Akito and the Lion Guard

chapter 9

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 groaned 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. He then tossed the bone away, 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 grinned 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 then suddenly sighted a butterfly and decided that was better than starving himself to death. "Something..." he then stared at the flying insect and jumped after it, trying to chomp at it, but had trouble getting it as it flew behind his ear. "Huh? Where'd it go?"

The hyenas laughed at their leader.

"What, 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 angry and impatient, but he saw the honey badger and jumped down quietly to them. "Stuff it, fur brains! Look... A honey 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 honey badger for him. Janja grinned darkly as they went to do as told, hopefully he would get to eat Bunga, still feeling selfishly hungry.

"He's been down there an awfully long time..." Vincent said.

Simon then 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 smiled, tossing the fruit up and down.

Simon came to Bunga.

"Huh?" Bunga looked at him. "What're you doing--"

Simon put his finger to his mouth, narrowing his eyes firmly as he shushed the honey badger.

"Uh-oh." Estelle frowned, seeing two hyenas behind Bunga.

"Heyvi kabisa!" Kion gasped.

"Bunga! Simon! Watch out!" Akito called out.

"Relax, Akito!" Bunga replied as he juggled the fruit. "Hakuna--"

Cheezi snarled in the honey badger's face.

"Matata...?" Bunga wearily finished what he started before catching the fruit in his paws.

Simon snarled back at the hyena and held his sharp rock in defense.

"Get out of there, guys!" Vincent called down.

"Okay, hyena," Bunga challenged. "You wanna see what this honey 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.

Simon 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. Simon growled and lunged for the hyenas, starting to fight them.

"Hyenas, leave them alone!" Kion glared. "Pick on somebody your own size!"

"Yeah!" Akito glared.

"Kion!" Cheezi called mockingly. "You want the honey badger? Come and get him!"

"Let them both go!" Kion told him. "You don't want any trouble with my dad!"

"Ooh, like how you'd get into trouble if you came into the Outlands?" Cheezi mocked with a laugh.

"Uh, guys?" Bunga called up as he and Simon were trapped by the laughing hyenas.

"They're too afraid to come down here!" Chungu laughed.

"Yeah, fraidy cat!" Cheezi added in.

Akito really wanted to teach the two hyenas a lesson for calling Kion a fraidy cat.

"All right, yeah," Cheezi said after chanting and laughing. "Fun's over. Janja needs his lunch."

"Lunch?" Bunga asked nervously.

"Simon!" Felicity gasped for her little brother's life.

"No!" Kion narrowed his golden eyes. "Let... Them... GOOOOO!!!!" 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 sky. The hyenas were so shocked that they dropped Bunga and Simon flat on the ground. Kion continued his roar and he glared 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. "See ya, hyenas, wouldn't wanna be ya!"

"That was so cool!" Estelle smiled.

"Heyvi kabisa!" Kion gasped. "What was that?"

"Zuka Zama!" Bunga came back up to the others with Simon. "Kion, how'd you roar like that?"

"I dunno, Bunga," Kion honestly shook his head. "Wish I did though."

"Well, however you did it, it was un-bunga-lievable!" Bunga replied as they decided to get back home.

"Yeah, it was unbelievable!" Estelle smiled.