Hello again, readers and reviewers. After a short break, I've published some more chapters. This one is the first. I hope you enjoy it. Mfoko (male) and Kike (female) are my characters, and are not to be used without my permission. Now that's over, let's begin.

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Chapter 20 – Wedding stuff

Another month had passed since the day when Malka left the Pride Lands with his mother Sura. And, during that month, nothing too important had happened, with one exception. Malka's father, Elimu, came to the Pride Lands, accompanied by some members of his pride, and – probably much because of Malka's request – proposed an alliance between both prides.

So, Simba and Malka saw each other again, and Malka introduced to Simba his best friend Kike, a lioness cub with pale-brown fur, that had ear-tufts, just like Malka. Malka also introduced to Simba his younger brother, Mfoko, and the two got along fine. Mfoko looked much like Malka, but the colour of his fur was inherited after his mother, while Malka was a perfect copy of his father in colours – except for the eyes. Mufasa accepted the alliance, and after that Elimu, Malka, Mfoko, Sura, and Kike went away.

Kisasian kept growing, and Nala's little brother, Mheetu, was growing as well. He wasn't yet allowed to leave the cave, but he already revealed a big wish of tag-along with Simba and Nala (they didn't quite like the idea, but they managed to hang on).

Tojo's birds were still growing, and feeding them was becoming harder and harder (as it was becoming hard to find a sleeping place for the birds).

One day, after Tojo had returned from one of his trips to feed the birds, he lied down on a ledge on Pride Rock to sleep.

But, before he managed to fall asleep, he heard some steps. He lifted up his head, to see who was coming, and noticed that it was one of his "girlfriends".

"Oh… it's you Kula…" said Tojo, in a tired voice.

"Want to play?" asked Kula, but then she noticed that Tojo was really tired, and blushed of shame.

"You're so unsensitive!" shouted a voice from behind.

It was Kilia. She had just arrived, and, seeing her opportunity to score some more points with Tojo, she added: "Can't you see that poor Tojo is too tired to move?"

"I can see it!" said Kula, annoyed, walking towards Kilia. "What you can't see is that I am his girlfriend!"

"Since when?" asked Kilia, looking right into Kula's eyes. "Since when Tojo would have a girlfriend whose only worry is her stomach?"

"Shut up!" said Kula, baring slightly her teeth. "And you, your only worry was to annoy Tojo when he had his leg sprained!"

"I wouldn't have annoyed Tojo if you weren't there to discuss with me!" argued Kilia back.

"You know what?" asked Kula. "Let's turn to Tojo right now, and ask him who he would choose for a girlfriend. You… or me!"

"Thank you!" said Kilia, excitedly.

"Thank you…?" asked Kula, without understanding. "For what?"

"For answering to one of my most important questions!" said Kilia with a mocking expression. "You just proved me that what you have inside your head is a brain, instead of sawdust!"

And Kilia laughed evily.

"You…" said Kula, extending her claws.

But then she calmed down, and said: "Never mind about that. Now let's just ask it to Tojo."

And then turned around, looking for Tojo, but just to discover that Tojo wasn't anywhere. He had escaped while Kula and Kilia were discussing.

"What will we do now?" asked Kula, slightly worried.

"Don't worry!" said Kilia. "He will choose me!"

"No way!" said Kula. "He will choose me!"

"Shut up!" said one voice.

Both the cubs turned around, and saw that Simba, Nala, Chumvi, and Mheetu were looking at them. And no one of them seemed very happy.

Mheetu said: "You two are beginning to get impossible to stand! No wonder Tojo ran away from you!"

"Hey, you're talking about my sister!" said Chumvi, looking angrily at Mheetu.

"But he has a point." said Simba, thoughtfully. "It's quite hard to stand the constant arguing between these two."

Nala narrowed her eyes at Simba, and he said: "Just saying my opinion."

"By the way…" said Kula. "Have you seen where he went?"

"As a matter of fact, yes." said Chumvi. "But we won't tell you. He needs a break of you two!"

On that moment, Uzuri and Wingu appeared on that place, and Uzuri said: "Sorry, but we couldn't help but to hear your talking. So, let's have a talk, now, the four of us."

"Who are… the four?" asked Kilia, shivering a little bit.

