Thank you everyone for the reviews. And yes, Akan is about to get what he deserves. Enjoy this chapter.

The small pride that contains Nala and Simba's followers, sat or laid around with their heads low. They're deversated at what happened with Echo and Kopa. They were worried, it is rough for a young lion to be out there alone. Rogues, nomad prides and such. The pride's attention soon went to the side of Pride Rock to see Kopa running over. A delighted look formed on Edina's face as she ran over and embraced her son.

"Oh Kopa I was so worried! Where did you go?"

Kopa sighed deeply before looking at everyone. "I'll explain later. Right now we have to get up Pride Rock!"

Before any one could ask further a loud roar echoed through the grey land. Causing the pride to stand in a alert.

"Nala!"

The peachy cream lioness sighed before standing and heading towards the rocky slope. To have Edina block her path.

"Nal' wait!"

Nala gave the goldish lioness a resurring nuzzle before sighing. "I have to go. If I don't...it will be worst than it already is."

Edina sighed before stepping aside before watching her friend round the corner. Nala walked through a line of hyenas. Some of them snap at her heels. She only glares disdainfully at them. Once at top she was greeted by a fuming Akan.

"Yes, Akan?"

Akan sneered before he began to pace. "Where is your hunting party? They're not doing their job."

Nala took a deep breath before speaking as calmly as she could. "Akan, there is no food. The herds have moved on."

The whitish-beige lion growled. "No. You're just not looking hard enough."

Nala sighed before speaking once again. "It's over. There is nothing left. We have only one choice. We must leave Pride Rock."

The tyrant king glared at his former sister in law with snarl. "We're not going anywhere."

Nala's green eyes widen in shock and horror. "Then you have sentenced us to death."

Akan walks off a bit with a not a care in the world. "Then so be it."

Nala glared at the older lion with a disgusted glare. "You can't do that."

Akan held his head proudly as he growled. "I'm the king. I can do whatever I want."

Nala snarled at her former brother in law and friend. "If you were half the king Simba was you would nev -"

Akan snarls as he hits Nala, knocking her to the ground.

On a legal on Priderock

"I'm ten times the king Simba was!"

Kiara had been watching from behind some of the rocks on Pride Rock. She were waiting for the right moment to enter when the moment came when her uncle hit her mother. Kiara growled as she glared at her uncle before leaping out and ran to her mother. Akan, has deep his head had been toyed instantly mistaked the new lioness as his deceased brother and is completely frightened.

"Simba? No. You're dead."

Kiara ignores him and nudge the down lioness. Nala opened her eyes and like Akan mistakes her as Simba when she saw those farmilar orange eyes. "Simba?"

Kiara sighed and shook her head. "No. It's me."

Memories resurfaced as she looked into those farmilar orange eyes. "Kiara? You're alive?" the peachy cream lioness frowned with confusion. "How can that be?"

"It doesn't matter; I'm home."

Akan was just as confused as he watched the two lionesses nuzzled. "Kiara...?" then he came to realize his niece was back. "Kiara! I'm a little surprised to see you," giving the hyenas above him an angry look. "alive..."

On the word 'alive,' Janja, Banzai, and Chungu gulp audibly and slink into the shadows. Kiara glares at her uncle as she moved towards her.

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't rip you apart."

Backing into a wall, Akan looks at the golden orange lioness with fear in his eyes as he made different excuses. "Oh, Kiara, you must understand. The pressures of ruling a kingdom..."

Kiara growled lowly. "...Are no longer yours. Step down, Akan."

The whitish-beige lion nodded while waving a paw. "Oh, oh, ye - Well, I would, heh, naturally, heh - however, there is one little problem. You see them?" Kiara followed one of Akan's claws up to see the horde of hyenas on the rocks above. "They think I'M king."

Kopa appears with the rest of the pride. Kopa helps Kion and Brandt with Nala before he glares at the older lion with a growl.

"Well, we don't. Kiara is the rightful queen!"

Kiara turns from Kopa and the pride to her uncle. "The choice is yours, Akan. Either step down or fight."

Akan sighed as he walked by Akan and over to the assembled pride. "Oh, must it all end in violence? I'd hate to be responsible for the death of a family member. Wouldn't you agree, Kiara?"

Kiara growled at her uncle. "That's not gonna work, Akan. I've put it behind me."

Akan smiled before looking at the pride, mainly Nala, Kion, Brandt and Kopa. "Eh, but what about your faithful subjects? Have they put it behind them?"

Kopa looked from the tyrant to the lioness he loves. "Kiara, what is he talking about?"

Akan smiles delighted at it all. "Ahh, so you haven't told them your little secret. Well, Kiara, now's your chance to tell them. Tell them who is responsible for Simba's death!"

At Akan's last line the pride were startled before all are concentrating on Kiara.

Kiara sighed before taking a step forward. "I am."

Kopa was tooken back. He closed his eyes and memories of the jungle resurfaced. No wonder why she didn't want to return. Kopa snapped his eyes open. No! Kiara couldn't be the reason why Simba is dead! Nala approaches her daughter, slowly. She doesn't believe that her princess is responsible. Nala spoke with a grief stricken voice.

"It's not true. Tell me it's not true."

Kiara sighed regretfully. "It's true."

"You see! She admits it! Murderer!"

Lightning crashes behind Akan's head as Kopa, Kion and Brandt snarled at the whitish-beige lion.

"No. It was an accident."

Akan walks around and around Kiara as he accuses her; Kopa growled at the whitish-beige lion's every word.

"If it weren't for you, Simba would still be alive. It's your fault he's dead; do you deny it?"

