A Hyena's Tale Ch.8

"Stay close to me." She whispered.

Zira led her pride and her children through the tall grass to their target; A herd of Zebras.

The youngest cub, who was a dark brown with a black mane, looked up at his mother with confusion and asked silently, "But, mom, Isn't the Lion Guard gonna hear the noise and come for us?"

"That's the idea, Kovu," She replied silently, "Did you not listen to Scar when he explained the plan? He wants us to attack the Zebras and draw them out here. And while you all deal with the rest of the guard, I will have some catching up to do with an old friend...." She smiled darkly as she watched the Zebras from low in the grass. She looked back down to her favorite child, "Now, you give the signal and scatter them." She whispered. She pushed her son forward slowly. Kovu looked up at the grazing herbivores before him nervously. If he did do this, then he would be causing chaos for the Pridelands and more than likely never be welcomed there. On the other hand, if he Didn't do this, he would have Scar, the only Lion to take him in after the death of his parents, mad at him. Pridelands? Scar?

It took him a few seconds, but he made his decision.

He opened his mouth and let the sound out.

--

Ono stood in the puddle outside the cave grooming his feathers. Water was very scarce in the dry season, so this was the first bath he had in so long. It seemed like, for once, this might be a day where nothing would-

"Panic and Run! Panic and Run!"

Or maybe not....

This was a sound Ono and his friends had normally heard. He flew up and looked around for the source of the sound. Finally, he saw what the commotion was about. A herd a Zebras scattering all over Chakula Plains, and they were being followed by Lions. But these were not the kind of Lions he was used to.

In fact, he hoped he would never see these Lions again.

He had once encountered them before. These particular Lions, according to the wise Rafiki, were followers of Scar, the evil Lion who had recently returned. This distressed the egret greatly, so with a great "Hapana!", he flew into the lair of the Lion Guard to alert the rest of the team.

"Kion! Kion! We've got trouble!"

The young cub stood up and looked at the keenest of sight with concern, "What's wrong, Ono?

"A herd of Zebras being attack!"

"Attacked?! By who?"

"You're not going to believe this," Ono replied with worry, "But it's the Outsiders!"

Kion widened his eyes, clearly shocked, 'The Outsiders? Like Zira and her Pride?"

'That's them." Ono nodded quickly.

"Hevi Kabesa!" Kion exclaimed, "Then we've got to do something." He turned to the rest of the Guard, 'Lion Guard, we've got to stop those Lions from killing that herd." He led the determined group out of the cave and towards their objective, "Till the PrideLands end.."

"Lion Guard Defend!"

--

The oldest cub, a teenager, followed closely behind one of the male Zebras. "No matter how delicious I am," The zebra said loudly, "I do not want to be eaten today!"

"Too bad!" Nuka relied as he leaped into the air, his claws unsheathed, ready to sink them into the animals hide. Before he could, however, he felt something ram into him, knocking him away.

As he slowly looked up, he saw the large grey Hippo he had seen once before, standing in front of him defensively. 'That's far enough, Outsider!" He demanded, "Get out of the Pridelands!"

Nuka merely grinned as he stood up, "I don't think so, Hippo." he stood his ground as two other Lionesses came to his side, "I'm actually glad you're here, we were hoping for a challenge."

"Well you got one." Beshte lowered his head, preparing to fight. Without a second thought, he sprang ibto action as his friends chased the rest of the pride around. "Twende Kiboko!"

--

Janja had been out all morning. Ever since the sun had barely even come up, he was sniffing around the Outlands trying to find some breakfast.

But it was not for him.

Last night, he had a breakthrough. Tombie had risked his life to save Janja. heck, he even found him and his clan a place to stay, safe from Scar's army. So why could he not do the same? Don't misunderstand, there were still things he felt annoyed about concerning his little brother. However, he seemed to be the only family he had left.

The only thing capable of interrupting thoughts like these was the shadow that had flown above him.

And interrupt them it did.

As he looked up, he saw a Vulture. and not just any Vulture. It was his old majordomo Mzingo. And by the looks of it, he could see he had something in his beak. It did not take the Hyena long to realize it was a burning stick. He watched as the bird flew in the direction of the Pridelands. He decided to follow the bird in secret.

And he saw another individual not far from the border.

An adult Lioness stealthily coming in his direction.

He hid from plain sight as the scrawny Lioness walked past. He also saw that she had something in her mouth too. It was a stick of some sort. a really big stick. And as he squinted into the distance of the pridlelands, he saw another shape apparently ignoring Mzingo and coming towards the Lioness.

Kion.

As Kion rushed past him to find Zira, Janja decided to follow silently, wanting to know why Kion would want to chase down another Lion.