The Hyena Lion
A/N: We're getting more closer to the end. I also had been wanting to do a chapter like this where Kion sees himself in a different manner.
Chapter 17
Tests
Some time later, Kion's eyes hissed open with an aching pain in his body. He searched his surroundings and saw that the sun that reflected that it was ending dawn. His body twitched painfully yet when he felt his muscles returning to him, the dominance returned.
Kion than remembered all the events that happened to him. The teenage lion forced himself to move forward and when his strength fully returned he took a full on run to the place they called their home.
Kion felt so much emotions crawling up to him. How can this all happened? Now Zuri was taken from him and in Zira's grasp who is no doubt torturing her by now.
Kion felt so much pure hatred that slowly were taking his soul; feelings he have never had before. The darkness crawled onto him and his scar seems to be brighter. Coming to a stop for an second, he glance to glared down at his reflection. Kion soon jumped over it and ran into an small cave, but oddly something was off about it.
Strangely though, the next minute a brown-coated lion came into form on the water. Kion knew somethimg was... wrong about him. "You have a scar just like me. You have the mark of evil just like me Kion, accept your destiny there is no other way," the lion hissed, his emerald eyes becoming bright. His scar on his left eye mirrored Kion beside from Kion having one big scar and another scar that went down. "It is the only way to save her! Accept your destiny! It is your heritage to accept my place as the new Scar!"
"I-I would kill those son of bitches for taking her and possibly killing my family!" He ranted, turning away from the reflection when his eyes went wide. What is he becoming? "N-No!" He stammered, turning back to the reflection. "I would never succumb to darkness like you did!"
"Your family abandoned you!" Scar snarled. "And yet you're going to choose the weaker path! You continues to denied yout true path! You could be so much more! Kill Simba, Zira, Usaliti, and your sister and only then no one will stand in your place!"
"I hate you!" He shouted.
"Good, bare on that hatred," Scar snarled became a mad laugh. "Without me though, you won't save Zuri though. If you can accept true power then you will become more successful than even I, my young friend."
"Shut up!" Kion snapped in a massive roar manner.
"You know that there is no hope for her without me!" Scar pressed. "You have trustworthy hyenas who won't betray you and you them! You have power in your paws! You can fight and easily win any battle! Use that power! Accept your place!"
"Shut! Up!" Kion thundered, his claws already outstretched. He knew who this is, and what he wants out of him. Kion bared his teeth and a low snarl came out of it. He was so angry and fuming with madness.
"What if I can show you what you can become?" Scar demanded; Kion were suddenly frozen into place as he felt an throbbing pain in his head and tearing through his muscles.
Suddenly, Kion saw himself standing over pride rock with a bunch of vulkars. The pride lands were into ruins as he saw someone he never would accept become something like this.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Kion shouted, revealing his claws only for the scene to go missing. He looked down and saw that lion were gone. What type of sick, twisted, vision was that? How can he join such a monster and fall for manipulations. Kion knew the other Kion must have been through a lot and it is a chance that Zira and him could have had a similar scene but he is more strongwill; he would never become like that.
"This cave holds lot of secrets, Kion, it holds your past and future and many of your lifetimes; some where you remain on the light and others when you become dark. In a few universes Kiara joins you and you her. Others, you are both yet you are neither; managing to balance both the good and evilness in your soul. While she is not as strong as you, you know that she has potential to nearly match your strength due to the blood relations to you."
Seeing another vision of Kiara standing over Simba and Nala's corpse, Kion felt pure sorrow in his soul as he realized there are possibility that his sister he barely ever had to met can become such an dangerous one.
"Th-that wouldn't ever happen to her!" Kion stammered, trying to force the truth down that she can become stronger than him. "Kiara is too pure and too innocent to ever succumb to darkness!"
"Simba is too overprotective of her; even more now since you went missing, he didn't fail his only daughter as much as he fail his son." The voice said thunderously.
"Why is all of these secrets here?" Kion asked. "These are just an random cave!"
