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When she saw the hunched figure of the vulture peer his head out of the shadows of the tree branches, her eyes narrowed. What was he up to? No doubt he was listening in on their conversation when the topic turned to the Lion Guard. Sauda kept an eye on the vulture as she walked back over to Kion and Bunga from the water's edge. No way in hell was she letting the vulture get away with hearing anything about the Lion Guard without seeing where he was going after he got the full news.
"Zuka Zama, indeed....." His voice trailed off in thought before he continued with a curious voice, "I wonder if Janja knows about the Lion Guard..."
It was then that he stretched his wings into the air and pushed off the branch heading out towards the Outlands. Sauda having heard the name of the hyena who was declared as the boss of the two hyenas that attacked Bunga in the Outlands earlier that day, knew one thing for certain then and there: Kion and the guard were now going to have to deal with Janja and his lackeys for a while into the future.
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Deciding to pretend she was clueless she asked, "Um...who's Timon and Pumbaa? Are they honey badgers too?"
Kion opened his mouth to respond but his words didn't escape his muzzle before he was interrupted by a ear-splitting, high-pitched scream was heard from about half a mile away from them. Kion and Bunga's heads immediately turned in the direction the scream came from with worried expressions on their faces.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PAYcQloPY
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But Sauda knew where the shriek had originated from and even the owner of said scream and the only thing running through Sauda's head at that revelation was, "Why me....?"
Return of the Roar: The Rise of Kion's Guard
Sauda knew exactly who the scream had come from, and quite frankly she didn't want to deal with her. But sadly, she had to go along with the events of the movie in order to prevent anything from getting screwed up plot wise. Sauda gathered up her resolve and patience before sighing internally and looking up to the clouds thinking to herself, "The things I do for Disney....."
Kion and Bunga turned their heads in the direction the scream had come from and then back to each other.
"Kion!" the small honey badger cried. "Do you hear that?"
In the small grove of trees a short distance away, three lions along with a meerkat standing on the back of a warthog could be seen next to a fallen log where one of the lioness cubs was stuck bu the claws.
"Unnngh" the lioness strained whilst pulling. Still pulling against the log, she looked to the other animals surrounding her before asking, "...little help?"
Back out in the open where Sauda, Kion, and Bunga were currently still at, both the dark furred lioness cub and honey badger looked at the young prince for an explanation before he answered with, "Sounds like Kiara's friend, Zuri..."
Bunga looked down at the ground in thought before looking up in realization and standing in front of Kion, shoulders squared and paws on his hips in gleeful opposition. "And she needs help. Our help!" he declared with a mischievous smirk. "It's our first adventure! Lion Guard to the rescue!!"
Deciding to play along with the honey badgers antics, Sauda nodded in agreement to his declaration and smiled as well before bounding off after Bunga towards the "danger'. She followed after her new friend cheering, "Yeah, Lion Guard to the rescue!!!"
After having been temporarily stumped by Bunga's use of reverse psychology, Kion shook his head and then followed after Sauda and Bunga. "Lion Guard to the rescue?" he questioned after them. "Hey, Bunga, Sauda....wait up!!"
Back in the small grove of trees, Timon, Pumbaa, Kiara, Tifu, and Zuri -who was still stuck in the log by the way- were arguing on how to get the lioness cub out of the log.
"Hold still, Zuri," Tifu said, trying to keep her friend still. "Timon and Pumbaa said they know how to help."
Zuri simply whined in response to Tifu's attempt at reassurance. "Where am I gonna go, Tifu?" she scoffed. "I'm stuck..." She continued to whine until Kiara, who usually had a high patience level tipped into the conversation.
Sighing in exasperation of the situation, "You wouldn't be stuck if you didn't keep stopping to sharpen your claws on every other tree!"
"But Kiara, if I don't keep them sharp, they don't stay shiny!" Zuri complained, lifting her free paw in the air and pushing her claws out to emphasize her point.
That's when someone else spoke up, it was Timon the Meerkat. "Don't worry, ladies," he said nonchalantly in reassurance. "Me and Pumbaa have everything under control..."
"Timon's right," Pumbaa nodded in agreement. "We used to help Simba get his claws out of logs all the time."
