The Lost Gorillas
(Special Guest Stars: Dan Howell, Phil Lester and John Rhys-Davies)
The Lion Guard stood still under the tree, watching as their bravest member went about helping a fellow Pridelander in distress.
"Careful, Bunga..." Kion warned.
"It's a very delicate situation." Ono added from his perch on Beshte's back. He flapped his wings and flew up to the branch Bunga was standing on.
Stuck in a beehive was Zazu, who flapped his wings and shouted in frustration, only his shouting was muffled. "Sorry, Zazu, can't understand ya with your beak in that beehive." Bunga chuckled. He grabbed the hornbill's tail feathers and pulled him free.
Zazu gasped for breath as he was pulled free. "Thank you, Bunga." The Majordomo sighed. "That's much..." Zazu let out a scream when the hoard of bees flew out of the hive.
"Gotcha covered, Zazu!" Bunga swatted the hornbill away as he went to eat some of the bees.
Kufu leaped up and caught the royal adviser on his back. Zazu sighed in relief and gathered his bearings before hopping down onto the ground to face the whole Lion Guard. Bunga jumped down from the tree after finishing his snack,
"Maybe next time try flying under the beehive, not through it." Bunga said to Zazu.
"Yes." Zazu rolled his eyes.
"So why were you in such a hurry?" Fuli asked.
Zazu smoothed out his feathers, "I was looking for you." He answered. "All of you."
The Guard's strongest raised his brow, "What's the kerbubble, Zazu?" He asked.
"I've just received word. The pangolins are spraying everywhere." The royal majordomo informed. "It's quite a stinky situation." he added as his eyes met Kion's.
"That's odd." Ono noted.
"Yeah. Pangolins only spray when they're threatened." Kufu said in agreement, sharing a glance with the egret on her back.
"Then we better check it out." Kion ordered. "Till the Pride Lands' end..."
"...Lion Guard defend!" the rest shouted as they followed their leader.
The three felines of the Guard were a few paces ahead of the rest, and they heard the sounds of yelping coming from the nearby plains. "Sounds like we're close." Kufu alerted, his ears twitching.
Fuli crinkled her nose, "Smells like we're close." she groaned. The trio of felines jumped through the bushes and suddenly froze. "Can anyone tell me what I'm looking at?" The Guard's fastest quirked her brow.
"No idea." Ono answered.
The Guard stared in silence as they tried to comprehend what they were witnessing. In the middle of the plains stood two animals they had never seen before. They appeared ape-like in appearance, whereas one was bulkier than the other. The bulkier one had charcoal colored fur which darkened around his legs and arms, as well as his face and bangs, and he had blue eyes. The second one was slimmer and had grey fur all over his body, with darker grey fur rimming his limbs and bangs, which fell across to the left of his face and he had brown eyes.
"Drop it, Majinuni!" The buliker ape told the slimmer ape.
"You drop it, Hafifu! This one's a real stinker!" Makinumi said as he squeezed the Pangolin under his armpit.
"I know you are, but what is it?" Hafifu asked as he squeezed the Pangolin under his armpit which made it fart causing the two apes to laugh.
"Those're the biggest baboons I've ever seen!" Bunga gaped, his eyes wide.
"I don't think they're baboons." Kufu rebuffed.
Fuli let out another groan, "They sure act like baboons." She noted.
"I've never seen anyone like them." Beshte added. "And I know every animal in the Pride Lands."
"Well, whatever they are, they need to leave those pangolins alone." Kion voted. "Hey! You two!" the lion prince called out to the two unknown animals. "Put down the pangolins!"
"Put them down?" Majinuni repeated. "But they're so much fun to squeeze." He chuckled as he squeezed the pangolin again.
"They are!" Hafifu laughed. "Squeezy! Squeezy! Squeezy!" He added in a sing-song tone as he squeezed the pangolin.
Kion and Kufu each pounced on the two animals. "Oh, hello!" Hafifu greeted as he looked up at Kufu. "Have we met?"
"Would you mind not standing on us?" Majinuni questioned, looking up at Kion.
"Sure." Kion agreed.
"If you promise to stop messing with the pangolins." Kufu added.
Hafifu and Majinuni looked at each other then backed up at the cubs pinning them. "Deal!" They agreed in unison. Kion and Kufu jumped down and let the two animals get to their feet as the rest of the Guard joined the two lion cubs.
