fills his heart with hate. I'm very worried, Mufasa, things are not going well between the two prides. Their hatred is growing larger, and I'm afraid something terrible will happen." He sighed again. The spirit of Mufasa responded with a calm breeze. "Hm? You have a plan?" The breeze grew stronger and knocked one of the melons hanging from the walking stick and when it hit the ground, it cracked in half.
"What?" Rafiki picked up the two halves of the melon and held them in front of Kopa and Kovu's portrait and slowly put them together. "Kopa...Kovu...together? What do you mean by this Mufasa? You mean to bring the two prides back together? You must be crazy, Mufasa! This will NEVER work!" The wind increased to the point where it was difficult for the baboon to keep himself in one spot without falling over. "Okay! Alright! Fine! I doubt this will work, but I just hope you know what you're doing!" He replied, looking up to the heavens.
Kovu's mane was almost fully developed by the time he felt his training was complete. He had grown from a weakling kitten into a ruthless killer. His fangs and claws were sharp and surpassed any of his pride, and possibly even surpassed his own father. And it had become his nature to not fear death.
After taking on and defeating three of his pride members, his mother approached him and announced he was ready. To prove her point, she made the entire pride surround the two and she questioned Kovu, very aware of what his answers would be.
"What is your destiny?" she asked.
"To avenge Scar and take his place as king of the pridelands." Kovu replied, with anger and hatred exposed on his face.
"Yes...what must you do to ensure your role as king?"
"I must kill Simba and his heir." Kovu growled. He had grown to hate Simba more than ever, and everytime his name was mentioned, it made his blood boil and made his yearn to kill. The lionesses surrounding the two roared in triumph, excited about the death of their exiler.
The following morning, Simba agreed to allow Kopa to put his leadership to the test and roam the pridelands alone to make sure everything was in order. Kopa's mane wasn't grown entirely, but Simba felt he was ready nontheless. Kopa was extremely excited and so was the rest of the pride. As Kopa walked around Pride Rock, trying to find Kala, everyone, including his mother and grandmothers, and Timon and Pumba (in their own special, abnormally emotional way) wished him a good day. Kyla approached Kopa (his mane had developed more than Kopa's and it was almost time for him to leave and start his own pride) and wished him luck. Kyla was about to leave when Kopa asked him where Kala was.
"I think she's by the water hole! She wants to wish you luck too, go find her!" Kyla said, giving Kopa a little nudge with his head in her direction. Kopa ran as fast as he could to the water hole. He spotted her on the side opposite him. She raised her head from drinking and smiled once she was aware of his presence.
"Kopa! Come here!" she called to him. Kopa splashed into the water (making a big splash at that) and swam to the other side. He walked onto the shore and shook the excess water from his fur. "I'm glad you're here! I wanted to wish you luck before you left!" She was as giddy as ever and it made Kopa chuckle. Kala still had a crush on him, and Kopa figured that he would be interested in her, but curiously enough, he wasn't. He never really put too much thought into it because he was still young and naive, but still didn't let Kala be aware that he knew about her.
"Haha, thanks, Kala," he smiled. "Well, I've gotta get going. I'll catch you later." he said, taking his leave with a small bow.
"Wait! Uh...y-you want some company?"
"No, thanks." And he departed.
Meanwhile, Nuka and Vitani were in Scar's old lair, fulfilling some duty Zira wanted them to do.
"This place is really creepy." Nuka commented, taking a step behind his sister.
"Sheesh...you're such a scaredy-cat." Vitani scoffed, between holding two dry branches in her mouth. She then dropped them beside a small active fire pit and waited for the ends to catch fire.
"I am not," Nuka exclaimed, following her close. "I just don't see the point in helping Kovu, if he's so freaking special." Nuka still held his grudge with Kovu, seeing as he was still older, and still an annoyance to his mother. Nuka screamed when steam hissed behind him. Vitani rolled her eyes. She noticed the small flames on the ends of the sticks and she picked one up in her mouth.
