The sunlight peaked through the raining clouds of the seasonal times that soaked the lushful savannah lands of the serengeti, bathing down to the burrowing den of an family this raining weather was not the approaching sign that a new evil was born but it was rather the birth of a new member of the family who lived here. This den happened to be roofed with some big to large rocks that helped walled off the den, with some thick but fallen logs on the lower edges up against the walls; inside some light was shed diagonally downwards as the den itself was a little more bigger than how it looked like on the outside. But it is also here that the pup here happened to be an hyena as his mother was curled all around her child, bathing him after the birth that gave her the exertive total of her strength. His father was also present as he never left either of them behind, showing his love to them with a stroke of his barbed tongue right on their faces. Enjoying their lives that they lived out in peace without disturbances from the outside of the Backlands where their den was located, as both of the parents named their son a name like no other: "Tajiuva"

The father who was named Tabari looked down on the newly born hyena pup as the mother who was named Najira stroked him with her barbed tongue, both of the hyenas sacrificed a former life not worth mentioning as they've learned to bury whatever remained of the past in the sands of time. She was curled all around him and while he was asleep after being born he never made a sound upon awakening, not even his deep yawn was too vocal but they had no complaints about it; he didn't know where he was and looked like he was frightened, but as soon as he saw both of his parents he felt this sudden comfort and let himself be bathed. Tabari wanted to raise his son better than how their former king of a meeting ground called Pride Rock, Ahadi did to his two sons which were Mufasa and Taka as he was formally named that before changing to Scar; whatever happened to them was of no concern and no business for him to set paw onto such uncharted territory. He hated their last king for his blatant favoritism over his first born cub as his relationship with his second born is an absolute history of broken promises that strained them together

Nevertheless should the next cub if Mufasa and Sarabi be born then Scar is not the one to attend, neither is he since it is their child that he favors over them. His favoritism is not counted for thanks to Tajiuva, like him being born as the single child; he's just like his father and mother for it's her motivations that come to her with inspiration based on the few words spoken to her in times of despair. A trait that Tabari had learned from his mate, no matter what comes forth in their way to block off whatever opportunities they have here in the Backlands; this family is their own clan and their son will be the greatest among all hyenas who lived in their time above those stars in the darkest night of the moon, like the cycle of the kings of Pride Rock even they have to have their own views on the Circle of Life

A few hours later as Tajiuva had grown enough to walk and pounce like an lion thanks to the two who were not only friendly but also relayed this information to teach him, he followed his father all down to the watering hole they had in the Backlands where he never once nor tried to leave his father's side at all. Upon reaching this place where the other animals who were present did not in the slightest mind their presence, he was told to explore around in the watering hole and wherever as he liked which he immediately followed on his word; a few minutes of looking about in the tall grasses and some fallen short logs where he found an brownbanded bamboo shark. This aquatic creature of the seas walked off away from the interested hyena pup who followed it all the way to the lake, vanishing without a sign from below. Nothing but a ripple was left of the brownbanded shark, although...

Tajiuva had never really seen such a liquid mirror like surface such as this, his eyes narrowed in processing what he saw before him; lowering his head and sniffing the liquid mirror down in front of his body but immediately retracting upon touching the water that splashed all on his black nose. Getting rid of a few sputters caused by the water dripping in his snout, he's a little more cautious this time about whatever mirror surface he touches next; but looking at the lake more closely as the ripples dissipated there was another reflection in the water. A green eyed jackal with pebble grey markings on it's oat tan fur like his, except his fur was a sandcastle and hazlenut tan to peanut brown color; having a tortilla brown underbelly with his curly edge mane being a reflective mahogany to lipstick red color. It's not that often for the witness to see someone being born with such beautiful mane, this made him special in the eyes of his parents. Tajiuva looked at the reflection in the water a little more this time and compared himself to the face in the lake, wondering if he's still sleeping right by Najira and is hallucinating in his dreams; that was until the jackal giggled at his curiosity and took interest in him. Looking up to see the exact animal he saw, smiling as he would ever be

Tajiuva had to back off as he came closer to him, continuing to do just that until he fell behind on the fallen log and made a run for it; with the jackal pup chasing him down. Returning back to each of their respective fathers with, Tabari speaking with the jackal's father about how he refused to let his son suffer the same treatment that Ahadi had given to his second born son. No one should ever let their sons try their damnest to win over their parents, individuality is and should be something that all parents like him should have if they were the ones to have more than one child. As soon as their respective children returned, Tajiuva immediately hid himself underneath Tabari's stomach as he was laying down; the jackal pup looked at where he went and told his father: "He's quite the silent and shy pup isn't he; but isn't he going to tell me about himself anytime soon?" That was when his father began to speak with a voice that sounded commanding, but was calm

