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King Simba and Princess Stara headed down the length of priderock's promontory back to the rest of the gathered pride members, who started to departure. Walking out of the small cave was Nala with the sisters, Tama and Thalia following.

Towing behind them was the whitish-beige lioness from before, Izumi following with a scowl of her own on her face.

Ofelia, a dark tan lioness took the cub from Stara before heading in the cave further from the slope. Stara's attention went from the dark tan lioness to the commotion that instantly erupted.

"Alright. Calm down!" Stara growled. "Would someone tell me what the hell is going on!?"

Simba sighed deeply before stepping into the middle of the semi-circle. "Yes, I made Kiara the heir instead of Kion for good reason that I couldn't get deeply into because of the presentation."

At the mention of the name Kiara, Stara went pale but she shook it off and continued to listen to Simba.

"Rafiki came to me last night. He said because Kion is second born he's destined to be the new leader of the Lion Guard."

Everyone's eyes widened as multiple gasps filled the air.

"Okay." Stara started. "You basically have no choice. But where's the first cub?"

Nala snarled, glaring at her mate. "He let him die,"

"That's harsh." Stara frowned. "Even for you, Nala. Everyone knows that you could be a real bitch."

Nala took intake of breath before growling. "Why you good for nothing, brat!"

"Okay, enough!" this time the roar of authority came from Simba who was glaring disapprovaling at the tawny lioness. "Nala. You will not attack my sister. Do you understand me?"

Nala continue to glare at her sister-in-law before leaving the area once again with Tama and Thalia following.

Izumi walked over with a apologetic expression. "I'm truly sorry on their behalf."

Simba smiled warmly before shaking his head. "No need to apologize." with a deep breath he went on. "But could I ask a favor?"

Izumi dipped her head. "Of course,"

"Would you mind leading a hunt?" came Simba's question.

Izumi lifted her head and nodded sharply. "Of course. I'll gather a party and set out."

"Thank you so much." Simba said with a smile.

Izumi bowed before heading to the main cave to gather a hunting party. Stara stood from her sitting position before heading towards the cave near the slope.

"I'm glad that the drama is over for the day, at least." Stara smiled.

Simba chuckled before following after the goldish lioness. "Yeah. For now. But enough of my problems. What's going on with you?"

Stara sighed before looking over to her brother. "You mean why wasn't I here when you returned?" Simba didn't say anything but nodded. "I was with Nala when she ran away after Uncle Scar tried to force one his gaurds on her. But...we got caught in a sand storm and I got lost. Sometime between the start of the storm and the storm's ending, I got knocked unconscious. When I woke I was in one of the mountain territories under the leadership of King Jicho."

Simba frowned, tilting his head a bit. "That doesn't count for the past year."

Stara looked down, trying to fight off the tears but it was a useless fight. "I...Can we talk about it some other time? Please,"

Simba nodded quickly. Feeling awful he made his sister upset. "How about you introduce me to my nephew."

Stara wiped the away the tears before following after her brother into the cave. Where she was greeted by her beloved mother that she missed so much.

"Oh Stara. I'm glad you're home." Sarabi purred as she embraced her long lost daughter. "Come. You must be exhusted."

Stara smiled before walking further in the cave where her Aunt Nadra placed her son in her colorless paws. The rest of the day went well, catching up with the past events that happened while she was gone.

By time nightfall came Anna was having a hard time falling asleep. Even though she was in between her mother and brother, she still didn't feel at ease. She was shaken up with the reveal of a name that will forever hunt her.

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Zira sat on a dusty hill over looking her sons' training. It's been exactly two weeks since Taka's misfortune with his killing training with the beatle.

She growled in disapproval when her second oldest son shamelessly pinned Taka hard to the dusty ground. The six month cub smiled in triumphant before backing up to let his brother stand.

"Ready for round two, pipsqueak?" Kovu taunted, dark humor burning in his leafy green eyes.

Taka growled, his bright green eyes had a burning desire to out do the older cub. Taka foolishly rushed forward, with a cruel laugh Kovu side stepped causing Taka to comically fall face first into the ground.

"Nice try little bro." Kovu laughed, circling the three month brownish cub who was coughing up dirt. "How about you try again? One out of ten,"

Taka glared his claws unsleathing, digging into the soft dirt. With a pitiful growl, Taka pounced to land on his back with Kovu hovering over him with a taunting grin.

Zira had enough. Taka's training must be harsher. She needed killers, not weaklings. The pale tan lioness was about to head down to her sons when Hisashi ran over.

Zira rolled her amber eyes in irritation. "What is it now."

Hisashi stopped just a bit away from the younger lioness. "I came to inform you that your ally is here."

Zira seemed to brighten up at that. "Very well. You see that they head to the next part of their training."

Hisashi dipped his head before walking past to the lioness' cubs that was still sparring. While Zira was headed to the area where her ally would be.

When the pale tan lioness walked through a shubbled bush, she was greeted by the apparences of two well built lions, one a bit larger than the other. Speaking to them was her rich brown half-sister.

Zira walked over, clearing her throat. "Eshe. Don't you have a party to lead."

Eshe narrowed her eyes before she and her sister turned to the large dark red, darker red maned lion who was smiling at them.

"More the merrier. You must be the wonderful Zira, your darling sister was telling me and my comrade about you." the dark red lion walked over close to the bit younger lioness then bowed before grabbing Zira's creamy grey paw and placed a kiss on the top. "Forgive me. I have forgotten my manners. I am King Jicho and this is my second in command, General Saren."

The second largest dull brown, blackish maned lion dipped his head before looking at Eshe and Zira with bright amber eyes. "A pleasure."

Eshe looked away, feeling a bit flustered. Zira glared at her sister before turning back to Jicho.

"Welcome to the Outlands. We have a lot to discuss."

Zira grinned before leading Jicho and Saren further into her domain with Eshe following.