Kyoya hid behind a rock a little ways away from the waterhole, waiting for Simba to show up. When he saw him he bared his teeth and unsheathed his claws. A soft growl rose in his throat as he crouched, ready to pounce. But then someone suddenly jumped in front of him. He straightened up to see Sandra.
"Good morning!" Sandra greeted. She laughed as she bounced around until she was behind him. "I'm ready for my first lesson. Surprised you, huh?" Kyoya turned his gaze back to the waterhole to see that Simba was gone. He stood there with his mouth gaping for a moment. "Hey,come on! Let's go!" Sandra walked off. Kyoya looked from her back to the waterhole. He growled with frustration and, reluctantly, turned to follow the princess.
Kyoya lay down with his paws crossed, waiting for Sandra to pounce. They had been practicing for awhile now and she was still too noisy. Kyoya sighed. "3...2...1." He then ducked as Sandra leaped.
"Gotcha!" Sandra exclaimed as she flew over him and tumbled on the ground and landed on her back. Kyoya walked over and looked down at her. "You could hear me. Oh!"
"Only, a lot," Kyoya said before he stepped aside so she could get up. "You're still breathing too hard. Relax." He extended his claws and dug them into the earth. "Feel the earth under your claws. It doesn't shift or make a noise." Sandra copied him. Kyoya then pricked his ears at the sound of birds over the hill. He crouched close to the ground. "Watch the master, and learn!" he whispered as he crept forward. He bunched his muscles and charged up the hill. He pounced and roared only to land in front of a screaming meerkat.
"Ah! Don't eat me, please! I've never really met your tyrant! I mean, oh! Scar! Scar! Great guy! A little moddy, but..." the meerkaat trailed away as Sandra came up.
"Timon! What are you doing here?" she asked, a little edge to her voice.
"Sandra! Thank goodness! Hey, for once, we're not following you. This just happens to be the best place in the Pride Lands! Bugs everywhere!" Kyoya looked around and saw birds all over the hill. "But, you don't call for a reservation and...eesh! Get out of here, you scavengers! Go on! Shoo!" Timon tried to scare a bird away but it just pecked him in the nose. Kyoya then spotted a warthog trying to scare a group of birds away. Kyoya looked at Sandra in confusion. The princess was laughing. They then turned their attention back to the warthog.
"Timon! I'm getting tired! I've got to lose some pounds!" the warthog said. Their were birds on him. Timon climbed on and began to shoo the birds away.
"Pumbaa," Sandra murmured in between giggles as they approached the warthog.
"Hey! Maybe he could help, do you think?" Pumbaa suggested when he saw Kyoya.
Timon scared the last birds away before replying. "Oh, sure! There's an idea! Right! Let the vicious outsider...hey! Wait! I have an idea!" Timon leaped off of Pumbaa and pointed to Kyoya. "What if he helps?"
Pumbaa nodded before realizing what Timon had said. "What?"
"You want to lend a voice?" Timon asked. He then saw Kyoya's confused look. "Roar! Work with me!"
"Huh?" Kyoya glanced at Sandra.
"Like this!" Sandra said before she let our a mighty roar, which scared some of the birds away.
"Come on! Do it again! Do it again!" Timon said he climbed onto Pumbaa and they dashed off. Sandra looked at Kyoya, as if telling him it was his turn. Kyoya turned and roared, scaring the rest of the birds off. Sandra and Kyoya then dashed off, right on Pumbaa's heels. Kyoya, however, was confused.
"Why are we doing this? What's the point of this training?" he asked.
Sandra laughed. "Training? This is just for fun!"
"Fun?" Kyoya murmured. Timon then flew by, holding onto a bird's legs.
"You've got to get out more often! Fun! Yeehaw!" Timon exclaimed as he let go of the bird and Pumbaa caught him.
"Yeehaw." Kyoya said. He then began to enjoy himself as they entered a small canyon. "Yeehaw!"
They then all skidded to a halt when they saw a crash of rhino. They stopped right in front of them. The birds stuck their tongues out at them. "Uh-oh!" Sandra said. The group turned and dashed away with the rhinos on their tails. They found a small crevice and all squeezed in. The crash ran right past them. The group then burst out laughing. "What a blast!" Kyoya exclaimed. He had never felt so thrilled.
"Oh! Sorry!" Pumbaa apologized. The group laughed even harder and Timon roughly rubbed Kyoya's head with his fist.
"You're ok, kid!" he said.
"Hey!" Kyoya growled.
"You're ok," Timon repeated. Kyoya smiled and then Pumbaa and Timon began to make their way out of the crevice. "Excuse me. Pardon me. Pardon me. That's it. That's it. That's it." But as they did so, Kyoya and Sandra were pushed closer and closer together. Close enough to kiss. Sandra blushed and Kyoya felt hot with embarassment as they squeezed out of the crevice.
"Hey!" Timon said. "Are you two coming or what?" Sandra turned to follow the two and Kyoya flashed an affectionate glance at her before he followed too.
