A/N I'd like to thank laughingcookie96, WTF123, jtgil, 22teamplayer, tmh1022, kate, thingsareweird, Salunatic, and TRON0602 for reviewing ch 13. Here's ch 14 for ya and the usual disclaimer applies. Enjoy.

Ch 14 Hasty Actions

As Simba and the other lioness returned to Priderock Simba sent Zazu to get Rafiki. Simba gently placed Kopa on the ground and Cami and Jani went to find Nala, who was out hunting with the other lionesses. As Simba waited he silently wondered who had hurt his son and why. However the gold King didn't have to wait very long for the answer. Soon he heard a low groan come from the ground. Simba looked down and saw that Kopa was waking up. "Kopa," Simba said gently. "Son can you hear me?

"I hear ya Dad," Kopa said weakly opening his eyes. "Ow my head," Kopa groaned rubbing his head with his paws. "What happened?"

"I was hoping you could tell me," Simba said. "I was patroling near the Grasslands with some of my lionesses when I saw you lying on the ground unconscious. Do you remember what happened son?" Kopa opened his mouth to respond but before he could Nala came rushing into the cave along with Sarabi. "Simba what happened?" Nala asked her blue eyes wide with worry. "Kopa are you ok?"

"I'm fine Mom," Kopa replied. "Just got one nasty headache."

"Did you fall?" Nala asked. "Or did someone push you? Or.."

"Nala dear let the boy clear his head," Sarabi said. "You're only confusing him."

"Thanks Grandma," Kopa said with a grateful smile. "I don't remember much about what happened. The last thing I remember was I was in the Grasslands and..." Kopa trailed off remebering that he had been with Vitani and what had happened afterwards.

"And what Kopa?" Nala asked. "Go on honey finish your sentence."

"And I uh I don't remember," Kopa said quickly. Simba looked at his son knowing full well that he was lying. But before the golden King could say anything Rafiki came onto the scene to examine Kopa. After exiting the cave Nala truend to her mate and said, "Simba Kopa just lied to us."

"I know," Simba said shaking his head. "He remembers who attacked him. He just won't say who it was. I wonder why."

"I bet I know why," Nala said, her voice low. Simba looked at his mate but said nothing so Nala continued, "I just bet he was playing with someone he shouldn't have been playing with. Do you suppose he's still hanging around with Vitani or Nuka?"

"Nala Kopa knows how we feel about that," Simba said. "Especially now that he know Zira is still alive. He wouldn't do that."

"But Simba that would explain why he was alone in the Grasslands," Nala said. "I mean he usually has Alzu or Jayla with him. Don't you think it's strange that he was alone there? And the Grasslands are very close to the Outland border. And if Nuka and Vitani were there I just bet Kovu was too. He probably was the one who hurt Kopa to begin with."

"Nala don't even go there," Simba said with anger. "First of all I won't have you speaking badly of Kovu especially accusing him of violence. And secondly until we know for sure we shouldn't accuse Kopa of doing anything wrong. Especially now when your relationship with his is finally going back to normal."

"Simba I was just..." Nala began but the look Simba gave her made the Queen think better of saying anything more. "I suppose you're right," Nala said with a sigh. "I just wish that there was some way we could know for sure." Then as if on cue Timon and Pumbaa came onto the scene, having returned from their time in the jungle. "Ah perfect timing," Nala said with a smile. "Welcome back you guys."

"Yeah long time no see," Simba said embracing his two friends.

"Missed ya to buddy," Timon said returning the hug. Then the meercat looked around and said, "Hey where's Kopa and Kovu. I wanna see the little rugrats."

"Timon they're not so little anymore," Simba said. "Kovu's a year old now and Kopa is eight months old."

"Seesh time sure does fly by dosen't it?" Timon said scratching his head. "Well where are they? I wanna see how much they've grown."

"Well Kopa is inside," Nala said. "But Kovu isn't here."

"Where is he?" Pumbaa asked, confused.

"Well you see Pumbaa Kovu doesn't live here anymore," Simba replied.

"Why not?" Pumbaa asked.

"You wanna fill them in on that Nala?" Simba asked roughly giving his mate a look.

"I drove him away," Nala said sadly. "I was so harsh towards him that he left.''

"Wow that's rough," Timon said shaking his head. "Where'd he go anyways?"

"Well we don't exactly know," Simba said. "But there's a lot of things we're not sure of. That's why you guys have perfect timing. Would you mind finding out the truth for us?"

"Sure we would," Pumbaa said. "Afterall you are our family and that's what family does for each other. Right Timon?"

"Right buddy," Timon replied. "What do you want us to do?"

"Just follow Kopa and make sure he's not playing with Vitani or Nuka," Nala instructed the duo. "And make sure he dosen't know about it."

"Can do," Timon said with a salute. "Anything else?"

"Yes," Simba put in. "If you could find out where Kovu is that would be great. We've been really worried about him."

"No problem," Timon said. "In fact we'll get on that one right now. Let's roll Pumbaa." With that the meercat and warthog began to walk down the side of Priderock.

"He was last seen near the Grasslands," Simba called as his friends left. Letting out a sigh the golden King said, "I hope they find him."

"I'm sure they will," Nala said trying to sound reassuring. Just then Rafiki came out to inform Simba and Nala about Kopa's condition. "How is he?" Nala asked.

"De Prince has a concussion," Rafiki replied. "But he should be just fine in a couple of days. You may be with him now if you wish."

