The light fur from a distance signified that queen Kiara was coming out. And not too far behind was the dark coat of king Kovu. They looked really good together, and everyone else thought that as well.
As the time had passed by, when Simba and Nala had finally let Kiara and Kovu take over the pride, they were unable to produce children. Why they weren't was unknown so they appointed a royal pride on the other side of the pride lands so they could produce a heir for the lands. They came out with three though, so it was up to the main royal pride that belonged to Kovu and Kiara to decide whom would be the best suited for the position of king and queen after them.
"The queen is hot". Neobi looked behind him to his brother whom was eyeing queen Kiara up and down, making Neobi roll his eyes.
"She's old" Malaika told him. If she had said that any louder, he was sure Kiara would hear and Kovu would give them what for.
Knowing this himself, Tendai hushed them up and looked them over with a warning eye. "Mind your manners" he said. Zuri nodded with her mate and leaned against him, while Adeola looked from her parents to the scene with her sister and younger brother and then back at Neobi with an eye roll at how immature Afolabi was sometimes, then back up at Pride Rock.
King Kovu stepped forward with his queen, "Thank you all for coming" he called out. The animals started making noise to say it was their pleasure. Neobi looked over to Malaika with a smile and they both reared up on their hind paws, letting out roars to say the same. That caught everyones' attention as all the animals looked over to the family, making the group except for Afolabi and Adeola laugh. They soon did quiet down when the King was ready to speak once more. "We have the royal pride from the west pride lands here with us today. I introduce to you, king Chitemo and queen Monifa". Everyone looked at the light male and the dark female of the west royal family.
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Well, true to the rumors, they are very exotic looking lions, aren't they? They are almost like my mother; the different coats than the other lions and lionesses. I wonder what their children look like. I heard that the children are quite beautiful and elegant.
The west king and queen stepped forward close to each other and looked at Kovu and Kiara with smiles and then looked at each other with smile. The queen walked forward and looked over the large group of animals with a soft smile and then drew in a breath to speak. "Thank you everyone for coming out to see us, we appreciate it. As you might already know, we are here for a visit with our children to see the prides of the east. Speaking of my children, I would like to introduce them to you," she spoke. She looked behind her and a caramel male stepped forward, his eyes were forward and they were harsh. "Prince Jelani".
He sure does look the part of his name, 'Mighty'. His eyes hold no life in them and his face is as stern as a hippo. Is there such a reason as to why he is like this? He is not next in line for the throne, so he couldn't feel the pressures of getting it, but then maybe it is because he will only be a prince that is making him so...serious.
"And my two daughters, princess Tafari,"
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Princess Tafari. Her name means 'first born daughter'. Not much thought put into that, do you think? Oh well, accurate enough though. So she's the one in line for the throne next, huh? I wonder who is going to be her mate and be the next king.
Tafari sat down beside her brother, but he payed her no heed and just sat there. His expression was very easy to read: he didn't want to be here, and he wanted to be anywhere but here. Who could blame him? He was in front of a bunch of animals who didn't know him and he didn't know them either and it's nerve-wracking when so many eyes are on you and you have never met them before. "And my youngest daughter, Princess Sethunya". They all looked back...but no one came into sight.
The animals started to talk amongst themselves and Neobi looked from himself to his parents, who looked at each other and then him. "Where is she, mommy?" Malaika asked.
Zuri shrugged her shoulders and looked forward to the rock once more and then back down at her youngest daughter again. "I don't know, Malaika". Malaika looked at Adeola who looked at Neobi, but he shrugged his own shoulders. Neobi looked back up at the royal family to see them with cross expressions, especially from Jelani. Queen Chitemo stepped forward.
"Thank you all for coming, we will see you all some time soon". With that they walked off from the main rock and into the lion's den once more.
"Well that was interesting" Afolabi said, walking off. Neobi narrowed his eyes on his brother but looked back at Tendai.
"Do you think princess Sethunya is alright, dad?" Neobi asked. Tendai nodded his head and twitched his tail once before looking to his remaining children.
"I have no doubt she is," he looked over to Zuri, "the royals are probably looking for her right now". Zuri nodded. She knew how it was when they were looking for her when she was somewhere else; it was annoying for her when she was a princess, but she was happy now just being a normal lioness. "Don't worry about it kids, why don't you go and play".
