'ello, once again. I'm sure you're wondering what's going on with Obassi, Boniko and them. n.n Sorry this update took a while. I've been kind of busy with the holidays, school, and all that such. Again, sorry. n.n;; So...instead of sitting there reading what I say, get to the story.. please.. just go...oh yes. And just a note (mainly made for myself) Kiara and Kovu's son won't come in until the pride with Obassi and them is formed much more.. because I have to get the timeline thing..right..for what I have planed and such.. 'cause I've thought ahead with this story.. and... um.... I'll stop rambling. Ok. Adios. I mean, READ THE STORY! O.O;
"Would you just look at them, Azia? Their hopelessly in love... " Boniko said, resting his head on a paw, watching Azazsi and Obassi play in the grass and dust.
"Oh, come on Boniko! You're just like that because you don't have a girl." The fire-colored hornbill said, sitting in her perch in Boniko's mane.
The white lion shook Azia off his head and she fluttered down to the ground in front of him. Dust rose lightly from the ground when anything touched the ground, the desert edge of the outlands stood before them. "That's not it... it's just..." He stopped, defeated before he even started and sat back down, cleaning a paw.
"You know..." Azia began, glancing from Boniko to Azazsi and Obassi, "One of those new girls who came about recently..."
"Umaimai and Dekala?" Boniko interrupted.
"Yes, them. The black and green sisters from the forest. That older one-Umaimai, I think she has her eyes on you."
Boniko blushed under his fur and glanced around quickly, to make sure that they weren't around. "You're not being serious, are you?"
Azia chuckled and fluttered back onto Boniko's head, "Now, would I lie about your future mate..."
"Azia, don't make me eat you." Boniko said, very flatly.
He began turning around and almost ran into a lioness with a black back that shimmered green. Who had a long, slick, beautiful coat, and amazing green eyes that softened at Boniko. Boniko almost jumped out of his fur when he saw Umaimai's beauty and he blushed even more.
"Hey, Boniko." Umaimai said kindly, smiling, then she looked up at Azia. "Hey, Firebird-why you always sitting on Boniko's head?" She smirked.
"Hello, Umaimai..." Boniko managed to say before Azia went off.
"I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, FOREST GIRL! My name's Azia. AH-ZEE-UH! Not 'Firebird!'" Azia spread her wings and flapped up to a dead tree branch above an identical lioness to Umaimai, her younger sister, Dekala.
"Azia," Dekala said, looking at the hornbill, "why do you always go off when my sister calls you that?"
Azia and Dekala went into light conversation like old friends. Boniko and Umaimai recovered from Azia's outburst and looked back at each other. "That's one crazy fire-bird." Umaimai said, chuckling, then looked back kindly towards Boniko.
"Yeah, and we have to put up with her all the time." Boniko glanced at Azia, then back to Umaimai and took a step back with a nervous chuckle. "Why do you always look at me like that..."
"Like what?" Umaimai smirked and turned from Boniko and walked towards the middle of the outlands, where Obassi and Azazsi probably went. Boniko rolled his eyes and followed her.
Dekala stared at her sister and Azia stared at Boniko, both their jaws almost unhinged, then Azia looked down to Dekala, "You do know those two are going to be in love, right?"
"Yup."
"Even though their not high ranked in the pride."
"Yup."
"We're following them."
"Yeeee-up."
Dekala stood up and began to follow Umaimai and Boniko as Azia made a roost on top of her head. They walked over a large, smooth hill that connected the desert and the abandoned valley in the outlands. Boniko stood out greatly as they made their way to rejoin the small pride they had. Obassi and Azazsi were watching as the other four came towards them. Dekala caught up in stride with Boniko and Umaimai.
"All right, Obassi, what's going on..." Boniko began to chuckle, his mind wandering.
"Well, first off: You all know about the pridelanders and outsiders reforming?" Obassi started and the others nodded their heads except for Dekala and Umaimai, who were a bit confused, but nodded after a bit of thought. "Zira, the old leader of the outsiders had been killed by Kiara, the daughter and princess of Nala and Simba."
Boniko shifted his weight and looked oddly at Obassi, "Where are you going with this?"
"Just wait, Boniko. As I was saying-the outsiders and pridelanders are joining, and this has caused Kiara to find a mate... an outsider." Obassi's voice lowered and a small growl formed in his throat.
Again, Boniko looked at Obassi, "Why are we intruding on the Pridelander and Outsiders business? It has nothing to do with us?"
Obassi rolled his eyes at Boniko and Umaimai, Dekala, and Azazsi chuckled, thinking, 'They fight like siblings...'
