Within the following days, Tani had given birth to two male cubs. One was light brown and the other were golden and had the same cheek fluffs as Zira had. Now that her fear of giving birth was over, it was replaced with the fear of raising them. She had no experience in raising cubs and her mother wasn't exactly a role model for that. She never cared about her, only Kovu. She feared that her poor skills were going to turn them into cold, insensitive predators. How was she going to be a caring mother when she didn't know how?

Fuli, on the other hand wasn't worried the slightest. She told Tani that she would do fine and told her to show interest in them, no matter how much trouble they made. Though she could clearly see she needed practice, because she shooed them away when they wanted her attention.

"They are really adorable," Fuli said adoringly, playing with one of the cubs. The cub tried to reach for her paw but was too slow to catch it. Tani gave the cub an uncertain smile. Fuli felt a little sting in her tail. She turned her head to watch the light brown cub biting in it. "And that one is surely going to be a lady killer."

Tani gave her an uncertain smile as well. "What am I going to do, Fuli?" she asked worriedly. "I'm awful at this."

"Be caring and love them."

"I meant what am I going to do when we get home?" she said. "The others are going to say, "oh, you go, girl, you can handle this on your own," well that's not the truth!"

"Tani, I know you're worried for what the future might bring but don't be," Fuli said comforting, laying a paw across hers. "You let the future worry about itself," she added. Tani looked up and her eyes widened. "What?" Fuli asked puzzled and turned around to look in the direction. She saw that the light brown cub was running away on his small paws. "Oh, I don't think so," Fuli said and ran after him. She caught him and carried him back in his back skin. She gently placed the cub in Tani's paws. "Got a name for these troublemakers yet?"

"Well I was thinking about naming one of them Nuka, after my brother," Tani said, caressing the cub.

"I think your brother would gladly approve," Fuli smiled. Tani looked away. Fuli's face got concerned. "You got to be more watchful over the cubs, Tani. I know it's not an easy thing to raise them alone, but you can always ask for help."

"Easy for you to say," Tani said annoyed. "I'm new to this."

"So was I, maybe it looked easy but, oh boy where those troublemakers made life difficult for us," Fuli told, grinning at the lioness. "You'll be fine," she added when her mood didn't seem to change. Tani got up on her paws and was about to leave. "Where are you going?"

"I'm going out to hunt, I need some space," Tani said.

Fuli looked puzzled at her. "Space? Tani, you got cubs, you don't have time for some space. Let me do it instead," she said. "Then you could spend some alone time with the cubs."

Tani gave her a judging look, weighing each side of the question. "No, I think I'll hunt," Tani said and left a puzzled cheetah behind. If Tani didn't soon took her responsibility as a mother more serious, it was likely one of the cubs wouldn't survive, if she was left in charge with them.

The next morning Fuli woke by something pushing against her belly and biting it. She opened her eyes sleepily and saw that both cubs were resting up against her. "I'm not your ma, go over to her," she sighed deeply, looking for Tani. She was on her way away from them. "Tani? Where do you think you're going?"

The lioness stopped and slowly turned to face the cheetah. "Fuli, I can't."

"What do you mean you can't?" Fuli asked irritated. "Your cubs are hungry, come over and feed them."

"I can't do this," she said, slightly panicky. I'm not going to be a good mother."

"No one is a perfect mother, Tani," Fuli said. "Come back and let me do the hunting."

The lioness sighed. "Fuli, I'm not going to be their mother anymore," she confessed. "I will only fail them," she added and began to walk. "You take good care of them."

"Tani, get back here right now!" Fuli said. "You can't abandon them!" but Tani didn't seem to stop. "I can't feed them! You get back here right now, Tani!" she bellowed. "Tani! Tani! TANI!"

000

Dawn rose upon the Pride Lands and Kiara was laying inside Pride Rock with her two newborn cubs neatly tugged into her body. She smiled adoringly at them at couldn't help but feeling prideful. Kovu had been thrilled ever since she returned with her mother, with the two newborns. It was dark brown lioness and a golden lion. The small ones moved and yawned as the sun touched their bodies. Kiara gave them a heartwarming smile and caressed their small bodies with her warm tongue. She could hear paw steps coming quickly towards her. She looked up and found Fuli, looking dirty, very exhausted but slightly harassed as well. She was carrying a lion cub in her mouth.

"Fuli, how wonderful to see you," Kiara greeted. "Is that Tani's cub?"

Fuli's eye twitched by the mentioning of the lioness. She placed the cub down beside the other twos and reached for the last one on her back and placed him beside his brother.