Kiara simply raised a brow in question, "And you're sure about this?"
"Sure, I'm sure!" Timon persuaded, looking at the heir to the throne. "If it weren't for us, your dad would still be stuck to a tree somewhere!!" Timon jumped to the log next to Zuri's paw and then looked to his warthog friend, grabbing onto the limb. "Ready, Pumbaa?" he asked.
Pumbaa nodded with a smile and took his horns and placed one under Zuri's claws as a makeshift lever, "Ready!"
"Okay, on three. One... Two..." Timon began the countdown.
Before Timon could get the last word out, his adopted nephew bounded over a cluster of boulders and towards the three animals. "Stand back, Pride Landers! Bunga of the Lion Guard is here...!"
"What!?" Kiara cried in surprise.
Pumbaa cried, "Bunga!"
Bunga soared through the air as they cried out and then barreled into them, knocking Timon and Pumbaa away from the log and Zuri down through the top of the log.
"Ow! My claw!" Zuri yowled in pain. "Whoa..."
Zuri landed in the bottom of the log on her side with her face towards the sky, peering up through the fresh hole in the log. She hadn't noticed at first but there was now a slight buzzing a chirping noise surrounding her in the bottom of the log. She looked down at her chest and when she saw a locust gazing at her directly in the eye she let out another screech and tried to climb out of the log, breaking it further. "Creepy crawly bugs!" Zuri shrieked.
The insects that were previously encased by the log were now pouring out the side of the broken log freely. "Ew!" Zuri said in disgust at the sight.
Timon led out a loud cheer as he jumped into the air in delight at the sight of fresh grubs pouring out of the log. "Zuri!" he exclaimed. "You hit the jackpot!"
"It's smorgasbord!!" Pumbaa exclaimed in gleeful agreement.
Zuri moaned in revulsion at the bugs crawling over he fur coat as she struggled to pull herself out of the log.
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"Hang on, Zuri! I'll save you!" he cried.
"Okay, Bunga..." Kiara chipped in. "You've done enough saving for one day!"
At this point, Sauda and Kion had caught up with Bunga and when they finally stopped running, both cubs were confused by the scene playing out in front of them.
"Bunga, I..." Kion started. "Whoa! What's going on?"
Even though Sauda had seen this scene play out already, she was even baffled by what she was seeing. Just because Sauda had seen the scene from the movie animated and played out on a digital screen, it didn't necessarily mean that she had been prepared to witness the scene herself as a character in the Lion King universe. Sauda was prepared to find out how this whole "entering the Disney universe" ordeal had happened in the first place anyways, and believe it that she was going to take the first chance she was given to get that information. Sauda was brought from her thoughts when Zuri began to complain about her claw again.
"Oh!" Zuri whined. "I broke a claw! It hurts!!"
Sauda rolled her eyes in annoyance at the lioness cub's continuous whining. "Oh come on, it’s just a nai-"she cut herself off, cringing as she realized what she'd been about to say.
Kiara looked at the newcomer lion with a curious gaze, "It's just a what?"
Sauda cleared her throat and corrected herself. "I-it's just a claw," she stuttered slightly before regaining her confidence. She shook her head a little before continuing. "It's just a claw," she scoffed. "I mean come on, they always grow back right?"
Zuri gasped in indignation, looking the unknown female lion cub up and down scriutinizingly, "Just a claw!?"
Tifu decided to take pity on her vain friend. "There, there Zuri. You're gonna be juuust fine," she consoled the cub. "Don't let this mean lioness hurt you...."
Sauda wanted to say something in response to Tifu's comment but decided against it in order to protect the friendly image she intended to have.
"Oh hey, Kiara" Kion greeted. "How'd the gazelle tracking go?"
The princess sighed in response. "We never got to the gazelles," Kiara stated. "Zuri got her claws stuck in a fallen tree."
Pumbaa laughed heartily as he ate grubs from the log. "And then she fell face first into this here log full of bugs!!" He mumbled, his voice muffled by a mouthful of insects. "Mm'mm, mmm!"
"Bugs are so gross!" Zuri complained, turning her nose up at the log of bugs.
