~The Oasis~
She walked to the log that connected the two places, and slowly walked across it, making sure not to look down, and also that she had a good grip on the branches in her mouth. Once she was across, she looked back, and saw Sora going across the same log that she had a couple of seconds before, and walked towards the source of the only water on that place--that was close enough to them, that is. Once she was close enough to the water, she dropped the three fruits in the water, seeing the water around the fruit turn a clear brown(....really weird).
"Ayame, why are we here?" Sora asked, while he appeared besides her and spotted the fruit in the water.
"Well, like they say, wash your fruit before you eat it. And also...I think that you may need a bath as well" Ayame said, while saying the last part softly not wanting him to take it another way. Silence followed through that, but she could hear footsteps, which made her look back, and then a splash which got her all wet. She blinked, her mouth slightly opened, and she turned to look infront of her to see Sora smiling at her, his hair dripping wet, while his spikes were slightly down, but still up, which made her blink, expecting them to go down(ZOMFG!!! IT DEFIES GRAVITY!!!! *spazzes out*).
She could see the water turn a mucky brown around Sora, and he started to bathe himself, which made Ayame shift uncomfortably, and bend her head down, grabbing one of the fruits that Sora grabbed for her. She munched on it, not wanting to look up at Sora, since it made her feel like a peeping-tod(sp?). Sora noticed her munching on the fruit, while an idea came to his mind, and a smirk formed on his lips. He slowly ducked his head, while coming closer to her. Ayame finished her fruit, and licked her lips, the flavor still in her mouth. She noticed that Sora wasn't in the water anymore, and she tilted her head.
"Sora?"
Nothing
"Sora!?"
Nothing
"S-"
Arms came out of the water, and grabbed her neck, and before she could gasp, she was in the water. She opened her eyes, and saw Sora infront of her, a grin on his face. She blinked, and went up, water splashing around her, and she gasped, taking deep breaths. It startled her when Sora did that, but she wasn't a person to hold grudges against people, and just smiled when she saw Sora come up, water splashing everywhere. He shook his head, his spikes coming up like normal, and looked around, his eyes landing on Ayame, while a childish smile went to his lips, which made her smile even more.
"Weeell, since I can see you two LOVE BIRDS enjoying each others company..." Both Ayame and Sora turned to the voices, and saw Timon, Pumbaa, Donald, and Goofy standing there, smirks on their faces.
"And since we're ALL so bored...how about we teach you something?" Timon said, while crossing his arms.
"HAKUNA MATATA!!!" Pumbaa shouted, which made Sora, Donald, and Goofy give out confused looks, while Ayame blinked, trying her best not to smile.
"Hakuna Matata?" All three of them said, while Ayame ducked her mouth into the water, a huge grin on her lips, knowing what was about to happen.
~Later~
The sun was setting the last time Ayame looked up at the sky, which was a minute ago. Timon and Pumbaa were teaching everyone about the two letters 'Hakuna Matata'. It went to a simple explanation, to everybody dancing around, and having fun. Ayame was just resting, her body in the water, feeling refreshed from the hot summer day. She ducked her head under, and just swam around until she had to go up and get a deep breath. She noticed that the bushes close to her were shaking, which made her go tense, as she kept staring at the bushes intently. She noticed a gold fur come out, and then Nala came into view, but looking extremely pissed. Everybody noticed Nala come out, and went over to her, but stopped once they saw her expression.
"That isn't the Simba that I remember" Was the only thing she said, while mumbling about 'Hakuna Matata', which was quite ironic, since they were having fun about those two words, which made everyone confused at how such a harmless meaning could make a person so angry. Nala stalked off to the other side of the place, which was close to were Ayame was, and just laid there, her back to everyone. Another bush kept moving, and Simba came out of it, his face the same as Nala, and stalked off to the other side of the place, which was closer to the boys. Ayame looked over at Sora, on instinct, while Sora looked over at her, and then at his friends. Ayame nodded towards Simba when Sora looked at her, and Ayame swam over to Nala until she was close to her, but not to close. Sora then walked over to Simba, but the young kings ears twitched, and just ran away into the jungle, which made Sora freeze, and look over to the jungle. He sighed, and ran towards him, while everybody followed close behind him. Ayame swam even closer until she was at the edge of the large pool, making sure that she wasn't heard. Taking a silent deep breath, she slowly put her paws out, and into the grass.