Thank goodness you're back, Kiara," Fuli said exhausted. "I hoped you and Nala would have returned when the cubs were born, so I didn't have to search longer for someone to feed them."

"Fuli, what are you talking about?" kiara asked puzzled. "It's not my job to feed them," she sniggered. "It's Tani's jo-"

"Don't mention that name!" Fuli hissed. "Sorry," she apologized, seeing Kiara's alarmed face. "They need to be fed. They haven't got food for a day, can you please, please do that."

"But shouldn't that be Tani's job?"

Fuli sighed deeply and looked droopily at her. "She abandoned them," she confessed. "She couldn't handle the responsibility," she added and turned around.

"Fuli? What is it you're saying?" Kiara asked alarmed. "Tani, did what?"

"She abandoned them," the cheetah said tearfully. "I tell you the details later. Right now, I need some rest."

Kiara looked puzzled at the cheetah until she was out of sight. She looked at the new arrived cubs. They were pushing their way past the two other cubs, towards her nipples to be feed. They becag sucking with force. "Wow, you two are really hungry," she teased, looking at them with an uncertain smile.

000

It wasn't long after Fuli had fallen asleep, that someone was trying to wake her. A paw pushed her head. A worried voice was speaking to her.

"Fuli, wake up," it said.

Fuli opened her sleepy eyes and stared at a worried Kovu. "Kovu? Why-"

"Where is my sister?" he asked abruptly. "She is nowhere to be found."

Fuli looked puzzled at him. "Didn't Kiara tell you?"

"She said that you had come with her cubs, so where is she," he asked harshly.

"She-she-I don't know where she went, okay, Kovu," she spat, feeling her anger swell.

"Then find her! You where the one that was going to protect her!" Kovu hissed. "And right now, you have let her down!"

"It wasn't I who failed, Kovu," she snarled. "She abandoned them! She left them on purpose!"

The lion looked alarmed at her. "If this is a joke, Fuli, it really isn't funny!" he growled.

"It's no joke, Kovu," Fuli said hurt. "She left me in charge of them."

"No, that can't be true. Tani would never do such a thing. She might be cold, but you're lying."

Fuli sighed deeply. "Since when did you know what your sister was capable of, Kovu?"

"I think I know my sister better than you do."

"Really," Fuli said disbelieving. "Kovu, you haven't taken much note of your sister lately. You have used all your time with your wife. Since when did you two have a proper conversation?"

The lion looked embarrassed but turned changed topic. "Fuli, she is confused," Kovu said. "She has to take care of two lives-"

"Like she is going to!" Fuli barked. "We won't be seeing her because she knows she is blamed, and she should be very shameful!"

"Tani will be back," Kovu assured. "She just needed some space."

"Yeah, that what was she said to me too. "I need some space," well, at least she got all the space she can get. No cubs are going to bother her anymore," Fuli mocked.

"Fuli, you can't think like this."

"Don't try and make her look innocent, Kovu!" Fuli barked. "She very well knows what she did, and if I see her, I'm going to kick her lazy ass!" Kovu looked repellent at the cheetah. "She might be your sister, Kovu, but you can't protect her from justice, she has to pay sooner or later for what she has put me and your wife through."

"You're mental, Fuli," Kovu said angrily, beginning to walk away. "Just because she made a mistake doesn't mean you have to punish her."

"She abandoned her cubs, Kovu!" Fuli yelled after him. "How would you feel if Kiara gave up on yours, too?"

"She would never," the lion said and strolled away.

"Not if she was Tani," Fuli mocked in a whisper.

000

A wet soft tongue touched the Fuli's sleeping face. It went across her nose and up her forehead. The cheetah began to move pleasantly by the strokes and purred gently. "You're not Kovu," she teased, eyes still closed. The tongue licked her face with more force now. She reached a paw up to whoever it was who was licking her and felt the familiar jaw of her husband. She stroked his who she knew so well. "Yep, definitely not Kovu's hard jaw," she teased and opened her eyes. She looked into the eyes of a golden lion with a flaming red mane. He was smiling down to her. He gave her and upside-down kiss. "Why should I be Kovu?" he asked, laying down beside her.

"Because he was here before you," Fuli sighed. "He wanted to know more about Tani."

"Yeah, where is she?" Kion asked. "I saw Kiara was giving her cubs milk."

"You heard what happened?"

"I have heard some crazy rumors about her abandoning her cubs and-"

"She did," Fuli said shortly, feeling the burning anger swell.

