The Lion King: Bleeding Paws

by TheLegendaryBlackDragonKnight

Retribution is the name for this hyena who is rescued from living a life in the gorge, and taken to her clan to become what his father and mother wanted him to become. As soon as memories of what led Jeyluxhal into being who he is today returns to his mind, he's out for blood and to give some hell to what the pride in the Outlands had done that night. The C.O.L means little to him

8. The Dragon Island Bushbucks

(A/N: I feel as this would be a good way to introduce Anga into the story as though like his other friends of our hero of this hyena's tale outside of Kuplinka, she plays a fair role into helping him conquer his inner demons that've been haunting him when Baridi returns after the long absence of seven chapters where he was not seen again since that night long ago. Those who love the romance between Ono and her, there is no romance between him and her except for at least one point in a future chapter that; he takes a chance to kiss her before leaving, he did it for the hell of it because he's losing hope for taking on whatever that traitorous Lion of the Outlands throws at him. Because the villain has at least one enforcer at his side we'll use an avian which is a Caribbean sized flamingo who is as graceful as he is vain, being based off Marluxia for appearance; and Zexion for his love of literature as he conducts his tasks in a veil of illusive assassinations to tell them off for his love of arts like stories. He will be fighting directly for that matter but I've decided not to have him in too much since not only does he want him dead and knows Tabari is his father but does not tell Baridi so he can die with the secret to himself, he will go as far as to outright taunt him for being a pup when his mother was ripped apart by them; threatening to kill him with a scythe he wears on his leg in a reversed icepick position. A more clear answer is that he wants Jeyluxhal to attack him, so he can spill his blood with a sleight of hand so that is a bad idea and he doesn't like stories that are too short as he will tell him. I'm also basing him off Yuga for the fact he wears eye makeup and lipstick for added creepiness, and his lies are not at all short being excessive for he sees beauty in everything. So yeah, he's a bastard and a half for taunting him about being too young to save his dear woman and threatens to do the same onto Anga; he does have one direct infamous quote from Marluxia which is asking him if Jeyluxhal wants to scream, adding on is Saix's quote which asking if he's angry and he wants to claw him to death before directing that over to his father for not being in his life for the rest of his time as a child. Now that I think of it, Xaldin's also an ass so I can say that's another trait of a unpleasant personality; all with a sinister and vainful tone of voice. There's also a reference to Last Night at the Viper Room which is River Phoenix's death at the beginning of this chapter, so take warning and here we go; I'll also be skipping some parts of the play to get through this quicker and one more thing, the original song that I wanted for this chapter as usual was supposed to be How You Remind Me by Nickelback because Jeyluxhal feels like he can't do anything right with friends that are female like Jasiri, Fuli and Shenzi which he feels the most responsible for leaving her behind. However, I went with Love the Way You Lie by Eminem feat. Rihanna because I think that with a scenario like this combined with Jeyluxhal's relationship with the females of The Lion King; he thinks of himself as a alcoholic abusive husband in a toxic relationship all because he hit a young pup from the Outlands that he understands afterwards she's too young. He's never been the one for romance with those of his age, but he doesn't want to be seen as a pedophile. It's all because of his god damn speech disorder but there is more to be seen from another point of view, for example he might not be fully silent... nevertheless he can be compared to old Quasimodo minus his sullenness and refusal to catch up with his old friends in the Backlands. Most of every one of these chapters were like experiments with him, so there wasn't much of a story previously. Now that Baridi will be making his return finally, we can advance the back-seated plot here)

Today on Bleeding Paws, we join our animals here in the Acacia Grove where the hyena that was known by his rechristened name Jeyluxhal lied on the ground with his right arm facing to the front and his left arm laid against his back a little bit slanted diagonally down to his right hip, his face was not seen on either side as it was buried into himself facing the ground so he could get as much darkness as he needed for the tired old hyena that he was. His bangs were covering the sides, the front and his mane was curving upwards to the sides on his neck; he's in a comfortable position as Imani moved him to be laying against her body, where her soft fur others like to touch and feel was seeing that Fuli's not too well on having it touched but that one dislike/pet peeve is not what defines her. She was coiled around him, letting him get all comfortable and at least rest better; hell some of her white underbelly was even atop of his back. He still drooled a tsunami from his lips but it was more like a dried liquid that was coming out, but again it's normal and it's a sign of good health; the same can't be said for the rashes and blisters that were on him. The she-beast Kukuza was dead and although she had beckoned for forgiveness or more like demanded that he accept her as his new mother, the damage to his body had broken out into one last assault to peak at his infliction before it dies completely for good like the she-beast he refuses to talk about. His head laid against the left side in front of her thigh, her curled tail crossing diagonally downward where it laid against his primordial pouch. Both animals were aware of each other's presence but decided to go about their business, not wanting to get involved with each other like the anti-hyena neo nazis now banished to the Outlands

There must've been one brave wildcat who was approaching judging by the scent he took in, he could hear the sound of paws that were treading softly against the ground with a type of reciprocating pat-pat pattern when the pressure pads of the wildcat's paws absorbed them soundwaves near his vicinity. It then stopped at his backplate that wasn't covered by Imani's body, letting out a soft and impala breath on his mane, soft puffs with sniffing; just whistling and not being so threatening to him, playing with whatever strands wasn't greased by the ray of sunlight that caked him along with the half shadows that kept his eyes steady to see clear if he should wake up. Those breaths paused before the wildcat shifted, a wet snout pressing onto his back with a stroke of a barbed tongue against his backplates; a claw caressing down from his neck to his backplate before the breaths puffed into his ears, this time the wildcat was not only female but a familiar voice he knew

"Sleep well, Jey?" She asked him with this happening next

No response was met for at least three minutes exact when he started to wake up with his eyes slowly opening, flickering a few times as he eventually raised his head to look around; smearing the blind fuzziness from his eyes with his right shoulder as he let out a deep yawn behind his facial expression that he carried from the beginning. He felt like a pup again when he awakened the same way that he did when he was first born, seeing that Fuli was watching him sleep the entire time he closed his eyes to enjoy the comforts of Imani's fur before being ready to let go; another deep yawn behind his fangs followed as such. He was being bothered by a dream that he had about his death, it's not his time to go and leave the Pride Lands so he can join the afterlife. Seeing that expression on his tired face she sat down next to him, with full ears listening in to what he had to explain to her

"I have dreams that bother me sometimes, at least everyone has a few. You can trust me with hearing about this one, no matter how weird it is" She told him that there was nothing of the sort that would weird her out with what he has to tell her, Jeyluxhal's expression told her it's anything but weird and more leaning towar- no it was borderline disturbing; mild translation seizure there. No further adu and further delay, he came down to explain it with a morbid if not simplified description of the last night that he spent in what he called the viper room

Those whom are familiar about him know that he was the younger brother to a well known hyena, and that he was poised to become one the Pride Land's greatest actors of their new generation; his untimely death for the pseudo-teenager hyena that he was had cut the line too short of the strong start of what promised him a brilliant career. The circumstances that surrounding it made this incident worse if not more tragic than it was before. He spent the night on the day before Halloween at a club by the animals called the Viper Room, which is owned by a fellow animal named Kina (depth). He and his friends were doing a rather lethal and infamous concoction which was the devil's balls that killed a well liked comedian named Belushi, he approached one of his friends telling him that he wasn't feeling well; thought he might be poisoned which was dismissed for the fact he wasn't showing symptoms that were big, and it was out of sense for his self-preservation because he was also high on them too. He didn't want to do this lethal combination that killed Belushi no matter how many times he was under the peer pressure, he was afraid of dying. On the early morning of Halloween and moments later, he was convulsing outside the club which had his horrified girlfriend who in this case was Jasiri running and cried for help; he was rushed to Rafiki's great baobab tree but by most accounts he was dead even before he was loaded onto Fuli to be taken for the herbs to purge the poison within him. His death had a profound effect on the world of his career that he was all set to have, he's remembered as one of the best actors of their time no matter the limited work he's done; the friend that would've saved him, Kuplinka in this case, had published a book that detailed the incident called "Last Night in the Viper Room: Jeyluxhal, the Hyena Prince of the Shadowlands and the Pride He Left Behind"

His expression proceeded to explain to her that even though he was dead before being taken by her to Rafiki for the poison that killed him, he witnessed the events that took place and he stood there shaking his head when she sped off in a hurry to the baobab tree; as a spectre he wanted to choke the ones that forced the peer pressure to collapse onto him out of revenge, but he knew that's not what Jasiri wanted. He even read the book that detailed his incident in the Viper Room, seeing that his jackal friend was true to what and how he felt about him not wanting to do the concoction that was punctured into his bloodstream. He then left the Viper Room with a drink on hand, remembering the role that he played as a young scout that wants the Cross of Coronado from Fedora's gang as he was chased out of a cave and onto a train that was filled with circus animals; all of this was before his solo friend rescued his dad and in the process embarked on a last crusade to stop the Nazis from getting the Holy Grail, an artifact that must not be carried beyond the great seal in the Temple of the Sun or the structure will collapse. It took place in 1938, Donovan shot his father so he and that blonde woman whose name he refuses to mention had to partake in three challenges: the Breath where only the penitent man will pass, the Word where only in the footsteps of God will pass and the Path where only in the leap from the lion's head will he prove his worth. All trials passed and now it was time to choose which one was the real grail, it was actually bronze with his blood since his son would never drink from something made of gold and looks valuable; it represents the greed and selfishness of man. Donovan took the bait and bit the dust as a skeleton, and the blonde woman tried taking the grail beyond the seal before falling to her doom in the newly formed crevices she created by the collapse of the temple. His father told him to let go of his need for the grail that was poisoning him, he did so and the four of them with the other two named Sallah and Marcus rode off into the sunset from the Canyon of the Crescent Moon in Hatay; which is actually Istanbul, Turkey. He smiled at those memories and returned to the Viper Room, not wanting others to share his fate. Oh and his son was a poor and humble man who was a carpenter as well, just to add on before since he forgot to mention; his mind's still fuzzy from last night

Fuli had a hard time thinking of what to say about his dream, the fact that he graphically told her the way he died was tragic enough but to remember what role he was like and the scenes that he shot here in the Pride Lands as if it was all for an series of moving pictures which told a story complete with voice acting and all. Even then that was a gruesome display of his death being told from the perspective of his ghost, at least she thought that he was telling it from a spectre he called it's point of view. She was speechless for a few minutes before surely, she regained her composure as she decided to bring up something that she actually came to tell him about

"If you're ready to leave the comfort your makeshift bed with Imani here, Jasiri's got a little something that we weren't made aware of about until today. Unlike Tiifu and Zuri who called us for the emergency about the horrors of dried skin, chap lips worse than what an Peruvian puff pepper can do to you which I rather not be asked about... alright Edeni ate one and her lips ended up that way but you know what I mean, cracked paws and scaly snouts that all come with the dry season; Jasiri simply wanted to meet with him here. No fur emergencies like his majesty's queen said to them, no false alarms like the kids playing their game based on us, it's all just a simple meeting about... well that's what she wanted to see you for" Fuli explained, still irritated that Tiifu and Zuri would complain to them about their appearances in the dry season

Jeyluxhal's eyes looked half droopy but he was all the more confused, he didn't know Kiara who-does-not-exist had two friends of her own; better Kion than her he'd express with his face. His face told her that she knows he doesn't give out beauty tips, stretching out flat on his stomach he stood up and bid Imani a farewell; nuzzling against her soft fur as he then got up. Looking around to where she was finding nothing before she pointed him in the right direction

"She's waiting at the Big Springs, it's alright, no one's snitched on his majesty about her being in the Pride Lands and I'll intercept them if they try. And Jey... there's something else I want to tell you: Kion found out, I can't stop them now... but he won't let his dad know" She mustered up the strength to tell him, as Jeyluxhal stroked her shoulder; paranoia overcoming him but kept hidden though she can see it in his eyes. Afterwards he nodded to her and walked off, taking his time heading there while she sat next to Imani; whom woke up with a yawn in time to see him stroll off alone. Fuli looked on as though she got to tell him of the fact that Kion is now aware of him but doesn't know what he looks like, she felt this kind of storm that was approaching. He would not take this new knowledge well, and he will soon act upon his instincts should it happen but so will Kion himself

At the Big Springs, Jasiri laid on top of a rock in front of the springs themselves when she saw him in the distance twenty minutes later just as he saw her up ahead; he ran over and slowed his speed with a skid that blew some grains of sand into the shallowest puddles of the spring while Jasiri leapt off to meet with him. His facial expression softened altogether though she could see the inflictions were at their worse, reached it's peak before they would stop all and he would become normal again. She also saw his tail wag side to side behind him, earning an chuckle from her that he hasn't heard in awhile but hey he didn't laugh as much as others did; and when he did, it's just so he can mask what he really feels. Now then, all that was left was to see what she wanted to tell him

"I ain't lying when I'm telling you about this: there's a play about the Lion Guard. I happened to hear the news and they even gave me a slab to present to show the members themselves" She showed him the stone slab which was a exaggerated rendition of the Return of the Roar DVD cover, depicting Kion using the Roar of the Elders on top of Pride Rock with the red and orange, yellow and brown skies with a few flesh pink colored clouds. There's a description on the bottom which she read out

"The Return of the Roar is a new production from acclaimed savior and the wise eagle Hadithi who scoured the Pride Lands gathering information on the Lion Guard, from the Outlands that exiles roam with those who called their barren land a home and the Backlands where he saw the beauty of the golden zebra herself. His sources include giraffes, elephants, antelopes and a unexpectedly long maned hyena who is willing to tell the history of those he knows of; his name doesn't mean historian for nothing after all. Brought to you by acclaimed Dragon Island Bushbucks. Hmm... there's no name of the acting troupe or it's leader, still we can make fun of it for being bad and it should still get a laugh out of us"

Jeyluxhal made it clear that he was in no mood to see this play based on the Lion Guard, this herd's probably the same as the ones who came up with and he loathes them for this one; a total, derailed, racist version of and if not the one absolute worst butchering of The Hyena Prince of the Shadowlands: The Warrior's Throne Within, one of his father's best stories he ever heard as that is the one that he took inspiration from when he was a pup. The story is about a tan hyena like himself whose black mane had a dark red colored tint flowing freely from the gusts of wind, he lived in the region of the Shadowlands that acted as his kingdom and wielded a pair of blades based off the motifs of a Hawk and Lion; serrated with a cutting edge and barbed like a scorpion for slashing his enemies down. True to the name he was an prince of the land, a warrior who sought the throne following the death of his father when he was taken from him by a rival king that too sought out the fortune that the throne brings; he was robbed of his childhood and with the power of the sands of time, he will have what is his to claim and relieve the life that he had lost

The so-called acclaimed Dragon Island Bushbucks ruined the lore, the unforgettable action scenes even when the sands of time are used to reverse the audience's view of the theater's awfulness of how they didn't attempt or try to make a excellent production much less a good or decent one, the setting of how the Shadowlands looked since it was like the Pride Lands just a little more barren and dark hence the name, the dark gritty tone with few and far moments to lighten the shady mood, the special effects, the loving romance and most importantly; The Prince himself as it is the same judgement for the characters involved here. He'll be going through them all when Jasiri convinces him to come as it happened down here:

"You've been feeling moody for too long, come on a day at the theater's the kind of time-killing nonsense you could use since I don't think I've ever seen you be happy before once" She persuaded though he would not take no for an answer so easily, explaining to her about what the Dragon Island Bushbucks did to his and his dad's favorite story they claim to be the best about

One of their infamous butcherings of The Hyena Prince of the Shadowlands: The Warrior's Throne Within, this tale had been botched to fuck if he knew how low they could've gotten with this after ruining other stories; where does he begin? Oh he knows! How 'bout he starts with The Prince himself, what a horrendous start to the story that was stripped of it's greatest values

Originally, The Prince was a violent, aggressive, gruff, prideful, selfish and crusaded on a destructive path but he was mature and wise like his father wanted him to be before he was taken from him; the way he slain his enemies with dismemberment showing no mercy and showing but a speck of nothing for whenever he thought for the safeguard of his people, he didn't show a lighter side to his allies either because he too was harsh on them which lent him important lessons he did not learn. His love for the jackal on her mother's side and fox on her father's side brought a flare of light in his heart that kept him alive, and when she was slain he went berserk and showed complete defiance that caused him to use the sands of time to reverse her fate; saving her life after sacrificing himself by slaying his nemesis, the exertion of the battle killing him slowly with blood loss that streamed down his mouth before he cast the power of the sands of time just as he dies. Returning to his lost childhood with his father alive and taking the woman he loved back after his nemesis was killed by ripping his heart out, his scars still adorned and bleeding on his paws; he stood with the one he loved and the father whose fate was averted. Grains of sand cannot take a shape of it's own, add the sorrow of the seas that come from the gulf of the sovereign land he is entitled to and it becomes moldable like the clay to form whatever he desires; and that of which he forms a new beginning for the lost childhood after the original timeline is swept off by the wind like the dunes of his desert, he allows the past to die and at last end his pain but keeps his ways to a more beneficial means