"It is because you are here; your soul is currently in conflict, your friends and hyena family think you are dead. Your paths diverged here." The voice said. At this point Kion wasn't sure if it was Scar or someone else, since the voice seems to be darker than that lion he saw earlier. "Inside you something broke as Zuri was captured. You want vengeance and revenge but you are currently shrugging but both the darkness and the light in your soul. With your strength and balanced, you can one day overcome Simba, for while he may be pure he is too weak and foolish to ever pose an challenge to someone like you."
"Even should I accept the darkness and balanced my soul, many who been the same journey as I have been destroyed by their dark soul. How am I sure not the same will happen to me?" Kion inquired, letting a fake cough.
"That is for you to find out but here's one hint, most of those never truly accepted part of their soul." The voice sounded weak. "Taka was so close but he have failed into accepting who he was."
"Taka?" He asked, bemused by that statement.
"Scar's original birth name before he became like what many known him as today," the voice told him. "Though in death, your and Kiara's grandfather, Mufasa, found himself unable to abandoned one part of Scar's soul and allowed that little bit of Taka that was always left in him to come with him."
Kion's face twitched but said nothing as he just stood there for a moment. What is wrong with his family past? Why does this cave seems to be much more than other caves?
"You are different from Scar; much stronger, but you are better than him. Scar was weaker and foolish and arrogant since he was born. He have never faced true tests to test his emotions. I want to test you to see if you would be able to allow your attachments to someone you love dearly to go."
Seconds later, a young lioness came into light. Kion watched as she approached. His eyes went wide as he recognized who it was. "Zuri," His voice came out hoarsely. She haven't responded and continued to approached as he tried to back up, but the exit seems to never came as she swiped at him, forcing him to back into a wall.
Kion backed himself up until he tripped over an rock when not watching where he was going. She continues to approached. Kion turned and the save exits seems be so far away from him that he wouldn't reach.
Zuri raised her claw to send an mighty strike towards the down Kion who refused to hurt her and skidded under her. He could have easily swipe at her valuable back but refrained from doing so and just stood there motionless.
"Stop!" The voice said. Almost immediately, the tawny-orange lioness came to a stop with an emotionless look in her eyes. "Seeing that didn't worked, it is time to see if you love your real sister and the other lioness."
Just than, Kion was knocked away from Zuri with claws piercing his shoulder. Surprised more than hurt, the teenage lion forced himself up and saw Kiara and Tiifu, much more older, and now having their claws bared.
Kion tried to dodge the three blows but each of the attempts were a failure. "You are just going to stand there! There is an chance that you can beat them; defend yourself unless you will fail in future battles!" Kion bitten on his lip as he stopped at the pain burning in his head.
Looking up, he saw Tiifu's claws coming to him. Forcefully, Kion parried and send the creamish tan lioness away. He knew this was an test of some sort. Kion jumped around Kiara and Zuri, forcing his claw to Zuri and knocking fur off.
By now, Tiifu have gotten up and pushed Kion against the rear of the cave. Nervously, he saw them closing in with dark smiles and bright devil eyes. Behind them appeared all of Kion's friends and allies throughout the years.
"Now you must defeat them to learn true power, it is the only way." Nodding Kion went around the three lionesses and begin hacking away at the weaker ones such as Ono, Bunga, and sending Fuli eventually to the ground with them. Kion made sure they were unconscious before dodging an move from Beshte. Jasiri and Madoa went up and growled which forced Kion to react by raising his paw and seizing them by the throat and using an method that can weaken them then released them.
Kion saw Beshte running up to him, but he jumped ontop of the hippo backed and digged his claws in to not kill him but to weaken him. An opportunity came, and Kion digged his teeth through the hippo's back which forced him to collapsed.
Now he was stucked with three lionesses who seemed surprise but his eyes glimmered with all the weight he have tried to keep bury for far too long. Jumping, Kion send an slashed towards Zuri stomach before sending an kick towards Tiifu and at last sending an powerful strike of his paw towards Kiara.
Each blow given to them knocked them to the ground. Kion blinked as he stared at the much damage he called. He swore that something else was in charge of his body now.
Suddenly he blinked again and all seemed quiet. Kion opened his eyes to see everything was normal. The sunlight was falling and he knew he had to immediately get back. Usaliti had said about taking the pride lands over and he must stop them.
