The Lion King 3: The Dark Pride: (Chapter 2)

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Later on that day after the announcement of the new King and Queen, Kiara walked up to her father, along with Kovu and asked, "Hey daddy, Kovu and I are going to take a stroll through the Pridelands. We should be back by evening, okay."

Simba replied, while smiling at his daughter and her mate Kovu, "Okay, but be careful okay."

Kiara then nuzzled her father and responded, "Don't worry daddy, we will. Right Kovu?"

Kovu chuckled a little and answered, "Yes we will. Don't worry Simba, we'll be fine, and I'll make sure Kiara doesn't get into trouble either."

As soon as Kiara heard that, she turned to face Kovu, she frowned a bit, but shortly it turned into a giggle as Simba said, "Okay, have fun then."

Kiara responded while grinning at Kovu, "Don't worry, we will."

Simba then watched as his daughter and son-in law walk down Pride Rock to take a stroll through the Pridelands. He sighed then went back into the den to find Nala.

As Kiara and Kovu began their walk, Kiara looked at Kovu and said, "So, how does it feel to be the new King of the Pridelands?"

Kovu smiled and replied, "It actually feels kind of nice, but at the same time, I'm still pretty nervous."

"Well don't worry Kovu, you'll do great. That I promise you."

"Thanks dear, and I'm sure you'll be a great Queen to."

Kiara then blushed a little and nuzzled Kovu for a few moments.

So, as they continued their walking, Kovu said with a smile, "Hey Kiara, did you know that you're the most beautiful lioness I've ever met? Your eyes are so pretty, just everything about you is so nice. I'm very lucky to have you as my mate, I don't know how any other male could not be attracted to you."

As Kiara blushed again, this time even more, she replied, "You really think I'm that attractive."

Kovu responded with a big smile on his face, "Oh most definitely. Anybody with eyes can see that."

As they both stopped walking, Kiara nuzzled him deeply and said, "Thank you Kovu, that means alot to me."

Kovu nuzzled her back, licked her cheek and said, "You're welcome sweetie."

When they stopped nuzzling each other, Kiara began walking again while Kovu dropped back behind her while grinning a bit. As soon as Kiara noticed he wasn't beside her, she turned around to see him behind her grinning, so she asked, "What? Is something wrong."

The black maned lion only smirked and ran at her. He then leapt in the air, pouncing on her and Kiara landed on her back, but looked up at him with a grin. She then pushed her hind legs into his stomach, and with an urge of strength, she flipped the much stronger lion over head . She then rolled to her paws, pouncing on him as they rolled until they came to a stop.

When they stopped, Kiara was on her back as with Kovu playfully bit down on Kiara's neck.

"Oh, help me, somebody, I'm going to die soon," Kiara yelled out in mock trouble.

As Kovu lifted his head up above her, he laughed a bit as Kiara also giggled. With Kiara still on her back, Kovu leaned down and nuzzled her soft neck as she did the same while purring a bit to.

Kovu then whispered in her ear, "I love you Kiara."

Kiara giggled and replied, "I love you to Kovu."

Kovu then backed off of Kiara and allowed her to get to her paws. Kovu then asked, "Do you want to walk to the watering hole?"

Kiara smiled and replied, "Sure, why not."

So they continued their walking until they got to the watering hole. As soon as they got to the watering hole, they started lapping up some water, but what they didn't know is that there was this huge lion quietly walking towards them.

As the lion got closer, he pounced, catching her off guard and ended up pinning her, and just as the lion pinned her, He clamped his jaws around her neck tightly and sunk his large teeth deep into her neck. As Kiara roared in pain, the lion began sinking his teeth even deeper into her neck, trying to kill her as fast as possible, but unfortunately for him, Kovu saw this and slammed his paw into the lions face as hard as he could, causing him to let go of Kiara's neck.

As soon as he got up, Kovu again slammed his paw into the lion's face with all his might. As the lion got up, he said evilly, "You win this time, but next time I'll be sure that my Pride and I kill you both!"

So, with that, he ran back to the Outlands. As Kovu growled, Kiara got up and walked slowly towards him. Once when Kovu heard Kiara get up, he turned around and rushed towards her, eying Kiara's neck wound and asked, "Kiara, are you ok? You're bleeding pretty badly."

Kiara nodded her head and looked at him with blood rushing down her neck while dripping onto the ground and replied, "Yes, I'm fine. The wound isn't as bad as you think it is, I'm fine, really."

Kovu responded in a concerned tone, "Well, I'm not going to take any chances. We're going to go see Rafiki and check, just to be sure you're ok."

As Kiara just rolled her eyes and groaned, not wanting to go see Rafiki, Kovu said, "Now come on Kiara, don't do that."

Kiara complained, "But why do I have to see Rafiki, my neck wound doesn't hurt much and is not as bad as you think it is?"

Kovu answered back, "Because, it could possibly get infected and that wouldn't be good."

Kiara then rolled her eyes and said, "Fine."

So, Kiara and Kovu made their way to Rafiki's tree, and once they arrived, Rafiki went ahead and checked her neck wound.

After awhile of examining her, Rafiki came out and said to Kovu, "She'll be fine, the bleeding has stopped and she should be back on her paws shortly, okay. No need to worry, okay."

As Kovu sighed in relief, he replied, "Thanks Rafiki."

As Rafiki nodded, he went back into the tree. As Kovu was about to come in, Kiara came out of the tree and asked, "You want to go back home now?"

Kovu chuckled and said, "Sure, why not."

So, they began their way back to Pride Rock to tell everyone Kiara was okay.

So, what did ya think? Sorry if it's a bit short, but I'll try to make it a bit longer as I go on, okay. Anyway, hope you enjoyed it overall.:)

Anyway, I'm not sure when the next update will be, but I'll try to update ASAP, okay.

But for now, Please R&R!!

-Kovu 01