Disclaimer: I don't own lion king, but I do own Zaraka, and Kodda!

The Lion King 3: The Dark Pride(Chapter 13)

Author's Note: Okay, I'm going to start off at the last paragraph of my last chapter. Enjoy.:)

Back at Pride Rock, Kovu was headed down to get a drink of water, but suddenly sensed a strong smell, the scent was blood and it wasn't to far away. So he ran to where the scent was and once he arrived at the scene, he gasped, not believing what he was seeing. Blood was spilled everywhere, and once he saw Kiara and Vitani on the ground motionless, ran to them but without warning, was tackled to the ground by a huge lion, Kovu then looked up and heard the lion speak evily, "Times up King Kovu!"

He continued, "Any last words Kingy?"

You will die once the Pride finds out about this, go to hell Rogue!"

Kodda snarled at this, so he opened his mouth and clamped his jaws tightly around the flank of Kovu's neck. Dark red blood began rushing down his neck, but to his surprise, Kodda let go of his neck. He then said evily, "I'm going to let you die slowly and painfully. Pride Rock will soon be mine and there's nothing you can do about it."

Kovu, gasping for air, replied, "You won't...get away with...this."

Kodda started laughing evilly and said, "What, you think you can stop me. A weakling like you...I expected a better fight from you, but obviously you are just as weak as your dead mate and sister. No one will stand in my way, Nala will soon die and the rest of your Pride will be helpless and one by one, they will die untill the Pridelanders go extinct."

So with that, he grinned evily and walked back into the shadows where he will gather up his army and take control of the Pridelands.

Kovu got up weakly and slowly walked towards his sister first, but as he got up, Kovu coughed up some blood, if he wasn't seen soon, he would die slowly. He approached his sister and nudged her muzzle a couple of times, but there was no sign of life in her. He then put his ear to her mouth to see if she was breathing, but she wasn't. She was dead.

Vitani's eyes were still half way open, so Kovu painfully put a paw on her face and gently closed her eyes. Tears began forming in his green eyes, as he slowly turned away from Vitani and walked towards Kiara.

Kovu whispered ever so quietly, again coughing up some blood, "Kiara...wake...up."

He nudged her white-creamy muzzle with his nose to try and wake her, but she didn't. He painfully said again, 'Kiara, wake up...you can't...die, you...just can't."

He then noticed that a pool of blood had formed on the ground in front of her neck and face and that the flank of her neck was still bleeding a bit. So, he closed his eyes painfully, hoping that this was just a terrible nightmare. Then something caught his attention, he heard some shallow breathing, it was Kiara, she was still alive, but only barely. She was close to death and needed help quickly.

Kovu said painfully, "Kiara, Kiara...can you...hear me?"

To Kovu's surprise, she answered weakly and painfully, "Kovu...I'm so...sorry. I...never meant...for this...to...happen.

Kovu replied, feeling himself grow weaker ever so slowly, "It's ok...Kiara. None of...this is...your fault. It's mine...I told you that I...couldn't...go with you, it's...my...own fault.

As tears began streaming down her face, she answered weakly, "I'm...going to...die...aren't...I."

"No, you...are not...going to die."

Kiara suddenly coughed up some blood, but managed to say, "I...I...love...you."

Tears began streaming down his face, he answered weakly, "I love you...to."

Kiara's breathing became shallower and soon enough, her eyes close and she was finally dead. She died right in front of him. Kovu let loose of his tears and they finally began streaming down his face and then nuzzled her deeply. After he nuzzled her, he licked her cheek one last time and turned away from her.

He walked towards Zaraka to check her breathing, she was alive, so he weakly picked her up and painfully made his way to Rafiki's tree. He turned around and looked at the lifeless bodies of Kiara and his sister, Vitani one last time, then slowly left to Rafiki's tree.

Back at Pride Rock, Nala walked out of the den, curious as to where Simba, Kiara, Kovu and Vitani were. But then she all of a sudden got a scent that wasn't to far off, it smalled like it was blood. So she ran down Pride Rock but happen to run into Kovu. She noticed that Kovu was carrying Zaraka, who was badly injured, just like Kovu was, so she asked worriedly, "Kovu, what happened to you?

Kovu replied painfully, "Kodda came back...again. My body is getting weaker, I'm dying...Nala. Please, take...care of...everyone for...me. Kodda said...he'll be back...to take...control of Pride Rock."

Nala asked worriedly, "Kovu...where is Simba? Where's Vitani and my daughter?

Kovu shut his eyes painfully and said, "They are all dead...Kodda...killed...them.

Nala then took a few steps back and said quietly, "No."

"I'm sorry...Nala."

"Kovu...where are they?"

"They are...back over there."

Nala, without waisting any time, ran in the direction of where Kovu told her and once she arrived, she was in shock, blood was spilled everywhere, staining the grass and dry grounds. She approached Simba, but she noticed that his neck was broken and was dead. Tears started streaming down her face. So she quickly turned away from the gruesome site.

Nala walked over to Vitani and put her paw on her head to see if she was warm, but she wasn't, she was dead.

But once Nala saw Kiara's lifeless corpse, her heart almost shattered. She quickly approached her daughter and nudged her muzzle to try and wake her up, but there was no movement. She was dead and there was nothing she could do but cry into her daughters fur. Nala then pulled back, looked up into the stars and asked, "Why! Why would you do this to me. Kiara's to young to die, she doesn't deserve this fate!"

Nala then said to herself, "Mufassa would never let Kiara die like this, he wouldn't do this to me."

But just as she was going to leave, she heard a cough. So she quickly turned around and saw that Kiara was breathing again. So she quickly approached her daughter and nudged her gently and said, "Kiara sweety, it me. Can you hear me?"

Kiara then opened her brown eyes and smiled weakly, "Hi mom. Mufassa told me to say hi to you."

Nala's jaw just hung open, not believeing what she was seeing. A minute ago, her daughter was gone, but now she's alive. Finally she was able to regain her composure and nuzzled her daughter deeply. For quite some time, the nuuzzled each other deeply, thankful that Kiara wasn't gone.

After they were done nuzzling each other, Kiara tried to get up, but fell back on to the ground because she was still in pain.

Nala then said, "Kiara, just lie down and stay still, let me carry you and we'll get Rafiki to check on you, okay."

As Kiara nodded painfully, Nala slipped Kiara onto her back and carried her to Rafiki.

Once she got there, Nala asked Rafiki, "How's Zaraka, will she be okay?"

He replied, "Yes, she will be fine."

Nala gently laid Kiara down next to Zaraka and asked, "What about Kovu, will he be okay?"

Rafiki looked down for a moment, but then looked at Nala and said painfully, "I'm sorry, but Kovu's dying."

OMG, I can't believe I just had Vitani die! Please don't hate me for that(lol).

Anyway, well, what did you think? I wasn't sure about the part where I had Kiara come back, but hope you enjoyed it overall. I'm sorry again if it was a bit brutal, but I Hope you liked it anyway! I tried to make it as best as possible.

And sorry I couldn't get this up sooner, I had another writer's block for quite sometime, but I was finally able to update this, so I hope you enjoyed it.:)

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

But for now, Please R&R!!

-Kovu 01