The sun began to shine in the sky as all the animals of the jungle gathered at the Peace Rock. Mowgli played with his other siblings, before seeing Grey looking around nervously. "What's wrong, Grey?"
"I'm looking for the tiger." Grey answered. Mowgli chuckled, and said "Why are you looking?"
"I heard mommy talking yesterday. A tiger's in the jungle. She attacked a red dog and then a gazelle."
"Oh no, Grey... you've heard it all wrong, brother. Bahan is..."
Suddenly, Grey gasped as he saw the grass in the distance moving, saying "I think she's coming! I'll get mommy!"
"No, Grey. Don't!" Mowgli said as he grabbed the wolf, before turning to the grass to see the bear and panther walking out. "See, it's only Baloo and Bagheera."
Unbeknownst to the other animals, Bahan travelled closely under Baloo, quietly slipping over to a rock where Bagheera rested. Mowgli said "stay here Grey." as he ran over to the rock, past the buffalo and Ikki, narrowly avoiding the quills of the porcupine's back.
He arrived at the rock, saying "where is she?"
She's here, Mowgli." Bagheera said as he revealed Bahan standing in a small crevice under the rock. The cub swatted at Mowgli playfully, before the boy said "how are you doing?"
Bahan crawled out from under the rock, but Bagheera held her back, saying "no, Bahan. Not yet. Mowgli, get her a drink."
Mowgli ran to river and used his leaf-cup to take some water back to the crevice. Grey watched this, and said to Raksha "mommy. What's Mowgli doing with that water?"
Raksha looked, seeing Mowgli laughing as the water splashed over him. She said "I don't know."
Hatya watched this from the top canyon over the Peace Rock. She said "it's all set up then?" to the chinkara mother from the meadow. "Are your cages ready?"
"Just in case. You know, I really appreciate your attempts to help us, Hatya." the chinkara said. "From a prey to a predator, I express my most sincere gratitude."
As the chinkara left, Hatya she saw Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera at the rock, soon noticing a small, striped tail behind the rock. She chuckled ominously, saying "there you are." as she climbed down the rock.
As she quietly walked towards the rock, she thought I'll have to get her to expose herself. Look like she's dangerous.
"For the last time, that's my leaf, that's my rock and that's my stick!" Ikki shouted at the peacock. Hatya grinned, before seeing a small rock on the ground.
She took the rock in her teeth and threw it into the sky, causing it to roll down the hill past Ikki, who saw it and said "ooh! Another rock! Keep that rock, I've got this rock!"
Ikki ran down the hill after the rock, Hatya pulling out her paw slightly to trip over the porcupine. Ikki then tumbled down the hill, Baloo seeing him and saying "ooh. Incoming! Rolling quills!"
The porcupine continued to tumble and crash clumsily, before landing next to the rock with his quills landing in Bahan's backside. The cub squealed in pain as she turned around and began swatting and hitting the terrified porcupine, who said "aaggh! Let me go! I'm sorry! I could pee on it!"
Ikki got on his feet and quickly scrambled away. Bahan's anger suddenly turned to amusement, as she chased after him playfully. Bagheera suddenly saw this and said "Bahan, no! Come back!" as Mowgli chased after them both.
Ikki screamed as Bahan grabbed him, getting the attention of all the animals at the river. Many words such as "it's a tiger!", "what is one of those doing here?!" and "good grief, that poor porcupine!" were passed around the animals as Ikki struggled to free himself, shouting "no! Jungle Law! Peace Rock! Water Truce!"
Baloo then said "take it easy, spiky. She's not trying to hurt you!"
"She's not?!" Ikki said, surprised, before Bahan began licking his face in a friendly manner. He laughed and said "okay, stop it kid, that tickles!"
"It's tasting him!" one of the buffalo said as the mothers began holding their young ones close to them. Baloo turned to the animals, who watched in anger and fear, as he picked up the cub and held her behind him, saying "stay here, stripes!"
Raksha was alerted of the situation as she and the other wolves ran to the river bank, where the cubs began holding close to her. Grey said "she's here, mommy!" tearfully. "She's here!"
"There she is, Raksha!" Hatya said, pretending to act surprised. "That's the cub who attacked me!"
"Attacked? No, she doesn't do that!" Baloo shouted. Raksha said "Baloo? What is the meaning of this? Step away from that... beast at once!"
