A year passed and the pride lands continued to flourish under Mufasa's leadership. But the king was getting older and he knew that he needed an heir soon before he was too old to lead. Of course talking to Sarabi about having another child was like asking her if it would be better to eat grass than meat. Even after a year of Simba gone missing, she was still heartbroken by it and Mufasa knew that it would take a while before she was ready to have a child so it was best that he should wait and hopefully one day she would be ready.

Scar and Zira were different though. A year after they had sent the hyenas to attack, Scar found himself in a very peculiar situation. He was watching Zira from the entrance of his cave along with four other lions who joined him over the year to help him conquer the pride lands.

He watched from the entrance as Zira strained and grunted from pain. He knew what it meant but he wasn't entirely sure if he was ready for that new responsibility of becoming a father. Zira on the other hand had been quite excited by her pregnancy and kept thinking of ideas of what to do with the child when it was old enough to play with her.

As Scar watched her, he hoped that the child would be healthy and would one day help him in conquering the pride lands, maybe even being his heir.

After nearly an hour of waiting for the child to arrive, Scar quickly noticed a small bundle of fur eating by Zira's side while she cleaned him.

"Well is it male or female?" he asked.

"It is a male Scar, it looks as if you will have an heir once you take over the pride lands," said Zira.

Scar slowly walked up to investigate but was not sure if Zira would let him.

"Can I see him?" he asked in a rather kind voice, something rare for Scar to do.

Zira quickly grabbed the cub by the scruff of the neck and set him down in front of Scar. The cub quickly began to whimper now that there was no more milk next to him.

Scar smiled at first until he noticed how scraggly the young cub was, even after being cleaned thoroughly. He was very skinny since not much food could be provided in the outlands. He even looked like he could not survive the night.

"This is my son!" asked Scar startled.

"I'm afraid so, maybe we should have waited until we conquered the pride lands," said Zira.

"Perhaps but this cub will not be my heir, I don't even think he will survive his first week let alone his first night," said Scar.

"Well I will try to keep him alive and I will try to produce a better son for you which means I should get more food when we make a kill. I will also teach him to hate Mufasa so when the time is right he can help attack and I will name him Nuka," said Zira.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea and I will still treat him like my son, now that the child has been born, you rest while we go out to hunt," said Scar.

Zira nodded and then carried little Nuka back to a nice soft spot where he could have his meal. She watched as he ate hungrily, she felt bad for him now that he was only going to be a member of the pride but that was what Scar wanted. Now she hoped that the next child would please Scar and not make him angry.

A month passed and Nuka grew but he did not grow strong. He stayed as scraggily as the day he was born and it annoyed Scar to have a son like that, he wanted to show that his lines would be strong not weak like the way Nuka was.

The only thing he did like about Nuka was his playfulness even though his playfulness did occur when he was trying to sleep.

One day Nuka was being his usual annoying self and tried to wake up Scar.

"Come on Dad get up, I want to play pull the ear again," said Nuka.

Scar opened an eye and growled at him. "Why don't you go bug the hyenas, I bet they would love to play that game with you," he said.

"But they don't like me," said Nuka.

"Why don't you try to play by yourself for once then and let Daddy sleep," said Scar who then rolled the other way causing Nuka to stare at his fathers back.

Nuka sighed and sat there for a moment wondering what he could play with by himself when suddenly a small locust appeared in front of him. Nuka smiled and pounced at the locust but missed. The locust then flew a few feet and landed on a small grass stem.

Nuka pounced on it again and this time the locust flew even farther. For several minutes, the lion and locust tried to move either closer or farther away from the other until Nuka discovered he was not home any more. The ground was greener and the sky was bluer, it was more cheerful than his home so he decided to explore.

He did not go very far from his home and mainly pounced on a few things he saw fit to be pounced on. And of course finding a small green bird who was surveying on top of a rock would be really fun.

Slowly Nuka crept toward the bird until he was a few inches away and pounced. He caught the bird and the bird tried to fly off but Nuka had him by the tail feathers.

"Let go I say," said the bird (A/N: obviously you figured out by now that it was Ban'ai)

"But I want to play," said Nuka who pulled at Ban'ai as hard as he could.

"Well I don't, now where did you come from?" asked Ban'ai.

"From that shadowy place over there," said Nuka still pulling and talking between his teeth.

That was when Ban'ai noticed something about the cub, he looked just like Scar and that was not good. Then as hard as he could, Ban'ai pulled himself away from Nuka and flew off, minus a few feathers. He was definitely going to tell Mufasa that an outlander had invaded the pride lands.

