Here's a fic for any of you who are interested in such things. And it's going to be about Simba! Yeah, my first fic starring Simba. Kinda strange for me, I know. But you can't not love Simba.

Also, if anybody thinks they have a good idea for a tlk fanfic, be sure to PM the idea, and if I like it, I'll put it on my 'to do' list, and eventually, I'll write it! And if you're just a guest, leave a review on any one of my stories with the idea.

Anyways, be sure to leave a review! And enjoy the fic.

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Taka's POV

"I'm so dead I'm so dead I'm so dead….." Moaned Taka, as he rubbed his aching head. His fall had gotten him bruises all along his back and sides, and he'd even managed to bump his skull. Fortunately for him, nothing hurt too much, and he hadn't gotten a concussion.

Unfortunately for him, everything else was going wrong!

"Taka! Just tell me what happened!" Demanded Shenzi, who stood beside him looking perturbed.

"Muffusa! Mufasa happened!" Whined Taka, seething at his misfortune.

"Mufasa happened what?" Asked Banzai.

"Mufasa saw us! My brother, Muffy, saw us together! And now he's ran away! He's going to tell someone….. what if he tells dad!?" He groaned, panicking. Ahadi hated him anyways, what would he think of him now, playing with the creature's Ahadi had sworn to kill? Beside him, Shenzi paled.

"You- you mean that was your brother?" She asked breathlessly.

"Yes!" Fretted Taka, digging his claws into the dirt anxiously.

"Oh crap…. that's… that's bad." She muttered, as Ed whimpered beside her.

"I know!" Shouted Taka, his chest heaving as he paced back and forth, tossing nervous glances back at the heart of the Pridelands. Mufasa was probably nearly back to Pride Rock now…. it was much too late to catch him. Oh, what was he going to say? Or more importantly, who was he going to tell?

Maybe he'd go straight to Uru…. Taka's mother would know exactly what he was talking about, she would explain to Mufasa what he had seen. She'd make everything right, she would fix everything…

But if he want to Ahadi first, Taka was screwed! Ahadi could get really angry…. what would he say? He would be punished, he knew it.. but how? Would Ahadi deny him any sort of food or nourishment, starving him until he learned his lesson? Would he physically hurt him? He knew Ahadi wasn't above breaking bones…. what if he crippled him!

"Taka, what do we do?" Asked Banzai, as he looked around nervously for more lions.

"Run! Get out of here!" Replied Taka immediately, turning towards them. "A lion knows you three are here, you've gotta get back into the Graveyard!" Shenzi and Banzai looked at each other, as Ed whimpered confusedly.

"But Taka… what about your dad? What if you need help-"

"No!" He shouted, the stress getting the better of him. "No, you guys can't be seen here anymore! You guys are my best friends, what if you're hurt, trying to help me? What if you get killed?!"

"There's no way we'd let ourselves get killed-"

"Just get out of here!" Screamed Taka, digging his claws into the dirt. Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed looked at eachother, then back at Taka. They grimaced, then turned around and ran back up the hill, casting nervous glances back at him.

Taka turned back to the way Mufasa had gone, breathing heavily. No, this wouldn't do, this wouldn't do at all. Mufasa was going to tell someone, he had to know who! But he had a head start on him… what if he should be hiding right now, what of by not running and hiding right now, he was dooming himself?

No! He had to know, he had to knew what was going on! Leaping forward in the air, he ran across the grass, his paws pounding on the dirt.

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Simba's POV

Simba had a slab of meat in his jaws. They'd forgotten to ask Uru for food to bring to the hyenas, so he'd had to go hunt some himself. Severing the meat off his catch was a grizzly affair, as always, but he'd washed himself off in a puddle of water he'd passed by.

He was next to the border, almost back to where he'd left Taka. If all was well, the hyenas were probably there by now, talking and making jokes at his expense. Not that they didn't make plenty of jokes about him while he was there, he was used to getting his large mane laughed at. Apparently hyenas thought all that extra fur was ridiculous.

As he trotted through the grass, he saw movement off to his right. Glancing up the hill, Shenzi and her cohorts running down it. He didn't see Taka anywhere, it was just them. Frowning, he gripped the meat tighter and ran after them. As he got closer, he tossed the food aside.

"Hey guys!" He called, making the three of them skid to a stop. They turned towards him, anxious expressions on all of their faces, even Ed. Simba suddenly felt his gut tighten. Was something wrong?...

"Simba! Thank goodness you're finally here!" Exclaimed Shenzi, trotting up to him.