"Kuplinka, Tajiuva cannot tell you anything about himself; because he cannot say anything as so much as a single word" His father stated as the reason behind his silence was now known, with Kuplinka looking at him coming from out of his hiding place; emerging before him and looking indifferent just like before which would become his main expression that he would never forget from him. His black lipped mouth half opened, curved fangs bared and does not look too threateningly vicious on the outside; just looking unsure and innocent

This did not stop Kuplinka from at least having fun with him as he jumped and pranced all in a ring around him, pushing him backwards with his giddiness until he tripped over another log; falling into a small pond with surrounding tall grass around him. Kuplinka took full advantage of his predicament he's landed himself into and fools him into thinking he's going to appear where he's looking, all while he chewed on his ear playfully and licked him; continuing on for awhile as Tajiuva was now becoming more aware of his surroundings the more and more this jackal pup had his fun with him. Eventually he caught him just after he licked him right in the eye which would've pissed anyone off, he got up in a pouncing stance before chasing him for teasing him in the pond he fell in. Going all around as Kuplinka managed to get trapped by his father's front paws before easily freeing himself, going all around the watering hole while he watched on; just like him when he was a young lad and turning to face Pride Rock in the back, making him breath one out as some sadness fell upon him at the thought of having to witness such strained relationship between Ahadi and Taka. Kuplinka's father knew what he's got on his mind and talked to him about it:

"Are you still disgusted with how Ahadi's firmness made him break a promise to take both of his sons hunting that morning? It may have been a long time since his rule ended and Mufasa had taken his place, but there's just one question that I wasn't prepared to ask someone such as yourself: Is it the fact that his brother is what Tajiuva might've become had you show favor in your firstborn over the other in the event should you have a second born?" Kuplinka's father asked as Tabari breathed one out

"I'm rather disappointed that's all, I will always have my reasons to not be proud towards the rulership of our former king. If he was to have a brother than I know he will treat him better, he will give him control over the upper and lower hunting grounds; the exception is that he will be greater since from the look of his eyes I can see him wanting to teach him how to be better than the fallen former leader of the Lion Guard. Not baring to have him go down such an path he can't follow in the storms that come here to soak the serengeti every now to then" Tabari spoke softly as Kuplinka's father looked up at the mention of the Lion Guard

"They've not been around since Ahadi's negative influence led his second born that he loved less than Scar's older brother to become like this. I remember the story from when I was just a teen to late adult, staging a coup like this and being met with resistance is an answer that he wouldn't take; it cost him that roar of his. But I have to say I'm glad the circle isn't broken, at least not until his mate tries to take over and rule along side him that is..." Tabari snarled at that thought as he would not want to be involved in her matters, he has no interest in being apart of an army led by the fallen brother of their current king; neither does his son as he's got more important matters on his mind

"Tell that to my former comrades in paws Banagi and Baasho who were exiled to the desert, I haven't seen them for awhile and by this point they're dead from exhaustion; if they're alive then I'll kill them both for the exact same reason: I was the one who was betrayed by them as they're the ones who wanted me to take the throne for myself, and I'm the one who left the both of them under him for dead. I never regretted one thing about it and like before him I was born into a lone family who joined a clan, but left after being very disappointed in their actions; what I did was justified and I came to realize that I'm way more ruthless than what I once knew about myself" Tabari looked down on his body where the two of his paws were as he came to recollect on his past, remembering the reasons for why he left and why he never wanted to be apart of another clan that would go against the circle itself; although that's not the case for him as it's more about their hatred towards lions when he just doesn't really give a damn about what they do to him. All he's just doing is leaving their issues to them

"Hey, you're thinking too much about all of this; what matters the most about your family is what you'll do to keep them all out of the hands of anyone who tries to start a fight between the two of you. Speaking of which it looks like you best be on your way back home, as I can see in your eyes" Kuplinka's father glided his paw against Tabari's back as he nodded