The Dragon Island Bushbucks ruined how great that The Prince was, they turned a sovereign prince who was unstable from when his father was slain into an unlikable and heart-of-gold bullshit douchebag who shows disgust for whenever he kills a mid-number amount of animals in his path that are either living or dead as in skeletons with scimitars and medium sized solid iron Norse shields with no boss on the front; with the pattern of a kohga shuriken like the Huns. Racism is involved one way or another with our hero in this botched concept as The Prince was changed from a HYENA to a god damn red maned LION, when that's not a change that he approves of because when you shoehorn them into the species of The Prince's story; guess what? There is no story because that's lion-washing, the concept did not need a lion because even though they're in the actual tale that's been shot in the ass with a Five-SeveN; they're just scenery, backgrounds, throwaways, extras to make the setting feel alive but that didn't matter to them once did it? The Prince who was now a impostor is also a stereotype to make both lion and hyena species look bad, damn the Bushbucks. The Prince was supposed to be rude, nasty and bordering on the line of evil if he must before his love sparks a light in the darkest abyss of his heart to keep him going on. It is not worth teaching the lesson if the protagonist's species has to be changed- no, that alone doesn't mean shit; lionwashed is a more appropriate term for that. His love was turned into a vain alpha bitch who smears his true and real personality into his face to no end, his father into a dumbass bumbling sitcom dad that truly deserved his death, his nemesis insultingly into someone that calls him weak because he has friends that he disrespects at his side and his mother into a mourning widow who shut him out of his life. Yes, he had a mother whom unlike his lived but in the original tale; she kept vigil over her husband whenever she visited the tomb everyday for as long as she lives, until the new beginning was born and the old life was long gone

The lore was explained in less than a minute in which then gives The Prince no reason for him to read out what was told to the audience because it robs of them of the chance to learn what occurs in their world. The unforgettable action scenes did not help because of The Prince not wanting to fight as it was established earlier and therefore are ruined because of that. They'd changed the setting from what was a Pride Lands based barren and dark landscape into a kind of pacifistic land where no one wants to fight in the wars, when in the original it's still rich as the day it was founded even when sieges were carried out in attacks on the land. The tone of which is dark and gritty fitting for the shady mood's ignored in favor for lighthearted comedy. The special effects are cheap with the sands of time being the worst excuse not to use actual sand but instead tan colored powdered dust. The loving romance is awful because she acts as a viper that spews poison to The Prince's open affections, he lacked them in the original and grew close to her after spending time to let her spark the light in his heart. Unfaithful to the true story of The Prince? How about unwatchable because that is what the theater troupe is, so now that he explained how much he hated them for butchering his best and favorite story that he loved to hear from his dad when he was a young pup; a slight shed of hope remained with him that Jasiri can understand him

"That might've just been a different group that butchered your favorite story, I'm sure of it but I understand if you don't want to go; Hadithi said that your father would be attending to see what the play is like" She sounded disappointed before Jeyluxhal relented, seeing how not only will his father supposedly be there but just to not make her sad. He's become tired of thinking of Kukuza as that was the third time he's gotten a headache, the second was the butchered story he and his dad loved but that was first time he's ever gotten one from just watching it. No need to mention the first time because that's self explanatory there when he lived with Shenzi's Clan. "You sure you want to go? The Lion Guard's also attending as well, I don't think he'll be as friendly as I am to you" She informed him as Jeyluxhal had a paw on her shoulder letting out a cat like rumbling trill in his throat to ensure that he understands what she wants to say, patting her on the back twice before the deal was sealed; that doesn't mean he has to like or enjoy it

In the Lair of the Lion Guard, Kion thought back on what Jasiri informed him of and paced back and forth around the top ledge. It was a slow walk for him to clear his mind about how this is going to play out exactly, he's been told of the hyena that his friends explained their little bit of experiences with them. Oh boy, did Fuli give Bunga a thrashing for when she returned to the group on their patrol for introducing that beast into his life but come on the female was lonely so he didn't have to reject her constantly; he wished he could've seen the hints, signs and foreshadowings an little bit more earlier than he did now. He looked up at the top light, asking his older brother Kopa about his predicament. "Brother, you think it's a good idea to attend a play about us?"

A response followed with a clouded bunch of what looked like storm clouds that blocked the sunlight overhead, it wasn't raining or storming outside it just went overhead. He's been in a sense waiting to see what Jeyluxhal looked like as he was always making some changes to his appearance that Jasiri couldn't explain to him very well. The Guard also took notice of really, all the things that he did to himself so he could stand out the most in whatever land he roams in. Perhaps he'll get his chance to see him at last, for real this time and for the sake of his own brother that he hasn't seen so much in years when he was born; even then Jeyluxhal must've been aging slowly because he looks as young as he does minus the increased mass in muscle, his broader tattoos and his ever growing detail of his refined snarling hyena on his shoulders. Oh and the fact he was turning into a split mirror image of his father

Alright, he has decided after enough time and has made his one decision that's all his; he will attend the play that begins after the fall of night with the cold that kicks in and the pests that become unbearable. He let out a breath of relief that it was now off his back, time for him to get moving to the Ukuni Woods where the play is supposed to be held. Not expecting it to be as horrendous and awful like Jeyluxhal made out the adaptation of THPOTSL: TWTW, if you're one to argue with a mute hyena like him then he will show you the horrors they've done and you'll be agreeing how they had ruined and destroyed the glory of such a beautiful tale that is as ancient as the sands of time first shifted in the gusts of the wind

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That night in the Ukuni Woods, the bunch of animals joined in to see what kind of production that the Dragon Island Bushbucks have for them. As expected the Lion Guard arrived as all of their members came in to be seated so they have a good view about what's to be shown, this is supposed to be a harmless take on them but there were some tensions rising that followed Jeyluxhal as he seated himself next to Jasiri; not seeing his father around but was assured he was elsewhere. If this turned out to be a waste of time then he's gonna insult them. Looking at the other animals which were among his basic elephants, giraffes, antelope, hyraxes, the wildebeests, ostriches, zebras and even various birds. Then there was the martial eagle who shared his earlier look but kept a intent glance on him, he stood out from the others well with that tattooed look and scars on his body; adorned from years of battle among scuffles with other animals. Perhaps she could get a better look at him more clearly and glided over to a branch, this martial eagle's name was Anga and a very good friend of Beshte as he noted once

Anga's feathers consisted of mauve to violet and Byzantium purple feathers that a underline of snow to pearl white, the sclera of her Maya and Olympic blue eyes was a pineapple yellow color. Having fossil grey talons that had four upward triangular stripes that went around and sharply jutted upward into a point except for the top stripe that slanted diagonally to both of each other, her face had a pearl white color that also included the dark shadow grey pair of eyemarkings and a sharp beak. Her upward middle meeting swirl top like based crown was a metal and grease black color that looked like a basic New Jersey spiky quiff. Her tail's also got tips dipped in black along with her lower feathers under the white underlining. She was a blunt martial eagle who was not so easily impressed nor amused like a spirit that is not easily tamed, remaining silent when others address her; this was a front as once she's opened up to someone, she was a admirable bird with a brave heart who is ready to enter a situation that's dangerous all to defend her home. She's capable of both working alone and in a group, giving it everything she has to it all. She greatly admired Hadithi and is starstruck in his presence as she one time got excited about the idea of working with him, once she actually gets to know Jeyluxhal then he'll see another fact which is one that involves caring greatly for Ono should he become blinded; becoming worried about and staying close to him, supportive whenever he doubts his position or is being hurt by someone. That hyena was no different as though he's unstable as she will see him in her first impression, she will see the Serengeti in his vision as does he in hers as well. Finally, she kept a close eye on him taking notice of the tension as it's about to be unleashed on the events of this play

The stage lights illuminated like the sun and the curtains separated to the sides as the play is told through the stone face of the rock that had the backgrounds laid against it, so here we go:

(The opening scene takes place at the Lair of the Lion Guard, brightening up from the dark and faded view as the first one who is seen was surprisingly Jeyluxhal as he sat up in front of the one wall foretelling the stories all in the form of paintings. His arms were crossed and his breath is nothing short of silent, and although he remained that way for the first several ten minutes; his portrayal looked awful. His mane had a extremely unpleasant tinge of tangerine orange to his black and dark red mane, his body was marred in more bitemarks than scars and correct him if he's wrong but he looks a lot more feminine; and so when the hyena turned back, jumping off into the rim of the main pool area it was revealed that he was being portrayed by an actress. It's made clear that the actress made no attempt to appear accurate to himself, especially with her failing to imitate his signature facial expression; something that he never showed once during the whole play. No instead he kept the nasty look he constantly gave Scar on his face, it's made worse due to his infliction and his tan fur had a subtle burning orange tint indicating a flare of fire that was sparked within him)

With the Lion Guard themselves each of them with the exception of Kion knew that this was not what he looked like, he was more masculine than that and still they had the guts to call whom portrayed him as a boy when she was obviously a girl. She's not doing her best Mulan style and Fuli was sure that he'd be ashamed of how he was portrayed later in the play

"Jeez I know young boys are played by actresses like Peter Pan since he never grew up, but he's not that young; come to think of it he's gotta' be older than Simba" Beshte looked concerned

"You think he's older than grandpa?" Kion asked him

"Uhhh his dad's pretty private on the details about his son" Ono answered. "That's not to say that he told a few animals who kept the secrets about him from others" Kion nodded before returning his attention to the theater

Jasiri looked over to her friend whose intensifying rhythm of shivering out of distaste for the fact he's being portrayed by an woman who has no knowledge of him or his history, he looked like he was shivering from the cold breezes in the air but it was a bad first impression that he's getting from this play

Anga turned to Jeyluxhal down below, now with more focus on him trembling with humiliation and embarrassment before the other animals. That face was something she didn't see before as it was one that told her of outright loathing, in the later acts of the play it would become worse

(The Jeyluxhal actress sweeps her bangs off to the sides to see more clearly, as before she left; the hyena went over to Ono's nest where he rested and took his dust baths. Examining it more closely as she never had the chance to do so before due to Kion rushing her to get a move on as well as the fact they always came back too quickly from their missions. She poured more dust on the nest so that the egret could be as dusty as he needs to be when needed. After that, it's time as she exited the Lair of the Lion Guard; the Rafiki actor who appears to look younger than the real deal comes on stage in front of the lair. His voice matches his youth but Jeyluxhal paid no attention, his focus was on the actress that played as him. Still, the actor of Rafiki began to introduce the story to the audience)

Kion can forgive the actor for looking young for portraying a royal mjuzi shaman of the Pride Lands that was first introduced when his great grandfather Ahadi ruled on, sure adds a charm to their favorite mandrill

RAFIKI ACTOR: You might want to excuse the hyena lurking here earlier, he's a distressed one I might say, still I believe we have a story to introduce. And it's not what one expects from what others have told you, after all there's more than what meets the eye. Earlier before you saw our friend looking at these paintings, this tells of how the Lion Guard, once that was long lost after the stripping of Scar's Roar of the Elders becoming improved by our young leader and friends by his side. I give you, our various adventures of our heroes beginning with the first forming of the new Guard

(Now our true story begins with the change of scenery as it shows Pride Rock with Simba and a cub that Jeyluxhal knows the name of but does not express it with his face. Simba's actor made him think of Chris Redfield wearing a lion headdress due to his voice, but he was trying too hard to be like the kind and understandable king that he was. In order to make him look bad he was harsh towards his son but caring to his daughter, his appearance was slightly bulkier in order to show that he was gaining a build similar to his father Mufasa but he was looking hairier these days; a little rugged due to his red mane that was pale and his golden fur was muted. His eldest daughter Kiara on the otherhand was spoiled and it shows, claws all sharpened, fur all cleaned and is just about rude to her brother. Kion was no better as he's arrogant, sarcastic and just all around bitchy and aggressive which leads to him strangling her at one point as it's seen here in this scene. Simba started telling his daughter before being interrupted by Kion)

SIMBA ACTOR: Had I not listened to that traitorous uncle of mine, dad would've been alive as I was once told that morning about what was to come to me before my exile where I got to know two of my greatest friends of all time. He told me that, when the sun was rising, everything that the light touches is part of our kingdom, ruling the Pride Lands is as a big responsibility as it is to know when the drought strikes as every king has one. Yes, even Scar because... the father of... HIM, told me it was my dad's doing to punish him for his betrayal and ultimately lead my mate and your mother to me; taking back the throne and giving you the life I never had when he died too early. Someday, when you're queen... don't ever be robbed of that life I thought I had; they need you more than ever

"Who exactly is this... '':him:'' that our king speaks of?" One of the animals asked to herself, this being a zebra

Jeyluxhal tightened his crossed arms, his brain was storming with wanting to leave but could not because he relented to going with her just so she wouldn't have to be alone after he had been since he didn't talk to his other friends. Enter Kion who was slimmer but more of the same, he had a spiked tuff of brighter red than his father which was short like a flattop and an swagger on his face that like his father he's also trying too hard to be cool with the audience who were not liking this as some of them recognize Kion as a good and innocent friend

(A baobab struck Simba in the side of his head with his son taking the ball, Bunga entered the scene as his personality never changed except for being stupider next to Ed as Jeyluxhal took note of. Simba growled at this interruption and looked like he was about to destroy something while his daughter shrieked at her brother)

KIARA ACTRESS: Kion!

KION ACTOR: Don't shriek at me you harpy, me and Bunga are just playing

BUNGA ACTOR: Kion couldn't handle the pass!

KION ACTOR CONT.: A giraffe couldn't handle it, you kicked it over my head!

SIMBA ACTOR: Kion!

BUNGA ACTOR CONT.: You couldn't handle it, that's all there is to it

SIMBA ACTOR: Bunga...

KION ACTOR: Yeah? Handle this!

Saliva leaked out of his mouth from boredom as he lied down, he decided he could sleep it off if he didn't take a nap earlier in the evening. Anga saw how aggressive that Kion's actor is being as that's not what Beshte told her, could they at least dial back on that?

SIMBA ACTOR: Boys!

BUNGA ACTOR: Hey! (BAOBAB HITS HIM ON TOP OF HEAD AND FALLS BACK) ow...

SIMBA ACTOR CONT.: Your sister is gonna be tracking gazelles with her friends today, (IRRITATED) and you are not helping!

KION ACTOR CONT.: Ahhh wait a minute, helping? (SARCASTIC) Oh yeah, she could use some help alright not having males like me exist because she's a strong-independent-female who empowers others (RUDE) I don't need a sister like her who acts like everything's owed to her around and others to take after that excuse

KIARA ACTRESS: I'm gonna rub that smug off your face since I'm training to be-

KION ACTOR CONT.: (UNCARING) Queen of the Pride Lands, my rear end. And you have no right to rub it in my face like that! You're not gonna enjoy being queen, you'll get annoyed by dad being overprotective and sending both Timon and Pumbaa to escort you on your first hunt

Jeyluxhal continued to have his arms crossed with a indifferent expression as he speculated that no sooner or later, that's gonna be happening as Kiara didn't seem to be pleased with the idea

KIARA ACTRESS CONT.: (SCOFFS) Least I have my life figured out and protection from him. What are you gonna grow up to be, little brother?

KION ACTOR CONT.: I'll be happier in life when I don't have you hounding on my back everyday, (SNARKY) and even then I'll have a choice unlike you

"I'm not that cocky, Hadithi... come on you know us better than that!" Kion complained

KIARA ACTRESS CONT.: Dad would never send those two bumbling morons like a tunnel klutz and his chub, he's always smarter by one step ahead. Plus, if I wasn't so focused on defusing this fight I would've eaten the baobab and called a game over

KION ACTOR CONT.: (TEMPTING) I'd like to see you try, you royal flushout spoiled bitch!

"That's not how I stand up for myself!" The cub complained once again

(Simba's actor slaps his son across the face for calling his daughter a bitch as Kion's actor growled at his father, a red mark enveloping on his cheek, few of the audience gasped at this)

"Well the sire's certainly seen better days than this, so has the prince and princess" Zazu thought to himself elsewhere

SIMBA ACTOR: Enough! (EXPARARTED/Lower tone of voice as if he's out of breath) Take the game elsewhere, please...

BUNGA ACTOR: I know the perfect place! You'll never get the fruit from me

KION ACTOR: You've got nowhere to run, Bunga!

BUNGA ACTOR CONT.: Says who? Catch me if you can, Kion!

