*I don't own ANY of the Kingdom Hearts characters or Lion King II: Simba's Pride characters. I only own Katie.

Repliku woke up to the sudden tickling sensation under his nose; he opened his eyes sluggishly to see a tail. Following the tail to see a large lioness wrapped around him, keeping him warm. He scrunched out from the lioness' tail and stretched. His head was still throbbing from the dark presence, as if the presence was still in existence.

Repliku jumped when a voice asked behind him, "Feeling any better, Repliku?" It was Sora. "You gave us quite a scare yesterday."

"Yeah, I'm fine…my head still hurts but I'm okay." Repliku flicked his tail towards the sleeping lioness. "Who's that?" he asked.

"That's Katie. Riku finally convinced her to sleep." Sora explained.

Repliku dug his claws into the cave's floor as he spat, "Doesn't he know the dangers of sleep for Katie?"

Sora nodded. "Yeah…but he thinks that staying awake is only making it easier for Xehanort to capture Katie's body. I mean, she has gold eyes and a larger silver patch in her hair now." Before turning away, he added, "It's about noon. I know it's the first time in months for Katie to sleep but she's the last one asleep now. Don't want her to get jump-stare wake up call, ya know?"

Repliku chuckled at the memory when he tried to wake Katie up in Kohona. "Yeah, don't want someone getting a broken nose." He joked.

Sora laughed and said over his shoulder, "Kairi and I are going to the hunting grounds with Kovu and Kiara, if what to join us." Flicking his tail as if he was waving good-bye, he stalked out of the cave.

"Sounds like fun! Catch you later!" Repliku called after Sora. He turned back to Katie; he almost didn't want to wake her. She looked at peace…but she'll hurt somebody if someone doesn't wake her up properly. Wielding Soul Eater, Repliku grabbed it by its sharp end and used its handle to poke Katie's side. Repliku rolled his eyes when Katie moaned angrily and flipped over, facing away from him. "Katie…" Repliku called under Soul Eater's blade in his mouth.

"No..." Katie groaned, half asleep.

"Come on Katie…time to wake up…"

"I don't wanna go to school today…" Katie moaned. She put her paw over her eyes.

Repliku couldn't help but stifle a laugh. He poked Katie harder. "Katie. Up. Now." His patience was now running thin. Repliku last resorted to whacking Katie hard on the head with his sword's hilt. "Wake up, lazy ass!" Repliku yelled.

"Ow…!" Katie complained as she roused up to her paws and rubbed her head. She opened her eyes and glared at Repliku. "Repliku, what the hell?! I was in the middle of an awesome dream!"

"C'mon, we're meeting Sora and Kairi in the hunting grounds." Repliku dismissed his sword and nudged Katie. "Sorry that I hit you so hard, by the way."

Katie shook her head hard to make to pain go away. "S'all good. You said the hunting grounds, right?" Repliku nodded, Katie grinned. "Great! I haven't been hunting for months!" She bounded out of the cave.

"Wait, you know how to hunt?" Repliku asked Katie when he finally caught up to her.

Katie nodded. "Yup! Growing up on a farm and in a state where white-tail deer overpopulate the county, you kinda learn how to hunt." She answered with a sheepish smile. "But, this is teeth and claw hunting and I do rifle season so…this is going to be interesting."

"Yeah, I don't see any guns around here." Repliku joked.

"Ha-ha! That's funny!" Katie laughed. She saw Kairi in the distance. "Kairi!" she called.

Kairi turned around and her tail shot up. "Hey, Katie, Repliku! Coming over for some hunting lessons?" she asked.

Katie shook her head 'no'. "Nuh-uh. Just gonna watch." Katie looked around, "Where's Lea and Riku?"

Sora bounded up to the group. "They're helping Simba with the perimeters, looking out for Heartless and Outlanders." He answered. He yanked his head to the side, "C'mon. Kovu is teaching Kiara how to pounce right!" They followed him.

