Chapter 38
When Misty and Zida returned with Faith from their stroll earlier that day, Faith saw the new cub.
"Auntie Vitani, what is it? Is it a boy or girl?" she asked.
"It's a girl. A girl named Lexi."
Faith was happy that it was a girl, because now she had someone to talk to. Although she liked hanging with her brother, she wanted someone her age and her gender.
"Cool. Now I can stop hanging with Adin and his friends. Although Adin is my brother, he's too rough." She said.
Kiara chuckled and said
"That's because he's a boy. All boys are rough." Everyone agreed.
"Hey. I'm right here." Said Adin.
"Sorry brother. But you are rough." Said Faith.
Adin agreed with his sister.
"Ok every one out of the den. Vitani has to rest with her new cub." Said Kiara as she motioned every lion and lioness out.
"Thank you every one. I will let you all know when you are all able to come back in the den." Said Kiara.
Vitani smiled and said good-bye to everyone. Days past and Lexi was able to walk and talk.
"Hey Lexi. Do you want to play today?" asked Faith as she, Jamir, and Jalen walked over to where Lexi was.
She was with her mother and auntie.
"Sure. Mother, can I go play?" Vitani looked at Kiara and said,
"Sure. But you cubs be careful." She said.
"Yea. And Faith, don't get your cousin or friends in any trouble. You're just like your brother when he was your age."
Faith's mouth dropped and said,
"Mother. How can you compare me to that thing I call a brother."
At that time, Adin and Tara was walking towards them.
"I heard that. And yea, you are like me when I was your age." He said.
Tara chuckled. Adin lightly swatted her.
"Mom, can Adin take us to the outlands?" Faith asked her mother.
"NO! I do not want any of you cubs going over that boarder line. It's far too dangerous. I don't even want Adin over there." Kiara said.
"Mother, what's so bad about the outlands anyway? I mean, it doesn't look so bad." Said Faith.
Kiara nimbly jumped off the rock she was laying on and walked over to her daughter.
"Faith you're not old enough to know about the outlands. I'll tell you about them when your older." She said.
"What! You didn't even tell me about them." Adin slightly yelled.
"That's because you never asked. You were too busy wrestling with us girls as a cub." Tara said.
"That's true." Said a voice from behind. This happened to be Shanni.
"Who asked you?" Adin asked.
Shanni smirked and pounced on her cousin. The two were growling and clawing at each other. Soon, Shanni had Adin pinned to the ground.
"Don't get smart with me." She said to his face.
They both got up and Adin spoke.
"Why are girls so strong?" he asked.
"Because we have more ability then males. It's easy to take your dad down." Said Kiara.
"You took dad down? But he's built like a brick wall." Said Faith.
"You just have to have the skill and patience." Said Vitani.
"And speaking of skill and patience. You cubs can't play today. Vitani and I are taking you all out for hunting practice."
The cubs' faces lit up because of the happiness they felt.
"Jamir and Jalen that means you guys as well. I've already talked with your mother, Jamir. She said it was fine." Kiara said.
"Can we watch?" asked Tara.
"Sure. But just in case, you three may want to go find a few zebra. Our pride is big now." Said Vitani.
"Ok." The adolescents said.
Later that day, Kiara and Vitani were teaching the cubs how to hunt. From a distance, Simba was watching them. He saw how the cubs were paying really close attention to the two adult females. He chuckled to himself when he saw Kiara crouch low in a hunting position. The sun was setting so Kiara and Vitani decided to continue their hunting lessons tomorrow. As they walked back to Pride Rock, Faith saw he grand-pa a distance away so she ran towards him.
"Grand-pa, guess what? Mother was teaching us how to hunt today." She said to him.
Simba smiled and said,
"I know. I was watching you guys to make sure nothing bad happened."
Faith smiled at her Grand-pa then heard her name being called. She saw her mother trotting towards her.
"Faith, don't run away from me like that. If your Grandfather wasn't here, something bad could have happened."
Simba tried to calm his daughter and said,
"Kiara calm down. I was here and nothing happened. And if something happened then you would have had the opportunity to freak out."
Kiara smiled.
"Come on, let's go home. But first, I want you meet someone."
Simba moved and revealed two animals behind him; Timon and Pumbaa. They happen to be Simba's best friends. Kiara noticed them, and told Faith all about them. When the group was home safely, everyone was in the den and drifting off to sleep. Soon after five minutes of chatting with each other, every lion, lioness, Timon, Pumbaa, and cub, was off to sleep.