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It's now morning in the Pride Lands. Vitani got up early to go and find Kopa as soon as possible. She runs to the cave and is met by Simba who was just coming out of the cave.

"Whoa where are you going in such a hurry?"

"To find Kopa sir." Vitani says looking up at the Giant lion.

"He's still sleeping, whats the hurry?"

"I umm... want to show him my new brother."

"Oh, I need to see him too, do you mind taking me to see him later today?" Simba says with a smile.

"Alright."

Kopa has indeed woken up when his father got up and is now walking up to the two.

"Hey Vitani."

"Kopa! I want to...show you my new brother! Come on!"

Kopa gives Vitani a slightly confused look, but follows her as she begins to walk towards her sleeping chamber. She stops half way there.

"Ok I don't really want to show you my new brother, I want to tell you that I will come with you!"

"Vitani, no then they'll know."

"No they wont! We'll just sneak out late at night, and when they wake up we'll be gone."

"Well I was thinking about that too, and decided that I should go today, I want you to help me."

"No! I won't, I want to go with you."

"Vitani, I'll come back! Please, I really want to get away from here, but I can't let you give up your family for me."

"But..."

"No I'm just going!"

"Fine then I wont help you." Vitani says looking away from him angry

"Oh yes you will, I know you."

Vitani thinks about it for a few moments. "Fine, but you have to come back in the next year!"

"Fine."

"Now, what do you want me to do?" Vitani asks still angry and again a little teary but she holds it back.

"I want you to distract my parents, and everyone else, but my parents especially."

"How am I supposed to do that?"

"I don't know, you're the clever one, you think something up."

Vitani thinks for a moment, but Kopa interrupts her thinking process.

"But I won't go for a while, lets play this morning." Kopa says starting to hop off, Vitani follows.

They run off to the two trees that have grown together to make one huge tree. Kopa hops onto a low branch.

"So what do you want to play?!" Kopa says looking up the tree.

"How about a race... first one up the tree wins."

"Ok! Go!" Kopa says hoping up the tree.

"Hey no fair!" Vitani shouts and jumps up the tree. Vitani was smaller and nimbler and soon catches up to Kopa who is having a hard time with some of the branches. He tries to grab one with his claws but he slips and starts to fall off the branch!

"Vitani!" Kopa screams as his claws are almost completely off the branch.

"Kopa!" Vitani jumps down a couple of branches and is about to grab his paw when he falls!

He falls straight to the ground and hits the edge of a think branch that was broken and has sharp edges sticking out, It leaves three separate deep scratches on his left shoulder! He hits the ground with a thud. Vitani hops down from one branch to the next and soon is down on the ground right next to Kopa.

"Kopa! Are you alright?!" Vitani asks frantically

"Ooohhh." Kopa moans and wobbly stands. Vitani gasps at the sight of the cuts on his shoulder that are now bleeding badly.

"I'm gonna go get your dad!" Vitani says as she starts to run off.

"NO! If you do he wont let me out of his sight for a long time!"

"Fine, then lets go to Rafiki."

"Ok"

Vitani helps her friend to the baboon's tree. They stop at the base.

"Rafiki! You up there?!" Vitani yells up the tree and soon enough the old baboon appears through the branches and hops down.

"And what brings you er'?"

"Kopa's bleeding badly."

Rafiki looks at the prince for a few moments then climbs back into the tree. They can her some clanking around and he again hops down to them.

"Does it hurt little one?" Rafiki asks

"A little."

"Mmm." Rafiki takes some different leaves, rips them up into little pieces, and mixes them up. He then takes a big one and rubs it on Kopa's wound.

"Ahh! That hurts!"

"Well what were you expecting? Magic?... So what were you two doing when you got this?"

"We were climbing the double tree, when I fell." Kopa says

Rafiki laughs at this.

"I'll be able to walk right?" Kopa asks

"Of course, the cuts barely missed your main muscles, you should heal up in the next few days, but I must warn you there will be a scar." Rafiki says as he rubs the riped up leaves on Kopa's wounds, he cringes, but it's soon over and the baboon rubs the leaves on his head, messing up the little tough of hair he has on his head. Vitani laughs.

"Can I go now?" Kopa asks

"Yes, but be more careful, no speed climbing anymore."

"Ok!" Kopa says as he starts to leave, Vitani close behind.

"That monkey scares me." Kopa says looking over his right shoulder.