"Kula, I, Uzuri, and you." replied Wingu.

Then, Uzuri and Wingu grabbed the cubs by the scruff, and decided to take them to a place where they wouldn't be disturbed, to have a quiet talk.

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Tojo had "escaped" with his birds to the Green Den, where they wouldn't be disturbed (or at least that was Tojo hoped) by anyone. Unfortunately, the blue-eyed cub was slightly wrong. There was someone there.

When Tojo came close to the Green Den, he found out that his grandfather was there, taking a nap after having hunted an impala for a meal. But that was the kind of company that Tojo could stand. In fact, Mega was the lion that he wanted to see.

Tojo went closer to his grandfather, preparing himself to wake up the big lion, biut Mega had sharp senses and was alert, so he woke up alone. He yawned, and then looked at Tojo. He said: "Hello, Tojo. What are you doing here? Do you need any advice from your grandpa?"

"Yes…" said Tojo shyly, while his birds landed on a close tree. "It's about… wedding…"

"Wedding?" asked Mega, confused. "But why? Why such a young cub like you wants to know about wedding?"

Tojo looked at Mega, and decided to tell everything. He told that he had saved Kilia on the Outlands… that Kilia seemed to have fallen in love with him… that Kula also seemed to be in love with him… and that the two were always arguing…

"And now, I like Kula, but I don't know how to tell her that without hurting Kilia's feelings. And later… will I have to marry Kula?"

Mega was silent for a little bit, pondering Tojo's question. A gentle breeze passed through the lion's mane, and then he kept speaking.

"So…" said Mega. "You want to know the experience that your grandpa has about weddings?"

Tojo nodded silently. But then, Mega said: "Well then, you have bad luck, young one. I don't have any direct experience on that. There was never a wedding at my family before. At least any serious wedding. I and your grandmother Mimea weren't exactly married, we were just "proclaimed to be together" by Mohatu, who still rulled on that time. Your mother… she had no ceremony at all. She mated with a rogue lion, and the only "official" statement of their union was that she insisted in introducing him to me and your grandmother before he wandered off again."

"Why he had to wander off?" asked Tojo sadly. "Why he couldn't stay with me and mom?"

"Simba's grandfather, Ahadi, was still alive on that time." explained Mega, hugging his grandson. "And… he rather disliked rogue lions. He had been kind than usual by allowing three males outside the royal family to stay: me, and Leo. With Moyo, he had nothing to do with that, because he, in a way, was no longer king on that time, but he still disliked rogue lions, and it was quite a fight to convince him to allow Jani to mate with your father. Besides, most lions wander off after making their first hunt totally alone, with around three years old. Others stay, but most of males don't like to be ruled by other. So, they leave. Probably you, Koza, and Chumvi will also leave as well. But believe me, no one will force you."

"But… why do you say that?" asked Tojo sadly. "And besides, I still don't understand much about the wedding-stuff."

"Then ask to Mufasa, or to Scar." said Mega, lying down again. "Sorry boy, but I can't help you more."

"Uh… alright." said Tojo. "See ya, grandpa!"

And so, Tojo ran off again with his birds following him, leaving the big lion under a tree. Then, Mega fell asleep, and he had more dreams… about a ruined wedding… and a successful one.

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"You don't have to stay here with me." said Scar, lying down in the entrance of the Green Den, with Sarabi resting her head in his black mane. "You have your duties in the pride. And besides, I shouldn't be here as well. The Green Den is part of the Pride Lands."

That was just talk, because for him, Sarabi's presence was the biggest treasure that he could ever get. However, it had it's risks.

During the last four years, Sarabi and Scar began to know each other better. In the beginning, they just played together, but, as they grew up, they ended up falling in love. This fact wasn't exactly pleased by all the members of the pride, but the ones who were less pleased were Ahadi, Mufasa, Penda, and Zira.

Ahadi because, even if Sarabi was "hanging around" with Scar, she was, under all the effects, betrothed to Mufasa. Maybe not officially, but Ahadi knew that Mufasa was in love with her, and wanted to marry her when he grew up. Mufasa was also displeased with the idea that his "girlfriend" was hanging around with his good-for-nothing kid brother.

