(Ok just so u all know, I'm having issues with this story, the whole
betrothed thing, isn't going to be the main part anymore, I'm not sure, but
I might have Howler return.dun dun dun.lol)
Chapter 4: Hunting Lessons
Kita walked along slowly, Chloe following. Her heart leapt at the thought of Miku and the rest of the pride. How happy Miku would be when he saw his sister coming home for a few days. Kita smiled to herself. "So tell me about the pride lands." Chloe said, cutting Kita from her thoughts. "Uh, they're huge. Full of animals. I mean my old pride is there, there is tons of wildebeest and zebra and antelope. The pride lands have everything you could possibly dream of." Kita explained. Chloe smiled.
"You know," she started. "What?" Kita asked. Chloe looked away. "I'm not from Howler's pride. Well I mean I am, but I wasn't' born into it like the others." Kita encouraged her to go on. "I left my original pride with my Mom after a fire killed the other members." Chloe paused to rub her eye with her paw. "Howler took us in. Things were so different with him. You couldn't do anything without his permission. It felt like you were battling death every day under him." She smiled when she looked at Kita. "When I found out it was you who killed him, I couldn't be happier. It was all over. To tell the truth, I almost didn't know what to do, so much freedom with him gone, it was.overwhelming I guess you could say." Chloe finished.
"Wow, I never would've guessed." Kita sighed and looked up. They were halfway through the outlands now. Again her heart leapt and her stomach jumped. Kita smiled. "We're almost there." She said. Kita could see the log that would lead them to the pride lands. She smiled. "See that log up there?" she asked Chloe. Chloe nodded. "Yeah I see it." She said. Kita smiled, "we reach that log and we're there. Want to race?" Chloe smiled and nodded.
They bounded forward and ran towards the log. Kita could feel her muscles pumping. The ground felt hard and hot beneath her paws. She looked back to see Chloe at her shoulder. She smiled and bounded forward, up the log and into the pride lands with Chloe right beside her. Some birds cawed and flew off, scared by the sudden intrusion of the two lionesses.
"So this is it?" Chloe asked. Kita smiled, as she looked at the familiar pride lands around her. "This is it." She said.
Miku was lying down in the back of the cave. He sighed and rolled over onto his back. Kiara came in. "Miku dear what are you doing?" Miku rolled to his other side and glared at Kiara. "Nothing." He said. "Miku, when we did it we didn't think you and her would think of yourselves as siblings." Kiara said. Miku got to his feet. "Yeah well maybe you should've thought of that!" He bounded past her and padded off and out of the cave.
He climbed off Pride rock and growling walked towards the watering hole. Suddenly the hair on the back of his neck stood straight up. He turned and growled. "Show yourself!" he yelled. Nothing moved. He growled to himself again. He turned and looked down at his reflection in the water. He sighed.
He started to get up when out of nowhere came Kita. She pounced and ran into him, both toppling and rolling into the water. Miku laughed when he realized it was Kita. He growled playfully and pinned her. She rolled and pinned him and then let him up. He smiled and rubbed cheeks with her. They walked out of the water and shook themselves dry. Kita smiled and said, "Miku, I'd like you to meet Chloe. She's a new friend of mine." Miku looked up and saw Chloe. For a moment, his breath caught and he was totally unaware of Kita's presence beside him. A shiver ran through him, and he wondered what this new feeling was.
Chloe smiled at Miku, her blue eyes sparkling. He had beautiful eyes. A Mohawk like mane, and a muscular body. Of course not as muscular as Tiaru, but still, muscular. She sighed. Her head felt light and her stomach was floating with butterflies. Miku seemed to be feeling the same way. For a while neither said a word. Finally Kita cut in and started explaining to Miku why Chloe was here.
".And I was wondering if you might like to take hunting lessons to?" Kita said. Chloe watched and waited for Miku's reaction. A shiver ran through him and it was as if he all of a sudden woke up. "I-I have to go talk to Mom." he said and with that he ran off, leaving Kita and Chloe puzzled. "What was that all about?" Chloe asked, finally getting her own voice back. "I don't know, I don't know." Kita replied.
