Suddenly, Scar, as a twisted half lion half man creature, leapt snarling from the shadows nearby. He latched his large claws onto Josh's back and shoved him forward, picking up a saber. "Valiant effort, Mr. Cody," said Scar. "But as a gunslinger you should have remembered to never take your eyes off your foe!"

Kovu leapt forward and attacked Scar, tackling him to the ground, but gasped as the sword was driven into his stomach, and was flipped over by Scar's powerful hind legs.

"The youth of a human with the strength of a lion! Not even my protégée can match me!" He righted himself and cut down at Josh and Rosa before yelling and collapsing. Pumbaa had smashed into his knees.

Josh ran over to Kovu and knelt down beside him. "Kovu," he said. "Are you alright?"

Kovu's face was pale as he saw blood running out of the deep wound. "Nothing... major... I think..." His breath was ragged. "Josh, kill him! Kill him and let the past die with him! I won't see him haunt us... anymore..." He went into shock and closed his eyes.

Scar was busy batting away both Pumbaa and Kiara, and nearly chopping Denzel in half before he rounds on Josh again, raising the sword. "It's your turn to feel the pain of being lost to oblivion!"

Just then, Josh pulled out his sword and pointed it at Scar's neck. "Leave them out of this!" he said. "It's just you and me!"

Scar laughed in contempt. "I adore human melodrama. You always consider violence the best option. I could have snuffed you all out quietly, but you forced it to turn to this. Very well!" He began to hammer away at Josh's defense as Kiara tended to Kovu, torn between attacking Scar and defending Kovu. Scar backed Josh toward some stairs, smacking Rosa and Denzel away with his powerful paws as he battled Josh at the same time.

"You knew Burton would try to destroy the Pridelands didn't you?!" yelled Josh.

Scar growled as he trapped Josh's sword against the stairwell wall and grabbed him by the throat. "Must you humans always state the obvious?! It's so much more fun when your victims of revenge don't even know what hit them..." Taunting Josh with his superior strength, he punched him in the face instead of crushing his throat outright. "Come on... make this interesting for me! Even Mufasa was harder to kill than you!"

Josh then lifted his foot and slashed Scar's face with his spur. "Mufasa was a better king then you'll ever be, you monster! You are a disgrace to the royal family of the Pride Lands!"

Scar recoiled slightly as the spur slashed across his chin. "I am power, you inept weakling! I am poised to take control of the most powerful empire on this planet! And when I do, I will burn you and all your friends, and blast Pride Rock into dust!" He charged forward and shoved Josh further up the stairs. "If you lie down and give up, I will make your death quick! Which is more than I can say for that traitor Kovu and his friends."

Suddenly Scar pushed Josh with so much force, that he crashed through the glass face of the clock and fell onto the large number six.

Scar chuckled menacingly. "Of course I could just watch you die from up here. Far more entertaining... reminds me of the good old days back when I was killing off family members and whatnot. So, Mr. Cody, what do you think of this 'disgrace' now? I've won... at last I will have what is mine!"

Josh looked wearily at the clock. "Wh… What time is it?

Scar narrowed his eyes. "Midnight, you fool. Are you blind as well as stupid?"

"No... But you're about to be deaf!" then Josh covered his ears with his shoulders as the minute hand reached midnight.

BONG!…BONG!…BONG!

Scar screamed aloud and put his paws to his ears. He twisted around, his tail dangled out of the hole that Josh created. "Make it stop! Stop!!" Josh then grabbed Scar's tail and pulled hard. Scar lost his balance, tottered for a moment, and had time to snarl at Josh one last time before falling like a rock, roaring as he dropped down to his final death.

Josh looked down and breathed a sigh of relief. "The nightmare is over."

Rosa ran over and pulled Josh into the tower where they kissed. Then Josh saw that the queen was still tied up, making muffled noises from her gag.

Rosa laughed a bit that they had forgotten the most important figure there. "It's all right your Majesty... whatever happened is over now." She quickly tore away the gag and ropes.

The queen stood up, adjusted her crown and smiled. "Thank you for saving my life," she said. "You are my heroes!" Denzel sat next to Kovu, whose wound was covered up by his coat. The queen noticed all the animals sitting around the room. "Well, you're really animals, hmm?"

Rosa coughed lightly. "Well, I was... the others are back to what they used to be, yes. Strange, I know, but... that Scar creature was proof if I ever saw any."

"I agree." She then looked at Kovu. "I knew you had the heart of a lion, but I never imagined you actually were a lion." She turned back to Josh and Rosa. "But enough of this silly chit chat, we have a treaty to sign!"

Josh and Rosa were surprised. "Your majesty," said Josh. "After all that's happened, you still want to sign a treaty?"

"Why not? I am the queen, and you did save my life and my kingdom, but first I want to do something for you and your friends Mr. Cody."

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Later that evening, every man, woman and child in England were at Buckingham palace, sitting in rows and rows of chairs. Josh, Denzel and Chen were kneeling before the queen as she took a sword off of a pillow. The queen placed the sword on Denzel's shoulder, "For knowledge, courage and concern for others, I dub thee Sir Denzel Baker, The Just." She then placed the sword onto Chen's shoulder, which was covered in bandages along with his arm and fore head. "For honor, family, tradition and loyalty towards the ones you care about, I dub thee Sir Chen Ling, the Wise." Then she placed in onto Josh's shoulder. "And for bravery, leadership and love for friends and family, I dub thee Sir Joshua Cody, The Valiant."

Everybody in the rows began to cheer. Kovu and the other animals stood by with smiles on their faces. Kovu had a large bandage wrapped around his stomach, and had to lie down. They witheld their roars. Timon stood on Pumbaa's head and whooped, pumping his fists into the air.

Then the queen grabbed a pencil and signed a large piece of paper and smiled. Then she turned to Kovu. "Your turn, my king."

Kovu slowly stood up, supported by Kiara as he made his way to the podium. He dipped his paw in a cup of ink and pressed it to the treaty, smiling as it imprinted his paw quite well.

The queen turned to the people sitting in the rows. "We shall own small parts of Africa, but no one will ever touch the Pride Lands."

Everyone began to cheer again, except for Josh and Rosa. For they knew that it was not over yet.