A/N:

Thank you all readers for reading and leaving reviews :D I really enjoyed last chapter's reviews :D

Sorry for the long wait. Here's a new chapter :).

Later that same day Banzai and Shenzi kept watch again. "What did I miss this mornin'?" Banzai asked. The hyena's lazy attitude made him skip this morning's hunt. Instead he treated himself with a long sleep. He knew Scar was too focused on Nala anyway for checking if his minions, as how Scar liked to address them, all were doing their tasks.

"We got Nala mad. It was funny, ya should have seen it!" Shenzi started, giggling. "She tried to banish Zira but Scar didn't let her."

"Really?" Banzai opened up his volume. "Do ya think there's still hope for him to come to his senses?" he added.

Shenzi escaped a laugh and made a small gesture. "I wouldn't bet on that. He's still high over heels with her." She wished that her brain had a erase button because where Scar didn't matter showing how much he wants Nala to God knows who, Shenzi disliked witnessing the lion's habit of scooping things up. "Let's just say he's a bit too manly, glad you're not like that."

"I'm not manly? Thanks for tha compliment!" Banzai responded, slightly offended.

Shenzi rolled her eyes. "That's not what I said! Anyway, when I was bringin' them breakfast, I could have sworn I heard her call him Taka!" Shenzi quickly continued. "Then she looked at me with her big guilty eyes.. Ugh.. I can't stand her!"

"I don't care what he makes her call him, I'm not going to call him by his old boring name again!" Banzai added.

"If only she knew about his..-" Then something in the distance caught Shenzi's attention. "Look, there!" She pointed her paw to a creature she had spotted from the corner of her eye. "That's a lion!" In distance slowly, a male lion sauntered. His fur was light and he had blonde full manes. "It can't be.."

Banzai narrowed his eyes and when he noticed the lion Shenzi was referring to, he almost made them pop out. "Trouble! We have to make sure he ain't goin' to enter the lands!"

"Trouble? Not for us.." Shenzi grinned while Banzai looked at her confused. "Don't ya see who that is? That is Nala's father!" She took a sprint towards the lion and Banzai quickly followed.

Lio looked exhausted, like if he had been wandering a long journey already. He had spent the entire walk overthinking the past events and was still dubbing in his mind if coming so closely near the Pride Lands, one of his former homes, was a smart move. He barely heard the "Hey, you!" coming from behind him. He turned around and it didn't took him long before he recognized Shenzi and Banzai, the two lead hyenas that he also still knew as Scar's friends, standing behind him. "What do you want?"

"What do we want? Says the lion who's about to step our lands!" Banzai reacted.

Lio hesitated. "I don't want any trouble. Sorry, I'll leave.." he softly spoke.

"Not so fast!" Shenzi interfered. "We know who you are. You're Nala's and Mheetu's father!" she shared. "Ah.. that's right, ya never knew ya had a son too.." she continued when noticing Lio's weird look on his face after she mentioned Mheetu's name. "Perhaps if ya knew, ya never left Sarafina for tha other chick! Ya have gotten quite old, I assume she replaced you for a young thing?" Shenzi did what she did best, teasing.

"Hey! Even if I hadn't left, Scar had exiled me soon anyway!" With her words, Shenzi had struck a nerve within this blonde maned lion. It was true that if only he had never left Sarafina, he could have saved himself, his family with Sarafina and also his last family, which in that scenario he never had, a lot of sorrow. His family was brutally taken away from him when a younger lion intruded the group and challenged him. Due his age and physical weakness Lio was forced to give up the fight and to leave the group. Lio was determined that it was his own karma what caused this. His emotional pain had scarred him heavily from the inside. "They say it's better to have loved and lost... than never to have loved at all.." he said, trying to convince himself that was the truth. "I assume Sarafina went back to Scar, am I right?" he quickly asked the hyenas.

Shenzi shook her head. "No, he first had a little thing with Zira and after that he.."

"..lost his mind!" Banzai finished his mate's sentence.

Shenzi laughed. "That's right! He sat his eyes on another pretty lioness.."

Lio rolled his eyes. "I see that hasn't changed, the womanizer! Back the days, he caused a lot of problems between me and Sarafina. I know for sure, without him things had turned out different!" Hatred filled his eyes as the hyena's words brought back the memories. "Well, I really don't care about his actions anymore!" Lio spoke and was about to turn around.

"But I think ya do care. I mean, you should.." Shenzi responded mysteriously.

"Why?"

Shenzi sat on a big grin, she just couldn't resist to stir things up even more. "Because his pretty new mate is your precious little girl!" she shared and bigly enjoyed the sudden change in Lio's eyes happening.

"What?" Hearing the news about his daughter shocked the older lion and from the inside it made his blood boil. "The bastard!"

"Figured you wouldn't app.." Shenzi said but before she was able to finish the sentence, the lion had already took off, heading towards the Pride Rock. "Oops.."

"Now look what we've done! Ya think Zira likes havin' him back?" Banzai complained. Overall there weren't many lions left on Zira's 'friend list' anyway.

"Trust me, alright?" Shenzi sighed. "That lion is no threat! Didn't you see his state? All he's capable of doin' is maybe give Scar another scar, that's it!"

"Great.." Banzai heaved deep on his turn. "So that the identity-crisis lion can change his name again.."

"Com' on!" Shenzi beckoned her mate. "We've got to make sure he ain't surprised by any other hyena. I hope they left us somethin' to snack because I like a snack while watchin' a good drama show!" Shenzi grinned before gaining more speed.

Many had warned Nala about having to share her life with Scar. You'd feel imprisoned, they said. But Scar allowed Nala to go and do whatever she desired, of course as long if she promised to stay committed to him. This afternoon she decided to give a visit to her mother. "Hi mom!"

"Nala!" Hearing the voice of her daughter suddenly surprised Sarafina. "I'm glad to see you! You know, I got worried when I found out Scar took you somewhere," she shared.

"Mom, there's no need to worry," Nala tried to reassure her mother.

"Mothers always worry about their children Nala, you'll understand when you have cubs of your own." Sarafina smiled. "How's he treating you?" she asked.

"I don't look like he's been treating me badly so I guess he's not the lion you and Sarabi had warned me for," Nala answered, defending Scar.

"Has he.. have you and him.." Sarafina hesitated and in the end, she couldn't finish her sentence.

"Mom!" Nala knew exactly what her mother was trying to say. "I don't think I can discuss this with you but.." Nala paused and lowered her voice. "You know, I feel comfortable and safe around him and I like his.. his sensitive side, the lion behind the scar.. Taka."

Sarafina gave her daughter a bit of an awkward smile. "You're falling for him aren't you?" she asked although the look she saw in her daughter's eyes was speaking for itself.

"Mom, please.. lower your voice!" Nala widened her eyes a bit.

"Sweetheart.." Sarafina continued on a tone close to whispering. "I want you to be happy. I know his soft side too, you know and I'm glad he's showing it to you."

Nala smiled nervously. "Since we're talking, I do have a question, mom. How will I know?"

"Know what?" Sarafina frowned.

"When I'm expecting.. cubs.." Nala said, staring towards the ground.

"Oh deary, it's still too soon for that now," Sarafina started. "But when you do, you'll feel the changes inside your body and then you'll know." She gave her daughter a reassuring look. "Nala, don't hesitate of coming to me. I'm always there for you." Sarafina stepped closer towards her daughter, wrapping her paws around her for the mother and daughter hug they hadn't shared for way too long now.

"Thanks mom, I love you."

A/N:

I first thought of starting the next chapter with the scene between Nala and her mother but decided to do it a bit different.

And Nala's father, I always wanted to add him :)

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