Another new character of mine lol, (. Neway, her name's Tani, read to find out!

Chapter 23

"Wake up Shengo," a harsh voice called. Shengo stirred slightly. The voice cackled and then said, "Wake up baby brother," Shengo jerked awake and looked around. He could see nothing but blackness all around him. "I've waited so long to get you alone," The voice continued. Shengo stood on jelly-like legs and looked around.
"I-I'm not afraid of you Micasan! (Please tell me I spelled that right?)" A blood curdling low laugh sounded. From the shadows Micasan stepped forward. Shengo growled low in his throat. "I'm glad those human loving cubs started that fire, it allowed us a chance to talk," Micasan said as he walked slowly toward Shengo, his eyes glinting evilly.
Shengo growled. He felt vulnerable. His legs were like rubber and he wasn't sure he could walk let alone fight. "What do you want Micasan?" He said irritably. Micasan growled. "Enough talk!" He roared, pouncing toward Shengo. "NOOOOO!" Shengo roared. Suddenly everything went black...

Shengo was aware of a slight pressure to his shoulder. "Hey, wake up." A soft voice said. "Wake up man, you're safe now." Shengo stirred faintly and then slowly opened his eyes. He looked around. In front of him was a lion that was probably a bit older than Tiku and Kiki. The lion was a dark red-orange color with blue eyes. His mane was relatively short, although most of it covered his eyes. Shengo slowly got into a sitting position. "Who-who are you?" he asked.
The lion smiled. "My name's Kasoni." He said. Shengo felt weak. He looked around. They had to be on top of the gorge (where the wildebeest were before the hyena's chased em'.) "I-I'm Shengo," he said. Then it hit him. He tried to stand but failed, "what about the others?" he said as Kasoni caught him. "Take it easy, I'm sure they're fine," Kasoni said, shaking his head.
Shengo refused to give in, "No, we have to make sure, I have to know if Sarsha made it out ok!" he said, trying again to get up. "You're burned pretty bad Shengo, you can barely walk, you're just going to have to wait to go back to pride rock." Shengo looked up at the cub. "How do you know about pride rock?" he asked. Kasoni laughed. "I was born there." He said...

Rain enveloped the land and doused the fire. The lions were grateful. Most returned to pride rock. Kita however stayed where she was. She couldn't believe it. "Miku is it really you?" she asked. Miku smiled. He then shook his head. "Who else could I be?" Kita smiled and rubbed her head under his chin. Kamania tipped her ears back. Kita nuzzled her. "It's ok," she said. She then turned back to Miku.
"What about Chloe and the others though?" Miku smiled. "They're around, somewhere." He then looked down at Kamania. He cocked his head at her. "I thought you had a male cub," Kita looked down at Kamania and smiled. "I did, but I also had a female. I made a horrible mistake though," she looked up at Miku. "I'd rather not talk about it," she said. Miku nodded understandingly.
Miku nodded toward pride rock. "The others headed back, we should to." "Right," Kita said. She looked at Kamania, who slowly got to her feet and followed the adults.
"Miku!" a female voice sounded. Kita looked toward the left and saw Chloe, Matosa and another lioness trotting towards them. Chloe saw Kita and smiled. "Kita it's been so long! We were looking for you!" She nuzzled the other lioness. Kita smiled. "Dad, have you seen Kasoni? We can't find him anywhere!" Matosa said. Kamania peeked at Matosa from behind Kita. He was golden in color, a dark gold like his father. He had also taken his father's green eyes. His mane was short, for it was new and still growing. It was dark mahogany in color.
Miku shook his head. "I haven't. I'm sure he'll head toward Pride rock though." Matosa nodded. Kita eyed the new lioness. Miku then realized the he had not introduced them. "Kita, this is Kasoni's mate Tani." Kita nodded and Tani nodded back. "Come, let's go back..." Miku said. Once again they headed toward pride rock, unknowing of what lay ahead...

End of Chapter 23....

Ok C.a.b and others, what did you think? It's shorter than mine have been, but oh well. I hope you all like it, and I'm not quite sure it was a good idea to bring Miku and them back into it...cuz I started figuring it out...Kasoni and Matosa and Tiku would all be older than Shengo.... Oh well, no need to get technical right? Well can't wait for chapter 24! TTFN