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fan fic and not related to the motion picture, even though this story would not
have been made with out it. Please respect the copyright, ask my at askre4@yahoo.com for permission to use
caracters © to my, Askre. While, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed, Zira, Simba, Nala, Vitani,
Kovu, Kiara, Zazu, Timon and Pumba are © to Walt Disney pictures.
York, Mufan,
Besto, Hialy are © to Askre
Respect that, and
I will respect you J.
Banzai’s act
Chapter 1
The dark clouds over the Elephant graveyard seemed darker than ever. Sure this place was known only for been settled by hyenas and it was the old elephant’s last resting place. But now it seemed that the clouds where in sorrow just like the two hyenas who sat side by side in the middle of the graveyard. Around them where dozens of hyenas on various ages and sexes. Every single of them got a sad look. Like they had lost a leader or a beloved person. Which was the reason. The two hyenas in the middle, where sitting in front of a body of a male hyena at same age as them. Even though the male was dead, he got a stupid look on his face. The female hyena started to cry. The male who sat beside her tried to cheer her up, but nothing worked.
„He’s dead Banzai, I can’t believe it,” said the female.
Banzai nodded, and looked at the body of the male hyena.
„He just wasn’t strong enough to handle all these changes. First Scar appears and we start to get plenty of food, then we suddenly leave the graveyard and start living among lions, then it suddenly back to the yard, then it’s a wandering and again back to the graveyard. His mind couldn’t just take it Shenzi,” he said.
„Maybe,” Shenzi whispered.
Shenzi lifted her head and looked over all the hyenas who where accompany her and Banzai in their sorrow.
„May the gods protect Ed, he was a good soul and only one of us smart enough to talk only in our old tongue, but not in the common language so the lions and other animals didn’t understand him, but only us,” Shenzi went silent and started to cry again.
The hyenas around her and Banzai started to mumble. Banzai nodded and gave a heavy sigh.
„I know, he was also little corrupted, but imagine that if Ed didn’t use the old tongue when Scar was around, he would have banished us all and not let us live in Pride lands. Think of that, but we can’t look past that fact he sometimes spoke nonsense,” he said as he looked over the pack.
One by on the hyenas started to disappear. Soon they where all gone and only Shenzi and Banzai where around the body of Ed, the weird hyena who only had spoken in sounds that sounded to non-hyena a crazy laugh. Even though it was clever, he also sometimes started to laugh for real without any reason. Just few moments ago he had another laugh burst and in horror Shenzi and Banzai saw him freeze in the middle of it and didn’t move after that.
„Shenzi, we better bury him,” Banzai said in quiet voice.
„Yes, we better,” whispered Shenzi.
After few moments they stood in front of a barrow, Ed’s barrow. On a stone, Banzai had carved with his claws a memorial about his now dead brother.
A GREAT BROTHER
BUDDY AND
A HUMBLE HYENA
Only plant living things that lived in the graveyard where black flowery plants who oddly grew in dark corners. The hyenas had no clue how plants could grow hidden from the sun. Anyhow, Shenzi picked in her mouth some of these plants and laid them near the burrow. She and Banzai stood silent for few moments but then walked away. But they were still grieving their brother. They had just left out of sight when a heavy wind started to howl around the burrow. Suddenly something dark and shadowy started to approach the burrow. It surrounded the burrow and slowly started to sink down. The wind got silent as a sound like someone was digging started. Out of the burrow sprang Ed, or was it Ed. His eyes where flashing yellow, but there where no eyeballs. He didn’t drool like always, his mouth was shut; only an evil grin was on his face as he started to look over the elephant graveyard.
Chapter 2
„Banzai, Shenzi, have you heard the news?” said a hyena who approached them in great speed.
„What news?” Banzai asked, he and Shenzi where still sad about their brother’s death.
„Simba’s daughter got a boyfriend, and Simba has allowed the lionesses he exiled to come back.”
„Great, then nobody will know that we have returned to the graveyard,” said Shenzi.
„I wouldn’t say that,” said a dark female voice.
Banzai, Shenzi and the hyena turned around and saw a way to familiar lioness, with an angry look.
„Zira,” Shenzi gasped, she recognized, Scar’s mate and queen of the Pride lands for short wile.
„Impossible, everyone say that you fell in to the river and died,” said the hyena.