"Oh look, you've brought some friends!" Hafifu noted. "What fun!"
"So, who are you?" Kion asked.
"And what are you doing in the Pride Lands?" Kufu questioned a second later.
The two apes laughed again. "Ah, well, that's easy. I'm Majinuni." Majinuni introduced before turning to Hafifu. "And this is my brother Hafifu."
"We're looking for someone called King Zimba." Hafifu informed.
"He's a 'lion'?" Majinuni added who used air quotes around the species.
"I think they mean Simba." Ono translated, perched on Beshte's back.
"That's right!" Hafifu confirmed. "Do you know him?"
"Yeah, you could say that." Fuli answered with a roll of her eyes.
"Kion here just happens to be his son." Bunga informed, striding up next to the prince.
Majinuni pointed to Kion, "You're a lion?" He asked.
"You're a prince?" Hafifu quirked his brow. The two brothers exchanged a glance, "So are we!" they exclaimed with a laugh.
Bunga blinked, "Wait, you guys are lions?" He asked.
"No, Bunga." Kufu rebuffed with an eye roll. "They're saying they're princes."
"Seriously?" Fuli raised her eyebrow and exchanged a glance with Beshte.
"Are you lions too?" Majinuni asked as he pointed to Kufu and Fuli.
The two felines exchanged a look, the cheetah looking slightly offended. "Well, I am a lion." Kufu answered before turning to Fuli. "Fuli, on the other hand, is a cheetah. Egret." He motioned to Ono on Beshte's back. "Honey badger and hippo." He motioned back towards Bunga and Beshte. "Now, what are the two of you?" The lion cub quirked his brow.
"We're gorillas!" the two brothers informed with wide grins.
"Gorillas." Kufu repeated, glancing at Ono. "I thought they lived in mountain regions." Ono nodded in agreement.
"Yes, we do." Hafifu agreed.
The Lion Guard blinked. "So, what are you doing in the Pride Lands?" Kion questioned.
"Our poppa sent us here with a message for your poppa." Majinuni answered. "A really important message." Both brothers laughed again.
Fuli nudged Kion's shoulder with her own and pushed him off to the side, "Kion, there is no way anyone sent these two with a message for the king." She whispered. "Look at 'em." The pair of cubs glanced back at the two gorillas, who were making funny faces at each other.
"Majinuni, look!" Hafifu gasped. "A stick." He pointed to a thick, red object laying in the grass.
The 'stick' was actually Ushari the cobra. "Excuse me? A-" the cobra hissed as he was grabbed by the charcoal-grey gorilla.
"Bet you can't hit that baobab fruit." Majinuni challenged.
"Bet you I can!" Hafifu rebuked.
Kion's eyes widened, "No, wait!" He called out a little too late.
Hafifu launched Ushari, against protests, at the baobab tree a few yards ahead of them. Ushari smacked into a baobab fruit, gripping it with his fangs, and fell to the ground with a groan.
"Every time I get near the Lion Guard..." Ushari rolled his eyes and slithered away into the tall grass.
Kion ran to the two brothers, "Hafifu!" he scolded. "Why'd you do that?"
"Uh, 'cause I wanted to throw the stick." Hafifu defended with a shrug.
"Ushari's not a stick." The lion prince rebuffed. "You just heard him say so."
"Although, I can't say that Ushari didn't deserve that." Kufu said with a chuckle which made Kion give him a look
"He's got a point." Majinuni agreed. "As a rule, sticks don't talk."
Hafifu shrugged his shoulders, "Oh, well." he sighed. "Kuishi Ni Kucheka!"
"Kiushi ni ku-wha?" Bunga blinked in confusion.
"What does that mean?" Fuli asked, her expression the same as the honey badger's.
"It's our motto!" Hafifu grinned. "It means, 'To live is to laugh'!"
Majinuni and Hafifu wrapped their arms around each other's shoulders "Kuishi Ni Kucheka! Live with a laugh and a smile!" They sang. "Kuishi Ni Kucheka! Stays with you all the while!"
The Guard just exchanged confused glances with one another. "Uh, nope." Bunga sighed, rubbing the back of his head. "Don't know that one."
"They've never heard of it." Majinuni looked to his brother.
"How could they never have heard of it?" Hafifu questioned. "Maybe we should sing it in a different key..."
