A/N: Hi all!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm back (FINALLY!!!) with chapter 15!!!!!!!!!!!
A nice long chapter, most likely the longest chapter I've ever written!!!!!
I hope you all like it, please tell me what you think!!!!!!
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Chapter 15:
Seconds felt like hours as Jabari sat beside Vitani, licking her still bleeding cuts.
"You're going to be alright," he whispered as he picked up the large leaves and placed them over her wounds.
:::FLASHBACK:::
Jabari, son of Jafari and future king of his lands began walking back towards his pride with his head hung in sadness.
'I have lost her.'
He thought as he heard roaring and yelling coming from his pride. Picking up his speed in to a flat out run, Jabari skidded to a halt and gazed at the scene in front of him. On the ground was Vitani, and his brothers and sisters were ripping her apart.
"Stop it, what's going on!!!" Jabari shouted as he roared and charged in between him and his siblings.
"What are you doing? What's happened?"
Komo spoke up first panting, "sh she killed our parents."
Jabari's eyes widened in shock, "what?"
"Hazaa came and told us that..."
"I told them the truth!! I told them that Vitani had killed your parents after she found out that they had chosen her to be your queen!!!!!!!!"
Hazaa shouted as Jabari's eyes narrowed in to slits.
"You lying bitch!!!!" Jabari roared as he struck Hazaa across the face, making the lioness stumble backwards.
"Vitani wouldn't do that," he stopped and looked around at the others, "but I know Hazaa wouldn't hesitate!!!! Who would you more likely be able to trust? Hazaa, who has always had a manipulative nature, who lies to gain her status, and puts others down if they don't bend to her way? Or, Vitani, who has always been truthful, considerate of others, and who could care less about her rank in our pride."
By this time, Hazaa had begun to move away from the group and make her run.
:::END OF FLASHBACK:::
"Jabari, Jabari?"
The lion's thoughts were broken as Vitani lifted her head and opened her green eyes.
'I could get lost in those eyes.'
Jabari thought as he helped Vitani sit up.
"Jabari, your parents."
"I'm sure they're fine..."
"No no, they're in a cave, Hazaa trapped them there. I found out and tried to come here for help but," Vitani lay back down.
"Where is this cave?"
A pause followed Jabari's question.
"Vitani where are they?"
"I'll take you," Vitani answered as she struggled to her paws.
"No, stay here, you're very weak..."
"I'm not weak, I am in no way weak, I'm alright."
"Vitani."
"Just give me a minute," the lioness demanded as she tried to steady her shaky steps.
"Vitani, I'll go myself."
"You don't know where they're at," Vitani replied as with Jabari's help, she took a few more steps.
"Come on," Vitani said as she began to walk on her own, slowly at first, then picking up speed.
"I'll show you where it is."
Jabari nodded his head and followed the lioness;
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"Where do you think Vitani is Jafari?"
"I don't know, perhaps she's gathering our pride, our territory is rather spread out."
"I hope she gets here soon, I am going to banish Hazaa for this."
Suddenly, Kamaria picked up her ears as she heard running footsteps above them.
"Vitani?"
Kamaria inquired as the running stopped;
"Vitani?"
The queen repeated, this time louder than before.
"Vitani?"
The king called her name, "Vitani this isn't funny, answer us!"
The royal couple saw the tuff of a tail rush by.
"Vitani?!"
"I'm not Vitani."
Kamaria gasped as she looked up at Hazaa's face, an evil smirk plastered across it as she glared down at the king and queen. Kamaria stepped back, looking at her mate as he also wore the look that one gets when they know that all hope is lost.
"Well well well, your highness, what do we have here?" Hazza said slyly, "two little kitties, stuck in a hole."
"Hazaa," Kamaria said, "let us out, please."
"Why should I do that?"
"Look, I don't know what this is..."
"Don't play the innocent act on me; you know perfectly well what this is all about. I had everything; I was the leader of our hunting party, I was betrothed to the lion that I love, and I would have been queen!!!! I had everything, until Miss Vitani showed up."
Hazaa growled, leering at the royal couple as Jafari spoke, "maybe we were wrong."
"Wrong? Well, two wrongs don't make a right."
