T.T. Coleman: Yeah, this is Kion's last chance though. If he can't be redeem in this chapter, he is irredeemable.
Guest: Yeah. And I didn't even know that. I just added it in because they may need some advice. And their love ones would know what to say due to experience. Now, Kiara, Tiifu, and Zuri is the last hope for Kion.
The Pride Landers have woken soon. They were ready for a very long fight that awaited them today. They knew that it would be very hard and losses would be on both sides, but each of them had to be ready.
The King stood up and outstretched his bones; he knew there's an possible chance to where none of them come back and Outlanders would rule the Pride Lands and his tainted son would be King.
However, none of them would go down without a fight. The Outlanders want a fight and they shall get one and they shall see the Pride Lands strength to his fullest. When they mess with the Pride Lands, they mess with the Pride Landers. Hyenas gather around.
Stepping out to the Pride Rock's edge, he smiled as the animals gather around. Not showing signs of fear, Simba knew he had to stand strong and he did.
"Today, will we go into battle to stop this injustice! Scar have done much to us throughout the years; killed my father and the former King of the Pride Lands, chased me and my mate's off, kill many innocents and tore families apart. Many that didn't deserve it have fallen under Scar's wrath! We have all been puppets, we been holding back far too much! Scar have my cub, Prince Kion, and turned him against us! Well, Scar would learn he should have never attacked us! We shall end him for once and for all and bring peace to the Pride Lands!"
Animals cheered. "For the Pride Lands. For the Pride Lands!!!" Simba and Nala smiled softly at that, they may be a big battle but each Pride Landers is ready
"Now allow my daughter's Guard to get my daughter and we shall commence with the onslaught." Simba declared. "Get yourselves ready for battle."
The golden King then turned and only met his eldest son's eyes. "Kopa, I know I'm probably won't be able to convince you. But you're still weak. Scar would likely target you, and I can't lose you. I have lost much, I can't lose you!"
By now, Simba was allowing the tears to fall from his eyes. Kopa saw his father's sadness and worries and offered an kind smile. After all, this may be the last time they ever be in conversation should one of them go down in battle.
"Don't worry, dad. I'm responsible for this upcoming war and it's time for me to redeem myself. Kiara believes in Kion and I believe once she comes out, she would most likely..."
Before the Prince could have finished that sentence, a feminine voice called. "Your majesty!" the voice had so much desperation and worried.
Frowning, Simba turned to see Amani barging up with an very worried Kovu not far behind. The brown-coated lioness were about to rammed into the golden King but yet she managed to stop herself. "Your majesty." she breathed. "We search the lair..." she couldn't finished that.
"Kiara, Tiifu, and Zuri weren't there!" Kovu finished abruptly.
"What?!" Simba, Nala, Kopa, Tama, Kula, Tanu, all cried out. They couldn't believe it! Three lionesses have gone missing! Is it possible Scar have taken them prisoner, but then again someone would have likely saw them.
A lightbulb popped into Simba. The three lionesses weren't captured. They're going atter Kion! For these last few weeks, Kiara was so persistent of saving Kion but now that feeling most of overcome her and she went after Kion. And Tiifu and Zuri may have saw her and followed her.
Abruptly, Simba ran to the edge, he roared so loudly alerting all of the Pride Landers to returned immediately and that time for training is up. "We must assume the attack now! Three young lionesses, my daughter, and her friends Tiifu and Zuri is going into the Outlands! We must stop Scar before he hurts them! Let's go!"
And with that each of the Pride Landers ran downwind; lionesses, hyenas, and etc, all of the Pride Landers attacking the Outlands and would tried to fight for what's right so future generations can live on and don't die.
Currently, an golden lion were laying down, it look like the loner was sleeping but infact he was mediating and thinking to his own. The Pride Landers are attacking today and are now he must be ready. For these last days Krayt have been feeling conflicted and been thinking thoughts over and over again.
He was laying like that, until the leopard leader, Kisasi, interrupted him. "Krayt, I have something to bring to your attention." He had better have an good excuse for this unless he wants to die.
"What is it?" Krayt asked trying to use the abrupt tone he had used many times before beside with a few exceptions which is rarely.
The leapord answered with bits of nervousness and fear but yet kept his high pose. "Three Pride Landers lionesses surrender themselves to us. One were quite persisted to see you, Prince."
"What are they names?" Krayt demanded, raising an eyebrow. He wondered what type of foolish Pride Lander would be foolish to turn themselves in unless...
"One is the Princess name Kiara, and the others must be her friends, they claimed to be name Tiifu and Zuri." Kisasi answered.
"Escort them to the entrance of the Outlands." Krayt commands, his eyes gleaming orange-brown. He didn't knew why but whenever Kiara's mentionn it seems like he is just weak and valuable. Forcing his eyes amber Krayt turned and gave a strong stare. "I would take it from there. Report to father."
"Yes, your majesty." the leopard said, nodding before turning around and heading out.
Krayt allow his strong appearance to fall and rolled his eyes with annoyance. Placing his paw on his head, he whispered. "Kiara, you fool."
Kiara, Tiifu, and Zuri had surrender themselves to leopards and vultures who had happen to be patrolling the Outlands, since they must clearly know the Pride Lands plot.
Kiara frowned at that. Part of her were eager to see him again. He must have changed since the last time she had met him and now they're about to be reunited, though this time nothing would stand in the Princess's way.
