Chapter 14

As Simba and Kovu talked, the sun was setting behind them. They decided to turn in early. As they walked down the rocks, they noticed something strange. They thought it was nothing so they ignored it and went in the den. Every Lion and Lioness in the den soon nodded off. As the sun arose the next day, Shanni, Tara, and Melody were up early.

"Tara, do you like Adin?" asked Melody.

Melody's question caught Tara off guard. Her eyes widened and Shanni chuckled to herself quietly. Tara swatted her on the shoulder slightly. Although she hated to admit it, Tara secretly liked Adin but the only ones who knew were Shanni and Kiara. Tara looked back around the cave to see if Kivu or any others were awake. She got up, walked out of the den, and down the stair like steps. Shanni and Melody looked at each other and followed Tara. They caught up by trotting.

"Tara. You didn't answer my question. Do you or not?"

The girls stopped and looked at each other. Shanni stood on the other side of Melody as if they were to fight Tara. She sighed and said,

"No. I don't like Adin. Why would I? He's stubborn and rude, and," her voice trailed off.

Shanni and Melody smiled at each other.

"Wow. That sounds kind of like you Tara. I mean you are pretty rude to him some times." Said Shanni as she circled her friend.

Tara looked up to see Melody still in front of her. The tan lioness cub felt a weakening feeling in her stomach. As the cubs talked, they walked towards the watering whole. Back at Pride Rock, Adin, Taja, and Ari all awoke. They did the same thing the girls did and walked out of the den, down the rocky steps, and towards the watering whole. As the girls were relaxing by the water, Shanni spotted the small, but slightly medium sized males coming their way. Her heart sank as she saw Taja side by side with her brother Ari. She liked Taja and no one knew. All Shanni wanted in life was to find out if Taja liked her. The three males were finally within talking distance of their female friends.

"Morning ladies. How are you today?" asked Adin as he looked directly at Tara.

She couldn't help but smile when she caught his gaze. She quickly looked away towards Taja. Ari settled down in front of Melody, and smiled. She returned it. As the cubs talked, Kiara was back at pride rock telling Kovu about the intruder she and Vitani met the other day.

"NO! We have 6 young cubs already. We won't be having their lives risked by letting rouges roam the lands." Kovu sounded mad.

"Good. Cause he's kind of creepy. When Vitani and I confronted him yesterday, he kept looking as me as if he were going to do something to me."

There was an awkward silence.

"That's because he thought you were pretty." Said Vitani as she entered the den.

Kovu looked at his sister with a shocked feeling racing through his stomach. As they talked the day went on fast. After their talk about Mason, Kovu went to find Simba for their boarder walk, and returned to Pride Rock sometime soon. Mason was gone and Kovu hopped just as much as Simba that he would never return. As the two males walked past the sunning rocks, they spotted Kiara, Nala, Vitani, Misty, and Zida all bathing cubs.

"Mom look, here comes dad" said Adin as he tried to escape his mother's grasp. He wasn't successful.

"Stay son. I don't want your mother killing me for you trying to leave." Kovu teased.

Kiara smiled and Simba walked towards Nala. The only lioness not bathing a cub.

"Hello Simba" said Nala as Simba approached her.

"Hi Nala. Hello Kiara."

Kiara stopped bathing Adin and looked up to see her father standing near her mother.

"Hi Daddy. Where were you and Kovu today?" she asked.

Simba and Kovu looked at each other.

"We went out for our boarder walk remember?" Kovu said as he looked down at his wife.

Zida, Vitani, and Misty were all smiling as they watched their friends with their husbands. Kiara had a feeling Simba and Kovu were up to something but couldn't put her paw on it, so she ignored the feeling.

"Ok, ok. Now go away we are talking." Said Kiara as she turned away from Kovu and looked at her Father.

"Ok we will go. Come Kovu; let's leave these ladies to their talking." Simba said as he left Nala's side.

As the males strolled away, the lioness let their cubs go to play.

Adin, Ari, Shanni, Melody, Taja, and Tara all decided to play Hide and Seek. And that's what they did. The boundaries were set by Zida and Nala. When the two were done telling the cubs the rules, they went back to relax with their friends. Since Zida was accepted into the pride she was able to be trusted. She never argued with any one, she always stayed out of the way, and out of the other lionesses business. She did what she was told and never refused. Kiara liked her especially. They would always be seen together. Misty, Kiara's best friend, liked her as well. The three became really close really fast. Nala was glad to see that Kiara had more than just one friend. As Queen, Kiara was well respected, but she felt as if she needed a friend. Kiara felt alone sometimes and always thought back on the day when she and Kovu had first met. She thought it was one of the best days of her life. Until the day Kivu was born. She thought that was the best the best day of her life. Having her very first cub. She remembered the day he was born. Nala had tears in her eyes and didn't know what to say, but she was happy to have a new ruler born. Everyone was happy to see how Kivu was following in his father's footsteps. Kiara couldn't wait until the day Adin would be ruler of the Pride Lands. As the group talked, they noticed a slinky yet strong male coming towards them with cubs at his ankles. It was Kuda and he looked injured. Vitani noticed and ran towards him.

"Kuda? Kuda what happened?" she asked frantically and scared.

"Rouge lionesses, pride lands, searching for Simba, fought him off, too strong." He said.

At that moment Kuda collapsed. Ari and Shanni were right there.

"Daddy, can you hear me?" asked Shanni.

"Yes Shay I can hear you." Replied Kuda.

"Don't leave me ok?" said the young cub with tears in her eyes.

"Don't worry, you always have mommy, and auntie Kiara, and uncle Kovu." Said Kuda.

Before long, Kiara, Nala, and all the others rushed over to him. Since Simba and Kovu were a short distance away, they were called over. They were the strongest, so they picked him up and took him to Rafiki. With the hopes that he survives.

Sorry for the deletion of this story but i am rewriting it. i'm going to go with my original version that i wrote two years ago and bring someone very special back. hope you guys will like it. the same characters are still here and yes, Timon, Pumbaa, and Zazu will all return.