"Why's that?" Asked Simba, confused at their seriousness. Hyenas were almost never serious, not when their bellies were full. And they had eaten just yesterday, they couldn't be hungry yet.

"Taka's in trouble!" Blurted Banza, looking uneasy.

"Trouble? Trouble how?" Replied Simba. Shenzi glanced back at the way they had come.

"Mufasa saw us playing with him!"

Simba blinked.

"Wait… what?" He gasped, his gut wrenching.

"Mufasa saw us playing with him, talking to him! He saw we were friends!" She said, anguish written across her face. "And he ran away! He's going to tell Ahadi!"

"Holy cow…" Muttered Simba, standing still with his eyes wide as he soaked in the news. His father had seen Taka with the hyenas? This…. this was horrible….. Ahadi already hated Taka, and everyone knew the king hated hyenas with a passion. Put the two of them together, and what would that result in?

Oh no...

"I've got to go find Taka… where did he go!?" Asked Simba quickly, nearly breathless.

"He ran after his brother, back to Pride Rock." Answered Shenzi.

"Got it." Nodded Simba, as he turned around. "I'll see you guys later!" He called, as he ran up the hill.

"Don't let Taka get hurt!" Called Shenzi, as she watched Simba run off. Ahadi's temper was notoriously fierce…

She hoped nothing would go wrong.

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Mufasa's POV

"What is it?" Asked Ahadi, sounding bored. And truly, he was bored. King or not, he was still subject to certain natural laws, and one of those was that if he had nothing to do, he would feel bored. But maybe things were looking up, Mufasa had come in looking anxious. Hopefully his son would spice his day somehow.

"Dad…. I just need to talk to you." Replied Mufasa.

"Well, about what? Come on son, spit it out." Nodded Ahadi. Mufasa took a nervous gulp, as if he was deliberating what to say.

"Yeah, yeah…. well, I saw some hyenas." He said slowly. A grin stretched across Ahadi's muzzle as he stood up straight and brightened.

"Did you now? Well, tell me about it! Did you claw them good? Did you bite them hard? Did you send them squealing back to their godforsaken home?" He asked eagerly. Mufasa frowned.

"Not exactly…."

"Oh… don't tell me you ran away?!" Exclaimed Ahadi, crinkling his nose. Such behavior was not befitting of a future king!

"No, it's actually more complicated than that." Replied Mufasa quickly, shaking his head.

"There's nothing complicated about it, did you fight them or run with your tail between your legs?" Asked Ahadi

"I saw them, and they didn't see me. But dad, the hyenas weren't actually doing anything wrong… they were next to the border, and they were playing. They were just playing." Explained Mufasa.

"So why didn't you chase them off?" Demanded Ahadi, feeling annoyed. Mufasa had better have a good explanation for not chasing those miscreants back the way they came from. Why his own son would refuse a chance to punish those disgusting creatures was absolutely beyond him. He'd have to teach Mufasa how to properly act.

"I would have, but there was somebody else there too!" Added Mufasa, gritting his teeth. "That's what I have to tell you! And I don't know why this is, but I said the hyenas were playing, right? Well… like I said, I don't know why this is… but they were playing with Taka!"

Ahadi raised one of his eyebrows.

"What?"

"Taka was playing with some hyenas! I think that's where he goes everyday, and why he hasn't told any of us. I think has some hyena friends." Said Mufasa, looking at Ahadi anxiously.

Ahadi stared at Mufasa, thinking about what had just been said.

That….

That welp!

That ignorant welp!

He had been… fraternizing with hyenas?! That worthless, insignificant weakling had been speaking to the lion's worst enemy? His disgraced son had the audacity, the nerve to defy one of Ahadi's most important decrees? Hyenas were the enemy! And here he was….. playing with them?!

Ahadi growled, digging his claws into the hard stone as she shook with anger. Mufasa took a nervous step back, gulping. He turned to his son, his expression one of utmost seriousness.

"And…. where, exactly, is my worthless second son now?" He growled, his voice deep and threatening. Mufasa began to turn pale, but he held his eye contact.

"He's a…. b-by the border! The eastern border, where the valley dips and the Graveyard starts!" He stuttered. Ahadi nodded, his eyes dark with fury. He turned to the cave's mouth, and padded out slowly, each pawstep sounding a menacing thud. He walked out and gone, leaving Mufasa to stare after him with an expression of horror and unease.

He was going to find that piece of garbage….. and sort this out once and for all.

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Taka's POV

The sun was already setting.

