Hey guys and dolls, I have returned with a new chapter for you! So last time, our heroes entered a new world known as the Pride Lands. After rescuing a lioness named Nala from a group of Heartless, our heroes agree to go with her to her home to see about saving the land from desolation.

So…did you guys see the Volume 9 finale? Just….wow…I honestly didn't think I was going to like this volume because of the Alice in Wonderland-type setting, but I was wrong….dead wrong. I mean I'm not saying it was a masterpiece or anything, but if you ask me, I liked it a bit better than the last.

I am so glad to see that Ruby was finally able to let go of her trauma and realize that she doesn't have to be perfect…she just had to be herself. Also, I'm so glad Jaune is alright and was restored to his youth. I heard many commentators that he might die in the volume and I am SO glad that he didn't die!

Now…regarding Neo…what do you guys think? Do you think she will return to Remnant at one point after she tries to figure herself out? Or do you think she will remain in the Ever After?

Well…hopefully Volume 10 won't take too long and we will see Vacuo next year. I hope we get to see Teams CVFY and SSNN again! And I so… can't wait til we get to see Weiss reuniting with Winter, Willow, and Whitley. As well as Jaune reuniting with his team…man that's going to be one long story to tell.

Anyway….reading that…I am trying to figure something out…because I made plans for two follow up to this story, and there are lots of stuff I had planned. But I am trying to figure out how to do them now that Volume 9 was released….*sigh* I don't know what I'm going to do…

Will they succeed? Let's find out!

To Gamelover41592: Mine too :)

To Robbeeyy: As I said, I was going for what Monty Oum had originally planned for Ruby's design, sometimes I often think that if he was going to make her wolf, I thought he was going to make her a wolf Faunus…but that's just my opinion. Their Heartsell That is something I need to think over.

To Yang34: Let's hope indeed.

To DarthCaedusKun7: Thank you.

To RonaldM40196867: Stitch is a funny little guy. Yeppers, I didn't know what to make of Oswald and ORtnesis so I did the best I could. Thanks. Dang right they do. Right… Well, obviously I took Sora, Donald, and Goofy from the original games form. Ruby was inspired by an old post of Monty Oum in which she was originally designed to be wolfy. Jaune is a lion since he is a courageous young man. I was trying to think of what kind of yellow monkey exists for the Sun. Oswald and Ortensia were hard because I was trying to think what type of rabbit and cat belongs in Africa, and I don't want to just have Ortensia be a lion. Stitch was hard so I left him as he was.

To KnightSpark: Well it ain't just that, I just don't know how to do it though. If I can get some people to do it…it would be appreciated. I would do it but with my job and trying to make sure I get these done…yea.

To Jacob9594: Hopefully, she will get better soon.

To Jaune Cloud" Huh….I never thought of it like that. Thank you.

To Guest: Huh?

Kingdom Hearts belongs to Tetsuya Nomura, Shinji Hashimoto, Disney, and Square Enix.

RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth and creator Monty Oum (R.I.P.)

Pride Rock

Nala had escorted the group from the Elephant Graveyard to the main area of Pride Rock. Sora and the others were in total shock at seeing the entire land benign as nothing but one big wasteland of little food or water.

"And so this Scar guy isn't doing anything about it?" Sun asked Nala.

"No," She said bitterly. "And the rest of the pride is all about to starve. We don't know what to do anymore." She said as they approached the rock even further and further.

Sora and the others looked at each other with concerned looks. How were they supposed to help with bringing them….oh no! That was when they all thought it over…what if Nala…was bringing them back for the Pride, to feast on?!

Of course, some of them didn't want to think about it, but it made them a bit nervous. A lioness escorting a bunch of animals back to the pride….it was no coincidence…was it? Jaune thought it over and he gave Nala a suspicious look.

"If she tries anything…I have to be ready." He thought, and he was not the pinoy one as Ruby and Sun thought the same thing. If anything went wrong…if they were attacked on sight, they would have no choice but to fight.