"I can't help but feel like something is missing, but I can't put my finger on it..." Bunga suspected, he knew it was Zuka Zama (Pop up, dive in) but he figured he could tease the others

"Guess he thinks it's one of those abandoned catchphrases that don't just stick with you, Little B" Beshte sat down

"Really? I still say it, that's always what I've been saying, Big B" He put his arms at the back of his head resting against Big B's blubber skin

KION ACTOR CONT.: Game on Bunga! Later, dad. Have fun losing your way and never coming back, rude sis

(Kion and Bunga race off in pursuit as Kiara sighed)

KIARA ACTOR: Can't believe we have to be related

"To be fair she's acting more stuck up than usual" Fuli defended

"Still, it's like her and Kion don't want to be siblings but are doomed; it makes me think what happened between them when they were still cubs?" Beshte wondered

"Something stupid I believe" The queen cheetah assumed

SIMBA ACTOR: Hey, Kion will never have to bear the burden of what life I would've gone with including meeting two friends that raise him as if he's one of their own. The difference is that Timon and Pumbaa never had much of a home before the jungle, at least they've got their own place here. I still love him but... (VENTING OUT A CHUCKLE THROUGH HIS NOSE) someone has been luring him over into being in like a... terrible twos kind of stage as if he's still a newborn, and acting harsh on him didn't do all that on it's own. I'm gonna go over there and tell them to stop it, whoever's doing it to him of course

"Hapana... (Oh no...)" Ono vented out with realization, sounding displeased rather than surprised

"There a problem?" Kion turned to him

"I know who that someone is, and that someone's not gonna like what his actress' is gonna reveal to us... in a kind of plot twist that was planned from the start" The egret deflated, knowing what was bound to happen next

"He's just not a happy hyena isn't he? And I haven't even gotten the chance to meet him yet" The cub looked over trying to spot Jeyluxhal in the audience to no avail, Jasiri was also here but he couldn't see her either

"Affirmative, and was this really made by Hadithi or some tough audience that made this to mock him?" The egret suspected, this was not the same eagle he looked up to and helped realize he doesn't have to fake it 'til he made it

(Our baobab game session continues through the Pride Lands as the giraffe herd strolls on through with one even joining as much as it could before they proceed to duke it out over to the egret flock where Ono was introduced next. If there's one thing that Jeyluxhal noticed it was the fact that he had his more noticeable traits of his such as his distant look at a day's view, a few instances of intensive stretch outs though not too intense as he just simply extends his talon out and backward a few times. His crest feathers were crudely painted with a yellow to orange and red mix, while his purple eyemarks were more of a indigo violet color; both of his legs had grey horizontal ribbed lines spaced out by two meters apart which was very obvious to see, even the orange tiger stripes looked a little too sharp. He's looking a little bigger than normal but that's not even to begin by describing the red, blue, green, gold, cyan and teal on his wings that went into many separate gold lined rectangular segments like the wings of an god. He also seemed to be wearing an sun disc based off Hathor which remained on him like a badge, his beak was a radiant reddish orange that had a yellow tinge thrown on; right about now he was standing there breathing out, eyes were both closed before opening them with his beak half opened; wondering to himself on what to do next, something that he could do by himself as he slanted diagonally backwards with his leg resting on top of his other one and using his wing to think about what he will do by having it graze the lower beak while his other is resting against his head)

Ono was more confused than upset on the fact that he was acting more like what Jeyluxhal is but also saw some of the irony in this: out of all the personalities he could've been swapped out for, they chose the hyena's mannerisms because that's what he would do; not him. And that's also made worse when Jeyluxhal, who had the unfortunate role of being played by a woman who doesn't hide her femininity to humiliate him, is supposed to be silent for the entire play and not just the several ten minutes as he was about to discover later on. He also noticed the references to Egyptian mythology like his Isis wings, Hathor's sun disk and the vulture crown headdress based gorget around his neck fitted to his size which is based off Queen Nefertari without the large dome topped slab on the front. As mentioned before, his personality was swapped with a hyena whose supposed to be silent throughout the play; dialog or no dialog to let the audience understand him, he has a "show, don't tell" Gennedy Tartakovsky facial expression type of communication that's about to be thrown away like a façade and ignored in favor of being something that's worse

(The egret's head snapped up before resuming his standing position, nodding at what he was gonna do before hearing the sound of Kion and Bunga coming this way. Jumping at the sight of them his expression consisted of both eyes narrowed with a half open beak, looked more like he was fighting a difficult enemy judging by his legs spread apart in the front and back while his right wing was in waiting to block an attack and his left wing at the back ready to strike than taken off guard. That rough yelp sounded like he was more irritated than surprised as that seemed to make the audience laugh a little)

ONO ACTOR: *BAGH!* (Seeing the two approaching fast, he turned to his flock) We have a baobab ball session incoming, move out!

ONO'S FLOCK ACTORS: Yes, Pharaoh!

"So, Amenhotep III chose you as his successor then? You must be feeling royal tonight for that treatment" That voice came from behind as who else but him arrived just as the Lion Guard looked at Ono after being called a Pharaoh. "Your flock must be proud to have someone to lead them onward in the Sahara's dunes" Appearing underneath him by his side all without them knowing just as the egret raised his talon upon being spooked by how close he was, even Beshte was taken by surprise as well. He looked down on him to meet face to face

"Eh.. apparently, banishing that gorilla that tried killing your son didn't get through his thick skull or any of the other anti-hyena supporters that he shouldn't be harassed because he doesn't want to talk. Looks like they want one last shot at making him look bad before stopping for good, and I hope they stop it soon because he's not taking it well" Ono looked back at the play that continued onward with Kion and Bunga's actors moving across Rafiki's baobab tree, all the way over to Beshte's pod that has the titular hippo look more of the same except he's scrawnier; has a hippie curly afro hybrid style of his blue mane on top and is now terrible at using his strength because of muscle strain. There's nothing much to say about that except the hippo himself wondered what's next, oh and he also wore John Lennon round lens glasses that fluctuated his blue eyes

"Nice to see you showed up, can't possibly wonder what they'll do to me in this play next" Fuli spoke up after remaining silent throughout most of the scenes that took place, except for when noting that Kiara's acting cocky here and sarcastically replying that she can't imagine what these bushbucks will make of her here as Tabari turned to face her

"Knowing that these are the Dragon Island Bushbucks that ruined me, my son's and even my late beloved mate's favorite play called The Hyena Prince of the Shadowlands: The Warriors Throne Within, nothing true to yourself in actuality I presume" He stated firmly as he snarled at the memories of when he took his son to see the play, only for him to become frustrated and disappointed though he can't really tell it unless there's nothing happening in the play

(Kion and Bunga's actors continue through Beshte's Pod before the latter jumped over a close by crocodile who was sleeping peacefully in the water when his nose was struck, beginning a rude awakening that had him grunt; raising his head right before turning to face the former as his friend leapt away, startling the young cub. This crocodile's name was Makuu, growling and speaking)

MAKUU: (LOW VOICE THREATENING) Go ahead, see what happens when you rudely wake me up like he did

KION: (ARROGANT SCOFF) You're not threatening to me, Makuu

MAKUU: I missed the part where that was my problem, so put 'em up if you aren't a scaredy cat like he says (The audience laughs at Kion's response to this)

KION: (STIFF IRRITATED EXPRESSION and MONOTONE VOICE) I don't have time for this, I have a baobab game to win (Kion leaps on top of him, leaving him to jump up and miss snapping at his lower torso with his jaws)

MAKUU: (SNARLS TO HIMSELF) Damn him, I always knew he was too chicken to fight me (Jeyluxhal's actress comes out of the nearby acacia tree in the background and approaches him, leaning his neck down to his level) The hell are you here, Jey? I've got nothing I owe you (Jeyluxhal's actress slowly pushes his head back down into the water, softly stroking his head while caressing her claw on his nose and letting out a voiceless tune like ASMR) Thanks...?

(Jeyluxhal's actress nods before Makuu passes out once again, shaking due to a chill that ran along his back when he went back to sleeping peacefully. Leaving the scene as Makuu didn't know what else to say when he did this to him. After that the two boys came through a field of tall green grass but did not see Fuli speeding through with Bunga catching a ride, escaping Kion's grasp. She was covered in a equal amount of roseries and spots, but had a plump white underbelly of fluff that was spiked out on the sides of her upper neck down below the lower line of where her breasts would be if she was a human; her eyes weren't as dark as the real is and if Jeyluxhal's not wrong here, she has a serious issue with her coming to a stop as it leads to her slipping because of traction as if her paw's soles have flat ice coating them. Other than that she also had some bangs that covered her eyes, a banana creame blonde color as such in which this hairstyle was based off a combination of a long pixie and a punk quiff that went off towards the sides; spiked upward but not getting in the way of her vision except for the line of bangs that curved inward towards her face. Her voice sounded like what the late Brittany Murphy, in her role as Tai, once said to Alicia Silverstone, in her role as Cher, in the movie Clueless, more specifically her most infamous line in the 1995 film: "You're a virgin who can't drive")

FULI ACTRESS: (SUSPICIOUS WITH EYES NARROWING) Wait a minute... (She shook her back three times to see if she picked up some unwanted extra weight before snapping upward) I knew it! (She came to a sudden halt and catapulted Bunga off her back) You know I don't give free rides, right?

(Jeyluxhal's actress comes out from the tall grass, nodding with a smirk of her own as she then stood at her side looking to where Bunga's actor flew off but can't help herself by the extra plump of fluff. Turning away with her eyes closed, a paw was placed on her back)

FULI ACTRESS: This is always how it begins between us doesn't it? I tried thirty two times but for the life of me it would not stay down or flat up against my chest, and no questioning me about touching by laying a paw on you; it's not touching my fur if you're not doing so directly. Just don't ever tell Timon and Pumbaa that, I have the most deliberate thought that they'll take advantage of this. (She then covers his mouth to stop him from expressing with his lips) And I'll cut it off myself if I can't get it flat one more time. (Jeyluxhal's actress nodded before leaving while she breathed on) Always on the move he is...

"I don't have an accent" Fuli expressed confusion at first, but expected more to come from this and saw how her interaction with him leaned on the shy lovers side; not to mention she also sounded like Keeley Hawes' Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider Legend trilogy

"That's just one preview to whatever the Dragon Island Bushbucks have in store for this total butchering of how the Lion Guard came to be formed" Tabari firmly stated right before his face folded into the same nasty look that his son Jeyluxhal always gave Scar whenever he was around at Pride Rock, letting off a faint but audible snarl. "I'd like to kill 'em cape bushbucks myself if they even dare reveal my son as the main antagonist" He growled at the thought, Ono looked down on him out of concern

Jeyluxhal on the other side of the story had his mouth half opened, drooling and huffing with that nasty look in his eyes. His burning temper had grew to make him sweat, his infliction was stinging him and Jasiri began to stroke him; whispering into his ear to calm down and she did everything in her power to do so. He wanted to leave because of the dread that was coming, he doesn't want to stay here anymore. Anga in the meanwhile remained silent, not wanting to interfere should it be necessary as he was no threat until the ending. Back in the play, after some:

SKIP AHEAD/SKIP AHEAD/SKIP AHEAD

(Kion finds his friends including Jeyluxhal who was guarding Fuli from the baboons after such a stupid misunderstanding like her remark thinking that they looked funny whenever they're scratching their heads; she joins the rest of the completed group that's been established. She is appointed in the role of the fastest, Ono as the keenest of sight, Beshte as the strongest, as well as Bunga being the bravest, Kion being the fiercest and surprisingly Jeyluxhal in a new position which is: the sneakiest due to being an hyena who never leaves a sound or trace that makes him perfect for working with the keenest of sight. The audience let out a few ooos but Jeyluxhal himself saw no interest in working with them, Tabari and Ono pointed out the main flaw in this and decided that he's too violent and in his case when the latter saw that he looks stressed out; about to blow a gasket even, unstable if he hears that it was a false alarm. That's horrible but not as bad as what he'll do to punish them for dragging him for nothing, loathing at the thought of having to be interrupted and answer that kind of alert. Oh and Beshte's voice was revealed to be really hoarse, strained, quietly soft and all in all dried)

BUNGA ACTOR: Show 'em the roar, Kion. Come on now!

FULI ACTRESS: You expect me to believe he's special just because he can roar?

BUNGA ACTOR: Wait 'til you hear it...

BESHTE ACTOR: What is the deal with your roar? I'm kinda curious myself... *DAUGH* excuse me... (THREE GURGLES DOWN HIS THROAT FROM DRINKING OUT OF NEARBY LAKE)

FULI ACTRESS: Oh... you totally have to show us

ONO ACTOR: Seeing's believin' and in your case, it's hearin'

KION ACTOR: I- I rather not, it came out in the situation that Bunga's in danger. I- I- I rather not abuse it's power

FULI ACTRESS: Hey, it's alright Kion

KION ACTOR: And I don't want to be laughed at

FULI ACTRESS: I'm not gonna laugh, even if it turns out to be a tiny squeak in the end

KION ACTOR: Yes, you are. Jeyluxhal even knows what happened to Scar, or at least his dad knows. What with him once being someone that my grandfather never paid attention to and all that jazz, could even say the same about his dad since he's never around

Jeyluxhal gave a harsh snarl loudly for the other animals to hear, his father's always around because he's the only parent that he has left. He needs him, he needs his dad more than they know. Anga agreed with this speechless hyena, she did not agree with that remark made on him and it's clear that this is not how he was compared to his horrendous portrayal

FULI ACTRESS: Come on, hearing the roar 'ill be lame but the rest of the Guard wants to hear it

KION ACTOR: I don't know Fuli, I- I- I mean the Roar of the Elders might even be too powerful, enough to kill you and I don't want to lose- not again; not like my brother Kopa. He's roaming elsewhere now on a journey-

ONO ACTOR: No, It's alright Kion... I- I promise you. It's alright, me and Fuli are with you on this

KION ACTOR: I- I don't know weather to go through with this or not...

(Jeyluxhal's actress immediately stepped forward, leaning into his ear before breaking his silence as the real hyena himself tightened with his fangs bared. First he is disrespected for being portrayed by an woman as if he's a young boy, now she's gonna betray everything he accumulated through the beginning that amounted to nothing in the end. She spoke with an VERY unfitting voice that made him blow out the gasket)

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (Horribly Unfitting Voice) It's okay, Kion...

Jeyluxhal immediately slammed his paws on the ground emitting a loud snapping slap as if he was sitting on something flat and wooden, getting up and ready to pound the shit of his actress as it is the last straw for him. He started to march over when he was held back with an arm under the top line of his primordial pouch and another arm coiled around the lower line of his chest as Jasiri was standing bipedally on both hind paws to stop him, dragging him back right before he flopped down; taking her down with him

With the Lion Guard excluding Kion, the members were not pleased with the revelation and as such because he made the earlier revelation that these cape bushbuck acting troupe had planned from the start; Ono was asked if this is what he meant and Tabari agreed with his response

"No, the real deal's worse because this is anti-hyena propaganda. I stated before that I look up to Hadithi, but I'm assured that this is NOT his handwork in the slightest. Tabari, mind if you recap on the differences between the two?" He asked

"First off, that actress broke the one rule in the play and that is not being allowed to speak as she did so. Second, he was born in Mufasa's reign right before Simba was brought forth from the womb of his mother and god dammit I know my son misses her because from what she's been telling me; he interacted with her the least violently in Scar's tyrannical reign. Third, for a minor but purposeful error is that his beautiful red mane from his mother was given a really unpleasant and horrendous tinge of orange that even gotten onto his TAN colored fur. There is one more thing and it involves every animal who is a predator, doing nothing but to further damage the rest of their species' image; hence the term sins of the fathers. Ono and I will tell you when the time comes near the end" Tabari listed as he returned his attention to the play

KION ACTOR: Alright, I'll show you. Just stay behind me, don't want to end up like Scar's guard like I mentioned before (LOW VOICED SURPRISED THOUGHT TO HIMSELF) and all because they wouldn't help him of all things...

BESHTE ACTOR: Excuse me

FULI ACTRESS: Watch it!

ONO ACTOR: (THOUGHTFUL TO HIMSELF) If we all had wings... but the Pride Lands gotta have variety, no one's special if everyone is

KION ACTOR: You ready? Alright, this is the Roar of the Elders that he's talkin' about. Don't be disappointed if it turns out to be a tiny squeak, I warned you about it being situational; here we go

(Right before he could demonstrate, Zazu informs Simba that he's found him as he turns up. Telling Kiara to go with Tiifu to track the gazelle up ahead, he has to talk with his son alone)

KIARA ACTRESS: Yes, dad

SIMBA ACTOR: Thank you, princess. (Kiara turns back as he speaks to himself out from her ear shot) The only animal I don't have to thank is him so let's go (He approaches his son)

KION ACTOR: Am I glad to see you, I tried telling them that the Roar was situational-

SIMBA ACTOR: Kiara tells me you've just asked Bunga to join the guard

BUNGA ACTOR: Problem with that?

SIMBA ACTOR: Yeah, I do have a problem with that (He throws a rock down toward the ground out of anger) I asked you to assemble the new guard, and you play with your friends instead!

