Chapter 21: A Message from Rafiki
From where she sat, Sukina layed down in the soft grass;
"Minu, why now, why all the sudden?"
The lion stood up, shaking his head, "I just, I need to go home. It took
meeting you to realize that."
Speechless, Sukina smiled but shook her own head in sadness, "I'm sorry
Minu, and I can't go back."
"Why not?"
"I have a new life; I can't just leave it all behind. What about your
foster family? Your mother, Kanami?"
"They'll be glad I'm leaving."
"How will you know where pride rock is?"
Minu turned away from the young lioness as he replied, "you always know
where home is."
In the African grasslands, Sukina watched as he walked away in to the
setting sun, his mane blowing in the wind as his steps lengthened.
"I just hope you know what you are doing..."
Sukina whispered as she turned and began walking home.
"I heard you two."
Sukina gasped then relaxed as a brown lioness walked up next to her.
"Marla, what are you doing here?"
"What are you?"
Marla's brown eyes looked in to Sukina's, "my brother and I found you, all
those years ago."
"I know, but I won't leave you two."
"Sukina," Marla stopped as she walked ahead of her, "fine then, let's go
home."
The elder lioness left it at that as they walked in the opposite direction
that Minu had gone.
It didn't take the lions long to reach pride rock, Simba and Nala leading
the way.
"Simba, should we go get Rifiki?"
Nala inquired, sitting down on the rock's surface;
"Tell us what happened."
"I, well I attacked the lion known as Kovu."
The young lioness gritted her teeth as Kicara pinned her ears, glancing up
at her young daughter.
"Tirria, why, why is your heart so full of hate? Sukina wouldn't want you
to be like this."
"I know mom; it's just, she was my sister! I can't let it go, it haunts
me."
This last part she added quietly as Simba and Nala looked on at the now
weeping lioness.
"Tirria, Sukina is not dead."
This statement from the king made her shoot up her head in surprise,
"what?"
"She's not dead, because she lives in you."
Tirria sighed as her mother nuzzled her, "in your reflection, she lives in
you."
This made the young lioness smile, "there's no mountain to great, hear
these words and have faith."
Kicara whispered, as if she was singing to a little cub;
As Simba and Nala parted, Tirria walked slowly up to the den that all the
lions shared.
"She can't go on like this," Kicara said to the king and queen.
"Don't worry, she won't!"
The three lions jumped as a furry face popped up in front of them.
"Rafiki, must you always do that?"
Simba gently scolded;
"Of course! Kicara, do not worry about Tirria, the winds are changing."
The older lioness raised her ears, "what do you mean?"
"Things will be changing soon, they will change the pride. Everyone will
be affected."
"What is it? Rafiki, is it bad?"
Simba asked as he looked at the monkey;
"That's all."
"What?"
All three of them said together as Rafiki turned and jumped down, "bye!"
The lions looked in bewilderment as he disappeared in front of there eyes.
Off in Heira's lands, Kanami stretched in the den and opened her eyes.
"Minu?"
She inquired softly, "Minu?"
Hearing no reply, she stood up and walked out of the den, blinking as the
starlight greeted her eyes.
'Just a quick walk.'
She thought as she began doing just that... not knowing she was being watched
as she crossed her mother's boarder.
:::End of Chapter 21:::
A/N: I hope you like it Amber and all!!
Please leave a review!!
From where she sat, Sukina layed down in the soft grass;
"Minu, why now, why all the sudden?"
The lion stood up, shaking his head, "I just, I need to go home. It took
meeting you to realize that."
Speechless, Sukina smiled but shook her own head in sadness, "I'm sorry
Minu, and I can't go back."
"Why not?"
"I have a new life; I can't just leave it all behind. What about your
foster family? Your mother, Kanami?"
"They'll be glad I'm leaving."
"How will you know where pride rock is?"
Minu turned away from the young lioness as he replied, "you always know
where home is."
In the African grasslands, Sukina watched as he walked away in to the
setting sun, his mane blowing in the wind as his steps lengthened.
"I just hope you know what you are doing..."
Sukina whispered as she turned and began walking home.
"I heard you two."
Sukina gasped then relaxed as a brown lioness walked up next to her.
"Marla, what are you doing here?"
"What are you?"
Marla's brown eyes looked in to Sukina's, "my brother and I found you, all
those years ago."
"I know, but I won't leave you two."
"Sukina," Marla stopped as she walked ahead of her, "fine then, let's go
home."
The elder lioness left it at that as they walked in the opposite direction
that Minu had gone.
It didn't take the lions long to reach pride rock, Simba and Nala leading
the way.
"Simba, should we go get Rifiki?"
Nala inquired, sitting down on the rock's surface;
"Tell us what happened."
"I, well I attacked the lion known as Kovu."
The young lioness gritted her teeth as Kicara pinned her ears, glancing up
at her young daughter.
"Tirria, why, why is your heart so full of hate? Sukina wouldn't want you
to be like this."
"I know mom; it's just, she was my sister! I can't let it go, it haunts
me."
This last part she added quietly as Simba and Nala looked on at the now
weeping lioness.
"Tirria, Sukina is not dead."
This statement from the king made her shoot up her head in surprise,
"what?"
"She's not dead, because she lives in you."
Tirria sighed as her mother nuzzled her, "in your reflection, she lives in
you."
This made the young lioness smile, "there's no mountain to great, hear
these words and have faith."
Kicara whispered, as if she was singing to a little cub;
As Simba and Nala parted, Tirria walked slowly up to the den that all the
lions shared.
"She can't go on like this," Kicara said to the king and queen.
"Don't worry, she won't!"
The three lions jumped as a furry face popped up in front of them.
"Rafiki, must you always do that?"
Simba gently scolded;
"Of course! Kicara, do not worry about Tirria, the winds are changing."
The older lioness raised her ears, "what do you mean?"
"Things will be changing soon, they will change the pride. Everyone will
be affected."
"What is it? Rafiki, is it bad?"
Simba asked as he looked at the monkey;
"That's all."
"What?"
All three of them said together as Rafiki turned and jumped down, "bye!"
The lions looked in bewilderment as he disappeared in front of there eyes.
Off in Heira's lands, Kanami stretched in the den and opened her eyes.
"Minu?"
She inquired softly, "Minu?"
Hearing no reply, she stood up and walked out of the den, blinking as the
starlight greeted her eyes.
'Just a quick walk.'
She thought as she began doing just that... not knowing she was being watched
as she crossed her mother's boarder.
:::End of Chapter 21:::
A/N: I hope you like it Amber and all!!
Please leave a review!!