Here's chapter three and please review. Also, just wanted to let you guys know I made a mistake in the last chapter but I have fixed it. The names of Chumvi and Kula's cubs were supposed to be Jasiri and Enye but I accidently typed Kovu instead of Enye. So just keep that in mind. By the way, Enye means strong or powerful in Swahili.
A few days later, Simba remembered how he had wanted to ask his mother about Mufasa's surprise when they had mentioned Moto to him. After returning from a meal, Simba found Sarabi watching Kion in the den.
"Hi Mom." Simba said, nuzzling his head against Sarabi. She returned her son's affection.
"Where's Kopa?" Simba asked.
"Shani took him out." Sarabi said. "Don't worry. Is there anything wrong?"
"A few days ago, I told Dad about the rogue I confronted. His name was Moto. When Akila and I told Dad, he seemed like he knew something but he won't tell us and I don't want to make him mad. But can you ask him Mom?" Simba asked. "Please."
"Of course." Sarabi nuzzled him. "But if it was a problem, I'm sure he would have told you by now. After all, he would never want the Kingdom or your ruling to suffer."
"I know." Simba said. "But I just want to know what he was hiding. Can you find out and tell me?"
"I'll do my best." Sarabi said and Simba nodded before he turned to Kion.
"Come on Kion!" Simba said. "Mom's back." Kion mewed at his father when he mentioned Nala. Sarabi smiled and nuzzled her grandson and son. "I'll see you later." She licked Kion's face before Simba carried him out of the den to find Nala.
On the way down, he bumped into Akila who had also returned from the afternoon meal. Nala had led half of the hunting party and had taken only the younger more agile lionesses to hunt down a hippo. It had fed the entire pride well.
"Hey squeaker." Akila rubbed the top of Kion's head with his paw as Simba set him down on the ground.
"Did you ask Mom about the thing with Dad?" Akila asked, looking up at Simba.
Simba nodded. "I just asked and she said she would try her best." Akila nodded and turned his attention back to Kion who had pulled himself towards his uncle and was now latched onto his paw. Akila looked up at Simba with a grin.
"Simba I swear your cubs like me better than you!" Akila laughed. "Look at him! He won't get off."
"He's onto you like a monkey Akila." Simba grinned. "That would make you a monkey's uncle!" With a laugh, he jumped back as Akila tried punching him.
"Are you calling my mate a monkey's uncle Simba?" Came a voice. It was Malaika. Simba only grinned at his sister in law.
Akila nuzzled Malaika before she turned back to Simba. "I bumped into Nala. She said that she already fed the twins this morning so they're not going to be hungry. She'll come get Kion when she finds Shani and Kopa." Simba nodded.
"I have to watch the crèche now." Malaika said. "I can take him too."
"Thanks Malaika." Simba said.
Malaika turned towards her nephew and smiled at Kion. "Come on sweetie. Let's go." She picked Kion up and headed back into the den.
Simba looked at his brother once Malaika was out of earshot. "I can wait until you two have a cub. I'll teach him or her to drive you insane!" Akila gave him an irritated look as Simba walked past him.
"Where are you going?" Akila called. "I thought you weren't busy today!"
"I'm not." Simba said. "I just have to tell Zazu to do an errand for me." Akila nodded and went back into the dens.
Simba walked on continuing on his way to Zazu's tree. He wanted to tell Zazu to send a messenger to find Moto's Pride and see if he could gain any information on them. Something deep inside Simba told him that he would need it.
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A few months passed and with it there was another surprise to the Pride when Akila and Malaika announced that they were expecting a cub. Along with that, Simba was enjoying being with his sons more than ever when they started to learn how to walk. Kopa learned how to walk quite early in life and soon began to run more than walk while Kion wasn't as fast, he was learning how to walk just fine.
One day, Simba was in the den with his sons while Nala was with Malaika who was close to giving birth.
"Alright Kion!" Simba settled down in front of his youngest. "Run to me!" Kion mewed and ran a couple steps before he fell right on his face. He mewed and Simba gently rolled him back to his feet.
"Don't worry son." Simba rubbed his cheek against his. "You'll get the hang of it soon."
Kopa trotted over to his father and pounced on him playfully. However, since he had only learned how to walk and run recently, he missed badly and crashed back onto Kion. Simba grinned at the sight of Kion's annoyed face. Kion growled playfully and pushed his brother off, as the two began to wrestle, rolling around the den.
Simba winced as he saw how dirty they had already gotten. He had just taken them to the area of soft grass by Priderock to play in before it got too hot.
"Nala is going to kill me. She just bathed them before she left." Simba thought.
