One thing that was not surprising for Kion, and his family who were all going to the Rwenzori mountains together as a happy family, was that Zazu chose not to come with them on this intriguing journey. Still, they will all love it up there either way, and Sarafina would look after Pride Rock along with Kion's friends to hell her with that.
"How much further are we, Kion?" Asked Kiara.
"We're getting closer, you guys." The cub replied. "Don't worry, we'll be up in those mountains soon." Along the way, there were a few hazards like a few rocky, slippery paths that would case animals to slide down the mountain.
Despite struggling at first, the family was keeping up with Kion, who was doing play in the climb, given the fact that he had been on these mountaintops before.
Panting a little, Vitani complained: "Hey, Kion, can we slow down? My legs are killing me. It feels like they will snap like tree branches in a minute."
He rolled his eyes in irritation before Kovu said: "come on, sis. Kion said we're almost there."
"Whatever." Was all Vitani replied to him.
"Is it me, or is it becoming a little colder as we go higher up?" Asked Simba.
"Yeah, it is getting cold." Nala agreed. "Well, I'm sure we'll be just fine."
"And we'll be okay, mom." Kion assured her. "You guys will love it up here. Trust me."
"I believe you, Kion." Said Kiara. "We're getting a little eager." She slipped a little and almost fell put kt balance, but Kiara immediately stood steadily again, and was helped out by Kovu.
Kovu smiled and he asked: "need some help, sweetheart?" Then he smirked
"Ah, you." Kiara chuckled. "What would I be without you, Kovu?"
"Tumbling down the mountain by now?" The future king joked in a smug look. He and Kiara had a little bit of a good laugh together while climbing. The snow was becoming more and more visible with every step they all took. For that, it was becoming colder with the snow being around and more visible. At last, it was when they reached the tops of the mountains.
Kion was the first one to climb on the snowy hills, and he couldn't wait until he would see his family's faces when they look at this winter wonderland for the first time. As soon as the others reached the summit, they were so amazed by how beautiful it looked with all the sparkly snow covering this very lands. "Oh my." said Nala
"I've never seen anything like this." Simba added. "What kind of a place is this?"
"A snowy place, dad." Kion replied. "What do you all think?"
"It looks beautiful up here." Kiara remarked. "Look at all this snow." she felt a slight shiver go in her skin, particularly down her spin. "Brr, it is cold up here."
"You guys still glad that I brought you up here?" asked the cub.
"Yes." said almost the grownups.
"I'm indifferent." said Vitani.
Kion then threw a snowball at her face while she was not looking, making her a little spooked. "haha! Got ya!"
"Kion!" Simba scolded.
"It's okay dad. That's something called a snowball fight."
"Well that wasn't very nice." said Nala.
All of a sudden, Vitani retaliated by pelting a snowball at the cub's face as payback. "Haha! Gotcha!" she shouted to him playfully. "Now we're even." Kion immediately got back on his feet, and threw another snowball at vitani. The cub laughed, and Vitani narrowed her eyes at him, knowing that she will not go easy on him this time.
"Now we're even!" the cub playfully exclaimed to her.
"Oh yeah? That didn't even hurt me one bit."
Then it turned into one big, snowball fight for the whole family of lions. They were having so much fun in the snow and were very happy to be in this kind of weather for the first time. Simba pelted his first snowball, at Nala, right at the left side of her torso. "Haha! Need to be faster than that, Nala!" he shouted playfully.
Nala smirked and tackled Simba and tumbled with him, pinning him to the ground, on his chest. "Pinned ya!" she sang in a playful voice.
"Ah, let me up." Nala slowly looked away with a smug look on his face, and that was when Simba tried to tackle her back, only to be rolling down a small hill, being pinned once again, by his mate.
"Pinned you again, Simba." Nala sang.
"Oh ho ho, just like old times." the king chuckled. Then, before Nala knew it, she felt her face pelted by a snowball from Simba's paw. "payback!"
"Come here, you!" Nala began kissing Simba all across his face mercilessly for a period of time.
Meanwhile, Kion and Kovu were having a little fight against Kiara and Vitani, boys vs girls. All four of them were having fun trying to pelt one another with snowballs, specifically in the face. "Come on, Kion!" Kiara shouted. "You can do better than that!"
Kion chortled before saying: "You'll see, sis!" then he ducked an incoming snowball from his big sister at full speed. The cub tried to retaliate by hitting her in the chest with a snowball of his own, but he missed too. While Kion was focusing on Kiara, Kovu was trying to hit Vitani with everythins he got with this snow around him.
The future king managed to get a couple of snowball into his sister's face, making her lose her balance a little from the force. "Is that all you got, sis?" Said Kovu with a teasing look on his face.
"Are you kidding, Kovu? I'm just getting warmed up!" then she threw a snowball at his face in payback
Kovu made a small smile on his face, and he said: 'You're always attack first, ask quuestions late."
"And proud of it." Vitani declared boldly. "Think fast!" Then they continued fighting one another with as much snowballs as they can throw around them.
Young Kion was looking around for a good place to hide while playing with Kiara. He tried sneaking away from her while she was trying to pelt her lover with her balls of ice. Alas, she noticed him, and she playfully jumped in front of him.
