gonna add a twist?  Like that you're gonna kill me now, to avenge Scar?"

            Kovu laughed.  "No.  Oh, and my love for Kiara is true, too…"

            Simba padded down the rock steps.  "Wanna resume that walk that we never finished?"

            Kovu smiled.  "Sure."

            About thirty seconds later, when they started walking, the two continued to talk.  "Kovu, not meaning to discourage you or hurt you or anything like that, but…"

            Kovu looked at Simba with confusion.  "What?"

            Simba sighed.  "You said last night that Scar was up there, in the stars, with Mufasa.  Why?"

            Kovu smiled.  "I think you'll learn soon enough."

    ">            Simba nodded. 

            "That was me.  That was all a set-up."

            Simba nodded his head.  "Kovu, that's not as bad as… Wait, are you gonna add a twist?  Like that you're gonna kill me now, to avenge Scar?"

            Kovu laughed.  "No.  Oh, and my love for Kiara is true, too…"

            Simba padded down the rock steps.  "Wanna resume that walk that we never finished?"

            Kovu smiled.  "Sure."

            About thirty seconds later, when they started walking, the two continued to talk.  "Kovu, not meaning to discourage you or hurt you or anything like that, but…"

            Kovu looked at Simba with confusion.  "What?"

            Simba sighed.  "You said last night that Scar was up there, in the stars, with Mufasa.  Why?"

;        Simba didn't like that.  "Oh, c'mon, I don't need two Rafikis in my life… I mean, I'm gonna die today.  Just tell me…"

            Kovu sighed, wiping the smile off of his face.  "He… Appeared to me last night at the waterhole."

            Simba lowered his eyebrows, apparently thinking how that could possibly be.

            "Simba… he didn't say much. I asked him how he was up there, with Mufasa and all, but he really didn't give me a straight answer.  He just, I guess, tried to talk to me before today."

            Simba tried to find humor in this. "And who did he say should die today?"  Simba now had his eyebrows raised, apparently trying to seem serious.

            "You, who else?  He said about the same thing you said back there, about your age and everything…"  Kovu lied about the last part, but he didn't want to raise suspicion about him knowing more.

            Simba seemed to be fine with that answer.   "Fair enough…"

 

 

            Kiara awoke, only to find, for the sixth morning in a row, Kovu's spot missing.  When she discovered that the only other lion missing was here father, Simba, Kiara knew that the two were just talking.  She walked out of the den to stretch, seeing the two walking back towards Pride Rock.  Kovu noticed her, smiling at her.  Kiara started at him, but at a slow pace, as she had just waked. 

       yes"> Just tell me…"

            Kovu sighed, wiping the smile off of his face.  "He… Appeared to me last night at the waterhole."

            Simba lowered his eyebrows, apparently thinking how that could possibly be.

            "Simba… he didn't say much. I asked him how he was up there, with Mufasa and all, but he really didn't give me a straight answer.  He just, I guess, tried to talk to me before today."

            Simba tried to find humor in this. "And who did he say should die today?"  Simba now had his eyebrows raised, apparently trying to seem serious.

            "You, who else?  He said about the same thing you said back there, about your age and everything…"  Kovu lied about the last part, but he didn't want to raise suspicion about him knowing more.

            Simba seemed to be fine with that answer.   "Fair enough…"

 

 

;      When Kovu had reached her, Kiara asked a question instead of embracing him.

            "Who's going?"

            It was not a question that neither Simba nor Kovu seemed to want to answer.  "Me," Simba finally said.  Kiara embraced her dad, with a more than solemn look on her face.

            "Me and Kovu will miss you immensely, daddy…"

            Kovu smiled, touched.  Kiara was now crying, as Kovu started realizing how agonizing this situation, without Kovu's knowledge, might be for her.

            In a way, Kovu couldn't wait for Yamin to come.  He would chase after Yamin only a couple of minutes after he left with Simba, to make sure they were almost at the Outlands, that way, when Kovu finally caught up, Yamin and Simba would be just arriving in the Outlands.  And, another plus, was that Kovu would be able to tell Kiara the good news before he left on a rescue mission.

            He knew he was gonna regret him killing his father, ten times more than he regretted killing Nato, Yamin's brother, only  six days ago. 

            It was almost funny. 

            Simba had thought that Nato was the one killing all the lionesses.  Simba could not tolerate this, so he sent Kovu, whom he had only welcomed into his kingdom a day ago, to kill Nato.  Simba thought that after the lion was gone that peace would finally be restored to the Pride Lands.  Unfortunately, Nato was completely innocent, framed for his brother's crimes, and then brutally killed. 

     ZE: small">            "Who's going?"

            It was not a question that neither Simba nor Kovu seemed to want to answer.  "Me," Simba finally said.  Kiara embraced her dad, with a more than solemn look on her face.

            "Me and Kovu will miss you immensely, daddy…"

            Kovu smiled, touched.  Kiara was now crying, as Kovu started realizing how agonizing this situation, without Kovu's knowledge, might be for her.

            In a way, Kovu couldn't wait for Yamin to come.  He would chase after Yamin only a couple of minutes after he left with Simba, to make sure they were almost at the Outlands, that way, when Kovu finally caught up, Yamin and Simba would be just arriving in the Outlands.  And, another plus, was that Kovu would be able to tell Kiara the good news before he left on a rescue mission.

            He knew he was gonna regret him killing his father, ten times more than he regretted killing Nato, Yamin's brother, only  six days ago. 

            It was almost funny. 

;       Kovu looked up to see the sun inching its way across the cloudless sky, giving off more and more light as it got higher up in the sky.

 

 

            Yamin, true to his word, appeared at about the same time he did the last day (To Kiara's horror, Kovu's excitement, Vitani's sorrow, Nala's sorrow, and Simba's disgust).

            Yamin didn't seem to have a lot of pride on his face, and didn't even seem like he had to wipe away a smile.  He almost seemed defeated, even though he probably knew he had the upper hand.  Kovu expected this, after he had apparently found out that the hyenas had abandoned him the night before.

           

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