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Chapter 26

Meanwhile, in the Pridelands, the fire was growing and spreading fast and there was yet to be any Rain, just lightning bolts, occasional lightning strikes and pitch-black clouds. Just then as Ziki walked to the tip of Pride Rock, he looked down and saw the motionless bodies of Kiara, Lena, Sarafina and Kovu.

Ziki then smiled evilly as the Flames started closing in on Kiara, Sarafina, Lena and Kovu, and said, "You fools, you think you could defeat me? Ha, well guess again, oh yeah, you can't guess again, because you're dead."

He then turned around to see Nala breathing still, then walked over to her and said, "Sorry it had to be this way, but you gave me no other choice. So now you will die and I will make sure of that."

As Nala heard that, she closed her eyes, waiting for death to come. So, Ziki opened his jaws, revealing his dangerously sharp teeth and slowly but surely, sunk his teeth deep into Nala's neck, spilling her flesh over the hard ground! As blood began rushing out of her neck, she began gasping for air, but all Ziki did was sink his teeth deeper and deeper into her flesh and soon enough, Nala's eyes closed and her head fell back onto the ground! As Ziki still had his teeth in her neck, he listened to see if she was breathing, but there was no sign of it, as Nala wasn't breathing anymore, so Ziki dragged the motionless body of Nala and dropped her body beside the cave wall.

He then spat out a large chunk of Nala's flesh from his mouth and then turned to the rest of the Pridelanders and said while licking Nala's sweet blood off his muzzle, "Well, there you have it, Nala's dead, Kiara's dead, Sarafina's dead. And as for Kovu and Lena, I guess you could say that they are about dead as the fire keeps growing around them and soon it will swallow them up and then they will be gone forever."

Ziki continued, "So, now I will make Sisha my Queen and now you shall have new rulers, better than Kovu and Kiara."

Just as Ziki left, Kanaka heard a moan, a very shallow breathing coming from near the cave wall. Kanaka then looked to see where it was, it was Nala, she wasn't dead! As Kanaka saw Nala open her sky blue eyes ever so slightly and then a few moments later, her eyes closed again and fell into a deep unconsciousness.

Just as Ziki appeared in front of Sisha, Sisha moaned a bit then opened her eyes, feeling very dizzy and saw Ziki in front of her, and in a flash, Sisha got to her paws and asked quietly, "What happened?"

Ziki replied, "Don't worry about that, the good thing is that you are okay, my Queen."

Sisha gasped and practically yelled, "Queen? How am I Queen, my mother is Queen, not me."

Ziki replied evilly while rubbing his paw along her cheek, "You are now. Because the former Queen Kiara is dead now, so you're going to be my Queen now."

Sisha gasped, then snarled angrily and replied, "What, you killed my mother and father? I will never be your Queen, you filthy monster!"

Ziki then growled and hit her in the face as Sisha fell to the ground. Ziki then said evilly, "Well Sisha, you have no other choice, you are going to be my Queen whether you like it or not, you stupid Pridelander!"

As Ziki turned his back to her, Sisha growled and was about to attack when a rogue lioness appeared behind her and slammed a big rock into her head and Sisha immediately fell unconscious. So the rogue lioness dragged Sisha back into the cave and dropped her onto the ground and left.

Just then, Ziki felt a rain drop on his shoulder and soon enough, the Rain finally came pouring down from the pitch black clouds and slowly but surely, the dangerous Fire was winding down as the Rain came down hard. And about 30 minutes later, the fire died down as the Rain also diminished and now it was just sprinkling a bit with dangerous lightning bolts in the sky.

Slowly but surely, as the water drops hit Kovu's face, he slowly woke up although his eyes remained closed, it took him awhile to get up because he was so weak, but finally Kovu got up and looked around him as the fire was now completely gone. He then looked down and next to him was Kiara, so Kovu leaned down and put his ear to her mouth and listed for any sign of breathing, but there was no breathing to be found in Kiara. He then noticed beside Kiara's muzzle blood was clearly running out of her mouth because of a small puddle of dark red blood around her muzzle.

So Kovu closed his eyes, heart-broken for the loss of Kiara. So he leaned down and gently slipped Kiara onto his back and grabbed Sarafina by the nape of her neck and carefully carried them up Pride Rock and he weakly entered the den and gently laid Kiara and Sarafina down by the cave wall.

