The next day, Timon and Pumbaa were walking through the jungle singing the familiar bass to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".

Timon:
In the jungle
The mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight

Pumbaa turned to follow a bug and faded out

Timon:
The lion sleeps...

"I can't hear you buddy, back me up!" said Timon. He continued to sing a little more then noticed Pumbaa was gone. "A-Pumbaa? Pumbaa?" he asked. Pumbaa was still following the bug. He stalked it up to a log, theatrically hiding behind a tree. When he tried to jump over the log he got stuck momentarily and looked back. "Timon?" Pumbaa said spooked. He shrugged and jumped over the log. As he viewed the bug at a close range, he saw a pair of green eyes out in the grass. He noticed that it was a lioness getting ready to jump. Pumbaa screamed and ran with the lioness in hot pursuit. The lioness with teeth and claws bared, chased Pumbaa around at high speed. Timon heard the noise of the chase. "Pumbaa?" he said. Pumbaa ran near Timon and got stuck under the root of a tree by trying to squeeze through. "Pumbaa! Pumbaa! Hey, what's goin' on?" said Timon. "SHE'S GONNA EAT ME!" Pumbaa yelled. "Huh?" said Timon before getting up on the branch. He saw the lioness charging at full speed towards them. "Whoa!" said Timon. He went down and tried to push Pumbaa out from the root. "Jeez! Why do I always have to save your AAAAA!" Timon yelled when the lioness was about to close in on them. At the last minute, Simba bounded over Pumbaa and caught the lioness at full force and they began fighting savagely. While Timon talked, Saki and Mai came and watched Simba and the lioness fighting. They were scared watching but calmed down when the lioness pinned Simba.

"Nala?" Simba asked surprised. Nala backed off and looked at Simba, examining him. "Is it really you?" he asked. "Who are you?" asked Nala. "It's me, Simba" said Simba. "Simba?" Nala asked. They both ran together and greeted each other. The greetings were enthused. The fairies came out of their commune forms and said with Saki and Mai "Nala!" running to Nala. Nala greeted the girls and fairies also enthused. Timon was completely baffled by this sudden change. He walked to them and said "Hey, what's goin' on here?". The lions didn't hear him. "HEY! WHAT'S GOIN' ON HERE!?" he yelled. "Timon, this is Nala. She's my best friend" said Simba. "She's our friend too" said Mai. "Friend?!" said Timon confused. "Yeah. Hey Pumbaa, come over here" said Simba. Pumbaa got himself unstuck. "Nala, this is Pumbaa. Pumbaa, Nala" said Simba. "Pleased to make your acquaintance" said Pumbaa. "The pleasure's all mine" said Nala. "How do you do. Whoa! Whoa. Time out...Lemme get this straight. You all know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's...okay with this? DID I MISS SOMETHING?!" said Timon. "Relax Timon" said Simba. "Wait till everybody finds out you've been here all this time! And your mother...what will she think?" said Nala. "She doesn't have to know. Nobody has to know" Simba said misunderstanding. "Well, of course they do. Everyone thinks you're dead" Nala said. "They do?" Simba asked. "Yeah. Scar told us about the stampede" said Nala. "He did? Well...what else did he tell you?" asked Simba. "What else matters? You're alive, and that means...you're the king" said Nala. "King? Pbbb. Lady, have you got your lions crossed" said Timon. "King? Your Majesty! I gravel at your feet" said Pumbaa before kissing Simba's paw. "Stop it" said Simba. "It's not "gravel". It's "grovel". And don't-he's not the king. Are ya?" said Timon. While they were talking, Flappy said to Choppy "This is our chance to sing with them to Can You Feel The Love Tonight-lapi" said Flappy. "I'm in if you are darling-chopi" said Choppy. "Could you all...excuse us for a few minutes?" said Simba. "Hey, whatever she has to say, she can say in front of us. Right, Simba?" said Timon. "Hmm. Maybe you'd better go" said Simba. "It starts. You think you know a guy..." said Timon aghast then resigned. He, Pumbaa, the girls, Moop and Foop padded off. Mai noticed Flappy and Choppy walk away from them. "I guess they want to participate in the next song" she thought.

"Timon and Pumbaa. You learn to love 'em" said Simba. Nala looked down sadly. "What?..What is it?" Simba asked. "It's like you're back from the dead. You don't know how much this will mean to everyone...What it means to me" said Nala. "Hey, it's okay" said Simba. Nala rubbed under Simba's chin purring. "I've really missed you" she said. Simba was startled by Nala's boldness for an instant, then he reciprocated. "I've missed you too" he said. Timon, Pumbaa, the girls, Moop and Foop were watching them from the bushes. Timon sighed heavily. "I'll tell you guys, this stinks" he said. "Oh. Sorry" said Pumbaa. "Not you Pumbaa. Them. Him. Her. Alone" said Timon. "What's wrong with that?" Pumbaa asked. Then Can You Feel The Love Tonight started.

Timon:
I can see what's happening

Pumbaa (speaking):
What?

Timon:
And they don't have a clue

Pumbaa (speaking):
Who?

Timon:
They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line
Our group is down to eight

Pumbaa (speaking):
Oh.

Timon:
Ze sweet caress of twilight
There's magic everywhere
And with all this romantic atmosphere
Disaster's in the air

Female singer:
Can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings?
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all it's living things

Simba and Flappy (thinking):
So many things to tell her
But how to make her see
The truth about my past? Impossible!
She'd turn away from me

Nala and Choppy (thinking):
He's holding back, he's hiding
But what? I can't decide
Why won't he be the king I know he is?
The king I see inside?

Chorus:
Can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings?
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all it's living things

Can you feel the love tonight?
You needn't look too far -
Stealing through the night's uncertainties
Love is where they are

Timon and Pumbaa were tearful.

Timon:
And if he falls in love tonight
It can't be assumed -

He hugged Pumbaa, tearfully.

Pumbaa:
His carefree days with us are history -

Timon and Pumbaa:
In short, our pal is doomed.

They let loose crying full force. While crying, Saki hugged Timon and Mai hugged Pumbaa. That made Timon and Pumbaa feel a little better. "Thanks Saki" Timon sniffed. "It's okay" said Saki smiling. Mai stroked Pumbaa. "You're so kind Mai. Thank you" said Pumbaa. "You're welcome Pumbaa" said Mai smiling. Moop and Foop hugged each other. "A hug always makes me feel better-mupu" said Moop. "It can make anyone feel better-pupu" said Foop.