Meanwhile, at the oasis…

"Yeeeeoooow!" Timon yelled out, as Shenzi and Pumbaa were plucking porcupine quills out of his backside with their teeth. "Ay!" He yelled when Pumbaa plucked out another quill.

"Guess bowlin' for porcupines," Pumbaa started before he spit it out, "Wasn't such the best idea, huh?"

"Yeah," Timon agreed, "Gotta be right up there with bobbing for snapping turtles. Aah ha ha ha ha hoo!" He yelled in pain when Shenzi plucked out another quill.

"Ooh, that's gonna leave a mark," She cringed before spitting it out. She and Pumbaa looked up at the sound of buzzards squawking. "Hey, look, Timon! Buzzards!" Shenzi pointed out.

"What do you say? One more round?" Pumbaa suggested.

"I'll go," The tiny hyena smiled.

"Oh sure, there's gotta be some part of me we haven't injured yet," Timon said sarcastically.

"Oh please?" Shenzi pleaded, using the cute face.

"Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please?" Pumbaa begged, wagging his tail.

"Nah, guys. I'm beat," Timon said, "You two go ahead; I'm callin' it a day. Aiee!" He yelled in pain when he plucked out the last quill himself, as he walked away.

"But it's no fun without you!" Shenzi whimpered, before Pumbaa started whining like a dog, while she pouted sadly.

Just as Pumbaa turned away, Timon came back, and jumped on his head, behind Shenzi. "Aw, why not? One more run won't change our lives!" He decided before they started charging out into the desert.

"Yaaaah!" They all yelled as they headed for the buzzards, but the movie was paused just as they reached the camera.

"Who knows how fate led us to little Simba that day?" Timon started narrating, before it showed a freeze-frame of Pumbaa carrying an unconscious Simba with his tusks, while Timon looked terrified. "Maybe it was just my love for adventure…" Then there was a freeze-frame of Simba roaring, scaring Timon. "Or my innate courage…" The screen continued to show freeze-frames of Simba scaring Timon, until it showed one of Timon doing a freakish wild-take on the stump where they sleep. "… Okay, who's in charge of the freeze-frames?!"

"Sorry," Pumbaa apologized.

"Anywho," Timon said before continuing his narration, "Rescuing Simba was a cinch…" It showed Pumbaa carrying Simba to where they revived him. "Then came the reeeally scary part: Parenthood."

That night, the trio were sleeping at their usual spot, with Timon and Shenzi laying close to each other on Pumbaa's stomach, as he muttered "Grubs, grubs, grubs…" in his sleep.

Then Simba came up to them quietly, so he wouldn't wake them up. "Timon?" He said timidly, "Timon…? Timon!" The meerkat's bleary eyes opened, and he saw Simba's face upside down. "I gotta go."

"Go? Go where?" Timon asked him, rolling over on his side to face him.

"You know, go; Bad!" Simba said, agitated.

"Oh, go!" Timon finally understood, as he sat up, "Why didn't you say so? Come on, let's go!" He led Simba across a log, "When you gotta go, you gotta go!"

The next day, Simba was in a tall tree, disregarding Timon's orders. "Young lion, get down from there!" Timon ordered him sternly.

"Woo hoo! All right!" He cheered excitedly, before he looked down at his 3 guardians, "Hey, you guys look like ants down there."

"I'm counting to 3," Timon announced.

"Yahoooo!" Simba cheered as he jumped down on a lower branch, but it broke under his weight.

"Uh oh," Pumbaa said as the lion cub fell silently.

"1, 2," Timon counted before Pumbaa threw himself on him as Simba landed on his stomach, and Shenzi jumped away in time. "3," He said weakly as his arm collapsed.

That night, Simba woke the meerkat up again.

"Timon?"

"Oh!" He shot awake, "… Again?"

"No, I'm thirsty."

Timon led Simba along on the log again, "You know this means you'll to be up in about 2 hours from now."

The next day, Simba was floating happily down a river, knowingly heading for a waterfall.

"Hang on, Simba!" Timon was swimming up to him rapidly, "I'll save ya!"

"Yahoooo!" Simba exclaimed excitedly as he fell down it, but Pumbaa caught him by his tail from an overhanging branch, with Shenzi on his head.

"Whoooaaaa!" Timon shrieked as he fell helplessly past them.

That night…

"Timon?" Simba looked more miserable than the last times.

On the log, Timon was plodding on it, slumped over in exhaustion. "We're gonna get old walkin' across this thing," He muttered.

That day, Simba was on his back, repeatedly batting Timon around in the air like a ball of yarn. Shenzi was stifling her giggles as she watched them.

That night…

"Timon?"

"Aah!" Timon shot up awake, now on the edge from fatigue, as he slid down Pumbaa's side, "What have you got against the concept of a good night's sleep, huh?!" He turned around, with his hair tussled, and his eyes bloodshot.

"Actually I uh… I had a bad dream," Simba told him timidly.

"Oh," Timon let his annoyance aside, and it was replaced with sympathy, "Well uh," He jabbed Pumbaa in his ribs to wake him up.

"Uhh! It wasn't me," He muttered. Timon then reached up, and ruffled the fur and skin on Shenzi's shoulder.

"Wake up," He quickly whispered, and the tiny hyena shot up, with her large yellow eyes barely open, and her bangs tussled.

"Uh, wha…?" She muttered sleepily, rubbing her eyes.

"Junior had a bad dream," Timon told them, and Shenzi's eyes filled with sympathy.

"Ohh…" Pumbaa said, overcome with sympathy, "Why don't you sleep over here with us?" Shenzi nodded in agreement.

"Mi Pumbaa, su Pumbaa," Timon patted the warthog's side for emphasis.

"All right!" Simba smiled as he bounded over to them.

A couple minutes later, Simba, Timon, and Shenzi were all curled up on Pumbaa's stomach.

"Good night," Simba smiled.

"Sleep tight," Timon replied.

"Dream of bedbugs tonight," Pumbaa smiled before he went to sleep immediately. Simba giggled before he pulled Timon and Shenzi closer to him, like they were stuffed animals, and, Not minding at all, the pair drifted off to sleep. Shenzi leaned her head on Timon's shoulder, but while smiling, he laid his cheek in her soft bangs as they slept peacefully.

(A/N: The original movie and its characters don't belong to me. I think the ending for this chapter turned out really cute. X3 I hope you 'Timzis' like it. :D)