Hey guys, welcome to the sequel to The Akatsuki Pride! It follows the story of Simba's son Kopa, and then Kiara in Simba's Pride. Tobi and Zira get up to mischief along the way-murder included. Obviously, if you have not read the first story The Akatsuki Pride, go do so or you'll be quite confused. There's already a lovely cover for this story, done by the user princessbinas. Some of it's been cropped by the upload, so if you want to see the cover fully check out the link at the bottom of this chapter. Speaking of covers, I've edited the one for the first story so that Nagato has his proper colors. Chapter 1 kicks off with Kopa's presentation, which will use The Circle of Life song like in the first movie, but end off with the clip from the end of the movie.

Disclaimer: Naruto, The Lion King and all their afilliates belong to their respective owners, not me.

The Pridelands were flourishing. Finally the lands had healed after Scar's reign, and were now back to their former glory. Animals had returned, and now life was everywhere. Nala had recently given birth to a son, Kopa, heir to the throne. Konan would follow very soon, as she had been pregnant almost as long as Nala. Zira had also been given a child, a little girl she named Vitani. Though Vitani was female, Zira still saw more potential in her than Nuka.

"I still think this is a really weird way to present an heir, hm." Deidara mused as he worked on a sculpture. Simba was preparing for the presentation of his newborn son, Kopa, which would be starting very soon. The Akatsuki were sitting on a flat rock near the base of Pride Rock, so they would have a good view for the presentation. Deidara was molding a sculpture of Kopa using some special clay he had stored, in his signature style. Kisame was sitting next to him and "Critiquing". Nagato and Konan were looking at their surroundings, and watching the horizon as, ever so slowly, the sun began to rise.

The rest of the pride was present nearby, with the exception of ZIra, Vitani and Nuka. Zira had hidden herself away in a cave with Nuka and Vitani, refusing to acknowledge the birth of her enemy's son. Though she neglected Nuka, she still despised the idea of her own flesh and blood hailing SImba's son.

"I think you should give it actual eyes, Deidara. Those empty holes you always do look creepy." Kisame said as Deidara molded the head

"It's my style, hm! I won't change my art." Deidara replied, and finished the sculpture. It was a life-sized baby lion, with some grooves carved to represent spots and stripes. It was curled up, and the clay Deidara had used was dark yellow-orange, shot through with streaks of rusty red.

"Fine, but don't get all mad if Kopa doesn't like it." Kisame shrugged

"This is imperfect art, hm. Simba should have let me make it explosive!" Deidara said with a sigh

"I imagine that's because he doesn't want you blowing up his newborn son." Konan quipped

"Hm, his loss. An explosion would spice up the presentation!" Deidara huffed

"Shh, it's beginning." Nagato shushed as he heard the bird choir begin singing

Nants, ingonyama bagithi baba

The sun began to rise, spilling over the horizon in a red-orange glow and ushering in the dawn of a new era

Sithi uhm ingonyama

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba

Sithi uhhmm ingonyama

Siyo nqoba

Ingonyama

Ingonyama nengw' enambala

The animals looked to Pride Rock, some already beginning the trek to it

On the day we arrive on the planet

And blinking, step into the sun

A group of cheetahs walked into the sunlight, led by an elderly male

There's more to see, than can ever bee seen

More to do, than can ever be done

There's far too much to take in here

More to find than can ever be found

A gemsbok led his herd through a lake

But the sun rolling high

In the sapphire sky

Keeps great and small, on the endless round

It's the Circle of Life!

And it moves us all!

Simba and Nala walked to the edge of Pride Rock, followed by Sarabi, Timon and Pumbaa. The animals had gathered at Pride rock's base, waiting for their future king to be presented

Through despair, and hope

Rafiki was behind them with Kopa, smearing the cub's head with some red paste

Through faith and love..

Ingonyama nengw' enambala

A light shone from above, revealing Mufasa looking down upon his son with pride. Sarabi smiled warmly, a tear sliding down her cheek

Ingonyama nengw' enambala

Until we find our plaaaace...

Zazu alighted down by the royals, and some of the animals began to go wild as Rafiki walked to the edge. The Akatsuki lions got ready to cheer themselves, watching with smiles

On the path unwinding!

