Chapter 63
Kovu's mouth dropped as did everyone else's in pride. Zira had escaped death and has returned for unnecessary vengeance. She smiled her crooked smile as Simba tried to control his self. Nala walked over and put a paw on her mates' paw.
"Careful Simba. One wrong move a battle will begin." Nala said cautiously.
"Nala is right Simba. You wouldn't want to put your whole pride in danger now would you?" Zira said as she casually walked past Simba's pride over to her own twisted and sickness of a pride.
She stood in between Manny and Tasha, as if they would protect her. If Ari were there Manny would be history.
"Come now Simba, let's not be difficult. Just agree to hand over the Pride Lands and this whole battle thing would be over." Zira said.
Suddenly Simba stood up. A smile came across his face and he began to move forward.
"Actually Zira, the Pride Lands are no longer mine." Simba said still with that smile.
"Oh not yours? Then whose?" Zira asked amused. Just then Kiara stepped forward.
"The Pride Lands are mine. I rule them now." she said with pride in every word. Zira scoffed.
"You're an easy challenge." Zira said crouching.
"Then again, I do have a king that rules beside me." Kiara said smiling. Again Zira scoffed.
"Bring him forward. I would like to see what a horrible king you have chosen." Zira said smirking.
Kiara looked behind her and Kovu stepped up beside her.
"I rule these lands as King with Kiara as my Queen." Kovu said. Zira couldn't help but be in shock.
"So this is Zira that I have been hearing about how about that!" Thought Kira as she looked and studied Zira. Kira had a strange, weird feeling of deja vu, yet she couldn't place the feeling to something specific, but she was sure she met Zira before.
"But that can't be possible!" she said to herself.
Then Mason went to her, and gave her a brotherly nuzzle, which Kira return, she always thought of Mason as an older brother, she always wish she had.
"Kira, what's wrong? You look a bit pale here in the battlefield and nothing has started yet. What's wrong?" he said in a concern voice as he pat her in the back softly, and discreetly.
"Nothing much, Mason, just that I am sure I have seen Zira before in my early past, that can't be possible, right?" asked Kira with a look of this can't be right, right? Facial expression.
"Very strange, but don't push it away try to remember, where you last saw her, and the situation, then maybe you can solve that feeling of deja vu" he said while smiling at her.
Kira thought for a moment. As she did Kovu began speaking.
"Zira, why are you here and what do you want? other than these Lands." Kovu said.
"I want my revenge on that Simba." Zira snapped.
"What has Simba done to make you want him dead?" Kovu said.
"He turned my own children against me. and he killed Scar." Zira said.
"No! You're wrong. Kovu and Vitani left because you are crazy." Simba said.
"Simba's right." Vitani said stepping forward.
"What?" Zira snapped.
"Everything you every told us was a lie." Vitani said.
Simba shivered a bit as he remembers the night he told Scar the same thing.
"Simba killed Scar!" Zira said.
"No. Again you're wrong. Scar was my uncle. I would never be so twisted as to kill my own uncle." Simba said.
"Liar!" Zira snapped.
Just then Tara got annoyed.
"Ok. This is getting ridicules." she said.
She left the bushes where she was hiding and went to stand on the other side of Kiara.
"Zira, you and your pride seriously need to go back to where you came from and don't ever come back. You are wasting your time trying to kill someone that you think did something but you know they didn't." Tara said. Suddenly Ella growled.
"Hush your mouth child. this doesn't concern you." She said.
"Actually it does. You're messing with my friends and my family and that's not ok with me." Tara said.
Then Kira snorted softly.
"Ella, this doesn't even concern you. This here is a family matter, so if I were you, I will hush up!" Said Kira smiling a bit as she walked closer to Zira and Ella.
As Kira got closer to Zira, she discreetly looked at the small mark on one of Zira's hind legs, then her eyes discreetly widen a bit from recognition of that one small mark that she saw on a younger, and more amiable Zira, but then she shook her head in disbelief as she try to keep her confident composure in front of her old pride that has been torn apart so many times.
"And besides, right now I don't feel like fighting you Ella. And it is surprising that you have the nerve to open your mouth in affairs, which you know nothing about, isn't that right Tae?!" Said Kira smiling a bit evilly towards Tae.
Kira wondered why Tae turned bad, when she was shy and likable, when they were cubs. Kira's smile looked in a strange way very similar to Zira's smile, just better. Then Kira waited patiently, and very confident as she waited for the reaction of Tae and Ella and hoping Zira would agree to them being quiet.