"You are absolutely right Hazaa," Kamaria said, "and three wrongs don't make anything right, it will make things worse. Don't do something you'll regret."
"Come on Hazaa, let my wife and I go, we forgive you," Jafari said as Hazaa smiled evilly at the two lions that stood beneath her.
"I don't forgive you."
In a flash, Hazaa ran towards the entrance of the cave and pushed the first massive rock on top of the king and queen.
The couple barely had time to react as the bolder came plunging overhead. The lioness, seeing the damage and how the rock had fallen, stood back and admired her handiwork. From what she could see, the queen's paw stuck upright and part of the king's chocolate colored mane could also be seen.
"I did it," Hazaa whispered, before she raised her dark head to the sky and let out a triumphant roar. Let the subjects hear, let Jabari morn the death of his parents that had betrayed her, and allow all to hear that Hazaa was the cause of there demise. With her task of revenge completed, the lioness ran off and away from the lands that she had known since her cub hood.
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"Jabari, what was that?"
Vitani inquired, as Hazaa's roar had rung throughout the lands.
"It's Hazaa, she's done something."
Vitani walked ahead of Jabari, and then picked up speed as she saw the cave in the distance. She motioned for Jabari to follow her as they finally arrived at the cavern.
"Hazaa has been here," Jabari said, as he and Vitani had not noticed Jafari and Kamaria, "I can smell her scent."
"We came here just in time to miss h..."
Vitani gasped as her eyes wandered to the lifeless bodies of Jafari and Kamaria. At the same time, Jabari looked down at his parents.
"No," they said in unison, "no."
"Oh," for once in her life, Vitani was speechless as she gazed at her aunt and the king that had welcomed her in to the pride.
"J Jabari, I'm so sorry."
The young lion seemed to tremble in front of the lioness, as he choked back tears still looking at his parents.
"Jabari I'm so sorry," Vitani began, a few tears squeezing out of her eyes, "I'd do anything to bring them back. If only I'd had known this was going to happen, I would've become your queen, I would've married you. Jabari, I'm so sorry."
"Is that a promise?"
"Yes Jabari it..."
Vitani looked down to see Kamaria struggling to her paws, looking up at her.
"You aren't going to hold me to that, are you?"
"Absolutely," Kamaria said as she smiled and bent to nuzzle Jafari.
"We each thought the other hadn't made it," Jafari said, "that's why we didn't say anything."
"Where is the rest of our pride?"
Kamaria inquired;
"They're looking for Hazaa; come on, let's get you out of here."
With much effort, Together Jabari and Vitani helped the two lions climb out of there prison. Blinking against the harsh sunlight that greeted there eyes, Jafari asked, "what way did she go?"
"We don't know," Vitani admitted, "we heard her roar and that's how we found you."
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"She isn't far off."
Komo said to his brother as they ran after Hazaa's fading form through out the Mukoma lands.
"She's up ahead," Komo roared as they spotted the evil lioness running at top speed.
Hazaa looked back and smiled at the two lions that were pursuing her. There parents were dead, and the Mukoma pride lie in pieces at her paws. She smirked, thinking how easy it was to kill them. The lioness continued running, tripping over a log that he hadn't seen in her flight.
"Damn," she swore as she continued running, until she noticed that she was no longer moving.
"What the?"
The lioness looked down as she gasped in shock.
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"Keep moving!"
Vitani shouted as the roars of Jabari's brothers could be heard a small distance away.
"I can, I can see them," Jafari panted as the four lions sped through the lands, determined to find Hazaa before she tried to destroy anymore lives.
Kalona, seeing her mom and dad alive, ran over to them.
"I heard the roaring," she said as she quickly nuzzled her parents, "Chimio gave the signal, they found Hazaa."
No words were spoken as the five of them kept running, the hot wind whipping at there faces and the lush grass swayed over the lions as they ran to Komo and Chimio.
"Stop!!!!!!"
Komo yelled as the five lions halted, staring at Hazaa that was a few feet away.
"Oh my..."
"I heard about them, but I never thought it was true!"
Kamaria gasped as Hazaa struggled, in a pit of quicksand.
"They don't just, come out of nowhere," Vitani said as Hazaa continued flailing her limbs. The quicksand was already up to the lioness's shoulders, and her back paw was slightly lifted out of the quicksand.