Simba and Nala briefly nuzzled as Rafiki stopped behind them, and they nodded their approval, allowing him to pass.

It's the circle...

The Circle of liiife!

Rafiki held up Kopa for all to see, and the Akatsuki lions roared, the animals following suit with their own sounds

Circle of...

Liiiiiiife!

All the animals bowed, signaling their acceptance of the new prince

The Akatsuki lions went to congratulate Simba and Nala, Deidara holding his sculpture in his mouth. The pride were in the main cave, lolling about and chatting quietly. Zira was in a corner with Kiburi and Kiujanja, muttering angrily. The royal couple were sitting next to Sarabi, who was grooming Kopa.

"Isn't he precious.." Konan said as the group entered

"I finished my sculpture!" Deidara said, padding over and placing it down beside Sarabi

"That's a good likeness, Deidara." Nala commented, looking over the piece

"Glad you like it, but it's flawed, hm." Deidara replied, sitting down grumpily

"Deidara, I'm not going to let you blow up my son, even if it's just a sculpture." Simba said, placing a paw on it for emphasis

"You may appreciate my art, but you don't understand it, hm..." Deidara grumbled

Konan stepped forward and nuzzled the young prince, smiling.

"Kopa is an appropriate name. He is the heart of this family, truly." She said

'All this sweet talk of theirs is sickening...that child is filth, the son of a murderer!' Zira thought with a growl as she watched the exchange

"He reminds me of you, Simba. It seems like almost yesterday you were being prepared for your presentation. I'm sure Mufasa is very proud of you." Sarabi said wistfully

"I wish he could've met Kopa. I bet he'll look just like him when he grows up..." Simba replied, nuzzling Kopa

"I am sure Mufasa looks down on him from above." Nagato said with a glance at the sky outside

"The little tyke is brave..." Kisame said as he peered down at Kopa, who batted at him with a paw

"How is motherhood, Nala? My child will enter this world soon..." Konan chimed in, patting her swollen belly

"Kopa is wonderful, like a light to brighten up our lives. I'm sure you and Nagato will love your cub as much as Simba and I love ours." Nala said with a smile, taking Kopa gently from Sarabi and placing him down. The cub crawled towards Deidara's sculpture, patting it with a paw and letting out a confused mew.

"The kid thinks it's real." Kisame said with a chuckle

'I'll destroy Simba and his little family, they will pay in their blood!' Zira thought, snarling at the prince

Suddenly, Konan hissed in pain. She felt contractions go through her, but they did not fade. They got more intense, and she felt fluid gush down her legs.

"My water's broken!" She said in a panic

"Can you make it to the birthing cave?" Sarabi asked, standing up

"No...I must lay down..." Konan hissed and broke out in a sweat, lying down. Nagato hopped on his paws nervously, unsure of what to do.

"Breathe Konan, stay calm. Deidara, go get Rafiki!" Nala said, settling beside Konan. Deidara obliged and ran out of the cave, while the others sat in a circle around Konan

"What do I do, what do I do?" Nagato muttered, pulling at his mane in worry

"Just wait. Trust me, I learned that the hard way..." Simba said, glancing nervously at Nala

"Simba, it was your fault for getting so close to me while I was in such pain." Nala said, raising an eyebrow at him

"Yeah, well you gave me some pain too." Simba replies, selfconsciously rubbing his cheek

"I don't want to get beat up, I'm staying back here." Kisame said, backing up

The pride stopped chattering as Konan began giving pained roars, and watched what was happening. Even ZIra and her lieutenats were interested somewhat. Deidara ran into the cave, Rafiki close behind him.

"Come on Konan, you can get through this!" Nagato whispered, nuzzling Konan

"De cub is almost here, keep pushing." Rafiki said, getting behind Konan

"Damn it Nagato, this is all your fau-aaargh!" Konan clawed at the ground in pain

"Now I see what you meant, Simba." Nagato said nervously, ducking to avoid a blow from Konan

"Yep...but it'll all be worth it, you'll see." Simba said, and Konan gave a loud roar.

A lilac-grey bundle slid out of Konan, and Rafiki quickly picked it up and moved it to Konan's paws

"It is a girl." Rafiki said, smiling

The cub was similarly colored to Konan, but her fur had a tinge of pink in it, and her underfur was a light grey-lilac color. She was covered in light purple spots, and the end of her tail stub was the same color. She had a shaggy chin and shaggy cheeks, and a small fur tuft on her head that had light purple on the end of it. She had dark grey ear rims, and a small mark of the same color on her chin, similar to Konan's.

