The Lion King 3 (CutepuppyBH)

{SeriesInfobox Jason Marsden as Kovu Neve Campbell as Kiara Andrew Francis as Kion }}
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 * title = The Lion King IV
 * director = CutepuppyBH
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 * airdate = ???

The Lion King IV is a fanfiction by CutepuppyBH.

After Simba and Nala's deaths, Kovu and Kiara become King and Queen.

Chapter 1
The rising sun beamed down on the ground near Pride Rock. Kovu and Kiara were resting there, along with some lionesses.

Suddenly, a golden lion with a red mane and an orange lion head mark on his left shoulder ran to them, along with the rest of his team. His name was Kion.

"Kovu! Kiara!", he shouted franticly. "We have news." His voice was calmer now. "We were on patrol, when we found Simba and Nala..."

Kovu and Kiara listened intently.

"... and... there had been a rockslide..."

They were worried now.

"... they're dead."

Both the auburn lion and the tawny-ish gold lioness's mouths gaped. Some of the other lionesses gasped.

"I know this is surprising. But now, we need to officially announce it to all the Pridelanders, and you need to become King and Queen."

A few weeks later, the sun had just risen. Kovu and Kiara were asleep in the den.

Kiara awoke. She yawned, stretched, then stood up. She shook Kovu a little bit with her paw.

"Kovu..." she said sleepily.

Kovu woke up the same way, then walked to the edge of Pride Rock with her. They looked down on the Pridelands.

Kovu sighed. "Well, time for the royal duties."

The pair climbed down the rock "stairs" leading to the ground.

The last royal duty was resolving an unexpected dispute over a young cheetah accidentally stealing prey from the pride.

"...so, in conclusion, the cheetah didn't know it was your prey, so you should just let him leave." said Kovu tiredly.

"He ate a whole zebra leg!" a lioness shouted.

"You're a terrible leader! You're just contributing to the constant entitlement of this generation!" a lion shouted.

"And you!" another lioness shouted, at Kiara this time. "You won't prevent anyone else from acting like brats because you're one!"

"If you left your prey unattended..." Kiara calmly began.

"For five minutes!"

"Kiara has a point," said Kovu. "He wouldn't have ate it if you had been there."

"And Scar wouldn't have thrown Mufasa off a cliff if he would have been King! See? You defend little 'Scar's because of the same reason as Kiara! You're one, too!"

An outburst of complaints and insults from the crowd followed.

After Kovu and Kiara had led the cheetah home, they began to walk back to Pride Rock. The sun was beginning to set.

"Did you hear what they said about me?" asked Kovu anxiously.

"You shouldn't care what they say," replied Kiara calmly.

"But they've been saying it for about a week now. And do you know who said it? One of them was an adult male lion."

"Well, if he challenges you, you could always decline."

"But what if he tries to become King in other ways? Like staging a coup?"

Kiara lowered her eyes a bit. "Kovu, do you really think he'd do that? With the Lion Guard and all the other Pridelanders that do support you around?" she reasoned, a bit teasingly.

Kovu paused for a second. "But what if I do turn out like Scar? What if I turn out like Zira?" His tone sounded more legitimately worried now.

"Kovu, you're not like Scar. You're not like Zira. You have a good heart. Sometimes, others might not think so. Even you might not think so. But I do. You're going to be a great King." Her tone was more serious and comforting now.