Re Cub-ed

A fanfiction based upon fanart by Credens-Vita on Deviantart


Chapter 1


Yet another adventure of the Lion Guard had come to an end.

"These Giraffes seemed really happy about their new grazing grounds." Said Kion, as he led his friends back to the Guards cave.

" You could say they won't be neck-ing us about it any more." Said Bunga as he relished in the knowledge that Fuliwould be annoyed at that Joke any second now.

"Ugh. Seriously Bunga? " Sighed the Cheeta

Bunga chuckled in response.

"Kion !" Came a voice from the pathway leading down to the cave from the lion's den.

It was Kion's father, Simba running towards the group with a smile on his face.

"Hey dad." Said Kion waiting for his father to tell him what he wanted.

Simba didn't make any signs of coming to a stop.

"Er...dad?" Kion got ready to dodge the seemingly unstoppable Lion charging towards him.

Simba however picked up speed and before his son could even fathom what was about to happen went in for a hug.

"Ugh. Dad. Do you have to do this ...y'know...infront of my friends?" Said Kion sheepishly.

"Am I not allowed to hug my son?" Asked Simba in a joking voice. "I haven't seen you during the last two days." Said Simba.

"Well, we've been busy." Explained Kion.

"Well, now you see why I would feel the need to give my little Kion a hug." Said Simba with a fatherly smile.

Kion could already hear some muffled snickering coming from the rest of the lion guard.

It wasn't that Kion was opposed to hugs but he tried to have family hugs not happen in front of his friends, since that would unavoidably lead to cutesy nicknames being exposed.

Kion wasn't too keen on being known as little Ki-Ki, especially to his friends.

"Alright Dad, could you let go now?" Kion asked ,already trying to wiggle free.

"You're eager to get back to work? I understand. With eagerness like that you'll make a good leader when you have your own tribe." Remarked Simba as he let go of his son.

"Thanks dad." Said Kion as he readjusted his tuft of mane, which had gotten all ruffled up by his dad.

"Oh and Kion . " Simba said just as he was about to go.

"Yes Dad?" Kion responded.

"I'm very proud of you." Simba said

"Thanks Dad." Repeated Kion.

"Have some fun with your friends now." Said Simba as he walked up Pride rock.

Once Simba was out of ear and eyeshot Fuli, Bunga, Ono and Beshte burst out laughing.

"Does little Kion want a hug?" Teased Fuli.

Kion blushed slightly.

"Yeah, I get it, my dad can be a bit overbearing." Said Kion defensively.

"Why is that tho?" Asked Beshte with genuine interest.

"My mom explained it to me. It's got something to do with him having some issues from when his father, my grandfather Mufasa died." Answered Kion.

"He gets nervous easily when someone close to him has been away for a bit longer than usual. It can make him really mad. There was even one time when I saw him cry because Kiara had wandered of. Once Kiara was back and save in the den he went to be alone in a cave nearby and wept." Kion went on.

"Wow. He must've really been worried." Said Beshte.

"I'm pretty sure he thought, he was alone. He doesn't really cry in front of me and Kiara. I think he wants to give us a feeling of security." Kion Finished.

...

Meanwhile in the den.

"Nala, are you here. It's time to go to Rafiki for our annual check-up." Said Simba as he searched the den for his mate.

"Nala ?" Simba asked yet again.

Without any warning, Nala shot out from the shadows and within a few seconds of struggle had Simba pinned on his back.

"Annual check ups are always preceded by an annual pinning." Said Nala with a sly grin.

"In other words..." Simba started.

"Pinned ya." Finished Nala and gave Simba a playful lick on his left cheek.

"I guess there is no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes." Sighed Simba as Nala got up again.

"Precisely." Said Nala."Let's go. The faster we get to Rafikis tree, the faster we're done." Said Nala as she quickly exited the den.

...

Once the royal couple had arrived at the tree, they started to look for the mandrill.

"Rafiki?" Simba yelled up the tree but no answer was given.

"Do you think he'll mind us waiting in the upper regions?" Asked Simba, not really wanting an answer but rather going through the notions.

