Distractions and Returns
Author's note: hey, how's it going? Well here is the newest chapter of While Simba was gone…please read and review and I hope you enjoy it…the next two chapters will be pretty intense!
Chapter Summary: Nala, Simba, Timon and Pumba enter the pride lands, with vicious and hungry hyenas. After a distraction, Nala goes to find the other lionesses.
The gang of four all hid behind broken trunk that sat right beside pride rock. Timon popped his head out and saw at least a million hyenas lying around. Timon shrieked in fear.
"Hyenas! I hate hyenas!" Nala looked at them all. They all looked hungry and desperate. They must have been searching; searching for her.
"Scar must have realized that I was gone and sent the hyenas on lookout. Some may even be looking around for me." Simba looked at her, and raised an eyebrow.
"And how long have you been missing, may I ask?" Nala looked up at the gray sky and saw that gray clouds were covering the sun. She would have to guess now.
"I would have to say about four or five days." Timon and Pumba were about ready to explode. Simba growled quietly with anger but then he relaxed.
"I would kill you right now, but I have bigger lions to kill, so I'll let it pass." Timon gasped.
"You're not even going to lecture her?!" Pumba nodded in agreement.
"Can you at least tell her to shame herself?" Simba shook his head, a little bit of anger in his eyes.
"Guys, we have more important things to be worried about." Nala nodded her head in agreement.
"Simba is right…we need to be more focused on this right now." Timon nodded his head, a sarcastic look in his eyes.
"Yeah of course the love interest would agree. So what's your plan for getting past these guys?" Simba and Nala looked at each other, with a mischievous grin on their faces; kind of how they were when they were youngsters. Simba looked back at Timon and Pumba.
"We need live bait…preferably a Meer cat and a warthog." Pumba nodded in agreement.
"That will work…but where will we find a Meer cat and a warthog?" Timon's eyes widened, once he understood where this was going.
"Hey! We are not going to be bait!" Simba looked at him desperately.
"Come on you guys, we need you guys to do this." Pumba shook his head stubbornly.
"We are not doing this and that is final!" Simba began to plead.
"Please you guys!" Nala put a paw on his chest.
"Leave this to a professional, please." Simba looked at her confused as she walked over to Timon and Pumba. She looked at them both, with a flirtatious look in her eyes.
"Please, will you do this? We desperately need you. We'll give you grubs for a week." She began to blink flirtatious. She looked so cute. Simba couldn't take his eyes off her. Timon and Pumba couldn't resist and Timon finally gave in.
"Okay fine! We'll do it! But you owe us grubs for a month." Nala smiled proudly. She was really good with persuasion.
"Thank you boys." Pumba looked at her, with a questionable look in his eyes.
"So what do you want us to do?" Timon laughed sarcastically.
"She wants us to dress a drag and do the hula!" Nala smirked and nodded.
"Yes, that's exactly what I want you to do." Timon, Pumba and Simba looked at her shocked.
"WHAT?!" They all said at the same time. Nala smiled and nodded her head.
"You will dress a drag and do the hula. If you do this, I will give you grubs for another month." Pumba shook his head.
"Completely out of the question!" Nala began to blink her eyes again. Timon and Pumba couldn't resist it when she did that.
"Oh fine! Give us a minute to get ready…you two get going." The tiny Meer cat and the plump warthog ran off. Simba looked at Nala, stunned.
"Nala, how on Earth did you do that?" Nala smiled humbly.
"It's just a little trick I learned over the years. I used it to get the hyenas to give me scraps of their food. It usually works." Simba laughed. She still was playful.
"C'mon lets go and get Scar." Nala nodded her head and they walked closer to pride rock. Simba and Nala observed all of the hyenas that were still under pride rock. In the distance, he could see all of the lionesses. He turned to Nala.
"Nala, I need you to do something."
"What is it?"
"I need you to find my mother and rally the lionesses." Nala nodded her head.
"What are you going to do?" Simba's eyes filled with anger and hate.
"I'm going to find Scar." Nala nodded her head understandingly. Simba had every right to hate Scar. She cuddled him softly.
"Be careful Simba." Simba smiled and cuddled her back.
"I want you to be careful." Nala smiled and she crept off, hiding behind rocks.
Once she got to the other side where all the other lionesses were, she smiled to see her mother there. She had feared that she would die while Nala was gone or Scar would hurt in some way. Nala stared at her mother and saw that she was still unnaturally thin, but she seemed to have a few pounds on her. She must have eaten something. Nala ran to them.
"Mother!" Sarafina turned and saw her beautiful daughter run to her. She smiled a huge smile; she had feared she would never see her daughter alive again.
"Nala! Oh Nala, you're alright." Sarafina nuzzled her daughter softly and soon all the other lionesses joined. They were all happy to see that she was alive and okay.
"Mother, Simba is alive!" All the lionesses stopped cuddling her and stared at her in shock. Sarafina blinked. She didn't know how to react to Nala's news.
"Oh." Nala blinked in disbelief.
"Oh? I just told you that the one lion who may be the only one who can save us, and you say oh?" Sarafina shook her head.
