*I don't own The Lion Guard, nor do I own Pokemon. All rights to these franchises go to their respective owners. This is written soley for the enjoyment of others.*

Dialogue Key

"Charizard, the Flame Pokémon." = Regular Speech

'Hakuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase.' = Someone's Thoughts/Songs

"Charizard, use Heatwave!" = Someone Yelling

"Its wings can carry this Pokémon close to an altitude of 4,600 feet. It blows out fire at very high temperatures." = Pokédex Entries

Responsibilities and ANOTHER Fainting Spell

"...Oh, what a strange dream. I actually met my parents in the afterlife along with the very first king of the Pridelands. Huh. Like that would ever happen." groaned Scar as he woke up from his fainting spell.

"Actually, Taka, it was no dream."

Scar screamed and literally jumped fifteen feet in the air as he was startled by the eerily familiar voice. Panting and looking around frantically with his fur standing on end, he saw his mother and father laughing at how he reacted. Even Mohatu was unable to keep an amused smirk from forming on his muzzle. Scowling, Scar sat down with his back turned to the three and began to sulk.

"That wasn't funny." he grumbled.

"You're right. It was hilarious!" laughed Ahadi as he slapped his paw against the ground in his mirth.

But Scar was still unamused at being the butt of the joke like he so often was in his cubhood. And his father's laughter only made it all the more reason to sulk for him. Uru managed to get her laughter under control and rubbed her body up against Scar's own like how domestic housecats would. A show of affection that always made Scar feel a lot better when his mother was alive.

Especially after that day when he got his scar and became the bitter lion that we all known him as.

"Oh, lighten up Taka. It was just a joke." Uru snickered.

"A joke that I don't find funny." Scar said. "Besides, why waste your time with me when you and Ahadi over there can be spending your afterlives with your favorite son? As I am just a terrible king who is destined to be thrown into the deepest, darkest, and most agonizing pits of the underworld."

"Who says you're being sent there?" Mohatu asked.

"It's plenty obvious that's where I'm going." Scar replied. "I've committed such great sins in life that I deserve no less than to be tormented for eternity. Especially after I completely and utterly destroyed the Pridelands after murdering your favorite cub, Mufasa."

Ahadi ceased his laughing and looked away from his youngest son. He knows that he wasn't the best father to Taka and often broke his promises to him when he and his brother Mufasa were growing up. Ahadi even subconsciously favored Mufasa over Taka and spent more time with his oldest cub because Mufasa was the one chosen to succeed him as king. If he could have, Ahadi would have gladly made both of his sons kings of the Pridelands, but tradition states that there can be only one king and queen at a time in the Pridelands.

It's been this way since Mohatu was made king after saving all of the Pridelands during the great drought that once plagued Africa before he was ever born. He had honestly hoped that Taka could become an advisor to Mufasa, and have an equal role in ruling the Pridelands even though he wouldn't be king. That all changed when Ahadi and Taka had a terrible argument and Ahadi lashed out with his claws, giving Taka his signature scar and in turn causing him to become this new lion…

...Scar…

True, Scar did learn from his mistakes and at least remained civil with the rest of the pride, but he became more and more distant after that. And true to his word, Scar never spoke to Ahadi ever again. Nor did he ever listen to what Ahadi had to say.

"While it is true that your sins are great, Taka," began Mohatu as he stepped forward. "We are not here to send you to the underworld. The kings of the past, myself included, have come to offer you a second chance at life. A chance to right the wrongs you have committed in the past."

"Any why would you do this for me?" Scar asked.

In his view, he isn't worthy of a second chance at life. He's dead and that's the end of that. At least, to Scar it is. But it would seem as though Mohatu has a way to show him that he's wrong about that. He placed his paw on the ground and the clouds parted to reveal a portal to the mortal world. Well, not so much as a portal and more like a viewing mirror. Curious about what may lay behind this mirror, Scar stepped forward and peered into it. What he saw looked eerily familiar to something he went through in his youth.