"What?"

"She left them," Fuli said, tearing up.

"But-but, how could she?" Kion asked puzzled, pulling his wife's head against his chest.

"Don't ask me, she just placed the cubs at me, told that I should look after them from now on and then she left," Fuli said as fast as she could.

Kion looked puzzled at the cheetah, stroking his large paw up her spine. "Are you going to look for her?"

"I'm done looking for her," Fuli said fiercely. "But if I ever see her traitorous face, I will personally throw her of the nearest cliff."

"You feel betrayed?" Kion asked confused. "But you can't possible-"

"It's just-she is forcing the responsibility down on someone else than her. She is giving your sister a burden," she said.

"I wouldn't call cubs a burden," the lion smiled, nuzzling her behind the ear.

"It's just I don't understand how she can be so selfish and only think about her own skin," Fuli sighed. "Maybe her and Ahardi were a match after all. Cheating everyone they know."

"Don't say that."

"I'm serious, Kion!" Fuli said angrily. "She is creating problems when there are none!"

"She is just confused-"

"Know you sound like Kovu," Fuli spat.

"You don't think she is up for the task being a mother?" the lion asked.

"No, she is not up for anything than looking after herself," Fuli said bitterly.

"The others need to know what happened as well," Kion said. "Besides, the cubs will be thrilled to see you're back."

"Not the happiest of homecomings," the cheetah sighed and got up on her paws. "Come on, I don't want to disappoint them, been ages since I have seen them. Have they behaved nicely?"

"Oh, you should know," the lion teased and got up as well and together the couple walked towards Pride Rock.

Fuli had barely stepped into the cave before her cubs came running out to her and ambushed her.

"Ma, you're back!" Tasha said excitedly.

"We missed you," Akisi said.

"Cubs," Fuli said and hugged them, rubbing her paw into Shida's almost gone red mane. "I have been missing you, too," she added, beaming at them all, but she noticed that one of her cubs were missing. "Wait, where is Amara?"

"She is doing some patrol stuff for me," Kion replied. "She said she would catch up with us later."

Fuli frowned at the lion, feeling he was hiding something from her.

"Where is aunt Tani?" Shida asked. "She hasn't been here yet."

Fuli sighed. "No, she has not. But I don't want you to look for her."

"Why not?"

"I'll explain later," the cheetah replied and walked into the cave to greet Nala and Simba as well.

"How have you been, honey?" Nala asked, beaming at her.

"I'm-I'm fine Nala," Fuli said embarrassed. "But I'm not sure how Kiara is going to feel about this."

"What do you mean?" Simba frowned.

"Yeah, I would like to know as well," Kiara frowned from her corner of the cave. "These two have been drinking constantly since you came with them," she added, looking on the two cubs that had fallen asleep beside the other two cubs. "It's like Tani haven't fed them at all?"

"I don't know how to start this," Fuli said, looking insecure on them. "Where is Kovu by the way?"

"He is out looking for her, because you said she didn't return with you," Simba said.

"He has heard more or less what happened. Well…as it is, Tani gave birth to two cubs. Fuli said that one of them was supposed to be named Nuka."

"Fuli, It sounds like you're telling us that she-that she-"

"No, she didn't die in labour," Fuli sighed. "She did something worse. She abandoned them!"

There was pause before Fuli continued and the others to digest her information.

"I woke up yesterday and found that she had placed the cubs beside me," Fuli said. "She was on her way, but I asked what she was doing. She told me she couldn't handle it."

Tasha looked alarmed. She knew what it felt like being dumped by someone who was supposed to take care of you.

"She said that I should take care of them now," Fuli said, shaking with anger. "I would have loved to run after her and telling her what a big coward she was, but I stayed. I couldn't leave them."

An uncomfortable silence spread inside the cave.

"How could she?" Nala whispered.

"I don't know," Fuli said, tears appearing in her eyes. "But someone has to take care of them now."

"I'll do it," said Kiara. Everyone looked amazed at her. "Look, I'm the only one that can feed them."

"But what about the ceremony?" Simba asked.

"Makini don't know how many cubs I have given birth to, so we could just tell her they are mine as well."

"She is right," Fuli sighed. "If I became their mother as well, it will only confuse them and if Tani decides to show her filthy-"

"Fuli," Kion said warningly.

"Sorry, if she decides to show up, it will be more problematic," Fuli sighed. "I need some air," she added, walking outside and gazing at the darkening sky. Not long after Kion joined her.

"Babe?" he asked. "Are you feeling all right?"

