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[wind blowing]

[Mufasa] Look at the stars.

Whenever you feel alone,

the great kings of the past

will always be up there to guide you.

And so will I.

[♪ majestic song playing in other language]

[roars]

[trumpets]

- [leaves rustle] - [birds chirping]

[song ends]

My friends, the time of my family's growth is upon us.

This home we share is the fulfillment

of my father's vision.

How wonderful is it that Nala and I

get to continue his dream

and make even greater the Circle of Life?

[animals cheer]

Nala, my love, I'm on my way.

[♪ serene music playing]

Simba...

I'm here.

I'm here.

[♪ exhilarating song playing in other language]

[grunts]

[Pumbaa] Security detail has arrived!

[Timon] One gentle reminder: we are not food.

No, no, no, no, no. We are just two guys

walking to work through a pride of hungry lions.

[Timon] Which is perfectly normal. I'm not terrified.

Security detail reporting for duty,

Your Grace, Your Highness...

Ruler of all four-legged creatures.

And that one three-legged zebra.

Oh, right, Ron. That was tragic.

- It was an eat-and-Ron. - Yeah.

Ron has three legs. That's still one more than me.

- Well, are those arms or legs? - [Simba] Guys.

I don't know. I think they're paws.

[Simba] Guys.

- I consider all those legs. - Guys! This is serious.

I need you to stay with Kiara until I get back.

Are you saying that your security detail

has been called on to do babysitting?

Pumbaa, we should really discuss this

because I don't really love...

Guys, I promised her everything would be okay.

Well, that's one way to parent.

She's gonna have to grow up sometime.

What else did you tell her,

that she could be whatever she wants to be?

That life is fair?

I need you two to try and act like adults, okay?

Don't scare Kiara. And most of all, no stories.

- No stories? - Wait a second.

I know where your head goes.

I grew up with you two. Promise me.

Okay. You know what, you know what, you know what?

Fine. No stories.

Speak for yourself, Pumbaa.

No. Pssh. [whispers] We'll tell a story anyway.

[whispers] Okay, we'll tell him that we're not gonna

tell a story and then we're gonna tell a story.

- He can't stop us. - Are you guys serious?

I'm clearly within earshot.

Dad. [panting]

- Hey, little one. - [coos]

Dad, the storm's coming, and I'm scared.

I wanna go with you and Mom.

- Don't be scared, my love. - Mmm.

Timon and Pumbaa will watch you while I'm gone.

Be brave now, Kiara.

Be brave.

[in normal voice] Okay! We've prepared a story.

[♪ dramatic music playing]

[Timon] Scar looked at us.

He knew it was the end of the line.

I could smell the fear.

[Pumbaa] That was actually me, but yes.

[roars]

[grunts]

[Kiara] So you two defeated Scar?

And then you ate him?

Honestly, one of the best meals I ever had.

My dad told me he defeated Scar.

Well, okay. But your dad,

as we all know, is a pathological liar.

He's always lyin'. Get it?

- [thunder rumbles] - [gasps]

[elephants trumpet]

I'm scared. I want Mom and Dad.

[Pumbaa] Look, look, look look, look.

Don't be scared, Kiara.

How about we sing you a song? And, a-one...

Pumbaa, no, it is way too early for the song.

It worked on Simba.

He thought he had murdered his own father.

He was singin' and dancin' around in seconds.

I can't just turn it on like that.

I have to be in the moment.

He sang that song for six years straight.

- Well, who didn't? - [thunder rumbles]

- Look! - [Timon screams]

- No! - It's Ron,

the three-legged zebra. Run for your lives!

He heard what we've been sayin' about him.

We're sorry, Ron. They were jokes. They were just jokes!

[Kiara] It's Rafiki.

Rafiki! Rafiki!

[laughs]

Little one, there's no reason to cry.

My parents...

they're gone.

Hey. Look out there, mdogo.

You see those baobab trees blowing in the wind?

The roots of those trees are very strong, like your family.

And, just as they did for you,

your parents have gone to the ceremonial birthing grounds.

And when they return, the Circle of Life

will bring a blessing to you, Kiara,

that you will never forget.

[softly] Man, he's good.

He's such a visual storyteller.

Yet it makes sense that he lives alone.

I just want the storm to pass,

and then I promise to be brave.

[Rafiki laughs] I'll tell you a secret.

