A/N: Hi all!

Here's chapter 8 of my fanfic, I hope you'll like it; one more chapter and this story will be finished! I think it's the least amount of time I've ever completed a story; lol I've had a lot of inspiration and the reviews immensely help! Thank you so much for reviewing, you don't know how much they mean to me!

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Chapter 8:

"Nala, what are you doing up here?"

It was Simba's voice that interrupted the queen's thoughts as she sat atop pride rock, later that same evening.

"I've been thinking Simba," Nala replied, "I've been thinking that perhaps we've gone too far."

"They'll come back," Simba said as he sat down next to his wife, "The kids will be back any moment."

"Simba," Nala's voice wavered in the cool night air, "What if we have lost her?"

"We won't lose her Nala, she's our daughter and she'll come back once she's cooled off."

"I'm just saying that making Kiara marry Uzoma was wrong," Nala responded, "I think deep down you know I'm right Simba."

"Oh look," Simba said ignoring his wife, "They're back, all three of them."

Nala shook her head and sighed as the king and queen walked down pride rock to greet the incoming lions and lioness.

"Hi Kiara," Simba began then stopped as his daughter marched directly passed him.

"Hello Simba," Kovu shyly said as he did a short bow and then quickly followed Kiara as she disappeared in to the cave. The young lion did not want to be on bad terms with the king and queen;

"Your parents are in the cave Uzoma; your mother has been worried about you."

Nala softly said as Uzoma briskly nodded and followed the couple that had just gone into the cavern;

"Are you coming in soon Nala?"

Simba inquired as he attempted a nuzzle with his mate but received the cold shoulder instead before Simba sighed and turned to go inside the den. However unsatisfied with his wife's attitude, Simba sharply turned to face Nala in the moonlight.

"You know," Simba began, "This was your idea as much as it was mine."

"Don't remind me of what I already know Simba," Nala's snappy reply floated to the king's ears as he sighed and walked in to the cavern.

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"We'll be leaving tomorrow for our pride so be ready when the sun rises," Bakari said to his only son as all the lions and lionesses were getting ready to sleep for the night.

"Whatever," Uzoma mumbled as Bakari growled and Tamu came over to nuzzle her son goodnight.

"You'll see my son," Tamu began, "Everyone will be happy in the end; the marriage will work…"

"Goodnight mother," Uzoma's cold tone startled the elder lioness; nevertheless she paid no attention to it and walked away from her upset son.

"Hasana," it was Bakari's angry firm tone to speak next, "I want to speak with you now."

"I'm sorry," Uzoma mouthed to his sister as she followed her father out onto pride rock, her footsteps dragging along the dirt path.

"What's up with your dad," Kiara inquired as she past where Uzoma was sitting in the den, "Is he some kind of tyrant?"

"No," Uzoma sighed, "He's just really strict and kind of domineering. I know he loves us and everything, he's just probably furious at Hasana for telling us about being betrothed and eavesdropping on his and our mom's conversation with your parents."

"I guess," Kiara said before she went back to Kovu, Uzoma chuckling as Simba ordered them to sleep at least two lions apart.

'That rule sounds familiar.'

Uzoma thought as he had not had any alone time with the lioness that he loved;

A few minutes past, and Bakari with a downfallen Hasana walked in to the cavern where the young lioness greeted her brother with a sad look;

"Grounded for three weeks," she mouthed before she slunk off to where they were assigned a sleeping spot. Uzoma sighed and followed his slightly older twin, plopping down and closing his eyes in order to sleep. As he drifted off a small smile crossed his features, for he knew that things would work in his favor; Kiara, him and Kovu had discussed his plan on there day away from their parents.

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"Thank you for having us," Hasana politely said as she bowed to Simba and Nala.

"It was nice having you," Nala replied as Bakari cleared his throat.

"I hate to rush but we really should get going; I want to cover as much ground as possible today," the lion said as Simba smiled and nodded.

"I can understand that, where's Uzoma?"

"I'm here; I was just saying goodbye to Kovu and Kiara," Uzoma appeared with the couple in toe.

"Oh," Tamu said as Bakari gave Nala a friendly nuzzle and he turned to start leaving the pride lands.

"We'll be back soon to start planning things," Bakari announced in a clear voice as Kiara snorted and Uzoma slipped Kiara a sly smile.

"Yes," Simba agreed as the four lions began running towards their pride.

"They really set a fast pace," Kovu commented as the others began dispersing to start the new day with the activities that occupied it.

"Do you really think Uzoma's plan will work?"

Kovu inquired of Kiara as the two of them walked through out the pride lands, the morning dew still fresh on the cool grass.

"It'll either work or make things worse," Kiara sighed, "But I think it has a good chance of actually working."

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Days turned in to weeks two weeks to be exact when a frantic Tamu had shown up at the boarder of the pride lands, Bakari right behind her as they roared in order for Simba or Nala to hear them. With out waiting for an answer, the couple dashed directly in to the long green grass of the pride lands.

"What's going on?"

Kiara emerged from within the den, watching the dots steadily grow bigger out in the savannah.

"I don't know," Simba replied as he sprinted down the majestic rock, Nala closely following her husband. Over the weeks, Simba and his daughter had gotten on speaking terms; however hard things were being between them. The young lioness observed her parents as they ran, trying to meet Bakari and Tamu halfway to pride rock. Ducking her head back in to the den, Kiara summoned Kovu out of the cavern;

"Let's follow them," Kiara excitedly whispered, "But let's stay quiet."

Kovu nodded in agreement and the pear set off, Kiara surprisingly keeping herself calm as she pursued her quickly fading parents. Still Simba, Nala, Tamu and Bakari kept running as they nearly crashed in to one another before they composed themselves and sat down in the tall grass.

"U-uzoma," Tamu breathed heavily after her long run as she lay down in the grass. The other three caught there breath as Tamu started her sentence over again.

"Uzoma is gone," she said as she heaved a sigh.

After a few moments Simba was the first to coherently speak, "What do you mean Uzoma is gone?"

The lion king had just asked this question when Kovu and Kiara had only arrived seconds before.

"I can't see," Kovu whispered as Kiara hushed him.

"We only need to hear."

"We saw him four nights ago," Tamu continued, "then we woke up that next morning and he was gone. We searched the lands and his sent was tracked to the eastern boarder, and then it was lost."

"You're forgetting the other sent we found," Bakari growled as Tamu looked down at her paws before looking back up at Simba, "Aziza also went with him."

"So your son ran off with that other lioness?"

Simba inquired, looking Bakari in the eyes;

"Yes," the male replied, "We asked the king in our pride if he'd allow us to use his best huntresses and trackers and they came up with no luck."

"I see," Simba said with a thoughtful expression upon his face.

"Come on," Kiara whispered as her and Kovu began to slink back to pride rock, "That's our cue."

"Yeah," Kovu softly replied as they silently ran back towards pride rock, leaving the four adults behind conversing about where Uzoma and Aziza had run off to.

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