Finally, reaching a certain area they all came to a stop abruptly. Tiifu and Zuri gave Kiara confused looks, to which she just returned. Suddenly, the leopards and vultures came to a stop and bowed, as a golden lion walked down to them - not in a threatening pose just yet.
The golden lion came to an stop infront of them and Kiara and Krayt locked eyes for a few seconds. Mzingo spoke up first. "I believe these three are decoys, your majesty. The Pride Landers are planning to attack today and clearly wants us to be confused so they can attack with correct and precise coordinate."
"Good work, Mzingo. Get the other animals. Bring them to the entrance of the Pride Lands, so the Pride Landers don't attack father. I would tend to these lioness." the golden lion demands.
"Very well, let's gather the committee." Mzingo ordered his vultures and they flew off.
Krayt rolled his eyes. He never liked the vulture's use of strong words and commanding to use voting as an strategy instead of thinking strongly but he couldn't think of that right now.
"Greetings, sister." Krayt states. "Follow me." To his shock and surprise, the three kept in road from behind but were still on either side of him - Kiara was at his shoulder while Tiifu and Zuri were at his rear. "Scar is no doubt awaiting you three since he is no doubt altered."
"I know, brother." Kiara said simply and casually. She didn't bended her head down low, she instead kept it high and promising. One can see how imitating she was in that position.
"So it's seems you three have grown promising." Krayt actually praised, examining them over slowly. They had clean colored fur and were different compare to himself. Atlast, he got an closer up to their muscles which had developed much more, even though he had his muscles as well and stood over his sister slightly.
Kiara took in her little brother's appearance and noted, much to her shock, that he was an pretty handsome lion in living into these habits. It's quite clear Kion is handsome and got those looks like by his father.. his real father!
At the first sight of them though they hate to admit it, Tiifu and Zuri found themselves glancing at him and blushing every time. They had reminded themselves that he was a murderer and that he is not mate required or needed. This mission is far more important and must be accomplished one way or the other.
"Just like you." Kiara states.
"If only you three can accept the truth, this can all be easily handled." Krayt frowned.
"We do accept the truth," Tiifu chimed in.
"We accept the truth you were once Prince Kion, my brother and their friend." Kiara pressed hoping to get him out of this Krayt's deep hole he have fallen into and wake up Prince Kion completely.
Krayt's eyes seem to soften. "That-that name no longer have any true meaning for me." he jabbed Kiara in the stomach though lightly then it could have been.
"It's the name of your true self you only forgotten." Zuri added.
"There is still good in you. Scar couldn't driven it from you completely." Tiifu says.
"That is why you didn't destroy us before when you had the perfect chance and opportunity and that's why you still can't now, that is also why you won't bring us to Scar now." Kiara said, turning and staring to the volcano in the distance and frowning.
"I'm afraid you're wrong, sister." Krayt whispered though it was loud. In his damaged soul, he knew the three were right but didn't admit it and kept true to his loyalty that he have for two years.
"Come with us," Kiara pleaded for him. She wanted to save her little brother, but how can she? "We can help you redeem yourself."
"There is no other choice, Kiara." Krayt claimed.
"Please, Kion, come with us." the dark golden Princess were begging for him to come back to their side.
"Nuka once thought as you three do, you don't know the strength of the dark path. I must obey my father." Krayt said almost painfully like he wanted to.
"We will not turn and you would be force to kill us." Zuri sighed.
"If that is your fates..." Krayt simply said.
"Search your feelings, brother, you can't do this, we can see the conflict within you! Let go of your hate!" she cried having remember painful yet cheerful cubhood's memories. She wanted her little brother, Kion, back and she can see a little bit of him.
"It is too late for me, sister." Motioning for remaining jackals that stayed behind, Krayt again stared at the three. He knew Scar wanted to recruit them since they have experienced and know how to feat well in battle and can aid him in his future plans. "My father would show you three the true strength of the dark path. He is your father and Master now."
Kiara shakes her head and allow a sigh in. She have lost faith in him slightly. Maybe her father was right and they're now walking into their deaths. "Then my brother is truly dead."
Krayt's heart was stabbed by that pain. Jackals walked up and escorted the three to the volcano. When they were away Krayt collapsed against the ground and whimpered. Kiara's words have deeply affected him. It seems like a cord was awaken inside of him.
The Pride Landers have ran all the way into the Outlands and ambushed the Outlanders at the borders. It was a brutal battle; many went down on both sides, much bloodshed were shared.
Any animal that even made one falter would be kill without a second thought. Lionesses were attacking lionesses, hyenas were fighting jackals, crocodiles fighting crocodiles, elephants fighting leopards.
Simba decided to scanned the area in the whole battle. He wanted to find Kiara, Tiifu, and Zuri. They can't be dead yet! Just then, the golden lion were knocked to his back by a brown blurred.
For a minute Simba had thought it was Scar but yet this lion were different from Scar, though he did look alot like him. "Who are you?!" Simba demanded.
"My name is Nunka and after I kill you, Scar will grant me acess to the throne." the brown-coated lion cackled, before jumping forward and advancing on the golden King who parried this attack this time.
Nala ran up to aid her mate, when she saw Zira creeping up in the moment of distraction. Without hesitation, she jumpes and advanced on Zira who were caught offguard and fallen on her back. The two lionesses were bitting, hiting, ramming into each other.