How had the day gone by so quickly?

Of course, he'd spent most of that time deliberating what he would do. He'd stop for a moment, take a few panicked breaths, look around for a hiding place, then force himself to keep running. He had to find out what Mufasa was going to do, he had to know who he had told!

"Taka!"

Taka jumped a good six feet into the air, letting out a yelp of fear. He turned around to see Simba running at him, trying to catch up.

"Oh, it's just you!" He exclaimed, exhaling in relief.

"Of course it's just me!" Replied Simba, as he trotted up to him. "I'm here to help. Listen, Shenzi told me what happened."

"Yeah…. yeah, it's a problem." Admitted Taka, gulping.

"Like I said, I'm here to help." Nodded Simba. "What was your plan?"

"Plan?... I… I don't really have a plan." Replied Taka, frowning. "I just thought I'd go back to Pride Rock and see what's happening. Maybe Muffy hasn't told Ahadi yet, I don't know. It's just that….. it's just that….. oohhh… what if he has?" Asked Taka fearfully.

"If he has, we'll deal with it." Promised Simba. "It can't be too bad. I mean, you're still Ahadi's son…. worst comes to worse, it'll probably only some sort of grounding. And those can be worked around."

"You think so?"

"Yeah. Ahadi's not going to hurt you." Replied Simba, smiling reassuringly at the skittish lion. Taka on the other paw, looked doubtful.

"I wouldn't put it past him." He whimpered.

"A father won't hurt his own son. I mean, he hasn't physically harmed you before, has he?"

"Uh… I guess not." Replied Taka, as she shuffled nervously in the grass. "But what if he does! I don't want to get hurt!"

"I'll protect you." Answered Simba. Taka laughed awkwardly.

"H-how are you supposed to take on a full grown lion?" He demanded, grimacing.

"I've got more fighting experience than you'd think." Replied Simba, looking dead serious. Taka only shrugged in response, swallowing apprehensively. He sniffed the air, his ears rotating as he glanced about.

"I smell him!" He exclaimed suddenly, jumping around to the source of the scent. It was coming closer. "I smell him!" He repeated, his eyes wide from fear. "He's coming!"

"Stay calm!" Snapped Simba immediately. "Stay calm…"

"Calm? Dad's coming!" He replied, his teeth gritted in dismay and dread. How could he be calm now!? Who knew what Ahadi was going to do! His breathing picked up as he stared in the scent's direction, the smell gradually growing stronger.

"Just stay ca-"

"No! You gotta hide!" Shrieked Taka, turning back to Simba. "He could punish you too, you gotta hide!" Simba backed up a few pawsteps, and looked around, spotting a large rock, big enough for him to crouch behind.

"Okay then.. I'll be watching from over there, just in case." Said Simba, looking concerned.

"Okay! Good, now get out of here!" Repeated Taka. Simba turned around and quickly ran down, jumping behind the rock. Taka looked back just in time to see the large black maned lion come over the hill.

And he looked angry.

Taka swallowed nervously yet again, as he stood his ground. Ahadi walked toward him at a brisk pace, but his expression was one of fury. Whatever confidence Taka had left was eroding quickly, his faith in Simba's words disappearing. Ahadi was angry, what was he going to do?!

"Hello…. son." Growled Ahadi, stopping a few feet away from the little black lion. Taka was breathing faster than ever before, his chest heaving.

"Uh…. hi….. dad." He said, his jaw hanging open. Ahadi sniffed the air.

"I still smell their scent on you." He snarled, baring his teeth. "You forget to roll in the mud…. you disobedient welp!" Taka took a step back, horrifed.

"Uh… uh…. d-dad, I can explain-"

"Explain what!" He roared, his many teeth seemingly emphasized in the light of the moon. "Explain how you piece of trash deliberately disobeyed me? Explain how you fraternized with hyenas, our mortal enemies, the very animal we're supposed to kill on sight! Explain how you've been doing this for years, thinking yourself so clever for lying to me!"

"No! That's not it at all, dad, I just needed some friends-"

"Friends?! With those scum of the earth creatures? You ignorant filth, you actually thought they were your friends? Not only are you weaker than the very grass we walk between, but you're as stupid as the dirt we trod upon!" He roared again, advancing menacingly towards Taka.

"Dad! I just-"

"You really are good for nothing, you know that!" Snarled Ahadi, baring his teeth. "The only thing you've ever done since you had the unfortunate chance to be born is eat the food other lions catch! You're nothing but a drain on resources, a complete waste! What good are you, anyways!"