"I understand and if it's a father who's loyal to himself when it comes to a son I love, then it's what'd I be. Najira is awaiting us back home at our burrow den, it never matters if Tajiuva is a clan of one like me because he's not a very social lad; autism is something that dare he says is what makes him human like us" Tabari understood as his son climbed onto his back, ready to leave and he couldn't help but chuckle; eager to go back home to his burrow den where his mother will be, just like his old man

As they bid each other a farewell and returned home to their respective homes here of the Backlands, Taijuva passed out as soon as he was back in his mother's paws; with both of his parents nuzzling at each other's company. The rest of the day was spent in the usual with a lone life like this, having no need for a clan as Tabari was the hunter and Najira was always dedicated to her son; although when it came to circumstances he'd offered to help take her place and substitute for their son. Whether he came to be playing by himself thanks to the makeshift toys that were built from scraps, painting on the walls for added atmosphere or asleep where he was always close to either parents; Taijuva became ever so open to new opportunities to spend the most time with the two of them. Although everyone looked as well as appear not to mind their presence and not have such disrespect towards the family, there was at least a pride of exiled lions who did not share this view; specifically the pride whom was led by no other than Baridi. Mufasa had every right to exile him out of here and towards the Outlands for there was no true refuge from such land, as it's termites were less kind than he was

Baridi was a slight-brawn built Pridelander looking lion of the Outlands who had all of the common traits such as dark medium brown eye shades and bright fire orange eyes with an threatening ruby to berry red eyes that looked luminous. His fur was a dark wood and coffee brown color featuring some peanut tan markings resembling healed wounds from his fights, with the agility to dodge attacks and strength to tear down an bigger predator who had their greater numbers as well as advantages over him; he was an absolutely spiteful lion who had no concern about the consequences as he believed that once he takes out the main threat, it's all in the past from there on out. Finally, when it came to traitors of animals of their own kind he considered Tabari to be the most traitorous all because he's not loyal to the clan he once lived and hunted together with; so he's going to be doing the hyenas a favor by making what he holds closest to him his target, just so he can tell him to think twice before leaving his clan for dead in the dust


The following weeks were uneventful as Tajiuva made new friendships with Kuplinka's old ones like Mwindaji who was a bat and Zuberi who was a crocodile, as well as new ones such as Fahari who was a genet and Luthando who was a monitor lizard. Together he led his group of friends into standing up for themselves and gaining independence, for whenever they got into trouble with bullies he clearly couldn't give anymore less of a damn about their threats if they could actually follow up on them to begin with. Kuplinka helped explain his best friend's silence and told them that he was a mute and thus could not talk, all of them showed concern but Tajiuva brushed their worries off like it was no deal to make; he's not willing to talk at all nor try due to his speech disorder or so what they thought. If he ain't talking then there ain't no reason to feel concerned because it's apart of him, that's what makes him feel special and for as long as he was here with them nothing can tear the group of friends apart. He did join in on his father's huntings and learned more than a few lessons from him he took to heart, but whenever he was not playing with his friends or with his father nor even playing at his burrow den; this pup was with his mother as he explored everything with her that he needs to know about the Backlands, loving every second of it. At the end of the day he was asleep fast with the tales of his father being in his dreams and tales of his mother alongside them

If there was a shooting star in the night sky then the wish that he would make even in his silence, is to forever be with his parents in this life whom as of this point wanted nothing changed; but that's what all pups hoped for their lives isn't it? The one thing that could as well as mature in the future was themselves, as Tajiuva's life was about to be altered from this point onwards as long as he could've remembered before fate had interfered; all just to save him from the hell that's about to haunt him until he returned to his home in the future, for now this is what lied in the awakening of what he'll become on his path to the retribution he deserved as it would become his new name

The sunset in the Backlands behind the well known and lushful Pride Lands was a dark merlot to mahogany, wine, garnet, lipstick, ruby and snagria red color for the sky; while the rays of the sun happened to be a dark clay to bronze and fiery orange, the sky on the other hand is shrouded in a mostly overcast of coffee to mocha and umber brown clouds. Meanwhile, the very sun that was a butterscotch gold to fire and medallion to pineapple yellow had begun to set below the serengeti; as approaching steps of paws had led a pride of Outlanders posing as false Pridelanders led by Baridi entered their territory, they were coming on behalf of their king or so the others thought to believe from them. They've been told that Tabari had a son and if he does then he will be the last enemy that shall be destroyed by him, he was greatly respected for being a warrior and a hyena who was more than what his clan had become; an shame that he had left his former lads for dead in the dust all to pursue a life he had dreamed better of, what he's doing is going to be a favor by ending his dream here to make him realize what it means to think about deserting a clan he was not apart of