Kovu was downwind with his back against Kiara, who was creeping in the tall yellow savannah grass. Kovu looked bored out of his mind. As Kiara reared up her pounce, he mumbled under his breath, "Three…two…" he rolled his eyes. "One." He ducked as soon as Kiara pounced, making Kiara soar over him and land heavily in the dirt. Kovu walked up to her and stood over her head, looking down at her.

Kiara let out a nervous laugh, "You could hear me, huh?" she asked, embarrassed.

"Only...a lot." Kovu helped Kiara up and explained, "You're still breathing too hard. Relax... feel the earth under your paws... so it doesn't shift and make noise." He flexed his claws and Kiara followed his example. A flock of birds interrupts them, alighting beyond a nearby hill. Kovu looked over his shoulder to look at the Keyblade Wielders and sent them a smirk. He whispered to Kiara, "Watch the master... and learn." Kovu ran silently down into a gully, then up the other side.

"He does know that Timon is down there, right?" Sora asked Katie quietly.

Katie shrugged her shoulders. "I dunno. He'll find out in a second."

Kovu leaped over the ridge top, he pounced with claws fully extended right down on top of, as Sora predicted, Timon, who is foraging for bugs there. The meerkat turned around and his eyes bugged out of his head. "AHHH!" he screamed. Kovu freezes in position as soon as he landed, with his mouth open; he skidded to a halt with Timon between his forelegs. Timon cowered in fear as he whimpered, "Don't eat me! Please! I...I...I never really met your tyrant-I mean, uh- Scar. Scar. Oh, heck of a guy. A little moody, but, I..."

Kiara, Katie, Kairi, Sora, and Repliku walked down the hill. Kiara asked furiously, "Timon, what are you doing here?"

Timon looked relieved when Kiara got closer. "Kiara! Thank goodness! Ohh! Hey... for once, we're not following ya. This just happens to be the best smorgasbord in the Pride Lands. Bugs everywhere!" He motioned to the field before him, but it was heavily occupied by birds. "But, you don't call for a reservation, and-yeesh!" Turning toward the birds, he yelled, "Get outta here, ya scavengers! Go on! Shoo! Shoo!" Timon tried to scare away the birds; he waved his arms at one unconcerned bird, which bit Timon's nose. "Ow! Oh!...Oh!...oh!"

Pumbaa, Timon's red warthog friend, rushed down the hill, and back up, scattering birds, who just come back to land right where they were. Kiara and the Keyblade Wielders watched with amusement, Kovu with bewilderment. Pumbaa plopped down to the ground, then stood back up when a dozen or so birds landed on his back. "Ohh... Timon, I'm getting tired. I gotta lose some pounds!" he complained.

Timon shooed the birds off of his buddy's back. "Shoo! Go on! Shoo! Shoo!"

Katie rolled her eyes. "Looks like ya got a bird problem. Where I come from, we shoot—I mean, scream into the sky. The ruckus makes the birds fly off."

Pumbaa looked at Kovu. "Hey! Maybe he can help. Ya think?" he asked.

"Oh! Yeah... there's an idea. Right. Let the vicious Outsider- Hey! Wait! I have an idea!" He ran over to Kovu. "What if he helps?"

"What?" Pumbaa asked with his head cocked to the side.

"Didn't Pumbaa just suggest that?" Repliku asked Katie.

"Sh, Repliku. Just wait for a sec." Katie told him.

Timon turned to Kovu, "You wanna lend a voice? Huh?" Kovu blankly stared at the meerkat. Timon faceplamed and sighed. He screwed up his face to make it look like he was growling, "Grrr. Guh...Roar! Work with me!"

Kiara shouldered her way past Kovu. "Like this." She let in a deep breath and let out a large, loud roar. The birds scattered but settled back to the ground.

"Wooo-hoo! C'mon, do it again! Do it again!" Timon shouted. He jumped onto Pumbaa's back. Kiara looked at the still confused Kovu and motioned him to roar. He did. The birds scattered again but he sent them into a rout. The Keyblade Wielders looked at each other, then shrugged. They let out the mightiest roars they could muster. The birds were scared now! "Yee-haa!" Timon yelled, he sent Pumbaa charging down the hill.

