*I don't own ANY of the Kingdom Hearts characters or Lion King II: Simba's Pride characters. I only own Katie.
The Keyblade Wielders saw Zira laughing as she viewed the battle turning in her favor. Her sharp gaze flashed at Simba. The king of Pride Rock was surrounded by many enemy lionesses. "Simba…" Zira hissed, she jumped down from the rock she was sitting on. "You're mine!" Two of Zira's followers accompanied Zira until she fully approached Simba. The Outlanders noticed Zira and parted away from Simba, leaving it as a one-on-one battle.
Simba turned and made a low growl in his throat. "Zira…" he dropped into a hunters crouch. "It's time to finish this…once and for all…"
Zira also dropped into a hunters crouch. "For Scar!" she yowled. She pounced. Simba did the same.
Just as they raised their forepaws and claws shot out, two roars rang through the sky. Out of nowhere, Kovu and Kiara jumped between the two leaders. Kovu faced off his mother Zira with Kiara faced off her father.
"Kiara?" Simba asked, his voice edged with frustration.
"Kovu!" Zira spat. Kovu stared at her, his eyes narrowing at the mention of his name. "Move…" Zira growled.
Simba yanked his head to the side. "Stand aside." He commanded his daughter.
Kiara shook her head 'no' and stood her ground. "Daddy, this has to stop!"
Zira made a low growl and snarled to Kovu, "You're even weaker than I thought. Get out of the way!"
"You'll never hurt Kiara..." Kovu growled, he leaned closer so his muzzle was centimeters away from Zira's. "…or Simba. Not while I'm here." He unsheathed his claws.
Zira gasped, "This is not what I trained you for!"
"Stay out of this!" Simba snapped.
"A wise King once told me, 'we are one'. I didn't understand what he meant..." Kiara told her father, she smiled. "Now I do."
Simba looked bewildered. "B-but…they…"
"Them...us." Kiara urged Simba. She motioned her tail to the Pride Landers and Outlanders. "Look at them...they are us. What differences do you see? Aren't we all part of the Circle of Life?" she asked him.
Simba stared at his daughter then looked at the ground as he went into deep thought. His gaze went back up and went over the battlefield, the battle had stopped. The Pride Landers and Outlanders started to look at each other from head to toe and slowly smiled, realizing they are the same like Kiara said. As Simba and Kiara looked at one another, the clouds parted and the rain stopped. Finally, Simba and his daughter nuzzle, now understanding each other.
Zira's growl broke the suddenly calm atmosphere. She narrowed her eyes at her daughter, Vitani. "Vitani...now!"
Vitani took a step back and stared at her mother. Then she stared across the battlefield. She took a deep breath and said sternly, "No, Mother! Kiara's right." She walked over to Simba's side, turning around to face Zira. "Enough." Vitani growled.
Some of Zira's lionesses began to move over onto Simba's side. One of the lioness nudged Repliku, it was the lioness that got her ear cut off because of his sword, telling him she forgave him. Zira's eyes began to fill with panic as her whole pride left her. "Wh-wha...where are you going? Get back here!" she snarled.
Simba stepped forward and told Zira calmly, "Let it go, Zira. It's time to put the past behind us."
Sora nodded in agreement. "Yeah, Zira. You can't live in the past forever; let it go."
"I'll never let it go!" The tense air was cut as the creaking of logs sounded. The dam that blocked the river near the battlefield was slowly breaking. Zira let out an insane laugh, "This is for you, Scar!" She leaped towards Simba.
"No!" Katie yelled. She jumped into the air and caught Zira in her claws. She threw Zira to the ground and rolled her; the two lionesses tumbled down the embankment.
"Katie!" Repliku yelled. With the Keyblade Wielders, Simba, Kiara, and Kovu behind him, they jumped down the slope. The group of lions tried desperately to reach Katie, but she and Zira have already fallen too far for them to catch up. Katie managed to catch a hold on the ledge, slowing her descent enough for her to jump onto a small ledge. Zira clung to the rocks some distance below Katie, hanging by her front paws. Only Repliku and Simba continued down the cliff, leaving the Keyblade Wielders, Kovu, and Kiara on the ledge.
"Hold on, Katie!" Kiara and Kovu called in unison. The dam of logs broke; the river suddenly began to swell to many times its normal flow.
"Repliku! Repliku—the river!" Kairi cried.
