Unbreakable bond (Dutch06's fanfics)

Asante had a little group to herself, it was less organized than a usual clan, but Dutch didn't mind one bit. It seemed obvious that this was not just a hyena clan, but had other associates too. "Dutch, you aren't afraid of snakes are you?" Asante directly asked him. "Depends. What kind of snake is it?" "Well... I'm sure you see that with your own eyes." Dutch looked at the Black Mamba in front of him and slightly cringed in fear. He knew what he was staring at. "Oh relax. I may be dangerous, or so they say, but I won't hurt you." Dutch chuckled, a little nervously. "My name is Sumu, and I have known Asante for... mmm... a while now. I'm not the only non-hyena here though." "You're... not?" "Hey! Mia, would you come over here for a second?" A jackal roughly Dutch's size came down from a ledge. "Sure thing Sumu. We'll continue our discussion later." She jumped down and reached out her paw. "My name, if you didn't catch it, is Haramia. It's pleasure to meet you... uh..." "Dutch." "Right." They both shook their paws but were interrupted when Asante peered into the cave with a warning. "Heads up everyone, we have visitors." Dutch looked up. "Who exactly?" "I dunno. They say they want someone of importance to the Pridelands and their King, or somethin'..." Dutch peered his head up and saw the face of that same Lioness that had fought them seasons ago in the fateful war for Pride Rock. His eyes widened, but he knew he couldn't do much. "Why don't you tell that little pet of Simba's that he can't run, and that we will be back if he decides to stop showing his cowardice. If he doesn't... we'll be back to look again. His actions against Scar will not be tolerated." They left with little fanfare. Dutch sighed of relief, he knew it wasn't this easy to avoid their threats. He knew he would have to tell Simba somehow, some way... "I might have to break a little rule, but it is urgent. Which one of you would be willing to send a message to the king of the Pridelands?" Kopa raised his paw. "I." Dutch looked behind him. "I know Simba, I can pay him a visit and carry your message." "Then it's settled." "The thing is... I will be gone for a few days, if you all will not mind." Asante seemed content, but looked like she had a realization. "I'm fine with that, but keep in mind that we are waiting on some others to come back from helping my mother. Don't be gone forever, ok?" "I will be back." He said as he left for the Pridelands border. 
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Zazu flew to Pride Rock to inform Simba of an outsider who was at the border. "Sire, I regret if this is a bad time, but there is an outsider who wants to speak to you at the border. Simba looked at Zazu. "I will check it out." When Simba reached the border, he was greeted by his cousin, Kopa. "Simba! How have you been?" "Hey, I haven't seen your face in a while! I heard from Zazu you had a message for me?" "Oh. Right. Yes, it's from Dutch, if you know him. He wanted to tell you that Scar's followers have found him." Simba's face turned from concentration to concern. He knew this was a bad idea. "Is he alright?" "All they did was threaten the group, nothing more. We should hold out if they do decide to attack us." "It's settled then. Shoot me a message if anything happens. Also, maybe while you're here we could catch up a little." 
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Asante started pacing after a while, and it was obvious why she would. Sumu looked at her in a confused way. "Asante, why are you pacing? He'll be back, it'll take a minute." Asante stopped, and reassessed her thoughts. She took a deep breath. "Well, why can't he just tell us when he'll be out like this?" Dutch took a look out in the canyons, and then faced back. "Kopa isn't forgetful, is he?" Asante walked over to Dutch's position. "Every time he goes back over to the Pridelands he finds someone he hasn't talked to in ages..." She chuckled. "It's almost a wonder why he doesn't just stay." Dutch thought about it for a minute. "Well, maybe he's just too loyal to those he cares about to abandon them." "Maybe you're right. In retrospect, he has never really said why he ever stayed. Maybe it's personal." Haramia exited the cave, and spotted something in the distance. "Here comes trouble again." Dutch looked out to see that those leopards that had attacked him yesterday were back. "How often do you deal with these guys, exactly?" Asante had an annoyed expression on her face. "Too... much..." The leopards were advancing in a spread out manner, obviously looking for something to bully. "Uh, Asante, shouldn't you call out the rest of your clan?" Dutch looked as they made a complete circle around them. This looked all too familiar to him now, just like the battle of Pride Rock. Mia reassured him, "We'll be fine, they aren't as tough as they look." The leader had revealed himself at this point. "Well, howdy. Didn't expect to see that mutt so soon after the last time. My name is Vita. I hope we made a decent impression the first time." "The ability to speak does not make you intelligent... and no, your tactic didn't do much for me." Dutch had commented while Vira growled. "If you want action, I'll give it to you." He signaled for the others to close in on them. Dutch started thinking to himself, maybe I should keep my mouth shut one of these days, shouldn't I? Asante had a concentrated look on her face. "Look alive, give them something to remember us by... GO!" Fighting broke out between the two groups, despite being outnumbered, Asante and the others were holding out. Dutch decided to go against the leader while Mia backed him up. "I've got your six, Dutch! Go for it!" Dutch threw some punches after getting on top of Vita's muscular frame. There was not point in biting him at this rate. Vita however, did something unexpected and decided to kick Dutch with his hind legs before putting a blow to his head, which obviously meant that he would be down currently. Mia had also ended up faltering in the way that she had let her guard down and was attacked from multiple sides. Thankfully, she could fend them off enough to let them stop. Vira ordered her troops to withdraw from the fighting. "You may win this time, but we will settle the score eventually." When the fighting was over, it was clear that some medical attention was needed for Dutch and Mia, so they were given time to pay a visit to the Tree of Life. 
== Trivia: ==
-Two leopards named Matata and Bure were intended to be a part of the group but were removed due to not wanting to oversaturate and complicate the number of our main heroes. Their backstory was also bizarre, having them be considered "useless" by the group of leopards they were with which didn't make much sense to Dutch06 due to being a strange reason for them to be outcasts. 
-"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent" is a reference to Qui Gon Jinn's line from the 1999 film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. 
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