KION ACTOR: I'm not playing, my friends are the new guard. Fuli's the fastest, Beshte's the strongest, Ono's the keenest of sight, Jeyluxhal's the newly established sneakiest because we need him as our informant about what happens when we're not able to come to their aid and answer their call at the moment and Bunga's the bravest

SIMBA ACTOR: Kion... the Lion Guard has always (LOWERS HIMSELF) always... been made of lions. You think that a guard with one lion can protect the Pride Lands? Bullshit! I expected a better team that not only is true to the namesake but also (POINTS TOWARDS JEYLUXHAL AND VENOMOUSLY EMPHASIZES HIS PRESENCE IN THE GUARD) doesn't have him in it. He's nothing but a slow of tongue, fat, stinkin' low life drunk ass fool of a mangy slobbering predator whose father abandoned his mate right before she died in front of his eyes (The audience laughing increases as he continued to insult him)

Jeyluxhal began to burn a deeper orange that flushed out into the red zone, boiling sweat dripped onto the ground beneath him and his right ear began to twitch uncontrollably with an mind of it's own; slobber cascading down the sides of his fangs to form a puddle, his paws turning white and his narrowing stiffness growing worse. Thought that he had to be restrained by Jasiri? Kion and his friends had to restrain Tabari from coming over there to kick the Simba Actor's ass on stage

SIMBA ACTOR: Am I to take a brain dead laughing hyena to be apart of the Pride Land's defenders, the hyena that takes after the look of Shenzi herself that nearly killed both me and your mother?!

"Sins of the adoptive mothers is more like it here" Tabari grunted but never swayed from his rage

KION ACTOR: If he were to laugh right now, he'd be warning you to back off. Unlike Kiara I ain't stupid to not know that his kind laughing is a warning sign

SIMBA ACTOR: The Lion Guard is not a game you play with, this is real. The Circle of Life and yours too will depend on who's on your team. There are plenty of good lions for the guard, take your responsibility just as seriously as Kiara takes hers... or is that not what you had in mind? You're not bearing the weight of being crowned but for once-

KION ACTOR: Dad! They've all shown their skills that makes them right for the job, and I don't have to care about what you think; I made the right choice and don't think that I'm onto her as well. I hate her because she's a brat who thinks she'll enjoy being the future queen and rubs it in my face constantly up my ass, she never shuts the hell up about it. I hate her, I hate her as much as I hate you disrespecting the choice of having an hyena being in the Guard; no I take that back, I hate her MORE than that

SIMBA ACTOR: She is your sister, Kion and as for that hyena that I refuse to call him by name; I want him gone. I do not want to see his face here in the Pride Lands again. He shouldn't even have been born in the Backlands according to his stinkin' drunk of a father, he deserves to live out the rest of his days in the Outlands where the rest of his kind are. His species are outcasts and undesirables. They're not fit for our territory

That kickstarted Jeyluxhal's rage motors again and started to rise up as the audience was laughing at his insult of being called a undesirable outcast and his father being called an stinkin' drunk, while the real Kion was stifling at this argument between him and his father

KION ACTOR: (DARKLY DEFIANT) No, I don't have a sister; not anymore!

(Simba is through with him disrespecting Kiara and violently slaps him across the face, having tears emitting in his eye as clawmarks had started to bleed out from the side of his face; first white before turning red as Kion laid on the ground slightly looking up to his father)

SIMBA ACTOR: You have disrespected my daughter for the last time, son. I've been fair to you just as I have been to him and your friends... (Jeyluxhal angrily leaves upset, stating that he can't stay here any longer and runs off as Simba looks at him unhurt by his leave) Yeah, and leave ya' pissant poacher

KION ACTOR: You haven't been fair to either of them, you called him a brain dead slobbering predator and you suggested I choose a group of lions over my friends

SIMBA ACTOR: Your mother will hear of this

KION ACTOR: No she won't because I ain't followin' you home. You got what you wanted, he's left because of your racist views on one hyena who is nothing like Janja and the others; I hate you both!

SIMBA ACTOR: (SHOUTS) Hey!

(Kion then proceeds to run off like Jeyluxhal did, as Simba watches on but with a unchanged look of bared fangs and distaste before he too left; the rest of the Guard split to follow both their new leader and their friend. Intermission begins)

"Ah good, an intermission. I felt this went on for awhile but gotta have details like his first roar, that's some good special effects there using the wind and the earth blasting from under his paws from where he stood" Ono spoke up though frowned upon seeing Tabari's hatred on his face that was made clear when this first started

"There is nothing less of effects that the Dragon Island Bushbucks could butcher" The fatherly hyena showed nothing but contemptive disgust for how based on his son's reactions that he's in the position to see him not for his speech but for his movements that he did not take what broke the law when it came to portraying him, and that is not being allowed to speak a word at all. The bushbucks have betrayed him that way. After that Tabari stretched out after laying down and stood up as he turned to face the team. "I said that the story was butchered by the Dragon Island Bushbucks, now's the time to explain as it was the first time I and her ever saw him this saddened and betrayed to the verge of shedding tears; he hated it so much that it's pressured him to the edge of sorrow. Now the same's about to happen again but without the love of his mother and just how unstable he's become by the end of it all, he will not be nor act so merciful for this attack on him and me. So here we go"

Tabari told the story of The Hyena Prince of the Shadowlands: The Warrior's Throne Within as detailed as his tongue could allow him to speak, remoistened as if it were never dried to with great explanation of the events that followed; he went onto the statement that was made as he and Najira first saw him this sad before because of how frustrating that it was inaccurately nothing when compared to the actual tale, it was a fate deserving to be reversed by the sands of time. He even went to explain what his appearance and weapons he wielded looked like too which can be seen right down here:

The Prince was a spotted-striped hyena who had dark red mane as his fur had a black color with tan and white stripes, an number of upward spiked quiff like bangs like a mohawk while behind it was a slicked back downward facing center-split mullet on the back of his neck; having a dark grizzle to black fox grey and status bronze colored fur as well as having a gauntlet grey colored underbelly that went all the way down to behind his tail. His mane was also smoothed out and a few parts of it were curly edged as in being curled upward, having been parted from the sides as such in the front while still looking like a smooth flattop. His smoothed out but curly edged ears that also went off to the sides had two fiercely curved cobra fangs acting like earrings on from the top to bottom, dried blood with clear triangular shaped cuts that went a bit slightly halfway down; his eye marks were a rounded edge triangle while his actual eyes were a kind of emerald to shamrock, moss, pear, lime amid chartreuse green color in order to describe the feral warrior within him as it was at their darkest around the outer rim and brightest around the black pupils so a visual appearance can be explained. He had dried blood on his triangular shaped cuts that were on his ears as well as having his snout have a few growing whisker spots like a wolf, there was also a slightly bigger ebony black nose that was also one of his traits. As for his rather fluffy and soft tail it was mostly straightened with a few curved tips like a fluer-de-lis all the way down to the straight tip, having both of his paws and hind paws be a little thicker than normally since they're all dipped in black like others of his kind in the process; though he had a few slicked and spiked up parts everywhere on his body so it's no wonder why he looks like the slain king. On his chest he had a spruce tree shape that spiked off toward the sides five times with each one being bigger than the last one until it made up his entire collarbone, to be specific it's the usual Christmas tree shape that's basic looking and it's really just narrowed down triangular shapes as they're stacked atop of one another before becoming a full shape altogether; fading off to the sides like his father's stubble that grew on him it was a floofeh chest that was not bushy like an squirrel's and cat's tail like when Oliver passed through an air vent in New York City, but what the hell, why should he worry? Some of his fur was slicked back on the far edges of his eyes so it can be dual pronged like a genet's and even had faint facial markings as if they're tattoos. Like his father he had longer bangs on top of his head while having eight long, light curving bangs on the sides of his face with two on the right side of his eye and the rest on the left side. Having big ebony black spots that were abundant while his stripes were thinned out sharply and veiled out so that the sun could expose them to the others that see him, there was a seven year long history of dried bleeding scars from the claws of his enemies to bitemarks from savages that're resorting to that barbaric tactic like he has. The inside of his ears were also ribbed like a bat as well since that too is also a trait of his father, the slain king and as for the reason on why he and Jeyluxhal looked similar to each other; that's because he was based on him when he first saw the story as he shared his look, getting mistaken for him because of his many traits

His tattoos consisted of two thick border bands on the top to bottom of both arms which have been spaced out in between with a small to medium size so that there's room just for the hell of it all, in the bands were a tribal barbed coil and spiral film reel strip with multiple squares that were in between the spaces; this was found just below the crest of the slain king's family which was shaped like a snarling hyena, a smeared pawprint that was bi-colored. Other tattoos were as mentioned before faint and faded but still present. Consisting of a genet's facial markings as such starting out from the closest sides of his eyes downward across to his snout, acting like the outer ring around the darker stubble fade that was barbed upward with a few strokes from his barbed tongue just so he can carry out the image of a hyena who has been hunted down seven years ago; wanting him to know that wherever he was out in the Shadowlands, his father would always be with him whenever he travelled throughout the serengeti as his reflection right on the other side of the broken cursed mirror that revealed the dark side within him. Given onto his markings were a bit of white downward curves that went along with the black dual pronged eyes looking a little more spiked and barbed like the basic tribal tattoo, adding black underlines that sharply shot out backwards and curved a little bit up before stopping as it sloped down an bit; his eyebrows it started out at the far ends through sloping them inward a bit before having them curve downwards sharply and stop, curving the close ends upward just a bit so that he can look fiercer which wasn't seen too much but can still be seen right behind his bangs that he left untouched. The snarling hyena of the slain king had it's long mane like his flowing from the back of it's head, a half smeared pawprint for better explanation; a reflective platinum, ash grey and a lighter silver sand to chalice grey color with blood red smeared edges to stand out in front of both his people in the kingdom and his allies as most of time it's faded and shrouded in front of his enemies. He also marked some almond to faded angel and daisy beige onto his snout based off Bupu who leads his own herd, though he's stubborn as he will not follow orders when there is a flood in the rainy season; it rested on both sides of his scapula muscles. The two swords he wields had different designs but are designed to be wielded as a pair, the Hawk was designed after a talon that sprouted off to the side with a forward pointing offward to the side before going slightly inward to itself; and then barbed outward again slightly as it's then curved upward like the talon of a hawk but as sharp as a eagle which gave it a scimitar look as the blade that's usually wielded by either hand with the other, the face on either side was a scrollwork border fitted with Persian elements and the head of the hawk sprouting the scimitar blade as both legs were used for the one-sided crossbar to be wielded like a baton. The handle was wrapped in black and the ornate hawk was golden along with the face design that's more of a bronze shine for the silvery blade itself. The Lion was also a scimitar blade but serrated as well with the eleven outward curved pointed teeth being based on the fangs of an actual lion, with the one-sided crossbar having back upward rearing wildcat that stood upon the flowing bands of thick sand grains that represented the sands of time flowing in his blood; pommel of the also black wrapped handle was a lion's roaring head and the top serration curved downward to the bottom just to point that one out. This one didn't have a design from Persian elements but what it did have was a silvery blade that shined, sharp as ever and could kill through disemboweling his nemesis through the chest; splitting him upward in half and then ripping through the ribcages as it was that swift as it was fast. On the other side of the one-sided crossbar there was a smoking horn that was in the form of a calligraphed capital D-shaped letter. Finally, these were oxidized with the blood of various foes that have fallen on his path of destruction after being hunted for seven long years; remaining as strong and never losing their thirst for the blood of his nemesis that took everything from him, including his birthright as the one and only Hyena Prince of the Shadowlands

"It was not a parody of one of our greatest tales nor was it not supposed to be funny either in any way, it was an absolute prime example of how to disrespect us and our kind; all because we are to be seen as the same as those in the New World in the West but there's a difference and that is a lion did not intrude upon the earth of our land so he can drive us away and claim it for his pride. Najira could not calm nor could she comfort him following the end of that all so awful lighthearted comedy, but without the comedy involved. He didn't want to be seen for two weeks, so he stayed with her and got fresh air alongside her whenever she strolled along the Backlands. No, he is not a happy hyena indeed... but I've tugged on enough strings of your hearts for one intermission; I shouldn't be leaving you to tend with this thought of seeing my son for whom others see him as and not what he really is. This was not made by Hadithi and this was made to attack him personally by bullies who wanted one last shot at him before stopping for good" Tabari ended his monologue focused around his son, leaving the Lion Guard to feel nothing but shame for tonight when the rest of the events followed from this point onward

Being disgusted for his broken law portrayal of him now breaking from his speech disorder is nothing amounting to the shame he felt for the load of bullshit that he's being attacked by in this anti-heyna propaganda, that's all that this is here; the first sight of himself on stage was a personalized attack against him. He's not being butthurt about himself being a woman, this is planned from the start and he wants to kill whoever was responsible for this entire show; the theater production that was meant to relentlessly shoot down everything that hinted toward the other side of hyenas that had families like he was supposed to have, nothing less of short to becoming an everyday animal like the rest are. As for Kion he was getting bad tastes to see and believe the hints of what he's like in the Pride Lands, he even wonders if the Lion Guard are even heroes anymore seeing that he's been told through the experiences of others when he asked the victims; having his questions being asked by his father given his speech disorder

He's no stranger to him and his friends being a unlikable bully to others: anyone outside their lands are not to eat in their territories as that amounted to being a reason as to hyenas he has begun to question their existence here like Jasiri living in the Outlands like the other villains such as Zira for example. Bunga interfered with Ushari hence becoming a vicious cobra that's wanting to see the Pride Lands burn thanks to him, he's also seeing him as the spiritual and to the fullest decree successor to Gulliver's Travel's notoriously unlikable Gabby. Fuli whose at least the nicest to him was said to have bullied a baby baboon while the stage showed that she was a damsel who can't fight Mzingo and his vultures, needing the rest to save her but she's a tomboy action girl who is not suited for that unwanted role. The first act hasn't even ending and he's already bitching and ranting about how terrible this is, christ and Chungu's also portrayed by a woman given that he looks like one because of his large look and he has blue eyeshadows. Janja and Cheezi look like Shenzi's offspring as their father's one of the other trios from other animated film sources. Simba's a racist dick and that bratty bitch called whatitsname keeps rubbing in it's brother's face about being queen, that's right he still acts as though that lioness cub doesn't exist out of spite for this anti-hyena propaganda

Returning his attention to the play whose intermission had ended, he was past the point of wanting to do this to make Jasiri happy after being moody for who knows how long it's been; to wanting to do things for himself and himself only. So what he wants to do now is leave as he's seen enough, though that was before Anga flew down to perch on upper backplate and thus he was forced to lay down so she could have some steady ground to perch on

"Anga? Beshte mentioned your name once or are you a different... nevermind" Jasiri asked but thought that she might've mistaken her to be someone else

"I'm the one named Anga alright, and I couldn't watch anymore from up there. Looked like he was ready to kill Hadithi from the way I've seen it" She looked down on whom she landed on

"This one's not much of a talker like you are, he was ready to go ballistic on whoever gave his actress the idea to start speaking; that voice isn't even fitting because I imagined his being a kind of deep, husky, gravellish, gruff and rather brooding if not to-the-point" She told her as the martial eagle sensed something in him before getting off

"Wonder how the acting troupe's gonna do with me if I'm somehow shoehorned into this" She muttered to herself as Jasiri cracked a joke to her

"If anything at least it'll be miles better than someone who has a puppy crush on a cheetah that doesn't like her fur being touched" Laughing to herself for this, too bad this served only to further anger Jeyluxhal as he slammed his paw down once and three more times after an four second delay; snarling as he'll be doing that for a long time as the show goes on. This is another case for some-

SKIP AHEAD-SKIP AHEAD-SKIP AHEAD

(Kion and his friends including Jeyluxhal whose voice was that of Ronald Weasley's Year II to Beyond voice since the actress was said to do male voices well, though in this case it was not even close to Rupert Grint's actual voice in the film series, were undergoing the events of the time that the Guard once felt so worried for Fuli because she spent too much time alone; as a matter of fact the subplot about Bunga believing he can't die is ignored in favor the main plot but there is no singing involved in this whatsoever. This is where Kion was at his worst and to Jeyluxhal, he was shoehorned into this matter hence the actress acting like she didn't want to be involved in affairs that concerned her girlfriend; she's essentially pretending that she's an boy in order to make this happen but fails because she doesn't hide her femininity)

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KION ACTOR: (IRRITATED) She got to hang out with us, that should be better than hunting alone but no; she prefers this. Now we're all moping about wishing to take back what was done in the past just now. (TO JEYLUXHAL) You hear what I'm saying about this?

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (IRRITATED THAT HE DIDN'T GET THE HINT THROUGH HIS SKULL) She told you everything you needed to know about why she's a loner just as much as your friend's fat diarrhea gas hole stinkin' redskin of a chuba unca is and should be, 'cause he poisons the appetites of others before they know they just lost them

"I've heard just about enough slandering for one play, cut it out with the so-called anti-hyena message" Kion expressed, annoyed with this whole play being made to insult Tabari's son

BUNGA ACTOR: (CALLS OUT JEYLUXHAL) Hey! That's one of my two uncles, Pumbaa you're talkin' bout and who you calling him a redskin?