Simba and his new family, his mate Nala, his heiress Kiara, that insufferable pair of a Meerkat and a Warthog, Timon and Pumbaa if Scar remembers correctly, all sitting around Pride Rock enjoying themselves. While the royal family seemed to have caught a bull Cape Buffalo and the Meerkat and Warthog had bugs, one member of the royal family stands apart from the rest.

A young lion cub who looks a lot like Simba did in his youth. However, he has a small tuft of a red mane on his head that looks a lot like how Scar's own looked when he was a cub. This cub appears to be sad and lonely as he lay away from the rest of the group shivering in the cold of the night. He's very thin. Dangerously so, in fact, like he's not getting anywhere near enough to eat.

It reminds Taka of… himself… when he was a young cub.

"His name is Kion. And he is the second born son of Simba and Nala. However, we have foreseen that Simba and Nala will unconscously neglect Kion like they are doing now, even though Kion has a great destiny ahead of him. Like you were in the past, Taka, Kion is to be the next leader of the Lion Guard." Mohatu explained.

Looking up in surprise, Scar instantly knew what Mohatu was talking about.

The Lion Guard is a group of heroic animals that protects the Pridelands and defends the Circle of Life. Each generation of Lion Guard traditionally consists of the Pridelands' Fiercest, Bravest, Fastest, Strongest, and Keenest of Sight with the Fiercest being the leader of the guard and having a special power known as the Roar of the Elders. Like Kion is destined to be, Scar too was once the leader of the Lion Guard. And he too possessed the power of the roar.

However, after meeting a Strange Lion and getting his scar from Ahadi, Scar began to become overwhelmed by a combination of snake venom and the power he possessed. It twisted and warped his mind. He began to believe that HE should be the king instead of his brother Mufasa, and ordered the members of his generation of Lion Guard to help him dethrone Mufasa. And when they refused, Scar became furious and used the roar to destroy the other members of the guard.

But what Scar didn't realize at the time was that by using the roar's power for evil, he would lose it and its power forever.

And so, here we are now.

"Even though Kion shall form the Lion Guard later on in life, he will never be able to achieve his true power of his true destiny under Simba's care. Therefore, Taka, you have been chosen to raise Kion as your own in a new world apart from this one." Ahadi explained.

"A world apart from my own?" Scar asked. "How is that even possible? I mean, it's not like alternative universes actually exist!"

However, the other three lions of the past remained silent as they simply stared at Taka as if expecting this kind of reaction from him. That's when he put two and two together.

"Oh God, you're serious!"

At their nod, Scar did the only logical thing.

He fell back in a dead faint once again. Much to his mother's amusement and his father's irritation.

"Not again!" groaned Ahadi.

"Reminds me of someone else who was prone to fainting in life." Uru quipped with a smirk.

"Quiet you!" Ahadi said with a small blush, remembering how he was prone to fainting in his youth.

Uru just laughed at her mate's expense as he steamed over being the butt of the joke this time. All the while, Mohatu just looked on with a smirk. To him, this is even better than one of those human science-fiction films he managed to get his paws on when he crossed over.

'Perhaps once we see Scar and Kion off I should invite Ahadi, Uru, and Mufasa over for a movie marathon.'

*To Be Continued…*

Well, that's the end of this chapter. I hope you all liked it. Now, I'm still trying to build Kion's Pokemon team for the story (the one he'll use to win the Kalos League) and am trying to keep it as balanced as possible. So I've set up a poll for his Kalos Starter.

Poll Question: In Kion's Lament - Pokemon X & Y, which of these Pokemon do you want Kion to have as his starter? (No matter which one wins, Kion will still get a Charizard for his team)

Poll Options:

Chespin, the Spiny Nut Pokemon (Grass Type)

Fennekin, the Fox Pokemon (Fire Type)

Froakie, the Bubble Frog Pokemon (Water Type)

Thank you all so much for reading. Please be sure to cast your votes on this poll I have up. May the Force be with you, and have a great day my Jedi, Sith, and Gray Force User friends.