A Change of Plans [PRIVATE: AC & The Whistlerify]

[AustralianChaos]

Tanga looked at his little sister, and quickly saw the confusion on her muzzle. "What is it? What did I say?" he asked, hoping he had not confused her too much, and that he would be able to fix it quickly.

[TheWhistlerify]

Uhuru smiled at Tanga, "Nothing you said... Kind of..." she said and again went over the same thought she had a moment ago. "I mean... If I'm not to go with you and help you out then... then why did mom and dad allowed me to take part in this training?" she asked, receiving confused looks from all of them

[AustralianChaos]

"Ah," Tanga said, now able to understand what was on Uhuru's mind a little better. "I can't tell you for sure, sis...but the point is that mum and dad love you...a lot, I can tell. They are letting you train because it will make life easier and safer for you when you are older and grown up. If mum's going to teach us what I think she is, then we'll all live better lives for it."

But Tanga started speaking a little more slowly as he moved on. "As for what I said about you probably not being allowed to come back with us...well..." he trailed off, trying to figure out how to tell this to a cub. He loved her bright innocence, and did not want to steal that from her by telling her about Scar. "Like I said, when we go back home, it's probably going to be really, really dangerous. Mum and dad will not want you to come because they do not want you to get hurt...they will want to keep you safe."

"Think about it his way. I love Marini..." he nuzzled his girlfriend to prove his point. "When the time comes for us to go back, I know I will not want her to come, even with all the training, because she could still get hurt, and I don't want to see that happen. It's the same with mum and dad...they both love you, and do not want to see you hurt. They might let you come with us, but I'm sure they'll at least ask you to stay behind."

"Does that help, sis?" he asked, hoping he'd explained it better.

[TheWhistlerify]

Uhuru now saw it in a little different way. But she was going to try and get her parents premission to go with them anyways, no matter how dangerous it was. "Yeah, I understan now."

Marini then playfully nudged Tanga's un-injured shoulder, "I hope you know that I'm coming." she said, tryng to mke it sound like there wasn't and would not be a possibiity to change her mind

[AustralianChaos]

Tanga nodded. "Glad to help." He then chuckled happily as Marini nudged and teased him. "Of course you are," he replied, shoving her back good-naturedly. "I can't say I'll be happy about it, but I know I'm never going to convince you otherwise. At least we can protect each other, I guess."

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Nala smiled at Uhuru as well. "Yeah, trust me...when it comes to dangerous things, parents can get really annoying...but they do it because they care about us, so if Kali and Busara do ask you to stay behind, try not to get too angry at them." She smiled again to show Uhuru that she was just giving some friendly advice, nothing more.

[TheWhistlerify]

Marini smiled back at Tanga, "We'll be fine." she said reassuringly, even though she knew that it was ging to be dangerous, she felt like she had to reassure him a little.

Uhuru nodded and smiled back at Nala, "I'll try not to." she said and lay her head down. She never sunbathed before, she spent most of her time running around and chasing butterflies, but now that she tried it for the first time, it was kind of relaxing and fun at the same time

[AustralianChaos]

Tanga sighed lightly, rolling onto his back to give his silver-grey belly some sun as well, his upside-down gaze still focused on Marini. "I hope so..." he said slowly. "One thing's for sure, if I ever find that leopard again, I'm going to get him for what he tried to do to you." He spoke quietly so Uhuru couldn't hear, but the venom in his voice was obvious.

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Nala smiled as Uhuru spoke. "That's all I ask," she said, before watching as the young cub seemed to relax, enjoying the sunbathing. "It's nice, isn't it...you can just sit back, feel the sun on your fur...it seems to make all your worries just fade away."

"You know, me and Simba...and even Marini there, were a lot like you when we were your age...we just wanted to run all day long, and have as many adventures as possible. On the odd occasion, I still do...but I guess, once you learn how calming this is, you find yourself relying less on adventures for fun. And if it makes your parents worry less, then everyone wins...I guess..."

Nala's voice trailed off as she thought of Sarafina, and how she was faring in the Pridelands, pretending to be Scar's loyal follower and fan.

[TheWhistlerify]

Marini grined also rolling onto her back so she was next to Tanga, "You worry too much..." she said, loud enough only for the two of them "And it looks like by the time our training is done, Uhuru would easily take on that leopard." she said, mostly as a joke, but also as a statement. If Kali's training were to be as they were told to be, that leopard was dead if he ever came across either of them again.

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Uhuru giggled as Nala finished her statement with 'I guess'. She didn't say anything else, she decided to enjoy her first sunbath as much as she could.

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Simba then noticed Nala became thoughtful, "What's the matter?" he asked quietly, not wanting to disturb either of his friends

[AustralianChaos]

Tanga chuckled as Marini made her joke. "Considering how much she's going to grow in that time, she probably could, too," he replied, also humourously. "But I mean it...that leopard got away because I wasn't good enough...I'm not making that mistake again."

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Nala looked over at Simba, her face falling further. "It's mum," she said quietly, leaning into Simba's mane, as was her new custom. "I can't stop worrying about her...praying Scar isn't doing anything to her. I mean, what if he finds out she's not as loyal as she seems? I just...I don't want to lose her..."

[TheWhistlerify]

Marini sighed, "If I was good enough non of this would have happend..." she began, reffering mostly to his wounds and half missing ear, "I hope for him that there wont be a next time." she added, a little more seriously.

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Simba knew Nala had every right to be worried about her mother, "There's no chance he'll find out" SImba said reassuringly. As far as he knew, Scar saw Sarafina 'kill' Sarabi right infront of him, nd Sarafina was very good when it came to acting. "I'm sure she'll be fine."