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (MATTER OF FACT) Pumbaa is red for a reason, and that's to stand out among and against all the greens, tans, browns, blues and greys here in the Pride Lands. (RETURNS TO THE TOPIC AT HAND) And when she hunts alone, she gets to fill that stomach that's in need of whatever she sets her eyes upon but now you of all animals here decided that's Scar worthy of villainous acts being committed; hell, it's even above his killing of the lion that I looked up to

KION ACTOR: Oh so just wanting to give her a family's higher than Scar killing grandpa, that makes it a whole lot better. We thought she'd be happier with company

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (TURNS AWAY SHAMEFULLY TOWARDS FULI'S DIRECTION WHERE SHE RAN OFF) No, you thought she'd be better off with company to hassle her from whatever those eyes are set on something worthy of being something to get that energy to use for her speed; not me. At least I brought her out of the water when Beshte interfered in her loner affairs

KION ACTOR: (UNCARING) She called you out on following her everywhere she appeared in and knew that it's not a coincidence that you're popping up in unexpected places. You think that any girl like her would be thankful for that? For all of the daydreaming of your own little puppy crush on a cheetah like her, it's no wonder she doesn't return the same to you. In fact she wouldn't even feel so grateful for you saving her life

"Enough" The lion cub spoke again

BUNGA ACTOR: (TEASINGLY) Yeah, it's highly unlikely that you would ever have a girlfriend

"Stop!" The honey badger this time stepped in

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (HOSTILE & DEFENSIVE) Don't question my feelings for her Kion, you are not to be trusted with a lioness of your own kind or others. You expected her to be happier because of that, because of you she never wanted to be more alone than she did right now and left before I had the choice to tell her I didn't want to be apart of this. She blames me too for interfering with one hunt that she wanted to be alone for, but furthermore (PINS BUNGA DOWN WITH HIS SUDDEN LUNGE) Tease me again about my feelings towards her Bunga and I will not be very tolerant of that, you have had the only warning I am intent on giving (HEAVES AS IF HE WAS ABOUT TO CRY) I hate, hate, hate having my feelings for someone I love being used against me

"This is unacceptable, how long do we have to listen to these slanders about this inaccurate gender portrayed victim for? The audience are bordering on the line of shouting, get on with it" Anga huffed one out, looking around as the animals were intent on watching above the stage before turning to the hyena himself who was wanting to end it right now

"It'll get better, you're doing this for me aren't you?" Jasiri tried her best to calm him down, asking if he was doing this for her by staying even if he didn't like this play so much

Jeyluxhal's expression remained unmoving from that disgusted look with barred fangs, but it did show that he was saying: "I was... once, now I'm gonna be leaving for myself; even if this makes me selfish" His stomach was rising more clearly underneath him, huffing out his nose where all the air came from. Returning his attention to the stage above them

"How is this even approved by the king?" The martial eagle asked herself, the negative portrayal of him was bad enough as it is

(The scenario goes on to show everything that happened with Fuli going her own way, but as she does so begins to question why can't the Guard let her hunt alone? Spoken through what was supposed to be Jeyluxhal's defining trait, his silence she wandered about throughout the lands. After that she thought back on the time that came by when Jeyluxhal and her spent that night ago, it wasn't shown just her reaction which looked all dreamy. Looking back over from the tree she passed, she decided to let her frustrations be vented and took this chance to get her eyes set on the antelope that was unaware of her presence; actually slaying it this time. Though she felt nothing but a hollow victory in the end once she finished up, but was willing to spend the last few good moments of being alone since she realized that her friends were like her family so she can stay comfortable with those she trusts around her. Leaving as soon as she could before reuniting with her friends. Needless to say, Jeyluxhal was bored by this but Fuli felt as though ignoring Bunga's cockiness about being immune didn't mean much to the whole lesson she learned. After that came the scenario that involved the time that Ono happened to be the caretaker for the as-of-this-time unhatched egg)

KION ACTOR: (ALERTED) What happened?

ONO ACTOR: Someone put a egg in my nest...

BUNGA ACTOR: Hey alright, someone's gonna be a great mom; that much I know for sure

BESHTE ACTOR: (STARTLED BUT SUDDEN REALIZATION) Ooh man, I don't think that can be right there Little B

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (LOW VOLUMED MOODY) You're tellin' me, hatchling's not his blood and he knows which mother it came from. Don't you, Ono?

ONO ACTOR: (EXAMINING) Judging by the speckles and the size of the egg, I say we got ourselves a child of an hamerkop. They're excellent parents though...

FULI ACTRESS: There's more to this than we know, better find the mother fast

"You sound like this is a crime show episode about finding the child of a desperate mother, if we had law enforcement here in the Pride Lands we'd be facing unfair brutality but... that's not what Mufasa would want now isn't that right?" Tabari snarked, he's not always this so moody but when he is; it's reasonable for the mistreatment of his son and their refusal to let him explore what there was so much for him left before he sets his eyes on his revenge plan

"We didn't know she was building a new nest out of harrier hawk grounds, 'least she won't be bothering them now but still she couldn't hunt here" Fuli explained

"Really? My thoughts on this is that: it's filler to set up what Ono and I were talking about, we made it sound like it's a plot twist that revolves around one of the Guard's bloodlines to one of the rogues you face on a near daily basis; that's not the case because these inaccurate and if I might say very racist actors who like to shove their unwelcoming of us down my son's pipe did indeed plan something worse. It's no surprise to me or Ono, but to be vague about it will make you understand what we're also hinting towards; remember about what I said about it further damaging the images of us and other species of the rogues you fought to protect the Pride Lands, and it's all because we're predators who are punished for not wanting to break the Circle of Life but at the same time seeking something to feast on for survival. Rumors are already plaguing my son's mind with him wondering if he was interacting with bullies all this time, bullies who don't let other animals eat, bullies who spray them with and bullies who're low enough to bully even a baby of a species that neither he nor Fuli likes. You were all a cub, hatchling, pup and a baby once but so was he; even in the mind of an adolescent who is led by his mission to seek retribution for her in her name just as I am" He monologued with a breeze of wind blowing through his mane as if he were a Native American brave of the Dakota Tribe

"That's a very philosophical description, Rafiki taught you or-" Kion started to ask

"Along with historical tellings of what occurred to them as their investigator of the like, I deal in situations that have meanings to them. What I said about the thought of him having been hanging out with animals who bully others out of the Pride Lands because it's not their own territory all for a delicacy of sorts exclusive to here, he has made up a group of friends so he could stand against their atrocious misdeeds as if they were not learning their lessons like all parents should be teaching them. He sees it as if he betrayed his morals when he was young, but the pup his friends knew him as had joined his mother and my mate; I never wanted to believe the one I loved never existed all to spare my pain now more than ever. I've spoken on for awhile, the moment of revealing the answer to our vague twist that'll anger my son awaits the endgame of the play" He went back to being silent again after that

ONO ACTOR: Not much hollow space is up here, it's close to hatching; better go on without me to find the mother

BUNGA ACTOR: Kion could use your help, I'll cover for you; after all I'm great at babysitting (He goes on to climb up the tree before attempting to leap with a spring off the branch and onto the egg, to which Ono clotheslined him in the stomach with his leg to which he clasped around to stop himself from falling off)

ONO ACTOR: I got this covered, Bunga. (TURNS TO THE REST) Come back with this egg's mom soon alright?

FULI ACTRESS: (SNIFFS) Her scent is still strong, it shouldn't be hard to track her down. (TURNS TO KION) Your thoughts on this?

KION ACTOR: Oh yeah, I got it. We'll be back before you know it, move out!

BESHTE ACTOR: Hope that hatchling doesn't... turn into a hassle for you, Ono

"That was some pause there, guess I'm just not feeling so sure today. But at least I don't sound like I'm in need of a drink anymore... oh, wait a minute; throat's dry" Beshte turned around, heading off to catch a quick drink before returning to his spot

ONO ACTOR: If it's a hassle, turn into a soap opera and give it a few laughs in between; catch some good viewers (The audience laughed at this due to his dry humor) Now then let's figure out what's needed, I'm no bigger than the rest but... with a little bit of workout into getting in the right position along with a few molted feathers for warmth even when the sun's out; who are we to complain? (ONO LAYS ATOP OF THE EGG ON HIS STOMACH WITH WINGS COVERING THE SIDES) Hmmm... not feeling very comfortable with being seen like this though

(Unknown to him Jeyluxhal was still there at his nest, having never left and wanting to make sure that nothing happens to his egret friend. Back to being silent as if she never broken the one law that was established but she lost her chance and cannot be trusted to be faithful to whom he actually is as opposed to what she's portraying him as. He's past the point on hating her taking the role of him who has no clue on who he is or what he's like, not even having an basic idea of what kind of hell he went through. Soon enough though everything goes as the story went through in the least awful way, which gives the Lion Guard- more like fools them into thinking that this part was written by Hadithi but had executive meddling in his affairs to the point of being left with nothing but writing the script exactly as whoever wanted this to be asked for. Now they were about to douse not only him but Fuli as well with humiliation and embarrassment as the next part of the play begins with her bathing in the sun, something that was special to him as it was the time that she learned and understood why he doesn't talk; a value that was ruined because she broke the law of being silent throughout the play. Jeyluxhal heated up again)

"Oh boy, he's getting steamed again" Jasiri noted and winced, tensing up slightly with her lower eyelids arching up while her eyes in general were narrowing

Anga shook her head and shifted her wings up as if she were shrugging. "You think? Just when I thought they'd knock it-" She cut herself off when she turned around to find Tabari, who was with Beshte, approaching her

Leaning down a little to Jasiri, who was stroking the older and unstable hyena's back as if she was trying to calm him down

"Hang on, I'll be back" She told her as she lept off and glided her away to the fatherly hyena, who stopped before the martial eagle

She on the otherhand hovered in place before slowly descending and dropping firmly to the ground, Tabari wasted no time in telling her why he had come here as she guessed that this is something that meant something to his son; and this play was going to treat it like a joke

"Anga I presume? Tabari, historian of the Backlands and-" He started to introduce himself before he was cut off

"His father. I know who you are" Anga finished

"Everyone does, you grew up where my son was supposed to, had things gone another way" Tabari was aware everyone knew who he was and he knew the martial eagle grew up where he lived, huffing to one side with his face turned and speaking lowly to himself about how if things had gone another way; his son would've been given a better life

Anga leaned back a little and raised a brow at what she heard him say

"I think it's better to hear this from your friend Beshte, you're more familiar with him than you are with me"

The stoic and purple feathered martial eagle nodded as Tabari breathed out through his nose

"My son, Jeyluxhal, he... hmm. He doesn't like opening up to others about moments he spent with those, this next section of the play is gonna be just that. Since the performers, let alone the director of this play that's supposedly being directed by Hadithi himself, don't care about what my son is protesting or his personal feelings give they're embarassing him in front of all these animals; because they don't care..."

"They're invading his privacy" She bluntly stated

"More than you realize. I know about what happened, but Beshte here should be the one to tell you. He's more aqauinted with you than I am, and you deserve to know the truth from a friend you trust than a 'fat, stinkin' drunk of an abusive father' like me" Tabari narrowed his eyes when he emphasized what the play has been repeatedly calling him, growling with his fangs drooling saliva through the cracks of his teeth that were ready to be stained in red but sealed his lips and turned to face the hippo by his side. "Being reserved doesn't mean there isn't a lot to say about herself, but that doesn't mean she disagrees if she doesn't say nothing when you tell her what really happened"

He stepped off to the side as Beshte started to tell his friend Anga about Jeyluxhal's moment and interaction with Fuli, making it as simple as it could be to let her know why he's looking uncomfortable about this next part in the play

"From what Fuli told us: it started when she was chasing a buffalo into the Marsh Forest when it tricked her into falling off a cliff and into a lake. Jey said that he was playing with a kitten as well when he saw her drying herself off, she kind've looked more like she was enjoying what sunlight there was like it's a day on the beach than... well, she did say her paws felt like she's been running on nothing but brimstone according to Jey. But you heard what Tabari said, you don't need his son to say something to know what he's thinking. This next part is something I don't get, he carried her on his back even knowing that Fuli doesn't like having her touched"

There was no response from Anga as she stood there, keeping true to being silent when she's being addressed by Beshte or others as she was now

"He said that he wasn't touching her fur if he wasn't using his paws to do it, he lifted her with his snout and had her slide on top to his back. Just like that and the two were off, at least... at least when it got too dark for them to go any further. According to her, he was doing this out of returning the favor 'cause she got two cheetahs off his back; one of them was licking him 'til he bled and the other just stood there. But hey that's Edeni and Imani for you, the former is worried we won't be there to save them again if they get into trouble. She got her revenge though, but he did the work by setting up a trap and told her to enjoy the prey she chased all the way to that cliff. Had to make him stay and eat something to keep his strength up, you've probably guessed at this point she was curious about why he doesn't talk... compared to you of course, even if isn't much"

Beshte huffed one out and began to conclude what happened between Fuli and Jeyluxhal, it had a lot of things he couldn't get into since he felt the former should be the one to tell her; nevertheless, he pushed on

"I'm sorry I can't tell you everything, but I can tell you that she used a trick to see into his dreams as if they're hers; it was something taught by Rafiki and she wanted to know why he's acting so distant. They bid each other farewell, but not before introducing themselves first. The two of them were so focused that they didn't tell each other who they were when they first met. I understand if you don't see why this means something to him, and-"

The martial eagle crossed her wings and tilted her head down, gesturing that she understood

"Thanks. See you after the play, if it doesn't get worse from here"

Anga nodded to this as the hippo started to leave, with Tabari stepping back in front of her. "I know very well what's going to happen at the end, and you'd better be gone by the time he's reached his boiling point" That was all that was said by him before the fatherly hyena left and returned to the Guard, while she returned next to Jasiri and watched on

(Fuli dried off completely before standing up, not responding to when some bushes shook an few two yards away from her. She decided to flirt with whoever was hiding behind her, she's known full well that it was actually him who was watching)

FULI ACTRESS: (UNCOMFORTABLE FLITATIOUS TONE) Say mister, how long are you going to make me wait out here? Everyone knows about your feelings towards me, my friends for one-

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (STEPS INTO THE SCENE AND GETS DEFENSIVE ABOUT HIS FEELINGS) They wouldn't dare, I would've been forced into hiding myself from the others. Kion said you wouldn't be thankful for me popping up in every place you've been forced into joining only for them to not be what you wanted them, and for one that wasn't shit that got onto your fur when you were with Ono

FULI ACTRESS: Yes it was

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (FRANK) Don't lie to yourself

FULI ACTRESS: (DEFENSIVE) Are you telling the truth to yourself? It's in the past and it's been done, no need to get all amped up about that one moment when I just wanted to be alone; (TURNS AWAY FROM HIM) I don't need to learn that lesson again...

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: I don't want fight, I'll take you back to the Pride Lands (He approaches to carry her upon his back though she took this as a threat before abusively attacks him; pinning him to the ground) Ow... I said I was gonna take you back to the Pride Lands (throws her off and covers his nose)

FULI ACTRESS: (INNOCENTLY UNCOMFORTABLE LIKE WHEN TIMON WAS TOUCHING HER) You know I don't like having my fur touched (Jeyluxhal growls with her changing attitude to as if she was just kidding while returning to her flirty ways with him) Oh don't growl at me, it was a sudden reaction. I won't hit you anymore, I promise bae

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (CALMER) Alright... I'll do it for you, I mean you were just playing with me so allow me to treat you like the princess that Kion never did if he invited you into his... ah that don't matter if he's a lion, reindeer games we'll call 'em. Let's go... (SNARKY) unless you want to take forever to fix your fur that is (SNICKERS) Ah let's go now, for real

Jeyluxhal buried himself under the foolishness that his actress is making him into, the other animals took the relationship between him and her as being cute; some animals see it as to tease him. Jasiri told them off which did little to stop them from teasing him whenever they can, making kissy faces at him and asking if he wants his girlfriend that Bunga said he's highly unlikely to ever have in the form of her. He banged his head against the ground three times, harder each time with the third popping some of the bumps that bled out; heaving from the stress that was plaguing him

(The rest follows as the butchered moment between Jeyluxhal who had a male actor for this scene but was just as awful as his actress with the same unfitting voice as her and Fuli began walking together close to one another, exaggerating the time that was spent alone with each other as a romantic relationship as the two of them had fun with each other. These moments included carrying her on his back, hunting the water buffalo who served no purpose to Fuli as unlike in real life where she was looking to eat this creature; it did not have a reason outside of being apart of the romance scene. Once the two got snuggled together as the two watched the night sky, she went to tease him as she got closer to him with each sentence that's being spoken. For the hell of it, Jeyluxhal's male actor on stage will still be referred to as an actress since both of them know nothing about the actual hyena himself and are all in all making him look bad on purpose; oh to hell with everything, let's do this)

FULI ACTRESS: (TEASINGLY) Hmm... I'm a tomboy too, you know

JEYLUXHAL ACTOR (FOR THIS ENTIRE SCENE AT LEAST): Neh, what else is new?

