The Hyena Lion
A/N: Kion now is going to make dark choices.
Chapter 19
Dark Decisions
As the hyenas and his pals were gathering up, Kion stood already prepared. He have seemingly gone darker and is on a thinning point. He have to continue seeing Scar and other figures he have never seen before in his heart. At this point, he would not take survivors and will kill anybody who tries to kill his family and friends. Both of his family. He have barely gotten to know his family as an cub beside when he was escorted by those three. He have always felt something off about Kiara; like a blood relation connect, but never had an chance to exploit it. She did interest him though, not in the way that Zuri did of course, but now he facepalm himself for not exploring into her.
He truly was foolish as an cub. Kion have grown much more in terms of experience. Ever since he had that weird dream, he have became somebody else. Now, Kion ain't going to do 180 and become exactly like Zira, but if Zuri's dead than the murderers better hope that they never come across him or they will face his wrath which won't be pretty at all. What further angry him is that they're talking about the pride landers than the lioness who was captured and taken away from them. Oh, Kion just wanted to get his claws dirty at the suspects.
Kion saw Jasiri speaking in the middle of the crowd of hyenas. "The pride lands are in terrible danger. If they went after us earlier, this must have been an plan of some sort. They could return after and attempt to exterminate us just because to them we may be allies of the pride landers."
"Well, what is to be done?" Janja inquired, not so far away from Jasiri but still is being watched closely by the hyenas of Jasiri's clan. None had trusted him completely yet but the only reason they didn't attack is because they don't have any proof, otherwise Janja would have been force off with his clan with their tails between their legs."
"We would have to act wisely." Madoa caution. "Most likely they will be expecting us." She finished, when she notice Kion's eyes slightly darkening at the beginning of her sentence. Kion never seem to be the angry type but not even Janja's group wants to play around with him right now. They may not be the brightest but an angry lion is the last they want to fact.
Fuli spoken up. "You're right about that," Fuli glanced at the female hyena. "But most likely even if we find a way to sneak in, there is no way we can prevent an war from coming."
Madoa narrowed her eyes at the cheetah but knew she was right. Before she could have said anything though, Kion stood slightly behind her and she can see him slightly stiffening, he spoke up though, "Even should they spot us, our skills are unbeatable because most of us been studying this for years. At this point, I am ready to accept bloodshed because they are walking upon us and will eventually destroy us. We have to take drastic measures, for they will continue walking over us if we don't."
Jasiri's eyes widened as did everybody else. They all knew Kion never called for anybody's eyes, even the ones in Janja's clan, or they would have died when he had an chance to destroy them. "Kion..." A few mutters came from his friends who he had met in the pride lands and in his clan yet Kion haven't back down.
Kion voice ring higher and show no sign of even thinking about down. "I know it sound crazy," the angry lion continued. "But they have been threatening us for the last time. One day, they will destroy us all; your brothers, your sisters, your parents, your children. Do you all want your love ones to die?" The lion clenched his jaw and bared his teeth. "Utterly, they don't care about us or our survival. They want to take our lives and kill us all without any hesitation or mercy. Are we going to bow to them and allow them to destroy us? Janja, they have betrayed you and almost killed you and your entire clan. Jasiri, they have chased us off without any mercy. Didn't they care about us?"
He haven't received any response from anybody. "No, exactly," Kion answered for them. "Now, I want to save Zuri's life and the lioness that leading them seems to very tough for hyenas, but I can beat her because I have more dominance than all of you compare to her. If you all try to go after her, she would likely find ways to catch you all off-guard and kill you. But since I have senses of a lion like she, she won't be able to kill me so easily. I have to go alone. Jasiri, you take the lead."
"Kion, Kion, wait!" Jasiri cried for him but yet he already walked away from the groups. While they're his friends and have been with him, they all knew Kion is going to have to handle this part alone. "We have to get to the outlands! Follow me!"
"No time like the pleasant," Beshte remarked.
"Yeah," Bunga agreed boldly, molding both of his palms together. "Let's go!"
Adrenaline and fury compelled Kion to continue running at full speed. Though he didn't have a lot of energy, considering he had barely had an chance to eat before embarking on his journey, he wasn't in any position to stop. The lioness who accepted him and he have grown close to through the first time for years is now in unsafe paws, this raised an question though: how did they manage to find his and his allies den that they have been living at for years? Most likely, they might have had an vulture following just to find out.
These thoughts caused the rage within the teenager lion to swell to major proportions, and as a direct result, he ran even faster than ever.
Though he never had an chance to truly meet his family, the teenage lion's thirst for vengeance craved Usaliti and only Usaliti. The moment they met, he never perceived anything off about the lioness, just found her weird and cranky and rude, but now he sees that she is allying with Zira.
Whatever Usaliti's goal was, it was clear that she would stop at nothing until it was wholly achieved, and she was now in the process of intimidating Kion and both of his family and all of his friends, she hadn't care about who would get hurt or kill, because she only cares for herself.
