"Target insight... " Ono said as he spotted a pink snail on a leaf. "Dive!" He shouted diving down to catch the snail.

"Hey Ono," Bunga yells popping from out of nowhere in the grass throwing Ono off course. The egret lands in front of Kion and Lulu.

"Whoa! Oh. Hi, Kion and Lulu. Nice to see you two." Ono said.

"You see just about everything, " Kion sated. "That's why I want to talk with you."

"About what?" Ono asked with a curious tone.

"I want to just say this once, " Kion sated. "I tell you after we have everyone."

**

Kion, Lulu, Ono, and Bunga were now heading to the water hole. They could hear voices chanting someone's name as they were getting closer and closer.

"Besthe! Besthe! Beshte!" The voices chanted.

"Hey everybody. Who wants a water slide?" Besthe asked.

"Ooh, yeah!"

"Me, me!"

"Do it, Beshte!"

"Poa!" Beshte said with a smooth tone. "One water slide, coming up!"

Beshte then put his snout against the side of the large rock next to him and braced his body before lunging forwards and pushed it out of its place with ease. "Twende kiboko!" he grunted as he did so.

When the large rush of water came surging forwards after the boulder was gone, Beshte, along with the rest of his fellow hippo friends were swept away with the water as well. "Yay!" all the hippos cried with joy as they were moved by the water.

"Yeah!" Beshte laughed as he slowly came to a stop as the water settled again.

Lulu was completely taken aback when heard a loud sound of water and then look up and saw the water rushing towards them and only one thing blurted out her mouth as she turned tail and ran back in the opposite direction.

"INCOMING!!"

As Lulu was the first one to detect the giant wave of water headed their direction, she had been the only one to escape getting wet. When the water eventually settles back down to the bank of the pond, Lulu let out a chuckle at the sight of Kion and Bunga who'd gotten wet. Kion's fur was being dragged down by the weight of his wet fur and his mane was covering his eyes. Bunga, on the other hand, was just as saturated with water as the lion prince.

"Strongest?" Bunga asked as he raised his arms, water dripping from them.

Kion blew his wet mane out of his face as he responded simply with, "Strongest."

"Also wettest..." Ono sighed as he lifted his wings. Said egret then flapped his wings to rid them of the water as Lulu was walking up behind them to rejoin the group.

"Ugh," Lulu groaned as she was pelted with water droplets.

"Aah!" Kion also yelled in surprise.

"Ono!" was the only thing Bunga yelled out in response to getting wet again.

"Great," Lulu complained. "Now I am all wet!"

"Sorry, Lulu..." Ono laughed sheepishly. "My bad..."

**

Lulu's P.O.V

"Ok so now we need the fastest," Kion stated as they continued walking. "We just need to find-"

Kion was cut off as a yellow blur blazed past them and down the pathway.

"Fuli, wait. Kion wants to talk." Bunga tries to tell her chasing after her.

Fuli turned her head back in Bunga's direction only for a brief moment before saying, "Not now, Bunga. I gotta run!"

That made the honey badger stop in his tracks as he gave Fuli a puzzled look. "What? Why?"

"That's why," Fuli panted out as she proceeded to run.

Bunga looks behind to see a group of baboons coming towards him. "I'm ok. Nothing is broken!"

"I see Fuli's a bit occupied," Ono stated, putting a wing over his eyes to see better.

"Even I can see that, Ono," Kion stated before smirking. "But I have an idea..."

"Whoo!" a baboon screeched out as it tried to tackle Fuli to the ground.

Fuli simply changed her direction with a flick of her tail, "Huwezi! You can't catch me!!"

Ono flew overhead as he called down to the cheetah, "Fuli! This way!"

Fuli followed the egret to where Kion had Beshte right in the pathway of Fuli's running. The hippo was camouflaged as a rock between two boulders and as Fuli approached them Kion yelled out, "Fuli! Jump!".

When she vaulted herself over the curled up hippo, I then called out, "Beshte! Now!".

Beshte stood up just as the Baboons had gotten ready to jump over him. So instead of flying over the rock as the cheetah had, they all face planted into Beshte's side.

