Zuka Zama Part II: The Scourge of Kopa | The Lion Guard

33. Rampant Fighting

Simba and Nala stood side by side next to each other, determined to protect one another from whatever threat that came for them.

"We have to find Kion", Nala said to her mate with pure determination. Simba nodded to her.

"Kopa, has him. Somewhere on the other side of....all of them", Simba growled in mention of the Outland army. A hyena lept towards Nala, but was quickly struck down by the lioness.

"We'll have to work quickly...", Nala groaned.

"By 'work' you mean fight our way through, right?", Simba huffed, looking at all the Outlanders they would have to fight off to reach their son.

"What's wrong? I thought you loved adventures like these", Nala teased.

"Alright, alright. But we do have to hurry before Kopa uses another Roar", Simba warned. Nala nodded and the two of them rushed on, prepared to meet the Outland forces. But Nala stopped in her track with Simba quickly following suit.

"Nala? What's wrong?", the king asked. He followed his mate's gaze to see that she was looking at Kiara fighting off some hyenas all by herself. After a few swipes the hyenas took off yipping in pain. But that was not the reason Nala stopped. Stalking up to her was the lioness Zira and the hyena leader, Janja.

"Let's go!", Simba snarled, taking off along side his mate, both ready to defend their daughter. Zira stalked behind the future queen of the Pride Lands. She grinned to herself as she saw Kiara basking in her little victory, completely unaware of what was about to happen. She prepared to herself to pounce on her target. As she left from the air, her sights on the future queen, she was suddenly tackled and crashed harshly to the ground.

Kiara gasped and turned around to see her mother standing and snarling over Zira.

"Mom...", before she could help her mother fight off the wicked lioness, she was suddenly tackled from behind. Kiara turned herself around to see herself face-to-face with Vitani.

"Where do you think you're going?", Vitani growled triumphantly. She was about to strike Kiara, but just like her mother Vitani was soon tackled. Kiara got up to see who saved her once again. 

"Figures...", Vitani huffed into the dirt as Simba pressed on of his paws on her back, weighing her down.

Zira snarled to herself as well, this was her moment to take out the king herself. But it couldn't be here. They were all in the middle of the battlefield. If  she so as nicked his fur not only would his mate but also a number of other Pridelanders come to the king's aid. And at the same time come for her own throat. No, she decided that the time was not now. But that did not mean she couldn't put up a fight for now. Gave a signal to Vitani, who luckily saw it and gave the slightest of nods. Both of the Outland lioness managed to free themselves from the holds under the respective royal. Both Simba and Nala were knocked off balance, seizing the opportunity Zira and Vitani stood side by side and prepared themselves.

"Kiara, get somewhere safe", Nala commanded to her daughter. Kiara wanted to stay and fight, but considering the fact she was easily overpowered twice, she did as she was told. But she had no idea where to actually go. She looked behind her to see the 3 lioness and 1 lion were locked into another fight already. Her mind was racing and she couldn't even find Kovu. It was then that she realized that she was alone out there with nothing but fighting all around her.

"Get them, boys!", Kiara flicked her head in the direction of the voice. Not too far from her way Dogo and 2 other jackals. There were jumping and running around Fuli and Beshte.

"Stand still!", Fuli snarled, trying to swipe at one of the jackals that simply hopped out of the way with a smug look on it's face.

"Uh, a little help...", Beshte groaned as Dogo himself was casually laying on the hippo's back.