Love Beyond Reasons

Udugu is Found Again Part Two

Love Beyond Reasons

A/N: Here's Part Two!

Chapter 10

Udugu is Found Again

Part Two

The two cubs had managed to get out of the sharp thorn bushes and were now scouring the area for any sign of their mother. They had split up to try and cover more ground. But soon, their efforts were proving to be futile.

"Mom?" Kiara called out. "Mom!" But there was still no answer. "No sign of Mom on my side. Have you found anything?"

But now, there was no answer from her other family member. "Kion?" She called out worriedly. She really hoped that her brother didn't disappear on her, too.

Luckily, to her relief, Kion popped out of a bush, shaking his fur free of leaves. "Nothing over here." He answered.

Kiara sighed. "How could she just disappear?" She asked before trying once more to call out to their mother. "Mom!"

"We'll find her." Kion assured his sister. "We just have to keep looking. Try your side again."

"I tried my side." Kiara answered with a slightly annoyed tone as she got closer to her brother, making him back away slightly. "If she was there, I'd have seen her."

Kion slightly huffed. "I know, I just... I can't find her either." He admitted. "If we knew where this Udugu place was, maybe we could meet her there."

Just then, an idea came to Kiara's mind. "Or we could track her." She suggested.

She quickly started sniffing the air. After a couple of seconds, she got something. "Got her!" She exclaimed as she came to a small trail through the bushes. "She went this way. Come on!"

Both the cubs ran along the trail until Kiara stopped to see the scent went next. Kion searched the brush for any other possible clues.

Just then, he spotted something leading out of the brush. "Kiara, look! Paw prints."

They were indeed, paw prints. Lion tracks. Kion did a quick study of them. "They look fresh. We must be getting close." He said.

"Come on." Kiara said as she ran ahead, following the tracks, with Kion right behind her.

Soon, they came to a tall, steep cliff. Kiara sniffed the air, but then she was puzzled. "What? They just stop right here?" She asked, her and Kion looking up at the cliff.

"Heyvi kabisa!" Kion exclaimed. "Where did Mom go?" He then started to pace the ground, following the prints until they ended right at the cliff. "This can't be right." He said. "Mom couldn't just disappear."

"I don't get it." Kiara piped up, looking back at where they followed the tracks. "We followed her trail. How can it just end?"

Just then, Kion looked up and saw something. "Maybe it doesn't." He suggested. "There's a ledge and a trail."

Indeed there was, just a few feet above the cubs. "I bet Mom jumped up there." Kion suggested as his sister came up beside him.

"Then we will too." Kiara said.

"Ready? One, two, three!" Kion counted. Both cubs jumped as high as they could, but they couldn't reach the ledge, and they both slid down to the ground.

"Not even close." Kiara huffed with frustration.

"If Mom could get up there, we can too." Kion said determinedly.