The New King

Chapter III: Dokyou

The sun was beginning to set as Dokyou and Kajin had finished their pouncing. They glanced towards their father, whom was walking towards Pride Rock. The sunset made his mane look a beautiful golden color. Of course, Kajin and Dokyou had been playing around a bit too long. When they stopped, they realized how far away they were from their father, Yuuki. Twin pairs of brown eyes widened, as they ran as fast as those small feet could take them. Dokyou glanced to his older brother, grinning.

"Race you, Kajin!" He said with a cocky smirk. Kajin gave a half grin, responding "Sure. No way you'll beat me!" And they took off, ahead of Yuuki. They charged up the stone steps, and unfortunately Dokyou tripped. He went rolling into the cave and got there before Kajin, so he had won. "Ha!" Dokyou said, standing up. "Now, my prize is." Dokyou thought for a moment. "I get a piece of your dinner." They said as Yuuki reached them and they walked towards where they'd be eating. Dokyou grabbed a leaf for a plate, copying what Chouwa had done a while ago, when they were much younger. He placed some of the caribou upon his leaf, glancing towards Kajin. Kajin sighed, giving Dokyou a piece of his dinner.

Akai had just been poking slightly at her caribou. As she watched the others eat, she discovered how hungry she was, but still wasn't quite in the mood to eat. Vitani glanced at her a bit. "Eat, Akai," she said. "But Mom, I'm not hungry," Akai said in sort of a pout. Vitani smiled, nuzzling her youngest daughter a bit. She spoke once more to Akai, "By the look in your eyes, I can tell you really are hungry." Bah. Her mother was right. Akai moved towards her leaf-plate, snatching a piece of her caribou meat. By the time she was finished eating it, all the other children were pretty much finished. Akai soon finished her caribou, and it tasted very good in her hungry little stomach. She walked off to her stone bed, soon falling asleep.

Dokyou still couldn't quite sleep. He tossed and turned in that stone bed of his, before he just gave up and slowly crawled out of the cave. He hopped down the steps of Pride Rock. Suddenly, he heard a snarl. Those brown eyes of his widened. He quickly climbed back up, trying not to make a sound. He was going to tell his family and all the other lions about it. He stopped for a moment. This would be his time to shine! But maybe he should tell his brother and sisters. After all, who knows what that snarl could've been. He quietly walked towards the cave, nudging Chouwa, Kajin, and Akai. Their eyes all opened. It was pretty obvious that they weren't fully asleep yet. "I heard a snarl!" Dokyou said, it an excited whisper. "Whoa!" The three other cubs said at the exact same time, in an excited whisper as well. "Let's go check it out," Chouwa said, excitement and fear in her green eyes. They left the cave. Each one grabbed a stick that was about two inches wide and two feet long. They hid behind a rock, listening to a conversation.

"Look, all the goodie-goodie lions in that cave besides the ones that were bmine/b, will die! Of course, so that we don't sound like a bunch of weaklings, we will not attack when they are asleep," a voice said. The four cubs gasped. They peered over. It was Zira, and some other lions! This was not good. They looked up at the stars. The sky was beginning to light up, it was almost dawn. Zira also glanced at the stars. "Lets go!" She said, running off. The four cubs ran back up the stone-steps and into the cave. Each one laid down on their stone bed, shutting their eyes and pretending to sleep.