Author's Note: With School and all I can only update once a week. (Sigh) And I know the story is long but I did tell you that in the beginning that it will be longer then the first and second stories. So if the first one was twenty chapters and the second was seventeen chapters ...well you do the math.
P.S. thanks to a "lovely" reviewer, I just have to remind you about something: Yes, I know I have bad grammar, I know that very well, I have been in a "special" class in -my school to help me improve on that from 3rd to 9th grade. I hear all the time from my parents, teachers and the bad grades I get on my English papers.
But I learned to live with that, what I don't like is when people keep telling me that my grammar stinks in a very dramatic way. (I'm not mad)
So I'm sorry that my grammar, spelling and whatever else is related to the first two thingsis poor but hey, I was worst back when I was little then I am now. Now if you excuse me, while you are reading the next chapter, I'm going to go on a rampage.
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Chapter Twelve: Light For Nala
It was the next day and it was still as cloudy and dead like always. Shenzi was waiting for Banzai and Ed to wake up so they can go look for Nala. Once in a while throughout the months she sees the lioness walking around with her head low and always frowning.
She suddenly felt something warm rubbing against her cheek and looked to see Banzai giving her a morning nuzzle. She couldn't help but giggle and nuzzle him back.
"Why are you so happy this morning" she asked
Banzai smiled "what, can't I give my love a nuzzle without question"
Shenzi blushed "no, I guess not"
He gave her another soft nuzzle then sat down next to her as they waited for Ed to wake up.
"Another gloomy day" Shenzi sigh "oh by the way, didn't you say you thought of a plan about the wedding thing"
"Sort of, I was more thinking about the fact that you have to bear his pups" he said feeling there was a bad taste in his mouth.
"You know I wouldn't, I just have to avoid him before he gets any "ideas" but sadly I can't do that forever"
"Well, what if I say that it wasn't Zacuru's pup you have to bear" he said
Shenzi looked at him "what are you getting at"
"I'm saying that...if you beared my pup and pretended it was his...then everything should be ok" he said very nervously
Shenzi stared at him, blushing a bit "Banzai, you know I like to start a family with you but it too dangerous for that plan and this place" she looked out at the dead land "is not really a good place for pups to grow up"
Banzai smiled weakly and gave her another nuzzle for comfort "don't worry, I just know something would come up" he said making her smile again. He pulled her closed to him to hug her and they stayed that way til Ed woke up.
"Ok, so if we're looking for Nala, what does she look like" Banzai asked a few hours later.
The trio hid behind a rock and peaked to see the lioness lying around or dying from starvation, who knows. While waiting for Shenzi to answer Banzai was getting pretty annoyed by Ed's gagging.
"ED! Stop gagging it very annoying" Banzai whispered to him.
Ed sigh and frowned and just sat there. Banzai knew he misses Secret, he couldn't figure out why she stopped coming by.
"Dammit, all these lioness looked the same, I can't tell which one is Nala when they're all together" Shenzi whispered
"So what your plan anyway " Banzai asked
"Well, you know for the last month, hyenas and the lioness been telling Scar about the conditions of the land" she said
They nodded "and do you remembered last week when we told him ourselves about the land"
"We could've had that bird for dinner" Banzai said and Ed nodded
"Like that thing could be split up for all three of us" Shenzi said "but that not the point, the plan is-"
Before she could finish they heard one of the lioness hollering at someone. "Nala, where are you going"
They peaked around the rock again to see a young lioness stopped walking and looked back "I'm going for a walk Mother" she said
"Ok, just be careful" Nala's mother said (A/N: I forgot her name)
Nala smiled and nodded but when she turned her head she frowned and continued walking away from her group.
"Come on, lets follow her" Shenzi said
The two males nodded and followed Nala to where ever she was going.
"Ok, so what does this practice teachagain" Todei asked as he looked at all the small twigs and rocks on the ground and the three females ten feet away.
Info sigh "we already told you, Secret said you have a hard time speaking around without making a noise.
"And that bad right?" he said
"Yes, spying is like hunting for prey" Gossip said as she started walking through the twigs and rocks without stepping on a single one "you have to stay extremely quiet and don't make a sound"
"Wow, how did you do that" he asked
"It takes practice" Gossip said
"Now you try it, try walking over to my side without stepping on anything" Info said
"It shouldn't be that hard" he said
He took one step and stepped on a twig, took another a few steps and stepped on more twigs and rocks. When he finally got to the other side Info shook her head.
"So how did I do" he asked
"You would've beaten to a pulp by hyenas you were spying on" Info said making him frown.
Secret, who was leaning against a dead tree to stared out in to the world, spotted a lioness walking by from far away and then the trio sneaking from one hiding place to another.
(I wondered what they are up too) she thought and decided not to tell her friends anything.
