A/N: KawaiiCutie12: Yeah, I've seen guest reviews review shit things about other people's stories. Man, they can be annoying. Not all guests do it, but most do which is irritating. Thank you for respecting my opinion. Yes, that was very sweet of Nadra! She is quite protective of her mother, after what her father had done to her mother. But if Simba finds out about this, let's just hope that he'll accept Jelani into the pride just like he did to Penda's step-dad. Once again, thank you for respecting my opinion. And yeah, Kovu is quite boring for me too. His personality is just a no-no for me. Like his design though. Oh yeah, they can get damn annoying as hell. People like this can't seem to just do something else. I'm glad you liked the chapter, and yeah, the hate is annoying. It's really not needed.
Guest: I'm glad that you're enjoying my stories :). You're not the only one who doesn't like Kiara and Kovu together much. I don't like them together at all. Their romance is something I dislike about them. It was not portrayed well. They fell in love in a matter of 2-3 days which is ridiculous to me. And how the hell does Kovu forget his mission in a damn day too?! In real life, being brainwashed is something impossible to get rid of. I'm not a fan of Simba's Pride either. Damn those colors are so bad in the second movie, and oh boy, that blue filter just made it worse. That was the worst creative decision ever. Oh wow, this actually does make you feel better? Wow, I'm impressed. I'm glad that this made you feel better because me writing this story actually makes me feel better too. At least this distracts me from the second movie. And yes, I am a fan of SimbaxNala too! They REALLY needed more screen time together in the original movie! I agree with you. Here is Chapter 28 for you my friend, and you too have a good day and also stay safe :).
Anyways, here is Chapter 28 for you all! As always, go to Chapter 1 for disclaimers. Without further or do, here is Chapter 28.
Chapter 28: Doubts Form Part 2
As Kali and Nadra got back to Pride Rock they saw that Chaka and Kopa returned with the other cubs. Nadra got off of her mother's back and ran to the other cubs. Kali then went over to her brothers who were sitting near the entrance of the cave. "The hunting party's not back yet?" Kali asked as she approached her brothers.
"Nope they're not back yet," Kopa said. "Probably still out hunting or somethin'."
"They usually don't take this long," Chaka said. "They left when the sun was fully raised and we don't know if anything bad happened."
"Well if something did happen then we would get told by Simba or Zazu to go to where they were hunting," Kopa pointed out. "But I do hope nothing bad happened."
"Yeah," Kali said. "Me too. I pray that they return safely."
"I pray they return safely too," Kopa said with a sigh. "I'm now starting to become paranoid but I hope this has nothing to do with Kovu."
"I hope it's nothing about him too," Chaka said with a scowl. "If it does then I'm gonna go straight to Simba and tell him to banish Kovu."
"Well IF this has something to do with him," Kopa said. "Then we'll go tell Simba that Kovu had been involved. But as of right now he hasn't done anything yet. For now at least."
"Yeah," Chaka replied. "He hasn't done anything yet. But he might later."
"Let's just hope he doesn't," Kopa growled. "Otherwise I'm gonna take out all of my anger on Simba for accepting him in the first place."
"I don't think you should take it out on Simba," Chaka said. "I think you should take it out on Kovu."
"But Simba was the one who accepted him in the first place," Kopa pointed out. "So why take it out on Kovu?"
"Well Kovu was the one who asked to join the pride," Chaka said. "So I think you should take it out on him if something does happen."
"I think you should take your anger out on both of them Kopa," Kali suddenly said, causing Chaka and Kopa to look at Kali with confused looks. "I mean dad accepted him, right? So I think you should take out your anger on dad for accepting him in the first place. And take out your anger on Kovu for causing the problem."
"I guess your right Kali," Kopa said after a minute. "But we'll have to wait and see if anything happens."
"Yeah let's just hope nothing bad happens," Chaka growled. "I will get pissed off if something does happen."
"Well, you should save that when something happens," Kopa said. "Don't take out your anger now. Just wait for something to happen then take out your anger." Just then the hunting party returned with a fine-sized zebra. Aisha then approached her sister and brothers with a troubled expression.
"Oh boy," Kopa muttered. "That face says somethin'. What happened Aisha?"