Tanu killed three jackals before turning to Amani, Tama, and Kula. "Come on, let's-" before the golden tanish lioness could have finished that sentence, a leopard - Kisasi - to be exact jumped on her back and bitten into her neck, she wasn't and fallen to the ground.
"Mom!" Amani cried. The leopard raised his claw to end her life, but the brown-coated lioness jumped on him and knocked him. Not even allowing him to have time to react, Amani begin to hack away at him with her claws.
The leopard were soon frozen, as Amani got off of him and ran up to her mother, who were against Tama and Kula. "Mom." she whispered. "Mom."
"Amani." she muttered out, before closing her eyes. Amani checked for her pulse and heard it was fading away.
"Mom! Stay with me!" Amani did her best to urged her to stay alive, shaking her mother's body. "We would get you help!"
The brown-coated lioness allow tears to fall as the old friends of her mother, Tama and Kula comforts her by nuzzling against her. Poor thing lost both her mother, father, and lions who have been very close to her. She didn't deserve this, but she would remain a good lion and not follow an horrible fate.
Kopa growled and attacked three leopards and had an struggle for an bit when six other leopards attack, but yet the golden lion did his best when three lionesses jumped and aided him, one was his peach-colored friend since cubhood, Vitani.
"Vitani! I need your help to get to the volcano!" Kopa practically begged.
Even though she had a bad feeling about this, the peach lioness nodded and called for five lionesses, and together they took on each of the obstacles standing in their pathway.
Simba and Nala saw what their son were about to do and attempted to find their own way to the volcano, praying to the greats King that when they arrive, it won't be too late and their daughter and her two friends since cubhood won't be dead. But however they must focus onto their battles.
Krayt leaded Kiara, Tiifu, and Zuri to the volcano; nothing was said, nothing needed to be said, their eyes tell it all. Besides there occasional stares at each other, no one had said anything.
In his heart Krayt had fear his 'father' meeting his sister, fear of Scar hurting her, he even feared his sister joining them because part of him didn't want her to follow the same pain he have.
Finally, making it to the volcano, they saw a brown-coated lion at the promontory of the ledge, leading up to the lava that awaits them inside. "Greetings, Princess Kiara, I have been expecting you. And who's this? This must be Tiifu and Zuri." he got ever closer to them with an chilling burning his eyes, making them turned away.
Kiara knew she can easily unleashed the roar but then again by using the roar and striking Scar down may not aid her into saving Kion. "Why did you do this all, your royal highness?" Tiifu blurted out, narrowing her eyes at a brown-coated lion. "Why would you take an innocent little cub away from their family?"
"Because I want the throne. For far too long have I waited in the shadows and now I'm going to take what is mine from the beginning." the brown-coated lion cackled.
"You're wrong, someone will stop you." Zuri states.
"Perhaps you are referring to the ridiculous and pathetic Pride Landers." the brown-coated lion 'guessed' correctly.
"Not even them may be abpe to stop you but someone will." Kiara shot an side-way glance towards Krayt, who stood motionless.
The brown-coated lion let out an eery cackled. "By now, Princess Kiara, you should know that your brother can never be turn from the Dark Path and would aid into my rise to power, same will be with you."
"You're gravely mistaken," Kiara said, her eyes glaring firely at the brown-coated lion, trying her best to remember her conversation with Mufasa. Maybe, Kion can't be save and she may have to strike him down.
"We will not be corrupted as Kion was," Zuri added. To that, Krayt slightly wrinced but manage to recover his bearings before Scar seen it. However, he have a feeling the three saw it by the small frowns of concern on their faces.
"Your army won't be able to win," Scar states victorious. "Me and Krayt will rule the entire Pride Lands and I would again be King with Krayt as my heir." Scar turned back to the volcano and begin walking to it.
"Your overconfidence is your weakness." Kiara says, her words starting to falter. She hope to be stronger then Scar's influence but it was hard. Scar was a Master of Manipulation and can send doubt into you with just by his voice.
"Your faith in your friends and Prince Kion is yours." Scar retaliated, smirking darly at the dark golden Princess.
The three girls eyes seem to fall pale and the emotion seem to be cleanse from their face. Krayt noticed this, "It is useless to resist, my sister." he remarked with a pleading tone in his voice.
"You think you can stop them from being destroyed. You three should know your compainions are walking into an trap." the brown-coated lion states, his eyes having a sick gleam to it. "Oh, I'm afraid the entrance to the Outlands will be quite operational when your friends and family arrived." he said with mock sympathy. "You should know with one Roar, Krayt can destroyed them. The power, the influence. You can save them if you accept your feelings. Come, little girls, witness the volcano power for itself."
Krayt moved away from them and fitted himself beside Scar, trying to stand tall. To be honest, the three preferred Krayt to be beside them because Scar is just sick, where Krayt is another poor victim to his might.
The three frowned before heading up without an thought. Kiara felt the darkness calling out for her, and with all the strongness she had she still wasn't enough to resist it. Gritting her teeth, Kiara shook her head and frowned. She have been strongwill in her beliefs and never seem to be so valuable to such "great" power.
"Do you feel it?" Scar relinquished, his eyes gleaming high. "Do you three beg for it to call out to you?" The brown-coated lion can see the clear fear and anger in their eyes starting to build up.
"No!" Kiara whisperes, feeling the power as she stared up to Krayt who had an plastic and emotionless and forced deadly face.
