DarkEcoOttsel: Enough romance-back to the action! Thanks for the reviews, I really appreciate them. ARGH! I have school tomorrow! NOO! Since I'm going to be starting school, the chapters might be getting posted later that usual. Stick with me cause I'm not giving up on this!

Untainted Souls 2: Confessions with A Bloody Paw

By: DarkEcoOttsel

Chapter Seven

"Hello, Shenzi, Banzai," Zira said without emotion. "I haven't seen you since you were pups."

"Thankfully," Banzai spat. "What do you want, Zira?"

"We came to Pride Rock to see Simba claiming himself as king. What happened to Scar?"

"He's dead," Banzai sneered.

Zira's eyes widened but she said nothing. She glared at the two grinning hyenas.

"You killed him?"

"Yep," Shenzi grinned evilly. "Whatcha gonna do now, huh?"

Shenzi was completely surprised as Zira struck Banzai and he tumbled backwards into the bolder. Before Shenzi could react, Zira had grabbed her and was holding her face in front of a geyser opening that was about to explode.

"Shenzi!" Banzai cried as he tried to get up but two lionesses had pinned him down.

Shenzi struggled against Zira, but the fumes from the geyser were making her feel sick and weak. She closed her eyes, waiting for her demise.

"Zira, Shenzi didn't kill Scar! I did!" Banzai blurted.

Zira turned to face him, anger visible in her eyes. She let go of Shenzi, but the hyena had lost consciousness and remained over the geyser. The angry lioness grabbed Banzai by the throat and sank her claws in deeply.

Banzai winced in pain, but did not cry out.

"I was going to simply rip your throat out, but I just had an idea," Zira snickered evilly. She moved over so Banzai could see Shenzi. "I think it would be much more fun to see you in shock after your mate is roasted."

Banzai's eyes widened in horror and he shouted, "NO!"

The geyser began to rumble. It would explode in less than thirty seconds, killing Shenzi almost instantly.

Banzai tried to move, but Zira still had him by the throat and the two other lionesses were still holding him back. There was nothing he could do. He couldn't help Shenzi. Just then, an idea popped into his mind.

"Zira, you shouldn't kill Shenzi."

"Oh? And why not?" Zira snorted.

"Because, if you're going to use our pack to try and take over Pride Rock again," Banzai said quietly, "Shenzi's the only one they'll listen to."

"I'll make them listen to me."

"It's not that easy," Banzai said quickly. "Most of the pack are real idiots and Shenzi's the only one they understand for some strange reason."

Zira glared and Banzai and then looked at Shenzi's lifeless body. She signaled her lionesses and they pulled Shenzi off the geyser just as it exploded.

Banzai sighed in relief. His plan was working for the most part but Zira could still kill both of them easily.

"All right, you," Zira growled at Banzai. "Talk more about why they only obey Shenzi."

"I could tell you if I could breathe," Banzai said in a raspy voice. He took in a large gulp of air as Zira let go of his throat.

"Well?" Zira snarled impatiently.

"Shenzi is the smartest hyena in the pack, followed by me," Banzai continued, making most of it up as he went. "If you killed us, you'd have a clan of very confused and stupid hyenas. No one would have the patience to try and tell them what to do."

"Try me," Zira sneered.

Just then, Shenzi moaned and opened her eyes.

Since the lionesses that were holding him back had relaxed their hold, Banzai broke free and ran over to Shenzi.

"Shenzi!" Banzai cried. "Are you okay?

"Y-yeah," Shenzi sat up weakly. She was rather dizzy but that didn't matter to her. She growled at Zira threateningly.

"If you expect me to believe that garbage you just told me," Zira hissed, "you've got another thing coming."

Banzai and Shenzi gasped and simultaneously grabbed onto each other as Zira leapt at them, claws and teeth bared.

Suddenly a golden blur rammed into Zira and the two began fighting viscously. The two hyenas couldn't believe who had just saved their butts.

"Is that...?" Banzai trailed off.

"It's Simba!?" Shenzi blurted.

The two hyenas realized that they were still hugging each other and they let go, blushing slightly. They turned their attentions back to the battle between Simba and Zira. It was an even match, but Zira's lionesses came rushing at Simba and began fighting with him. Simba had a few lionesses with him but he was still severely outnumbered.

"Simba needs help!" Shenzi cried. "We gotta help 'im!"

"Right!" Banzai agreed as they joined the fight.