Zira gave a mad laugh and then glared madly at the three hyenas that shivered.
„I didn’t fell, instead of accept Simba’s pretty daughter offer for help, I dropped myself in. The river was not deep and I was not unconscious for long. I knew that you all would return sooner or later to the graveyard so I headed straight here,” she growled.
„Why?” Shenzi asked in fear.
„Because,” said Zira and grinned evilly, „because now I know who really killed Scar.”
With that word Zira attached the hyenas. They where only three and still no they where match for an angry lioness so they ran away. All the other hyenas where scattered around the elephant graveyard and couldn’t hear the scream of fear coming from the three hyenas Zira was currently chasing. An unlucky hyena walked between Zira and the other three hyenas and was killed brutally by the angry lioness. That’s how it continued. Zira kept chasing, Shenzi, Banzai and the hyena that had been with them, but sometimes a hyena appeared and was killed by Zira. After few hours, Shenzi, Banzai and the still unnamed hyena came to a horrible fact. Zira had, on her own, killed all the hyenas expect for they three. Well there hadn’t been very many of them; only thirty, and Zira had only killed one by one, cause they didn’t stay in-group. But the running started to tire them off. Zira didn’t seem to be tired and she smiled as she approached the three hyenas that just stood there and wheezed.
„Please don’t…” started Shenzi to beg, but was stopped by a sudden pain.
Zira stopped immediately her approaching when she saw Shenzi going into labor. Banzai and the hyena aided Shenzi and tried to calm her down as she breath two cubs. In few second Banzai stared at his sister and her newborn twins, a girl and a boy. Then he moved in front of Zira, but not to close.
„You are going to have to go through me before you can kill my sister and her babies,” he said in fear and anger.
The other hyena joined him wile Shenzi behind them, stared to nurse her cubs, she looked at Zira who seemed to be plotting something. Now Zira grinned so evilly that it almost sprang the fur of Banzai. She started to laugh and approach. Banzai and the other hyena got prepared to defense Shenzi and the cubs. But Zira only walked past them and stood now in front of Shenzi who shivered but still was feeding her cubs.
„I can’t kill someone who is not guilty for the death of my love,” Zira said in soft voice that gave Shenzi the creeps.
„You are saying?” Shenzi asked.
Zira smiled and looked at the cubs who where happily feeding on their mother’s milk, not knowing the danger they where in.
„You can turn around gentlemen, as you can see I have reconsider what to do with you,” she said to Banzai and the other hyena.
They turned around, rather shameful because they hadn’t stopped Zira in walking past them. Zira sat down and glared at the hyenas. She always smiled a mother’s smile to the young cubs and now friendly to the three adult hyenas.
„Let me reveal my plan which came to my mind while I witnessed the birth of those darlings,” she started. „And if you don’t agree, I will surely rip your throat’s.”
Chapter 3
Ed, or the hyena thing that had crawled out of Ed’s burrow, looking like him. Started to make it’s move away from the burrow. The eyes where still flashing yellow and the evil smile was still attacked to Ed’s face. He climbed silently up a hill and saw over to the Prideland.
„Blood…flesh…hungry…thirsty,” said a dark spooky voice that came from Ed’s mouth. „This my new home.”
As he said that he glared greedily at the Prideland and then started to move down the hill again. Ed stopped when he heard a crying voice nearby. He went to investigate and saw a young hyena cub shaking a adult female hyena that had been brutally killed. But Ed didn’t seemed to be shocked over what he saw. He still smiled the evil smile as he watched the cub shake his mother.
„Mommy wake up, we got a go. The lion is gone, we got a go,” the cub cried.
„Your mom is dead,” Ed said in his new dark and spooky voice.
The cub was startled as he looked at Ed’s smiling face. He didn’t like the flashing eyes and how Ed seemed to smile at his misfortune.
„Who are you,” the cub didn’t recognize Ed again. Not smiling like that and he had talked normally not in old hyena languages.
„It doesn’t matter, this will soon be over,” said Ed and with that he attached the cub and swallowed him in on piece.
Ed looked at the body of the hyena and started to eat it like mad. Soon nothing was left of the hyena but few bones. Ed continued to walk towards Pride lands.
Chapter 4
„You mean…you will spare us if we will help you,” Shenzi asked.