Penda… well, she just wanted Sarabi to be queen, because she had been born as a princess on their original pride. The lioness wasn't power-hungry. For her, being a queen was a duty, not a privilege, and she had personal experience on that. But she also believed that her oldest daughter would have a better life if she became queen.

Zira… well, she was still in love with Scar. And Scar, even being Sarabi's "boyfriend" was still her friend, and still played with her, and, in a way, also protected her from the pride's wrath. Because Zira in fact loved Scar, and wanted him to be happy, she only suffered silently.

The happy couple ignored most of those things, with the exception of the open hatred that Zira and Sarabi showed towards each other, and that always ended up (curiously) apppeased by Scar.

On that day, Scar and Sarabi were on the Green Den, watching the sunset, and the same time were talking about the last punishment that Ahadi had given to Scar (exile for a week), and the previous day had been the last day of his exile.

"But it's from the other side of the Border River, Scar." replied Sarabi. "Pridelanders are just using it because no one has yet claimed it as personal property."

"Well… that' s right." replied Scar. "Oh… and by the way, yesterday was the last day of my exile… but I still don't know if I should return to the pride. My father and Mufasa will only be on constant wrath against me… your mother will be angry again…"

"Don't worry…" said Sarabi. "I promise you that they won't tear us apart. No one. My mother, your father, Mufasa… my biggest worry is that outsider Zira."

With the sudden change of the talking to Zira, Sarabi's eyes narrowed a little bit, and she also bared her teeth.

"Sarabi…" said Scar calmly, although a careful listener would notice some anger in his voice with Sarabi talking like that about Zira. "Please, don't call Zira an outsider. She is my friend, and I respect her."

"I still can't see what you see in her as a friend." snorted Sarabi.

"Let's stop the talking about Zira, before it gets too ugly." said Scar, waving his paw, showing that the talk was over. "And talk about another business… Sarabi, do you remember that your mother wants you to be queen?"

"Yes…" said Sarabi slowly. "But for that, I would have to marry Mufasa."

"No, you wouldn't." said Scar. "If we leave the pride… and start our own… you would be queen! I know it could be hard at first… but when we found some place to settle, we…"

"Scar…" said Sarabi slowly. "I wouldn't be able to leave the pride. My family is here… my friends are here… Scar, I don't know if that is enough for you, but I promise you that neither my mother, your father, or Mufasa will break us apart."

"She promised!" thought Scar, smiling. "Finally! I have nothing to fear from now on."

And then, he added loud: "I promise you that I will never leave the Pride Lands."

"Alright…" said Sarabi, looking on the setting sun. "We should return now. It's getting late."

And so, Sarabi and Scar got up, and crossed the river, using a tree trunk that served as a bridge, returning to Pride Rock.

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When they returned to Pride Rock, there was the usual "welcome" from Ahadi, who screamed at Scar again completely without purpose, which led to another argument between Ahadi and Uru, for a change. Scar went to visit his grandmother, who, for some reason, had been getting a little bit sick during the last days. Laini called it "age stuff" but Scar was deeply worried with her, and did whatever he could to help her.

However, Mufasa was unusually calm. Normally, seeing his brother also led to an argument, and sometimes fight, with him, but this time, Mufasa said nothing. Mega had been watching the scene, and went away, mistrustful.

"It's a bad sign." thought the lion. "If Mufasa is so calm, it means that he's up to something."

And Mega went to a ledge of Pride Rock, looking to the stars that began to appear in the sky. His look focused on the brightest star of them all for some time, but then his eyes wandered through the sky again. Mimea came to meet him there.

"You look tired, my dear." she said, nuzzling her mate. "Are you alright?"

"Yes…" said Mega. "I'm just… worried…"

"With what?" asked Mimea, confused.

"With Scar… Zira… and Ahadi…" confessed Mega.

"Oh…" said Mimea. "So, you still worry yourself with the king? He is the one who has to worry about you, not you about him."

"But I'm afraid that he might end up killing Scar… or Zira…" confessed Mega.

"It wouldn't be big losses." thought Mimea. "At least Zira. If not for Uzuri, she would be dead by now."

But she only said loud: "Don't worry. He wouldn't do it."

"I hope you're right." said Mega, giving a big sigh after that.

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But Mega had reasons to be worried, because Mufasa already had the perfect plan to split the love-birds, and get Sarabi all to himself. His plan was so simple, that he was admired of not having thought about it first.

