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While looking at the top of Pride Rock, Kion was feeling so much better, and he felt closer than ever with his family now, since they all came to look for him and console him when he briefly ran away this morning. best of all, Mufasa came to him personally as a spirit. Kion saw many wonderful sights from down below the gigantic rock, such as a large herd of Cape Buffalo running through their little migration to find some water. It was a really large herd with a size of a few thousand buffalo or more. The leader of this gigantic movement was the blackest one and the biggest one since he is the alpha male, but young Kion couldn't really tell for sure, for he was so high up on the peak of the rock.
It was almost afternoon and he was rather happy he took a nap with his big sister Kiara. While napping, she also fell asleep with him and kept him close in her arms.
While still looking down below, he heard a voice. "Kion!" it was Bunga's, and he recognized his voice too well considering the fact that he was one of Kion's best friends for a long time. He was just coming up the rock and there was Fuli, Beshte, and Ono with him as well. "Ah there you are. Kiara told us that you were sitting on the rock."
"Bunga, guys, what are you doing here? Not that I'm not happy to see all of you of course, but why are you here?"
"Hello? Simba kinda told us about how you ran away from Pride Rock to a watering hole." Fuli said with a smirk and a raised eyebrow. "And he also told us that you were feeling unloved or left out and how they found you. So are you alright?"
"yeah, we were worried about you, Kion." Beshte added.
Kion made a small smile at his best friends. "Uh-huh. I am feeling a lot better."
"good to hear." Ono said, feeling more than relieved to hear that. "Your family kinda explained what was wrong and, you know."
"I promise you guys, I'm fine."
"Zuka Zama!" Bunga bounced with joy. "Good thing we weren't here to see you crying or all of that."
"Bunga!" The hippo reprimanded.
"what I was just trying to make a point." The honey badger said defensively. "Coke on, Kion, you know I was just trying to make a point."
the lion cub made a small chuckle. "Oh Bunga." He said. "And you guys didn't really have to worry about me."
"sure we did." Beshte remarked. "We are your closest friends after all."
"yeah Kion, it's what good friends do." Fuli added with a warm smile. "Kiara and kovu said they really love you and were more than happy to help you learn how to hunt later on."
"I know that. So Bunga, was Pumbaa that stuck yesterday when mom tried to save him?"
the young honey badger made a small outburst of laughter "oh yeah. Pumbaa was just squirming like a little mouse trying to squeeze his way into a hole." And he snicke ed to himself about that little event yesterday. "Silly uncle Pumbaa. Ooh a centipede!" He noticed the insect crawling next to him on the rock, and he promptly chomped the centipede down his throat as his snack.
"ugh, Bunga!" Fuli said.
"what?" He had his mouth full while he was talking. "I'm hungry."
"you're always hungry, Bunga." Kion said with his eyes rolling to the side. "So, you guys ready for a patrol around the Pride Lands for if Janja and his band of hyenas comecausing some trouble?"
"You bet!" Beshte remarked confidentially.
"Till the Pride Lands end,"
"Lion Guard will defend!" The others said with great enthusiasm. Kion and the rest of the Lion Guard went out of Pride Rock and went around many parts of the Pride Lands to look for any trouble or if some animal needed some help.
So far, the area was at great peace, and no commotion was seen or heard. "Help!" Said a voice. It was at the moment when Kion was about to say move onto another part of the Pride Lands, but the voice came at the neck of time.
"uh oh! That sounds like trouble!" Said Ono. The cattle egret hurriedly flew over where the voice was coming from, and saw Kibango the Serval hanging from a high cliff and about to fall into a river with very violent rapids of water, looking quite lethal
"Help! I can't hold on much longer!" Kibango screamed for his life, hoping a miracle would happen to him.
Ono saw what was happening, thanks to his gifted eyesight, and flew back to tell the others about what is happening right now. "Guys! It's Kibango the Serval"m he said to his cronies. "He's about to fall from a cliff into a dangerous river!"
"come on, Lion Guard! We have no time to lose!" Kion said, he and his friends followed Ono to where the Serval was about to fall from. "Don't worry, Kibango! We're here to save you!"
