A/N: Peace, well tbh, I'm running out of ideas. I do have ideas but I'd rather keep them until it's the right time. Sorry if I'm not publishing in quite awhile. I'm not busy and all but I just gotta have ideas that I could make them detailed. Without further ado, this is chappy 9. Enjoy, Peace out. ~K_4_E

Simba POV

It was early morning and I was awake. The sun hasn't rose, so I walked to the top of Priderock to rest there while waiting for the sunrise. I slowly untangle myself from Aibu and tip-toed to the entrance of the den, I was lucky that no one was awake. I wanted to be alone so I could think. Aibu or Nala, Aibu or Nala. Nala was my best friend. Aibu is a friend I just met, but she's attractive. I reached the top of Priderock and paced back and forth at the top. I had a mental fight in my mind.

Why'd you want Aibu?! You just met her!

She's attractive, that's all

Nala isn't attractive?

She is, but Aibu's also attractive.

You barely know her.

That's when it hit me. My mind was right; she just arrived at Priderock for a day and I'm taking to much liking into her. I gave a big sigh and muttered "Nala and I have so much good memories." I decided that I should just treat everyone equally. I smiled at the idea and watch the sunrise. However, Nala didn't watch the sunrise. It was odd, so I went down and head for the den. I saw Nala covering her face with her paws. I had a confused look on my face, so I went to her and asked "Hey Nal!, what's wrong?"

She slowly lowered her paws. She was crying with a hurt expression on her face. She answered "I-I thought you l-loved Me." she cried harder after saying that. I smiled and said "Hey, I still do. Of course I love you, more than just a friend." Nala stopped crying. She thought it was a lie, so she replied "funny one Simba, tell me the truth PLEASE!" she pleaded.

"Nala, I love you to the moon and back." I kissed her and nuzzled her to prove that I do still love her, which was true. She stood still without any reply nor any movement. I smiled and said

"Nala? Nala! NALA!" she was still unfocused, so I lied "Aibu's my mate." She finally made a movement but wasn't the movement I expected. She pounced on me and nuzzled my chin and chest. Then, she said "You're a great liar Simba" with a smirk. My jaw hung for a short period of time before saying "YOU KNEW! Well, it was good enough to make you focus." However, she continued to smirk. "I pretended to be unfocused. I wanted to see your reaction." I was shock and sad. I never get tricked by anyone before, and this is worse, I attempted to trick Nala but it was the other way around.

Nala noticed my sad expression, so she nudged me softly and said "I was your first best friend, so I know how you are. Don't be sad." She licked my cheek and I smiled. After that, we went to the waterhole. Everyone was there, my good-friends and my best-friend. We played tag, pinned ya, hide and seek and hunter. It was very fun, but tiring. Aibu decided to join our group but she couldn't stay for long. After playing, we decided to rest under our usual tree, but with Aibu beside Tama.

Suddenly, I remembered something. Elephant Graveyard. "GUYS! I FORGOT TO TELL YOU, I HEARD ABOUT THIS COOL PLACE." I said with a huge smile on my face. Their head's darted towards me. I stood with pride while Tama said "skip the royalty, where is it." I gave her a fake smile. Man, I didn't dare challenge her back.

"It's an Elephant Graveyard." I said with a smile. They looked shocked, especially Aibu. "well? Isn't it interesting?" I said with confidence. There was an awkward silence until Aibu said "Simba, that place is dangerous. I've been there and it's really creepy, and it's specifically in the outlands." I rolled my eyes. "Come on, I'm the strongest cub around. I ain't afraid of anything." I smirked while standing in pride. Chumvi and Tojo laughed, while Tama said "come on, you can't even beat Nala in pinned ya."

I rolled my eyes and said "whatever, so you guys coming?" Kula and Ema replied "Oh, we umm have to uhmm help our parents." After saying that, they rushed off to their parents. However, Tama shook her head and took a nap. I wanted to say 'scaredy-cat' but I stopped myself from doing so. However, Nala stated "I'll go wherever you go. Remember, we promised not to leave each other's side." I smiled and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. Tojo ran off to play with his friends, so called 'antelope, birds, zebra and gazelle'. He never ate meat, his a herbivore. It's really weird for a lion, but I can't judge him. Chumvi also followed Tojo to make friends with the 'herbivores'. I sighed and looked at Aibu. Aibu rolled her eyes and said "fine, I'll go." I beamed while Nala just stood by my side.