"Yeah what happened?" Chaka asked, also wanting to know what happened. "Did something happen during the hunt."
"We'll talk about this at the watering hole," Aisha said. "I don't want to talk about it here."
"Well then," Kali began. "Let's go to the watering hole then so that we can find out what in the world happened during the hunt." With that, the four siblings went down the side of Pride Rock to go to the watering hole.
A few minutes later the four siblings reached the watering hole. They then sat down in a circle. "So Aisha," Kopa began. "What happened?"
"I'd like to know too," Chaka chimed in.
"I'd also like to know as well," Kali piped up. "I wasn't in the hunt today since I slept late."
"Well," Aisha began. "You see guys something happened when we were hunting in the savannah. We were supposed to hunt at the wildebeest area but something ended up happening that caused us to hunt for a zebra instead."
"Well, what happened?" Kali asked. "What caused you guys to hunt for a zebra instead of a wildebeest?"
"There were rhinos heading towards the direction of the wildebeest," Aisha explained. Chaka, Kopa, and Kali's eyes went wide in shock when they heard their sister say this but they said nothing, so Aisha continued, "We have absolutely no idea why the rhinos were behaving this way but for whatever reason, they went to the direction of the wildebeest. This caused the wildebeest to run and we were caught. We had to leave the area so that no one got hurt."
"No one got hurt right?" Chaka asked.
"No one got hurt," Aisha said. "We checked if we had any injuries and no one had injuries. So we decided to hunt elsewhere."
"Well I'm glad to know that no one got hurt," Kopa said with a sigh of relief.
"Yeah," Chaka chimed in. "Otherwise mom would've called off the hunt."
"She almost did," Aisha said. "If someone had an injury and if we didn't want to hunt then she would've called off the hunt. But since we wanted to hunt elsewhere it wasn't called off."
"We're glad that you guys are safe," Kali said.
"Yeah," Kopa chimed in. "That wouldn't be good if someone did get hurt."
"It surely wouldn't," Aisha said with an agreement. "I'd hate for that to happen."
"I hope this has nothing to do with Kovu," Kopa growled.
"Kovu?" Aisha said with confusion. "What are you talking about Kopa? Who's Kovu?"
"Oh, you don't know?" Chaka asked the surprise clear in his voice. "You don't know Kovu?"
"Nope," Aisha said shaking her head. "Why is he here in our pride?"
"Yep," Kopa said with a scowl.
"Did he get accepted into the pride or did he come by himself?" Aisha asked.
"Simba accepted him into the pride," Chaka growled. "Well, actually Kovu was the one who said he wants to join the pride. And Simba accepted him. He was too quick to accept him in my opinion."
"I agree with you bro," Kopa said. "Simba accepted Kovu into the pride too quickly. I think that Kovu had something to do with the rhino stuff."
"If he did then I am going straight to Simba and tell him to banish Kovu right away," Chaka growled. "Because if he's going to cause trouble in our pride then I don't want him here. I don't need another Scar here in our pride."
"Well let's just see what Kovu does first though," Kopa said. "If he did have something to do with the rhinos then we should go tell Simba the whole thing. But right now we can't say anything because we don't have proof that Kovu was the one who caused the rhinos to go the way they did."
"I agree," Kali said, suddenly piping up. "We don't have exact proof to who did it. But for now, we have to act cool. Even though we're not."
"Well that's what I hate about this whole damn thing," Kopa said. "I hate the fact that we have to play it cool. I can't play it cool because that's something that I cannot do. It's an honest struggle for me."
"At least try your best to play it cool Kopa," Kali said, looking at her brother. "I know it's hard but try to play it cool."
"Wait a minute," Aisha said suddenly. "Isn't this the Kovu me and Aisha saw when Kiara was only a cub?"
"Aisha, what in the world are you talking about?" Kopa asked, clearly confused.
"Do you remember when me, Kali, Kamaria, and Nadia explained to you what caused me and Aisha's first hunting lesson to be canceled?" Aisha asked, looking at her brother.
"Well," Kopa began. But then suddenly he remembered that day. "Actually I do remember that day," he said. "You told me that there was this cub and was named after Scar."