"No it's not that, I just didn't see that coming." Nala smiled lightly. She still felt awkward saying it herself. Nala looked around and saw Sarabi wasn't there.
"Mom, where's Sarabi?" Before Sarafina could answer, Nala heard Scar's loud harsh voice scream.
"SARABI!" Nala gasped and she ran to the edge and saw Sarabi walk down the empty aisle between two sides full of hyenas growling at her and trying to bite her. Nala shook her head, in disbelief.
"No…" She whispered to herself. She turned to the other lionesses, a brave look in her eyes.
"Everyone, assemble!" All of the lionesses got into a straight line and stared her in the eye. Nala was about ready to snap.
"Everyone listen to me. You will all climb up that secret way up pride rock and stay quiet. Sarabi needs us and so does Simba. Is that clear?" They all nodded. Nala nodded in agreement.
"Good…follow me!" They ran up the other side of pride rock and they hide behind a huge boulder. Nala poked her head out, only to see Sarabi standing in front of Scar.
"Yes Scar?" She asked in a subdued manner. Scar growled at her.
"Where is Nala? I haven't seen her for days."
"Like I have told you many times before Scar, she is hunting." Scar raised both eyebrows.
"She has been hunting for almost five days? That doesn't go off as normal to me Sarabi." Sarabi rolled her eyes. She hated him so much.
"Nala has fulfilled a promise to not return from wherever she is hunting, until she brings back something for all of us." Scar began to pace back and forth, not taking his eyes off her.
"That reminds me…where is your hunting party? They're not doing there job." Sarabi breathed loudly and stared at him almost angrily.
"Scar, like I and the other lionesses have told you repeatedly, there is no more food. The herds have all left."
"NO! You're just not looking hard enough!" Sarabi shook her head, with serious eyes.
"It's over…there is nothing left. We only have one choice; we must leave pride rock."
"WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!" Sarabi exploded.
"Then you have sentenced us to death!" Scar went right up to her face.
"Then so be it!" Sarabi gasped and so did Nala. They both couldn't believe what they had just heard.
"You can't do that!" Sarabi hissed out. Scar walked past her.
"I am the king! I can do whatever I want!" Sarabi looked at his back angrily and exploded once more. She wasn't going to put up with this anymore.
"If you were half the king Mufasa was…" She was cut off by Scar hitting her across the face, sending her flying across the rock.
"I AM TEN TIMES THE KING MUFASA WAS!" Nala gasped and nearly cried at what she saw. Sarabi got hit by Scar. She felt a tear fall from her eye. She was about to charge over to her, but then she saw Simba appear and roar. She turned to the lionesses and tried to keep her voice strong.
"Everyone, I need you to listen to me! Sarabi and Simba need our help, so we will go and challenge Scar." Everyone gasped. They didn't like the idea.
"What's the matter with that idea?" Sarafina stood up, her voice shaking a little bit.
"Well honey…I don't think we're willing to go and face Scar. It's dangerous." Nala gave her mother an angered, distraught look.
"What's wrong with all of you? This is Sarabi we're talking about! She always stood up for us, now we have to go and stand up for her! Hakuna Matata!" They all looked at her confused. Nala shook her head.
"Never mind…who's with me?" All the lionesses smiled proudly. Nala really had grown; body, mind and spirit. They all nodded in agreement.
"Good…let's go." They all followed Nala. As they began to climb up the rock, Nala could hear Scar's voice.
"You see them hyenas? They think I'm king." Once he had finished that sentence, Nala and the others had already got up, but Scar and Simba didn't notice.
"Well we don't Scar." Scar and Simba turned and looked at her. Scar gasped.
"Nala! Darling, how dare you?!" Nala ignored him and stood tall as the other lionesses helped Sarabi up.
"Simba is the rightful king…you can fight it all you want, but it's the truth. You can't hide it Scar." Scar gasped in anger and smirked at Simba.
"I can't hide it eh Simba?" Simba just kept brave.
"The choice is yours Scar…you can either step done or fight." Scar walked right past him and stood in front of the lionesses.
"Does it all have to resort to violence? I'd hate to be responsible for the death of a family member, wouldn't you agree Simba?" Simba shook his head bravely.
"That's not going to work Scar. U put it behind me." Nala looked at him confused. What is he talking about? Scar went right up into Nala's face.
"If it was about your faithful subjects, if they can put it behind them." Nala looked at Simba, confused and scared.
"Simba, what is he talking about? He's not making any sense." Scar smirked evilly and looked at Simba.
"Ah, so you haven't told the one you love your little secret." Scar grabbed Nala and dragged her closer to Simba. Nala struggled to get free of Scar's grasp.
"Let me go!" Simba roared.
"What are you doing to her?!" Scar let go of her, when she was standing right in front of Simba's face.
"Well Simba, now's your chance to tell her. Tell them all who is responsible for Mufasa's death." Nala and the other lionesses looked at Simba, not knowing what was going on. Simba stood forward, trying to look brave, but Nala could see right through it. There was something that Simba feared.
"I am."
To be continued…
Well this was by far my LONGEST chapter…please read and review you guys!