Author Notes: Sorry its taking me long to update a chapter, the truth is I'm working on three other fanfictions stories along with this one as well. What I do I write my stories down in a notebook, type it up while changing it or correcting errors, then I update them. So I'm writing four stories at the same time and its giving me a headache right now. Blah blah blah here next chapter enjoy.
Chapter Ten: A Very Long Day
"Mom please tell me your joking right" Shenzen begged his mother "right!"
Shentana sigh "for the last time I'm not joking"
"Why now of all days mom" Shenzi said
"Because I thought the new king would let us out of this place since we been suffering enough for this punishment but I guess he'll never going to let us free" Shentana said
Shenzi didn't like this idea her mother had. Since they been living in the elephant graveyard for a year and a half now, Shentana got fed up with it and decided that she is going leave pride rock, by herself, and find an new land to live at.
"But you shouldn't go alone, that's dangerous" Shenzi said
"I know but when we travel over here it wasn't easy with the lack of food and water and the fact that it was always so hot. And since the lioness in the outlands won't let us pass it's better that I go alone and won't risk the clan lives if we get caught" she explained
"Just say your abandoning us it will be a whole lot easier" Shenzen said
"Honestly Shenzen, why would you say that, once I find land for us to live I'm coming right back and move us out"
"But who gotten lead the clan while your gone" Shenzi asked (please don't say me, please don't say me, please say me) She thought
(Please don't say Shenzi, Please don't say Shenzi, Please don't say Shenzi) Shenzen thought
"Who else Nuacka is going to take over once I'm gone" she said
(Dammit, that's worst) the two siblings thought
"And when I'm gone I respect you to help her around the clan and to do whatever she tells you to do" Shentana said walking out of her cave with her pups on her tails
"Mom can't you at least think about this before you leave, you don't know what's out there" Shenzi said
"If you can survive the outlands alone for a mouth when you were a pup I figure I can do it too"
"But mom, you can't leave Nuacka in charge she so bossy and mean" Shenzen said
"And for once I agree with my idiot brother, you know how bad she treats my friends"
Shentana started to irritated form their complaining as she walk towards the clan waiting for her to say their good-byes.
"Please don't go mom, especially with this wedding shit you putting me though" Shenzi said
"Shenzi watch your language, and don't worry I'll be back before you get marry" she said
The two siblings stopped dead in their tracks and sigh for their defeat. Shenzi looked up and spotted her friends saying good-bye to Shentana and went to join them.
"Be careful out there Mrs. S, and whatever you do don't eat any fruit because you'll find yourself being attacks by birds" Banzai joked
Shentana chuckled "Banzai I'm counting on you to watch over Shenzi and Ed, you are the oldest" she said
"You should tell Shenzi that she the one looking out after us" he said
Shentana rolled his eyes and gave him and Ed a quick nuzzle "be good ok"
The two nodded "we'll miss you" Banzai said
Shentana looked at Shenzi sad face "the same thing with you Shenzi"
She nodded "mom, please come back soon"
"I will Shenzi, oh and take care of your brother ok"
The trio and the rest of the clan watch as Shentana snuck in to the outlands.
"Hurry up and past through this place Shentana, there not a lot of places to hide here" Nuacka said
"I know Nuacka, don't worry about me I'll be back real soon" she said
Shenzi and the others waved good-bye as they watch their leader disappeared.
Few Hours Later
"Come on Shenzi you can't stay in the skull all day" Banzai said
"I am not coming out especially with Zacuru out there ready to bother me again" Shenzi said
"I'm telling you Shenzi he not out here" he said
"How do you know" she asked
"Because Ed is keeping a watch" Banzai looked to his left to see Ed about a few meters away from the skull looking around for any sign of Zacuru. "Do you see anything Ed"
Ed shook his head "see he not out here, so come out and lets go do something"
Shenzi sigh angrily and popped her head out of the skull. "I'm only doing this so you can shut up"
"Don't get all grouchy with me" he said as Ed join him and nodded to agree with him
"How can it not be Banzai, my mother is gone, I'm about to get marry, and Scar told us the King's cub is due any minute and we have to kill it"
"So they were telling the truth"
The trio nearly jumped out of their fur when they heard Nuacka's voice behind them. They turned their heads to see Nuacka who was grinning.
