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Chapter 97: Hakuna Matata
Finally reaching the outskirts of the Pride Lands, Kannan took over and lead the heroes to where they need to go. They eventually arrived near a Jungle, Nala commented, "Despise the fact, everything being covered in this white stuff, it's still allot better than the Pride Lands is right now... are you sure Simba is here?"
"According to the book it is." Kannan replied. Rocket added, "Trust us... that book is insanely accurate... it knows what your going to say before you do." Sora signed, "Man, it's going to be days looking through all of that? How we going to find him through all of that jungle?"
"Well... it's been awhile since anyone has eaten... so, first, I'm going to find us something to eat... then we can start looking." Nala suggests. Annan nodded, "Alright... let us know if you need any help." Nala nodded before running into the jungle. Olaf wondered, "I hope she finds us some s'mores."
"Me too... but I don't think Lions eat s'mores." Kairi frowned. Ezra who had never seen a lion before now asked, "So, what do lions eat?"
"Well, lions are carnivores so... they eat meat..." Riku replied. Mulan's eyes widened, "She's getting us something raw to eat... with intelligent life..."
"And what could possible be an future Avenger..." Anna finished. Sora signed, "Yeah... we should probably follow her to make sure she doesn't kill some one important." Everyone nodded as they quickly tried to follow her...
Meanwhile hear Pumbaa singing the familiar bass, "Ohi'mbube, Ohi'mbube,..." Timon joins in as they walk forwards, "In the jungle... The mighty jungle... The lion sleeps tonight... In the jungle... The mighty jungle..." Pumbaa stops singing when he hears rustling in the bushes. He turns towards the sound as Timon was unaware of his friend leaving, "The lion sleeps... I can't hear you, buddy, back me up! A-WEEEE-ee-EE-ee ba-Pum-ba-bum-ba-way...A..."
He then finally realizes Pumbaa's not there, "Pumbaa? Pumbaa?"
Pumbaa following the sorce of the sound. He was still humming the bass. He stalks the bug up to a log. When he tries to jump over the log he gets stuck momentarily and looks back, "Timon?" He looks around to see his friend wasn't, then shrugs knowing he see him later. He really wanted to know if that sound came from a bug. He jumps over the log. As he views the source of the sound... a lioness getting ready to ponce. Pumbaa's eyes widened in horror, "YEEEEAAAHHH!"
He runs, with the lioness in hot pursuit. The lioness, with teeth and claws bared, chases Pumbaa around at high speed...
Timon finally hearing the noise of the chase began to get concern for his friend. He called out, "Pumbaa?" He quickly looks around as he continued to call out, "Pumbaa! Pumbaa!" Pumbaa runs near Timon and gets stuck under the root of a tree by trying to squeeze through. Timon asked, "Hey, what's goin' on?"
"SHE'S GONNA EAT ME!" Pumbaa exclaimed. Timon was shocked, "Huh?" Timon gets up on the branch and sees the lioness charging at full speed towards them. He gets down and tries to help push Pumbaa out from under the root, "Woah! ... Jeez! Why do I always have to save your... AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"
Timon saw the lioness was about to close on Pumbaa and he is in the line of attack. At the last minute, Simba bounds over Pumbaa and catches the lioness off guard and head on at full force. They start fighting savagely. Timon comforted Pumbaa, "Don't worry, buddy. I'm here for ya. Everything's gonna be okay." He then turned to Simba as the fight continued, "Get her! Bite her head! Go for the jugular. The jugular!"
"See, I told you he'd come in handy." Timon reassured him. The lions tangle for a bit more. The fight becomes a wrestling. The lioness flips Simba and pins him with a loud thump. Simba is startled by this. The lioness is still baring her teeth. Simba, however, is very surprised and no longer threatening as he only knew one lioness who could pull off that move, "Nala?"
She immediately backs off, shocked that he knew her name and looks at Simba, examining lion asked, "Is it really you?" Just the the others ran in. Cap asked, "Nala? Is everything okay? Who's this?"
"Who are you?" Nala asked the lion. Simba smiled, "It's me. Simba."
