Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own the Lion King or any of its characters. If I did I would not even bother writing this story.

The characters I do own are as follows (For now):

Kali (Fierce)

Usafi (Purity)

Chaka (Thicket (not yet revealed))

I apologize for the lateness of my chapter.

ENJOY!

Usafi

*2 Moons Later*

The sun was high in the sky as another day was about to begin for the pride of Pride Rock. Three lions in particular were absolutely anxious to start the day. Kali, Simba, and Nala the daughter of Sarafina, were all looking forward to another day and thus another adventure. They had spent the past 2 1/2 moons having adventures exploring Pride Rock, but today would be different. Today they would be allowed to leave the confines of Pride Rock and explore the Pride Lands.

It had been almost three months since both Kali and Simba were both presented to the kingdom which happened to be the same day that young Nala had been born. The three cubs were the best of friends and they made a perfect team. All three had grown up beautifully.

Simba was an average size for a cub, but was rather slender with muscles that were slightly underdeveloped. His slender figure however made Simba unusually fast, which would definitely make up for his slightly weaker body. Simba's fur was truly a wonder. It glistened in the sunlight and sometimes Mufasa could swear he had almost gone blind from looking at his golden son.

Nala was showing that she would grow to be a beautiful lioness when she was fully grown. She had creamy fur just like her mother; her build was well-muscled despite her young age. This was easily seen from the number of times she pinned Simba and Kali in their game: Pinned Ya'. A game which according to her frequent boasting, she had won over 70 times. She claimed that Kali had beaten her a maybe 20 times because of his being bigger than her and that Simba had also won against her no more than 7 times, but only because Simba cheated by tickling her on the stomach. Other than her skills, her eyes however were what drew most to her. Her eyes were a mixture of green and blue, making the prefect mix between her mother and father. The two colors mixed in such a way that they made an entirely new color and yet at the same time like they were both colors shifting between each other as they shimmered in the light of the savannah sun.

Then, there was Kali. He was a cub that radiated brilliance and perfection. Kali was slightly larger than his twin brother, mostly because he was more bulky. Mufasa and Sarabi knew he would grow up to be as big if not bigger than Mufasa himself. Kali was already strong and fast for his age which became apparent to the pride when he ran 50 laps around Pride Rock without even breaking a sweat. His fur however was the most amazing. He was beginning to sport a white hair tuft, even though he was too young to have one. His fur shined as bright as Simba's during the day, but at night there was no comparison between the furs of the two brothers. At night Kali's fur matched the moon and glowed in the moonlight and his white eyes blazed even brighter than the stars in the night sky. Mufasa had discovered his silver son's fur and eyes unique reaction to the moonlight when Mufasa had taken him up to the peak of Pride Rock to star gaze. All in all, the three cubs were amazing to behold.

"Dad?" Kali asked. Mufasa glanced at his son to let him know he could continue. "When can we finally go see the Pride Lands? I am willing to wait but Simba and Nala are already getting anxious." Mufasa chuckled at this because he knew his son was right when his other son asked.

"Yeah, Yeah. When can we go Dad?" Simba asked while fidgeting uncontrollably with excitement while Nala giggled at his energy.

The three cubs all had some similar personality traits: mischievous, adventurous, loyal, and fun- loving, and treated everyone with respect. Apart from that each one had their own unique personality traits. Simba was like the leader of their group and always had a crazy plan that would usually get all three of them in trouble and was incredibly impatient as could be seen. He also had a perfectionist ego about his appearance and would hate it whenever his mother would give him a bath.

Nala was mostly a carefree cub like Simba but was more aggressive, intelligent and skilled than him and Kali because of her mother's tricks. She also had a way to sweet-talk her way out of getting in more trouble than the boys. She did not like baths like Simba but accepted that they were necessary since she liked having a clean appearance.

Kali, however was a different case. Kali had that adventurous spark like his brother but it was tempered and kept under control by a surprising wisdom and intelligence that spanned beyond Kali's age. He also loved being bathed but had a certain playful habit when it came to bathing.

