Lion King III: The Chosen Ones

Change Arc

Chapter 8- Hamna Shida

Disclaimer- I don't own Song For The Children, that belong to the Disney people. I'm glad I don't anyways, it's not popular enough to support my habit of getting high. While I'm on a roll here, I don't own any of the characters in TLK, just my OCs and damn, you can have them :P.

"Is everyone ready to party?"

Timon shouted above the constant chatter of the lions and lionesses of Pride Rock, which indicated that yes, they were ready. The meerkat grinned, he was completely in his element.

"Alright! Alright! Let's get this started!"

Despite Timon's words earlier, the party had already been in full swing. Pride Rock was the hottest place in Africa that night. Loud music was literally rocking the cave they were in, monkeys who gladly volunteered to play music were beating on home-made drums while colorful birds were singing soaring melodies. The rhythms that were playing were reminiscent of the African tribes of the time and were upbeat and very lively. Most of the lionesses were talking animatedly among each other while their young cubs ran around the central cave, weaving in and out of their mothers' forelegs, laughing wildly.

The older cubs didn't have such a luxury of this as they were hiding inside of one of the minor caves, watching their friends and family. Tanabi was antsy with anticipation. During the last few months of preparing of the celebration, he and his sister was roped into helping the "choir" sing. The choir was made of the older cubs within the group, mainly made up of outlander descent. He could remember as clear as day what his father said after he teased Jelani about singing.

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"Jelani, what are those funny sounding noises you are making with your throat?" Tanabi asked laughing after catching his friend practicing his scales.

"Oh Tanabi! I'm just warmin' my voice up for the song we're gonna be singing at the party," Jelani replied as he smirked, "I'm gonna be singin' the main part! Pretty cool huh?"

"Singing? What's so great about singing?" Tanabi asked, turning his nose up. "I thought that was something only lionesses do."

"What are you tryin' to say Squirt? That Jelani isn't cool because he sings?" Vitani asked with an amused look on her face.

"No...no. That's not what I meant. Honest!" Tanabi backtracked nervously with a weak smile on his face. You didn't pick on Aunt Vitani's cub while she was around, especially when she could actually hear you.

"Males have sung for centuries Tanabi," Kovu replied with a smile before he smiled mischievously. "Maybe, you should join the choir as well. I mean your sister is already in it and I'm pretty sure that the choir would need another strong male voice such as yourself. Whaddya say kiddo?"

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...And that was what put him in this situation he was in now. He didn't like singing that much, he thought he sounded like Masozi's normal talking voice while he was singing and his throat would always hurt afterward. Kiara would laugh and just say that he was going through "puberty", but Tanabi didn't even know what puberty meant.

"Are you just as excited as I am?" Ayira squealed with happiness, bouncing up and down on the heels of her paws. "Just imagine the feeling of going in front of everyone, the rush of hitting that high note. Oh, this is so much fun!"

"Err... I think I lost ya on imagine," Tanabi replied dryly to his sister whose smile looked like it was going to split her mussle in half. "Isn't that right Jelani?"

Jelani didn't say anything, he was looking straight ahead into the crowd of lions and lioness. He had been standing there like that since they had left, with such a serious, determined look on his face. Tanabi smiled inwardly, Jelani may be a troublemaker but he could buck up when he needed to.

"I just feel butterflies," groaned a female cub beside Tanabi, her name was Baaka. "If we don't hurry up and do this thing, I think I'm gonna get sick all over my paws." Tanabi moved a couple of inches away from the female cub after noticing the unnatural greenish-tint to her normally dark brown face.

"Listen up everyone!" interrupted their choir teacher of sorts, an outlander about Nala's age with tawny gray colored pelt and dark circles around her eyes. They called her Miss Dotty due to the three beauty marks under her left eye.

"I want you all to sing as loud as you can and remember all of your cues. But most of all, I want you guys to have fun out there," She said winking at her students." Now, let's show 'em how its done."

The lionesses sat around waiting for the cubs to show up. Nala yawned slightly and laid on her stomach, trying to get comfortable.

"Aww, this is so cute," Kiara cooed as she waited. "It's gonna be their first song ever! I'm so excited, aren't you Kovu?"

