Chapter Fourteen
Fish and Fruit
Day Nine:
"Ok guys, I saw my stupid brother do this hundreds of times" Shenzi said
It was the next morning and the trio went back to the lake and stood in the shallow end "it's easy, all we have to do is stand very still and wait for the fish to swim by and when they do, we simply smack them out of the water" Shenzi explained
"Sounds simple enough" Banzai said sarcastically
"Shut up and stay really still"
"Easy for you to say, Ed's a very hyper hyena, he can't sit still for five minutes" Banzai said
"If Shenzi said to stand still then I will" Ed said
"But you can't from what I saw and heard you're still hype up on that damn coffee"
"Don't insult the coffee" Ed said "Shenzi tell him to stop"
"Oh, here you go again letting Shenzi fight your battle, you're pretty useless if you can't fight your own battles" Banzai said
"Shenzi, he's picking on me again" Ed whined
"Both of you shut up and stand still" Shenzi said looking down at the clear water waiting for her breakfast to swim by.
Banzai growled and looked over at Ed. He was surprised that Ed was actually giving him an evil glare but he gave him a glare as well. Somehow Banzai knew what the empty-headed male was thinking as well as what he was thinking. He felt like Ed was laughing in his face (ha, ha I'm getting more attention from Shenzi than you).
Banzai shakes his head to get that out of his mind and tried to concentrate. That image of Shenzi holding Ed for comfort still wouldn't leave his mind. He shakes his head again and felt something swimming around his leg.
"Banzai, carefully lifted up your paw and hit the fish out of the water" Shenzi whispered
"Ok, go easy on me I haven't done this before"
"Wait for it" Shenzi said
Banzai started to get a little nervous as the fish swims right in front of him and he struck it with his paw. Shenzi backed away when the fish flew out of the water and into the sky. Shenzi took a few steps back and managed to smack it again to the land before falling into the water. They stood there till the fish stopped moving.
Shenzi smiled "See that was easy enough"
"Good, I'm starving" Banzai said walking over to the dead fish.
"Can you even eat that thing" Shenzi asked
"My teeth are strong enough to eat anything" Banzai said
"Fine, go ahead and eat while I'll help Ed get his breakfast not to mention mine" Shenzi said
"I don't mine sharing with you" Banzai said
"It's ok, it's pretty small and you haven't eaten in a week"
"Are you sure" he asked
"Don't worry about me and eat"
"Yes, mom" Banzai joked around
"Shut up" Shenzi laughed.
Banzai laid beside the fish and begin to chew on it. His face was cover in scales as he tried to get into meat part of the fish.
"How's the fish" Shenzi asked
"Besides the scales and the tough skin, it's not that bad" Banzai said
A couple of minutes had passed and Shenzi and Ed were still trying to catch their breakfast. Banzai watched as Ed tried to stay perfectly still for the fish to come by. (If Shenzi said to stay still, I will) Banzai said mocking Ed in his mind. He was a little mad because Ed wouldn't stop smiling at Shenzi as they were having their conversation and making him feel invisible.
"Now Ed" Shenzi shouted
Ed dunked his head under the water and tried to catch the fish with his mouth. The mud underneath him causes him to slip and fall and splashed Shenzi in the face.
"Haha" Banzai started laughing spitting out a few pieces of fish.
Ed sat up in the water smiling in embarrassment "Ed, weren't you listening to me you have to smack it out of the water"
"I forgot" Ed said, giving her a sad face
"It's ok, but this mean we have to wait a little longer" Shenzi said
"By the time you guys catch anything it will already be sun down." Banzai joked
"You're not helping Banzai" Shenzi said
"Yeah, show her a little respect" Ed said
Banzai glared at him then continued eating his fish. More jealousy filled his head and when he thought about it, his father was right about that talk they had about females. He remembered them talking a week before the day he got banned when he told his father why females are nothing but giggling girls since they always laugh at him whenever he gets hurt or make a mistake.
Then his father said "you should be glad that you're getting all the females' attention"
"Yeah dad, I really like it when they laugh at me in front of my friends" Banzai told him
"Well, they find you interesting and that's good"
"Why" he had to asked
"Because it gives you a good chance to find a girlfriend when you're older"
"That's gross why would I want to some very happy giggling girlfriend"
"You won't with that attitude, it's every male's job to impress the females"
"Why" he asked again
"It's like an instinct to a male, he has to impress them so they would see him as a strong male to be with" he said
"Is that why I see a lot of the older males beating the crap out of each other because I thought they just hated one another?"