Nuka sat there watching Ban'ai fly off with his tail feathers in his mouth and sighed, he thought that was fun until the bird flew off. But he quickly forgot about it when he found a beetle scurrying off into a bush.

He chased the beetle for quite sometime until it finally stopped running from the cub. Nuka then tossed it about with his claws and right when he was about to pounce on it and maybe see what it tasted like a huge paw stepped on the beetle.

Nuka looked up to see who's paw it belonged to and found himself staring up at the king of the pride lands, Mufasa, on his shoulder sat Ban'ai looking quite embarrassed by the fact that he was missing some tail feathers.

"Are you the offspring of Scar?" asked Mufasa.

"Yup," said Nuka who believed he was special for having a father like Scar.

"Do you know what the penalty is for trespassing on my land?" asked Mufasa angrily. Cub or not, this child was violating a rule that should have been taught to him as soon as he could talk.

"No sir," said Nuka who now began to tremble.

"It's death," said Ban'ai in a you should know this kind of voice.

"But I did not know that, I'll leave right now and you will never hear from me again," said Nuka.

Mufasa did not care at all for this child, he knew that Scar would one day poison his mind and tell the cub that he was evil, no matter the consequences; he had to get rid of him.

Mufasa then lifted his huge paw while Nuka stood there waiting for his judgment to pass. But it never came; instead it was Mufasa who received the heavy blow to his face by none other than Scar.

Mufasa stood there in a daze for a few seconds before realizing that his brother was the one who did it and was standing right in front of him, teeth bared. Zira was next to him, protecting Nuka.

"How dare you try to kill my son," said Scar.

"Well he was trespassing on my land, you should have taught him to say out of this place," said Mufasa.

"Well you should have given him a second chance instead of trying to kill him on his first accidental visit here," said Zira.

"Hey I thought he killed you," said Ban'ai who looked as if he had seen a ghost.

"No he didn't, I survived and one day you will pay dearly for what you did to me a year ago," said Zira.

"What me or him?" asked Ban'ai.

"Both of you," said Scar whose patience was now running very low because he was at the presence of his horrible brother. "And how would you have liked it if I killed your son?"

"You did kill my son," said Mufasa angrily.

"Oh did the hyenas get him, I'm terribly sorry about that, well then if you want to make it even, then take my son," said Scar who pushed Nuka in front of Mufasa. (A/N: Yes I know it's a little bit like the Lion King 2, and I apologize)

Mufasa stared down at the cub who shook with fright, for a second he wondered if he should fight them, then all would be over, but he was the only one there save for Ban'ai. He knew it was best to turn the other cheek for now.

"Take that cub and get out, we are finished for now," said Mufasa.

Zira then grabbed Nuka by the waist and walked off while Scar stared at Mufasa menacingly. "You better watch your back brother, your time will come, and that will be a glorious day for me and Zira," he said before turning back and walking off with his bride.

Mufasa watched them go while Ban'ai sat on his shoulder looking puzzled.

"Why did you not kill them sah?" he asked.

"Because Ban'ai I was the only one there and it is not easy to fight more than one lion and besides even though my brother's soul is blacker than the night, I still love him. I know I must either kill him or find a way to rid him of his hate. But I am not ready to kill him and I am not sure how to rid him of his hate," said Mufasa.

"Oh I see," said Ban'ai.

Mufasa then turned around and headed back to pride rock

While heading back to pride rock, Nuka had some questions of his own to ask his mother and father about.

"Why did that mean lion try to kill me?" he asked.

"Because you invaded his territory even though you did not know you did," said Scar who sounded quite angry.

"Why does he not like us any way?" asked Nuka.

"Because he thinks he's better than us, we used to be part of his pride but he kicked us out because he felt we were trying to invade his space, which of course we weren't," said Scar who was of course lying, he wanted to make sure his son grew up to hate Mufasa no matter what.

"Sounds like he has issues," said Nuka, he had heard Banzai say that to him once.

Zira set Nuka down in the cave and then spoke up. "Yes he does I'm surprised that the other lionesses of his pride even like him," she said.

"That's why one day we will rise up and kill him so they won't have to worry about them not trusting him any more," said Scar.

"And I will help you," said Nuka who puffed up his scrawny chest to act like he was tough.

"And we will be very glad you did," said Zira who then started to give Nuka a nice bath while Scar decided to patrol the outlands.

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It wasn't until about six months later that a change took place in the pride lands. It was a good change too because Sarabi was expecting to give birth to a cub any day now. Sarabi was still sad about Simba's death and was still not sure about having one but knew it was for the better. Everyone was excited about this occasion including Nala who was hoping for a boy so she can become queen one day. She still missed Simba tremendously. Everyone could see it in her eyes, she was not as happy as she once was and never was very playful anymore.