"Zazu!" called Mufasa. "Are you there?"

Zazu came to meet him shortly after. His mother Zuzu was still working as Ahadi's servant, but she was getting old, and soon, Zazu would replace his mother. And Zazu was devoted to Mufasa… the prince had saved him so many times from the "birdy-boiler" from the Elephant Graveyard, that the three hyenas from Scar had got to have fun using the small hornbill, that they were best friends.

"What do you need, sire?" asked the hornbill.

"It's rather simple." said Mufasa, looking at Zazu. "You will go to Sarabi, and tell her that Scar wants to meet her, tomorrow early, in the Green Den. Tell her that he has a surprise for her. Then, you will go to Zira, and tell her exactly the same thing. Understand?"

"I don't see why you want me to do it, sire…" said Zazu slowly. "But I will do it."

And Zazu flew away, leaving Mufasa lying down, satisfied with his own plan.

"This is just perfect." thought Mufasa, smiling. "I will be on the Green Den before Sarabi and Zira… probably, the two girlfriends of my little brother won't stand to see each other in those circusntances… they will fight… well, if Sarabi wins the fight, Scar won't forgive her for having killed his friend, but, if I see that Zira is winning… I will jump in to protect Sarabi, Sarabi won't forgive Scar for the lack of control in his friend, and I will be there to cheer her up! It's brilliant!"

Shortly after, Zazu returned, and said proudly: "Mission accomplished, sire!"

"All right." said Mufasa. "You can go."

And so, Zazu flew away.

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Early on the next morning, Sarabi, who was always one of the first lionesses of the pride to wake up, ran to the Green Den, extremely excited with the idea that Scar had a surprise for her, and without noticing that Scar was still sleeping on his usual place, but, on the other paw, Zira's sleeping place was empty.

"I wonder what is the surprise that Scar has for me." thought Sarabi, while she ran at full speed towards the Green Den. "Maybe it is some prey that he hunted for me… or some pretty flower like the one he once gave to me… I can't wait to see the surprise… whatever it is…"

And so, thinking about eventual surprised that Scar could have for her, she ran to the Green Den. But, when she arrived to the place, after crossing the river using the tree trunk, she noticed with disappointment, that Scar was not there. In fact, no one was there, with the exception of some bats that were returning to their sleeping places in a tree that grew close to the cave.

"Well, probably he hasn't arrived yet." thought Sarabi. "I will just have to wait and see."

But, right on that moment, someone appeared behind the rock. Sarabi looked on the silhoute. It was rather simmilar to Scar, but it wasn't Scar. It was… Zira!

Zira had arrived there earlier, convinced that Scar had a surprise for her… and now, instead of Scar, she found Sarabi! The two lionesses stared at each other with bared teeth, like if they were the worst enemies in the world.

"You…" growled Sarabi and Zira at the same time.

"What are you doing here?" growled Zira.

"I was about to ask you the same question." said Sarabi.

"I'm here because Scar told that he has a surprise for me!" said Zira angrily.

"Liar!" shouted Sarabi. "Scar has in fact a surprise, but for me, not for you, outsider!"

"Don't call me outsider, you stupid!" growled Zira back.

The two stared at each other angrily with bared teeth and extended claws. After some tensed moments, Sarabi dropped the defensive position for a moment – but still watching Zira closely - and began thinking.

"But it's providencial that you are here…" said Sarabi thoughtfully. "We will settle this right now…"

"What do you mean?" asked Zira, still with an angry look, but at the same time getting confused. "Do you want to fight for Scar?"

"I said nothing." replied Sarabi, smiling with a somewhat evil smile. "Rule of Challenge is invalid for females… but, if you want to… after all, Scar is too small to be divided by the two of us!"

"I won't do anything!" growled Zira. "I love Scar, I admit, but because I love him, I want him to be happy. Even if it is with you!"

And Zira went away, preparing herself to cross the river. But then, she felt that someone was pouncing on her by behind. The lioness crouched, right on time to avoid Sarabi, who landed on her four paws, and said: "No way! You stay here… this business will be solved here and now!"