"Lion Guard! Thank goodness you have came here. Hurry and help me up!" Said the Serval in desperation.
"Mia Watanabe, I'm gonna get him, grab my tail as I do so."
"Got it!" The Pink Samurai Ranger nodded. Then she carefully used her hand to grab hold of Kion's tail without trying to rip it apart with his mighty strength. Meanwhile, Kion was trying to reach his paw over to the Serval. By the looks of the cat, he wasn't going to hold on to the ledge much longer, and the branch he was holding on to could snap at any second.
"Almost got ya, Kibango!" Kion said while grunting and straining. "Almost there!" Then he grasped at the serval's left paw, and held onto it.
it was just at the very moment the branch completely lost it's strength and fell into the violent waters below. Kibango made a small yelp in surprise, and held onto Kion's paw with his own paws tightly.
"it's okay, i'all get you back up. Ah! Okay Beshte, pull!" Kion warned. With his mighty strength, Beshte pulled his best friend while he was hanging on to the Serval and he fell backwards.
feeling a little dizzy, Kion and Kibango got back up on their feet, trying to regain their focus. "You okay, Kibango?" Kion asked him while his eyes were still rolling.
"uh huh. Thanks to you guys." The Serval replied gratefully. "I don't know what I would do without you."
"nothing we can't handle Kibango." Bunga boasted triumphantly.
"Kibango, what happened? How did you almost fall to your death like that?" Kion asked
"oh it was horrible, just terrible!" Said Kibango. I was just looking for some bee eaters to munch on as my lunch, and then, All of a sudden, Janja and his boys ambushed me and almost killed me."
"where are they now?" Fuli asked him
"they said they were going to try and eat my kids, Jini and Moloso!" Kibango said. "You got to help my kids! I am begging you!"
"don't worry, we'll save them. Till the Pride Lands end,"
"Lion Guard will defend!" And the team went to search for Janja and his minions with the serval following behind them. Finally, there was a small den and there were Janja, Cheezi, and Chungu trying to claw their way into the Serval home.
"Janja!" Kion barked at them. All three hyenas looked back and faced their enemies
"well well well, Kion and the Lion Guard. What a pleasant surprise." Said the leader in a charming voice. "You can't just mind your own business and leave well enough alone, can you?"
"it's always our business when you threaten the circle of life!" Kion said
"Who cares about that stupid Circle of Life?" Said Cheezi before laughing maniacally. "We can eat whatever we want!"
"yeah, what he said, chumps!" Chungu added. "Can we eat them to, Janja? It looks like a big serving on the menu!"
"of course we can, boys. Attack!" Then an all out battle broke out, of course, the kids and Kibango fought gallantly, as a matter of fact, the Serval was biting so hard on Janja's side, it made him bleed a little, but of course since spotted hyenas were bigger than servals, he easily threw him off like a fly or a leech.
"get out of here, Janja!" Then Kion did the roar of the elders at the three hyenas and it easilly frightened them away while whining like a bunch of scared dogs spooked by lightning or thunder.
just then, the Serval kittens slowly came out cautiously. "Topher?" Said one.
"Ella! Sky!" Topher said with joy, promptly running up to them and giving them a hug. "Thank goodness you're okay."
"Thanks for saving us bro!" Said Sky with a cute smile
"well, I did have a little help."
"Kion, guys! You came!" Said Ella.
"of course we did. It's our duty to protect helpless animals from being terrorized." Ono warmly said.
"thank you all so much." Said both Serval kittens, both hugging Kion since he was the leader.
"You're welcome guys." Kion replied warmly to them, then he hugged them back gently. "Come on guys, we still got lots of patrolling to do around here. See you later Kibango. And if you ever need us again, you know where to find us."
"of course, Kion. And I promise not to try and be stuck on anymore cliffs." Said the Serval. "It is so good that we all have you, Lion Guard."
"don't mention it." Full boasted. "It's what we do." And they all went back to patrolling the Pride Lands, and the three servals watched on proudly.
"make King Simba proud, Kion." Said Kibango to himself. "Make all of us proud."