Before they could sing, Kufu cut them off, "Nonononono! That will not be necessary." He said with a swish of his tail.
Kion sighed, "Look, I'll take you to my dad so you can give him your message." He offered, turning in the direction of Pride Rock. "Now come on." Kufu walked beside Kion as the gorillas followed them, with the rest of the Guard bringing up the rear.
As they passed by Bunga, Hafifu grabbed him and held the honey badger under his arm and squeezed, making the badger fart. The three males laughed,
"These gorilla-dillas are my kinda guys!" Bunga grinned, looking back at Fuli and Beshte.
"I wonder." Ono pondered from his perch on Kufu's shoulder. "What message could the Gorilla King have for His Majesty?"
"That's a good question, Ono." Kufu replied, glancing from the egret to the lion prince. "Have any ideas Kion?"
"Nope." Kion answered, meeting Kufu's eyes. "Dad's never mentioned knowing the gorillas before."
On the edge of Pride Rock stood the King himself, overlooking his land with peace and contentment in his red-brown eyes. Kion approached his father. "Uh, Dad..." The prince spoke, hesitantly. Simba turned his head and glanced down at his son. "This is probably going to sound weird."
"What is it, son?" Simba asked.
"Well while we were on patrol we found these gorilla brothers." Kion informed. "And they say that they..."
"...Have a message for me?" Simba finished.
. "You know them?" Kion asked with a raised eyebrow.
King Simba nodded. "Their father is King Sokwe of the Mountain Gorillas." He informed his son. "A long time ago, he and I made a peace treaty. Now, every wet season, he sends a message to let me know if he still agrees to the peace. Or not."
"So...Majinuni and Hafifu really do have an important message for you?" Kion questioned.
"Very important." Simba nodded, looking around. "Where are they?"
"Ono?" Kufu glanced at the bird on her shoulder. The egret saluted and took to the sky, instantly spotting the two gorillas, who were walking on their hands and tossing Bunga back and forth with their feet.
"They're on their way." Ono groaned with a roll of his eyes as he retook his perch on Kufu's shoulder.
The two brothers continued their game of tossing Bunga back and forth with their feet, all three laughing, while Beshte and Fuli looked unimpressed as they stopped by the den. Simba stood tall and cleared his throat.
"Hey Your Highness!" Bunga greeted him with a wave. "Lemme introduce these guys..."
"Majinuni. Hafifu." Simba spoke calmly. "You have a message for me?"
The two princes jumped to their feet and stood in front of the Lion King. "Yes, um, about that..." Hafifu stammered.
"We do have a message..." Majinuni added, "Er, we did, but..."
"Boys." Simba continued to stare at the two gorillas.
Majinuni and Hafifu each pointed to the other, "He forgot it!" They blamed each other in unison.
The Guard's fastest rolled her eyes, "Why am I not surprised?" She sighed, exchanging a look with the bravest and strongest members.
The King sighed heavily. "This is not good." He said turning to his youngest cub. "Kion, I need you and the Lion Guard to take the boys back home and find out what King Sokwe's message is."
"Can't you just send them back and get the message again?" Kion asked in a low voice.
"And let peace with the gorillas depend on them?" Simba raised his brow. The father and son looked at the gorilla brothers.
"I bet I can stand on one foot longer than you." Hafifu challenged, standing on one foot.
"So? Bet you can't hop on one foot while patting your nose and rubbing your belly." Majinuni said as the two began jumping on one foot while patting their noses and rubbing their underbellies.
"I see your point, Your Highness." Kufu agreed with a dull look.
"Where's their home?" Kion asked, glancing up at his father.
Simba walked to the side of Pride Rock, where mountains could be seen in the distance. "The Theluji Mountains." He answered.
"That's a long way off." Kufu said in surprise.
"Way further than Mbali Fields." Kion added.
"Yes, but King Sokwe's sons should know the way." Simba informed them as they glanced back at the gorillas, who jumped and landed on their rear ends, then burst into a fit of laughter. "I hope." The King added.
Kufu and Kion exchanged a glance, knowing this task was going to be far from easy.
"Please tell me we're almost there." Fuli whined after the Guard had been walking for a few hours.
"We are!" Ono informed her from the air. "We just have to go up the mountain and find King Sokwe." He landed on Beshte's back.