"Nala...are you okay?" Ayame whispered, which made Nala tensed, but then relax.
"No, I'm not" Nala snapped, which made Ayame flinch, and make her paws come back into the water.
"Do you want me to go away?" Ayame asked even quieter, which made her question barely audible.
"Yes, if you don't mind me saying" Nala snapped again, which much more anger in her voice, which made Ayame shrink back, and nod.
"O-Okay..." Ayame whispered, while her voice cracked, and she swam away, biting her lip, while she was trying not to cry. She went into a corner, staying far away from the raging lioness, as she closed her eyes, trying to forget of all of that happening. She dunked her head under the water, and opened her eyes. A small smile went to her lips, and she just swam, her legs slowly coming forward, then back, forward, then back. A sigh escaped her lips, as wind surrounded her, making her breath again. She could then feel the water jump, which made her eyes snap open, and she saw Nala's golden fur just a couple of feet away from her. She gasped on instinct, which made her swallow water, and she shot up to the surface, and have a coughing fit. She stopped moments after to see Nala's body in the water, and close to her, which made her swim back, and into a corner, as faaar back from the young lioness as she could. But what Ayame could notice was that Nala kept staying at the same spot, come back up to get some air, and then back down, not even glancing at Ayame. Ayame just kept staring at Nala, noticing that she whole entire place had gotten dark, and that the only light on the place was the stars and the full moon, which was actually landing upon the large pool of water, making the water fall, and the whole entire place breath taking. Ayame looked around, and that happened to her. Her breath was completely taken away, as her eyes laid on every single thing around her. She pool shined with the moons bright light, as the waterfalls water came down, and with the moons light, made the water shine as if was made of diamonds instead. She took a deep breath, as she laid flat, her tail besides her, and she slowly went under. Once her back touched the bottom, she opened one of her eyes, as wind surrounded her, making her breath, and then closed the eye, completely relaxing.
But what she didn't notice, was that the moons light had surround her, and that she was glowing with a pure light, almost as if...
She could feel the water move about, which made her eyes snap open once again, and she resurfaced. Looking around, she noticed that it was Nala that made the water move, as she was just swimming...to her. Ayame's eyes widened, and she swam back, getting as far away from her as possible. But Nala just kept swimming towards her, the golden fur shining with the moons light, momentarily blinding her. She could see Nala getting closer and closer, and Ayame just whimpered, while closing her eyes, getting as far back from her as possible, waiting for the worst to happen. She could feel the cool water hit her face, and then silence.
"Ayame?" Ayame slowly opened one eye to see Nala staring back at her, only a foot away, with her face full of shame. Ayame studied Nala's face and eyes for a while until she could see that Nala was now more relaxed, and she opened her other eye, but still stayed in the same place. Nala sighed, while smiling weakly at Ayame, understanding as to why Ayame was acting this way.
"Ayame, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you the way I did. And it wasn't right for me at all to take out all my anger at you, when you did nothing wrong!" Nala said, while growling, but to herself, while she shook her head in disgust. Ayame just stayed silent, while she bit her tongue, refusing to let out even a breath from her mouth.
"So...I'm sorry. Really. And I can understand if your angry at me for what I did, I would be too as well" Nala said, while laughing bitterly.
"I-It's okay..." Ayame whispered, while relaxing slightly, still staring at Nala. Nala looked up, her eyes went even sadder than before, which made Ayame blink.
"I'm forgiven...but you're still tense. I really am sorry, for all that I've done" Nala said, while coming smiling, but her eyes could fool no one. Ayame sighed, while trying to relax, ashamed of HERSELF for acting this way.
"It's alright, I'm mostly like this, so don't feel bad about it. And don't worry, something bad must have happened between you and Simba. But...what I wanted to say earlier...is that if you wanted to talk about it..." Ayame trailed off, and saw Nala's shocked expression. The moons bright and shining light had disappeared, while the sun had begun to come out, which made Ayame bit her lip in disappointment. And the moon was so lovely at the water too...