FULI ACTRESS CONT.: (FLIRTY) The cheetah with the soft fur that Timon has a disregard for my distaste to anyone touching it, like those baboons

JEYLUXHAL ACTOR: (STUBBORN) Good lord Fuli, those baboons are actual animals; not savage tribesmen and besides, it's not that soft. I couldn't even feel it when you let those friends of yours who interrupted your hunt so many times to hug you, that's why I didn't join in when you let them for once

FULI ACTRESS: (TAKES THIS A CHALLENGE) Oh? It's not soft, I see... Jey, I've treated you fairly throughout the time we worked together in the Lion Guard. Guess it's no more Mrs. nice cheetah for you, and I guess I'm gonna have to prove it through the only way that I can; and you know what means (SMIRKS AS SHE APPROACHES CLOSER)

JEYLUXHAL ACTOR: (PLAYFUL CHUCKLE) No, no Fuli, don't proceed to call yourself a hypo-

FULI ACTRESS: (SARCASTIC) So I'm a hippo like our chubby muscle Beshte? I've never wanted to be more like him than now because, I have to say down the bottom of my heart... you really don't know your species well given that you were raised by a drunk stinkin' father whose supposed to be smart. But that's alright though, that's what I expect from someone nerdier than Ono. Seriously, have you actually ever talked to a girl like me? (POINTS TO HERSELF)

"Even for sarcasm that was rude and uncalled for coming from someone whose been acting as true to the real one possible, minus being all flirty towards him and at least when you told us about your time with him; it didn't sound so forced much like some awful vampire love story" Ono commented on, not taking her hurtful and rude sarcasm well by calling Jeyluxhal a hyena that never talked to a girl before like this; acting like the nice guy towards the alpha bitch that was taking advantage of him so she can put him down to the floor literally and shuddering at having to mention those bat transforming undead creatures that remain alive in the night

"I don't think you'll want to even be like me, you'll get dehydrated just as fast as you run... if you can ever run that fast with a build like mine; and besides, you're gonna be sweating blood just to keep yourself basking with water" Beshte listed the drawbacks of his kind, including sweating actual blood because of the lack of true sweat glands hippos like him have

"Thanks for listing the problems, because that was sarcasm; she didn't actually mean it. And I agree with Ono, that was rude and snobbish, at least not as much as Kiara is in this play" Fuli sarcastically replied at first before agreeing with the egret about how horrendous that was. "And excuse me but did she just say he never talked to a girl before?" She asked, seeing the rising misandrist (male equivalent to mysogynist/someone who hates men) sexism in that not-so-subtle taunt and frowning with visible outrage dawning on her face. This was ever so shameful to such a wonderful moment of getting to know him, he just wanted to repay his debt for giving him an act of kindness and this was the depiction the two of them have saw

"This acting troupe is another hack with a lack of respect to the inspirations behind their plays such as The Hyena Prince of the Shadowlands: The Warrior's Throne Within for example, and I have the biggest deliberate thought that it was planned to make me angry but not being able to do anything to them because my son was more important; and now it makes no difference to what happens when I either act or let them do as what pleases them, and I am not going to let them do what pleases them" Tabari spat out in venomous hatred, he was not sugarcoating it now and whatever they do; he will make them leave the Pride Lands forever as this will be the last show that they ever butcher again in the name of anti-hyena propaganda

JEYLUXHAL ACTOR: Fuli... You should know that I hate having my feelings for someone I love be used against me like this, you've pinned the blame on me too when I didn't bring you to a family with my fat stinkin' drunk of a dad just so you can see how awful it is; and you ran off before I even got to tell you that I wanted no part in this with your friends, especially not that honey badger. (ANGRISH FRUSTRATION) A load of- *BRRaauGHH!* (CENSORED THROUGH FOAMING SLOBBER FILLING MOUTH)

FULI ACTRESS: Bae... bae... listen to me (JEYLUXHAL FACES HER) Finally, you got it off your chest and about time too. Jey, I knew you've been in love with me back when we were a pup and a cub together. You had nothing to hide from me and now, neither do I; so even though I don't think of you in a romantic way of at all and not once in the slightest, I'm willing to take a chance. Now keep that mouth shut and let's satisfy the lust that drives you

(The two embraced each other with their necks curled around one another, receiving praise from many of the shippers in the audience who were waiting for this to happen; cheering out as Jeyluxhal let out a gut-chruning snarling vocal that rumbled out of his mouth before with a slam of his arms down, he got up and stormed off from the audience. Jasiri and Anga watched on before following him to where he angrily left, Tabari watched his son leave before he let himself shake his head at the direction that this play's going)

"What the hell is wrong with this audience? That's what the vague explanation's about, there aren't anymore- at least one more story to cover before we get to the ending of this play that has been written to destroy everything that he's been mis-established as before. Nothing and I speak with the words of a wiseman, nothing about this was foreshadowed previously just so you know and this means it comes out of nowhere all of a sudden" He snarled and revealed more of his vague explanation about what it was that's damaging their species and the others reputations as predators

(The next intermission begins right here, right now and following this confrontation only then will it end)

Finding him in a makeshift burrow like his home, she entered inside while Anga perched on the outside's protruding branch. The following scene takes place as though his face is heavily shadowed, that didn't make him less terrifying when he's angry especially since he didn't talk and let his actions do it for him; but it was clear to her that he was not appreciative for being led to watch some hyena hating production that was made clearly to shove it into his face on how much the Pride Lands hates animals like him and her

"Jey? Hey, hey hey hey, Jey; come on. Tell me: are you alright?" Jasiri tried to place a paw on his shoulder but was thrown off, turning to face her with this expression of perceived betrayal and hostility

Jeyluxhal showed total dominance of threats towards the Dragon Island Bushbucks, he was not alright in the slightest. He hates this play so much, hot tears were already glinting in his eyes with that look of disgust having strained his facial bones so much that it was painful to release them; he took his earrings off and threw them to the floor, stomping on them with rapid slams of his right paw. Frightening Jasiri and causing Anga to dive into the scene, just as she started to break up the fight by grabbing on the front of his shoulders; flapping her wings to force him into shielding his eyes with his arms, pecking his skin and swiping both of her talons to get him to back off as she defended the hyena pup behind her

"I know it's upsetting but you're overreacting, and to be fair this isn't the way I wanted to meet you in person" Anga stepped in after stopping for a few seconds

His expression didn't change a bit, but what did however was the vocal rumbling growls out of his throat that told her that he's not the one overreacting; Jasiri led him into this trap from the beginning

"She didn't know it was made by racist animals, nothing about the slab of stone said that it's an rally for hyena haters!" She defended her by saying that the description didn't really tell her that it wasn't meant for hyenas who don't take the jokes made by the lions about them too well

Jeyluxhal fumed greater and made a expression that looked like he was about to blow a even worse gasket, translating his face as if he was saying that she is either lying to him in front of his face or she's keeping secrets out of using how he feels about her against him. Because of the way he expressed that, she began to harass him more until she had him at the neck atop of him; only getting off when his breathing slowed down to a more calmer pace but that did not mean he himself was calm. Coming out of the makeshift burrow that he kicked down to have it collapse into sticks and stones, he breathed in the air but never softened himself up

He was even more down for the fact that their problems were shoved into his face, he didn't want any of this and because Baridi didn't show himself feeling that he was satisified with his mother's death; he was being denied what was deserving of him to have and that was for the retribution that she needed, be avenged is all he asks for. Revenge can poison the mind of an animal like him but at this point, he sees no difference between the two and all throughout the night he had been nothing but pissed off at this point. A trunk from one of the younger elephants wrapped around his biceps, not looking to see who it was that grabbed him as he tensed further and even more so when he heard the comment from the elephant; which so happens to be Mtoto himself

"Your costume doesn't look bad, but she has more bitemarks than scars and your tattoos are on the wrong side" He let him go and ran off as Jeyluxhal furiously and even though he was nice to both Wemu and Tenu, he viciously countered the calf that it was not, throwing a rock against the three before beating his paws against it's thick bark; as if he wanted to destroy it. Only to be stopped by Jasiri

"Well well, no dessert for you young man" She joked with him, only earning a slobbering and snarlish growl in return; wanting nothing more to be involved in her company. She's brought him here to face more hyena hater bullshit like the selfish pup that he's begun to think of her as, returning to the play once more

(The second to last section of the play showed the Kutpatana Ceremony where there was of course singing, which means that Hadithi lied about this play having no singing involved since this was not a musical whatsoever. However because the actress herself is self-aware about her bad singing, she refused to take part of this and stood her ground when the Lion Guard motioned her to take part; standing there with irritation)

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (IRRITATED) I am not one of those hyenas who sing, Kiburi would agree because he doesn't either; but unlike you it's for good reason. He's in no mood to be dealin' with legal disputes between his villainous allies and his float

Kiburi shifted from his spot in the water, coming out with half of his body dripping just as she said this; huffing out through his nostrils because he couldn't have said it better himself, but since when did he have to share his thoughts about not singing? To him violence is always his solution to every problem that he and his float come across, compromises is another thing in which he doesn't support given his arrogant ideals

BUNGA ACTOR: Oh shut up, party pooper; you're no fun!

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: I like to see you be fun, you wouldn't be a great comedian since you're not funny to fit the job description

BUNGA ACTOR: (COCKY/FAKING SURPRISE) Well ain't I and Timon 'n Pumbaa a wet dog stinkin' odor smellin' uncle like your dad

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: Ain't you a god damn grievously vile cold blood-running slut face who burns everything he sprays his fatter than Louis from The Princess and the Frog's ass at! (LUNGES AT BUNGA LEADING TO OFF-SCREEN FIGHT)

"But I like Louis..." Someone complained in the crowd

"The Princess and the Frog was a great film!" Another shouted

"Give that hyena some deserved hell for dissing a classic!" The third one wanted to start a fight but Jeyluxhal was in no mood for one

"It's his opinion, there's need to get into a fuss about it!" Jasiri turned around to yell at them

"Hyenas shouldn't be denying the truth about how good the film is because they don't have the right to have opinions in the first place, slut burger!"

"Oh good comeback there pal, we'll enjoy the film when you stop slandering him every second that passes" This time it was Anga who confronted them

"I'll slander you in the ass, bitch. That's what I'll do!" A Simba fan roared in front of her face

"YEAH!" A bunch of animals agreed in union

"Everyone shut up, shut the hell up! These hyenas aren't leaving the Pride Lands, we need them for the Circle and he's not changing his opinion; you either respect it or leave. Let them wait for the play to end and express their thoughts on how they felt, shut up!" A skunk stood up and told everyone to shut up, threatening to spray the offenders with his twitching tail right before he sat back down; turning back to face the makeshift stage. He was then petted by Jasiri's paw on the back. "Thanks, it's a stressful day I've had" He nodded

No more than seven seconds later, Timon's voice was heard in the audience though he's not seen. "Pumbaa if you're still here, we're heading back to the falls for some grub after this"

At last there was the final act of the whole story but it was the worst one of them all because it is where the vague answer to Tabari's riddle on why other animals such as the likes of but is not limited to Janja's Clan, Reirei's Pack, Kiburi's Float and of course Shupavu's Group were banished to the Outlands was revealed to the audience who agreed with everything on stage here. These animals were led under Simba's rule but even he should not agree with how they're portraying not only his relationship with his son, but even their enemies because for as much as they are a misguided bunch seeking to break the Circle of Life that Jeyluxhal couldn't give less shits about; this would only fuel their goals for taking over the Pride Lands and make them want to destroy in the name of Zira herself. In fact, she's the greater scope villainess of the whole ordeal as to how he returned in the first place in Tabari's mind. Nevertheless, this story's loosely based on the time that Kiara was left in charge of the Pride Lands while Simba attended the funeral of his old elephant friend Aminifu; though it's not exactly the way that things play out as it also mixes in the time Kion was afraid to use the Roar again after causing his mother Nala to be in danger like in the past. All in a original story that's just as horrible as the rest of the play written to be offensive towards hyenas like him, so here we go

(We begin with the two siblings in a fight over the tree that the two were gonna sharpen their claws against, that is until Simba stepped in to settle the conflict just after this brief exchange of friendly words against each other)

KION ACTOR: (GROWLS) Back off!

KIARA ACTRESS: (GROWLS BACK) You back off, I found this tree first so step aside!

KION ACTOR: I don't see you markin' the bark, and I don't have to do what you say

SIMBA ACTOR: She can and will, because she's in charge while we're visiting the Kilio Valley for a few days

KIARA ACTRESS: (CURIOUS) You're visiting the elephants?

SIMBA ACTOR: (CASUAL) It's a funeral we have to attend, Animifu passed away. Natural causes

"The king wouldn't mention his cause of death so casually like this" Zazu figured, nothing in this play was normal but he suspected that this one was the least normal of them all following the shocking scene of Simba hitting his son; if Kiara actually witnessed that if he did hit him... no, it's not appropriate for him to let his mind speak of those things to him at this time

KION ACTOR: (MOURNFUL) Oh what a shame...

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (OFFSCREEN) Bummer man...

BESTHE ACTOR: (OFFSCREEN) Very sad...

"We sound like we were expecting him to die" Beshte commented

"Not to sound snobbish here but, Translation: we sound we're uninterested at the news and all in all just plain bored out of our minds, but that's not surprising given how long this is for three acts" Ono corrected him and went on to note the lack of convincing mournfulness in each and every one of their actors' voices

"That wasn't snobbish" Kion disagreed, too focused on how much this play embarrassed him for how arrogant and even bordering on the line of evil he was

KIARA ACTRESS: I vaguely remember him at all, except for the fact that he was wise

SIMBA ACTOR: After Scar's defeat he helped us return the Pride Lands back to the lushing green and golden rich savannas that it was before, but when one herd of elephants led by him return; so do the others follow as the Circle came back into balance. Now... he's completed his part

KIARA ACTRESS: How long will you be gone again? I'm a little nervous about... this

SIMBA ACTOR: Just a few days, and I was nervous about ruling the Pride Lands at too first. But it's alright, I have faith in you and the Lion Guard. Keep the peace and everything will be fine, I know you'll not let me down princess... Queen I should say (LEAVES THE STAGE) Elephants and their traditions, taking them very seriously as Zazu would say; it doesn't matter and it's not the end of the Pride Lands if I screw up at the last minute, damn

Needless to say the elephants were in a uproar with what he said, of course they take them as seriously as they can; it's for the younger generation and despite all that when the king screwed up at the last minute, it was some much needed humor in times of sadness because Animifu's a lovable lad. Plus it's true what he said, he's always got shit on him and always made them laugh; this play took itself too seriously when it needs to be lighthearted but did the same when it was in need of being serious, this was not a comedy where every five seconds the genre's different. They're gonna give Hadithi a piece of their mind, oh and ironically his name also included clean in the meaning along with upright, trustworthy, loyal and straight

(The next scene changes to the Lion Guard minus Ono being present at the time as the latter of all members flew ahead to Pride Rock, leading them to follow him and seeing that he's getting himself clean; startled at Kion's sudden appearance which led to this exchange of words of the two)

ONO ACTOR: (DEFLATED) Kiara asked me to give her the morning report, and you know how I am with keeping up appearances

KION ACTOR: (IGNORANT) Not necessary, she has Zazu to do it for her

BESHTE: (LOWERS HIS HEAD TO HIM) He went with the king and queen to Kilio Valley to teach him some of his Elephantese skills, but I guess you didn't see him when they left

(Everything goes as Tiifu and Zuri announce her majesty, the ruler of the Pride Lands and one who doesn't want him around as Kion added as part of her introduction to let everyone know that she hates him; Kiara as everyone made way for the queen. Bunga insisted on bowing to her though she stopped him)

KIARA ACTRESS: That's not necessary

TIIFU ACTRESS: Come on Kiara, you're queen now even if it's for a few days. Let him bow

ZURI ACTRESS: Yeah, everyone should bow (Kion refused to bow to her sister and turned his back on her) Hey!

KION ACTOR: Not from her "little" brother that she can say goodbye to after the report, what is so important to use Ono for even if it's for a little bit as in... THE ENTIRE DAY?

ONO ACTOR: (CONCERNED/RUBS HIS WING AGAINST HIS SIDE) I'm starting to feel something happened between you and your dad again... You feeling alright?

KIARA ACTRESS: Beshte said this before but he went with mom and dad, I just need someone to give me the morning report; plus he's the keenest of sight

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (RUDE) Tell us something we don't know

KIARA ACTRESS: (THOUGHTFUL) Hmmm... how about? You talk to me with respect the same way you talk to your girlfriend (SHARP PELTING PEBBLES WAS THROWN AT HER BODY) Ow!

KION ACTOR: You should've asked me beforehand that you were gonna need him for the entire day

TIIFU ACTRESS: Kion, she is your queen

ZURI ACTRESS: She doesn't have to ask anyone for anything anymore

KIARA ACTRESS: (TO TIIFU AND ZURI) Except for the report, remember that unlike last time when you called them here for a fur-emergency

KION ACTOR: Not anymore, consider yourself without protection from me or my friends 'cause I'm quitting the Guard. You disgust for the fact that I've been trying to fix the past so we didn't have to fight anymore like this, and I know well enough to say that you are not be trusted with giving orders to my friends

KIARA ACTRESS: You can't quit being the leader of the Lion Guard, Kion!

KION ACTOR: Yes I can, now give dad this message from me and let him know; say it directly in front of his face from me. "Dad, I hate you!"

KIARA ACTRESS: (UNFAZED AND OBNOXIOUSLY SNOBBISH) If you say that you hate dad, then it means you hate mom, Zazu, your friends, me and yourself too because I'm apart of you! Don't deny it (ARROGANT SMIRK/GETTING UP TO HIS FACE) What do you have to say to that, LITTLE BROTHER?!