Suddenly, he heard commotion in the den and he hurried in there to see what happened. He saw Kudeka and Sarabi hurrying into the nursery den along with Shani.
Nala and Shinda hurried into the den.
"What happened?" Simba asked, turning towards his mate.
"Malaika went into labor." Nala said. "Where's Akila?"
"I don't know. I have to go find him." Simba said.
Tama walked up to them. "Simba, go find Akila. I'll watch Kopa and Kion."
"Thanks." Simba looked as his friend gratefully before he hurried out of the den to find his brother. Luckily, he spotted Akila returning to Priderock.
"Akila!" Simba called. "Come back to Priderock! Malaika's in labor."
"What!?" Akila's jaw dropped. "How…when…is she okay?!"
"Hurry up let's go. The lionesses are with her so don't worry." Simba said as they hurried back to Priderock. They went into the den to see that Shari had also gone to assist Malaika and Tama and Kula were watching Enye, Jasiri, Kion, Kopa, Ari, Tanabi and Haru.
Sarabi walked out of the den and nuzzled Akila. "Don't worry. Her contractions are coming fast so the delivery will be fast. It'll be over soon."
"Is she okay?" Akila asked, looking worried.
"She's fine." Sarabi said. "Labor will be quick and easy for her." Suddenly there was a pain filled roar from the den that Malaika was in and Sarabi hurried back in.
"Now do you see why I was so worried when Nala was in labor?" Simba smirked at Akila. Instead of one of his sarcastic comebacks, he only nodded.
Malaika's father, Hariku hurried into the den followed by Zuri and Anjani. "Malaika went into labor?" Akila nodded at his father in law.
"Don't worry she'll be fine." Hariku said, nuzzling him before he took Zuri and Anjani and they settled down to wait for news about Malaika and the cub.
Another hour or so passed and there were more pain filled shrieks coming from the den. Akila winced and closed his eyes as he heard Malaika roar in pain.
Soon the noise died down and everyone knew that the cub had been born.
"Did you two choose a name yet?" Simba walked up to Akila with Alex and Chumvi who had Enye and Kion with him.
"We fought for hours straight on names." Akila rolled his eyes. "But Malaika has her heart set on naming our cubs so she chooses." Enye crawled over to Akila and latched onto his paw. Akila smiled at the cub before bending down and giving him a nuzzle.
"I really want a son though." Akila bit his lower lip anxiously as he handed Enye back to Chumvi.
"So did me." Chumvi smiled remembering the day that his own cubs had been born. He had wanted nothing more than a son of his own and he had been thrilled that his mate had given birth to a son and a daughter. He finally had a son of his own.
Chumvi smiled looking down at Enye. This was his son. He had a son who he could teach anything he wanted to. He vowed to make sure both his cubs grew up happily and safely. He would do anything to assure that.
A few minutes later, Nala walked out of the den with a happy smile on her face.
"Nala?" Akila rushed up to her. "Is the cub okay? Was it a boy? A girl? How about Malaika?"
Nala laughed at her brother in law's nervousness. "Malaika's fine along with your cub. She had a healthy boy. Congratulations." Akila grinned and hurried into the den as the other lionesses exited.
Simba nuzzled his mate and Nala and Kula walked over to Simba and Chumvi. "Did Malaika name him yet?"
Kula nodded. "His name is Vijay. A strong name for a strong child." Simba smiled at the thought of his new nephew.
He saw his parents along with Kudeka and Hariku going into the den and he and Nala went in followed by Chumvi and Kula. Alex, Shinda, Tojo and Shani were already there with their sister, fawning over the little cub.
Malaika smiled as she saw everyone walking in and licked the cub. Vijay slowly opened his eyes revealing the same emerald green eyes as Malaika. His fur color looked like Akila's only a tad bit lighter and browner since Malaika had brown fur.
Nala settled down beside Malaika and Malaika gently placed Vijay into her paws. Simba and Nala had been chosen as the cub's godparents. The cub mewed confusingly but calmed down when Nala nuzzled the top of his head.
"Congratulations." Simba softly nuzzled his brother and Akila returned his affection. Nala, Sarabi and Kudeka gently fawned over the cub for another few minutes before giving him back to Malaika.
"Malaika, we'll get leaving now." Sarabi said. "You need some rest." Malaika nodded.
"I'm going to tell Zazu to tell the River Pride about the birth." Akila said and got up. Everyone left leaving Shinda and Tojo alone with Malaika.
"Do you want me to stay?" Shinda asked, looking at Malaika. "Akila might take a while."