"Hurry up, Kopa has started his rounds. We have to move quickly." Vitani looked around, feeling like she was being watched by someone. Vitani rather didn't like what she had to do to endanger the poor little Kopa, but she had to if she didn't want to face her mother's wrath. Nuka picked up his stick, getting scorched in the process and following his sister, laughing maniacally.
Kopa was doing very well, if he did say so himself. He made sure there was no trouble between anyone, especially with the hyenas, which he did not find much of a threat anymore, since he was bigger than them. Kopa had wandered all day into the evening and was slowly making his way home through the grasslands. He was not aware that Nuka and Vitani were lighting the dry grass on fire. He noticed that there were no animals present, which was very peculiar. He sniffed the air and smelled something he never smelled before. It smelled like hot grass, which was a sickening smell. He looked behind himself and noticed that the entire grass field was on fire and was spreading fast. He gasped and ran into the opposite direction of the fire. He thought he was escaping it, but it seemed to have caught up with him, making him turn in to a dead-end.
Zira and Kovu were sitting on the side, watching all of this happen. Pretty much everything in sight was ablaze. Zira grinned to herself as Kovu remained motionless.
"The plan is in motion," she whispered. "Go!" She ordered her son. He ran into the fire, trying to find Kopa. He would not be hard to find.
Simba was waiting patiently at Pride Rock for his son. It was getting late and he was starting to get worried. He was aware that the outlanders were still around, and he was starting to think they were up to something, because they had been very quiet as of late.
"Don't worry, Simba." Zazu calmed. "Kopa's a smart kid, he'll be fine."
"I don't know..." he replied, wary. Something caught his eye in the distance. It was smoke. "Fire...something's wrong!" Simba ran down Pride Rock as fast as he could in the direction of the fire. "Zazu! Fly ahead towards the fire! Keep an eye open for Kopa! He might be out there!"
Nala watched Simba fly down the rocks as fast as he could. "Simba?" She ran after him. "Simba! I'm coming with you!"
The smoke was filling Kopa's lungs and he was tiring fast. The air was thick and was making it extremely hard to see anything. The only thing visible was fire, until Kopa saw a rock towering over everything else. The top of it was in clean air. Kopa ran towards it and leapt to the top. He was hanging off the edge and struggled to bring himself up. He pushed his legs harder, finally reached it, and collapsed once he was safer than he originally was. Out from the smoke appeared a mysterious threatening figure. Kopa grew aware of his presense and stood too fast, collapsing again.
"Get up." the figure ordered. "I'm not carrying you."
"Don't...tell me what to do," Kopa coughed, standing himself up anyway. Once he stood his ground, the figure leaned himself against his body to ensure that he wouldn't fall again.
"Now, follow me." Kopa followed. The two lions ran through the fire together, dodging hurdles of all kinds, from falling burning trees to ones already fallen. As they ran, whenever Kopa wasn't trying to pay attention to his surroundings, he was trying to figure out who this person was and why he was helping him. Just then, his rescuer lost his footing and tripped into a hole. Kopa leapt after him and pushed him out before a log fell onto them.
"Move it!" Kopa yelled. Not paying attention to what he was doing, he fell down a small cliff, rendering himself unconscious as his head his a rock. He and his rescuer landed in water, but Kopa was the only one sinking. The conscious lion dove in after him and brought him to the surface, dragging him onto the shore. Zazu spotted them from above, and became worried, thinking that Kopa's rescuer had attacked Kopa and killed him. He flew in Simba's direction.
Once Kopa reached dry land, he coughed and asked what happened, not really knowing if his rescuer was still around.
"You fell, being ever-so clumsy." the other lion teased bitterly.
"Excuse me!" Kopa shouted. "You have no right talking to me like that! You had YOUR fair share of 'clumsiness' or have you forgotten!" Kopa felt really embarrassed at his comment. He usually was never very clumsy in situations.
"Is this any way to thank the one who just saved your life?!"
"I didn't need your help anyway." Kopa said brushing passed him. "I had everything under control." He began walking away without another word.
The other lion sighed in frustration. He was going to need a reminder. "Hey, what are you doing?"
Kopa stopped in his tracks and faced the other lion. He knew he had seen him before. "Kovu?" he smirked. Kovu smirked
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