"Kiara!" Tiifu and Zuri both cried at the same time, feeling pain in their heads. The darkness just rising so big and taking influence.
"Stop it with your games, Scar!" Kiara hissed, baring her teeth at him.
"Without the dark path the Pride Landers will die, as will your friends and family!" the brown-coated lion cackled madly.
Kiara's eyes stared at Krayt who still had this deadly face, clearly wondering about something. Now, Kiara can kind of understand how Scar corrupted her little brother. But is saving him worth the lives of their love-ones?
She then slightly unsheathed her claws, as did Tiifu and Zuri. She would stop Scar for what he had done to her real family and her friends.
"That's it! I am defenceless! Unsheathed your claws! Strike me down with all of your hatred and your turns to the Dark Path shall be complete!" Scar urged.
'You should know if they kill him, they will turn to the Dark Path."
The same voice who claimed to be his grandfather echoes into Krayt's head. "That's what I want." he whispered so low none heard him, however he was unsure of what he said.
Kiara, Tiifu, and Zuri all look out at the flames that begin burping, and then Scar's eyes lightning up. They realized this was Scar's plan the whole time! Not willing to be corrupted and this evil lion's servants, without hesitation they unsheathed their claws and were about to slashed at Scar.
'Stop them! Don't allow them to turn!'
At the same time for some weird reason, Krayt reacted fastly and unsheathed his claws to block the attack. The three females turned on Krayt and with that they begin fighting away at each other, like before. Three against one. The difference is Scar's dark and evil cackle behind.
Simba were fighting Nunka off with strong and powerful strikes. Despite having more experience and more muscles, the brown-coated lion is stronger then he looks.
Nala were having more of an struggle with Zira; the tan lioness with the stripe on her head have powerful strikes at Nala, but the creamy Queen were not going down without an fight.
Neither of the opponents yet to back down.
Kiara blocked another strike from Krayt as he send an strong strike towards her which she managed to countered and Tiifu punched him in the stomach and Zuri bitten on his leg. Kiara kicked him in the stomach and knock him to his back. Krayt recovered strike upward to their faces, knocking them back. Krayt stopped fighting and all just seem silent.
"Join us," Krayt growled.
"We won't betray our familes; you of all should know that, Kion." Zuri said. The two others beside her nodded in agreement.
"I come for you to bring an alliance, hope, and a chance for you three to live as you continue to spit in my face." Krayt said with an seemingly regretful sigh. "I thought we can be allies and friends and family again. But I see now I was wrong. Your fates is for you to die at my paws and now you shall. I have wasted half of the Pride Lands. You three won't stop me."
Krayt send another blow towards them, knocking them back before sending more harsh strikes. Kiara punched him in the chest and then kicked him back. Still in a battle position, the three stared at him. "You three claim to be Pride Landers, but yet you use the same battle aggression I have seen throughout the years. The three send another blow to his cheeks as he strike at them. "What mighty Outlanders you three would have made."
Enraged at the thought, Kiara punched him in the stomach; Tiifu slashed against his chest harshly making him slightly wrince, and Zuri hack away at his face but didn't manage to make enough damage to win however it did hurt him and he does have a few marks on his head.
Kiara struck upward, making him believe she was going to send an strike up there, but instead she kicked him in the chest and kicked him down the caldera ledge, forcing him down on his back and providing her and her friends an high ground with the blow. Stunned more then hurt, Krayt staggered up to his paws and pushed himself up. Scar cackled. "Yes! Embrace your feelings, girls! Allow the hatred to flow through you!"
Kiara retracted her claws, along with Tiifu and Zuri. They were Pride Landers and weren't going to fall to Scar's influence. "Simba have taught you three well." Krayt says with some surprise in his voice, beginning to walk up to the girls. He'd wished they would join him. With them joining him, he can easily overthrown Scar despite his newfound strength and he and Kiara can rule the Pride Lands as brother and sister. "You should know that your hatred give you three strength."
Last time, they barely managed to fight him and now look at them, putting up an full fight against him yet they refused to kill him, when he is defenseless. They're using everything that he resented and thought was weak against him. "We will not fight you, Kion." Tiifu states softly.
Krayt begin walking up to the three. All were heard is his endless breathing. As he finally reached them, his claws outstretched and his teeth in an position to kill. "You three are unwise to lowered your defensives!" Krayt hissed, attacking again which forced the girls to countered his strikes.
Krayt send more harsh and hard attacks to the dark golden princess and her friends and Guard. The three seem to staggered and stumbled but they've managed to fend him off. By the looks on their faces, Krayt can tell the three were having an hard time of fighting him.
Krayt was the most strongest opponent they had ever met, but years of training aided them in a great many ways. For a long time, they have practice and study for this battle 'cause they knew it was bound to happen. If they hadn't did that, they were sure they would have already fallen to Krayt's claws.
Slashing away at his nose, Kiara managed to crash her claws near his eyes, where his scar rested and had stunned him. Tiifu slashed upward to his upperface and knocked him slightly back, with Zuri kicking against his stomach.
Trying to mobilize on his stunned state the three flipped around and try to get each part of his body, but he simply barely parried, move out of the way, or counter it. They blocked his more ramping and wild attacks, before backing up and instantly jumped on the ledge, leading to the top.
"Your thoughts betray you, brother." Kiara said smugly. "The good in you is a spark within you, there is conflict. All you need is someone to help you. We can help you."
