Lion King 5

 

            Simba wasn't as surprised as Kovu would've thought he might have been to hear such news.  Kovu's mind was now racing around in circles.

            "Kovu… did you hear me?"

            He remembered when she repeated that she was pregnant.  It only reassured his speculations.  Kovu had replied, "Since… since when?"

            Kiara had simply smiled, saying, "Since about a week ago."

            Now Kovu was in the den, pretending to sleep.  He needed all the sleep he could get to get better from his little incident with Yamin…

            Kovu simply pushed the idea of his father out of his mind, thinking of possible names for the baby.  After a few seconds, Kovu gave up on trying to nap, and walked out of the den to be greeted by Simba, the only one still at Pride Rock besides Kovu himself.  The rest of the lionesses were on an afternoon hunt.

            "Hey, Kovu.  Uh, thanks again for saving my life…"

            Kovu stopped him.  "Now we're even, Simba…"

            Simba looked confused.  "How is that?"

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            Simba wasn't as surprised as Kovu would've thought he might have been to hear such news.  Kovu's mind was now racing around in circles.

            "Kovu… did you hear me?"

            He remembered when she repeated that she was pregnant.  It only reassured his speculations.  Kovu had replied, "Since… since when?"

            Kiara had simply smiled, saying, "Since about a week ago."

            Now Kovu was in the den, pretending to sleep.  He needed all the sleep he could get to get better from his little incident with Yamin…

            Kovu simply pushed the idea of his father out of his mind, thinking of possible names for the baby.  After a few seconds, Kovu gave up on trying to nap, and walked out of the den to be greeted by Simba, the only one still at Pride Rock besides Kovu himself.  The rest of the lionesses were on an afternoon hunt.

            "Hey, Kovu.  Uh, thanks again for saving my life…"

            Kovu stopped him.  "Now we're even, Simba…"

            Simba looked confused.  "How is that?"

o giggle, or at least chuckle, but didn't seem to be able to. "For having Kiara… She already saved my life.  And since she's a direct product of you and Nala… Well, I guess I owe Nala one now…"

            Simba looked over the Pride Lands, with an apparent sense of pride within.  "Kovu… soon, this will be all yours.  How you feel about that?"

            Kovu wasn't surprised at the question.  "I don't really feel anything right now…"

            Simba smiled.  "Oh, by the way… Congratulations on parenthood…"

            "Not yet, Simba… Hopefully you're alive long enough to see the child…"

            Simba looked down to the ground, as if the comment about his age hurt him inside.  "Oh, I'm sorry…"  Kovu looked at Simba apologetically.

            Simba looked Kovu in the eyes.  "But, in all reality, it is an if.  I mean... how much longer can this all go on?"

            Kovu looked up to the sky.  "I just hope that you don't die that soon…"

 

 

            "Kovu… I think the baby's hungry.  Can you really quick go get something?"

            "Get it yourself…"

            Kovu knew it wasn't going to be easy.  The crowd, along with Kovu himself, fell into complete silence.  A cheetah in the crowd spoke out: 

            "That makes you our king, buddy!"

            Kovu thanked the cheetah.  "I guess that does make me the rightful king of the Pride Lands.  I'm sorry for disturbing you all; I just thought that you all might want to hear some news.  I bid you all a good night."

           

 

            It finally sunk in.

            He was king…

            It was what he had wanted for so long…

            And yet…

            He didn't feel any better than he had any day before that, except of course for a couple months ago with his father, Yamin.

            Kovu got into the den just in time.  A lightning bolt hit the top of Pride Rock's plateau-like structure, the exact spot Kovu had been in only a couple of seconds before.

            People gasped, seeing as they could have lost yet another king right then and there.  Kovu was in a trance as he entered, not even noticing the lightning bolt.

            Kovu smiled, letting the slight breeze slide through the hairs of his mane.  He closed his eyes, enjoying the moment while it lasted.  Somehow, Kovu knew that he was in, or apart, of a dream, and was to wake up at any moment.

            Kovu, with his eyes still shut tight, noticed that the breeze started to cease, and that the area around him became silent.  He opened his eyes, startled at the sudden change in environment.

            The environment was now silent, weather less, and completely white.  Simba was now in front of front of Kovu, with a wide smile etched onto his face.

            "Kovu!  Did you see all of that?" Simba asked, advancing on Kovu slowly.

            Kovu lessened up his smile, but was still extremely enthusiastic.  "How could I not?"      

            Simba stopped when he was only about a yard away from Kovu.  "And you understand that you helped to make such a place possible?"

            Kovu nodded.  "Yeah, I kind of speculated that…"

            Simba nodded now, also.  "Kovu… Now, I must warn you.  This could all be possible if you just make the right choices.  But, all is not well in the circle of life at your standpoint right now.  There is going to be another great drought, there will be many disputes, and there will be many more lions just like Yamin.  I advise you to take NO interest in such treason against you, because after all, you will be trying to make the Pride Lands a new, fresh Utopia!  If they want out, they want out.  You must do what you have to to be the best king that ever lived."

            Kovu was confused.  "But… Why me, and why now, Simba?"

            Simba laughed.  "You will be a great king.  You will now wake up from this, but don't take this meeting with me as just another fantasizing dream, Kovu."

            Kovu nodded.

            "Kovu?"  Simba asked.

            "What?"

            "Kovu?"

            "What?!"

            "KOVU!"

            Kovu threw his front paw out in front of him, hitting something furry.

            "Kovu!  Wake UP!"

            Kovu opened his eyes one at a time slowly, expecting to see Simba,

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