Zira smiled and petted her on the head. Shenzi shivered of the touch of the lioness paw on her head.
„Good girl, being such a quick learner,” Zira said mockingly. „I would spare you three yes.”
„What about us?” asked Banzai and the other hyena at the same time.
„I was talking about you,” said Zira rather angrily. „Do you think I would kill such precious things?”
Banzai shacked of the thoughts what would happen if Zira would kill them and raise Shenzi’s cubs like her own. He couldn’t stand them.
„Well if we are going to stick together for awhile, we should introduce ourselves, you already know that I’m Zira, former mate of Scar and former queen of Pride lands, what are your names, I never bothered to learn them when you where around last time.”
„My name is Shenzi,” Shenzi replyed.
„Banzai,” said Banzai.
„York,” said the other hyena.
Now Zira glared at the cubs and then on Shenzi.
„What about the cubs, what are they going to be named?” she asked softly.
„The boy…is going to be named…Besto, the girl Hialy,” Shenzi said in low voice.
„Wonderful names, old meanings for luck and fortune, you couldn’t have chosen better names in situation like this,” Zira hissed.
Zira stood up and yawned. Banzai and York were still ready to defense Shenzi if Zira decided to kill her after all. Zira looked around and smiled once more, Banzai was getting tired of Zira’s smiles but he didn’t dare to comment about it.
„Well if we aren’t in luck, we are near my den which I used before you came around again to get some peace from my children. Let’s head there,” she said.
With that she started to walk west. Banzai took Besto in his mouth and carried him, Shenzi carried Hialy. York was last in the line, once in a while he looked back, only to see bodies of brutally killed hyenas. He was younger than Shenzi and Banzai, only a teenager in hyena eyes, so he was more sensitive than them. He was glad to be last, because with out any warning he started to seed tears over his entire buddy’s who had been slain. Banzai only thought was to release his grip on Besto and attack Zira if she tried to hurt his sister. Shenzi was thinking more about the mess she and her brother were in again. They had in fact been relived when Scar had been killed, and they didn’t need to serve him anymore. Now they where back in a lion service, and a mean lion, too. Zira had a word on her for being more intelligent than Scar and much stronger, that’s probably the reason he had fallen flat for her, and she for him. Shenzi was now sure about the stronger part, because Zira had killed thirty hyenas on few hours, one by one maybe, but thirty with out getting tired. She, Banzai and young York where no problem for her to kill. But why she said she would spare her cubs, Shenzi was clueless. Was she maybe plotting to raise them on her own.
„There it is, my peace den, as you can see there is a good view over Prideland and the Outlands,” said Zira as they approached a cave in a high hill.
Banzai looked over his shoulder and gasped in wonder, dropping poor Besto to the ground. He had never walked up this hill, only knew about it. He saw all the way to Priderock from where he was standing and further than there. He could also see the desert land Outlands. Wile he stared over his shoulder, York picked Besto up and carried him inside the cave.
Chapter 5
In Prideland, at the Priderock, you could see the lion king Simba walking down from the den. Kovu, his son in law and future king over the Prideland, accompanied him. They were heading to the water hole for some drink. When they came there, they saw a huge lion, with light brown mane and golden brown fur drinking from it.
„Who are you, and what are you doing in our land?” asked Simba immediately.
The lion looked up and smiled as he saw Simba and Kovu.
„I’m sorry, I thought I was still in the non-ruled lands. I’m not familiar here, I was coming from the far north, very far. I was abandoned by my pride,” said it in polite voice.
„Why where you abandoned?” asked Kovu.
„Lions in the north behave a little different than you lions in the south. My mother gave a birth a twins, my brother and me. When we where old enough we where set to fight to know who would take over the pride after my fathers day. The one who loosed was doomed to be abandoned by the pride and live on alone or find another pride to join. Well my brother was far weaker then my, and I knew that he would not live long enough outside a pride, so I faked a limp in my back leg and therefore judged to loose. So the pride abandoned my, but I knew I would go far better outside then my brother, as you can see I have traveled all the way here,” said the lion.
„But we are not the first pride on the way here from north, sure you must have ran on some of them,” Simba pointed out.
„True, but most of them dislike rouges and I was always forced to leave. So I started to travel by lands not ruled by anyone, called the non-ruled lands. Guess I must have took a wrong turn somewhere,” said the lion.