Kovu grinned at his mate. "Of course I am babe. You almost sound like a cute little cub yourself."

Kiara raised an eyebrow at his comment. "A cub huh? I'll show you how much of a grown lioness I can be," she purred playfully as she ticked Kovu's chin with the end of her tail, a definite tone of seductiveness in her voice.

"I'm looking forward to it."

"Not while I'm here you're not," Vitani retorted with a disgusted look on her face. "At least have some respect for others in here, you two love birds."

"Look who's talkin' sis," Kovu shot back teasingly, "I seem to remember you and Otien rolling around in the grass in daytime in front of-"

"Enough!" Vitani cut him off, blushing in embarrassment. "It wasn't my fault! How was I to know the cubs liked to play down there?"

Otien grinned stupidly as he usually did, but this time there was a devious meaning to it and this made Kovu laugh even harder.

Vitani shoved Otien playfully in retaliation." Well, it's not like that'll be happening anytime soon with a new cub on the way."

"Congratulations, Vitani!" Nala exclaimed in excitement. "How far along are you?"

"Probably a month tops," Vitani said with an content sigh as Otien nuzzled her. "We were planning for a little playmate for Jelani to play with."

"So Otien, you lucky guy," Simba asked ribbing the slender lion knowingly."What are your bets for this one? Hoping for another son?"

Otien smiled proudly. "Of course, my highness. But as long as my cub comes out healthy, I don't really care what it is."

"Vitani told you to say that didn't she?"

"Ah! Anotha' soul in de circle of life," Rafiki replied cheerfully as he hobbled into the cave with his long, twisted cane. Everyone smiled fondly at the old baboon, he was getting pretty old now and wasn't as active as he used to be but he always kept a keen, sharp mind.

"Rafiki, my friend," Simba exclaimed with a warm smile as he gave the baboon a gentle hug and allowing him to sit in between him and his daughter. "How have you been doing?"

Rafiki smiled at the golden lion. "I have ben workin' on a potion for you and your friends here." Rafiki replied with a bright smile as he held up a circular looking jug that sloshed with some type of liquid. "Dis will be de life of de party."

Simba caught a whiff of the liquid and winced at the immense sugary scent. His eyes then widened considerably and he automatically knew what it was, Nala caught on quickly and the two started laughing. The younger generation gave their elders a quizzical look, what could be going on in their heads?

Suddenly the talking of the lionesses quickly died down and the beating of the drums slowed down to just a couple of beats. The choir came out one by one in their formation. Some of the female cubs had already started harmonizing and chanting, with Jelani and Tanabi's voices being the most prevalent and strong. Another female group started right after Jelani and Tanabi, then Jelani stepped in front of everyone else. His voice was a strong tenor that was very smooth almost like butter.

I was born in times of misery and pain

Throughout my life, I've never known happiness

Melody, my true love and company

In her song, she helps me carry on

I'm singing my song

The female part of the choir started to pick up their harmonizing while keeping their voices steady and soft. Vitani whistled for her son saying "You go Jelani!"

I sing it for the children

This is a song

For all of the children of the world.

In a song of peace and happiness is said

The harmony a sweet melody

Everybody then started singing with Jelani, loudly and proudly. Their voices blending in perfectly with Jelani's standing out the most.

This is a song, for all of the world's children!

Without conscious minds and a positive meaning.

They are the light!

For all of God's people.

Deep in their hearts!

There's hope for the future!

This is a song for all of the children

This is a song.

The young cubs took a bow as everyone started clapping and whooping in enthusiasm. They looked at each other and grinned, utterly exhausted and breathing hard, sweat beading down their foreheads and gleaming in the light of the flames but they were too hyped up to care. They scattered to find their mothers as Timon got back up on the "stage".

"You two were wonderful!" Kiara exclaimed as her two cubs ran up to her, she licked them both on the cheek. "I'm very proud of you."

Kovu grinned knowingly at Tanabi,"See it wasn't that bad, was it son?"

"Is that supposed to be some kinda joke?" Tanabi said balking at his father, "If it was that was a really bad one!" His parents laughed at this.

