Chapter 28
It had been two days and Taja, Shanni, and Imani were on their way home. They three teens were tired but had the urge to get home. It was an early morning and not one of them was hungry, because during their journey, they caught multiple gazelle for lunch and dinner. As the three teens walked, and walked. They began to grow tired and stopped for a rest.
"Guys, can we take a break? I'm so tired." Said Shanni.
"Yea Taja can we stop please?" said Imani. "We've been walking for miles and my paws are hurting."
Taja looked at the two girls and saw how tired they were.
"Sure, we can stop." Said Taja.
As they rested, rustling was heard in a nearby bush. Shanni looked towards the bush but couldn't find the source of the sound. Taja and Imai soon heard it and looked in the same direction Shanni did.
"Taja..." said Shanni scared.
"Don't worry. I'll protect you." Said Taja.
Then, Imani got a whiff of something.
"Wait a second, that smell seems very familiar to me." She said.
Imani walked over to bush consciously.
"Imani be careful." Said Shanni.
Imani walked around the large bush. Her eyes winded and she screamed, "SHIKU!"
A big male lion threw himself at Imani and licked her all over the face. He got off of her and stood next to her.
"Howdy little sister." Said the lion.
"What are you doing here?" asked Imani.
"Does it matter?" said Shiku.
"Yes. How did you find me." Asked Imani.
"Don't worry about it." Said Shiku.
Imani smiled.
"Are you going to introduce me o your friends?" asked Shiku.
"Yea come here."
Imani walked over to Shanni and Taja.
"Shanni, Taja, I would like you to meet my brother Shiku. Shiku this is Taja and Shanni." Said Imani.
"Nice to meet you." Said Shiku.
"You too." Said Taja.
"Nice to meet you Shiku. Imani, you didn't tell us you had a brother." Said Shanni.
"Well, he's not my real brother. My mother adopted him after his mother was killed." Said Imani.
"Oh. Wow I'm so sorry." Said Shanni.
"Don't worry about it. It wasn't your fault." Said Shiku.
"Well, can we walk and talk?" said Taja.
"Yea, let's go home." Said Shanni.
"Home?" asked Shiku.
"We will explain on the way." Said Imani.
The others laughed and continued to walk.
Back at Pride Rock, Kira had been accepted to the pride. Everyone loved having her around because she was sweet, smart, and told Kovu everything there was to know about Tasha and her pride. That morning, Kiara was up and out of the den. By that time, her pregnancy was obvious. Simba and Kovu had now known and were really happy for Kiara. The only lion who didn't seem to know was Adin. Kiara figured her son was too busy to realize that he had a brother or sister on their way. As Kiara walked, a voice was heard behind her.
"Kiara!" said the voice.
Kiara turned around and saw Kira, Vitani, and Camilla all walking towards her.
"What are you three doing up?" asked Kiara.
"We didn't want you walking alone." Said Kira.
"Yea and you are pregnant." Said Vitani.
"Don't forget the fact that she is Queen, so if something happened, we would rather us get hurt then you." Said Camilla.
"Awe you guys are so sweet." Said Kiara.
"I'm on my way to the watering whole would you three like to come?" asked Kiara.
"Sure." Said the other three at the same time.
As they walked, Tasha and another lioness watched them from large bushes not very far. As Tasha watched, she noticed the unfamiliar lioness.
"No! It can't be!" said snarled. "Is that KIRA?"
Tasha's eye grew wide with fear and anger. At one point, Tasha thought she saw a ghost.
"But if Kiara can see her, then..,"
Tasha's sentence was cut short.
"Come Ella. We have work to do." Said Tasha.
"Does it involve the pride landers?" asked Ella.
"Yes it does. But I think we will start Kiara, her unborn cub, and Kira." Said Tasha with an evil twisted and sinister laugh.
With that, Tasha and Ella disappeared through the trees and bushes.