"Kita! You're back!" Kiara yelled, rubbing heads with the young lioness. Kita smiled. "It's good to see you again." Kita looked over to where Chloe stood, waiting. "Kiara," she said. "I'd like you to meet my friend Chloe." Kiara looked to where Chloe stood. She smiled. "Hello there, I'm Kiara, queen of the pride lands." Chloe smiled.
Miku sat in a corner, silently watching. After a few minutes he cleared his throat meaningfully. Kiara glanced towards him, knowing what he was implying. "Kita, could I talk to in private?" she asked. Kita shook her head. "Sure, uh Chloe would you mind waiting here with Miku?" Kita asked. Miku's stomach lurched. Chloe smiled. "Sure." She said, bounding over to Miku. With that settled Kita followed Kiara down to the watering hole.
Kiara looked at her reflection and then sighed, turning to Kita. "Kita, there's something you need to know." Kita drank from the silent water pool and then looked up. "Yeah?" she said. "When your mother..well when she died, the pride thought it would be nice if," she sighed, not wanting to tell Kita this after the way Miku had acted. "If what?" Kita asked. "Well if you and Miku were betrothed." Kiara said. Kita took a step back. "Miku is my brother. He's always been my brother. And you and Kovu? You two have always been like parents to me. I could never marry Miku. For two reasons, one, he's my brother, and two because I'm in love with Tiaru." Kita said calmly. Kiara sighed. "That's what Miku said."
"It's true Kiara." Kita replied. "What am I going to do then? Miku's time is almost here and still he has no mate." Kita looked towards the cave. She smiled. She hadn't brought Chloe here for just hunting lessons. "What about Chloe?" She asked. Kiara shook her head. "I know where she came from Kita. I will not have someone related to Howler married to my son." Kiara said firmly. "She's not related to Howler though. She and her mother just joined a little while before we killed him." Kita explained. "Well then it's up to Miku." Kiara said. Again Kita glanced up at Pride Rock. "I know he'll make the right choice."
Chapter 4: Hunting Lessons
Kita walked along slowly, Chloe following. Her heart leapt at the thought of Miku and the rest of the pride. How happy Miku would be when he saw his sister coming home for a few days. Kita smiled to herself. "So tell me about the pride lands." Chloe said, cutting Kita from her thoughts. "Uh, they're huge. Full of animals. I mean my old pride is there, there is tons of wildebeest and zebra and antelope. The pride lands have everything you could possibly dream of." Kita explained. Chloe smiled.
"You know," she started. "What?" Kita asked. Chloe looked away. "I'm not from Howler's pride. Well I mean I am, but I wasn't' born into it like the others." Kita encouraged her to go on. "I left my original pride with my Mom after a fire killed the other members." Chloe paused to rub her eye with her paw. "Howler took us in. Things were so different with him. You couldn't do anything without his permission. It felt like you were battling death every day under him." She smiled when she looked at Kita. "When I found out it was you who killed him, I couldn't be happier. It was all over. To tell the truth, I almost didn't know what to do, so much freedom with him gone, it was.overwhelming I guess you could say." Chloe finished.
"Wow, I never would've guessed." Kita sighed and looked up. They were halfway through the outlands now. Again her heart leapt and her stomach jumped. Kita smiled. "We're almost there." She said. Kita could see the log that would lead them to the pride lands. She smiled. "See that log up there?" she asked Chloe. Chloe nodded. "Yeah I see it." She said. Kita smiled, "we reach that log and we're there. Want to race?" Chloe smiled and nodded.
They bounded forward and ran towards the log. Kita could feel her muscles pumping. The ground felt hard and hot beneath her paws. She looked back to see Chloe at her shoulder. She smiled and bounded forward, up the log and into the pride lands with Chloe right beside her. Some birds cawed and flew off, scared by the sudden intrusion of the two lionesses.