"C'mere my little star!" Vitani replied as she grabbed her son by the neck and started giving him a noogie despite his protests. "Who woulda known that Jelani was quite the songbird? I betcha get all of the ladies huh?"

"Mom! You're embarrassing me!" Jelani whined as he struggled to get out of his mother's grip and when he did, his fur on his head started crackling with static electricity. "C'mon you guys, let's get outta here."

"I'm right with you on that one!" Tanabi and Ayira chimed in together as they followed their disgruntled cousin to go find Kutu.

"Oh. You're too good to be seen around your mother anymore? Well fine!"

"And if anyone is up for it, the next event will be a snail-slurping contest!" Timon announced as loud as he could but he almost got drowned out in all of the noise. Groaning in defeat he jumped down off the stage and came paddling next to his lion friends. "What does it take to get SOME RESPECT AROUND HERE?" Timon shouted as he hopped up and down like a mad rabbit.

"Aww c'mon Timon. They're just havin' some fun," Pumbaa consoled his friend by patting him on the back.

"Fun my left foot. It sounds more like they're havin' a riot," Timon retorted. "Carnivores! Oi!"

"Well, I don't know about the rest of you ladies but I'm gonna be slurping some snails," Kovu said as he got up and stretched his legs leisurely, trying to circulate the blood flow in them again." Who else is up for it?"

"I'm in," Otien announced.

"Count me in too," Simba said in which Nala gasped.

"Oh no, you're not Simba. What if you get sick?"

"Don't worry about him, madam," Timon said with a chuckle as he leaned on Nala's shoulder. "My buddy Simba can take anything you throw at him. I'm proud to say that he was the snail-slurping champion for ten times in a row."

"Yeah, he beat Timon so many times that Timon almost-" Pumbaa's comment was cut off by Timon trying to close his mouth.

"Ha! He was just kiddin'!" Timon cried out laughing nervously as all surrounded him rolled their eyes. "C'mon, let's get this started!"

The lionesses and their cubs watched as the grown lions had just run off, laughing. Nala shook her head in disappointment.

"That Simba, sometimes I swear he acts like he has never grown up," Nala replied with a sigh. Rafiki started chuckling wryly.

"Now dat I got you ladies by yourselves, I got somedin for you to try," Rafiki said as he pulled out the jar of liquid, his beady yellow eyes flashing wickedly.

"Eww! What is that smell?" Vitani asked as she backed away from the sweet smelling stuff like it was on fire. "It smells horrible!"

"Lemme see," Kiara asked as she leaned in to smell it but then she sneazed. "AH! What is that stuff Rafiki?"

"Dis is a love potion passed down from Pride Lander to Pride Lander for centuries," He replied as he waved a hand over it, pulling the top off. Inside was a cool looking light purple like juice that was bubbling in some places. The sweet smelling stuff was overbearing and gave Vitani and Kiara headaches. "Your grandfader used to drink dis stuff all of de time during special occasions."

"Of course he did Rafiki," Nala replied as she took the gourd from Rafiki and took a long sip from it. Kiara and Vitani's jaws almost literally hit the floor as they saw her actually enjoying the stuff. Nala let out a content sigh as she licked the rest from her lips. "I gotta say, this stuff hits the spot every time." Rafiki laughed at this.

"Well...if my mom trusts it. I might as well," Kiara said with a brave gulp as Rafiki handed the gourd to her.

She looked at it with nervousness with a mintue before starting to drink. At first the sweetness was subtle but as she drunk more of it, a sudden wave of sugar hit her with full force almost burning her throat. Her hazel eye dilated with the force of the stuff and her thought process started getting a little hazy. As she let go, she started feeling light-headed and giggly.

"Kiara? Are you okay?" Vitani asked her friend as she waved a hand in front of her face to which Kiara started bursting out laughing for no reason.

Rafiki smiled, the party was just beginning.

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"CHUG IT! CHUG IT! CHUG IT! CHUG IT! CHUG IT!"

A crowd of lionesses had surrounded Simba, Kovu and Otien as they were in the middle of their snail-slurping contest. They each were locked into a battle of to the death, with Simba leading by one and Kovu close behind him. Otien looked like he was about to pop.