When your father Simba was your age,

he was afraid of the thunder

and would hide behind the king.

When did he stop hiding?

One day, during a big storm,

your grandfather Mufasa took your father

to the very top of Pride Rock,

told him to stand with him

and howl into the wind.

And Simba slowly stepped out with the king.

And together, they roared into the night.

[gasps]

But I'm not brave like my dad.

And I could never be like Mufasa.

[Rafiki chuckling] Is that so?

Then maybe it's time I tell you a story.

A story of a cub, not much bigger than you.

A lion born without a drop of nobility in his blood.

A lion who would change our lives forever.

A story! So glad I brought some crickets.

But go easy. We're in a cave.

[Rafiki] This story begins far beyond

the mountains and the shadows.

On the other side of the light.

In this place, everything was dying of thirst

as 20 full moons had passed without

- a single drop of water. - [gasps]

But when the skies finally opened,

- destiny would reign. - [♪ majestic music playing]

[chittering]

[lioness] Mufasa.

Mufasa! Come see.

Mom, what is that light way out there?

Oh, that's very special.

Beyond the horizon,

beyond the last cloud in the sky,

that's a place we call Milele.

Milele?

Hmm. It means, "forever."

[lion] Imagine a kingdom full of life,

water and food,

grass and sky as far as the eye can see.

Will we ever go there?

Oh, yes, Mufasa.

That's exactly where we're headed.

But we can also be there right now.

We can close our eyes.

Let our dreams take us.

- [♪ enthralling song playing] - [chorus] ♪ Sekuseduzani ♪

Empumalanga

Entshonalanga Sala ngoxolo

[lioness] Beyond the horizon

Beyond the last cloud in the sky

There's a place I know

[chorus] Siqhubek'ekhaya s'ofika

- Ngothando - [lioness] Imagine

- A kingdom - [chorus] Ngothando

[lioness] The water flows

- The grass is high - [chorus] S'ofika

- It's not a dream - [chorus] Ngothando!

Someday we'll go

- We call it - [chorus] Tunaita

- Milele - Sivulele indlela

S'yacela Milele

- It's always there - Sivulele indlela

Somandla! Daimaiko

- Milele - Sivulele indlela

- S'yacela Milele - It lives in you

- It lives in me - Siqonde Phambile

- You'll see - Milele!

Life, great and small

The Circle of Life is not small

We know that there's enough for all

[lion] There's enough for all

[both] There is always more

[lioness] Can you feel it?

[lion] Can you feel it?

- We're on your side - We'll wander no longer

We carry ancestors inside

- Like a constant tide - [chorus] S'ofika

It's not a dream, can you see it?

- On an endless shore - Ngothando!

- And as you grow - Iyhooo!

- Can you find your way? - Can you see it?

- [lion] We call it - Sekuseduzani

- [♪ music soars] - ♪ Tunaita ♪

- [both] Milele - Sekuseduzani

Milele!

- It's always there - Sekuseduzani daimaiko

- Milele - Empumalanga entshonalanga

Sala ngoxolo Milele!

- We call it - Sekuseduzani tunaita

- Empumalanga entshonalanga - Milele

Sala ngoxolo Milele!

- It's always there - Sekuseduzani daimaiko

- Milele - Milele!

Empumalanga entshonalanga Sala ngoxolo

- Milele! - It lives in you

- It lives in me - Sala ngoxolo

- We're free - Ngoxolo

- Milele - Milele!

[song fades]

[softly] Wow.

What is this?

Rain. Rain!

Oh, finally we have rain!

[animals chittering]

- Dad, race you to the light! - [lion laughs]

You're too fast.

I've never beaten you.

Nobody has ever beaten you.

[Mufasa] I know!

[lion chuckles] Mufasa! Fastest cub in the world.

[Mufasa laughing]

[animals exclaiming]

[laughing]

[trumpets]

[bellows]

[Mufasa chuckles]

[grunting]

Thank you.

[lioness] Mufasa...

that's enough.

- Mufasa, come back now. - [animals clamoring]

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

Mufasa, stay there! I'm coming, son.

[bleating]

[♪ dramatic music playing]

- [Mufasa] Father! - Mufasa!

[growls]

Mufasa?

I'll catch you on the turn.

Find my voice.

Find my voice!

