Back again. Just to tell you all, I've thought of some odd ideas for this story.. some of them not the nicest things in the world, but you'll still you... you will.. heh.. anyway. Story time.

An idea began to form in the lurking lion's mind- what if he were to somehow keep Gunab under him and raise him to take the Pridelands over himself? Obassi sneered to himself and calmed the growl in his throat as he slowly stepped out of the shadows towards the chocolate brown cub. Gunab laid his ears flat and jumped when he spotted the large, dark manned lion, "Who are you?!" The little lion shook in his fur.

Obassi chuckled friendly and lowered his head towards Gunab, "My name is Obassi. I'm the king of the Outlands here. What is your name and why have you came here?" He asked, falsely calm and friendly.

With a weak smile, Gunab calmed down and stood back up in front of Obassi, "Oh, my name is Gunab and I'm from the Pridelands, and I came here because... well..." Gunab tilted his head and looked to the side, thinking, then chuckled to himself, "...I'm not sure why."

Obassi smiled at Gunab, thinking, then glanced up. In the distance, still far into the Pridelands, Obassi could see Kiara already searching for her son. "Well, then, why don't you have a look around here for a while." Obassi looked back down at Gunab and began walking deeper into his territory. Gunab tilted his head and followed the strange lion, not sure where they were heading.

"Azazsi?" Obassi called out, turning his head side to side. "Azazsi, where did you go..?" Obassi chuckled and turned back around at Gunab, who tilted his head at Obassi in question.

"Who is Azazsi?" Gunab smile, wanting to know more about these other lions.

Obassi shook his head at Gunab, "She's the Queen here... I want you to meet her. And her cubs. Their about your age, too. I think you all will get along nicely."

Behind a small boulder, Azazsi rolled over and looked at Obassi and the little cub, "Why, hello there." She then looked to Obassi, "What do you want?"

Obassi motioned for Gunab to stay in place as he went over to whisper to Azazsi, "This is Gunab, Kovu's son." Azazsi stared wide eyed at Obassi and glanced at the cub.

"That's the prince?!" She hissed through her fangs and stared in disbelief at Obassi, "How did you get that boy here?!"

The dark brown lion smirked, "He wandered here on his own. I have an idea but it'll take a while to explain. Just take the cub and have him play with Boteshu, Qua, and Ibzimai. Kiara's already searching for him."

Without a word, Azazsi nodded as Obassi went back to Gunab. "Azazsi's decided to show you around a little bit..." He pushed Gunab towards his mate.

Gunab looked back at the King, oddly, "You look familiar..."

Obassi just shrugged as Gunab walked towards Azazsi. The light, dusty brown lioness stood up and talked calmly to Gunab as she guided him far away from where they were to find her three cubs and let Obassi take care of Kiara.

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"Gunab?!" Kiara called out, searching the Pridelands for her young son. She looked over to Vitani and asked, "Vitani, have you seen him?"

"The last time I saw the bra.. Gunab," Vitani looked to the side quickly and held her tongue for a moment, then resumed, "was before I fell asleep. The only one awake after me was Simba and the cub."

Kiara groaned at Nala and shook her head, then looked over to Nala, "Mom, have you seen him?"

She shook her head slowly, "No sign... Gunab takes up too much after you and Kovu.."

Again, Kiara groaned and sighed, "You two go back, I'll find him." With that, Vitani and Nala made their way slowly back to Pride Rock, Nala easily falling behind Vitani because of her old age. Kiara watched them go then continued to look for Gunab. She smirked as she found his paw prints in the dry dirt and followed them for a few minutes. Kiara laid her ears back when she realized where the tracks where leading to and hit a paw to the ground angrily.

Lifting her head through the tall, golden-brown grass, Kiara spotted Obassi with his head turned and growled instantly. The Liba Pride king, right near the border of the Pridelands, a perfect time to spy on them. A gut feeling told her that Gunab was in their territory and she slowly began to circle to a far end of the tall grass, as far as she could be away from Obassi.

Obassi yawned and flexed his claws with a stretch and glanced at the tall grass. The feeling of being watched shivered down his spine and he turned and looked back with a growl, spotting Kiara, then smirked. "My, my. Who do we have here..."

Kiara felt her blood run cold at the voice of Obassi and ducked down into the grass to try to hide. Obassi just padded to her slowly with a vicious smirk on his face. "What is the Prideland's queen doing in my outlands?" Obassi chuckled, gazing down on her.

