Love Beyond Reasons

A Brief Reunion Part Two

Love Beyond Reasons

A/N: Here's Part Two. Hope you like it.

Chapter 8

A Brief Reunion

Part Two

It had only been a few seconds since Jasiri parted ways with Kion. She was keeping her guard. She really didn't want to bump into Janja. He would get all nosy in her business, and he would find out that Kion was in the Outlands.

Rocks suddenly tumbled down behind her, making her jump. She backed away from them carefully, and then when she turned back around, she was almost nose to nose with the last animal she wanted to face.

"Janja!" She exclaimed, surprised. Just her luck.

"Well, well." Janja said, smirking deviously. "If it isn't Jasiri. What are you doing on this side of our turf? You know you and your family aren't allowed here."

Jasiri backed away. She had gained a lot more confidence when it came to Janja and the rest of his hyenas in the past few months. "Just passing through." She said. "So move. Or do I have to move you myself?"

Janja sniffed the air. "Why do I smell that a lion has passed through here not too long ago?" He asked.

The female hyena laughed. "A lion?" She asked, as if the very notion of it was ridiculous. "In the Outlands? Please. You know as well as I do, Janja, that the only lions living here in the Outlands are Zira and her family. And they are much further west."

Just then, Cheezi and Chungu came up beside their leader, laughing maliciously. "I know you're hiding something." Janja said. "And either you're gonna cough it up, or I'm gonna make you."

Jasiri rolled her eyes. "Okay." She said. "I'll take another path."

She turned to leave in a different direction, but then yelped when she saw that more followers of Janja had already blocked her off. She glared over at their leader. "Come on. You three don't stand a chance against me after all of my training. What makes you think that all of you can?"

It was true. Biologically, female hyenas were much tougher, stronger, and capable fighters than males. But in this case, she was only one girl against seven older and more experienced males. She can hold her ground against them even though she is still pretty malnourished, but she wasn't so sure how long she can last. She was the only female in her family that was capable of fighting. Madoa could as well, but she was more of a pacifist at heart.

Janja just smirked as he and his followers began cornering her. "Come on, boys. It seems Jasiri isn't willing to talk. So we'll make her instead."

"Are these all the hyenas you got, Janja?" Jasiri challenged. No way was she going to break down and reveal Kion's presence without a fight.

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From further away, climbing the wall, her words reached the ears of a certain lion cub. "Jasiri?"

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The hyenas growled as they got closer to the young female. "Me first!" Cheezi laughed as he lunged at her. But Jasiri just headbutted him in the stomach, sending him flying into three other hyenas.

She laughed at the sight. "Who's next?" She asked with a confident smirk.

Janja getured to Chungu, and he approached her, snarling. Jasiri went to bite his leg, though it was just a false move. She repeated it to his face, making him back up and lose his balance and crash into another hyena that was behind him.