- Mom! - [lioness screams]

Mufasa, the cliff is too high, but you can cross at the dam.

Come on, Mufasa, you can do this.

Find your mother's voice.

[lioness] Listen to your father, Mufasa!

Listen to us!

[lion] Afia, he's there.

- [Mufasa] Mom! - [lion] He's there!

- [Mufasa] Mother! - Mufasa!

[groans]

Find your footing one step at a time.

- [stutters] I can't. - You can do this.

I'm right here.

[breathing heavily]

[elephant trumpets]

[Afia screams] Mufasa!

[gasping]

[♪ intriguing music playing]

[gasps]

[hippo grunting]

- [exclaims] - [laughs]

Mom? [panting]

Dad?

Can you hear me?

Is anyone out there?

Mom?

[voice fading] Please.

I'm scared.

I'm scared.

[Rafiki] The floodwaters joined a distant river,

carried Mufasa far from his mother and father.

Beyond all that he knew.

[animals grunting, chittering]

[♪ solemn music playing]

[birds chirping]

[whimpering]

- [lion cub] Hello. - [gasps]

I'm Taka, son of Obasi. What's your name?

Mufasa.

I'm not allowed to talk to Outsiders,

but I have a secret...

[chuckles] ...and I really want to tell you.

- What's the secret? - [Taka] I'll get in trouble.

Please, just tell me.

Uh... I don't know.

Just tell me!

Okay. You're about to be eaten.

- [gasps] - [growling]

I hate secrets!

- Swim! - But I can't!

- You have to swim. - I don't know how!

All right. Chin up, then walk underwater really fast.

[stutters] I can't!

- Come on, Mufasa. Faster! - [straining]

Help me, Taka! Help me!

[whines]

[roaring]

[both chuckling]

I told you to wait for me.

It's not my fault, Mum.

I came down for a drink and saw him floating by.

- I'd like you to meet Mufasa. - [lioness groans]

You're lucky those crocs were young

and afraid to fight. Let's go!

We can't just leave him here.

Rules are rules, Taka.

Obasi will never accept a stray.

I'm not a stray. I'm just... lost.

See?

He's just lost.

[Mufasa] There was a... a flood.

My parents, they tried to save me.

Do you know which way is home?

[lioness] Home?

To be lost is to learn the way.

Call me Eshe.

I'm tired, Eshe.

Come on, it's this way.

[♪ intriguing music playing]

- [Taka] Come on, Mufasa. - [grunts]

[Mufasa] Is this Milele?

[Eshe] No, my love.

[Obasi growls]

I was trying to nap, Eshe.

The all-important nap of kings,

only to be awoken by the disgusting,

hideous, revolting stench of a stray.

When we come upon an Outsider,

tell me, what do we do?

Obasi, I know.

Eat it.

But I found him, Dad. I saved his life.

Taka, we do not associate with Outsiders.

The only true bond is blood.

I've heard stories of lions twice our size.

These Outsiders

will devour everything in their path.

Does he look like he's going to devour you?

[whimpers]

Whoa, that smell is disgusting.

I'm not even sure I could eat this kibeti!

I'm not a kibeti. I'm a Mufasa.

Do you even know what "Mufasa" means?

- [Mufasa] No. - It means, "king."

And that's me.

You better start running, little Mufasa,

for your life.

If I run, you'll never catch me.

I'm the fastest cub that ever lived.

My father told me so.

[Obasi] Ooh, Taka, you have a challenge.

They will race to the dead tree and back.

And when the prince defeats him,

I will finish him in one bite.

What if Mufasa wins?

If he wins, he lives, Obasi.

He stays with me.

You have my word.

Let the race begin!

Ooh, clumsy little stray.

Run, Mufasa!

You did not have to do that.

[Obasi] Taka is the future king.

He has to win his first challenge.

No, Obasi. To be a true king, he must earn it.

Don't take that away from him.

[♪ dramatic music playing]

[Mufasa grunts]

[gasping, coughing]

[panting]

[♪ music soars]

[whines]

[both grunt]

Better hurry.

[♪ enthralling music playing]

I have one more secret, Mufasa.

I always wanted a brother.

- [growls] - [both laughing]

- Cheater! - Obasi!

You will keep him with the females.

Taka, how could you lose to a stray? [growls]

Well done, Taka.

- Well done. - [chuckles]

I thought you said you were fast.