Mufasa was torn from his thoughts as he noticed that even Kali was starting to lose patience by making huffing sounds since he too wanted to get going. Mufasa sighed.

"Go on ahead," Kali and the other two beamed with joy and started to sprint off to enjoy their first day away from Pride Rock.

"Be sure to stay together and keep an eye out for each other." Mufasa called to their backs. As they sprinted off and passed the other lionesses of the Pride, Mufasa overheard many of the things that they spoke about the cubs.

One lioness said "That Kali is a lot like Sarabi when it comes to his patience." Another said while chuckling.

"Yeah, but Simba and Nala's impatience is definitely like that of Mufasa and Sarafina. It really makes you see that those two will be a great couple when they come of age." As Mufasa heard this last part, he became filled with both joy and concern. He was happy at the thought that Simba would have someone like Nala to make his life happy but felt concern for Kali because he felt that Kali deserved a chance at happiness.

He then saw the cubs pass in front of Scar and Zira the two undesirables of the Pride. As she saw the cubs, Zira snorted at Simba and Nala but unsheathed her claws as she eyed Kali. She did not like Simba, mostly because he was excited about every little thing. In the case of Nala, she did not even give her a second glance. Secretly, most lionesses thought she did not like Nala because she knew Nala would grow up to be beautiful while Zira, already a full grown lioness, had grown to look more like a lion than a lioness. Personally, Mufasa thought it was all her pent up aggression and hate that made her that way because after all 'Chuki wanaweza kufanya malaika ndani ya pepo' (Hate can make an angel into a demon). Mufasa was mostly concerned for Kali because Zira seemed to be the only one in the Pride who hated him as could be seen with her unsheathed claws.

Scar looked at the cubs in a completely different light. His eyes passed over Simba and Nala with careless, cold and calculating eyes as if he was planning something for them. But when he saw Kali his expression changed to pure joy because believe it or not Scar absolutely adored Kali. For some reason, Mufasa wondered exactly why Scar loved him because although he saw love in Scar's eyes he also saw the same hunger one would have when staring down a zebra. He had seen that hunger in his brother's eyes only one other time, when their father said that one day one of them might be king. Seeing this hunger in Scar's eyes as he looked at Kali filled the king with unease.

Mufasa was torn from his thoughts again when he heard Simba complaining to his mother that he did not want a bath, but Sarabi was giving him one anyway. He turned and saw Simba squirming, Nala letting herself be bathed and Kali laughing at his brother's attempts to escape. Mufasa saw Sarabi put Simba back next to his brother and saw her tense up her forelegs. Here it comes Mufasa thought cause he knew what was going to happen. She stretched her right forepaw forward like a snake with lightning speed trying to grab for Kali. Kali simply pushed his brother into her, giving him time to run behind Pride Rock towards a stream and disappearing. Sarabi quickly let go of Simba and went about tracking Kali. The lengths she has to go to bathe that cub. Mufasa laughed to himself as he watched the whole thing play out. It was a routine schedule they had going. Sarabi would search for an hour before she had to give up and then Kali would triumphantly ask for his bath. So 1 hour passed and after looking everywhere around Pride Rock.

"I Give Up!" Sarabi roared completely frustrated.

Then, everyone heard something moving in the stream and everyone was surprised when they saw Kali grinning proudly at his mother.

"What on Earth?" Sarabi exclaimed with confusion. Kali explained that he merely lay down in the stream in the exact spot where the sun was reflected and his fur shined in a way that he blended in perfectly.

"May I have my bath now?" Kali asked with cockiness in his voice. He crawled into Sarabi's paws and let her bathe him. From this outwitting of Sarabi, Mufasa started to believe Kali would be the right choice to be the next King. But he still intended to wait till they were five months old and ask them the question.

