Kion was a little surprised that some of his and his friends' enemies have gotten together to stand up against them, and they really meant business. It was a rather bad thing to see, for, these were grownup animals that Kion and his close friends were standing up against, and all five of them meant business in settling a score with the kids who always foil with their plans and schemes. Janja and his clan, and Reirei and her family were one thing, but, these enemies were smarter and tougher than many hyenas and jackals combined into one. "This is not good." said Bunga.
"Many enemies of ours coming together to try and fight us."
"Oh ho, no," said Harif. "Not fight, we plan to KILL you." he sounded very evil and very sinister with an evil grin to make it all the more bad. "With you kids out of the way, there will be no one to stand in our way, and we can do whatever we want!"
Mpishi was the next one to speak, and she said: "You cannot hope to best us now, can you kids?"
"Don't let them scare you guys." said Kion.
"Scared? I never get scared." said Fuli.
"Well, you should be." said Tuma. "because, you cannot take us all on, Lion Guard."
The others were still standing tough against the bad guys, and Bunga said: "numbers don't matter. Need I remind you that I have tough skin, like all honey badgers do?"
"Yeah?" said Harif with his right eyebrow raised. "need I remind you, Bunga, that I am a honey badger as well?"
"Ohhhh. Right. Good point."
"We have one thing and they don't." said Beshte boldly
"What do you mean?" Ono asked
"I have the roar of the Elders." said Kion boldly in his battle stance. "I will give you guys a chance to turn around and back off!"
Their enemies just laughed in response. "Heh, talk's cheap, Kion." said Draak. "Coming from a pair if inexperienced kids that don't know what is going on around them."
"No!" Said the young egret defensively. "We are great warriors that are able to help anyone who needs our help!"
"Call yourselves what you want." Said Makucha. "Words will get you nowhere. Abd that's why we have made a can help us."
"Yes. We kill Kion first, and then, we can eat the rest for all I care." Said Harif. "No Kion means no more powerful Roar of the Elders."
The kids gasped and Kion was feeling a little afraid. Everything became quite clear that he was the main target to these lowlifes, and they might stop at nothing to kill him just to render the Lion Guard useless without their leader and the powerful roar that would help him.
"Over my dead body!" Said Fuli. "You wanna get Kion? You'll have to get through me first!"
"And me!" Bunga added.
"Me two." Ono added
"Me three!" Said Beshte
"Oh very well." Said Makucha
"Yeah, we can always have some extra fun here." Tuma agreed.
"More pain for you guys means more fun for us all." Mpishi noted. And then, the fight began, and Beshte ran over Draak with his body and Ono was having a serious grudge match with the Harrier hawk. It was even starting to get a little bloody, slashing their talons and pecking at one another with their beaks.
Even though Beshte pushed at Draak with all his might, Draak was still stronger and heavier than the hippo calf himself, and he was able to push him back, like a gigantic boulder crashed against him in a rock slide.
Ono may have had a longer beak, and made Mpishi bleed out a little from pecking wounds, but Harrier hawks have way stronger talons, and sharper too. Fuli was biting down on Makucha's neck, but her teeth were rather tiny compared to a leopard's mighty jaws. Makucha was struggling at first, but, eventually, he managed to throw her off, and tried chocking her.
Bunga caught sight of this, and kicked Makucha on the left side of his body to get him off of his friend. The honey badger helped Fuli back on her feet. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. Thanks, Bunga."
"What are friends for?"
"Need I remind you of something, Bunga?" Harif approached him. "Honey Badgers don't need any friends." then he charged at him with a growl, and Bunga did the same. Despite being a little larger than Bunga, the younger honey badger was kicking Harif in the face multiple times, and it felt like sharp pebbles were hitting against his face.
"And yet you have friends of your own?" Asked Bunga before trying to kick him with the hardest kick, but, Harif pinned him to the ground
"hey, this guys speak to me." Harif said. "We all hate you kids the same." and he began throwing claws and scratches at Bunga's chest. it was a rather good thing that Bunga's hide was thick, otherwise, he would have been dead in a matter of seconds from the slashing. "I will really enjoy killing you, Bunga. You hear me?"
"yeah, but, that will never happen!" then Bunga poked his eyes with his claws, temporarily stunning him so that he could get back on his feet.
"Grahh! You stupid kid!" Harif shouted in great anger. "I'll skin you alive!"
Bunga just tackled him while he was temporarily blind, and began punching him in the face as payback. "You have a lot of issues to work out, you monster!" Small amounts of blood was coming out of Harif's mouth from the impact of blows that the bravest member of the Lion Guard was inflicting on him. Harif eventually kicked him off his chest, and he was no longer blind. "Still think I'm weak! Huh?!"
