I woke up in the grass of blood gulch canyon with kiara in my arms. Smiling I kissed her forehead enticing a purr from her as she woke up. "Morning sleepyhead." I said to her as she stretched. Kiara chuckled as well. "same to you." she replied. Thats when I noticed a blanket over me. Kiara noticed my quizzical look. "Tucker came during the night and put it on you so you wouldn't get cold." that's when we heard tucker arguing with someone.

"I'm telling you church the guy would've gotten a cold." tucker said to a dark blue spartan that I recognized as church. "Tucker, we don't give out blankets to strangers." church said sternly. I coughed into my left hand catching their attention. "This stranger would like to thank you for your generosity." kiara said glaring at church. Thats when something pricked my neck. Reacting to it I felt something cylinder in shape and gently pulled it out. "You OK clay?" kiara asked when saw me flinch. "yeah I'm fine." I said. However I knew something was wrong. The cylinder disintegrated as soon as it left my skin.

A few dimension jumps later

we arrived at what was the Serengeti. "I'm home." kiara said seeing pride rock. Suddenly I had a prickling feeling in my right arm. Fearing the worst I grabbed it. A searing pain enveloped my arm. And I screamed. Kiara, whom by this time had made it to the watering hole heard me. "Clay!" she yelled. My scream also alerted a certain lion and cheetah. "What the?" I felt my bones readjusting. I looked at my right hand as it morphed into a dark gray arm with 3 red claws. Kiara finally got to my location and froze in shock at what she saw. I was halfway covered in fur as my clothes ripped. My yell became a cross between a human and a roar of a lion as my skull changed shape. My hair color changed to bright red with black accents and grew. Soon it was all over. I struggled to remain conscious as I had a single thought came to my mind. "At least Kiara's home."

Kiara gaped at what had happened to her new found lover. "Clay?" she whispered. She shook my body as a lion, cheetah, honey badger, hippo, and egret entered the clearing. "Kiara?" the lion asked. "kion help me get him onto his back now." kiara said attempting to roll me onto my back. Kion looked at his friends and proceeded to help his older sister. The lion guard were confused when kiara placed her ear to the creature's chest. She heard a heartbeat. "I knew you wouldn't die so easily." kiara said lovingly while nuzzling the side of my face. "ow I've got one hell of a headache." I said rubbing a clawed hand on my head. Kiara noticed that my hazel eyes were now blue and had slit pupils. "lets get you to rafiki." she said. "If there's anything that crazy ol' monkey can do, its to end my headache." I said limping while following her. "I'll answer any questions you have once my friend is better." kiara said not looking at her brother and his friends.

Meanwhile at rafiki's

the wind blew into the tree while the monkey was painting a picture of kiara. "mufasa the search for your granddaughter continues. Your son and his mate are depressed. Things are not looking good." rafiki said mournfully. The wind picked up. "hmm. She's alive!" he said shocked. "Rafiki, you home?" a familiar feminine voice asked. "Princess Kiara you're alright." he said. "Can you help my friend here. He's got a terrible headache." rafiki turned to face me. He was stunned at first but was happy to help the princess.

[call your name; attack on titan ost plays]

"What is he?" rafiki asked kiara as I rested. "he was human, but now I don't now." "Kiara." a feminine voice said. "mom." nala embraced her only daughter crying tears of joy. "your father and I were so worried." kiara smiled as I groaned. "you alright?" kiara asked worried. "yeah thanks for checking." I replied with a smile. "Kiara." a voice asked "Daddy." kiara said embracing her father. I smiled at the tender reunion. Kiara broke away and returned to my side. I scratched her ear as she began to purr.

[song pauses]

"Who are you?" simba asked me. "My name is clay dettmann and I'm... er was a human." noticing her father getting an angry expression kiara intervened. "He's not like the ones who took kovu's life. I've seen him fight. He didn't fight for his own survival. He fought for mine." simba and nala's eyes widened as rafiki smiled. "he said he'd protect me until his dying breath. He nearly died saving me multiple times." kiara said on the brink of crying. "i love him and he loves me." I placed a clawed hand on her back. " please don't exile him for what he once was daddy." simba was stunned. This former human risked his life to bring his daughter home. He chuckled. "Why would I exile him when I haven't gotten to know him." kiara smiled and nuzzled my chest while I rubbed her back.

[song resumes]

"i would like to hear about the adventure you had though." simba said smiling as his daughter nuzzled me. "you wouldn't believe it." I said as kiara and I looked at him. "try me." kiara and I looked at each other and smirked as I said one thing. "It's gonna blow your mind."

[song ends]

END

next time: my life in the pride lands

AN: this is the final chapter of this story. My life in the pride lands is the sequel. There'll be a trailer for it soon. Also what I became was a zoroark from Pokemon. However I don't have the powers a zoroark has. Criticism is allowed as long as its constructive.