By being froze for a minute, it seems like he consider it. But he remembered there could be no chance to redemption after all he have done. "There is no conflict." Krayt says menacingly, walking up to them and bunching his muscles.
"You couldn't bring yourself to kill us before, we don't believe you can eliminate us now." Tiifu's eyes briefly narrowed as she said this part.
"You underestimate my strength and power! If you three cannot fight then you will join Nuka and Mheetu!" the golden lion hissed, jumping towards them and the three countered but not in time and rolled to a different side of the caldera, tripping against ledges and rocks and just disappeared.
Believe they were dead since spikes are there, Scar grinned with clear evilness as Krayt walked back towards the brown-coated lion. "They're out." Krayt frowned at that.
"Make sure they're finished, Krayt." Scar said, smiling darkly.
Krayt nodded and begin to head up, only to be in a shock when he didn't saw their bodies. Unsheathing his claws, the golden lion narrowed his eyes for them, wanting to find them or their 'dead' bodies.
Simba continued to fight Nunka and while it was easy at first his age eventually caught up with him. Knocking the wind out of Nunka and send him trailing off the cliff-side edge, Nunka latched onto his paw so he don't fall.
Gasping at the pain in his leg, he watched as Nunka forced himself up. Simba instantly had an idea and kicked at his face, causing him to grunt before heading down, with a shout.
Eventually, Zira got the upper hand... (er paw) on Nala and knocked her out. Raising her claw to kill her, she was met by Kovu who begin fighting her off. Surprised by the new male, Zira attempt to get a few strikes in and gashed him on the left eye.
Screaming out wildly with pain, Kovu interjected and send an strong attack towards her abdomen. Ramming into her and forcing her to the edge, the tan lioness couldn't keep on and begin to stumbled. The brown-coated lion noticed sharp spikes belowed and frown as he tried to lift up Zira but she send an blow to his nose. By doing this, she fallen backwards and her claws barely managed to make contact towards the cliff.
Trying to force herself up, the lioness missed an ledge and fallen backwards and into the spike below. She let out a miserable scream, followed by nothing. Simba and Nala walked to the edge and peered down the bloody yet very much lifeless body of Zira.
She didn't let go of her hatred and it destroyed her. "We must get to the volcano! While we had managed to stop Scar's biggest follower, Scar must be stopped himself!"
"True!" Nala agreed.
"Let's go!" Kovu demanded. The brown-coated lion begin racing off to the caldera where an big volcano where located at. Hoping it wasn't too late, the lions begin to make way to the caldera.
Two mandrills rested far away in silence, with blue glows emanating their bodies. By them looking around and seemingly trying to find something, it is easy to see they were busy.
The younger mandrill, Makini, held an staff in her hands and tapped against one painting, causing it to lightened up. "Hey, Rafiki, look." Makini called. "Hey, Kiara's eyes are amber-brown. But in that one," she tapped another one with her staff. "It's orange-brown."
"I have checked over Tiifu and Zuri," the older mandrill, Rafiki, declared. "I have noticed something odd and off about dem in deir paintings as well."
"Wait," Makini says, walking over to run painting and tapping it. "The last time you saw Kion, he was an cub with orange-brown eyes right?
"Right." Rafiki confirmed with a nod.
"But now, his eyes are half-amber half-brown." Makini told him, hitting another painting which had the image of a golden cub, though the cub seems beaten down and defeated.
"Oh, Mufasa, what is going on?" Rafiki questioned, bemused and clearly not sure what to do now. "Kings above! Why did you had to send three young lionesses after a strong young male lion?!" the mjuzi bursted out, his eyes glaring.
"Oh Rafiki... I got it!" Makini squealed. "I mean, probably." she corrected quickly. The mandrill nodded in silence, motioning for her to continued. "Maybe, Mufasa wants peace not only in the light but dark as well. If Kion and Kiara come together..." As Makini said this, she hitted another painting which had two young golden lions seemingly facing an brown-coated lion. "Then that means..."
Krayt finally found their seemingly lifeless bodies. By the way they were laying against their stomachs, they look like they were dead. Frowning, the golden lion just stared for the next minute. They must have hit something and it possibly kill them.
"End of the road, sister," Krayt whispered towards Kiara, yet still remain that position and not opened their eyes and one can swear that they're dead. "Now your friends and family will die, now I have done it. You have fail them. You couldn't protect them because you were too foolish and blinded in their ways." One second later, the three begin to stood up on weak paws at first but recover their bearings and glared at Krayt. "Impossible."
The three young lionesses unsheathed their claws and got into a battle like position. Krayt slightly staggered by the newfound hatred and just pure anger in their eyes. He never thought this would have happened but yet he didn't have long to pondered it. "You're right about one statement. It's the end of the road." Kiara says, her teeth bared and her claws flexed as the lava beamed behind.
Caught offguard by that and the fact that Kiara just seems so dark, Krayt got into a battle like position, ready to resume the fight. He knew the volcano is giving them more into darkness and trying to take their bodies, but yet unlike him they can control it where he couldn't. Before he could have even think about advancing, Kiara, Tiifu, and Zuri jumped towards the golden lion and begin hacking away at him.
They seem to have grown more stronger in attacks. Krayt tried to counter each of the strikes but they attacked too hard. Kiara send mainly offensive strikes with Tiifu sending counter strikes and Zuri sending parries.
