+ Vitani Rules, yea here I have all cubs, or teens Nuka, Simba… etc, the same age as Kiara from the LK 2. So yes technically if you're looking at it, thought eh Nala/Vitani theory she wouldn't be born yet. But I have heard of that theory and I am doing research on it.

+redwalllover28, yup another manipulation by Scar, lets see how this turns out. A Simba vs Nuka would be interesting, I'm glad you like the plot twist.

+Travass99, thanks for the review. And you never know what might happen with Vitani and Simba, guess you have to wait and see.

Chapter 16

The bored prince looked to his two companions with wandering eyes. "I'm bored, you guys go something to entertain me." he voiced, scratching the bottom of his chin.

"Sure, what would you like us to do Boss?" voiced Egg, in a calm voice, though, in his head the spotted dog was saying…other things in mind. "I and Bones are at your service!"

"ah duh, don't you think I know that." Voiced Nuka impatiently. "Ugh never mind, you two couldn't come up with anything entertaining for me anyways." Nuka rose from the shady area under the old tree. He walked over to the waterhole. "I wonder what my dad ad Simba had to talk about, ump."

" Beats me boss." Eggs

"Yea same, probably nothing major."

"Yea, just sucks had to be left here with you two." The two dogs shared a look with one another, biting their tongue, in due time, they thought.

"Well, must be excited you're going to be a big brother again." after saying this, even Egg thought this was the start of an awkward conversation. But sitting in stillness any longer would drive them all crazy.

"Yea, I'm a ball of freakin sunshine."

"I…can tell."

"The cubs going to be so loud, and smelly, and getting in my way- ugh I can already see it now."

"Well I'm sure once you get a look at his face, it'll change your mind completely." Oh how they were so sure.

"ugh, for kings sake I hope it's not…" his voice was dull and dry. It was not that Nuka did not want another sibling…well, no that is the case, it's just a matter of perspective for him. He'll be king some day and he'll have to be bothered with the annoyance of having to care for his younger sibling. With Vitani planning to be wedding off to some other pride, he hardly had to think of her, but this new cub…oh on. By the time Nuka took over his parent who we older and not wanting to deal with tht life they created- even though you could argue sometime they act that way now. But then, there was another thing, something that would pinch his never if he thought about the cub being another son, and replacing him. Nuka didn't think of it much, the idea was outlandish, he was Scar first son, his position was safe and clear…but what if it wasn't. Nuka knew his father and brother were always at odds, and that favoritism ran strong when they were growing up as cubs. So, the idea never left his mind that, his younger brother could potentially be a serious problem later on. And being honest, no one wants to deal with that. "C'mon, let go find Simba and see what he and my dad are up to, being future king, I think I have the right to know what going on around here."

"That's right boss, you sure do." Voiced his cheerleader. They odd trio of lion and hyena, left the area by the waterside.

Across the savannah Nala day was still far from over. Training with Vitani was more that she had expected and was becoming more tiresome than anything. "You call that running, I barely broke a sweat!" voiced her companion walking beside her. Nala held her head slow, breathing hard, they had just ran what seemed to be a 4 mile long marathon so Vitani could test out her endurance. She finished the long endeavor, but barely- and by barely her sanity was hanging on by a small thread. "w-well…you didn't have to do 10 exercises before t-this…"

"Excuses, you can't be tried when you're hunting, sometimes you have to track you prey miles out. What are you gonna do, get tired after the first 15 minute and go back home?"

"Of course not, I –"

"Then stop complaining and lets go, try to keep up with me this time." Vitani began to walk off. As the sun beamed down on Nala back, she bit her lip, she was not moving another step. Training to push yourself is one thing, but trying to kill yourself all in one day- not the goal here. If anything, it only made her more self conscious about herself. she sat down with a hard thud. Vitani looked back with a raised brow.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm taking a break, I'm not about to kill myself."

"You're not killing yourself- you've already done anything to say that." Her remake didn't do unnoticed. As Nala looked to her. "What? You just gonna sit there with a long face?"

"I'm tried."

"Pssh, and you call this training? This would have been a warm up for me, if I was training with my mom." Insult after insult, was this really necessary, yes she's not in the best shape. But can you blame her? she never had to do anything this physical before this, she just threw herself into hunting for fun, but not that it's more serious…alittle encourage would be nice. Instead, Vitani make it seems like she's wasting her time. "I see." Said the queens daughter looking across to the lioness before her. "You're the weak link."

"w-what?" she voiced with confusion…did she just call her, weak?

"You're the weak link in the group, everyone has one."

"I am not a weak link, this is my first day!"

"psh, And?" she raised a brow. "You thought it would be a walk by the waterhole?"

"No, I just didn't think it would be this hard- and it's not like you're giving me breaks to actually understand what the hell it is I'm doing…"

"Well if you weren't such a weak link then it wouldn't matter how 'hard' it is, you'd just do it and not complain so much."

"What is your problem with me? have I ever done anything to you!" Nala exclaimed fed up. "All you have to say is negative things! King I know I suck- but dam, have you never heard of encouragement?! Or did your mom forget that lesson!" Vitani bite her lip, she didn't take to kindly to others talking about how her mother, raised her. she knew she dint grow up with love and sunshine behind every lesson- or any lesson, but until you have lived her life. You can't say anything about it.