It was a very rainy day when the time was right for the birth. Sadly though, Sarabi had spent all morning trying to give birth but the cub would not appear. Mufasa even moved the pride to a far spot in the cave to give her space just in case it could be easier.

Finally after nearly seven hours, Mufasa told Ban'ai to find Rafiki so he could help. Rafiki of course came over as quickly as he could and added herbs and other remedies to help with the birth.

After about two hours of helping her, Rafiki was finally able to help the cub out. He did not say anything when it came out though and Mufasa was very anxious.

"Well is it a boy or a girl?" he asked.

"It was a boy," said Rafiki.

"Was, what do you mean was?" asked Sarabi who quickly jumped up to see the child but Rafiki kept it from her.

"I'm afraid that the reason it was so hard for it to be born was because it is a stillborn," said Rafiki who then revealed the dead cub to both Mufasa and Sarabi.

The two lions stared at their dead cub in disbelief; another heir to the throne was gone.

"How long had it been dead?" asked Mufasa.

"About an hour after you started having the contractions, I'm sorry this happened, I will bury it for you at the edge of pride rock," said Rafiki.

Suddenly Sarabi burst into tears and ran out of the cave and into the rain. Mufasa followed her while Rafiki stood there with the dead cub feeling terrible for them. The rest of the pride walked up to Rafiki.

"What are they going to do now?" asked Nala.

"Hopefully try to have another cub," said Sarafina.

"Should I go look for them?" asked Nala.

"No, let them be, this is very tragic to them and it is best if you wait until they feel better to tell you all what they want to do. I feel like my work here is done, if anyone needs me, just send Ban'ai," said Rafiki who then walked out of the cave with the cub and back to his tree.

Everyone stood there watching him leave while they wondered if Mufasa and Sarabi would be all right.

It was not until late morning when Mufasa and Sarabi returned. Sarabi looked terrible, her eyes were wet from crying and her body looked like she had run out of strength. As soon as she reached the spot where she slept, she fell down exhausted. Mufasa stood there watching her and then looked at his pride.

"I suppose you all are wondering what we plan to do now," he said.

The lionesses nodded.

"Sarabi is too depressed to even try to have another child. She is afraid the same fate might happen to another one if she tries. So now we are trusting Nala to take our place in the pride lands," said Mufasa.

Nala stood there shocked while Sarafina gave a slight smile at the fact that her daughter would be queen no matter what.

"But I have no mate, how will I rule without a mate?" asked Nala.

"You can find one, sometimes when I patrol I find a scent of a rogue making a quick pass on the land, hopefully the next one would be perfect for you," said Mufasa.

"Yes sir, I will see what I can do," said Nala.

Mufasa smiled at her and then turned back to comfort Sarabi who had barely said a word. He hoped that she would be okay.

The next morning, Nala was up and decided to go out and hunt for Sarabi since she knew that the queen was in no state to even try and hunt.

She wandered around the pride lands looking for the perfect meal when Ban'ai flew over on her shoulder.

"How is the heir to the throne this morning?" he asked.

"I'm alright, how about you?" asked Nala.

"I am thrilled that you will be the next line to the throne, even though you look as if you are not ready, you still miss Simba don't you?" asked Ban'ai.

Nala nodded. "It's going to be hard to find someone like Simba," she said.

"I understand completely, now then do you want me to scout for an injured ungulate (A/N: hooved mammal) for you?" asked Ban'ai.

"No I'm good thanks, but you can still talk to me for a while, I feel like I have not had a good conversation since Simba disappeared," said Nala.

"Fine by me then, lets see here, you want to talk about the great times you had with Simba?" asked Ban'ai.

Nala frowned. "I'm still not ready to talk about that yet, it was just way too sudden and I believe his time was not supposed to come yet," she said.

"Okay then, how about this, why do you think Rafiki has a blue butt. Personally I think it's because he itches it too much," said Ban'ai.

Nala chuckled and was about to give her answer when a dark form suddenly jumped out of the bushes.

A/N: There's chapter fourteen with a little bit of a cliffy for you before I start the next chapter. I hope you all liked this chapter. And Sulkenwolfpup, its alright if you don't like Ban'ai, you're not supposed to like every character and thanks for the information on where those stories are even though the sites you put down did not show up since Fanfiction . net usually does that when people review. If you want to try to give me those sites again just use spaces in there so they will not get deleted. Well please review everyone and I will return next week with a new chapter. Have a nice week.