Kiara, Kovu, and the Keyblade Wielders ran down the hill, sending birds flying in every direction. Kovu was still clueless on what was going on. "Why are we doing this? What's the point of this training?" he questioned.

Kairi laughed. "Training?" she repeated. "This isn't training, this is having fun!"

Kovu stared at Kairi with confused eyes. "Fun?" he repeated, as if he's never heard of the word before.

"Yeah, you know! Fun!" Sora confirmed cheerfully. He looked at Kovu with puzzled yet shocked eyes. "Wait, you've never heard of fun?!" Kovu shook his head 'no'.

Repliku rolled his eyes, "You need to out more often, Kovu."

"Fun!" Katie squealed, letting her inner kid out. "Ha-ha!" she ran faster down the hill, now racing with Repliku. "Yee-ha! Ha-ha! Woo!"

Kovu looked at the ground, he slowly got the idea. "Ha-ha…" His eyes brightened. "Ha-ha! Yeee-haa! Yeee-haaa!" The group was having too much fun to notice the rhinos in their path. After noticing the rhinos, they all skidded to a halt. They notice the birds all sitting on top of the rhinos' heads.

"Uh-oh." Kiara whispered. The birds blew raspberries at the group and the rhino's suddenly looked miffed. They snorted steam out of their noses.

"Run! Run, run, run, run, run, run! RUN!" Kairi screamed. She quickly spun around and ran back the way they came. The lions and the warthog quickly followed Kairi's example.

The rhinos were in hot pursuit, gaining on the lions. Timon yelled to Pumbaa as he turned a corner using the edge of a small overhang. "Jeez, watch it!"

"Sorry!" Pumbaa cried. They all franticly skidded around another corner, hoping to lose the rhinos. Kovu was the only one laughing with joy. The lions turned another sharp corner and hid in a crevice.

Kovu laughed as the rhinos stampeded past the groups hiding place. "What a blast!" he yelled happily.

"Blast?!" Repliku growled. "That wasn't a blast! That was us running for our dear lives!"

"Hey, lighten up, Repliku!" Katie giggled. "I agree with Kovu, it was fun!"

Repliku stared at Katie. "Fun?!" he repeated. "That's not 'fun'! What is wrong with you two?!"

Timon ignored Repliku and gave Kovu a noogy. "You're alright, kid."

"Hey!" Kovu laughed, caught off guard the first time in his life.

"You're alight." Timon told Kovu again. They all squeezed out the crevice.

"Whoa, it's getting late." Sora commented as soon as everyone got out of their hiding place. Katie looked up to the sky to see the sun setting. "We better get back to Pride Rock." He started to walk away.

One by one, the group followed. Katie stopped and turned to Kovu and Kiara when they didn't follow. "You guys comin?" she asked.

Kiara shook her head 'no'. "No, Kovu and I are going to stay out for a little while longer. But thanks for asking, Katie."

"No prob. See you guys later!" Katie bounded after Repliku, who waited for her at the top of the hill.

They both failed to notice a lion on the top of the cliff, looking down at them. Especially Katie. "That's right, Katelynn Heart…go have your fun while you still can…" he disappeared with a dark portal.

Katie stopped and looked up at the cliff, she saw nothing. "You coming Katie?" Repliku called

"Comin!" Katie called back; she slowly looked away from the cliff and ran after her friends.

That chapter was a..."I'll do whatever I want" chapter. XD

Fun Fact!: Originally, I was going to have Katie wield Chaos Ripper, a Keyblade that Terra could wield in Birth By Sleep. The plan was to have a Keyblade that tied to Birth By Sleep. I always wanted Katie to wield MX's Keyblade cuz, one: I could. And two: I wanted to have her tie with MX somehow. Then I also thought: "If she carries Vanitas' heart, wouldn't she wield Void Gear?" And that's how she ended up wielding Void Gear. :D

Bless your face. And if you sneezed with reading this KH fanfic then bless you. Peace off. BOOP!