"Looks like they could use a few helping hands." Akito said.
"Or paws." Mo replied.
"Uh, Mom, Dad, can I go with them?" Akito asked.
"Go ahead, son," Atticus smiled. "They're your friends after all."
"Thanks!" Akito beamed before running after the Lion Guard. "Hey, guys, wait up!"
Kion and his friends soon waited up for Akito so he could help them. Akito smiled as he caught up to them.
"Hey, Akito, long time no see." Fuli commented.
"You can say that again." Akito replied.
"Another visit I take it?" Kion guessed.
"Correct." Akito nodded.
"Well, we could sure use some extra help," Kion replied. "It's crazy around here."
"Yeah, it looked like you guys were stampeding all around the jungle." Akito said.
"We sure have." Ono replied.
"We better be sure not to stampede over any snakes." Akito said.
"I just hope we don't..." Bunga said.
"I'm pretty sure that's a bad idea." Akito nodded to them.
Ono soon saw something happening.
"What is it, Ono?" Akito frowned.
"Ma Tembo and the elephants," Ono replied. "They're under attack!"
"Another emergency?" Kion frowned to that.
"Un-Bunga-Lievable." Bunga sighed.
"That's the fifth one today, and it's still morning!" Behste sighed.
"And this is just the start of the dry season!" Kion replied.
"Huh, guess it's gonna be one of those days." Fuli commented.
"We better hurry and stop whoever is attacking the elephants then." Akito said.
"Come along, Akito, try and keep up with me." Fuli smirked.
"Oh, you're on, Cheetah Girl." Akito smirked back.
"You know what we say; now that we're The Lion Guard..." Bunga reminded Akito.
"Yeah, I remember," Akito said. "'Til the Pridelands' end."
"Lion Guard defend!" The others concluded to that.
They soon rushed off together for official Lion Guard business. Not surprisingly, the problem for the elephants were the hyenas.
"How am I not surprised to see them attacking?" Akito rolled his eyes. "When will these hyenas ever stop attacking?"
"Is that a trick question?" Fuli asked.
"Hmph," Akito huffed before mumbling to himself. "I swear, the only thing they did good was get rid of Scar in the end."
The hyenas began to run among the elephants which looked a bit of a stupid move by them.
"Oh, what are the hyenas even thinking taking on elephants?" Fuli complained.
"Like my dad always says 'live long enough, and you'll see everything'." Behste said.
"Well, I've seen enough." Kion glared as he got into position.
"Yeah! Give'em the Roar, Kion!" Bunga beamed. "Send those hyenas flyin'!"
"What about the elephants? It's too crazy down there for Kion to use the roar." Akito said.
"He's right, I might hurt the elephants, Bunga," Kion agreed. "You, me, Bunga, and Ono will chase the hyenas out of the herd. Fuli, you round'em up. Beshte? You send'em flying. Oh, uh, Akito, you wanna help?" he then asked.
"I'll help in anyway I can to keep those hyenas from hurting any of the younger elephants since the hyenas can't hurt the adults easily." Akito said.
"You wanna help Behste?" Kion suggested with a smirk, remembering how strong Akito was.
"I sure do." Akito smirked back.
"All right," Kion smirked. "Get to it then."
"You got it, Kion!" Akito saluted and soon went to the hippo.
The Lion Guard then moved out together to get straight to work. Luckily, this would soon end the hyenas' plan.
"Get! Away! From the elephants!" Ono demanded before swooping down from the sky.
"Hey! Watch where you're pointin' that beak!" Chungu glared at the bird.
'Yeah, like he's actually going to do what Chungu says.' Akito thought to himself.
Ono continued which proved to be a menace towards the hyenas. The youngest elephant in the pack looked very scared and worried that the hyenas would get her.
"Don't worry, it's going to be fine." Akito told her, sensing she was scared.
"Oh, thank goodness." The youngest elephant sighed.
"JANJA!" Kion roared as he jumped out to the hyena pack.
Two hyenas stopped and skid in their steps right in front of the cub.
"Kion! Uh, have ya met Nne? Nne? Kion," Janja smiled innocently before running off, leaving the other hyena behind. "Talk amongst yerselves!"
The hyena felt nervous to be left alone with Kion as they were left behind from a typical move by Janja.
Kion just snarled which eventually scared Nne away.
"Wait for me, Janja!" Nne cried out.
"Oh, no, you don't!" Fuli grinned as she soon cornered the hyenas.
"Nice one, Fuli!" Akito smiled.
"Thanks, Akito." Fuli smiled back.