"No I'll be fine." Malaika said. She was a bit annoyed at her older half siblings. None of them had volunteered to be her cub's godparents yet they had fought to be Nala's cubs' godparents. Despite the fact that Nala was their cousin, Shinda, Tojo and Shani considered her a full sister to them where she being their half-sister didn't even matter to them. However, Simba and Nala had wanted to be the Vijay's godparents and Akila had wanted to give the position to his brother and his mate. Malaika had been happy with that.
Malaika hadn't bothered to tell their mother about it. Ever since the war between the River Pride and Pridelanders and after the Pride's had been united, she had changed a lot. Before, she had mostly taken Malaika's side in arguments but not anymore.
She felt Vijay nuzzling his face against her chest and Malaika smiled. "It's alright my little one. You'll get all the love and attention you need. I'll make sure of that."
A few minutes later, Nala entered the den with Kion and Kopa behind her. "Malaika sorry to bother you but apparently since Simba gave Zazu the day off; they have to go track him down now. They might take a while."
"It's fine." Malaika smiled at her cousin. Nala treated her nicer than her own half siblings.
"I'll stay here." Nala said settling down next to her. "Aren't you tired?"
"No I'm not." Malaika said. "And I don't think he is either." She smiled at Vijay who had rolled around in her paws and was looking at Kopa and Kion curiously. Kion and Kopa seemed to be fascinated with the new cub. Gently picking him up by the scruff, Malaika placed Vijay between her and Nala so the twins could get a better look.
"Boys," Nala looked at her sons. "Be gentle!"
Kion mewed at gently tapped Vijay with his paw. Vijay grabbed Kion paw and gnawed at it and Kion didn't pull away.
"I think everyone was hoping you'd have a girl." Nala chuckled. "We already have two boys in the family."
Malaika laughed. "I was hoping for a daughter too. Akila had his heart set on having a son though."
"I know he did." Nala said. "He would not stop talking about having a son."
An hour passed before Akila came back into the den and by now, Vijay was getting tired. Nala took the twins out to give the family some time alone.
She saw Simba coming back into the den and she nuzzled her mate. "Was Zazu that hard to track down?"
Simba grinned. "Yeah. But he gave me some news though. Remember that rogue, Moto I told you about?" Nala nodded.
"So apparently your father and some other males confronted him as well because he was near their borders." Simba said.
"Really?" Nala asked. She hadn't been to the River Pride for quite a while now and she had been meaning to visit soon.
"He said that they were looking for herds since there's nothing to eat around where they live." Simba said. "I just have this really bad feeling about him."
"You're being paranoid…as usual." Nala chuckled, licking his cheek. "It's common with rogue Pride's to hunt near borders."
"Yeah I guess. Plus my mother said my father wouldn't tell her anything about it either. So that's been annoying me too." Simba said remembering how Sarabi had had no luck with Mufasa.
"Simba if it was something important he would have told you." Nala said. "He would never want your kingdom or your ruling to suffer."
"Yeah I guess you're right." Simba said, nodding.
"Aren't I always?" Nala smiled and Simba gently nipped her cheek.
"The River Pride is going to visit tomorrow." Simba said. "Your parents and a few others. To see Vijay."
Nala nodded before turning her attention back to the cubs. "Couldn't you have kept them out of the dirt while you were watching them? I just gave them a bath before I left." She gave her mate an exasperated look and Simba only laughed before the family headed down to meadow to spend some time together.
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Meanwhile back in the Outlands, Scar and Zira were in a heated argument.
"I have given you enough chances." Scar seethed as Zira lowered her head. Their past few attempts to mate had been useless. Zira had given birth to a girl that she had named Vitani. They had tried several times after that, but Zira hadn't gotten pregnant.
Scar had realized he was now past his cub bearing stage and it only angered him more at Zira for failing to give him a male cub while he had been fertile.
Suddenly a new idea hatched into Zira's mind. A way for Scar to have a heir yet keep her as his mate.
"Who says the cub has to be of your blood?" Zira asked.
"What are you talking about?" Scar asked.
"We can find another cub. Your heir doesn't have to be related by blood to you Scar. Blood doesn't matter. Look what your own brother did to you! He was your full blood brother as well. Blood doesn't matter." Zira said. Scar nodded smiling at her.
"And where do you intend to get this cub from?" Scar asked.
"The Pridelands. We can steal a cub from the Pridelands. At least, it'll have Pridelander blood in it like yours." Zira said.
"I like it." Scar said. "I'll send Kito into the Pridelands to spy for me, starting tomorrow. He can tell us when the best time to take the cub will be." Kito was a vulture who Scar had appointed as his own major domo.
"And think about it." Zira said. "If we take the cub, Simba will get blamed for not being able to protect his Pride enough. It'll weaken his ruling and his subjects will be angry at him." Scar nodded, his spirits rising at the thought of his nephew losing the throne.