Kiara looked at her mother, Kion, Brandt and Kopa before sighing heavily. "No."

Kopa zoned out as he tried to put everything together. Kiara couldn't of killed Simba. She was just a cub. The pale golden lion was knocked out of his thoughts by lightning striking below Pride Rock. Kopa's eyes widen as the lightening igniting a fire. Also to his complete horror, Kiara was dangling from the peak.

"Kiara!" was all he could manage to shout.

Kopa watched with fearful eyes as Akan and Kiara exchanged words. Kopa nor the pride could hear but they were most surprised when Kiara leapt from the peak and pinned the whitish-beige lion. Everyone gasped as Kiara growled with fury.

"Tell them the truth!"

They all held their breaths wondering what the truth was. Kopa and Brandt deep down had a bad feeling but hoped that Simba was really killed by a accident. But as they waited, the truth came out.

"I killed Simba!"

Something in Kopa's being snapped. It wasn't no accident. Kiara wasn't the blame...that bastard Akan was. It all made sense now...the hyenas, everything. The pale golden lion snarled before charging towards the horde of hyenas on Kiara. Once Kiara was freed from the fleabags he watched as the pride and...Rafiki; as well as Timon and Pumbaa fight off the hyenas. A growl made him look up to see Kiara perusing after Akan. The golden orange lioness growled and was about to give chase when she heard some one approaching from behind. Kiara looked over her shoulder with cautious orange eyes to soften when she saw it was Kopa. But that soon turned into confusion.

"Kopie...what are you doing?"

Kopa frowned before glaring at the golden orange lioness. "I'm not letting you do this alone! I can't lose you again!"

Kiara was tooken back but before she could say something on the matter, the pale golden lion already headed up the winding slope. Kiara smiled lightly before following.

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A inferno wall of flames was the only thing separating the two young lions from the murderous lion. As the golden orange lioness stood looking at the barrier as the fire danced in her orange eyes. A million thoughts swarmed her head but one constantly nagged at the front. For some reason she couldn't shake Kopa's words. 'I can't lose you, again.' She shook her head to escape but it still stayed. With a growl she leapt through the wall of flames, landing gracefully on her paws. Kopa landed gracefully besides her, whimpering caused the two to look towards the direction to see Akan near the edge with fearful eyes.

"Murderer."

Akan gulped as he watched as the two younger lions approach him. "Kiara, Kopa. Please. Please have mercy. I beg you."

Kopa snarled as he glared at the cowardly lion before him. "You don't deserve to live."

Akan realized he was in trouble and started to make up excuses. "But, boys, I am... ah...family. It's the hyenas." the whitish-beige lion smiled, regaining his composure thinking his new lie will work. "who are the real enemy. It was their fault - it was their idea!"

Kiara growled before noticing Janja, Banzai, and Chungu in the background. They must of overheard Akan's betrayal. As they backed away growling. Kiara turned her attention back to her uncle and growled.

"Why should we believe you? Everything you have told me were lies."

Akan's eyes widen as he realized he was done for. "What are you going to do? You wouldn't kill your own Uncle...?" Akan grinned remembering something he could use as his last attempt to turn things around. "But killing family members is in the family."

Kopa growled, "What are you blabbing about!"

Akan smiled lightly, "Oh that my brother killed our father."

Kiara snarled, baring her teeth. "You're a liar! I don't ever want to see you again!"

Kopa snarled, on how much he wanted to rip that bastard's throat out. But it was the queen's decision. The pale golden lion looked at Kiara as the lioness glared at the peice of crap before them.

"No, Scar. We're not like you."

Mheetu's eyes widen in shock before he realized that Simba was right. If we they killed him they won't be any better than him.

Scar sighed greatly relieved. "How can I, ah, prove myself to you? Tell me; I mean, anything."

Kopa snorted, as he thought of ways he can make it up to them. Like go jump off a cliff or go play in a stampede.

Kiara growled lowly with deep anger. "Run. Run away, Akan. And never return."

Akan's eyes widen as those familiar words rang through his head. "Yes. Of course. As you wish..." He looked down and seen a pile of hot coals. "...your Majesty!"

Akan swipes the coals into Kiara's face. With a cry of surprise and pain, Kiara paws the coals away as Akan leaps and attacks. Kopa growls before charging towards the older lion. Akan snarled before tripping the younger lion. Kopa fell to the ground as Kiara pounced on her uncle. Kiara hit Akan across the face, causing the whitish-beige lion to roar. Akan snarled before giving Kiara two hard hits. Sending his niece down on her back. Akan leapt through the blazing flames ready to kill. Kopa growled before tackling him from the side. Sending them both over the edge. Kiara rolled over and looked down below and watched her uncle tumbled down the back of Pride Rock. She moved to her orange eyes from her uncle and seen Kopa cling to Pride Rock.

"Kopa!"

The pale golden lion closed his eyes as his back paws searched for something to grab. Kopa opened his eyes and looked down to see the hyenas feasting on Akan. He looked up and closed his eyes again and grunted as his claws began to slide.

"Kopa! Give me your paw!"

Kopa managed to raised a paw, Kiara reached down and grabbed it. The pale golden lion used his back paws and climbed up. But on the last pull, it caused Kopa to fall over the edge and land into Kiara. The two rolled before Kiara landed on her back with Kopa on top. Kopa opened his eyes to blush as he realized their situation. Kiara on other hand couldn't stop looking into those endless dark green eyes. A bright red blush slowly crept up as the golden orange lioness realized she was starring.

"Um...We should head down." Kopa informed as he stepped back.

Kiara stood with a blush before heading down from the summit. Kopa chuckled before shaking his head before following Kiara down the winding slope.