A/N: Hola! Merry Christmas, well Christmas Eve, but you know what I mean. My present to you is giving you the last chapter of this story. Hope you like it. I wasn't able to think of anything for Christmas, but I did find the idea for the next story in the series, so you'll be getting that after Christmas.

anonymous13: You just may get to see who this weird creature is... I know I like him, I hope you do to.

Chapter 5: Master

Mkali ran as fast as her legs would carry her back to where they had left Tamba with Simba and his friends. When she got back to the clearing, she noticed they were all gone.

"Where'd they go?" she asked as she looked around. She listened carefully and picked up a faint yelling coming from the jungle. "That way." She said before running in the direction of the sound.

"Uh... Guys?" Kora said as he and the others tried to get away from Tamba. "I think we've past that tree with the blue flowers, like six times."

"We couldn't have." Tora said. "We've been running in a straight line."

"Unless..." Simba said. "Tamba did something to the jungle so we just keep going in circles."

"But he doesn't have any powers." Sora told him. "I should know."

"Yeah," Nala said, "well, he came back from the dead, so he might have them now."

"Good point." Sora answered. "We haven't seen him in awhile... I wonder where he-"

"Looking for me?" Tamba said from behind the cubs. They spun around and saw him smiling evilly. "Like my little trick? It was quite enjoyable watching you run in circles, but now, you must perish. How would you like to-OW!" He felt someone dig claws into his back. He swung his back and threw his attacker off and into a tree, and knocked them out cold. He looked to see who it was and saw it was Mkali.

"And to think I was going to let you live..." Tamba said to her unconscious body. "Oh, well. I'll deal with you last." He turned his attention back to the other cubs. "Hm... How about YOU first!" he yelled as he pinned Nala against a tree.

"Leave her alone!" Simba yelled as he got of of Tora's back. He tried to go towards Tamba, but it wasn't any use. "OW!"

"It appears you're in no situation to tell me what to do." Tamba said before looking back at Nala. "Now, where was I?"

Nala closed her eyes, expecting Tamba to kill her, but was surprised when she heard Tamba yell.

"OW! Get off of my head!" he yelled as he tried to get a new attacker off of him.

Nala opened her eyes and saw Angani furiously slashing at Tamba's head.

"She came back?" Sora asked.

"Weird..." Tora said.

They continued to watch Angani as she continued to attack Tamba. After a few minutes, it was clear Tamba was out of energy. Angani jumped off of him and faced him.

"Had enough?" she asked.

"You... little... brat..." Tamba panted. His face was covered in scratches. "I'm... going to-"

"You won't be doing anything." A new voice said as the sky suddenly became dark.

"It just keeps getting better, doesn't it?" Kora said with a sigh.

The cubs all looked around, trying to find the owner of the voice, but it soon became obvious. They saw a pitch black mist emerge from the trees. Even creepier, it had bright green eyes and red pupils. A mouth with two sharp fangs became visible on the mist as well.

"W-what is that?" Sora asked as he backed up away from the mist.

"Master..." Tamba said as he walked closer to it. "I was just about to-"

"Fail?" the mist finished for him. "It sure looked that way. Get out of here before I really get angry."

"Y-yes." Tamba stuttered before running off.

The black mist looked over at the cubs, which was very unnerving to them.

"Who are you?" Simba asked it.

"You can just call me Kivuli." it answered. "That dope was supposed to take your miserable lives, but he failed to do that."

"Let me guess..." Kora said. "You're going to kill us now?"

"No." Kivuli answered. "You earned the chance to keep your lives today, but know this: You will die and I will be sure of it."

"Um... why do you want to kill us?" Tora asked.

"You'll mess up my plans, that's all I'm saying." Kivuli said. "Enjoy your lives while you have them, now to make sure you get out of my sight..."

The cubs suddenly fell unconcious and they disappeared.

Simba's eyes opened and he noticed that he and his friends were all back in the den at Pride Rock. He couldn't move because of his leg, but he noticed Nala was waking up.

"Hey, Nala." Simba said. "Can you help me?"

"How'd we get back here?" she asked.

"I don't know." Simba said as Nala lifted him onto her back. "Look, Mkali and Angani are over there."

Nala and Simba went over to them. Angani happened to wake up as they got to her.

"Thanks for helping us." Simba said.

"Whatever." she replied. "When she wakes up, we'll be leaving, since you probably don't want us her because I nearly killed you."

"You can stay." Simba said. "You did come back and save us, but you will need to learn to control your temper."

"No promises." she answered.

"Eh, good enough..." Simba said. "Let's go see if the others are awake yet."

They walked over to their friends and saw that Kora had woken up but the others were still sleeping.

"Hey, guess what?" Nala said.

"What?" Kora asked.

"Angani and Mkali are going to stay here."

"Oh... Yay." Kora said, looking over at Angani, who had lied back down next to Mkali. "She won't hurt me right?"

"No promises." Simba told him.

"It's better than a yes." Kora answered. "Well, I'm tired, I'm going back to sleep."

"Okay, bye." Nala said as she took Simba outside the den.

"Where are we going?" Simba asked.

"To see Rafiki." she said. "You probably won't be able to walk on that for weeks."

"This just sucks..." Simba said as they went down Pride Rock and towards Rafiki's tree.

"Ah, suck it up." Nala said.

"Just wake me when we get there." Simba said as he shut his eyes and went to sleep.

A/N: So, there you have it! Do you like Kivuli? He's based off a villain from a TV show... Can you guess which one? I'll be seeing you all after the holidays. Goodbye and Merry Christmas! :)