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Shenzi walked out of the Pride Lands. She retreated into a cave and cuddled up closer to the wall of a cave. She stared ahead of her, thinking of the event that happened today. That hyena had come out of nowhere and she was suddenly nuzzling herself all over Banzai. Shenzi was not sad. She was angry! She was angry at Zina, at Banzai, and also with herself. She should have taken him when she had the chance.
Her head shot up as a struck of lightning cracked the sky. She sprang to her feet and growled as a silhouette of an animal formed onto the floor of the cave. Shenzi cautiously stalked up to the animal. She bent her body on the ground and sprung up to the creature. She felt the fur against her paws as she pinned the animal's body on the ground. "Huh?" she said as she looked at the creature that she attacked.
It was a soaking Ed who had a frightened look on his face.
"Sorry Ed," Shenzi said as she walked off of him. Ed got up from the ground and shook his wet fur to dry off. "Watch it!" Shenzi suddenly snapped at him as she shook herself from the water drops that Ed accidentally gave her.
Ed's eyes widened as his smile turned into a frown. He began to let out a soft whimper.
Shenzi understood what she had done. She didn't mean to hurt him but she was absorbed in her thoughts about Banzai and Zina that she lashed out at Ed. "Sorry Ed," she said as she put a paw on his back.
Ed looked up from the ground and then at her. He had a perplexed look on his face to ask Shenzi why she acted that way to him.
"I'm upset over what happened today," Shenzi confided in him. It was better to tell Ed about it. He wouldn't tell anyone else since they barely understood him.
Ed walked up to her and gave her a gentle push with his nose under her chin, indicating that everything was going to be all right.
"Thanks Ed," she thanked him, "but what happened was really random. I wasn't prepared for it and it hurt me so much."
Ed leaped away from her and as he did, his paws tangled with one another and he landed on the ground. He let out his famous maniacal laughed followed by Shenzi's laugh.
"Thanks for making me feel better pal," she said as she walked up to him and untangled his paws.
"Brrr," a voice was heard as Shenzi and Ed looked up. Banzai was standing by the open mouth of the cave, drying himself off. "Man, its raining lions and hyenas outside," he said as she approached his friends, "I missed you two by the way."
Shenzi couldn't help but glare at him. She got up from the ground and passed him by.
Banzai's smile faltered when she passed. Not even a smile or a 'hi.' "Shenzi where are you going?" he asked as he looked after her.
"It doesn't concern you," she stopped walking as she looked at him. She looked out and walked out of the cave and disappeared into the distance.
"What's the matter with her?" Banzai asked as he looked over at Ed who only gave him a shrug.
The rain heavily pounded on her fur as she looked at her paws that were in a small puddle. She stopped walking and sat down as anger consumed every single inch of her body. Who does he think he is? she thought. He just waltzed in there and acted as if nothing was wrong! What was that? As she thought about it, she failed to listen to a creature that was lurking behind her.
"Shenzi," her name was whispered as she turned her head and came face to face with none other than Zina.
Shenzi leaped to her paws and growled. She was ready to fight this hyena.
"Now, now," Zina's voice cooed, "there's no need to be defensive here. I'm not going o hurt you."
"And I'm not stupid," Shenzi said as she still held her position. She wasn't going to listen to this dumb hyena. She didn't even trust her.
Zina approached her as if they had been the best of friends since they were cubs. "I only come to tell you something," she said as she bought her face closer to Shenzi's. "Stay away from him." A thunderbolt clapped behind her.
"You can't tell me what to do!" Shenzi yelled at her, "better yet, you're not allowed to tell me what to do. Banzai is my friend and I'll choose whether I want to be near him or not. Got that?"
Zina let out her high-pitched laugh again. "Oh yeah right," she giggled, "he likes me and only me."
"That's a lie," Shenzi boomed as she stomped her paw on the ground, sending bits of water at Zina's light fur.
"It's a fact," Zina stated, "and he hates you."
Shenzi's growling increased. "You better stop lying to me or I will kill you."
Zina raised an eyebrow at her. "Do you best."
With her last nerve, Shenzi let out a deep howl as she jumped at Zina. Her jaws bit down on her neck as her teeth sank deep into her flesh.
Zina rolled on the ground as she felt Shenzi's teeth letting go of her neck. She jumped at Shenzi and both hyenas rolled on the ground. As they were falling, Zina clawed and bit Shenzi wherever she could, resulting in Shenzi brutally fighting back.
Shenzi was a stronger hyena than Zina was. She gave her a sharp scratch on the face with her claws, sending her a couple of feet away.
With a grunt, Zina's back hit a large rock that was planted on the ground. She shook her head and saw Shenzi charging at her. Shenzi leaped from the ground and with her claws scathed she went towards Zina. Zina jumped away from the rock. Shenzi gasped when she saw the rock. She hit her head on the rock and withered to the ground.
A smile formed on Zina's lips. She slowly approached Shenzi's body. She couldn't tell whether Shenzi was unconscious or dead but either way, Zina was going to get rid of her. She bent her head down, cupped Shenzi's neck in her teeth, and dragged her away from the rock and into the distance.
Banzai angrily paced back and forth as Ed watched him. "What was that all about?" he snapped, "her walking away like that. She has never acted like this to me before! What's going on?" he asked as he looked at Ed.
Ed put a paw in the air and seemed to draw something in the air.
"Huh?" Banzai asked as he raised a confused bushy eyebrow at him.
Ed continued to do it. "If you're trying to draw a circle it's not a good one," Banzai said. Ed stopped waving his paw and his ears drooped. Banzai shook his head, "if she came in contact with Zina again—no!" he gasped which made Ed jump. No, no, no! he yelled in his head. Zina was one thing but Shenzi was another. He didn't want them killing each other even though getting rid of Zina didn't seem like such a bad idea. He ran out of the cave with Ed tagging along with him.
Zina dropped Shenzi to the ground as she looked down at her. She looked at the water hole and at Pride Rock, which was not as far as she expected it to be. "Well, I'm doing the lions a favor," she said as she gave Shenzi one last look. She let out a high-pitched laugh to attract the lions to the spot where Shenzi was. With that, she ran away into the tall grass.
Ten minutes later, Shenzi moved her head from the ground and looked around. The rain stopped and there was a touch of sunset into the distance. She looked around her and figured out where she was. The water hole, close to Pride Rock, in the Pride Lands! She was in trouble! She heard deep growls into the distance as her ears perked up in alert.
The tall grass moved as four lionesses sprung up.
Shenzi's jaw dropped. She turned around and ran away as fast as she could.