When the dawn just began to shine on the Pride Lands, Sora, Kairi and Ventus awakened from their sleep, still tired from the events that had happened to them yesterday. Sora then looked out to see Simba going to a watering hole not too far away from the rock formation with Kovu watching him carefully from the distance. It was weird; Kovu looked almost… Morose as he looked at the Pride Land's king.
"Good morning Kovu," Sora said as he and his friends walked up to the lion. Kovu almost acted as if they were not there for a moment before turning around to look at them.
"Hey," he said calmly.
"Are you alright? You don't look so good." Kairi said. As soon as she said this, Kovu looked away, back to looking at Simba.
"It's nothing," replied, even though he was not acting like he was.
"What's nothing?" A new voice said. The group then turned around to see Kiara walking towards them, stopping at where Sora and the others were.
"They just asked me if I was alright and I said nothing was wrong, it's no big deal," Kovu continued to say.
"Hey Kovu, yah know, from what we saw yesterday, you really seem be a good hunter." Ven interrupted.
"Yeah, and your point is…?" Kovu asked, not even sure why the meerkat said that.
"Well if you are fine, like you said, why don't you teach Kiara how to hunt? I am sure Simba will be impressed by that and he would have to let you into the pride!" Ven said.
"That's actually a good idea! What do you think Kiara?" Sora asked the princess of Pride Rock.
"I like the idea, but are you sure you want to teach me Kovu?" Kiara asked.
Kovu only shrugged at this but then said, "Alright, I'll show you but you better listen." Kovu said as he began to sniff the air around him. He then began to listen and could have sworn he heard something on top of a small hill by them. "Watch and learn."
Kovu then slowly made his way towards the hill, walking down on all fours low to the ground. Just when he heard the noise from on top of the hill stop, he jumped, landing on top of the small meerkat who let out a shriek of terror.
"Please don't hurt me!" Timon said as he tried to back away from Kovu.
"Timon, what are you doing here?" Kiara asked. As soon as Kovu heard that he knew Kiara, Kovu let go of the meerkat.
"Kiara! Well I have good news, for once we weren't put in charge to look after you! We are actually here for something else: there are bugs everywhere!" Timon said as he moved his hands to show the plain with bugs coming out of the ground. "The bad news is that these birds won't get out of the way!"
Sora then looked over to see Pumbaa trying to chase the birds away by running into them, but it did not seem to work since they flew up when he came by them before shortly landing back down. "Ew, you guys actually eat these things?" Kairi asked.
"Who would want to eat these?" Ven asked.
"Well normally meerkats, like you, would." Timon said with a confused look. Ven only shrugged, not sure how to respond to this, but Timon didn't seem to care.
"Hey Timon, why don't we ask Kovu, Kiara, Sora and Kairi to roar for us to try and scare the birds away?" Pumbaa said, approaching the group.
"Quiet Pumbaa I'm trying to think…" Timon then began to think and then thought of it. "Hey, I got it, why don't you four do a little roaring for us?"
"Roaring?" Kairi asked.
"Yeah, you know, ROAR! Come on, work with me!" Timon said.
"Ah, would it be embarrassing to note that we don't really know how to?" Sora asked.
"It's like this," Kiara then let out a loud roar that scared off some of the birds on the plain. Sora and Kairi then followed Kiara's lead, figuring out how to roar quickly and letting out one as well.
"That's more like it!" Timon said as he jumped on Pumbaa's back.
"What does this have to do with the training?" Kovu asked.
"What, you can't have a little fun once in a while? We can train later!" Ven said, getting on Sora's back.
"Come on! We need to go chase them off the area!" Pumbaa said as he began to run with Timon on his back. Kiara, Sora (with Ven on his back), Kairi and even Kovu then chased after the birds, letting out a few roars here and there. It was really the first time Kovu actually had fun, and he was really enjoying it.
After chasing them for a little while longer, the group made a sharp turn to chase the birds, but when they rounded that corner, they were forced to come to a stop when countless angry rhinos stood in their way. The group then looked to see the birds resting on top of them, looking angry as well. The only thing the group could do was let out a scream as they ran away with the rhinos hot on their trail.
"Raged rhino!" Timon exclaimed as Pumbaa, Kiara, Kovu, Sora and Kairi continued to run. As they made another sharp turn, Kovu noticed a large crack in the side of the rocks surrounding them, and went inside it with the others following. They were the relieved when they all got in the crack and the rhinos ran past them, not noting them.
The whole situation only caused the group to laugh uncontrollably. "What a blast!" Kovu said.
"Oh, sorry." Pumbaa said, which only caused the group to laugh harder. At this time, Timon rubbed Kairi, Ven and Kovu's heads in acceptance.
"You kids are okay! You're okay," Timon said, accepting the newcomers to this world and Kovu. Timon and Pumbaa really couldn't believe that they were excepting an outsider, but they could really tell Kovu had light inside him, despite being one.
Right after that, Timon and Pumbaa, Sora, Kairi and Ven were able to squeeze out of the crack, leaving Kovu and Kiara in there alone. The two lions then accidentally touched faces and laughed worried. They then both nervously got out of the crack, but these events did not go unnoticed by the rest of the group; Timon, Pumbaa, Sora, Kairi ad Ven could tell they liked each other.
