Kion's Tale

Kion's Tale Ch. 2

The Crocodiles from the neighboring Outlands approached the Lion Guard threateningly. Kion stood in front of his team, growling at the Crocodile leader. "You're not getting past us so easily, Kiburi." He said with his head lowered defensively.

Kiburi merely smirked and stepped closer. "Oh, I think we will, Cub." He replied to the Prince. "And you won't stop us this time!" He turned to two of his float members. "Get him!" the Crocs he sent forward lunged at the Lion Guard, claws out and mouths open, showing off their sharp, pointed teeth. Fuli sped forward to greet one of them, while Bunga pinned down the other one.

Kion batted Kiburi aside from him as he gave a new command to the Egret above him. "Ono, I need you to keep an eye out, the other Outsiders could be here, too!"

"Affirmative!" Ono soluted and flew higher, getting what was known as "A bird's eye view." He scanned the area, looking for any sign of hostile movement in the area. Suddenly, he saw movement in the grove of Acacia trees just a few clicks ahead. "Wait a tick...." he said to himself. He flew a little bit closer, in case it was any of the outsiders. He saw a figure move out of the leaves. Then two.

Mandrills.

One of them had thick eyebrows and was honestly a little shorter than the other one. The other had stronger arms and had a more oafish look. Both of them were males. The two of them seemed to be running from something. As they got further into view, it became clear. A group of Jackals were hot on their tails.

"I spotted the Jackals, Kion!" Ono flew down and reported to his leader. "And they're chasing two Mandrills!"

Kion turned to his Hippopotamus friend. "Beshte, I need you to go and stop those Jackals. We can handle the Crocs."

"You got it, Kion!" Beshte nodded and charged off in the direction Ono had come from. The rest of the Guard braced themselves to continued their fight with the Crocodiles.

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Rogo and Ugo ran as fast as their legs could carry them. The black-backed dogs were right on their heels. There were at least eight of them, and the lead female was the closest behind them.

"Just give up, ya dumb monkeys!" Reirei called from behind. "You can't run from us forever!"

"Think again, Jackal!" Rogo called back. He then led Ugo into a large bush. The Jackals stopped in their tracks.

"Spread out, Youngins," Reirei commanded her pack. The Jackals all began to scour the area, sniffing the ground, looking for the two Monkeys. Reirei, however, looked into the bush to find the two Monkeys. "Now, now," She said as she looked around, pushing the branches aside. "If you two come out, I'll be sure to make it nice and quick." She used her paw to remove the last of the branches.

Only to find nothing.

"Twinde Kiboko!"

As soon as he had heard this voice, Reirei suddenly turned to see the largest member of the Lion Guard charging at her, sending her and her pack flying into the air. As they landed, Beshte braced himself for when they got up. Sure enough, the dogs stood up, growling at the large quadruped.

"I'm only going to say this once, Reirei," Beshte warned, glaring at the female Jackal leader. "Get out of the Pridelands."

"I don't think so, Hippo." Reirei snarled before turning to her mate. "Goigoi, go find those Monkeys."

"You got it, Pumpkin Paws." Goigoi nodded before running off.

Beshte turned his head to the direction of the lazy Jackal and tried to follow him, hoping to prevent him from hurting the Mandrills.

"Not so fast, big guy."

Beshte stopped in his tracks, hearing the young male voice. He looked around and eventually saw a brown lion cub approaching him. Alongside him was an adult, tan-furred Lioness, along with other Lionesses, all of which seemed ready to fight. "You're not going anywhere, Hippo," Kovu smirked.

"You're right, Kovu." Beshte stepped forward bravely. "I'm just going to stay here." He then charged to battle the Outsiders and the Jackals, hoping that when he was done, he'd be able to deal with Goigoi.

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Rogo stood next to his brother. The two of them held their fists up, ready to fight the Jackal and five Lions that had come to take them. As the Teenage male lion came the closest, something swiftly swatted him away. The two mandrills watched in surprise as the unseen animal was soon identified.

Their sister.

Makini twirled the staff in her hand, glaring at the lion. "Leave my brothers alone, Outsider!"

"Who do you think you are, Monkey?" Nuka shook himself off as he stood up. "Besides, what can you do? There's Seven of us and only one of you."

This answer was changed when the older male monkeys came to her side. "Actually," Rogo stated to the Outsider. "There's THREE of us."

Makini smiled at her brothers before leaping into action with them.

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Kion watched as the Crocodiles, Jackals, and Outsiders fled back to the Outlands before turning to the Lion Guard and their Monkey friends. "Great job Lion Guard, you too, Makini."

"It was no problem, Kion." Makini smiled brightly.

"Say, Makini," Beshte spoke up, looking at the two male Mandrills next to her. "Who're your friends?"

"Oh yeah, you haven't met yet!" Makini exclaimed. "Lion Guard, I'd like you to meet my brothers, Rogo and Ugo."

"Hi, Lion Guard!" Ugo, the muscular one, raised his hand and waved enthusiastically.

"How ya doin'?" Rogo, the one with the bushy eyebrows, was leaning against a tree trunk, giving a laid back wave. He stood up and approached his younger sister. "Hey, Makini, where'd ya learn all those fancy moves with yer staff?"

"Yeah, yeah, you guys shoulda seen her," Ugo said excitedly, punching the air as if to demonstrate how Makini fought off the attackers. "She was all like 'Hu-wah!' and 'Swing!' and then she went all 'Ku-wa-ha-ha-ha-ha!' on Goigoi, it was awesome!"

"Really?" Bunga seemed excited to hear of these moves. "Zuka Zama, Makini, how'd you learn to do that?"

'W-well, it's kinda from experience." Makini kicked the ground nervously. "I learned it from watching that Komodo Dragon."

"You mean that one who saved you from Kenge?" Fuli questioned.

"Yeah, that's right!" Makini nodded. "Mr. Django! At first he looked all mean and scary, but then, it turns out he was kind, brave, and nice."

"Poa, like my dad always says," Beshte started. He had always been known to quote his father, Basi. "'Live long enough, and you'll see everything.'"

"Well, sis, maybe it's time we head home." Rogo laughed. "It's been a rough mornin' so far, and ma and dad'll be waitin' for us."

"Sure thing, Rogo." Makini smiled as she walked along with her brother. "Bye, Lion Guard!" she waved as she walked away.

The Guard all said their goodbyes to Makini ad her brothers. After confirming that they were safely on there way back to their home, Kion turned to his team. "Guys, I think we need to talk about something."

"What's the Kurbuble, Kion?" Beshte asked. The rest of the guard seemed equally concerned.

"It's about what happened with Zira."

Well, it looks like Makini's gonna have a bigger role here than the last story. Also, Kion's got a lot on his mind since what happened last time with Zira. Stay tuned for more later this week, and stay safe!