Yahoooo! I'm back at this fanfic deal. Man, I love writing these! Anyhow, this is technically a sequel to one of my other stories, called One Last Try. A lot of you wanted a sequel for it so here it is. But I can assure you, if you never read that, you don't need it to be able to understand what's going on here. I'm not going to lean too heavily on this story's predecessor.

If you see this: ()()()()()()()() it means the POV is changing. Don't worry, I'll say to whose POV it's changing to. Fun facts: Shenzi's name means pagan or uncouth, Banzai's name means brash, Ed's name means…. Well…. Ed, and Macho's name (pronounced Maco, don't pronounce the ch sound) means vigilant or loyal. All these are in swahilli.

Well, on with the fanfic! And please, do leave this humble author a review.

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Shenzi's POV

Three days.

That was how long it took to cross the desert.

Shenzi had once heard that if an animal went for longer than four days without water, they would die of dehydration. If that was true, many of them had just barely jumped the gun. Most of the hyenas hadn't drank before they left, and so had come dangerously close to dying.

However, at the edge of the accursed wasteland was a river. It marked the border of the desert, and it allowed the hyenas to get the drink they so desperately needed.

"Ha ha! I've never been so happy to see water in my life!" Yelled Banzai, as he lapped in the refreshing liquid. Shenzi stood next to him, also drinking from the river. Her paws were wet, but she didn't mind it at all. Over the course of the past couple of days, sand had been blown into her fur, and into places where sand normally didn't go.

It would be nice to have a wash.

Shenzi stepped into the river, feeling the water flow around her. She lied down, and rolled around in the shallow depths, enjoying how relaxing it was. She could feel the stress flow out of her muscles, and it felt good. She sighed, allowing herself to smile. Truly, they had made it.

Then, she felt a splash of water wash over her. She cringed, not ready to get her head wet.

"Oops! Sorry Shenzi." Apologized Banzai. Shenzi turned to face his voice, a bit perturbed.

"Come on Banzai! Couldn't you see I was trying to relax!" She complained.

"Sorry Shenzi! But this water feels so good! I just had to cannonball into it!" He replied.

"Huh! You couldn't wade into it like a civilized animal!" Griped Shenzi. Even after living with Banzai ever since puphood, she was still sometimes astounded by his complete lack of awareness. Sometimes, he would run into situations without thinking, oftentimes with consequences. Even so, those consequences were sometimes amusing. Like when he got cactus thorns stuck on his butt.

"Come on, Shenzi, we're hyenas! We aren't prissy little meerkats!"

"Sometimes, I think that's the problem. You've got no brains on you." She replied.

"Meerkats don't either. Every time we raid one of their colonies, they run around like mad, bumping into each other!" Retorted Banzai.

"In that case, I can see the resemblance." Replied Shenzi, grinning.

"Hey! Wait a minute…" Stuttered Banzai, as he tried to wrap his head around the insult. However, Shenzi had already pushed away from the shallow part of the river, and had started to swim around in the deeper part. Sighing happily, Shenzi paddled against the slow current. Swimming was much easier than walking if you were missing the use of one of your legs.

They had made it!

They had survived!

"Come out here Banzai!" Called Shenzi, as she set her paws down onto the sand below. She figured she needed someone to tell her if she was drifting too far from the shore.

"Coming!" Came the response. Shenzi heard more splashes, and pretty soon, she felt someone tap her on the shoulder.

"Hello." She replied.

"I brought Ed out here too! Although, I don't think he's quite grasped the concept of swimming quite just yet." Said Banzai.

"Really? How so?" She asked.

"Well, he's underwater right now." Said Banzai.

"What! For how long? Haul him up already!"

"Well, I'm trying to see how long he's going to be able to hold his breath…" Snickered Banzai.

"You'll know how long when he floats back up belly side up." Replied Shenzi flatly. "Now get him above the water!" She demanded.

"Alright alright…." He responded. Shenzi heard Banzai take a breath, and submerge himself. Little ripples splashed against her fur as she waited for him to come back up for air. Eventually, they resurfaced with bravado.

"Ta da! One Ed, as requested." Said Banzai smoothly, as he pushed Ed up against Shenzi. Ed spat out some of the water he had swallowed, and started giggling again, licking Shenzi.

"Gah! Get off me Ed!" Said Shenzi, as she pushed the slobbering hyena away from her. Ed simply let out some more raucous laughter, and kept giggling.

"You know, you couldn't tell by looking at him that he had just nearly drowned." Observed Banzai.

"I'll bet. That hyena's more vacant than an abandoned hotel." Added Shenzi.

"What's a hotel?" Asked Banzai.

"Never mind, it's not important." Shenzi replied. "Nothing's important right now. We can relax….. Nothing's trying to kill us."

"Yeah, first the Graveyard, then that flood, then those lions, then the desert, then the desert storms! The list is pretty long." Contemplated Banzai.

"No kidding." Grunted Shenzi.

"So…. Were you going for a swim?" Asked Banzai.

"I'm trying to. It's not so hard to do with only three legs. Just so long as you paddle. But I can't tell if I'm swimming off course. So just tell me if I'm drifting too far away, and I'll head back towards the sound of your voice." Said Shenzi.

"Sounds good to me." He replied. With another relaxed sigh, Shenzi pushed off away from the shallow part, letting the current pull her down the river a bit.

She would have closed her eyes to enhance the relaxing experience, but it would have been pointless.

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Banzai's POV

Banzai watched Shenzi float off. He smiled, happy that Shenzi was happy. Truth be told, the last time he had seen Shenzi smile was three years ago, right before the battle at Pride Rock.

It had been awhile.

