A/N:Thanks for the amazing reviews. Because of you awesome readers, I'm able to update soon as possible. Enjoy chapter eleven!
It was no secret that Princess Kiara has a crush on the former rouge and her savoir. The night before her hunt, they talked. Where they agreed that they wasn't in love with one another but they love each other for the cub that the future queen was carrying. But it didn't help nawing feeling of jealousy as the Spirit Lands prince seen the longing looks casted the brown lion's way.
"You love her...don't you?"
The light brown lion tour his brown eyes from the two down below as Kiara walked with that new lion by her side. With those two prey animals in front. Baruchel's gaze landed on a young light cream lioness with dirty blond tuffs on her ears.
"Bahati...right?"
The mountain princess sat on the hill next to the older lion. Her golden eyes on the savannah below before nodding her head. Baruchel looked back at Kiara and sighed.
"I'm not in love with her. But I do love her and it hurts. But she's happy...that's all I'm worrying about"
Bahati looked up at the light brown lion. "What about you?"
"I'll find the one sooner or later. Besides my cub is more important right now"
Bahati deep down knew the neighboring prince was hurting. With a deep sigh she got up and headed for the water hole before going on the last hunt of the day. When she got there she wasn't the only one. Her mother was there with her half brother, father and step mother. She ignored them and continued for her drink. To groan at the presence of her father.
"Bahati..."
The light cream lioness whipped her head around and glared at the pale orange lion. "What are you doing here?"
Bahati's father was taken back. His orange eyes wide with mixed emotions. "Princess..."
"Don't princess me! You bring that lioness here! Where I live! Where I'm able to be free! Bad enough that you have me watching Malik against my will!"
"Bahati!" a very light cream lioness scold, her bright golden eyes narrowed
"Binti...no" the pale orange lion shook his head, shaking his black mane as well. "Bahati is right. I haven't been fair and to be honest your aunt would have my head"
A light brown lioness walked over, her ears pinned and her red eyes on the younger lioness. "I'm sorry that you feel such a way. But your father and your mother had been talking and I agree that you should be the heir."
Bahati grunted. "Why now? Since Kula is your queen Malik is the crowning heir or however that goes"
Kula looked at her mate and nuzzled him. "Malka, tell her"
Malka inhaled and exhaled. "It was and still is. But if you're to get married before Malik finds a mate"
Bahati looked away from her father and stood up before stretching. She glanced back at her father and shook her head.
"I need time to think"
Not waiting for a reply Bahati trotted leaving her parents and her step mother to their thoughts.
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Alot of emotions ran through the mind and body of the assaaint. No one has never shown him the compassion and caring like Kiara. He had spent the whole day with her and now the stars are out. At this moment that's what they were doing, stargazing. He has never did this type of stuff before and he has no words to explain.
"Oooh. That one looks like a baby rabbit"
Kovu followed the princess's paw to the dark sky and seen the stars make a shape of a baby rabbit. He laughed at how realistic it looked. Then he caught sight of a shape to the farthest right.
"Yeah... hey! There's one that looks like two lions killing each other for a scrap of meat!"
Kovu laughs this is all new to him but strangely enough he likes it. But on the other side that wasn't Kiara's cup of tea, could tell by the way she grimaces. Because in all she knew that image was a scene of the past.
"Ah, I've never done this before."
Which was the truth, Zira, his siblings and Asali would deny his request in a heartbeat. Besides all his time has been on training and what little free time he had went to his son. He sighed deeply knowing Jaali must miss him. But he was knocked out of his thoughts by a calming voice.
"Really? My father and I used to do this all the time. He says all the great Kings of the past are up there."
Kovu looked back at the sky at that. His mother told him and now Jaali countless times how wonderful a king Scar was. How Simba brutally attacked and killed him in cold blood without no mercy. How he was to take back a throne stolen. He wondered if Scar was as great as his mother says is he up there.
"You think Scar is up there?"
They look at each other; Kovu gets up and moves off.
"No one here thinks he's very great... do they?" the brown lion sighed heavily.
After all that's way Simba banished them in the first place. Just because his mother and some lionesses followed Scar.
"He wasn't my father, but he was still..." he sighs gently. "...part of me."
Kiara gets up and sits by the male. "My father said there was a... a darkness in Scar that he couldn't escape."
Training and begin told he was chosen to kill before he was even born. Made the young lion think, was that all to his life.
"Maybe there's a darkness in me too."
Kiara's ears flickered as she frowned. She puts her paw on Kovu's, and they nuzzle. He acts on instinct and nuzzles back. A warm, hot tangly feeling bubbles up in the pit of his stomach. He has never felt this way with Asali. Asali. She was his future queen and mate. But he here's cuddling up with the enemy. But he knows...deep down he has never felt anything but lush for his bethroled. He loves her for the sake of Jaali but what about him? He can't ignore his heart and his heart is screaming Kiara. But how can he love her or she love him when he was sent here to kill her father. The brown lion cleared his throat and pulled away.
Not a second later concern filled the princess' amber eyes. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Kovu growled before stalking off into the grass.
"Kovu..."
The voice...it was something he never heard before. So he couldn't say what it sounded like. But it sure enough pulled on heartstrings that he didn't even know he had. He turned around fully prepared to tell her everything. His son, his mother's plan.
"It's just that... my whole life I've been trained to..." he stops, he now can see the hurt look on the golden lioness's face. He can't hurt her, he just couldn't. "Nothing. I gotta go."
He turns and is fully prepared to leave. Hoping to forget this night.
Kiara was on the verge of tears as she watched the lion she fell for walk away. "Kovu- wait."
Kovu pauses a moment, and looks back at Kiara's face, staring back at him; he looks away and moves to continue, but is stopped by a finger pointing up from the grass.
"And where are you going?"