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After the lionesses had eaten their food, Simba gathered his pride to talk about what Zazu had told him. "Zazu finally made his return," Simba said as Zazu perched himself of Simba's shoulder. "He told me that he had been taken hostage by the hyenas." The lionesses spoke within one another about the hyenas. They turned their attention to Simba when he spoke up. "Zazu discovered the the Out landers are planning a war against our pride and the hyenas will be involved in the war as well."
"Do you know what their purpose is?" one of the lionesses asked.
"The hyenas wanted to wage war against the Out landers," Zazu told her, "however, if the Out landers are moving towards the Pride Lands, then I am sure that the hyenas will come here as well."
"That's why we have to train extra hard to defeat them," Simba said, "mom," he said as he looked at his mother that was standing next to him, "you and Nala need to train the younger lionesses for the war that could happen any day now. The older lionesses will be on day and night control if anything suspicious were to happen. If you see any suspicious signs, notify me immediately," Simba finished, "they patrol starts tomorrow. So get a good night's sleep and we'll start tomorrow."
Simba, Nala, Sarabi, and Sarafina headed into the den as the rest of the lionesses followed them. Nuka, Vitani, Khairi, Kiara, Zuri, and Kovu stayed behind. "Oh, I'm getting really worried about this," Kiara spoke up, "if I hadn't run in the first place, none of this would have happened."
"It would have happened anyway," Kovu told her, "he had been planning about this ever since I was a cub."
"And on a positive note, I'm glad you ran away," Khairi said, "then I wouldn't have met her," he said as he turned his head and looked at Vitani with a smile. Vitani put her paw on his snout and turned his face away. "Ooh, rrawr!" Khairi growled when she did that.
Kiara raised an eyebrow, "I'm glad that you're feasting your eyes on someone else. Back in your cub years, you were crazy about me."
"You weren't so crazy about me babe, but you were gone so I took a liking to someone else and she's sittin' right here," Khairi said as Kiara noticed a small gleam in his eyes.
Kovu let out a small sigh. He looked back at Kiara and thought about the little "thank you" that she had given him. Did she really like him? Why would she like a lion like him? A lion that was raised and corrupted by her great-uncle. Whatever that reason was, he was glad that someone different took a liking to him. Had had to admit that for a Pride Lander, she was a pretty one. She did have the spirit of her father when he was a cub but she had her mother's sweetness.
"So Nuka," Zuri spoke up as she slowly approached him, "looks like your full mane is gradually starting to grow."
"Huh? What?" Nuka said as he put his paw on his mane and felt a soft, dark tuft starting to grow.
"And also your fur coat too," Zuri pointed about, "its a nice color too."
"Uh, thanks," Nuka shyly said with a meek smile.
Kiara giggled at Zuri's little compliments. Looks like she was getting just fine with Nuka. Maybe something like this would gradually happen with her and Kovu. As for Vitani and Khairi, well, good luck Khairi, you're gonna need it. Kiara decided to try Zuri's approach. She looked back at Kovu and gently swiped a paw over a tuft of hair. "Your mane is pretty handsome too." She saw Kovu's lips titling into a smile. A little more compliments here and there, and it's mission accomplished.
A lioness roared in agony as another sunk her teeth into her flesh. The attacker placed her hind paws on the victim's back and plummeted her to the ground. Scar approached the two lionesses to see if they were bold enough to fight into the battle. He thought that all the lionesses that he was living with were pretty strong, but he needed more stronger ones in order to achieve his dream.
"Good, good! Keep it up!" he heard Zira encouraged a group of lionesses that looked like they were fighting to the death. One of the lionesses threw another one across the field as she crashed to the ground. The brutalized lioness tried to get up but she was too exhausted to move.
"Weak!" Scar spat as he passed her. The lioness didn't dare raise her eyes to look at him. She was trying but she was just an adolescent and the most important thing to her now was to find a mate, not fight. Scar marched over to Zira as she greeted him with a nuzzle. "The Pride Lands are going to be ours soon enough," Scar assured her. "The only thing that should be left to me is Simba. I'll finish him off."
"I'll take care of the queen," Zira growled, "and their precious little daughter too."
Yes Scar mentally hissed. The whole royal family will suffer in our coup d'etat. No one will stand in our way! Absolutely no one! He abandoned the idea that the hyenas were after him, Not to mention that they were secretly watching him from the deep darkness. They knew what he was doing, what he was planning, and when he was going to attack.
"Ow!" a hyena hissed as he stepped onto a rock.
"Shut up!" the other hissed as she smacked her paw onto his mouth, "we need to stay quiet!"
"Man that hurt like the great fire that our parents escaped years ago!" he continued to whisper as he shook his paw in the air to soothe the pain.
"Hasani," the hyena said, "what part of 'shut up' don't you get?"
"The fact that my paw is burning Amber!" Hasani yelped.
"Shut up and pay attention!" Amber snapped as she put her paws on the both sides of Hasani's head and turned them to look at the lions.
Scar jumped on top of a rock as the lionesses interrupted their training and turned their attention to him. "My dear Pride," he said as he straightened himself, "seeing you fighting each other has got me thinking about the Pride Landers. Your fighting is not good enough. As a matter of fact, it is terrible! The Pride Landers would defeat us like they did with the hyenas when I was king of the Pride Lands."
"Hurtful," Hasani and Amber whispered in unison.
"In about a week, I am going to test each and every one of you to see if you have the potential to fight the Pride Landers." His green eyes scanned through the lionesses. He sensed fear in them, an emotion that he loved. His head perked up as he sensed another smell in the atmosphere. He took a deep breath and an unfamiliar stench filled his lungs. Hyenas!
Without warning, Scar jumped off the rock and slowly lurked towards the rock where the two hyenas were hiding. "Can you believe that?" Hasani whispered to Amber, "they are going to attack in about a week."
"Then we have to be ready," Amber said as she smacked her paw to the ground.
"That and we will kick their rears!" Hasani yelled, "what's wrong?" he asked as he noticed Amber's wide eyes and pointing behind him. Hasani slowly turned around and saw Scar towering over him. "DAH! RUN!" Hasani yelled as Amber leaped off the ground and ran as quickly as she could.
Hasani was about to jump away but Scar smacked his paw onto Hasani's tail and prevented him from running. Hasani slipped to the floor and looked up at Scar who was bearing his teeth at him. "You are as pathetic as your parents," he growled.
"At least their teeth are sharper than yours," Hasani shot back, "OW!" he yelped as Scar smacked him from the side of his head.
Scar squinted at him. "You're the same hyena that was here with that one months ago," he said. 'Who are you? Her mate?"
"What's it to you?" Hasani snapped as he approached Scar. Once four lionesses circled around him, Hasani stood his ground and nervously look at the four of them to make sure that they wouldn't attack him.
Scar elegantly approached him. "Oh I have something in mind," he mysteriously said.
Amber skidded to a halt when she made sure that she was far away from the lions' habitat. She panted as she tried to catch her breath from all the running. "Hasani, we made it!" she breathed. When she didn't hear his voice, she looked behind her and saw that he wasn't with her. "Hasani?" She double-checked but he was no where to be seen. "Oh no!" she gasped. She ran back to the Elephant Graveyard to gather some help.