"Majinuni, Hafifu." Kion glanced over his shoulder. "Can you tell us where your dad is?"
Trailing behind the Lion Guard were the two brothers, who were playing a game of leap-frog. "Oh, you know..." Hafifu shrugged as he leaped over his brother.
"...Up there somewhere." Majinuni finished, pointing up at the mountain ahead of them.
"You guys really don't know how to get home from here?" Kufu asked, facing the two brothers as he quirked his eyebrow.
"Sorry." Hafifu shrugged. "We've never gone up the mountain before."
"To tell the truth, we've only gone down the mountain once." Majinuni added.
"Yeah, and we rolled most of the way at that!" Hafifu laughed.
"Ono?" Kion glanced at the egret. "Where to next?"
The Guard's keenest of sight took to the sky and scanned the area ahead. "I see a path through the trees." He informed, hovering over Kion and Kufu.
"Great. Then we'll go that way." Kion voted, heading down the path through the forest.
"Thanks for the help." Fuli deadpanned, walking beside Kion down the path.
Majinuni chuckled, "Well, she certainly is polite." He noted.
"I know, right?" Hafifu agreed. "I didn't think we were helpful at all." The two brothers laughed as they followed after the Lion Guard.
The path led them into a dense forest. "Guys?" Kion looked at the two gorilla princes. "Any of this look familiar?"
Bunga looked around. "Not to me." He said, shrugging his shoulders.
"I think he was talking to the gorillas." Fuli told the honey badger.
"Did you say gorillas?" Hafifu asked, him and Majinuni poking their heads out from behind a nearby tree. "Are there gorillas here somewhere?"
"Is Poppa here?" Majinuni looked around as he and his brother stepped out into the open. "Uh, Poppa?" he gulped.
Kufu sighed exasperatedly, "He was talking to you, you knuckleheads!" He said with an annoyed tone. "You're the gorillas!"
"Oh!" Both brothers gaped, looking at each other. "We're the gorillas!" they exclaimed, bumping their chests together then laughing.
"And until we get them home, they're our gorillas." Ono noted, landing on Beshte's back.
"Yeah." Kion muttered in agreement, "So which way do we go from here?" He asked the two brothers.
"That way!" They answered, each pointing in a different direction. "No, no! That way!" They corrected, each pointing in the opposite direction.
Kion, Kufu and Fuli exchanged a glance and lowered their heads. "Maybe we can ask this little green guy." Beshte suggested, as he saw a lizard crawl across the tree branch above his head.
"What little green guy?" Bunga asked, as the reptile changed its scale color.
Beshte gasped, "Poa. He was green a second ago." He said in shock
"He must be a chameleon." Ono noted, flying over to the others with Kion, Kufu and Fuli following.
The Guard's bravest scratched the back of his head, "A ka-what-eon?" he repeated.
"Chameleon." Ono corrected. "They're a species of lizard that can change the colors of their scales to blend in with their surroundings. Common knowledge, really." He shrugged, landing on Beshte's back.
Majinuni turned to his brother, a wide grin on his face. "Did you hear that?" He asked.
"I heard that, brother!" Hafifu replied. They both threw their arms in the air.
"Chameleon hide and seek!" They exclaimed, which spooked the chameleon and sent it running deeper into the forest, and the gorillas chased after it.
"You have gotta be kidding me!" Kufu exclaimed in annoyance.
Kion sighed, "Ono, please follow them." The keenest of sight gave a nod and flew into the forest after the two gorillas. "Hafifu! Majinuni!" the Guard's fiercest called out, twitching his ears to try and hear the reply.
"Hello!" Hafifu called back.
"Where are you?!" Kion yelled.
"Excellent question!" Hafifu yelled back. "Wish we could say!"
"It is a bit of a puzzler!" Majinuni added. "We can hear you, but we can't see you!"
Ono flew back to the rest of the Guard, "Sorry, Kion." He apologized. "The plants are too thick. I can't even see the ground."
Kion glanced at Kufu and Fuli. "Can either of you smell 'em?" He asked.
Kufu and Fuli sniffed the air, the brown furred lion cub letting out a sneeze. "There's too many weird plants in bloom." He noted with a shake of his head.
"Yeah." agreed Fuli. "I don't think I could even track Bunga's scent here."