10 minutes later….

They finally made it to Pride Rock, with the other admiring its shape and form. "Woah!" They all said in unison. It was a sight to behold, with it standing out from all the other areas they had seen so far in the Pride Lands…it was just….wow!

"Wait here," Nala said to them as she then went off on her own, leaving the others to themselves. The thought from earlier still sat with them and Jaune got them together.

"Guys," He began. "I was just thinking…and I don't want to believe it…but I fear that she did not bring us here to help-"

"You're not the only one." They turned and saw that Ruby was looking ahead with her eyes steady and serious. "Don't let your guard down everyone." She warned them all. They seemed to get the gist of what she was saying and as such they had to be very, very careful.

"Here she comes," Max said as they all saw Nala approaching them with a mandrill. The mandrill had gray fur, except for his forearms and lower legs which were dark gray, and his belly which was light gray. His mane consists of white shaggy fur on the back of his head and chin. His skin is shown to be a tan color and was shown to have eight sharp, sharp teeth shown; four on the upper jaw, and four on the lower jaw. The upper part of his face was a light shade of blue, with blue rings going around his eyes, and a large nose. His..well…rear end was blue, and he was shown carrying a staff that looked to be made out of a long tree branch that had two hollow orange gourds tied to the end. This is Rafiki, Pride Land's local mandrill shaman. Not only does he support wisdom through the Pride Lands, but he is also shown to be somewhat of an advisor to the current king.

But Rafiki…well he was not so happy about the fact that Scar had taken over the place. But now was not the time to fret about it, as he was curious as to what Nala was asking him about the weird travelers she met.

"There they are," Nala said to him as the rest of the pride then came out of the woodwork to get a glance at the travelers, Nala, and Rafiki. Rafiki went over to the group as Nala went to the pride.

"Nala, whaling on?" Asked an older lioness. She had tan-colored fur, except for her muzzle, paws, and underside which were a lighter shade of tan than the rest. Her nose was a brownish-pink color that matched the inside of her ears, and her ears had dark rims around them. And her tail had a dark tuft of fur at the end. This lioness was named Sarabi, the widow of the late Mufasa.

Nala smiled. "I brought back help, I was out trying to find some help…and some food, but I ran into some weird creatures, and that group saved me! I think they can help us take down Scar!" She said, The other lionesses looked at the group with intrigue.

"Hmm, what an odd bunch." 9ne of them said.

Meanwhile, Rafiki was still looking at the group and they were a bit nervous. He looked closely at Sora, who looked nervous.

"Uh, yes?" He asked. Rafiki stroked his beard and then turned his attention to Ruby. when he saw her he took a glance at her eyes.

Ruby was a bit nervous when he saw this, almost as if he was staring right into her soul. "Uh…hi?" She said in a nervous tone. Rafik still looked into the eyes and rubbed his chin. He then stepped back and walked back towards Nala.

"What was that about?" Sun asked as he raised his eyebrow.

"I….have no idea…" Oswald said with uncertainty in his voice. They saw Rafiki whisper to Nala and her hopeful smile turned into a frown, something that did not go unnoticed. "Uh oh, trouble…" the rabbit muttered.

Nala then went over to the group and sighed. "I'm sorry everybody, but Rafiki said that it won't work." She said to them, making them all look a bit surprised.

"What do you mean?" Sun asked.

Nala sighed. "You see, whoever saved the Pride Lands will become our next king, and wherever that king maybe..well…he has to have the right qualities." She said with a sympathetic look.

Everyone sighed a bit, so that was the reason huh? But Sora was still slightly confused. "So, meaning…" He began.

"Sora," Goofy said. "I think what she is trying to say is that you aren't cut out for the job." He said, making the teen lion groan in annoyance.

Donald rolled his eyes. "Sora? A King? I don't see it." He said.