Krayt felt himself backing up, trying to dodge each of the young lionesses strikes and slashes. Each one always send an harsh strike, should he backpedal one the other two were ready.
Trying his best to not get beaten or dodge and parried a strike that could involuntary damage him or kill him, Krayt kicked Zuri back, but Kiara and Tiifu knocked him against the ground. The lava beam from behind and Krayt saw Zuri pouncing onto him and pinning him at the edge of the caldera. Still, Krayt pushed her off and hack away at them and knocked them back.
Freezing for a minute and holding his stance, Krayt watched as they close their eyes with the lava seeming to die. He suddenly felt weak and sick to the core. Not even a second passed, before the three jumped at him and resume the fight.
The golden lion barely had time to countered them. Completely caught offguard, Krayt staggered as the three made physical contact. They were pressing on the offensive, while Krayt can do little more then to block their upending strikes. Krayt knew this was the most hardest fight he have ever been in. He was tiring and cornered basically, by three mere girls who seems to aid in darkness in this battle but yet not giving into it.
Atleast, trying his hardest to block, Krayt send a few counterstrikes which was deflected back onto him with great strength. Yelping, Krayt suddenly felt Kiara attaching herself to his back, with Zuri lunging onto his leg and biting into it. Tiifu send strikes at his face and send an slash across his chin, with Kiara lunging onto his neck and slashed her claws through his eyes, making him scream.
Still winded, Krayt felt Tiifu punching him on the face and shoulders, while Zuri kicked him with the legs and guts, forcing him down, as he tried to countered. Atlast, Tiifu pushed the golden lion down, and when he tried to get up, Zuri kicked him back down in the torso and claw the skin part of his right eye, causing an big bruise to form. Kiara begin hacking away at his paw, which he barely managed to counter until Kiara got an hard strike on his paw, forcing him to scream and hit the ground with blood leaving his paw.
Kiara pinned him and glare at him with dagger in her eyes and her heavy breathing was on him. Tiifu and Zuri pinned his paws, not allowing an pathway up. Krayt gave a few choking sounds as Kiara's claws got to his neck. He didn't knew how. At first he was winning but yet they overpowered him somehow.
Unexpected cackling was heard from behind from Scar. "Good!" Scar surprisingly praised beginning to make way down towards them. "Your hatred have made you three stronger! Now do it! Embrace the dark path! Become my heir instead and take your brother's place at my side, Princess!"
Krayt's eyes widened at Scar for an minute but then he remembered weakness have consequences and can cost you your lives and that is the only way you can live so he allow the shockness weared off.
Kiara considered it for a minute. Krayt have done much to her and deserves to pay! But Kion is still her little brother, and at the end of day they're brother and sister and she still loves him. She glanced at Kion's nonstop bleeding eye which have an scar on it, then the other one which had merely an black eye given to him by Zuri. Scar may have corrupted Kion, but she won't be corrupted and become someone else.
Retracting her claws, she got off of him, along with Tiifu and Zuri and beginning to make way to the shock and surprise brown-coated lion. "Never! We will never become like you and join the dark path!"
"You fail, your majesty, we are Pride Landers," Tiifu added.
"Just like Prince Kion was before us." Zuri finished.
Scar's eyes narrowed. These three lionesses were resisting his plot and not joining him! He could have had perfect leaders and an even better heir but all of it came into shambles.
"So be it," he spoked coldly. "Pride Landers."
Kopa got closer to the caldera, only to be ambushed by a brown blur. It was Nunka who had ambushed him and got good strikes despite being very injured at the moment and having some skin revealed
Without hesitation, he and the lionesses lunged forward and bitten away at him. However, the brown-coated lion was too strong and kicked them back beside Kopa who actually managed to put up an good fight.
Nunka lunged across Kopa's shoulder and left an heavy wound. With a heavy dark smirk, Nunka lunged forward and made contact to his neck, biting it harshly. The golden lion shook him off and begin hacking away at the brown-coated lion.
Nunka backed up as he countered lion's moves until he noticed an flaw and struck downward to make it look like he was going to attack his leg, but the brown-coated lion instead had his paws aim for his neck and swiped upward with his other paw.
Though, Kopa managed to deflect this, he had an claw mark to his chest due to not being able to move fast enough. Without an thought, Nunka bitten down against his front leg forcing the golden Prince to scream and down to his back.
Raising his claw to kill, he didn't expect Vitani to get back up and jumped towards him and begin fighting him off. Nunka forced himself on her back with a crooked smirked. "On second thoughts, you're a pretty lioness."
Enraged, the golden Prince leapt the brown-coated lion, having new strength and determination. Kopa had knocked him back and send him away, before Vitani got up and they headed into the caldera with Nunka following ever behind.
Eventually, Nunka caught up and latched himself onto the future King, bitting down against his neck. Unfortunately, Kopa was too close to the edge and he fallen off. "No! Kopa!" Vitani cried. Then out of pure rage she jumped at the brown-coated lion and knock him off making him follow to the ground.
Scar glare at the three. Those plans and plotting all came to an foil! But with or without them, he will take over Pride Rock. "If you three will and cannot be turn, then you would be destroy!" he hissed, jumping up and knocking the three unexpected lionesses down to the ground with his new strength. Seeing that he can get up, Krayt got back up with blood leaving his paw and bursting on the ground. "Young fools, only now at the end, do you understand?"