"Ugh, I'm done here. I'm wasting my time with someone like you." Vitani pushed passed Nala.

"Like me? what does that mean?!" the blue-eyed lioness retorted loudly.

"Please, like you don't know. But don't you worry your 'pretty' little head about it. Everything will be taken care of you, it always is for your type."

"My type?! Excuse me-"

"You head me, your type! Pretty, nice body, prefect lioness, you don't have a care in the world, it'll all be thrown at your paws. You won't have to work for anything. You'll get all attention to want, so I guess that will suffice for you being so weak-"

"I am NOT weak!" the girls now in each other face. "You better stop saying that…"

"We-ak..Link-ugh!" Vitani felt a powerful thud as Nala pinned her to the ground. Her eyes open wide by the strength she had over her. Nala bent down to be right in her face so they were muzzle to muzzle.

"Look, I don't know what your problem is, but I'm not taking your cramp anymore! If helping me is so much of a freaking problem to you, then I'll find another way!" her demeanor was calm but still intensive, she got off of Vitani and began walking back towards priderock. As the lioness got up, and shook the dust from her fur she let out a small laugh. The odd noise coming from her, made Nala stop in her tracks. She turned to look at her with a raised brow.

"Haha, not bad pretty girl. You pack more punch then I expected." She began to walk towards her. "But you'll need more force then that to take down something half your size.

"Vitani what are you talking about?"

"Your hunting, duh. You'll need more punch behind that attack if you except to take down anything."

"Psh, I took down you." Vitani rolled her eyes.

"Lucky shot." She voiced, but in truth Nala had sub-duded her. No one had been able to do that, not even Simba, and he was a worthy appoint, anything was better than Nuka and those hyenas. Maybe, Nala not all the way the pretty weak lioness Vitani think she is. "You sucked today, but we can work on it more tomorrow."

"Oh, I'm not a waste of your time."

"Oh yes, of course you are, but it's not like I have anything better to do anyway. Besides you're not as annoying as I thought so, we can work something out, if you teach me that pin move."

"was…that a compliment?"

"I don't know, yea, take it or leave it."

"I…think I'll take it." voiced Nala amused some, at Vitani strange and sudden change of heart. Maybe she finally something in her she liked, or, whatever the case may be. Hopefully, now, they can get some progress going.

As the three lioness dragged they kill back toward home, the thought of relaxing on the ground was on everyone mind. They had been hunting all morning and were finally successful on their third try. This kill would be for the pride at home, and hopefully, the other two lionesses had a successful kill. Them being short on numbers, is not in their favor. And with them having no leader for their party, one can only hope they made things they got closer to the den, they hoped the smell wouldn't invite other unwanted guess. So, they made a means to pick up the pace.

"Finally, we're home." Voiced a light-colored orange lioness, as she let go of the zebra kill. Her mouth was stained with its blood. "I thought we'd never, make a kill."

"Me either, it's always so hard with the herd being on high alert like, plus with such few numbers."

"yea, and did you notice they moved more inland than on the plan?" voiced another.

"I did." voiced Sarafina.

"what was that about? That's not normally their territory."

"I don't know." Voiced the blue-eyed mother. Then, In the distance, she noticed three figures outside of the den, one standing and one on the ground. As she got closer, she noticed it was one of her sisters. "What happened?!" she voiced with concerning looking to her sister. The grey lioness sat up slowly.

"J-just alittle accident."

"Little?" she voiced.

" The hunt went wrong, and buffalo charged us. Getting away we ran into each other and tripped each other up. She landed hard on her shoulder."

"Oh my kings, what were you two doing hunting buffalo?" sounding like the mother she saw.

"They were the only thing in the area, we had been traveling for hours. It was a smaller buffalo, so we thought we could take it- and it worked for a while until the rest of the herd came."

"Only thing? The southern territory has at least four roaming herds, right Sarabi?" the rimmed-eyed lioness shook her head.

"Not anymore, Zazu came and informed me that some of the herds are leaving the pridelands altogether because of the overhunting."

"what?"

"Yes, he's going to talk to Scar about it. Hopefully, he'll listen and see how serious the situation is."

"Yes, we can't go on like this, the over hunting will eventually have everyone starve." Sarafina looked over to her wounded pride sister. She opened her mouth and began to speak the words that Sarafina had in her head.

"We didn't catch anything, now we'll have to go back soon to bring back something in time."

"You can't go anywhere with that shoulder, you'll have to stay here with me." voiced Sarabi.

"but still, even four is a small number."

"Well, it's better than a solo mission gone bad. here." Voiced Sarabi walking over to the kill. "take this to priderock, they can have the zebra, Zira will need it."

"Sarabi we can't do that, you need this zebra just as much as she does. We'll just go back now before the herds move again." voiced a pridesister standing up.

"Now? but you all just came back. You need to rest." Order Sarabi.

"If we sit down, we'll be too tired to go later." Sarafina walked over to her friend. "you keep this kill, we'll be back soon. And make sure A'isha stays off that shoulder."

"Right." Voiced Sarabi, not at all pleased with this. She knew how taxing tuning could be and going from one kill to another, without a good amount of rest, could not be good. "You all be careful." She warned. As she watched them leave.