And with that, Sarabi and Zira charged at each other. Sarabi was the first to attack, slashing Zira on her shoulder. Zira roared in pain, but she didn't stay still, and retributed with a blow on Sarabi's paw. The Pridelander lioness pounced on Zira again, pressing her paw over her enemie's neck, and preparing herself to slash her with her claws.

But the Desert lioness, feeling death approaching, pushed her heavier rival from her with her hind paws.

"You stay away from Scar from now on, understand?" growled Sarabi, charging at Zira again. "He is mine. MINE!"

And, after shouting, Sarabi tried to give another smack on Zira's face, that the desert lioness avoived only by luck.

But she got up, and shouted: "Scar is a lion, not an object! He is free to choose!"

"And why do you think he would choose you, outsider?" asked Sarabi, pushing Zira hard with all her mass.

Zira fell on the ground, and Sarabi continued: "Why a prince like him would choose someone like you? You don't love him!"

"Yes, I do!" growled Zira again, giving a hit on Sarabi's side. "I love him! And it's because I love him that I accept that he is your boyfriend and can be happy with you! I just can't see what chances he has of being happy with such a selfish lioness like you!"

"If you in fact loved him, you wouldn't just sit down and do nothing!" growled Sarabi, pouncing on Zira, and pinning her on her back. "You just want to marry him to have a better status on the pride than the one of an outsider!"

"And for that I would hurt his feelings, by killing his girlfriend?" asked Zira angrily, flipping Sarabi over her, and getting up as quickly as she could, to prevent a further attack of her opponent.

Mufasa, hiding on some high grass close of that place, smiled, and said: "The party has begun."

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Scar had woken up shortly before, and was looking for Sarabi everywhere on Pride Rock and close area. He was planning on having another loving day with her, again, but she was just gone!

"Where she can be?" thought Scar, after looking for her.

But then, he heard Mega coming close, and the older lion said: "Good-morning, Scar."

"Hello, Mega." replied the black-maned lion.

After that, Mega's face became more serious, and he asked: "What are you doing here? I thought you were with Sarabi in the Green Den."

"Why?" asked Scar, confused.

"I heard Zazu telling her that you had told him to tell her that you had a surprise for her, and that she should meet you in the Green Den!" said Mega, all at once.

Now, Scar had a good idea where Sarabi could be.

"So that's it…" thought the lion with the scar. "She's there… waiting for me… and I don't have any actual surprise for her… she'll get mad!"

And so, Scar ran towards the Green Den at full speed, after a quick "Thank You" to Mega. But, on his way, he found another lioness.

"Scar!" called the white lioness.

"Oh… hello, Sakia." said Scar, stopping for a moment. "Sorry, but I'm in a hurry."

"You should be." said Sakia, giggling. "You are late for your meeting with Zira in the Green Den.

"Yes…" agreed Scar, first without realising what Sakia said. "I'm late for my meeting with…"

But then, he realized what Sakia had told, and a shocked and frightened expression slowly appeared on his face as he said with scared voice: "Zira? What story is that of meeting Zira?"

"Oh…" said Sakia. "I heard Zazu telling her to meet you in the Green Den, that you had a surprise for her…"

"Listen, Sakia." said Scar, interrupting her. "Mega has just told me that he heard Zazu tell Sarabi to meet me in the Green Den, and now you tell me that you heard Zazu telling Zira to meet me in the Green Den."

"But…" said Sakia, too amazed with what Scar had told her. "It means…"

"That they are together in the Green Den?" concluded Scar for her. "Yes, that's what it means! If they are together there, they may end up killing each other! I can't let Sarabi to kill Zira…"

"Shouldn't you say 'let Zira to kill Sarabi…'?" asked Sakia, with a raised eyebrow.

"It doesn't matter now!" replied Scar, almost shouting. "What it matters is that I have to go there and stop a disaster!"

And Scar ran to the Green Den even faster than before (if that was possible). He felt his muscles burning with pain, but he didn't stop till he reached Green Den.

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Sarabi pushed Zira with a strong hit, and tried to slash her neck, but Zira recovered, and, in a frontal charge, she managed to hit Sarabi right on her chest. With that, both the lionesses stepped a few meters away from each other, breathing shallowly.

