Too Many Termites

(Special Guest Stars: Charlie Adler, Ogie Banks and Marieve Harington)

The Lion Guard ran across the Pride Lands under the light of the full moon.

"This way, everyone!" Ono called down to the rest of the Guard, leading them towards the sounds of terrified cries coming from two aardvarks.

"Thank goodness," sighed Muhanga.

"We came as soon as we could," Kion informed.

"What's the kerbubble?" Beshte asked.

"Our den!" Muhangus exclaimed. "It's full of...Hyenas!" The two aardvarks shuddered and huddled together.

"Hyenas again?" Fuli groaned. Beside her, Bunga ran his palms over his face.

"We've had to chase them out of the Pride Lands every night this week," Kufu rolled his eyes, glancing at his best friend beside him.

"I know one thing that'll scare them away from the aardvarks' den for good," Kion spoke up, "Lion Guard, follow me."

The pair of aardvarks hid behind a large boulder once they saw the silhouettes of the hyena pack in the field by their den.

"Everyone, stay behind me," Kion ordered the rest of the Guard, who nodded in agreement.

"Be careful, Kion," Fuli muttered under her breath as the prince ran a few feet ahead and stood on a large boulder.

"Hey!" The prince yelled, getting the pack's attention. "I told you before, and I meant it. Get. Out. Of. The Pride Lands!" Kion unleashed his Roar, sending the pack flying all the way into the Outlands. "And stay out." the prince snarled under his breath.

A few days later...

"Oh, yeah," Bunga sighed as he laid on his back in the Lair of the Lion Guard. "Things have been pretty quiet since we chased those hyenas off the other night, huh?" He grabbed a couple of termites off the floor and tossed them in his mouth.

"Kion did most of the work," Kufu reminded him as he stretched his limbs before settling down on his stomach, crossing his paws as he laid on a rock below Kion.

"Yeah, but we had his back!" Bunga replied, crunching loudly on the termites.

Fuli let out a shudder. "Ugh, Bunga!" she growled, earning a confused glance from the honey badger. "Please tell me you're done eating."

"Not even close," Bunga laughed, taking another handful of termites and shoving them into his mouth. "Besides, haven't you noticed? There are termites everywhere!" pointed out the honey badger.

Fuli let out a gasp when a few insects crawled right over her paw. Beshte nodded in agreement with Bunga's earlier statement, a single termite crawling on his nose.

"Whoa! Where did these termites come from?!" Kufu exclaimed as he jumped up to his feet as a group of termites paraded right past him, carrying a stick which had more termites on them.

"No kidding," Kion agreed, slightly disgusted at the sight. "Here, Bunga," he swatted the stick off the rock pedestal that he was resting on, giving it to the honey badger, "All yours."

"Mmm, termites on a stick," Bunga grinned. "Thanks, Kion!" The Guard's Bravest licked up all the termites stick in a single slurp.

"Really, Bunga?" Kufu shuddered, fighting the urge to gag.

"Everyone!" Ono called as he flew into the lair. "We've got an emergency at Mekundu Cliffs!" He informed, landing in front of Kion. "A big hollow tree is falling apart."

"A tree falling apart?" Kion repeated with a raised brow. "That's not really an emergency."

"Yes, it is!" Ono rebuffed. "It's the tree where the Mekundu bats live. They're asleep inside."

"Then why didn't you wake them up?" Fuli questioned.

The Keenest of Sight cleared his throat. "I would, but, you know..." He shuddered. "They're bats."

"You're afraid of bats?" Bunga chuckled.

"You're the Bravest, I'm the Keenest of Sight." Ono reminded him, "OK?"

"Give him a break, Bunga," Kufu told him as he jumped down, landing between the two animals. "You were right to get us, Ono." He informed him.

"Come on, everybody," Kion ordered, jumping from the pedestal. "Till the Pride Lands' end..."

"...Lion Guard defend!" Everyone else added as they ran out of the lair. Bunga stayed back to eat another handful of termites before following after his friends.

The Lion Guard ran along Big Ravine, following Ono's lead.

"What's the fastest way, Ono?" Kion asked the egret flying above them.

The Keenest of Sight searched for the route, spotting a tree bridge not too far away.

"Across that fallen tree and over the ravine," Ono answered the Guard's leader.

The Guard followed Ono's advice and ran across the tree bridge. As soon as they were all on the other side, the tree collapsed on itself and fell into the ravine.