"Well, I think we are going to head over to Pride Rock," Pumbaa said.
"Yeah, us too," Sora started, "You two have a good time, alright?"
Kovu and Kiara only smiled before they walked away, going to spend time together.
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Sora, Kairi and Ven walked out of the cave on top of Pride Rock with tired eyes. They all decided to take a nap, since they were tired from the rhino chase. When they woke up however, they looked over at the front of Pride Rock to see Kovu pacing with a worried look wiped on his face. "Hey Kovu, did you have a nice time with Kiara?" Kairi asked as they approached him.
Kovu only looked at them briefly before he continued to pace. "It was great, I mean when that monkey showed up I thought it would ruin it, but he really made the experience better." Kovu replied.
"You mean Rafiki? He did always seem a little weird, but he is really a good pers- I mean animal." Sora replied.
"He is a good animal, but he made everything harder for me…" Kovu said.
"What do you mean?" Sora asked.
Kovu then stopped and turned to look at the three. "It made me realize, I am in love with Kiara." Kovu finally admitted.
Instead of acting worried like Kovu was, this made the whole group happy. "That's great Kovu!" Sora exclaimed.
"I know if you tell Kiara that Simba would have to let you into the pride!" Ven said.
Kovu then stopped pacing once again and looked at the group angrily. "No, you don't get it, I will never be let into this pride, there is no way Simba, Nala or Kiara would want me here if they found out what is really up with me." Kovu said angry.
"What do you mean?" Ven asked.
"Yeah, what do you mean Kovu?" Kiara asked, approaching the group. Kovu only looked down at the ground in shame.
"I didn't leave the outsiders, it was all a plan we had, I would gain Simba's trust and then I would end him." Kovu said. The group let out gasps upon hearing this, completely shocked.
"You're joking, right?" Kairi asked.
"Kovu, it can't be true, you are lying!" Kiara said.
"I'm sorry Kiara, but it's the truth." Kovu said.
"I knew I couldn't trust you!" A familiar voice said. The group then looked to see Simba jumping in between Kovu and Kiara, Sora, Ven and Kairi. Nala also came towards the group, standing next to Kiara worriedly.
"Simba, I am sorry, I truthfully don't want to work with the Outsiders anymore, I ask for your forgiveness." Kovu said, bowing to Simba.
"You will never be one of us!" Simba exclaimed, "I gave you a chance, I allowed you to face judgment, and I pass it now: exile!"
Kovu did not reply, he only ran down the side of Pride Rock afraid. As he did this, Simba turned to face his wife. "Nala, gather the other lionesses, we have to fight the outsiders when they come." Simba said as Nala nodded and left to go get the other lionesses.
"But Simba, he was telling the truth!" Sora said.
"Kovu really does love Kiara, I can feel it, he will help you fight the Outsiders!" Kairi exclaimed.
"That's not all, he doesn't just love me, I love him father." Kiara said.
"You two will not be together! I know this is what my father would do, and I must follow in his paw prints," Simba said.
"You will never be Mufasa!" Kiara said, which shocked Simba, before she ran off, running down the side of Pride Rock away from her family. Sora, Kairi and Ven only looked at Simba when this happened before they went and ran after Kiara.
After an hour or so, the three world travelers finally found Kiara looking for Kovu. "Kiara, we are so sorry," Sora said.
"I am not going back with you!" Kiara said, thinking that Simba sent them to bring her back. "I know there is good inside Kovu, he really does love me. And I know that if we find him, we can make the fighting between us and the Outsiders stop."
"Kiara, we are actually here to help you find him." Ven said, taking Kiara by surprise.
"You are not the only one that knows there is light inside Kovu, and I know that is the two of you really try, you can stop the fighting between the two prides." Kairi said.
Kiara only smiled at this. "Thanks guys." Kiara then turned her head slightly to look at Pride Rock in the distance. "Come on, if we are going to find Kovu we better find him soon."
Ug, Kiara and Kairi's names are to simliar -_- If I have a typo with their names I am sorry
I know, and I am sorry for not updating in forever! I am soooooo sorry but school was extremly crazy.
Also, it appears we have a bit of a delema. On my poll, you know the one that votes which one shot I will write about? We we currently have a three way tie -_- I personally dont even know how that is possible, but I really dont know if I have time to write three one shots. I dont know, if no one else votes, I might just decide to somehow sqeeze one of them into this story, another as the secret ending to this, and the last one the one shot so we can get all three of them, but its only if none of you vote anymore.
Also, if anyone is intersed, I got really bored and made a list of character disney theme songs for our lovely KH characters. If anyone cares, it is right here...
Sora: You'll be in my Heart – Tarzan
Kairi: Colors of the Wind – Pocahontas
Riku: Go the Distance – Hercules
Aqua: Lesson Number One – Mulan II
Terra: Not One of Us – Lion King 2
Ventus: Two Worlds – Tarzan
Roxas: Son of Man – Tarzan
Xion: I Won't say I'm in Love – Hercules
Lea: Why Should I Worry? – Oliver and Company
Namine: Listen with Your Heart – Pocahontas
So yeah... I think they are good picks, what do you guys think?
So please R&R! I will try to get the last chapter of the Lion King 2 out ASAP, but until then, please look out for the next chapter!