Tajiuva's father was out as of now and Najira took this time to dedicate herself to him as he is her's to take care of and without a shadow of an doubt, he took this time to paint his family as well as his friends as well as play throughout the entire day; even now as the sun began to go down he was ready to get some sleep thanks to the fun that although was exertive, was all in the least worth the loss of energy. Her barbed tongue stroked alongside his back as he purred all the way through, feeling ever so ticklish whenever she did it on his sensitive spinal area; it was almost feeling like he was becoming aroused as he felt his claws extend out, but perhaps that's because he hasn't really stretched out too much. Hell nibbling right on his very terribly sensitive spots had him shaking and it was really pushing him off the edge of attempting not to move around too much. Suddenly, she perked up and looked out to the distance; finding a pride of Outlanders approaching the burrow den

Tabari was not here to defend them but wherever he was out there, he knows the risks and the sacrifices that comes with not being able to return back home in time; no matter where he is that did not mean she would curse him for being absent of all days like this. She didn't want to die because of those lions who were out for her mate's blood and she loved living out the rest of her days, but she loved Tabari and Tajiuva more. Frightened but brave to an extensive limit she took her son into the deepest and darkest shadows of their burrow den, hiding him underneath a medium sized rock with a large and thick rock that acts as Tajiuva's living quarters for whenever he felt tired; though he usually slept with his father and mother. Seeing the fearful expression on his face that looked as though he's seen his ghost that acted as his shadow, Najira wrapped around him as closely as she could as he looked into her face; it had come to his point where she had to tell him these words:

"Tajiuva, listen to what I say as I may never again live to prowl among the Pride Lands with a son like you: always be brave out in the face of the lions who have wronged you while those who have not will be left to live by your paws. If your father lives to when you become what we have both dreamed of since we first began this family of yours and yours alone, find him and assure to him that you live. You must be forever a hunter like him and know that I will in no time and not ever let you be taken down like I am, you must know that I live inside of you as does your father. When the time comes for you to confront our attackers, let them feel the anger and sorrow you've felt from this day; everything is all up to you now from this point on and forwards until the end comes from the call of your ever so fierceful instincts, that you hold from the father you come to know as Tabari: the greatest hyena who ever prowled and lived in the Backlands. Farewell Tajiuva, my son as your fate will guide you to retribution..."

Thus with her final words she left the son to continue hiding in the spot where he witnessed her exit the burrow den, confronting the pride of Outlanders as she stood fiercely in front of her home while the horrified Tajiuva was left to witness the massacre that was going from a mere confrontation to an all-out untold attack on the woman that he was close to. Najira as she was ready to abandon everything she lived on struck first as she swiped her claws across one of the Outlander lion's face, while biting down on Baridi's snout that began to bleed and threw down a third one to the ground; she was doing very well against their attackers but an leader like Baridi had no tolerance for losing. So with every ounce of strength he had in his body, along with using his last resorts he started to attack Najira head on while the others aided in helping out their leader

Tajiuva could not take his eyes off the confrontation that waged on outside and he couldn't let himself leave out of fear that these lions would target him as well, he didn't understand anything about their motives for targeting him out of all hyenas here in the Backlands and a question asking why them rose in his mind. Najira was left bleeding and hoarsely breathing out as Baridi and the others stalked toward her, hellishly setting their sights on her as she's put up more than a fight than the rest of his opponents; but this ends here right here, right now today in the afternoon that would become the night. Without warning they all leaped towards her, they viciously and gruesomely began to rip her into pieces as they took chunks of bites out of her flesh while also mauling her to where her bones began to reveal and stab outwards from her body; literally ripping her deceased corpse into oblivion until she was but a loaded mass of blood, bones and in the worst case possible a victim of being eaten alive as Baridi made the choice of tormenting Tabari further by feasting upon her dead body

However once they were half-way through feasting, Baridi picked up the scent of Tabari and looked around; there's no going back on what they just did by spilling her blood in front of a home that he lived in. He could give less of a damn about if there was any witnesses and left the burrow then as soon as possible, they can't risk letting Tabari chase them relentlessly on their tails to death; he's not retreating but he's returning back to the Outlands as they've got what they came here for, now's the time to go back and get some rest. Like before he had no concern on the consequences of his actions because it was deserving for a traitor to a clan like he used to prowl with, until he rejected their hospitality and left them for dead. While there was some fear coming from his pride there was none coming from him, they'll look for Tabari in the meantime but for now it looked like the truth about him having a son was just a myth; having children only made him lose whatever amount of respect he had gathered from the ways he'd learned from his father, he hated having children which is the reason he hated his newborn son if he had one that is

