This takes place after Chapter nine
Warning: there is a major death part in this chapter coming up. there will be a warning before it happens.
Mama Binturong has grouped up with Ajax to help attack the Tree of Life. "Alright, here's the plan, I go in." Ajax said before getting interrupted
"Oh no no, I make the plans, I am your new leader." Mama Binturong said.
Ajax glares at Mama Binturong "Oh dear" Florian said
"YOUR THINK YOU'RE THE LEADER JUST BECAUSE YOU HANG FROM A TREE." Ajax shouted.
Mama Binturong is shocked from Ajax's anger, Ajax suddenly feels pain on his back leg, he turns to see a porcupine "You best not mess with mama." he said
Ajax kicks the porcupine in the face, "YOU BEST NOT MESS WITH ME." Ajax shouted
"Alright, fine, you're the leader" Mama Binturong said
"That's right, I lead." Ajax said
"Well if you going to be leader, then how are you going to sneak around?" Makucha said
"I'm not" Ajax said
"So you're not gonna sneak around, instead you're going to attack head on, how are you going to do that?" Chuluun asked
"Watch this" Ajax turns around and he roars over an empty area knocking a few trees down
"Wait, how do you have the roar, I thought only special lions have it." Ora said
"I'm not that kind of special you know." Ajax takes the orb of darkness out of his chest, "This thing gives me the roar." Ajax puts the orb back in his chest
Mama Binturong smiled, "This is perfect, perfect indeed." she said
"I'm the leader remember." Ajax said
"I think we should go now, attack fast and hard" Ora said
"No, we should sneak in, don't grab attention on us." Chuluun said
"You realize you did that before, and it didn't work." Makucha said
"You all shut up, I say we attack at certain times." Mama Binturong said
"We've also tried that, but that didn't work either, Kion's roar is too powerful." Makucha said
"At least my plan kind of worked." Ora said
"It worked in the past doesn't mean it will work right now." Chuluun said
The four animals continue to argue for about thirty seconds
"You all shut up." Ajax shouted
Everyone keeps quite from Ajax's shouting, "No wonder why you can't attack the Tree of Life properly, you can't even get along with each other." Ajax said
"Well, I kind of get along with Chuluun" Makucha said
"No you don't" Chuluun said
"Be quite, all of you, and I am going to kind of take Chuluun's plan here." Ajax said
"Yes" Chuluun said
"Shut up, It's not what you think it is, first we sneak in, then we let their spies spot us, then we split up, and you Binturong, you can get that honey badger." Ajax said.
"Yes, that I will finally get my revenge on that honey badger." Mama Binturong said
"Alright, we sneak in when the moon is at it's highest point." Ajax said
"But what about his stink the that honey badger has?" Makucha said
"Oh he better not use it on me." Mama Binturong said
"Can I give you a suggestion?" Ajax asked
"Um, sure boss." Mama Binturong said
Ajax rips a leaf off a tree, "This is a minted leaf, use it on your nose to block his stink." Ajax said
In the Tree of Life
It is night time, things are peaceful for now, Nirmala and the night pride are patrolling around the area, just finds animals sleeping, Bunga is sleeping in the middle of the field, he feels claws going up his arm, Bunga wakes up, "Uh, what is it Binga?" Bunga asked
Bunga looks up only to see Mama Binturong glaring straight into his eyes, "Hello Bunga" she said
"Mama Binturong, how, what are you doing here?" Bunga asked
"Never mind that Bunga, I am going to get my revenge" Mama Binturong said.
Bunga easily gets out and then he uses his stink on her, imeditliy, mama binturong put the minted leaf on her nose, "Why didn't I think of this earlier." she said
"What, no way, how did you?" Bunga asked
"This minted leaf blocks the smell Bunga, and now I can fully attack you." Mama Binturong said
Bunga tries to get away but a few porcupine blocks his path, "You're not getting away." one of the porcupine said.
"That's right Bunga, no one gets away from Mama." she said
Sabor is up a tree looking around for a few minutes, with is incredible night vision, he can see almost anything, Sabor jumps out of the tree and runs to the mountain pass, he suddenly catches the scent of Ajax, "Oh no, he's back." he thought.
Sabor runs back and sees Ullu on a tree, "Ullu, we have danger, Ajax is back, we need to get the night pride." Sabor said
Ullu looks over the mountain pass, she sees Ajax and his lions walking up, then she starts to see Makucha and Chuluun walking the mountain pass, "No, it's worse, we need to get everyone here and now." Ullu said
Sabor and Ullu starts looking for the night pride, Ajax and his group walks in, he sees Ullu flying away, "Alright they spotted us, split up, Makucha, Chuluun, you go together with the other leopards, Ora, you and the other Komodo dragons go that way, me, my son, and the other lions will go this way." Ajax said.