"I think it really is him," Kali said her eyes wide.
"What are you guys talking about?" Chaka asked with confusion.
"Well bro that was the day before you returned to the Pride Lands," Kopa said to his brother. "That was also the day I said to mom that you were alive."
"Oh," Chaka replied, now getting it. "I get it now. So what did Aisha and Kali explain to you Kopa about Kovu?"
"Well Chaka," Kopa began. "They told me that Zira said that these lands belong to Scar. Simba said that these lands never belonged to him. It's belonged to him. And then as the confrontation kept going, Zira introduced her cub she named Kovu. I still don't know why she named him after Scar. Then Zira said that there is very little food and less water in the Outlands. Simba said that he never banished her and that she chose to live there in the first place. But then suddenly Zira pushed Kovu towards Simba. Simba didn't even know what to do with Kovu. After a moment of silence, Simba said to Zira that she is to keep her distance and not go near Kiara again. If Zira did go near Kiara, then Simba will sentence Zira to death without hesitation. And then that's where Simba and Zira parted their ways." After Kopa was finished, Chaka was absolutely stunned at what he heard.
"Wow," Chaka said, still speechless. "I'm shocked. I don't know what to say."
"I don't know what to say either," Kopa admitted. "After they were finished explaining I was absolutely shocked. I still am today."
"But nonetheless we need to act cool," Kali said, getting back to the topic to where they were talking about the rhino situation. "We can't say things out loud because if Kovu hears us saying this out loud then for sure he'll do something."
"Agreed," Kopa said nodding his head in agreement. "We also have to act civil towards him. If mom and Simba know that we are talking behind Kovu's back then we for sure are going to get punished for this."
"Heh, we did get in trouble for talking behind Zuberi's back when he was accepted into the pride," Kali said, remembering how she, Aisha, Chaka, and Kopa got in trouble for talking behind Penda's step-father's back when he was accepted into the pride.
"Well we gotta keep this between us," Kopa said, looking around to see if Kovu or anyone else in the pride is around in which they weren't. "Otherwise we are going to be severely punished."
"Agreed," Chaka said nodding in agreement. Just then Zazu came bounding towards the four lions telling them that they are needed back at Pride Rock. With that the four lions got up and headed back to Pride Rock, knowing full well that they needed to eat what's left from the hunt.
"I hope Kovu had nothing to do with the rhino situation," Chaka thought to himself as he, Kopa, Aisha, and Kali continued walking. "If he did have something to do with it then Simba made a huge mistake accepting him into the pride. Zuberi did nothing wrong when he first came here. Yes, we were suspicious with him, but as a week went by, he was a nice lion towards us. That gave us the courage that Zuberi was not going to cause trouble for us. But Kovu on the other hand has been suspicious. It's only been day one for crying out loud! He might not have done something now, but let's just hope that it isn't the rhino situation. If it is, then I want him gone. I want him out of the pride. There is no way in hell that I want a lion in the pride to cause trouble for us. We've already suffered enough. I want the suffering to end now. I want to relax and to have peace. If Kovu ruins it for us then I am seriously going to take out all of my anger on him. Even Simba for accepting him in the first pride. I hope I am wrong with all of my doubts. I also hope that Kopa's and Kali's doubts are wrong too. If not then I have to take out all of my anger on them. But for now, I must act cool as nothing happened, even though something did happen." With these thoughts, Chaka, Kopa, Aisha, and Kali had finally reached Pride Rock. As they went up, they then went over to the leftovers and ate what was left.
A/N: Boy doubts and paranoias are really starting to rise. Chaka, Kopa, Aisha, and Kali don't trust Kovu at all. It's weird that they didn't even mention Kiara at all though... *scratches head in confusion*. They didn't even mention their sister and it concerns me.
To those who might ask, does the rhino stuff have something to do with the rhino scene in Simba's Pride? The answer is Yes. This does have something to do with the rhino scene. That rhino scene man... was quite scary to me. I mean, imagine being chased by rhinos. I bet the rhinos ran until they were exhausted. Hence why they ran to the point where the lionesses were hunting.
Anyways, that's it for Chapter 28. See you all later in Chapter 29!