Author's Notes:
Chapter 6: Paths and Simba's Adult Years
Two shadowy figures watched Fang lounge in the shade when one decided to walk over to him only to get grabbed by the bigger one.
"What do you think you're doing?! We're only supposed to make a cameo!" snapped the bigger one.
"Ah blow it out your rear! You're nothing but a big coward." said the smaller one with demonic red eyes before he realized his mistake and was gently put down before he had a cannon pointed at his face.
"Run..."growled the taller figure and the smaller one complied.
"OW! Hey! Watch it!" yelled the smaller one as he avoided cannon fire from the taller one riding on a black motorcycle. The three disappeared into the distance. Fang got up and cleaned his ears.
"I must be hearing things." mumbled the Lion/Dragon Hybrid before he began the walk back to the Pride Lands. Simba ran up to Fang.
"Fang, where're you going?" said the teen lion.
"Back to the Pride Lands. I'm not dragging you back to be king, despite the fact I should but I don't really feel like it." snapped Fang looking over his paw with mild interest, "Nobody will know I talked to you. Goodbye...Simba."
Fang then took to the skies and left. Simba sighed.
"Wow! You never told us he could fly!" said Timon as he walked out of some underbrush.
"W-what? What are you guys doing here?!" said Simba shocked by Timon and Pumbaa's sudden appearance.
"Watching him. Something tells me he's had a harsh life." said the meerkat.
"You have no idea Timon."
Pride Lands, 5 Hours Later
Fang landed at the small cave he had come to call "home" and curled up inside of the cave and went to sleep.
"Faaaaang..." came a ghostly voice and Fang woke up looking around.
"Who's there?" said Fang defensively as a ghostly figure of Feral appeared before him.
"Don't let your mind be clouded. I wouldn't want my little bud to go evil." said Feral with a sad smile before he ruffled Fang's mane.
"Quit! Heh he ha. I miss those days." said Fang before he looked away.
"Fang, remember who you are. You're my friend and I gave my life for you that day, don't make me wish I hadn't."
"I won't, I promise Feral. Can...can you stay with me...like old times? Without anyone around...it's so lonely..." said Fang.
"Sure, I can stay awhile, you little rascal." said Feral before he grabbed Fang and gave him a noggie.
Several Years Later; Large, Lush Jungle (Simba's now an Adult)
[Jungle Boogie Plays]
Simba jumped off a log and grabbed a vine with his mouth, only to have it snap due to his size and weight and he plummets into the lake below creating a tidal wave that washed Timon and Pumbaa ashore.
"Nice one Simba! But, ah, you might want to quit grabbing vines. You'll wind up getting hurt." said Timon as he shook himself dry.
"Ah, come on Timon, I never get hurt." said Simba as he shook himself off too, to have his mane puff up.
"Right, remember the cockle-berry bush?"
"[Shudders] Did you have to-"
"Or how about the Fire Ants?"
"[Shudders] Can you-"
"Or how about the Piranhas?"
"Okay, okay. I see your point. I get it, I get cocky and I get hurt." said Simba before he walked off. Timon shrugs before he and Pumbaa walk off. Next is the scene with Timon singing "In the Jungle the Lion Sleeps Tonight", but let's skip that and go to where Pumbaa walks off following a bug.
Timon: Hey Pumbaa! Back me up here! Uh, Pumbaa? Pumbaa?
Pumbaa's walking behind the bug and hums. He sees it jump onto a log and he follows it.
*Grass Rustles*
"Timon?"
He shrugs when there's no response and he continues onward. He looks down at the bug and licks in his lips in anticipation but stops when he sees a disturbance in the grass ahead of him.
*Light growling*
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
*Lion Roar*
Pumbaa turns around, stumbles, then runs away as the lioness comes after him. He ran as fast as his (somewhat) long (scrawny) legs could carry him as he ran from the lioness. He ran up to a tree and did a U-turn on it with lioness following his movements, more or less, until he burst from the underbrush and ran smack under a root and got stuck as Timon ran in front of him.
"SHE'S GONNA EAT ME!" screamed Pumbaa as his panicking mind raced.
"What?" said Timon climbing up to the top of the root and sees the charging lioness.
"WHOA! Why do I always have to save your a-AAAAAAAAHHH!" screamed Timon before a large male lion jumped over them and started attacking the lioness.
"Get her! Bite her head! See, I told you he'd come in handy...again." said Timon cheering for Simba. Simba tries to tackle the lioness only to get pinned and looks up into her snarling face, shocked.
"Nala?" says Simba and she gets off, confused.
"Who are you?" said Nala.
"It's me, Simba."
"Simba?"
He nods. The two get into a "two long lost friend" conversation and Timon's mouth drops and then he jumps into a nearby tree when he hears (almost) evil laughter from the shadows and Fang walks out.
"Glad to see you two still get along perfectly." said Fang as he steps out of shadows. If you were to see him, you'd almost mistake him for being Scar if not for the not as slender face Scar had and the three horizontal scars on his right eye.
"Fang, you knew about this place?" said Nala looking at him.
"Yes, I just didn't want to ruin the surprise for you two lovebirds." joked Fang before he gave off an evil-sounding laugh.
"Is he alright?" said Simba.
"Gee, what do you think Simba? I live my life, alone, in a small cave, of course I'm gonna sound evil! But I'm not, just misunderstood." said Fang before he climbed up a tree, "Now then, why don't you two go...I don't know, catch up?"
"That's not a bad idea." said Nala before she lead Simba away.
"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!" yelled Timon as Pumbaa got himself free.
"Simple. What Zazu said about them falling in love...andpossiblygettingmarried...came true." said Fang smirking.
"Come on, Pumbaa! We got to stop her from taking Simba from us!" said Timon grabbing Pumbaa by the ears and leading the warthog away.
[Peter Gun, Spy Hunter Theme]
END CHAPTER