Fuli sighed very deeply and looked into the lion's amber eyes. "To be honest, I'm feeling terrible. I believed so much in Tani that she could be a mother, but I was wrong."

The lion pulled her in for a comforting hug. "You couldn't have foreseen what would happen, fool. You did the right thing."

"I'm not sure what the right thing is anymore," she sobbed.

"Your heart does," the lion said, touching her on the chest with his paw. "It's been a long day. Come inside and rest yourself."

Fuli followed the lion inside and went over to Kiara. "So, are you ready for this?" she asked the lioness."

"Fuli, I gave birth to two cubs, surely two more can't change much," she said, looking at her cubs.

"Do they got any names?"

Kiara gave Fuli a teasing smile. "No, we haven't though on anything."

"I imagine Kovu is just as stubborn as your brother," Fuli teased.

"Hey, I heard that," the lion said.

"Course you did, fierce boy," Fuli teased, walking over to him and kissing him on his lips.

"Mom!" it sounded exited from the cave. Fuli turned to look and found Amara waiting at the caves exit.

"Amara," Fuli said relived, running over to her daughter and hugging her tightly. "I been missing you, my girl," she added, realizing the lioness. "Have dad been harsh to you?"

"No, not really," Amara said, casually scratching her paw against her left front leg. Fuli didn't noticed that she was cowering a mark.

"Have you had fun?"

"It has been deadly boring without you," Amara replied.

"Well, at least you have been safe. Come on, let us get some sleep," Fuli said, walking back to Kion and laying down beside him, pushing her head deeply into his mane. "oh, where I have missed this," she whispered, purring gently and nuzzling further into the lion's fur.

"Good night, fool," the lion said sleepily and closed his eyes.

000

"Come on, Amara, before mom sees you."

Fuli woke up by the noise. She could hear it was voices from her cubs. She opened her eyes and noticed her cubs were early up and, on their way, out. Then Fuli noticed something that had never been on her daughter's front leg. "Amara? What is that?"

The cubs froze. Amara quickly cowered her front leg with her paw. "Oh, it's nothing."

"No, it's not," Fuli said sharply, getting up from the ground. She walked over and removed her daughter's paw. It revealed the mark of The Lion Guard. Fuli looked shocked at it for some time, before turning her attention towards Amara. "When did this appear?"

"Mom, it's not something you can change. I and dad have known it-"

"Your father!" Fuli bellowed. "Since when did you two thought about telling it to me!"

"Mom, we knew you would react like this," Amara said. Her siblings had already left the cave, not wanting to listen to their argument.

"Oh, yeah, I show you how mad I can get," she said, turning around and slapping the lion hard on his snout.

"Ouch! What did you do that for?" he asked confused, looking at the madden cheetah.

"You two have been keeping secrets from me!" she said, leaning down and biting the lion's ear.

"Ouch, fool, it hurts," he said, while being dragged outside of the cave by her. She signaled with her eyes that Amara should follow too. "Do you want to tell me why I got such a wake-up call?" the lion asked annoyed after the cheetah had released his ear.

"Your daughter has the mark!" she bellowed. Kion looked confused at her. "The Lion Guard mark!"

"Fool, you wouldn't like the thought of it, so that's why I gave her the mark when you were out with Tani-"

"YOU GAVE IT TO HER!" Fuli yelled. "SHE IS JUST A CUB. SHE HAVEN'T EVEN SHOWED THAT SHE GOT THE ROAR!"

"Actually, she has," Kion confessed. "We have been training whenever you were out hunting. Then we were sure you wouldn't get suspicious."

"Suspicious?" she said angrily. "I'm furious!"

"Mom, it's my own decision," Amara said, stepping forth. "I chose this path."

"No, you did not!" Fuli hissed. "You're doing it just because it was forced on your shoulders. This is what I feared would happen if we got cubs."

"Fuli, this is her choice, you can't change it," Kion said.

"Just watch me, Kiongozi," Fuli hissed.

"MOM!" Amara bellowed, getting her parents attention. "I'm not a cub anymore! I got a life on my own and I don't want you to tell me otherwise! Now if you will excuse me, I got some patrolling to do," she added and walked swiftly past her parents.

"Well… No wonder where she got her temper from, Fuli," the lion said rather amused.

"Don't you Fuli me," Fuli spat. "I'm not done with you, Kiongozi," she added, walking away. She walked toward her territory where she knew she was safe from unwanted visitors. She curled herself together to make herself comfortable. She rested her head in the dirt and thought if she would ever get a peaceful life without trouble.

