DarkEcoOttsel: Man, I'm sooo sorry for the late updates. I HATE SKOOL! Just to let you guys know ahead of time, my grandpa gave me the idea for the Rainbow Bridge. I miss you, grandpa.

Untainted Souls 2: Confessions with A Bloody Paw

By: DarkEcoOttsel

Chapter Ten

"Uh...hellooo?"

Banzai was standing in the middle of a large bridge. On the other side of it were clouds that were glowing brightly. Behind him were darker clouds that weren't glowing at all.

"Okay, this is weird..." Banzai muttered. He gasped as someone appeared from out of the glowing clouds. Banzai's eyes widened when he realized it was his father.

"D-Dad?" Banzai asked in a small voice. He couldn't believe that his father was standing just across the bridge, smiling at him. He wanted to run towards him but he found that he couldn't move.

"Dad!" Banzai shouted. "W-where...? Oh, man, if you're here, I must've died!"

"You're half right. This is the Rainbow Bridge—the bridge that separates the living world from Heaven" Banzai's father, Khanyo, answered with a smile. He looked exactly like Banzai except he was a bit taller. "Most animals aren't given a second chance, but you're special, Banzai."

"Wait a second, I'm confused," Banzai said quickly. "Second chance?"

"You have the chance to return to the living world," Khanyo explained, "or come with me into Heaven."

"That's a big decision," Banzai muttered. He looked a bit sad. "If I go with you, I'll be leaving everyone behind...including Shenzi. I just told her I love her."

"If you go with me," Khanyo said slowly, "you'll be free from all pain. You'll never have to fight over land or anything."

Banzai looked hard at his father. "Dad, I wasn't ready to leave the living world. I still don't know if Shenzi feels the same towards me. I hafta know."

Khanyo smiled a little and said, "Listen."

Banzai raised his ears and waited. He was about to say that he didn't hear anything, but suddenly he heard it: someone was crying. Then words entered his head.

"Banzai? Banzai?! Don't leave me! Not yet! ...Please come back, Banzai. Please..."

Banzai eyes widened when he recognized whom the voice belonged to.

"Is that—"

"Yes," Khanyo answered. "That's Shenzi."

Banzai continued to listen as Shenzi began talking once again.

"I can sense the fear in you, Zira. This is it. You have killed the one most precious to me...and I will make you pay. This'll be a fight to the death and let me tell you I don't intend to lose!"

Banzai's eyes widened as a picture entered his head. Shenzi and Zira were fighting. Shenzi's eyes were different. They showed nothing but pure evil and hatred. Banzai was a little surprised and happy when Shenzi called him the one most precious to her but that still didn't tell him if she felt the same way about him. Plus she and Zira were fighting back in the living world. One of them was gonna die and he had a horrible feeling it was going to be Shenzi.

Banzai blinked and looked back at his father. "I gotta go back."

"Why?'

"Shenzi needs my help," Banzai answered. "I don't want her to die."

"But if she dies, you will be with her in Heaven."

"What about the rest of the hyenas? What about Ed?" Banzai asked. "I can't leave them."

Khanyo appeared to holding back a smile. "Banzai, just answer me this: how do you feel? On the inside I mean."

Banzai paused and looked down. "Like...part of Shenzi's with me."

"Exactly," Khanyo smiled. "You saw how evil she looked. That's because you took her good side with you."

"Good side?"

"Yes. Shenzi has a split personality. The promise you made to always be there for her kept her darker side under control. When you died, you broke the promise; therefore, taking her good side with you."

Banzai tried to register everything in his mind. "I...have to go back."

"Why is that?"

"One, I have something that belongs to her. Two, I have to keep her from dying."

Khanyo smiled. "That's my boy."

"Wait, I'm dead," Banzai said suddenly. "How can I come back into the living world?"

"Just turn around and run through the clouds," Khanyo answered plainly.

"Really?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Nothing, I just thought it would be more complicated," Banzai smiled sheepishly. He turned, now able to move, and ran towards the dark clouds. He stopped and turned to his father. "Thanks, Dad."

"No problem, Banzai," Khanyo smiled.

Banzai smiled and ran through the dark clouds. He found himself falling towards a dark light.