Ullu flies down to the night pride, Nirmala sees her, "Ullu, what's wrong?" She asked
"It's Ajax, he's back and he has more allies this time, Makucha and Chuluun are with him." Ullu said.
"What, Makucha is back, we need help, a lot of help." Baliyo said.
"I already told Sabor to wake king Kion and queen Rani, I'll get Fuli and the rest." Ullu said.
"I am not sure that will be enough, even with Kion's roar, Ajax also has the roar." Surak said.
"We got to do what we can do, we got to defend the Tree of Life." Nirmala said.
To Kion and Rani
Kion and Rani have fell asleep cuddling, Rani is having a good dream, but Kion is having a nightmare about the Tree of Life being destroyed.
In Kion's nightmare
Fire completely engulfs the Tree of Life, he friends laying lifeless on the ground, What disturbed him the most was Rani's body, "No, it can't, it just can't be." he said
Kion suddenly hears Mufasa's voice, "Kion, you need to get up now, get your friend out of here." Mufasa said
"What, but my friends are gone." Kion said
"Not in your dream, in real life, GET UP NOW." Mufasa said
Kion's nightmare melts away to reveal Mufasa's face looking at him, then Kion falls in a void.
Back in the real world
Kion is still sleeping but he is moving, this wakes Rani up, "Kion, please stop."
"No, Mufasa, they are dead, I can't save them." Kion said in his sleep
"Kion, Kion, get up, you're having a nightmare." Rani said
Kion suddenly wakes up and is shocked for a little bit, then he regains focus, "Kion, you're okay?" Rani asked
"I've had another nightmare, you guys were dead." Kion said
"Again Kion, this is the forth night in a row" Rani said
"But this time, Mufasa was telling me to wake up, to save my friends, everything melted away and then he just appeared only as a head." Kion said
"Okay, I guess that's different." Rani said
Sabor comes into the tree, "Kion, Rani, get up, we are under attack, and it's bigger than ever." Sabor said
"Kion, it felt like Mufasa was trying to wake you up because of this attack." Rani said
"Doesn't matter, we need to fight them off." Kion said
Kion, Rani, and Sabor runs out of the tree.
To Ezekiel
Ezekiel is sleeping in Makini's tree, Makini waked him up, "Ezekiel, you need to get up, I hear something, and it doesn't sound good." she said
"Okay, Makini, I'll take a look" Ezekiel said
Ezekiel grabs his staff then jumps off the tree to land right in front of Makucha, "Oh, hey leopard, I've never seen you around before, you're new here?" Ezekiel asked
"No, I'm not new here, I'm Makucha." he said
"Makucha, Ezekiel, he's not good, be careful." Makini yelled
Ezekiel looks at Makucha, then he but his staff down making a white light blinding Makucha,
"Makini, come on, we need to get out of here." Ezekiel said
Makini jumps out of her tree, and runs away with Ezekiel, Chuluun follows them, she catches up to them and gets in front of them, Ezekiel stomps his staff down on the ground causing a shockwave pushing Chuluun back, Ezekiel and Makini runs past her, Makucha runs up to Chuluun, "Ajax wasn't lying, he is powerful." Makucha said.
"No kidding" Chuluun said
Ullu has woken up Fuli and Beshte, Ono and Anga is till sleeping on their nest, Ono wakes up hearing something strange, he looks but it is too dark for him, "Anga, their is something, Ono said
Anga wakes up looks down to see Ajax, It's Ajax, we need to help them." she said
Anga and Ono flies out of their nest.
To Nirmala, Baliyo, and Surak
Nirmala gone up to the mountain pass, but she sees footprints everywhere, "They've split up." Nirmala said
"This is not good, if they are everywhere, then they can attack everywhere." Baliyo said
"Nirmala, we need to group up with the others, we are weaker alone" Surak said
Kion, Rani, and Sabor runs up, "Oh no, this is worse than I thought." Kion said
"They've split up, they are everywhere." Nirmala said
"I've got an idea, but I need everyone" Kion does a short roar, the night pride doesn't know about this, but this is a signal for his friends to regroup in the middle. "Follow me, I've signaled my friends." Kion said
Kion and the night pride goes by the tree, Fuli and Beshte show up, "Fuli, how's Azaad?" Kion asked
"He's fine, I've hid him in a bush" Fuli said
Ono and Anga swoops down to Kion, "I saw Ajax, he over by our nest." Anga said
"What, no, I've hid Azaad their.' Fuli said
Ezekiel and Makini shows up, "Their is a leopard named Makucha."