Once more, the sense of perfidy compelled Kion to run even faster than before. Down the lands of the backlands he ran, keeping his eyes open for any threats who would stand in his way and possibly Usaliti, since Mzingo have reported they have came here. Because there were little to no hints to give him any places of interest, the aardvark was seemingly going nowhere. Stress and rage soon gave way to anxiety, and terrible thoughts raced through his mind. His mentor had a switchblade and a strong motivation to use it. Was she planning to torture or do even the worse to Zuri? Did she already do the deed? If so, how would his sister... his true sister react? Kion also wonder about himself since he have been through a lot. How long would he be able to carry the guilt if Zuri is dead? And would he eventually end the misery and pain by suicide, just to be with her?
Kion shook his head. Those thoughts were nothing more than products of his apprehension and penitence- he was old enough to understand that because he is an teenager after all. Even so, he couldn't stop fearing for the lioness life. Surely, he would get to wherever Zuri was being held hostage, but then he started to fear for his own life. Would he die saving her? This produced an unwanted auditory hallucination.
In it, his hyena family and real family he never gotten to know along with his friends, stood over his grave with tears going down of their eyes as they stared at the one who was trying to stop him. Beside that one, another one rested; no doubt it was Zuri.
Because of the dreadful hallucinations and the rain that was now falling to the extreme, the lion was forced to come to a stop with mixture of fear and anger now going down his eyes. Tears scrolled... or could that be the rain that is going down harsher than it have ever done before? Kion eventually gotten to the outlands where he saw a caldera and some jackals. No sign of Usaliti or Zuri. Kion walked towards to the borders of the backlands that leaded to a volcano not so far away. He was outraged and anger. He would find Zuri but knew his companions were handling the other. But most likely, he would have an problem getting to Usaliti to stop her once and for all. Jackals were not so far away but Kion shifted and his claws came to life.
Without hesitation, the teenager lion grabbed the jackal neared him and choke the life out of him before throwing the lifeless corpse to the ground. Easily, the teenager lion can destroy these fools with a blink of his eyes. Kion knew these were just a few jackals compared to the ones that his crew is going to face. The other jackals flipped around to stare at him and ran towards him, yet Kion is stronger and struck them before they can make contact. Kion grabbed one jackal and slammed him down to the ground, releasing him when he heard an crack. Usually, that would have affected him being forced to kill someone without any mercy and with no guilt, yet he didn't even care.
Kion slammed the jackals down under him. With an ear piercing roar, he slashed across the jackals' neck. As Kion simply walked with a dark smirk, he impale his claws through one jackal, than he grabbed two jackals neck with his back paws and released, allowing them to collapsed against the ground. Five jackals walked up, prepared to end him. Although, there is a lot here, there is more where the hyenas were going. Thunder flash, and the lion simply walk as five dead jackals laid motionless behind him.
"Stop! Please! Don't kill us!" One jackal pleaded.
"This isn't personal," Kion answered coldly.
Before the jackal can respond to that, he grabbed her and threw her back as she landed harshly against the ground, yet her paws were still moving. She is still alive. Kion would have finished her but it is clear that they're a lot of these jackals. Reirei must have got a lot more allies than anyone had thought. If they are lucky to survive, then Kion will deal with them later. The red mane lion grabbed three other jackals and threw them against rocks. As more jackals got in his way, Kion threw dirt into their eyes, To think, these fools can easily defeat him if they team up, like he and his hyenas will, but yet they're are trying to wear him out.
As Kion walked, he saw lion cubs at jackals mercy. Coming to a stop, he remember himself wanting adventure and joy as he counted five animals. That only brought more anger to his heart and he roared, and lunged at the jackals and send an harsh claw attack towards the jackals. "Are you five okay?" Luckily, there is not wounds on any of them.
"Y-yes, they took us from our mommy," an cub said. The cub had golden fur, blue eyes, slender skin, and is clearly the oldest out of the cubs.
"Okay, there is an den over there, I want you to hide." Kion ordered, his body stiffening and his claws currently retracted, just because they are cubs and that means they shouldn't hold fear under him. While he is currently pissed, he will not lose himself completely because he never been an tyrant and will never harm innocents. "I will be coming back soon. If I don't keep hidden unless you see hyenas and tell them that I am in charge." He guessed there is some good to do this because he have saved those cubs' life. The lion smirked as his paw slowly begin to twitch. He can smell, albeit faintly, the scent of Usaliti getting even closer and closer. It was hard to get to track but yet he would find them.
He soon made it to the outside of the caldera. Kion's heart beat against his stomach as an shivered came across his bones. What would happened in this inevitable fight? Again, he worried about his life. Will he and Zuri die to Usaliti's claws? Thunder again flashed in his eyes, making him shivered. He secretly always had fear of thunder and lightning and Madoa would have comfort him, but yet not even the lightning terrified him, it was the scene and battle he is about to go into. He also feared for his friends life. Will they die if he die? What about the pride landers? He have been informed that Zira's lionesses is raging war with Simba's pride, it's possible that they won't win even should he does.
He prepared himself, as he remembered the years of being with his hyena family and friends. He had to do this. This battle is important and must be carried out. Whatever happened to him doesn't matter anymore. He had to do this. He is ready for death, should the battle not be in his favor. He had to do this.