"Ouch, right in the face!" I cringed. "That's gotta hurt."

"Nice save, Beshte," Kion commented as the Baboons all slid down off his side and onto the ground in a pile.

Fuli climbed up on the rock next to them with a smile, "Totally. Thanks." She then looked down at the groaning mound of monkeys. "And as for you guys, I said I'm sorry!" the cheetah exclaimed. "I wasn't trying to be mean when I said you look funny when you scratch your heads..."

The Baboons had sat up by this point and the leader just replied wearily with, "Apology accepted..."

"Hey, guys. Thanks for meeting with me," Kion smiled. "I wanted to talk to you because... Well, I need your help."

Kion ended his sentence with a slight frown and based upon the look on his face, I could tell that Kion was worried about how our friends would react to the news. I stood behind Kion wondering how they were going to react to the news and curious about who he will pick to be the slyest.

Beshte stepped forwards, "What's the kerbubble, Kion?"

"I haven't quite found someone to fill the spot for the slyest yet, but the five of us are definitely the Pride Lands' fiercest, bravest, strongest, fastest and keenest of sight," Kion answered. "And that's why I want you all to join the new Lion Guard. Together, we'll protect the Pride Lands and defend the Circle of Life!"

'So he still looking for the slyest. I totally feel like that role fits me the best.'

Ono let out a low whistle in awe at this news.

"Well, lick my tail and call me a meerkat!" Beshte exclaimed.

"Hey!" Bunga cried, defending Timon. "My uncle's a meerkat!"

"No offense, Bunga..." Beshte apologized. "Wait! Aren't you a honey badger?"

Bunga didn't have time to answer because at that moment Fuli decided to chip in with her point of view. "A Lion Guard? Figures," she scoffed. "Always the lions lording over the Pride Lands. I suppose Simba put you in charge of this little team, Kion?"

'Fuli attitude is annoying sometimes. I wonder why Kion even hangs out with her. I can't stand her the only reason I know her because Kion and Bunga introduce me to them a few days after I first met the two of them.' I thought shaking my head at Fuli's comment.

"You bet your spots he did!" Bunga chimed in.

"Fuli, the Lion Guard needs you. You're the Pride Lands' fastest." Kion explains.

"You got that right," she said with pride. "And you're supposed to be the fiercest?"

"Well, he is a lion..." Beshte commented.

"And lions are fierce. It's kinda common knowledge, really..." Ono finishes.

"Show 'em the Roar, Kion. Show 'em the Roar!" Bunga chants walking over to Kion.

"What's Bunga talking about? The Roar?" Fuli questions. She leans forward, getting into Kion's face. "You think you're somethin' special just 'cause you can roar?"

'She really getting on my last nerve. What gives her the right to just basically insult Kion.'

"Wait 'till you hear it. C'mon, Kion. Show 'em the Roar!"

"So what is the deal with your roar?" Besthe asked curiously.

"Oh, you totally have to show us, Kion," Fuli smirked with a stuck-up tone.

"Seeing is believing! Though with a roar, it's more about hearing..." Ono stated.

Bunga had a smug look on his face and his paws on his hips as he looked at his friends.

"Okay, fine! I'll show you the Roar!" Kion grumbled in reluctant agreement. "Just, uh... stay behind me. I don't want anybody to get hurt."

"'Scuse me..."

"Watch it!"

"Pfft. Groundlings..."

Everyone rushed forwards behind Kion, knocking into one another in anticipation to hear this roar of Kion's they'd just heard so much about. I sighed under her breath and walked up next to Kion as he prepared himself.

"You shouldn't have to do this, Kion," I told him with a worried look on my face.

Kion turned to face me with a soft smile, "It's alright, Lulu. Let's just get it over with, yeah?"

I just sighed again and then smiled at my friend before nodding confidently. "Alright," I agreed.

"Ready?" Kion asked. All of our friends nodded enthusiastically. "Okay. This is the Roar... "

Kion took a deep breath in preparation, let out his claws, bared his teeth, and when he opened his mouth all that came out was a small squeak. "What in the Pride Lands..." Kion immediately said after.