"So this is it?" Chloe asked. Kita smiled, as she looked at the familiar pride lands around her. "This is it." She said.
Miku was lying down in the back of the cave. He sighed and rolled over onto his back. Kiara came in. "Miku dear what are you doing?" Miku rolled to his other side and glared at Kiara. "Nothing." He said. "Miku, when we did it we didn't think you and her would think of yourselves as siblings." Kiara said. Miku got to his feet. "Yeah well maybe you should've thought of that!" He bounded past her and padded off and out of the cave.
He climbed off Pride rock and growling walked towards the watering hole. Suddenly the hair on the back of his neck stood straight up. He turned and growled. "Show yourself!" he yelled. Nothing moved. He growled to himself again. He turned and looked down at his reflection in the water. He sighed.
He started to get up when out of nowhere came Kita. She pounced and ran into him, both toppling and rolling into the water. Miku laughed when he realized it was Kita. He growled playfully and pinned her. She rolled and pinned him and then let him up. He smiled and rubbed cheeks with her. They walked out of the water and shook themselves dry. Kita smiled and said, "Miku, I'd like you to meet Chloe. She's a new friend of mine." Miku looked up and saw Chloe. For a moment, his breath caught and he was totally unaware of Kita's presence beside him. A shiver ran through him, and he wondered what this new feeling was.
Chloe smiled at Miku, her blue eyes sparkling. He had beautiful eyes. A Mohawk like mane, and a muscular body. Of course not as muscular as Tiaru, but still, muscular. She sighed. Her head felt light and her stomach was floating with butterflies. Miku seemed to be feeling the same way. For a while neither said a word. Finally Kita cut in and started explaining to Miku why Chloe was here.
".And I was wondering if you might like to take hunting lessons to?" Kita said. Chloe watched and waited for Miku's reaction. A shiver ran through him and it was as if he all of a sudden woke up. "I-I have to go talk to Mom." he said and with that he ran off, leaving Kita and Chloe puzzled. "What was that all about?" Chloe asked, finally getting her own voice back. "I don't know, I don't know." Kita replied.
"Kita! You're back!" Kiara yelled, rubbing heads with the young lioness. Kita smiled. "It's good to see you again." Kita looked over to where Chloe stood, waiting. "Kiara," she said. "I'd like you to meet my friend Chloe." Kiara looked to where Chloe stood. She smiled. "Hello there, I'm Kiara, queen of the pride lands." Chloe smiled.
Miku sat in a corner, silently watching. After a few minutes he cleared his throat meaningfully. Kiara glanced towards him, knowing what he was implying. "Kita, could I talk to in private?" she asked. Kita shook her head. "Sure, uh Chloe would you mind waiting here with Miku?" Kita asked. Miku's stomach lurched. Chloe smiled. "Sure." She said, bounding over to Miku. With that settled Kita followed Kiara down to the watering hole.
Kiara looked at her reflection and then sighed, turning to Kita. "Kita, there's something you need to know." Kita drank from the silent water pool and then looked up. "Yeah?" she said. "When your mother..well when she died, the pride thought it would be nice if," she sighed, not wanting to tell Kita this after the way Miku had acted. "If what?" Kita asked. "Well if you and Miku were betrothed." Kiara said. Kita took a step back. "Miku is my brother. He's always been my brother. And you and Kovu? You two have always been like parents to me. I could never marry Miku. For two reasons, one, he's my brother, and two because I'm in love with Tiaru." Kita said calmly. Kiara sighed. "That's what Miku said."
"It's true Kiara." Kita replied. "What am I going to do then? Miku's time is almost here and still he has no mate." Kita looked towards the cave. She smiled. She hadn't brought Chloe here for just hunting lessons. "What about Chloe?" She asked. Kiara shook her head. "I know where she came from Kita. I will not have someone related to Howler married to my son." Kiara said firmly. "She's not related to Howler though. She and her mother just joined a little while before we killed him." Kita explained. "Well then it's up to Miku." Kiara said. Again Kita glanced up at Pride Rock. "I know he'll make the right choice."