Once Sarabi finished bathing Kali, the three friends ran off to join their other friends who also were going to be allowed to leave Pride Rock. There were three other boys and two other girls. Tojo, the brown, Lady's lion; Malka the golden jokester; and Chumvi the chocolate colored glutton. The two girls were the smartass Tama, and the cheery food lover Kula. As Kali saw the other two girls, while joining the guys, he started having his own thoughts as he had heard what the lionesses said about Simba and Nala. Kula and Tama are nice girls but I do not think either one could be my mate. I mean Kula has more in common with Chumvi and Tama combined with Malka would be an unstoppable laugh storm. To me they are just friends. I do not care if I do not have a mate, as long as my brother is happy, I am... Kali was broken from this thought when he heard Tojo talking to Nala.

"Hey Nala! Wanna see something you will love me for?" He asked with a sly tone. Kali knew Tojo was bold for doing this and that he was doing it because he too was in love with Nala like Simba was. When will he learn? Kali thought as he shook his head.

"Tojo, every time you try this you never win. Why not give up and just be friends?" Kula said with a laugh that Tama and Nala smirked at this because they knew she was right.

"Well not this time!" He said with confidence and then started to whistle.

"That is going to win them over. A whistle? That is pathetic for you To…" Simba was cut off as he saw and the other boys saw Tojo's six bluebirds fly towards their 'daddy' and land on his back. What are the birds doing here? Kali thought before his question was answered when Tojo turned to the birds and said.

"You know what to do."

The birds then began to fly around the girls and started to sing a sweet tune to them. The effect was instantaneous as the boys saw them start to look at Tojo lovingly as the birds sang. Realization came to Kali's mind as he realized that Tojo was mesmerizing the girls into loving him by confusing them with music. Very clever. Bravo, Tojo. Bravo Kali said in his mind before he realized something else. He must also trying to piss us off so the girls look at us differently he thought with concern. The other boys caught this but only one was oblivious to the second intention and voiced his feelings.

"He is brainwashing them into loving him!" Simba said with a growl and before Kali could stop him, he pounced Tojo and was giving him a death stare. Kali did not want to start his first day away from Pride Rock with a fight, so he used his wisdom and intelligence and came up with a solution. He told Malka and Chumvi to pull Simba off while he dealt with Tojo. They nodded and did exactly as they were told with a bit of trouble since Simba did not like being interrupted. Kali was about to scold his brother when he saw Tojo staring at the three girls who were still entranced by the birds song and put his idea into action. So he thinks he can ignore me, well... He can think again Kali thought. Then, he used a trick he learned from Rafiki when he visited a few times and began to whistle in a strange sequence. The sequence reached the birds, who stopped singing, flew back to Tojo and started pecking him repeatedly. He started crying in pain and begged for it to stop while the girls snapped out of their trance and the boys were laughing their asses off. Kali thought he has had enough and whistled for the birds to stop.

"Now that I have your attention, I want to make 2 things perfectly clear. First, Tojo you should not try something like that and should take the girls advice and try to be friends first before going after them like they are 'your' girls. If you ignore this and keep it up, then you will be pecked even more by your birds." He said to Tojo with a smirk and Simba laughed at him for getting told off. Kali then turned to his brother, frowned and smacked him on the head. Simba complained and asked why he hit him.

"Simba, you should not laugh because you attacked Tojo which is what he wanted you to do with that act. You are the Prince, you are supposed to set the example not force the example into your subjects." Kali said with a friendly tone. He then looked at Tojo and then back at Simba and they both knew what he wanted. They stepped forward, apologized to each other and promised to start over. When they finished, Tojo apologized to the girls and then Kali cleared his throat and said.

"Now that we got that out of the way, let's go see the Pride Lands." They all nodded and began racing each other into the Pride Lands.

As Kali raced alongside his brother and friends he could not help but look up at the sky and think They were almost a half mile away before they saw a sight that froze them cold. A beautiful red lioness had collapsed in front of them and looked at the cubs with fear, but also with a pleading desire. It quickly faded and instead became the white, blank and lifeless stare of death. Kali noticed that his father, Mufasa had seen this and was running towards the scene with Sarabi and Sarafina in tow. As Sarabi and Sarafina went and comforted the cubs; Mufasa joined Kali and they examined the lioness. She had a ripped out throat for blood was pooling from it. Kali was not fazed by the blood because he knew that death was a natural part of life and accepted it despite his young age. When Mufasa examined the lioness' face, his heart struck a chord.

