Gday, Gday everybody, I'm back! Just finished my uni prac so I hope to be able to find time in my month holiday to finish this story still unsure of how many more chapters there will be but not too many more. I'm also going to soon go to Melbourne for a few days these hols, not that you needed to know that but I'm excited as I have never been to Victoria before I hear the shopping in Melbourne is excellent!

Anyway I feel the need to thank my reviewers;

Maran Zelde: Thanks for the review! We shall soon find out if Kiara can chase away the eagle or not.

Ralli-Rah: Glad I could help make a bad day seem a little bit brighter:) You are right, the eagle isn't going for Pumbaa…but then who? We shall soon find out!

Narfgirl: I'm glad you liked Kovu trying to be a majordomo, I wasn't sure if people would find it funny or just think it was too silly to be funny (hope that made sense lol). Anyway thanks a bunch!

MorpheusDreamer: Ha ha Kovu dancing around singing bad puns that is a funny thought (you made me laugh)! Yep I'm glad you found his pettiness a little annoying, that was the plan, because he's getting desperate and running out of ideas…. and so am I ha ha.

Sunrise19: Thanks for the review! I always love reading them MWA:)

Bounding Jackalope: Thanks for the review it was delightfully evil;)

CHAPTER 15!

All animals were for a short second in shock and unable to move. Kiara was a few meters ahead of Pumbaa at this point, and snapped out of her shock only when the eagle was nearly upon the warthog. Pumbaa had already started to step back a few paces not really sure what to do…. Finally Kiara started running towards him to swipe at the eagle if it dared come too close but this eagle, was very fast (not to mention hungry) and got to him first, before anyone could do anything the eagle plucked Maha straight off Pumbaa's back, causing the warthog to squeal in pain as the sharp claws of the talons scraped across his bare back leaving a few cuts. Maha found herself being lifted into the air and screamedfor dear life, Kiara pounced into the air and swiped desperately at the eagle but only managed to rip off a few tail feathers, causing the eagle to screech in pain and tighten it's grip on the meerkat.

Zazu had been knocked off the warthogs back by the eagle as it grabbed his companion and looked up shocked and distressed by the ordeal. He quickly looked over at Timon and Kiara who were both in terrible shock with tears in their eyes realising the hopelessness of the situation.

Suddenly Zazu knew what he had to do, he quickly stood up and spread out his wings, causing the sling to rip off and fall to the ground. Zazu felt pain searing through his injured wing, but he didn't care. With determination he lifted himself into the sky like a bullet, the pain was tremendous but his will was stronger. Like a missile the small bird launched himself at the large eagle hitting it with force just belowthe ribcage with his strong beak. The already slightly injured large bird screeched horribly at this unexpected attack and in its surprise, released the meerkat causing her to fall downwards through the air. Zazu had to quickly get some distance between himself and the large bird before it attacked him, but the eagle showed little interest in doing this and flew away to find somewhere to recover and rest. Kiara, Timon and Pumbaa had watched all this in amazement and luckily Kiara was able to leap into the air once again and catch Maha neatly into her mouth.

Zazu seeing that Maha had been caught safely, glided slowly to the ground. Kiara placed Maha gently back to the ground.

It was obvious Maha was still in a bit of shock but she managed to make a little light of the situation by saying between gasps " Never thought I'd be so happy to find myself in the jaws of a carnivore." She then stared to dust herself off, and then saw that Zazu had landed and rushed over to him.

"My hero!" she cried wrapping her arms around him and giving him a good squeeze. Zazu felt his already sore bones crunch but managed a smile.

"Oh, oh I'm sorry honey," said Maha realising she was hurting him, but she was so overjoyed she couldn't help but then give him a multitude of little kisses all over his beak.

Timon, Kiara and Pumbaa just stood by and watched, and till this day Kiara still swears she could see Zazu's cheeks blushing though his feathers. After a short while Zazu (who was still be cuddled and kissed by Maha), heard a little voice nearby trying to get his attention.

"Ahem"

Both turned to see Timon standing right in front of them tapping his foot. Maha blushed slightly and stepped aside, leaving Timon to confront Zazu. Zazu was really not in the mood to deal with Timon but something was different, Timon's stern expression quickly turned into a large grin.

"Looks like we finally found a use for that oversized banana beak of yours," said Timon happily and to Zazu's shock he found himself in another bone crunching hug by Timon. "Thankyou," Timon whispered before finally letting him go.

"Awe, isn't that special," said Pumbaa, to Kiara after seeing the two hug. Timon gave him a play irritated glare before announcing, "Ok lets get this show on the road."

Pumbaa's back was a little bloody from the eagle's talons, so Kiara offered to carry all tree smaller creatures but Timon said he would be happy to ride on Pumbaa's snout. Maha gave her son a surprised but happy look after this knowing that he was making an attempt to get along with Zazu and maybe later even accept Zazu.

It was nearly dark by the time Pride Rock could be seen in the distance, Kiara and Pumbaa picked up the pace a little, as they were very much looking forward to getting some rest and seeing everybody. Kiara had missed Kovu very much and couldn't wait to see him and tell him all that had happened. For Zazu the Rock was a missed sight, although he had enjoyed his time with Maha in the jungle he still couldn't help feeling he had abandoned his post for far too long an amount of time. However had Simba coped without him?

There we have it a very short but essential chapter in the story. I know some of you may be feeling that Timon's turn around to begin to like Zazu was pretty fast but from the movie I feel his bond with his mother is VERY deep and he would be extremely grateful to Zazu for saving her. Feedback is appreciated:) hope you enjoyed that chappy:)