The next morning, Kion was the first to awaken in the pride, and he saw the beautiful sun risen on this beautiful morning, (not directly at the sun, no, Kion was way smarter than that). As he awoken from his eight-hour slumber, he was feeling thirsty and decided to go to the water hole nearby, and before he could go over there, he was stopped by Zira. "Where are you going, Kion?"

"Just to get a drink and I'm gonna go out and patrol the Pride Lands with my friends." the cub replied before yawning.

"Mind if I walk with you? I'm feeling a little parched myself." Zira asked him

"Sure. Why not?" The skinny lioness happily accompanied Kion on their little trip to the water hole to hydrate themselves. "It's not very common to sleep outside of the rock. If not for Pumbaa's... little problem, we would have slept inside."

"Ah, I am perfectly used to sleeping outside at night. Besides, remember how nice the stars were?"

Kion made a small chuckle. "Yeah, no argument." He licked from the shore waters and he felt refreshed to get his morning drink. Zira felt the same way, and the cub couldn't help but ask her: "So, how does it feel to be in a pride again?"

"You would not believe how happy I am to finally be accepted after all this time, dear." Zira said gratefully. "And, are you sure you have no clue on what I was in my past?"

The cub gulped, not wanting to reminder her of Scar, because he remembered when Vitani said that memory loss may be temporary and not permanent in most cases. He turned his head away from her, looking very sheepish and didn't know what kind of excuse he had in lying to her. If she found out about Scar, she might go back to the dark side of the Pride Lands. The last thing Kion wanted was for all of this to fail by Zira reminded of Scar in any way, and he would call himself a failure if he actually failed to change her ways.

Still, he decided not to think about it yet, and to just try and support Zira now that she seems reformed from her evil ways "I sweat. I have no idea what happened before." he lied to her once again. "Besides, it doesn't really matter now, does it?"

"No, no, of course not." Zira smirked. "You're right, it was all in the past and we cannot change about it"

"Right."

"Kion!" said a voice. It was Bunga, and the rest of the Lion Guard, coming to meet him on this fine morning. "Oh. Who's this?"

The lion cub cleared his throat, sounding a little uncomfortable. "Guys, this is Zira."

"Zira?" said the other children. Fuli pulled Kion away and she said to Zira: "Can you excuse us for a moment, please?"

The scrawny lioness nodded a yes to her. They group was along in the bush, and Beshte said: "Zira? Are you kidding me? She was Scar's most loyal follower!"

"Oh, shh! Don't let her hear that." Kion said. "Look, she's lost her memory and she doesn't remember Scar, or all the horrible things she did all those years ago. She hit her head against a rock after she was floating down the Rapids I thought died from and then she slammed her head against a rock."

"That sounds... like a theory why she lost her memory like you mentioned before." Ono remarked.

"Well, I never thought she survived the river." Said Bunga. "I think it's good that she is not evil anymore. Movu and Vitani can be with their mom again."

"Are you sure she lost her memory?" Asked Beshte. "What if it's just a ruse to get close to you, and then; WHAM! You would be easy prey Kion."

"He does have a point." Said Fuli. "Maybe this is all a trick for her to kill you."

"No. Rafiki checked out her head and she has lost her memory. And besides, if she ever tries to attack me, I got my family, friends, and you guys to back me up. Another thing; Zira is only one of herself if she tries to fight us."

"Good point." Ono agreed.

"Still, I have a bad feeling about this." Fuli remarked cautiously. "I have the feeling that Rafiki was eating too much lychees for him to see clearly."

"Come on," Kion argued. "Granted... Rafiki can be eccentric, but he's very wise and he's never wrong when it comes to an animal's aura."

"Yeah, never argue with Rafiki." Said Bunga.

The small cheetah made a sigh before saying: "whatever. All I am saying is be careful with her, Kion."

"That's fine, Fuli. But please, don't mention Scar to her. She might try and think of where she came from or what she did in the past."

"You got it, Kion." Said Bunga with two thumbs up. "Anyway, we're going out for our patrol."

"Right. I was about to come get you guys, but I guess there's no need. Well Zira, I would like to chat with you some more, but I need to go out in the Pride Lands and do one of my patrols with my friends as the leader of the Lion Guard."

"Of course. Thay is perfectly fine. I know how busy that is for you."

"It is very busy." Beshte agreed. "Still, we have to keep the Pride Lands safe by any means necessary."

"Can you tell my dad that I'm out for a patrol?" The cub asked the reformed Lioness.

"I most certainly will." She nodded her head. "You go on and patrol over the Pride Lands."

"Thanks Zira." Kion looked at his friends boldly, and he said: "Till the Pride Lands end,"

"Lion Guard will defend!" The four children repeated proudly. All five of them went off into the grassland to begin their usual patrol. So far, everything was good in the Pride Lands and there waswas anything to recon with within the perimeter.

Gazelles and zebra were grazing and prancing on the grass, and a martial eagle was seen in the air and looking for food from above. Sure, it looked peaceful and serene now, but one thing about this place is that it can be unpredictable, and no one really knows when a certain type of danger will strike.