Sora then turned to the hornbill and glared. "Oh? And what's that supposed to mean?" He asked.

Nala sighed again, getting their attention. "I'm sorry."

Sora lost his annoyance and shook his head. "Hey, it's no problem, still, there must be a way we can help you guys though." He said.

"Maybe," Nala then looked around in caution. "Listen, you all better go now, before Scar and the hyenas discover you." She said, "I'll find you later and maybe we can-"

"Well, look who bought some dinner?" They all turned to see a bunch of hyenas approaching them. The hyenas all had dark gray fur with pale, gray underbelly with dark spots on their flanks and with their paws and ears black as well with dark fur on their necks. But three of them stood out from the rest.

One of them was a female hyena with her sporting a long black mane that ended with bangs over her forehead, somewhat unnatural as the others didn't sport a mane. This hyena was named Shenzi, the leader of the clan.

The second figure was a male hyena that supported the same look as the others, only he had a speckled gray muzzle. This was Banzai.

The third and final figure was similar to the rest, only his tongue was hanging out and his eyes were in many different directions, giving him the appearance of a crazy person..or animal…whatever comes first. This hyena was simply called Ed.

Together these three hyenas serve as the front of the entire hyena clan that served under Scar, with Shenzi serving as the leader of them all. And despite their ruthlessness, the three trios…while vicious, could at times be rather….idiotic.

"Nah, not just a snack, we got ourselves a 10-course meal!" Shenzi said as the hyenas licked their lips in anticipation, leaving the heroes to get cornered a bit. The heroes were a bit intimidated by their girth of them, but despite the intimidation, they were going to leave and if they had to fight..then they would fight. Nala was also about ready to fight them off until they heard a roar in the air.

They all turned around to see Scar standing on top of Pride Rock alongside Pete. "Hewh, here comes Scar, the king!" Banzai said as he then got a glimpse of Pete, and raised his eyebrow. "Who's that guy?"

Shenzi looked at Pete with confusion. "Huh, I have no idea…" She said, Sora and the others took a good glimpse and were shocked to see Pete here too.

"So Pete is here!" Sora exclaimed.

"No shocker there…" Sun deadpanned. Scar then left right down from the rock and onto the ground, approaching the group. Pete saw him do it and looked down, a bit nervously.

"Ok…," Pete gulped. "Here we go…" He muttered as he took the first leap. "Ok, not bad." He says he tried to leap again, but he lost his footing and landed right on his side to the ground. "Ow!" He exclaimed, making the heroes roll their eyes and the hyenas to laugh at the sight. "Ah, my side." He moaned.

Scar then looked at the hyenas. "You all stand back!" He said. The hyenas looked at the king and were confused, are these animals not food? Some were about to protest, but Shenzi glared at them all and they followed his instructions. "Ladies, you all got some hunting to do." He said to the other lionesses.

Sarabi sighed. "Scar, don't you see that the prey has moved on? There is nothing left." She said,

"No prey huh?" Scar asked, he then looked at Sora. "Then what do you make of these creatures then, huh?" He asked. The travelers were a bit shocked to hear him say that. Did he seriously consider them all prey? Sorry, but they were not prey…especially not to that weirdo.

"Actually creep, we aren't prey at all!" Oswald said with anger in his voice, with the others nodding their heads in agreement.

But Scar didn't seem to care or listen, all he did was lick his teeth. "Oh, and they look nice, young, and fresh as well." He said. Sora saw the little bit of black mist radiating off of him and it made him worry a bit, the lion was dabbling in darkness…and it seems to be a bit too much.

"Well, they are all yours!" Pete said as he then went through a dark corridor and vanished. Leaving the villain to the prey.

Scar looked at the group with hunger. "Time to eat…" He muttered as he got into a crouching position, ready to pounce at them. The heroes could see what he was doing and all of them got ready to fight if needed to. But as he punched, he was immediately stopped by Sarabi, who got right on top of him. Making the others gasp.

