Back at the sunrise coalition Nala couldn't be happier. She was a princess, had lots of friends, but most of all she had her father. She missed Simba a lot though and the rest of the cubs, and Mufasa and Sarabi. She wanted so bad to go visit them but every time her mother would ask them if she wanted to see them, Nala would always put it off to some other time. She wanted to go but she was just having so much fun. Although she hated to admit it she was having even more fun then she had with Simba. Although she could never replace Simba she had a new best friend. Kaseko. The other cubs were great but…. There was just something about Kaseko. The other cubs apparently didn't like him very much and usually scolded her whenever she would invite him to play. But she didn't see why they didn't like him. They always told her there was something wrong with him or that they didn't trust him, but they never gave her a reason for feeling that way. He was very charming, kinda cute, and he was very intelligent, she enjoyed being around him. He had an attitude that showed that he could care less what everybody else thought of him and she admired that. She wasn't going to let them tell her who she could and couldn't be friends with. If they were going to play with her Kaseko came too whether they liked it or not. The more she thought about she was really starting to like him, A lot.

Kaseko didn't feel the same way. He did have a " Could Care Less" attitude but that applied to Nala as well. He didn't care for her. As far as he knew he was playing her for all she was worth. He knew she liked him, and he could admit that she was very pretty but he couldn't let that interfere. All he had to do was pretend to like her and the closer he got to her the closer he got to Tauna and then he would be set.

The sun was beginning to set and Kaseko was sitting down on a rock that faced the sunset. "Hey Kaseko!!" Kaseko turned around and saw Nala walking up to him. Kaseko turned his face away from her and sighed in annoyance and then faced her again as if nothing was wrong. " Hello Nala. What are you doing?" " Nothin'. Talkin' to you." She replied sweetly as she sat down beside him. " What are you doin?" "Just sitting here." He replied without even looking at her. " Well.. Do ya wanna go do something?" " Nah." "Are you mad at me or something?" ' yes as a matter of fact I hate you. I can't stand the sight of you' is what he wanted to say but he just shook his head. " No I'm just kinda tired and my head hurts." " Oh well okay maybe this'll make you feel better." Nala licked his face and ran off giggling stopping to turn and catch his reaction. He was just staring at her and cracked a small smile at her. She didn't understand it. Whenever she pulled that trick on Simba he would cringe and wipe his face with his paw then he would chase her and try to pin her in revenge. But Kaseko didn't seem to mind. It was as if he enjoyed it just as much as she enjoyed doing that. Maybe just maybe he felt the same way she did. She smiled back and turned around and walked back home.

As soon as she turned around Kaseko growled a little bit and wiped his face. She was getting to comfortable and it was annoying him. The only reason he smiled at her was because he didn't want to be rude and get her upset at him that would ruin the plan.

Nala ran home and found her mother settling in their cave. Her father wasn't there yet he was out doing one more round in their pridelands. "hello Nala. How was your day?" " Great! Today Ayoka and I pushed Anwar into the water hole and jumped in and forced him to stay in there!" "Nala! That wasn't very nice." "Well he deserved it. He was being mean." "well you should have ignored him… oh by the way I was thinking of going o pride rock tomorrow morning. Do you want to go?" Nala grimaced a little and said, "but then I got to wake up early. Can't we go during the afternoon."? " Nala it will be to hot during the afternoon. It would be better if we left while it's cool in the morning. Besides, I would like to go see them before the drought gets worse." Nala went over to her mother and her mother gave her a bath before she went to bed. " Well can't we just wait until after the drought? It's not like their going anywhere." " Fine." After she was done, Nala got up and waited with her mother for her dad. " So what else did you do today?" Nala paused for a while and then stated, "Well… I gave Kaseko a kiss today." "What!! Nala you're to young to be doing that!" " It was just a little one. He seemed to be having a bad day so I was just trying to cheer him up." " Oh you mean like that thing you used to do to Simba." Sarafina said with a little bit of relief. " Yeah except he didn't do what Simba does? He didn't seem to mind. He just smiled." " He probably knew you were just kidding." " Yeah…. Mom can I tell you something?" " Of course baby." " I'm kinda starting to like Kaseko. I mean really like him. He's smart, nice, and kinda cute. He's not that social though. But other then that I really like him. Is that wrong?" Sarafina was speechless. Her little girl was in love. " No dear that's not wrong. Does he like you?" " I think so. He's like my new best friend and I think he liked it when I gave him the little kiss. But do you think we can keep this between you and me." " Of course dear. Look here comes your father." " Hey daddy!" " Hello princess." " Nala wanted to wait for you to come back before she went to sleep." " Well I'm getting sleepy. Goodnight mom, dad. I love you." " Good night princess." they called back to her. After she left sarafina spoke up, "Tauna I have something to tell you."

Nala ran out of her parents cave and up the ledge to a small cave that was enough for one lion. Tauna let her have that small cave to herself. Their "Pride Rock" had six small caves: one for Tauna and sarafina, one for Lebo, one shared by Rugla and his mate Jesi, another shared by Adiel and Jedee and their cubs, One for Delila and Kaseko, and the other for Malaika, Oni, Nafuna. Plus one medium sized cave at the base of the rock that no one really used. So almost each lioness had their own cave unlike Mufasa's pride rock that had one large den, a cave where the royal family slept, and some extra cavern. Nala's wasn't really considered a cave it was very small and was more of a chamber then a cave. But she liked it. She tried to get settled in but she could not find a comfortable position. As a mater of fact she really didn't feel like sleeping now. Nala got up and walked over to the entrance of the chamber and stared up at the moon. She thought about what happened today with Kaseko. Maybe she really did like him…a lot. She couldn't stop thinking about him. Yes. She did. She loved his swarthy look and his attitude and she didn't care what the other cubs thought of him.

" I think our little princess is in love." Sarafina said proudly. " What? With who?" Tauna asked in an almost gruff tone as most fathers do. " With Delila's son, Kaseko. She seems to really like him." "Kaseko? Are you sure?" " Why? What's wrong with him?" " Nothing it's just…he's not exactly the most social cub in the pride. He never really plays with the other cubs. He and Nala are total opposites. Jabari maybe, but not Kaseko." " Why, I think he and Nala are cute together. Not as cute as Simba was but Nala seems like Kaseko a little bit more." " Who's Simba?" " Simba was the prince of the pride that took us in. He and Nala got along great, they were best friends. Sarabi and I thought they would make a wonderful king and queen and so we talked to Mufasa, he agreed and they were betrothed. They thought it was gross when we told them but we knew that when they got older they would think differently. They were already best friends. But I didn't know that I would be coming back here." " So Nala's not betrothed anymore?" " No she's here now. But now that I think of it, it would be a good idea to promise her to one of the young males. Should anything happen to us she'll be taken care of." " But to Kaseko? Not that I think there's anything wrong with the boy but he's rather timid, don't you think?" " Well there's nothing wrong with that. When he gets older he will be the type to handle matters seriously and he would take care of Nala. She said so herself that they are best friends.". Tauna looked at his paws considering what he just heard. His little girl had been here just three months and already they were planning her wedding day. But Sara did have a point. He wanted Nala to be taken care of if anything happened to him. " Fine, Kaseko it is. Once again. Are you sure?" " Nala said she really liked him… a lot." " Alright then. Well I'm sure he'll change soon enough." " Great I'll talk to Delila in the morning." " Alright. Goodnight sweet heart."

Tauna lay down beside Sara and put his forepaw around her lovingly and kissed her gently. " Goodnight."