"Makucha is back too, this is big." Kion said
"Wait, where is Bunga?" Beshte asked
"Usually he is the second one that shows up" Kion said
Binga shows up, "Bunga is in trouble, come quick." she said worried
"Fuli, follow Binga, I will save Azaad" Kion said
Fuli followed Binga, "Alright, that's probably mama Binturong, which means that Ora and Chuluun are here too." Kion said
"Kion, what should we do?" Rani asked
"What we do best, we defend the Tree of Life" Kion said
"Okay, I guess I'll go with you Kion." Rani said
"Sure Rani, alright, Nirmala, Baliyo, Ono this would normally be Bunga's task but you need to find Ora, Beshte, Surak, Ullu, Sabor, you go to Makucha and Chuluun, and Ezekiel, Anga, you come with me and Rani to Ajax." Kion ordered
Everyone goes to their detonations.
To Bunga
"Come on mama, I'm not scared of you." Bunga said
"You should be" Mama Binturong said.
Bunga charges at Mama Binturong, he kicks her right on her nose, it hurt her a little but she quickly regained focus, "Come on, that's all you got." Bunga said
Mama Binturong charges at Bunga pinning him, "Tell me Bunga, have you ever been scared before?" she asked
"Never, and I will never be scared of you." Bunga said
"Well that's going to change" Mama Binturong said
"What do you mean?" Bunga asked
"You'll see Bunga." Mama Binturong grabs Bunga and throws him right on a porcupine, luckily his thick skin blocks the quills, Bunga immediately gets back up, Mama Binturong grabs him again, throws him to the tree, this hurts him a little, then mama Binturong grabs him again and brings him up a tree to the highest point, she puts him down on a stick." You are scared now Bunga?" she asked
No way' I am not scared of anything mama." Bunga said
"Alright Bunga, you asked for it." Mama Binturong said
Bunga gets up and gets into a fighting stunt, but Mama Binturong grabs him and hangs him right on the edge of the stick. Bunga looks down, he was very high, "Bunga, this drop is so high, not even a cat would survive this." Mama Binturong said
Bunga looks down again, for the first time, he a afraid for his life, he knew he would not survive this fall, Bunga squirms around trying to get a hold on the stick so he can get up but his arms are just a little to short, "This is revenge Bunga for what you did to my Tuliza." Mama Binturong said
Fuli and Binga runs up only to see Bunga hanging from a tree, "Bunga, nooo, Fuli he won't survive that fall." Binga cried
Fuli also sees mama binturong right above Bunga, "Hey, you leave my friend alone." Fuli yelled
"Come up here and save him, oh wait, if you do, I'll just drop him." Mama binturong said
"Don't you do it." Fuli yelled.
"Fuli, help, I can't get free." Bunga yelled
"We need to save him." Binga said
"I can't climb up their, and even if I could, she would just drop him from up their." Fuli said
"I'll climb up their then." Binga said
Fuli stops Binga, "Wait, if you do, then she will hang you up there too."
"Well Fuli, what do you say?" Mama Binturong said
"Fine, he's all yours." Bunga said
Bunga is shocked of what Fuli said, Mama Binturong smiles
"Wait, you're just going to leave him, what is she going to do to him." Binga said
"Shh, it's a trick but keep your acting going." Fuli whispered
Binga figures out Fuli's plan, but she keeps her acting up, Fuli picks up Binga, "No, I will not leave him." Binga yelled as she hits Fuli but not to make sure that she hurts her.
"Look Bunga, not only you get to die today, but your friend just betrayed you." Mama Binturong said
A tear runs down Bunga's face, he thinks he just lost a friend, Mama Binturong grabs him and he fears for his life again.
"Nooo, Bunga, she going to drop him." Binga yelled no longer acting.
Fuli still pretends to not look back, Mama Binturong drops Bunga, he screams as he falls down.
"Nooo, Bunga." Binga yelled
Fuli drops Binga, suddenly turns around and runs as fast as she can to where Bunga is going to fall. Bunga falls down for about ten seconds, it felt like a whole entire day to him. Bunga lands on Fuli's soft fur, Bunga realized that Fuli was tricking Mama Binturong but he was too shocked to say anything, Bunga cries in fear into Fuli's fur, "Shh, it's going to be okay Bunga, I got you." Fuli said as she tried to comfort Bunga but he was too shaken up.
Binga jumps on Fuli's back near Bunga, she hugs Bunga also trying to comfort him, Fuli glares at Mama Binturong, but this is exactly what Mama Binturong wants, she wanted him to be scared for his life.
To Kion, Rani, Ezekiel, and Anga
Kion and his group has made it to Ajax, "Well hey there Kion, and I see that you brought your little helper and your queen too." Ajax said
"Ajax, tell all of your friends to leave my home now." Kion ordered
"No way and they are not my friends , they are just helping me." Ajax said
Ezekiel stomps his staff down preparing to fight, "Oh, want to fight instead, okay, I'll fight." Ajax said
Kion and Rani gets into a defensive stunt, Ajax roars at them, Ezekiel uses his staff to absorb Ajax's roar, at this point, Ajax figures out Ezekiel's technique, Kion roars into Ezekiel's staff, then Ezekiel bring the roar the two combined roars back to Ajax, at the same time, Ajax roars into the sky forming a shield that is stronger and bigger than Kion could ever master, it blocks then two combined roar, their wasn't even a crack on it. Kion and Ezekiel is shocked to see this power from Ajax
"No way, he can create a shield too." Ezekiel said
Rani is fearing for her lands, fearing for the animals that live in it, but most of all, fearing for her family.