Sarabi turned her back and looked at the heroes. "Run, now!" She said to them. "We'll hold Scar and the hyenas off!" She said to them.

Sora wanted to stay behind and help her, but he saw the hyenas get ready to pounce and were stopped by the other lionesses, and Nala then nudged them all with her muzzle. "We gotta go now!" she said as she and the others took off.

Meanwhile, Rafiki saw all of this going on and he looked cornered, especially after seeing Scar. "The heart…is falling into darkness." He said solemnly as he then went into his tree.

Savannah

Sora and the others ran as far as their legs could carry them. After running for what seemed like 30 minutes, they all had to stop and catch their breaths a bit.

"Phew, I think we lost them." Ruby said as she took some breaths before collapsing on her back. "I need to rest for a moment." when she did, she then got very comfortable. "Wow…now I know why Zwei is such a lazy butt, this position feels so relaxing." She thought with a smile.

"I'm so sorry." Everyone turned to see Nala giving them all a remorseful look. "I feel bad for getting you all involved. Now Scar will make sure to track you all down." She said,

Sora shook his head. "It's no big deal." He said as he waved a paw. "We just wanted to help."

"And besides, don't beat yourself over this.'' Donald said. "Sora wouldn't have made a good king anyway." He said with a smug tone.

Sora frowned, however, feeling insulted by the hornbills' words. "Hey, I had to give it a shit right?"

"HA!" Max exclaimed. "So you DID want to be the king!"

"Called it." Sun said, raising his fist in the air and the others chuckling.

Sora wanted to deny it, but he knew better as his face turned red from embarrassment. "Well...I mean…" He said, trying to get hsi words straight, but the others one better.

"Yea, get your story straight and figure out which one you want to use." Jaune said with a smirk and the others laughed a bit, making Sora blush again.

But then Sora turned to Nala. "Nala..isn't there someone else who could be king?" He asked.

Nala then frowned again. "Yea…well…there was…but he died when he was just a cub." She said, making the others gasp in fright, a child dying that young? How horrible! "He was the son of Mufasa."

"You old king who died?" Stitch asked.

Nala nodded her head. "If only Simba were here…he would-"

"Wait a minute!" Sora exclaimed as he, Donald, and goofy looked surprised. "Did you just say…Simba?" He asked, with Nala nodding her head. "Simba's just fine!" Making Nala's eyes go a bit wide at hearing that.

"Yea," Goofy stated. "Why wasn't it just that long ago when he fought alongside us? He wasn't a cub, he was a fully grown lion!" Sora and Donald nodded their heads in agreement.

Nala's jaw dropped a bit. Was it true? Was Simba really….alive? "But…where is he?" She asked. "And how do you all know him?"

"It's a bit of a long story…" Sora said as he rubbed the back of his neck with his paw sheepishly.

*LAUGHTER*

They all immediately turned to see a bunch of Hyenas running towards them all, drool coming from their mouths and licking their teeth with hunger.

"Oh jeez, not these freaks again." Ortensia said.

Nala growled and stood her ground. "You all go on ahead! I'll hold them off," she said as she stared the approaching hyenas down.

"But Nala-" but Oswald was hushed by her who raised a paw.

"Find Simba! I promise I'll catch up to you all later. Go!" She said,

Sora didn't want to leave her behind, but he then sighed and looked toward the others. "Guys, we need to move." He said the others were hesitant, but decided to follow his advice and they all took off.

"I'll find you all later!" Nala called out to them as she then began to fight off the hyenas. The others wanted to go back and fight them off with her. But they didn not want her wishes to go in vain, so with some reluctance, they decided to make a run for it.

"Guys, we need to find Simba!" Sora exclaimed to them all.

"But where could he be?" Donald asked. And it was a question for the others as well. The ones who did not know him didn't even know what he looked like, so they were at a bit of a crossroads here.