"Huh!?" was the only thing that came out of my mouth.

"That was...different," Ono stated, obviously trying not to laugh.

Fuli laughed hysterically. "Kion! You call that a roar?" she exclaimed, chuckling.

I growled in response to Fuli's statement.

"Didn't sound like a roar..." Beshte commented with a cautious tone.

"That wasn't the Roar!" Bunga cried in Kion's defense. "That was a squeak!"

Deciding Bunga was outmatched, I eventually chimed in. "Hey come on!!" I protested. "Y'all were seriously putting a bunch of pressure on him, especially you Fuli!"

Fuli scoffed and rolled her eyes, " And what's that supposed to mean exactly you Leopard?!"

I didn't have time to respond as a voice from above us called out, "I've found him, Your Highness! Kion is over here!"

Looking up to the sky, I saw Zazu flying over towards us, and he'd brought company with him as well.

"See, Dad? What did I tell you?" Kiara said.

"Thank you, Kiara. You and Tiifu go ahead and track the gazelle. I need to talk with Kion. Alone."

"Yes, Dad."

"Thank you, princess."

"Dad! Am I glad to see you!" Kion started, excited to see his father. "I'm not sure why, but when I tried to..."

Kion was then cut off when Simba interrupted him with narrow eyes. "Kion, Kiara tells me you've asked Bunga to join the Lion Guard..." The king then looked up and stared at said honey badger with what almost looked like disdain.

"Hey..." Bunga greeted sheepishly.

"Is this true?" Simba asked when he turned back to Kion.

"Well, yeah," Kion said, before smiling. "I was just talking to all my friends about it..."

Simba then practically glared at his own son, "Your friends?!". The adult loin then narrowed his eyes continued with a frown, "Kion, I asked you to assemble the new Lion Guard. Instead you're just playing with your friends?!"

"Uh. Simba-"

"Not now Lulu," Simba interrupted.

Kion squared his shoulders somewhat and then lowered his stance in defiance, "I'm not playing, Dad! My friends are the new Lion Guard" He turned his head as he continued. "Fuli is the fastest. Beshte is the strongest. Ono is the keenest of sight. And the bravest, it's Bunga," he concluded with a smile.

"And where is the slyest?" Simba asked.

Kion rubbed his head as he replied, "I... actually I haven't figured that one out yet. But I know I will find the slyest guard member soon!"

"Kion, the Lion Guard has always been made of lions," Simba stated angrily. "Do you really think a Lion Guard with only one lion can protect the Pride Lands?!"

"Excuse me Simba..." I tried to interject. "I mean, your highness..."

Simba turned his head sharply in my direction when I tried to stand up for my friend and the gleam in his eye was enough for me to stand down. Kion had heard me and smiled softly before looking back up at his angry father wearily.

The young prince ears flattened slightly before he spoke up, "Well, actually..."

"Son, listen," the king started. "The Lion Guard isn't a game you play with your friends. It's real. The Circle of Life, and your life, will depend on who's on your team. Please, Kion. There are plenty of good lions for the Guard. I need you to take your new responsibility seriously. Just as seriously as Kiara takes hers...."

Without another word, Simba left the distraught cub and his friends. Kion felt heartbroken and tried to hold back the tears beginning to form in his eyes. "But I do take it seriously..." Kion said under his breath, gaze pointed at the ground.

I wanted to comfort Kion but felt like he probably rather be left alone. So I decided to head back to my territory and go back to take my nap that was interrupted earlier today by Kion and Bunga.

**
Third P.O.V

After taking a nice long nap. Lulu was about to leave to go hunting for her meal. When she heard what sounded like a stampede...

"What on earth is going on?" Lulu grumbled to herself.

The female leopard cub rushed along the path of the Savannah towards the source of danger. To see what was going on. Honestly, why couldn't she just have peace around here?! Groaning out her frustrations she ran, she looked up into the sky when a shadow passed overhead in the form of a bird, only to see. Ono flying in the direction of the stampede as well. Lulu kept her eyes on the young regret as he soared through the air quickly, yet silently following him to his destination which was no doubt where Kion and the others were.

