Kion's eyes slammed tight as the memory played out. He had fallen off the side of the cliff. Kiara as well. He remembered how his father - Simba - had tried to save them. He had lost his grip. He remembered his mother - Nala - screaming out of fear as he fell into the rushing water below.

How he pleaded to his father to save him but he couldn't because he was saving Kiara first. Kiara always came first when it came to the two of them. Simba would always pick Kiara's side when they had a fight and he never stood on Kion's side. It hurt him deeply. But in that moment when he saw Simba go for Kiara, he knew he never meant a thing to his father.

That was when he woke up to see Queen Janna and Nirmala. He was in the Night Pride. He had meet Rani and Baliyo. Everything was coming back to him and it was simply because of Ujanja's death.

He opened his eyes and padded over to the cliff and didn't see the dark gray furred lion at all. Ujanja was gone. "He lost his grip, didn't he?" he questioned Simba.

Simba nodded as he took a deep breath. "He did. He hit his head and lost focus."

Kion took a few breaths as Rani nuzzled him and he returned it without a doubt. "At least he won't bother us again. We're safe in that aspect."

Kopa and Janna ran up to their father and nuzzled. Kion purred gently as his cubs nuzzled him and returned it before his eyes landed on Talib and frowned. He didn't remember him at all. Not in his memories that were now flashing back to him.

The King of the Night Pride stood tall as he shook out his mane. "Who is he? He's like a mixture of you two."

Simba chuckled uneasily as he calmed himself down as he nodded for Talib to greet his brother. The younger lion gulped at the sight of his older brother and bit his lip. Kion stared him down before sighing as he headed towards his pride.

Nala stepped up quickly as she looked sad. "Are you going to leave again?"

Kion wanted to stay but it seemed like they had all they needed. "We have to. The Tree of Life needs us. Besides, you have all you need."

Nala broke at that. "I don't! I need you to be whole again! When you vanished that day, you took half of me away with you. I can't stand to be without you again, Kion!"

Rani nuzzled her mate as she stopped him. "Perhaps if you spent time with them, you could remember something."

"Oh, trust me, I remember enough." Kion growled, surprising them.

Kiara stepped up with a wide smile at those words and chose to ignore the growl. "You remember us? That's great!"

Kion stared his sister in the eye. "I remember Zuri, your friend, pushing off me that cliff to help you! I wonder why you were pissed that day and why you wanted me gone."

Kiara's eyes widened. "I didn't want you gone!"

"That's not what I remember." Kion stated coldly. "My memories might be fuzzy still before that moment but I remember that fight. When we were pushed off the side."

Simba moved upwards to his son. "Kion, son, understand that she - "

Kion snarled. "You're not innocent either!"

Nala was quick to nuzzle her baby boy. Her heart jumped when Kion slowly returned that nuzzle. "I have missed you so much. I should've gone down there that day with Simba to get you. I'm so sorry that I didn't."

Kion slowly began purring as warmth spread through his body and the twins smiled widely at their father before sitting beside their mother. "It doesn't matter now. But we have to get back to our land."

Talib jumped to his brother. "You can't do that! It'll hurt mom!"

Kion gave a loud roar at his brother who shrank back. "You don't speak to me like that! I don't even know you. Aside from that the fact you look like Nal... my mother, I do not know you."

Nala's heart sore when she heard Kion call her mother once again.

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Kopa watched as his father spoke harshly to what may be his second uncle before nuzzling into his mother, happy he was back with her. Janna purred loudly as Rani licked their heads before nuzzling them with love. Rani was overjoyed to have her cubs back but seeing Kion struggling to accept the fact he had a family, whom he just remembered with a single memory, hurt.

Sending a silent message to her brother, Baliyo nodded as he took Kopa and Janna into his embrace as Rani moved up to her mate to help him. Kion was struggling to accept everything that was so suddenly sprung onto him.

When he felt Rani nuzzle into his mane, Kion seemingly calm down as he smiled widely and charmingly at his mate. Rani rolled her eyes as she turned to face Kion's supposed little brother.

"I want to know who you are to my husband." Rani stated sternly.

Talib was taken aback by the tone but gulped as he slowly nodded. "I'm his little brother. Prince Talib. I was born a few months or so after his disappearance."

Kion's eyes widened. "Well, they didn't wait to replace me, didn't they?"

Nala sighed heavily as she stood in front of her youngest son. "Kion, I never wanted another cub when you seemingly disappeared." Talib winced at his mother's words. "It hurt even more to be around him when he reminded me of you so much."

"So why have him?" questioned Kion. "If you didn't want another cub, why did you have one? You should've been on the same page as Sim - father was!"

"It's my fault." Simba sighed heavily as he padded towards them, standing beside Kiara. "I pushed her. I kept asking when I knew I shouldn't."

Kion gave his father a look. "I see. Did I ever mean anything to you then? When did you first ask for a cub?"

Simba winced when he remembered. "Just a few days."

Kion frowned heavily as he sighed before looking at his mother. "When did he ask for another cub, mom? You should remember."

Nala sighed. "I believe it was two days after."

Kion snapped his eyes towards his father and his frowned deepened. "I guess I didn't mean a thing to you. As long as you had Kiara, King Simba was happy."

Simba gulped. "Kion, son, you mean everything to me! I didn't want to replace you! I thought another cub would help heal Nala!"

"I believe it didn't work as well as you thought." Kion snarled before looking at his cubs. "Kopa. Janna. Come give daddy a hug."

The twins smiled as they ran towards their father and nuzzled them. Simba watched as the twins nuzzled him. He winced. Whenever Kiara and Kion tried to nuzzle him together, he always went to Kiara. But Kion nuzzled both at the same time.