"Hey, honey," a voice called.

Fuli looked up to see her mother gazing down on her. "Oh, hi, mom," she said with little enthusiasm.

"Is there something wrong?" Matea frowned.

"No, everything is absolutely fine," Fuli said sarcastically. "I have just seen Tani ditching her cubs and returned to find out that my daughter and husband has been keeping secrets from me."

"Tani? But she is your friend?"

"Was," Fuli spat.

"So, she found a mate? Did you ever figure out who it was your husband were out with?" Matea asked.

"No, he didn't mate behind my back," Fuli confessed, looking guiltily at her mother. "He just wanted to give me a romantic night to celebrate our anniversary."

"And?"

"And to talk about future cubs," Fuli sighed.

"So, are you planning to try again next season?" Matea asked giddily.

"No," Fuli sighed. "I'm still scared."

Matea looked comfortingly at her daughter. "And what secret was it your husband and daughter had been keeping from you."

Fuli sighed very deeply. "Amara is going to be the new leader. Kion gave her the mark after I ventured out with Tani."

"You must be proud."

"How can I? This is a task that was forced down on her!" Fuli hissed. "This was not something she signed up for."

"That's what happens when you mate with the leader," Matea said teasingly.

"It's not funny, mom. I want her to be free and pick her own path," Fuli said annoyed.

"And what if this is her path?" Matea asked. "What if she wants to be leader?"

"She can't possibly wish for such a challenging job," Fuli said tearfully.

"You don't think she is up for it?" Matea asked.

"I don't know," Fuli confessed. "I just think she is too young to step in her father's footsteps."

Matea frowned. "You were just a cub when your husband signed you in."

"That was something different."

"Was it really?"

"She is still too young to take over Kion's task," Fuli said. "I know she has already been patrolling with The Guard."

"Is this just not because you don't want her to give you orders?" Matea asked. "Or is it because you fear she will retire you?"

Fuli looked droopily at her mother. "Both," she confessed. "They just grow up so fast that I can't follow up. All of a sudden, Amara is going to be the new leader and has to pick her team and I-I will be kicked out."

"No, you're not," Matea said, caressing her daughter's back.

"I fear that this will split the family apart."

"How so?"

"Because I'm sure Shida and Tasha will fight for the job as The fastest."

"And what about Akisi? Does he have any interest following in his parents' footsteps?"

"I don't know," Fuli said droopily, looking into her mother's eyes.

"You need to drop the thought about being in control, because you can't always be, honey," Matea said wisely.

"I just don't see how this can turn out happily," Fuli sobbed. "I'm afraid her gift will tear the family apart."

"Fuli, I promise it will not. You have trained your cubs in behavior and hunting. They will not turn on each other," Matea said.

Fuli dried her eyes. "I need to apologize to her."

"And tell her how proud you are of her, something I didn't do too often with my daughter, when she deserved it," Matea said, caressing her daughter's cheek. Fuli looked with big eyes at her. "Now you go, girl, tell her."

000

Fuli met up with her friends at the watering hole, because she knew they liked to relax there after their patrol. She had hoped her daughter would had followed them, but when she arrived, she saw it was only the boys. Ono the egret was flying high, missing water from Bunga and Beshte was creating a large wave that splashed over the honey badger, when he landed in the water. Fuli rolled her eyes in annoyance that they stilled behaved like children.

"Aren't you three a little too old to play?" she questioned while approaching them. She jumped up on the rock she usually laid on.

"Fuli, you're back!" Bunga said exited, soaked by Beshte.

"It's good to have you back," Ono said, still flying high.

"So how is Tani managing being a mother?" Beshte asked.

"Well, she did fine," Fuli lied. "Hey, I know it's great to see you all, but where is Amara? I need to speak to her."

"Oh, she went on hunting when she was done bossing around with us," Bunga teased. "She is a natural. Doing really good. Tt's funny to see who commands around with Kion the most, you or your daughter?"

"You must be proud of her," Ono said, smiling down on her.

"As proud as a mother can be," she said with no trace of sarcasm. "Well, I better find her," she added and began to walk away. "It was great seeing you all."

The three boys looked confused at their friends for spending so little time with them after she haven't seen them for two weeks.

Fuli arrived back at Pride Rock while the sun was slowly sinking down into the horizon. She could see that the lion was waiting for her. He looked troubled.

"Fuli-I," he said, but was snapped of by his wife's angry look on him. "Come on, fool. You can't still be mad?"

