**Author's Note**

Copyrights- Mufasa, Taka, Sarabi, Akase, Sarafina & Zira belong to Disney

Dabiku, Makini & Mamangu belong to me

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The three tired, wet, and hungry cubs returned to Pride Rock as the sun reached it's peak, beating down on the savannah. They were silent, being too tuckered out to say anything. They looked up as they saw the lionesses leaving the grove. They gathered what strength they had left and ran to them. Akase looked up, hearing the approaching cubs. She smiled. "Hello dears. Did you have fun?" she asked. The three cubs nodded. Akase smiled. "We're going hunting. We'll be back later." she said. The cubs nodded, then watched the group of lionesses head into the grasslands. Sarabi looked at the boys. "Now what?" she asked. Mufasa shrugged. "Relaxing sounds good to me!" he said. Taka nodded an agreement. Sarabi nodded. "Lets go to the grove. There's no one there now" she said. The boys nodded, and they walked towards the now empty grove.

The three cubs collapsed onto a rock that was sun baked. They laid in the sun, relaxing, letting their fur dry. Sarabi became aware of someone watching them, and she lifted her head to look around. Mufasa opened one eye to see what she was doing. He gasped as he was pounced, him and his attacker tumbling off the rock. Taka and Sarabi jumped up and looked down at Mufasa, and his attacker, whom was no other than Dabiku, the black pelted lion cub. Behind the two cubs, giggled Makini, the pale pelted lioness cub. Dabiku laughed, getting up off of Mufasa. Mufasa dusted himself off. "What was that for?" he asked in irritation. Dabiku shrugged. "For fun. What's up kiddos?" he asked. Mufasa sighed. "We aren't 'kiddos'" he replied. Dabiku laughed. "Well, you are younger than me, so therefore you are kiddos to me" he said. Mufasa rolled his eyes as Sarabi responded. "We just got back from the waterhole. We are relaxing." she said, dragging out the last word. Dabiku nodded. "I see. We just got back from another adventure." he said, rubbing his claws on his pelt. Taka rolled his eyes. "Really?" Sarabi asked. Makini nodded. "We were helping Zazu resolve a fight between the zebra." she explained. "Some adventure" Mufasa snorted. "Well its more exciting than going swimming in a water hole." Dabiku replied. Sarabi jumped down and stepped in between the two. "Cut it out guys! Both were exciting in their own way. We all had fun, right?" she asked. There was silence, until Makini backed her up. "Right." she replied. The boys all rolled their eyes. "Whatever. Cya kiddos!" Dabiku called, walking off. "Bye guys" Makini said with a smile, trotting after him.

Mufasa climbed back onto the rock, rolling his eyes. "Makini's nice enough. Why does she hang out with HIM?" he asked. Sarabi shrugged. "Because she wants to." she replied. Taka sighed. "I'm bored.." he muttered. Sarabi looked out at the lands boredly, then noticed the lionesses returning. She bounced over to the edge of the rocks to see what they had brought home. The two boys watched her, then followed. They immediately noticed three figures too many. "Who are they?" Taka asked. Mufasa shrugged. "Who knows. Let's check it out!" he said. The three cubs ran down the slope, meeting up with the lionesses.

As the cubs arrived on the scene, they saw it was a lioness and two female cubs that had been added to the hunting party. At their approach, one of the cubs ran behind her mother, peering out at them. The other snorted at her sister, then looked over the three cubs. Akase walked over to the cubs. "Hello children. I want you to meet some new friends of ours. Mufasa, Sarabi, Taka, this is Mamangu and her two cubs, Sarafina and Zira. Mamangu, these are my two sons, Mufasa and Taka, and their friend Sarabi." Akase said. Mamangu bowed her head in greeting. "Nice to meet you" the cubs chorused. Mamangu nodded, then stepped out of the way and nudged her pale pelted cub forward. "This is Sarafina, and that is Zira" Mamangu said, pointing to her light brown pelted daughter.

Sarabi stepped up first and smiled at the two cubs. "Hello. I'm Sarabi." she said. She smiled at Sarafina. Sarafina smiled shyly. "Hi.." she replied. Mufasa then stepped up. "I'm Mufasa. Nice to meet you" he said, giving a respectful nod. Sarafina did the same. Taka followed his brother, looking over the lioness. "And I'm Taka." he said. Sarafina smiled. "Nice to meet you." she said. Zira watched them closely. Sarabi turned her attention to her. "Hi" she said. "Hi" Zira said. She looked around boredly, as if not wanting to be there. Sarabi exchanged a look with Taka and Mufasa, then looked back at Sarafina.

The lionesses began to head for the grove, carrying what they caught on the hunt. Akase smiled. "Why don't you all eat, then get to know each other?" she asked. The cubs nodded in agreement. Akase smiled and led Mamangu off, leaving the cubs to follow.