"...I...I think...I think I'm better now..." Ayame's head snapped over at Nala to see her smiling at Ayame, her smile more truer now, which made Ayame relax a bit more. She too gave off a small smile, very honest.
"Okay...well, we better get going. I'm pretty sure Sora and the other's had made Simba better too, don't you think?" Ayame asked, while slowly crawling out of the water, and into the cold air. A strong wind picked up, which made Ayame shiver, and she shook her body dry, though it was still damp. She could hear a splash, which she knew that Nala had come out, while she could also hear something shaking. Ayame looked up at the sky, and saw the sun at the horizon, which made Ayame remember that it was time to get back, since it meant that Simba had finished his talk with his father, and that they were going back to Pride Rock. Ayame walked towards the entrance of the jungle, and turned her head to see if Nala was following her. The young lioness noticed that she was all alone at the Oasis, and cached up to Ayame, giving a sheepish smile.
"Sorry" Nala said, while walking next to Ayame, as the two lionesses' walked into the brightened jungle.
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~The Jungle
While walking aimlessly through the thick jungle, the two girls finally found the boys, and Simba standing very proud, with the sun shining behind him, which literally took Nala's breath away. Ayame couldn't help but smile at that, and ran up to everybody, which had their backs towards her. She slowly creped up behind Sora, and push him from behind, making him fall to the ground, his face on the floor once again, but not in the mud. Everybody jumped up, and turned around to see Ayame grinning, while Nala kept staring at Simba with a dazed expression. Donald looked over at Ayame, then at Nala, noticing the dazed expression, and just smirked. Goofy just gasped, and helped Sora up, while Timon and Pumbaa also kept staring at Nala, not knowing what was happening. Ayame walked over to Sora, and also helped him to, while he just looked around, completely confused as to what happened, but then he noticed Ayame, and just tilted his head to the side.
"Mind telling me what's happening?" Ayame asked, while smiling at him.
"Um..."
"I'm going back" Ayame turned to look at Simba, and couldn't help but see him...with more light. She could hear a gasp, and Ayame looked back to see Nala with a surprised and shocked expression.
"What!?" Nala asked, while taking a step forward, wanting to believe it, and wanting for him to say it again. Just once more.
"I'm going back...for good" Simba said again, while also taking a step forward, the sun landing on Nala, making her fur glitter and sparkle. And that was all Nala wanted to hear. She just ran to Simba, jumping on him, and the both going to the ground, with Nala on top of him, purring, rubbing herself on his chest, licking him all over, etc. Ayame's jaw just dropped, and then closed it, giving off a complete warm smile. Everybody's jaw's just dropped, and stayed that way. Ayame could see the sun fully up and glaring down at them, and Ayame sighed, knowing that they had to go.
Now
Ayame just coughed, while looking around and away, while Nala and Simba just tensed up, and Nala jumped back, while refusing to look at anyone. Simba's fur was everywhere, literally, while he looked flush, his cheeks red.
"W-well, we s-should get going n-now" Nala said, her fur still in place, but her cheeks also red.
"Y-yeah" Simba said, while the two gave each other a glance, while a hidden smile appeared on their lips and disappeared, while they walked away to the direction to the Pride Lands. Ayame looked back at the boys, and saw that they're jaws were still wide open, which made her chuckle, and start walking away. Slowly looking over her shoulder, half a smile could be seen, as her eyes glittered with something type of emotion that couldn't really say the emotion with just one word.
"Are you guys coming?" She asked, while looking forward, and running to Nala and Simba, the two also running, leaving the boys to scream, and follow as best as they could.