Repliku's attention quickly went to the dam and his eyes widened. The river is rapidly rushing to fill the canyon. Returning his attention to the situation at hand, Repliku leaped from rock face to rock face, trying to reach Katie.
Below, Zira hangs precariously from the rock face. Katie was above on the ledge. "Zira! Give me your paw!" Katie reached down the dark lioness. Zira swiped at Katie, growling and making Katie draw away. Zira slipped further down the rock face; she glanced at the tumbling water and logs below.
Katie reached down again. "Zira, come on...I'll help you!" Zira continued to slide; she dug her claws into the rock face, scrabbling for traction on the rock, but is unable to climb up. Katie's eyes widened in horror when the dark lioness let go. "No! Zira!" Katei cried. Zira fell back-first into the churning water below. The water and logs carried her under, and the flow in the canyon gradually subsides. Katie looked at the river with hard eyes, looking for the dark lioness. Zira body never showed up. She turned around to see Repliku standing on the ledge above her.
"Katie…are you-?"
"No, I'm not. I couldn't…" Katie let out a long sigh and reached up to Repliku. Despite Repliku's size, he hoisted the lioness up. They climbed back up the canyon side-by-side. Kovu and Simba reached down to them and helped them up.
"Katie, that should have been me!" Kiara told her as Katie got back onto solid ground and away from the ledge. "I was going to stop Zira, but you beat me to it! Katie, I'm so sorry!"
Katie dipped her head at the princess. "It's okay. You wouldn't want to be down there anyways, it was hard on my claws."
Simba stepped forward to Katie. "Thank you for protecting me, Katie. I'm sorry that you fell into the canyon but I'm glad you're safe." He turned around to face his pride and the Outlander Pride. "Let's go home…all of us." The two prides slowly walked back to Pride Rock.
Something caught Katie's eye on the trip back. She stalked up to a small boulder that was shadowed by a tree. She jumped when a Keyhole appeared. "Hey, guys!"
"What's up?" Lea asked, stopping.
"I found a Keyhole!" Katie reported happily, Darkness' Master suddenly appeared in her mouth. Shadows swirled around its tip, making a sphere. The shadows suddenly burst and went to the ground. Around Katie's paws, the outline of the Unversed symbol appeared and got filled with shadows. The shadows of the Unversed symbol swirled around Katie and fully engulfed her. Katie opened her eyes to be surrounded what looked like to be the Lanes Between but it was black with glowing gold clouds instead of just black space. Above Katie's head, the outline of a Keyhole appeared. Katie smirked and did a backflip, sending Darkness' Master to her tail. Twirling the Keyblade until it pointed at the Keyhole, a ring of light formed near the Keyblade's tip as a sphere of shadows formed also. The ring conjoined with the sphere and shadowy light shot towards the Keyhole. The shadowy light went inside the Keyhole and the barrier broke. Katie got blinded with light and found herself back in the Pride Lands.
"What was that?" Kovu asked.
Simba made a sad smile, remembering the time when this happened with Sora on his last visit. "It means it's time for them to go."
"Go?" Kiara repeated. "Go where?"
"Er…someplace else." Riku answered.
"Don't worry; we'll you guys again someday!" Kairi chirped.
Katie nodded in agreement then she remembered something. "Oh, yeah!" With her teeth, she took off Terra's Wayfinder from her wrist and walked up to Kovu and Kiara. She placed it in front of them as she explained, "This is what I use to keep in touch with people and summon them when I need help. Would you two like to make a D-Link with me before I go?"
Kovu and Kiara looked at each other then nodded happily. "Sure!" They both placed a paw on one of the star-shaped charm's tips.
Katie put her paw on it also. She felt Kovu and Kiara's presences in the Wayfinder and put the Wayfinder back on her wrist with much difficulty. "Thanks! Oh, and by the way, I'll look different when I summon you two." She warned the two lions.
"We better get going." Sora interrupted. The Keyblade Wielders said their last goodbyes and started to glow with light. They soon found themselves in the Lanes Between in their armor and on their gliders, now human. Their trip to the Pride Lands was now over.
Dang it, The Pride Lands is now over! I gotta tell you guys, this is the world I like the most and it was absolutely fun writing it! It's too bad that it had to end...
Alright! Here is your clue for the next world!: Villain's Vale. Good luck! ^-^
Katie: Really? We're going there?
Me: YES! X3
Katie:...I'm scared.
Me: That's good! Bless your face. And if you sneezed while reading this KH fanfic then bless you.
Katie: Peace off.
Both of us: BOOP!