It had been a couple of days since we had left Mount Kilimanjaro, leaving Djuba there.

And now… the two of us were currently residing with Ken's people, a tribe that was living within the outskirts of Zambesi.

They had welcomed me warmly, after Ken had told them all the story of how I had saved his life from the red ape, Djuba.

They were more than happy to have me around, when I managed to ward off a lion that was on the prowl. I simply telepathically told it to leave… and it did.

So that was pretty damn cool. I could really get used to these powers, after all.

I'd even been experimenting with my powers, as I had fused a Giraffe and a common African House Snake, also known as the Boaedon fuliginosus together.

What it resulted in was a fairly interesting mixture of both animals.

While it retained the lower body of an average giraffe, its neck was elongated even further, and became more snake-like, capable of slithering around.

Its head was also changed, gaining a snake-like snout, two pairs of eyes, a snake-like tongue, along with a pair of wicked looking fangs.

It was definitely a force to be reckoned with, and had managed to both scare and impress Ken's people quite a bit, they had begun to call me some sort of Shaman.

The newly made… Snaraffe? I'll come up with a better name later, was incredibly tame, and omnivorous. Probably due to being a fusion of a simple giraffe, and a relatively harmless snake breed.

It was even friendly to the children, giving them rides on its back. Which was honestly really nice to see.

I had spent the next few days, acclimating with the tribe, learning the true extent of my powers. Mainly combining small rodents and insects together, and… as it turns out they breed like crazy.

So, now there were a literal swarm of insectoid rodents… Brodents? running around the tribe… at least they didn't taste all that bad.

After you got past the chitinous shell, they tasted kind of like chicken… if you squint, and don't think about it too much.

Though, it was more horrifying to learn that they could… interbreed with different types of insectoid rodents. They eventually became relatively normalized amongst the tribe, even becoming akin to pets to some of the children.

Thankfully, I had made a few more Bug Lizards… Blizards? That had enjoyed hunting the Brodents, for their food.

Though, the flying ones were a bit of a hassle for the Blizards to catch… so, I just fused a few of them with flying insects. And now there was a whole new problem with the Flying Blizards catching actual birds from the air, alongside the Flying Brodents.

The most common Brodent, by far. Was a mixture of both a rat and a common beetle. It had some incredible durability, was two feet tall, and just loved to eat anything it could get its grubby little paws on.

I even had one of them as my own pet, alongside my Blizard. Though, I hadn't come up with names for them, though…

But they were all fairly docile. And surprisingly enough, fiercely protective of the people that I had "claimed" as my own. Their words, not mine.

The Tribe Leader, and Ken's father, Known as "Old" Kilo Kenboya, had been fairly kind towards me, and was incredibly interested in the chimeras that I had made.

So, it wasn't a surprise to me, when I saw the elderly man walking over to me, though the look on his face was cause for concern.

He looked somewhat… fearful, yet angered.

"Michael, my friend" Old Kilo said with a frown marring his usually merry features.

"What's wrong, Chief?" I asked, as I tended to one of the chimeras, a fusion between a lion and a monkey.

"It seems that we have… poachers on our land. They're after our Elephants and Rhinos, wishing to take their tusks and horn for their… ivory trade. I understand that you could help with this?" Old Kilo asked, with a certain sense of seriousness that he usually didn't have.

The fucking ivory trade… where poachers would kill innocent elephants and rhinos, take their tusks and horns, and sell them off to people in other countries, to sate their fucking greed.

Sure, they could also hunt the hippopotamus, though that's tantamount to suicide, with how dangerous those beasts are… never underestimate a hippo's sheer strength. I'd have better cages with a crocodile in the water, than a hippo. But that was beside the point…

"Of course, Chief. Will Ken be joining me?" I asked, as I prepared to set off and take down these damn dirty poachers. Ken would be pretty useful in helping to take down the poachers, after all. He knows the land better than I do.

"No. My son will be here, to make sure that our people are safe. I don't want them to come back and harm our people in retaliation" Old Kilo said, which made some semblance of sense to me. If I did fail… it'd be better to at least have a protector within the tribe to keep them safe.

Sure, they had Mondoko, the Witch Doctor. But he was more of a glorified elder, than anything truly substantial. Ken's sheer strength was already a great boon to the tribe.

"Alright then" I said, as I got the directions from Old Kilo, and set off on a fusion of a Buffalo and a Lion, while taking some of the Brodent's with me as backup, to take down some poachers.

This was going to be… fun. I could just tell.

So, another chapter of B'Wana Be a Hero has come and passed. On a bit of a cliffhanger.

Now… I have a question for you, dear readers.

Well, a few questions, actually.

1: What animal fusions would you like to see in the future?

2: What should some of the Animal Fusion names be? As you can see with both the Blizard and Brodent… I'm not all that good with hybrid names.

3: What are your opinions on OC villains in the future, as it's somewhat… hard to find smaller African villains. The Poachers here, for instance. They're going to be OC's, alongside their leader. Who I've already figured out the character of. So, no matter your opinion, there's at least one OC Villain in the works.