Chapter 23 New Arrivals

Three days have passed since Nala was born and she is already causing trouble for Ni and Sarafina. "She is just so quite!" Sarafina complained as she scoured the secluded den that she and Ni had chosen to take care of Nala for the first few weeks of her life.

"Tell me about it." Ni complained as he tilted a stone and checked under it. Sarafina began to start laughing. "What?"

Sarafina walked up to Ni and pulled baby Nala from his dark brown mane. "Found her."

"She is way too light, I didn't even feel her up there."

"I know you didn't." Sarafina chuckled. "I love you."

Ni nuzzled her, "I love you too, when are you suppose to return to the hunting party?"

"Whenever Sarabi asks me."

"That's good."

"Yeah it is." She said as she began to bathe Nala who purred as she got her bath.

"I don't get why lionesses like getting baths so much?" He said as he plopped down beside Sarafina and a plume of dirt fell off Ni's pelt.

"It's a girl thing."

Sarafina walked into the den, "Yes it is." she said as a filthy cub hung from her maw kicking trying to free himself from his mother's grasp.

When Nala saw Simba enter the room she started to squirm in her mother's paws, "Oh, fine go play with your boyfriend." Sarafina said as Nala rolled out of her paws and began to awkwardly pad toward Sarafina and Simba.

"Go play with Nala." Sarabi said as she placed Simba down on the ground. Simba was quite a bit more developed than Nala as he paw toward Nala with much more strength and coordination. "Nicely."

When Simba was less than two paces from Nala when he pounced toward her, and she fell backward and before the parents knew it Nala had thrown Simba and was sitting on top of him. Nala squeaked in victory, "How'd she do that?" Sarabi asked.

"It's a trick that comes from the Mountainlands." Sarafina said, "But she is just a natural."

Simba began to shift underneath Nala causing her to let him up. When Nala turned her back on him he jumped on her back and she flipped him again, "Pinned yah." She squeaked, leaving the adults in the room slack jawed.

"That's my girl." Ni said nuzzling his daughter.

"Sarafina we need to go greet the new arrivals, the candidate from the Crater will be here in a hour."

"What about the cubs?"

"Ni will you please watch Nala and Simba while Sarafina and I go to greet the new arrivals?"

"Yes, your majesty." He said bowing to the queen.

The duo left the cave, "He is so polite."

At the border…

"Mommy when will we get there?" Asked a young cub with bright limey green eyes.

"We are almost there." Said a dark furred lioness, with the same limey green eyes as her cub.

"You said that yesterday!" The cub squeaked.

"Just be patient." She said as she crowned the hill.

"Whoa what's that?" the cub asked as the large imposing shadow of Pride Rock was cast over them.

"That Chumvi is Pride Rock, our new home."

Back with Mufasa…

"You What?!" Scar shouted as he began to bear his teeth.

"Peace Brother… Ni is here to help Sarafina with Nala."

"He is a lioness thief, Sarafina was mine!" He sheathed not even bothering to hush his voice.

"Now you have Uzuri and all of you are happy, aren't you?"

"He will not stop till he has slept with every lioness in the Pride, he won't stop with just Sarafina. That damn rogues appetite is insatiable!"

"Ni isn't like that, have you ever even talked to him brother?"

"I will never talk to that damn filthy rogue!"

"Then you have no proof of these accusations, and I will not charge him of any crime."

"He is guilty!"

"Even if he is there is no proof, so shut up before you hurt yourself."

Scar stormed out of Pride Rock, he was so angry that the air around him steamed. He was so angry that if a bug landed on him it would be incinerated by the sheer amount of anger he was harboring for Ni.

"If you won't get rid of him I will!" Scar thought as he stormed down the slope of Pride Rock. His eyes were dancing with images of how he will destroy Ni.

With Sarafina and Sarabi…

"So how did you two meet?" Sarabi asked her friend.

"We were both born in the Mountainlands, and we were really close." She paused.

"Keep going." Sarabi coaxed.

"When I was selected as a candidate he took it all so hard, and when he was ousted by the Mountainlands he decided to come to the Pridelands and try to find me."

"Kinda creepy don't you think?"

"No! It was romantic!" Sarafina shouted a bit too loudly causing her to attract unwanted attention.

Sarabi began to start laughing, "You're so easy to mess with."

Back in Scar's Cave…

Uzuri was laying on the stone platform napping. "He has some nerve!" Scar shouted as he entered the cave.

"Kovu… Can you please keep the volume down please?" Uzuri asked as she covered her ears and eyes with her paws.

"Me?!" He asked, Scar quickly felt insulted and lashed out. "This is my cave! So if you don't like it get out!"

Uzuri shot him a glare that would make a volcano shiver. "Would you like a do-over on that?"

Scar's anger level didn't change, "No, this is my home and you are welcome to back to Pride Rock." He said quite a bit more calmly.

"No."

"No?!" Scar was back to boiling the surrounding atmosphere, "Why the hell not?!"

Uzuri kissed him on the cheek, "Because, I love you..." Uzuri took a deep breath. 'Z it's now or never.' "And I am pregnant."

Back at the border…

Mufasa meet with Sarafina and Sarabi at the border. "I wonder how the new lioness is gonna add to the pride?" Sarabi said to Mufasa.

"So long as we don't have any drama I will be fine." Sarafina commented.

An elegant and magnificent lioness appeared on the horizon, with a small dark furred cub at her side. "Greetings my name is Maini." She bowed to Mufasa.

"My name is Mufasa, this is my Queen Sarabi, and this will be your tour guide Sarafina." The cub was now cowering behind his mother's leg. "And who is this?"

"This is my son Chumvi."

AN: Welcome to the Pridelands Chumvi, how do you guys like how I introduced Chumvi. I had fun writing this chapter so let me know how you guys like my style change and the multiple P.O.V.'s. Leave a review for the chapter lets try to get the ratio of review to chapter up, and a shout out to JJ Gestapo and his story, "Our Ghosts in the Darkness."