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Chapter 13: Here for you now

Jabari paced around the tree his breathing labored and his heart racing. The monkey he had come to know as Rafiki had left hours ago. Now it was just himself and the slight breeze.

Jabari stopped, a scent pulling him out of his long forgotten memories and his tail swayed from side to side. Jabari breathed in the smell and his fur stood on ends as he realized how familiar he was to it.

"Alea?" he whispered. That was the last person he expected to see, he really shouldn't be surprised she was his bodyguard. Jabari jogged around the tree and his eyes looked onto Alea`s light pelt walking through the field.

Alea met his eyes in seconds and raced over to him, "Are you all right?"

Jabari smiled sadly, it amused him she asked him that he expected her to say 'what did you do!" but she only looked slightly worried and a bit relived, her other emotions were guarded in her face.

"No," he said shaking his head slowly, "I just learned the truth, and..." Jabari had no words and he sat down refusing to meet her gaze. Alea walked over to him pressing her warm fur next to his.

"And it hurts." She guessed, "I`m truly sorry."

"Thanks but I know your lying, you have a right to say what you want, I can't defend him any longer." Jabari said.

"Jabari, from what I've learned about Scar he`s evil, manipulative, you can't beat yourself up for loving him." Alea said trying to meet his eyes.

"But I can't love him! I do he`s my father in every way but blood, I know what I have to do, but I cant." Jabari said utterly defeated.

Alea nodded in understanding, "You can't kill him."

"Then we won't make you." Alea said rubbing her cheek against his neck. Jabari looked at her and for the first time realizing her eyes were golden- yellow. Jabari smiled at her pressing his own muzzle to hers. It was odd, he disliked he for so long and each day he go used to seeing her, if he left he`d truly miss her.

"Jabari, Your father is worried, an=bout you and Kiara." Alea said retuning her eyes to his.

"Why Kiara?" Jabari asked, it was a bit odd to think of her as his sister now but he could live with it. When he was with Scar the closest thing to a sister was Vitani.

"She ran away, he thinks she is with Kovu."

"Kovu," Jabari said looking in the distance to see Pride Rock, he had ditched Kovu when he was trying to tell him something, something important.

"Alea," he said, "He have to go back," Jabari swallowed the words he was about to say would have haunted him if he hadn't known the truth. "We have to go back to my parents."

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Simba paced back and forth, his two children were out there! They were alone they were…

"Simba," Nala said. He looked to his wife walking over to her and coming to rest beside her. They looked out at the grey clouds ready to burst with rain again.

"They`ll be okay." Simba said hoping to reassure himself and his wife.

"Simba, what if he`s gone back to Scar?" Nala whimpered looking at him with hopeless eyes.

"I-" he said, the truth was he really didn't know what to say. Then he was them, they were just specks in the grass far away, one a dark haired male the other a golden furred lioness.

"It`s them it`s Kiara!" Nala said seeing the same thing he saw. Simba growled, and the other was no doubt Kovu. Simba and Nala raced down and Simba nodded to his lionesses who were dozing on the rocks. They got to their feet and raced with him and the Queen.

Simba growled as they got closer and then his heart stopped as he looked closer, that wasn't Kovu it was Jabari and Alea. They were safe.

"Stand down." He said to his lionesses who slowed down as the two lions raced forwards, his son seemed to hesitate before his paced the next few steps to stand right in front of them.

"Jabari," Simba breather, "We thought you had gone back to Scar."

"No," Jabari shook his head not meeting his eyes, "I-I," Jabari stuttered. Alea stood closer to him until there fur brushed and Jabari smiled at her and stood taller the same height as Simba, "I`ve come home…father."

Nala gasped with happiness and ran to her son licking his face. "Son!" She cried happily. Simba pressed his muzzle to Jabari`s and could feel his son was tense about the action with made Simba sad, but at least he saw truth.

Simba stood beside his son who stood powerfully next to him; He looked at all the other animals who had gathered around the commotion.

"The Prince has returned!" Simba roared. Animals cheered all around but Jabari`s eyes were locked on Alea, Simba looked at Nala, "Looks like you were right after all."

"Aren't I always? They were betrothed at birth Simba." Nala whispered.

"S-Father," Jabari said, "You have to listen, Listen to what Kovu told me, he's not part of Scar`s plan, he came to me two days ago and told me that there is to be war. I didn't listen to him." Jabari said.

Simba looked at this son and Alea and then suddenly realized he had made a mistake, when he first saw the Scar he thought of one person only Scar. He couldn't find them now, there was no time if what Kovu and his son said was true, war was upon them and they had little time.

Simba looked to his wife, Assemble the lionesses we have to prepare for war."

A/N: Sorry I`ve realized how short this story might be probably up to 16 chapters {sad face} but if I can think of a plot then I might make a sequel. Thoughts?