"Thank you my friend," Simba siad with a smile as he and Nala began to walk inside the cave. But before Simba could enter Rafiki stopped him and said, "Have you given any thought about the unmating ceremony?"

"I haven't made a decision yet," Simba declared, making sure to keep his voice low. "But I'm seriously considering not doing it."

"Dat is good to hear," Rafiki said with a smile. "Now I will be on my way." With that Rafiki took his leave while SImba went to check on Kopa.

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Meanwhile Timon and Pumbaa were in search of Kovu. But it wasn't Kovu that the duo found. Instead they found Cusmo and Kinta having an argument. "Kinta I can't understand why you're pushing this so much," Cusmo was saying with anger. "I mean it's not like I'm heir to the throne or anything so there's no benifit in forcing me to be your mate."

"Oh Cusmo haven't we been through this before?" Kinta said, with irritation. "I love you and I want to be with you. Rather or not you want to be with me or not isn't really my problem. Let's not forget about your mother. Wouldn't want anything bad to happen to Dayamo now would we?"

"No," Cusmo said softly.

"There's a good girl," Kinta said giving Cusmo a nuzzle. "Now if you were smart about this you'd just submit to me now and get it done with."

"Never!" Cusmo growled. "I'd rather be eaten by a hyena than mate with you."

"You say that now," Kinta said. "But come in a couple of weeks here you won't have a choice in the matter. We'll be mates then. In every sense of the word."

"I never thought you could be so cruel," Cusmo said. "You know everyone was worried about Kovu turning out like Scar but you know what Kinta? You're just as bad as Scar and you're not even his son!"

"I'm nothing like him!" Kinta hissed, his brown eye flashing with fury.

"Yes you are!" Cusmo roared. "Only someone who's as twisted as Scar was would force someone to be their mate aganist their will. That's exactly what Scar did to Queen Nala and look how messed up she is!"

"Shut up Cusmo!" Kinta roared rasing his paw to strike Cusmo. But the sandy brown lion quickly realized what he was about to do and lowered his paw. "Oh Kings above," he whispered. "What am I becoming?" Kinta looked up at Cusmo, whose blue eyes were wide with shock. Letting out a frustrated cry Kinta turned and ran away leaving Cusmo behind to wonder what just happened.

"Whoa that's some twisted mess," Timon whispered.

"Poor Cusmo," Pumbaa said sadly.

"Yeah," Timon said with a nod. "Come on buddy let's go back to Priderock. I think Simba would like to know this bit of information." With that the duo snuck away and headed back to Priderock to tell Simba what they just heard.

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A little while later Timon and Pumbaa entered the cave in search of Simba. But they found Kopa instead. "Where's Simba?" Timon asked hopping off of Pumbaa.

"He had a crisis to deal with," Kopa explained. "Something about the rhino and hippos fighting again. Why? What's up?"

"We just found out something important," Pumbaa declared. With that the warthog told Kopa what they had just heard.

"Wow," Kopa said shaking his head. "No wonder Cusmo dumped Nuka. I've got to tell Kovu. This is really bad." With that the golden Prince got up and after steading himself began to walk out of the cave.

"Whoa there kiddo I don't think that's such a good idea," Timon said blocking Kopa's path. "You've got a concussion and your parents would kill us if we let you go."

"Relax Timon," Kopa said. "I'll be back before they even know I'm gone. I promise."

"Well," Timon said. "I guess if you promise."

"Thanks Timon," Kopa said running out of the cave. "I'll be back soon." With that Kopa was gone leaving Timon and Pumbaa alone both oth them hoping he wouldn't get more hurt than he already was.

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A little while later Kopa had arrived in the Outlands searching for Kovu. He soon found his brother along with Nuka, Vitani, Kiara, and Mheetu. "Kovu I'm glad I found you," Kopa said running up to his brother.

"Kopa what are you doing here?" Kovu asked, his amber eyes wide.

"Looking for you," Kopa declared. "I found out that Kinta is balckmailing Cusmo into marrying him. He's threating her mother."

"That son of a bitch!" Nuka cired out his red eyes flashing with fury. "I knew something had to be up! I'll kill him!" With that the brown lion took off heading for the Pridelands.

"Nuka wait!" Kovu cired out. But it was too late. Nuka was gone. "Come on let's go after him!" With that Kovu and the others began to follow Nuka. But suddenly they heard a voice say, "Well well what do we have here?" Kopa's eyes got wide and he gasped. "Zira," he whispered as he turned around. To his horror the golden Prince saw the tan lioness stading there along with the other lioness from her pride.

"Surprised to see you here young one," Zira said her red eyes gleaming. "Well that's your mistake. Ladies attack!" With that the lioness advanced on Kopa fully prepared to kill the young Prince.

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Meanwhile Nuka had arrived back in the Pridelands and as luck would have it he ran right into Kinta, whose brown eyes got wide with surprise when he saw the brown lion. "Surprised to see me Kinta?" Nuka asked with a growl.

"Well yeah," Kinta said simply. "You've got your nerver showing your face here scum."

"No you've got your nerve you bastard!" Nuka roared. "I know what you're doing to Cusmo! Forcing her to marry you! And now I'm going to kill you for it!" With that Nuka advanced of Kinta, fully prepared to kill him

A/N dun dun dun. Oh man two deadly battles ahead. What's going to happen? Read ch 15 to find out and as always reviews are always welcomed.