"Well, that's normal, when a male likes a female so much he never wants to share her to anyone else. But when another male comes into the female's life, it's an instinct for the males to challenge another to win her heart
"Like that will ever happen to me, females are nothing, but trouble from what you're saying"
"You'll change your mind when you're older" his father said
"Banzai, heads up" Shenzi said
"Huh" Banzai snapped out of his mind to see a fish flying toward him. He ducked his head and watched the fish fly over him and landed next him.
"What were you doing day dreaming about that fish almost hitting you" Shenzi laughed
As the fish died in the grass, Banzai just turned around "nothing important"
"Ok, just one more fish to go" Shenzi said
Banzai sighs and went back to his thinking about what his father said and now from what he's been through it started to make sense. He was having his first crush on a female yet at the same time another male came into the picture and with the female giving him all the attention he will start developing a crush on her as well.
(Bingo, Mr. Jealously) his brain said in his head. (Shenzi not just another female that's why you have a crush on her, but then he came along grabbing all her attention)
(That's because she pities him) Banzai thought
(Hey, but it working) His brain said clearing insulting him.
(Shit, why does my life have to be real stressful) he thought (I like some attention)
"Ed, you said you can't swim why are you going to the deep end" Shenzi said
"I was a big fish thingy and it's swimming away" Ed said
"I don't care, I don't want you to start drowning again" Shenzi said
"I can get it, Shenzi" Ed said but suddenly his paws didn't feel the ground and fell into the water.
Banzai ran into the lake to see if Ed would resurface but he didn't. "He never listens"
The two stood there when they saw a ton of bubbles rising up then a huge fish popping out that had Ed's head inside his mouth.
"The fish is trying to eat him" Banzai screamed while Shenzi's jaw dropped from what she was seeing.
They heard Ed's screaming in the fish's mouth as he ran over to the edge of lake toward his friends.
"Holly crap, now I've seen everything" Shenzi said
Ed jumped out of the water and tried desperately to shake off the fish because his air supply was running low "help me" Ed muttered
"Stop moving around so I can get the fish off" Shenzi shouted
"I'm surprised that fish still alive" Banzai chuckled watch the fish trying to swallow up Ed.
Ed began to panic even more and started to spin around to get the fish off his head. Shenzi ducks when the tail almost hit her. Banzai started laughing even more watching Ed acting like a fool. His laugher stopped when the tail smacks him in the face and he fell over and past out.
"Ed, stop spinning around you just hit Banzai"
Having a fish over his head, Ed couldn't hear her or see where he was going. He ran to the left and crash into a tree. Shenzi ran over to Ed and removed the fish from his head. Ed was out cold as well and covered in fish slim. She turned around to see Banzai knock out as well.
She sighed "All I wanted was some breakfast"
Hours passed and it was already late evening and the pups were still hungry.
"Ok, so the fish thing didn't work out, we just have to find something else to eat" Shenzi said looking back at the boys.
Banzai was still a little daze from the fish smacking against his face and Ed's fur was still a little slimy.
"Why do I have a feeling we're lost" Banzai said
"We are not lost, my mom told me to go north to get to pride rock"
"How do we know we're going north" Ed asked
"I just know, ok" Shenzi said
"Maybe we should ask for some directions." Banzai suggested
"When I said to ask someone for directions I meant someone on the ground" Banzai said
Ed stood very still struggling over the heavy weight on his shoulder. Banzai stood on top of Ed's shoulder with Shenzi standing on his. Shenzi managed to reach the top of a tree branch where a monkey was hanging out.
"Pride Rock" What does it look like" The monkey asked
"A rock full of pride" Ed laugh causing him to lose his balance a bit.
"Don't move, whatever you do don't move" Banzai struggles to say "for a small hyena Shenzi, you sure are heavy"
"I can take my time if you want me to, Banzai, you know I can talk about the day, our journey, or how we don't get along" Shenzi said
"Ok, I'm sorry" Banzai said
"I can't feel my shoulders" Ed whined
"Anyway, it a big pointy rock" Shenzi said
"Oh, my friend told about that place, you just keep heading north in that direction" he said pointing to the left.
"Thank you so much" Shenzi said before falling down to the ground and landing on the boys. "Told you I was heading the right direction"
"Good, now can you please get off of us" Banzai said
Shenzi smiled and got off her friends. She thanked the monkey and they went on their way.
"Oops, I forgot to tell them about those birds" The moneky said to himself "oh well"
After going through some bushes the hyenas found themselves surrounded by large thick trees.