"Hmm..." Kufu mused with a flick of his tail as he looked at Kion, "Wait a minute, I've got an idea." A small smile crossed his muzzle. "Hafifu! Majinuni!" He yelled as loud as he could. "Stay still! When we call your names, shout back." He added. "We'll follow your voices and find you."
"Ooh, yes! But let's make it a game!" Hafifu cheered. "You shout 'Kuishi'. Then we shout 'Ni Kucheka'!"
"Fine." Kion sighed. "Kuishi!" Ke paused for a few seconds to listen for a reply. "Kuishi!"
"Oh, it's our turn." Majinuni giggled. "Ni Kucheka!"
Bunga rubbed the back of his head. "Sounds like they're this way." He pointed to a path a few feet ahead of them.
Kion nodded. "Let's go!" he ordered the Guard as he ran down the path. "Kuishi!"
"Ni Kucheka!" Hafifu called back, him and his brother walking past where the Lion Guard was standing just a moment ago.
They continued the back and forth yelling, and were no closer to regrouping. Kion rolled his eyes and sighed heavily,
"Hafifu! Majinuni!" Kion called out. "This game isn't working!"
A few minutes later, the brothers' voices shouted, "Forest hog chase!" which made the Lion Guard exchange confused glances.
"Lion Guard!" Majinuni called out. "We shall now snort like forest hogs while you chase us!"
"Chase them?" Beshte repeated.
"Seriously?" Fuli groaned.
"I don't even know what forest hogs sound like, and Pumbaa doesn't count." Kufu added. The sound of the gorillas snorting echoed throughout the forest.
"Now you do." Bunga noted with a smile.
Ono flew up and scanned the area, "I see trees moving!" He alerted. "I think they're heading uphill… Right into the fog!"
"Thanks, Ono!" Kion called up to the egret.
The Guard raced uphill right into a thick blanket of fog. "Hafifu!" Kufu called out, squinting his eyes to try to see even a few inches ahead of him.
"Majinuni!" Kion yelled.
A loud snorting came from a small distance behind the Guard. Fuli's ears twitched, "That snort came from behind us." She noted in a whisper.
"You think the gorillas split up?" Kion asked, glancing to his right.
"Or it might possibly be a..." Ono began, only to be cut off by the snorting. A second later, a large hog jumped through the bushes and charged ahead. "...real forest hog!" Ono finished, taking off from Beshte's back. "Hapana!"
"Whoa!" Kion, Kufu and Fuli gasped, jumping apart just as the hog charged through them. A few seconds later, the hog snorts sounded more aggressive and it became mixed with the screams of Majinuni and Hafifu.
"The forest hog! It's after them!" Kion ran ahead after the hog.
"Wait for us!" Fuli called after Kion as the rest of the Guard ran after him.
"Why's the hog acting so mad?" Beshte asked.
"He must think the gorillas are other forest hogs." Ono guessed, flying above the others.
"Hogging in on his territory!" Bunga laughed, running next to Kufu. "Get it? Forest hog...hogging?"
Kufu rolled his eyes, "Bunga, this is no time for jokes." He scolded.
Kion followed the sounds of snorting and screaming, and eventually the forest hog came into view. He pounced on the large hog and squared off against it, "Back off." He snarled. The forest hog lunged forward, which Kion ducked, then returned with a swipe of his claws. He ducked under the hog's tusks and hunched low, standing between the hog and the gorillas.
"You can't get to them without going through me." The lion prince growled as he pounced on the hog. "And you're not getting through me."
"Or us!" Kufu growled as he and the rest of the Guard jumped into the fight. The brown furred lion cub bared his fangs and hunched his body low, his tail flicking behind his.
The forest hog gave a weak snort, and Kion climbed off it. The hog ran away with a terrified squeal. Fulk sighed in relief and ran up to Kion, rubbing her forehead against his, "You okay, Ki?" she asked as she pulled back.
"Yeah. I'm good." Kion replied with a blush
The Lion Guard walked up to the gorilla brothers, who were covering up each other's eyes. "Hafifu? Majinuni?" Kufu spoke up.
"You okay?" Kion asked.
They dropped their hands from each others faces. "Uh, surprisingly enough, we are." Hafifu noted, looking over himself.
"Totally unpoked by sharp hoggy tusks." Majinuni added, smiling at the two lion cubs. "You saved us!"
"Well, sure, that's what we do." Kion replied. "Now let's get you home."