"Holy crap!" Kufu gasped, his eyes wide. "That was close."

"I don't get it," Fuli shrugged her shoulders. "That tree's held all of us before, even Beshte. What happened?"

"Maybe it just got old?" Bunga guessed.

"Whatever it was, we can talk about it later. We still have to help the Mekundu bats," Kion reminded his team. "Come on."

Ono led the rest of the Guard to the bats' tree, which was barely standing. A creaking sound caught Kufu's attention, and he twitched his ears. One of the high branches broke off from the tree, and the lion cub's eyes went wide,

"Kion! Look out!" Kufu grabbed his best friend by the scruff of his neck and yanked back, just as the branch hit the ground.

Kion's amber-brown eyes widened as he blinked away the shock. "Whoa!" he breathed, feeling the fur on his neck loosen. He turned and faced the sly lion. "Thanks, Kufu."

"No problem," Kufu smiled. "Now to wake up the bats."

The Lion Guard all shouted, "Wake up!" Their voices overlapping one another.

"Are they coming out?" Ono asked with a gulp after everyone else quieted.

Kion walked up to the tree and pressed his ear against it. "I don't hear anything." He noted.

Bunga peeked into the tree's hollow, seeing it swarming with termites. "I'm going in," he volunteered, grinning ear-to-ear. "Zuka Zama!" the honey badger exclaimed, jumping into the tree, shouting at the bats to wake.

The swarm of bats flew out of the tree with high-pitched screeches. The swarm flew right into Ono, who let out a terrified scream. He ceased flapping his wings and fell to the ground, landing on Kufu's back.

"Are they gone?" The bird whimpered, holding his wings over his head.

"Yeah, Ono," Beshte informed. "They're gone."

"Bunga?" Kion called out for the Guard's Bravest.

The tree then suddenly collapsed on itself. The Guard called out for Bunga, who suddenly popped out from the wood pile, happily eating more termites.

"OK, why are there so many termites all over the Pride Lands?" Kufu wondered.

"You're right, Kufu," Kion nodded. "There are a lot of 'em."

"I've never seen so many termites," Beshte noted. "They ate through the whole tree."

"Maybe, they ate through the tree bridge, too," Fuli wondered. "That could be why it collapsed on us."

"That does make sense," Ono agreed. "Termites eat wood. So, too many termites would eat too much wood."

"But we've always had termites in the Pride Lands," Kufu added.

"Why are there too many now?" Beshte asked.

"Hey," Bunga cut in, "Just because there are a lot of termites, it doesn't mean there's too many." After he said that, all the trees in the nearby area creaked before collapsing into piles, crawling with termites. "OK, there may be a few too many." Bunga recanted with a chuckle.

"We have to tell my dad," Kion voted, earning a collective nod in agreement from the rest of the Guard.

The Lion Guard made their way back to Pride Rock only to see the place was also infested with termites as Simba, Nala, Kula, Tama, and Kiara approached them.

"Let me guess, you're here to tell me that there are too many termites in the Pride Lands?" Simba guessed once he saw the Lion Guard standing outside of the main den.

"Um, yeah," Kion replied, his ears flat. "The thing is, we don't know why there are so many termites."

"Maybe we should ask the aardwolves," Nala proposed.

"Aardwolves?" Fuli repeated with a raised brow.

"I've never heard of aardwolves before," Kiara said in confusion.

"The aardwolves are the Pride Lands' pest control when it comes to insects," Tama explained.

"Termites are the aardwolves' favorite insects to eat," Kula added. "Although, we've never seen them up close."

"I'm not surprised. They're very shy," Simba informed them. "They only come out at night, and pretty much keep to themselves. But Kula is right, they love to eat termites, even more than you do, Bunga." He glanced down at the Guard's Bravest, who was currently eating the termites crawling around Pride Rock.

"So, the aardwolves are the ones who keep the Pride Lands' termites under control?" Kufu raised her brow, looking up at Simba.

The king gave a nod. "At least, until now."

"I sure hope nothing happened to them," Beshte spoke.

"Yeah, we better talk to the aardwolves and make sure they're OK," Kion agreed, looking from Beshte to his parents. "Where do they live?"

"Well, they tend to roam around," Simba answered.

"But their favorite places to sleep are empty aardvark dens," Nala said.

Both Kion, Fuli, and Kufu's eyes widened as they glanced at one another.

"Empty aardvark dens?" Fuli repeated.