~Pride Rock~
After a long journey through the Savannah, Wilderbeasts area, and then the huge area that was infront of Pride Rock, everybody made it, while Simba took in all of the land that was before him. Everything was dead. Now food, no water, no animals. Well, if you count the Hyenas as animals of the Pride Lands, then okay, there were animals. Quickly running to Pride Rock, they saw the lionesses asleep, while hundreds of Hyenas roamed the area, while Scar was nowhere to be seen. The minute they stepped into the huge rock, Hyenas were all around them, some snarling, while other's kept chomping their teeth, drool coming out of their mouths, savoring them in their mouths. Ayame's eyes narrowed, while her Keyblade appeared in her mouth, which irritated her but said nothing.
"Simba, you and Nala go and get Scar, we'll handle these guys" Sora said, while his Keyblade also appeared in his mouth. Simba and Nala glanced at each other, while running even higher up Pride Rock. The Hyenas ran over to the two, but everybody else stopped them in time. Some of the Hyenas ran up, while other's stayed. Ayame growled, while following them up, Timon and Pumbaa right behind her, while Sora, Donald, and Goofy stayed down, keeping the rest of the Hyenas down. The higher they went up, the more the Hyenas popped out of nowhere. Once she was all the way up, she could see all of the other lionesses were also fighting the Hyenas, which made Ayame's eyes sad, but she still kept going up, seeing many things that shouldn't be seen. She turned her head around, and saw Nala also fighting off about five Hyenas, though she was having some trouble in doing so. Turning her head the other way, she looked over at a corner, and saw Rafiki staring at about thirty or so Hyenas around him, which made her eyes widen, and she was about to run over to him, until she could see him pulling off some awesome ninja moves, which made her stop, and turn around, knowing that he could handle it off himself just fine, and going to help Nala. She tackled two Hyenas, while knocking them unconscious, and Nala threw the other three to the wall, knocking them unconscious as well.
"Where's Simba?" Ayame asked, her mouth muffled because of the Keyblade, but since she was close to Nala, she could hear everything.
"In there" Nala said, while nodding towards the King's Den. Ayame nodded, while turning to look at the remaining Hyenas, which were a lot. And out of nowhere, music started playing, which made Ayame look around confused.
Note: Ignore the part where Simba and everybody else was hiding, just pay attention to the Hula Dance XD
Ayame just kept staring at the two, as they all (the Hyenas+Timon&Pumbaa) ran inside the King's Den. There weren't many, just about thirty or so, while Rafiki and the other lionesses finished the rest, knocking all of the Hyenas uncontious. Ayame turned to look at Nala, and the both of them nodded, while coming inside the cave, and fighting off the Hyenas while making sure that Timon and Pumbaa weren't hurt. They received a few scratches, but nothing more, while Hyenas were sprawled everywhere, some uncontious while others...well, let's just say that they had seen the light. Ayame just sighed, while she heard footsteps behind her, which made her and Nala turn quickly, preparing to fight again, but only saw Sora, Donald, and Goofy coming in, all of them fine, a few scratches here and there, but nothing major.
"Where's Simba?" Sora asked, while panting slightly.
"He's up there" Timon said, while pointing to a trail that lead all the way up to the point of Pride Rock. Sora nodded, running up, everybody following him close behind.
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~The Peak~
By the time everybody got up, they could see that Simba and Scar were fully at it.
"Tell them, Simba! Tell them, the person that killed Mufasa!" Scar shouted, clearly noticing the people there. Simba turned to look around, his eyes wide in shock, but Scar took that shook to his advantage, and jumped on Simba, putting his paw on his chest, very close to his neck, putting pressure, signifying to tell them.
"I-I did..."
"Louder!"
