Bunga was out in the jungle near Timon and Pumbaa's place, looking for a snack. So far, the young honey badger couldn't find anything interesting. Even agyet eating about ten mangoes, he was still feeling like getting something to eat. Ultimately, he smelt honey, and he knew that can only mean one thing: there was certainly honey nearby. His nose never lied and he followed the trail of the honey scent with his nose.
He stopped at a large burrow and found a large colony of bees and dozens of honeycomb. Bunga knew he hit the jackpot with all of this honey. "Oh yeah! I'm getting me some honey!" He exclaimed. "Zuka Zama!" He dug his way in the burrow and ate as much honeycomb as he can chew.
Of course, being irritated as they are, the bees were stinging him all over, but thanks to his tough skin and hide, it didn't hurt him one bit. Munching and munching on the honeycombs without ease, the bees eventually gave up and looked for another hive to build, away from Bunga.
"Hmmm. Yummy. Why can't there be more honeycomb like this?" Bunga thought out loud to himself. "What more can a honey badger like me want?"
"Bunga! Where are you?" Said Ma's voice from afar. "Dinner is ready!"
"Coming grandma!" Bunga called back to her. He had the honor of removing as much honeycomb with his claws for as much as he can hold. This honey will certainly by one to remember. Just then, a snarling voice was heard and Bungs looked around. "Ah, probably just me stomach."
"After eating all of that honey, runt?" Said a tough voice. Just then, he was pounced by something. It was Hefir, the mean, full-grown honey badger that Ono had fought before. He was lashing his teeth against Bunga, but the small honey badger bit his right hind-leg, making Hefir scream in pain.
"Harif!" Bunga recognized.
"What do you think? I am a honey badger after all. A real honey badger that is."
"What's that supposed to mean, you big bully?"
"Just look at ya," the older honey badger explained. "You call yourself a honey badger? Honey badgers don't need friends or others to look after. They go their own way, and they do whatever they want. Heck, we are the most fearless animal in the Pride Lands. But you,"
Bunga raised his eyebrow in confusion crossed his arms. "What about me?" He asked.
"You are too weak to he a honey badger."
"I am not weak! I am the bravest member of the-"
"Lion Guard?" Asked Harif "Yeah, I know all about you and your stupid band of kids playing pretend. You and your little friends are judt a bunch of stupid kids playing pretend in Scar's legacy."
"Scar was evil! He killed his own friends!"
"Who needs friends when you can have all the strength you need to be a honey badger, Kid? Friends will slow ya down, and it will make you weak."
"First of all, my name is Bunga. Second of all, having friends doesn't make you weak! They can help you whenever you need any help."
Harif made a cold chuckle, showing his menacing teeth to him. "Just listen to yourself, Bunga." He said. "Would a honey badger ever need any friends at all? No. A honey badger can take care of himself."
"So can I! And they mean a lot to me. There's no way I would ever betray my friends for anything!" He gritted his teeth in pure rage and anger at the adult honey badger. "If you want this honey, you can have it!"
"Bunga, are you Alright?" Said Timon. He, Pumbaa, Ma, and Max walked up to him to see what the holdup was. He got one good look at Hefir, and his eyes widened in fear. "Holy jumping Jerboas!" He exclaimed.
"Harif!" Pumbaa exclaimed.
"Well, this is a fabulous surprise." Said the adult honey badger. "Looks like you brought me a buffet to clench my hunger."
"Oh no!" Timon exclaimed in horror.
"Where's Simba when you need them?!" Pumbaa asked.
Bunga had a brave look on his face, and stood tall. "No! I'll save you guys!" He stepped up. "Go away Harif! before i... i... "
"Before you what?" Asked Harif in a smug tone of voice.
"I pull your eyeballs put and make you eat them!" Bunga exclaimed.
"Oh ho ho. Is that the toughest talk you got, Bunga? You're pathetic!" Harif then readied himself in a battle position. "I won't let you get in the way of my dinner!" He charged at Bunga as Bunga charged at him back.
They both clashed and were flailing their claws at one another, snarling, fierce, and angry. Bunga was pinning him down on the ground and grabbed him by the throat. "Say it! Say I am a real honey badger!"
"Never!" He felt Bunga punch him in his face with his left fist, and felt another blow, but this time, he bit Bunga's left hand , making him stumble backwards.
"That's a foul!" He exclaimed. "Totally not fair!"
"Bah! And whoever accused me of being fair?" He charged at a Bunga in full speed, knocking him down like a bowling pin being struck by a ball.
"Bunga!" Veezeena called out in shock. "I've got to help my grandson!" She was about to stop the honey badger from hurting Bunga, but she was stopped by her son.
"No ma!" Timon Said. "This is his fight. He can handle himself."
Veezena was very reluctant about this, and worried about the safety of her new grandson. But, he is the bravest member of the new Lion Guard after all, and honey badgers have tough hides.
"Ha! Not a scratch on me!" Bunga taunted. He jumped, and landed on Harif's back, trying to pin him to the ground and subdue him again. "Is that all you got!" He then scratched the top of his back with his claws.
"Agh! Are you kidding?" Said Hefir. "I'm just getting warmed up." He was rolling around on the ground with Bunga in a sort of catfight, and Bunga gave him in uppercut and clawed the right side of his face. "You little twerp!" He exclaimed in irritation. "Now you made me mad!"
"Stay away from my family!" Then he punched at him on the nose, making it bleed out from the impact of the blow.
"My nose!" Harif exclaimed. He looked at Bunga and growled.
"That's our boy." Timon remarked proudly. "So strong, so loyal, so amazing."
"You can say that again, buddy." Timon agree with him. "Just looked at him go. Only half a size than that nasty adult honey badger would look like. Definitely the bravest kid in the whole world."
"The heart of a fighter." Said Max. "Bunga is going against that Harif eally good. But I hope how much longer he will last against a full-grown honey badger like Harif."
"He can do this for hours, no, days if he needed to." Pumbaa remarked.
"Oh shut up, Pumbaa." The meerkat remarked in a slightly annoyed voice. At last, Bunga has the upper paw and threw Hefir into a tree, making him hit the right side of the body against the log.
"Go away Harif!" Bunga Said. "Or you will have to suffer the wrath of Bungaaaaaa!" He then pounded his chest like a gorilla would do to show dominance."
"Grr. This isn't over yet, kid!" Harif shouted before disappearing in the thick jungle
"Oh sweetie. That was so brave. Are you okay?" Asked Ma.
"Just fine. Good thing I have thick skin, or he would have mauled me to shreds," Bunga replied. "He shouldn't be trying to eat you guys no more."
The whole family smiled gratefully at Bunga for protecting them all like this from that insecure, mean badger. "This calls for a celebration!" Said Pumbaa.
"I got honeycomb!" Bunga exclaimed in a sing-song voice. "Zuka Zama!"
"Ooh, i love honey!"
"And we brought you some burnt beetles and bugs for your eat as well." Mac said. "You hungry, Bunga?"
"I'm always hungry."
Everyone laughed and went back to Timon and Pumbaa's place to enjoy their dinner as a family.