"Msala?" Mufasa wondered.

"What?!" Sarabi and Sarafina both stated in a shock.

"Who's Msala?" asked Kali, Simba, and Nala with confusion.

Mufasa explained that Msala was a lioness that they had grown up with during Ahadi's reign. She was like a second sister to both Sarabi and Sarafina who both were only children. He continued by saying she had left with her mate, Chaka; to start a pride of their own around the time Simba, Kali, and Nala were born and had not been seen since. The three adults and the cubs gathered nearby all started shedding tears; the adults shed tears of loss and the cubs shed tears of sympathy. Kali, however showed only a hint of sadness in his face but that quickly changed to anxiety as he noticed movement from the lioness and went to examine Msala more closely. He looked all over and when his eyes got to her forepaws he gasped.

"Kali, what is wrong? Mufasa inquired as he heard his son gasp.

Kali looked to his father with a look of happiness, sadness, and desperation and said. "There is a cub cradled in her paws and it is completely unharmed."

Mufasa and the two adult females looked at each other in complete shock. Msala has a cub and had died protecting it, but where is Chaka? All three of them thought this at the same and then along with Simba and Nala who lead the others over to Kali who had taken the cub and was trying to make her smile. He did this by simply smiling at her and it seemed to work because she was mewling with joy at Kali. The cub was a female with a light pink pelt, obviously a perfect mixture of her mother's red and father's tan fur colors. She was only a bit smaller than the three cubs that stared at her so she was maybe one moon old in age. Her eyes however were as unreal as Kali's. They were a deep violet color that made Kali think her eyes are like the color of the sky when the sunrise is just beginning to show. As everyone else got closer, the little cub squeaked in surprise but then smiled as she saw all the lions gathered around her.

"She is very beautiful, but sadly her mother will never get to watch her grow into a beautiful lioness." Sarabi stated.

"What can be done?" Simba and Nala asked. They sounded almost like they were begging that the little cub could be allowed to stay. In their heads, they both pleaded Say yes Say yes.

"Well I think one of the lionesses should take care of her. She is too young to survive without her mother's milk and won't last without proper care." Kali declared with a tone that he realized suggested more than just concern, perhaps a hint of …desire?

Mufasa pondered this for a moment and when he was about to make a suggestion, Sarafina cut him off. "I will take care of her!" she stated simply. Mufasa wanted to argue but then decided against it because he knew this was for the best. Mufasa and Sarabi would be unable to take care of her because they had two troublesome cubs of their own. Also, it would be good for Nala to have a young cub around that would look up to her like an older sister and because secretly Sarafina wanted to have another cub, but would not dare do so because she felt if she did so it would be like betraying her dead love, Kito. Nala started prancing around happily, squealing with delight at the thought Yay I am going to be a big sister.

"What will her name be then?" Sarabi asked.

"I think Kali should name her since he is the one who let us know she was even here in the first place." Sarafina said. Nala and the other two girls nodded in agreement.

All eyes went to Kali as the lions gathered waited for him to announce the name of their newest and youngest pride member. He pondered it for a while since he wanted it to be good. He looked at the cub and thought she looks so innocent, pure and… wait pure, that's it. He then smiled and said proudly. "Usafi .. Purity."

All heads nodded in agreement at this name and all looked down at Usafi who had already fallen asleep next to Nala's side. What the future will hold for the lions of Pride Rock remains to be seen.

Author: So what did you think seriously is that not heart wrenching or what? Please be honest with your reviews as I take criticism well and will revise it if need be.

Swahili:

Je, upendo maua kati ya hivyo mtu vijana?

Mmoja anasema Usafi lakini kwa nini yeye kusema hivyo?

Usafi, ni yeye kweli kwamba wakati asili yake bado bado haijulikani?

Also, if you like Kingdom Hearts, I have three questions:

1)Your favorite keyblade? Mine: Circle of Life

2)Your favorite world? Mine: Hundred Acre Wood

3)Your favorite keybalde wielder or Organization XIII member? Mine: Keyblader: Riku, XIII: Axel.