A/N: I present to you Chapter Three! A bit short, but something big happens here.

anonymous13: Yep, this story is in a perpetual year. They never age. Thanks for the review!

snheetah: Well, he's already exacted his revenge, now he's just out to cause destruction just for the fun of it.

Chapter 3: Bleeding Fire

"Whew..." Simba said as he and his friends reached the water hole, "We got away..." They had managed to escape that psychotic lion cub that called himself Wildfire, but they didn't know how long that would last. This cub had unbelievable power, and he certainly wasn't afraid to use it.

"He's out for blood." Tora said, "He has no reason to kill us. He just wants to."

"I guess he just has a short fuse." Haiba said, "It probably doesn't take much to ignite it."

They looked back in the direction they came from. The smoke was now visible from the water hole, indicating it had grown. Luckily, there was no wind, so the fire would spread too quickly.

"What do we do?" Kora asked, "It's only a matter of time before he finds us again."

That's when they heard a loud boom behind them.

"You thought you could run?" Wildfire asked as the cubs faced him, "It won't do any good. Run all you want, I'll just find you again. So, would you like to burn slowly, or should I just incinerate your flesh quickly?" Wildfire was suddenly struck and found himself pinned by Simba.

"I'm ending this now!" Simba yelled as he slashed Wildfire's throat. He pulled his paw back when something unexpected happened... His paw got burned. It wasn't blood that was coming out of Wildfire's throat, but lava. Simba backed away from him, his paw still burning. Wildfire stood up as his wound dripped the molten liquid on the ground. The lava quickly hardened around the wound, sealing it back up.

"Well," Wildfire laughed, "that little plan didn't work. Now let's try-"

Splash!

Wildfire was caught off guard and pushed into the water hole by Nala. "Run!"

Wildfire surfaced, coughing up water. The water began boiling as he heated up his paws. He was furious.

I'll get them! Wildfire yelled in his head, Their bodies will be set on fire, and I'll laugh as I watch them burn to ash!

Simba and his group all kept running. They kept running until they were a safe distance from Pride Rock. They knew that they had to lead Wildfire away from their home.

"This should be a safe distance..." Simba panted. He felt the stinging burn return to his paw.

"What was that!?" Mheetu exclaimed, "He bleeds lava!? That's not natural!"

"He must have had some magical encounter." Haiba said, "A hot one."

"Would you cool it with the fire puns?" Nala asked, then she realized what she had said, "Shoot..."

"Focus!" Simba shouted, "We have a serious problem. There's a psycho out to kill us!"

"And that's different how...?" Tora asked. It wasn't as if it was an unusual occurance, they seemed to always be in danger.

"Doesn't matter." Simba said, "We just need to figure out how to beat him."

"Maybe an ice bath?" Haiba suggested, "That would cool that cub down."

Simba just gave him a blank look, "Where exactly are we supposed to get ice?"

"Use your brain, Haiba." Tora said.

"I am," Haiba told her, "I don't see you-Woah!" He was suddenly grabbed from behind. Wildfire had found them again.

"Don't move!" Wildfire shouted, holding a paw to Haiba's throat, "I'll melt his flesh!"

"Let him go!" Simba yelled, "You have no reason to be attacking us!"

"I don't need one." Wildfire told him, "It's all for the thrill... Now, I'm going to take your little friend got it? Meet me at sundown in the jungle, if you don't show up, he dies... Actually, only you come." He pointed at Simba, "You seem to be the leader. Killing you would be plenty for me..." With that, he clpped his paws together and he and Haiba disappeared in a flash of fire.

"I say we just let it go at that." Tora said.

"Tora, you can't possibly dislike Haiba that much..." Nala said, giving her a disapproving look.

"I guess you're right." She said, "Let's go save the little weirdo."

"But he only said for Simba to show up." Nala said, "He'll probably kill Haiba if we all go."

"Hm..." Simba said, "Maybe if we all enter from different parts of the jungle, he won't notice. Do not confront him until I say so."

"Well," Kora said, "I suppose that's the best we can do... But there's still one problem."

"Oh yeah..." Simba said, "How do we kill him...?"

"Oh," Nala said, "Good point. Let's think. How do you kill a cub that can burn your face off and bleeds lava?"

"...I got nothing." Mheety said.

"Me neither." Sora added.

None of them could think of a way to take him out. Wildfire seemed unstoppable, and as of now, it looked like that they would be walking right to their deaths...

A/N: Looks like Wildfire is holding Haiba hostage... Of all of them, he picks Haiba. Yeah, he'll probably regret that. Find out next time!