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CHAPTER 6

Maya giggled as she ran across the sandy plains. The sun was now rising and it was going to be a calm warm day. Maya sniffed the air lightly until she came to the spot she was at yesterday. She waited for a minute and sat down. She started licking her paw after about another five minutes and then started pacing the ground. 'Where are you guys?' she mumbled. She heard a twig snap somewhere behind her. She perked her ears and smiled as she saw Bailey trotting towards her. Maya giggled again. 'Hello Bailey!' she laughed as Bailey made a little squeak. Then he jumped up and started pouncing the ground again. Maya laughed again. Kiki and Tiku panted as they came towards them.

'Bailey, I said no running of! You could have got lost!' Kiki said as Bailey walked towards her.

'Oh, come on Kiki, he didn't mean it. He's just excited about meeting Maya again, aren't you?' Tiku smiled at him. Baily made another squeak and smiled up at him. Maya laughed again. Kiki smiled.

'So, Maya why don't you tell us all about yourself?' she said.

'Well, I'm just me! I can't be anyone else no matter how hard someone tries to change me!' Bailey smiled. 'Oh yeah, I'm also the future ruler of these lands........' Maya pulled a face at this.

'Really? Wow! A princess!' Tiku smiled.

'Yeah, but I don't wanna be a Queen. It must be really hard to rule the Pride Lands. I don't know how my mum and dad cope!'

'I'm sure you'd do just fine, though Maya!' Tiku smiled again but Kiki tapped his shoulder. 'What?'

'Err; um I need to talk to you for a minute.' Tiku nodded.

'Bailey, why don't you play with Maya while I talk to Kiki for a minute?' Bailey jumped up and caught Maya's attention. 'What is it?'

'Well, you know when you first brought me and Bailey to the Pride Lands, on the way we met two male lion cubs? Well, they said that they are the Princes and future Kings of these Lands!'

'Yeah, so?'

'That must mean that Maya is betrothed to one of them!' Tiku pulled a face.

'Bailey doesn't stand a chance then!' Kiki frowned.

'I know. My point exactly.' They both frowned. They turned to Bailey and Maya. 'So, Maya what do wanna play?'

'We could play by the watering hole! It's really fun to jump in and play!' Kiki and Tiku looked at each other and smiled.

'Lead the way Maya!' Kiki said. Maya sped of in the direction of the watering hole. Bailey yelped with excitement and followed with Kiki and Tiku behind them. They both heard a splash and when they caught up they saw Maya and Bailey climbing out; their fur drenched. Kiki and Tiku laughed and jumped in getting wet too. Tiku splashed his paw in the water getting Kiki wet. She giggled and did the same to him. Maya jumped in splashing Tiku.

'Hey! You!' he made his way towards Maya who screamed and started to swim away. Kiki and Bailey watched amused as Tiku chased her. 'Just coz you're a girl doesn't mean I'm gonna go easy on you!' he splashed Maya and everyone laughed.

'Man, it's so good to have friends to play with!' Maya said as they floated about in the water. 'I usually have to play on my own all the time. It's a lot more fun now!' she sighed. Kiki got up and stared at Maya.

'Well, what about the Princes? Don't you play with them?' Maya got up and cocked her head to the side.

'What Princes?'

'You know........the older ones? They argue a lot and-your betrothed to one of them........aren't you?'

'No. I'm the only cub in our Pride.'

'Well-what about Matosa and Kasoni?' Maya frowned.

'Never heard of them.'

'So-you're not betrothed?'

'Nope. Not yet.' Kiki couldn't help but smile. She looked at Tiku who was smiling too. Bailey might stand a chance with her now! They continued to play.

'Taka, come on, we haven't got all day!' Tiaru growled as Taka still tried to flatten his mane. He splashed his paw into some water and ran it over his head. He looked at his reflection and smiled as it stayed. But just as he turned to leave, it stuck up again. Tiaru sighed. 'Come on, or we'll leave without you.' Taka sighed and gave up trying to tidy his mane. He followed Tiaru to the border of the Lone Lands where Kita was waiting for them. She rolled her eyes and sighed.

'Finally!'

'Taka was busy with his mane.' Kita sighed again and walked away. They walked until they came to a different land. Kita and Tiaru looked up and saw the huge rock formation. 'Pride Rock!' Tiaru whispered. Kita smiled and all three ran across the Pride Lands. Tiaru sniffed the air. 'Mum........' he whispered. He thought of his mother, Vitani. They didn't go on the rock formation; they waited outside. They waited. And they waited. They waited until Taka became so bored that he decided to and get a drink from the lake. He went around the back of Pride Rock and saw the lake. His stomach churned slightly. He watched the beautiful lioness drinking from it. The sun shone on her bright blonde fur and he could really make out her bright blue eyes. He smiled but stopped himself from approaching her. Instead he went back to Kita and Tiaru. 'Err, guys, there's I mean I think-there's a lioness round there. I think she lives here.'