I had to let you win.

Well, I did just go days

with no sleep while riding the waves of...

Anyway, come on, Mufasa. Let's get in some trouble.

[♪ joyful music playing]

[Taka] When I am king

No other animal will break my stride

Break my stride

- And my brother - My brother

When I'm king, you'll always take my side

- Ha! Yeah, right - That's right

- When I am king - When you are king

No other animal will break our pride

Break our pride

- And my brother - My brother

Our prey may run away, but they can't hide

Watch your hide

Let's go, let's go

[both] Let's go

Hey, did your mama say you could be up this late?

Okay, she didn't say either way

Hide away, let's go

Hey, did your father say you could be out this far?

Okay, we're on our way

[both] On our way, run away Let's go

Hey, did your mama say you could be up this late?

[Taka] Ha ha, you're very sharp

Yes, you are, yes, you are, let's go

Hey, did your father say you could be out this far?

Make a wish on the brightest star

And I say

I always wanted a brother I always wanted a brother

I always wanted a brother just like you

[both] And I always wanted a brother

I always wanted a brother

I always wanted a brother just like you

[Mufasa] You see that tree?

Those birds are watching the world unfold

The world unfold

- Oh, brother - My brother

[Taka] When I'm king, they will do as they're told

You may look down on them

- But they are free - You can't catch me

And where they go cannot be controlled

No one looks down on me

They look down on us, brother

Some things you chase but you cannot hold

Okay, it's getting old, let's go

Let's go

Hey, did your mama say

That you could learn this way?

I've got to find a way, find our prey

- Fine, I'll wait - [both] Let's go

- [chorus] Hey - I heard his father say

He doesn't want this stray

I dare you to say that again to my face

What did you say 'bout my brother?

That's not a stray, that's my brother

You stay away from my brother 'cause I say so

If you put your paws on my brother

You'll meet the jaws of his brother

Those are the laws for my brother

Where'd he go?

[♪ emotional music playing]

I always wanted a brother

I still remember my mother

One season after another

[chorus] One season after another

One season after another

One season after another

Everyone sing for my brother

- Hey - I'd do anything

- For my brother - Hey

Soon I'll be king with my brother

Hey

- By my side - Hey

- I always wanted a brother - Hey

- Now we rely on each other - Hey

- One season after another - Hey

- Hey, Mufasa - Yes, Taka?

I'll race you to the other side

- Hey - [Mufasa] Race you

- To the other side - Hey

Race you to the other side Ha!

Elephant stampede!

Run for your lives!

[all exclaiming, clamoring]

[growling]

[Taka laughing]

[Mufasa] Chigaru jumped, like, 20 feet.

Oh, that's a new record.

[Chigaru] Obasi, they did it again.

Your sons are nothing but trouble.

That one is not my son.

They're heathens, the both of them.

This stray is forbidden to be near the Shade Tree.

Mufasa and I were just playing.

You two will never be brothers.

Now go back to the females

and stay away from my son.

Oh, your mother, she adopts every lizard,

speaks to passing grasshoppers.

I want to go with him.

You want to be with the females?

You belong with the males.

He gets to hunt with Mother.

One day, he will betray you.

That is what strays do.

Mufasa would never betray me.

[Obasi] Hey, hey.

This will all be yours, my son.

You will be king.

So pay attention.

Study every move I make.

Sleeping again.

That is what males do.

We protect the pride as we nap.

That's...

Well, that's power.

Power?

Why are we stopping?

Close your eyes.

And tell me what you hear.

What you feel.

[Mufasa] There's a herd of antelope

heading across the dry lakebed.

About half a day from here?

[Eshe] And how do you know they're not gazelles?

[Mufasa] Their steps are too heavy.

- Moving way too slow. - [Eshe] What else?

Come on. You can do it.

[Mufasa sighs] When the wind hits their horns, it moves up

instead of across. So, definitely antelope horns.

[Eshe] Very good.

[grunts]

What is it, Mufasa? What's wrong?

Sometimes I get a scent.

It's barely a trace on the wind.

And it smells like home.

Then it's gone.

Mufasa, your parents are still out there.

We can keep looking.

I lost them, Eshe.

You're wasting your time training me like this.

But these skills you have, no other male has them.

Obasi will never accept me.

I'll never be his blood. His family.