Next to him, Ed was spinning in the water, submerging and resurfacing every few seconds. Banzai was positive Ed had no idea what he was doing. Of course, he was always like this, so Banzai wasn't especially annoyed. He had gotten used to Ed's behavior.

Ed had been like this since puphood. Banzai and Shenzi were a year older than him, and had become his friends when no one else would. Ed was great for testing stuff, and would go along with almost anything they came up with.

"Hey! Banzai! Yelled a voice from the shore. Banzai looked to his left to see Macho standing there, along with Fahama.

Macho and Fahama were the clan's second in command, along with Banzai. The three of them formed Shenzi's council, and performed the duties that Shenzi could not, now that she was blind and crippled. Shenzi still had the last say in anything, but they had a lot of power when it came to what happened to the clan.

Fahama was a female hyena who looked a lot like Shenzi. She had the hair tufts on the front of her head, and several spots on her shoulders. She was still relatively young, but she was able, and she knew what she was doing. She was also much more lighthearted than Macho and Shenzi.

Macho was a serious hyena, who worked hard to get the job done. He and Banzai were the only males to have any sort of rank advantage over the females. Normally, every male was lower than every female. He and Macho had gotten lucky in that respect.

"Come out here if you want to talk." He replied, snickering as he wondered if they really would wade out in the river just to talk to him. To his mild surprise, Macho jumped in before Fahama.

"Okay Banzai, now why exactly did we have to come out here?" Asked Macho, once he reached Banzai's position. Fahama paddled up next to him.

"Yeah, why did we have to swim to ya? I'm still not exactly comfortable with swimming after that flood…" Added an irate Fahama.

"Well, I can't exactly speak for myself, but Shenzi told me to stay here to watch her. You know, in case she swims too far." He replied.

"Oh. Well, me and Fahama actually have a plan we'd like to discuss with you." Said Macho.

"You guys already came up with a plan? We just got here! I mean, it's only been a half hour, and you guys are already deciding on what to do next. Before Shenzi even gave it a thought! Man, that hasn't happened before." Said Banzai.

"We just like to be prepared. I believe Shenzi knows the value of that." Replied Fahama.

"Huh. She overworks herself, and she knows it. Anyways, what's the idea?" Asked Banzai.

"Well, now that we're here, we're at a sort of crossroads. I thought what we would do is send out search groups, in multiple directions. We would give them a time limit of three weeks, and when the groups return, they all report what they saw. And from that, we decide where we go to live." Suggested Fahama.

"Sounds foolproof to me. Now all we have to do is get Shenzi to approve it. Although if I were you guys, I'd leave her alone for a few more minutes. She's making up for three years of lost rest." Said Banzai, grinning.

"Right. Well, when she's done, come get us."

"Got it."

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Scar's POV

Scar looked down at his reflection.

He realized it wasn't exactly something nice to look at.

Years ago, his only scar had been the one over his eye. Of course, that was the scar that had prompted him to change his name, so it was something rather important to him. The scar over his eye had also come with a more mental scar.

His own father had given it to him. Ahadi didn't like Scar when he was young, and he was still called Taka. Mufasa had always been Ahadi's favorite, Mufasa had gotten all of their father's attention. In Ahadi's eyes, Mufasa could do no wrong. If Mufasa caught a mouse as a cub, Ahadi would call the rest of the family over to congratulate him. But when Taka finally managed to catch his first mouse, he hadn't even dared to tell Ahadi, for fear of being accused of trying to one-up his brother. The best he could do was go show his mother what he had caught, and get congratulated by her.

Ahadi hadn't allowed Taka to get any friends either. Whenever he tried to approach the other cubs, Ahadi would be there, growling at him to leave. The worst part was, for the entirety of his adolescence he had had a crush on Sarafina. But he only had been able to talk to her a few times, a frustration he had once confided to Shenzi.

Due to his loneliness, his mother, Uru, had told him to explore. And so he had. Every day he went further and further away from Pride Rock. Until one day, he reached the border. And at the border, he saw the Elephant Graveyard.

He had of course entered it, enticed by the unexplored land. It hadn't taken him long to fall into a hole and trap himself. And as a little cub, he couldn't climb out of his predicament. That was when he met the hyenas.

Shenzi had found him, wailing for help. She had poked her head into the hole to find Taka, as he helplessly tried to climb out. She was younger than him, and still a pup. She also didn't really know what lions were yet, or else she wouldn't have helped him. Once she helped him out, they talked about things, and became friends after a while.

The hyena trio were Scar's first friends. They were the first ones other than his mother to listen to his problems, and to laugh at his jokes. And Scar laughed back at their jokes and listened to their problems. They were true companions.

They were also traitors.

After all the things he had given them, all the promises, all of those long years of supposed friendship, the hyenas had tried to kill him. And just because of a failed ploy to try to get Simba to halt his attack.

He truly did not know how he felt about the hyenas. On one hand, they had tried to kill him, and had left gashes all along his back, neck, and muzzle. There were scars from that day covering his body. On the other, the hyenas did have reason to do so, and that reason was the drought.

The drought had made the hyenas very hungry, and dissatisfied. And it was actually Scar's fault for not doing more to try to stop the drought. And he had tried to place the blame upon them. But even so, they still had turned on him really quickly, and it was Shenzi that had ordered his demise.

His childhood friend had ordered her clan to kill him.

Scar dug his claws into the sand, snarling.

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Chapturrrrrrr three! Welp, leave a review! Even you guests.

Anyways, the hyenas are going to be heading out soon, sending search parties to try and find a new place for them to live. Gee, I wonder which way the trip will go? Will it possibly be further down the river, towards Scar's den?

And as for Scar, he doesn't exactly seem happy when he thinks about the hyenas. Heh heh heh…

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