"Ha! That's funny," Bunga laughed, standing between the three felines. "We just chased hyenas out of an empty aardvark den a couple days ago."

Kufu gulped nervously, his ears falling to the sides of his head. "King Simba, what exactly do aardwolves look like?" He asked, hesitantly.

"Well, they actually look a lot like hyenas," Simba answered.

Again, Kion, Fuli, and Kufu exchanged a glances.

"I was afraid you'd say that," Kufu mumbled, his eyes on Kion as he stepped forward.

"Dad, I...I think I kicked the aardwolves out of the Pride Lands," Kion admitted. "It was a mistake. I thought they were hyenas."

"We all did," Fuli agreed.

Bunga shrugged his shoulders, popping another few termites in his mouth. "I still do."

"Thanks, guys," Kion sighed, his ears falling flat. "But I'm the one who used the Roar on them."

Simba blinked. "You roared at the aardwolves?" He questioned.

"Well, that explains the termites," Kiara said, looking at the termites roaming around.

"So, Kion is the reason why these termites are all over the place," a voice spoke up and everyone turned to see Kopa walking out of the den. "Figures he would be responsible for this." He snarked.

"Give him a break, Kopa," Dalia said as she walked out of the den. "You heard what King Simba said about aardwolves looking like hyenas, so can you really blame him for thinking that they were hyenas?"

"Well, duh, Kion should've known better," Kopa said as Dalia just rolled her eyes at her brother.

The golden-furred cub looked down at his paws. "I'm sorry, Mom and Dad." He apologized.

Simba and Nala smiled down at their son and brushed their noses against his cheek, lifting the cub's head.

"Kion, you've made a mistake. We all do," Simba said. "But it's what you do to correct your mistakes that really counts."

A smile crossed the prince's pale-gold muzzle. "Thanks, Dad. We're gonna make things right." He promised, turning back to face his friends. "Lion Guard, we're gonna find those aardwolves, and bring them back to the Pride Lands."

"Lead the way, Kion," Kufu said, giving his best friend a smile as they all ran to the Aardvark dens.

"Pfft, this is still another sign of Kion being the next Scar," Kopa said with a glare as Dalia just gave him a look.

"One of these days, you're gonna make me jump off a damn cliff," Dalia told him.

"Your Roar sure knocked those aardwolves a long way into the Outlands," Fuli noted as she, Kufu, and Kion continued to track the aardwolves' scent.

Kufu tapped the cheetah's leg with his paw. "Don't rub it in," he whispered. "Kion already feels bad enough."

"I'm just glad we got their scent from the aardvark dens so we can track them," Kion said, keeping his nose low so he could continue to track.

"Good call on that by the way, Kufu," Ono praised, perched on the lion cub's back.

"I'm glad I had a termite snack before we left," Bunga spoke up, "This place has none."

"Those poor aardwolves must be gettin' awfully hungry," Beshte sighed.

"Well, as soon as we get them back home, they'll have plenty of termites to eat," pointed out Ono.

The three felines continued to track the aardwolves, when the brown-furred lion cub let out a soft gasp.

"You two smell that?" Kufu whispered, glancing between Fuli and Kion.

The lion prince sniffed the air. "It's the aardwolves' scent." He concluded. "And it's getting stronger."

"I think they went this way," Kufu led them down a path that forked right, the Guard staying close together.

After a few more minutes of silence, the only sounds being the three felines sniffing, Bunga let out a sigh.

"All this tracking's taking too long," Bunga spoke up, halting everyone else. "I'm goin' up and over. Zuka Zama!" he ran ahead.

"Didn't King Simba say that aardwolves were very shy?" Ono questioned.

"He sure did," Kufu confirmed.

The answer was true when the whole pack of aardwolves let out terrified shrieks and ran away from Bunga.

"Why are they running away?" Beshte asked as the rest of the Guard caught up with Bunga.

"I don't know," the Guard's Bravest shrugged his shoulders.

"All that matters is that we've gotta convince them to come back to the Pride Lands," Kion reminded them, running after the pack of aardwolves.

"They're pretty fast," Kufu panted as he ran between Kion and Fuli.

"Oh, you want fast?" Fuli questioned with a grin. "Huwezi!" the cheetah sped ahead, past the panicking pack and skidded to a stop a few feet ahead of them. "Listen up! We're the Lion Guard! We're only here..." She was cut off when the pack of aardwolves ran right over her.