"Let's move the Pride a little bit closer to the Pridelands border." Zira said. "In case there is an attack, we'll have our Pride ready. Not to close, but just close enough."
"Very well done Zira." Scar nodded. "I couldn't have thought better myself."
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A couple weeks passed by and with it, Simba's reign was even better than before. Kion and Kopa were fully mobile now and in a few months they would begin to talk as well.
What made Simba and his friends even happier was that all their cubs seemed to get along very well and it seemed like they would be close friends as they grew up. One day, Simba and Chumvi were patrolling the border when Chumvi stopped and sniffed the air.
"Do you smell that?" Chumvi asked. Simba stopped, and sniffed the air.
"Rogues!" Simba growled. "And a lot of them as well."
"Maybe we should tell the lionesses to go back to Priderock." Chumvi said. "Just until we settle this out." Nala, Kula, Tama, and Shari had taken the cubs to a pond nearby so the cubs could cool off in the water.
"Let's find Amri and Moraan and tell them too." Simba said.
"Simba!" Amri crashed through the bushes.
"What's wrong?" Simba asked, looking at Amri's worried face.
"Moraan and I went back to join the lionesses." Amri said. "When we reached the pond, the lionesses were frantic." He looked at Chumvi.
"Why? What happened?" Chumvi asked.
"Enye…he…he's missing." Amri said.
"What?!" Chumvi roared. The males sprinted back to the pond where the lionesses were looking around frantically.
"What happened?" Chumvi asked hurrying over to his mate. Kula looked like she was near tears and Jasiri was settled between her mother's front legs, sensing that there was something wrong.
"Enye's missing!" Kula said. "We turned around for a second to help Jasiri out of the water and when I looked back he was gone!"
"How…" Chumvi's voice trailed off. He was slowly beginning to panic. How could Enye have disappeared that fast?
Moraan growled. "He just didn't walk away. Enye's too small to get away that fast. Someone took him!"
Chumvi let out an angry snarl. "It must have been those rogues we smelt at the border." He extended his claws dangerously at the thought of them harming his son.
"No it couldn't have been a rogue." Shari said. "We would have heard it or seen the rogue running away with Enye."
"It doesn't matter now." Simba said. "We have to find Enye. Tama, Shari take the cubs back to Priderock and send search parties to help us. Nala, Kula come with us to the Outlands and we can start looking."
"Tell Zazu to send the word out to the River Pride. My father will organize search parties for him." Nala added, nuzzling Kula who by now had tears in her eyes at the thought of her missing cub.
Tama and Shari nodded and herded the cubs back towards Priderock while Simba, Nala, Chumvi, Kula, Amri and Moraan ran towards the borders.
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Scar waited impatiently in the Outlands for Kito to return with the cub. For the past few weeks he had sent Kito into the Pridelands to monitor their activity and return with news on the cub. Scar had chosen, Enye, Kula and Chumvi's son.
He knew Chumvi was Ishan and Penda's son. He growled at the thought of Ishan. He had been the one to help him get exiled.
From Kito's reports, Enye was a healthy cub and looked a bit like him with dark fur and a dark brown tuft of fur.
Zira who was waiting at his side nudged him. "Scar look!" Scar looked to see Kito returning with the cub between his large claws.
Kito settled down in front of him, dropping the cub roughly causing it to squeak and mew.
"Let me see my new son." Scar smiled and rolled the cub over so he could get a good look at him. He smiled it was a healthy cub as well. He had dark pine green eyes, something he had inherited from his grandfather and father along with dark brown fur. He had a small tuft of dark brown hair on his head, so he would have a dark brown, almost black mane as he grew up.
For Scar, it was perfect.
"Perfect." Scar bent down and pulled the cub closer to him and Zira. Enye mewed frantically and tried running away. The cub's eyes were filled with tears and his fur was dirty from the number of times Kito had dropped him on his way back to Scar and Zira.
Enye stared at the strange lion and lioness. He wanted his mother and father! He was quite confused with what happened. He had been with his mother and other lionesses and cubs he knew before some big creature had snatched him and carried him up. He wondered where his mother was? And what about his father? He smelled several different scents in the air but none of them belonged to his mother or father. Where were they? Enye mewed looking around, wondering if his parents would be able to hear him. When there was no familiar sign of them, the tears unlocked freely in his eyes.
Zira smiled and nuzzled the cub but it didn't stop the river of tears streaming down the cub's face. "What should we name him?"
"Kovu." Scar said. "His name will be Kovu."
I decided to end it here. What did you guys think? Another reminder that if there is anything you guys want to see in the story, please just leave it in a review and I'll be sure to work it into the story.