Anga has found Azaad in the bush, "Azaad, you need to get out of her now." Anga ordered
Ajax stops roaring, the shield disappears, he sees Azaad running out of the bush, Rawr, get that Cheetah," Ajax ordered
Rawr runs towards Azaad, "Nooo" Kion yelled then he roared at Rawr.
Ajax roars forming a shield right in front of Kion's roar blocking it.
"Kion, what do we do now?" Rani asked
"We need to save Azaad, he will not be able to take another blow on his leg." Kion said
"Let's go save him." Ezekiel said
Kion, Rani, and Ezekiel runs towards Azaad to try and save him, "Oh no you don't." Ajax roars at Kion.
Kion roars into the air forming a shield in front of it, "Kion, if you can, keep it behind us." Ezekiel said.
Kion continues to roar keeping the shield being his group so Ajax doesn't roar at them, but he knows it won't last so he needs to save Azaad as quickly as he can, Ezekiel uses his staff creating a beam of light right in front of Rawr temporarily blinding him, this also slightly blinds Azaad, but this spares enough time for kion and Rani to catch up, Kion looks behind to see that his shield is almost broken, Ajax does one last roar at the shield to break it causing a shockwave.
"lets go, we need to get Azaad away from here" Kion ordered
Ajax follows Kion, 'Father, are you going to use the roar, "Rawr asked
"No, this is working out how I planned, all of our allies will bring them to the middle." Ajax said
To Beshte, Surak, Ullu, and Sabor
They have made it to Leopards, "Well, hello lion guard, or should I say night pride." Makucha suddenly sees another leopard with them, "Hey, I'll go get that leopard, you distract the rest." Makucha said
Chuluun and the other leopards starts attacking Beshte and Surak, they both were able to take them on. Makucha runs towards Sabor, Sabor runs up a tree, "Oh come on leopard, I just want to talk to you, leopard to leopard." Makucha said
"I don't think so" Sabor said
"Alright, have it your way then" Makucha starts climbing the tree, Sabor jumps right on his face knocking Makucha down, he quickly gets back up, "Well leopard, I wished I knew that technique a long time ago." Makucha said
"I am Sabor, now stop calling me leopard." he said
"Okay, Sabor, by the way, since we are both leopards, I think you should join my side." Makucha said.
"No way, my life is way too important to do things like you do." Sabor said.
"You had your chance Sabor." Makucha said.
Sabor runs around, Beshte and Surak has taken down all of the leopards except Chuluun, she was able to dodge all of the attacks.
Makucha attacks Surak, Beshte knocks down Makucha, Sabor runs up and knocks down Chuluun before she strikes at Beshte, Ullu flies down, "Kion and Rani need help, Ajax is too powerful for them." she said.
"Kion, we got to help them." Beshte follows Ullu, the rest of the group also follows
"Well that plan worked perfectly." Chuluun said.
"Yes it did, now we follow them and make sure they they make it to the middle, that what Ajax wants." Makucha said.
To Nirmala, Baliyo, and Ono
Baliyo is attacking all three Komodo dragons, "Baliyo, don't let any of them bite you." Nirmala said
"I won't Nirmala, these guys are pretty bad at attacking." Baliyo said
Ono distracts Ora, he tries to bite Ono but he misses, "Oh whatever bird, you are pretty pointless to waist my venom on you anyway." Ora said, then he turn to Baliyo.
Ora almost bites Baliyo's foot, he dodges then he kicks Ora in the face.
"Ha, you guys are easy." Baliyo said
"Oh yeah, come and get it lion." Ora said
Nirmala pounces on Ora and Baliyo continues to fight, "You're right Baliyo, these guys are pretty weak, I think even Ono can take them on." Nirmala said
"You got that right." Ono said as he swoops down to one of the Comodo dragons.
"Alright, I had enough of this" Ora said
Nirmala attacks Ora, he quickly shakes his back knocking Nirmala down, "Nirmala" Baliyo yelled
Ora prepares to bite Nirmala, she knew she didn't have enough time to react so she prepares to bite, when Ora opens his mouth, Binga jumps in his mouth, Ora spits her out, "Pla, disgusting honey badger." Ora said
"Nirmala, look at Bunga" Binga said
Nirmala looks at Bunga on Fuli's back, he is still shaken up, then Nirmala sees Mama Binturong and her porcupines coming up. "Well our chance of winning has just been lowered." Nirmala said.
one of the porcupines spikes Baliyo disabling him, another one also spikes Nirmala, with them being injured, they can't easily dodge anymore, Ora bites Nirmala on the leg, she falls down, "Baliyo, I'm down." Nirmala yelled
"We need to get out of here." Baliyo said
"You're right, lets go." Nirmala said, she gets back up, she tries her best to run with her disabled leg.
