Hello everyone, Gulefritz here with another chapter of Life of Kiali. I know I have been able to let out a lot of chapters in a very short time but do not expect me to do so in the future. I simply have some more time than I expected.

Let's get started.

Kiali slowly woke up. She was tired and the grass below her was very comfortable to lie on. She suddenly shook her head, grass? But didn't she fall into a lake, surely, she would touch sand or dirt. Kiali looked around and she could not believe her eyes, she was in the pride lands. But how did she get here? She remembered falling down a waterfall. She remembered falling into the river as she tried to aid Mpenda. Speaking of the leopard, where is he!

A voice to her left made her look left. She tried to find the source of the voice and there she saw five animals playing near the watering hole. She walked down towards them, for some reason being pulled towards them. She gets close enough to hear them and immediately she gasps.

"Hey Fuli, up for a game of tag!"

Kiali looked at the children and started noting their species. The group consisted of a hippo, an egret, a honey badger, a lion and a cheetah. She looked on, focusing on the lion. She had never seen him before, yet she felt she knew him.

"You bet Kion, but just to be fair, you get fifteen seconds start before I come"

Immediately the lion ran and laughed and true enough, the cheetah waited fifteen seconds before starting the chase. Kiali saw them run and smiled, they started running her way. She saw as they ran towards her and before she could jump to the side, did they reach her, but that is when something odd happens.

Kiali saw as they ran though her as if she was a ghost. She screamed in panic as they ran through her. Is she dead? Why is this happening, she can't be dead, not now, not so young.

As quickly as her panic started did it vanish as she felt a strong and warm presence. She looked to her right and there sat a giant lion. He was way bigger than Simba and he was looking down at her. She raised an eyebrow at the soothing figure.

"Can you see me?"

The lion nodded, he smiled down at her.

"I can see you Kiali, daughter of Fuli"

She tilted her head, curious as to who this lion is.

"Who are you?"

"I am your father's grandfather. I am Mufasa, father of Simba, brother to Scar"

Her jaws dropped. This was Mufasa, the legendary king of the pride lands who ruled before her grandfather. But he is dead, and if he is dead and he can see me, then I am dead, aren't I?

Kiali looked up as she heard Mufasa laugh.

"You are not dead Kiali. You are merely having a vision from the Kings of old"

Mufasa turned to look down at the five laughing children. He laughed as he saw the young Fuli pin down the young Kion, who immediately started a wrestle.

"Do you know who that is?"

She looked down at the lion who was wrestling with the young version of her mother. She looked back at Mufasa before shaking her head.

"That, dear Kiali, is your father Kion. This day is a month before he became leader of the Lion Guard"

She stared at Mufasa before looking down at the lion. She stared at him, then at Mufasa, then down to the lion on the ground. This was her father. She looked to Mufasa to ask new questions but was never able to do it as she heard someone yell her name.

"Kiali! Kiali wake up!"

With that everything around her turned black. She felt as everything around her was removed and replaced with a cold sandy ground. Mufasa is replaced with what looks like a leopard. She slowly woke up as the voice kept yelling.

"Kiali! Kiali please wake up!"

With that she shook her head and looked straight into the eyes of Mpenda. She is still dizzy and lets out a major groan.

"Hello Mpenda"

The moment the leopard heard his friends voice would he immediately go to embrace her. His paws went around her neck, she could feel how wet his and her fur is. She started remembering what had happened and she looked around the area.

The two of them lied on a beach. She looked around and could see the waterfall she and Mpenda fell down from. She looked up and could not find the start of the fall, mostly hidden by clouds. She looked back to Mpenda and smiled at her worried friend. Her smile vanished as she looked down at Mpenda's right leg.

"Mpenda, you are hurt, let me look at it"

He looked down at the wound Mosi had left before smiling back at her.

"It is nothing too much, I mean I can still walk"

She looked at the leopard dead serious in the eyes which made him jump back a little, landing on his back as he did have trouble using the right leg.

"Mpenda, your leg is hurting. We are far from home and we need to be in top condition to survive this. Now let me look at your leg"

The leopard nodded and just kept lying on his back. He watched as she moved over to look at where Mosi's paws had hit Mpenda's leg. She did not like the look of it but she let out a sigh of relief.

"You are not that badly hurt, but the wound need to be cleaned"

Mpenda nodded and was seemingly about to move, intending to clean his right leg but never got the chance. Kiali put her paw on his stomach, making the young leopard stop moving. She looked at the wound and started licking the wound clean.

Mpenda was shocked. Never had anyone taken care of his wounds. Never had anyone cared enough for him to actually make sure he was okay after he got wounded. His parents never did anything as his father said it was a part of growing up. Mpenda stared at his friend as she cleared his wound and could not stop himself from blushing.

Kiali had cleaned the wound after some time. She removed the paw and looked around. The jungle was thick, and she could not see anything. She noticed the sun was setting and knew it was a bad idea to go into the jungle during the night. She watched as Mpenda lied on his stomach and smiled as he yawned.

"It is too late to go into the jungle. We will stay here for the night"

The leopard nodded and lied on the ground. Their fur was still to some extension wet, but it mostly dried off. Kiali, beginning to freeze, lied down beside Mpenda which again shocked the leopard.

"Wha-what are you do-doing?"

She smiled as she looked the leopard straight in the eye.

"We are both freezing, this way our combined body heath will keep us warm"

Mpenda nodded and he blushed again, thankfully for him Kiali never noticed it. As Kiali laid there beside Mpenda did she remember how her father and mother played in her vision. Wonder if they also used to play together just as much as me and Mpenda do. She turned her head to look at the leopard who was already asleep. She relaxed as she lied beside him, she felt comfortable and she could not stop but notice she was blushing. Odd, this never happened shook her head. It had been a long day and she was probably tired. She lied down on the ground and soon she fell asleep.