"Mmm... " Timon stuffed a rather large grub into his mouth, unfazed by Zuri's comment. "And so delicious!" The meerkat's eyes lit up at the sight of another large bug crawling out of the hole in the log towards the female cub in question. "Ooh, look! Another one."
Upon the sight of the creepy crawly inching towards her, the vain lioness cub shrieked again, "Get it, get it away!!" She continued to scream leaning backwards away from the insect, forcing more weight onto her "injured" paw. "Ow, my paw!!" she cried, beginning to lightly sob.
Sauda rolled her azure eyes at the female's dramatics and sighed lowly to herself. Did she really have to deal with Zuri's vain 'queen bee-like' personality just because she needed to keep her cover? Yes. Did she want to? Hell no. When she was a human in her world as Selena, the dimensional traveler purposefully kept herself out of these situations due to her considerably low patience level. Let's just say if she regularly experienced drama in her world-or any world for that matter- she was liable to get suspended for getting into fights. Violent fights. Sauda was then brought from her thoughts when Bunga started talking again.
"Hey, everyone, everyone!" the honey badger gathered their attention. "Listen to this!" Once he noticed he'd gotten everyones gazes on him he continued, "Simba just put Kion in charge of the new Lion Guard!!"
The bewildered looks on everyone's faces was enough to tell Sauda that no one knew what that was except for them, for that moment at least.
"Lion Guard?" Kiara asked, head tilting in curiosity. "What's a Lion Guard?"
Kion's smile brightened at the prospect of getting to inform his friends and sister of his new responsibility as the King's second born. "Dad just told me about it," he informed them. "The Lion Guard is the team that protects the Pride Lands and defends the Circle of Life!! The perplexed looks on their faces change into a look of slight understanding. Kion smiled brightly and stated proudly as he told them of his role in all of this, "And I'm it's new leader!"
"The guard is supposed to be made up of the pride lands fiercest, bravest, strongest, fastest, slyest, and keenest of sight," Sauda continued Kion's explanation. "The fiercest guard member is kinda pre-chosen as it's always been the second born to the current reigning king, who we all know is. From there, it's supposed to be Kion's choice on who the rest of the guard members are." A few of them, mostly Kiara though, had nodded along in comprehension as the dark furred lioness cub was explaining the rest of what the Lion Guard was about. "Although Kion just told Bunga a few minutes ago that he-," Sauda was abruptly when Bunga jumped into the conversation again.
"I'm gonna be on the Lion Guard, too!" he interrupted gleefully. "It's Un-Bunga-lievable!"
Kiara chuckled slightly at Bunga's announcement before she raised a brow and smirked. "You and Bunga?" the princess lightly scoffed incredulously. "Protecting the Pride Lands? Does Dad know about this?"
"'Dad' told me to assemble the Pride Lands' best," Kion enunciated the first word mockingly.
Bunga nodded in agreement, "And I'm the best. Just ask me!!"
"Well, if you ask me, it sounds like it might be dangerous..." Pumbaa voiced his concerns promptly, trailing off at the end.
That's when Timon jumped in, ever the constant worrywart, "It's worse than that, Pumbaa. It sounds like work!!"
"Yeah!" Bunga said happily. "It's both!!"
"Eek..." Timon stuck his tongue out at the word. "Work!"
"Gee, Bunga. I dunno..." Pumbaa tapered off, the warthog's concerns still present.
The young honey badger trudged over and looked hopefully up into the eyes of his adopted uncles. "Uncle Pumbaa, Uncle Timon, please?!?"
"Work? Danger?!" Timon cried. "Definitely not." The small meerkat seemingly wanting nothing to do with his nephew voluntarily putting himself in danger. "Have you forgotten our problem-free philosophy? It means no worries..."
"I know it's not Hakuna matata, Uncle Timon..." Bunga started solemnly. "It's, it's... Zuka Zama!!"
"Zuka Zama?" Kiara questioned ignorantly.
Timon gasped sharply before he ran and got up into the princess's face. "Don't ask!" he growled seriously.