It didn't take Malaika a second suggestion before she was launching away from them and bouncing around the grass to play. Neobi sighed out and smiled at her, going after her to play as well. As he walked by, he saw some of the animals looking at him. He was used to it by now. He was, after all, larger than the average male-- almost twice as large, actually. But it was something he was born with and he lived with it, ignoring them, and living his life without listening to judgements. Though he was too busy trying to ignore their annoying stares that he hadn't noticed he lost sight of where his sister had run off to.
The brown male looked around trying to spot the bright beige female, and ran to where her scent was. Sure enough he saw her and walked over to see another lioness with her. This lioness he had never met before, and she was...interesting to look at. While Malaika seemed to be getting her to play, the lioness wasn't even moving and just looking at the little sister. Neobi smiled and walked over to them, seeing the female look at him with an unexplained expression. Either it was something between horror at seeing such a large male or it was because he was a stranger. "Hi" he greeted.
"Neobi!" Malaika happily said, running over to him and putting her front paws on his back, in which he didn't even move since he didn't even feel it on his large body.
The female looked at him and grew a soft smile, "hello". Neobi looked down at her with a smile as well, and turned his body to look directly at the lioness. She was beautiful, he had to say. She had a shiny gray-brown pelt with a pink-gray underbelly with a pink nose and inside her ears. But the thing that caught him the most to keep looking at her was her one of a kind blue eyes.
"I've never seen you around before. Are you new here?" He asked.
The female looked from him to the other side with a light sigh but her smile was still there, "you could say that".
"Well, nice to meet you anyways...," he paused, not knowing her name to address her with. "What is your name?"
Before she opened her mouth, her eyes shot over to see the royal prince and princess. "Sethunya!" The princess, Tafari, said as she bolted over to see her little sister.
"Sethunya?" Neobi and Malaika said in unison. They were shocked that it was the princess that they were talking to and they hadn't even had it cross their minds.
Princess Sethunya. I should have known it was her in the first place, since I had never seen her here before. But then again, I should had clued in when I saw how well she held herself like a princess would, like my mother did. What a great meaning to her name, 'flower' or 'blossom'.
"I--" Sethunya started but then the prince, Jelani stepped in front of her and eyed Neobi with a growl.
"What did you do to her?" He growled. He gave the large male a glare and flared his lips to show his sharp fangs.
"Nothing" Neobi replied quickly. He didn't want to start a fight, and he knew it was probably best to not start anything with the royal prince. At least if he still wanted his family to have a home.
"We saw her, and I just wanted to play with her" Malaika added in from behind her brother.
"Shut up" Jelani snapped at Neobi's sister. Suddenly, that snapped Neobi to roar at the male prince. Jelani drew his eyes back to the male in front of him and backed away a little. Sethunya didn't look startled by the roar at all, as she just looked at Neobi the same as she always did-- soft eyes and smile.
"I know you're a prince," Neobi walked to the caramel male and looked down, "but please do not speak to my family like that". He finished. He sheathed his teeth and claws, letting his tail sway normally and shook his dark mane.
"Please pardon my brother," a voice said, as Tafari walked forward and smiled up at Neobi with a look in her eyes, "he is just very protective over her". As she walked away, she let her tail touch his nose and she gave him a cheeky smile going back to her sister's side.
"Jelani, I'm sorry! I was just looking around and I lost track of time" Sethunya told him, going to his side with her eyes glued to her head in a sad manner. He looked down at her.
"Mother and father want to see you," Jelani looked up at Neobi with a glare once more, "and I want to talk to them about a...nuisance". The prince spat the last part out of his mouth as he turned foot and walked away. Tafari looked at Neobi and smiled.
"I'll be seeing you around, dark one" she walked to her brother and looked over her shoulder to Neobi and then her sister, who was expected to follow.
Sethunya sighed out and walked slowly away, following her brother and sister almost behind them directly with her head down and her ears down, her tail low to the ground. Neobi only watched the youngest princess as she walked away. Sad and guilty didn't suit her face as much as elegant and charming did. "So, you like her?" Malaika wagged her tail and looked up at her older brother.
"What do you mean?"
"You like her. I can tell".
"We barely even talked. You can't like someone if you hardly know them".
"Hasn't stopped you so far" she smiled and sat down. She knew she was right...and Neobi knew she was as well.
She seems nice...maybe I do like her. But nothing more than a friend.
"Whatever" Neobi replied, walking off to the den once more, leaving his sister to follow.
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