Scar decided to torture them and begin hacking away at them, with rough claws, making the three yelped so loud. Kiara couldn't believe how much strength was shown by the brown-coated lion.
Usually, he would have send out Krayt to do his dirty work and kill for him. Also, he was shriveling like an corward when Chumvi defeated him and didn't seem to have much strength, but now he is stronger... and different.
Kiara, Tiifu, and Zuri got back up weakly, their paws shaking but they didn't show any resistance. "You do realize when he kills us, he would kill you!" Tiifu shouted at Krayt.
"No, that ain't right." Krayt said, his thoughts waving out of control.
"You didn't know that, Kion?" Kiara questioned, narrowing her eyes at the lion who once were her little brother. "You always thought he would protect you. And given the chance that he wanted us to destroy you."
"No, you three are lying!" Krayt hissed softly as he felt the truth but didn't want to admit it.
"No. Of course not." Zuri chimed in. "Why would he deceive you? He just tried to replace you with Kiara. Plus he done it with his own brother, your mother and father, and the hyenas after all."
Krayt didn't replied to that. Instead he turned his attention to the brown-coated lion who turned to him and the two lock eyes for a few seconds. Eyes full of wonderment and were clearly bemused, Scar gave him a frown and shake of his head and Krayt turned his attention back to the three and haven't said anything.
"You feeble and pathetic skills are no match for the strength of the dark path and can't protect you now!" the brown-coated lion snarled, before sending them down with two more attacks. Krayt stared at them with some confusion and consideration and eyes seems to gleam with conflict. Stopping, Scar's eyes narrowed with anger and hatred that even Krayt himself have never seen. "You will paid the price for your foolishness and lack of vision!"
The brown-coated lion continue to send harsh attacks, however he held back from killing them! He wanted to make sure they suffer before dying! Kiara felt pain coming up her bones and body, as did Tiifu and Zuri! "Brother, please help!!!" Kiara pleaded as Scar continued to send attacks towards the girls.
Simply, Krayt nodded at the dark golden Princess. "Help us!!!!" Tiifu and Zuri cried at the same time! The brown-coated lion send even more harsher claws attacks towards them, making them suffered.
Coming to an stop, Scar growled. Despite being wounded and felt life leaving them and on the verge of unconsciousness, they noticed Krayt's eyes traveling from them to Scar and then back at them. "Kion loved you three, you know, as one love champions. You three were all he could not be." the brown-coated lion's eyes gleamed with such coldness and an smile coming across his face, his claws fully coming out, ready to kill. "You three could have been strong, there is a core in you three where light shall never touch." the brown-coated lion send an few more attacks and slashes which made them yelp. "Now, young Princess, you and your friends will die."
Krayt's eyes locked onto his back and then back at his sister. He just was so confuse and so conflicted? Should he allow Scar to kill Kiara and her friends? He knew he could have done anything to kill the tyrant brown-coated lion, for he just stood several feet behind him, watching it all happen. Words said to him echoed into his head.
'You have allow this monster to twist your mind until now... until now you have become the very thing you swore to destroy.'
The brown-coated lion again attacked and hack away at the three young lionesses, with much more strength and didn't even cared if they die. He was so distracted by this! He was ready! He wanted vengeance and now will rule over the Pride Lands!
In Krayt's mind, he felt someone awakened from the shadows that he have kept hidden for two years. Someone who he heavily denied and refer to as a different lion. Prince Kion. His eyes continued to transform from amber to orange-brown. Memories of more words said to him in his past.
'I-I won't leave you, not this time.'
'It was said for you to defend the Pride Lands from the Outlanders, not join them and betrayed your family!'
Many lions he have killed that was important from his past awoken inside of him and willing to finally do something. He couldn't allow Scar to kill... his sister... no, not his sister, Prince Kion's sister.
Oh how funny and ironic Mheetu said something similar.
'You're the Pride Lands Prince! It was said for you and your heritage to destroy the Outlanders, not join them!'
He heard many another voices.
'Be the Prince you were always meant to be!'
'Please Kion, don't continue to go down this path.'
'It's the name of your true self you only forgotten.'
'There is still good in you. Scar couldn't driven it from you completely.'
'Search your feelings, brother, you can't do this, we can see the conflict within you! Let go of your hate!'
'No longer will you be named Prince Kion... but rather Prince... Krayt.'
Krayt's eyes and head were reverting back to the girls than Scar who is torturing them endlessly.
'You are the Pride Lands Prince!'
So many voices that said his name echoed into his head...
'Kion!'
A cub's voice echoed:
'What have I done?!'
"Kion!!!" He heard the three cried, full of desperation and actual forgiveness no one have given him. Death was nearing for them and he knew it. Do they love him? Is it a possibility that they loved him? They came to him in an risk for their lives and an chance for them do die. He was perhaps loved after all. A lightbulb ignited within him. They had came for him! He was love! These three loved him!
Voices that had all said his name once again echoed in his head.
'Kion!'
'I don't believe you gone over to the dark path, not totally.'
Hearing his true name since birth again,
'Kion!'
Despite all the horrible and unspeakable and marvelous and vicious things he have done in his life, Krayt couldn't allow the one who have acted as his father, killed his sister... his real sister. And in that moment, he was no longer Prince Krayt, instead he is Prince Kion again, the second son and the thirdborn of King Simba and Queen Nala.
