Rayman Legends Adventures in The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar/Script

Teresa, Martin, Cynthia, Auntie Shrew, Lex, Jesse, Tim, Justin and Timmy were traveling to Africa. Teresa, Martin and Cynthia wore their Equestrian medallions they had earned during their high school days. After warning their children about them, they were traveling on a brisk cool day in the jungle as there were animals gathering. Today was a very special day in the Pride Lands and they were specifically invited to attend this ceremony.
"This is so emotional," Jesse grinned.
"Alright, you jockos ready," Cynthia asked.
"Oh, yes," Lex beamed.
"Alright, get set," Teresa said as she set Mr. Ages down on the ground next to his big sister and cousins.
"Can't wait to see the new members of the royal family," Tim said.
Teresa, Martin and Cynthia activated their Equestrian medallions, which made them glow.
In a flash of bright light, they were all suddenly lions and lionesses.
"All right, follow us," Cynthia warned the children as she remembered the way to Pride Rock with Teresa, Martin and Justin.
"Mum, why are we lions and lionesses," Lex asked.
"And how did we get out of our Pokeball," Larvitar asked after coming out of its Pokeball after the medallions activated.
"One; we're going to Pride Rock and we should be lions in order to blend in with the others who aren't Nala and Simba, and second, I don't know how you got out of your Pokeballs," Cynthia replied.
"Do the lions and lionesses not trust humans," Teddy asked.
"They trust us, but it's best we stay as lions until we're alone with Nala and Simba," Martin said.
"Alright..." the Pokemon shrugged with their trainers.
Teresa bent down and picked up Timmy in her mouth, carrying him by the fur on his neck like many lions did with their young. "C'mon, we better get moving," she alerted while muffling.
"Alright," the children AKA lion cubs said.
"C'mon, let's go," Cynthia advised.
Then they all followed out as the winds gently blew as they were on their road to Pride Rock.
"I hope it's not far," Teddy said.
"Don't worry, Mum and Dad will get us there in one piece," Lex soothed her Pokemon in a maternal tone of voice.
"Yes," Teddy cheered.
"Well, what does this Pride Rock look like," Vulpix asked.
"By the way, how can a rock be proud," Larvitar asked, "it's a rock."
Jesse laughed a little. "Well, actually, they call a group of lions a 'pride'."
"That's right," Cynthia grinned.
"Ohh, then since the lions live there, it's called Pride Rock," Larvitar grinned.
"Yes," Jesse grinned back.
"I guess that makes sense....." Larvitar said.
"Are the hyenas yet here," Misdreavus asked.
"Hard to say, I thought they all died after Scar's defeat," Teresa shrugged.
"You're probably right," Justin said.
They kept walking along. There were other animals coming to Pride Rock as Simba and Nala stood out with Rafiki.
Nala had a couple of cubs in her arms, there was one with a tuft of crimson mane on its head and the other one was bare-headed, but it appeared to be cream and golden, a perfect mix of its parents' fur colors. Kopa was at the ceremony as well, unwilling to miss this for anything in the world. Timon and Pumbaa were of course there. There were also a female meerkat who sat on the warthog's back with three young meerkats, Timon's niece and nephews: Mabu, Mishka and Monty.
"Wow, there's a lot of animals here," Tim said.
"Welcome to the Pride Lands," Basil warned him and the other children as they entered.
"This is so cool," Jesse grinned.
The guest lions and Pokemon waited underneath Pride Rock. Rafiki held the cubs in his arms and held them out to introduce the jungle to the future heirs to the throne. Kopa grinned proudly, he was mostly emotional because he was going to be a big brother.
"I do wonder what their names are," Lex whispered.
"We'll find out soon," Bianca promised.
"Um, Mum, I think she's already gone up there to find out," Tim warned her.
"What," Bianca looked down.
Lex chortled as she ran with Teddy up to Pride Rock to meet the newest members of Simba's pride.
"Has that girl lost her mind," Basil asked.
"She's your daughter all right," Mrs. Brisby smirked to Basil.
"Yes, she sure is," Bernard said.
Lex kept going along until she made it to the top of Pride Rock as Rafiki presented the newborn cubs to the jungle.
'I must get a closer look,' Lex thought to herself.
"Ah, Pumbaa," Timon grinned down to the cubs, "look at that little guys. A couple of chips off the old block! And you must know who's gonna raise them..."
"Their parents," Pumbaa assumed.
"Alright, sure...get technical..." Timon paused for a moment. "But who's gonna teach him the really reluctant stuff? Like how to belch," he burped suddenly. "And dig for grubs," he jumped down away from his best friend's back, "I'm warning ya, buddy...it's gonna be like old times. You, me...and the little guys."
Rafiki chuckled as he held the cubs. "One of them is a girl."
"Yes, guys," Kopa added in.
"Oh, one of them's a girl....." Timon said, but his eyes widened.
"GIRL," Timon and Pumbaa gawked to each other and then fainted in the middle of the ground.
They both landed on top of Lex as she tried to get a closer look.
"Ow..." the girl moaned slightly.
"Mama," Teddy cried, then took her frontal paws and tried to pull her out from underneath the warthog and meerkat.
"Timon, wake up," the adult female meerkat panicked as the pups tried to awaken their uncle.
"Did Rafiki and Kopa just say that one of the lion cubs is a girl," Timon asked.
"Yes, Uncle Timon, one of the new cubs is a girl," Mabu said.
"Oh, how emotional," Mishka beamed.
"Yes, it's emotional, now someone please get these two away from me," Lex exclaimed.
"Oh, Timon..." the adult female meerkat sighed and pulled him away gently.
Jesse scampered up onto Pride Rock and lifted Pumbaa up despite the warthog being several sizes bigger than him and set him on the other side, away from his twin sister.
"Thanks," Lex grinned and stretched, "what a relief...."
"Mrs. Brisby, Bernard, Bianca," Simba asked once he saw the visiting adult lions who were not naturally lions.
"Surprise," Bernard, Bianca and Mrs. Brisby said.
"It's been too long...." Simba said.
"How did you know where to come," Nala added.
"Call it a lucky guess," Bianca said with a grin, but looked down to the cubs in the baboon's arms, "and who have we got here?"
"Everyone, meet our new cubs," Simba introduced, "Kiara and Kion."
"Aw," Lex awed, "they're so cute!"
The cubs curiously looked to these all around them.
"I bet Mufasa is grinning down at you right now," Bernard grinned to Simba.
"I have the same feeling," Simba grinned back.
"I'm a big brother," Kopa grinned proudly.
"You sure are, buddy," Jesse grinned.
"Farewell, you're gonna need it," Tim whispered to the eldest of Simba's cubs.
"Oh, c'mon, how much further could they be," Kopa asked.
"Alright, but don't say I didn't warn you," Tim replied.
After a little while, Rafiki left Simba and Nala to rest with their new cubs and he was on his road to his tree.
"Well, where are we going to sleep," Vulpix asked.
"If you'd like to stay in our den, we need room," Nala invited.
"I've made a campsite a few miles off..." Basil said, becoming his human self once it was just them with Simba and Nala, "while you were all meeting the cubs, I've made tents, a fire, and collected some food."
"Cool," Lex grinned.
"Basil, that's amazing," Bianca added.
"Anything for the family," Basil modestly shrugged.
"I'd actually like to sleep in the den if you guys don't mind," Jesse said.
"Same here," Larvitar said.
"I'm not surprised...." Lex said.
"Yes, Jesse was always the more adventurous one of us," Olivia added.
"Yes, he sure is," Tim said.
Jesse and Larvitar sniggered to each other.
"Can I stay with you, Mama," Teddy asked.
"Of course, you can stay as long as you'd like," Lex grinned to him.
Teddy grinned back.
"Mama's Boy," Larvitar scoffed.
Teddy simply stuck his tongue out at Larvitar. Larvitar frowned and looked like he wanted to fight.
"Don't make me drop you somewhere," Misdreavus threatened.
"Oh, well, fine." Larvitar pouted.
Jesse sighed at his Pokemon.
"What are you guys," Nala glanced at the Pokemon.
"We're Pokemon," Larvitar, Teddy, Vulpix and Misdreavus said.
"Pocket...what..." Nala felt stumped.
"We're battle monsters basically," Misdreavus explained, "it's a very long story, but we are raised by, trained, and educated to fight for sport with our very own abilities and methods."
"Yes," Vulpix nodded.
"Well...umm...welcome to Pride Rock.....wherever you are....." Nala greeted with a small grin, "first we've met humans and now we're meeting these creatures."
"This is a little strange, right," Larvitar asked.
"Yes, very much..." Nala replied.
Lex grinned to the newborn cubs as Kopa was watching over them right now. "Well, you're a big brother."
"Yes," Kopa grinned.
"You must feel so proud," Tim grinned.
"It's a big honor....." Kopa said.
"What were their names again," Tim asked as he looked to the boy and girl cub.
"Their names are Kion and Kiara," Kopa warned him.
"These are lovely names," Lex grinned, really attached to the babies, "oh, they're so tiny...."
"They sure are," Teddy grinned.
"Hiii..." Lex gently cooed, wiggling her finger to the cubs.
Kion and Kiara both seemed to guffaw.
"Cootchy-Cootchy-Coo~" Lex chortled with them.
Teddy pouted slightly, he seemed a little jealous that these new babies were stealing his 'mother's' attention.
"Teddy, you alright," Larvitar asked.
"I'm fine..." Teddy folded his arms and slightly pouted.
"You don't look fine," Vulpix commented.
"Yes," Larvitar said.
"Nothing..." Teddy turned away.
Larvitar and Vulpix frowned to their 'cousin'.
"What's wrong with him," Misdreavus asked.
The others shrugged. Lex guffawed as she tickled the lion cubs.
"They are just so adorable," Olivia grinned.
Fievel tilted his head at the lion cubs. The lion cubs simply tilted their heads right back at him. Fievel plucked his finger underneath his eye duct and peeled it down, sticking his tongue out.
"Fievel, what are you doing here," Olivia asked.
Fievel glanced at his older sister with a low growl and shook his head.
"You are strange..." Olivia said.
"Kion sure looks like he could be a strong lion if he grows up," Tim grinned.
"And I bet Kiara would be a nice Queen of the Pride Lands..." Lex said, "if she could be of course...I mean, Kopa, you'll obviously be king..."
"I know I will and I hope Kiara becomes queen because I don't want what just happened to Grandpa Mufasa and Grand-Uncle Scar happen to me and Kiara," Kopa said.
"And I assure you that won't happen..." Olivia said with a small grin.
Fievel felt a disturbance and stumbled over outside of the cave, feeling something wrong. There were two different lions hidden in the grass as they looked over to Pride Rock, but no one seemed to spot them yet. The older lion appeared to be male and looked like a scrappy version of Scar, but had crimson eyes, and there was a younger lioness cub with dark tan fur with a tuft on her head and had dark circles around her sapphire eyes.
They could see the newborn lion cubs born to Simba and Nala from where they were standing. Jesse could sense the same fact before starting to growl and look out to where he sensed the danger. Fievel and Jesse moved out together, Fievel placed a knife in his mouth as he tucked and rolled like a child homicidal spy.
"Simba had two...." the female cub warned the older male, "we must warn Mother right away."
"Yes, yes," the older male agreed with a nod.
Then the two left together, unknowing that they were being followed.
Fievel heard a twig snap, but tackled down Jesse and held his knife against the older boy's throat, but realized who it was and calmly backed away. Jesse silently gave him the keep silent hand, or in this case, paw sign. Fievel nodded and came away from his older cousin, putting his knife back into his mouth and lightly growled.
Jesse followed Fievel after the two lions, both sensed these two could not be nice. Rafiki was in his tree, speaking of the birth of Kion and Kiara to the late Mufasa and about how another Circle of Life is full and the pride's future is once again secure. 
Fievel and Jesse were not going to let these two get away they were going to find who these two lions were and why they were in the Pride Lands. They kept following and appeared to end up in a dark, deserted part of the jungle, which looked very scarce on food and survival. There was a small brown cub with a small tuft of black mane with emerald eyes who almost looked like a cub version of Scar.
This must be a worst part of the savanna, Jesse thought to himself.
Fievel gestured for Jesse to follow and silenced him. Jesse nodded as he followed. Then the cub saw a bug and then pounced on top of it with a snicker. However, he grinned gently and let the insect go out of his paws.
"KOVU," a sharp female voice called.
That must be the mother, Jesse thought to himself.
The cub hesitantly looked up as a rogue lioness came up with a torn ear and eyes red as blood.
"Don't let it go...." she snarled to the young cub, "what's the matter with you?"
"But Mother," the cub spoke up, "he wasn't hurting anyone--"
"There is no room for weakness here, my son," the lioness almost sneered, pulling the cub closer toward her, "remember...Scar took you in and accepted you as his own son."
"Took him in," Jesse whispered to himself.
The cub seemed doubtful of his mother's statement. "But he wasn't my father."
"No...but he chose you to become the next king," the lioness replied, "if you rule, we shall no longer be forced to live in these dry, barren, disgusting, pathetic, termite-infested Outlands!"
The lion cubs were now rushing over to the lioness to warn her the news from the Pride Lands.
"Are these two her children as well," Jesse whispered.
Fievel slowly nodded, it was ambiguous, but he noticed that the cubs were calling the lioness 'Mother'.
"We were there, in the Pride Lands," the male cub said, "we saw the entire fact!"
"At Pride Rock, we saw everything," the female added in.
"We saw Simba's cubs," both of the cubs warned the adult lioness.
'Why would she send her own children out to the Pride Lands just to find out about the baby cubs,' Jesse thought to himself.
"What," the lioness asked, "Vitani, what did you see?"
"Simba's new cubs are a boy and a girl," the female cub replied.
"What could she be planning by finding out about what gender the cubs are," Jesse whispered to himself.
Fievel put his hand up and gestured for Jesse to be silent as they were spying on the rogue lioness. He could warn that she was dangerous. The lioness seemed delighted that one of the new cubs in Pride Rock was a girl and she spoke to Scar her 'beloved'. The male cub was hesitant at first of the mention of Scar, but the female cub who was named Vitani reminded him that Scar was dead. 
Jesse gestured to Fievel, warning him that they should go back to the Pride Lands and warn the others. Fievel nodded to him, but he back with Jesse. Jesse kept a close eye on the rogue lions in the Outlands and went away with his younger cousin.
"Look...at the Pride Lands, my pets," the rogue lioness warned her cubs after it was set to train the youngest cub named Kovu to fight for Pride Rock like Scar did against Simba, "so green...so inviting. That is our home....that is where we belong. And soon, my beloved Scar.....we shall reclaim your kingdom."
Jesse and Fievel frowned to this lioness as they were on their road back to their camp and to the Pride Lands where Simba was the rightful king and Kiara would even be queen past his side, but something else would become of Kion to fulfill his destiny another fashion.
Pumbaa was walking away alone while Timon was with Tesma and his niece and nephews.
"Hey, Pumbaa, where you going," Lex asked the warthog.
"Oh, just walking since Timon's busy," Pumbaa grinned to the young girl.
"You know, you should get a girlfriend," Lex said.
"Yes...I guess..." Pumbaa shrugged, "Timon has Tesma, Simba's had Nala....."
There was a log crawling with bugs and someone appeared to be stuck in it.
"Hey, you guys want a bug smorgasbord," Pumbaa invited with a smirk.
"Uh, we'll pass for another time..." Tim put his hands up hesitantly.
"Yes, yes," Olivia agreed with a hesitant grin.
Pumbaa chuckled. "Ya speak funny, Olivia, I like it..." he said, referring to her French speaking, but he came to the log.
"Olivia is speaking French," Lex warned him.
"Uh, thank you, Lex..." Olivia muttered about the language barrier.
Pumbaa grinned as he spotted a few dung beetles as they were going off the log and wandering on a trail. The warthog grinned as he went after them.
