Nala had a couple of cubs in her arms, there was one with a tuft of crimson mane on its head and the other one was bare-headed, but it appeared to be cream and golden, a perfect mix of its parents' fur colors. Kopa was at the ceremony as well, not wanting to miss this for anything in the world. Timon and Pumbaa were of course there. There were also a female meerkat who sat on the warthog's back with three young meerkats, Timon's niece and nephews: Mabu, Mishka, and Monty.
"Wow, there's a lot of animals here." Vincent said.
"Welcome to the Pridelands." Forte told him and the other children as they entered.
"This is so cool." Akito smiled.
The guest lions and Pokemon waited underneath Pride Rock. Rafiki held the cubs in his arms and held them out to introduce the jungle to the future heirs to the throne. Kopa smiled proudly, he was mostly excited because he was going to be a big brother.
"I wonder what their names are." Estelle whispered.
"We'll find out soon." Mo promised.
"Um, Mom, I think she's already gone up there to find out." Vincent told her.
"What?" Mo looked down.
Estelle giggled as she ran with Teddy up to Pride Rock to meet the newest members of Simba's pride.
"Has that girl lost her mind?!" Forte asked.
"She's your daughter all right." Cherry smirked to Atticus.
"Yep, she sure is." Atticus said.
Estelle kept going along until she made it to the top of Pride Rock as Rafiki presented the newborn cubs to the jungle.
'I gotta get a closer look.' Estelle thought to herself.
"Ah, Pumbaa," Timon smiled down to the cubs. "Look at that little guys. A couple of chips off the old block! And you gotta know who's gonna raise 'em..."
"Their parents?" Pumbaa assumed.
"Okay... Get technical..." Timon paused for a moment. "But who's gonna teach him the really important stuff? Like how to belch?" he then burped suddenly. "And dig for grubs?" he then jumped down off of his best friend's back. "I'm telling ya, buddy... It's gonna be like old times. You, me... and the little guys."
Rafiki chuckled as he held the cubs. "One of them is a girl."
"Yeah, guys." Kopa added in.
"Oh, one of them's a girl..." Timon said, then his eyes widened.
"GIRL?!" Timon and Pumbaa gawked to each other and then fainted in the middle of the ground.
They both landed on top of Estelle as she tried to get a closer look.
"Ow..." the girl groaned slightly.
"Mama!" Teddy cried, then took her frontal paws and tried to pull her out from underneath the warthog and meerkat.
"Timon, wake up!" the adult female meerkat panicked as the pups tried to wake their uncle up.
"Did Rafiki and Kopa just say that one of the lion cubs is a girl?" Timon asked.
"Yes, Uncle Timon, one of the new cubs is a girl." Mabu said.
"Oh, how exciting!" Mishka beamed.
"Yes, it's exciting, now someone please get these two off of me!" Estelle exclaimed.
"Oh, Timon..." the adult female meerkat sighed and pulled him off gently.
Akito scampered up onto Pride Rock and lifted Pumbaa up despite the warthog being several sizes bigger than him and set him on the other side, off of his twin sister.
"Thanks," Estelle smiled and stretched. "What a relief..."
"Cherry, Atticus, Mo?" Simba asked once he saw the visiting adult lions who were not naturally lions.
"Surprise." Atticus, Mo, and Cherry said.
"It's been too long..." Simba said.
"How did you know when to come?" Nala added.
"Call it a lucky guess," Mo said with a smile, then looked down to the cubs in the baboon's arms. "And who do we have here?"
"Everyone, meet our new cubs," Simba introduced. "Kiara and Kion."
"Aw!" Estelle awed. "They're so cute!"
The cubs curiously looked to those all around them.
"I bet Mufasa is smiling down at you right now." Atticus smiled to Simba.
"I have the same feeling." Simba smiled back.
"I'm a big brother." Kopa smiled proudly.
"You sure are, buddy." Akito smiled.
"Good luck, you're gonna need it." Vincent whispered to the eldest of Simba's cubs.
"Oh, come on, how much trouble could they be?" Kopa asked.
"Okay, but don't say I didn't warn you." Vincent replied.
After a little while, Rafiki left Simba and Nala to rest with their new cubs and he was on his way to his tree.
"So, where are we going to sleep?" Vulpix asked.
"If you'd like to stay in our den, we have room." Nala invited.
"I've made a campsite a few miles away..." Forte said, becoming his human self once it was just them with Simba and Nala. "While you were all meeting the cubs, I've made tents, a fire, and collected some food."