When Ono arrived on the scene of the stampede, Lulu's suspicions that everyone would be there came true. At the top of a hill that overlooked the area where the stampede was stood not only Kion, but Beshte, Bunga, & Fuli as well. Ono landed onto Beshte's back and Lulu decided instead of announcing her presence so soon that she would hang back in the shadows until she was absolutely needed by the others.

Ono's eyes narrowed onto the vulture soaring through the air over where the stampede was happening. "Mzingo's telling the hyenas which one to target next," he stated. "Smart, in a devious sort of way."

Beshte became confused then, his brow scrunching in the middle of his forehead. "I don't get it," he began. "They've already scored a couple of gazelles. That should be plenty for all of them."

"Yeah," Fuli chimed in. "Why are they still attacking?"

Lulu's attention was then completely diverted from Fuli when she saw whom she was standing next to, Kion... He still looked the same, obviously, but there was something different about his eyes and the way that his posture had changed from when the female leopard cub had last seen him. His eyes were more determined and focused than before and his posture was much more confident and mature seeming. How could have Kion changed so much in not even three hours of her being away from him? Then she looked more closely at the lion prince, she noticed that the yellow mark was back on his shoulder. It was shaped like a lion's head a mane and was on his left front shoulder.

Kion solemnly stated, "Janja and his clan will keep going until the whole herd is dead..."

Ono's eyes widened at the prince's statement. "What?"

"No..." Beshte protested sadly.

Kion then seemed to notice that something wasn't right about the group standing with him. One of his friends was missing from the group, one of his friends who had somehow become so close to him just after the day he first met her, and without her there it seemed like there was a piece of the puzzle missing, incomplete.

"Has anyone seen Lulu?" Kion asked, looking over at his friends.

"No, I haven't seen her since earlier," Bunga said.

"Yeah she just disappeared out of nowhere," Ono said.

"We'll just find her later then," Kion concluded.

"Don't the hyenas understand the Circle of Life, though?" Fuli asked Kion.

The prince shook his head in response, "They don't care about the Circle of Life. They're not hunting for food. They want to throw the Pride Lands into chaos. And it's up to the Lion Guard to stop them!"

He turned his back on the stampede to look his friends in the eye, with a triumphant smile upon his face.

"The Lion Guard?" Fuli asked almost incredulously.

"You mean us?" Ono used his right-wing to motion to them all.

"What about what Simba said?" Beshte questioned.

"So what if we're not all lions?" Kion countered. "All that should matter is that I know we're the Pride Lands' fiercest, bravest, fastest, strongest, and keenest of sight!!"

"That's true," Beshte agreed.

"Of course, we are," Fuli smiled.

"I guess?" Ono agreed hesitantly before his expression became confused. "But wait, we don't have all the members for a complete Lion Guard, though?"

They all looked to Kion for an explanation. "I know," he answered. "But we will find the slyest member after we defeat Janja and his clan. of hyenas!"

Bunga was quick to cheerfully agree with Kion's proclamation. "Yeah!" he cheered enthusiastically. "Let's go get those stinkin' hyenas!"

Lulu giggled to herself quietly from her spot in the trees at the young honey badger's antics. Kion chuckled lightly as well, yet he also stopped Bunga from running off with a paw to the young badger's shoulder. "Hold it, Bunga," he started. "This isn't a game."

He turned to all of them before continuing, "We need a plan to take on the hyenas. And I think I have one."

He then smirked and raised an eyebrow for his next question. "That is...if the rest of you are ready to join the Lion Guard?"

The young cub didn't have to wait for their responses.

"I'm in," Fuli agreed.

"Ditto," Ono agreed.

"Lay it on us, Kion," Beshte stated.

"Bunga..." Kion stood in front of the Honey Badger. Letting out a roar he raised his paw to Bunga's left shoulder.