"Cut me some slack, I'm trying here" Todei said and he suddenly looked to the left and spotted the trio and the lioness "hey, how come they're following that lioness" he asked
Info and Gossip looked to the left, spotted them and grinned "why don't we check it out, shall we"
"Info, I don't think that a good idea" Secret said
"Don't start Secret now stop moping and come on" Info said
"Wait let me go and I'll make sure I'll get the sneakiness right" Todei said
"Fine, we're too hungry to do anything right now" Gossip said "just make sure you tell us very single detail when you come back."
"But Secret, go with him, maybe a walk with help get rid of that bad mood of yours" Info said
"I didn't say I was in a bad mood" she said
"Then just go with him and stop being a smartass with me" Info shouted
Secret frowned and nodded.
Zacuru peaked in his mother's cave to see her gnawing on a bone for whatever meat that was left to put in to her stomach.
"Hi, mother" he said
"Zacuru, what a matter son"
Zacuru stared at her and couldn't believe that she told him that shewas involved with Shentana murder and didn't seem to have a hard time to accepted it. The thing that bothered him the most was the fact that Nuacka didn't tell him why.
"That lion, Alzon, how did you get him to kill...Shentana" he asked feeling he lost his words.
Nuacka got up, never taking her eyes off of Zacuru, and her face seem dark "why do you asked"
"Well, I'm sure a lion as powerful as he isneeded a good reason to do it since he wouldn't listen to the likes of us" he said "and ever since you told me about what you did, you never got in to the details"
"Oh, it easy to trick stupid lions like Scar, Zira and her brother" she said "Scar needed the clan for his henchmen and we both wanted Shentana gone. I told him a little lie and he felt for it, can't you believed that, a "smart" lion like Scar actually thought Shentana was going to tell Mufasa about the plan his brother had to kill him" Nuacka laughed
Zacuru chuckled nervously "I know Scar wanted Shentana out of the way, but mom...why you"
Her face darken more and turned her head away from him "it was something personal, you wouldn't understand" she said
"You said about my father too mom, why can't you tell me about why you did this to Shentana or more importantly why can't you tellme about dad, you never even gave me his name"
"I said you wouldn't understand!" she snapped
Zacuru shook his head and decided to drop the subject "anyway the reason why I asked is because we need him again"
Nuacka looked at him "and why is that"
"Our fears about Shenzi and Banzai had become true" he said
Nuacka stood there stunned but didn't show it then calmly said "if you want Banzai dead, you have to give Scar a good reason to kill him, something big that he won't mind killing one of his top henchmen"
"But he hasn't done anything to upset Scar that much" said
(Damn, he right) Nuacka thought "we just have to wait till something comes up"
Zacuru smiled knowing his henchmen might have some information they haven't told him yet.
The trio head behind a large rock as Nala stopped at the edge of the gorge where Mufasa had died from the stampede. Nala stared down at the bottom of the gorge lost in thought.
"Why did she bring us all the way here" Banzai whispered "it just bring back bad memories"
"If I have known better I think she trying to..." Shenzi whispered
Nala took a deep breath "Scar can't get me if I'm dead"
"Kill herself!" Shenzi said (don't let her die)
"Well, she saved us the troubled" Banzai said then saw that Shenzi ran out behind the rock and over to Nala.
"Shen-" Banzai tried to shout til Ed covered his mouth. Banzai was shocked that Ed actually shut him up instead of the other way around. The two males peaked behind the rock to see what Shenzi was going to do.
Nala held back her tears "I'm coming Simba" and nearly stepped off the edge.
"What the heck are you doing?"
Nala stopped and turned around to see a hyena looking at her in a curious way.
"What do you want you filthy little thing" Nala growled
Shenzi stared at her, she had noidea why she blew her cover and stopped Nala from killing herself but she'll just flow with it (stay calm and breathe) she thought "no need for the insults, can a simple female hyena asked a little question?"
"Why should I answer you, its none of your business, now go away!" Nala shouted
"I will but why are you going to kill yourself?" Shenzi asked
Nala's eyes widen "what ever gave you that idea, I was just standing here"
"Um...when you said Scar can't get me if I'm dead" she said
Nala took a few steps closer to Shenzi and examine her "you look familiar, have I seen you before"
"No of course not" Shenzi said thinking if Nala knew that it was her who tried to kill her when she was young there will be hell to pay. "I was just walking by and saw you talking to yourself then stopping you from making a terrible mistake. You should be thanking me for saving your life instead of insulting me."
Nala growled "I'll never say thanks to the likes of you" she said "now please, go away"
"I will be as soon as you tell me why you were going to kill yourself" Shenzi asked walking up to her and sitting down "I mean sure we all have crappy lives but we learn to deal with it instead of trying to end it"
The young lioness sigh, knowing this hyena wasn't going to leave her alone. Yet part of her was a little happy that she had someone to talk to. When she was growing up she had no one but adult lionesses to hang out with andshe found herself drifting apart from them. Withthe others including her mother were dealing with their own depression she felt very alone.
"Come on, how bad is your life that you want to end it..." she looked at the gorge "in a very horrible way"
"You wouldn't understand, you're just a hyena" she said walking away.
