DarkEcoOttsel: Sorry for the late updates, but school's been tough. You readers are so gonna flame me for this chapter...but don't fret! I've got everything figured out...I think. This chapter's a little short, but it seemed like a good place to stop at. Please don't flame me!

Untainted Souls 2: Confessions with A Bloody Paw

By: DarkEcoOttsel

Chapter Eight

Simba gasped as Zira got ready to strike him, but the lioness suddenly reared back and snarled.

Simba was surprised to see Shenzi slashing at Zira's back.

"Back off, Zira!" Shenzi growled. "We were your opponents from the get-go!"

Zira threw Shenzi off only to have Banzai jump on and rip a chunk of fur and skin off her back. She too threw him off.

"OW!" Banzai landed hard on his rear. He tried to ignore the flaming pain flowing through his entire body. If he kept fighting like he was doing, he'd surly die. There's no way he'd let Shenzi know that, though.

"We need help!" Shenzi growled.

"W-where's the clan?" Banzai asked. "How far away would they be?"

"The border's at least three miles away," Shenzi muttered. "Even if we called for them, they wouldn't get here in time."

"Then what can we do?!" Banzai asked frantically. "We have to help somehow!"

Shenzi was about to answer when Zira leaped out of no where and collided with her, the two enemies fighting viciously.

"Shenzi!" Banzai shouted. He gasped as Zira pinned Shenzi down and raised a paw to kill her. He ran as fast as he could towards them, but he knew he wouldn't make it in time.

Shenzi gasped as a gray blur rammed into Zira, knocking her off. Sitting up, Shenzi blinked when she realized whom it was.

"Ed?!" Shenzi's jaw dropped as she watched Ed fight with Zira. She turned around to see the rest of the clan rushing in through the entrance.

"What the....?" Banzai blinked, quite shocked as well.

"We just couldn't leave you two here!" one hyena shouted. "You're our leaders!"

Now, with the hyenas teaming up with the Pridelanders, they could easily take down Zira and her lionesses.

"Yeah! Think about that before you show your sorry face to me again!" Banzai shouted at a lioness that he just slashed.

Shenzi smiled. That was the Banzai she knew and loved. Before she could continue her thoughts, she felt cold fingers wrap around her neck and she let out a startled cry.

Banzai's head snapped around to see Shenzi within Zira's clutches. He ran towards them, but stopped right before them as Shenzi let out a gasp.

"Hand over your pack, or die," Zira growled at Shenzi, tightening her grip around the hyena's neck.

"I'm the only one they'll obey," Shenzi managed to choke out. "Killing me will get you no where."

"You know something, Shenzi?" Zira smirked evilly. "You're absolutely right."

It all happened in the blink of an eye: Zira had thrown Shenzi into Ed and a few other hyenas...and slammed her clawed paw through Banzai's chest.