SIMBA
I was trapped to myself, stuck inside my own mind all morning. my thoughts swinging in a constant loop, repeating of what I would have to do, over and over again. Thinking of what happened to me yesterday. I know I had to have been going crazy, but it all felt so real. It felt like he was standing right there next to me. Looking down on me as I made my next move, him controlling everything all the while.
""The Malice" was he really right? did I have that need to cause evil? to feed it. "my Malice that I have unselfishly given you and my son. What you and Nuka hold in your hearts, will allow you to concur anything. " No, he's wrong, im nothing like him.
But still, that feeling that consumed me, yesterday was indescribable. I wanted- I still want nothing more but to end my cousin and in the worst possible way I can think of. hmm, maybe I am more like my Uncle than I'd like to admit.
Suddenly my ears caught a loud commotion coming my way. The added noise distracted me, pulling my attention away from the river. "Simba?! Simba?!" Kenya? the hell was going on. "Simba where are you!" from the sound of her voice she sounded pissed...great.
"Kenya wait!"...Nala? shit, this can't be good...at all.
Before I knew it I saw my mate coming in the clearing, she was fuming. I could see her forehead corner vein from here. My gut feeling is right, this is not going to be good. "Kenya what's the matter?"
"When were you going to tell me? where you ever going to tell me?!"
"...wait clam down, what re you talking about?"
"Don't tell me to calm down!"... fuck me. my eyes immediately went over to Nala who stood from afar, watching everything unfold. The way she refused to look at me, made me think she had something to do with this. seriously...can I not have one drama-filled day! For king's sake... "...Why the hell did I have to find this out about you from her! why didn't you just tell me yourself..."
My mind raced to figure out what the hell she was talking about... I've told her everything she needed to know. Anything that affects her and our relationship. "...babe I have no idea what you're talking about-"
"King Simba? really, YOU told me you left home because you had nothing there, no family-that was a lie! You had a whole family back there..."
"YOU!" my red orbs darted to Nala. " You told her?!"
"Simba i-" stammered Nala, but I didn't want to hear it. but I coudlnt even tell her off, because Kenya wanted to be the one to make me feel like shit for keeping my personal buiness personal!
"DON'T be mad at her! she was only doing what I told her because I knew I wouldn't be able to get it from you." i... I didn't know what to say. "Well?! fucking say something!"
"...What do you want me to say, Kenya." I was trying my best to keep my head sane. Was this shit really happening to me right now?! What a fucking joke.
"I don't know a fucking explanation-"
"There's nothing to explain! You found out something I didn't want to tell you, big deal. it's not going to change anything."
"Simba, are you listening to yourself? this changes everything!"
"It changes nothing I'm still the same guy-"
"No, you're not. Because the lion I knew wasn't a liar. I don't know who this lion is I'm staring at now!"
"Fine, I'll explain it then-"
"it's too late for that now."
" Kenya wait-"Bur she had stormed off before I could finish anything. I could tell by the way she walked off there would be no way she'd stop to listen to a word I had to say. "FUCK!" my uncle was wrong, I'm not consumed with malice towards the anything-the world is consumed with malice towards me. I can never catch a fucking break! I went off in the opposite direction because I knew if I stayed here I would do something I would regret.
"... s...Simba wait!"
"Nala please don't even fucking bother."
"I didn't want to tell her, but I didn't have a choice! " I snapped my head to look at her. there she goes again, for a lioness who kept saying everything has a choice, she seems to be the only one here who NEVER seems to have one! Someone always making her! I'm starting to believes she's just full of bullshit, as I'm full of lies.
"you didn't have a choice?! how about you just keep your damn mouth shut, that would have been just fine!"
"How was I suppose to know you hadn't told her?"
"Doesn't matter, that none of your buiness to tell!"
"Yes, it is! you're our king, and besides what were you going to tell her you'd be leaving with me for a few days to handle business and then come back like everything was okay? don't be ridiculous Simba "
" I had a plan! then you had to go a fucking ruin it!"
"And what was that plan exactly?" please I didn't need her mocking me.
"Whatever..." why the hell did I stop, trying to explain myself would be pointless. I continued to walk away and Nala... didn't fail to follow me. Kings, I want nothing more than to just get rid of her!