"Why are you even asking ? You're already climbing up." Answered Nala dryly as she followed suit.

"Did Kion tell you he was going to be gone for two days?" Asked Simba trying to hide the worry in his voice.

"Is he ? Well if he planned to do it, he didn't tell me. But then again he is getting older and some Lion Guard business requires more attention." Reasoned Nala.

"I know. It's just that he didn't tell me two days ago. It's not like I was worried or anything. I just would have liked to know where he and his friends went." Simba said.

"Simba." Nala started looking him calmly in the eyes."We've been over this. So let's repeat that mantra one more time." Said Nala and took a deep breath.

"I can't be everywhere at once..." She started.

"I can't be everywhere at once..." Simba repeated.

"...and my children will be fine." Nala went on.

"... and my childrem will be fine." Repeated Simba.

"I'm not a bad mother for only knowing where my children are Ninety-five percent of the time." Nala Said.

Without really thinking about the words, Simba repeated them blindly. "I'm not a bad mother for only knowing where my children are Ninety-Five Percent of the time."

Nala chuckled." You know, I know you didn't do it on purpose but you do have some deep maternal instincts."

Simba was confused. "What do you mean?" He asked.

"You said mother instead of father. I believe you could also make a good mother." Snickered Nala.

Simba blushed slightly. "Oh whoops."

"I'm really glad you can keep a cool head in situations like these." Remarked Simba.

"I'm worried too, but I've learned to trust my intuition and my children's ability to care for themselves. I know you will always have extra baggage from your childhood but so do I.

My baggage taught me to be strong in situations of complete and utter hopelessness. To not show weakness but in the end I'm just as frail as you."

Nala finished.

"You are always alert. I really got to give you that." Said Simba looking playfully at his mate.

Then Simba pounced at her, thinking he had caught her unaware of his intentions. Yet again was he surprised by his mates swiftness as she took him on and promptly pinned him down.

"You said I'm always alert and follow it up by underestimating my alertness ?" Asked Nala with a look of bemusement.

"Well I..." But before Simba could say anything , Nalas lips where on his and after an intense kiss that lasted for about thirty seconds, Simba managed to change position.

Now he was on top of her. "Someone's in heat." He stated with excitement in his voice.

"Not really. It was more the heat of the moment and... well the environment. It's exciting to do it in Rafikis tree." Responded Nala.

"What if he catches us tho? " Asked Simba , knowing full well that this aspect would magnify the excitement of the situation even further.

Nala didn't answer and went in for lick of Simbas neck. Then she started to roll around trying to get on top of Simbaagain, a foreplay that they normally could go through without much trouble on the ground or in a cave.

Here in Rafikis tree however it seemed to be not quite as safe or harmless.

This was shown in the many powder and liquid filled containers made out of animal or plant shells , which were tumbled over or loosened from their holdings.

Within a few seconds both Nala and Simba were covered in these substances. Their love making had to be postponed due to how itchy some of the powder was.

Not to mention how irritating it was for the eyes and nose.

"What on earth have you two been doing up here ?" Asked a furious Rafiki when he arrived just a few minutes later.

"We..." Started Simba but Rafiki interrupted him immediately.

"You know what? I don't even want to know. Your medical check up will be rescheduled untill I've taken care of that mess. And now scram, before I get really angry." Said the furious mandrill.

Simba and Nala did as they were told.

...

Once they had gained some distance to rafikis tree, they burst out laughing.

"Oh my. Guess we should have turned it down a notch." Said Simba gasping for air.

"I would feel bad if it wasn't so damn funny." Said Nala.

"I'm pretty sure he knows exactly what we were about to do." Added Simba.

"Yes." Said Nala. "We were interrupted by Rafikis collection ...weren't we." Said Nala seductively.

"Mind picking up from where we left of?" She asked.

"I don't know. Perhaps some lioness will have her way with me , perhaps not." Simba teased further.

Nala didn't have to be asked twice and before Simba knew it, she was once again on top of him.

Which is where we will leave them for now. Privacy shall be granted to the lovers, since this isn't THAT kind of a story.