"It's our business-" Obassi began again, and the girls quieted down. "because Kiara's found a mate. And the mate is the one who made our lives like this. The reason why we're not in a real pride."
Boniko growled instantly and Umaimai looked oddly at him, "What's wrong? Boniko..?"
"Kovu. That damned chosen one. That scamp of a lion is latched onto the Pridelands followings." Obassi growled.
Azazsi looked closely at Obassi with concern in her eyes. "Who's this 'Kovu' and... what does he have to do with you?"
Umaimai was comforting Boniko as well as she could, though she didn't know anything that was going on. Dekala, Azazsi, Umaimai, and Azia then looked up to Obassi- none of them had heard why Boniko and Obassi were angry towards Kovu and his close family. Obassi looked down, taking a breath, wondering how to put why they hated Kovu into words and he rubbed the scars across his face with the back of his paw before looking up.
Boniko also looked towards Obassi. The same thing crossed their mind, flashing back to the last day of King Scar. Of him choosing his successor- who was not even of his own blood. Who's eyes were barely opened enough to realize his surroundings. Kovu, the chosen one.
"When Boniko and I were cubs, my da-" He quickly corrected himself as he gazed at the members of their small pride. "Scar was beginning to grow weaker, he began searching for a successor. Every member of the pride knew, and so cubs like Boniko and I were trying to push ourselves to meet Scar's expectations.. or what we thought they were."
Azazsi gazed in awe and anger at Obassi, "Scar was your father? You're a prince?!"
Obassi shook his head slowly, angrily, "In Scar's eyes, there was only one prince.. or princess, and that would be his successor. I was born of Scar and a lioness of lower ranking that was an outsider, Boniko.." Obassi looked at his white-coated friend, "...was born under an outsider mother, and a Pridelander father- who Scar later killed."
All but Obassi and Boniko had eyes widened. What crossed Azazsi's mind was, 'Had Scar tried to kill Obassi, giving him those deep scars?'
Boniko took up as Obassi paused to recollect what he was saying, "Obassi and I knew that Scar would have to pick the strongest and bravest of the young cubs- but I knew I wasn't going to be picked, due to being half Pridelander." Umaimai looked closely at Boniko, studying how he told of their past. "After going on a small hunt for mice, Obassi and I bounded up to the top of Pride Rock, and waited for King Scar to announce who would take his place."
"That lion," Obassi took over, again, "walked from the shadows and sat against the blood red sky and smirked with hate has he began to speak. He described me at that time in perfection, I swear, as Queen Zira cradled that bastard cub." A growl was heard coming from deep memories of Obassi. "He said Kovu's name and I foolishly stood up. Kovu was barely a month old at this time and hardly knew what was going on. I stood up for myself- protested that I was obviously a better suited ruler than Kovu. Boniko stood behind me but ran when he knew we were in deep." Boniko looked down at his white paws that had carried him away from Pride Rock that last night before exile.
"Kovu wasn't of Scar's blood- the only royalty he had was through Zira, and I announced that. Zira and Boniko and my mother defended Kovu and Zira herself. Then, getting fed up with the feuding, Scar and Zira decided for me and Boniko to leave the pride, for deeply offending the Queen, and for standing up for what was against Scar's wishes." Obassi and Boniko cringed. Obassi's face filled with pain, feeling the claws rip his face once more. The others were looking at Obassi with full attention, and passionately interested in how it turned out, even though they knew it would be terrible.
"My Mom- my own mother," Obassi looked down, his voice dropped low and quiet, "raised her claws against me, fed up with my protest. I can still feel sharp claws gashing at my face and blood dripping off the end of my nose. I ran, as fast as my legs could take me. I caught up with Boniko and then our lives as exiles began. The only one who gave us any strength to go on was the Great," he emphasized the word "great," "Queen Sarabi."
Azazsi stepped towards Obassi with caution, and nuzzled her head under his chin, Umaimai had instantly done the same to Boniko. Dekala and Azia were almost in shock, their younger minds barely understood everything, but just the thought of how that would have been made them shake. "Obassi.." Azazsi's soft voice carried quietly to Obassi, "..I'm so sorry.. I'm so sorry.." she repeated, in shock and amazement at the thought of how much Obassi and Boniko would have been through.
Oh, yes I did. I ended the chapter RIGHT THERE! I expect flames, so go ahead. n.n I enjoyed writing this chapter, because it contains both humor, and deepness (as Amanda GnomeInuyasha) put it. If you haven't figured out that Azazsi and Obassi are in love, go see a psychiatrist. If you haven't figured out that Umaimai and Boniko will be together... you're just stupid. Anyway, c'ya all next chapter.