(Kion's through with listening to his sister's behavior and built up his power, the wind blowing through his mane while the ground started to shake as the Mark of the Guard started glowing on his shoulder; releasing the Roar of the Wilds directly on her that sent the cub being knocked back by the blast, not killing her but nearly doing the job by dodging out of the way. It struck her two friends though as he finally calmed down)

KION ACTOR: (POINTS HIS PAW TO HER/DARKLY) I have no lineage to you or dad

(However, the roar pushes forward until it struck the nearby cliffs right before returning like an boomerang that even thrusted him to the ground; the earth below them started to shake and in that time collapsed as she held onto a protruding rock from the side. Ignoring his friends whom rushed in to save her, Kion viewed the immense destruction that's been caused across around the Pride Lands. With barely any trees that survived the rebounded blast, he felt nothing but a liason of shame for the damage that he's caused; that was not enough to convince him that he's nearly killed his sister. But what does he know? He doesn't have a sister anymore, just a spoiled daddy's little girl whom his father loves over him; but what he does know is that his father will not take this well, especially as he heard his friends running over to him. He wanted to be alone while they wanted to settle the conflict themselves, and so he ran away wanting to atone for what he's done not to Kiara but to the Pride Lands itself)

None of the Lion Guard members had anything to say, though Ono made sure that his crest feathers were still intact because he didn't want them being blown off again; breathing out a sigh of relief. But Tabari had something to say

"Favoritism. Parental favoritism never changes. Since the birth of Mufasa and Taka as Scar was once known as, and when their farther loved the first born over the second as it was raining in that time; jealousy from the likes of the younger sibling has been secreted in the name of Ahadi who was the original sin of everything: from broken promises to strained relationships to simple unbridled rage. In Mufasa's reign following the death of his father long ago, the destructiveness in his nature could sustain himself no longer; his reign was plunged into an abyss of herdless wastelands and loss of rain as punishment by his brother's ghost. It was not, as some lionesses had thought, the beginning of the end for the Pride Lands. Instead, the battle of Pride Rock was simply the prologue to another chapter of the Serengeti's history. For has Ahadi had succeeded in favoring his eldest because of his dependability, how capable he was even as a cub and thus his grandchild Simba sought to ensure he doesn't bring this onto Kion - but favoritism, parental favoritism never changes; especially when it comes to the matters involving his daughter Kiara" He monologued under his gruff voice as he took in the events that revolved around how Kion felt about his sister in this play, it was a sense of tragedy that he wouldn't take the favoritism of his sister by his own dad so well; especially because he said it in his face earlier on as witnessed before

"That about sums it up doesn't it?" Ono commented on his narration. "I wonder if Ona would feel the same if she ever had siblings that Kulinda favored over her" He turned away with that thought

"She wouldn't play favorites if Ona had siblings, it doesn't feel right for her to do so" Fuli sat up, answering his question

"Kion, you don't think you'll ever hate Kiara so much to use the Roar of the Elders to hurt her would you?" Bunga asked him

"No, no I wouldn't... I don't hate my sister the way that I do in the play" Kion looked over to the audience that was far away from them, still not seeing where he is but he did happen to see an familiar face followed by an unfamiliar one too. "I don't think I can say the same about his son, I did see Jasiri and a martial eagle in the crowd though; looked like they were following someone, trying to calm him down. Still I didn't seen what that someone looked like"

"That was my son, this play is wearing down on him to his limit" Tabari stepped in

"No need to introduce Anga to you guys again now that you've seen here" Beshte mentioned. "She'll help us whenever needed but what are we saying? We can do things ourselves right? No need to ask her"

"Nah, but seeing how things are turning out here... I think we just might need her help after all" Kion looked around sensing tensions going on in the audience, and returned to watching the stage play. This is where the director got really lazy with this storyline and threw a curveball to change the structure of what goes on

The answer to Tabari's riddle was close at hand here

(The next scene showed the Lion Guard finding Kion at the secret place that he wanted to be alone in, which turned out to be the previous incarnations of the guard's vantage point which overlooked everything in the entire Pride Lands. This was the Shelter of the Lion Guard as the actual members would recognize here)

"Hey I remember that place, Kion took one route and Ono took the other; it's got a nice view" Bunga climbed up on the tree as he said this

"We never took advantage of the Shelter's vantage point did we?" Beshte asked

"It's a labyrinth after all, but I agree; we should use this more often" Ono nodded, stretching out his orange tiger striped black leg forward; it was starting to feel stiff and continued to stretch out seeing how he hasn't gotten much movement compared to his actor. Come to think of it actually... "Heh, you know I thought of something just now: I haven't been called a Pharaoh once throughout the entire play beyond the namesake story of the first act in this play" Ono lampshaded

"So it's like before with the abandoned catchphrase idea that the director thought of earlier, in fact you haven't said... actually I'm not that kind to steal catchphrases from others" Beshte went on to mention only to stop himself

"Go ahead, I'm fine with it" Kion patted him on the side

"You haven't said hevi kabisa (totally intense) in a long time, nothing bad I just thought it's little weird that nothing was intense enough for you to say it"

"Oh believe me there's a time and place for everything, but this play doesn't really give me much to say; it speaks for itself and takes the words out of my mouth"

"Can't argue with that" Fuli spoke after a long time of being silent through the night

FULI ACTRESS: (WORRIED) Kion, there you are; we've been looking for you. Are you alright?

KION ACTOR: (NO MOOD TO TALK) Leave me...

BUNGA ACTOR: (CONVINCING) Kion, you don't really hate your sister and your dad. It was just an argument that went wrong, why don't come back with us and tell her how you really feel... (EMBARASSED) I also left my mint leaves back in the lair

KION ACTOR: (FLARING UP) I am not apologizing to that... that harpy, I meant every hurtful word I said to her and what I'm gonna say to dad when he comes back

BESHTE ACTOR: (SAD) You can't really hate your dad or your sibling, they love you

KION ACTOR: Yeah is that so? There's no law in the Pride Lands that a lion of the king's family has to like their siblings or their parents, let alone love them seeing how they love her over me

(Rafiki appears on stage once again in the nick of time to save him from further despair)

RAFIKI ACTOR: It's the same empty feeling of jealousy that Scar lived off of, killing his brother to achieve what he sought after only to find a lifetime of drought and barren misery. It might've been Mufasa's doing as a spirit not ready to move on until the wrongs have been righted, but two wrongs don't make one as we know. He told me that she as of now may be your queen but she is your sister... you do have someone to look out for, especially as a leader of your own and improved guard

KION ACTOR: (SNARLS) It was never a good idea from the beginning... it even rained on the first day I was given the tour around the Pride Lands

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: And you were the lightning in the rain

KION ACTOR: (GLOWERING) The lightning... she doesn't know what she's getting herself into

RAFIKI ACTOR: You misinterpreted me, even now as I speak she needs the support of a brother; her brother... especially if she's wrong about it. As for your dad, he needs you too... his son and more importantly: you in his and your family

KION ACTOR: (SNAPS AND TACKLES RAFIKI) I have no family! (ANGRY AND HEAVING SORROW) I have no lineage to her or him... (RELEASES THE MANDRILL AND CALMLY GRUFF) He hates the way that I formed the Guard in the first place... and I've never felt so much better after saying that I hate my dad

RAFIKI ACTOR: Bah! Those words are all talk without the bark to fill in the missing cracks in the baobab tree, come back with me to the Pride Lands; this shelter is no place to be drowning our sorrows in. You need the guidance of someone like me in a time of... we'll call this a young-life identity crisis, best name I've only been able to come up so far on the spot

KION ACTOR: (GRIMLY) I understand...

(The two return to Pride Rock only to find that Kiara is missing as Tiifu and Zuri were upset)

KION ACTOR: (GROWLS) I come back here to spill my heart out and she chooses not to appear (SILENTLY) Alright... where is she?

TIIFU ACTRESS: She said she had some important meeting to go to... but that's all she said, nothing else

KION ACTOR: (FLARING UP) You let her go alone...

ZURI ACTRESS: She's the queen, we didn't let her do anything; she just did it without warning

KION ACTOR: (IRRITATED) Some advisors you two are when you can't even keep track of where she's going (LEAVES PRIDE ROCK AND GRUMBLES) God dammit, Kiara...

(Looks like he's in for some trouble but too bad the director got too lazy to go any further with this so he decided to insert himself into the play, but first we've got some-

SKIP AHEAD/SKIP AHEAD/SKIP AHEAD

-as we then reach the climax where he confronted the director about where Kiara was)

"Great, the director of the Dragon Island Bushbucks must have a big ego for giving himself a role in his own story; and it's not all that exciting" Fuli sneered

DIRECTOR: Kiara was never taken here to the Outlands, she was brought back to Pride Rock and into the Lair of the Lion Guard

KION ACTOR: Our lair... who kidnapped her, what was it's name?!

DIRECTOR: His name- (A sharp manriki garrote that was makeshift proceeded to wrap around the director's throat choking him, with Kion looking from behind only to find no one and cutting the rope too late to save his life)

KION ACTOR: Dammit he's dead, I needed him; nevertheless, Pride Rock here I come!

(Kion raced his way back to Pride Rock, heading inside of the Lair of the Lion Guard only to find that Jeyluxhal was there at the top; holding Kiara over his back and softly laying her down with a stroke of his paw against her cheek)

"This is it, now you will know the answer; although you might already have an idea" Tabari gave the Lion Guard the hint, aware of the events that are about to happen

KION ACTOR: Jeyluxhal... what happened, where's the kidnapper?

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: Kion, it's alright I took care of him while you dealt with the director; I've got her in good paws though he did a brutal number on her, can't say she deserved it for being a smart ass. Still, she will survive so the best thing we could do now is take her inside the den; no hard feelings right? (The Lion Guard took care of the wounded Kiara and returned in no more than a few minutes, just in time to see the confrontation and the revelation to Tabari's riddle) Allow me to say something nice for once since I'm never in a good mood, you make me proud now that you're back with the Guard; of course you are the fiercest and as usual their leader

KION ACTOR: Heh, what else is new? (Without warning Jeyluxhal unsheathed his claws before he spun around fast, slashing across his face making him bleed and stomping on his stomach as he then threw him off the top edge; hitting the floor while he dropped down holding a sling in his mouth to throw some sharp pelting rocks at him) Since when, Jeyluxhal?

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: Since when?

KION ACTOR: You! (He throws the rocks at him and kicks the lion in the stomach with a upward swing, leaving him clutching it in pain for a brief moment) Since when did you chose to start changing sides now?!

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: You have me confused Kion and rightfully so but there's one problem, I didn't say that I was apart of the Lion Guard

Shock ran across the audience but out of all of them who were this whiteknuckled and readied to burst into a volcano of slobbering, hot burning rage; Jeyluxhal was the most insulted that he has ever been. They have contradicted everything that was established before and threw it out the window all to reveal that he was the mastermind in everything, but while he was ready to go on the warpath just not yet; Kion dropped the rock that he was fiddling with on the ground as he and the Lion Guard immediately faced Tabari who stood with a scowlish snarl on his face, never had they have seen him with this much rage on written on his expression. At least most of the Guard realized where his son got his facial communications from

"My son Jeyluxhal, the HYENA as I cannot stress enough is the MAIN VILLAIN of the play" Tabari stated bluntly, shaking his head at the direction of the Dragon Island Bushbucks had went and snooped this low to make it clear that no one loves hyenas like him when neither he nor his son had done anything wrong to them. Jesus christ, this was the most infuriating part that he being the historical father that he is had picked up from the first scene; his son was doomed from the very beginning and he knew it, but if only his son was here with him this instance. God damn the Dragon Island Bushbucks, he continued on with his statement and finally made it clear to them. "That is what's further damaging the images of predators just for being what the Circle of Life made them to be, they are always... as I say ALWAYS being portrayed as. Janja, Reirei, Kiburi and Shupavu are no exceptions. Scavagers like hyenas, vultures, leopards, jackals, crocodiles, skinks and even komodo dragons have always been the villains" The fatherly hyena revealed the answer to his riddle

"And this whole play was..." Kion started and thought

"Created by a group of hyena haters who wanted to ruin their image and ensure that the sins of the fathers from everyone, including their mothers and themselves no matter how much they didn't want to be involved are inherited to be used as a reason to hate these predators of actual animals like us" Tabari finished for him

"You only had to tell us what's wrong" Bunga dropped a sweat

"It makes no difference either way, the audience is as biased as it is cruel to the ones who have no understanding of what's befallen them in the first place; doesn't matter if they have to feel sympathy, who could ever love a slobbering mangy stupid poacher like us? The answer is... not what you expect, that however is for a better and calmer time than this; but we'll find out won't we? Nevertheless, let's end one of the worst shows we have ever seen before from the lying eagle that you once saw as your idol"

"I'm not even sure what to think is the truth or more lies anymore" Ono felt hurt, unsure of this being Hadithi's handwork anymore

KION ACTOR: (UPSET) Fuli loved and trusted you, and you betrayed her!

JEYLUXHAL: (COLD AND DARKLY) You should know for one to never trust the words of a hyena that you bully off the Pride Lands, now I'm about to do the job and earn what I rightfully came for

KION ACTOR: And what would that be?

(Jeyluxhal unsheathed both claws with his arms crossed upward in front of him and began to swing them outward before turning around to block a lunging Simba who came to protect his son, showing just how weak that his actress made him in the play compared to how he actually is in real life. He told him to run before he was parried and smacked across the face, only for Kion to latch onto his back with a jump, being rammed against the wall by Beshte; throwing Bunga off to the side before he could spray him and clawed with a good mauling, making him into a total fool that he was. Further frustrating him which he was clawing at the ground with clawmarks of dirt forming with from his spot. Eventually, he kicked her off of him and stood his ground with Simba leading into a final terrible and lame fight scene)

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (CALM) That, I don't have to answer because I've said it before; you should never listen nor trust the words of a hyena. Now... Kion, she will die (CLAWS ARE OUT)

SIMBA ACTOR: (THREATENING) How dare you treat my children so disrespectfully?! (LUNGES OUT WITH A LEAP AND ATTACKS AS DOES THE HYENA ACTRESS HERSELF)

(The following fight scene's choreography is slow, boring and all the more undoubtfully done in one take without rehearsals like the rest of the entire play leading to a terrible and lame battle scene. Jeyluxhal proved to be a terrible fighter that consisted of weak swipes, sacrificing blows to the more sensitive areas to go for the killing stroke by slashing his neck and all in all; he was turned from bad to worse in terms of stupidity in this scene only fueling his flaring temper that was boiling along with his blood, Jasiri was losing her grip on him while Anga was slipping with thin trails of blood being left behind as she dug into his skin to keep him at bay. Nothing short of the one thing made clear is that this final battle between the two didn't last long, as because of her efforts she didn't put up a good fight but she's making it look like she did with such terrible skills that she made him look like he has. In the end though, Simba emerged victorious after he landed a punch to her gut leading her to back up by two steps backwards)

SIMBA ACTOR: Give up Jeyluxhal, you've lost!

JEYLUXHAL ACTRESS: (BLEEDING) Nothing is over, Simba. Give Shenzi the only words I would never stomach to say in front of that fool of a father that is yours who deserved to die... I've never seen one of my kind with clearer eyes than mine

SIMBA ACTOR: (DICKISH) You love her then, not gonna happen because who could love such a scar and bitemark adorned, blood bathed, tan furred, black spotted, red maned from his own dead momma, low intelligent scavenger called a hyena like you? (The audience laughed at this only to be silenced by Jasiri who threatened them to stop)

JEYLUXHAL ACTOR: (FINAL WORDS) This is not the end between us...