"Uh, come on, boys, this way!" Janja suggested before running the other way with his pack.
"Behste, now!" Kion called out.
"Twende Kiboko!" Behste glared as he soon charged towards the hyenas.
"Oh, no..." Janja moaned to that.
Behste soon charged against the hyenas to send them flying. A snake was seen sleeping before he saw the hyenas about to fall down on him, and where he luckily, dodged each of them as they dropped down.
"Get out of here, Janja, or I'll send you to space!" Akito threatened.
"C'mon, fellas! Let's scram!" Janja told his pack before they ran off.
Akito soon noticed the snake. "Watch out for the snake!" He told the hyenas.
The pack soon charged, running over the snake. Akito winced a bit nervously for the snake.
"Guess we showed them!" Bunga smiled as he walked off with the others.
"Erm... Are you okay?" Akito asked as he stood over the snake.
"Ugh. Every time I run into the Lion Guard, I'm the one getting run over," The snake groaned angrily. "Sssssssomeday, they'll regret it."
"I'm so sorry that the hyenas ran over you, and I'm sure the Lion Guard doesn't mean for you to be run over every time you run into them," Akito told the snake. "My name's Akito, what's yours?"
"I am Ushari, and you keep track of thossssse friendssssss of yours..." The snake replied. "I don't think I've ssssssseen you around the PrideLandsssss though before."
"I was here before and I think I did see you while me and the others were playing." Akito said.
"Hmm... Is that right?" Ushari asked.
"My family and I visit Pride Rock sometimes like Enchancia," Akito replied. "My parents, aunt, and uncle knew King Mufasa back when Uncle Simba and Aunt Nala were cubs."
"That'sss interesssting." Ushari said.
"Uh... Yeah..." Akito smiled sheepishly as he decided to leave as that made him feel uncomfortable. "Anyway, I should get going. Sorry again, Ushari, I'll talk to Kion and the others."
"Sssee that you do." Ushari told him as he slithered away.
Akito smiled bashfully and soon went to run to the others as they talked to the elephants. "Why didn't I like the way he said that?!" he muttered to himself.
"Is everyone all right?" Kion asked the elephant group.
"Yes, thanks to you and the Guard." The matriarch known as Ma Tembo replied.
"I still can't believe those hyenas would attack you elephants." Fuli said.
"I expect there isn't much left for them to eat in the Outlands." Ma Tembo sighed.
"I'm sorry about that, ma'am," Akito replied. "They should respect the Circle of Life, and then maybe, they would have some food."
"Perhaps, but the dry times are hard for everyone," Ma Tembo said. "Even us elephants."
"I can only imagine." Akito said.
"Have you found a new water source for your herd?" Ono asked the elephant matriarch.
"No, but this is my first time leading the search," Ma Tembo replied. "Hearing the underground water is a bit more difficult than I expected, and attacks from hyenas don't help."
"Well, now that they're gone, it's safe for you to keep looking." Behste told her.
"Yes, Ma Tembo! Keep looking!" A male elephant agreed.
"Water, here we come!" The young female elephant beamed.
The elephants all let out a trumpet in victory and excitement. Akito could already tell that caring for an entire herd was hard.
"Yes. Here we come," Ma Tembo said before putting her trunk around Kion like an arm around one's shoulder. "Caring for others during the dry season is a bigger responsibility than I was expecting."
"I can imagine so, ma'am." Akito replied.
"Yeah, and I know exactly what you mean." Kion added.
The elephants began to leave.
"Ono, keep an eye on the elephants in case the hyenas come back." Kion said.
"Affirmative!" Ono saluted before flying away.
"We heading back to the Lair?" Fuli asked the lion cub.
"I'll meet up with you there," Kion replied. "I need to talk to someone first."
"Okay." Akito said.
The rest of the Lion Guard soon went to leave Kion alone. Kion soon walked the opposite direction and went to talk to someone else who was his late grandfather, Mufasa, but unknown to him, someone would see him talking to him even if she didn't see him or hear him.
"Welcome back to Pride Rock." Rafiki greeted the others.
"Thank you, Rafiki, it's always nice to come back." Atticus smiled.
"You haven't happened to have seen a younger baboon, have you?" Rafiki asked them.
"No. Why?" Estelle asked.
"I was worried about that..." Rafiki sighed. "Makini seems to be quite the troublemaker already like my young nephew."
"I'm sure she's around here somewhere." Mo said.
"Makini...?" Cherry asked. 'Ah, your new apprentice."