Unknown to both Kiali and Mpenda was that they were being watched. A feline looks at them from top a tree and tilted his head at them. He shook his head, he would figure out who these newcomers were later, right now he had to make sure none of the other predators found them.

Hours later Mpenda woke up from his sleep. He looked around and immediately froze as he felt something soft touch his chest. He could hear a purr, what was happening. He looked down and relaxed. He saw Kiali sleeping with her head on his chest. He put a paw on her shoulder and purred himself.

He had to admit, he liked Kiali. She had always been his best friend and enjoyed being near her. Unfortunately, he doubted his father would like it, he had a great dislike towards the royal family and all who are in some way part of it. He sighed and looked up into the air.

"Wow"

Mpenda looked straight up into a jungle of glowing leaves. The area around them was lit up by several plants and bugs who sent out a strong blue light. He forgot the feline lying beside him and looked around at all the glowing beings around him. He walked over to a nearby blue flower and touched it with his paw.

Pollen from the flower shot out and hit the leopard in the face. He shook his face and sneezed, trying to get the strange pollen out of his nose. He soon felt relaxed and sleepy. He walked back to Kiali and laid down on the ground next to her, falling asleep right next to her. Only this time, the leopard let out a loud and soft purr.

Half an hour later Kiali woke up. She looked around and immediately grinned as she heard the loud and soft purrs from the sleeping Mpenda. She moved a little on the ground and lied next to the leopard, having her back against his stomach. She had to admit, he is very soft. Kiali looked around her and saw how every plant around her was glowing with a blue color.

Curious, she rose from the ground and walked over to a nearby plant. She, without knowing, had walked over to the same plant as Mpenda. She sniffed the plant and found it smelling weird. She turned away from it as she saw it send out a blue pollen. She walked away from the flower and decided to go back to sleep. She lied down beside Mpenda and put her head on her paws. Not soon after did the leopard turn in his sleep and his paw landed over her shoulder. Kiali sighed and let his sleeping form do it, he was warm after all.

An hour later Kiali woke up to the feeling of someone licking the top of her head. She woke up to find Mpenda's paws still around her. She turned around to face the leopard but was never allowed to as the leopard kept a strong grip. He purred and kept on licking the top of her head.

"You are soft Kiali, I like you like this"

She was shocked. Never had Mpenda reacted like this. She shook her head.

"Mpenda, what are you doing?"

The leopard was slow but let out a reply while he was slowly and steady caressing her stomach.

"I am enjoying your presence"

Immediately she turned to face the leopard, much to the surprise of the leopard, but he did not seem to mind it, he almost seemed to like looking at her face instead of the back of her head. Kiali raised her eyebrow as she looked at the leopard's head, seeing him having a very big smile on his face.

"What is the matter with you Mpenda"

Immediately the leopard kissed Kiali. Kiali blushed and was stunned for a moment, but she soon regained control. She immediately pushed at the leopard, sending him backwards. She rose to the ground and stared at the downed leopard. She gasped as she watched closely on Mpenda's muzzle.

His nose and mouth were covered in blue pollen, the same which she dodged earlier. Perhaps this was the cause of this, changed attitude from Mpenda. She shook her head and let out a major sigh, of course he was affected. Why else would he do what he did?

She looked as the leopard got up on his legs and still looked happy at her, but seemingly he prepared to pounce at her. The leopard pounced but missed Kiali, she counter attacked and pushed him back towards the lake. Mpenda pounced again and did manage to pin down Kiali, pushing her down, using his paws and weight.

Kiali watched as she for once was pinned down by the leopard. She watched as he got closer to her face and she was unable to stop him from claiming what he wanted. The leopard managed to kiss her one more time, which stunned her again. She did not know why, but she did not hate it. She reminded herself that she needed to free Mpenda somehow.

Mpenda started to nuzzle Kiali and she returned it, the two of them started purring. The leopard dropped the grip he had on Kiali, something she was quick to notice and use. Kiali moved her feet below the leopard's stomach and send kicked him backwards. She kicked him so hard that he flew off her and landed in the lake. Kiali kept lying on the ground, thinkin about what just had happened.

It was her first time this had ever happened to her, it was her first kiss actually. She honestly did not know what to think of it. Did she like it, how would she know? Did Mpenda like it? if he remembered it that is. She gasped as she remembered the leopard who she had just kicked into the lake. Mpenda had not resurfaces yet.

Her worries were taken care off when the leopard managed resurfaced. She watched him closely as he swam back to the shore. He got out of the water and shook his head and body, shaking off the water. He looked up at her, all the blue pollen gone. Mpenda had a very confused look on his face.

"Kiali, can you explain how I ended in the water?"

Kiali raised her eyebrow in a curious manner as she looked at the leopard.

"Do you not remember anything?"

The leopard looked confused and shook his head. Kiali sighed and smiled at the leopard.

"You were sleep walking. You jumped up into the tree and leapt into the water. I never managed to stop you, as you were to fast"

The leopard nodded at her. Kiali looked to the sky and saw that some light had managed to get through the thick clouds above the jungle, and that most of the plants had stopped glowing. She looked back at the leopard.

"So, Mpenda. Ready to explore this region?"

He nodded at her and walked as fast as he possibly could to get over to his best friend.

"Well, let's go then"

The figure from earlier laughed from the shadows. He had seen how the leopard had been affected by the Upendi flower. He would have to watch over those two from the distance, just to make sure they survived these lands. It would be sad to see the only other felines in this jungle fall just because they smelled a single flower.

With that the figure went deeper into the jungle, following trails around the place, watching the two newcomers from a distance.

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