Well here's another lame chapter for everyone. Hope you all enjoy it. I'm just making up ideas as I go along too. It's so much fun that way. Well time to start.
Simba was returned to Pride Rock with the help of Pumbaa and Kiara who carried him. I would say that Timon also helped but he could only carry the tail. The strange sight of Simba being carried though caused a commotion of curiosity of the pride land animals who then followed us back to Pride Rock to hear what might happen to Simba.
Luckily Simba only received a few cuts and lacerations so he was not critically injured. He would have to rest for a few days and then he would be good as new.
"So what happened Sire?" I asked. All the lionesses joined in with me and circled him.
"Hey give him some air," said Nala as she pushed a few back who were too close.
Simba gave a small grunt of pain for a moment before speaking up. "I was just walking with Kovu, telling him about Scar when suddenly Zira and her pride appear. Without warning they attack me. I tried to fight back but there were too many of them, so I ran up that log dam hoping to loose them that way. It did work but of course one had to follow, Nuka. He was trying to impress his mother, he did catch me once but I was able to make him let go by causing an avalanche of logs. For a while I ran before they all tried to catch up and once I felt safe I slowed down, but that was when I felt the affects of the fight enter me and so I felt I could not go any farther, I'm glad you saw me Kiara," Simba finished.
"Actually Zazu saw you first," said Kiara who looked up at me.
Simba looked at me and smiled. "Good old Zazu," he said.
"I guess this means that Kovu is still under his mothers spell," I said.
"Yes, I think so as well, he lured me into a trap that I stupidly followed," said Simba.
"But Daddy it can't be true," said Kiara who of course could not believe a word of it.
Suddenly a commotion was heard from the bottom of Pride Rock and everyone turned to see what was happening.
"It's Kovu," a giraffe said.
Ignoring his injuries Simba jumped up to investigate. Kovu was walking slowly toward Pride Rock looking up at all the animals as they stared angrily at him. They all knew of his horrible act of trying to kill Simba and they all were not happy with him.
As he got closer, I noticed something new on his feature. He now had a scar over his left eye, the same kind of scar Scar had.
"Why have you come back?" asked Simba once Kovu was close enough to talk to.
"Simba I had nothing to do with…" said Kovu but he was stopped by Simba.
"You don't belong here," said Simba angrily.
"Please…I ask your forgiveness," said Kovu. He sounded so sincere that I wanted to help him but I did not want to heighten Simba's anger further.
"Daddy, please listen to him," said Kiara as loud as she could, but her please were ignored.
"Silence!" Simba roared at Kiara. "When you first came here you asked for judgment, and I pass it now," Simba said it with such force that all of us were quiet ready to hear the judgment he was about to give, we all knew it was not going to be good.
"EXILE!" he roared.
As if by command, all the animals began to stamp their feet make noises as a few of the animals began to push Kovu away from Pride Rock. Kovu backed away and was nearly pinned against the wall before he made a break for it. He began to run but was intercepted by the monkeys who threw rocks at him before some ostriches attacked him as he ran. Other animals did their fare share of attacking him for his injury to the king. I felt bad, but I knew traitors had to be dealt with properly. Finally once he was far enough away from Pride Rock, the storks flew in and pecked at him until they knew he had enough.
We then saw him walk away alone, probably back to Zira to tell her that another plan failed or to some place else. I would not know until later.
Simba continued to stand on Pride Rock watching the horizon for any more outlanders coming his way. Kiara who had been trying to catch Kovu the entire time, but was stopped by the other lionesses ran up to Simba angrily.
"Father please, reconsider," she said.
"You will not go any where without an escort from now on," said Simba never taking his eyes off the horizon.
"No! That's not…" said Kiara but was again interrupted by Simba.
"He used you to get to me," said Simba.
"No! He loves me for me," said Kiara trying her hardest to get Simba to agree.
"Because you are my daughter, you will not leave Pride Rock. You will stay where I can keep an eye on you, away from him," said Simba who stood at eye level with her, close enough to bite her nose off if he wanted to with all the anger he was venting out.
"You don't know him," said Kiara.
"I know he is following in Scar's pawprints, and I must follow in my fathers," said Simba who then turned away from her and looked at the horizon again.
"You will never be Mufasa!" Kiara screamed.
Simba gasped and turned to her but she had run to the cave to get away from him. I could not believe she would say that, I agreed with her but I would never tell it to him myself, that was just a terrible thing to tell anyone.
"My goodness that did not go very well at all did it," I said as I perched myself on Simba's shoulder.