Shenzi watched her go and looked over at Banzai and Ed. "Shenzi, what the heck are you doing" Banzai whispered
"I don't know, but just trust me" she said walking off to follow Nala "stay here, I'll be back"
"Don't go alone, she might attack you" Banzai said
"I'll be fine" she said
Banzai bit his lip but he trusted her that she knows what she doing. Unknowing to them a few yards away Todei and Secret were hiding and listening (Shenzi, what are you up too) Secret thought.
"Should we follow" Todei asked
She sigh "yes, or else I have to deal with my friends's temper again"
Todei smiled "you shouldn't be scare of your own friends" he said scooting a bit closer to her.
She backed away a little and stood up "I'm not, you just get tried of it when you hear them yelling at you ever single day"
"Hey wait up" Shenzi shouted as she caught up with Nala and walked beside her.
"Stop following me" she said but hardly raised her voice.
"What do you mean I wouldn't understand, I may be a different species but who knows we might not be that different" Shenzi said "haven't you ever been taught not to judge animals by their species"
"Yes I have, but I find it hard to trust someone who is allied with that monster" she said
"Who Scar?"
"Who else, it his fault my life is so depressing" she said
"Come on, your life shouldn't be that bad" Shenzi said
"I was nearly killed by your kind, my best friend was killed by a stampede, the land is dead and we are ruled by an awful King, who I'm forced to be his mate" Nala said
Shenzi blocked Nala from going any further and stared straight in to her eyes "try growing up never knowing your father, having a brother who wanted nothing more but for you to disappear, being captured by humans, nearly getting killed by a lion, being banned from the pride lands and living in the graveyard for most of your young life, finding out that you are betrothed to a male when you clearly loved another one, being stalked and spied on all the time by three nosey females, your mother being murdered in cold blood and nearly starving to death countless times. And you say your life is bad" Shenzi said
Nala stood there stunned and oddly enough feeling sorry for the hyena "sure it looks like we're in the time of darkness but there always light"
"Light?" Nala asked
"Yeah light, hope, the bright side of things, sure my life is crappy but as long as I have my friends and my mother's spirit, I still go on because they are my light. And if you think killing yourself will help you escape from Scar who the real loser here" Shenzi asked
Nala was still stunned about what the hyena said to her. "I lost all my hope when I was young. When my one and only friend was killed by the stampede, my world went dark, I don't have what you called "light" anymore"
Shenzi sigh "come with me, I have to show you something"
Nala looked at the hyena strangely but found herself following her. A few minutes later she was at a steep hill and down below was piles and piles of dry torn bushes. The place where Simba was chased out of the pride lands.
"What are we doing here" she asked
"Scar told me about how you refuse to be his mate and ordered my friends and I to kill you" she confessed
"What, is that so" Nala started growling "is that why you stopped me from killing myself so you can do it yourself"
"If I really wanted you to died, I wouldn't have stopped you from taking your big leap" Shenzi said "but to make sure I'm not putting my life and my friends in danger for not doing my job, I'm going to let you escape"
Nala calm down and just stared at the hyena again "what do you mean"
"I seen you over the months, trying to run away from here and Scar but get caught by our kind or by Zira's pride, but now that no one is here, you canescape and I'll tell Scar that you are dead, we both win"
"You'll ready do for me" Nala asked and Shenzi nodded "but, what if I returned with help and drive you out of the pride land and kill Scar"
"I don't care, almost all of us hyenas are fed up with Scar" Shenzi said "now get going"
Nala kept staring at her in disbelief as she slowly walked over to the left side of the rock and started climbing down a small narrow path that didn't have any torn bushes. She stopped and looked back at Shenzi "why are you doing this"
Shenzi really didn't know why she was doing this "maybe because I know what it feels like to be force to do something you don't want to do. We are both high class animals that are force to marry males we don't love and despise " She said can't think of anyother reason.
Nala smiled a little "thank you, what you did for me put light back in my darkness" she said then ran off.
Banzai and Ed found Shenzi a fewminutes after Nala left and watched the lioness disappear in to the desert. Shenzi made sure she went in to the same direction liked Simba did, hoping she might meet up with him again if Simba was alive and who knows what plans they would make to take the land back from Scar.
"Was letting her go your plan all along" Banzai asked
Shenzi shook her head "actually my plan was to warn her about what will happen to her if she didn't agree to become Scar's mate, hoping she would change her mind"
"And what good would that do" he asked
"I thought maybe she would convince him to move us out of this place where there is food and water"
"That make sense but what changed your mind"
Shenzi thought about it for a second "I don't know"
When she saw what Nala was about to do, she heard a voice (don't let her die) in her head and it sounded like her mother. "I really don't know"
Meanwhile deep in to the Pride Lands, Secret watched in shame as Todei told Info and Gossip what Shenzi did.
"Hmm, Zacuru told us while you were gone that he wanted something like this to help him with his "Banzai" problems" Info said
"Busted" Gossip said and she and Info grinned
(Shenzi, keep your guard up, that all I can say) Secret frowned wishing she didn't have to live in fear by her own friends and Nuacka knowing her fate if she talks...