Fuli groaned and shook out her fur as the others caught up with her.

"You OK, Fuli?" Bunga asked, patting the cheetah's shoulder.

"They didn't stop," the cheetah informed.

"Yeah, we noticed," the honey badger replied. "That was weird."

Kufu's tail swayed behind him. "Wait...They're afraid of us." He concluded, glancing at the rest of his friends.

"Afraid of us?" Ono repeated with a raised brow.

Kion lowered his muzzle. "Well, I did use the Roar on them." He reminded them. "Maybe they think we're out to get them."

"You mean, they think we're the bad guys?" Bunga questioned with wide eyes.

"But we're the Lion Guard," pointed out Fuli.

"We can't be the bad guys," Beshte looked down at his feet.

"And you didn't mean to Roar at them, Kion," Kufu told the lion prince. "It was an honest mistake." He gave the prince a small smile.

"Yeah, but they don't know that," Kion sighed, his spirits only slightly lifted. "So, we've gotta convince them we're the good guys. Of course, we've gotta find them again first."

Ono took off from Beshte's back, scanning the area. "I see one of them!" He alerted the others. "He's running right towards a cliff!"

"Leave this one to me," Bunga grinned, running after the lone aardwolf. He jumped over a few boulders and tackled the hyena-like animal. The two rolled down the incline, with Bunga landing on top of the aardwolf, who was laying on his back.

"Get off of me!" He grunted, glaring at the honey badger. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Uhh, maybe, a little something like… Saving your life!" The Guard's Bravest answered, calmly, pointing a few inches ahead of them to the cliff.

The male aardwolf, Mjomba, who had a hunched back, thick dark eyebrows, gray fur with darker gray markings and dark brown eyes, cleared his throat.

"Oh, um, in that case, thanks," Mjomba replied. Bunga jumped off Mjomba, letting him get to his feet, as the rest of the Lion Guard ran up to them. "So now what?" He asked in a gruff voice. "You've already kicked me and the others out of the Pride Lands. Where do you want us to go, now?"

"Actually, we want you to come back to the Pride Lands," Kion informed, stepping forward.

"You want us to go back?" Mjomba repeated. "Wouldn't it have been easier to just not kick us out in the first place?"

"He's got a point there," Bunga muttered. Both Fuli and Kufu shot him a half-lidded glare. "Just sayin'." The honey badger defended.

"Look, I'm really sorry," Kion apologized. "That was a mistake. I roared at you because we thought you were hyenas."

"Hyenas?!" Mjomba repeated, offended by the comparison. "Do I look like a hyena to you?"

"Pretty much," Bunga shrugged.

"Yeah," Fuli sighed.

"Uh-huh," Beshte nodded.

"Yep," Ono confirmed.

"You aardwolves really don't get out much, do you?" Kufu asked with a quirked brow.

"We still need to find the rest of your pack," Kion reminded him. "So we can take you all home."

"I don't know..." Mjomba admitted. "What's in it for me?"

"Well, you get to go home," Kufu pointed out with a deadpan expression.

"A home that's now totally overrun with termites, by the way," Ono added from his perch on his back.

"Termites?" Mjomba repeated, licking his lips and jumping around, "Now you're talking!" He chuckled. "Why didn't you say so in the first place? Let's go!" He ran in the direction the rest of his pack went, the Lion Guard following close behind.

The rest of Mjomba's pack ran into a small cave to hide from their pursuers, not even noticing the two sleeping jackal pups on the rocks the next cave over. Dogo and Kijana then stirred as they caught the scent of something.

"Dogo, do you smell that?" Kijana asked.

"Yeah, aardwolves," Dogo said with a smile. "Come on, let's go tell Mom." He said as the two jumped down from their perch and ran into the cave, where their father was snoring away.

Reirei entered the main part of the cave. "Dogo, Kijana, your younger siblings just went down for their naps." She informed her pups. "And that's what you two should be doing."

"But, Mom, we have something to tell you," Kijana said.

"A pack of aardwolves just ran into the cave next to ours," Dogo informed her.

"Aardwolves?" Reirei repeated, licking her muzzle. "A whole pack of 'em?" the two jackal pups gave a nod. "Excellent work, my dear, sweet pups." The jackal matriarch rubbed her head against the pups'. "Let me wake up your dad."

The male jackal let out a snort as he rolled over.

"Goigoi!" Reirei huffed, pushing her mate with her paws, but he didn't move. "Goigoi!" She growled, hitting him on the nose.

