A few weeks later…

"Nobody knows
the trouble I've seen," Shenzi sang quietly,
"Nobody knows
my sorrow..."

"Oh Shenzi Darling, do lighten up," Scar said as he tossed a small bone at Shenzi, but it hit the wall. "Sing something with a little... bounce in it."
She thought for a minute before one clicked into her head.

"Oh, I just can't wait to be king!"

"No! No. Anything but that!" Scar shouted, startling Shenzi.
She sighed.

"I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts, diddely-dee-dee,
There they are a-standing in a row..." she sang as Scar started to enjoy it and joined in.
"Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head..." Shenzi and Scar sang, as Shenzi was singing unenthusiastically.

"Okay, I'm going to have a royal nap," Scar said a bit after, "Now get out."

"Pfft, why?" Shenzi asked. "I'll be quiet."

"Since when are hyenas quiet?" Scar asked humorously.

"When we're sleeping?" Shenzi replied, tiring of the conversation already.

"I've heard you all mumble and snore in your sleep, now beat it!" Scar yelled, swiping his paw at her, but missing completely.

"I'm staying." Shenzi said, crossing her arms.

"Get out!" Scar shouted.

"Nooo!... I'm leaving." She said, and walked out.

"Hey, get me a zebra while you're at it!" Scar shouted after her, but she shouted,

"Nope!" back. She huffed loudly when she was out of his earshot. "Sheesh, what am I? His queen, or his slave?" She asked herself. "This is NOT a WAY to TREAT YOUR QUEEN!" She shouted, hoping Scar would hear her.

"KEEP IT DOWN!" He shouted back. Shenzi just smirked.

"Heh, he heard me. Good, maybe he'll take a hint!" She yelled.

"SHUT UP!" Scar shouted again from the cave. 'Ah, might as well find somethin' to chow down on.' She thought as she went towards a zebra herd, but she ran into Banzai.

"How am I going to continue to be Scar's queen, without ripping his head off?" She asked angrily, still peeved at her friend for getting her into the whole "queen" thing in the first place. The male hyena shrugged.

"I don't know, but you ought to come up with something, 'cause it'll be awfully hard to rip off his head without him ripping off your's," Banzai joked as he walked away, laughing. Shenzi rolled her eyes, and continued her search.

*Meanwhile*

"Uh sire, don't you think you were a little hard on her?" Zazu the blue hornbill asked from his rib-bone cage.

"What makes you say that?" Scar asked, lazily picking at his claws.

"Well, you could've asked her nicely to leave, you know." Zazu replied, raising an eyebrow at the green-eyed lion. "Plus you should show her more respect than you offer." He finished.

"Don't tell me what to do!" Scar suddenly yelled, making the bird jump. "I'm the king until Mufasa comes back, not you!" The true king, his queen Sarabi, and their son Simba had gone away for a while, and left Scar in charge until they came back home.

Meanwhile outside, Shenzi was back from her little feast when she heard their argument. 'You're kidding me!' She thought.

"Scar! Are you really asleep in there?!" Shenzi called out with an irritated tone.

"Well, not anymore, now that you called!" Scar yelled back with the same irritated tone. "Now beat it!" Shenzi rolled her eyes, and just decided to leave. If he was in a bad mood, she didn't want to be around to see it. She walked to a group of lionesses and flopped on her stomach. She expected them to either walk away, or shoo her away, but since she was queen temporarily, they gave her more respect than that. Except for Zira. She was jealous of the hyena.

"Need something? Take a picture, it lasts longer!" She snapped. Shenzi glared at her.

"Zira!" Sarafina yelled. "She's the queen! You should be nicer!" Zira rolled her eyes and just left.

"Thanks for that," Shenzi muttered.

"No problem." Sarafina said with a smile. "What'd Scar do this time?"
She, along with the other lionesses knew very well that Scar wasn't treating Shenzi like a queen at all. He was treating her more like a slave.

"First, he made me sing a bouncy song about coconuts, then he made me leave, pretending he was going to sleep. Then after catching and eating a zebra, I went back, and he wasn't sleeping at all!" She ranted.

"I heard him arguing with the bird, so I yelled 'Are you really sleeping in there?' But he yelled 'I was, until you called! Now beat it!' So I just left, and here I am." She finished, almost out of breath. Sarafina smirked.

"That's Scar for ya," She giggled.

"Thanks, I feel much better," Shenzi said sarcastically.

"Well, I'm sure he'll come to his senses soon." Little did Shenzi, or anybody know, Sarafina was right.

(A/N: Sorry for not updating for a long time! I've been in a Timzi mood lately. Maybe once "Short Stuff 2" is done, I'll be able to continue this. But until then, I think this story will be on hiatus. ^^; P.S. I don't own any of the characters or the songs in this. They all belong to Disney.)