By now, Taka was crouched down, shaking in fear. He was practically paralyzed as he stood before the great king, unable to move a muscle, not even his jaws for fear of provocation.

"And I know how to deal with worthless filth like you!" He shouted, unsheathing his claws. In this moment, Taka inhaled sharply, staring at the long black claws. Ahadi raised one of paws, almost in slow motion. The intent was deathly clear. Taka felt fear like he had never before, and his muscles locked up.

No! He had to move, he had to dodge it! In the space of milliseconds, he put all he had into breaking his paralysis. His muscles nearly shrieked from the effort, but he jumped backwards as the heavy paw came down at him.

One of his forelegs left the ground, and he desperately tried to turn his head in time. Another foreleg had left the ground, and Ahadi's claws came ever closer. His eyes slowly widened as the tried to follow the deadly attack.

But he wasn't fast enough.

Suddenly, he felt pain shoot through his face, and he finished his leap backwards, only to immediately bring one of his paws to his face. His eye stung….. his eye stung! He took his paw off his eye, and with his other he saw it was tinged in red. He tried to open the eye, but it hurt!

With another roar, Ahadi jumped at him. Crying out from pain and fear, Taka turned and ran, outpacing the leap. Ahadi landed just behind him, as Taka raced away, still unable to ignore the pain on his face.

He'd been clawed! Ahadi clawed him, he'd tried to kill him! No! No no no no no! Behind him, Ahadi stood back up from his failed pounce, and ran after him, a loud roar of fury echoing across the hills. Taka jumped over Simba's hiding spot, to which Simba only crouched lower, watching him with horror. Their eyes met fearfully for but a moment, before Taka landed and kept running.

Ahadi failed to notice Simba as jumped over the rock, running after the fleeing lion with his claws out.

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Shenzi's POV

Shenzi was pacing back and forth in the Elephant skull, looking worried. This particular skull was at one of the highest points in the Graveyard, and near the border. She had Banzai and Ed posted outside, overlooking the rest of the Graveyard in case Taka arrived. Shenzi wanted to know what happened as soon as possible, she had to know what was going on.

"I see him!" Shouted Banzai, causing Shenzi to jerk her head and run outside. "There." Added Banzai, pointing his paw down below them. Shenzi looked down at where he was pointing, trying to make out what it was.

She saw Taka all right, but there was something else that caused her unease. Actually, a rather large amount of unease. Right behind him, as Taka wove through the bones, was a large lion, chasing him. She squinted, and gasped, recognizing the king from the few times she'd seen him from afar.

Taka was being chased by his own father! And Ahadi didn't look in a good mood, he looked positively bloodthirsty with his claws out.

"Oh no…" gasped Banzai.

"Go get mom!" Said Shenzi immediately, looking at Banzai. "Go get mom now!"

"Now?" Asked Banzai, standing up.

"Yes, now! And hurry! Me and Ed will distract the king, you have to go get mom!" She ordered, shouting at him. Banzai nodded and took off like shot, disappearing around the skull. Shenzi glanced at Ed. who looked about as serious as he'd ever be. She grimaced, then ran down the hill, aiming to intercept the lions as they came by.

They reached the bottom and waited by a ribcage. Not a few seconds later, Taka rocketed by. And he didn't look good.

There was blood streaming down half his face, one of his eyes closed in pain. And right behind him was Ahadi, the massive hulk of a lion right on his heels. How Taka had managed to not yet get caught was a mystery, but it was certainly a good thing. The moment they ran by, Shenzi and Ed got behind them, joining the line they formed undetected by the lions.

Taka jumped over a small trench and cleared a gigantic thigh bone, but still Ahadi remained behind him. Then to Taka's evident dismay, which could be gathered by the cry of fear he uttered, he skidded to a stop, a cliff directly in front of him. Taka whipped around to see Ahadi blocking the only way out, leaving him trapped on the precipice.

"Dad! Dad, I'm sorry don't kill me!" He cried, whimpering from despair.

"It's much too late for that." Growled Ahadi, slowly advancing on the cowering lion. He seemed to savor the moment, the moment he would finally wipe out the blight he had sired. It disgusted Shenzi.

Nodding to Ed, the two of them ran forward simultaneously. As Ahadi approached Taka, Ed jumped up and grabbed Ahadi's back leg between his teeth, clamping down as hard as he could.