At that very instance, Kion lunged forward and batched onto Scar's neck, making him shout with surprise and attempted to hack away at his heir. Able to barely block and deflect the shock lion's attacks, the golden Prince picked him up and place him on his back. Kion have been extremely tired from the battle with his sister and her friends, he couldn't hold Scar up forever but all he had to do was just make it to the volcano and throw him into it. Surprised, the three stared up to see Krayt staggering to the volcano.
Holding the brown-coated lion up and pinning his paws to his torso, Kion have hear him shout pathetically. "Kion! You murderer!" he tried to break free but the golden lion had his back arched, making him nevertheless doom to his fate. He have try to break free so he can rule but Kion have caught him completely offguard.
Flashes of his entire life came to his eyes; his birth, his tiny cubhood life, becoming big and strong, meeting Scar and slowly being manipulated, being save by Kiara as a cub, joining Scar and betraying his friends and family, growing up and taking part of the lands, being trained since cubhood from the moment he join Scar, killing Nuka, then Mheetu, being confronted by these three who's trying to save him, and now... this.
Weaker than he ever been, Kion had laid still these last few minutes, focusing each of each willpower onto his will. Building up his momentum and preparing himself for this action. The only action possible, his last if he fail. Ignoring pain, ignoring his shame and weakness to his head, he focused solely and sightlessly on his will. His will to defeat the evil embodied in the brown-coated lion. Ready to destroy this one who have caused him much deceit, the golden lion hurled him inside of the volcano and heard his screams and he fallen to his stomach, exhausted. The flames litted up and almost made contact to him as he collapsed to the ground with lava leaving the volcano wildly.
Getting their sighs the three staggered to their paws and went over to him as fast as they can (Kiara being the fastest). When they got to him, Tiifu and Zuri softly pushed Kion away from the edge and Kiara caught him in her paws, breathing against him. Kion's breathing labored and blackness begin to take hold of him.
Kion closed his eyes as he silked into his sister's embrace and he noticed the lava littening up. The lava had consumed Scar's form and his mind and now he seized to exist.
"I knew you had good in you." Kiara says joyfully to her little brother who locked eyes with her and it was orange-brown.
"You three were right about me." Kion said, smirking warmly at the dark coated Princess and her friends. "I had thought you were foolish... but at last Kiara," he ran an paw through her cheek softly, making her smile sadly but softly. "You did it. You awoken my true self. Now... go... my sister," the golden lion is choking on his breath, feeling something leaving him painfully. "Leave me."
"No, you're coming with us," Kiara demands softly. "We can't leave you here... we got to save you."
Kion's eyes softened at them. "You three already have, Kiara, you three were right... you were right about me." he repeated the same words from earlier. "Tell your families and friends you were right."
Blood came out of his body as he glanced at them with softness in his eyes. "Kion," Kiara tried, shaking him as his eyes beginned to close. What she have noticed is Tiifu and Zuri seems to be letting tears out, due to him saving their life. And to think, this could have all been avoided had they treated Kion's right and he would have done this years ago. "We won't leave you."
Kion then laid back with an thud. Kiara allowed tears to flow down her eyes as she embraced her friends, who also had tears of pain. So many lost. She sweared she could have heard Kion's breathing softly.
"Noooooo!" a voice snarled, leaping to Kion and now knocking the weaken lion away. Raising his claw to end his life and finally have his revenge, Nunka brought it down but Kiara knocked him away with Tiifu and Zuri flanking her by standing infront of Kion. "You better move." he threaten darkly.
"You're not hurting him!" Tiifu thundered, her hazel eyes glaring.
"Oh, you're right," he agreed, much to the girls shock. He let out a cackle. "I'm not hurting him. I'm going to kill him and you three and revenge my father and take the Pride Lands."
"Not if we have anything to say about it," Zuri hissed.
"Very well," Nunka laughed evilly. "I'll have the pleasure of killing you and perhaps take one of you as my mate." The three shivered at that, finding him creepy.
Nunka was about to attack, when suddenly he was intercepted by something pulling on his tail.
Growling, Nunka turned to see an honey badger and try to shake him off. "Leave our friend alone!"
He was about to bit at him when he saw a cheetah speeding up to him and knocking his fur out of place "You should watch it." Fuli growled.
An egret made contact to his head, "Now who likes getting hit?!" Ono added.
Suddenly the hippo rammed him into the edge which pushed him all the way back. "You should be picking on someone your own size." Beshte hissed.
Nunka snarled at the group and was about to lung forward when Kopa snarled. "Leave him alone!" He tried to push Nunka back but the brown-coated lion shrugged it off and punched him into the neck and chest, forcing him to breath heavily.
The brown-coated lion snarled at the group darkly before smiling. "This is only the beginning!" Nunka then ran off, escaping once and for all.
"Kopa!" Nala cries, running over to her older son having seen the lot of blood on his coat.
"M-mom. Dad. Take care of him." Kopa closed his eyes in an seemingly regretful manner.
Simba saw Vitani cry and begin to nuzzle into Kopa's body with so much pain. He let out an small smile at the unconscious Kion on Kiara's back. He smiled when he heard breathing. "He's still alive. Just took an harsh fall by my guess but managed to land on a ledge or something that made his fall gentler."
"Let's go home." Nala declared now having each of her children.
Simba let out an small nod.
"All of us."