Tim saw a small creature which appeared to be a baby marmalade badger that was stuck in the log, but plucked it out and set it down. "There you go, little guy, go back to your family," he grinned.
The baby marmalade badger looked around, but grinned to the warthog, and followed after him like a newborn chick or a lost puppy.
"Looks like he wants to live with Pumbaa," Vulpix said.
The marmalade badger kept following the warthog who followed after the dung beetles and hummed a song to himself.
"Let's see if we can find this little guy's parents," Lex said.
"Unless he is....an orphan..." Olivia said.
"Do you think so," Tim asked.
"He is following after Pumbaa and he is all alone..." Olivia speculated, "it seems possible."
"Yes," Misdreavus nodded, "and Lex, I think Teddy is upset about something."
"Teddy," Lex asked.
The others went after the marmalade badger and Pumbaa, giving Lex and Teddy some privacy.
"Teddy, what's wrong," Lex asked her Teddy Bear Pokemon.
"Oh, nothing," Teddy pouted firmly, "except that ever since we met Kiara and Kion, you were so busy with them that you forgot all about me!"
"What? Teddy, that is not true," Lex said, "listen, Teddy, even though Kion and Kiara may be cute, I will always love you, no matter what."
"Always," Teddy asked.
"Always," Lex promised with a grin.
Then the two shared a hug.
"I'm sorry, Mama..." Teddy whispered.
"It's alright, you were just being jealous of Kion and Kiara getting all the attention," Lex soothed the Teddy Bear Pokemon.
"Yes...a little..." Teddy said.
"It happens to the best of us..." Lex relaxed, "I yet remember if Tommy Pickles was jealous since his brother Dil was born."
"Well, even humans can get jealous," Teddy grinned.
"Everybody gets jealous, Teddy," Lex put her arm around him, "sometimes even me."
"You," Teddy's eyes widened, "not you, Mama!"
"Oh, yes," Lex nodded.
"Where do you get jealous," Teddy asked.
"I was a little jealous of my friend Kelly once," Lex said.
"Oh, really," Teddy asked, "why?"
"Because she gets to have sisters," Lex explained with a small grin, "don't get me wrong, I love Jesse and Tim very much, but I'm the only girl and sometimes, I wish I had a sister."
"It would be nice, wouldn't it," Teddy asked.
"I always thought so....." Lex grinned, "just remember, Kiara and Kion are cute cubs, but you'll always be my little Teddy...even until you're a complete grown Ursaring."
Teddy grinned back, feeling much better now. "What does an Ursaring look like anyhow," he asked his mother.
Estelle was a little concerned about warning Teddy since he was only a baby and got frightened very easily. "Uh, well, you'll be big and strong."
"Cool," Teddy grinned.
"Yes, you're gonna make me proud, but let's enjoy little teddy weddy for now," Lex said before tickling him.
Teddy chortled, cheering up and forgetting all about his jealousy from Kiara and Kion.
Pumbaa noticed the marmalade badger had been following him around and seemed attached to the warthog somehow. "Now, now, run along, little fella....your family must be missing ya."
The marmalade badger didn't respond to him and just came closer and closer to the warthog and hugged him.
Felicity guffawed. "Perhaps it thinks you are his papa."
"Yes," Misdreavus grinned.
"Oh..." Pumbaa said, but tilted his head. "Well, what's your name, little guy," he asked the marmalade badger.
The marmalade badger was just a baby, but his name was slightly audible, though it sounded strange out loud. "Bunga!"
"Bunga, right," Pumbaa grinned, "well...I'm, uh...your Uncle Pumbaa.....since you have nowhere else to go, I'm gonna take real nice care of you, and my best buddy Timon and I raised a lion cub once."
Bunga seemed to grin at Pumbaa in high admiration and acceptance.
"Hey, he's grinning at me," Pumbaa beamed.
"Yes, which means, he likes that idea," Olivia grinned.
"Alright, Bunga..." Pumbaa bent down and picked up the baby marmalade badger over his head, "we're gonna be a family now!"
"Unca...Pumbaa..." Bunga blubbered out with a grin.
Pumbaa grinned back up to the baby marmalade badger. The others grinned as this looked like the start of a beautiful friendship.
Meanwhile, Bernard, Bianca, Mrs. Brisby and Basil were inside the cave after the newborn cubs were getting to sleep.
"Well, it's decided then," Simba said as he lay next to Nala with their human friends who were all grown up now with children of their own, "Kiara will be Queen alongside with Kopa where it doesn't end up like my father and Uncle Scar, and Kion will become the Lion Guard."
"Indeed so," Basil nodded.
"Well, both Kiara and Kopa will rule Pride Rock after you, Simba," Bianca asked.
"Yes, Kiara's the older twin between her and Kion, where he'll be the Lion Guard," Simba explained.
"What's the Lion Guard any matter," Bernard asked.
"Yes, we've never heard about it," Bianca said.
"I'm going to warn Kion someday if the cubs are old enough, maybe you'd like to listen in as well," Simba offered, "Rafiki warned me since we found out Nala was going to have twins after Kopa was taken to what you humans call a 'zoo'."
"Yes, and you can thank our youngest son for getting Kopa back to where he belongs," Bernard grinned.
"And we're grateful and thankful for that," Nala grinned back.
"I don't know what we would do without him..." Simba added with a grin, "let's just hope nothing happens to Kiara and Kion."
"We'll help in any fashion we can," Mrs. Brisby offered.
The lion couple grinned, feeling blessed to have friends like them. Then Jesse and Fievel came into the cave, shivering slightly.
"And were where you boys," Bianca asked.
"There's an evil lioness in the lands back there..." Jesse pointed miles back.
"Evil lioness," Basil asked.
"Zira..." Simba said under his breath.
"Anyhow, two of her children were here in the Pride Lands," Jesse informed them.
"Zira had cubs," Bianca asked.
"You probably don't remember them," Simba said, "but she and Scar had a son named Nuka and they took a daughter from one of our old friends and named the cub 'Vitani'."
"Poor Tama hasn't been the same after that day..." Nala sighed about their old friend.
"That explains why that lioness cub didn't look anything like her mum," Jesse said, referring to Vitani and Zira.
"Yes, Vitani is actually Tama's cub," Nala nodded.
That lioness is no lioness at all, she's a monster, Jesse thought to himself with a growl.
Then Fievel seemed to speak only in hand gestures and silent noises.
"There was another cub, Fievel," Mrs. Brisby asked.
Fievel nodded, but did more gestures, getting on all fours and put his hands over his head with his fingers waving to look like a crown.
"Zira's youngest cub is being trained to be the new king to overthrow you, Simba," Teresa translated to the current lion king of the jungle, "his name is Kovu."
"Well, she's training him at such a young age," Jesse asked.
Fievel glanced at Jesse and put his palm to his face.
"Duh," Mrs. Brisby translated.
"Any matter, what have we done now that Zira knows about the cubs," Bianca asked.
"We need to be extra careful..." Simba cautioned, "we can't risk anything and we'll need to make sure the cubs stay on the territory marked for them. Zira swore revenge after I banished her to the Outlands and you guys left here for the first time."
"That's right," Bernard said.
"She's always been set for murdering Kopa for revenge," Simba said, "every time he would go away to play around Timon and Pumbaa, she always tried, but thankfully, she never got the chance."
"I'd hate to imagine what would happen if she succeeded," Nala agreed, "losing him to these poachers was a nightmare enough and making him live in a cage with other lions was one fact, but having him murdered would be a far worse other."
"Well then, no matter what, we'll make sure that the cubs are watched over," Bernard said.
"We would appreciate your help," Nala said.
"No worries, human parents are just as protective and supportive as animal parents," Bianca soothed, "especially until it comes to me and my babies."
"That's true," Bernard said.
"Thanks, you guys..." Simba grinned.
The others grinned back. At last, it was time for bed and the cubs were growing fast during their human friends' stay and there would be adventures awaiting for them just as well and where it would show their destinies.
Kiara and Kion grew to make friends with other cubs, and Kion, well, he made all sorts of different friends. He became friends with Bunga, the marmalade badger who Pumbaa had adopted after being unable to find out where the marmalade badger's real family could had been, but they were both a family now since they didn't have anybody else. Timon also offered to help Pumbaa and was proud of his best friend for finding himself someone to give him best company in a family and friend sense.
Timon even started to like Bunga after the marmalade badger had helped them get the most rare bugs of all. Mabu, Mishka and Monty liked Bunga like a big brother, especially since their Uncle Timon and now Aunt Tesma had raised them and they were not forced to dig tunnels like Timon did if he was a misfit meerkat back in his colony before he had met Pumbaa. Kopa loved being a big brother, even if it did have its ups and downs.
The ups were that he had to teach somebody something and look out for them, but the downs were having to give up some attention, and with two babies around, that sometimes wasn't easy, but Tim and Olivia helped him with that since they could relate a lot, especially Olivia. The Pokemon would at times help them with the cubs. One day was going to be one to remember, especially for one specific cub. Kiara came out of the cave first and looked out to the jungle, she was emotional and was about to run away to explore it all for herself.
"Woah," Simba stopped his daughter with a grin, "where do you think you're going in such a rush?"
"Daddy," Kiara wiggled in her father's grip, a little infuriated and impatient, but she chortled as she tried to escape his grasp, "let go!"
"Now, I just want you to be careful," Simba warned her.
Kiara nodded until she saw a passing butterfly, but tried to pounce after it and guffawed in mild amusement and emotion.
"Kiara, are you listening," Simba stepped on her tail to keep her from wandering away, "incidents can happen. You could easily get hurt, or stepped--"
"...hurt, or stepped on, or even get lost," Kiara completed for him, having heard this millions of times before with Kion and was sure that Kopa was given the same lesson until he was their age.
Kion came out ready for the day as well as Kopa as they both came out of the cave. Nala came out with them and grinned down to her boys as she went over to Simba's side as they spoke before Kiara could go around the savanna.
'Dad's doing the lesson again,' Kion thought to himself with a moan.
"Oh, not this again...." Kopa also moaned to himself.
Nala walked over with a gentle laugh. "Mind your father, Kiara."
Kiara chortled to her mother. "Yes, Mum."
"And stay away from the Outlands," Simba sharply warned.
"Nothing there but a bunch of backstabbing, murderous Outsiders," Zazu added in as he flew past the lions' sides.
"Zazu's right, you can't turn your back on them," Bernard said as he came out of the cave and joined them.
"Oh, really," Kiara asked, "how come, Uncle Bernard?"
"Never mind that now, just run along," Bernard said.
"Your uncle is right," Simba said.
"But, guys, I--" Kiara spoke up.
"You'll understand someday," Simba promised, "go ahead."
"Dad..." Kiara tilted her head.
Two young lionesses around Kiara's age came, one had grassy green eyes and another one had midnight blue eyes.
"Ah, good morning, Zuri and Tiifu," Simba greeted the lioness cubs.
"Good morning, Your Highness," Zuri and Tiifu bowed.
"Run along with your friends now," Bernard warned the lioness cub.
Kiara guffawed, but ran away from Pride Rock to go with Zuri and Tiifu.
"And stay on the path I've marked for you," Simba called as the cubs went away to play.
Nala chuckled to their daughter. Kion looked and saw his best friend Bunga and decided to go and play with him. There was a cheetah cub that was wandering around the grasslands and appeared to be lost.
"Simba, who does Kiara remind you of," Bianca sniggered, "huh?"
"What? What? Who," Simba looked clueless.
"She's just like you if you were young," Nala replied, knowing what Bianca was referring to.
"Exactly," Simba replied and turned back out as Kiara left with her 'advisers', "do you realize what dangers we put ourselves in?"
Nala decided to pin her mate to the ground out of nowhere. "Don't you mean the dangers you put us in," she asked.
The two looked to each other before chuckling and nuzzled against each other.
"Simba, there's no need to concern, she'll be fine," Mrs. Brisby warned him as she walked side-by-side to see the two lions on the ground together, Nala yet having pinned him down successfully.
"Mrs. Brisby's right," Nala grinned before getting off him and walking back into the cave.
Simba didn't look so sure, once he was alone, he asked Timon and Pumbaa to keep an eye on Kiara today and he was sure that she was bound to run away.
"Kion, look over there," Bunga pointed to the lost cheetah cub.
Kion looked to where Bunga was pointing to find the cheetah. "She looks lost," he said.
The cheetah looked to them and zipped away.
"Wait, what's up with her," Bunga wondered, "whatever...let's just play...whaddya wanna play today, Kion?"
"How's a round of 'Baobob Ball'," Kion snickered to his best friend.
"Alright, but you'll never win," Bunga sniggered back.
"Is that a challenge," Kion snickered, "if I were you, I'd be concerned about losing to a real lion like me!"
"You know what my uncles always say," Bunga replied.
"I know, I know, 'Hakuna Matata'," Kion replied.
"Go ahead and teach him what a lion can do, little bro," Kopa grinned.
"You've had it," Kion smirked.
"Oh, it is on," Bunga laughed.
The two best friends started to play their favorite game.
Kopa grinned to them.
"Hey, wait, come back, I just wanna play," Kiara continued to chase the butterfly.
"Kiara, wait up for us," Zuri called out.
Tifu shivered. "She runs...way too fast!"
Kiara kept on chasing after the butterfly until she saw it land on a rock. "Ah..." the lioness grinned eagerly and darkly. "The mighty hunter has cornered her prey..." Kiara began to get ready to pounce on the butterfly.
Hopefully this time, she wouldn't get any interruptions. Unfortunately, she missed it as the butterfly flew off before she could catch it.
Then she growled and tried to go after the butterfly a little more, but then had a view of the Outlands, which distracted her from her previous motive. "Woah...cool! The Outlands! I do wonder what's out there..."
Zuri and Tifu came to her side, looking out to the Outlands as well, but only in fear, while they were looking out to the Outlands, there was something in the grass, moving towards them.
"I must check this out, guys..." Kiara said.
"But your dad said not to......" Zuri bit her lip.
"Even our parents won't let us go," Tifu added in.
"Oh, c'mon, you guys, grow a backbone," Kiara said.
Zuri and Tifu bit their lips hesitantly. Kiara decided to take a closer look. Kopa was wondering what to for himself, but gasped once he saw his sister and her friends were close to the Outlands. And where he began to get closer to them along with Timon and Pumbaa. The girls were about to look closer, but looked behind them and instantly shrieked. Then Timon, Pumbaa and Kopa shrieked back in fright and surprise. And where the three lioness cubs all fell off the rock into the water.
"Ooh, don't worry, Kiara, Uncle Pumbaa's coming," the warthog called before jumping after the lioness cubs, splashing into the water.
Kopa glanced at the meerkat. "And just how are you going to explain this one to Dad, right?"
"Oh, dear, uhh, let's see, uh..." Timon stammered before practicing an explanation for Simba, "'sheesh, Simba, the best news is, we found your daughter and her friends. The worst news is, we dropped a warthog on them...that's not gonna be a problem, is it'?"
"Kiara? Tifu? Zuri," Pumbaa asked while not knowing was sitting on top of the three lioness cubs.
"Pumbaa," Timon called.
"Uncle Pumbaa, let us define BABYSITTING," Kopa exclaimed.
Pumbaa looked down and grinned hesitantly, getting up from the lioness cubs. "I'm sorry..."
The cubs coughed and sputtered from the water. Kopa got down to the four of them and got the girls out of the water.
"Now, Princess Kiara, as Simba's daughter, you know better than to go away all alone," Pumbaa scolded.
"But I wasn't alone," Kiara said, "Zuri and Tiifu were with me!"
"She has you there, Uncle Pumbaa," Kopa had to agree with his younger sister.
"Well...yet...you could've been hurt," Pumbaa continued.
This instantly panicked Timon. "Hurt! Oh...Simba would murder us! You didn't slip a disc, did you?"