Ahadi let out a surprised roar, and he turned around as Shenzi ran past him. Before either Ahadi or Taka could register what was happening, Shenzi jumped up and head-butted Taka as hard as she possibly could, sending the two of them tumbling over. Taka hit the stone after a second of freefall, letting out another cry of pain. Being prepared for the jump, Shenzi landed gracefully, the impact nonetheless jarring her.

"Taka, get up, we gotta get out of here!" She shouted, as another one of Ahadi's roars rung overhead. Shaking himself off as quick as he could and ignoring the bruises, Tala wordlessly complied, his face still sketched with dread. Shenzi turned around and ran down the ravine, Taka right behind her.

They raced down the stones, as Ahadi roared yet again somewhere above and behind. Hopefully Ed hadn't gotten himself killed, and was still distracting the menace. They turned a corner and immediately stopped.

Shenzi paled.

"It's a dead end!" Gasped Taka, panicking.

"Shit! That's a problem!" Added Shenzi, as she looked around. The walls looked too sheer to climb easily, even if the walls weren't very high. The only quick way out was back the way they came, but as Shenzi looked down the path she saw Ed turn the corner.

"Ed! If you're here, then where's-"

A loud roar sounded, causing Taka to whimper from fear. Ahadi walked around the stone, to find the three of them bunched together, standing their ground in the dead end ravine. Ahadi grinned widely at the sight.

"Ah… Taka, it seems you and your friends are all here!" He announced, his voice eerily menacing. "Looks like it'll be three birds with one stone."

"No! Dad, leave me alone!" Pleaded Taka, on the verge of crying. Shenzi scowled.

"Get out of here Kingy! We don't want you blasted lions on our territory!" She shouted, shrugging off the urge to try to escape.

"Don't worry, I'll be leaving." Growled Ahadi. "Only after I kill you all."

"I mean it Kingy! Get off hyena territory!" She commanded, standing straight.

"And why would I need to listen to you?" Sneered Ahadi, grinning evilly as Taka looked on, horrified.

Just then, another voice sounded from above them.

"Because she's my daughter." Called a hyena, that stood on the ledge just a short ways above them.

Shenzi looked up to see the entire ravine lined with hyenas, each of them staring down at the scene below.

Ahadi's pupils shrank as he looked around. Every single hyena was standing deathly still, their eyes glowing from the light of the stars above them. Every single hyena was grinning widely, their teeth shining sharp threateningly. And every single hyena looked very, very, very hungry.

"Good evening your majesty." Smirked Hatari, as Ahadi looked back and forth frantically, everywhere he looked his eyes were met with the menacing glare of a grinning hyena.

"You…." He growled, summoning his courage to look Hatari in the eye as he glanced at the dozens of hyenas standing above him like the very angels of death.

"Yeah. Me." Replied Hatari, looking rather eerie. The way she stood and the way she flashed her teeth was chilling in itself, but there was something about her, something about the aura that surrounded her and all her other hyenas that caused Shenzi to shiver.

"And what do you want!?" Roared Ahadi, doing his best to ignore the army of teeth and claws staring at him hungrily.

"What- what do I want?" Asked Hatari, with mock surprise. "Well, to critique you, really! You're trying to kill your own son? My my my…. I never thought you could sink lower than the slaughter of my hyenas. But here we are, and you're scraping rock bottom buddy!" She laughed, causing a jitter of eerie laughter to spread throughout the assembled hyenas.

Ahadi shuddered.

"That's none of your business!" He retorted.

"I think it is!" She replied, grinning creepily. "Cause your business is on my territory!"

"This shithole can hardly be considered territory!" Said Ahadi, growling.

"Oh but sir!- you're the one who forced us here! You're the one that keeps us here! You can't criticize where we live, not when you don't give us a choice." Chuckled Hatari.

Then, very suddenly, Hatari's demeanor changed. A moment before she had been grinning, and acting amused. But as she stared down at Ahadi, her expression hardened, and her eyes narrowed. Ahadi growled back at her, taking a step back.

"You see Ahadi, every time one of us trespasses on the Pridelands, you kill them. Now…..how about we return that favor?" She asked, scowling down at him. Blood curling laughter erupted amongst the hyenas, as Ahadi suddenly began to look afraid for the first time in his life. Shenzi, Taka, and Ahadi all looked back at Hatari, as the hyenas licked their lips.

"Kill him."

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I am very proud of this chapter. And since I practically waited the entire story to write this one chapter(it'll be my favorite) I must ask you all to review. Really, if you have to only review one chapter, I beg of you to make it this one.

But in any case, I hope you enjoyed it! See ya next week!