"What?" Goigoi snorted, looking around. "Was I snorin'?" His eyelids drooped and he fell back against the rock.

"Oh, never mind, keep sleeping if you want," Reirei shook her head, "Just more scrumptious aardwolf for me and the kids."

Goigoi jumped up from the rock and stood beside his mate. "You had me at aardwolf." He replied, now wide awake.

"I just saw a whole pack of 'em move in next door," Kijana informed her parents.

"When did the hyraxes move out?" Goigoi asked with a raised brow.

"They didn't," Reirei answered to which Goigoi chuckled. "Now, kids, go get some sleep while me and your father say 'hello' to our new neighbors." Reirei suggested,

"Okay, Mom," Dogo and Kijana said as they went into the den while Reirei put on a sweet smile as she led her mate out of their den.

"Coming in here was a great idea!" exclaimed a male aardwolf in the pack, Haya, who had dark gray fur, bushy cheeks, black markings, and dark eyes. "It's roomy, nice and dank, wall to wall dirt."

"Oh," sighed a female aardwolf, Ogopa, who had a narrow muzzle, blue-gray fur with black markings and light black eyes. "Too bad there's nothing here to eat."

"Oh, I wouldn't say that," Reirei rebuffed, who stood in the entryway of the cave.

The appearance of the jackal spooked the aardwolves, who let out shrieks and huddled together.

"Oh, don't be scared," Reirei spoke. "We're the folks from next door."

"Howdy, neighbors!" Goigoi greeted, standing by Reirei's side.

Haya let out a heavy sigh. "You scared us for a second there."

"We thought you were the Lion Guard," Ogopa informed.

"Lion Guard? Where?" Goigoi looked around, starting to panic. "Reirei made me do it!" He cowered, making the female roll their eyes.

"Goigoi," Reirei snarled, kicking the male jackal in the nose. "Ignore him." She chuckled, smiling at the aardwolves.

"Oh, you don't like 'em either?" Haya asked. "Well, don't worry. They'll never find us here." He assured with a smile. "We totally gave them the slip...I think."

"I see," Reirei noted, her eyes wide and friendly, and a smile on her muzzle. "We're the furthest thing from the Lion Guard. Believe you me." Reirei informed, standing next to the two named aardwolves. "And...Why exactly were you running away from the Lion Guard?"

"Because they're mean!" Ogopa exclaimed. "And they're scary." She added, her ears falling to the sides.

"Say it, sister!" Reirei agreed. "They can be very mean."

"But mainly because Kion's Roar sent us flying out of the Pride Lands!" Haya added.

"And then they came after us here!" Ogopa followed. "You won't tell them where we are, will you?"

"Don't you worry about that," Reirei assured. "I promise, the Lion Guard won't find hide nor hair of you." She assured them. "Well, maybe a little hide," She muttered under her breath with a smirk.

"And maybe a little hair," Goigoi whispered with a low chuckle.

"All we're trying to say is, as your new neighbors, we're going to be such good friends," Reirei covered with an innocent giggle. "And you know what friends do..."

"Have each other for dinner!" Goigoi exclaimed, earning a kick to the snout by Reirei.

"He means, have each other over for dinner," the jackal matriarch clarified.

Reirei:

This is your new home

Goigoi:

And we are your new friends

Reirei:

No need to keep running

Your trip is at an end

Goigoi:

We're here for you

Reirei:

We know how you feel

Just stay with us and we'll make you a meal

"You'll be safe inside," Reirei assured them sweetly.

"Inside our bellies," Goigoi laughed.

"Goigoi!" Reirei hissed.

Reirei:

It's gonna be a meal you won't forget

Goigoi:

It might just be our biggest one yet

Reirei:

And now that we're all neighbors

And cause you look so sweet

Goigoi:

We'll have you 'round our place and have ourselves a treat

Ain't no need to be scared y'all

We'd love to help you hide

Reirei:

We promise no one will find you once you're safe inside

This is your new home

Reirei and Goigoi:

And we are your new friends

Reirei:

No need to keep running

Reirei and Goigoi:

You're trip's at an end

Goigoi:

We're here for you

Reirei:

We know how you feel

Just stay with us and we'll make you a meal

The pack of aardwolves watched the performance, the two jackal mates dancing around each other.

