Chapter 2: "What do what do do today, Shenzi?" "Hmmm I don't know, uh, what about you, Bonzi?" "Well, uh, how about you, Ed?" "Hmmm, how about we get those four little dots on the horizon?" Shenzi looked to where Ed was pointing. "Well, uh, okay. We can see just ow friendly they are. After all, there are four of them and only three of us, so we are outnumbered." she said. They all started walking toward the direction of the dots, that now became recognizable: lion cubs.

"Hey look, it looks like some one's coming!" Higari cried. Mufasa gazed at it hard, trying to figure out what it was. "Hmmm, I think they're hyenas!" he said. "Ahadi told us not to trust them, Mufasa. He said they're very dangerous." Sarabi warned. Mufasa turned his head towards Sarabi and exclaimed, "Danger? Huh, I laugh in the face of danger, hahaha!" "What's so funny?" a voice said. Mufasa stopped and quickly turned around. He realized Taka was hiding behind his back, so he stood up for his little brother. What he saw was three hyena pups approching him, then the leader looked around. "I see nothing funny around here. What is it?" she said. Then Taka became brave and came out from hiding behind his barely big brother and said, "Well, it's funny how we met up with you. Royal lions and lioness' shouldn't meet with poor commoner hyenas." Taka said, then he whispered something in the leader's ear. She got a surprised look on her face which soon became mad and then nocked Taka off her and scratched him in the face.

"Taka! Are you alright?" Sarabi and Higari cried in unison as they dashed towards him. Mufasa stood his ground, hair raised on his back. He then gave a lame roar, that sounded like a young kitten trying to sound like a monster. The hyenas stood there and looked at him. Then Mufasa roared again, but this time it was as a fully grown male lion. The hyenas were shocked, and started to run, but they were stopped by a huge lion. King Ahadi had nocked them flat on the ground, and threatened to kill them without saying a word. Then the hyenas got up and ran away as fast as they could.

"Dad!" Mufasa cried, but when Ahadi looked at him, he soon put his ears down and backed away. "Who's idea was this to come out here? Speak up!" Ahadi ordered. Mufasa stepped up slowly, "I did, father. I-I'm sorry, I-" "You delibrately disobeyed me. Why?" Ahadi asked his almost weeping son. "I don't know, you just never let me do anything. I wanted to do something fun for once." he said, staring at the ground. "Son, I do those things for your protection. I don't want you to get hurt. And now look at your brother. He's hurt very badly. If I had lost you, I don't know what I would have done." Ahadi said. "I'm sorry, I won't ever do that again, I promise. Because we'll always be best firends, right?" Mufasa asked, a smile appearing on his face. Ahadi laughed then replied, "Right." Then Mufasa pounced on his father's tail and said, "And we'll always be together right?" Ahadi looked at him, then to the sky, "Let me tell you something my father once told me, Mufasa. One day I won't be here. I will die, it is part of the great circle of life. But the great Kings of our past are in the sky looking down on us right now. They are watching us, and protecting us. And one day I will be up there, Mufasa. Watching you." "Oh." was all Mufasa could say.

"King Ahadi, can we go home now? Taka is really hurting, he needs Rafiki to help him." Sarabi said. Ahadi nodded and looked at his son's blood covered face. They started for home, silently.

When they finally got home, Mufasa and Taka went to go see Rafiki. When Rafiki was finally done cleaning up Taka's face, he said that there would be a scar left on his face, across his eye. It was too late to walk home, so Rafiki had them sleep in his tree that night. Mufasa was laying on the ground, as Taka laid his head on his brother's back. "We'll always be best friends, Taka, right?" Mufasa asked. "Yep, that's right. I love you big brother, and would never want to hurt you." Taka replied. Then it started to rain outside, for the great Kings in the sky knew that things would indeed go wrong......

A/N: Wow, I like this chapter! More to come! R/R!