'Great, we could ask her!' Kita walked around the corner with Tiaru and Taka behind her. 'Excuse me?' Kita called over to her. The blonde lioness looked up and smiled.

'Who are you?' she asked friendly.

'Well, I'm Kita; this is my mate, Tiaru and our really good friend Taka.' Taka placed his paw over his head to hide the mess. The blonde lioness smiled at him with her incredible bright blue eyes. Taka smiled back slightly.

'Hi, I'm Niya. Pleased to meet you. But why are you here?'

'I was just wondering; do tow lions named Miku and Chloe live here?' Niya shook her head.

'Nope. They used to, though.' Kita cocked her head to the side. 'I don't know much about them though. You could ask Kiara and Kovu. They know a lot about them.' Kita and Tiaru's faces lit up. Kiara and Kovu!

'Well, could you ask them?' Tiaru asked.

'You could ask them. I'll go and get them.' And with that Niya leapt over to Pride Rock and into the cave. Kita and Tiaru waited anxiously while Taka desperately tried to tidy his mane again. After about a minute, a huge group of lions and lionesses, mainly lionesses came out and surrounded the three. Right now, they were all feeling a little nervous, but they weren't looking at angry faces. They were all smiling. Kiara and Kovu stepped forwards and nuzzled Kita.

'Kita! Oh, we've missed you so much!' Kiara sobbed.

'Hey Tiaru!' Kovu patted him on the back. 'We've missed both of you!'

'We've missed you, too!' Kita rubbed her head underneath Kovu's chin who smiled. Just then, Tiaru caught sight of another lioness sprinting down Pride Rock.

'Mum!' everyone made an opening so Vitani could greet her son. 'Mum! I've missed you! How are you?!'

'I'm fine now your back! Why did you leave, why?'

'We just wanted to be our own Pride........how are Miku and Chloe?' Vitani pulled away from him.

'Tiaru, Miku and Chloe left a long while ago. They took their cubs with them.'

'Why?'

'They, err, they wanted to find you........but they thought of the Lone Lands first, but they came back and said you weren't there!'

'Oh! We were looking for our son. Remember Tiku?' Mohatu gasped.

'Is this Tiku the one who met my daughter Maya?'

'Why, yes, I remember them saying something about her.'

'Who's "them"?'

'Our adopted cubs, Kiki and Bailey.'

'Yes, yes Maya said something about them too!' Mohatu said. He smiled and introduced them properly to Tika, Niya, Tania, Eshma, Karla, Crinu, Sarsha, Shengo, and Kicku. The he introduced him self as King. He took them inside and introduced them to Gina and her children. Kita and Tiaru smiled at the three who shyly hid behind Gina.

'Hey, how are Timon and Pumbaa?' Kita asked.

'Err........Timon and Pumbaa.......they died when Mohatu and Kicku were cubs........' Gina sighed. Kita's smile faded.

'Oh........I'm so sorry........' she gasped. Gina shrugged and smiled.

'It's o.k. at least they won't feel any pain ever again.'

'And Kita, you remember Rafiki? Well, he died of old age........' sighed Kiara. Kita drooped her ears and Tiaru sighed.

'Well........that's not very surprising, considering his age........' he said.

'Yeah, but we have another friend; she lives in Rafiki's tree; he gave it to her. Her name is Pantia.' Kita and Tiaru nodded. Taka glanced at Niya who was watching him, and he tried to flatten his mane again but failed. Niya smiled and Taka sighed.

'Come on, Bailey, swim to me!' Maya laughed as he paddled towards her. He squeaked and splashed her. Maya laughed again. Kiki and Tiku were watching them from the edge of the water.

'See. Tiku, I told you they like each other!'

'Yeah.........I sure hope Bailey will be happy with her. She's a really nice cub.' Kiki nodded in agreement. 'I think they've been in there for a while though. .'

'Yeah I think they have. Come on you two, out of the water now!' Bailey swam towards the edge and climbed out. Maya followed and they both shook themselves dry. 'Maybe we could just go for a walk.' Kiki suggested. Maya nodded and she walked away slowly with Bailey at her side. Kiki and Tiku smiled at each other and followed. Maya led them to the lake right next to the border of the Pride Lands. Tiku perked his ears up suddenly. He sniffed the ground and growled.

'What's up?' Maya asked.

'That smell........I kind of recognise it........'

'Yeah.' Kiki sniffed as well. 'It smells kinda like........you, Tiku!' Bailey cocked his head to the side. Maya sniffed and followed the smell to a huge pile of logs and leaves.

'Maya, come back! You don't know what could be behind there!' Tiku called.