He then went outside and carried Lena back up Pride Rock and gently laid her down next to Kiara. He then looked at Sarafina and nudged her soft neck hoping there would be a response, but found none, as Sarafina's eyes remained closed. So Kovu looked around him but didn't see Ziki or Krooger anywhere, so he looked at the rest of the Pridelanders and said to them, "It looks like Sarafina and Kiara are dead and…"

Kovu then trailed off as a flashback came to him as he remembered when he had rescued Kiara from the fire a long time ago, then he remembered Kiara teaching him what "fun" was and then especially when they were stargazing and then he fell in love with her and "Upendi." He then remembered when he was Exiled from the Pridelands and Kiara disobeying Simba and had gone to find him. And then after the war, him and Kiara reunited the Outlanders and the Pridelanders and then later they were married and had Sisha.

He then was snapped out of his flashback of him and Kiara when Kanaka said, "Hey Kovu, are you okay?"

Kovu replied sadly, "I guess so. I was just remembering the Great times Kiara and I had is all."

Kanaka replied, feeling Kovu's pain, "Oh, well look at it this way, at least when the time comes, you will be reunited with her forever again."

Kovu replied with tears forming in his eyes, "Yeah, but how will I be able to live without her? Kiara meant everything to me and now she's gone, we even said to each other, we would be together forever."

As Kanaka was about to say something, an idea popped into Kovu's head and said, "Wait a minute, I remember Kiara saying that Lena's special kind of medicine heals wound faster and it makes everyone stronger. Kanaka, do you think you could give Kiara and Sarafina some of that medicine?"

Kanaka replied, "Sure, I could try."

Kovu responded, "Good, now I'll move this rock out of the way so you can give them the medicine and I'll find Ziki, and give him what he deserves."

So, Kovu let Kanaka out to help Kiara and Sarafina and he then walked out of the den to find Ziki.

Back inside the den, Kanaka gave Kiara some of the medicine and waited, hoping she'll awake. After about 15 minutes of waiting, Kanaka was about to give up when she heard some breathing again from Kiara.

Kanaka then said, "Kiara? Kiara can you hear me?"

At that moment, Kiara moaned a bit as Kanaka asked, "Kiara, can you hear me?"

Kiara then moaned again, but her eyes remained closed. So Kanaka sighed and said, "Well, at least you're alive," so Kanaka nuzzled Kiara's soft neck for a moment then turned to Sarafina to give her some of the medicine.

So Kanaka gave Sarafina some of the medicine then waited. Just then, Kanaka put her ear to Sarafina's mouth and listened to see if she was breathing. Sarafina was breathing although her eyes remained closed.

As Kanaka sighed in relief, she looked up and was met with a huge blow to the face by Ziki as Kanaka came crashing down into the cage and was immediately knocked out cold! As Ziki saw that Kanaka's eyes were closed, he started approaching Kanaka's neck with his deadly fangs and was about to kill her until he was met with a hard blow to the face by Kovu's paw!

Kovu then approached him and snarled angrily, "Let's take this outside shall we!"

Kovu then gave Ziki another hard blow to the face and he went sprawling outside of the cave! As Ziki got up slowly, Kovu snarled and said, "You will never touch my family again!"

Kovu then racked his claws across Ziki's face, causing dark red blood to rush down his cheek. Ziki then growled angrily as blood kept dripping to the ground from his cheek and said, "So, you wish to fight huh? And then kill me huh? That I can't allow to happen!"

Just then the battle begun! Kovu then leapt at Ziki's neck, but Ziki was quick and he slammed his paw into Kovu's face as he hit the ground hard, but was able to get up quickly. Just then, Ziki racked his claws across Kovu's face as Kovu roared in pain, blood began rushing down his face and dripped to the ground quickly. Ziki then sunk his teeth into Kovu's back aggressively, but Kovu was able to throw Ziki off him and he hit the ground hard! Kovu then attempted to pin him but Ziki kicked Kovu in the stomach and went sprawling across the ground.

Ziki then said evilly, "Is that the best you can do weakling? You're looking a bit sluggish here!"