To Makini
Makini is at the tree, first sees Kion and Rani running back, then she sees all the others running back, then the enemies following them, "Oh no," Makini said
"Perfect, my plan worked, group up with me." Ajax said
All of Ajax's allies group up with him, the protectors of the tree of life have also grouped up with Kion, "Give it up all of you, you've all lost." Ajax yelled
Kion looks around, he sees that his best friend Bunga is all shaken up, then Azaad not able to run far anymore, then he sees Baliyo and Nirmala are injured, then looks at Ajax's allies, the only one that had damage was Makucha, the rest look fine "Last chance protectors, give it up. Ajax yelled
"Kion, we have down members, we can't fight them all." Fuli said
Rani's heart is beating too fast, she passes out from the stress, "Rani?" Kion asked
"Kion, what do we do?" Fuli asked
Kion started to hallucinate, he first looks at Ajax, everything turns red for a short time, then and looks at the Tree of Life, huge fire completely engulfed the Tree for short time, Kion hears Fuli's echo, "Kion" she said
Kion looks at Fuli, he sees Fuli shaken up, then he sees hallucinated her dead for a short time, Kion snaps back.
"Alright, you all had your chance, everyone attack." Ajax ordered
All of Ajax's allies charges at the protectors of the Tree of Life, Kion sees them charging, "We need to get out of here, they are too strong and we have down members." Kion said
Beshte picks up Nirmala and Rani, then Kion and his group runs to the mountain pass to escape, Ajax is still following Kion and his group, "Keep chasing them, we will keep going until every single one of the are dead." Ajax ordered
Ezekiel looks back, "They ain't going to stop anytime soon." he thought.
Ezekiel turns around, "Ezekiel, what are doing?" Kion asked
"Keep going, they ain't going to stop, I'll distract them." Ezekiel said
"But we need you." Kion said
"GO" Ezekiel yelled
Kion and the group runs through the mountain pass to escape, Ezekiel stomps his staff down and it glows brighter than ever, it blinds Ajax and his allies, Father, how do you want to proceed?" Rawr asked
"Kill Ezekiel, let the others go, without him, they are powerless against us." Ajax said
Ajax was the first to charge at Ezekiel, he stomps his staff creating illusions of himself all around Ajax, "You're a good fighter Ezekiel, but this is your end, everyone, attack every single one of these Ezekiel's now, All of Ajax allies attacks all of the illusions, Ezekiel's illusions can't be hurt but his illusions can hurt others, Ezekiel continues to distract Ajax and his allies, Ajax has a part of Ezekiel's mane on his paw "Continue attacking, Ezekiel is still around here." Ajax ordered
To Kion and his group
WARNING: Major death part coming up, if you are sensitive, skip this part.
Kion and his friends escape the mountain pass, Beshte softly puts down Nirmala and Rani, "I can't believe that Ezekiel sacrificed himself to save us." Fuli said
Rani wakes up, "Uh, what happened?" Rani asked
"We had to escape, we have member injured, and Ezekiel has saved us." Kion said
"What?" Rani yelled
Ezekiel suddenly pops out surprising Kion and Fuli, Ezekiel is missing most of his mane that was surrounding his neck, he is very weak, he is also holding his side, "Ezekiel, you survived?" Kion asked.
"Not for long *coughs, I can't go on much longer.
"Nirmala, leaves now." Kion ordered
Nirmala looks at Ezekiel's injuries, she puts her head down, "Even if we had the trees powers, we won't save him on time."
Everyone his hurt from Nirmala's words especially Kion and Makini, "No, it can't be, it just can't be." Kion said
"How are we supposed to defeat Ajax without him?" Fuli asked
"Listen *coughs, to me, you don't need me, you just need the *coughs staff." Ezekiel said
"How are we supposed to use it, none of us can use it like you." Kion said.
Ezekiel falls down to the ground, Nirmala puts his head up, "There is one who can use it." Ezekiel said.
"Who is it?" Kion asked
Ezekiel coughs a few more times, "Makini, you have my staff, it belongs to you now." Ezekiel said weakly
"But, I don't fully know how to use it Ezekiel, I've only seen how you used it." Makini said
"Don't worry Makini *cough, trust yourself, practice, you will become good at it like me." Ezekiel said even weaker
"But" Makini said before getting interrupted.
"Shh, you will be great Makini, I know it". Ezekiel said his last words,
Ezekiel closes his eyes signaling that he has completed his journey in the circle of life, everyone mourns over his lifeless body, Kion is starting to ball in tears but he didn't want to do that in front of everyone, "I got to be alone for a while." Kion ran away from his friends.
