The Lion King: Dawn Of The Nations

Episode 17: Breach

At midday, below the Pride Rock, two huge groups of lions and cheetahs were expecting the words of the two siblings, Kion and Kiara, who were standing on the tip of the Pride Rock, looking down at them. "Warriors of Ferezan, of the Pride Lands, listen this well!" Kion exclaimed. "None of us will turn back until the battle is won! Jasiri and the outlanders will pay for what they've done!" The crowd roared and chirruped with courage. "As I promised to the nation of Nandari, two legions, one of Ferezan, one of the land of ours, will have the duty to protect the caracals from the threats of Jasiri and Baturu. The rest will fight today, to regain peace once and for all!" He raised his gaze and roared strongly, accompanied by his sister's roar and the ones of his warriors as well as the chirrups of Ferezan's.

Kiara looked at the legions, knowing they were ready to battle. "Lions! Cheetahs!" She roared. "The war on the hyenas starts now!" More roars and chirrups were heard.

Meanwhile, in the Outlands, Jasiri was in a cave, walking around Jazanu, with a frown of scold. "What have you done?!" She approached him and threw a blow at his snout, making him to growl and groan.

Jazanu gasped and frowned at her. "My queen! We have to show our strength! That nothing will stop us! That's what you asked me for when you named me captain!"

"At battle! At war! Not with small, defenseless cubs!" Jasiri growled at him. "The only thing you've shown is cowardice! Jazanu!"

"Cowardice! Just look at you, you just stay here waiting for them, while I actually take action and hurt them, hard!" Jazanu exclaimed, both of them were walking in circle while looking into each other's eyes.

"No, Jazanu! You just brought war earlier, that's all! And thanks to you, my children and yours will be in danger too!" Jasiri growled at him.

"You don't know that!" Jazanu argued.

"I know the lions, Jazanu, they'll want to get revenge." Jasiri got closer to him. "You've put our kingdom at risk."

Jazanu let out a brief chuckle of mockery. "Then nothing changed, Jasiri, we've been always at risk, we are hyenas. The exiled, the misfits, it's always been that way." He took a few steps towards her. "And that's exactly why I ordered my warriors to kill those cubs. They have to know we are sick of being the humiliated and the weak, they must know we'll do anything, and I mean anything, to change things forever."

Jasani growled. "I made a mistake when naming you captain of my legions."

Jazanu laughed. "Your legions?! Maybe back in the day, Jasiri." He chuckled arrogantly. "Now they only serve one hyena."

"My warriors are loyal, Jazanu." Jasiri said. "They know who they fight for."

"Well…" Jazanu growled and began to show his fangs with a daring smile. "There's only one way to find out."

"Jazanu…I'll give you the chance to leave the Outlands and never come back…you are no longer my captain." Jasiri grunted more strongly at him. She kept walking towards him, forcing him to walk back. They eventually exited the cave, stepping over the high, rocky path outside of it, several meters above the ground, like a cliff. Jazanu gasped a bit when his hind leg felt just air beyond the path, knowing he had reached the edge, so he just stopped walking back and rapidly got in the middle of the path, with his glare still locked on Jasiri's. "I insist, Jazanu…go away…with your children and mate."

Jazanu chuckled with a frown. "Jaira won't accept that…my queen." He said that last word mockingly. "I will stay."

"Then…" Jasiri crouched. "…you will die." She grunted with rage at him and jumped with her open jaws, bitting his neck strongly, making him to laugh with pain. The two hyenas began to fall down the cliff, hitting several paths and rocks, Jasiri's teeth were still biting Jazanu's neck with strength. After hitting a big rock, Jasiri let out a gasp of pain and let go off Jazanu's bleeding neck. They fell over the ground and slowly began to get over their paws. Several hyenas began to gather around them, more behind Jazanu than behind Jasiri. "Kill him!" Jasiri ordered, gesturing at Jazanu. "He has betrayed me!" She looked over her back and looked at the group of hyenas behind her. "Now!" The hyenas nodded hesitantly and growled while walking past her towards Jazanu.

"My warriors…" Jazanu chuckled. "You know what to do." The more numerous group of hyenas that was behind Jazanu started to laugh menacingly at Jasiri's. The two hordes started to run towards the other and they began to fight after the first bite was thrown, laughs of rage and pain started to come out. Jasiri surrounded the battling hordes to go after Jazanu, followed by a small group of hyenas.