Panting and wiping blood from his mouth, the grownup ratel ultimately said: "Well, perhaps I underestimated your strength, Bunga. But, I still think you are puny in your pathetic heart. You'll never know the true meaning of being a honey badger like me!" then the clashing between them continued
Kion was dodging many ground pounds and attacks from Tuma and his immense strength. He managed to big on the banished Gorilla's left leg, making him howl in pain. The lion cub was biting on his leg as hard as he could, trying to make him submit to him.
"Give it up, Tuma!"
"Never!" He tried swiping at Kion with his mighty arms, but Kion jumped and landed on the Gorilla's back, tried to bite on his neck. Despite how painful it was, Mpishi managed to push him off of Tuma, making Kion fall hard on the ground with a loud thud.
"Give up, Lion Guard!" Said Harif. "You're all tired and you can't won against us!"
"Just look at you, struggling to hard to try and best us in a fight." Mpishi taunted.
The kids didn't want to admit it, but, they were indeed tired from all the fighting and trying to take on all these guys were really putting a number on them, despite the kids putting up a good fight.
"Give it up, Lion Guard." Said Draak
"Yeah, just submit to us." Tuma added.
"And we'll make it less painful for you." Said Harif boldly, feeling sure that he and his nee cronies have had his friends now.
Panting and feeling exhausted, Kion and his friends all said in unison: "NEVER!"
"Very well. Kill them all." Said Harif. They all approached them and while it looked like the Lion Guard had lost the first time, something unexpected happened. Chikelu, his son; Kifaru, Akilah, Veya, Okove, Cony, the jackal the children saved before, and Kion's own family came to their aid.
Simba was there, Nala was there, and Kiara, Kovu, and Vitani were there. Not only them, but, Imari, the noble and vold leader of the eland herd, along with a few other eland were there to help the Lio. Guard.
"Stand down!" Simba ordered. "NOW!"
"Simba?" Said everyone in the Lion's Bane. They all looked a little scared to see something like this happen at once. Draak, being a rather brash hippo, decided to charge, but, Chikelu retaliated and pierced the side of his body with his really sharp horns on his nose, piercing him like a large sword.
"It was not wise if you to do that." Said the white rhino leader.
"You all cause enough trouble in the Pride Lands." Said Imari.
"Your kind are not welcome here." Nala added.
"As king of the Pride Lands, I hereby banish you all for attempted murder to the Outlands, and never return." Simba had a very scary look on his face, and it was a very bad thing to see for the Lion's bane.
"Well Joe's on you, Simba." Makucha taunted. "I live in the Back Lands, not the Pride Lands."
"Same with me." Mpishi added.
"Well, then, you are no longer welcome in the Pride Lands, now, get out!"
"Our what?" Said Harif, trying to look as brave as possible.
"Kion?" Nala had a bold pol on her face, looking directly at her son.
The cub walked up to his enemies, and he gave out the roar of the Elders. Ultimately, it was clear that the Lion's bane could not win against all of these animals as once, even with one large hippo on their side. Ultimately, they all fled in the same direction in fear, because they were outnumbered. After that was all over, Kion's family rushed to his aid
"Kion, are you okay?" asked Kiara
"Ah! Just fine."
"Oh, you got a few bruises and bite marks on you." said Kovu, looking at one of Kion's wounds.
"And your friends look like they suffered the same." said Nala, tending to Fuli
"It's fine, Nala." said Beshte. "We're just a little sore, and it... caught us all by surprise.
"We tried to stop them all at once, but, we were.. overwhelmed." said Ono. "Now, I think my wings are a little sore from all that slashing Mpishi gave me."
"Dad, thanks for coming to help us, but, how did you find out?"
Simba smiled before answering: "Cony here came to us for help."
"And we came here just in the nick of time." said Kovu
"Are you guys hurt?" said Okove. "I hope you guys are okay."
"We're fine, Okove." said Fuli. "Kinda felt defeated on the inside. And I never accept defeat before in my life. Guess this is the first time ever for me."
"I just wished we could have stopped them before." said the cub
"Oh come on." Chikelu reassured him. "There are some things that can overwhelm us all. Besides, you all would have been killed if not for us."
"Yeah, we're glad we came." Kifaru added.
"Can you all walk?" asked Imari
"Yeah. I think so." said Bunga. "Just a little... sore is all. Agh!"
"Dad, we're sorry we couldn't have beaten them before. We tried our best to fight them all, but... we couldn't beat them."
Simba smiled and went up to him. "It's okay son. Like Chikelu said: There are some things that we cannot do on our own. I know you have strengths within you. And, me and your mother are very proud of your strengths."
"But, you look a little hurt." said Kiara. "Do you need anything?"
"Maybe just some water."
"If they ever come back," said Akilah. "We will be waiting for them. Never be afraid to call on us for help if you need it."
"Or anyone one of us." said Nala.
Then Kion thought of Mufasa as well, who can certainly help him if needed, even if he was a spirit now. "Thank you all." he said.
"Come on, let us go and treat all your wounds." said Simba. "After we get some water of course."