"Yes, thanks for concerning about us..." Zuri deadpanned as she stood with Tiifu.
"You two alright," Kopa asked, checking if they had any bruises.
"We're fine, thanks..." Tifu grinned to Kopa.
"Aside from almost drowning..." Zuri slightly rolled her eyes.
"Yes, I'm sorry about that," Pumbaa grinned sheepishly.
Tifu and Zuri merely scoffed and rolled their eyes as the warthog and meerkat fussed over their royal friend.
"Guys, I think she's all right," Kopa said to Timon and Pumbaa.
"Catch a fever," Timon continued anyhow, "get a hangnail?"
"Timon," Kiara growled in mild annoyance.
"I had one once," Timon said.
"Very painful," Pumbaa empathized.
"Excruciating," Timon added in before taking a branch like an umbrella and held it over the lion princess, "darling, with your complexion, you should stay out of the sun."
Kiara was really annoyed and decided to swat the branch off.
"What," Timon frowned, "do you wanna wrinkle?"
"Would someone please just listen to me," Kiara moaned.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't listening," Timon replied, "did you say something, Princess?"
"Were they always like this," Kiara asked Kopa.
"No," Kopa shook his head.
Kiara sighed. "I'm not just a princess, you know," she said to the meerkat and warthog, "that's only half by what I am!"
"Oh, uh, what's the other half," Pumbaa asked, taking that a little as well literally.
Kiara wasn't sure how to respond that.
"Well, while you're figuring that out, let's eat," Timon said as he went with Pumbaa to 'rustle up some grub'.
"Oh, dear, I think I know what he means by that," Kopa said.
"Grubs," Timon beamed.
"The other white meat," Pumbaa added in.
Tifu and Zuri looked absolutely disgusted.
"And so high in protein," Timon grinned as he showed the bugs to Kiara.
"Ew, gross," Kiara flinched, very disgusted, even more than Simba was if he tried bugs for the first time since he met Timon and Pumbaa.
"No," Timon frowned before offering to Kopa and Kiara's friends, "children?"
"No, thank you," Kopa, Zuri and Tifu declined.
Timon hummed about their declines, but offered the grubs to his best friend. "How about you, big boy?"
Pumbaa sniffed with a grin. "Ah...love grubs!"
"Not like," Timon grinned to him.
"Love," Timon and Pumbaa said together.
"Of course," Kopa rolled his eyes, not finding how they could love to eat bugs.
Tesma was walking with the pups she helped her boyfriend raise. "Timon?~"
Timon turned and grinned to the female meerkat. "Hey, Tesma," he looked down to his niece and nephews, "aw, dear..."
"Aw, yes," Tesma replied, "you are babysitting."
"But me and Pumbaa and Kopa are supposed to watch over Kiara and her friends," Timon said.
"You can do both," Tesma said.
Timon's eyes widened. "But...but...but..."
"I need to gather food for us and your niece and nephews are a handful to do with," Tesma replied, "I'll make it up to you."
"Well, fine," Timon pouted.
"Nice boy..." Tesma patted her boyfriend's head, "I'll be with your mother then."
"Alright, that's it..." Timon moaned.
Then Mabu, Mishka and Monty tackled their uncle and laughed. But then Pumbaa spat out the bug he ate because he didn't like it.
"Eww..." the young meerkats recoiled in instant disgust.
Tesma sighed and went away to gather food with Timon's mother.
"Oh, you always do that," Timon frowned at his best friend, "you take a bite out of every one, and then put it back. It drives me crazy!"
"But you can't warn from the outside which are the real slimy ones," Pumbaa retorted, which resulted in an 'intelligent debate' between Timon and Pumbaa.
Kiara rolled her eyes, before she grinned and saw her human friends, but decided to go with them. "C'mon, guys," she warned Zuri and Tiifu, "we're outta here."
"No, thanks, we're staying right here and nothing you can say will change our minds," Zuri whispered to her.
"Would you rather listen to these two speak about bugs," Kiara replied.
"I'm with her, let's go," Tiifu said, going the separate direction of the Outlands.
"Yes, nice point," Zuri agreed, going with Tiifu.
Kiara ended up crossing the river.
"Kiara," Kopa's eyes widened. He went after her while Timon and Pumbaa continued to argue.
Kiara crossed a log over the river, but then toppled and got hesitant as she started to fall over, rolling down a small hill.
"Aw, man," Kopa rushed over to his sister.
Kiara ran into Zira's youngest cub by incident.
Then Kovu got up and snarled at the Lion Princess of Pride Rock. "Who are you, Pride Lander," he asked, not recognizing her since he hadn't seen her like Nuka and Vitani did so after she and Kion were born.
Kopa came over and protected his little sister and started to growl at Kovu. Kovu frowned at Kopa and growled at him. Kiara looked hesitant, she hunched herself back and tried not to turn her back on Kovu, remembering what she was warned about the Outlanders. Every time Kovu would move around to get to Kiara, they would move the other road, which confused the Outsider cub.
"What is she thinking....." Kovu asked about Kiara's estranged behavior.
"Our father says to never turn your back on an Outsider," Kiara frowned at the dark cub, coming past Kopa's side.
Kovu sniggered to that. "You always do what Daddy says?"
"No," Kiara frowned.
"Bet ya do so," Kovu continued, "bet your Daddy's Little Girl and I bet your big brother's a Mama's Boy!"
Kopa growled.
"An Outsider doesn't need anybody," Kovu walked along coolly, "I take care of myself!"
"Oh, really," Kiara sounded awed as she followed him, "cool..."
Kopa followed after them, only for him to hear a noise from under them. Kovu grinned casually before he looked concerned for a moment.
Kiara looked behind and then saw crocodiles were coming for them, which made her shriek. "RUN!!"
Kopa hit the crocodile before running away with the two cubs. Kovu and Kiara ran away, shivering heavily for dear lives. Kopa started doing the same as soon as he caught up with them. The crocodiles snarled and lunged for the cubs, but so far, did not succeed, thankfully enough. Jesse, Tim, Olivia and Lex gasped upon seeing this. Fievel seemed to grin at the bloodbath.
"Faster, you two, follow me," Kopa called out to the two cubs.
"Are you crazy," Kovu's eyes widened at the older cub.
"Listen to him," Kiara agreed with her big brother, trusting him to guide them to safety.
"Well, alright," Kovu said before following the older cub.
"Stay close on my tail," Kopa instructed the younger lion cubs, even if one of them was an Outsider.
"You have it," Kiara and Kovu warned him as they continued to follow him.
"We need to warn somebody," Lex said to her brothers and cousin.
"But whom," Olivia replied.
"We need to warn Simba," Tim said.
"You think that's a nice idea," Jesse asked.
"Whatever, we just can't stand here while Kopa, Kiara and that other cub are in danger," Lex flailed her arms, deeply worried about the cubs being among the crocodiles.
Jesse sighed, already knowing that Kopa and Kiara would be in danger, but it was better than them being dead, where he decided to go back to Pride Rock the only fastest road possible, flight. The others followed after him while Kopa led his little sister and the Outsider cub to safety.
So far, it looked like the worst was over.
"Move it," Kopa told Kovu after jumping on top of one of the crocodiles hitting its mouth shut as he landed on top of the reptile.
The three were now making their road to the other side as they climbed up a tree. The crocodiles were defeated and had been cheated out of their meal.
"We did it...we did it," Kiara cheered before blowing a raspberry to the predators.
"Ha," Kovu laughed with her.
"Nice try, boys," Kopa laughed at the crocodiles.
Then the cubs moved on the other side into safety as they recounted their adventure that they had just been thrown with.
"Woah, man, did you see the size of these teeth," Kiara laughed, "they were going RAAAAWR!!! He was just totally eating you up right there and Kopa jumped on his head and he bopped them so nice!"
"Well, I wasn't going to let him eat any cubs today, even if one of them is an Outsider," Kopa added in.
Kovu had a small grin to that. Little did they know, Zira was secretly watching and looked rather menacing about the cubs interacting with each other.
"We made such a grand team," Kopa grinned.
"Yes, and you," Kiara said before turning to the new cub, "you were really brave....."
"Yes, you were pretty brave as well," Kovu grinned back, "my name's Kovu."
Kiara chortled before leaning against him slightly. "I'm Kiara~"
"And I'm her big brother, Kopa," Kopa grinned.
Then Kiara snickered as she crouched down playfully and nudged Kovu with her paw. "Tag, you're it!"
Kovu just looked at her silently.
"Tag, you're it," Kiara tried again, "you're it!"
Kovu didn't even react, he just stared at her like he had idea what she was trying to do.
"Um, hello, you run, we tag, get it," Kopa asked as if it was an obvious question.
"What's the matter," Kiara added in, "don't you know how to play?"
Kovu honestly shook his head, but snarked as he decided to play with them and crouched down playfully and growled, but looked hesitant as he looked up and saw Simba had come with Nala and the other lionesses. Bernard, Bianca, Mrs. Brisby, Basil and the children in the lion forms were there as well.
"Zira," Simba snarled at the dark lioness on the other side.
"Simba," Zira growled back, "Nala..."
"Zira," Nala scowled.
"Timon, Pumbaa, Mabu, Mishka, Monty, etcetera...." Timon concluded as he rode on the warthog's back, "sure...now that we all know each other...GET OUTTA OUR PRIDELANDS!!"
"Yes," the meerkat children added in.
"Your Pride Lands," Zira mocked the meerkat.
Timon ducked down and held his niece and nephews close.
"These lands belong to Scar," Zira growled.
"No, they're not, these lands belong to Simba," Lex frowned.
"And I banished you from the Pride Lands," Simba added with a sneer to the rogue lioness, "now, take your young cub and get out now!"
This surprised both Kovu and Kiara.
"Oh...haven't you met my son, Kovu," Zira introduced her youngest cub, "he was hand-chosen by Scar to follow in his paw-prints...and become king!"
Timon scoffed at Kovu, who looked rather frightened of Simba. "That's not a king, that's just a fuzzy maraca!"
"Yes," Mabu added.
"Nice one, Uncle Timon," Monty snickered.
"Kovu was the last born before you exiled us to the Outlands," Zira frowned to Simba, "where we need little food, less water..."
"You know the penalty for returning to the Pride Lands," Simba snarled.
"But the child does not," Zira replied. "However...if you need your pound of flesh...here," Zira replied before nudging Kovu over to Simba.
"Is she serious," Lex asked.
Simba looked very disgusted with Zira's offer to sacrifice her own cub to him just for paying the price. "Take him and get out of range," he firmly demanded to the lioness, "we're done here."
"Oh, dear, Simba," Zira replied, "we have barely begun."
Kopa simply growled at her, not afraid of the evil lioness. Zira and Simba picked up their cubs and walked their separate fashions, frowning to each other.
"Farewell..." Kiara whispered.
"Farewell..." Kovu whispered back.
Kopa frowned, mournful that their fun had to be cut short after getting away from these crocodiles.
"Dad, I..." he spoke up softly.
"Let's go home," Simba cut him off right there, sounding reminiscent of his father if he and Nala encountered the hyenas since they were cubs.
Kopa frowned again.
Jesse saw what just happened between the two and decided to try and apologize as he went over to the older lion cub. "Kopa, I was only trying to--"
Kopa frowned to him. "You warned him, didn't you?"
"I only tried to help," Jesse frowned.
"Well next time, try not to get us in danger, alright," Kopa frowned before walking away and following his parents.
Jesse felt deeply hurt as Lex, Olivia, Fievel and Tim were at his sides. "Guys, I'm confused, didn't I do the right fact?"
"I believe you did so," Olivia said, "even if Kopa and Kiara are in danger, it is best it's from their parents and not becoming a meal for these crocodiles."
"That's right," Tim said.
"I guess..." Jesse sighed as they were now going back to Pride Rock.
They walked back to Pride Rock was a very long walk.
Nala had stayed behind and she looked to her mate in worry. "Simba?"
Simba cleared his throat as he continued to carry Kiara. Nala understood that Simba wanted to be alone with their daughter, where she went away for now just as Kion was coming back after playing with Bunga and Pumbaa came to take the marmalade badger home with him. Kopa began to try to sneak astray from his father.
"I'll have a chat with you later, Kopa," Simba said to his oldest as he continued to go with Kiara.
"Sure.." Kopa muttered as he stared at the ground.
Jesse was yet upset that Kopa was frustrated with him.
Olivia was in her mouse form and was shooting arrows at bulls-eyes inside their campsite. Jesse walked over as Olivia shot another arrow, hitting the target.
"Sure..." Mrs. Brisby silently droned about her daughter's performance.
Jesse continued to walk until he stopped in the middle of the tall grass, sitting on the ground, feeling horrible.
"Jesse," Bianca looked over to her middle child, "are you alright?"
Jesse sighed. "Not really, Mum..."
"What's wrong, darling," Bianca asked.
Jesse turned back. "I kinda warned Uncle Simba that Kopa and Kiara were in danger..." he explained, "they could've been seriously hurt by these crocodiles...Kopa's mad at me though."
"Jesse, you did the right fact going to Simba, if it wasn't for you, they might have gotten seriously hurt or worse," Bianca soothed her youngest and strongest son.
"I guess..." Jesse sighed, "but he's mad at me."
"Maybe you just need to give him sometime to cool down," Bianca said.
"I guess..." Jesse pouted.
Bianca gave him a hug. "I'm sorry Kopa's mad at you, but remember, you did the right fact about warning Simba, they could've gotten in worse danger than what he can give them now if you hadn't."
"Yes, I guess I did do the right fact," Jesse frowned.
"Get some rest..." Bianca soothed, "I wish everything will be fine in the morning."
"I'll try," Jesse frowned.
"I'm sorry, darling..." Bianca gently patted him on the head.
Jesse sighed and flopped against his back as he felt defeated.
Meanwhile, with Kopa, later that night....
Simba was speaking with Kiara, he showed that he wasn't mad and they had at last made up. And where after speaking with her, he decided to have a speak with his oldest son. Kiara got settled just as Kion was coming back after playing with Bunga.
Simba came over to his oldest cub. "Kopa?"
Kopa sighed. "Look, Dad, I know you're mad, but I was just trying to save Kiara and Kovu!"
"Yes, but remember what we agreed on for the Kiara's and Kion's safety," Simba asked sternly.
"I know, Dad, but..." Kopa tried to explain.
"And you disobeyed me and what's worse, you almost caused two cubs their lives," Simba said.
"Dad, I'm sorry..." Kopa sighed shakily, "I was just trying to be brave like you and Grandpa Mufasa."
"Your grandfather once warned me that he was only brave when he has to be, just like me, you see, being brave doesn't mean you go looking for danger," Simba said.
Kopa sighed. "I'm really sorry, Dad..."
"You should know that even kings can get afraid," Simba warned him.
"Yes, I guess..." Kopa looked back up, "were you afraid?"
"Yes," Simba nodded, "I was afraid I'd lose you guys...it was hard enough if these humans took you apart from us to that city."
"I guess even kings can get afraid," Kopa said.
Simba simply nodded.
"But you know what," Kopa whispered.
"What," Simba asked.
"I bet these crocodiles would've even eerier if you were there," Kopa snarked.
Simba laughed, he said something very similar about Shenzi, Banzai and Ed. "That's because no one messes with your dad...come here," he wrapped his arm around his oldest son and gave him a noogie on his brown tuft.
"No! No! Hey, stop! Stop," Kopa laughed before getting out of his grip before starting to have fun with him.
Simba laughed as he and Kopa made up and were having fun again. Nala grinned at the sight.
"Hey, Dad," Kopa asked.
"Huh," Simba said, having his attention.
"We're pals, right," Kopa asked.
"Right," Simba smiled.
"And we'll always be together, right," Kopa asked.
Simba sighed, remembering what his father had warned him and warned his son about the Grand Kings of the Past.
"Kopa and Kiara are gonna be King and Queen of the Pride Lands, what does that make me," Kion muttered to himself.