"Guys do you see what I see" Shenzi said
"All I see are trees with large red-orange things" Ed said
"Exactly, that's our food" Shenzi smiled
"Hello, we're hyenas we don't eat fruit" Banzai said but realize Shenzi was ignoring him again by racing off toward the trees with Ed following her.
Shenzi looked up at the tree and lick her lips at the strange looking peach-like fruit "guys, the fruit is too high one of you lift me up" she said
Banzai sigh as Shenzi climbed up his shoulders and tried to reach for the fruit. Ed was waiting next to Banzai, ready to catch their dinner. Shenzi' s mouth begins to water, the fruit looked plump and juicy. "A little higher, Banzai"
Banzai lifted her a bit higher and Shenzi grabbed hold of the nearest fruit and wrapped her arms around it. "I got it" she shouted but suddenly something flew out of the tree and hit her on the top of her head. Banzai lost his balance and fell over causing Shenzi to land hard on her rear, but she managed to hang onto the fruit.
"What was that" Shenzi said rubbing her head.
"I don't know all I felt was a strange wind" Banzai said
"Shenzi?" Ed said
"What is it, Ed" Shenzi asked and looked up to see what Ed was pointy at. Her jaw dropped and her eyes grew wide "Shit"
All around them a bunch of parrots begin to exit out of the trees and stared down at them.
"Trespassers, and they're stealing our food" one of the parrots shouted
"Shenzi, what are we going to do" Banzai whispers.
Shenzi looked around, she had one fruit and when the bird flew out it cause more fruits to fall to the ground. "On my count grab the nearest fruit and run" She whispered, not taking her eyes off of the birds. Banzai shallow and slowly rolled a fruit over to him and Ed did the same. The parrots continue to look at them ready to see who will make the first move.
"Slowly turn around and RUN!!" Shenzi shouted and run off into the bushes with the boys following her.
A minute later they heard the parrots screaming and flying toward them. "We need to hide and quick" Banzai shouted
"What do you think I'm looking for" Shenzi mutters through the fruit she had in her mouth. Ed looked back and panic when some of those birds were right on his tail. One parrot flew down ready to strike him till Ed threw his fruit that he was carrying in the bird's face to stop him. The bird flew back crashing into the other ones. The next thing he knew he was yanked by his shoulder and pull behind a large tree.
"Good thinking Ed, you bought us some time." Shenzi said catching her breath
"At least we have two fruits left" Banzai said having a bad feeling he has to share with Ed.
"And those birds are gone" Ed smiled
"Yeah let's eat" Banzai said staring at his fruit with a big smile till one of the birds stepped right onto the fruit, squishing it into nothing. The pups stood very still as the parrot looked down at them then yanked the other fruit out of Shenzi's arms then begin to walk away.
"That's my fruit, you idiot" Shenzi said then ran after him.
Shenzi jumped onto the parrot's head before it could fly off and begin to pull on his feathers. Banzai and Ed watches in shock as Shenzi continue to fight the bird. The parrot flapped his wings and twisted his whole body to get her off, but Shenzi had a tight grip on the bird. Banzai ran in and bit him on his leg to slow him down. Ed jumped up and bit him on the tail causing the bird to fall back wards and hitting the floor pretty hard.
"Quick, take off your collars," Shenzi shouted
Banzai nearly forgot that he had a collar around his neck with his human name but he quickly snapped it off and tossed it to Shenzi. She manages to tie up the bird's beak and Banzai use Ed's collar to tie up his legs. Ed smile and hold up the fruit to show it had no damage to it. Shenzi laughs as she tied up the bird's wings with her collar "that's what you get for messing with me" She shouted.
"Uh, Shenzi" Banzai said in fear
"What is it now" Shenzi asked
"We're not alone" Banzai panic as he pointed up to the trees again.
Shenzi looked up and saw all of the other parrots staring down at them again. The hyenas' eyes grew wide as all the parrots flew toward them at the same time. The jungle was filled of screaming birds and the cries of pain from the pups.
"Ow, ow , ow" Banzai moans in pain as Shenzi was checking out his wounds. It wasn't every day for them to get attack by birds. Their bodies were full of red dots where the parrots peck them and a few feathers were sticking to their fur.
"You're bleeding, but not too bad" Shenzi said "just go wash up like Ed is doing"
"Fine" Banzai said walking over to the small puddle of water they found.
Shenzi spit out a few little feathers from her mouth and hiss in the pain from her wounds. Blood was still running down her body as she continues to pick off every feather from her body. Even in her bad condition she managed to smile when she stared at the pit of the fruit knowing they actually had a meal from this entire week . . .