Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Lions of Love and Life. Enjoy the 800-word chapter. I don't own Lion King; Disney and a few others do.

(Pridelands.)

Vitani continued to stalk through the grass with her eyes towards Mlinzi.

The Lion Cub had been near a watering hole, he drank from the water while Vitani stalked through the grass.

He turned when she leapt and went to counter the pounce. Vitani still countered it and pinned the Prince under her paws. She was stronger, Mlinzi probably hadn't trained to fight yet.

"So, you must be Mlinzi…" Vitani said before Mlinzi stopped trying to throw her off him.

He could throw her off with his back legs, but she would just overpower him again. He blinked.

"Yeah… Who are… Wait, I remember you from those lions Kion talked about…? Your Vitani… Your Zira's daughter, aren't you?" Mlinzi asked, he knew there wouldn't be a fight.

If Vitani wanted him dead, she would have killed him the second she pinned him. Vitani smiled and then she nodded while she looked at the prince.

Both were studying the other, both were trying to figure out things out.

"That would be me… So… What is the prince of the Pridelands doing out here? You know there's dangerous things out here…" Vitani stated, Mlinzi let a small smirk tug at his lips and smirked.

"Like you?" He asked, Vitani shrugged while Mlinzi blinked.

"I know you're not going to hurt me… If you wanted to kill me, you'd already be cutting me… So… This your idea of playing?" Mlinzi asked, Vitani backed off Mlinzi so he could stand up.

He looked at her and brushed off his fur. His mother was going to kill him. Mlinzi saw Vitani walk around him while he looked at the cub.

"You came this way just for me?" Mlinzi asked, Vitani shrugged and looked at her paws.

"Why, you going to run?" Vitani asked, Mlinzi saw her lower herself and bounce on her paws and narrow her eyes.

Mlinzi went to pounce on her and Vitani's eyes blazed with glee as she flipped him into the air.

Mlinzi landed in the mud while Vitani lunged at him, Mlinzi rolled and tripped her.

Vitani fell into the mud and Mlinzi laughed at her. Vitani blinked and then looked at the bruise on his arm when Vitani had flipped him into the air.

"Ow… That hurt… But it was fun, reminds me of my mom from what I heard…. But ow…" Mlinzi said as Vitani crawled out of the mud and shook herself off.

Mlinzi could tell his mother he had hurt himself playing in the mud. It wasn't a total lie… Besides, his mother wasn't as strict as his father was being.

"Scrappy for a prince… Cool, I didn't think anyone besides your brother and parents could fight… But you know we're not done here, right?" Vitani asked as she started to leave.

"You come back, we're throw down again, Vitani… I know you're up to something… And I'm going to find out what." Mlinzi said, Vitani chuckled and grinned.

"See you around, Linz…" Vitani said and then she was gone. Mlinzi looked at his mud-soaked mane and body and brushed off the mud.

"Vitani, hmm?" Mlinzi asked as he started to walk away and grunted in pain every few feet.

No matter what he thought of her, she was tough, his shoulder felt like he had been thrown into a rock.

He chuckled and grunted and looked at his shoulder before he continued on his way back toward Pride Rock.

He looked at his arm and knew he'd meet Vitani soon enough, he saw the gleam in her eyes… She wanted a fight, she wanted to have a struggle.

And he knew she'd come after him again, she had come here just for him? He'd bet she'd have come with a good reason… To figure something out or form a plan.

So now he had a lioness who was related to a psychopath warlord.

That both brought a blush to his face and made him horrified for what would come.

He started to walk toward Pride Rock then and then he climbed back up the rocks. He sighed as his arm hurt but he continued to climb up the rocks and walked back towards the cove.

He grunted in pain and looked out over the Pride Lands.

Author notes

Phew, another chapter done! I know it's a short chapter, next chapter will be longer. I also want to point out Kiara and the others won't be appearing much because the story is mostly about Vitani and Mlinzi. Next chapter will show a time skip and will show Vitani forming her plan and Mlinzi trying to find out more about her and will take place with them being teens. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!