"Hey, Kion, you alright," Lex asked.
Kion looked over. "I guess...it's just...if Kiara and Kopa are gonna rule Pride Rock, what'll that make me?"
"A monkey's brother," Lex guessed, trying to be funny.
Kion glanced at her. "Very funny."
"Thanks, anyhow, trust me, you're going to be something very reluctant since you grow up," Lex grinned.
"I guess so..." Kion shrugged.
Lex pouted. "Um, I heard you saw a cheetah..."
"Yes, she looked lost, but I guess she went home now..." Kion shrugged, "it's not reluctant, I might not see her again, I might, I don't know..."
"Well, who knows, she might be a new friend that you'll make," Lex grinned.
"I guess..." Kion shrugged, "well, what are you again? Some hairless monkey?"
Lex narrowed her eyes. "I'm a human."
"Ohh, wait, aren't humans dangerous," Kion asked.
"No," Lex said, "well...some are, but I'm not...my parents knew your dad until he was a cub."
"Oh, really," Kion asked.
"Yes," Lex continued with a grin, "so did my aunt and uncle."
"Well then, you all are best humans," Kion grinned.
"Yes," Lex grinned back, "we're all your friends here, Kion."
"I'm happy to know that," Kion grinned.
Lex beamed. "You see?"
"I guess..." Kion replied, but looked to see the sun was starting to set, "ooh, time for bed."
Then Kion yawned and stretched.
"Good night, Kion," Lex waved.
Kion grinned, but went into the cave den. "Night."
Soon Lex changed into her lion form.
Fievel had a sharp rock and was striking against a rock with it.
"Time for sleeping, Fievel..." Mrs. Brisby warned her youngest child.
Mrs. Brisby picked up her son and held him over her shoulder as she went to take him to bed.
Olivia shot one last arrow, but set her bow down as it was time to go to sleep. Jesse was doing push-ups, yet thinking that Kopa was frustrated at him for what he did so.
"I do wonder if Rafiki could teach me how to paint like him..." Tim wondered out loud.
"Perhaps he will if you ask him," Bernard said.
"I will..." Tim said.
"You've really grown fond of painting lately, right," Bianca asked.
"Yes," Tim smirked, "I think I'll become an artist if I grow up."
"I think you will as well," Bianca grinned.
Tim grinned back, but yawned as he felt rather sleepy right about now.
"C'mon, children, time for bed," Bianca said.
"Alright, Mum..." the children mumbled.
"Ah, children..." Bianca sighed, "they never wanna go to bed, but since you're my age, that's the first fact you wanna do."
"Don't I know it," Bernard said.
"Just wait til you're my age......" Mrs. Brisby mumbled, "you'll never sleep again."
"Like that is ever going to happen," Bianca said.
Mrs. Brisby lowly hummed in response to that.
"What did you say," Bianca asked, not hearing what Mrs. Brisby said.
"Nothing reluctant....." Mrs. Brisby rolled her eyes.
"Tut tut..." Basil scolded since she had cursed in French.
Mrs. Brisby glanced at him.
"Any matter, we better get some sleep," Bernard said.
"Now, Dad," Jesse asked.
"Yes, Jesse, now," Bernard replied.
"Alright," Jesse said before getting up and heading to bed.
"Good night, everyone," Bianca said.
The others muttered out their evening greetings as they got comfortable and went to get some sleep. The rest of the stay in the Pride Lands was going to be a really big adventure.
It was a more peaceful night now, even if Kopa was a little steamed with Jesse about warning Simba what just happened. But luckily, he would cool down and would apologize to Jesse for his behavior. Then everybody went straight to sleep.
The next few days were quite an experience, especially with Kion and Bunga eventually able to catch and meet the cheetah cub while she was resting after running for while. Simba decided sure enough to warn Kiara about everything the light touches being their kingdom like he did so with Kopa. However, it was hard until Kion and Bunga were playing around one time and kind of making nuisances of themselves.
"Kion," Kopa frowned.
Kiara looked very annoyed with her younger brother.
"Oops, I'm sorry, Dad, I'm sorry, Kopa, we were playing 'Baobob Ball'," Kion warned them.
"And Kion couldn't handle the pass," Bunga laughed, taking the fruit.
"Cubs..." Kopa rolled his eyes.
"What," Kion frowned at the marmalade badger, "a giraffe couldn't handle the pass! You kicked it over my head!"
"Kion..." Simba said firmly.
"And you couldn't handle it," Bunga said, jumping over his lion cub friend.
"Bunga..." Kopa said firmly.
"Yes," Kion frowned, "try to handle this!"
Then the two began to playfully fight over the fruit, causing Kiara to roll her eyes.
"BOYS," Kopa yelled.
"Woah," Bunga fell apart slightly as Kion stopped.
"Kion, I need to speak to your sister, she'll be tracking gazelles with her friends today," Simba warned his youngest cub.
Kiara chuckled. "Because I'm training to be--"
"Queen of the Pridelands," Kion scoffed, "yes, yes, I know all about that, Kiara."
"At least Kopa and I have our lives figured out, what are you going to be, little brother," Kiara asked.
"Happy," Kion snickered.
Kiara and Kopa frowned to him in response.
"Alright, you guys, that's enough," Simba replied, "Kion, why don't you and Bunga go play somewhere else?"
"Yes," Jesse said after coming out from the cave.
Lex, Olivia and Fievel came out after him.
"I know the perfect place," Bunga said, but looked to the human children, "you guys wanna come?"
"Yes," the Greenwood siblings grinned.
"That sounds like a nice idea," Kopa said, seeing how infuriated his sister seemed and how slightly impatient his father seemed.
"Then let's go," Lex cheered.
"You'll never get the baobab fruit," Bunga teased his lion friend in a singsong tone as he ran with it.
"Oh, we'll see about that," Jesse sniggered playfully.
"Ha," Kion laughed at his bestest friend, "you've had nowhere to go, Bunga!"
"Says you," Bunga laughed before he jumped away from Pride Rock with the fruit into a tree. "Zuka Zama," he ended up on the ground safely and softly, but snarked to his other friends that were yet high up, "catch me if you can, guys!"
"Oh, you can count on that," Lex warned him.
"Bring it on, Monkey Biped," Bunga snickered as he caught the fruit and ran away with it.
"Game on, Bunga," Kion called before running after the marmalade badger, "later, Dad. Have fun tracking these gazelles, Kiara. I must get Bunga!"
Kiara sighed in mild annoyance. "I can't believe we're related."
"Kion will mature in the future," Kopa assured her with a grin, but then frowned, "I hope."
Bunga laughed as he ran with the fruit as he and the others were passing the giraffes.
"Pass it to me," Lex called out.
"Heads up," Bunga called back to her as he passed the fruit as they came up right next to the giraffes.
"Found it! Heads up, Bro," Lex called out before passing the fruit to Jesse.
Jesse laughed as he jumped up and caught the fruit. "Greenwood has the ball!"
"Not for long," Olivia laughed as she jumped over to him instantly and snagged the fruit from him.
"Hey," Jesse playfully pouted.
Olivia laughed before tossing the fruit again. The giraffe caught it on his head before shaking it and letting the fruit fall down into Tim's hold.
"Thank you," Tim grinned.
The giraffe grinned back. Then Bunga caught the fruit as they kept running, passing peaceful birds of the jungle.
One awakened with a gasp and panicked instantly at the incoming stampede. "Everyone, scatter," he called out to his fellow birds.
Then all his fellow birds and him began to scatter to the heavens, avoiding the lion cubs and the marmalade badger. Then they came up to a large tree as the birds went away to another spot for peace and silence. Bunga tossed the fruit against the tree and caught it again. Rafiki emerged from the tree with a laugh.
"We're gonna get ya, Bunga," Jesse called out.
"You can try," Bunga laughed as they jumped over the hippos in the water.
One hippo burst his head out with a small grin. "Bunga, Kion, everyone else...."
"Nothing will stop us from coming after you," Jesse called out to Bunga.
Bunga laughed as he kept running with them. However, the lion cubs stopped hesitantly as they came across a rather frustrated alligator. But then Jesse, who had remembered his super-strength and invulnerability, decided to growl right back at him. The alligator blinked and slid down slightly.
Jesse sniggered as he and the others continued on after the marmalade badger. Bunga smashed against a cobra, getting the fruit stuck in his mouth. Then he took the fruit out and then kept running from the lion cubs as they traveled all around the jungle. Someone incredibly fast, the cheetah, was zipping around and ended up taking Bunga for a ride. Bunga laughed as he waved to the lion cubs, riding on the cheetah's back. The cheetah frowned up at him, but bucked him away from her back.
Jesse, being the fastest and strongest out of them all, ran ahead. Bunga rolled backwards down the hill and slid against his back.
Kion laughed and pinned down the marmalade badger. "Gotcha now, Bunga!"
Then the fruit rolled over, not too far apart from them. But before either of them could get it, Jesse arrived a second later and caught the fruit.
"The winner," Jesse cheered for himself. "Yes, a touchdown," he threw down the fruit like a football, but incidentally dropped it off the ledge into a rather dead and deserted area, "oops..."
"Aw," Kion moaned to him, "you dropped it into the Outlands! Game Over."
"Says who," Bunga spoke up, looking determined, "I'm not afraid of the Outlands."
"Have you lost your mind," Tim asked.
"C'mon, are ya guys afraid," Bunga snarked.
"Well, I'm not," Kion frowned, "it's just...my dad says we shouldn't------"
"Oh, please," Bunga scoffed. "Simba's a big old fraidy cat if it comes to the Outlands! You know what my uncles always say," he said before diving after the fruit.
"Hakana Matata," Tim sighed.
Bunga kept falling, until suddenly, he was caught by a branch. "Woah!"
"Bunga, you alright," Olivia asked, "you look a little stuck."
"Are you joking? It's just a tree branch," Bunga shrugged as he tried to get himself free, but kicked himself forward and continued his fall, "Zuka Zama!"
"He doesn't let anything stop him," Tim said.
"I blame Timon for that one," Lex commented.
As Bunga was looking for the fruit, there was a group of four hyenas together and one appeared to be gnawing on a bone. And where their leader was being selfish as he was gnawing it all for himself taking all the meat off it. The other hyenas moaned and looked very hungry and on the brink of starvation.
"Oh, 'fraid there's no meat left for you boys," the leader mocked as he continued to gnaw on the bone. Then he tossed the bone apart, causing some of the hyenas to go after it.
The hyneas whined though since there was no meat left on the bone for them, however, one of them spotted the fruit. "Janja, Janja, a baobab fruit!"
"Let's eat it," a chubby hyena smirked before pouting hungrily. "I'm starvelated....."
"What do you take me for, a vegetarian," the lead hyena scoffed. "I want something nice and meaty for lunch," he suddenly sighted a butterfly and decided that was better than starving himself to death. "Something..." he stared at the flying insect and jumped after it, trying to chomp at it, but had damage getting it as it flew behind his ear, "what? Where'd it go?"
The hyenas laughed at their leader.
"Wait, what, what," Janja demanded, "what's so funny?!"
The hyenas continued to laugh at their leader, not even noticing Bunga in the Outlands to get the fruit back.
Janja got frustrated and impatient, but he saw the marmalade badger and jumped down silently to them. "Stuff it, fur brains! Look...a marmalade badger," he said before licking his lips, "now that's my idea of a delightful lunch! Chungu! Cheezi! Bring him to me!"
The two idiot hyenas nodded to their leader before going to get the marmalade badger for him. Janja smirked darkly as they went to do as warned, hopefully he would get to eat Bunga, yet feeling selfishly hungry.
"He's been down there an awfully long time..." Tim said.
Then Fievel rolled up into a ball and rolled down the Outlands rock wall and punched the ground as he landed on his two feet and looked aggressive.
"Here we are," Bunga grinned, tossing the fruit up and down.
Fievel came to Bunga.
"What," Bunga looked at him, "what're you doing here?"
Fievel put his finger to his mouth, narrowing his eyes firmly as he silenced the marmalade badger.
"Oops," Lex frowned, seeing two hyenas behind Bunga.
"Heyvi kabisa," Kion gasped upon noticing this.
"Bunga! Fievel! Watch out," Jesse called out.
"Relax, Jesse," Bunga replied as he juggled the fruit, "Hakuna---"
Cheezi snarled in the marmalade badger's face.
"Matata..." Bunga wearily concluded what he started before catching the fruit in his paws.
Fievel snarled back at the hyena and held his sharp rock in defense.
"Get out of there, guys," Tim called down.
"Alright, hyena," Bunga challenged, "you wanna see what this marmalade badger's made of? I'll show you what I'm made of!"
Suddenly, he was carried in the other hyena's mouth, making them both laugh.
Fievel hissed at the hyenas, having bloody murder in his eyes. But for some reason, he wasn't attacking either hyena. The hyenas snarled at him. Fievel growled and lunged for the hyenas, starting to fight them.
"Hyenas, leave them alone," Kion frowned, "pick on somebody your own size!"
"Yes," Jesse frowned.
"Kion," Cheezi called mockingly, "you want the marmalade badger? Come and get him!"
"Let them both go," Kion warned him, "you don't want any damage with my dad!"
"Ooh, like how you'd get into danger if you came into the Outlands," Cheezi mocked with a laugh.
"Uh, guys," Bunga called up as he and Fievel were trapped by the laughing hyenas.
"They're too afraid to come down here," Chungu laughed.
"Yes, fraidy cat," Cheezi added in.
Jesse really wanted to teach the two hyenas a lesson for calling Kion a fraidy cat.
"Alright, yes," Cheezi said after chanting and laughing, "fun's over. Janja needs his lunch."
"Lunch," Bunga asked hesitantly.
"Fievel," Olivia gasped for her little brother's life.
"No," Kion narrowed his golden eyes. "Let...them...goooooOOOO," he snarled before letting out the loudest roar that he had ever given, especially for his size and age.
Everyone was surprised by this, especially with what was going on in the heavens. The hyenas were so shocked that they dropped Bunga and Fievel flat on the ground. Kion continued his roar and he frowned down to the bullying predators and there appeared to be a glow against his body that showed a new paw print mark that sealed him.
Bunga shoved the fruit in Chungu's mouth and climbed up after jumping on Cheezi's head. "Farewell, hyenas, wouldn't wanna be ya!"
"That was so cool," Lex grinned.
"Heyvi kabisa," Kion gasped, "what was that?"
"Zuka Zama," Bunga came back up to the others with Fievel, "Kion, how'd you roar like that?"
"I dunno, Bunga," Kion honestly shook his head, "wish I did so."
"Well, however you did it, it was un-bunga-lievable," Bunga replied as they decided to get back home.
"Yes, it was unbelievable," Lex grinned.
Back at Pride Rock, Rafiki came and gathered Simba and Nala after Kion's roar was the speak of the Pridelands.
"That was Kion's roar," Nala asked.
"Yes, Nala, yes!" Rafiki laughed, "he is ready! It is time!"
"Eh, no, Rafiki," Simba disagreed after a forced chuckle, "he can't possibly be ready. He's yet a cub."
"You heard him, Simba," Rafiki said.
"What's going on," Mrs. Brisby came with Basil, Bernard and Bianca.
"Rafiki thinks it's time for Kion," Nala replied.
"Time for what," Bianca asked.
"Did you all hear the Roar," Rafiki prompted before responding their questions.
"Yes, who was that," Basil asked, "it sounded as powerful as Mufasa's roar, but that seems impossible."
"That Roar is very reluctant in lion culture," Rafiki grinned.
"Wait, do you mean that roar was that special roar you warned us about," Bernard asked.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, that is," Rafiki nodded.
"It's just...it's a big responsibility. I need more time to abandon him," Simba sounded uneasy about Kion's destiny.
"I think you've just run out of time, Simba," Nala replied, "you need to warn him."
"She's right, Simba," Bernard said.