"I think he's funny!" Vitani slightly laughs again.

"What?"

"Your 'main' as you call it is messed up."

Kopa sits down and rubs his head and smooths out the hairs, then stands back up.

"Better?"

"Yeah." Vitani is silent for few more moments and then taps Kopa on the back "TAG your it!" She runs away

"Hey!" Kopa runs after her.

They play for a while, running around, tackling each other, and pouncing. It's a little after noon now. Kopa stops running, and Vitani comes to a stop right in front of him.

"What?"

"I think I should go now, you go back and distract them."

"Right now?!"

"Yes, I want to get across the border before night fall."

"Oh... remember, you promised."

"I will not forget, don't worry." Kopa says with a smile.

"Well, good bye I guess." Vitani says looking at him with teary eyes.

"Goody bye." Kopa says and gives her a hug. They do there special 'greeting' they both pat the ground with their paws twice, jump once, crouch down, rumps in the air, and pounce on each other, Vitani pins him, then gets off him. They hug one more time.

"I'll miss you." Vitani says a tear falling from her eye.

"I'll miss you too." Kopa says, also almost starting to cry, he walks off, then begins to gallop. Vitani watches him, more tears falling freely now. She turns and walks back to Pride Rock, thinking of what she is going to say.

She is almost there now and has come up with the idea that she is going to jump up the last 'step' up Pride Rock, fall back down to the next one and act like she's hurt. She does so and starts to scream.

"AAHHHH!!"

Nala was closest and come running "Vitani what happened?!" She asks hopping down to her.

"I fell, my paw hurt real bad!" Vitani says holding her back right paw.

"Aww come on lets get you inside." She pick Vitani up by the scruff, Vitani still holding her paw. Zira has come to see what happened, and sees Nala carrying Vitani in.

"Vitani! What happened?" Zira asks almost angry as Nala sets Vitani down.

"She fell, and I think might have broken her paw." Nala says calmly, Vitani is fake crying about her paw, but has real tears coming down her fave from Kopa leaving.

"What!? Vitani get up! Your fine."

"She needs rest Zira!"

"I'll say what my cub needs!"

The other lionesses and Simba have come into the cave to see what was going on.

"What's going on?" Simba asks

"Vitani might have broken her paw." Nala says

"No she didn't, get up!"

"Mother it hurts." Vitani says through a sob.

"I said ge..."

"Zira, let her be!" Simba says sternly

Zira shoots him and evil look, looks around to all of the lionesses that are giving her a similar look. She walks out of the cave cursing under her breath.

"It's ok Vitani." Nala says looking sweetly down at the sobbing cub.

"Vitani where is Kopa?" Simba asks looking around.

"He's umm... " Vitani hadn't thought about what she would say when they asked her that, she said the first thing that came to her mind. "He was talking to Rafiki, and the was going to get a drink, and then come back."

"Oh, should we go get him?" Nala asks looking to Simba.

"Well if he is with Rafiki he should be fine." Simba says slightly uncertain about his decision.

"Alright."

The lionesses disperse, and the rest of the day goes on, Kopa hasn't come back yet, and neither has Zira. Nala has stayed with Vitani in the cave, while Vitani pretended to sleep, Nala really fell asleep. Simba comes into the cave.

"Nala." He whispers, no response. "Nala!" he says aloud, she wakes up.

"Hmm, what is it?"

"Kopa hasn't come back yet." Simba says clearly worried

"Don't worry hun, I'm sure he just got Rafiki telling a long story.

"Maybe... maybe I should go get him."

"Dear, he's fine, what could happen?" Nala says putting her head back down

"I don't know."

It's sunset now, and Zira comes back up the steps to Pride Rock blood covering her mouth, and paws.

"Zira!" Simba almost yells.

"Simba." Zira says coldly

"Have you seen Kopa?"

"No I haven't." Zira says "thank goodness." she says under her breath.

"What was that?!"

"I said a... where could he be?"

"Well Vitani said that he was talking to Rafiki and then going to the water hole, but it's been long enough for that."

"Well I certainly don't know where he is." Zira says and then walks off to her sleeping chamber.

Thunder fills the air, Simba looks out and sees a storm moving in, he walks back into the cave, thinking Kopa will come running up anytime.

What happened, did Zira kill Kopa?! What will Simba do?!

Hope you liked it!!

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