"Yes, that is right," Rafiki nodded. "I'm trying to help her with becoming the next Royal Mjuzi."
"And I'm guessing it's becoming a challenge." Atticus said.
"You have no idea..." Rafiki rolled his eyes as he walked off. "Good to see you all again though."
"Good to see you too, Rafiki." Felicity smiled as she carried Simon.
"What's been going on since our last visit?" Atticus asked.
"I feel like a lot." Mo chuckled.
Simba and Nala soon came out, happily reuniting with the visiting families.
"Hey, guys." Kopa smiled to Estelle, Vincent, Felicity, and Simon as Akito was soon coming over after seeing Kion and the rest of the Lion Guard.
"Hey, Kopa, how have you been?" Vincent asked.
"Oh, you know," Kopa replied. "Just being a big brother and learning how to become the next Lion King while Kiara will become The Lion Queen."
"That's cool." Akito smiled.
"Zuri and Tiifu keep staring at me though." Kopa rolled his green eyes.
"Yeah, they seem to have crushes on you..." Vincent said. "Think you'll mate with one of them?"
"Eh, probably not," Kopa shrugged. "They're Kiara's friends, and, well, I don't think it would work out between us. Too bad my old friend Ryan's not here so he could maybe take the pressure off. I miss him sometimes..." he then said about the lion cub he met in New York City before Kiara and Kion were born.
"Maybe someday you'll meet someone new." Estelle said.
Kopa just let out a shrug.
"I'm just glad there can be peace in the Pridelands when it comes to Kion and the rest of the Lion Guard." Nala smiled.
"And I'll be glad to help as an honorary member whenever I come to visit Pride Rock." Akito happily added.
"He's so your son." Cherry smirked playfully at Atticus.
"Yeah, he is..." Atticus smiled bashfully to his best friend. "Probably the most like me."
"Do you think his first words were 'I think we're in for a new adventure'?" Cherry teased.
"Oh, ha, ha." Atticus rolled his eyes playfully.
"Are Kion and the others alright?" Kopa asked Akito.
"Yeah, but they seemed very busy like my Aunt Twilight whenever we come to visit." Akito replied.
"I'm sure she takes time in your visits." Kopa said.
"You have no idea." Akito replied.
"Just be thankful none of them tried to make a perfect present," Atticus said. "And had a monstrous magical result."
"Ooh..." Akito, Estelle, Felicity, Simon, and Vincent's eyes widened to that.
Kion was soon seen coming with a young female baboon.
"I think I found Rafiki's apprentice." Cherry said.
"Oh, I just remembered something." Akito spoke up.
"What is it, sweetie?" Mo asked with a small smile.
"A snake named Ushari is kind of getting annoyed with always getting run over whenever he enters the Lion Guard." Akito said.
"That cobra didn't hurt you, did he?" Kopa asked.
"No, we just had a little talk," Akito replied. "...I don't know why, but he kinda made me feel uncomfortable."
"How so?" Mo asked.
"It was the way he talked," Akito said. "Every time he spoke with an S, his tongue would stick out."
"He's a snake..." Cherry pointed out like it was obvious. "That's how all snakes talk. Like Kaa."
"And he's kind of poisonous," Akito said. "Since he is a cobra."
"Hmm... Maybe you should watch out for him in that case..." Atticus said. "The kids have been shook up lately." he then said to Simba and Nala.
"Is there something wrong?" Nala asked.
"Uh... Well..." Atticus stammered.
"It seems that they think that Scar might come back somehow." Mo said.
"That's not possible." Simba shook his head.
"It was just a dream, Mom and Dad, it's okay..." Estelle said.
"It will be okay..." Nala soothed as she gave Estelle a small nuzzle as if to hug her as a lioness. "Why don't you and Felicity play with Kiara?"
"That sounds nice." Estelle smiled.
Nala smiled back.
"Erm... Merci, Tante Nala." Felicity added with her own smile.
"That means 'Thank you, Aunt Nala' in French." Forte translated.
"You're welcome, Felicity." Nala smiled to that.
Felicity smiled back as she went with Estelle to go see Kiara since Akito was hanging out with Kion. Even Kiara seemed happy to see them.
"Hey, Kiki." Estelle smiled.
"Hi, Estelle. Hey, Felicity." Kiara smiled back.
"Kion seems busy today." Felicity said.
"Tell me about it, but at least he's not causing trouble." Kiara rolled her eyes.
"Well, he is the leader of the Lion Guard." Estelle said.
"Blah, blah, blah." Kiara said before they walked off together.
Estelle simply rolled her eyes playfully at this.