helpless girl, but Scar attacked her, taking a bite out of her ear in the process. The lioness was knocked down, now unconscious.

"Come on, we'd better go," Scar told Vitani. "She's going to kill me when she wakes up…"

Scar and Vitani ran across the Pride Lands, far from Pride Rock. Scar made sure that his friend got to the boundary that was the closest to the town.

"I want to go with you," he told her once they got there.

"Scar, you're the king!" Vitani reminded him. "You can't just leave the place you took so much time to control!"

"But…Zira…"

"By what you've told me, she loves you so much that she'll forgive you in a heartbeat." she sighed, not really wanting to shine a good light on her new enemy. "Now you'd better go home, or she won't be the only one who's mad…"

Vitani wrapped her arms around Scar, and gave him a big hug, while the lion nuzzled her. She then crossed the border (which was a barbed wire fence with a gate, to keep the animals away from the adjacent town), and didn't turn back.

When Scar returned to Pride Rock, Zira was awake and standing outside the came. He noticed at once the chunk that had been taken out of Zira's right ear.

"Zira…" he started to say. "I apologize for attacking you, but…"

To Scar's surprise, Zira laughed at his words. "Oh, now let's forget about that! That old baboon already checked me over and I'm fine. But, there is a little something else…"

"Mommy, can I tell him?" Nuka squeaked, peeping out from behind his mother.

"Sure! Go ahead!" Zira told him. "Make your new daddy very happy!"

The little cub took a deep breath, and shouted. "Mommy is going to have babies! Two cubs!"

"Two cubs?" Scar gasped. "Well…that is very…exciting news! Err…who's their father?"

"Hmm…not too sure…" Zira said thoughtfully. "Could be yet another lion from the Outlands…or it could be you!"

If you were wondering, here's my theory-there is no chance that Nuka is Scar's son, as he looks nothing like him. As for Vitani and Kovu…they could be Scar's children, they could not. Disney wasn't so much help with this, so it's just my own theory. Review please, and you can tell me what you think!