Love Beyond Reasons

Kiara Meets Kovu

Love Beyond Reasons

A/N: Now this is where things will divert a bit, but not big enough still. Well, hopefully this whole thing of basically following the entire movie, word for word, will end soon, so that things will get more interesting.

So let's get on with Chapter 3. Roll it!

Chapter 3

Kiara Meets Kovu

The two young cubs continued on their short little trek towards the Outlands. Kiara was getting more excited as the canyonlands got closer. Kion, even though he was nervous, was starting to get a little more curious about the lands around him. Soon, they came to a border, which was divided by a large log that served as a bridge across a river.

"Are you sure we can't turn back now?" Kion asked.

"No way, little brother." Kiara said, and she jumped on the log to cross it. Kion rolled his eyes and followed her.

When they got near the end of the log, Kiara tripped over the edge, and since Kion was a little too close to her, he was also knocked off the log and both cubs tumbled into the Outlands. The eldest cub managed to stop by unintentionally knocking down somebody, but Kion wasn't so lucky, and he turned to roll deeper into the Outlands in another direction, unbeknownst to his sister.

Kiara shook herself out of her dizziness, but then jumped back onto her paws when there was a fierce yet childish growl right next to her. She had bumped into another lion cub, who seemed like he was about a month older than her. He had dark auburn fur, a brown mane tuft on his head and tail, and even on his joints, a black nose, and piercing green eyes. He also had patches of light brown on his belly and paws.

"Who are you, Pride Lander?" He asked Kiara, growling.

He started to get closer to her, but she backed away until she tried to jump away, still facing him. The cub still tried to intimidate her, so she moved to a different spot. The two continued this a couple more times before the cub stopped growling.

"What are you doing?" He asked her, a brow raised.

Kiara narrowed her eyes at him fiercely. "Our father says to never turn your back on an Outsider." She said defensively.

"'Our?'' The cub repeated, seeing no one else around but the female Pride Lander cub in front of him.

"Me and my-" Kiara turned to the side to expect Kion there beside her, but then froze when she saw that he wasn't. She frantically scanned the area around her, but there was no sign of her brother. "Kion?" She called out. "Kion!"

"Who's he?" The cub asked.

"My little brother." Kiara explained, still looking around. "Where did he go? He's the one who sticks to our father's rules, and yet he's the one who gets lost in the Outlands?"

"Oh, then maybe you should follow his example." The cub teased her. "Always doing what Daddy says."

"No way!" Kiara retorted back.

"That'd be priceless. Daddy's little girl!" He chuckled, making Kiara grimace deeper.

The cub then walked onto another log that was on the river. "An Outsider doesn't need anyone." He boasted. "I take care of myself."

"Really?" Kiara asked, impressed as she joined him on the log. "Cool!"

The cub turned to give her a smug look, but it then turned into a look of fear and screamed when he saw something behind Kiara. She turned to see and screamed as well when they realized that they were sitting on a hungry crocodile, who was about to snap its jaws on her. She quickly jumped out of the way before it did so.