Tajiuva left the burrow den and approached the fallen remains of his mother, collapsing onto his knees and looking up without saying an single word; his face was splashed with her blood and so was his paws. He knew he could no longer live this live he loved and even in death, his memory and his visions would not leave him nor his mind; for how could he forget those evil Outlanders spilling the blood of his beloved mother? It was all just a torturous illusion that is orchestrated by the Pridelanders, they're the ones who did this and he would make sure that they're the ones who pay for his fallen mother. Realizing that Baridi was his true nemesis that once shown respect for his father, now the one who had taken everything away from him but his lust for retribution for his fallen one; he looked down on his paws and held them close to his face as they dripped down into the medium formed puddle. He was horrified and he had nowhere to go now, he can't stay here any longer and left the Backlands by running as fast as he could; not even getting the chance to bid his farewells with his friends who eventually in moments after found his bloody pawprints leading out of the land, leaving them devastated at his departure. The young hyena pup sought out shelter in the form of the Mekundu Cliffs, specifically the walls as he hid himself in the crack to rest for the rest of the night; it's been a long one in that matter and looks like he'll have to sleep alone from this point on

Eventually he did manage to find a home in the form of the Wildebeest Valley which was the gorge that unfortunately would become the site of Mufasa's doom at the paws of Scar, using his skills that he was taught by his father he had to survive and hunt for himself; since he has no siblings to care for he had nothing to share. This would go on for at least six despair filled days until the final month where the future king and heir to Pride Rock, Simba would be born but for now it was just him and no one else. Whenever the wildebeast roamed the area, he's brutal and merciless against them; killing them off and feasting heavily on their bodies, but he was not as ravenous as some believed him to be from the looks of it all. Whenever he felt his hunger was low as it gotten, he resorted to having some of the kill until there was nothing left for him to eat; even if wasn't as fresh as it once was he would still eat it

The tales of his father always remained with him as they were the ones to inspire him to be a warrior like him, he knows what he wanted when he was young and even in times when he's fearful; he wasn't going down alone if there was a point when he felt like he was going to die when it was clear that he would live. For every point he knew of the risks that would come in doing something that would cost the destruction of other's lives, he remained loyal to doing what had to be done by him and him alone; but also to himself because he wasn't as vicious as the lions claimed him to be. How they met was during a time when he happened to leave in order to take care of a threat, it was neither their first night nor their first date; it was their first battle and interaction when they fought together. Afterwards they grew together and in the process shared the exact same thing, how neither of their clan leaders would release the both of them from their torture

It seemed the two of them hated being apart of their respective clans and when she was left for dead as exile, she joined him before eventually leaving his altogether; a cruel ironic twist on them. Now it looks like karma's come to punish him in spite of doing no wrong to either of them, he had to take his father's sentence in place of him; nevertheless he still looked up to him like his role model; loyalty that wouldn't fade no matter how much he changed here in a life he lived


Finally as it would seem on the seventh day without anyone to take care of him, fate would interfere in his matters once more as the hyena pup walked through the gorge; scavenging his hunt for today and returning back to his split ravine with a roof on top to help hide him from the eyes of the other animals. Suddenly, he heard the sounds of a chase going on from out in the gorge and investigated to see what was happening; this is what transpired:

From the beginning of the site where Mufasa's doom would not take place until later on, the wildebeest who had caught a terrible illness was running for it's life away from the trio of it's predators. These happened to be none other than Shenzi, Banzai and Ed; former having a trio of bangs for her mane, second being hot tempered and the latter always laughing at times of both the good and the bad. Remember that now because someone's not going to know how to tell who is who. Shenzi ran in front of the two with Banzai on her right and Ed on her left, their stomachs are feeling a little hollow as of today but why should they complain? Banzai sure does alot since he's practically greedy without a shadow of an doubt, but he's also the one who suffers the most as he's at the ass of all jokes that were to be made by them; take good or bad either way, he's going to get hurt thanks to the worst luck he's ever had. Ed on the other hand has not much to say except it seemed as though everything was a joke to this little guy, to Scar it seemed as he's become even stupider in the present time over the years; that's not to say that he knows the score and the other two never treat him as a real idiot like that, no matter the fights and skrimishes between him and Banzai

