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Awoooooooooooooo! Long time for update? Oh I know well fresh from the hospital (I hate those places) The Lone Wolf is back on the web. In my own bed and with my own curry in hand. Have a read of Strike The Wolf's fiction and yes I noticed the howling and the puns that relate to me, but I digress it wouldn't be the first time and it won't be the last so I have no problem there. So I'm procrastinating again so heres chapter three. Enjoy
A Girls Claws
Chapter 3: Differing Attempts
The next morning Simba sat up to look around the den, the previous day seemed to be a blur to him. He grinned thinking of how Nala had become his friend….his only friend.
He stood up and stretched his joints. Light poured through the den opening revealing another sunny day. Simba bounded out to the tip of Pride Rock to watch what was left of the sun rise.
Nala opened her bleary eyes and watched as though in slow motion as a golden orb hurtled towards the entrance. Nala smiled, she knew that only Simba could possess that kind of energy on a morning. She was amazed that she had a friend at all. Even if they had been told that Simba was going to the watering hole today and that Nala had to stay with her mother and her friends for a while. The young princess did not mind that she had to so long as she got to see Simba today.
A couple of hours later Nala was laid between her mothers paws listening to the idle chatter of the lionesses.
"Well I said that if she wanted that kill she'd have to earn it, then she said I've earned more kills than you've had warthogs for dinner. I said that's funny because I'm one of the lead hunters" the lionesses chuckled.
My mother interjected.
"Well I've always thought she was a little too full of herself. I'm glad someone stood up to her." Nala played with a stray rock listening to the conversation.
"Well of course your highness, we can't let some of these youngsters think they own Pride Rock, they need to know their place." Was a response from an old lioness.
Sarabi nodded.
"So your highness if I may be so bold, have you found a mate for little Nala yet?" Sarafina asked.
Nala paid no attention to the implications of the question, she had heard the adults talking about her needing a mate for ages and it no longer phased her.
Sarabi grinned cheekily.
"Actually I was thinking of letting Nala choose her mate" Nala's head whipped up to stare at her mother in fear. She had to choose a mate?
Nala worried now that she had to go up to a boy and ask them to be her mate. It was something she hoped she would be spared doing, obviously not.
Sarabi looked down at her daughter and grinned.
"Thought about it Nala?" Nala shook her head her ears pinned to her head.
"Well you seemed to be rather happy around young Simba, anything going on between you two?" Sarabi probed. The other lionesses began to giggle and chatter away.
Nala blushed and looked at her paws.
"Mom we are just friends" Sarabi chuckled and lowered her head to the side of Nala's.
"That's what I said to my mother when I met Mufasa" Nala cringed and blushed.
"Mom there is nothing going on between me an Simba!" Nala insisted.
"Really?" Sarabi asked smiling widely.
"Oh for the sake of the Savannah!" Nala exclaimed and bounded off towards the watering hole.
"Nala! Come here!" Sarabi called standing up.
"I'll go your highness if you'll permit me, I need to pick up my son also" Sarafina offered.
A wide grin spread across Sarabi's muzzle as she turned to face Sarafina.
"Your son is Simba?" Sarafina looked puzzled.
"Yes"
"Simba's down by the watering hole?" Again Sarafina looked puzzled.
"Yes"
"Nala's just run down to the watering hole?" Sarafina's eyes lit up in understanding.
"Of course!" Sarabi smiled.
"Maybe we should both go down" Sarafina grinned cheekily.
"Oh yes your highness" the other lionesses looked on dumbfounded.
Simba glared at Yavna a brown cub with yellow eyes.
"Why are you sniffing around the princess, you know scum like you will never be good enough for her" he growled, Simba's blood boiled.
"You should just leave nobody wants you here princess Nala just needs a stooge to do stuff for her" another cub growled.
Yavna nodded.
"Yeah she picked the biggest loser so that the rest of us don't get bothered by it" Simba remained silent. He allowed his mind to wander over to Nala and it kept him happy.
Just as he was thinking of the aforementioned cub a tan object ploughed into Simba's right side. The wind escaped him and a sharp pain emitted from his chest. Simba yelped and growled turning to face his attacker. The princess clambered to her feet letting loose a small sob quietly.
