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Three days had passed since Mpita had came to the Pride. He was spending most of his time with Kovu and Kiara. Kovu and him had become best friends, something they both had been denied of their whole lives, because of 'destinies'. They both figured out that they were very similar, in personality and background. That was probably why they were such good friends.

Kovu and Kiara were also with Vitani a lot, so it was impossible for Vitani and Mpita not to be near each other. From the time they met, Vitani had mistrusted him, but, then again, she mistrusted every male, other than her brothers, and even them sometimes.

One night, Vitani, Kovu, Kiara and Mpita (to Vitani's dismay) sat in a circle, talking. Mpita was telling them about a time when he was younger.

They could all tell Vitani was bored; she was overacting it. She got up with a sigh, heading for the waterhole.

Kovu sighed. "Ever since we came from the Outlands, she has been like this. Moody, irritable." Kovu said, "I just don't know what her problem is.."

Mpita frowned, and got up. He followed her out of the den.

"Vitani! Wait!" Mpita cried in his rough voice.

"Why should I?" she asked over her shoulder, not stopping. "So you can try and make friends with me, when you're going to leave us soon?!"

"Yes." That simple word, filled with the compassion Vitani had wanted to hear her whole life, rung through her veins. She looked down and stopped, but did not turn around.

"What do you want?" She asked quietly.

She sounded as if she was hurt, and she didn't know why. Mpita came behind her, confused.

"What's wrong?" he asked quietly, truly caring for once in his life. He felt odd. He had never felt this way about a lioness before, not even when he was a teenager. He wasn't sure he liked her, he just found her interesting, something that needed to be known about. She snarled.

"Why do you care?! You're going to leave soon, just like everyone else in my life! Besides, you don't even know me! You don't know one true thing about me!"

"Want one true thing?" He snarled back. "When you were younger, you always watched out for you little brother, Kovu, even though he was always mean to you! You always told Nuka you loved him when he was down, and he always stuck up for you. Oh, and, you used to pretend you were the King."

She snarled again, cuffing him across the face with her claws out. She left two small but bloody lines; they weren't big enough to leave scars.

Mpita stared at her, shocked. But before he could do anything, she had run off, headed out into the Savannah.

A/N: Ooh, burn! Please review, the next chapter will be up very soon! -