Goigoi:

So when you're good and ready

You'll wanna close your eyes

Reirei:

Cause we're gonna give you a really big surprise

We just can't wait to have you

As our special guest

Goigoi:

You'll be gone when it's over

No need to clean our mess

Reirei and Goigoi:

This is your new home

Mjomba's pack sang along with the jackal pair, dancing to the beat of the music.

Mjomba's Pack:

And you are our new friends

Reirei and Goigoi:

No need to keep running

Mjomba's Pack:

Our trip's at an end

You're here for us

Reirei and Goigoi:

We know how you feel

Mjomba's Pack:

We'll stay with you and

Reirei:

We'll make you a meal

"We'll make you a meal," Goigoi laughed, watching as Reirei sang the big finish.

Reirei:

Just stay with us and we'll make you… A meal

The jackal matriarch stood with a sweet grin on her muzzle as she ended her little musical number.

"Wow! That was fun!" Ogopa laughed, as Reirei jumped down from the performance stage and sat beside her. "We are so lucky we picked this cave to hide in."

"Oh, no, sweetie," Reirei giggled. "We're the lucky ones." She glanced at her mate, their eyes slightly narrowed.

Kufu sniffed the air as the rest of the Guard, plus Mjomba, came upon a few caves.

"They're hiding in that cave," the Slyest informed, pointing to the cave dead ahead of them.

"This time, we need a good plan," pointed out Kion.

"On it," Bunga volunteered. "I'll go in alone." He took one step and ran into Beshte's leg.

"Sorry, Little B," the Guard's Strongest apologized, "Nothin' personal."

Kion turned to the aardwolf pack leader. "Mjomba, will you go into that cave?" He asked. "Tell the other aardwolves we're not a threat?"

"Sure," Mjomba nodded. "I can do that."

"Just pop your head out when you know they won't run," Kufu added, standing at Kion's right side. "Then, we can all go back to the Pride Lands."

"Then I can eat," the aardwolf chuckled, his tail wagging. "Unlimited termite feast, here I come." He ran towards the cave where the rest of his pack was hiding.

"Almost unlimited!" Bunga called after him. "Some of those termites are mine!"

Fuli looked down at him with a quirked brow. "Seriously?" she sighed.

"Never too early to call dibs," the Guard's Bravest defended.

Mjomba approached the cave and poked his head inside. "Hello! Any aardwolves home?" He called.

"Private party," Goigoi said as he held onto two aardwolves.

"Not at all," Reirei stepped in, "Not at all, the more the merrier!" She said with a sweet smile.

"Mjomba!" Haya exclaimed as he and Ogopa approached him. "You escaped! How smart! How brave! It is really you, right?" He asked cautiously.

"Yeah, it's me!" Mjomba assured them. "And I've got good news, the Lion Guard are the good guys. They saved me!" He explained much to his pack's shock.

"Good guys?" Ogopa repeated. "No way! They kicked us out of the Pride Lands!" She reminded him before she gasped. "Is this another trick? Are they hiding behind you?" She asked, looking around if the Lion Guard were in sight.

"No! It was all a big misunderstanding," Mjomba told them. "They didn't mean to kick us out! They thought we were hyenas!"

"Hyenas? That's ridic..." Haya stopped himself when he saw that they do look somewhat like hyenas. "OK, now I see it."

"Anyway, they want to take us back to the Pride Lands. Since we left, it's been crawling with termites!" Mjomba explained which made the entire pack's mouth water.

"Mmm. Termites? Crawling with 'em?" Ogopa asked, not seeing Reirei and Goigoi heading towards the entrance of the cave.

"Yeah, and we can eat 'em all! They need us to!" Mjomba told them.

"You hear that?" Haya asked the entire pack. "We can go home and eat termites!"

"Let's go!" Mjomba said.

"Hold on a second!" Reirei spoke up, standing near the entrance of the cave. "I thought we were going to have dinner here."

"I don't know," Mjomba said cautiously. "You got any termites?"

"Trust me, none of you are leaving this cave hungry," Reirei told them before giving them an evil smirk. "In fact, none of you are leaving at all! Goigoi! Push!" She ordered as Goigoi pushed a big rock in front of the entrance and trapped the aardwolves in the cave.

Meanwhile, outside of the cave, the Lion Guard was waiting for Mjomba to come out of the cave with the other aardwolves only to see the entrance getting blocked.

"What the... Why'd they do that?" Kufu asked, blinking in confusion.

"Maybe they're still scared of us?" Fuli guessed with a shrug.

