CandyLuv99, Zira will get hers. Soon enough, just you wait.

Enjoy the next chapter.

Taking Charge

It's been a few months since the acceptance of the sisters, Kiara and Tiifu. Since then they were brought to one of the advanced lionesses in the Pridelands, the former queen Uru. The dark golden brown lioness was helping the sisters in princess elegance and hunting. On one particular day, young adult Kiara watched her sister talk excitedly to Uru, who was like another mother as well as a mentor. They cherished her wisdom and loved her dearly. As for Uru, she had daughters she always wanted.

Tiifu was speaking to Uru about the upcoming hunt that every young lioness in the pride must do to take part in the hunting parties. When the comes for Kiara and Tiifu's hunt they will hunt together as team unlike the royal rite of passage, where the princess goes on a solo hunt. The Pridelands weren't the only one to have that way into adulthood. If Kiara and Tiifu weren't forced to leave their destroyed home they would be taking that royal rite of passage.

But Kiara has a lot on her mind to focus. Unlike her sister who was no doubt seeing the prince as well as their friend, Princess Kamaria who took her royal rite of passage a few weeks ago and passed. Kamaria was seeing Alistair. But what's deep on her mind wasn't just relationship troubles. She no doubt have fallen in love with the king but he's very spoken for. She has a scar to prove it. But she also was thinking about her parents and pride. Their friends and grandfather.

With a depress sigh the light gold lioness walked down the hill she was on towards the water hole. Where she reached the path headed down to the waterhole Kiara saw Mufasa, sitting with his head lowered. With a deep breath Kiara walked over.

"Is everything alright, Mufasa?"

"Besides the fact that my wife is driving me insane!"

Kiara lowered her head. "Oh. I'm sorry I bothered you."

Kiara got up to leave but a large paw stepped on her tail tuff.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap...it's just...never mind."

Mufasa took his paw off the young lioness' tail and went back to soaking. Kiara turned and looked at the large lion.

"Do you wish to talk about it?"

Mufasa looked up with tired and emotional filled amber eyes. "I'm sure that you don't want to hear my problems."

Kiara sat down next to the golden lion and sighed. "If it helps, I'll let you in on a little secret. I'm not setting in like you think. My mind is haywire, I can't stop thinking about my family, friends and pride. Plus...so male issues."

Mufasa looked at the beautiful lioness with concern. He chose to ignore the male issues part. "With all that. I'm surprised you find time to practice hunting."

"I don't. I appreciate the lessons and the amount of time Uru gave us but I just can't focus. I don't have in me. I keep thinking about that horrible day."

Mufasa pulled the light golden lioness into a hug after seeing the tears in her eyes. "There. There. Don't cry, my mother use to say that to get past the horrible you must go through something wonderful and amazing." Mufasa nuzzled Kiara's head. "If you feel a little lighter than I wouldn't mind teaching you."

Kiara looked at Mufasa and actually noticed that he wasn't as old as she thought. His face was kind and very handsome.

"Did you find anything you like?"

Kiara blushed as she turned away. "I noticed how...um majestic you are."

Mufasa chuckled. "If that's your way of saying attractive, then I'm flattered."

Kiara gave the golden lion a bashful smile before standing. "I should go check on my sister." with a dip of her head, Kiara ran off.

Mufasa smiled lightly before going to finish his royal rounds.

...

Zira sat on the edge of Priderock with a snarl. As she watched the hunting lesson her mate was giving that young slut that she attacked. Which she doesn't feel any remorse about.

"What's troubling you, my queen?" asked a dark, deep voice.

The pale tan lioness didn't reply. Zira just continue to glare at the lesson. Manu followed his lover's gaze to see his brother giving one of the new lionesses hunting lessons.

"What would be the problem?"

Zira snarled. "I don't like how close they are."

A sinister look shined in the prince's deep brown eyes as he smirked. "Ah. Jealous. Hmmm?"

Zira looked from the sight to her mate and sneered. "No."

Manu chuckled darkly. "What's the problem then? He's teaching her how to hunt. Besides my queen. You are I know that he'll won't be alive much longer."

Zira snorted and didn't say anything. Taking the silence as a exit, the dark brown lion got up and walked into the cave. Zira heard everything her lover said. But she sees the way the golden lion looks at that slut, with love he never shown her. She snarled, as she silently planned to rid of the nonsense, very soon.

A few days passed and Tiifu and Kiara were in a quick group lesson with a few other young lionesses led by the former queen, Uru.