"Cool!" Estelle smiled.
"Maestro, that's amazing." Mo added.
"Anything for the family." Forte modestly shrugged.
"I'd actually like to sleep in the den if you guys don't mind." Akito said.
"Same here." Larvitar said.
"I'm not surprised..." Estelle said.
"Yes, Akito was always the more adventurous one of us." Felicity added.
"Yep, he sure is." Vincent said.
Akito and Larvitar smirked to each other.
"Can I stay with you, Mama?" Teddy asked.
"Of course, you can stay as long as you'd like." Estelle smiled to him.
Teddy smiled back.
"Mama's Boy." Larvitar scoffed.
Teddy simply stuck his tongue out at Larvitar. Larvitar glared and looked like he wanted to fight.
"Don't make me drop you somewhere." Misdreavus threatened.
"Oh, alright, fine." Larvitar pouted.
Akito sighed at his Pokemon.
"What are you guys?" Nala glanced at the Pokemon.
"We're Pokemon." Larvitar, Teddy, Vulpix, and Misdreavus said.
"Pocket... What...?" Nala felt stumped.
"We're battle monsters basically," Misdreavus explained. "It's a very long story, but we are raised by, trained, and educated to fight fior sport with our very own abilities and methods."
"Yeah." Vulpix nodded.
"Well... Umm... Welcome to Pride Rock... Whatever you are..." Nala greeted with a small smile then. "First we've met humans and now we're meeting these creatures."
"This is a little strange, right?" Larvitar asked.
"Yes, very much..." Nala replied.
Estelle smiled to the newborn cubs as Kopa was watching over them right now. "So, you're a big brother."
"Yep." Kopa smiled.
"You must feel so proud." Vincent smiled.
"It's a big honor..." Kopa said.
"What were their names again?" Vincent asked as he looked to the boy and girl cub.
"Their names are Kion and Kiara." Kopa told him.
"Those are lovely names," Estelle smiled, really attached to the babies. "Oh, they're so tiny..."
"They sure are." Teddy smiled.
"Hiii..." Estelle gently cooed, wiggling her finger to the cubs.
Kion and Kiara both seem to giggle.
"Cootchy-Cootchy-Coo~" Estelle giggled with them.
Teddy pouted slightly, he seemed a little jealous that these new babies were stealing his 'mother's' attention.
"Teddy, you okay?" Larvitar asked.
"I'm fine..." Teddy folded his arms and slightly pouted.
"You don't look fine." Vulpix commented.
"Yeah." Larvitar said.
"Nothing..." Teddy turned away.
Larvitar and Vulpix frowned to their 'cousin'.
"What's wrong with him?" Misdreavus asked.
The others shrugged. Estelle giggled as she tickled the lion cubs.
"They are just so adorable." Felicity smiled.
Simon tilted his head at the lion cubs. The lion cubs simply tilted their heads right back at him. Simon plucked his finger underneath his eye duct and peeled it down, sticking his tongue out.
"Simon, what are you doing?" Felicity asked.
Simon glanced at his older sister with a low growl and shook his head.
"You are strange..." Felicity said.
"Kion sure looks like he could be a strong lion when he grows up." Vincent smiled.
"And I bet Kiara would be a nice Queen of the Pride Lands..." Estelle said. "If she could be of course... I mean, Kopa, you'll obviously be King..."
"I know I will and I hope Kiara becomes queen because I don't want what happened to Grandpa Mufasa and Great-Uncle Scar happen to me and Kiara." Kopa said.
"And I am sure that won't happen..." Felicity said with a small smile.
Simon felt a disturbance and stumbled over outside of the cave, feeling something wrong. There were two different lions hidden in the grass as they looked over to Pride Rock, but no one seemed to spot them yet. The older lion appeared to be male and looked like a scrappy version of Scar, but had crimson eyes, and there was a younger lioness cub with dark tan fur with a tuft on her head and had dark circles around her sapphire eyes.
They could see the newborn lion cubs born to Simba and Nala from where they were standing. Akito could sense the same thing before starting to growl and look out to where he sensed the danger. Simon and Akito moved out together, Simon placed a knife in his mouth as he tucked and rolled like a child homicidal spy.
"Simba had two..." the female cub told the older male. "We must tell Mother right away."
"Yeah, yeah!" the older male agreed with a nod.
The two then left together, unknowing that they were being followed.