"You think they didn't believe Mjomba?" Beshte asked.

"I promised we'd make things right," Kion reminded them, looking to the Guard's Keenest of Sight, who was perched on top of a small rock pile. "Ono, could you see through the crack in the rocks?"

"I can try," Ono replied, taking off and flying towards the cave. He peered in through a small crack, seeing two jackals standing between the cave's opening and the aardwolves. "Hapana!" he gasped, flying back to the rest of the Guard.

"What'd you see, Ono?" Kufu asked.

"I saw Goigoi and Reirei," Ono answered, hovering in front of the two lion cubs.

Reirei and Goigoi were slowly approaching the aardwolves who were backed into the corner.

"Should we wait for the kids?" Goigoi asked.

"We'll bring them leftovers," Reirei answered as the jackals were about to pounce on the aardwolves.

But the stone blocking the cave was knocked in two by Beshte as he and the rest of the Guard charged inside.

"Get away from the aardwolf, Reirei!" Kion growled, baring his teeth and pinning the jackal matriarch before she could get away.

"Kion, so nice of you to drop by!" Reirei giggled, trying to sweet-talk her way out of the situation. "Gotta admit, I wish you'd come a little later." She admitted.

"I bet you do, Reirei," Kion agreed, keeping his paws on the jackal's chest. "Anybody got Goigoi?"

"He's not going anywhere," Bunga assured, having the male jackal by the tail, preventing him from running off.

Still keeping his eyes on Reirei, Kion stepped down, "Time for you to go home." He ordered.

Bunga released his hold on Goigoi's tail, letting him run out of the cave and back to his own home.

"You betcha! See ya next visit!" The female jackal agreed as she ran out of the cave.

"OK, Bunga let him go," Kufu told him.

"Got it," Bunga said as he let go of Goigoi's tail which caused him to roll out of the cave and bump into Reirei, and they both tumbled into their den. "And stay in there!" Bunga told them.

Back in the den, the Lion Guard escorted all of the aardwolves outside.

"She seemed like such a good hostess, until she tried to eat us," Ogopa said.

"Yeah, that sorta spoiled the party," Haya agreed.

"I could really use a termite about now," Mjomba said before looking at Kion. "Can we go home and eat?" He asked.

"Best idea I've heard all day," Kion said with a smile.

The Lion Guard then led the aardwolves out of the Outlands and back into the Pride Lands.

The following day...

Bunga laid on his back by Beshte's pool and sighed heavily.

"How are you doing, Bunga?" Kion asked, walking up to the honey badger.

"I'm fine," Bunga replied, not looking at any of his friends, who were all standing around him. "I guess..."

"Miss the termites?" Beshte questioned from his pool.

"I'm trying to be brave about it. But I gotta admit..." The Guard's Bravest sniffled. "I do miss 'em."

"Well...we've got a little surprise that might make you feel better," Fuli informed, a small smile on her muzzle.

Bunga sniffled again. "I don't think there's anything that could do that." He admitted with a catch in his throat.

"Not even a thank you gift from the aardwolves?" Kufu asked with a raised brow.

Ono flew overhead and dropped a large leaf full of termites onto Bunga's stomach.

The honey badger's eyes went wide. "They saved me some. Un-Bunga-lievable!" he gasped, taking a handful of termites and eating them. "Hey, it's working! I really do feel better."

His five friends burst into a fit of laughter as Bunga continued to chow down on the termites.

To be continued...

A/N: And that was Too Many Termites and I added Dogo and Kijana in this because I figured that they should get more screen time whenever the jackals show up, and I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and leave a review and tell us what you think.

Up Next: The Lion Guard has to help a friendly leopard get his home back.

Here's the Cast List:

Max Charles as Kion; Caleel Harris as Kufu; Joshua Rush as Bunga; Diamond White as Fuli; Dusan Brown as Beshte: Atticus Shaffer as Ono; Charlie Adler as Mjomba; Ogie Banks as Haya; Marieve Harington as Ogopa; Rob Lowe as Simba; Gabrielle Union as Nala; Eden Riegel as Kiara; Ana Gasteyer as Reirei; Phil LaMarr as Goigoi; Rider Strong as Kopa; Isabela Merced as Dalia; Mae Whitman as Kula; Vanessa Marshall as Tama; Jacob Guenther as Dogo; Amber Hood as Kijana; Khary Payton as Muhangus; Russi Taylor as Muhunga.