Our Future lies within You. [DG & Songo]

[DGFone]

Ahadi grinned. "I will gladly train Mufasa on how to be king. Can't wait to start his torture!" He pretended to be hurt when Uru called rogues 'loners'. "Well, they come and go whenever. It's just that for the past season, there haven't been any." He told her. "Besides, not many are very, erm... nice." He chuckled a bit. "The only reason why I was nice was because I saw you getting stormed by hyenas and wanted to help. Afterwards was because I really, really did not want to fight your father. Do you know how scary he can look like if you are a 'loner' as you call it at just stumble into this territory? Remember how many times I wanted to run at any mention of your father?" Ahadi caught himself babbling, so he stopped. "Well, yeah. Not all rogues are good. That's all I wanted to say."


Sarabi bid Sarafina a good day and followed Mufasa. "So where are we going?" She asked him. "And why was Taka so mysterious?" She noticed that after Taka had rejected Sarafina, he seemed to spend more and more time alone, out of sight of everyone else.

[DGFone]

Eek. Ignore double post.

[Songo]

Uru lifted her paw and covered Ahadi's muzzle playfully, "Shhh..." his constant rambling made her smile. Thinking a moment Uru looked up at Ahadi, "I know all loners aren't friendly, thats why we need to be careful with these newcomers. But I also think Mufasa will be happy to get started on Kingly duties, I will also keep Sarabi at my side. Showing her the ways to patrol and how to run a hunting party, it will be exciting." she said with a smile. Nuzzling Ahadi's black mane she purred softly in his ear, "I love you. The first time you saved me from those hyenas and every time I saw you after that." she said smirking.

Mufasa lead Sarabi deep into the Pride lands, he found a large tree and nestled under it enjoying the shade, "I want to spend some time with my mate." he said nuzzling Sarabi's dark fur. A smile crossed his muzzle and he licked her cheek softly, his brown eyes admiring the quiet lands. "This will all be ours to run one day.." he commented.

[DGFone]

Ahadi nuzzled Uru back. "I imagine that Sarabi will hate me soon," he joked, "With the long days, the occasional night issue... Remember how little time I had for you guys?" He frowned a little. "I know that I couldn't do much about it, but I still feel like I should have been with you guys more often." Closing his eyes, Ahadi sighed with regret. "Hey, listen... I don't know if it will work, but I will try to make sure that Mufasa will be able to spend more time with Sarabi."

Ahadi moved his head to look at Uru, his face serious. "It will most likely mean that I will have even less time for you than before..." he said slowly and uncertainly. "I don't want to do that, and I will try my hardest to be with you as much as I can, but, I simply don't know if I will be able to pull this off." He told Uru. "I'll only try it if you will allow me. I love you, but I know how much it hurt not to be together enough. I don't want Mufasa to go through the same thing."


Sarabi followed Mufasa through the Pridelands, and sat down next to him under the tree's shade. "Wow," she whispered softly, looking over the lands. "And you will rule over all of this? It's so much!" She said. "There is so much, and that's when you simply hunt one animal. But to take care of all of them? And then the land itself? It will be so much, Mufasa." Sarabi said, amazed. She leaned over, rubbing her head against his. "But you know what? No matter how hard it will get, I will be with you. I love you, and I'll be by your side."

[Songo]

A frown crossed Uru's chocolate muzzle and she nuzzled into Ahadi's mane, "I know, well If you spend more time away then I'm okay with that. Its your duty after all." she whispered softly. She knew she'd miss her time spent with Ahadi, but if it meant more time for Mufasa and Sarabi then she would sacrifice it. She gave Ahadi a few licks on his cheek and she nuzzled him lovingly, "You have no idea how much I love you.." she added purring in his furry ear.


Mufasa smiled and rubbed her head back, he nuzzled his face into her furry neck. "I love you too. I'm glad I have you by my side, my enemies should be scared because your one tough lioness." he said giving her cheek a lick. Mufasa looked at Sarabi's beautiful face and he pulled her close with his paw hugging her tightly. [b]"Now that were married our royal training starts. My mom is going to train you and my father is going to have me run all over the Savannah. I remember My grandpa calling out to my dad all the time, I remember my dad always being gone." he muttered.

[DGFone]

Sarabi nuzzled Mufasa's head warmly. "I'm sure that we will figure out something," she said, "but you know, being in charge takes great responsibility. We can handle it. I can feel it." She leaned closer to Mufasa. "Besides," she whispered, "if we will have to spend more time than we would like separately, doesn't that mean that we will appreciate our moments together even more?"

Grinning, Sarabi got up and circled Mufasa slowly. When she was behind him, she reached out and prodded him with a paw. "Tag!" She announced and ran off, Mufasa in close pursuit behind her.


Several days later...


Ahadi groaned and rolled onto his feet. Next to him, Uru also groaned, most likely at having her pillow move away from her. Ahadi grinned and gave Uru a lick. "Good morning, love," he whispered into her ear. Waiting for his queen to wake up, Ahadi scanned the den. A few lionesses were still inside, asleep. Mufasa and Sarabi were missing, most likely enjoying the morning together. Taka, as usual, was missing entirely. But then, he was already living inside another den.