"And where do you think you're going?" She asked with a devilish smile on her face. "Running away? Huh? Huh?"
It was just then she attacked Kion with tickling from her claws... again. The poor cub was being mercilessly tickled by his big sister, laughing hysterically. "Hahahaha! Stop!" Kion shouted. "Staahhp!"
Despite his begging, Kiara didn't listen to him and tickled him some more. "Tickle tickle tickle!" Kiara sang playfully as she continued. Her brother was squirming and squirming around ok the snow, trying to break free from Kiara's grasp, but to no avail, due to her being bigger than him.
At last, seeing a few tears go down Kion's eyes, she decided to stop with the tickling. With this, Kion stopped his laughing and wiped the tears from his cheeks.
"So, still glad you came up here, Kiara?"
"Of course I am, Kion. I love it up here, despite being a little cold with all the snow and ice."
"Good." Kion remarked. "We should do this more often."
"Kion, I could not agree with you more." Kovu concurred with the leader of the guard. "We should play in the snow way more often. And it's not far from our home."
"Yeah, I know this snow already." Said Vitani. "Can't believe we never came to this part of Africa before."
From a distance, up in the sky, Mufasa and Sarabi werr watching the family from above in the sky as their family were being happy. Ten minutes passed with more playing in the snow, and the gorilla brothers from before had returned, and their father was in between them.
King Sokwe called out to the lion family: "welcome, king Simba, queen Nala, princess Kiara, Prince Kovu, and Vitani." The royal family of lions looked at the three gorillas and they went up to greet them all
"You must be king Sokwe." Said Simba. He looked at Kion to be sure he was right and his son nodded a Yes to him in return.
"Yes. Welcome to the Rwenzori mountains." Said king Sokwe. "What brings you all to me and my boys humble home?"
"Well, we seek an alliance with us lions and mountain gorillas." Said Nala. "Kion Said that he has helped you a number of times before, and recently, defeating an usurper gorilla named: Tefu."
"Oh yes." Said Manjinuni. "He is a nasty piece of work who wanted to seize power."
"And he is banished from the mountains forever." Said Hafifu.
Simba remarked: "good. It is one less power-hungry animal to worry about. Should we be concerned if he ever returns and takes the power in a more successful attempt?"
"You need not worry about that." Said Sokwe. "I will worry about Tefu if he ever returns to take the power for himself once more. But, enough of that."
"Yeah, and we have had some problems in the Pride Lands before." Kiara said. "But, Kion and his friends know how to put an end to any violence and chaos erupting in our homeland."
"Good. Now, I am certain that young Kiom and his friends have told you many things about us." Sair the gorilla king.
"Yep. Especially how that Tefu guy was trying to kill and overthrow you for power." Said Vitani.
"And Kovu, I heard that you will he king someday after Simba passes on to the next life, am I correct?" Sokwe asked the future king.
Kovu nodded his head a yep to the gorilla in response. "Yep. Still, I have a long way to go."
"And i will be the queen over the Pride Lands." Kiara added. '"So I can always help him out if needed."
"And I would do the same for you, Kiara." Her mate kindly stated, nuzzling her face to show some lor and affection. "We'll help each other out if needed."
"Perfect. Well, I am certain that you will both make good rulers over the Pride Lands below us when the time comes." Sokwe complimented them both.
"We can help each other and work together." Majinuni said.
"Yeah, and we will he friends." Hafifu added. "You can help us with our home if needed like if there was any trouble up here again."
Simba and Nala smiled. "I think that can certainly be arranged." He said. "It can be very beneficial to both of us."
"Besides, you gorillas are gentle animals." Nala remarked. "That's what we have heard about gorillas, right?"
"Indeed. We gorillas are a very peaceful race." Said Sokwe. "Well, if not counting Tefu and his treacherous nature."
Young Kion couldn't help but say: "oh, there are good and bad animals everywhere. If you have heard of Scar, you know what I mean."
"Oh yes." Said Hafifu. "Most animals around here have heard of him."
"And the atrocities he had committed while as a false king." Manjinuni added. "I am sure glad that he is no longer living among this world."
"By the sound of those stories, Scar was a very horrible lion." Sokwe said in a grave voice. "And Kion is absolutely right, there are good and bad animals everywhere in Africa. It saddens me by how many evil animals there are."
"I know." Said Kovu. "Scar couldn't let go of his hatred, and we can't save eveyone." He Bowed his head in sadness and sympathy.
Kiara was the next one to talk and she said: "they chose their own paths and they are their own animals."
"Still, most animals are good." Said Kion. "That's what I know."
"That's my brother." Said Kiara proudly.
"Well, I officially call this a mutual relationship between us and the mountain gorillas in the Rwenzori mountains." Simba declared.
"And I officially declare a new alliance between us gorillas and lions from the Pride Lands." Somwe added. He reached out his hand and Simba reached out his paw, then he felt the gorilla king shake his hand to show some respect.
Now, it was settled, and a new alliance was created in and around the Pride Lands. All of a sudden, Kion felt his face pelted by a snowball by surprise, and it was Manjinuni. "Ha! You should have seen your face!" The gorilla laughed.
Devilish smiles appeared from the lion family and another friendly snowball fight commenced. Yep, there will certainly be a new partnership with these two species.