"C'MON GRANDPA YOU CAN DO IT!" Tanabi cheered wildly watching his grandfather with great interest. "C'MON, WHOOP THOSE LOSERS!"

"YOU'RE DOING GREAT DAD!" Jelani shouted, getting in front of Tanabi. Tanabi shoved Jelani playfully and Jelani shoved back, next thing the two were on the floor wrestling.

"I don't even understand why we bothered to watch," Ayira told her friend Kutu who was half-asleep on the floor. "I'm just glad our mothers have more sense."

"I don't know about that, Ayira," Kutu said softly with a giggle as she watched Vitani, Kiara, Nala and her mother Waridi in a drunken version of the conga line. Nala had slipped on one of her hind paws and like that, the rest of them fell over on top of each other like dominoes. They had started bursting out laughing hysterically.

"...You know what? Just forget what I just said," Ayira said as Simba slurped his last snail and the wild cheering started up again as the snail-slurping finally found its king. The next thing she heard was a loud burp and the sound of more laughing. She shook her head at them.

"Oh, Simba my king. Your Queen is waiting for you," Nala purred seductively as she walked next to Simba, her blue-green eyes directing a saucy look at him. Getting the hint, Simba gave her a very devious smile of his own and the two former monarchs went to their personal cave for some alone time.

"What was that all about?" Kovu asked Otien with a smile as Kiara and Vitani came up to them laughing giddily.

"Arright," Vitani slurred as she rose to her hind legs, hiccuping as she did so. She pointed staggeringly to Kiara who immediately took the challenge giggling. "Weeee're gonna end this righ' here, Priiiiiincess!"

"Bring it on!" Kiara cried out laughing, her slur equal or perhaps even worse than Vitani's. "Whassit gonna be?"

Vitani was silent for a minute, obviously failing to think of what she was challenging Kiara, before announcing it. After looking over at Otien and Kovu with glazed eyes, a foxy sneer came to her lips.

"Kissinnnnnng contest!" she cried, pumping a paw in the air. Kiara made a face, but it looked more comical than menacing.

"You ain't kissin' my Kovu!" Kiara declared, very painfully under the influence of whatever she drunk. Vitani shook her head, it was then obvious who she was going to use. Otien backed away slowly, but Vitani already had a firm grip on his tail. Kiara had caught Kovu before he could think to run...although Kovu, didn't mind at all. He looked like he was going to enjoy it.

"Ayira!" Kiara shouted to the young cub who was watching the scene unfold with no small amount of confusion. Kiara tried to focus on her daughter, but her hazel eyes got cross-eyed in the process and she pointed at Kutu who was giggling. "Time us!"

"Okay, mom," Ayira replied with a sigh. "Ready...set...go."

There was no need to say that as the two couples were already all on each other. Kutu gave her friend a sympathetic look and the two started counting.

It was another ten minutes before Tanabi and Jelani had returned from playing, and when they finally found their parents, they really wished they hadn't.

"OH MY GOD! That is disgusting!" Jelani cried out, trying to shield his eyes from seeing his mother and father kissing passionately. "It's like they're trying to eat each other's faces!"

Tanabi looked at his mother and father, blinking twice.

"They have to come up for air, don't they?" Tanabi asked watching his parents going at it in awe mixed in disgust. He never knew that they could open their mouths that big. "I think I'm gonna be sick."

"Aww c'mon guys," Ayira rolled her eyes, "I think its kinda sweet."

"Adults are weird," Kutu replied blushing as she turned away. "Really, really, really weird."

And that is the end of Chapter Eight! I had a blast with writing this chapter and I'm glad that I was able to focus on some of the older characters for a while. Anyways if anybody is offended about the whole sexual innuendo thing, I'm sorry but I couldn't resist!^^. Heh, I think those poor cubs will need A LOT of brain bleach to get those images out of their heads! Does anybody remember Masozi? I really hope you do, that's all I'm sayin'. I want to give a shout-out to HiddenMusic, Prince of Pride and Hikari123 for reviewing! Thank you for helping me make it to my ten-review mark!

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Baaka: First Born

Edit: 10/19/10