"But, guys..." Simba yet wasn't so sure.
"Listen to Rafiki, Simba..." Mrs. Brisby advised.
"Kion is ready," Rafiki repeated with emphasis, "it is time."
"Time for what," Kion asked as he, Bunga and the others came back to Pride Rock, "Dad? Rafiki? Mrs. Briz, Aunt Bianca, Uncle Bernard, Uncle Basil, what's going on?"
Bianca began to urge Simba to warn Kion that it was time. Rafiki even nudged the adult male lion.
Simba glanced at them, but then turned back to his youngest cub. "Son, we need to speak...."
Kion backed up and shook his head. "Oh, dear Dad, we already had that speak," he replied, misunderstanding the situation, "'can you feel the love tonight'...? I know all about that mushy stuff!"
"Um, that's not what your father wants to speak to you about, Kion," Bernard said.
"Erm...yes..." Simba said after a small laugh at his son's overreaction.
"No, no, most certainly not that," Rafiki added in, "we have heard your Roar! Yes, yes, that's it!"
"Yes, it was, it was, uh, different today," Kion replied.
"Yes, it was really loud and long," Jesse grinned.
"I almost felt an earthquake," Olivia commented.
"I haven't heard a strong roar from a lion, usually tigers have stronger roars than lions do," Tim added in.
"Different," Rafiki questioned. "Different, you say," he chuckled, "this is more than different. That is the Roar of the Elders! If you use it, the Grand Lions of the Pride Lands' past roar with you."
"Roar of the Elders," Lex asked.
"What," Kion added, also very confused, despite being born a lion.
"Are you saying that is what just happened to his roar," Olivia asked.
"Yes, lions in the heavens," Bunga spoke up, "I saw that!"
"The Roar of the Elders is a grand gift, Kion," Simba educated, "it will make you the fiercest animal in the Pride Lands. But..."
"But what," the lion cubs asked.
Simba looked to the mandrill for him to warn them, though moslty Kion since this worried him the most.
"No, no, Simba," Rafiki informed the current lion king, "that is you who must warn Kion about the Lion Guard."
"The Lion Guard," the lion cubs said in confusion.
"What's that," Kion added.
"This way, Kion," Simba led the road down from Pride Rock to show his son something reluctant.
"Uh, alright..." Kion shrugged and followed his father.
"Can we come as well," Jesse asked Simba.
"They might as well," Bernard said.
"Very well," Simba agreed.
"Oh, c'mon, Rafiki," Bunga pestered the wise and elder baboon, "you already know what it is, don'tcha? C'mon, warn me..."
"You'll need to find out what that is just like the rest of us," Jesse said.
"Yes," the Pokemon said, coming from underneath Pride Rock.
The children gestured for their Pokemon to come with them where they could learn all about the Lion Guard. Rafiki led them to vines that were covering one cave and he opened it up to allow the children and their Pokemon to come inside and explore the mystery of the jungle.
"Ooh," the Pokemon said.
"What," Kion asked.
"It's a bunch of vines," Bunga sounded confused and disappointed.
"I think there's something behind these vines," Jesse said.
"Correct," Rafiki nodded to him as he pulled back the vines and allowed them to enter the hidden cave from Pride Rock.
"Wow, how'd you know, Jesse," Kion asked.
"I just had a feeling that there was something behind them," Jesse said, honestly.
"Jesse has always been wise beyond his years," Olivia commented as they walked into the cave and saw various marks on the walls that appeared to show other lions.
"How did I not know this was here," Kion asked himself, "Dad, what is this place?"
"This is Lion Guard Lair," Simba informed as he led them after Rafiki allowed them to go inside, "it's the secret meeting place for the members of the Lion Guard."
"It sure seems like this place hasn't been used in years," Teddy said.
"Yes, perhaps they should think about fixing the place up," Bunga agreed before coughing, "or at least, do some dusting."
"Mind if I do the honors, Rafiki," Jesse asked.
"Maybe it would be best," Rafiki grinned to him.
"Then you all better take cover," Jesse said before taking a deep breath.
The others backed off.
"Why," Bunga asked as he stayed where he was, not seeing the big deal.
Soon Larvitar caught and pulled him back and apart from Jesse. After taking a big deep breath, Jesse released all of his super breath, blowing all of the dust astray and out of the lair.
"Woah," Bunga was blown off, not literally, but was astonished by Jesse's abilities, "that's more like it! Can you show that trick to my Uncle Timon and Uncle Pumbaa?"
"I don't think that your uncles could be able to gain the power of super breath," Larvitar said.
Rafiki chuckled to that while Bunga pouted.
"Dad, enough with all the secrecy stuff," Kion said, very eager to hear about this Lion Guard stuff, "you must warn me. What is the Lion Guard?"
Simba decided to eventually respond to settle them for now. "The Lion Guard is the team that protects the Pride Lands and defends the Circle of Life. According to tradition, the Lion Guard is made of the Pride Lands' fiercest, bravest, fastest, strongest and keenest of sight."
"Cool," Jesse grinned.
"Well, what just happened to them," Tim asked, "it looks like they haven't been in here in forever."
"I'm afraid it's a story without a happy ending," Simba replied gravely.
"Oops, I have a feeling that Scar is included in this," Jesse said.
"Indeed so, he is," Simba stated.
"Please, go ahead," Lex replied.
"I will," Simba nodded as he began to warn the story, "Kion, since your grandfather Mufasa was about your age, his younger brother, Scar, was leader of the Lion Guard. Scar also had the gift of the Roar. The Roar made Scar feel powerful. But that power went to Scar's head. He began to think that he should be king, instead of his older brother Mufasa. Then Scar ordered the Lion Guard to help him take down Mufasa. As the Guard refused, Scar was furious. And then, Scar used the Roar to destroy the Lion Guard. What Scar didn't realize was that by using the Roar for evil, he would lose the power of the Roar by force."
"Woah," the Pokemon said, shocked.
"Heyvi kabisa....." Kion muttered.
"Yes..." Bunga agreed.
"Oh, dear..." Lex frowned.
"The Roar is a very powerful gift," Rafiki advised, "it can be used for grand luck, but it can also lead to horrible evil."
"Oh, my..." Tim frowned.
"Well, I'd never be like Scar," Kion promised, "ever!"
"I'm glad to hear that, son," Simba replied, "because starting today, you are the leader of the new Lion Guard."
"Awesome," Vulpix grinned.
"I'm the what," Kion asked.
"You heard Simba," Rafiki replied, "haha! The leader of the new Lion Guard! That is you! Yes! That. Is. You!"
"Dad," Kion asked for confirmation due to how eccentric the baboon could be.
"That's true, Kion," Simba confirmed.
"That is so awesome," Larvitar cheered.
"This is amazing," Kion happily agreed.
"That is," Simba grinned to him, "and now, as leader of the Guard, I need you to assemble the Pride Lands' bravest, fastest, strongest, and keenest of sight."
"Alright, Dad, don't worry, I'm gonna make you proud," Kion promised as he was now determined to fulfill his destiny.
"He's going to do a grand job," Bernard grinned.
"I wish he will," Simba grinned back.
Then they saw that Bunga, the rest of the cubs, and the Pokemon were yet there.
"Yes, you all," Simba asked them of why they were yet there.
"This is un-bunga-lievable," Bunga cheered.
"Yes," the cubs and Pokemon cheered.
Simba rolled his eyes with a grin as the cubs, Pokemon, and marmalade badger moved out after Kion.
"Kion is ready, I just know it," Bianca grinned.
"You see, Simba," Rafiki added in, "and now, Kion will choose the best lions in the Pride for the Guard."
"I hope so, guys," Simba replied, "I'm yet not sure if he's ready."
"Yes, he is," Bernard said.
"I can only hope you're right," Simba said.
Meanwhile, with Kion...
"Wow! Me! Leader of the Lion Guard..." Kion said to himself as he wandered along the grasslands, "protectors of the Pride Lands! It's kinda eerie....."
"Hey, Kion," Bunga's voice called out.
"What," Kion turned his head before he was suddenly splashed by his best friend, "ugh, Bunga!"
"Ready to start assembling the Lion Guard," Bunga asked, very emotional about this, "what? Now? Yes? Right?"
"Yes," Kion coughed, "after you stop splashing me."
"Splashing," Bunga asked, but stopped once he saw what he was thinking, "oh...I'm sorry, Kion."
"Hakuna Matata, Bunga," Kion grinned.
Bunga chuckled to that.
"Now, c'mon," Kion suggested, "time to assemble the Lion Guard!"
Unknown to them, a vulture had overheard Kion, the vulture's name was Mzingo.
"Lion Guard? Huh..." he said to himself.
Then Kion walked with Bunga, the other cubs, and the Pokemon about assembling his own Lion Guard crew.
"Well, who are you going to choose to join the Lion Guard," Larvitar asked Kion.
"Dad said the Lion Guard needs the Pridelands' bravest, strongest, fastest, and keenest of sight," Kion said as he walked with them, "then I think I'll go ask the bravest animal in the Pride Lands first."
"Kion, wait," Bunga stopped his best friend, "before you go asking whoever you think is the bravest, think about this....I might not be the biggest marmalade badger. But I know what's in my heart. And I'm not afraid of anything, or anyone!"
"I know, Bunga, that's why--" Kion tried to explain.
"I'll help the Lion Guard fight hyenas," Bunga continued, "or jackals! Or crocodiles! Or vultures!"
"Vultures," Mzingo overheard that.
"Or grand big rock slides or wild fires or floods," Bunga went on and on, "I will stand with the Lion Guard! I'll never give up! I'll, I'll--"
"Will you stop speaking long enough for him to conclude his sentence," Lex asked.
"Oh...I'm sorry..." Bunga shut up.
"Thank you," Kion replied, "anyhow, thanks Bunga, but I was already going to ask you to join the Lion Guard."
"Say what," Bunga asked, slightly surprised by that offer.
"Yes," Jesse nodded, already knowing that the honey badger would be the first to join the Lion Guard.
"C'mon, Bunga," Kion encouraged his best friend, "you're the bravest animal I know! I want you to be the first to join the new Lion Guard."
"Zuka Zama," Bunga approved.
"Zuka Zama indeed so, I do wonder if Janja knows about the Lion Guard," Mzingo said before flying away.
"You couldn't have made a better choice," Bunga grinned to Kion, "we're gonna make a grand team. I can't wait to warn Uncle Timon and Uncle Pumbaa."
"I wish they're going to be surprised," Jesse said.
Then there was a panicked shriek in the distance.
"Guys, did you hear that," Bunga asked.
Kion listened closely. "It sounds like Kiara's friend, Zuri."
"Yes, and she sounds like she needs help," Jesse said.
"Our help," Bunga added, totally emotional for sure now, "it's our first adventure! Lion Guard to the rescue!"
"Oh. Really," Jesse asked.
"Uh, yes," Bunga glanced at him.
"Is that really how you guys going to shout out until you go to a rescue," Jesse asked.
"Are you gonna help or just stand there," Bunga scoffed before running away on his own.
"Lion Guard to the rescue," Kion repeated to himself, but ran to catch up with his very fast friend, "hey, Bunga, wait up!"
Jesse rolled his eyes, already knowing that this wouldn't end well, but yet had to see what would happen.
"C'mon, we better help," Lex suggested.
"Right," Jesse agreed.
Kiara was with Tiifu while Zuri was trapped.
"Hold silent, Zuri," Tiifu soothedm "Timon and Pumbaa said they know how to help."
"Where am I gonna go, Tiifu," Zuri whined, "I'm stuck!"
"You wouldn't be stuck if you didn't keep stopping to sharpen your claws on every other tree," Kiara sighed.
"But Kiara, if I don't keep them sharp, they don't stay shiny," Zuri whined.
"And I thought Ryan had problems if I taught him how to do this," Kopa mumbled.
"Who's Ryan, is he a friend of yours," Tiifu asked after overhearing his mumble.
"You ever hear the story of how I was taken away by humans and I ended up in a place called 'New York City'," Kopa responded her question with another one.
"I think so, weren't you taken away by humans," Tiifu asked.
"I just said that...." Kopa replied.
"Oh, yes..." Tiifu said.
"I made a new lion friend named Ryan," Kopa explained, "I decided to teach him how to sharp his claws against a tree since he didn't know how."
"What lion doesn't know how to do that," Zuri asked with a slight scoff.
"Well, he wasn't from the wild like we are, he was in a zoo all his life," Kopa explained.
"I yet think zoos sound cruel based on how you speak about that adventure," Kiara said to her brother, "I mean, animals in cages? Sounds menacing!"
"Actually, it wasn't that bad, even if we were in cages, at night, all the animals would get out and start to play their own sports game," Kopa said.
"Oh, really," Kiara asked.
"I'll warn ya more later," Kopa said once he saw the meerkat and warthog were on their road over to them.
"Don't worry, ladies," Timon said as he sat on his best friend's back, "me and Pumbaa have everything under control."
"Timon's right," Pumbaa added in, "we used to help Simba get his claws out of logs all the time."
"How are you going to get her claw out," Kopa asked.
"Stand back," Timon said as he took a root and put it underneath Zuri's paw and tried to burst it underneath to free the young cub.
"And you're sure about this," Kiara didn't seem so sure.
"Sure, I wish," Timon replied calmly and reassuringly, "if it weren't for us, your dad would yet be stuck to a tree somewhere. Ready, Pumbaa?"
"Ready," Pumbaa grinned as he bit onto the root.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this," Kopa whispered to Kiara.
"Because I do as well," Kiara whispered back.
"Alright, on three," Timon said before counting, "one...two--"
"Stand back," Bunga's voice was suddenly heard.
"Oh, dear, this can only make it worse," Kopa moaned.
"Bunga of the Lion Guard is here," Bunga announced himself as he grinned and came in after swinging on a vine and ended up on the other side of them.
"Wait, what," Kiara felt confused.
"Bunga," Pumbaa called to his adoptive nephew.
Zuri gasped in pain. "Ow, my claw," she yelped out before she suddenly lost her balance and fell straight into the ground by incident.
"You alright, Zuri," Kopa asked.
"At least she isn't drowning this time," Kiara saw where her friend had landed.
Zuri shrieked and yelled as she got caught in a log and burst out, now covered in insects. "Creepy crawly bugs!"
"Zuri, you hit the jackpot," Timon praised.
"It's a smorgasbord," Pumbaa added.
Then they both jumped after the log as the bugs were crawling out.
"Well, at least she isn't injured," Kopa said.
"Hang on, Zuri, I'll save you," Bunga looked ready for action.
"Alright, Bunga," Kiara held the honey badger back with her front paw before going to make sure her friend was alright, "You've done enough saving for one day."
"Yes, why don't you go and play with Kion and the others," Kopa suggested before doing the same.
"Where is Kion any matter," Tiifu asked as she inspected Zuri with Kiara.
As if on cue, Kion ran right over.
"Bunga, I--" Kion was about to say, but saw the mess, "woah, what's going on?"
"I-I-I broke a claw," Zuri lamented, "it hurts!"
Kopa came over to Zuri's paw and started to lick gently before it healed up.
"Kopa, what are you doing here," Zuri whined in disgust since Kopa had licked her paw, not knowing what it would do.
"Respond me this, do you feel anymore pain," Kopa asked.
"Well...no, but..." Zuri replied.
"Then that's my response, I just healed your paw," Kopa grinned.
"Uh...how did you do that," Zuri asked, lowering her paw and standing on it now.
"I have the power to heal any wound," Kopa grinned, "I found out about this power one day before I was captured."
"Oh. Really," Kiara asked.
"Yes, I remember it well......" Kopa grinned in memory.
"Ooh, warn us," Zuri said, interested.
"Sometime, but for another time," Kopa promised.
"Aww..." Zuri pouted, "and you just got more emotional!"
Kopa chuckled.
"Oh, hey, Kiara," Kion came behind their sister, "how'd the gazelle tracking go?"