"No it didn't," said Simba with a sigh.
"She and Conga would have been perfect together," I told Simba, Simba only nodded.
"Right now I don't trust Zira, do me a favor please and go to the border and watch her, she may be up to something," said Simba.
"Yes sire," I said and flew out to the outland border to spend a few hours watching for any signs of danger.
A storm was approaching; I could see the clouds build as I made my way to the pride land and outland border. I tried to ignore it but it looked like it was going to be a big storm. I hated trying to fly through it while delivering messages since it took me longer to get them delivered.
I arrived at the tree where our nest was once held and stood on a branch and looked around for any signs of an outlander. All was quiet at first until I saw something move in the grass. I adjusted my eyes to the spot and that's when I saw her. It was Zira and she was heading this way.
I flew in for a closer look and discovered that she was not the only one. The rest of her followers were with her and it was much larger than the last time I saw them those few years ago when Kopa was killed. They all looked like they were on a mission and one mission only, to take over the pride lands. I knew that they knew Simba was weaker after the fight earlier that day so they knew it would be easier to kill him.
I watched them as they crossed the border and head toward Pride Rock. I knew I had to warn Simba before it was too late so as fast as I could I flew back in the rain.
I reached them a little while later to find Simba trying to calm Timon and Pumbaa down who both seemed to have lost Kiara again. Kiara going missing was not really that important; I had to tell Simba the news before anything bad could happen.
"Sire the outsiders are on the attack headed this way, its war!" I said in a panic.
Simba gasped and quickly made a decision. "Zazu find Kiara. We'll assemble the lionesses, move now!" he said.
I quickly flew out of the cave, I had another job to do and this time it was to find Kiara wherever she was. I knew though that she must have run away to find Kovu and that Kovu was probably with her. I did not like the sound of that, what if Kovu only pretended to help and then turned his back on Kiara and killed Simba. That worried me, I was going to make sure he would make a promise with me.
It took me forever to find them too; I found them both running back toward the pride lands. They must have known that something bad was going to happen, I had to fly in and tell them.
"Kiara, Kovu, I'm so glad I found you, your father is looking for you Kiara," I said.
"Oh good because we came back to help set things right," said Kiara.
"He needs your help too, Zira is coming, they are going into battle," I said as the rain began to beat down hard on us.
"She's doing it already, probably because he accidentally killed Nuka, she wants even more revenge now," said Kovu.
"So you're going to help defeat your mother?" I asked.
"I'm gonna try to talk to her, maybe sort everything out of that brain of hers," said Kovu.
"So you're not tricking any of us and plan to attack Simba without warning?" I asked in a serious voice.
"No I learned that Simba was not the cold cruel killer that my mother called him, Simba is just and the true king," said Kovu who sounded like he was getting impatient with me and was about to run right past me.
"You're not going any where unless you promise that you are helping Simba," I said as I flew into his face.
"Zazu! We don't have time for this!" said Kiara.
"It's okay Kiara, I can understand why no one still trusts me," said Kovu who then raised one of his paws that formed for a fist save for the little toe that stuck out while he gave me a serious look. "Promise," he said.
For a moment I stood back, unsure of whether or not to trust the outsider, would he grab me and then kill me like he did to Bahati. I sighed and pulled out my wing and gave him the smallest feather I had out to him. Kovu then carefully grabbed it and for a moment we were one. Kovu then looked back at me, tears filled his eyes.
"I'm so sorry," he said.
I stared at him, did he know what he did those three months ago with Nuka who was now dead for trying to kill Simba. At that moment, I trusted him, he was not the same evil adolescent I saw the few months ago, he had changed and it was all thanks to Kiara.
"We will talk about it later," I said with an understanding voice.
Kovu only nodded and looked down at the ground it was like he was firmly planted for a moment, until Kiara broke the silence.
"Can we please go?" she asked.
"Oh dear I almost forgot, come on, lets go help your father," said Kovu.
Without another word the two adolescents and I made our way back to the pride, hoping we would not be too late.
We arrive just in the nick of time too, the battle was now at the climax with Simba and Zira, both had their claws raised ready to release the final blow when Kovu and Kiara jumped into the middle of the fray. Zira and Simba gave a startled look seeing both their children again. I stood on top of a nearby rock and watched the scene unfold.
"Kovu….move!" said Zira angrily.
"Stand aside," Simba said to Kiara.
"Daddy this has to stop," said Kiara.
