Love Beyond Reasons

A/N: Okay, I saw the "Lion King" live-action remake about a couple of weeks ago, and I have to admit, it was actually pretty awesome. It reminded me of how much I loved the movie when I was younger, watching it with my family over and over again.

I have been reading some stories about what might have been different if Kion was there during the events of "The Lion King 2", and I know that it may not exactly be original, but I thought I could have my own twist on it.

Now, let's start with a beginning that almost everyone already knows. And action!

Prologue

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala.
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala.
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala.
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala.

Night
And the spirit of life
Calling (Oh, oh, iyo)
Mamela. (Oh, oh, iyo)

Ubukhosi bo khokho
We ndodana ye sizwe sonke.

It was a time of great celebration in the Pride Lands. As the sun was beginning to rise up in the African sky, marking a new day out on the savannah grasslands, animals of all different kinds from all around began gathering over at Pride Rock. All the way from the tiniest ant to the most fierce predators in the land.

Wait.
There's no mountain too great.
Hear these words and have faith. (Oh, oh, iyo)
Oh, (Oh, oh, iyo)
Have faith.

As they did so, there was a gentle breeze that blew along towards the giant landmark, having tiny scraps of leaves and other tiny debris floating with it. As it did, three figures appeared on the long ledge that jutted out towards the horizon.

One of them was the royal mjuzi named Rafiki, a wise old mandrill, holding his bakora staff in one of his hands. Sometimes, it would seem like he had lost his bananas. But he was not to be taken lightly, for he knows very much about the Circle of Life, what can and/or must be done to protect it and to make sure that the Circle stays in balance.

He lives in you.
He lives in me.
He watches over
Everything we see.

Into the water,
Into the truth,
In your reflection.
He lives in you.

The other two figures on the peak were the King and Queen of the Pride Lands, the Lion King Simba and his mate, Nala, in all of their glory. Each of them carefully carried in their mouths, by the scruff, a newborn cub. Twins.

Nala carried their daughter, who was the older one of the two of them, and who was destined to become the future queen of the Pride Lands, and Simba carried their son, who was the younger one. Beside the royal family was the royal majordomo, a hornbill named Zazu, who had flown in from above to see the new royal cubs.

The new princess had a pale peach pelt, matching the tiny tuft of fur on her thin tail, looking a lot like her mother, but she had a bit of a golden hue to her fur which she got from her father. She also had her father's deep auburn eyes and a tiny dark pinkish nose.

The newborn prince however, looked much more like his father, having pale golden fur with slightly darker spots on his ankles and on his lower back, and a tiny mane tuft on his head, with a little bright red tuft that is on his tail. But instead, he had light hazel eyes, which Simba recalled were similar to his father and the king before him, Mufasa's, eyes, and his little nose was a lighter pink than his sister's. And because he was a male, he had tiny white whiskers on his muzzle.

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala.
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala.

Rafiki put his staff down on the ground, proudly hugged the new parents, and then gently took both cubs from them in his hands. Zazu bowed respectfully to the newborn cubs, and then Rafiki lifted both of them high up in the air for all of the Pride Lands to see them.

All the animals that had gathered around cried and jumped for joy at the sight of their new princess and prince as they were placed under a bright beam of sunlight. From high in the heavens, even Mufasa himself looked down with pride at the two new cubs, who were smiling with wonder at the many creatures below them.

He lives in you.

Everyone that was on Pride Rock could feel the ethereal presence surround them, even Simba and Nala, but the cubs looked around in confusion at what was going on as that reverent breeze gently blew around them. The princess had tried to catch it with a paw, as did the prince, but he soon stopped when he felt like there was someone watching him and his sister from where they can't see.

He lives in you.
He lives in me.
He watches over
Everything we see.

Into the water,
Into the truth,
In your reflection.
He lives in you.

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala.
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala.

He lives in you. (Ingonyama nengw' enamabala.)
He lives in you. (Ingonyama nengw' enamabala.)
He lives in you.

Once the cheering had died down and the animals bowed down to pay their respects to the new royal family, Rafiki carefully lowered the cubs down and placed the royal marking on their foreheads while both parents looked down at them with pride. But they weren't the only ones who were watching the tender scene.

Simba's old friends, the meerkat Timon and the warthog Pumbaa, the former on the latter's back, felt so happy and proud to see the touching scene as Simba and Nala each gently nuzzled each one of their cubs. The cubs both purred happily at their parents' affection and returned the nuzzles.

"Look at the little guys, Pumbaa." Timon cooed at how cute the little ones were, thinking that both of the new cubs were boys. "Chips off the old block. And you know who's gonna raise them?" He asked, looking down at his friend.

"Uh, their parents?" Pumbaa guessed.

"Okay, yeah, sure, technically." Timon conceded with a mutter. "But who's gonna teach them the really important stuff? Like how to belch?" He demonstrated by letting loose one of his own. "And how to dig for grubs?"

Timon then jumped off of Pumbaa's back and onto the rocky ground. "I'm telling you, Pumbaa. It's gonna be like old times. You, me, and the little guys." He gestured up to the cubs, who were looking down at the meerkat with infant curiosity.

Rafiki chuckled at the meerkat's enthusiasm before looking back down at the cubs. "One of them is a girl." He said.

"Guy and girl." Timon corrected, before he and Pumbaa came to that realization like a coconut had dropped on their heads.

"GIRL?!" Both of them exclaimed, before they both fainted onto their backs with a "Oy."

Simba and Nala both laughed at their reactions while the cubs just looked at what had happened with newborn confusion, and then shared a confused glance with each other. It seems like they were born into quite a curious family and an even more interesting world.

A/N: Not too bad for a newbie in this community? Well, don't worry. Things will start to become different in a couple of chapters, I promise.

Until then, I'll see y'all! Please leave a review about what you think.

Got to fly! ;)