"I've got a better idea." Majinuni chuckled, wrapping his arm around Hafifu's shoulders, and his brother doing the same. "Let's get chased by the forest hog again."
The rest of the Lion Guard walked up and stood on either side of the two cubs. "What?" Bunga blinked.
"Seriously?" Fuli gaped at the same time.
"Guys?" Beshte questioned. "Is something else going on?"
"Well...we haven't been very helpful getting you to our poppa..." Hafifu admitted.
"Because we don't really want to see him." Majinuni added.
Kufu gave a small nod, "I knew something was going on." He stated. "You couldn't be that silly."
"Oh, no." Majinuni rebuked. "We are."
"Totally silly." Hafifu agreed. "Dozy. Dopey. Wacky."
"Immature and frivolous." Majinuni added.
"That's a lot of words for silly." Bunga whispered to Beshte.
Kion quirked his brow, "So why don't you want to see your dad?" He asked.
Majinuni sighed, "For some reason he's never thought we're prince material." He answered. "So we decided to show him he's wrong."
"We volunteered to deliver his really important message..." Hafifu continued. "...and then we failed miserably."
"Now we have to go home and tell him." Majinuni looked down at the ground.
Hafifu nodded, "He's going to put on his...disappointed face." both brothers said in unison as they mimicked the expression their father would make.
"I get it." Kion replied, earning a look of shock from the brothers. "I never want to let down my dad either." He continued, his ears falling flat against the sides of his head. "It's the whole reason I'm here. I'm really sorry. I wish I could do something to make it easier." At his right, Fuli gave him a small smile and tapped her cheek to his.
"Well, you did face down a ferocious forest hog." Hafifu noted. "That's almost as hard as facing our dad."
"And it seemed like the sort of thing a prince would do." Majinuni added.
"We don't exactly feel like princes yet." Hafifu said, rubbing the back of his neck
A smile crossed Kion's muzzle, "Trust me, if you act like a prince, sooner or later, you'll start to feel like a prince." He assured.
The two brothers looked at each other and smiled. "Okay, then." Majinuni spoke up, both him and Hafifu placing their right fists over their chests. "We'll take you to our home."
"But...possibly one last little game?" Hafifu questioned.
"No!" the Guard shot down.
Majinuni and Hafifu led the Lion Guard up the mountain. "Not much farther." Majinuni informed them as they climbed up a rocky cliff. Both brothers shouted "Whee!" as they slid down the other side.
The Guard peeked over the cliffside and their eyes went wide. The terrain looked similar to the plains of the Pride Lands, only it was covered in a blanket of snow that shimmered in the sunlight.
"Heyvi kabisa." Kion blinked.
"Is this… snow?" Fuli questioned, her green eyes wide.
"But it's not even the Snowy Season ." Kufu noted, looking at the snow in surprise. "How is there snow here?"
"I..." Ono stuttered, perching on one of the large boulders. "...I don't know."
"Me neither… But I like it." Bunga laughed as he slid down the cliffside.
Beshte followed Bunga down the cliffside, landing in the soft powder that covered the ground. "Poa." He grinned.
"I have to admit, with all this snow here, it makes this place look nice." Kufu said with a wide grin spreading across his muzzle.
After exchanging a glance between them, the trio of felines carefully slid down the cliffside to join their friends.
"Betcha it's been a while since you've seen snow, huh?!" Hafifu chuckled.
"Pretty much." Kion said with a nod, looking down at the white powder covering his paws.
"What do we do now?" Fuli asked.
Hafifu laughed, "I'll tell you what we do." he said, taking hold of a tree branch, pulling the whole tree down, "We have fun!" he laughed and let go of the tree, sending all the snow off the leaves and onto the Lion Guard.
The six animals stood in shock, experiencing the coldness of the snow. The two gorilla brothers just rolled around in a fit of laughter.
"Come on!" Majinuni urged.
"You just going to stand there, or are you going to play?" Hafifu asked.
Bunga turned to the Guard's leader, "Kion?" he questioned.
"Well..." The lion prince pondered for a moment, "...I guess a little fun in the snow couldn't hurt."
"All right!" Bunga cheered, jumping into the air. "Zuka Zama!" he slid down the hillside on his stomach.
"It's cold." Fuli noted as she took a few steps. She then stepped on a patch of frozen water, "And slippery." She quickly jumped back into the powdery substance. "But it's kinda fun." A wide grin spread across her muzzle as she jumped around and giggled.