But you are my family.

And if Obasi could see how gifted you are...

Well, maybe I like being a stray, you know. [chuckles]

No rules, no responsibility.

[stutters] I'm the lucky one, Eshe.

What do you mean, Mufasa?

I never have to be like Taka.

I never have to be king.

[growls]

Did he say, "no rules and no responsibility"?

An outcast, afraid of water, never takes a bath.

Which means he smells like me.

Which is not good.

Well, either way, I think that means that he's one of us.

- [gasps] This is it. - It's our time!

This is our moment.

And a-one, and a-two and a-one, two...

Hakuna Mufasa

What a wonderful name

Hakuna Mufasa

He ain't no passin' craze

It means no...

- Stop! - What?

Don't go there.

All right, all right, Rafiki's right.

We'll get letters from legal.

Those vultures will take everything we have.

Which, technically, is nothing.

Look at us. We're naked animals.

No wonder I'm always freezing.

They want this!

- [Timon] Come on, Pumbaa. - [sighs]

Let's bring it home.

Hakuna Mufasa

Quiet!

Kiara's a music snob.

Rafiki, keep going.

[Rafiki] Later that day,

Eshe was teaching Mufasa how to hunt in pairs.

But, as Taka was secretly watching,

something terrible was hunting them.

[growling]

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

[sniffs]

[growling]

[growling]

[bleating]

Mufasa, run!

[roaring]

Eshe!

Mother.

Mother!

Eshe!

[roaring]

[panting]

[Eshe] Keep moving, Mufasa.

They go for the neck!

[growls]

[both growling]

[roaring]

[Eshe] It's okay, Mufasa.

- It's okay. - [panting]

It's okay.

That was very brave of you, Mufasa.

Thank you.

Eshe...

What has happened?

[stutters] Are you hurt?

They were huge. White as ghosts.

Like nothing I've seen before.

Oh, Obasi.

Had Mufasa not been there, I...

[growls]

Taka.

I owe you a great debt, Mufasa.

[growls] We need to prepare.

They're downwind less than a day away.

No.

You couldn't possibly know this.

Send a scout and you'll see...

they'll be coming for us.

Chigaru.

Father, please, let me explain.

No. Not now.

Taka, come.

[♪ ominous music playing]

Where is my son?

There was a young lion, Majesty.

He fought Shaju.

And yet you came back.

You survived.

I was badly hurt. I promise, Majesty. This is the truth.

- The truth? - Yes, the truth.

[scoffs]

The truth is standing behind you.

[growling]

- There were others, Majesty. - No, no, no.

But only one left blood on his mane.

[lioness] Which means he left Shaju to die.

Saved himself.

This young lion, was he their king?

His blood is common. Ordinary.

[lion roars] Answer me!

Was he their king?

No, Kiros, you are the only king.

[grunts] An ordinary lion?

And you left my son to die?

[stuttering] I was injured. There was no choice.

Please, Majesty, you have to believe me.

There's no reason to fear me.

I would never harm one of my own.

Thank you, Majesty.

I'll leave that pleasure

to them.

Majesty! No. Kiros!

Kiros!

[gasps]

[Obasi] No one can ever know you ran.

That you ran from your mother.

It never happened, Taka. Do you understand?

But I didn't know. I was just... I was just scared.

It doesn't matter. We must protect the bloodline.

Protect it with a lie? Father, that's deceitful.

Deceit is a tool of a great king.

Taka...

it's what kings must do.

But I'm not a king.

I'm just your son.

[Chigaru] Obasi!

Chigaru.

Obasi!

Chigaru, I'm here. What did you see?

They're coming this way, Obasi.

Two lions for every one of ours.

Each one bigger than the next,

but none as mighty as Kiros, their terrifying king.

Outsiders.

The stories were all true.

I must protect the bloodline, Eshe.

The future of this pride.

Taka, you are that future.

Future? Dad, what do you mean?

I'm sending you away.

Far from here.

You will leave and start a new life, a new beginning.

I need you to go with him, Mufasa,

to pledge your loyalty.

They'll arrive with the sunrise.

Where will we go, Eshe?

Without you, I have no home.

Mufasa, you and Taka together. That...

- That is home. - Eshe...

Mufasa, look out there.

Beyond the light...

You know what I see?

I see the place your mother told you about,

a place beyond the river's end.