"First things first. When on a hunt there's a lot of things you need to know. Hunting is not a game and it's very dangerous."

A young greyish lioness rolled her bluish eyes before looking at Kiara and Tiifu, who was very focus in Uru's lessons. The dark golden lioness volunteered to teach since she was a senior huntress and had a lot to teach.

"Pssst."

Kiara shut her emarald eyes and sighed before looking to see the greyish lioness looking at her. "Yes, Rera."

"Why does this old hag have to be a kill joy?"

Kiara frowned before snarling. She was about to give Rera a piece of her mind when a clearing of a throat made the young lioness flinched before she turned her attention to a glaring Uru.

"Now that I have everyone's attention. You will not be going on a hunting trip yet. Exspecially the ones who haven't been on their practice hunt. You also have to know the basics of hunting. The strategies and plans. The main rules for hunting is to remember the three s's."

Uru stopped walking and talking and looked at the group of gathered young lionesses with stern deep brown eyes. "Can anyone tell me what are the three s's?"

Rera smirked at Kiara and Tiifu before smiling at the former queen. But before she could answer there was a scream followed by a very foul smell. Uru caught wind of it and her stoic, hardcore teacher look fell but a look of a concern of a parent replaced it.

"Alright. Now everyone stay calm. Zazu is perched near by. He'll alert King Mufasa."

"But what are we going to do in the meantime!" Rera cried, tears fell from her bluish eyes.

She didn't want to die. No one did and Uru was determined to make sure they all make it home. "It's okay. We..."

"You won't get out of nothing if you don't comply!"

Uru looked and seen a very large number of hyenas. "Girls. Run!"

The group of young lionesses, including Tiifu bolted minus one. Kiara stepped up to her mentor's side with bared teeth. Uru gasped but before she could say anything the lead hyena that Kiara remembers seeing Mufasa deal with as Shenzi laughed.

"I'm glad you didn't run."

Uru caught on that the hyenas wanted her protege. They will not succeed, not on her watch. Uru lept on the nearest hyena that happens to be Axisa. With a quick swipe of her lighter colour paw, the old hyena's neck broke.

"Mama!" Shenzi and Banazi cried before they narrowed their eyes and snarled. "Attack!"

Kiara froze on the spot. She watched helplessly as her mentor fought the wave of hyenas. To her last breath.

"Uru!"

Tears streamed down her face as she watched her mentor's scarred body hit the ground. She looked up and seen the hyenas advancing on her.

"Please don't make this harder than it's going to be." Shenzi sneered.

Kiara laid down and covered her head with her chestnut colour paws. Ready to for the end but it didn't come. Instead of her death there was sounds of a fight. Kiara removed her paws and looked up to see Mufasa smack a hyena across the face. Sending them soaring through the air. Kiara couldn't take her eyes off him. She could see his muscles flexed as he swung his large paws.

The light golden lioness shook her head as she growled at herself. How can she think about Mufasa like that at a time like this. A soft, small but very comforting nuzzle brought her out of her head. Kiara looked up to look into a pair of amber eyes.

"Kiara, are you alright?"

Kiara wanted to run and burry her head in his mane but instead she got to her paws and ran to Uru. Uru was worst than what she seen and what made the tears fall down like waterfalls, was that she wasn't breathing. Kiara couldn't held her weight and fell back, landing on Mufasa, who caught her in his arms. Kiara turned and burried her head in the king's red mane as she sobbed uncontrollably. His was gone. Her teacher, her best friend was gone. And it was all her fault.

"She's gone because of me! It's my fault! I killed her!" Kiara sobbed. "I'm so sorry."

Tiifu arrived with Kion and a few others. The creamy lioness watched on sadly as the golden yellow lion roared to heavens. Kamaria broke down with the comfort of Alistair. Zira was there but watching from a distance. She saw how the slut refused to let go of her mate.

As for Mufasa, he felt a whole lot of emotions hit him at once. He's grieving his mother but here's this brave girl that been through the deaths of her family and pride but now she was at her lowest against. She clinged to him like her life depended on it. Her whole body shook with each sob, like a earthquake. It broke his heart to see her like this.

"It's not your fault, Kiara." the golden lion tried to soothe.

Kiara's crying soon came to a halt. Mufasa gently pushed the young lioness back to have her fall over. Mufasa quickly bend to catch her on his back. He fixed Kiara's legs so she was on his back proper before running off towards pride rock.

Zira had watched everything and she didn't like one bit.