„What’s your name?” asked Simba.
„My name is Mufan,” said the lion.
„Are you interested in join a pride,” asked Simba.
„If I meet a pride who allows a rouge, then yes,” said Mufan.
„Do you wish to join our pride, our doors are open for a long time travelers if they have nothing mean in thoughts,” said Simba.
„I would be honored, but I can’t just say I’m part of your pride now,” said Mufan and grinned.
„No, that’s not that simple like you pointed out. For few days you can walk freely here and act as part of the pride, and when I think it’s time I will judge if you can join us,” said Simba. „Welcome to Prideland, I’m Simba king of Prideland, and that is Kovu, my son in law and future king.”
Mufan gasped has he heard the name of the land he had reached.
„Prideland, wow I have traveled further than I thought,” he said in wonder. „I’m honored to be in the land ruled by Mufasa’s son.”
With that the three lions headed to Priderock. Mufan sure seemed more interested in his surrounding after hearing he was in Prideland. When they came to Priderock, there came many gasps of surprise from the lionesses. They had simply not seen that huge lion since Mufasa was alive. Mufan was even bigger then Mufasa had been. But he was polite in all manners and soon everybody felt like he had always been around. Soon Kiara, Simba’s daughter, notices that Vitani, Kovu’s sister, was very attractive to the new come lion. She decides to question Vitani about it. She walked carefully to the unwary lioness.
„Say Vitani, I got a question to ask,” she said.
Vitani got shocked and almost jumped ski high. She glared angrily at Kiara.
„Don’t do that, want me to have a heart attack?” she asked with stubborn voice.
„I’m sorry,” Kiara said. „I’m not used that you aren’t prepared for anything.”
„That’s ok, what’s up?” Vitani asked with a smile.
„Well, I have seen how you look at this Mufan guy,” Kiara started. „You are in love with him, aren’t you?”
Vitani blushed when she heard that everything had been figured out. She nodded silently.
„So, why don’t you try your move with him, it’s not like you to just sit and wait,” said Kiara.
„No, that’s true…maybe I should,” Vitani said and stood up.
But all plans where ruined when a horrible scream filled the air. Soon, Simba, Kovu, Mufan and all the lionesses in the pride run madly in the direction the scream came from. It was then when Sarabi, Simba’s mother, noticed that one of the lionesses was missing. But she didn’t think of that longer, she saw the lioness, slain on the earth. Everybody gasped, the lioness had been brutally attacked and it was pure luck that Simba and the other lions recognized her again. Her body was that badly damaged. Simba and Kovu walked carefully near the body and smelled the hyena scent in the air.
„I smell hyena, one hyena not many, just one,” said Kovu confused.
Simba nodded in agreement. The lioness had been slain by a single hyena, but that hyena must have had super power to slay a full sized and healthy lioness like that. They started to draw the body back to Priderock in order to have a memorial and bury her. They didn’t notice Ed lying nearby, smiling his new evil grin and watching them with the flashing eyes. When the lions had went out of hearing sight, he started to laugh like a mad man.
Zira sat in the den and watched Shenzi feeding Besto and Hialy. Shenzi tried her best to ignore the lioness, but couldn’t help being frightened with Zira watching her like a hawk. She felt better when Banzai and York where around, but they always went out on missions for Zira. Sometimes they brought food, but sometimes they didn’t come with anything but news what was happening in Prideland. Shenzi saw that Zira was very interested in her cubs, and watched them every movement, but she couldn’t figure out why. Banzai suddenly ran inside very excited.
„Hey, something is happening in Prideland, a lioness was killed, and the it is said that a single hyena did it,” ran out of Banzai.
„Single hyena, that’s impossible, there are only me, you and York left, with Besto and Hialy, is there a new hyena in town?” Shenzi asked.
Zira stood up, and was thinking heavily. Then she looked up, Banzai didn’t like her smile at all now. Zira mumbled something but then looked at Banzai.
„Go and try to find out some more, this is getting more interesting, maybe I only have to use the half of my plans,” she hissed.
Banzai ran out, Zira looked at Shenzi that almost sprang up. The look Zira was giving her was most unpleasant, but the lioness only laid down and stared at the cubs.
Banzai was running at the den to bring Zira that news, that one more lioness had been killed brutally. The lions where clueless what was happening.
To be continued