1OMG lol I screwed up that last chapter SO BAD! And I'm realllyyyy sorry! Pretend in that last chapter when Zira came that she didn't want to see her son, Kovu, because Kovu was still a cub but I forgot lol. So please ignore that part, he was a newborn cub back then, just like Kiara. Okay, now that that's cleared up, on we go.

WAIT, one more thing hehe. The reason it took me so long to update was because I had a little run in with fanfiction Admin, saying that I did something wrong. I have a copy of the e-mail at the bottom of this story, so you can ya know see what they said or whatever. All right on with the show. Err, story.

Chapter 9 - Zira's Pregnant?

Kiara, now not a newborn but a full blown, energetic cub, could speak fluently now and ran with an orphan that had just arrived, Janaba, Jana for short. Nala looked on, with a heavy heart, of how much she looked like her father. About the same coloring, the same eyes, the eyes that had made Nala fall in love with him. But she had put the sadness behind her, or had tried at least, for the sake of her one and only cub.

"Mooooommm," Kiara poked her mother in the chest. Nala spun her head in her direction, startled, she had been lost deep in thought. She was a young mother anyway and she should pay more attention as not to give the gossips saying things like she was too young for a cub like Kiara.

"Yes?"

"Can I go out to the waterhole and play? Jana's out there."

"Is Janaba's mother out there?" Kiara just shrugged, her eyes never leaving the water hole that was in the distance. "Well, I suppose, but you have to take Zazu with you. He can only leave if her mother's there," Nala turned to the tree, "Did you hear that, Zazu?"

"Every word, your majesty," he bowed, then took flight. "Come along Kiara. The sooner we get out there the sooner I can leave, hopefully."

"I'm comin'," she called out, running down rock to rock. Nala raised and sat on her haunches, smiling. Somebody came behind her, and she looked over her shoulder.

"Queen Nala," the lioness bowed, "There is an unknown lion coming in from the eastern border." Nala raised her ears in interest. An unknown lion? Or was he really unknown to her? She thought of the time she had run away, she had come across many lions, most of whom just wanted a mate.

"Unknown, you say?" The lioness nodded, "Hmm. Well, gather a group of, hm, ten lionesses to accompany me to see what he's up too."

The lioness bowed once again. "Of course, your majesty." She took off toward where the lionesses were most of the lionesses were gathered. Ten, including Fetaya, joined her.

"Fetaya, where is Vitani?"

"Oh, she's with another lioness. She's watching her for me while I accompany you." Nala smiled and nodded.

She turned to the ban of lionesses. "All right, let's head out."

Zira was standing beside a rock, with scratches barely readable, stating that 'Scar, the Great King, is laid here. He was murdered by his evil, tyrant, nephew Simba, and the lions of Pride Rock.'

"Mom, I'm not going to watch the little runt anymore." Nuka appeared out of the bushes, Kovu at his heels.

"I'm not a runt!" he cried back, puffing his chest out. Zira smiled at his confidence, and giving Scar's resting place one more glance, turned to her cubs. She was very pregnant, the result of Scar's last night before the battle with her. Scar had made a last-minute decision that if she did get pregnant, and if it was male, that it would be the next king.

"Oh, shut up. I can't stand this right now. Nuka, you will watch your brother. I just need a week without cubs. But I wouldn't expect a male to understand," she snickered, "But it doesn't matter, because you're a permeant babysitter until I say otherwise. I'm very pregnant with a cub or cubs," With that, she left Nuka in shock, his mouth open, while Kovu batted a stick around.

"She's pregnant?!?!" he turned his attention to Kovu, "You're in for a bad time, little brother," he scowled, swatting at the cub, to get him to move from his path. Zira turned, her teeth bared.

"Be nice to him, Nuka, or you'll be sorry. He might be the next King. Or, he might just be sharing it with whomever in here," she pointed to her stomach, "Stop being jealous just because you only have a very slim chance you will rule. Right now, you're already 3rd in line behind Vitani and she's behind Kovu! And besides, however many cubs I carry now will be before you." She gave him a last mean smile and turned to be by herself, and when she was out of sight, Nuka gave hard hit to Kovu, sending him spinning onto the ground from the rock he had been standing on.

Nala peered into the distance at the coming lion. "Is that . . . Oh my Kings! Hima!" she called out.

"Nala?" called back the lion, now running. "It is you! I heard you are Queen, now."

"Yes," she smiled, "Hima, it's been so long! Ever since I've run away from Scar. It feels like an eternity ago. So much has happened."

"Indeed, to me too. Do you mind if I stay in the Pride Lands? I'm waiting for a couple of lions." Nala wondered quickly if he had a mate but shook the thoughts out of her head. It was against the laws, anyway, for her to choose a new mate, if she even wanted to. It was too soon after Simba's death, and now suddenly she felt guilty.

"Of course you may stay, as long as you need," she tried to keep smiling, straining. As they were walking back, he made conversation.

"So who's the lucky king?"

"Oh, his name's Simba, but he's deceased," she added quickly.

"I'm so sorry, Nala," he said sympathetically, "Did you have any cubs before he, uh."

"Yes," she said to interrupt him, "I have one, Kiara."

"I have a cub, too. Well, actually he's not mine, he was abandoned and I've been taking care of him. He was so young, he couldn't speak, but he did say one word which I think was his name, and I kept it for him. He kept saying 'Kosa,' not the best meaning, but it's what he kept saying."

"I think I would have chosen another name . . . Sin?"

Hima shrugged, "Perhaps it was chosen because he was made out of adultery. Who knows? But I kept it for him." He looked away from her, up to where they were walking. "Is that Pride Rock?" Nala nodded, looking up also. "It's beautiful."

"Where is your son, anyway?"

"Oh, he's with the lions I'm meeting. I had to go do something, and he couldn't come." She just nodded.

"Nala!" Ibura, her grandmother, tenderly climbed down Pride Rock to talk. She felt sorry for the old lioness, as she was developing pain in all of her joints.

"Yes, grandma?"

"Zira is just beyond the southwest horizon, coming this way." Nala jumped from Hima's side running to the point of Pride Rock.

"Now what does she want?" she muttered, then turning to Ibura. "Grandma, could you please alert the lionesses?"

Ibura smiled. "Of course dear." Hima came and stood beside her.

"Who's Zira?"

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Title: "Game Show For the STARS!"
Summary: "A game show including your favorites: Sarabi, Simba, Nala, Zira, Kovu, and Kiara in a (hopefully) funny game show! Just give it a try! First try at a humor story :)"
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