"Simba?" She repeated bfore beaming, " Whoah!" Simba and Nala run together and greet each other. The greetings are enthused and run over each other much to Timon's shock, who is completely baffled by this sudden change. Sora muttered, "I'm guessing that's Simba?"
The Avengers nodded as they just listen in on the conversation,
"Well how did you... where did you come from... it's great to see YOU..." Nala spoke as Simba replied, ""Aaah! How did you... who... wow... this is cool... it's great to see you..." Timon tired to cut in, "Hey, what's goin' on here?"
"What are you doing here?" simba asked not hearing Timon as Nala replied, "What do you mean, "What am I doing here?" What are you doing here?" Timon exclaimed finally getting everyone's attention, "HEY! WHAT'S GOIN' ON HERE!?"
"Timon, this is Nala. She's my best friend!" Simba explained. Timon asked in confusion, "Friend?!" Simba nodded as he called out to Pumbaa, "Yeah. Hey, Pumbaa, come over here."
Pumbaa finally gets himself unstuck as he turned around, "Nala, this is Pumbaa. Pumbaa, Nala." Pumba smiled, "Pleased to make your acquaintance."
"The pleasure's all mine." Nala nodded, any friend of Simba's was a friend of hers... probably for the best not to eat them. Simba turned to the Avengers as he asked, "Who are you're friends?"
Nala turned to the others, "This is Sora and the Avengers... They saved my life when monsters appeared." Simba turned to them grateful, "Nice to meet you. Thanks for saving my friend."
"No problem... she saved us too." Sora smiled and nodded when Timon joined in, "How do you do.. Whoa! Whoa. Time out.. Lemme get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's... okay with this? DID I MISS SOMETHING?!"
"Relax, Timon. No one's eating anyone today..." Simba reassured him. Nala smiled, "Wait till everybody finds out you've been here all this time! And your mother... what will she think?"
"She doesn't have to know. Nobody has to know." Simba replied misunderstanding her words. Nala replied, "Well, of course they do. Everyone thinks you're dead." Simba was shocked by this, "They do?"
"Yeah. Scar told us about the stampede." Nala told him. He was also shocked by this, " He did? Well... what else did he tell you?"
"What else matters? You're alive. and that means... you're the king." Nala smiled in realization. Anna beamed, "That's right... you're the true King of this wor... land..." She then laughed nervously, "I mean land..."
"King? Guys, have you got your lions crossed." Timon thinking they're crazy. Pumbaa on the other hand bowed to Simbaa, "King? Your Majesty! I gravel at your feet." Noisily kisses Simba's paw as he pulls it away, "Stop it."
"Okay, to all royals in this time, let me tell ya, I will respect ya... but I ain't kissing anyone's feet." Rocket told them. Groot nodded, "I am Groot." All the rotyals nodded in apperation as Sora nodded. "Good because I don't want that kinda attention."
"Okay, first, it's not "gravel." It's "grovel." Second DON'T... he's not the king." Timon told Pumbaa. but then turns to Simba uncertain, "Are ya?" Simba shook his head, "No."
"Simba?" Nala asked in shock. She remeber a time he couldn't wait to be king. They sang a song about it and everything. It was very hard to forget since it was a catchy song. Simba replied, "No, I'm not the king. Maybe I was gonna be, but... that was a long time ago."
"Let me get this straight. You're the king? And you never told us?" Timon asked in shock. Simba told him, "Look, I'm still the same guy."
"But with power!" He replied enthusiastically. Rocket crossed his arms as he turns to the other Avengers, "See! He get's it!"
"Could you guys... excuse us for a few minutes?" Nala asked the others with an apologetic look. Sora nodded, "Sure..." Kairi nodded, "You must have allot of catching up to do... take your time." Everyone nodded in agreement except for Timon as he taps Pumbaa, "Hey, whatever she has to say, she can say in front of us. Right, Simba?"
"Hmm. Maybe you'd better go." Simba told them. Shocked, they went to leave the two alone as Timon turns to Pumbaa, "It starts. You think you know a guy..."
