A/N: Thanks to all who reviewed! Sorry it's been so long! Well, lets get on with it, shall we? I changed the title too, but it's still the same story.

TLK III: meatus dominatrix regnator

Ch. 4

Little did Kiara know, someone was watching her and the cub. 'Perfect...' thought the pitch black lion who was watching them. He slowly stalked up to the pair in the darkness of night. Soon though another lioness, a male lion, and a cub stepped in the way.

"Don't touch my mate, or my sister!" Growled the male lion. He was dark brown with a black mane, green eyes, and a scar on his left eye. "Now get!" But the black lion did not leave.

"M-M-Mamo...?" stuttered the second lioness. His ears perked at this, just the lioness he was searching for. "Abrafo, Ugoni, come here and meet your father." she called to the cubs.

"Ahh, they are beautiful." said Mamo. He raised his paw and hit the female cub hard so that she fell and died instantly.

"YOU MONSTER!" Kiara yelled and ran up. Though her and the cub only spent a little bit together she had grown attached. "How could you kill an innocent little cub?" She was about to attack him, but the dark brown male stepped in front of her.

"Kiara, no, you're pregnant." Kovu reminded his mate. He glanced at his mother, Zira. She had her head down, crying, and her son was up against her paws shivering, but not from the cold. "Mom..." he said, walking up to her. "Are you okay?"

"Would you be okay if your daughter just got MURDERED right in front of you!" Zira yelled at her son. When he didn't answer she continued, "That's right, you wouldn't!"

"Zira?" Kiara asked her mother-in-law.

"What!" Zira snapped at her. She still remembered what fate brought to her all because of Kiara, she was angry at both of them but could never stay angry at her son.

"I'm sorry for your loss," Kiara began. "In the little time I spent with your daughter, I knew she was a great lioness. If she were still alive she wouldn't want you to cry. She's in a better place with a lot of other cubs to play with and where no one can harm her."

Zira had stopped crying and was smiling. Suddenly though they heard something move and looked and saw little Ugoni raise her head. Both Zira and Kiara rushed over to her as Kovu blocked Mamo's path to the young cub.

"You're not going near my little sister." Kovu growled. Mamo leapt on him and the fight was on. While Kiara watched in horror Zira licked her daughter, happy that she was alive. Kiara was about to join the fight when Kovu threw Mamo into a large tree. Mamo didn't get up, but he was still breathing. Kiara ran up and nuzzled him.

They heard some rustling in a bush as a cub that would be about the age Nuka was when Kiara and Kovu first met appeared. His fur was light brown with darker brown markings and his eyes were pitch black. "Dad...Dad!" He whispered as he walked up to Mamo. "What did you do? Is he...dead?" He asked, still at a whisper.

No, he's not dead, just stunned. I was protecting my family." Kovu said. "What's you name?"

"Guedado." the cub replied this time not as a whisper. He looked strong for his age and could easily take on an adult zebra.

"Well, Guedado, would you like to come to my home with us, at pride rock?" Kovu invited. "But, without your dad, seeing as he nearly killed me and my younger sister." He glanced towards Ugoni. He invited him because name means wanted by nobody and he had scars all along his body.

"I'd like to, but... I can't..." Guedado smiled when he said the first part but saddened really quickly when he said the second part.

"Why is that?" Kiara asked him, talking for the first time since she had that emotional talk with Zira.

"My dad would kill me..." Guedado said sadly. No one knew this but Mamo was starting to wake up, no one except for Ugoni that is.

"We'll protect you, and even change your name, something more suiting." Kovu proposed.

"Ummm... okay." said Guedado happily as he bounded over to his new family. After they were out of sight, Mamo got up and silently followed them from afar.

A/N: uh oh! they're leading Mamo right to where they live! What will happen? Oh, and where did Vitani go? This is surprisingly longer than I expected, yet still kinda short...