"You are the bravest!" he declared. There was a small shimmer of light when Kion removed his paw from the badger's shoulder and the same symbol that was on the lion cub's shoulder appeared on his friend's grayish-blue fur.

Kion then turned to the young cheetah, "Fuli."

Letting out another roar he continued down the line until each of them had been assigned their respective guard position with Fuli being the fastest, Ono being the keenest of sight, and Beshte being the strongest.

When he was finished giving them each their marks he stepped back and looked them all up and down before continuing his speech. "We are the Lion Guard," he said. "And here's what we're going to do-"

Kion cut his sentence short when Lulu suddenly appeared behind him and spoke up.

Fuli spoke up when she noticed Kion staring at something behind them, "Kion what's-"

Walking up she was just a few feet from the group, she cleared her throat before cutting Fuil's sentence short when she spoke.

"Hey, guys?" her voice being a little shaky from being so nervous.

The rest of the group turned around to see the owner of the voice had been Lulu and Fuli's face of concern for Kion and immediately turned into one of annoyance at the sight of the odd color leopard. Kion stepped forwards, with relief at the sight of Lulu.

"Lulu?" Kion asked. "What are you doing here? I assumed you might have gone back to home to continue your nap from earlier."

"I came here because I saw Ono flying over here and wanted to help," the dark-furred leopard answered. "But I did go back home to nap."

"How you plan to help?" Ono spoke up.

"You!?" Fuli scoffed harshly. "Helping?"

Lulu growled lightly under her breath at the cheetah's comment about her but shrugged it off and responded to Ono's question. "I know that I am not very liked by a lot of the animals in the pride lands and that I am not a member of the Lion Guard, but I believe that I have skills that will be very useful " Lulu stated, looking them all in the eye.

"Let me help you guy, just trust me," Lulu said with a determined look in her eyes.

"Alright, you can help..." Kion said after a few seconds of internal conflict.

"So what's the plan to defeat Janja and his clan?" Lulu asked.

**

With Kiara...

Kiara sighed. "What's taking Tiifu so long?" She asked herself. 'Dad needs to stop this!'

As she clung to the rock, the princess thought stopped short when at the top of the hill a group of animals appeared. It was Kion and his friends!!

"What?" Kiara cried.

"Till the pride Land's end, Lion Guard defend!" Kion shouted.

A shimmering light emitted from Kion's shoulder and the Lion Guard charged down the hill towards the stampede. However, Lulu was not with them in the charge. The dark-colored leopard role was to stalk around to the other side of the skirmish and sneak attack any stray hyenas that came her way to make sure that no hyena perpetrators got away.

"Zuka Zama!" Bunga shouted, leaping into the fray towards the back of one of the hyenas chasing the impalas.

"What about..." Mzingo began shouting only to screech when Ono interrupted his flight path and cut him off.

"Looking for something, feather neck?" Ono asked mockingly. Mzingo fell from the sky and landed in a ground shrub not far from where Sauda was stalking the outer edges of the perimeter.

"Ooooh," Mzingo wailed dizzily.

"Huwezi!" Fuli exclaimed as she ran towards three of the hyenas chasing a lone impala. Rushing in front of them, the young cheetah called out, "Nowhere to run that I can't run faster!!"

Running slightly ahead Fuli turned and skidded to a stop in front of the three hyenas, causing them to shout out in frustration with the spotted feline. Growling, Fuli smirked in the hyenas' direction, "See what I mean?"

Fuli then proceeded to trap the hyenas in the middle of the field where their leader was standing. However, when one of the hyenas diverged from the path that Fuli was steering them in, Lulu made her move and sprinted forwards from her stalking position and tackled the runaway from the side and effectively pinned him to the ground. Fuli continued steering the other two into the middle of the field where Janja currently stood.

"That's right! Keep going!" Kion cried out as they contained the hyenas.

"Comin' thru!" Bunga called still on one of the hyena's backs. They landed in a heap as Bunga jumped off the hyena's back and onto the ground.

As soon as the hyenas had fallen into a pule, Kion called out, "And, Beshte! Now!"

The young hippo made his way through the crowd of impalas who had stopped stampeding. "Outta the way!" he cried out. "Twende Kiboko!"