"We never got to the gazelles, Zuri got her claw stuck on a tree," Kiara moaned.
"And then she fell face first into a log complete with bugs," Pumbaa poked his head out with his mouth complete with bugs in delight.
"Mmm," Timon moaned hungrily and happily as he ate some of his own bugs.
"Bugs are so gross...." Zuri winced.
"Can't argue there," Kopa said.
"And so delicious," Timon grinned. "Ooh, look," he rushed over to Tiifu, climbed on her back and took out a bug that was behind her ear, "another one!"
"Get it away," Zuri flinched in disgust.
"Timon, girls don't like bugs," Kopa warned the meerkat said.
"Oh, well, more for me," Timon shrugged, but gulped down the bug in his hands.
Bunga, the other cubs, and the Pokemon suddenly came.
"Hey, guys, you gotta hear this," Vulpix sounded super emotional, "Simba just put Kion in charge of the Lion Guard!"
"Lion Guard," Kiara asked, never hearing that term before, "what's a Lion Guard?"
"The Protectors of the Pride Lands," Jesse said.
"Dad just warned us about it," Kion added, "they also defend the Circle of Life! And I'm its new leader."
"And I'm gonna be on the Lion Guard as well," Bunga grinned in emotion before doing a front flip, "it's un-bunga-lievable!"
"You and Bunga," Kiara laughed at her younger brother, "protecting the Pride Lands? Does Dad know about this?"
"Dad warned me to assemble the Pride Lands' bests," Kion sniggered.
"And I'm the best," Bunga chirped, "just ask me!"
"Kion, did Dad warn you that the Lion Guard had to be assembled with the Pride Lands' animals best or the Pride Lands' best as in lion best," Kopa asked.
"He just said the Pridelands best, he didn't say anything about other lions, though Grand-Uncle Scar had lions in his time before he lost the power," Kion replied.
"Well, I guess, but I think the Lion Guard needs lions..." Kopa shrugged, "I'd ask him if I were you."
"Well, if you ask me, it sounds like it might be dangerous," Pumbaa spoke up, concerned about the marmalade badger's safety.
"It's worse than that, Pumbaa," Timon replied, "it sounds like work."
"It's better than that, it's both," Bunga grinned.
"Eek," Timon flinched, "work!"
"Yeesh, Bunga, I don't know..." Pumbaa sounded uneasy.
"Uncle Timon! Uncle Pumbaa! Please," Bunga begged.
"Work? Danger? Certainly not," Timon declined, "have you forgotten our problem-free philosophy? It means no worries, your cousins go past the same ever since your Aunt Tesma and me raised them like you!"
"I know it's not Hakuna Matata, Uncle Timon," Bunga replied, "it's...it's...Zuka Zama!"
"Zuka Zama," Lex said, confused.
"Don't ask," Timon warned them.
"What's Zuka Zama," Olivia asked anyhow.
"What's Zuka Zama? What's Zuka Zama? I'll warn you all about Zuka Zama," Bunga sounded emotional now.
"Ya had to ask," Timon moaned.
"He's going to warn us all about it in song, right," Teddy whispered to Timon.
"You've had that right, Grizzly," Timon said.
The Teddiursa narrowed his eyes. "Teddy."
"Whatever," Timon shrugged.
And the song begins now, Jesse thought to himself.
Bunga gestured for them to follow him. They began to follow after the crazy marmalade badger.
"Life's emotional, life is fun," Bunga started after a chorus of birds and monkeys sang his catchphrase, "a big adventure for everyone~"
"Zuka Zama Zom Zom Zom," the birds and monkeys sang.
"Life's a festival and it's filled with thrills," Bunga continued as he got onto an elephant's back and did a flip while rolling like a ball off her trunk.
"Zuka Zama Zom Zom Zom," the birds sang.
"Don't worry about the scrapes and spills~" Bunga grinned to the others as he splashed into the waterhole next to the flamingos.
"Zuka Zama Zom Zom Zom," the flamingos sang as a hippo rose from the water with Bunga on its back before continuing to sing it over and over.
Then Bunga chased after a butterfly and burst up from a log. "Dive in, dive in!"
"Zama Zama~" the monkeys sang.
"Go, go, go," Bunga sang as he swung on a vine and flung himself from a branch.
"Zom, Zom, Zom~" the chorus sang.
Larvitar began to find this song rather enjoyable.
Bunga crossed a log over two high cliffs and jump-roped with two elephant trunks to show how brave and adventurous he was. "Flyin' through the trees like busy, busy bee going~"
"Zuka Zama Zom zom zom," Larvitar began to sing with the chorus, "Zuka Zama Zom zom zom, Zuka Zama Zom zom zom, Zuka Zama Zom zom zom~"
Then Bunga kicked a hive like a soccer ball and made the buzzing bees swarm out and evade him. "Enjoy the chaos, ignore the strife~" the marmalade badger sang as he came out of a crocodile's mouth with ease, hung upside down with a group of bats, flew away with them and did a swirl spin against an anaconda's long body, "until life throws you a crazy curve, go Zuka Zama, don't lose your nerve~"
Soon Larvitar started dancing to the song.
Bunga rolled on a fruit as he came into a tree next to a monkey, jumped against other trees and climbed each vine with ease like a jungle explorer and Larvitar followed after him. "Burst up, burst up..."
"Zuka Zuka," Larvitar came after him.
"Dive in, dive in," Bunga grinned to him as he began to do flips all around the jungle.
"Zama Zama," Larvitar grinned back.
And where even the most dangerous facts didn't seem to bother Larvitar. The Rock Pokemon and the marmalade badger ended up into the water and spit it out. Fish surrounded them and did the same as they seemed to be getting into the song as well.
Then the two were riding on a rhino, they used a couple of bones and beat them against a rib cage to play like a musical instrument, rode a log over a waterfall and swung against a ledge, coming back to the others who were entertained, though Timon was mostly annoyed. Soon everyone, but Timon, began to sing along with Bunga and Larvitar. They even walked along after the marmalade badger.
"Zuka Zama Zom Zom," Bunga concluded after high-pawing with Kion.
"Meh, zuka palooka," Timon turned his back, "I yet don't think Bunga should be signing up for some jungle patrol."
"Lion Guard," Bunga aggressively corrected.
"Whatever you call it," Timon rolled his eyes with a shrug.
"Oh, c'mon, Timon, let Bunga join the Lion Guard," Larvitar begged.
"C'mon, you guys, Bunga's the bravest animal that Kion knows," Tim added, pleading to the meerkat and warthog.
"Yes, I really need him for the Lion Guard," Kion added.
"Bravest animal, you know," Timon asked.
"He's brave alright...." Kiara slightly rolled her eyes, "brave bordering on foolish."
"Thanks, Kiara," Bunga grinned, ignoring the foolish part.
"Well, if you put it that fashion..." Pumbaa grinned to Kion.
"Congratulations, Bunga," Timon grinned to the young marmalade badger, shaking his paw, "we always knew you had it in you!"
"Oh, boy," Kiara scoffed, "Kion's gonna wreck the Pride Lands before I even get to be Queen."
"Lighten up, will ya," Kopa glanced to his sister.
"We at least have to warn Dad about this," Kiara whispered to her older brother.
"Alright, that's it..." Kopa said, "just don't stifle Kion, he's finally happy. The least you could do is show support for our little brother."
"OK, that's it, I'll try," Kiara sighed.
"Nice Kiki," Kopa chuckled.
Kiara rolled her eyes at the nicknaming.
"Oh, Bunga, I'm so proud, I could--" Pumbaa beamed before he stopped and passed gas all of the sudden, which made the grass behind him wither and die instantly, "oops, I'm sorry..."
"Uh, let's get you girls back to Pride Rock," Kopa swiftly suggested to his sister and her friends.
"We're outta here," Zuri agreed.
"Um, Kion, I think we should keep going where you can find next member for the Lion Guard," Jesse suggested.
"Grand idea, come this fashion," Kion agreed before going away.
"Wait, guys," Bunga called out before following after the group, "the Lion Guard needs to stick together!"
"Was it something I said," Pumbaa frowned.
"I don't think that it would be wise for us to warn him," Misdreavus whispered to the others.
"Uh-uh..." the other Pokemon shook their heads as they went after Kion, Bunga and their lion cub trainers.
"Well, where are we going," Jesse asked Kion.
"We need to find Ono," Kion said.
"Oh, dear," Olivia asked, "what's the problem?"
"No, no, Ono," Kion corrected her, "he's one of my friends."
"Oh...right..." Olivia bit her lip.
"Wait, isn't one of those birds that we ran side-by-side," Teddy asked.
"Which ones," Kion asked.
"Uh, kinda white with orange and black legs," Teddy explained.
"Ah, yes," Kion grinned, "Ono's an egret."
"If my research on them is correct, they usually eat bugs," Jesse said.
"Timon and Pumbaa should've raised him," Tim rolled his eyes with a snicker.
"Well, all we need to do is look for Ono, that shouldn't be too hard," Lex said.
"Come with me," Kion nodded.
Bunga wandered and grazed in the grass to come after their flying friend.
"He can't be that hard to find," Vulpix said.
"Hey, where did Bunga go," Olivia asked.
Ono was flying in the air and was about to swoop down and attack some prey.
Then Bunga suddenly burst his out. "Hey, Ono!"
The egret gasped and smashed in the middle of the grass, avoiding the marmalade badger.
"Hi, Ono," Jesse grinned.
"Oh, you're one of these outsiders who live among those 'human facts' with these creatures you call 'Pocket Monsters' or whatever they are," Ono observed logically, "nice to see you and nice to meet you all."
"Kion would like to speak with you about something," Jesse said.
"Kion," Ono looked over to his lion friend.
"You see just about everything, Ono," Kion grinned down to him, "that's why I want to speak."
"Well then, he's gonna be the keenest of sight," Larvitar grinned.
"Precisely," Kion agreed.
"Cool," Larvitar grinned.
"Now what," Olivia asked before she heard chanting from the hippos at the waterhole.
"I bet that's Behste," Kion said.
"Who," Teddy asked.
"C'mon, I'll show ya," Kion grinned, "I already need a position in mind for him."
They came and watched the hippos as they chanted one name over and over.
"Hey, everybody," the hippo at the top smiled at all of them, "who wants a water slide?"
The three hippos cheered before he came.
"Ooh, yes," the first hippo cheered.
"Me, me," the second hippo added.
"Do it, Behste," the third hippo concluded.
"What's he going to do," Vulpix asked.
"Does he need help," Jesse asked, offering since he was strong for his age.
"No, no, let him do this," Kion replied.
The hippo named Behste pushed his head against a rock, which made a huge wave of water cast over and made his hippo friends swim and fly into it like a water slide at a water park.
"Wow," Jesse said, surprised.
"Strongest," Bunga assumed.
"Strongest," Kion confirmed.
"And wettest," Ono muttered as his feathers were dripping wet now. Then he flapped his wings to get the water off.
"Ono," Lex shrieked.
"Uh, I'm sorry," Ono replied.
"Who's last," Larvitar asked.
"I think we need someone fast right about now, but who's the fastest in the Pridelands," Misdreavus asked.
"Fuli," Kion grinned.
"Fuli," the others asked.
"C'mon," Kion led them to his fastest friend.
"Well, alright," Jesse shrugged.
Fievel jumped onto his sister's back, feeling exhausted from walking around.
"Ugh...alright, I will carry you....." Olivia sighed to him.
"Well, where is Fuli," Larvitar asked Kion.
"We need to look for her," Kion replied.
"I'll help," Bunga offered, of course.
"Alright," Teddy grinned.
The cheetah girl was zipping all around and appeared to be in much of a rush than normal. She did not have time to stop and even warned Bunga as there were baboons chasing her.
"I'll tie these baboons up," Jesse said.
"I see Fuli's a bit occupied," Ono said as he sat on Behste's back.
"Even I can see that, Ono," Kion replied to his flying friend.
Jesse flew at super speed and caught himself a bunch of vines and then flew back with them.
"Leave these baboons to Jesse," Lex grinned.
"Fuli, this way," Ono flew over to the cheetah and led her away one road.
The cheetah looked curious of Jesse's abilities, but she flew with the egret to safety as the baboons could no longer menace her. Once Fuli was at a safe distance from the baboons, Jesse flew in and then began to fly all around them and tied up the baboons where they couldn't chase Fuli anymore.
"Nice save, Jesse," Kion approved.
"Totally," Fuli agreed with a grin, "thanks."
"No problem, hey, why were they chasing you any matter," Jesse asked.
"I warned them that I was sorry," Fuli defended, "I wasn't trying to be mean if I said they look funny since they scratch their heads."
"Seriously," Jesse asked.
"Alright, this is everyone," Kion said.
"What do you mean," Fuli asked.
"I have a meeting that involves all of you," Kion grinned to his interspecies friends, "trust me, you're gonna love it."
"Yes," Lex nodded.
The cheetah, egret and hippo looked curious, but they listened and met together, apart from where the baboons once were.
"Hey, guys," Kion greeted once they got to a new spot to talk about his, "thanks for meeting with me. I wanted to speak to you because...well, I need your help."
"What's the kerbubble, Kion," Behste asked.
"The five of us are the Pride Lands' fiercest, bravest, strongest, fastest and keenest of sight," Kion informed, "and that's why I want you all to join the new Lion Guard. Together, we'll protect the Pride Lands and defend the Circle of Life."
"Yes," Tim nodded.
Ono whistled in honor and admiration.
"Well, lick my tail and call me a meerkat," Beshte commented.
"Hey! My uncle's a meerkat," Bunga frowned at the hippo.
"No offense, Bunga..." Behste replied before looking confused, "wait! Aren't you a marmalade badger?"
"He's adopted," Jesse whispered.
"Uh, what's that," Behste asked.
"Never mind..." Jesse face-pawed.
"A Lion Guard," Fuli scoffed to her male lion friend slightly, rolling her green eyes, "figures. Always the lions lording over the Pride Lands. I suppose Simba put you in charge of this little team, Kion?"
"You bet your spots he did so," Bunga defended.
"Yes, that's true," Vulpix nodded.
"Fuli, the Lion Guard needs you," Larvitar urged, "you're the Pride Lands' fastest."
"Yes," Teddy added.
"You've had that right," Fuli replied before glancing back to Kion, "and you're supposed to be the fiercest?"
"Well, he is a lion....." Behste spoke up.
"And lions are fierce," Ono added in, "it's kinda common knowledge, really..."
Then Fievel roared and made gestures to make his hands look like razor paws to warn Kion to show his friends his new roar.
"Fievel, I don't think the roar is a gift that Kion is supposed to show off," Lex whispered.
"Wait, that's a nice idea," Bunga spoke up, "show 'em the Roar, Kion. Show 'em the Roar!"
"What's Bunga speaking about," Fuli snorted, "the Roar? You think you're something special just because you can roar?"
"Wait until you hear it," Bunga snarked, "c'mon, Kion. Show 'em the Roar!"
"Bunga, I'm not sure if the roar is for showing off," Tim said.
"Then what is the deal with your roar," Behste asked Kion.
"Oh, you totally have to show us, Kion," Fuli snickered.
"Seeing is believing," Ono encouraged, "though with a roar, it's more about hearing......"
Kion sighed in defeat. "Well, fine, I'll show you the Roar, just, uh, stay behind me, I don't want anybody to get hurt."
"Yes, and give him some space," Jesse said.
Kion got into position as his friends came right behind him.
"Groundlings," Ono sniggered as he stood on Behste's back as they all had problems.
"Ready," Kion turned back to them.
"The lion cubs and Pokemon nodded.
"Alright...this is the Roar...." Kion said before bearing his claws and he whipped his head back, but instead of an almighty roar like against the hyenas, it was a tiny squeak. "What in the Pride Lands....." he asked himself in disbelief.
"That was...different," Ono blinked.