"I'm looking for my son." She hissed at him and growled, glaring back at him.

The lion looked up for a moment in thought, then back down at Kiara, "Was he about.. so big and extremely curious?" He placed a paw in midair at Gunab's size. Kiara glared with a small nod. "Oh yes, I've seen the little scamp. Gunab's his name, isn't it?"

"What are you going to do to him!?" She stared at him, fear for Gunab overtook her face.

Obassi smirked and leaned down, and whispered in her ear, "You shouldn't be worrying about the cub's life.. you should be worrying about your own."

Kiara gasped and stood up, beginning to run back in the direction of the Pridelands, but Obassi was instantly on her heels. She looked back at the male as she started to get weaker and started to panic, "No! Leave me alone!" She panted. Obassi smirked, barely going his full speed and he jumped forward, in front of Kiara, startling her to a halt. "No! Please!.." Kiara begged, panting still.

He shook his head, lifting a paw up and quickly swatted the queen down to the ground with his powerful strike. Kiara roared when she hit the ground and picked her feet up from under her and jumped on Obassi, grabbing hold to his ear, causing the enemy king to roar and lash his claws up at her. Kiara cried out and fell to the ground after losing her grip on him and she breathed heavily as her golden coat became stained with her own blood.

Obassi roared again in triumph and sunk his long fangs deep into Kiara's neck. The girl flailed about, sinking her claws throughout his body until she moved slower and slower and her limbs lay limp, a stream of tears noticeable on her face. Obassi dropped the dead lioness where she laid at the border of the lands and walked back to the Liba Pride as if nothing had happened.

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Kovu looked out to the northern border where he heard a loud echoing roar and he squinted his eyes to look, then looked back to his pride. "Vitani? Nala? Where's Kiara?" A look of concern crossed his eyes when Vitani shook her head.

"She ordered us to come back before we found your son." Vitani lowered her head and looked down.

Kovu sighed and kept his gaze on Vitani, "Vitani, Nala, come with me. We're going to look for Kiara and Gunab." He looked up at the old king who looked straight at Kovu with concern for his daughter. Kovu felt a very uneasy pain in his stomach and led Vitani and Nala silently down, through the grasslands.

Approaching the border, Nala squinted her eyes and saw a lioness's figure, "Kiara!" She called out and ran ahead to her daughter. "Kiara!" Kovu and Vitani quickly followed Nala and slowed their paces when a look of dread and fear covered Nala's old face.

Kovu stepped forward to Nala and looked down at Kiara and his jaw dropped at the sight of his queen. Vitani was already trying to comfort Nala, though she was in shock, herself. Kovu closed his eyes, holding back his own tears and nudged Kiara's head. "Kiara.. wake up.. come on.. Where's Gunab?.."

Vitani looked at her little brother with tears in her eyes, "She's dead.. Gunab probably is too..."

"No!" Nala sobbed. "Our only daughter.. she can't be dead!"

The king examined the wounds on his young queen and hung his head, "She was murdered by the Outlanders." He turned his back and looked at Vitani and Nala, tears streaming from his scarred eye. "We have to tell the others.." He clenched his teeth and turned back to Kiara's body to take a last look at the lioness he loved. "I'll kill the ones who did this to you. I'll murder them in cold blood.."

After the sun had set, the three lions mournfully walked back to Pride Rock. Kovu had Nala and Vitani gather the others and they sat, scattered around the base of Pride Rock, already mourning the death of their queen. Kovu announced how Kiara was killed, and how Gunab, the only heir to the throne, probably had been killed, too. "..and if any of you spot an Outlander.." Kovu began, his voice very serious, causing the pride to look up at him, "...I want them killed. The Outlanders are rouges with no law. They'll try and kill any of you, so get to them first. They've drawn the ultimate of royal blood. We want them dead." He roared angrily through his own tears. The lionesses nodded at Kovu's command and slowly walked back up Pride Rock and slept uneasily through the night, many having nightmares of the fall of Pride Rock.

I know, I know. Short, sad chapter. I'm probably going to get flames for killing Kiara, right? Okay.. fine.. If that's how you feel, but remember, it's just a fan fiction.. it's going to be a LONG one, I promise you. I hope you'll keep reading.. please...? n.n;; If so, C'ya next chapter.