Beshte ran into a large pile of snow, "Twende Kiboko!" he exclaimed, jumping right through it, causing flakes of it to fall all around him.
Ono flew through the flakes, "It's melting on my beak." He said with a laugh.
Kufu jumped off the rock he was standing on and rolled around in the snow, chuckling. "Come on Kion! The snow is fine." He said, rolling onto his stomach.
"Yeah Kion." Bunga agreed, falling onto his back and throwing snow into the air. "It's un-Bunga-lievable!"
"I don't know." Kion hesitated.
Hafifu rolled some snow into a ball, "Heads up!" he smiled and threw the snowball, hitting Kion right in the face, which knocked him off the rock he stood on. The two brothers laughed.
"Kion?" Kufu jumped onto the rock to check on his friend.
The prince hopped up beside her, a grin on his pale gold muzzle. "Oh, it's on." he laughed.
He and Kufu slid down the small slope and skidded to a halt, splashing the two gorillas with some snow as they shouted, "Kuishi Ni kucheka!" before bursting out laughing.
The Lion Guard spent a good amount of time playing in the snow. Fuli bounced around like a giddy cub, giggling up a storm. Bunga had fun throwing balls of snow at Ono as he flew around. Beshte had a blast sliding down the slopes and running through the drifts. And Kufu and Kion laughed as they chased each other through the snow and around the trees.
"Oh man, this is fun!" Kufu cheered in excitement. "I cannot wait till it's time for the Snowy Season!"
"You got that right." Kion agreed when suddenly two snowballs slammed into their faces.
Majinuni and Hafifu came sliding down another slope and threw more snowballs at the Lion Guard. Beshte created a barrier big enough for the six to hide behind. The Guard's strongest scooped up a large pile of snow with his nose and tossed it over to Kion. The lion prince laid on his back and rolled the snow into a ball with his paws, and Ono flew down and grabbed the large snowball and dropped it onto the two gorillas.
The two brothers popped their heads and laughed. Soon all anyone could hear was the sound of laughter and a new friendship being formed.
"Zuka Zama, fun with snow." Bunga sang to himself as he rolled a giant snowball.
"That's not to throw at me, is it?" Fuli asked as she padded up to the honey badger.
"Nah." Bunga chuckled, smoothing out the snowball. "It's a souvenir for Uncle Timon."
Kion and Kufu ran past them, laughing. "Whoo! That was so awesome!" Kufu exclaimed. "I could do this all day!"
"We could too." Hafifu agreed. "Watching you two sure is fun!"
"But we promised we'd get you to our dad." Majiunin reminded with a sigh.
"Right." Kion and Kufu replied.
"I just want to take one more look, so I'll never forget it." Kion said as he took a step back his hind paws slipped and slid down the hill.
The rest of the Guard shouted their names as the two cubs slid away. "I'm coming!" Bunga called out, running to help his Best Friend. "Zuka..." The honey badger was halted by Majinuni's hand.
"Sorry for the quick-stop, Bunga." Majinuni apologized. "But Kion needs someone who knows the mountain."
"Two someones!" Hafifu corrected, slapping a high-five with his brother. The two princes jumped over the hill and slid down the slope, shouting "Kuishi ni kucheka!" Ono flew after them to make sure they reached Kion in time.
"Whoa!" Kion exclaimed as he continued to slide down the hill at an increasing speed.
Yards behind him, the two gorilla brothers were laughing as they slid down the mountain trying to rescue the lion cub.
The slope steepened and Kion tried their best to slow himself down, but nothing worked. In a last ditch effort, Kion turned around and dug his claws into the ice. It slowed him down, but not enough to avoid falling over the ledge.
"Kion!" Ono called, flying over to him. "Are you okay?:
"So far." Kion grunted. "But I can't hang on much longer."
"Don't worry." The keenest of sight assured. "Majinuni and Hafifu are coming to help you."
After Ono said that, the sounds of the two princes shouting "Whoo-hoo!" caught their attention.
"Hang on, Kion." Majinuni called.
"Good advice, brother." Hafifu chuckled.
The two brothers let out a grunt as they collided with each other. The snow at the cliff's edge gave way and Kion let out a terrified scream as he fell. Ono covered his eyes with his wings. Just before Kion could fall entirely, the two gorillas grabbed his hind legs.
