Untainted Souls
By: DarkEcoOttsel
Chapter TenA few days passed and things were definitely not improving. The herds were leaving because more and more of the Pride Lands were dying each passing day. Day by day more of the Pride Lands died.
Shenzi, Banzai and Ed walked up to Scar one day, who was looking out over the Pride Lands.
"Hey, Scar," Shenzi shouted at him. "There're problems."
"What?" Scar snapped without turning around.
"Well, in case you haven't noticed, the Pride Lands are dying," Shenzi growled.
"You're destroying them just like you did to the Outlands!" Banzai cried angrily.
"You're blaming me?" Scar turned around, glaring daggers at them.
"Yeah!" Shenzi glared right back as anger boiled within her. "It's no wonder why your parents liked Mufasa better than you—"
Scar backhanded the hyena so hard she went skidding across the ground and into a nearby rock.
"Shenzi!" Banzai cried as he and Ed rushed to her side.
"Don't ever mention my foolish brother's name in my presence!" Scar snarled.
Banzai and Ed helped Shenzi up, all three glaring death glares at the lion as they made their way down Pride Rock. They were totally unaware of the certain someone who had been watching the entire time.
Later that day Banzai brought Shenzi a small hunk of meat. She had been pretty scratched up by Scar and now she was recovering.
"Curse him to Hell!" Shenzi snapped, devouring the meat. "One of these days I'm just gonna freakin' kill him!"
"Save your energy," Banzai sat down in front of her. "You bet we're gonna kill the jackass...just not yet."
Shenzi sighed angrily. "Well, when we do, I call first hit."
"Gotcha," Banzai smiled.
"I can see it now: right as we're about to kill him, he'll start begging for mercy," Shenzi spat.
"'Please don't kill me, Shenzi!'" Banzai began playing the role of Scar.
"Give me one reason why I shouldn't," Shenzi said, getting into her role as well.
"'I never meant to be an asshole and kill your parents along with Banzai's!'"
"Feh."
"'Really! Can you ever forgive me for taking over your clan, destroying your home and making your life hell?'"
"Never!" Shenzi shouted as she tackled Banzai and pinned him to the ground playfully. Their laughter stopped when they realized they weren't alone. They scrambled up when they saw Nala standing a few feet away.
"Uhh...Nala, right?" Shenzi said, breaking the awkward silence.
"Yeah, um, hi," Nala said, a little nervous.
"What do you want?" Banzai asked the almost full-grown lioness.
"Well, uh, I couldn't help overhearing your conversation," Nala said. "Is it true?"
"Is what true?" Shenzi asked, her sharp eyes burning through Nala's soft eyes.
"What you said about Scar," Nala answered. "Did he really kill your parents?"
"You mean our alphas?" Banzai rephrased. "Yep. Right in front of us, too."
"That's terrible!" Nala exclaimed.
"Yeah," Shenzi snorted. "Life's been terrible for us ever since Scar took over. You think you've got it bad."
"Do you want to talk about it?" Nala asked quietly, sitting down.
"Why would we wanna talk about it?" Banzai snapped.
"Talking helps," Nala replied simply.
Shenzi and Banzai glanced at each other before sighing in unison. Then they slowly began to tell her of their past and the horrors that plagued them for the past two years.
By the time they were done, it was dark out. Nala had paid close attention the whole time Banzai and Shenzi were talking.
"Wow," Nala said after they were done.
"Now you know," Shenzi muttered, staring at the ground. "I dunno why we told ya though."
"Now what?" Banzai asked. "You know all about our past. So what?"
"So...maybe we can help each other," Nala said slowly. "But you must tell me the truth."
"Truth?"
"Yes," Nala hesitated. "Did...did you kill Simba?"
Shenzi and Banzai exchanged glances before looking back at Nala.
"Look, honey, we may be on the evil side but it doesn't mean we're the bad guys," Shenzi said with a smile.
"You mean..." Nala trailed off, a smile on her face.
"Yeah, we let him go," Banzai grinned, but then it faded. "But we dunno if he's alive. He ran off towards the west."
"He's alive," Nala said with another smile. "He's a survivor."
"Well, if he did survive, I doubt he's coming back," Shenzi said.
"I'll go find him," Nala stood up.
"But..."
"Do you wanna get rid of Scar or not?"
"Yeah, but—"
"Then let me go," Nala looked hard at them.
The two hyenas sighed and said together, "Then let us help you."