'Yeah, be careful!' Kiki followed her with Tiku and Bailey behind her. Maya scrambled onto the logs and pushed some of. Then she pulled away some leaves and pushed aside another log. 'She's quite strong for her age.' Kiki mumbled to Tiku who nodded. Maya started to squeeze into a hole she had made. Bailey climbed up and followed her. Kiki and Tiku looked at each other and followed. They heard Maya gasp and bailey squeak. Tiku dived into the hole and landed on his paws to see Maya and bailey staring at something. He gently pushed them aside so he could see. Tiku felt his stomach churn. He just stared with his mouth slightly open. Kiki came down and gasped. Maya slowly walked forwards and lay down besides it. The female cub, who was the same age as Tiku half opened her light green eyes. Tiku gasped. She was lying there, curled up and had bite marks and scratch marks all over her yellow blonde fur. She had black fur on the end of her tail and had a sandy coloured underbelly, paws and chin. She glanced at the four cubs and then closed her eyes. 'Tiku, she looks so much like you!' Kiki whispered. Tiku just stared. He suddenly felt quite ill.

'Come on, let's get out of here.' He turned to leave, but Maya jumped up and pounced in front of him. 'Come on, Maya, we've got to go!' but Maya glared at him.

'We can't just leave her here, Tiku. What if it was you? You wouldn't want us to just leave you there, would you?' Tiku sighed.

'No, she's right, Tiku.' Kiki said. 'We've got to help her.' She walked towards the cub and bent down to talk to her. 'Hello? Can you tell us what happened?' Kiki said softly. The cub opened her eyes slowly and stared at Kiki.

'Don't........don't let him........attack me........again........' she choked.

'Don't let who attack you?' Kiki asked.

'That lion........the one with the-' she stopped and cried.

'Sshh, it's alright now, nobody's gonna hurt you. We want to help. I'm Kiki, and these are my friends Maya, Bailey and Tiku. Can you tell us your name?' the cub looked up at Kiki.

'My name is........Kamania. There was this lion........'

FLASHBACK

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The young lioness looked down at the little lioness cub she had found a long while ago. The cub had been really ill, but now she was better. The cub looked up at her mother with her light green eyes. The lioness smiled and licked her head. But then she suddenly growled and got to her feet. She sniffed the air and turned to her adopted daughter. 'Kamania, listen to me. Go and find somewhere to hide. Somewhere safe. It's not safe here.'

'But mum, I-'

'Kamania, please!' Kamania nodded and turned and ran. She looked behind her to see her mother running the opposite direction. BANG! Kamania gasped. Humans! She kept running and looked at the ground. She stopped and gasped for air. She looked up and saw something on a tall rock. Another lion cub! Maybe he would help her. He leapt down and glared. Kamania backed away from him slightly. He lifted one of his black paws and took his claws out. He shook his head and the wind blew his black tuft of fur out of the way. He narrowed his eyes and his pink nose crinkled. Kamania took another step backwards and ran. The male cub growled and chased her. She screamed as he leapt and nearly got her. He was chasing her towards the humans! Why? Maybe he didn't know. Kamania turned and stopped.

'Wait! You're only putting yourself in danger! There are some humans back there!' the male cub frowned and took a step forwards.

'Exactly.' He growled and pounced on her. Kamania screamed as he bit her. She clawed him and tried to run way but he leapt in front of her and smacked her across the face. She growled but he bit her shoulder. Kamania growled and bit into his neck. He didn't feel anything and he smacked her so hard that she went flying across the floor. She got up but fell down again. Why was he attacking her? Why? BANG! Another gun shot. The lion circled her but he looked up and perked his ears. There was a roar of pain in the distance. Kamania moaned as she recognised that roar. Those humans had got her mother! The lion looked back at her. 'You just wait. I'll be back when they want more. You just wait.' And with that he turned and ran away.

END OF FLASHBACK

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Kiki gasped. 'How did you get here then?'

'I don't know........I just got up and made my way here somehow........I just wish I had my real mother........then none of this wouldn't have happened........' Kamania closed her eyes and tears fell down her face. Kiki nuzzled her. Then she turned to Maya.

'Maya, listen. Go back home and get your parents. Kamania needs help.' Maya nodded and sprinted out. 'Tiku, I need to talk to you.' Tiku turned to her. 'Tiku, this worries me. The cub who attacked her........doesn't he ring a bell?'

'No, why?'

'Well, think about it. He was leading her towards humans. He had a lot of black fur. Who does he remind you of?' Tiku gasped.

'Tanu!' he whispered. Kiki nodded. Tanu. He might be back. He might go for them again next.

END OF CHAPTER 6

o.k., I'm sooooooooooooooooo sorry for the mega long chapter! It took me ages! But hey, it's here! I hope you likes Bambi, if you don't let me know and I'll change it, o.k.? Leave a review people! Ta! C yaz!