"Huh?" Kion blinked before looking up to see Majinuni and Hafifu smiling at them. They tossed the lion cub back onto the ground, Kion landing on his back, sighing in relief.
"You saved me." Kion panted, smiling at the two brothers. "Thanks."
Majinuni shook his head, "No thanks needed. It was fun!" He assured him.
"It was more than that. It was brave." Kion rebuked, "Doing something like that is what makes you prince material." he informed.
Wide grins spread across the gorilla brothers' faces. "You really think we have that in us?" Hafifu asked. "The prince thing?"
"Totally." Kion agreed.
Majinuni and Hafifu led the Lion Guard to the cave where their father, King Sokwe, was waiting. King Sokwe was a large, bulky gorilla with brown eyes, dark brown fur, and a tall crest with a streak of darker brown in the center. He also had darker fur around his arms and legs, while his chest and underbelly were light beige in color.
"So..." He spoke, sternly glaring at his two sons, while the Lion Guard stood a few feet off to the side. "You forgot my message to King Simba."
"Yes, Poppa." Majinuni and Hafifu replied.
"And you got lost coming home from the Pride Lands." The king added.
"Yes, Poppa." the two princes nodded.
King Sokwe glanced at the Guard before turning his glare to Hafifu and Majinuni. "And you needed the Lion Guard to help you get back home." The two princes nodded again. "You know what this means."
Majinuni and Hafifu gulped. "Yes, Poppa." they confirmed.
"What do you think it means?" Fuli whispered to Beshte.
"Nothing too bad, I hope." Beshte answered back.
Sokwe held two balls of snow in each palm, "Kuishi Ni Kucheka!" He laughed as he slammed the two snowballs onto his sons' heads. The two brothers laughed as well. "Kion told me how you saved him." Sokwe added, a smile forming across his lips. "I'm proud of you both. You are true gorilla princes." He bowed his head.
Majinuni and Hafifu grinned at each other. "Thank you, Poppa." They returned the bow.
"Um...speaking of your message for my dad?" Kion questioned, stepping up next to Majinuni. "We do need to give it to him."
"Of course you do." Sokwe agreed. He looked at the rest of the Guard, "I see your friend has a souvenir from our home."
"Sure do!" Bunga grinned, holding onto the large snowball he made. "Uh...Your Gorilla-ness." he chuckled dryly.
"Is that a problem?" Kufu asked.
The gorilla king shook his head. "Not at all." he answered. "In fact..." he held his chin between his thumb and first finger, "...it's perfect."
The Guard returned to Pride Rock just before sunset. "And, so...here we are." Kion concluded, having explained to his father why it took so long for them to return home.
"And did you bring back King Sokwe's message?" Simba asked. Kion nodded in reply. "Well, then?" the lion king raised his brow.
The prince looked away from his father, "It's just..."
"Kion, I need the message." Simba stated.
"You sure?" Kion questioned.
"Yes!" Simba answered sternly. "You have to give it to me."
"Okay..." a small smile crossed Kion's muzzle. "...Kuishi Ni Kucheka." he ducked just as Bunga jumped over him and slammed the giant snowball on Simba's head.
Simba slowly raised his head, looking down at the Guard's bravest member. "Sorry, Your Majesty." Bunga apologized with a weak smile. "It really wasn't my idea."
Kufu's ears fell to the sides of his head. "This might have been a mistake." He stated, glancing at Kion.
"Affirmative." Ono agreed from his perch on her back.
"Oh, King Sokwe." Simba chuckled. "No one delivers a peace message like him." He smiled and shook the snow off his mane, making everyone laugh.
To be continued...
A/N: And that was The Lost Gorillas, and this chapter was fun to make and boy these gorillas are really goofy and funny, and The Lion Guard had delivered the message from King Sokwe to King Simba and the peace is still being obtained. I hope you all enjoy reading this chapter, leave a review and tell me what you think.
Up Next: Nala takes Kion and Kiara on a trip while Simba takes charge of the Lion Guard.
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; Attitcus Shaffer as Ono; Rob Lowe as Simba; Dan Howell as Majinuni; Phil Lester as Hafifu; John Rhys-Davis as King Sokwe; Christian Slater as Ushari; Dee Bradley Baker as Forrest Hog.