Hey guys hope you like this new chapter! Took me a while to get it done since like I said for now this is open book and ANYTHING can go. Now it's just what to write for the chapterā¦.
"Man what a nice day" said Kovu as he was walking toward the water hole.
It was sunny out in Pride Rock and a few clouds in the sky to make a nice summer day. While walking Kovu thought of why Kiara might have asked him down to the watering hole, after a few more minutes of walking he was there. Kovu was a few feet from the water but liked what he saw. It was a decently large pond and to the back of it was a rock that had water following down from it. Even more was a tree and a rock that was right next to the water and he guessed that it could be useful if you wanted to lie in the shade or take a rest after swimming. Kovu smiled, he never had anything like this back home. As a cub he remembered how the water supply was low so it had to be conserved as much as possible. How he sometimes went from an hour to even a day without water let alone be able to play in it.
"This is nice" Kovu said as he bowed his head down to lap up some water. The water felt cool on his tongue, while back in the outlands it was warm as could be.
"Yeah I know right" said a voice which Kovu recognized to be Kiara's.
Kovu lifted his head from the water and looked a little to his left to find Kiara in the water "So what did you want to show me?" he asked.
Kiara smiled at him "I never said I was going to show you anything. I just thought you might like to swim with me" she said going back into the water.
Kovu looked at her nervously "Swimming?" he asked.
Kiara turned her head around and looked at him with a confused face "Yeah, why is something the matter" she asked.
Kovu looked even more nervous now "Y-Yeah, no everythings fine" Kovu stuttered.
"Kovu you can tell us if you don't know how to swim" said a voice from behind Kovu.
Kovu looked behind him; it was Nala, Kiara's mother.
"We can always teach you how to swim Kovu" said Nala.
"W-What? What are you talking about? I know how to swim, I saved Kiara from drowning once remember?" said Kovu now even more nervous.
"Kovu its alright I already told them that you can't swim for that long" said a voice that came from in front of Kovu and from the back of Kiara.
Kovu again turned his head around to find Vitani floating on her back in the water.
"Vitaniā¦." Said Kovu a bit ticked.
Kiara looked at Vitani then back at Kovu "Its fine Kovu you don't have to be embarrassed. I know that living in the outlands you didn't have enough water to drink let alone swim so I thought now might be a good time to try it out" she explained.
Kovu put one paw in the water and felt the coolness of the water on his paw. He then looked forward seeing how deep the pool could go. He looked at Kiara.
"Trust me Kovu. I won't let anything happen to you" Kiara said.
Kovu walked slowly into the water and went to where Kiara was. He was submerged up to his torso.
"See that wasn't so bad" Kiara said.
Kovu now looking at Kiara "Wow the waters cooler as you go deeper. Feels nice" he said
Kiara licked his cheek then looked at him "See I told you it wasn't so bad" she said.
"I'm sorry I doubted you" Kovu said licking her back.
Kiara smiled, turned her head then swam a few feet away to the rock that had the waterfall.
When Kiara got there she turned around and looked at Kovu "Okay you're turn".
Kovu looked at her then to the water "You sure about this?" he asked.
"It'll be fine Kovu, when you get in the water kick walk like you normally do except move your front paws higher" Kiara explained.
Kovu did as instructed, as he got deeper in the water he moved his front paws higher and kicked with them as he did with his back paws.
"Haha! I'm swimming!" Kovu said as he started to make his way over to Kiara.
"You're doing great Kovu!" Kiara responded.
After a few more seconds Kovu felt like he was starting to sink and began to get nervous again
"Uh Kiara? I nee-blub" said kovu as his face started going under the water.
Kiara stared in his Direction
"Kovu?" she said with panic
"KOVU!" Kiara dived in after him.
Under water she saw Kovu sinking slowly more and more as he stuggled to get to the top. She swam toward him. After a few seconds she saw him stop trying to swim and swam harder to pick him up. After 2 more second she grabbed hold of his body and began to swim to the surface [hold one Kovu] Kiara thought. Kiara felt the air again as she breached the surface. Dragging him to where the tree was she heard kovu coughing up some water. They reached the shore and Kiara put Kovu on the ground.
"You alright Kovu?" kiara asked panting.
"Yeah I'm fine" said Kovu as he tried to get up only to collapse again.
"Kovu you need to rest after what just happened" Kiara said nuzzling him.
Kiara took her face away and looked at Kovu to find him shivering.
"Kovu you okay?" she asked.
Still shivering he responded "yeah just cold".
"We should get Kovu into the sun to warm up" Nala said coming next to Kiara's side.
"Right, okay" said Kiara agreeing with her mother.
Both Kiara and Nala picked up kovu and began to walk to a rock that was nearby.
"Kovu should warm up nicely here" said Nala as she and Kiara gently put down Kovu on the flat rock.
"Kiara you stay with Kovu, I'm going to hunt for tonight" said Nala.
"You don't have to tell me mother, I would have stayed with Kovu anyway. After all he is my future mate" Kiara replied.
Nala smiled and walked away. Kiara snuggled up next to Kovu to help him get warm and to because she wanted to be close to him.
"haha I guess we're even" Kovu said.
Kiara looked at him "What do you mean?" she asked.
Looking opening his eyes and looking at her "I saved you from drowning once now you did the same for me" Kovu said.
Kiara sat up a bit and nuzzled his face "you're welcome" she said before lying back down.
After a while it turned dark. Kiara had already started to sleep while Kovu stayed up. Everytime he started to nod off he began to have the nightmare again. Finally realizing he was about to completely doze off he looked at Kiara hoping she could "Kiara.." he whispered before finally falling asleep.
Well I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! I realized half way through the swimming thing the Kovu could swim so I had to try and twist it a bit, maybe a little while before the next chapter since I need something to write about. If anyone has any suggestions for the story let me know and I will try to implement them.
