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A/N: I got these new names from Google, if u were wondering 

Aza: Scar's Daughter ; Homa Disappears

"Taja!" roared Kiara. The band of lions looked at their friend. She lay on the hard floor of the cave – dead. Roars of sorrow rang out from the cave as they filed out, leaving Taja's dead body.

"I don't believe it," Simba heard Katani muttering to a friend, "I thought she was better than Scar…I thought she had changed." Enraged, Simba turned to confront the matter.

"You mean to tell me that you knew she was like Scar?!" Katani opened her jaws to speak, but thought better of it and simply hung her head. "I didn't know this would happen…" Simba wasn't listening. He felt partially to fault for Taja's death – seeing as how it was he who hadn't gotten help for her in time. A chance to remove some of the blame was welcome.

"Stop! Katani couldn't have known this would happen, and neither could you!" came Kiara's firm voice. Simba growled in frustration, and bounded to join Nala.

"It's my fault, it's all my fault Kiara!" she whined. "I should've know she would be like Scar, I should have know she couldn't change! I had faith in her…" She fell silent, embarrassed for being so open with her feelings. "Wait!" Kiara turned to see what was the matter.

"According to Simba, Aza had Taja ask some lionesses – what to join Aza?" Simba nodded, hiding his vexed feelings. "Then we have to get back to Pride Rock!"

"Why?" came a voice from the crowd.

"Because we have to catch those she asked! I know if she asked Homa, she would go." She looked at her comrades faces. Slowly, one by one nodded.

"Get back to Pride Rock as fast as you can!" barked Simba. The lionesses raced home. Simba found he was having trouble to stay at the front, and was slowly falling behind. Yejide, the oldest lioness, was still a few yards behind him, but he felt he should be able to run like the rest of the pack.

Murmurs of "did we leave anyone trustworthy at home?" rippled through the lionesses. Kiara pointed out that Kovu ( Kiara's "boyfriend" and next in line for the throne with Kiara. Formerly Scar's "chosen one") had stayed behind with a few of the other lionesses. This seemed to satisfy most everyone. Everyone that is, except Katani. She bounded at the head of the pride. They soon reached Pride Rock, and they skidded to a halt.

"Kovu! Homa!" bellowed Simba. The two lions came out of the den.

"What's going on?" asked Homa in her sly voice.

"Only that Aza killed Taja and fled," snarled a lioness named Lisha. Kovu gasped, but Homa's face remained unreadable.

"We know she asked you to join her Homa! What do you have to reveal?" confronted Nala.

"Nala, I wouldn't go with that rat! Did you really suspect me?" she said in a falsely sweet voice.

"Yes, we did," growled Simba before his mate could answer. "You know who she asked – tell us!"

"I only know that she asked me, Halima, Taja of course, and Lorado and Chalondra."

"You know more," accused the lion she had mentioned named Chalondra.

"Do I know?"

"Yes – well…"

"There now, that's settled. Let's get to sleep." She yawned loudly, and padded into the den, the others close behind her.

"I still think there's something suspicious about her," Nala growled softly to Simba. He nodded in agreement.

The next morning, Homa, Efia, Qwara, Ulu, and Phenyo were gone.