Shenzi looked up ahead and determined that their entree was attempting to lead them into a few traps, not if Banzai and Ed flank her from different sides as they did just that; they got the upperhand over the wildebeest and that flu of it's own is going to be it's downfall. As they as well as their chase continued down in the gorge, the young pup witnessed it all as she looked on to the matriarch of the clan; although he hid himself back into his makeshift home out of a blink of her sight thinking that she spotted him, which she did not thankfully. Their chase was coming to a end right here as they reached the border where all of the others grazed on top, a moment of catching the scent of someone nearby made her stop in her tracks; it belonged to one of her own kind but it was neither of her comrades in paws, looking back she saw only a rock fly out from a wall onto the ground. Nothing suspicious there, but she sensed someone's close-by and it's not one of her own clan; nevertheless she closed in onto the wildebeest who wanted mercy but this victim clearly is not aware that her name meant barbarous, savage and uncouth

With a leap into the air and an vicious mauling from her claws, she took the life of their meal and now they can be properly served; although they don't want to go hungry again when they return to the Elephant Graveyard so why not bring the rest back to their home? It's not too far from the gorge and it's just a mile away. As soon as Banzai and Ed caught up to their kill, they all dug in together but Shenzi could not stop feeling that something was not right here; that's when she caught a glimpse of what looked like an shadow of one of her own leaving into the crack. Although it might've been a dark and cloudy day, the sunlight still peaked through and helped light the path. She left her two comrades and began walking down the path, seeing who was that shadow back there; that was until another rock was tumbling out of the crack in the wall that happened to be an ravine that's big enough for her to make her way through, an idea that gave her the reason to investigate

She peaked inside and found the young pup hiding from her especially as she came towards him, cowering under her stature as she muttered under her breath: "A son, who forced him to scavenge on his own?" That was a question that had her wondering as she hated those who abandoned their children, whoever it was that did this to him might as well take a hike since they're not worthy to raise him. She looked back to her comerades and gave them the order to bring the rest of their entree back to the graveyard, not telling them the reason but to do so without question; which they complied as they're not the ones to go against orders from her, so while they're stalled by bringing the remains of the wildebeest back to their home she turned to face the young pup

"You better come with me, it'll take more than feeding off what you've been hunting to get your strength back until you blow up into pieces that is" Shenzi told him and joked a bit, as Tajiuva stepped out from the shadows and followed her out of the crack in the wall; never making a sound as he always stayed close to her side as if she was his former mother, who will not be swept under the grass just to be forgotten about. At this point was when she asked some questions about him

"You have a name? It's only really something Ed would forget" Shenzi teased and asked the young pup, who did not respond but remained silent out of not wanting to inadvertently say something offensive to piss her off. "You feeling alright because you're acting like you've just seen a ghost or something even worse" No response, might as well ask again a few more just to be sure that he's not willing to talk about anything

Throughout their walk she asked him about where he lived, what happened and why he's not willing to speak about anything; all of them met with no response as she understood why he's not talking before focusing on ahead. She's never really met one of her own kind who never says a word and yet it makes all the more unique and horrifying to his prey, since they'll think he's a cold blooded hunter who doesn't take no for an answer; she could use him to be one of her own as apart of her clan she leads thought it doesn't look like he has anything against the lions of course

For whatever she knows they could've been the ones who did this to him and even then, she has her standards as does her comrades but stooping to killing his parents to leave him to scavenging alone by himself is just a low blow right there; even if she's going and willing to do the same out of aiding Scar in his plans to become king as soon as possible. She may sound hypocritical but that's not the case when it comes to her kind, and she will kill any of them if they're the ones responsible as it just made her lose her appetite; her clan knows no fear than if something this low is enough to make her lose the will to eat something

Tajiuva knew he could no longer go under his former name and from this point he was left to be nothing more than a nameless pup, Shenzi knew neither his name nor the reason behind his state of being dirty; but what what she did know what that he was apart of her clan now and she's going to make him into what she can see him become as the months go by. But a few questions she was not prepared to ask had risen: Was Scar going to be tolerant of this new presence? The now nameless pup didn't seem to have given a damn, he treats of them like tools to begin with so why not?