Nala POV

Aibu was following and I felt jealous, but I just had to get rid of that feeling. 'Remember Nala, negative thoughts are no good.' I thought to myself. I just hope I don't get into trouble. Most of the time, I got into trouble because of him, but It's worth getting into trouble with my best friend.

"Simba, what if we get caught by the hyenas or rogues or vult-…" Aibu was interrupted by Simba saying "come on, we got each other's back's, nothing to worry about." He winked at me while I blushed. However, Aibu's face lit up but slowly turned into a devious face.

"So, how's the romantic couple?" she smirked while I blushed. Simba also blushed but quickly turned his head towards the direction we are heading too. I gulped and answered "let's just go." she answered a soft 'ohhhhh' but I pretended that I didn't hear what she said. We arrived at a steep slope. I was at the edge of the slope, so looked down. It was high but it was curved, so it's not that dangerous. Aibu gasped and said "SIMBA, I'M SUPPOSE TO GO BACK TO MY PRIDE!" with a mad face. Simba chuckled and said "you look so funny with that mad face." she frowned and glared at Simba which made Simba gulped.

"Later, and besides, you could return to your home anytime. Just relax, even if you have to stay longer." Simba stated while Aibu sighed. "I guess so." She replied. Well, I just hope she doesn't steal my Simba..whoa WHOA WHOA!, wow, my Simba.

'Don't be jealous' was what I kept saying in my mind. Aibu slowly got down with her paws. I was about to do the same when suddenly, Simba pounced on me and we rolled down the slope. We reached the bottom with me on top of him. I smirked and decided to say what I always say.

"Pinned ya" I smirked while he rolled his eyes. "The slope disturbed me, I could have won." He protested. I winked at him and he blushed.

"Hey, you guys staying like that forever. Come on," Aibu said while walking ahead of us. We exchanged looks and followed her. Suddenly, she stopped and we stopped too. We didn't know why she stopped when suddenly; we saw big bones, big skulls and millions of bones.

"We're here." Simba said with a huge grin. I stood closely beside him while Aibu stood beside me. We saw a big skull on the right. "Whoa, look at that." Simba said while I said "I wonder if its brains are still in there." He gave me a cheeky grin and said "There's only one way to find out, come on let's check it out." We walked towards the big skull but Aibu just stood still without moving.

We looked at the direction she was looking at and saw 6 pair of eyes watching us from the big skull. I got terrified so I jumped behind Simba. Suddenly, we heard cackling and three hyenas came out from the Skull. There were two males and one female.

"Well, well look what we have here." The female hyena said. However, Simba stood protectively covering us from the hyenas. He's so sweet and kind. "I don't know, Shenzi. But I do know who they are, a trio trespassers." The male said. The other male looked dumb. They circled us, we were very terrified and scared. Simba stood protectively covering Aibu and me. The hyenas noticed and the female said "the cute cub thinks his strong, oh how cute. We can make you into a roasted CUB." The hyenas laughed at her joke. It's not even funny. Idiots. "Ya, we can have them 'LION' around when getting roasted." Said the serious male, which is acting stupid. They burst into laughter and rolled on the ground. we saw our opportunity, so we ran anywhere but from those hyenas.

A/N: Hey guys, so I decided to put this story less romantic. Sorry for that XD. Okay, to be honest. I'm truly sorry to the Aibu fans that wants Aibu and Simba together. I know Aibu has plenty of personality like 'shy, happy, fun-loving, playful' but my favourite personality is that she doesn't understand jealousy. She never got jealous. I will make Simba and Aibu together but that would be in the other chapters. I'm sorry if I disappoint you guys and well, this is the end of chapter 9. Sorry for publishing late and well, Peace Out ~K_4_E