"Help me, don't just stand there; please, I'm sorry for all I've done but..."
"You don't deserve to live Hazaa," Jafari's voice boomed, "as king of the Mukoma lands, I sentence you to death."
"Jafari no, I thought we agreed to..."
"Kamaria," Jafari turned to his wife, "I am the king what I say go..."
"I am the queen," Kamaria retorted, "and I say that standing here, watching someone die is wrong."
"Do you forget..."
"Vitani no!!!!"
The two lions stopped there arguing and gazed after Vitani.
"Vitani, I order!"
"I don't care about what you order Jafari," Vitani stood on the log that had caused Hazaa's fall in to the pit, "but I can not standby and do nothing. I watched Zira die, I won't make the same mistake."
She looked at Hazaa who was trying to keep her head above the sand.
"Vitani, you are truly noble, you will make a wonderful queen," Hazaa cooed as Vitani turned to Jabari, Komo and Chimio, "incase something goes wrong, grab my tale and pull as hard as you can, got it?"
"Vitani you're crazy, don't risk your life to save her's, look at all she's done!"
"Jabari please I know you're right, but, I'm sorry, I can't sit here and watch a lion die."
"Alright Hazaa, I'll grab your paw and we'll pull you out of there."
The lioness stretched out her paw, and Hazaa clutched it with her own;
"Are you ready?"
Vitani inquired as all watched Vitani's noble act. Hazaa, leaning her face towards Vitani replied, "I rather die than see you be queen."
It only took one strong yank of Hazaa's paw as Vitani was pulled off the log, landing on top of Hazaa, her weight forcing the lioness completely under the sand.
"Vitani!!!!"
Jabari shouted as Vitani struggled to raise her head, her green eyes shut as her head surfaced.
"My paw," she said as Jabari, Komo and Chimio pulled on Vitani's tale. The young lioness heard the suction noise as her body was forced from Hazaa's sandy toom.
Breathing hard as Jabari whipped the sand from her face, Vitani warmly smiled at him.
"Vitani," Jabari said, "You are to brave for your own good."
"So are you," the lioness replied as she sat up and pounced on him, kissing him.
A happy gasp went up from the crowd of lions and lionesses.
"You have sand on you."
Vitani laughed, "you're right, lets go back to the waterhole."
The lions walked back to the watering hole, glad to be alive and rid of Hazaa.
"Leave her there," Jafari said when asked about Hazaa's body.
"Vitani," the king fell in step with the young lioness, "I am very proud of you. You will make an exelent queen someday."
"We're still holding her to that promise?"
"We better, don't want her going back on her word, now do we?"
"Alright alright," Vitani laughed as the watering hole came in to site and all seven lions splashed in it's refreshing coolness.
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As one life ended in a sandy pit, another life began in the cool shade of the birthing den. Nala lie on her side, a tiny gold colored cub lay in between her paws.
"Come on Rafiki, what it is, do I have a brother or sister?!"
"You shall find out when Simba..."
"Rafiki, is Nala alright? Is the cub alright? What is it?"
"Ahhh Simba," Rafiki smiled, "come meet your new cub."
"Isn't this exciting Kovu?"
"I am curious," the future king said as the four of them neared Nala and the sleeping cub.
"Simba," Nala smiled, "come meet your new son."
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A/N: Yes, a very long chapter, 9 computer pages to be exact!!! I'm glad that it's a long chapter though, you all deserve it after such a long wait!!!!!!!!! This is not the end, just one more chapter left!!!!
Some quick notes..about the quicksand!! Lol!!
My friend Brad and I were on the phone one day, thinking of ways to kill Hazaa (he calls her Huzzy) anyway, he told me that there are quicksand pits in Africa. I was like, "no way," and he replied, "yes there are, and they look like normal ground from a distance." So we thought, Hazaa would be running, not paying attention, and bam, quicksand!!!
I hope you all liked this chapter, please RR and tell me and Brad, what you think!!!!!!!!!!!! Chapter 16 will be up on November 20th and I know this cause I have already started writing it!!!!!!!!
I'm sad to see it end...
I'll see you all in 9 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!