As he waited, Ahadi sat, thinking. He figured that today, Uru and he would tell Mufasa and Sarabi of their training plan. And he wanted to propose a change to it to Uru, first. If the change would work, it would be much better than the original idea. But Ahadi wasn't sure if they would be able to do it, so he wanted to get Uru's thoughts about it first. So he waited for her to sit up next to him.


Sarabi ran alongside Mufasa. The two of them had gotten up early so that they could get some time alone together. That time alone turned out to be the two of them running through the savanna, enjoying the cool morning air as the starry night sky slowly turned into the bright orange glow of morning. Sarabi grinned as she looked over at the rising sun. "Isn't it beautiful, Mufasa?" She asked him.

[Songo]

Mufasa tackled Sarabi gently into the wet grass and he licked her cheek, "Not as beautiful as you.." he said laying there watching the sun rise. He nuzzled his face into his mate's furry neck and he sighed. "I don't want to go train, I want to spend all day with you." he muttered his brown eyes gazing at Sarabi. His red fluffy mane was fully grown now and he had grown into his big golden paws. Mufasa was huge, he was about the size of Mohatu; he was bigger then his father.


Uru grumbled as Ahadi moved and her honey colored eyes opened slowly, [b]"Can't we take the day off? Sleep in...?" she said refusing to move. The lioness rolled over onto her back and she stretched out giving a playful roar. Her paw brushed down her white chest fur and she finally rolled back over and stood to her paws, she looked at Ahadi. "I'm up.." she pouted sleepily. She gave Ahadi's cheek a lick and she purred rubbing her head off of his lovingly.

[DGFone]

Sarabi gave off a small giggle as Mufasa's whiskers tickled her neck. "You know that we will have to start trainig someday," she told him. "Besides, I'm sure that it won't be that bad. We will have time to spend together. Or will we?" She said, slightly uncertainly. Sarabi looked at Mufasa, and then rubbed her head against his mane. "Everything will work out," she whispered to him, "I know it."


Ahadi smiled as Uru rubbed heads with him. "I just thought of an idea!" He told her excitedly, but softly. "So I was thinking, what if we do the training together?" He asked her. "You, me, and them! That way, you and I can spend more time with each other, and so will Mufasa and Sarabi." Then came the part he had to tell that made him doubt the idea. "But if we would be together, we might get distracted..." He said. "Not to mention that we will be in one place, while the kingdom might need us elsewhere."

[Songo]

Mufasa nodded contently and gave Sarabi's cheek another lick, "I know your right. I will have a duty as King to go though.." he muttered. He laid to his back in the soft grass and gazed up at the clouds, "Can't we just stay here forever?" he teased. His paws rested on his fluffy chest hair and his brown eyes then looked at Sarabi, Come here you..!" he growled and tackled Sarabi back into the grass wrestling with her playfully.


Uru smiled, "Why Ahadi thats a wonderful idea!" she said looking to her mate. Uru thought a moment, "Well we could have Sarafina patroll the other half of the land with Zuzu, that way if something should happen we could go and intervene." she said with a grin. She gave Ahadi a lick on his cheek, "We are too smart you know!" she chuckled.

Sarafina woke up slowly and did her morning stretches and she passed Uru and Ahadi, she bowed her head. "Morning." she said with a smile. Her green eyes flickered in the morning's sunlight and she looked at Uru.

Uru looked at Sarafina, "Ahh..Fina just the lioness I need. Would you like a new job?" she asked stepping over to the young lioness with a grin. Sarafina was growing up very quick and Uru trusted Sarafina as much as Sarabi and Mufasa did.

Sarafina smiled, "Oh boy would I! Yes,Yes please!" she said reclining back next to Uru and then looking at Ahadi making sure it was okay.

[DGFone]

Sarabi laughed when Mufasa tackled her. Wrestling with him, she was finally able to untangle herself from him. Getting up quickly, she ran off before Mufasa could pounce on her again. "Come on, you snail!" She taunted at him. "Race you back!" By now, the others would be up, so Sarabi figured they might as well head back to the den to see if there was anything important to do. So she ran, racing Mufasa back to Priderock.


He liked Uru's idea. So Ahadi smiled nervously and sat diwn next to his mate. "Well, Sarafina, I think that we might have a job for you," he told Sarafina. "If you want it, of course." He added quickly. Looking at Uru briefly, he cleared his throat. "Well, as you know, Sarabi and Mufasa will soon begin their training. The problem with that is that they will hardly be able to spend time together. So Uru and I thought of maybe training them together. The problem is that we will all be in one place, while the kingdom might need us at another," he explained. "So we were thinking of having you patrol with Zuzu in our place." Ahadi said. But he cleared his throat to show that he wasn't done. "This will elevate you to a royal status, and you will be making important decisions on our behalf. Naturally, this can be a serious issue, but I am sure that if you follow Zuzu's advice, you will do well." Ahadi told Sarafina. "But what's more, it will be very dangerous. We don't want you to get hurt in our place, but we will be very grateful if you agree to take the job." he said. "So what do you decide?"