"No, Kion wait." Rani said
Fuli blocks Rani, "He needs time to himself." Fuli said
Rani knocks Fuli back, "No, I won't leave him alone, he needs me." Rani said
Surak and Baliyo stops Rani, "Rani, it's not wise to follow him." Surak said
"But, he needs me." Rani said
"Surak is right Rani, I saw Kion's face and I've never seen that before from him." Nirmala said.
A tear runs down Rani's face, "I'm worried for him" Rani said
"We are too, but he needs to be alone, if he takes too long, you'll be the first to find him Rani." Surak said.
Baliyo walks over to Rani, "It's okay sis, I'm here" Baliyo said
Rani leans on her little brother, this comforts a little, but she still worried for Kion.
End of death part but there will be a funeral.
Back to the Tree of Life
All of Ezekiel's illusions are gone, Ezekiel's mane is everywhere, all of Ajax's allies are tired and injured from fighting, "We've won, we finally took took over the Tree of Life." Ajax said
"What about Kion, what do we do if he comes back?" Makucha asked
"Than we fight him, any of his friends, all of them."
Florian runs through the mountain pass, "Ezekiel is dead now, I saw him weakly walking away from the mountain pass, when I saw him with Kion, he died right their." Florian said.
"Well that's the most powerful mandrill out of the way." Ajax said
"Father, we are all injured, not sure if we can't attack again." Rawr said
Ajax thinks of his orb, "I have an idea, everyone follow me." Ajax said
Ajax walks to the tree, his group follows him into the tree, "Um father, you know this thing will reject us." Rawr said
"Not if I use my orb on it." Ajax said
Rawr got confused by this, Ajax put the orb of darkness near the roots, green waves fill the orb, than Ajax puts around his allies, all their wounds heal up like magic, 'This orb can steal power from others, for example, this one." Ajax said
"Well Ajax, looks like you are officially king" Rawr said
Ajax starts to think of the past of what Kara said to him, "If I am your king, then you are my queen." Ajax thinking stops, "Kara" he said
"Wait, Kara, who's Kara?" Makucha asked
"I'll be back, I got to do something." Ajax said.
to Kion's group
Kion has been gone for two hours, Nirmala gets quill out of her leg and Baliyo's leg, Makini wraps leaves around Nirmala's leg where Ora has bite, Bunga is still shaken up, Binga trying to comfort him, Rani becomes too worried for Kion, "He's been gone for too long, I can't stay here. Rani said
"He will come back Rani, Kion always does." Fuli said
Anga flies down, "I couldn't find him anywhere, where ever he his, he is hiding good." she said
"I need to find him." Rani said
"I am with Rani on this." Surak said
"He has been long for too long." Nirmala said
"Okay Rani, I'll help you find him." Fuli said
"Okay Fuli, and thanks." Rani said
"Anga, you keep searching for him, report to us if you see him." Fuli ordered
Anga flies off, Fuli and Rani starts looking for Kion, Thirty minutes later, Fuli catches Kion's scent, he nearby, I got his scent." Fuli said
"He went pretty far." Rani said
"He's pretty upset, I don't blame him for going this far." Fuli said
Rani sniffs, she catches little bit of kion's scent too, a few minutes later, Fuli hears Kion but not in a good way, she hears him crying, Fuli stops, "Rani, continue, he needs you." Fuli said
Rani continues going shortly after, she also hears Kion crying, she speeds up a little, tell she gets to a cave, she sees Kion laying on the ground crying, she walks up to him, "Kion?" Rani said
Kion stops and holds in his tears as best as he can, "Rani, what are you doing here?" he asked
"Looking for you Kion, you've been gone for too long." Rani said
"I'm fine Rani, go back to the group." Kion said
Rani walks in the cave, "No you're not Kion, I heard you." Rani said
Kion noticed Rani walking up, he cover his face, Kion doesn't want Rani to see him like this, Rani notices, "Come on Kion, get up, I can take it." Rani said
Kion keeps covering his face, Rani moves Kion's paw out of the way, Kion quickly recovers his face but Rani saw enough, his eyes were all watery and is face was wet with tears around his eyes, Rani nuzzles Kion, "Rani, stop, I can't, I just can't." Kion begins to lose it.
"No Kion, get up, you were there for me when I was like this, and now I am here for you." Rani said
Kion finally uncovered his face, gets up, and hugs Rani, "Ezekiel was a good friend, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be alive" Kion said
"We all wouldn't Kion, we all wouldn't Kion."
Kion lets his tears out on Rani's chest, this goes on for a few minutes, even Rani is getting a little emotional, not because of Ezekiel, but mainly because of Kion, he finally stops.
"You're gonna be okay Kion?" Rani asked
Kion nods his head.