Ono, being the only member capable of flight, was using his watchful eye and there was Mzingo, the vulture, and two other vultures, who were his friends, trying to eat a bateleur eagle named Hwange, and while he was putting up a good fight, the snake eagle was struggling against these three vultures by himself.

"Uh-oh. Hwange's in trouble." Said the young egret. "He needs out help!"

"Come on guys. Let's teach these cultures a lesson!" Mzingo and his friends caught sight of the Lion Guard and he felt Ono pecking his back with his long beak.

"Grah, you children are proving to be quite a nuisance to me." said the vulture. "You all really know how to try my patience."

"We feel the same way about you!" Kion shouted from the ground. "You're as annoying as Janja and his hyenas!"

"Petulant child!" Said Mzingo in irritation. "You will alm pay for your insolence! Get them, boys!" Just like that, the two vulture friends of his swooped down and attacked the children with all their might. Kion managed to claw one of them, leaving some blood on the left wing, but the bird kept on fighting.

The second one was fighting Bunga and he punched him in the beak and pulled his face close to his left armpit. The vulture was absolutely disgusted and his face turned green, feeling like throwing up on the spot. Bunga must have stunk so bad under his arms.

"Hahaha! Gotcha!" Bunga laughed. He couldn't help but smell his own pit, but, he was very much used to the smell, considering the fact that he wasn't really the brightest bulb. Mzingo swooped down on Kion, but the cub was quick and he swiped at his head with his paw, making him tumble on the dirt.

The vulture leader began spitting some soil from his beak and it tasted rather awful to his taste buds, for he was no earthworm, who enjoys eating dirt. "Grrr. Normally, I would go easy on children," Mzingo remarked before spitting more dirt from his mouth, "but, ho more! I will go all out on you meddling kids."

"Just try it!" Said Beshte.

"Oh ho ho, I will not try, Beshte." The vulture chortled. "No, you kids have been a thorn on my side for far too long. I will pull those thorns right out of my plumage once and for all! Kill them, boys!"

"Right boss!" His cronies replied. The three vultures were fighting more fiercely and deadly than ever against the Lion Guard. Still, the mods were giving it all they got against the scavengers.

Another swoop zipped across Mzingo, and he was feeling a sharp pain on the right side of his body. Hwange the bateleur went to the children's aid and he was more than ready to put these bad vultures out of their misery. "Don't worry, guys. I'll help too." Said he.

"Thanks." Said Fuli.

"You sure you want to fight?" Asked Kion

"Yeah! I've killed and eaten five cobras meaner and scarier than him."

"He's not wrong." Said Bunga. "I've seen how he handles snakes."

"Well, unfortunately for you, Hwange, I am no snake."

"No matter. You'll be defeated anyway." Hwange said.

The fight continued onward and Kion was with the bateleur against the leader while his friends were fighting the other two vultures. Hwange was dodging and swooping on the evil vulture here and there, and even managed to slice at his throat with his talons, but Mzingo was strong.

Kion swiped his claws at the vulture whenever he came too close tonjim or try biting or pecking him with his sharp beak. "You'll have to do better than that, Mzingo!" Kion taunted. "Just give up and let him go!"

"Not until I make a meal out of him!" Mzingo shouted. He did something that caught Kion by surprse; he picked him up with his talons and he said: "if I can't have that eagle, I'll eat you instead!"

The cub was trying to struggle himself free from the sharp talons and they were starting to pierce his flesh, but Kion was smart. He reached his head on the left leg and he bit so hard on the skin, it forced Mzingo to let him go.

"Ahh! I'll kill you!" Mzingo shouted.

The cub was screaming and was about to hit the ground hard, but luckily, Fuli ran as fast as she could to where Kion was going to fall flat. She immediately caught him and he landed on her front side. "Ah! Sorry Fuli. Are you OK?"

"Just fine." Fuli felt Kion get off of her he turned his attention to the vulture and his cronies. "Next time, I'll let that to Beshte."

Kion had enough of this and he emitted the Roar of the Elders at the three vultures, sending them all back to the Outlands like a hurricane blowing them away.

The cub was panting and looked back at Hwange. "Are you alright?"

"Just fine. Thanks to you guys. Next time, I'll think before taking on a bunch of vultures head-on." The bateleur replied. "Although, I wasn't the first thing they wanted to eat."

"What were they trying to eat?" Asked Bunga.

"There was a baby crocodile that last it's mother and the vultures saw him after I did. I couldn't let them maul the kid to shreds. I had to do something to stop them."

"Oh. Where is the baby crocodile?" Asked Ono

"It found it's parents so I don't need to worry about it anymore."

"Good. Just be more careful when facing those vultures again, Hwange." Said Ono. "Mzingo might come back with more friends and you could get hurt if you're outnumbered.

"Don't worry. I doubt I'll go face to face with Mzingo again." Said the bateleur with confidence. "Besides, after what you just did, Kion, I don't think we'll see him again any time soon."

"No argument. I think he was really scared."