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The Lion King 3: The Dark Pride(Chapter 10)

Just then a crocodile sunk it's teeth into Kovu's leg and Zaraka's forelegs and began dragging them forward.

Just as The crocodiles were dragging them forward, both Kovu and Zaraka slammed their other paw in to the crocodiles heads as hard as they could and they let go.

Zaraka then said to Kovu, "Quick, try to get up that ledge and I'll distract them! Go now!"

Kovu didn't waste any time as Zaraka roared at the reptiles, "Hey, over here you big filthy lizards!"

Surprisingly, Zaraka grabbed all the crocodiles attention and they started coming at her fast. So, Zaraka began runing as fast as she could around them and trying to avoid being grabbed and taken down by them. Zaraka looked up to see that Kovu was almost to the ledge with Kiara safely on his back. At that moment, she saw a crocodile lunge at her and she barely avoided the attack and started running again.

But as she kept on dodging their attacks, she was getting more and more tired by the second. They were lunging at her really fast that she was wearing herself out avoiding the attacks. Then another one lunged at her and caught her off guard and shoved the lioness down on her back into the soft, mushy ground! The reptile began shoving it's big claws deeper and deeper into Zaraka's chest! She roared in pain as blood began pouring out of her chest fast as the crocodile was trying to rip her chest open! She began coughing and gagging as blood began staining the shallow water bright red but Zaraka then said to herself, "I will not let this filth kill me! I will live and escape this nightmare!"

Zaraka then raised her paw and struck the crocodile square in the jaw as hard as she could and it fell off her! She then painfully got up and ran towards the ledge! Kovu then saw her running towards the ledge he was about to jump on and yelled, "Come on, you can do it. Hurry, they are gaining on you!"

Zaraka jumped as high as she could and barely made it on the ledge where the reptiles can't get to. Kovu then as carefully as he could, started climbing up but just as he got up, Kiara had fallen off his back. As Kiara fell, it just so happen to wake her up. She groaned in pain and opened her eyes to see the crocodiles gaining speed and headed right for her.

She gasped and got up on her shaky paws the best she could and just as the reptile lunged at her, she moved out of the way and dodged two attacks. She then started to run away from them the best she could.

As Kovu saw this, he was about to jump down and help Kiara, but Zaraka was trying to hold him back while saying, "No Kovu! If you try to help her, you will also be killed!"

Kovu replied, "But she's my mate and Queen to be. It would be an honor for me to die for her, I can't bare to see her die!"

Zaraka responded, "I understand that, but let her do it herself! She will escape them!"

Back to where Kiara was, she was getting weaker by the moment and if she soon didn't get to the ledge, she surely would die. Just then, a crocodile lunged at her as her paws gave away and was shoved into the ground. It started to do the same thing it did to Zaraka, except, it was shoving and trying to rip open the side of her neck! As she screamed in pain, blood began pouring fast down her neck and staining the shallow water bright red, but she wasn't about to give up, so she raised her paw and smacked it across the face and it feel off her neck.

Kiara agonizingly, got up on her shaky and weak paws and ran towards the ledge and jumped and caught a hold of the ledge. But just as she was about to pull herself up, the crocodile sunk it's huge teeth into her hind leg and eventually Kiara's hind leg cracked. She began loosing her grip fast, but Kovu and Zaraka grabbed her paws. Even then, Zaraka and Kovu were even slipping, so Kiara started kicking it in the face as hard as she could constantly and it finally let go and and Zaraka and Kovu pulled her up.

Kovu then approached Kiara quickly and took a look at her neck. It wasn't to deep, but the bleeding was still pouring out of her neck. Zaraka then examined the wound and told Kovu, "She needs to be seen by someone soon or she will probably die from blood...loss."

Kovu gasped and said, "Are you ok?" Oh my, you also need to be seen soon to, your wound on your chest and hind legs are deep. Do you think you can walk?"

Zaraka replied while breathing deeply, "Yes, I...think...I can."

So Kovu nodded then concentrated on Kiara, she was still conscious but barely. Her breathing was slowing down quickly to, so he carefully picked her up and they made their way to Rafiki's tree as fast as they could.

Once they arrived, Kovu walked in and said, "Rafiki, you need to help her and Kiara quickly, I'm afraid if you don't soon...they might...die."

Zaraka butted in and said to Kovu, "My name's Zaraka."

Kovu replied, "Okay Zaraka."

Rafiki, replied, "Okay, well carefully put Kiara down here and Zaraka, I need you to lay down to."

They both nodded and then Kovu walked outside. After awhile, he started pacing, worried that his mate might die.

Rafiki then called Kovu in and once he was in, Rafiki said, "I've stopped the bleeding. I don't know how, but it seems like they will make it. My guess is that the great kings of the past decided it wasn't time for them to go just yet. You can stay here for the rest of the evening and I'll inform the others at Pride Rock, okay."

Kovu sighed in relief and nodded. So as Rafiki left, he went inside and saw that Kiara was unconscious at the moment and Zaraka was resting. So Kovu sighed again and laid down next to Kiara and whispered in her ear, "Don't worry sweaty, you'll be fine, I promise."

With that, he licked her cheek affectionately, nuzzled her and then rested his head on his paws and eventually dozed off to sleep.

Well, what did you think? Hope you liked it! I tried to make it as best as possible. Yes, I know it was a bit brutal, but as you may know, I tend to do that every now and then.

Anyway, I'm not sure when my next Update will be, because of my Exams coming up, but I'll try to Update ASAP, okay!

But for now, Please R&R!!

-Kovu 01