"She's not a beast!" Baloo said. "She's an innocent cub. If you want her, you're gonna have to go through me!"
"You protecting a tiger? Never thought I'd see the day!" Raksha said, before one of the wolves said "I never thought I'd see him protect anything, ha ha."
Raksha turned and shot a glare at the wolf, this being more than enough to shut him up. Though she currently seemed to disagree with Baloo, she knew all too well of how the bear stood his ground to protect her adopted son from Shere Khan.
"It's that panther too! The cub is his!" the chinkara mother from the meadow said as she held her fawn close.
"No, it's not Baloo or Bagheera's fault. I found her in the.." Mowgli said, before Bagheera stepped beside Baloo and took Bahan under his leg.
"It's true. Bahan belongs to me, Raksha." Bagheera said.
"Bahan? You've named her as well, have you?" Hatya said. "For your own sakes, boys, I suggest you give the cub over to us and you won't have to go down with her."
"It doesn't have to end in violence. She's not what you think!" Bagheera said confidently.
"Really?" Hatya said as she turned around. "Surely you remember how your dear, innocent cub pounced on an unknowing fawn in the meadow the other day? Or do the marks on my face not remind you enough of how dangerous she is?"
These remarks prompted gasps of shock from the other animals of the jungle. Hatya said "if we want to avoid another incident like that which happened to Akela, it's best we start by cutting off the source! Get her!"
The wolves prepared to grab the cub, before Mowgli suddenly stepped before them and loudly said "STOP!" as Raksha pushed to the front of the pack.
"Mowgli. What are you doing, son? Get back with the others."
"Mother, please. She's harmless."
"Harmless? She's a tiger, Mowgli!
"No, I'll prove it to you. Bahan, it's me, Mowgli. Come to me. Come on." Mowgli said as he kneeled down. Bahan stepped out from under Bagheera's legs, seeing Mowgli. She giggled as she ran over to him and jumped into his arms, knocking him onto his back.
"Mowgli!" Raksha said as she stepped forward.
"Wait, stop! It's not what you think." Bagheera said as Bahan began swatting at Mowgli playfully. As the wolves all stopped and watched, Bahan began licking Mowgli's face. Grey pushed past the wolves and saw the sight of his brother being pinned down and licked by a tiger. She's trying to eat him! Don't worry Mowgli, I'll save you! Grey thought as he growled.
Mowgli laughed as Bahan played with him. Could it be? Raksha thought. Is she really as harmless as my son says?
Suddenly, she saw Grey running with his teeth and claws bared, ready to attack the cub. Raksha said "Grey, come back here!"
"You leave Mowgli alone!" Grey shouted as he jumped on Bahan's back and bit on her ear to pull her away from Mowgli. The other cubs stepped back and watched as Bahan and Grey landed on the ground, Bahan hissing at Grey as she began swatting at him. Grey snapped his jaws and leaped for Bahan's neck, before Bahan swung her paw, knocking Grey to the ground whimpering.
"Grey!" Mowgli shouted. "She's attacking the cubs! Get her!" one of the wolves said as they ran towards Bahan. Mowgli said "wait, no. You don't understand!" as the wolves shoved past Mowgli, knocking him to the ground as he groaned. Bahan saw this and hissed at the wolves, swinging her paws at them and growling.
"Bahan. Stop!" Mowgli said as the cub swatted at the attacking wolves. Raksha ran to catch the tiger, before Bahan leaped at the wolf, pinning her to the ground. Raksha's anger was overtaken by fear as Bahan pressed her paw against her neck, hissing angrily.
"No. Stop, Bahan. NO!" Bagheera said, stopping Bahan from harming Raksha. The cub turned towards the panther, confused by his words. Mowgli said "Bahan, look out!" as Raksha pushed the cub off of her.
The wolves grabbed Bahan and tossed her to the ground, snarling violently as the cub backed into a box. The gazelles kicked down the front bars over the entrance, trapping Bahan in the cage as the tiger cried for help. Bagheera and Mowgli ran to help her, before the wolves restrained them both as Bahan pressed her face to the cage bars, tears falling down her face.
"Don't hurt her!" Bagheera begged. "Please, just don't hurt her!"
Raksha got to her feet and, seeing the cub trapped in the cage, said "put it in the prison!"
Bagheera struggled to get to Bahan, shouting "NO!"