Hi guys. This story is the sequel of this one: s/13311196/1/Scars-of-a-lifetime . Be sure to check it out before reading this one, you'll get the plot much better ;). Hope you enjoy both!
Mbawa was soaring through the Pridelands's skies. She was looking for a meal. She finally found something. A wildebeest carcass. It was being mearly finished by Mzingo and his parliament. Mbawa circled the carcass and finally landed. Mzingo didn't let her go near.
"I'm not after the meat, remember?" Said Mbawa cocking an eyebrow.
"I hope so…" said Mzingo, and kept eating. Mbawa started preening, but someone startled her.
"Hapana!" The scream came from a young egret, that quickly dissapeared. Mzingo prepared for flight.
"All in favor of leaving?" he asked.
"Aye!" shouted the others. Mzingo took flight, and his parliament did the same.
"You should go, Mbawa, the guard is coming."
"Yeah, whatever…" she said rolling her eyes. "As if that guard was going to stop me from eating. I won't fall again for your tricks, Mzingo."
"As you want." Said Mzingo. He croaked, and they left, soaring with their huge wings without effort.
Mbawa started eating some small bones, and even a bit of meat was left. She was about to break a femur, when Kion appeared.
"You, bird! What do you think you are doing?" Asked the cub.
"Eating, are you blind or what?" asked Mbawa, getting cranky.
Leave the Pridelands!" He shouted.
"Why should I?" asked Mbawa puffing aggresively.
"Scavengers are not allowed here." Answered Kion angrily. The rest of the guard appeared behind him. "Now, get OUT!"
"Make me." Answered Mbawa spreading her wings.
"Leave her to me." Said Ono confidently. "Aaaaaah!" he shouted, as he dive bombed. Mbawa leapt, made a turn in the air, and grabbed Ono by his neck.
"Who is going to go, now?"asked Mbawa smiling. Ono closed his eyes in fear.
"Ono!" Shouted Bunga. He jumped on Mbawa, and made her leave Ono. He farted, hoping to drive Mbawa away.
"Are you always that gross?" asked Mbawa, quickly clawing the honey badger, and having him pinned as moments before with Ono. "Luckily for me I have seen much stinkier things... I'm a vulture, remember?"
Kion then attacked the vulture. Mbawa took flight with Bunga between her claws. Kion's claws only got air. He growled, and looked to the bird. Ono attacked again, and made Mbawa turn quickly, dropping Bunga. Kion, Fuli and the rest checked on the honey badger. He wss dizzy, but OK. Then, a dark lion cub,with huge green eyes appeared. With him there was a creamy little lioness, with purple eyes shining in rage.
"Hey! Leave Mbawa alone!" shouted Vitani.
"Yeah! Mess with someone your own size!" added Kovu.
"Vitani? Kovu?" asked Mbawa.
"Till the Pridelands end!" shouted Kion.
"Lion guard defend!" said the rest going for Vitani and Kovu. The lioness was more than eager to fight, while Kovu was a bit more reluctant, but still got his claws out. Vitani fought wlth Fuli and Bunga, at the same time. She jumped quickly and gave them swift hits with her sharp claws. Still, Fuli managed to deliver a good hit on her ribs, that made Vitani faint.
Kion distracted Kovu while Beshte charged him.
"KOVU!" shouted Mbawa, who was being attacked by Ono. Kovu looked behind and saw the hippo. Mbawa dive bombed, and scratched Besthe's back just in time to stop him and leave Kovu time to escape. She was going to attack again, when something made her fell. Hadithi, the eagle, had hit her from behind. She got on her back and defended herself as she could, as she shouted to the cubs to leave and run away. Mbawa finally got Hadithi off, but she was surrounded by the whole lion guard. But she had another trick under the wing, a bunch of cubs and a egocentric eagle wouldn't stop her. She flapped her wings, creating a cloud of dust that made the others cough, and ordered Vitani to go back home. The cub refused at first, but when she saw Besthe's teeth, she happily went after Kovu.
"And STAY. OUT!" shouted Bunga. Kion made his roar, and sent Vitani flying. Luckily for her Mbawa caught her mid- air and could leave her on the ground safely.
They finally arrived to the Outlands, bruised, dirty and hurt in their pride.
"Why did you came after me?" asked Mbawa, a bit angry. Kovu and Vitani looked away, ashamed.
"We… we were playing and…" said Kovu.
"We thought you needed some help…" continued Vitani. "Are you angry at us?" she asked, truly saddened.
