The Next Day
Kiara lays on the ground, smiling and thinking about their future. Kovu comes back from a hunt. He dragged a dead caribou in his mouth. He layed it next to Kiara.
" Eat up. You must have enough food for the cub to be healthy." Kovu said. He layed down behind her for some support. Her teeth bared as she dug into the caribou's flesh.
" Thank you, Kovu." Kiara said. Kovu nodded. Then he got a thought.
" Kiara, what if our cub doesn't like me?" Kovu asked. Worried. Scared and confused all of the sudden.
" Oh, Kovu. It will! I promise." Kiara said.
" How are you so sure? I mean, it took Nuka a long time to get to know Zira really good and accept her as a mother." Kovu said.
" Kovu! This is our cub you're talking about here! I know it will like you! Besides, what's there not to like?" Kiara asked. Kovu looked away. Not saying anything. Females always wins the fights. He mumbled words. Not clear enough for Kiara to understand.
" What?" She asked.
" Nothing." Kovu said quickly. He layed his head on his paws and closed his eyes. Kiara sighed and layed there too. She began to get scared also.
That night at Pride Rock, Simba paced back and forth inside the den. It was raining hard. Harder than ever. A few trees split in half! One tree blocked the watering hole. Zazu flew in. He shook his feathers off.
" My, my, Mufasa must be mad or something! Geesh!" Zazu said. Simba gruffed.
" My father isn't mad. I am." Simba said. Nala crossed her paws and sighed.
" Here we go again." Nala said to herself.
" Why are you mad, Sir?" Zazu asked.
" Kovu and Kiara have run off together...to have a cub." Simba said.
" Oh, marvelous!" Zazu said. Simba roared.
" No! It's not! Kovu is one of them!" Simba roared.
" Simba, stop it!" Nala roared at him. Simba roared back.
" Nala, down!" Simba roared.
" Simba, stop all this nonsense, now!" Nala roared. Simba snarled. His teeth bared. Nala bit under his chin. This means, enough! Simba slowed his breathing and calmed himself down. He panted.
" I don't see what's wrong with us?" A lioness asks from the corner. Nala smiled.
" Nothing is wrong. Simba is just having a hard time." Nala said.
" But Nala, we all hear Simba's excuse for Kiara, and we don't like it. We have changed and so has Kovu. You tell Simba that the whole time Kovu has been with us, he hasn't been corrupted by Zira's plans. He refused, he found love." The lioness explains.
" Thank you, I will." Nala says. She trotted over to Simba. " Did you hear that?" She asks.
" Yes. I did." Simba said.
" Okay then, stop your complaining." Nala said. Simba nodded. He stepped out the den. Nala sighed and sat down, awaiting for his return.
Months passed and Kiara has in her middle months of birth. Not quite ready. She was asleep now. Kovu lay watch over her. Something moved. Kovu's ear twitched. He gasped. It moved again. Kovu stood up. It ran to another tree. Laughing...
" Hyenas..." Kovu growled. Kovu felt the tug of something on his tail. He gasped and turned around to see a hyena pup, playfully biting at his tail. Kovu smiled.
" Hey little...wait a minute...you're a trap." Kovu said. He roared and the pup ran away. Then there was silence.
" Is anything wrong, Kovu?" Kiara asked.
" Nothing, everything's.." Kovu groaned. For three adult hyenas had ambushed him. Kovu roared and bit and clawed at them.
" Hey. It's Kovu!" A female said. They all jumped off.
" Well, well, well. What do we have here?" the female asked.
" Kovu, duh!" the male said. They all laughed. Kovu growled. The hyenas circled him.
" Do you remember us?" the female asked.
" Yes. Shenzi, Banzi and Ed.