I know, I been lazy. I sorry. Only one more chapter after this one, so this is short (wow, I never realized just how short the story was. Then again, it only took a week the whole thing out) Okay, I'm gonna shut up now.

Rafiki came to live on Pride Rock with the other six. None of them could figure out where the pride had gone, and the drought seemed to have hit its lowest point. Days turned to weeks, which eventually became months. None of them could think of anything to do.

Simba's mane grew out. Although there were no subjects or parents or the betrothed, Rafiki performed the ceremony to celebrate Simba's achievement of reaching adulthood. But Simba didn't care. He had nothing.

Nuka was growing, too. He had reached the stage in a lion's life between cubhood and adolescence. Little Tani was the size Nuka had been back at the jungle's edge. More signs that Simba had to be too late. The kingdom had been destroyed by the disappearance of the King and his family.

But something was going to change that. Rafiki and Zazu were out being old, as Timon put it, when the hyenas came. The five others were all in the cave, hiding. At first, they only heard voices. Then they smelled them. Then they passed by the cave mouth. Tons of them.

"Nuka, come with me," Simba whispered. Nuka had grown even more and was most defiantly an adolescent.

"Stay here, you three," Nuka ordered as quietly as possible. The cousins, more like brothers, walked out of the cave. The hyenas were on top of Pride Rock. The males wanted revenge. They headed up the path.

The hyenas were so oblivious, they didn't even realize the two lions were standing right behind them at the top of Simba's home. It was Nuka who woke them up.

"Bon jour!" They went insane. They were stuck, walled between a hundred foot drop and an eight-foot claw rack. The boys attacked.

Two out of the seven jumped off. The rest chose to take on Nuka. Simba rushed in, tearing them apart. Three went at Simba while Nuka throttled the others. He had inherited his father's ferocity, that was for sure. As had Simba. Only one hadn't run within three minutes, and he was pinned by Simba.

"WHERE IS HE!" Simba demanded.

"I-I don't know! I just do what I'm told, I swear!"

"Liar!" said Nuka. "Listen, I know my father, and I know you are too young to die. So if you EVER want to see the sun again, you will answer his majesty's questions!"

Simba stared at Nuka a second. "Nice."

"Thank you."

Simba looked back at the hyena, whose attention was on after Nuka's speech.

"If you let me go, I'll take my time getting started back."

"Agreed!" Simba said, not hesitating to show off his razor-ship teeth. The hyena sprang up and ran. The boys followed. After months, they were going to finally find their family. Or what was left of them.

Only one more chapter!