Completely ignoring Timon's prickly attitude towards the topic, Tifu, who'd mostly remained silent since I first spoke up, decided to continue the apparently forbidden topic. "What's Zuka Zama?"
Bunga, not quite being able to believe his ears started freaking out. "What's Zuka Zama?" he cried incredulously. "What's Zuka Zama?!" The honey badger smiled hugely before yelling, "I'll tell you all about Zuka Zama!!"
"You had to ask!!" Timon groaned woefully.
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♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ Life's exciting, life is fun
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ A big adventure for everyone
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ Life's a party and it's filled with thrills
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ Don't worry about the scrapes and spills
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ Pop up, pop up...
♪ Zuka Zuka
BUNGA: ♪ Dive in, dive in
♪ Zama Zama
BUNGA: ♪ Go, go, go
♪ Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ Flyin' through the trees like busy, busy bee going
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ Now you know my little motto for life
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ Enjoy the chaos Ignore the strife
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ When life throws you a crazy curve
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ Go Zuka Zama Don't lose your nerve
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ Pop up, pop up...
♪ Zuka Zuka
BUNGA: ♪ Dive in, dive in
♪ Zama Zama
BUNGA: ♪ Go, go, go
♪ Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ Flyin' through the trees like busy, busy bee going
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ Pop up, pop up...
♪ Zuka Zuka
BUNGA: ♪ Dive in, dive in
♪ Zama Zama
BUNGA: ♪ Go, go, go
♪ Zom zom zom
BUNGA: ♪ Like a bee, like a bee Like a busy, busy bee going
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom
♪ Zuka Zama Zom zom zom ♪
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When Bunga's song had finished the first thing that was heard was Timon's complaining. "Meh. Zuka palooka," he grumbled. "I still don't think Bunga should be signing up for some....Jungle patrol."
"Lion Guard!!" Timon was immediately corrected by the honey badger in question.
"Whatever you call it," Timon finished.
"Timon, Pumbaa, please," Kion pleaded with the two animals responsible for his father's upbringing. "I really do need Bunga on the Lion Guard." The lion prince looked over at his friend and smiled. "He's the bravest animal I know..."
"Bravest animal you know?" Timon asked, his tone of voice changing considerably at Kion's admission.
"He's brave, all right," Kiara scoffed, gaining Sauda's attention. "Brave bordering on stupid."
The female cub had muttered that last part mostly to herself, however, Sauda had heard the comment and giggled in agreement. She looked over at her friend's older sister with a cheeky smile. "I won't argue with that!" the dark coated lioness laughed quietly, making sure only the princess could hear the comment.
When Kiara heard the newcomer lion who'd made friends with her brother almost seemingly out of nowhere, she began to see her in a different light. Though still slightly unsure of Sauda's presence in the pride lands, at least now there was one thing they could both agree upon: Bunga's borderline brave/stupid personality. Although Bunga was a little too forwards at times and he was almost always smelly, even Kiara had to admit the honey badger's heart was in the right place for a being a member of the Lion Guard.
Bunga smiled brightly at Kiara's comment, at least the half that he'd heard. "Thanks, Kiara!"
"Well, when you put it that way..." Pumbaa stated slowly, changing his mind.
"Congratulations, Bunga!" Timon cheered, hugging the young honey badger. "We always knew you had it in you!!!"
"Oh, brother!!" Kiara sighed dramatically. "Kion's gonna wreck the Pride Lands before I even get to be Queen..."
"Oh, Bunga," Pumbaa cried, nearly in tears. Sauda giggled at the warthog's antics. "I'm so proud, I could..." Pumbaa trailed off as he let out a loud fart. "Oops. Sorry!"
Sauda laughed shortly before Kiara got up and looked to her "injured" friend. "Zuri, let's get you back to Pride Rock," she said.
"We're outta here!!" the light colored lioness cub cried in agreement before she, Tifu, and Kiara walked back in the direction of pride rock.
"I better go assemble the rest of my team..." Kion finalized, running off. Sauda nodded and got up from the ground and started after him, leaving Bunga behind.
"Wait, Kion!" he called after him. "The Lion Guard needs to stick together!!"
"Was it something I said?" Pumbaa asked.
[A/N]-
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