"I'm furious, Kion!" she yelled. "You go wait for me inside till Amara gets home!"

"For Christ sake, Fuli. Do we really have to pick up on this again?" the lion sighed. "Look, what done is done, and you-"

"Didn't you heard what I say?" Fuli bellowed. "Go inside and wait!"

"Fine, missy," the lion said, rolling his eyes as he walked into the cave.

Fuli felt a little guilty getting mad on Kion. Honestly, she had forgiven them both. She was the one that was wrong and not them. She waited patiently until the familiar golden lioness came in sight. She was dragging the rest of what looked like an elander. She slowed down when she caught sight of her mother.

"Oh boy, here we go again," she said through her gritted teeth.

"So, having a bisy time, keeping hold on The Guard?" her mother mocked.

Amara threw the carcass on the ground. "Look, ma, like it or not, someday I will have to take over fathers work and boss around with you," she said with a trace of anger.

"And I will patiently await with excitement for that day to come," Fuli said motherly.

Amara frowned at her. "Why aren't you mad?" she asked suspiciously.

"Look, Amara, I'm terribly sorry that I doubted you, that I didn't trust you could handle it."

"You better be," she shrieked. "I have been living with this fear for months, because I knew one day you would notice and not be supportive!"

"Amara, I know it was wrong of me, but to tell you the truth, I'm scared," the cheetah confessed. "I'm scared of being scraped."

Amara looked stunned at her mother for a few seconds. "I know it's dads work you will be taking over, but a day will come when you have to put me of the team."

"Mom, you're still going strong," Amara said sympathetic, forgetting her anger towards her. "I'm not going to set you of the team any time soon, but I feel like I have a purpose, that I'm not just a lioness destined to find a mate and give you grand cubs."

Fuli looked surprised at her daughter. "You sound exactly like me," she confessed. "If I didn't have The Guard, I would feel empty, without a purpose."

Amara caressed her mother's cheek and Fuli pulled away, feeling embarrassed that her cub had to comfort her. "Have you told dad?"

"No, I'm still mad on him," Fuli said, blushing slightly. "Okay, I have to give him an apology, too," she added by the disapproving look of her daughter.

"Then come on, I'm sure he feels guilty too," Amara said, walking inside the cave, spotting her dad talking to his sister. "Dad? Ma wants a word with you."

The lion turned and looked grumpily back at her. "Well tell her I won't see her before her own enormous ego has realized what a huge-"

He suddenly went silent when he saw his wife enter with a guilty look on her face. She looked down into the ground. The lion gulped and approached her carefully. There was an awkward moment before one of them said anything.

"so-" Kion began but didn't know where to start. Fuli still looked away.

"Come on, parents," Amara said annoyed. "You have to look that grumpy until "you feel the love tonight"?"

Fuli went slightly pink, so did the lion. Then Fuli turned her gaze and faced the lion. "Kion, I'm really sorry that I-" but the lion simply held a paw to her mouth and moved it away to kiss her instead. The cheetah reached her paw up to nuzzle the lion's cheek on the same time.

"Okay, and that is one way of doing it," Amara said, feeling a little embarrassed, watching her parents have a moment for themselves.

Finally, the lion broke the kiss and blushed slightly, while Fuli were all red. "So, I should be getting you something to eat," the lion said, licking her on the forehead.

"No, Kion, I can do that on my own," Fuli said, holding a paw on the lion.

"Fuli, you need rest form yesterday, you're still exhausted," the lion said. "Go and rest," he added, kissing her on the forehead.

Fuli sighed and let the lion go on hunting while she walked over to Kiara that laid with her cuds.

"So how are you taking it all with four to take care of?" she asked.

"I'll managed," she said exhausted.

"No sign of Kovu?"

"He is still looking for Tani," Kiara replied.

"If you need help, I'll be-"

"Fuli, I'll managed, don't worry about me," Kiara said. "I have been dreaming about this, too," she added, smiling at her cubs. Fuli frowned, not remembering telling anything about wishing for cubs with her brother. "Got a name?"

"Pardon?"

"For the cub," Kiara said. "I want you to name the second one."

"Oh," Fuli said, taken aback. "Eh, how about…" she looked down on the cub to gather more time. "Haini?"

"FULI!"

"Sorry, it was a joke," she hastily said. "How about Zawadi?"

"Zawadi it is," Kiara said and stroke a paw across the golden lion. "How are you liking the sound of that?" she teased the cub with a paw above his nose. The cub sneezed. "I think he agrees."