"Okay, let's get back to the group." Rani said
"No, I want to stay here for a while." Kion said
"Come on Kion, we need to get back to them." Rani said
"You didn't let me finish, I want to stay in here with you." Kion said smiling.
"Oh Kion, but we've been in here for a while, take any longer, than everyone will be worried for us." Rani said.
Kion sighs in disappointment, "Okay, fine." Kion said
"Plus, we've just lost our home, I don't think we can." Rani said
"True" Kion said
"Come on, we need to have Ezekiel's funeral." Rani said
"his funnel, but I can't." Kion said
"Kion, I'll be there with you, always" Rani said
"Okay, fine, I'll go, but only with you." Kion said
Kion and Rani walks back to the group, Fuli starts following
Kion, Rani and Fuli makes it back to the, Makini puts flowers on Ezekiel's lifeless body, Nirmala turns around, "Ah, you three are back, it's your turn to put flowers on him." Nirmala said
Makini gives them flowers, Kion is given the biggest one of everyone, Kion puts the flower on Ezekiel's head, Fuli and Rani puts their flowers on his chest, Beshte picks up Ezekiel and puts him into the river letting him go peacefully, Kion puts his head on Rani trying to hold in his tears, Makini wipes a tear off her face, Fuli breaths out, "Kion, you want to say your words to him?" she asked, Kion looks at Fuli, he feels a paw on his back, of course it was Rani, "Don't worry Kion, we'll do this together." Rani said.
Both Kion and Rani jumps onto a rock, "Ezekiel was and will always be a good friend, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be alive, we all wouldn't, and my mother, Nala, was the one who was the closest to him, I don't know what I am going to say to her." Kion explained before going into tears
"Okay, Kion, that's enough, my turn now." Rani steps up, "Ezekiel is a powerful, smart and wise mandrill, even was able to find a way to counter Ajax, I don't know if we can defeat Ajax without Ezekiel." Rani explained
"We will Rani, but we need time, and an army." Kion said
"Alright, I'm next," Makini jumps onto the rock, Kion and Rani jumps off, "Ezekiel has shown me a lot of things, the past, the present, all of the animals, all the stuff his staff can do, it's like he was preparing for a situation like this." Makini explained
"Makini, can you do one of his spells?" Fuli asked
"Maybe, could someone give me his staff?" Makini asked
Kion throws the Ezekiel's staff to Makini, she catches it, "Alright, watch this." Makini stomps the staff down, nothing happens, she tries to cast the spell three more time, still, nothing happens, then she remembered how Ezekiel did it, she puts staff into the air, it glows white, clouds spin around, Mufasa appeared in the middle.
"What, no way, I thought only Kion and his family could only see Mufasa." Fuli said
"Not with this staff around, Ezekiel told me it could summon evil lions of the past too, but it's not wise to do that." Makini said
"Ua yeah, I think we all know that Makini." Fuli said
"I know, the thing with Scar, it happened once already. "Makini said
Rani remembered what Kion said earlier "Kion, what do you mean an army, our team is not big enough to be an army." Rani said
"We are going to the Pridelands, ask my dad for help take back our home." Kion said
Sabor stops everyone immediately "Hold on, before we go to the pridelands, we need to get some rest, follow me." Sabor said
Sabor walks for a few minutes, the rest follows
"Sabor, where are we going?" Kion asked
"My hideout." Sabor starts walking, everyone starts following, Sabor walks to a bush, "Hey honey, it me, Sabor, come on out."
A female leopard jumps out of the bush, "Hey, Sabor, oh, you brought friends." she said
"their homes were taken over by evil lions, they need to stay here for the night." Sabor said.
"Alright, you all are allowed to stay here for as long as you need to, My names Lola." she said
"Cubs, come on out, they are nice." Sabor said
"Cubs, there are cubs?" Fuli asked
Two cubs jumps out of the bush, "Daddy, you're home." one of the cubs said
"I am, and for the night." Sabor said
The other cub in looking a Kion, "Who is this lion, he looks a little scary"
"Is it my scar?" Kion asked
The cubs just stood there looking at Kion, Lola puts a paw on him, "Don't worry, Sabor says he's a nice boy." she said.
"Okay mom.' he said
"Guys, Lola is my mate, is these are my cubs, Nila, the one by me is a female, and the male by Lola is named Leo, we had a different name for him, I don't remember but he was the first to start walking around so both me and Lola decided to name him Leo for being strong." Sabor said
"What about me daddy." Nila asked
"Both me and Lola named Nila that because her eyes are a beautiful blue." Sabor said
Kion takes a look at Nila, "You're right, her eyes are blue and beautiful." he said
Rani smacks Kion, "Hey" she said smiling
"Not as beautiful as you Rani." Kion whispered in her ear
Rani smiles at Kion, "Uh ha, I've heard that before." Rani said
"What's going on here?" Lola asked
"Oh nothing, just playing here." Rani said
"See just jealous that I called Nila's eyes beautiful, but not has beautiful as her face." Kion said
"Ew." Leo said in disgust.