Instead we shall vacate this story for a few hours until the next noteworthy event unfolds.


Intermission


A few hours later Kion and his friends were once again patrolling the pridelands.

"...and that's where the word boring comes from" Finished Ono floating a few feet above the group.

"interesting." Responded Kion.

"I know and...huh. I don't think I've seen these to cubs before." Said Ono as he glanced into the distance.

"What cubs?" Asked Fuli.

"Up ahead. They are lying under a baobab tree." Explained Ono.

"You're sure you haven't seen them before ? " Asked Kion.

"My eyes know who they know and I don't know these two." Answered Ono.

"Alright, let's find out who they are." Kion ordered. " Till the Pridelands end..." He started.

"Lion Guard defend." Finished the other four.

A few seconds later Kion, Fuli,Beshte, Ono and Bunga arrived at the tree.

Sure enough there lay two cubs , snoozing in the tree's shade.

Kion nudged one of them lightly.

The cub just groaned quietly and kept sleeping.

Kion cleared his throat.

This time one of the cubs opened its eyes.

"Huh...Hi. Can i help you?" Asked the cub, still somewhat sleepy.

"Well, not to be rude. But we haven't seen you in the Pridelands before. If you are from another tribe that's ok. We just want to know who you are."

Explained Kion.

"What do you mean. We've always been in he Pridelands?" Responded the Cub.

"Ok, not to worry. Just tell us your name and I'm sure we can sort this out." Said Kion, keeping his usual friendly demeanor.

"My Name is Nala. Who are you anyway?" The cub answered.

"Er... That's an...interesting name." Remarked Kion.

"How so?" Asked the cub.

"Well it's just that..."Kion started.

"...that's the name of the queen." finished Ono.

"The queen? Her name is Sarabi, not Nala. Nala is my name." argued the cub.

"Er..." Kion was lost for words.

"Did you just say the queen was Sarabi? " Asked Ono.

"Of course. " Answered the cub.

The other cub started to wake up too.

"Wh-What's going on Nala? Who are they?" Asked the other cub.

"No idea. They say I'm the queen or something." Said the first cub.

"Yeah and I'm already king." Chuckled the other cub.

"Would you please excuse us for a second?" Asked Kion as he redirected the other guard members to the side.

"Alright." Said the other cub while motioning to his friend that these other ones must be cray cray.

"Fuli, could you quickly race over to pride rock and look for my father.

Ask him if any tribes are , just on a offchance, could you ask Zazu to come here, but only if you can't find my father or mother.

I have a suspicion but it's just to odd to really consider." Ordered Kion.

"Alright. I will be right back. Huwezy." With these words Fuli was off.

Kion turned back to the other two cubs.

"So...Nala and ... " Kion started, keeping the end of the sentence open for the other cub to fill in.

"Simba, prince of the pridelands." Answered the other cub with certainty.

"Nala and Simba. What is the last thing you two remember?" Asked Kion.

Bunga whispered to Kion:" Wait, do you really think they are...y'know?"

"Entertaining the idea for a while won't hurt." Kion whispered back.

"Well , we were playing tag and got tired , so we took a nap." Said the cub who called himself Simba.

"Correction you got tired and told me you wanted to take a wittle nappy." Teased the other cub who called herself Nala.

"It wasn't a wittle nappy." Roared Simba and pounced at Nala.

After a short wrestle Nala came out on top.

"Pinned ya." She declared victoriously.

A scream of terror could be heard from the sky.

Just a few seconds later the source of this scream landed in front of Kion.

Zazu looked at Kion with irritation after he had landed.

"Kion, please tell me your father convinced some of your friends to play a very nasty prank on me." Demanded the hornbill.

"Why would you think that?" Asked Kion.

"Because these two cubs look and behave exactly like your dear mother and father did as cubs." Explained Zazu.

"Then I think I have some bad news for you...actually for you and me...and now that i think about it the two cubs too." Said Kion.

"What would that be,Kion?" Asked the Hornbill.

"These two are my parents." Concluded Kion with an uncertain expression.


End of Chapter 1