I hope you all liked chapter 5. Please remember, the more reviews and comments, the faster I will update. Here is chapter 6 and as always please review.

When Simba woke up the next morning, the first thing on his mind was Nala. He was the only one in the den and decided to go out. He went down to the Waterhole and found his father waiting for him.

Mufasa nuzzled Simba. "Good morning son. Today I want you to come with me, while I do the morning reports."

Simba sighed. Right now, all he wanted to do was be with Nala. "Do I have to Dad? How long is it going to take?"

"That depends on what Zazu says. And, as future king, I have to train you." Mufasa answered.

"Alright, let's go" Simba said. With that, father and son went to the morning rounds.

Sarabi and Ajjali were by the Pride's resting place. It was the longest path down Priderock and had some low sturdy branches from trees, rocks and trees to rest on. Sarabi was bathing Ajjali, who really didn't mind getting cleaned. "Mommy, when's Simba going to be King?" Ajjali asked. Sarabi thought for a minute. "After your father has trained him and probably when he has a mate." Sarabi answered.

"Who's his mate going to be?"Ajjali asked.

"Whoever he chooses, and if he doesn't your father and I will choose for him. And if he does choose his own mate, they have to have our blessings and the lionesses parents blessings"

"How come Uncle Scar doesn't have his own mate?" Ajjali asked.

"Darling, your father was King so he had to have a mate. Your grandfather Ahadi wanted for Scar to have a mate, but he decided not to," Sarabi said, smiling at her daughter.

Ajani's amber eyes sparkled. "Uncle Scar said he should have been King too. But I said, Daddy was King then he walked away looking mad."

Sarabi sighed but didn't say anything. "Can I go play with Zawadi now?" Ajjali asked. Zawadi was Chumvi's little sister.

"Alright, but be back by noon, so I can feed you" Sarabi said. Ajjali nodded and ran off.

Later that day, Nala was with Shari and Tama under a tree. She saw Zazu flying by. "Zazu!" she called.

"Yes, Nala?" Zazu asked, landing in front of her. "Have you seen Simba?" Nala asked.

"Yes, he is with his father training and should be done soon. Why?" Zazu replied.

"If you see him," Nala said, "Can you please tell him to meet me by the meadow, tonight?" Nala asked.

"Of course" Zazu said. "I must be on my way now?" With that, the hornbill flew away.

"So, a night with Simba, hmm?" Shari laughed. Nala felt herself blushing.

"Nala you love him don't you?" Tama said gently. "And he loves you back."

Nala was too happy to answer. She just nodded.

"I understand. I feel the same way about Moraan." Tama said. "How about you and Amri, Shari?"

" He loves me, I love him back. Zakia keeps teasing me." Shari answered. Zakia was Shari's twin sister, but she didn't hang out with them very often and wasn't in their hunting party. Zakia usually spent her time with her two friends, often watching the crèche.

" Do you have to watch the crèche today?" Nala asked. The crèche what they called the nursery. Mother's dropped their cubs of at a group and two or three lionesses watched them.

"Yeah me and Tama are on the same watch." Shari said. "We better go. Coming Nala?"

"Yes, I have to go see my parents." Nala said getting up.

When they reached Priderock, Tama and Shari went into to the nursery cave.. Priderock was huge and had many dens. The small den was where the pride slept during the warm season and had a big opening. The big den was huge, with many ledges to rest on and had a small opening to get in and out. That was used by the Pride during the rainy season. The smallest den was used by the Royal family, but on some nights, they would sleep in the other dens with the pride. The nursery den was another den used my small cubs. Only little cubs, their parents and lionesses who were watching the crèche were allowed to go in.

Nala found her parents in the small den. She went nuzzled both of them.

"Have you been training?" Runju asked.

"Yeah, but I finished a while ago. I wanted some free time" Nala replied. Actually she had wanted to spend her free time with Simba, but was busy. At least they would be able to spend some time together this evening. Her thought drifted off and she smiled at the thought of Simba. She loved him, she loved her back.

"Nala?" Runju asked. Nala snapped out of her thoughts. "Yes, Daddy?" she asked.

"I asked you four times if you were going hunting this evening?" Runju asked. "Are you okay?"

Runju studied Nala carefully. She had been drifting off in her thoughts all day. This morning, he had told her three times that she had training and she didn't seem to hear, until Hofu had bitten her ear.

"No, I won't be joining the hunt and I'm fine." Nala replied, but her eyes still looked dreamy and happy.

"If you say so" Sarafina said, observing Nala's face.

That night Nala waited for Simba in the meadow. It was a short wait. She watched as she made his way toward her.

"Hey, beautiful." Simba said licking Nala's cheek. Nala smiled and nuzzled him.

"I'm sorry I wasn't with you during the afternoon. Dad was training me" Simba said laying down next to Nala.

"It's alright. What did you do during training?" Nala asked. She rested her head in Simba's paws.

As Simba explained what he had done, Nala realized how happy she was just to be with Simba. For her he seemed to be the brightest star, in the dark sky for her. Someone that she could tell anything to and he would understand her happiness and her sorrow. She felt Simba nuzzle the top of her head.

"How's the future leader of the hunting party?" Simba asked.

"Penda's a good teacher and she said I would be a great leader" Nala answered. "Do you want to go hunting together tomorrow. Just me and you?"

"I'd love to" Simba replied. "Hey, you've heard about Kula and Chumvi getting together, right?"

"Yeah I did" Nala said. Stuff about romance was never head by the adults. It was only known by the pride's young lions. Her parents didn't know that she loved Simba, but she would tell them someday.

"And all that Shinda has been doing is spending time with Alex. He told me that she loves him and Alex loves her too." Nala continued.

"That's good. They deserve to be happy." Simba said.

"Yeah, we all do" Nala said, and licked Simba's nose causing him to blush.

"Sweetie, we should be getting back to Priderock now. We might get in trouble if we're late." Simba said. "I promise tomorrow, we'll go hunting together, even if I have to miss training.

Nala smiled. "Alright, let's go."