All the cubs with the exception of Simba and Nala bowed low. Simba stood straight again relaxing his pose and padded over to her.
"Are you ok what's wrong?" Nala held back the tears hard.
"I slipped at the top of the hill and I couldn't stop running and now my paw hurts." A tear spilt from Nala's eye. Simba looked at her paw to find it was covered in thorns causing it to bleed. Simba glanced at Nala's face as he moved his head closer to her injured paw. He pulled a thorn out with his teeth slowly and gently. Nala watched the top of his head wincing every so often.
After a while all the thorns were gone and the wounds had been licked clean. Simba raised his head and looked at Nala who looked on in wonder at Simba.
"There the thorns are gone, but it looks like you sprained it." Nala looked at her useless paw and sobbed.
"How will I get home then?" she asked upset.
Simba flushed.
"Well I could you know hold your paw while you walk and help you home" he mumbled.
Nala raised her eyebrows in shock.
"Well…I…ok" she stammered offering her shaking injured paw.
Simba gently grasped it with his right paw looking anywhere but at her and slowly the pair made progress to Pride Rock.
Not far from where they were limping the two adults watched their children.
"Should we help them your highness?" Sarafina asked. Sarabi narrowed her eyes.
"No let's follow them though I want to see how this turns out." The queen responded.
Nala remained silent when they reached Pride Rock, she finally spoke.
"Thank you Simba, for being a great friend and for taking care of me" Nala said blushing at the fact that even though they had arrived at Pride Rock, Simba still held her paw.
"It's ok" Simba mumbled blushing.
Simba let go of her paw for a moment before she caught his with her injured one once more.
"No please stay a little longer…it f…feels nice" Nala flushed crimson in sync with Simba.
The two friends talked once more until dark sitting at the top of Pride Rock holding paws.
That is of course until the adults made their presence known.
"Well, well young princess, what's all this then?" Queen Sarabi asked with a grin.
Simba and Nala turned to face their parents.
"We weren't doing anything!" Nala yelped shocked.
Simba lowered his head to the Queen.
"As your still holding my daughters paw I think we can forgo the bowing young Simba." Sarabi said chuckling.
Simba's head shot up and the two cubs looked at each other then slowly looked down at their clasped paws.
"Oh!" Nala said as they released hastily and looked in opposite directions blushing furiously.
The adults giggled.
"Love is in the air" Sarafina sang.
"Everywhere I turn" Sarabi countered.
"Love is in the air" Sarafina continued before both adults fell into peels of laughter at the sheer embarrassment of their cubs.
"Come on Simba time for bed now anyway" Sarafina stated still chuckling.
"You too Nala" Sarabi called tears of laughter falling from her eyes.
"Not giving your girlfrienda good night kiss?" Sarafina teased causing a blushing Simba to yelp and bound off into the den.
Nala blushed playing with the end of her tail. Sarafina bade both Sarabi and Nala good night and followed her son.
Sarabi walked slowly with her daughter to the royal quarter of the den.
During the middle of the night Nala awoke feeling slightly empty. Across the den Simba was feeling the same way.
Simba rose and silently padded over to the middle of the den walking right into Nala, whom apparently had the same idea as him.
"I forgot to say good night" Nala admitted going pink.
"So did I" Simba said trying to hide his face from the moonlight.
"So erm… good night Nala" he said with a shy smile.
Nala returned it just as nervously.
"Night Simba" there was a moment in which Nala grabbed Simba's head and kissed his cheek.
"That's for you know earlier and…..yeah….see you tomorrow" Nala raced off silently to her mother before she woke.
Simba touched the place where she kissed him and grinned stupidly almost falling on one of the sleeping lionesses.
Simba crept back and lay beside his mother falling in to a satisfied sleep.
Across the den when Nala had laid down, Sarabi stifled a giggle from the event she had just witnessed and made a mental note to tease her daughter in the morning.
Awooooooooooooo! Whooo. That was a longer chapter than usual. How was it then, good? Great? Really good? EPIC NINJA GOD! Fail? REVIEW and let me know
I'm actually quite proud of how that shaped up and sorry for the delay in uploading been busy. I'll try to update sooner *Everyone rolls eyes* no honestly I will!
Until next time my dear readers this is The Lone Wolf hunting down a curry and signing off!