# Starting Over Chapter 9 #
Hey guys, I'm back! First, let me answer DBZGIRL111's question. Am I doing a Lion King 2 with Ajani and Sapphire in it? The answer to that is a big... YES! I love this story so much, that I want to make another story with Ajani and Sapphire in it. Plus, I might even make up new original stories with Ajani and Sapphire in it. I do not own The Lion King. Disney does. I do own my OC's though. And as requested, here is a shoutout to Born To Be Awesome: Thanks for reviewing and liking my story! Make sure to keep reading and reviewing! Quick side note, anyone else notice that Disney has been making crappier movies and even more crappier shows? I mean come on! Where's the hand drawn animation that all the Disney classics had. Disney has to clean up its act soon, or they will lose lots of money. I wish we were back to the good old Disney. Well, enough of my rambling, on to the story!

Starting Over Chapter 9

A couple weeks have past since Simba and Ajani have met Timon and Pumbaa, and they have become very good friends with them, even if they constantly kept Timon and Pumbaa worried about them because of their crazy adventures. Like right now for instance, Simba climbed to the top of a very tall tree and Timon was trying to get him to come down. Timon started to scold Simba, "Young lion! You better come down from that tree this instant!"

Ajani walked up next to Pumbaa, who was sitting there watching the scene unfold. Ajani looked up at Simba and then to Pumbaa. "Let me guess, this is probably the twentieth time this happened," Ajani said.

"Yep," Pumbaa replied.

Simba looked down at them. "Man, you guys look like ants down there!"

Timon was still trying to get him down."I'm going to count to three, and you better be down from that tree! One, two..." Simba jumped onto a branch that couldn't support his weight, and it broke. He started to fall from the tree. Pumbaa had no choice but to jump on top of Timon so he could catch Simba. Simba fell onto Pumbaa's stomach and was completely unharmed. Timon on the other hand, wasn't so lucky. He crept out from under Pumbaa and wheezed, "Three."

Ajani started to laugh uncontrollably. "You... okay... Timon?" he asked between laughs.

"Never been better," Timon replied sarcastically as he started to wobble around.

"Sorry Timon," Simba laughed. Man, I'm hungry. Let's go find some grubs."

"Lead the way," said Pumbaa. With that, the four friends went to their favorite log for some grubs to eat.

Back at the Pridelands, thinks weren't so happy. Ever since Scar became king, the Pridelands had lost most of it beauty and was reduced to a wasteland and almost all the herds moved out. The lionesses were coming back from the hunt with less and less each night. Since the lionesses were out on their hunt, Nala and Sapphire hung out at their favorite tree. "I never got to tell him how I felt about him," Nala sighed.

"Simba felt the same way about you too," Sapphire stated.

"Really?" Nala asked.

"Yeah. In fact, the day before... you know him and Ajani died, he told me and Ajani he was going to ask you to be his girlfriend," Sapphire said sadly.

Nala smiled and tears started to come to her eyes. "I miss them."

"So do I. I wish somehow we were their to save them."

"For some reason, I feel like they are both still alive. It must be my mind playing tricks on me."

"Yeah, me too," Sapphire sighed.

That night Simba and Ajani stayed up late to look at the stars. Timon and Pumbaa were already asleep. They lied there in silence for a long time. Ajani was the first one to break the silence. "Do you think your dad is watching us right now?" he asked Simba.

"Yeah, but he probably is angry at us for what we did. Do you think he will forgive us?"

"I hope so," Ajani said. "I wonder what Nala and Sapphire are doing right now."

"Nala..." Simba sighed. "I never told her how I felt about her."

"Don't worry dude, I know she liked you."

"Really? How?" Simba asked.

"I always saw her staring at you. Trust me man, I know she liked you."

"Well even if she did, it doesn't matter. We can never go back anyway."

"Yeah. Our mothers would be ashamed and so would Nala and Sapphire."

"Yeah. Hey look on the bright side, we met Timon and Pumbaa," Simba said trying to lighten the mood.

"Sometimes I worry about those two," Ajani laughed.

Simba yawned. "I think I'm gonna hit the sack."

"Same here." They both went to their beds next to Timon and Pumbaa and fell asleep, dreaming about the girls they cared about the most.

I know, not my best or longest chapter but I had writers block. Next chapter, the cubs will turn into adolescents and Simba and Ajani might meet up with some very familiar faces. I think you know where I'm getting at. Remember to review! The next update should be on Friday.