Zira only growled while she glared at Kovu. "You're even weaker than I thought, get out of the way," she said.
"You'll never hurt Kiara or Simba, not while I'm here," said Kovu.
Zira gave a look of shock while Simba only growled at Kiara.
"Stay out of this," he said.
Kiara only ignored him and spoke up. "A wise king once told me "we are one" I didn't understand him then, now I do," she said in a calm voice.
"But…they…." Began Simba.
Them, us, look at them, they are us. What differences do you see?" she asked as all the lions looked around at each other realizing that Kiara was right. For a moment there was silence while the rain began to dissipate and the clouds cleared as if Kiara's words had moved the great kings. Simba looked up at the sky and saw how clear it became, at that moment he knew his daughter was right. He then walked up to her and gave her a hug.
"Vitani…now," said Zira to a golden colored lioness behind her. Zira was still not going to stop at her quest for vengeance.
"No Mother….Kiara's right." Said the young lioness as she limped over to join Simba's side. "Enough," she said.
So it seemed that Zira's own daughter turned against her now but what did the other lionesses think. I looked around and saw as they all murmured together, wondering what to do.
"If you will not fight, then you will die as well," said Zira with anger in her voice.
As she said those words, the lioness began to make up their minds about the whole situation. They began to side with Simba as they realized that they were being ruled under lies and false hope.
"Where are you going, get back here," growled Zira.
"Let it go Zira, its time to put the past behind us," said Simba who was now leading the entire two sides of the pride.
"I'll never let it go," she roared.
Then without warning, Zira leapt at Simba, ready to tear him apart but instead Kiara intervened. She hit her so hard that both fell back into the gorge behind them while at the same time the log dam began to break sending water flying out. Turning it into a raging river.
Simba ran down to save them as both clung to life on the side of the rocks. I saw that Kiara was lucky she was able to land on a small protrusion on the canyon wall while Zira clung to life below her trying to get back up.
Kiara reached out her paw telling Zira that she would help her but Zira swiped at her. Kiara would not give up and reached out with her paw again. But instead Zira gave up and plunged down into the raging river below where she was never seen again. The legacy of Scar's rule was now over.
Simba climbed down to Kiara and helped her climb back up to the pride who were all waiting for them to arrive. As soon as Kiara reached the top, Kovu ran up to Kiara and cuddled with her. Simba watched them for a moment before finally interrupting them.
"Kovu," said Simba.
Kovu looked up at Simba and walked up to him with a small smile on his face.
"I was wrong, you belong here, lets go home," Simba said.
As he said this, the lionesses of Zira's pride walked up to him wondering what would happen to them. Simba smiled at them.
"All of us," he said.
We all made our way back to Pride Rock in good spirits. Everyone was happy now that the two prides were now a team, no more friction and we now had a bigger pride. When we returned, I was sent to go fetch Rafiki an hour later who was needed to tend to some lionesses wounds, but he was also needed for a more important reason.
Kovu and Kiara were going to be wed.
It was a simple ceremony just like the one me and Binti had though now I was on the sidelines watching and trying to shield myself from incoming tears and mucus from Timon and Pumbaa who stood beside me acting like goons.
Once their marriage was finished. Simba and Nala led the way to the tip of Pride Rock with Kovu and Kiara right behind. Once they reached the tip. Simba let out a loud roar followed by Nala. They then turned to Kovu who let out a roar as well. Soon all four of them roared in unison causing the rest of the pride to follow and do the same. We were now joined together, we were now at peace.
The rest of the day was spent chatting with other lionesses getting to know them and how they became part of Zira's pride. Some of the stories where quite sad, while others were quite interesting.
I wanted to speak with Kovu that day but he kept getting attacked by the old lions of Simba's pride wanting to know what it was like being trained to be a killer. So I decided to wait for another time when we could both be alone and discuss some issues.
I did not have to wait long though. I was awakened the next morning by Kovu who called out my name.
"Yes what is it?" I asked with a yawn.
"Sorry to wake you so early but I noticed yesterday that you wanted to talk to me is it alright that we do it now, we could watch the sun rise together," said Kovu.
"Sure why not," I said as I gave a quick stretch and followed Kovu out of the den.
We made our way up Pride Rock to the top where most of the special conversations occur. The sky was still dark and the stars were still out. You could see a hint of light in the distance though as the sun would rise in less than an hour. Kovu looked out into the land and gave a big sigh.
"I'm gonna help Kiara rule this one day," he said in a dreamy tone, it didn't sound happy or sad.