"Kion, you call that a roar," Fuli laughed.
"That wasn't the roar," Tim said.
"It was a squeak," Bunga added in.
"Oh, sure, because I didn't think it sounded like a roar," Behste replied to him.
"I've found him, Your Highness," Zazu suddenly flew over, "Kion is over here!"
"Why was Zazu looking for Kion," Larvitar asked.
The others shrugged. How should they had known?
"You see, Dad," Kiara said to Simba once they came for Kion, "what did I warn you?"
"Kiara, of course," Lex whispered.
"Thank you, Kiara," Simba warned his only daughter, "you and Tiifu go ahead and track the gazelle. I need to speak with Kion. Alone."
"Yes, Dad," Kiara nodded before walking away with her friend.
"Thank you, princess," Simba nodded to her.
"If you guys will excuse me, I need to have a serious speak with a certain princess," Lex growled while walking away into the same direction as Kiara and Tiifu.
"Do you want assistance," Olivia offered.
"No thanks, Olivia, I think I can handle her by myself, even if she has Tiifu or Zuri past her side," Lex declined.
"Understood," Olivia nodded to her.
Lex nodded back before going after the lion princess.
"Oh, boy, is Kiara is going to get it now," Jesse sighed.
Kiara and Tiifu were laughing as they were on their road back to the gazelles after warning Simba and Zazu what just happened. Lex came in front of them, frowning at the lioness cubs, but mostly Kiara in specific.
"Um, can we help you," Tiifu glanced at Lex.
"Tiifu, I would like to speak with Kiara alone," Lex warned her.
Tiifu nodded and walked away. "I'll be with the gazelles, Kiki!"
Kiara nodded, but looked to Lex. "What is this?"
"You are a horrible sister," Lex frowned.
"Excuse me," Kiara frowned back.
"Why did you have to do that to Kion? He eventually found every member he needed for the Lion Guard," Lex said, "if I was in your place, I would not warn my father what Jesse was up to, I would have his back and support him."
"Because it's silly," Kiara scoffed, "and it's called the 'Lion' Guard, not the 'Lion, Marmalade Badger, Bird, Hippo and Cheetah Guard'."
"Your father warned him to assemble the Pride Lands' best and where each of these animals that Kion chose fit the part," Lex warned her.
"Yes, but he should've assembled lions," Kiara snorted, "besides, he thinks he's all that. At least I'm going to be Queen with Kopa if I grow up."
"Well, fine, but don't blame me since you are in a serious and dangerous situation and need help with no one around to help," Lex warned her before leaving.
"Huh! The nerve of some animals..." Kiara snorted before walking off the other road to catch up with Tiifu.
Kopa saw and heard everything and where he only sighed at Kiara's selfishness. Lex muttered about Kiara as she was on her road back to her brothers and cousins. And where she saw Kion walking away, looking rather mournful and unsure.
"What just happened," Lex asked the others.
"Uncle Simba warned Kion that the Lion Guard isn't a game to play with his friends and that only one lion couldn't be enough to protect the Pride Lands," Jesse replied.
"What is wrong with these lions today," Lex moaned.
"I don't know, but I think it was unfair of him to say that as well," Tim said.
"Same here," Jesse said.
"Ugh, I may not have known Uncle Simba as long as Mum, Dad, Mrs. Brisby, or Uncle Basil, but that's just so unfair, and Kiara tattled on Kion," Lex moaned, "this is so not cool!"
"I agree," Kopa said, coming out from the tall grass.
The others looked to Kopa as he came to them.
"Kopa, how long have you been there," Larvitar asked.
"Oh...long enough..." Kopa replied.
"Did you overhear my conversation with Kiara," Lex asked.
"Yes, I did so," Kopa nodded.
"Kopa, I'm really sorry, but your sister hasn't been the best person lately..." Lex said.
"No, I agree with you, Lex," Kopa said.
"You do so," Lex asked.
"I think it's until Dad warned her that she was going to be the Queen while I would also be King," Kopa said, "I think the power kinda went to her head...at least she isn't as bad as Zuri."
"Oh, c'mon, Zuri can't be that bad," Teddy said.
"Try sassy..." Larvitar mumbled with a snicker.
Vulpix laughed to that.
"Indeed not," Misdreavus grinned.
The children glanced to their Pokemon, but Kopa laughed at them.
"Yes, she's been the worst," Kopa agreed.
"She's like a lioness cub version of Rarity," Jesse said.
"I hear that," Olivia agreed with that statement.
"Rarity," Kopa aksed.
"A fashionista drama queen," Tim said.
"At least Rarity is nice," Jesse defended the unicorn mare.
"Yes," Lex added.
At last, Simba and Zazu walked side-by-side after speaking with Kion about the Lion Guard's responsibilities.
"I better go speak with Kion," Kopa said.
"That's nice, the best advice and help he needs is a big brother," Tim agreed.
Kopa nodded before going after Kion to give him advice and give him some help.
"I sure do hope Kion will be alright," Olivia said as she carried Fievel on her back.
"Same here," Lex said.
"I wish he'll be alright once his brother speaks with him," Tim reassured.
"Yes," Jesse nodded.
Then Tim and Jesse grinned to each other.
Meanwhile, with Kiara and Tiifu...
The gazelles were graving peacefully, unknowing that the lioness cubs were crawling off in a hidden spot to stalk after them.
"Well, are we gonna hunt today," Tiifu whispered.
"Be sure to stay low while we're tracking the herd," Kiara silently advised, "and we need stay downwind, where they don't catch our scent. That's why it's reluctant to watch how the grass moves."
Tiifu nodded, taking that as reluctant advice as they hid in the grass. "Are we going to attack them," she asked, looking hopeful.
"No, my dad says we should only take what the pride needs, to keep the Circle of Life in balance," Kiara replied, "if we took down gazelles just to learn how to do it, pretty soon there wouldn't be any left. Then we'd be as bad as the hyenas."
Then she saw Mzingo in the heavens flying in a certain circle.
"What's Mzingo doing up there," Kiara wondered as she saw the horrible bird of prey, "vultures only circle like that if they're expecting to eat."
Tiifu looked to the other side and saw other familiar predators of the Pride Lands. "Kiara, look!"
Kiara looked to see Janja and the rest of the hyenas. "Hyenas," she panicked instantly, "and Janja's leading them."
"There's so many of them," Tiifu gasped.
"Yes, and with Mzingo circling over the gazelles, I have a feeling they're up to no luck," Kiara replied.
"What are we going to do," Tiifu asked.
"Go find my dad and warn him Janja and his clan are here," Kiara instructed, "I'll stay here and keep watch."
"Alright, Kiara," Tiifu said before walking off the other road, "be careful!"
While that was going on, Kopa continued to go after his little brother to speak with him.
"Dad wanted the best for the Lion Guard," Kion sighed as Kopa followed after him, "and I found them. But now, perhaps the best isn't nice enough? I just don't understand."
"Kion, you did find the best," Kopa assured him.
"But why did Dad get mad," Kion asked.
"I guess he thought you were going to assemble lion members into the Lion Guard," Kopa said.
Kion sighed. "It's just so unfair....."
"If only Grandfather Mufasa was here," Kopa sighed.
Kion sighed as he felt down in the dumps.
"Did someone call for me," a deep voice asked.
"Yes, I did, Grandfather," Kopa grinned, looking up to the heavens.
"Heyvi kabisa.....are you..." Kion looked in shock.
"Yes, Kion, I am your grandfather," Mufasa confirmed.
"Hi, Grandfather," Kopa grinned, "how's Grandmother Sarabi?"
"She's doing just fine," Mufasa grinned.
Kopa grinned back.
"I've been watching you, Kion," Mufasa warned his youngest grandcub, "you are about to embark on a great journey, Kion, leader of the Lion Guard!"
"Couldn't agree more," Kopa grinned.
"I'm not sure Dad's gonna let me lead the Lion Guard," Kion spoke up to his grandfather, "he's concerned that I can't handle it."
"Kion, Simba is concerned," Mufasa replied, "but he's concerned because he loves you. Being leader of the Lion Guard will not always be easy."
"Then perhaps Dad's right," Kion spoke up, "perhaps I'm not ready to lead. Or use the Roar. I'm not even sure I can control it! First, it's super loud. Then it's just a squeak. And I...I don't want to end up like Scar."
"Don't be afraid, Kion," Mufasa soothed, "trust your instincts. The Roar will be there for you since you need it. And then will I. Until the Pride Lands' end..."
"Farewell, Grandfather," Kopa waved.
"Grandfather Mufasa, don't go yet..." Kion frowned.
But it was no use as their grandfather went back up to Heaven.
Kion bowed his head.
"It's alright..." Kopa soothed, "I miss him as well, but remember what he said."
"Trust my instincts...." Kion replied, "the Roar will be there until I need it."
"Yes, then you ready to accept your destiny," Kopa asked.
Kion bowed his head loyally. "Yes...that is time..."
Kopa grinned, happy that his little brother wasn't going to give up.
"Kion! Kopa," Bunga rushed over to the two of them with the Pokemon, "Janja! The hyenas! They're attacking the gazelles!"
"Yes, and it looks like they're not playing around," Teddy added.
"What? Oh, dear," Kion panicked.
"C'mon, we must do something," Vulpix panicked.
"Lead the road," Kopa said.
Bunga led the road with the Pokemon to take them back into the main jungle as the sun was starting to set.
"Mzingo's warning the hyenas which one to target next," Ono commented as he was perched on Behste's back yet, "smart, in a devious sort of fashion."
"Yes," Larvitar nodded.
"I don't get it," Jesse said, "they've already scored a couple gazelles."
"Shouldn't that plenty for all of them," Lex added.
"Yes, but why are they yet attacking," Tim wondered.
"Janja and his clan will keep going until the entire herd is dead," Kion rushed over with Bunga, Kopa and the Pokemon.
"What? That's crazy," Jesse said.
"No..." Behste frowned to that.
"Don't they understand the Circle of Life," Fuli asked.
"They don't care about the Circle of Life," Kion replied bravely, "they're not hunting for food. They want to throw the Pride Lands into chaos. And it's up to the Lion Guard to stop them!"
"The Lion Guard," Fuli asked.
"You mean us," Ono added in.
"What about what Simba said," Behste reminded.
"Who cares if you all aren't lions," Jesse said.
"He's right," Kopa agreed.
"Yes," Kion added in, "I know we're the Pride Lands' fiercest, bravest, fastest, strongest and keenest of sight!"
"That's true," Behste replied with a grin.
"Of course we are," Fuli also grinned.
"I guess..." Ono shrugged uneasily.
"You guys are the best," Lex grinned.
"Yes," Bunga sounded ready and brave, "let's go get these stinking hyenas!"
"Hold it, Bunga," Kion put his paw down on the honey badger's tail, "this isn't a game. We need a plan to take on the hyenas. And I think I have one. That is, if the rest of you are ready to join the Lion Guard."
"Yes," Kopa said.
Bunga snickered, he liked where this was going so far.
"I'm in," Fuli said.
"Ditto," Ono added in.
"Lay it on us, Kion," Behste concluded.
"Bunga, you are the bravest," Kion said as he tapped the marmalade badger's arm.
After his arm was tapped, a mark was placed on it.
"Fuli, you are the fastest," Kion did the same to the female cheetah.
And the same fact happened on her shoulder.
"Ono, you are the keenest of sight," Kion did to the egret and the same fact happened, even to the hippo once he got to him, "Behste, you are the strongest."
Ono grinned and held out his wings as he was marked.
"We are the Lion Guard," Kion said proudly and bravely. "And here's what we're going to do..." he said before warning them all about his plan to stop Janja and the other hyenas from destroying the Circle of Life.
I can't wait to see how this plan goes, Larvitar thought to himself.
Mrs. Brisby was in her mouse form and was sitting on the ledge of Pride Rock with her legs crossed as she looked out into the sunset. "The children have been gone for an awfully long time..." she muttered to herself.
"Brisby, the children haven't come back yet," Basil said.
"That's what I'm saying....." Mrs. Brisby glanced back at him.
"Perhaps we should go out and look for them," Cynthia said.
"They don't know these jungles like we did if Princess Celestia brought us here," Bernard agreed.
"We better get going then," Bianca said.
"On my mark," Basil said.
Mrs. Brisby, Bernard and Bianca put on their Equestrian medallions from childhood and became adult lion and lionesses.
"We better get going now," Bianca said.
"Where do we look though," Bernard wondered.
Teresa took a deep sniff as she walked out, she sniffed the ground and whipped her head up. "This way, I can smell their blood," she instructed them before going away in the direction she was warned to go into.
"Wahoo," Bianca grinned.
"C'mon, we better hurry up," Bernard urged.
Mrs. Brisby led them to where she could smell their children and hopefully they could make it before any of them would get seriously hurt.
Meanwhile, back with Kiara.....
"What's taking Tiifu so long," Kiara sighed impatiently as she hid behind a rock where the hyenas or Mzingo wouldn't see her. "Dad needs to stop this," she saw Kion and the others, "what...?"
Kion looked very ready and determined and so did his friends. "Until the Pride Lands' end, Lion Guard defend!"
Then the five animals moved out to save the gazelles from Janja and the other hyenas.
"You can do it, guys," Teddy cheered.
"Believe in yourselves," Misdreavus called.
"We're cheering ya on," Larvitar laughed in emotion.
"Go, Lion Guard, go," Vulpix beamed.
"We believe in you all," Kopa cheered.
"Zuka Zama," Bunga cheered before jumping on Chungi's back.
"That marmalade badger is bananas," Tim said.
"That statement makes no sense......" Olivia looked confused, but grinned once she thought about it for a moment, "oh, you mean he is crazy! Yes, yes, he is."
"Yes," Lex grinned.
"In a best fashion," Olivia asked.
"Uh, sure, why not," Jesse shrugged to his French cousin.
"Yes," Lex nodded.
"English is a very strange language..." Olivia sighed.
"Try Swahili," Jesse muttered since they were in Africa.
"Swahili," Olivia asked.
"It's an African language here, a lot of the animals are named after a certain word," Jesse explained.
"Cool," Lex grinned.
"Interesting," Olivia added.
"Yes," Misdreavus grinned.
Ono flew in the heavens and zipped all around to throw away the villanous vulture. Mzingo growled and frowned to him until he got dizzy and fell right into a bush.
"Looking for something, Feather Neck," Ono snickered to him.
"Nice one, Ono," Teddy grinned.
"Thanks," Ono grinned back.
Three hyenas smirked aggressively and hungrily as they were going after one gazelle.
"Huwezi," Fuli sniggered as she zipped around them and taunted them with her speed, "nowhere to run that I can't run faster! See what I mean?"
"You go, girl," Larvitar cheered.
"That's right, keep going," Kion coached.
"Coming through," Bunga snarked as he yet rode on the hyena's back with his paws over his eyes, but jumped away as soon as the hyena smashed into the other three like bowling balls against pins.
"And here comes the final blow," Vulpix cheered.
"NOW," Kion summoned his strongest friend.
"Coming through, outta the road," Behste started to charge, passing the gazelles and rammed his head against the hyenas, making them all painfully fly in the air.
"Strike," the Pokemon cheered.
Tiifu came with Rafiki and the current Lion King and Queen just as Mrs. Brisby, Bernard and Bianca arrived.
"Simba, Nala, look," Rafiki looked with wonder and joy at the fallen hyenas.
"Look at these children go," Bernard grinned.
"Fascinating," Mrs. Brisby droned.
Kion ran with his friends as they chased off the hyenas.
"Kion's Lion Guard," Rafiki laughed in delight, "they have Janja and the hyenas on the run!"
"That's our boy," Nala grinned proudly.
"Um, but what about the herd," Bianca asked.
"Yes, it's charging right at Kiara," Tiifu added with a panic.
"Oh, dear," Nala cried.
"Kiara," Simba looked concerned.