"I DID!" Gasps rang through the area, while Nala took a step back, her head shaking, not wanting to believe it. Scar just growled, and slapped him with so much force, that made Simba jump up, and fall down to the edge of the cliff. Sora gasped, while about to run to his aid, but a wall of darkness got into his way, making him stop abruptly. Ayame's eyes narrowed, and her body glowed with a light aura, and then the light came off, making the wall come down, and vanish into the wind. She looked infront of her, and saw fire all around the peak, while thunder roared, but no rain, which made Ayame sigh, grateful for the rain not coming down yet. Simba was now on top of Scar, shouting things, but Ayame paid no mind to it at all. She was too busy concentrating, trying to find something. Something wasn't right here, something big . She could feel her body getting cold, very cold, while her legs started shaking, but she gulped, closing her eyes, trying to stop. She could feel darkness very close to her, which made her eyes snap open, to see Scar surrounded by darkness, and running around the whole entire place, trying to hit everyone. She gasped, while jumping to the side when he charged straight at her, and tried hitting him with light based attacks, which were difficult, since he was moving at such high speeds, and she was still shaking. She then noticed a glow behind her, and saw Sora and Simba do a combo attack, which she recognized as Wildcat. Rocks started forming everywhere, and hit Scar directly in the chest, which made him fly into the air, and land with a heavy thud. Another combo attack was then made called High Fang, while also X-Claw at the same time, which made the two attack at Scar with amazing speeds that made Ayame dizzy from trying to follow their moves. Which then ended with the last combo Proud Roar, which consumed everybody in light. Ayame took a breath in, while the light consumed her, soaking through her, while she also glowed, but it was short lived as she was then brought back to the darkness. Looking around, she noticed that everybody went to attack Scar from all angles, while Scar himself surrounded himself with a yellow light, and then Ayame was leaping to the side, dodging all of the lightning attacks. She didn't know as to why she was being targeted instead of everyone else on the peak. Lightning had a mind of it's own, and could strike just about anywhere, but why her? The lightning soon subsided, and everybody started attacking again. But Ayame couldn't concentrate at all, on the contrary, she could feel herself crack.
Slowly and Painfully
She shook, and turned to look at Nala, Timon, and Pumbaa. She ran towards them, while she stood besides them, a foot away from them.
"Ayame, are you alright?" Nala asked, while taking a step besides her, and staring at her in a motherly way. Ayame shook her head, while gulping, but smiled weakly up at Nala.
"N-no...but I'll be alright after this it done..."Ayame whispered, while laying down, her head on the floor, while staring at the battle field in shame. She could do nothing at this moment, since this horrible feeling kept going through her body, which gave her this headache that was so horrid, she could feel her claws sneer in pain, while it silently scratched the area around her. The feeling went away slightly, and she opened her eyes to see the sky turn dark, while rain started pouring down around them, which made Ayame flinch, but then relax, while she could see darkness come out of the defeated Scar. Ayame's Keyblade appeared in her mouth, and then disappeared and then reappear on top of his head, sucking in all of the darkness inside of him, and then disappearing in flurries of light, while Scar just went down, dead. She slowly sat up, her head still hurting, and the feeling still there, but it was slowly going away, until it was completely gone, and she turned her head to look at Nala, giving her a smile that clearly said that she was better, which made Nala smile as well. Ayame turned to look back at Scar's dead body, and everybody did as well. Simba just turned away, while walking away, deciding to leave the body there. He had something more important to do, and the death of his loving uncle wasn't going to bring his duty down.
~Pride Rock~
After coming down from the treacherous, and nightmarish peak, the rain kept coming down hard, making the huge fire that had roamed through the whole entire Savannah come to an end. For the next couple of minutes, it was one of the most precious moments that could not be explained in words, and Ayame just smiled, while experiencing the whole entire thing. After it was done, Ayame's Keyblade appeared in her mouth, as well as Sora's Keyblade as well, and a wind pushed Ayame to her position, while her symbol and Sora's symbol appeared underneath them, and the Keyhole appeared before them, which the two locked, and the consumed by the pure light. While everybody else was saying their goodbyes, Ayame just looked around, making sure if there was still a dark aura in the place. And she was glad when she found none, and turned around to look at everybody. A portal of light appeared besides Donald and he stepped through it, Goofy following him, while Sora turned to look at Ayame.
"Ready to go, Ayame?" He asked, while nodding his head towards the portal. Ayame smiled slightly while nodding, and running through the portal. Sora then smiled over at everybody while also running through, and then, everybody gone, including the portal.
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AND THERE YOU GO!!! CHAPTER 27.5 COMPLETE!!!...*smiles evilly* And now, so much more to come that I have been waiting for since the very first time I've been planing this story in my mind...I AM SO FUCKING PUMPED!!! >D *smirks*
