Chapter IV

All lion kings go to the stars when they die, but this isn't where they are in the daytime. These great kings of the past are also gods, and they rule over the other lions in Lion Heaven. It's their job to train other lions to redeem their Earth lives and become gods themselves.

Kovu and Vitani's brother Nuka wasn't so lucky. After an entire life plotting against Simba, he was in no shape to become a god. He was now being sent into exile.

"Please, Your Majesty!" Nuka pleaded. "Give me another chance!"

"I'm afraid I can't Nuka," a tall sandy colored lion told him. This majestic lion had bright green eyes and a golden mane. This was the leader of the lions, King Ahadi.

"You keep refusing to be good. I have given you too many chances, and you get no more!"

Ahadi pushed a button on his seat, which had a picture of flames on it. Nuka fell through the clouds, with all the other lions watching him. Scar and Mufasa were part of this crowd.

"Wow, Dad sure was tough on him." Scar commented. Most of the lions thought Scar was only there because he was the leader's son. Or because Ahadi's queen Akase loved him and didn't want him to go.

"You knew he wouldn't last here." Mufasa informed him. "He has too much hate for Simba."

Scar glared at his brother. "You know, maybe he'd be good by now if you bothered to teach him!" he growled.

"Well, maybe if he had a more…positive influence, then maybe he'd still be here!" Mufasa shot back.

"Are you saying I'm a bad god?" Scar demanded.

"Ha! You're only here because Mom said to keep you here!" Mufasa laughed. "You're such a momma's boy, after all…"

"WHAT?" Scar yelled, and then pounced on his older brother.

The two lions began to claw at each other. Sarabi and Zira watched them from a nearby cloud. Unlike Scar, Zira had become a perfectly good lioness, thanks to Sarabi's help. Not to mention, Kiara's fruitless efforts to save her had a pretty big effect on her, and so did her son Kovu becoming king. She was almost happy to die, but this positive emotion was soon taken away when she saw that her boyfriend Scar did nothing but fight.

"Will those two ever stop?" Zira groaned.

"I doubt it, and I'm sick of it as well." Sarabi told her. "Then we can spend more time with them!"

"Personally, I'd like them to go away for awhile!" Zira informed her friend. "Then we could get some peace and quiet around here!"

"You know, that's not a bad idea…" Sarabi thought out loud. "And I think we should talk to dear old Dad and see what he thinks."

She told Zira her plan, who quickly agreed to it. She then ran to Ahadi's throne, who was now talking to a mahogany-colored lioness with a black tail-Queen Akase. Both lion rulers loved the idea.

"Mufasa! Scar! Come over here!" Ahadi called to his sons.

The pair was in front of him immediately. "Yes Father?"

"You two haven't stopped fighting since Scar first arrived here, and we're tired of it!"

"Are you going to…exile us?" Mufasa gulped.

"Of course not!" Akase assured him. "We are going to send you two to…Earth."

"Earth?" Scar repeated.

"Hey, that isn't bad at all!" Mufasa exclaimed.

"Yes…but did we mention you two are going together?"

"TOGETHER!" both lions yelled at once.

"I can't stay with him!" Scar protested, pointing at his brother. "You know we don't get along!"

"You used to, Taka." his mother told him. Scar groaned at the sound of his real name. "Don't you two want to love each other again?"

"Not really, Mom." Scar muttered.

"How long will we be there?" Mufasa asked his parents.

"Until you two love each other, and you can behave like civilized lions." Ahadi informed him. "Now go!"

Ahadi pressed a button with a picture of Earth, and his sons dropped through the cloud. They then slowly drifted towards the ground on a smaller cloud.

Zira and Sarabi watched them leave.

"Well, you got what you wanted, Zira." Sarabi told her companion. "Those two will be gone for quite awhile."

"You don't believe they will make up?" Zira asked her.

"As much as that Scar will become a good lion." Sarabi replied.

"Now come on, Sarabi!" Zira protested. "If I can become good, then Scar can!"

"That will be the day!" her friend sighed.

"I'll bet you ten antelope that he'll become a good lion!" Zira told her.

"If that's what you want, Zira." Sarabi agreed. But I'll never get those antelope, unless she calls off the bet…she thought with another sigh.