(Simba rushed forward and leapt up against the hyena, slashing both claws upward with blood flying upward off the sides diagonally to form a X-letter shape. Jeyluxhal was backflipped into the air before he disintegrated into a nasty gaseous-liquid cloud of blood on death, spiraling to the ground of the stage as both his eyes were closed; vanishing in a red cloth like a magic trick just as he disappeared off stage all with a blood curling death scream that was gutteral. At long last the traitorous hyena was dead and Simba stood atop of Pride Rock in proud victory with the wind blowing through his mane. The Lion Guard find a witness which was a young pup adopted and sired by him, frightened at their presence after seeing his father be slain in cold blood even when he betrayed them all; Kion took him and assured the pup that he will not share his fate, as though he chose to serve himself over the Guard he was still his friend. Looking over to his dad as he approached behind him, having a paw over his shoulder)

UNSEEN MUFASA ACTOR: (BLIND PRAISE) Well done my son and grandson, always know these words to teach to the others. You must despise hyenas, they are not to be trusted as our friends and are meant to be our prey. It is better for them to be banished to the Outlands and suffer in the sins of the fathers by enduring the same treatment they deserve no matter their want in no part of whatever confronts them. Being by slaying the pups first, kill them and bring happiness to them by ending the lives of the undesirables of the Pride Lands

SIMBA ACTOR: It will be done... dad, now that we are one

(The audience cheers with a standing ovation as the play ends, Jeyluxhal having reached the boiling point of being so exasperated at the ending where he is killed and Mufasa disrespectfully claims that all hyenas are evil who must be slain including the pups who want nothing of their bad grandparents did nor their treatment of them in the past happening to them in the present time. The Dragon Island Bushbucks presented themselves on stage giving out their thanks and they seven had the balls to say that everything badmouthed about the hyenas was just for fun, it wasn't supposed to be hurtful but the damage has been cemented)

Jeyluxhal's makeup started to melt off revealing some of the worst inflictions he's received from Kazuka, damn that replacement foster mother; he violently strained himself to the point where his inflictions started to pop sporadically but nothing short of being painful when it happened to him. He was foaming at the mouth and he was wild with feral rage, he stood up and started to storm towards the stage; being slowed down by Jasiri and Anga who tried to keep him at bay, in doing what they thought even for the all shit thrown at the former wasn't right

"Jeyluxhal, no! You're gonna make things worse!" He held onto his back attempting to drag him away

"You're gonna be in a whole lot of trouble for this!" Anga slipped off from him and landed on the ground, huffing one out

Jeyluxhal shook Jasiri off of him and continued storming towards the acting troupe that was now lying to the audience about joking about them sending the message to see all hyenas as evil, not stopping until he rushed on top of the stage; approaching the lion actor for Simba that turned to face him. Tabari came out from the other side and confronted him

"What's going on here?" The Simba actor demanded

"You call this no-hard-feelings when you've been slandering my son all throughout the play and you've been giving anti-hyena propaganda to this biased audience who agrees with every lies on Broadway spoken directly to them. And you even have the audacity to target my mate, my god damn mate who was slain by lions from the Outlands all so you can use it for your insult toward my son. And then you made him the main villain of the play, giving him no foreshadowing to his true nature; even then that doesn't give you the right to depict us as evil. We are all- we are all on the same team here and that doesn't apply to just us, every other animal I've mentioned is also on the same team. Us, jackals, crocodiles, skinks, komodo dragons, leopards and vultures but then again; I have no opinion on them now do I?"

"Well of course we do, hyenas are undesirable foreign exiles and lions are lovable heroes; that's how it's always been" The Simba actor bluntly described his narrow minded and undoubtfully racist view on them, disregarding the fact that he's talking to one directly. "Simba himself said that you should never turn your back on a outsider, and you two as father and son are outsiders so it makes sense"

"Sacrilege is what I'm seeing in this awfully directed play that has no relation to the origins of the Lion Guard themselves. You have no respect for the Circle of Life that both of us, me and my son here can give less of a shit about because we don't have to follow it if we choose not to; the choice to follow the in-crowd's culture has always been ours and my son chooses not to, no ifs, ands or buts about that"

"Tell that to Rafiki" He snobbishly suggested

"I did and he says that it's a ideology that these Pride Landers follow, but we were not born in these lands; and neither were we born in the Outlands where that lion who slain my mate still lives and prowls. Respecting all creatures is what we've been doing, however given these anti-hyena supporters are always treating us like Martin Luther King didn't step in to tell everyone to stop it already with this; they're not giving themselves the choice of either dropping their little childish game of prejudice right now or die as a punishment. Besides, the Lion Guard doesn't appreciate how you portrayed each of them" The fatherly hyena talked back

"It was a parody of them, it wasn't meant to be harmful"

"Oh but that can't be said for the absolute worst butchering of The Prince and everything else of The Hyena Prince of the Shadowlands: The Warrior's Throne Within? Let's make one thing ever so clear to the audience here tonight: The Dragon Island Bushbucks are not to be trusted with making an affectionate parody or even an adaptation to one of the best stories to be told by us, it was a story that had a bitter beginning but a beautiful ending because The Prince has all that he ever wanted in the end. Your acting troupe that act destroyed my son's chance to witness it all live before him with his two parents by making it into something that strayed too far from the actual story. I don't want to hear that made-for-kids excuse because The Warrior's Throne Within was never a children's tale" He snarled

"Then you shouldn't have told it to your son"

"And you shouldn't have made a distasteful parody of it. Changing the Prince from a hyena to a lion is more glorifying favoritism, and Mufasa agreed that it was a bad idea as it's a in-name only title after I had a talk with him. The lions in the story serve one purpose and that's to give their respective settlements a sense of liveliness even for a tale like this. You may have a book that's about whatever you have and states but check it out, we have our rules! One of them says: if any asswipe disses hyenas who are as needed more than what you think for lion favoritism, be prepared for a type of cosmic slap... upside the head" He threatened

"That's not true, you eat other animals before they're dead; and it's one of the most horrifying things I've ever heard of!"

"All the more reason for you to not be lying that you're doing this out of encouraging others not to trust us, but you brought this on yourself and now; because I'm feeling quite moody tonight. I'm feeling in my rights to be start delivering some hard earned justice, and all of this boils down to you're making everyone into tomorrow's anti-hyena supporters. Nothing more, nothing less short of hating them all because we helped Scar when we wanted no part of him or his reign in the Pride Lands; and not short enough it was. So I say to my son, have your revenge for all the humiliation this talentless acting troupe had put you through for one night; he made you the main antagonist and ended the play with your death" Tabari tapped his son's back, stroking him for all the pain he had to go through and licking him on his cheek like how his mother used to do so

Jeyluxhal snarled with a scowl drawn on his face, venomously approaching the actor as then without warning he lunged at him with no self control over himself; giving him the taste of his own medicine and how it feels to be humiliated and slandered every two seconds. But while he was as mad as he was at the Dragon Island Bushbucks, he had every right to be mad at Jasiri for bringing him here in the first place. Oh yeah speaking of which, she left before the violence had started but didn't get too far when her friend was finished in killing the Simba actor all the while his father violently attacked the Jeyluxhal actress. The audience was frightened and once the whole chaos ended, he looked at Jasiri who stood there disappointed with how tonight went so well before he snarled and ran off; with her following him far behind. After that a few minutes passed with the animals leaving the ruined stage that fell apart, although a familiar call from an eagle was heard and stopped in their tracks to see Hadithi landing on a nearby rock

"Never have I been so ashamed than now to have the likes of anti-hyena groups of protesters in the Pride Lands meddle with the production of Return of the Roar, I made a lot of you angry did I? I'll start from the beginning following Ono's way of showing me how to be a real hero: it was that act which inspired me to come up with how the Lion Guard was formed following me flying about, gathering information from every sources mentioned on that slab of stone; took a few days to get everything set but... I also saw the bunch of younger animals around pretending that they were the Lion Guard themselves. Defending against the likes of a hyena clan whose name should not go mentioned in fear of being targeted for, you know what I'm saying here. But the rest is as follows. Those stupid protesters came in like executives and meddled with the whole thing, next thing I know is that I wasn't overseeing a play; I was overseeing the production of an message to hate animal species you don't understand. That's not the real me, is it? That's not who I am and even though there's no reason to kill them, that doesn't put them in the right for claiming that they're superior over the other one. I'm not asking for forgiveness... I just want to call it a night, I'll see you all in the morning at the Traditional Ceremoninal Nest" He explained before flying off, hoping that he did one good thing tonight and told them the truth after lying to them throughout the entire night

As soon as all the animals in the audience understood him, they dispersed while Tabari walked back to the den where his son would be bound to come home some time; though seeing that she was chasing after him like that, it would take until the next morning so he's got time to rest at least until midday. "Najira... tell me what to do next on our son's return" He asked her spirit under his breath

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Early in the morning where the skyline's bright blue border was on the horizon and the entirety of the skies was a darker blue color, Jasiri caught up to her friend but was in no mood to express how he feels; so we begin with the two walking along the stone mountainside like road back to the Outlands since he was bringing her back. However, he was impatient with her today and in his time that she took he vocalizing with mostly snarls; with a grunt to get a move on already as well as having a expression that was only fueling the fire that sparked between them. Once she turned around to find him with his back turned, half of his face was showing that scowl that he's had for at least since last night; huffing one out through his bared fangs

"What's wrong with you?" Jasiri asked him, coming over to his side. Jeyluxhal's facial expression only translated to one of irritation, saying that it's her taking too long for him to bring her back home. His ear twitching before raising up at the coming presence of someone that he's dealt in first few days that he was here in the Backlands, his home

"No way to earn his trust back Jasiri, I did it; got back at him. Done what no other animal could do. All these years of hiding in the shadows with Shenzi, all the moments of standing up to the big guys like me; but none of that matters because none of them understand the way you work so easily like I do. You think Hadithi had his creative control snatched out of him by executive meddling? I'm the one who turned it into a play meant to encourage others to hate hyenas like you and made the message clear to them, me! I told you this wasn't over didn't I? Don't worry, Tajiuva... I know how enraged you feel by the mother you can't come back to anymore; jealous of the others because unlike you, I have a mother that's still alive. And don't give me that I don't have anymore tears to shed bullshit, I know you're faking it" Dhalimu confronted him, getting up in his face

Growling as a warning, Dhalimu only provoked him further. "Ooohaww, do you want to hit me? Please, go easy with your punches... oh hell what am I saying; do your worst to me hyena whose supposed to be dead" He taunted, with him responded with a face that it'll be his pleasure to do so

He lunged a bite towards the zebra's snout to which his fangs started digging deep, gushing with blood that squirted into a few streams that got onto his face and near his eyes; being flung up when Dhalimu reared backwards on his hooves, swinging onto his back before he rammed it up against the stone wall to crush him. Raising his frontal hooves before trampling on top of him as he threw him off, turning his back on him to perform a burrow kick but backfiring when he had decided to show him what a real kick felt like; turning his back to raise his legs and strike him in the face. Sending him flying back, tumbling with a few hops off the ground and smacking right into the tree; the force of which was doubled when Dhalimu sent another kick to timber it but started to fall atop of him, which he avoided by sidestepping to let Jeyluxhal take the brunt of it all. Not wanting him to stand up and begin retaliating, he faked him out with a short kick so that he would rear up on his hind legs before he then gave him the full force by hitting him right in the throat up to his lower jaw and the snout that made him spit a ball of slobber to his face

Jeyluxhal's eyes began to well up with blood that turned his sclera from yellow to red, steaming vapor emitted from the top of the hot liquid that was boiling; rising up like an sea of rage and to further fuel the fire this it actually looked like blood was behind the lens of either side of both eyes, having his brown eyes nearly closed upward by his eyelids and looking like there was an circular scoop upward. His heaving breath shifted to letting out vaporing smoke like steam, the sides of his mouth not only bore his sharp fangs but slobbered with bubbling foam; both of his eyebrows were straightened if not narrowed downward a little bit at the tips that closed in at the tip of what separated both of his red sclera eyes. His stature was straightened up and close to nearly readying to leap forward towards Dhalimu with a lunging strike of his claws that were unsheathed to the fullest. Furthermore his mullet was spread out on the sides, his bangs were moved out of the way of his face with his snout still bleeding from that hard violent kick that's enough to dislocate someone's shoulder; his paws were spread out facing each other, his back paws were shifting down into position with his focus set on Dhalimu and him alone. His snarling was threatening with a rumble in his vocals that that rebounded off his throat, the paw's gloves were off while he had reached the final point of becoming unstable on the brink of madness; he was on the edge and he was not letting go of his sight. His expression as a total was notoriously frightening, but the translation of it was even worse as Jeyluxhal was saying in facial language: "Now, you DIE!"

Leaping up and forward with one clawed arm forward and the second one drawn back to follow up his strike, Dhalimu began to run but was tackled down to the ground; with the feral beast of her friend starting to eat him alive with a chunk of his skin being chewed off with the strength of his jaws. Once he started to take him by the bones that he swallowed, Jasiri knew she had to step in. "Jeyluxhal, STOP!" She grabbed onto him by his back, turning around fast to smack her off and up against the stone wall but allowing Dhalimu to kick him in the face again; the silent hyena letting out a laugh of getting ready to kill this bully that dared to talk this way about his mother like this. She's dead because of the Outlanders, and banishing him there wouldn't make a difference

He jumped from atop an stack of rocks near the exit and dropped onto the zebra's neck, taking a huge bite out of him before he started digging into the good bits of his bully; ignoring his calls for mercy. He doesn't want to feel humiliated anymore, come to think of it he doesn't want to laugh anymore either... finishing up his meal and spitting on his head; he didn't calm down for a few minutes and his rage didn't subside until then before he looked down on his bloodied paws. Killing his bully who talked shit about his mother and rubbed her death in his face was justified but it's not what he felt so ashamed of, he felt Jasiri getting up from her assault and her eyes on him; hearing her heaving in fear of him. She went as so far as to ask him, though at the same time of it all it didn't feel like a question

"Who are you... Jeyluxhal?" She asked him, not turning to face her as his unseen expression only said behind his back that he doesn't know anymore. He's being corrupted by his obsession with seeing the death of Baridi that his retribution for his mother has turned into revenge, and that was not a good sign; especially towards his health. Now, he can't even turn to face her like he did when he hit Shenzi but that was when he was young and thought of him owing everything to her to stay in her clan; here there's no reason for him to turn back to meet with her betrayal dawning on her face. Rather than continue taking her home, he ran off down the mountainside path; not wanting to face her again

Later in the early morning where it started to lightly rain on him like before when he left Shenzi but with more daylight on the horizon, he started to drown out everything with a mental tune that made Jasiri the victim of a toxic relationship that now he understands he's the one whose too old while she's too young for him; he on the other hand was the abuser, someone who was violent and a fat stinkin' drunk that those Dragon Island Bushbucks kept calling his father in the horrible play

(A/N: Just the Way You Lie by Rihanna feat. Eminem, I've got nothing to say about this one and I really did want to use Nickelback's How You Remind Me but... think I'll still be able to use that one for a third moment like this that happens but with him actually shedding tears that he can't learn to love a woman. I've also deciding to drop the idea of him kissing Anga just to get it out of his system given how events in the play made him unhinged. So here we go)

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

Well that's alright, because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

Well that's alright, because I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

...

I can't tell you what it really is

I can only tell you what it feels like

And right now there's a steel knife, in my windpipe

I can't breathe, but I still fight, while I can fight

As long as the wrong feels right, it's like I'm in flight

High off of love drunk from my hate

It's like I'm huffing paint and I love her the more I suffer

I suffocate and right before I'm about to drown

She resuscitates me, she fucking hates me

And I love it, wait

Where you going? I'm leaving you

No you ain't, come back

We're running right back, here we go again

It's so insane 'cause when it's going good, it's going great

I'm Superman, with the wind at his back, she's Lois Lane

But when it's bad, it's awful

I feel so ashamed, I snapped, who's that dude?

I don't even know his name, I laid hands on her

I'll never stoop so low again, I guess I don't know my own strength

...

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

Well that's alright, because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

Well that's alright, because I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

...

You ever love somebody so much

You can barely breathe, when you're with them, you meet

And neither one of you, even know what hit 'em

Got that warm fuzzy feeling, yeah them chills, used to get 'em

Now you're getting fucking sick, of looking at 'em

You swore you've never hit 'em, never do nothing to hurt 'em

Now you're in each other's face,

Spewing venom in your words, when you spit 'em

You push, pull each other's hair, scratch, claw, bit 'em

Throw 'em down, pin 'em, so lost in the moments, when you're in 'em

It's the rage that took over it controls you both

So they say it's best, to go your separate ways

Guess that they don't know ya 'cause today, that was yesterday

Yesterday is over, it's a different day

Sound like broken records, playin' over, but you promised her

Next time you'll show restraint

You don't get another chance

Life is no Nintendo game, but you lied again

Now you get to watch her leave

Out the window, guess that's why they call it window pane

...

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

But that's alright, because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

But that's alright, because I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

...

Now I know we said things, did things

That we didn't mean and we fall back into the same patterns

Same routine, but your temper's just as bad, as mine is

You're the same as me, when it comes to love, you're just as blinded

Baby please come back, it wasn't you

Baby it was me, maybe our relationship isn't as crazy as it seems

Maybe that's what happens When a tornado meets a volcano

All I know is I love you too much, to walk away now

Come inside, pick up your bags off the sidewalk

Don't you hear sincerity, in my voice when I talk?

Told you this is my fault, look me in the eyeball

Next time I'm pissed, I'll aim my fist at the dry wall

Next time, there will be no next time

I apologize even though I know it's lies

I'm tired of the games, I just want her back, I know I'm a liar

If she ever tries to fucking leave again

I'm a tie her to the bed and set this house on fire

...

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

But that's alright, because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

But that's alright, because I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

When he reached the Backlands, back home at last he looked back at Pride Rock and entered in his burrow den as he curled around his father; closing his eyes at last and falling asleep, though his heart is heavy he knew from the beginning that he was too old for her given that he's one of the early teenage adesolent kind of hyenas while she's a pup. Other animals would take him as a pedophile, a poonhound no less

He's just glad that he doesn't have to see her anymore, she knew no better but she gotten his inflictions worse by bringing Kakuza here which led him to killing that replacement foster of an mother who wanted his father and nothing more than her selfish desires; and she brought him to a play that was a blatant attack on him by Dhalimu

Ah well, he deserves this hard earned long nap and he never wanted to pass out than now...