Things weren't going easy for the two rivals. Both the lionesses were extremely skilled in fight, so they were more or less equally harmed. But Sarabi's endurance was slightly bigger than Zira's… so, she was almost winning. But Zira wasn't yet ready to let Sarabi kill her… she wouldn't kill Sarabi, but she also wouldn't allow Scar's girlfriend to kill her.

"Scar…" thought Sarabi. "From now on, there will be no one to disturb us. We will live happily ever after. I can even reconsider about the idea… no, I can't. Sorry, Scar, but if we want to be happy, the outsider MUST die!"

"I in fact love Scar." thought Zira. "And I don't know what he sees in Sarabi, but, if he sees on her enough to make him happy, let it be. However, I won't give my life… or should I? If I in fact love Scar, my death will eliminate obstacles between him and Sarabi… unless he doesn't forgive Sarabi for killing me… and if I die, what will I tell to mother when I meet her up there? Well, let's just keep this fight, and see what happens."

For now, both the lionesses were quite far from each other, struggling to catch their breath, and staring at each other like if their eyes were on fire. Zira, in particular, with her red eyes, gave very well the impression of having flames inside of the eyes.

"Now…" panted Sarabi. "Let's finish this!"

"As you wish!" panted Zira, baring her teeth.

Both Sarabi and Zira charged at each other again. But this time, things went differently. Zira, tired, and maybe more tormented by the wounds than her rival, charged blindly, in despair. And that was exactly what Sarabi was expecting, that her opponent would attack desperately. She avoived Zira's charge, and, before her rival could escape, she grabbed her with her front paws.

The red-eyed lioness was already regretting that she had charged so desperately. And she also realized that it was exactly what her rival intended. Now, she was doomed almost for sure.

Zira was partially right. Sarabi grabbed Zira's neck inside her mouth, biting through half of Zira's right ear in the process.

For some reason, probably only by miracle, Sarabi's teeth hadn't found any of Zira's neck arteries, but the lioness was suffocating, and Sarabi had placed her in a position where she couldn't do anything… not even call for help. Zira could feel the pain on her right ear, but that wasn't worrying her, considering her pain on the neck.

She tried to shake herself with all the strenght she had left, and waved her paws desperately, hoping that one of her moves would hit Sarabi, and hurt her enough to scream, and let Zira free. But Zira was in a position where she could barely move… no, there was yet one move. She still had her tail.

A whiping of her tail wouldn't hurt Sarabi much, but could surprise her enough to release Zira. The desert lioness tried to do it, whiping Sarabi on her side with all he strenght.

"So, you still fight?" asked Sarabi in mind. "Don't worry, this will be settled soon."

And Sarabi bit Zira's neck with even more strenght. As if miracle, Sarabi's teeth hadn't pierced through her opponent's windpipe, but the trapped lioness was getting desperate, and was also getting dizzy, because of loss of oxygen.

"Help…" shouted Zira in mind, slowly going to unconsciousness. "Someone… help me! I need help…"

And, on the last moment, right before Sarabi's teeth penetrated completely through her neck, crushing her trachea, someone pushed Sarabi hard. Zira was released, and her opponent fell some meters forward, panting.

Zira, panting even more, looked to her rescuer. It was… Scar! Scar was also panting, probably he had just arrived… but Zira couldn't help it. She smiled, and hugged Scar, without caring at all with Sarabi being there to see it.

"He saved my life again!" thought Zira. "He's my hero!"

Scar was still struggling to catch his breath, but he asked: "Zira… are you alright?"

But then, Sarabi got up, and, with tears on her eyes, she shouted: "Why, Scar? Why are you doing it? Why have you hit me? I thought you loved me!"

"And I in fact loved you!" thought Scar. "And I was hoping that you would love me!"

But Scar didn't know what to say… he loved Sarabi… no, he didn't love Sarabi. He had thought about Sarabi as a cute and handsome lioness, but he realized that the one who he truly loved was Zira. His mother and grandmother had once told him that the real love becomes stronger with the hard trials that a pair has… and Scar and Zira had deffinetly harder trials to face that Scar and Sarabi… to begin with a whole month alone in the Elephant Graveyard and the Outlands. Maybe he had loved Sarabi a little bit, but not as much as he loved Zira. Scar was still shocked with Sarabi's selfishness. He could understand what was going on. Maybe he always had understood, but only now he was seeing it. Sarabi loved him, but she didn't respect the fact that he was Zira's friend.

