Author's Note:ThatTexaskid and TMNTMentalistTLK lover: thanks for the reviews. Here's a lighter chapter...I think.

"Simba, stop pacing, you are going to cut a hole straight through Pride Rock!"

Simba visibly relaxed, his red mane flowing in the wind, and he took a seat. "Thanks Mom. I needed that. I'm just really stressed out right now."

Sarabi smiled. "No problem! You are about to become a father, after all."

"SIMBA, WHEN I GET OUT OF HERE, I AM GOING TO MURDER YOU!"

Simba stood up. "I think I'll pass on the sitting." He then immediately began to start pacing around one again. Sarabi groaned it response.

"Simba, I did that when I was giving birth to you. She doesn't mean anything by it."

The young king was about to respond when Rafiki walked outside of the den, clutching his staff with both of his hands.

"You may go see them now."

Simba dashed inside of the den, and Rafiki shook his head in disappointment. Nala sat curled up on the wall, gently licking the two little bundles of fur in her lioness queen smiled at her mate as he ran in.

"Simba, Rafiki was right! We have twins, a boy and a girl!"

The young king smiled with glee. "Which one was born first? Which one shall be my heir?"

Nala held up the female towards her mate. The young cub swatted her little paw at her father's mane, and opened her eyes, revealing a bright orange color, causing the young king to grin. He knew then that the future queen was going to be such a Daddy's girl.

"Her name will be Kiara."

Nala smiled at Simba in response, her blue eyes sparkling with joy. "Simba, that is a beautiful name. I love it! Here is our son!"

Nala held out her second cub to her best friend since cubhood. The cub squirmed in his mother's paw, his light ginger brown tuft swinging round and round. His eyes then opened to reveal a sapphire blue color.

Simba grinned. "He…he looks exactly like us, but he has your eyes."

Nala nodded in agreement. "That he does. When are we going to have a presentation for these two?"

Simba shrugged. "Let's wait about a few weeks. Let them grow a bit."

"That's a good idea."

The new parents nuzzled fiercely, and in their happiness, failed to notice the hyena hiding outside of the den run away, directly towards the Outlands.

-TLK-

In the said Outlands, all of the resident lions and lionesses sat together, protected from the burning sun by a large cliff of solid rock. Dotty and Nuka were curled up together, making no secret about their affection for one another. Vitani and Mheetu, whose mane now reached the top of his head and under his neck, lay side by side together. Kovu was snuggling into Zira, who was accepting the affection tenderly. Her temper had gone quite down in the last three months, and she was no longer on the brink of total insanity. Shetani snuggled into her grandmother, and slept quietly. It was a very peaceful and quiet scenario until Ed came running right at them, running as fast as he could against the dry Outland stone. He eventually skidded to a halt, panting very heavily.

Mheetu was the first one to speak. "Edward, how did your mission go? Did you find out the genders of the two cubs?"

Ed panted several more times before nodding frantically. "Yes, I most certainly did. Nala gave birth to a boy and a girl, both of whom are very healthy."

Zira nodded in understanding, her red eyes detailing her concerns. "Which one of them was born first?"

"The girl. Simba named her the heir."

Sarafina sighed sadly, a single tear trickling down her face. "What do my two new grandchildren look like?"

"The girl looks a lot like Nala, but her coat is golden like Simba. She also has Simba's eyes. The boy is an mixture of Simba and Nala, but he has Nala's eyes."

Mheetu and Sarafina both nodded before the new ucle spoke again. "What are their names?"

"The girl is Kiara, and the boy is Kopa."

Mheetu nodded slowly, tears now beginning to form in his own eyes. "Oh Nala, why did you and Simba have to murder Hamaru? If you hadn't, your children would know their uncle!"

The developing tears turned into sobs, and Vitani nuzzled Mheetu, before putting one paw around his back in a very comforting manner. Several tears were beginning to fall from Sarafina's face as well.

Kovu looked up to his mother and spoke. "Mommy, why is everyone crying?"

Zira sighed. "Honey, I'll tell you when you're older."

Kovu rolled his eyes and sighed, annoyed at the answer that he had just been given by his mother. When everyone else was asleep, Vitani and Mheetu once again went up to the top of the cliff together. It was Mheetu who spoke up first.

"The fact that Nala had twins complicated things a little, but we are lucky that Kiara was born first."

Vitani nodded in agreement. "Yep. Now we just have to find away to get her and Kovie to meet."

"Yep. There is a bit of an age difference, but it is only a few months, so it won't really matter when they are older."

"I agree. We will get to go back to the Pridelands, and we WILL do it without fighting."

"That we will, Vitani. That we will."

The four month old cub nuzzled Mheetu, an affection that surprised him slightly, but was returned nonetheless. As this happened, the moon began to shine unnaturally, as if the spirits were giving their opinion.

Author's Note:So what do you think? New births and plans. Until next chapter.