"She'll probably take after her mother, by the looks of her." Kisame said, padding closer now the birthing was over

"A little girl..." Nagato whispered, padding forward and lowering his head towards the cub

"Hmm, what should we name her?" Konan asked

"Perhaps...Umande. It means dew, de sparkling droplets of water left behind by rain." Rafiki said

"That sounds perfect...our little Umande." Nagato murmered, and the newly named cub batted at him with a mew

"Hey there, I'm your dad..." Nagato said, nudging Umande with his muzzle

The cub opened her eyes for the first time, revealing light aquamarine irises around large black pupils. Her eyes were encircled by grey fur, that also connected to her eyebrows.

(A/N: Yes, I know lion cubs aren't supposed to open their eyes this early, but in the TLK-verse things are different.)

"I think those eyes are from you, Nagato." Konan said with a smile

"See, I told you it would be worth it." Simba said softly

"Oh, I missed it! Well, congraulations anyway you two." Sarafina said as she entered the cave, trailed by Mheetu and Nuka

"Did me and Nuka wook wike dat mama?" Mheetu asked as he toddled over to Umande

"Yes, Mheetu. All cubs start out as fuzzy little bundles of joy..." Sarafina nuzzled her son and he purred

"She's kinda strange. Her fur is a weird color!" Nuka wrinkled his nose as Umande mewed at him

"Now now, Nuka. Many lions have differently colored fur, just look around." Sarabi chided softly

"Shouldn't you give the new parents some peace? Konan's probably exhausted." Zira piped up, mainly because she was sick of all the cooing and coddling

"For once I agree with her, hm. Cubs probably need a lot of rest." Deidara said, and the lions left Konan and Nagato to tend to Umande

"I never thought I'd ever have a child. There was so much danger in the shinobi world, never enough time to think about the simpler things..." Konan whispered as Umande nursed from her

"We don't have to worry about that anymore, Konan. Our Umande will have a safe and happy childhood, not one filled with war and suffering like ours." Nagato said, and nuzzled her

Zira growled lowly at the happy family. She hated the Akatsuki lions, though to a lesser extent than Simba. She believed they had aided in Scar's death.

"Kiujanja, have you managed to recruit any more lionesses?" She asked the lioness to her left

"Yes, two. I managed to clear their heads by letting their sister have an 'Accident'. They now doubt Simba can keep them safe." Kiujanja said with a nod

"Good, a couple more and we will be ready." As Zira said this, Vitani had crawled over to Kopa, who was resting beside Nala

"Mew?" Vitani squeaked as she touched Kopa with a paw. The cub woke up and responded by batting at Vitani. The pair began to playfully wrestle, and Nala smiled when she noticed.

"Well, looks like our young prince has found a friend." Simba said with a smile as he padded to his mate

"It would seem so." Nala agreed

"Vitani!" Zira growled when she caught sight of her cub, and padded over angrily. She quickly picked Vitani up in her mouth, earning protesting cries from her and Kopa.

"Zira, they were just playing!" Simba said

"I will not have my daughter associating with your spawn." Zira snarled, and went back to her corner with Vitani

"I'm worried about her, Simba. She still supports Scar after everything that's happened..." Nala said with a frown

"It's okay, Nala. She has a right to stay here, but I won't let her try anything." Simba nuzzled his queen

The sun was almost down, and the pride curled up to sleep.

So that concludes the first chapter of this sequel! Not much really happened, I had to set everything up for when things get more interesting. If you want to see what Umande looks like, here's a link to a picture I made using a cub base: prntscr,com/9w98ph Just paste the link into your browser bar and replace the comma with a full stop. Same goes for this link, which is the full cover for this story. I'm linking it because when I uploaded it to this site it cut out Nala, Kakuzu and Hidan. prntscr,com/9sqcwh All credit for it goes to princessbinas, all I did was stick on the title and background. Next chapter there's a time skip, with the newborns aging to young cubs. A familiar mask appears as well, ready to disturb the peace. Drop a review if you want, I'd really like to know if this is a good start to this or not!