The strongest member of the Lion Guard then practically plowed through the group of hyenas. A loud crash was heard as Janja and his hyenas were sent sprawling across the field from the force of Beshte's throw. However, Janja himself hadn't been affected by Beshte's force too much and when Kion's back was turned made his way to attack the lion prince from behind.

"Got ya' now, lion cub..." Janja muttered darkly, an evil smirk across his muzzle.

Lulu noticed Janja stalking Kion and as soon as the hyena leader pounced, the leoparness tackled him in midair, sending both of them tumbling onto the ground.

"Ow!" Janja cried as he attempted to sit up from Lulu's tackle. "What the-"

The male hyena was cut off as Lulu spoke. "Surprise!! Bet you didn't see that coming did ya'?"

Lulu wore a slightly vindictive smirk on her face as she looked down at the hyena leader beneath her.

"Wait a zonkin' minute," Janja's eyes widened in realization. "You're that strange leopard that beat Norman."

"Doesn't matter who I am," Lulu smirked. "What matters is that I'm distracting you!!"

"Huh?" Janja questioned. "What'd you-" His question was cut short when Beshte came and headbutted him away.

Lulu stood up from the ground then and shook out her dark colored fur. Kion walked over to her and smiled at her. "Thanks for that," he said. "I didn't see him and would have gotten pummeled had you not tackled him to the ground."

The young leopard smiled in response to Kion's statement and smirked. "Pretty good aren't I?" she asked quite cockily.

Far up back on the hilltop, four figures arrived onto the scene as The Lion Guard turned back to the Hyenas who were all just beginning to sit up from being thrashed around. It was Rafiki, Simba, Nala, and Tiifu, who'd just returned from retrieving the king.

"Simba, Nala, look!" Rafiki pointed out.

Down at the bottom of the hill, Kion and the rest of his friends had the hyenas on the run.

"Kion's Lion Guard!" Rafiki laughed, bringing his hands up in the air. "They have Janja and the hyenas on the run!"

"That's our boy!" Nala smiled.

"But the herd! It's charging right towards Kiara!" Tiifu motioned to the impalas that had continued to stampede instead of stopping.

"Oh no!" Nala gasped.

"Kiara!" Simba cried out, stepping forwards.

And the stampeding impalas were indeed headed for the injured princess who was still stranded on the bolder in the middle of the Savannah field. As the herd charged towards her, they diverged around the rock she was hugging onto for dear life.

"Agh! Help!" Kiara cried out.

Ono who was soaring through the air above the area locked his eyes upon the stranded princess and called down to his leader, "Kion! Kiara's hurt!"

"We need to help her now before she gets trampled on!" Lulu yelled to the others.

"Okay. We need to get to her fast," Kion stated to the group as they all huddled around him.

"I'm the fastest there is," Fuli commented. "But what do I do once I'm there?!"

"Just get me close!" Bunga intervened. "I'll take it from there!"

"Bunga?" Kion asked, unsure of what his friend meant.

"Don't worry, Kion," the honey badger assured his friend. "This time, yours truly has a plan!"

"Okay," Kion agreed. "Hurry!"

"Ono, fly overhead and tell them what direction to go in!" Lulu called out.

"Affirmative Lulu," the young egret said, opening his wings and taking flight. "This way!"

"Zuka Zamaaaaaa!" Bunga cried out as he rode upon Fuli's back towards the stampede.

"Kiara's trapped behind that rock," Ono called down to his friends.

"Uhh, I can't get any closer," Fuli yelled from the middle of the herd.

"Then this is where I get off!" Bunga cried. He then jumped off of Fuli's back and across a few impalas. "Hang on, Kiara! Whoo! Haha!"

However, as Bunga jumped towards another impala, the fur on the back of his neck got caught on its horns. "Aaah!" Bunga yelled. Smiling, the young honey badger simply swung himself off of the impala's horn, and using his momentum landed onto the rock next to Kiara. "Zuka Zamaaaaaa!"