"Nuacka!" Shenzi laughed nervously "how long have you been standing there"
"Long enough to know that you three been hiding things from me and your mother, I'm so ashamed with you Shenzi" Nuacka said calmly "dealing with a lion right behind our back, like it was bad enough that you and the outsider banned us from Pride Rock"
"How did find out about this" Banzai asked. He thought they been hiding the secret very well.
"I have my sources" she said as the Trio spotted Info, Gossip and Secret sneaking out behind a pile of bones with a big grin on their faces and waving at them.
Shenzi growled (I swear, I'm going to kill those three one of these days)
"For females with ridiculous nicknames their not that bad when it comes to information" Nuacka said
"Hey we take that offenses" Info said
"Nuacka your not going to tell my mom about this are you" Shenzi asked
"Of course not"
"What!" they all said
"You mean your not going to punish them for keeping this secret from you" Info said
"You not going to get us in trouble" Shenzi asked
"No, what Info and Gossip were telling me that if you kill the King and his cub the ugly lion with the Scar will let us back in to the Pride Rock. So what's the big deal about killing the lion and his cub anyway"
"If they get caught they'll be kill and so will we for covering this up" Info said "not to mention if Shentana finds out about this-"
"Shut up Info" Nuacka said
"Sorry" she said
"I must be going now, I have to do my daily check up on the rest of the clan. Just tell me when the cub is born" she said then walked away with the six speechless.
"I told you she was nuts" Banzai said
"Will you keep that your mouth shut Banzai" Shenzi said then looked at Info. "So you thought you can get me in trouble huh"
"Yeah but my plan back fire" Info said
"You just didn't plan it well, and I thought you said you were the smartest one in the clan" Shenzi said
"Talk to me like that again and I'll make your life a living hell" Info said
"And trust us it won't be pretty" Gossip said and Secret just grinned
"Why don't you stop with all these rumors, gossip, and secrets and fight me like a real hyena" Shenzi growled "or are you too afraid to fight me"
Info growled but saw her friends shaking their heads "no, I'm too mature for that" she said walking off with her friends following.
"Those little bitches" Shenzi growled "no offense Ed"
Ed frowned, if only he could talk he could have said something to Secret.
"Now Shenzi don't let those three ruin you day" Banzai said
"But isn't it strange that Nuacka found out about this yet still want us to go on with Scar's plan" she said
"She just like us and the other hyenas in the clan, we all want to get out of here" he said
"I don't know something doesn't seem right" she said
"Lets just forget about this and go out and do something, it's a nice day" Banzai said
"Like what"
"I don't know what do you have in mind"
Shenzi grinned "lets get out of here and go visit those meerkats for a while"
"That's sounds like a plan what do you think Ed" Banzai asked
Ed smiled and laughed "lets leave now before anyone else see us" Shenzi said
As they ran off they didn't know they were being watched.
"Well what did you find out" Info asked
Gossip snickered "their leaving Pride Rock to go visit some meerkat colony"
"Info what exactly do you have planned" Secret asked
"Well you remember what Zacuru told us to do"
"To spy on Shenzi and her friends and tell him anything useful and in return he'll give us extra food" she said
"Yes you smartass, and I thought since Shenzi knows about him being her groom, I think they should spend some time together" Info grinned
(I'm am going to kill her, I'm am going to kill her, I'm am going to kill her) Shenzi thought as she grounded her teeth.
"Isn't it nice of Info to tell me you day plans Shenzi, now we can spend some time together" Zacuru smiled as he walked beside her.
(Oh Info, your not going to get away with this) she thought as she looked back behind her to see Banzai, Ed and her brother following her.
Shenzen yawned "I don't see why I had to wake up from my nap to spend quality time with my family"
"Hey we didn't want to invite you in the first place" Banzai said
"I know but I was told to look out for you two while the two lovebirds spends some time with one another."
(Not as long I'm here) Banzai thought
"So where exactly are we going" Shenzen asked his sister.
"We're going to a meerkat colony and scare the living shit out of them"
"How far is it" he asked
"It will take about half a day to get there and back, we make it back by night fall" Shenzi explain
"We're walking all day just to chase around some rats" Shenzen shouted
"Yup, it much funnier then you think"
Shenzen walked over to Zacuru and pushed him away from Shenzi to talk to him. "You dragged me out here from my nap just to chase meerkats" he whispered
"Hey, as long as I can send time with Shenzi I don't care what she does"
As Shenzen and Zacuru argue Shenzi walked over to the boys.