"Oh, dear..." Kopa said, concerned for his little sister's life.
One gazelle hit Kiara and knocked her down, which injured her paw.
Ono was flying and put his keen sense of sight to spot the lioness cub. "Kion, Kiara's hurt," he zipped over back to the lion cub.
"Alright, we need to get her fast," Kion said.
"I'm the fastest there is," Fuli replied, but looked curious of what to do after getting Kiara, "but what have I done once I'm there?"
"Just get me close," Bunga jumped on the cheetah's back, "I'll take it from there."
"Bunga," Kion said, confused.
"Don't worry, Kion," Bunga replied with a grin, "this time, yours truly has a plan!"
"Alright...hurry up," Kion nodded where his sister could be saved.
"This way," Ono flew up in the air to lead Fuli to where Kiara was.
Kopa really wanted to save Kiara, but had to let Kion and his friends handle this one.
"Zuka Zama," Bunga called as Fuli ran with him following after Ono.
"I hope his plan works," Lex whispered.
"Can't we do something to help," Olivia pouted.
"No, we need to let them handle this," Kopa warned them.
Olivia sighed.
"Kiara's trapped behind that rock," Ono alerted.
"I can't get any closer," Fuli called back.
"This is where I get off, hang on, Kiara," Bunga called before getting off of the cheetah's back and jumped from gazelle to gazelle.
"Go, Bunga," Lex cheered.
Bunga got stuck in one gazelle's horns, but then he kicked his body back and flung against the rock and Kiara looked up at him.
"What's he gonna do," Tim wondered.
"Scram, ya goofy gazelles," Bunga snickered as he put his tail in the air, "take this!"
"I suggest we cover our noses/muzzles," Jesse said, covering his nose.
The others wondered what he meant by that, but they did so as warned. Then Bunga unleashed his secret weapon, which made the gazelles scatter from disgust. Kiara's eyes widened and she put her paw over her nose, looking repulsed.
"Uncle Pumbaa taught me that one," Bunga grinned proudly.
"Oh, right, I forgot marmalade badgers did that," Lex said with her nose covered.
"Marmalade badgers raised by a certain warthog for that matter," Tim added as he covered his nose.
Kiara actually thanked Bunga, he may be stinky, but he sure was brave.
"Kion, Bunga and Fuli did it," Ono flew back to the hippo and lion cub, "Kiara's safe!"
"That's grand," Larvitar grinned.
"That most certainly is," Kion agreed, "Ono, have them regroup with us at the edge of the field. It's time to give Janja and his hyenas something to remember."
"Ooh, I think I have a feeling what you have in mind," Larvitar grinned.
Tiifu and Kopa rushed to Kiara and helped her back to Simba and Nala.
"Mum! Dad," Kiara called.
"Kiara," Simba put his paw around his daughter.
"You're safe," Nala nuzzled her daughter.
"Here, let me fix that," Kopa noticed his sister's injured paw.
Kiara walked up to her older brother, allowing him to lick it where he could heal it.
Kopa nodded to her, but healed up her sore paw. "I'm so glad you're alright."
"I might not have been if it hadn't been Kion and his friends," Kiara admitted, "I guess he knew what he was doing if he picked them."
Nala gave a knowing grin to her mate.
"He did, didn't he," Simba added with a small grin.
"Yes, yes, he did," Kopa nodded.
"Look," Rafiki pointed for the lion family, "look!"
The hyenas were in a distance, but not moving. Then they looked as Kion and his Lion Guard were coming for them. Jesse and the others stood back to let the Lion Guard handle the hyenas. Fievel snarled viciously to the hyenas, willing to punish them.
"No, Fievel, let Kion finish them," Lex said.
Fievel lowly growled and settled himself on Olivia's back.
"Looks like Janja's trying to act all big and mean," Jesse said, noticing the leader hyena going up to Kion.
"What else is new," Tim scoffed.
"Well, if it isn't Kion the lion cub," Janja snickered as he approached the youngest of Simba and Nala's cubs with an evil snigger, "you and your friends better leave now, before you get hurt."
"We're the Lion Guard, Janja," Kion frowned firmly and bravely, "we defend the Circle of Life. You and your kind are not welcome in the Pridelands. EVER!!!"
It was suddenly getting dark as clouds cast over them suddenly like a big storm coming. Kion narrowed his eyes and let out a loud and anguished shriek like he did the first time since he tried to save Bunga from Cheezi and Chunga.
"Wahoo," Jesse cheered.
The roar seemed to quite literally blow the hyenas off. Kion's friends grinned that they had won.
"Zuka Zama, now that's the roar," Bunga grinned.
"That was awesome," Teddy cheered.
The hyenas fearfully and cowardly ran off.
"You win today, Kion," Janja frowned back at the youngest lion cub. "Next time won't be so easy," he firmly promised before going after his cackle clan.
Kion merely stood bravely and sharply as the hyenas left the Pride Lands and returned to the Outlands.
"That's my little bro," Kopa grinned.
"Woah," Tiifu was really impressed while Kiara was in shock.
"You see, Simba? You see," Rafiki cheered, "he is ready! It is time!"
"Simba," Nala snarked to her mate.
"Yes, Kion is ready," Simba finalized, "it is time. Time for the Lion Guard."
"Yes, yes, that is," Bernard nodded.
Kion grinned as he stood bravely with his friends. As it was getting dark, they all returned to Pride Rock.
There were lionesses around the youngest of Zira's cubs as his training was being intensified about fighting against Simba. Janja came over to the lioness.
"What is this," Zira glanced down at him.
"You might want to take extra action to be necessary," Janja advised, "Simba and Nala's other cub Kion is in charge of this generation's Lion Guard and he's paired up with a cheetah, an egret, a marmalade badger and a hippo!"
"What," Zira frowned.
Janja visibly flinched at Zira's uproar. "That's true, Zira," he defended, "Kion is just a cub, but he has the roar of the grand kings of the past in him!"
"There must be a fashion to defeat them, Mother," Vitani said, overhearing the conversation.
"We'll find a road...." Zira snarled.
Kovu looked over. "What's the Lion Guard.....?"
"It's a long story, just focus on destroying Simba until you're ready," Zira snarled at her youngest cub, "Kion may be the youngest in the Lion Guard, but as MY youngest cub, you're going to be the one to murder Simba for murdering Scar!"
"Yes, Mother," Kovu nodded with a frown.
Janja was relieved that Zira was yet believing that Simba was the one that murdered Scar.
"What have we done, Mother," Vitani asked.
"The same fact we've been doing since your brother met Simba's daughter, training to the death," Zira sharply replied, "Janja and the other hyenas have the assignment to destroy the Lion Guard."
"We won't let you down," Janja saluted.
"You better not, I hate disappointment," Zira sneered.
"I know," Janja said.
"Nice boy..." Zira smirked darkly, "and very soon, your efforts will be rewarded."
"Thank you, Zira," Janja bowed.
"You may go now," Zira allowed.
Janja nodded and went back to his clan to warn them what Zira had warned him.
Kion was praised throughout Pride Rock as it was getting dark and the time to be with family.
"Kion, I should apologize for not taking you guys seriously if you said you were the new leader of the Lion Guard," Kiara frowned.
Simba and Nala approved of this.
"That's alright," Kion grinned, but snickered slightly, "at least I had my life together, right?"
"Yes, yes..." Kiara rolled her eyes, but grinned back to him, "I'm really proud of you."
"Same here," Kopa added in.
"Thanks, guys," Kion grinned, nuzzling up to them both.
"Another perfect Circle of Life..." Simba sighed softly, "I really wish Grandfather Mufasa and Grandmother Sarabi were here to see this."
Bernard, Bianca, Mrs. Brisby and Basil hugged their children, happy that they were alive along with the Pokemon.
"Mum..." Olivia nuzzled against her mother.
"Olivia...." Mrs. Brisby gently replied, lightly stroking her daughter's dark brown fur.
"We're so glad you darlings are alright," Bianca said.
"We were concerned...." Bernard added.
"We're sorry, we didn't mean to make you guys concern," Lex frowned.
"We're parents, it's our jobs to concern......" Bianca said.
The others frowned.
"Hey, how about a story," Kopa changed the subject to lighten the mood a little.
"Yes, please," the cubs grinned.
Kopa grinned. "Now, what should I warn," he asked, already having a story in mind, but wanted to know what they had to say.
"Well, I guess you could warn us abou your healing powers," Kiara suggested.
"Yes," Kion agreed.
"Well, I dunno if you're old enough..." Kopa sniggered playfully to his younger brother and sister.
"Please," Kiara and Kion begged.
"Well...it's alright with me..." Kopa snarked.
The cubs and Pokemon cheered to this.
Kopa laughed and got settled in a spot to sit as a storyteller. "Alright, that's it...well, this is all before I ended up going to that zoo with Ryan and Samson in New York City."
Flashback showed us Kopa having himself a lot of fun on his own...
"Was Rex a champion," Babe asked.
"He had the makings of the biggest champion there ever was, but it wasn't to be," Fly replied.
"What just happened," Babe asked.
"A while back since Rex was in his prime," Fly narrated, "the dripping rainwater brought a big flood to the valley. Rex and the boss got most of the flock onto the high ground. Then Rex turned back to look for the strays. He found them. They'd been stranded by the rising water. He tried to herd them across to safety, but they wouldn't budge. Too afraid and too foolish enough to save their own skins. It was freezing cold and the water kept rising. Rex stayed with them right through the night. By morning, the sheep were drowned. And until they found Rex, he was barely alive."
"Oh, Mum," Babe lamented.
"Two weeks rest in front of the fireplace saw him back on his feet, but his hearing was never the same again," Fly replied, "he'd never want anyone to know, but he's almost totally deaf."
"Is that why he's so.....you know, pissed off," Babe asked.
"That's not the half of it," Fly replied, "all this was happened a month before the Grand National Challenge. He tried his best, but he couldn't hear the boss's calls, and it slowed him up. The cold truth is that, but for the foolishness of sheep, Rex would've been the champion of champions."
End of Flashback
"And that's how I learned about my healing powers," Kopa said.
"Woaahhhh...." Kiara and Kion, the human children and Pokemon were blown apart from the story.
"That's amazing," Teddy said.
Kopa sighed softly. "I sure do miss Grandmother Sarabi though."
"We all do, son," Simba frowned.
"She really was a grand woman from what we knew," Mrs. Brisby said, referring to herself, Bianca, Bernard and Basil.
"Yes," Bernard nodded.
"What just happened to her any matter," Bianca asked, "i-if it's not too much damage to ask."
"She was murdered by two humans," Simba frowned.
"Oh, dear..." Basil frowned back.
"Oh, yes..." Nala confirmed.
"It must have been the same humans that brought Kopa to the zoo," Olivia said.
"I pretty wish it was," Simba replied. "I remember that we were both running to save Kopa..." The sound of the gunshot started to echo in his head. "NoooooOOOO," he suddenly yelled out.
"Dad, what's wrong," Kion asked.
Simba held his head with his paw and turned back to see everyone staring at him in confusion and worry. "I...I..." he cleared his throat, "I'm sorry...I was just...thinking."
"Was it about that day," Vulpix asked.
Simba frowned. "Yes, as a matter of fact......it's all my fault...."
"Simba, I warned you, you couldn't help it, nothing was your fault, it just happened," Nala tried to soothe her mate.
Basil was about to agree, but then his pocket watch went off like a timer, warning him only one fact. Mrs. Brisby leaned over his shoulder to see the ticking clock.
"You know what this means, Mrs. Brisby," Basil looked down to her.
Mrs. Brisby nodded.
"What is this, Mum and Dad," Olivia asked her parents.
"Everyone, I'm afraid it's time for us to go back home," Basil said.
"Aww..." the children and Pokemon moaned in dismay.
"I'm sorry, children, but we need to go back to where we belong," Bianca soothed them.
"Well, you guys are leaving," Kion asked.
"We'll come back again someday," Jesse promised.
"Yes," Tim grinned.
"We promise," Lex said.
"Possibly till we're teenagers," Olivia suggested.
"You know where to find us," Nala grinned to their human friends.
After a few farewells, the humans and Pokemon all left the Pridelands and went back home.
"I wish we could've seen more adventures with Kion in the Lion Guard..." Jesse pouted.
"Yes," Larvitar agreed.
"But if we stayed longer, how would we be ready for Enchancia," Bianca prompted, but cupped her mouth playfully, "oops!"
"You know we'll learn about their adventures until we come back for a visit in the future," Jesse said.
"You children are smarter than I thought," Bianca pretended to be gobsmacked.
"C'mon, we better get on the plane before it leaves," Olivia grinned.
"Come along then," Mrs. Brisby said.
With that said, they gathered together and took their leave. Once they were all in their seats, the plane began to take them out of Africa. The children and Pokemon were yet mournful to go, but they at last fell asleep as they were on the road back home after a long journey.
"I just know that our time in Enchancia will be an adventure for the children," Bianca said.
"I know they'll love it," Bernard agreed as he kissed his wife's knuckles in his own hand.
Bianca grinned as they were now on their road back home.
Executive ProducerDENNIS DeSHAZER
Supervising ProducerJIM ROWLEY
Senior ProducerJEFF GITTLE
ProducerLINDA HOUSTON
DirectorFRED HOLMES
WriterPERRI VERDINO-GATES
Consulting ProducerBEN VAUGHN
Educational SpecialistsMARY ANN DUDKO, Ph.D.MARGIE LARSEN, M.Ed.
Performance DirectorPENNY WILSON
Production DesignerBOB LAVALLEE
Music DirectorJOSEPH PHILLIPS
Cast:Barney's Voice • BOB WESTBarney's Costume • DAVID JOYNERB.J.'s Voice • PATTY WIRTZB.J.'s Costume • JEFF BROOKS
Cast:Emily • HANNAH OWENSJeff • AUSTIN BALLKeesha • MERA BAKERRobert • ANGEL VELASCOMiss Etta Kette • BRICE ARMSTRONGScooter McNutty • TODD DUFFEY
Production ManagerCHARLOTTE SPIVEY
Associate DirectorERIC NORBERG
Art DirectorELIZABETH SAGAN VELTEN
Wardrobe Supervisor/DesignerLISA ODETTE ALBERTSON
Lighting DesignerKEN CRAIG
Lighting DirectorLOWRY G. PERRY
Stage ManagerJENA ATCHISON
Post Production SupervisorBOB DAUBER
Technical Operations SupervisorRANDY BREEDLOVE
EditorsVICKIE STERLINGMcKEE SMITH
Audio DirectorDAVID BOOTHE
Production AudioRON BALENTINE
Make-Up DesignJEANIE L. D'IORIO
Manager of Music ServicesLISA ARBUCKLE GREIF
Manager of Talent ServicesJULIE HUTCHINGS
Script SupervisorCATHERINE REYNOLDS
Original Barney, Baby Bopand B.J. Costumes byIRENE COREYDESIGN ASSOCIATES
"I Love You" lyrics byLEE BERNSTEIN (BMI)Melody Traditional © 1983 Shimbarah Music (BMI)
Produced by The Lyons Groupand Connecticut Public Television
For Connecticut Public TelevisionExecutive in ChargeLARRY RIFKIN
The names and characters Barney,Baby Bop, B.J., Stella the Storyteller,Scooter McNutty, Miss Etta Ketteand Booker T. Bookworm aretrademarks of Lyons Partnership, L.P.
This picture has made the jurdisction of I.A.T.S.E.-IA, affiliated with A.F.L.-C.L.O.
Spectral Recording Dolby Stereo Digital in Selected Theaters
Barney and B.J., "Barney & Friends"and the Barney and children logoare Reg. U.S. Pat & Tm. Off.
Executive in ChargeRICHARD C. LEACH
Barney and the Backyard Gang®and Barney & Friends® wereoriginally developed bySHERYL LEACH,KATHY PARKERand DENNIS DESHAZER
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