Jazanu, who was still bleeding, ran towards a crack that led to a dark, narrow gorge, quickly getting in there. "Don't let him escape!" Jasiri exclaimed, running towards the crack and getting in, spotting Jazanu already. They kept running after him in the cramped path. Jazanu glared over his back continuously, feeling confident about his speed, but when looking back to the front, he gasped when seeing a dead end with no turns or cracks to keep moving, so he just stopped running and turned to face his upcoming adversary. Jasiri smirked when seeing he was trapped, she kept running and when reaching the dead end, she jumped at Jazanu, but a sudden bite on her side stopped her, she groaned and fell to the ground along with the hyena that had attacked her, who rapidly stood up and regrouped with the others. She groaned while trying to get into her paws, looking at Jazanu and the other three hyenas, with disbelief and great disappointment. "You too, traitors?!" She stood up with effort.

Jazanu laughed mockingly, getting in between the hyenas. "What a tragic end for the former queen of the Outlands." He started to take small steps towards her. "Abandoned by her own kind." Jazanu chuckled. "Alone…" He gestured at the three hyenas and they began to growl while approaching her, behind Jazanu.

"She is not alone!" A voice was heard nearby, it was Janja, who jumped at one of the hyenas with his open jaw, biting his neck strongly, bringing him down while laughing and groaning by the pain. The other two hyenas went to help him, leaving Jazanu alone with Jasiri.

"You were saying?" Jasiri was looking at him with a frown and a subtle smirk of confidence.

Jazanu growled at her. "One more, what's the difference?" He laughed. "We'll kill you both anyway!" He jumped at her with no previous warning, Jasiri crouched and hopped sidewards, evading him, she then took impulse and this time she jumped at him, biting his back, Jazanu laughed with pain and began to move and shake to make her release him, with no success, she bit him stronger, a lot of blood was already painting his back's fur, he groaned and dropped himself down as he couldn't stand the pain anymore.

Janja had managed to kill the first hyena, so there were two left, who were already biting him, but with a jump, he managed to get their jaws off him, getting hurt as they had gotten their teeth and fangs strongly nailed to his gray furred skin. He groaned and stood up along with them, the two hyenas tried to attack him again, he jumped and when being right between them, he threw a blow at their faces with his two front paws, they groaned and fell down while rubbing their faces.

Jasiri was biting Jazanu's neck repeatedly, making him to groan and growl strongly, letting out laughs of pain. She kept doing so until he didn't emit more noises or made more movements. Jasiri raised her head, looking at Jazanu, breathing in and out quickly by the effort she had made. Jasiri turned and saw Janja fighting the remaining hyenas.

Janja was getting tired, the two hyenas were walking around him, crouching, ready to finish him, but suddenly, Jasiri jumped towards one of them, tackling him. Janja gained confidence and frowned at the remaining one, waiting for him to jump first, as he did, Janja moved a bit to his side and when the hyena was right before his snout, he bit his side strongly. The hyena fell down with a laugh of pain, with his side bleeding. Janja rapidly jumped over him and bit his neck with strength and determination, killing him quite rapidly. He stood there, looking at the dead hyena for a moment, then he turned and found out Jasiri had dealt with her own rival. The ground was covered with blood and fur. Jasiri was sitting next to the hyena's corpse, inhaling and exhaling. Janja approached her and sat down next to her. "We have to go, now."

Jasiri was thoughtful, her eyes were lost on the scene. "Yes." She said with a broken voice. Jasiri then let out a sudden gasp. "Janja, the children, where ar…"

"They're fine. They are hiding. Come on." Janja walked back towards the gorge, followed by Jasiri. At the middle of the narrow path, Janja stopped walking. "Jara, Jaye." He whispered. The two hyena cubs exited hesitatingly from their hideout behind some rocky formations.

"Mommy..." Jara was crying, she walked towards Jasiri, getting next to her while resting her head on her side. "What happened?" Her voice was deeply broken.

Jaye approached his father, not wanting to say a word to hide the fear and sadness he was feeling, just getting by Janja to get a reassuring stroke. "We must leave, son." He looked away through the narrow crack, barely seeing the groups of hyenas battling. "We are not welcome here anymore."

"But...where will we go?" Jara asked with tears covering her face.

Janja sighed. "I don't know." He looked at Jasiri, who was glaring at him, also teary. "We'll have to leave that for later."