"Timon and Pumbaa. You learn to love 'em." Simba smiled as he turned to Nala. Nala has her head bowed down sadly. Simba asked, "What? ...What is it?"
"It's like you're back from the dead. You don't know how much this will mean to everyone." Nala explained with a pained expression, "...What it means to me."
"Hey, it's okay." He reassures her. Nala began rubbing under Simba's chin, purring, "I've really missed you." Simba was startled by Nala's boldness for an instant, then reciprocating, "I've missed you too."
"So, you guys think this guy can really save this world from Scar?" Iron Man asked. Olaf smiled, "I believe he is." Genie nodded as he stated, "Anyone who's seen the Lion King knows that he is."
"Yeah... but their was something upsetting him." Mulan commented. Thor set down his hammer and nodded, "Yes, I had that same look when I thought I was responsible for my father's death..." Tifa wondered, "You think that's the reason Simba doesn't want to be king anymore."
"Possibly..." Thor nodded. Sora signed, "How are we going to connive him to come back with us?" Timon and Pumbaa walked in, as Timon walked in, "Hey, what's with the long faces?"
"Oh, Sora learned he was adopted and that his parents were murdered by a evil man who wants to take over the universe, HYDRA murdered his adpoted parents allong many others when they should have died near the end of World War II, Sora and Kairi won't admit their feelings for eachother, we still haven't found Elsa to bring back summer, we'll all die if we don't change the events to the past, and we can't save pride rock without Simba..." Olaf replied. Timon turned to Pumbaa, "Gee, and I thought we had problems before our motto..."
He then turned to the Avengers, "It's seems like you're problems are keeping you down so maybe you need a new lesson. Everyone repeat after me." Timon clears his throat before saying, "Hakuna Matata." Everyone raised an eyebrow as Riku asked, "Hakuna Ma-what-now?"
"Ha-ku-na Ma-ta-ta. It means 'No worries.'" Pumbaa explained. Timon told them, "Allow us to explain it in song. " Jack was confused, "Where's that music coming from." Tony signed, "You get used to it... even with out a glass of alcohol.."
"Hakuna Matata... What a wonderful phrase..." Timon sang. Pumbaa joined in, "Hakuna Matata... Ain't no passing craze..." Timon sang, "It means no worries... For the rest of your days..."
"It's our problem-free... philosophy..." They sang together as Timon finished, "Hakuna Matata..."
"Hakuna matata?" Sora asked. Pumbaa nodded, "Yeah, it's our motto."
"What's a motto?" Olaf wondered. Timon joked, "Nothing! What's a motto with you? Ahh ha ha ha..." Timon and Pumbaa laughed as the warthog explained, "You know, guys... These two words will solve all your problems."
"That's right! Take Pumbaa for example..." Timon gestured to his friend as he sang, "Why... when he was a young warthog..." Pumbaa repeated, "When I was a young wart hoooog!"
"Very nice."Timon commented as he cleaned out his ear from Pumbaa's loud singing. Pumbaa nodded in appreciation , "Thanks!"
"He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal... He could clear the savannah after every meal..." Timon sang grossing out the girls. Pumbaa sang, "I'm a sensitive soul, though I seem thick-skinned... And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind... And oh, the shame!"
"He was ashamed!" Timon exclaimed. Pumbaa sang, "Thoughta changin' my name!"
"Oh, what's in a name?" Timon sang. Pumbaa continued, "And I got downhearted!"
"How did you feel?" Timon asked. Pumbaa replied, "Ev'rytime that I..." Timon quickly covers Pumbaa's mouth, "Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids!" Pumbaa apaologized, "Oh... sorry."
Everyone watches with growing interest as Timon hoists Pumbaa into a vine loop above his head, where he begins swinging as they sang, "Hakuna Matata... What a wonderful phrase... Hakuna Matata... Ain't no passing craze..."
After becoming more and more enthusiastic, Sora finally joins in singing, a spotlight falling on him making the others wonder where it came from, "It means no worries... For the rest of your days..." Timon performed a vaudeville knee-slide up to Sora, "Yeah, sing it, kid!"
