Author's Note: And chapter 6! This time, the action really starts to heat up. Thanks to all who reviewed!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Lion King or Kimba the White Lion.

Chapter 6

Soon after Kimba showed Simba Caesar's hide, the cubs began to split up.

"I know a beautiful spot we can go to with lots of flowers," Kitty said. "Are you interested in coming with me, Nala?"

"Oh, sure!" Nala replied. "Sounds fun! Ha, Tama will probably be jealous."

"Well, come on!" Kitty responded, smiling. With that, the two lionesses bounded off, leaving Kimba, Simba, Dot, Dash, and Dinky behind them.

"Bor-ing," Dinky muttered. "Hey, guys, want to go to the amusement park?"

"I will if you will!" Dot replied, Dash nodding enthusiastically in agreement.

"Bye, guys!" Kimba said, as the trio sped off, chattering all the way.

Simba suddenly gasped. "Oh no!" he whispered.

"What?" Kimba asked.

"I'd forgotten all about my parents!" Simba fretted. "Darn, and I'm supposed to be grounded, too! For an occasion similar to this one! Except our destination then wasn't nearly as amazing as this one. And we didn't make any new friends, only enemies."

"Hmm." Kimba seemed deep in thought. "Hey, you can show me your home!"

"I'd love to!" Simba replied. "But what about Nala?"

"Let's go find them," Kimba replied. Together, the two of them started to follow the same path Kitty and Nala did. However, they were stopped in their tracks when they heard voices.

"I'm telling you, Banzai, we're lost!"

"Hey, it wasn't me who came up with this idea!"

"Oh, and I suppose the rocks weren't your idea, either?"

"That was different, Shenzi!"

"Yeah, and did you see where that got us? Now your stupid declaration that Scar was this way was wrong, 'cause I'm telling you, that lion wasn't Scar! And now we're lost!"

Hysterical laughter followed.

"Oh, shut up, Ed!"

Simba's eyes widened. "Oh, no…it's those three!"

"Who?" Kimba inquired.

Simba did not need to reply. Three hyenas came loping into view. Two of them were arguing, and the third had a rather stupid expression on his face.

"These three tried to eat me and Nala when we went to the Elephant Graveyard," Simba explained quietly.

"Well, they won't be eating anybody this time," Kimba vowed quietly.

The stupid-looking hyena suddenly spotted the two cubs, and started jabbering at them excitedly, nudging the other two.

"What is it, Ed?" one of the arguing hyenas, a female, snarled.

The other hyena, another male, had also spotted the two cubs, and grinned at Simba. "Hey, Shenzi, look who it is…"

Shenzi finally saw what the two males were indicating. She smirked. "Excellent. Looks like we're eating well today."

"You won't be allowed to eat anyone, you bullies!" Kimba snarled.

One of the males, Banzai, let out a loud whoop of laughter. "Look at him. He thinks he's so brave!"

"He's a white lion," Shenzi observed. "Great, I was craving for some white meat!"

"I want the future king!" Banzai declared, nodding at Simba. Ed laughed hysterically.

"I don't want to fight you," Kimba said, noticing Simba shaking behind him. "But if you pick on my friends and me, then of course I'll fight!"

"The white lion's mine!" Shenzi declared, ready to pounce on Kimba. Then, the white lion let out a loud "Raaarr!" and pounced on his assailant. Shenzi let out a yelp of surprise, and the two of them tumbled around, fighting. It looked like Kimba was a really skilled fighter, and exceptionally brave.

I'm brave, too, Simba thought, looking at Banzai, who was circling around the fight. "You need help, there—AAAHHHH!"

Simba had pounced on Banzai's back, and dug his needle-sharp claws into the hyena, who was flailing around, wailing, "Get 'im off! Get 'im off!" Ed was laughing hysterically at his cohorts, both of whom were being beaten by their opponents.

"SCAT!" the two lion cubs yowled at the same time, sending all three hyenas fleeing. Shenzi and Banzai were arguing with each other again, their voices growing fainter and fainter until they finally disappeared.

"That'll teach them," Kimba mused.

Simba gaped at him. "Can you teach me to fight like that?" he pleaded. "You're really good at it!"

"It's really simple," Kimba replied modestly. "Nothing special."

"Nothing special?" Simba breathed. "You've got some really good fighting moves! And look at me; I'm always beaten by Nala! I almost got eaten by hyenas!"

"Well, I guess I can teach you some basics for self-defense—" Kimba started, but was broken off by a great whoop of joy from Simba.

"Oh boy, oh boy! Wait 'till everyone sees how good I'll be!"

"Okay." Kimba stepped back slightly. "Attack me."

"What?"

"Attack me," Kimba repeated. "I need to know your fighting style."

Simba leaped for Kimba. The two rolled around, until Kimba had Simba pinned.

"Great," Simba muttered. "Make that two cubs who can easily pin me."

"You're relying on strength alone," Kimba replied, stepping off him. "Let me tell you something a good friend of mine once told me, about a fish named Aeslop the Smart."

"Aeslop the Smart?" Simba asked.

Kimba nodded. "Once, in what was once an island called Volcano island, there was a river, and in the river was a great beast called Goblin. He terrorized the fish and ate them, one by one, until one fish named Aeslop the Smart set out to defeat Goblin. And believe it or not, he defeated Goblin, even though the monster was twenty times his size!"

"How did he beat Goblin?" Simba inquired. "Goblin sounds awfully big to me."

"Aeslop used his smarts to defeat the monster," Kimba explained. "That's how I can beat opponents such as Boss Rhino."

"You beat a rhino?" Simba choked.

Kimba nodded. "If you use brains rather than brawn, it can prove very effective. Let's see you try it. I'll pretend to be one of my old enemies, a bad lion named Claw. He hardly ever uses smarts."

This went on for hours. Eventually, Simba started getting better and better. Then, suddenly…

"You pinned me!" Kimba cried, as Simba went on top of him.

"I did?" Simba asked, dazed. "Well, then…" he imitated Nala's voice. "Pinned ya!"

Kimba laughed. "Hey, lemme up!" Simba stepped off of him, and then muttered, "I won. I actually won! And my friends say I'm the worst fighter of the group!"

"You're pretty good, actually!" Kimba countered.

"Let's show Nala!" Simba suggested, but was stopped in his tracks when Pauley Cracker suddenly came flying towards the duo.

"Kimba! KIIIIMMMMBBBBAAAA!"

"What, Pauley?" Kimba responded.

"Danger—danger!" Pauley panted, desperately flapping his wings. "Human—human beings! And they look like they're hunters, too!"

"Well, then let's go!" Kimba roared, streaking off in the direction of the hunting party mentioned. Simba followed closely behind, wondering what a human was.

Author's Note: And the dreaded cliffhanger strikes again! Those two certainly have a lot on their plates.

As for the Kimba vs. Shenzi fight, I was imagining one of those dust clouds to pop up, like the ones that always show up in a fight in a typical Kimba episode. Hehe, I always wondered what would happen if those three met Kimba.

Kimba Episodes Referenced:

Volcano Island

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