Kovu then jumped at him, but ended up missing as Ziki racked his claws across the side of Kovu's stomach, causing more blood to rush down his stomach! As Kovu roared in pain, Ziki jumped at Kovu and sunk his teeth into Kovu's chest, just missing Kovu's heart as Kovu then fell to the ground, breathing heavily. As blood was rushing out of his chest, creating a puddle of dark red blood around his chest, his eyes were half-way closed, more blood was rushing from the side of his stomach down his underbelly and onto the ground!

Kovu then started having flashbacks of his life. Him being trained by Zira, then saving Kiara from the fire to convince Simba to let him be in his Pride so he could kill him. Then him turning against his mother and falling in love with Kiara, being exiled, him and Kiara reuniting the Outlanders and Pridelanders, and having a cub and naming her Sisha.

After the Flashback was over, he then saw Ziki open his jaws and soon enough Ziki sunk his teeth into Kovu's neck, but before Ziki could sink his teeth any deeper into Kovu's neck, Kovu found more strength in him and then slammed his paw into Ziki's face and he went sprawling towards the tip of Pride Rock! As Ziki got back up, totally taken by surprise, he lost his footing and fell off Pride Rock, but was able to catch the tip of Pride Rock! Just then, Lightning struck the ground right beneath him as Kovu then appeared over Ziki!

Ziki then said, "Go ahead weakling, Kill me. If I can't kill you, then I'll just take you down with me."

Ziki then grabbed Kovu's foreleg just before he fell and then Kovu lost his footing and he fell, but was able to catch the tip of Pride Rock! Ziki then shoved his claws deeper into Kovu's hind legs before he fell, Kovu felt pain all of a sudden surging all through his body and blood kept gushing out of his hind legs! And just like that, Ziki lost his grip on Kovu's hind legs and fell into the deadly Flames, dying instantly! Kovu then looked below him and saw lot's of blood flowing down his hind legs and dripping all the way down into the burning Flames! Kovu then noticed that he was loosing his grip and just before he fell, Kiara came out of nowhere and was able to grab his paw just in time!

Kovu then yelled, "Kiara, you're alive!"

Kiara replied, "Of course I am, now hold on so I can help you up." So, Kiara then used all of her lioness strength and pulled Kovu up on top of Pride Rock safely.

Kovu then noticed that all the Pridelanders were out of the cave chasing the rogues out of the Pridelands. Kovu then said to Kiara, who was breathing really fast, "Thanks for helping me Kiara."

As Kiara looked up at Kovu with her beautiful brown eyes and Kovu immediately got up and nuzzled Kiara deeply and said, "Oh Kiara, I'm so glad you're ok. I don't know what I'd do next if you died. Is Lena, Sisha, Nala and Sarafina ok?"

Kiara giggled a bit and said, "Of course they are, they'll be fine." Kiara then started purring a bit, and Kovu enjoyed every moment of it. Her soothing voice and beautiful brown eyes made Kovu so happy, he just loved every moment of it.

Kiara then said, "Wow Kovu, I never knew how you could be such a mess, let's get you all fixed up hear."

Kovu giggled a bit and said, "Okay."

So, once Kiara and Kovu got in the cave, Kovu laid down on his belly and Kiara dipped her paw into the medicine and said, "Now Kovu, this may sting a bit. You ready?"

Kovu chuckled a little and replied, "Of course I am, I'm ready for it anytime…Ouch, that stings."

Kiara then laughed a bit as she dipped her paw into the medicine again and said, "Told ya."

Kovu chuckled a bit and said, "Oh Kiara, you look so beautiful, you know that."

Kiara blushed a little and said, "Stop that, you're embarrassing me when you do that."

Kovu replied, "Oh okay...you want me to say it again, except louder?"

Kiara then immediately put her paw on Kovu's mouth and replied, "No no, stop it. Not another word."

As Kiara put her paw down, Kovu grinned as she finished putting the medicine on his wounds and wrapped a leaf around both of his hind legs with medicine in it. Kiara then said, "Well, there you go, all fixed up now."

Kovu then licked Kiara's cheek and said, "Thanks Kiara."

Kiara then licked Kovu's cheek and said, "You're quite welcome Kovu."

So Kiara and Kovu nuzzled each other one more time, then they decided to get some rest! But what they didn't know is that Krooger escaped, and that could mean more danger for the Pridelanders.

Anyway, well what did ya think? I made some modifications I hope you enjoyed this Chapter!

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Kovu W. aka Derek Wilson