I only nodded, as I waited for him to say something about those three months ago when my life started to change forever.
"But that's something Simba and I should be really talking about, I know we are here because of something I did three months ago that caused you such pain," he said.
"How did you know she was my daughter?" I asked.
"Nuka and I had been watching you for a long time as you took care of your chicks. The night before the incident he told me that he would respect me more if I was brave enough to enter the pride lands and kill one of your chicks. I believed him and agreed on the idea. So that day, like you saw me do, I snatched her up and showed her to Nuka who just grabbed her out of my jaws and told me that I was still a termite and that he would never respect me, for the rest of the day too he made me feel guilty about the whole incident and I felt so bad by the end of the night that when he laughed at me again I turned around and attacked him. He was not badly injured but that shut him up for a few days," said Kovu.
"So you only did it to make Nuka like you?" I asked in a kind way.
Kovu nodded and looked down at the ground. I could tell his mind had been filled with guilt from the incident since he knew I saw the whole thing.
"I'm so sorry, I wish I was never taught to hate this pride, I probably would never have this scar and we probably would have never had this battle over the land that is rightfully Simba's," said Kovu.
"Don't worry Kovu, with that sincerity in your eyes, it would be hard not to forgive you, and it would have been nice if we took you in and kicked Zira out instead," I told him.
"I know that would have been nice, where is your mate, I wanted to apologize to her as well," said Kovu.
I sighed I really did not want to tell him but I knew I had to; it was only two weeks after he killed Bahati too.
"She's gone Kovu, and so is the rest of my family," I said unable to look at him.
"I'm sorry, but your not alone, all I have is Vitani and I don't even know who my father is," said Kovu.
"I guess we are more alike than we think, huh," I said.
"Yeah," said Kovu.
We both stood watching the horizon for a few more moments the light was getting a little brighter but the sun would still not arrive for a long time.
"Did your mother or Simba tell you what happened on the day of your birth?" I asked.
"Well she told me that Simba kicked her out for giving birth to me, I know that can't be true," he said.
"It's not; Simba had another child, a boy named Kopa. One of your mother's followers killed him after Nuka led him into a trap. Binti, my mate saw the whole thing, too bad she is not around any more then she could tell you everything. But Simba found his body and a few hours later he killed Leza who was Zira's follower and told Zira to leave" I told him.
Kovu gasped. "So that's everything that happened. My mother told me that he killed Leza because she was begging to stay, they were great friends that's probably why mom told her to kill Kopa," said Kovu.
"Yeah it was a hard day for everyone even Binti, the poor thing was crying for hours," I told him.
Kovu nodded and remained silent. I did as well watching the horizon for any signs of the sun. I had forgiven Kovu and I was now accepting him as a member of the pride. I trusted him; he had a kind heart that was lead astray at an early age. While we stood there I thought about what he would be like as King of the pride lands. He would probably be a good king and a great mate to Kiara. I knew their children would turn out beautifully and I knew I would be there for them until my wings could no longer fly on earth but to the great kings in the stars.
A/N: Whoa sappiness alert. Hope you liked it though. I liked how long it was, even though it did go really fast but I don't care you hav a problem with that then just go sit in the corner and have a time out, good boy. My next chapter will be interesting and you will see why when it comes up. Can you believe it two more chapters left and like MorpheusDreamer said I have been working on this since before he arrived, that's crazy.
Oh yeah and before I forget, I was discussing this with SunRise19 and I was hoping maybe one of you guys could explain it. In the scene where Kovu and Kiara are both spending time together after Kovu was banished you noticed that it was night. But when we switch back to Simba and the rest of the pride it's raining and it looks like it was day time. Another weird thing is how Kovu and Kiara are not dealing with any rain while Simba is and there is not a cloud in the sky. Then once the fight is over its day again like a fight happened that afternoon. What the hell, it's so confusing and it's hurting my little brain. Stupid Disney animators.
Oh yeah and here is my schedule for posting up these stories. The next chapter will be up next Sunday, and then I will not post the last chapter until possibly the Wednesday after Christmas. Don't want to post it immediately on Christmas or after so in-between is good. Once the story is over you will not hear from me for about three weeks so I didn't die if you all wonder that, eh I'll explain again incase you all forget. Well I will shut up now and let you all go while you review or run off without reviewing which is fine by me I'm actually surprised I have gotten this many reviews, I thought I would only get about a hundred. Well here I go chatting away like Ban'ai I really need to learn to shut up, ehat least I am notlike Zorro.Okay bye.