Disclaimer: I do not own the lion king or any of the characters they belong to Walt Disney I am merely borrowing them for the purposes of this story. The story however is mine and any reference to locations i.e. "Pride Rock" are creations of Walt Disney

Well I think I left you waiting long enough and since I seem to have given a couple of people great ideas I think I'll bring this story to a close and start work on my next one. It shall be called "Through out the years" Worth a look for you Simba/Nala lovers! They will be cubs naturally and it should be roughly 20 chapters long but it might get more if it proves popular so the more reviews the longer it goes ;)! Well here it is the final chapter enjoy.

And They Called It Cubby Love

Chapter 8: Admittance and Acceptance

Simba and Nala walked into the den slightly pink as the adults glanced over disinterested.

Simba cleared his throat as Nala looked at him thinking he looked so cute when he was nervous.

"Erm mom?" he called across the cavernous den catching everyone's attention, Sarabi padded slowly into the centre of the den and nodded to her cub expectantly.

"Well err, me and Nala well I… err" Simba fumbled his words and Nala could take the suspense no longer and burst out loudly and excitedly.

"Simba asked me to be his mate!" the den went silent and Nala's ear's dropped as the magnitude of the statement sank in and Nala's face flushed red. She turned to face Simba who had gone very pink and stared into his cute fuzzy face, tears prickling her eyes.

"You… You really do love me?" she asked the shock of what he had said before registered now. Simba pressed his forehead against hers and stared into her crystal clear blue eyes as the wetness shone in them.

"I love you more than you will ever know" Simba's voice held a great sincerity in it and Nala could hardly suppress the tears of pure joy that threatened to spill. The lionesses around them started to gather round the two cubs smiling and jabbering amongst each other.

Simba didn't care who saw he pressed his lips gently against Nala's and unlike before when he ran off or pulled away he held his head to hers. Nala's eyes widened as her face exploded a fiery red her heart racing so fast that the world began to spin, he was kissing her! Not just kissing her but he loved her! The lionesses began to chant quietly and every moment Simba held the kiss they chanted louder.

"Simba! Simba! Simba! Simba!" the chanting was really loud by now and finally Simba broke the kiss panting for air as did Nala both very red in the face. Not wanting to be away from him Nala nuzzled him from beneath his chin, her ears were still flat and her injuries hurt but she didn't care anymore. The couple walked away towards a corner of the den close side by side.

"Simba when did you start to like me?" she asked entwining her tail with his. Simba thought for a moment and recounted the day he noticed her.

"Well it was kinda before we started hanging out; you were playing with one of the meerkats and I dunno you just looked really pretty." He proclaimed proudly. Nala blushed and smiled.

"So when did you start liking me?" he asked and Nala's heart skipped a beat.

"Well I kinda liked you since that day when all the girls were talking about you and you stuck up for me against those boys" she mumbled shyly.

The two cubs nuzzled each other and Simba couldn't believe Nala had liked him for that long; Nala winced when one of the cuts on her side oozed a little blood. Simba noticed and he did the first thing he could think of.

Simba bent his head close to Nala's cut and gave it a gently lick. Nala shivered slightly from shock and her breathing became shallower.

Simba cleaned her wound and rolled her onto her back to get at the cuts on her stomach. He licked them clean and pressed his forehead against hers once more. Simba opened his eyes and passionately spoke to her his eyes burning with love.

"I promise you Nala that no one will ever touch you again, I won't let anyone hurt you anymore." A fiery gaze took over Simba's chocolate eyes moving Nala to tears.

She kissed him tenderly and lay in his lap his arms resting over her back.

The lionesses smiled over the two cubs in the corner and laughed gently at how protective of Nala, Simba had become. He was so in love with her it was unbelievable as to how fast they had fallen for one another.

Zazu glided in with Sandy beside him, both looked extremely happy and Zazu bowed to Sarabi.

"We seek the royal blessing your highness, Sandy and I wish to be married!" he stated puffing his chest out. Sarabi grinned broadly, "Of course Zazu I would be happy to wed you!" This would be the start of an interesting order of things to come. Mufasa and Sarabi stood side by side to witness Nala and Simba fall in love against all the odds and Zazu found his place. The two cubs weren't as mischievous towards Zazu and his mate, the six members of one large pride stood together by the watering hole. Simba and Nala were rarely seen away from each other and most of their time was spent nuzzling each other the love showing no boundaries. Zazu who had never had a family was moved to tears when Mufasa accepted him and his mate enough to hug them both and called to the pride lands that he would look on Zazu as he would look on his own brother. Scar was happy to be in the shade once more and to his surprise was respected much more than he expected for simply giving advice to his love sick nephew. Sanza and Hadrina both found love with two brothers of the pride and avoided Nala as much as possible. But nobody could prepare themselves for Simba's scream as his father took him onto the top of pride rock and told him the "facts of life".

Short I know and very brief for the wait you were forced to endure lol! Sorry about that but I've been taking notes for my next story which will be a lot more descriptive and possibly more romantic. I thank you for reading my first fanfic and hope you will add me to favorite authors :L! Let me know what you thought of my ending, because it was literally put together in fifteen minutes. I want to thank IanTheShaf for his positive reviews and helpful tips and I would also like to thank LadyNala for inspiring me to write this fanfic. Hope to read more from you guys and keep and eye out for my other stories peace out!