A/N: Let's wrap up this hot story, shall we?

snheetah: Well, you can thank ThatPersonYouMightKnow for Haiba. Without him, Haiba would have never existed in the first place.

Greg M 94: Well, the elephants can put a fire out, so he did for the Pridelands.

Chapter 5: Burned

Simba had been walking through the woods for a good half hour, and there was no sign of Wildfire or Haiba anywhere. He worried that one of his friends had run into them, but would have yelled if they did.

"Why does this stuff happen to us?" Simba asked himself as he walked through a bunch of vines that were hanging from a tree. "Just once, I wish-Woah!"

"Ah!"

Simba had run into Nala on the other side of the vines.

"Oh..." Nala said, still a little startled, "It's you... Any sign of Haiba or Wildfire?"

"No." Simba said, "Let's just keep going in this direction. He must have taken Haiba pretty far in."

Simba went silent and looked like he was listening intently for something.

"What is it?" Nala asked him.

"Shh." Simba hushed her, "I thought I heard something... It sounded like somebody talking." He kept listening and it wasn't long before he heard the voices again. They sounded like they were a bit distant, but not too far.

"I hear it!" Nala exclaimed, looking to where it appeared to be coming from, "Do you think it's Wildfire?"

"There's only one way to find out." Simba replied, as he began heading for the voices, "Come on, if it's them, we need to end this. Now,"

"Mmmph! Mimmf!" Haiba attempted to say, but the vine that Wildfire had used to gag him prevented it. Even though he couldn't speak, he kept on trying, which was stepping on Wildfire's last nerve.

"You know what?" Wildfire said as he walked over to Haiba. He broke the vine that gagged him by burning it. "I've had it with your presence..." He got in Haiba's face, and put a paw on Haiba's throat.

"Any last words before I burn your throat out?" Wildfire asked.

Haiba didn't say anything, instead, without any warning, he quickly kissed Wildfire on the muzzle, causing the evil cub to recoil from him.

"Nope." Haiba grinned, "Just that."

Wildfire was now buring with rage. How dare that little cretin kiss him. He grabbed Haiba by thoat.

Wildfire's hateful eyes glared into Haiba's. "Now, you're de-"

Clonk!

Wildfire dropped Haiba and put a paw on the back of his head. He was bleeding slightly. He turned around and saw Simba and Nala standing there. Simba had thrown a rock at him. Haiba was no longer a concern to him.

"So," Wildfire began, "I see you decided to come after all. You're lucky your little friend is still alive... How you live with him, I'll never know, but I don't really care. The only thing that matters is killing you."

"Guys?" they heard a voice from within the trees.

"That sounds like Tora." Nala said.

"Well," Wildfire said as he walked to the edge of the clearing. "we don't want anyone interrupting." His paw suddenly ignited. He then started walking around the perimeter, setting the edge on fire.

"This is getting hotter by the second." Haiba said. "Now, it's the four of us!"

Wildfire just ignored Haiba's comment as a wall of fire quickly grew around them.

"Woah!" Tora said on the other side of the fire. She had met up with Kora, Sora, and Mheetu.

"You over there!?" Mheetu yelled.

"Yes!" Simba answered. "We're fine!"

"Not for long." Wildfire said. He suddenly lunged at Simba, but Simba reacted quickly and dodged his attack. Simba didn't know what to do. If he tried to kill him by slashing at him, he would get burned. He then noticed that Wildfire had grabbed Nala.

"What do you say we kill her first?" Wildfire laughed.

Simba quickly launched himself at Wildfire and slashed him across his face, not caring about the drops of lava burning his paw.

"Warmed up?" Wildfire asked as he wiped the lava off his face, "I am."

Wildfire pounced at Simba, both of his paws ready to burn him. Simba wasn't fast enough this time as Wildfire tackled him, burning Simba's sides in the process. Simba ended up getting pinned, but was able to kick Wildfire off of him. Some of Simba's fur had been burned off in a couple spots, as was some of his skin. As Wildfire got ready for another attack, a clap of thunder was heard above them. They looked up just as the rain began to fall. It was a torrential downpour.

The flames that surrounded Simba, Nala, Haiba and Wildfire were quickly extinguished, allowing Tora and the others to join them.

"It's going to take more than a little rain to stop me!" Wildfire yelled. His paws were once again on fire, but that didn't stop Simba from grabbing one of Wildfire's forelegs, being careful to not touch the fire.

"Let go of me!" He made a move to swipe at Simba with his other paw, but was stopped when Nala grabbed that leg. "Hey!"

"Tora, Sora," Simba said, "Each of you grab one of his hind legs."

Tora and her brother did as they were told. Wildfire was now helpless. They knew what he had in mind.

"Put me down!" Wildfire shouted, struggling to get free. They managed to maintain a hold on him.

"Now!" Simba yelled as he twisted Wildfire's leg as hard as he could.

Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!

Tora, Nala, and Sora all did as Simba, breaking each one of Wildfire's legs with a sickening snapping sound.

"AHHHHH!" Wildfire shouted as his legs were snapped. They let go of him and let him fall into the mud in pain.

"Do we just leave him here?" Kora asked.

"He'll die from the injuries." Simba said, "There's nothing else we can do. Let's go home." He and his friends started to walk away.

"Hey, Tora." Haiba said as he walked up next to her, "I don't know about you, but I find kissing in the rain romantic."

"Yeah," Tora said, "I do, but not with you." She moved her head over and kissed Mheetu. Haiba just looked disappointed.

None of them looked back once at Wildfire, who had now slipped into unconsciousness from the pain. He was covered in mud and it appeared as if he was done for.

A lone lioness with light gray fur ran silently through the jungle. She soon came to a clearing, where she found the body of Wildfire.

"So, those cubs managed to defeat you..." she said in a sweet, calming voice as she looked down at him. She could see he was still alive, but he was unconscious.

"Perhaps you deserve another chance..." She carefully picked the cub up. Instead of running away with him, she disappeared into a flash of light.

A/N: Hm... Who is this mysterious lioness at the end? Why would she help Wildfire? Well, you're getting nothing out of me. See you for the next story, which could be up tonight.