"Guys," Oswald said. "What about there!" He pointed, and the others turned to see that he was pointing to a jungle that seems to be a bit far out of their reach. But if they wanted any chance against Scar…it wouldn't hurt to look there..right? "Maybe we can find him in that jungle?

Sora and the others looked at each other and shrugged. Whatever, it couldn't hurt to look there.

Oasis

Far away from Pride Rock, there was a part of the land that was unaffected by Scar. It was a beautiful jungle that was home to an oasis. An oasis that was green, water spewed from a waterfall. And it was home to three individuals.

One of those individuals is an adult lion with yellow-orange fur that covered most of his body except for his belly, paws, and mouth, which were peach-colored. He sports a ruse-colored mane that parted on the right side of his head. The tuft on his til is the same color as his mane and he had orange eyes with the yellow sclera. His ears partially poked through the mane and he has eight dark whiskers; four on each side of his nuzzle. This is Simba, the son of the late Mufasa.

Now originally Simba was going to inherit the kingdom from his father when he grew up. So why is he in the oasis? All will be explained later on.

He was laying down in a grassy field looking down and depressed. And with him were two animals. One of them was a meerkat with light tan fur over his body, except for the front of his body that was covered in white fur, and the tips of his fingers, toes, tail, and large nose were all brown. There were some light brown rings around his eyes, and for some reason, his hair was short, orange, and spiky hair. His back was shown to have some horizontal, gray stripes, and his forearms were also very thin, and the fur on his chest and elbows were ruffled. This was Timon.

The other animal was a warthog with light tan fur and dark red cloven hoofs. He had a gray belly and brown eyes. He also sported two large, ivory tusks that jutted out from either side of the mouth and curled a bit. His pink snout was large and flat, and he had a set of ears behind his eyes. And finally, he had a tuft of shaggy brown hair on the tip of his hair and on the top of his head that looked like a Mohawk. This was Pumbaa.

Timon and Pumbaa were a duo of friends who often lived a carefree life here at the Oasis, with no rules, no responsibilities…just themselves. And Simba lived with them when they rescued him from the scorching heat of the desert when he was a cub. What was he doing in the desert? All will be explained soon.

Right now the meerkat and warthog were watching Simba, who was laying down and looking gloomy. "Hey, Simba!" Timon said. "Why the long face? You gotta live a little."

Simba wanted to…but he just couldn't. "I know, it's just…."

"Let me guess, the past?" Timon asked, and Simba nodded his head in agreement. "Just remember what we taught ya, kid."

Timon and Pumbaa then smiled and said. "Hakuna Matata!" They both said. Hakuna Matata was their problem-free philosophy, meaning no worries.

Simba smiled at them, they always knew how to cheer him up. He then got up and went over to the Cliffside and looked up into the sky. "Father…" He thought before he then collapsed, making a bunch of grass blow into the wind.

Rafiki's Tree

The grass blew far off into the lands and it blew right to Rafili's tree. Speaking of which, the mandrill grabbed the grass and took it in his tree. Where he sat down and placed it all into a Hollow tortoiseshell and mixed it all around.

He hummed and then grabbed a piece of fruit and broke it in half and took a bite out of one. As he looked into the shell his eyes went wide and looked even closer.

"Simba?" He asked as he then looked down to see a picture of a lion cub on his tree. "He's alive…" His disbelief then went away as he then grinned "He's alive!" He exclaimed with happiness, he then went over and grabbed his staff while still laughing.

He then went over to the picture and dipped his hand into some red paint. He laughed and began to paint a red mane in the cub's neck. After this, he smiled. "It is time," He said with a grin.

So here we are folks!

I hope you all enjoyed it, and I can't wait till the next chapter where they meet Simba! I was going to do it here, but I had trouble trying to figure out how to incorporate the oasis scene here.

So next chapter will be the group meeting Simba, can't wait!

Anyway please don't forget to read and review, Always happy to hear from you guys and happy to answer any questions you might have for me.

See you all next time :)