"Bunga?" the injured princess asked incredulously. "Have you lost your mind?"

"Never had one, Kiara!" Bunga smirked. "Now, if you don't mind. Scram ya, goofy gazelles! Take this!"

The badger then lifted his tail and pointed his "deadly weapon" towards the oncoming herd before letting one rip, right into the impalas' faces.

A large hissing noise came from the badger's backside and a disgruntled look came upon the impalas' faces and they split from the scene. Bunga then stood up on the rock and wiped his claw across his nose. "Uncle Pumbaa taught me that one!" he stated quite proudly.

Kiara coughed and covered her nose before speaking. "Thanks, Bunga," she smiled. "You might be stinky, but you sure are brave."

"Kion!" Ono called, landing back onto the ground in front of the others. "Bunga and Fuli did it! Kiara's safe!"

"Great!" Kion smiled. "Have them regroup with us at the edge of the field. It's time to give Janja and his hyenas something to remember!"

The prince then turned to Lulu and smiled with a happy gleam to his eyes. "All of us," he ended, gazing directly into her bright golden eyes.

"Really?" the young leopardess asked, surprise evident in her voice.

"Of course!" Kion exclaimed. "You helped us defeat Janja and his hyenas! You're definitely part of this."

"Oh yeah!" Bunga chimed in.

"I agree with Kion," Beshte commented.

"Affirmative!" Ono nodded.

"I have to admit," Fuli stated, stepping forwards, "You did good Lulu. I was wrong to judge you just because you were different "

Lulu smiled happily, grateful to have finally been accepted by Fuli the only one of this group of friends who haven't accepted her. "Thanks, guys!" she said. "Now let's get those hyenas!"

"Mom! Dad!" Kiara cried, limping alongside her friend as she made her way over to her parents.

"Kiara!" Simba said, relieved. He greeted his daughter with a head rub.

"You're safe," Nala stated, also greeting her daughter in the same manner.

"I might not be if it weren't for Kion and his friends," Kiara stated, pulling away from her parent's embrace. "I guess he knew what he was doing when he picked them."

"He did, didn't he?" Simba told himself.

"Look! Look!" Rafiki interrupted them, pointing down at Kion and his friends.

"Well, if it isn't Kion the lion cub!" Janja called out. "You and your friends better leave now, before you get hurt..."

His voice trailed off in a dangerous tone as he glared at Lulu and the guard.

Lulu snapped her teeth together, stepped in front of Kion, and growled lowly at the hyena leader's implications of harm on her and her friends. "Looks to me like you're the one who is hurt," she retorted condescendingly.

"We're the Lion Guard, Janja," Kion responded, stepping forwards in front of Lulu. "We defend the Circle of Life. You and your kind are not welcome in the Pride Lands. Ever!"

Kion crouched lowly and before her eyes, Kion's pupils contracted and he let out a magnificent, earth-shaking roar like he had earlier that morning. Lions appeared in the clouds and roared along with him.

"Zuka Zama!" Bunga exclaimed triumphantly. "Now that's the Roar!"

"Ok, I'll give it to you," Fuli said respectfully. "That definitely is some roar."

Janja and the other hyenas look gobsmacked at what had just happened and stared up at the small lion cub who'd just produced such a massive sound.

"Did you hear that?" Rafiki cried out.

"Kion," Nala said.

"Whoa," Tiifu stated in amazement.

"You win today, Kion," he admitted gravely. "Next time won't be so easy. And I'll get that lioness... if it's the last thing I'll do!!!"

Lulu growled menacingly in response once more to Janja's threat before glaring at the hyena leader's back as he retreated back into the Outlands.

"See, Simba?" Rafiki asked, putting a hand on the king's shoulder. "You see? He is ready! It is time!"

"Simba?" Nala looked at her husband questioningly.

"Yes. Kion is ready," Simba finally agreed. "It is time. Time for the Lion Guard!"

"I also think we have found the slylest as well," Rafiki said pointing towards Lulu. Simba looks over at the black-furred leopardess, who walking home back to her territory.

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This chapter focus on when she first met Kion and Bunga.

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