A/N A special thank you to Zoe, almondbutter, Keep Calm and Join Team Loki, LionFlower, gary2000, and thingsareweird for reviewing my last chapter. Here's ch 7 for ya and as usual see ch 1 for disclaimer.
Ch 7 A Small Problem
Recko glared at Scar causing Sarafina to give her friend a confused look. "How do you two know each other?" she asked.
"Oh Taka and I go way back," Recko said. "I've known him ever since he's been a cub. I can't tell you how many times Ahadi and Uru called on me to help them with their wild child. Now I'll ask you again what are you doing here Taka?"
"First of all it's Scar now," Scar said with a roll of his eyes. "And secondly what I'm doing here is none of your concern Recko."
"It is if it concerns my son," Recko hissed, narrowing her blue eyes at the brown lion.
"Your son?" Scar said trying to sound innocent.
"Don't play games with me Taka. Or Scar. Or whatever you call yourself," Recko hissed. "You know damn well that I'm the one who adopted your nephew."
"Honestly Recko I had no idea," Scar lied. "After all why would I know? It's not like my father would allow me to know anything that goes on."
"Ok," Recko said with a growl. "If you didn't know Kali was your nephew then why in the Hell were you talking to him earlier?"
"Look Recko even if I was talking with the boy that doesn't mean anything," Scar said with annoyance. "I felt sorry for him because that oaf of a lion was treating him horribly. I was merely defending the boy."
"Oh," Recko said after a minute. "Well thank you Scar. I'm sorry I snapped at you. It's just I tend to be a bit over protective when it comes to Kali. I'm not used to someone actually defending him."
"Understandable," Scar said with a nod. "And don't worry Recko. I won't say a word to Kali about who I really am."
"I'd appreciate it," Recko said gratefully. Just then a loud noise was heard. Recko, Scar and Sarafina turned and saw Kali laying on the ground rubbing his head. "Kali!" Recko cried running over to her son. "Are you ok honey?"
"I'm fine Mom," Kali said getting to his feet. Recko saw that a cub with a reddish orange coat and green eyes and another cub with a light brown coat and brown eyes was standing behind Kali snickering.
"And I suppose you and Jensen had nothing to do with this did you Conan?" Recko said to the beige cub.
"Hey it's not our fault the freak is a klutz," Conan said.
"Yeah," Jensen piped up. "He tripped right over our paws and fell."
"Or you purposely tipped him," Usafi said her violet eyes stormy.
"And so what if we did," Jensen said glaring at Usafi.
"You boys need a lesson in manners," Recko declared.
"Maybe if you kept your freak inside where he belongs this wouldn't have happened," Conan's mother, Iesha said coming onto the scene along with Jensen's mother, Fricka. Iesha was a bright orange lioness with green eyes and Fricka was a grey lioness with blue eyes.
"Don't you dare call my son a freak!" Recko roared getting in Iesha's face.
"Bring it on Recko!" Iesha roared back.
"Iesha Recko stop this right now," Usafi's mother Tia cried out. Tia was a light brown lioness with dark blue eyes. "This is crazy."
"What's going on out here?" a booming voice demanded. The group turned and saw a creamy golden lion with a flowing dark brown mane and dark brown eyes standing there along with a tan lioness with brown eyes.
"King Alamine," Fricka said running over to the King. "Recko and her freak are causing trouble again."
"That isn't true!" Recko cried. "Iesha and Fricka's sons were picking on my Kali again."
"It's true King Alamine," Tia said. "Conan and Jensen were being harsh again."
"Recko we've discussed this," Alamine said. "If you can't keep your son out of the way of others then I'll have no choice but to ask you to live elsewhere."
"Oh Alamine really," Queen Safara said. "You have to admit it wasn't all Kali's doing. Jensen and Conan must be held accountable as well."
"I suppose you're right my dear," Alamine said. "After all they are four months compared to Kali's two months. I suggest the cubs keep their distance from each other from now on."
"That's it?" Recko said outraged.
"I'm not their parent Recko," Alamine declared. "It's up to Iesha and Fricka to decide how to discipline their sons. However I will say this. If this sort of disruption happens again I will be forced to send the lads packing. All three of them. Understand?"
"Yes Your Highness," the three lionesses said together. With that the King and Queen went back inside to tend to their newborn son. Giving the other lionesses a glare Recko picked up Kali and headed into the cave where they slept apart from the others to bathe him. "And don't expect us to share any of our hunt with you or your freak!" Iesha shouted. Tia merely shook her head sadly and picked up Usafi and went to join Recko and Kali. "Don't worry," Tia whispered to Recko. "I caught a good sized zebra. That should be enough for the four of us." Recko gave her friend a grateful smile as the two lionesses entered the cave. As Scar was watching this he thought, "It's going to be easier than I thought to get Kali on my side. With all this hatred towards him me showing him kindness will only help convince him of Mufasa's deviousness. After all it was because of him and Sarabi that Kali was put in this situation to begin with. Yes when the time is right Kali shall be the perfect pawn in my grand scheme." Scar was abruptly taken away from his thoughts by Sarafina nudging him. The brown lion gave his creamy coated companion his full attention. Sarafina motioned for Scar to join her off to the side. When they were out of the others earshot Sarafina turned to Scar and said, "Alright Scar what gives?"
"I beg your pardon?" Scar said acting dumb.
"Don't play dumb with me Scar," Sarafina hissed. "You know damn well what I'm talking about."
"Honestly Sarafina I have no idea why you're being so hostile with me," Scar said slightly annoyed.
"Because," Sarafina hissed. "You lied to Recko. Why?"
"Oh does it really matter?" Scar asked rolling his emerald eyes. "Honestly must you be so suspicious Sarafina? It's really rather annoying. I just didn't want Recko to think I was obsessed with the boy and not allow me to see him. Satisfied?"
"Well," Sarafina said debating on rather Scar was lying or not. "I guess so. So how long are we staying exactly?"
"A week," Scar declared. "But mostly to get away from Ahadi. Is that alright?"
"Fine," Sarafina said with a smile. "More time I get to spend with you." With that Sarafina gave Scar a nuzzle and he reluctantly returned it and resisted to urge to pull away. With that Scar and Sarafina went to their place outside the cave to get some sleep. They could have slept inside the cave with the others but neither one of them wanted to be near all that tension. Scar was hoping tomorrow would be a better day.
A/N well there you have it folks ch 7 complete. I hope you all enjoyed. And I hope you'll review please.