"Alight, enough, this little guy is too young." Sabor said
Nirmala walks up, "So this is why you've been sneaking out lately, I had no idea." Nirmala said
"Yeah, I sneak out to be with my family, I wanted to keep it a secret, but you guys need somewhere to stay." Sabor said.
"You could have just brought them to the Tree of Life with us." Rani said
"I could, but then I would be putting them at risk, Ajax knows about me but not my family." Sabor said.
"Okay true, plus it's been taken over so they would be at risk." Rani said.
"Thanks Lola, we will leave first thing tomorrow." Kion said
"No, you guys look hurt, first you stay and heal, then you can go." Lola said.
"I think we can survive Lola, we'll just rest here, then once we are rested up, we will go." Kion said.
"No, I won't let you, that male cheetah leg looks hurt, so does that lion with a flower on her head, and your queen looks like she needs days of rest." Lola said.
"Alright fine, but only because of those reasons." Kion said.
"Okay, now that we've reached an agreement, you can sleep where ever you like." Lola said.
To the Tree of Life
Ajax comes back in the Kara and his cubs, Kara looks around the beautiful lands, "Kara, this is the place, the recent rulers left this area and gave it to me" Ajax said.
"Ajax, this is so beautiful, I would love to rule a place like this." Kara said.
"Well now you can, you are my queen and I would love to rule this place with you." Ajax said.
"I will Ajax, only with with you" Kara said.
"Let announce this to the animals." Ajax said
Kara smiles, "Yep, lets go."
"Rawr, gather up the animals and bring them up to that tree." Ajax said
"Yes father, I will.
Two hours later, the sun rises at the Tree of Life
Rawr gathered up all the animals of the Tree of Life, Ajax and his followers jumps onto the rock.
"Animals of the Tree of Life, your king and queen has left the area and gave the crown to me, for now on, I am king." Ajax said.
Kara walks up, "And I am your queen." she said.
"But what about those leopards, they attacked us before, why are they behind you." one of the animal said.
"They are my royal advisors, and if it's true what you said, then I will keep an eye on all of them, like what a good king is suppose to, I will respect the circle of life." Ajax said.
Makucha, Chuluun, and Ora was hurt by Ajax's words, Florian was hurt the most, he gave Ajax a death stare, then he ran off, Ajax didn't see his death stare but he did see him run away, "What some squirrel he was." Chuluun said.
"I hope Ajax is just lying, we didn't help him to take over the Tree of Life just to let all of these animals live." Makucha said
"I don't think he is, look at that girl by him, as long as she lives, then he will prevent us from eating these animals." Chuluun said
"This gives me an idea, Ora will bite her leg when she is alone, we will tell Ajax she has passed away, then he will let us do whatever we want." Makucha said.
"Not just Ora, if she gets all three bites at once, then she will for sure pass." Chuluun said
"Yes, we need to wait until she is alone, then they will bite her." Makucha said
"Yeah I guess, we don't want him to know that we have plans for her." Chuluun said
"Plan for who?" Ajax asked
"Um, I don't know what I am talking about, do you Chuluun." Makucha said
"I think I was talking about an animal I had plans for." Chuluun said
"Seems like you two are discussing plans to each other." Ajax said
Makucha and Chuluun's face become worried
"That's good, that means you two are getting along, Makucha, you might be right." Ajax said
"Thank you boss." Makucha said
Ajax walks off with Kara, Rawr walks the other direction, "That was close." Makucha said
"Yeah it was, and he really thinks we are getting along." Chuluun said
"I never get along with anyone." Makucha said
"I think you gotten along with me a little." Chuluun said
"What do you mean?" Makucha said
Chuluun gets close to Makucha, "This" she whispered resting her head on Makucha's shoulder
Makucha suddenly gets up, "I don't do love." he said walking off
Chuluun smiles, "You do Makucha, you do."
"What was that?" Mama binturong came out of the tree
"What was what?" Chuluun asked
"You and Makucha, you are two different species." Mama binturong said
"So, I don't care, we are both leopards." Chuluun said
"You're lucky I am not a leader because I will ban you for this." Mama binturong said walking off.
"You know, I have to agree with her, you don't belong to each other." Ora said
"just stick with the plan Ora." Chuluun said
end of chapter ten
I was planning to do the pridelands too but this chapter is already long enough,
Ajax has taken over the Tree of Life and has claimed it for his own, he brought in his mate Kara, Makucha and the others also came back to help Ajax but now they are planning to betray him, they are just waiting for Kara to leave Ajax's side, Kion and Rani also has lost a good friend and a good fighter, something about Sabor that he kept a secret from even Kion and Rani, this was teased in chapter 6 so this was planned for a long time.