Upon returning to the Elephant Graveyard, the young pup broke off from Shenzi's side before hiding himself from her other two comrades; hoping to keep his presence unknown to others for as long as he could while the rest of trio continued to have the rest of the wildebeest they chased down the gorge. Using his father's prowling and stalking skills to sneak on by with the shadows, soft treading and low stature combined with his silent speech disorder; or perhaps it wasn't one to start with but it's just the fact that he never actually tried to talk before, and he wasn't comfortable in doing so as he's not the social type to make friends who liked to talk with him. For awhile he snuck behind all three of their backs nevermind if Ed took notice that someone was nearby, trying to tell Shenzi that they're being watched; but he would soon be proven right when this happened next

The nameless pup commando stalked on the ground silently to the next rock and walked over to the other slowly underneath a overhang until Banzai looked up, spotting him as both eyes met each other; with the former having an look of trying to process what's happening with a narrowed eye expression, and the latter having that signature look on his face. Both of them remained silent along with the other two for an few short moments before he broke the ice: "Kid, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Banzai asked in a irritated tone, having gotten no response from him in the meantime as he returned to hiding behind the rock

Shenzi calmly approached him from behind by copying his sneaking and prowling skills where she lowered her head, picking him up with her fangs as the nameless pup shuddered because that was cold and ticklish; bringing him over to her comrades as she placed him down, but the pup scrambled about and hid behind his adoptive mother's back. She had the answer for this pup's presence in the Elephant Graveyard and so she did just that when Banzai asked her this:

"Where'd he come from and what the hell's going on here?" He sounded irritated as he's not a babysitting type if this pup's parents are out and they're entrusted with caring for this rude bastard, especially for the fact that he's not going to talk no matter what he offers in return

"I found him in the wildebeest valley hiding from us, apparently he's been making his living there for hell if I know. He ain't got no parents around so why not take the opportunity, there aren't that many silent hyenas in the clan to begin with; he could 'least use someone to look up to while he's at it. Just think of him if we raised him like one of our own" Shenzi explained as although this motherly side towards a pup like him was something that wasn't unlike her, she was still the same old leader of the trio that they knew; ripping a piece of the wildebeest before giving it to him. Banzai was clearly not happy about this and stated what he thought about the situation

"I ain't taking him in for a warm welcome from me, he can go and find a new father for all I give a damn about because he's no son of mine; I ain't taking back what I said to his face and neither am I going to apologize because I meant what I said to him. There's nothing that says I can't reject him the second he's brought into the clan, and no thanks to him I've completely lost every bit of my appetite. Ed, what do you think about this?" Banzai asked him for his response

Being the simpleton of a hyena they all know and grown to love as apart of them, Ed simply laughed with few snorts here and there; seems like he's lost on what to do. Banzai snarled and stated

"I will never be his father but that doesn't mean he's not staying with you, I'm out of here" He completely left the two alone as Shenzi looked down on his face, which told her that he can live with not having one

"Nevermind what he says, it's like him to not take responsibility. As for your name though, it's too easy to decide. Just make yourself at home and be sure to bring back any leftovers for us, those lions are trying to starve us to death; you'll know where I'll be Jeyluxhal (JAY-LUUSH-SCHOLL), and I chose that name because who gives a damn if it's not a real name. We'll just say it means something special like punishment and recompense, yeah like that. Anyways you'll know where I'll be if you need me for someone young like you and all that..." Shenzi soon left followed by Ed as he was left to do what his adoptive mother wanted him to do which was to make himself home here in the Elephant Graveyard

As the nameless pup did what he was asked and made himself here at his new home with Shenzi's Clan in the Elephant Graveyard, the now newly named Jeyluxhal climbed above a wall back to the overhang and down to rest his uneasy mind as though he would miss what those he loved and was close to; he knew he still lived and should he and Baridi cross each other's paths again then they will know what he felt that day they came to rip his mother gruesomely apart limb from limb. He's just following what Najira wanted from him and if Tabari did indeed live unlike her, he would find him as soon as possible but as the months would go by; the will of Najira and his memories of what happened would become how he would call suppressed overtime

For now until then he would live out his life with them as he would grow close to one, ignite a rivalry with another and become friends with the other. It should be no problem to guess in the process which of the relationships would be with the trio, this is what he has left and one last hope in being taught the ways of how to live out whatever he wishes to live. Nevertheless, he would be burdened by his memories in the form of his dreams as he slept through the lonesome nights

The beginning of Jeyluxhal's time for becoming the hyena they wanted him to become begins with the rise of an new prince months later...