"It's our problem-free..." Sora, Timon and now joined in Riku, Sabine, Ezra, Anna, Olaf, and Kristoff. Pumbaa landed next to them, and sang, "Philosophy..."
"Hakuna Matata..." Sora, Timon, Pumbaa, Riku, Sabine, Ezra, Anna, Olaf, Kristoff, Ron, Kronk, Donald, Goofy, and Tony sang. The all then danced in single file as they walked through the frozen jungle. The others who weren't singing followed them as they sang, "Hakuna Matata... Hakuna Matata... Hakuna Matata... Hakuna..."
"It means no worries... for the rest of your days..." Sora sang as the others joined in, "It's our problem-free... philosophy... Hakuna Matata... Hakuna Matata... Hakuna Matata..."
"I say Hakuna..." Timon sang as Pumbaa sang, "I say Matata..."
"Hakuna Matata... Ta ta... Ah, ah, ah..." Timon finished...
Meanwhile, back with Simba and Nala. They spend some quality time with each other. Simba smiled, "Isn't this a great place?" Nala admitted, "It is beautiful. But I don't understand something. You've been alive all this time. Why didn't you come back to Pride Rock?"
Simba climbed into a "hammock" of hanging vines as he tried to explain, "Well, I just needed to... get out on my own. Live my own life. And I did. And it's great." Although, he sounds almost as if trying to convince himself as well as Nala. She told him, "We've really needed you at home."
"No one needs me." Simba saod quietly. Nala told him, "Yes, we do! You're the king." Simba shook his head, "Nala, we've been through this. I'm not the king. Scar is."
"Simba, he let the hyenas take over the Pride Lands." She told him. He was shocked by this, "What?"
"Everything's destroyed. There's no food. No water. And now Heartless are trying to consume all who remain. Simba, if you don't do something soon, everyone will starve or worse." Nala told him. Simba had to admit things seemed a little bad out there but he replied, "I can't go back."
"Why?" Nala asked even louder. Simba signed, "You wouldn't understand."
"What wouldn't I understand?" Nala asked. Simba hastily shook his head, "No, no, no. It doesn't matter. Hakuna Matata."
"What?" Nala asked as he got off the vines. He explained, "Hakuna Matata. It's something I learned out here. Look, sometimes bad things happen..."
"Simba!" She was shocked at what he was saying. Simba continued starting to get irritated, "...And there's nothing you can do about it. So why worry?"
Simba starts away from Nala, walking on a fallen tree. Nala trots back up to him, "Because it's your responsibility!" He then asked, " Well, what about you? YOU left along with the others."
"We left to find help! And we found YOU. Don't you understand? You're our only hope." Nala told him. Simba shook his head still refusing to leave, "Sorry."
"What's happened to you? You're not the Simba I remember." Nala wondered. Simba replied, "You're right. I'm not. Now are you satisfied?"
"No, just disappointed." Nala answered. Simba told her as he began to walk away again, "You know, you're starting to sound like my father." Nala's eyes narrowed, "Good. At least one of us does."
Simba is obviously cut by the comment about his father, he tears into Nala with his words, "Listen, you think you can just show up and tell me how to live my life? You don't even know what I've been through!"
"I would if you would just tell me!" Nala told him. He shook his head, "Forget it!"
"Fine!" Nala said before turning around and leaving him. She eventually walked up to the others who had finished singing and dancing. Sora asked, "So... how did it go?"
"He's not the Simba I remember. Something about hakuna matata..." Nala signed before walking away. Hera signed, "Okay... someone needs to talk to him..." Sora suggested, "Maybe Thor and I can... we might know what Simba's gone through and he might open up more." Kairi nodded, "Good idea."
"We shall succeed where Nala has failed!" Thor declared. The two walked off as a certain Baboon followed them...
And that will conclude today's chapter! Well, this chapter was fun to write. Next time, Sora and Thor try to get Simba to open up to them with Rafiki's help. And it involves along overdo father and son talk. Can it convince Simba to face the past and save the Pride Lands from his Uncle. I hope you enjoyed the chapter, be sure to leave a review plus if you haven't already be sure to follow and fav. See you next time!
