Sandra awoke the next morning to see that Kyoya was missing. She then saw his tail disappear out of the cave and smiled. She was about to follow him when Gingka got in her way. Sandra blinked and tilted her head when she saw his fierce gaze. "What's wrong?"

"Don't act like you don't know! I'm surprised Simba isn't going off on you for it!" Gingka growled.

"For what?" Sandra asked.

"You hanging around with that outsider! You should know by now that we can't trust them!" Gingka answered.

Sandra confused look changed to one of anger. "Don't tell me that Kyoya can't be trusted! You haven't talked to him or spent any time with him! I know him better than anyone here! You don't know how nice he could be!"

"He's just pretending! Can't you see that? He faked your rescue in the fire to gain Simba's trust! He never left the Outsiders! He's using you to get to Simba!" Gingka growled.

"No! He loves me! And I love him!" Sandra retorted.

"No, he doesn't! You shouldn't be spending so much time with a traitor like him," Gingka growled.

Something suddenly clicked in Sandra's mind, which made Sandra even angrier. "This isn't about any of that! It's not about Kyoya or me or Simba!" she growled. "This is about you! You don't know if any of those things are true! You're just saying that because you like me! You want me to take my eyes off Kyoya and put them on you! I've got news for you Gingka! I don't love you! I love Kyoya! Get over it! And I can prove that the things you said about him were wrong!" Sandra walked off toward the cave entrance to run into Kyoya coming back in. Sandra's good mood returned upon seeing him.

"Sandra, I need to talk to you," Kyoya began.

"Sandra! I don't want you talking with him," Simba interupted. Sandra gazed at her father as a smile spread across his face. "I want to talk with him."

Sandra blinked and smiled. Her father was actually reaching out to Kyoya. Simba winked at her and walked beside Kyoya away from Pride Rock. Sandra smiled with pleasure as they disappeared from view. Maybe her father was learning to accept Kyoya after all.

Kyoya's POV

"Scar couldn't let go of his hate, and in the end it destroyed him," Simba explained as he led Kyoya into a burnt part of the Pridelands.

"I've never heard the story of Scar that way," Kyoya admitted as they stopped and looked around. "He truly was a killer."

Simba looked around the burnt landscape. "Fire is a killer. Sometimes what's left behind can group better than the generation before. If given the chance." He moved his paw and revealed a small bright green sprout. Kyoya barely got any time to look at it before a soft, devious laugh broke through the darkness. Kyoya narrowed his eyes and bared his teeth, glancing around the darkness. In an instant the two were surrounded by Outlanders. Kyoya slid out his claws and was about to leap at the nearest lioness until he saw his mother, Hikaru an Benkei. He put his claws back in and clenched his teeth in frustration. What was he supposed to do? Fight his family or stand beside them?

"Simba," Zira growled.

"Zira!" Simba growled.

"What are you doing out here so alone?" Zira sneered.

Kyoya glanced around quickly for a way to escape but he couldn't find one. Great! he though angrily. Mother thought of everything!

Zira then smirked and looked at Kyoya. "Well done, Kyoya. Just like we always planned." Kyoya's eyes widened as he stared at his mother. What was she talking about?

Simba turned his ice cold glare to Kyoya. "You!"

"No!" Kyoya exclaimed. "I had nothing to do with this!"

"Attack!" Zira ordered as the Outlanders lunged at Simba. Simba knocked Benkei away from him but the other Outlanders were on top of him in an instant. Kyoya leaped forward and knocked a lioness away, but Hikaru, who was clinging to Simba's back, knocked him away with her hind legs. He hit his head on a rock and was dazed for a little while but soon recovered. He staggered to his paws and shook his head before looking for Simba. He ran to the edge of the gorge to see Simba climbing up the pile of logs with the Outsiders watching from below.

"Get him Kyoya! Get him!" Zira ordered, but Kyoya didn't listen. He ran down the edge of the gorge, looking for a way down. When he finally found a way he heard a large crash come from the bottom of the gorge. Simba! He ran down into the gorge and began digging through the logs.

Zira suddenly came and shoved him out of the way. Kyoya backed away, knowing that it couldn't be Simba. Hikaru walked up beside Zira and bowed her head.

"Benkei..." she breathed. Everyone bowed their head in sorrow. Kyoya stared at the ground.

"Scar, watch over my poor Benkei," Zira said. "You!" Kyoya snapped his head up only to be slashed across the left eye by Zira's claws. He could tell that he had a scar there because it stung. He looked up and glared at Zira, his temper rising. "What have you done?"

"What do you mean what did I do? I didn't do anything!" Kyoya growled.

"Exactly!" Zira roared. "And in doing so you've betrayed your pride. Betrayed Scar!"

"I want nothing more to do with him!" Kyoya roared back.

Kyoya backed away as Zira advanced on him. "You can not escape it! Benkei is dead because of you!"

"No..." Kyoya breathed.

"You've killed your own brother!" Zira shouted.

"No!" Kyoya exclaimed as he ran by her and out of the gorge.

Sandra POV

Sandra walked through the Pridelands talking with Alex and Madoka, Zazu flying above their heads.

"What was wrong with Gingka this morning?" Madoka asked. "He seemed agitated."

"I might have had an argument with him," Sandra said, guiltily.

Madoka narrowed her eyes. "What did you do this time?"

"He started it! He said bad things about Kyoya!" Sandra answered defensively.

Madoka and Alex exchanged a guilty look and Sandra's eyes widened. "Wait, you don't trust him either?"

"We don't know much about him," Alex pointed out.

"And we don't know what goes through his mind. For all we know Gingka could be right," Madoka added.

"You don't know him!" Sandra snapped, turning on them.

"And you do?" Alex countered.

"I know him better than you two ever will!" Sandra retorted, dashing to the top of a hill. She froze when she saw her father limping along back to Pride Rock. "Father! Zazu! Get help!" Sandra ordered.

"Help! Yes! At once! Of course!" Zazu said as he flew off. Sandra ran down to her father followed shortly by Alex and Madoka. Sandra nuzzled her father when she reached him.

"What happened?" Madoka asked.

"Kyoya!" Simba gasped. "Ambush!" Simba fell on his side and Sandra backed away from him in shock. Kyoya did this? There's no way!

Madoka and Alex picked Simba up and carried him back to Pride Rock on their backs. Sandra walked at their sides, her head down.

Before you yell at me I just want to say that I am changing the story a little bit. I'm sorry about Benkei getting crushed by logs, but I promise that you'll forgive me later. If you don't know exactly what I'm hinting at just continue to follow this story and read the chapters. If you do that you'll see what I mean.

On that note thanks for reading. Please R&R :)