Love Beyond Reasons

Meet the Outsiders Part One

Love Beyond Reasons

A/N: Okay, the final episodes of Season 3 of the Lion Guard really threw off my ship and somehow sunk it in one day. But before I could go into a deep depression about that, I remembered something about my stories that I have and planned to share. This story tells my version about what happened if Kion didn't leave the Pride Lands. If he didn't leave, then he wouldn't have gone to the Tree of Life.

Now, I have nothing against Rani, but Kion and Jasiri will always be my OTP. So I'm still going forth with this story and more in the future.

So let's get on with Chapter 9. Roll it!

Chapter 9

Meeting the Outsiders

It had been at least a whole month since Kion's second accidental trip into the Outlands. And a lot has happened since then. Kiara have put in charge as temporary queen when both of their parents left for some royal business. That was one of the worst days of his life. He had to deal with not only Kiara's attitude, but Tiifu and Zuri as well, and had to save her skin when she was lured into the Outlands by Janja and his clan. They had been fighting almost the entire day, but they had managed to resolve their differences in order to work together to defeat Janja's hyenas.

Kion did see a slight change in his sister's behavior after that little misadventure, with her knowing that her future destiny isn't as easy as it seemed. She even got her fur and paws dirty to take care of herself and her friends when they were in another unfortunate situation. But still, he hardly ever saw her whenever he's at home at Pride Rock, or when he's out patrolling the Pride Lands with the rest of the Lion Guard. The only time he did was when he came back for dinner, or when it's time to sleep.

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One day, he and Bunga were playing baobab ball for the first time in a while. The fruit was bouncing across the ground as both the lion cub and the young honey badger struggled to get it first. Finally, it landed near a thick bush. Bunga laughed.

"Now I gotcha!" He exclaimed, reaching for it. But Kion had zipped ahead and pushed it away from him with his head.

"Too late, too slow!" He teased, chasing after the fruit.

"Oh, yeah?" Bunga challenged playfully. "Zuka Zama!" He cried, jumping onto Kion's back, making him fall flat on his stomach.

"Hey!" Kion exclaimed playfully as both he and Bunga tried to reach the baobab fruit. "The baobab fruit is mine!"

Bunga got off of Kion and quickly grabbed it with his claws, but Kion had managed to get a hold of it with his teeth. The two struggled to pull it away from the other. Finally, Kion gained the upper hand and flung it away, along with Bunga, who lost his grip on it.

But he quickly regained it. "Ha, ha!" He laughed, holding it up over his head. "Winner winner, zebra dinner!" He teased.

"Hyena in the Pride Lands!" Someone screamed in panic. "Hyena in the Pride Lands!" A trio of gazelles were quickly running towards Bunga, so he quickly threw the baobab fruit in the air and ducked to avoid the panicked herbivores.

"Hyena in the Pride Lands?" Bunga repeated in curiosity, turning towards the bush that was behind him, thinking that the hyena might still be following the gazelles.

"Alright, hyena." He called out to the bush, which was now starting to rustle a bit, readying himself for a fight. "You picked the wrong day to come into the Pride Lands." The rustling stopped. "That's right. And I'm gonna-"