"We got to think of a plan to get rid of them" She whispered
"Yeah but which plan" Banzai asked
"Well for one thing remind me later about think of a plan to get Info back for this and lets try escape plan number five"
"Playing dead?" Banzai asked
"No that number three, number five is starting a stampede for distraction,"
"But where are we going to find a stampede this far from the pride lands" he asked
Shenzi smirked and pointed to a herd of gazelles just fifty feet away from them. "So who's brave enough to start it"
"Let Ed do it, he can scare anything with those big eyes of his" Banzai said
The two starred at Ed and he sigh and walked off to the stampede.
"Are the two idiots so arguing with each other" Shenzi asked
"Yes, but the way it looks Zacuru is about fed of with it" Banzai said
"Good lets sneak away from them before the herd starts up.
"You are not going back to the clan Shenzen I need you here to make sure the two morons won't get in my way to spend some time with Shenzi" Zacuru
"I don't have to listen to you, I'm going back and get back to my five hour nap" he shouted
Before Zacuru could yell at his friend, they felt the ground shaking underneath then and look back to see a stampede coming towards them.
"Not again" Shenzen said and started running since the stampede was too wide to move out of the way.
Zacuru quickly looked around to find Shenzi. He spotted her and Banzai pulling Ed out of the stampede then Ed brushing the dirt off of him.
(Playing hard to get Shenzi, no problem I like challenges) he thought as he run for his life from the stampede.
The trio laughed as they ran as fast as they could the rest of the way. Then rested behind a large rock trying to control their laugher.
"Man that was a close one" Shenzi said leaning against the rock.
"So how long will it take them to find us" Banzai asked
"I thing we got the whole day to ourselves" she smiled
Ed made a grunting noise to get their attention.
"What is it Ed" Banzai asked
"Shh, listen, I hear someone" Shenzi whispered.
"Scurry, sniff, flinch!" they heard
"It sounds like singing" Banzai said
"Let's take a peak" Shenzi said
The trio pop their head out behind the rock to see a meerkat dancing and singing. "There more to life then panic and being some other guy snack"
They hid again, snickering a bit "hey Shenzi didn't that meerkat look familiar to you"
"Wasn't he the one we chase around when we were pups" she said
They nodded at her "well, it look like he to busy in La La land to see us, let's give him a little surprised shall we"
"Females first" Banzai said
Shenzen growled as he cough from all the dust from the stampede "twenty minutes of running and its all your fault"
Zacuru calmly brushed the dust off his fur and fix up his mane "oh shut up, look on the bright side my friend we been through hundreds of stampede and we're still alive"
"Look on the bright side, my sister nearly kill us just to runaway" he said "now we don't know where they are"
"HYENAS!"
"I think I just found them" Zacuru said
They watch from a far distant as Shenzi and the boys chased down a small old meerkat.
"Max, run for your life!" one meerkat said
"Dude, their one that rat's tail." Zacuru said
Everybody's eyes were on the trio as they got closer and closer to the old meerkat till they heard a chopping noise. Shenzi bit hard on the meerkat's tail and tore off on a large portion of fur before losing her balance and falling on the little thing with Banzai and Ed following her. The weight of the hyenas force the meerkat through the dirt and back with his clan. The Trio begin to laugh as Shenzi spit the fur out of her mouth.
"Well that was interesting don't you think" Zacuru asked
"No, it just prove my sister has no life" Shenzen said
"And sleeping seventeen hours a day is a life" he said
"Their leaving" Shenzen said
Zacuru looked back to see the trio walking back to pride rock. "Well let go and catch up with them"
Banzai chuckled "it just never get old does it" he asked
"Oh, the classic never do honey" Shenzi said
they started laughing again, they haven't had this much fun in a long time. But their laugher stopped when they saw Zacuru and an angry Shenzen blocking their way.
"Had fun Shenzi" Shenzen said
"Yes, how about you, was the stampede wild" she said
He growled "lets go"
"So Shenzi" Zacuru said pushing Banzai away from her so he could next to her "tell me about this whole meerkat chase what's the whole point of it"
Shenzi just rolled her eyes, getting rid of Zacuru is going to be tougher then she thought but she didn't want to argue or fight its been a very long day. Banzai just growled and Ed made a very unsure smile.
Later that night the Queen, Sarabi, gave birth to her cub. She name him Simba...