"Simba no matter which way you play it we need YOU."
"And I was going to help YOU! I'd return, Avenge my mother and be done with it."
"And you'd just leave us after that?"
"Hell yea! "
"so you'd be solving one problem and leading us right into another! The hyenas are still at priderocK!"
"My only job is to handle Nuka-"
"Your Job is to US! Simba if you just kill Nuka and leave us, we'd still be under threat with no king ruling, ' anyone could come and take our home from us again- and besides we still aren't strong enough to kick out the hyenas!"
" Well, I'm not going to stand here and act like I have an imaginary plan that will solve everybody's problem. That's not my concern-"
"How can you say that?!"
"EASILY, I only care about killing NUKA that's IT!"
"...So that's it, you're just going to trade in one life for another..." yes why was that so hard for her to get threw her thick head. Once Nuka was dead and out of the picture, my life could go back to normal. I mean did she really think I could just sit here and do nothing after everything she told me.
"I didn't' chose for it to be that way, it just is. everything that happened to me, I didn't ask for it."
"...I'm so disappointed in you."
"hmp, join the club-"
" Hello?...is anyone here?" Nala and I both paused when heard the added voice, the hell could be happening now? " I need help! Hello?!"
"... no there's no way..."
"No way what?" I asked. but the answer I got was watching Nala disappear into the brushes. "Nala?" great was it now her time to ignore me?
"Hello?...is anyone here?"
"Shia!" Shia...why did that name sound so familiar. like I've heard it before. "SHIA!...SHIA!" I found myself running after Nala, who was now a few feet ahead of me. When I finally caught up I saw her embracing a young lioness. She looked worn out and exhausted. She was almost Nala's height, with green eyes. A truf of fur that laid on top of her head, made her look remarkably similar to her sister. Vitani.
"Finally... I've found you..."
'What are you doing here? Are you alone? whats going on Shia..?" the young lioness saw me out of the corner of her eye, confused and not knowing who I am she tensed up. Nala turned to see me standing behind them. "It's alright Shia."
"...are you sure, I think he was following you..."
"Yea it's fine." she turned to look at me, and I paused. "He's a friend." We let Shia catch her breathe and gather her thoughts. but from her anxious state, that 5 min wait didn't do much of anything to clam her. In fact, i think it made her more anxious. I noticed the bottom of her paws looks swollen. she must have been traveling day and night. Did she really come from pride rock? I nearly died when I came out here. There was no water for miles... how could she make it out here and still be standing? "Tell me what happened?"
"Nuka...he's going crazy, he had the hyenas attack Vitani, he's making the pride go to war with the valley pride. he's going to kill everyone!"
"Whoa whoa calm down...what happened to Vitani?!"
"a-after you and Roho left... he got the hyenas to attack Vitani. they damn near killed her...the only reason he's still keeping her alive is to use to the others so the rest of the pride foes what he wants... I know he's going to kill her. Nala you have to come back you have to stop him, please!"
"...I-"
"Vitani told me if I came here...a...lion named Kye would help me?...is he here... is that Him?" referring to me.
"...No that's not him."
"Well, I have to find him! we don't have much time-"
" we will find him, I promise-"
"Find him now! I need him now..."
"I'll find him." I catch the two lionesses' attention. I know they must have forgotten I was here. "But it might take a while, how will Kye help you?"
"...he was friends with my sisters Mate, Kijivu."
"Right, I'll go find him. I'll be back."
"Thank you, they'll probably be here at any momen..t."
"They?" voiced Nala, raising a brow in concern. "who's they."
"..t...the hyenas... I know Nuka sent one after me...but I think a few more have joined him... I've stayed ahead of them so far. I doubled back to try to lose them... but I don't think it worked... I'm sorry... I'm sorry." Shia fell into Nala's shoulder and started crying.
"No no, Shia you're fine." while she did her best to comfort Shia, all I could see the visible nervousness written all over Nala's face. Shit.
*Woohoo we hit another milestone guys 300 reviews!...man this has been a long journey.
+RyanSquad, good thing they have a category for it lol
+ExGeneration35, yea that sudden end of the chapter was pretty mean! but I thought it is best seeing the final reaction with Kenya and Simba together... but don't worry they're going to get some more time to talk.