"Of course not, how could I?" said Mbawa, hugging them. "Next time, just leave me handle it, promise?" she asked smiling. The cubs happily nodded, and went to find Zira.
"Ummm, Zira?" started Mbawa, as the lioness greeted her cubs. "I think we have a little problem…"
"What happened?" she said, licking Kovu.
"Remember that son Simba had?" continued Mbawa. "We have met him and all his friends, they call themselves lion guard, or something like that. For sure annoying." Told Mbawa.
"Simba?!" growled Zira. "Simba's cubs beating my kids, and my friend? Tell me where is that cub, Mbawa."
"Zira, be realistic. Are you going to face Simba, and his pride,alone? Have some common sense. Besides, I'm sure it's only a temporary obsesion. If not, you have the cub for dinner. What's the deal?" said Mbawa.
"The roar. The roar is the big deal." Growled Zira.
"What is the roar?" asked the three of them, and Nuka, who just came in the den, sat and stood there to learn about it. He had heard many things, but he wasn't sure if they were real.
"The roar is a special gift that the leader of the lion guard has… he can summom the kings of the past, to roar with him…" said Zira pacing. "and now that stupod Kion has it…" she growled.
"That thing nearly blew me off…" said Vitani, trembling.
"HE ROARED AT YOU?!"asked Zira angrily.
"I suppose so…" said Vitani, a bit scared of her own mother. "Yes, I think he did."
"I was able to catch her before she fell… that Kion is serious." Added Mbawa. Zira only let out a growl, and stormed off to the Pridelands. She managed to arrive to Priderock unseen.
"Simba!" roared Zira. As she got no response, she roared again, louder. "SIMBA!"
Simba's eyes opened wide. He wasn't expecting that. He ordered Kiara and Nala to hide, and he got out.
"Zira. You are exiled. Why have you come back?" asked Simba, calm but with anger slipping under his words.
"Just to get some payback on that son of yours, he nearly killed my daughter and a friend." Said Zira, scratching the ground with her long claws. "Where is he?" Suddenly a hippo hit Zira and sent her flying. She quickly got up, and faced the lion guard.
"Looking for me, Zira?" asked Kion pouncing on her. She only had to swipe her paw to maje Kion fly like a puppet. She attacked Fuli, but the cheetah dodged her, an Bunga jumped on Zira.
"Kion!" shouted Simba, and got off Priderock, running. Zira took Bunga off her and headed to Simba. Both collided with each other in a ball of claws and teeth. Fur flew as the two cats fought. The guard was helping Kion get up. He was about to get in, but they stopped him in time. The lionesses of the pride had heard everything, and at seeing Zira biting Simba's throat, they went for her. Zira bravely tried to put up with the four of them, but they were too much. Wounds started to apppear on her skin. She finally stopped fighting and started dodgimg to save her life. She looked for a gap and jumped between two lionesses, escaping with them closely behind. The guard also followed. Zira stopped a moment, the blood loss had made her weak, and she needed to catch her breath. Kion came from behind and bit her tail. Zira yelled. Kion continued biting her tail, till he drawed blood. She weakly got up, and fell again.
"Get going, Zira!" growled Kion. It made her so angry, she would' ve ripped him apart gladly in that moment. But as Simba had brought so many foes, she had to give up. She looked up to an angry cub. She had lost. But the war wasn't over.
"Well done, son." Said Simba to Kion. They headed home back again, Kion's chest inflated with ego.
Zira arrived much later to her cubs, who were terribly worried. Mbawa's worst fear had cone true. Zira lost conciousness as the healer of the Outlanders came to see her. He said she only needed rest, food and water. Things really hard to find there. Mganga, the old lion that was the healer, stayed with Zira all night, and so did the cubs. Nuka licked his mother's wounds to clean them, and Mganga did the same on the other side. Mbawa went off to find her some food. She only managed to get a recently dead hare, that Zira devoured in a heartbeat when she woke up. She tried to stand up, but Mganga stopped her. She would need more rest if she wanted to be completely healed. Zira sighed strongly, and lied down again, her head between her paws. On her eyes, there was a shine of rage that Nuka hadn't seen before, and Mganga told him to get the cubs out there. Nuka felt his blood cold on his veins as he went with his adopted brothers. And Zira fell asleep, smiling at the thought of sweet revenge. Mganga remembered when he was a cub… Zira had something much worse than external wounds, she had hate in her heart. And for Mganga, that was impossible to heal…