She wanted him all to herself, and was ready to use all the necessary means for that.

"Why, Sarabi?" thought Scar, almost crying. "I always loved you, was it so hard for you to respect that I loved Zira as a friend? Why? I never thought you were so selfish!"

However, Scar didn't know how to say it to Sarabi. It would be too shocking for her, and Scar still tried to have some respect by his wounded ex-girlfriend. But it seemed that wouldn't be necessary, because, on that moment, someone shouted: "I saw everything!"

The three looked around, and saw Mufasa, who was just coming. Mufasa said again: "I saw everything! You attacked Sarabi, Scar! And you even say that you love her!"

Sarabi, who was still crying, hugged Mufasa, for some unknown reason. And then, Mufasa said: "I saw everything! I saw Scar threatening Zazu that, if he wouldn't do what he told him, he would give him to the hyenas, for them to put him in the birdy-boiler."

It was a lie. Sometimes, the hyenas placed Zazu in the birdy-boiler, it was true, but Scar never approved that. However, the hyenas, always that Scar wasn't looking, did it.

But Sarabi, completely heartbroken, wasn't thinking rationally, and believed Mufasa. She hugged the golden lion even more, and Mufasa couldn't help but to smile triumphantly.

"He planned it all!" thought Scar sadly. "That rascal planned it all! Mufasa… I never thought that I could hate you even more… but now…"

And with that, Mufasa and Sarabi returned to Pride Rock. When they arrived, Mufasa told everything to Ahadi. In his own interpretation… but winners write history!

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Scar and Zira had returned to Pride Rock about an hour later. For some unknown reason (probably because of Uru's decisive intervention), Ahadi didn't punish Scar with banishing him again, but, since that day, the tension on Pride Rock began increasing.

Mega rolled on his sleep, and, some time later, he woke up, to discover that he was sleeping under a tree, shortly after having a talking with Tojo about weddings.

"I wonder why I'm having those strange dreams lately." said Mega, getting up. "Maybe I shouldn't sleep as much. Or maybe it is some sort of warning… warning that, very soon, all those past conflicts will keep. They were appeased, but for how long?"

He walked towards the river, deciding to cross it swimming, to make some exercise, and, after arriving to the other side, he said: "I wonder why Tojo wants to marry. Girlfriends only give problems."

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Mega's grandson was on Pride Rock already. On Scar's ledge, to be exact. He had followed his grandfather's advice, and went to ask for some advice to Scar, because Mufasa wasn't available at that moment.

"Mr. Scar!" said Tojo, with his birds flying after him. "Miss Zira!"

Scar looked up, and couldn't help but to smile a little bit at seeing Tojo. Tojo reminded him of what Simba could be for him, if not the fact of Simba being Mufasa and Sarabi's son.

Zira looked at Tojo, and Kisasian looked up and said: "Hi, Tojo! Do you want to play?"

"No." said Tojo. "At least for now. I came to make you a question, Mr. Scar."

"To me?" asked Scar, amazed.

It was the first time that some of the cubs requested help from him. But he added: "About what?"

"Wedding-stuff." said Tojo.

Scar and Zira got confused, and Scar said: "But why to me? And why do you want to know it?"

"I already asked to my grandfather about it." said Tojo shyly. "But he said that he doesn't know too much, and told me to come for you or to Mr. Mufasa!"

Scar narrowed his eyes slightly, and then he said: "I don't know anything about weddings. Ask to Mufasa."

He said in a way that expressed quite obviously that he didn't want to talk more about that business. But Kisasian got up from his mother's paws, and said: "Hey, Tojo, let's play! Until uncle Mufasa returns!"

Scar and Zira narrowed their eyes after hearing their son saying "uncle Mufasa" but the cubs ignored it, and left the ledge, with the birds following them again.

However, Zira went to Scar, and asked: "Scar… I have a question… about a wedding."

"What is it?" asked Scar.

"Uh… what exactly happened when you were missing? How your mother's death happened?"

Scar looked at Zira in a very angry way, but then, he said: "It's a very sad, and complicated story. However, you have the right to know it. I will tell you."

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What did you think? I thought that, just like I told you Scar got his wound, I should also tell how Zira lost that bit of ear. What do you think of my theory? Please, review!