Across the deepest canyon

on the other side of the mountains,

a place beyond the horizon itself.

A pride land so green,

so perfect

that to see it is to see

Milele.

[softly] Yes. Forever.

My parents spoke of Milele often.

My mother told me it was where we were going.

And don't you see, Mufasa?

You must keep going.

You must continue your journey toward the light.

Please, Eshe. I can't lose you.

You have my love always, Mufasa.

But your family is still out there, waiting for you.

I can feel their presence.

And I know you can, too.

Go.

Go, Mufasa. Find your way home.

Mother, please forgive me. I beg you.

There's no need, my love.

Taka, your moment of courage will come.

Now both of you go.

Go and find your place

in the Circle of Life.

[♪ valiant music playing]

They left their family never to see them again?

- [Timon whimpers] - This story is killing me.

It's toying with my emotions.

[Pumbaa] And here is the worst part.

- What's that? - I'm out of crickets.

Oh, maybe that's for the best.

I need a bathroom break before the second act.

Everyone wait for me.

I am back.

Pumbaa, did you wash your hooves?

[Pumbaa] Mm-hmm.

- Pumbaa? - I did. I did.

- [Timon] Pumbaa? - I'm just gonna walk

- on them again right after. - Pumbaa?

[groans]

Rafiki, did the Outsiders come?

[Rafiki] Yes.

And as the hunters led Kiros into the Valley of Kings,

Obasi and Eshe stood their ground.

[♪ tense music playing]

[growling]

Which one of you is king?

You have no reason to challenge me.

[chuckles] Does this look like a challenge, King?

There are rules among lions.

Not anymore.

While you ruled this pride, I've built my army.

Yours is the last pride

in the Valley of Kings, which means

everything the light touches belongs to me.

There will be one ruler.

One Lion King.

[lions growling]

You say you're the king

But you lie around in the shade

Out of shape, unafraid

The moon cuts a path through the sky

By night or by day

It doesn't obey

And neither do I

You took my son

[growls]

I hope you can run

'Cause I'm going to be the last thing you see

Before you go bye-bye

There you go, bye-bye

Climb every tree Cross land and sea

I'll make you go bye-bye

I'll make you go bye-bye

Everything in my clutches, ha!

Bye-bye

Everything the light touches

The Circle of Life is a lie

A pretty way to say

There are predators and prey

That circle of vultures up high

They keep stealing glances

They don't like your chances

And neither do I

I run my pride

You run and hide

'Cause I'm going to be the last thing you see

Before you go bye-bye

There you go, bye-bye

Climb every tree Cross land and sea

Until you go bye-bye

Will you go bye-bye?

Bye-bye, for vengeance is mine

If I'm the last of my line

I must be strong

Gotta go bye-bye

I'll make you go bye-bye

[vocalizing]

Bye-bye

We have to move. They'll be tracking us.

- Taka! - [Taka] What if you're wrong?

What if they're okay?

They live in you now.

Follow me, brother.

We have to move...

together.

[birds screeching]

[♪ mysterious music playing]

Run, Mufasa.

Run!

Hunters.

- [Taka] What's the plan? - [Mufasa] Uh...

Run! Very fast!

[lions growling]

[♪ dramatic music playing]

This way!

[grunting]

Back to the trees.

We're trapped. We have to swim.

No, we have to fight.

If we fight, we die.

But if we swim, we drown.

Okay, I didn't want to do this,

- but I command you to swim! - You what?

You pledged your loyalty. I command you to swim.

Taka, this is not the time for jokes.

- [antelope bleating] - [♪ ominous music playing]

[lions growling]

Which one of you killed my son?

I did. This lion with me is nothing

but a stray. Let him go.

Kiros, the other is no stray.

He holds the blood of the pride.

[Kiros chuckles]

The last blood of the king? Hmm.

Blood for blood.

[♪ dramatic music playing]

[Taka] They're coming!

What do we do?

We find the advantage?

What advantage?

We're on a rock in the middle of the water!

Taka, this is it. We go for the king.

[Kiros growling]

- [roars] - [growls softly]

[Taka] Mufasa, I'm ready.

Just one last thing.

- What? - Chin up!

Taka!

- [Mufasa screaming] - [Taka] This was a bad idea.

[screams]

[gasping]

- [Taka] Mufasa! - [Mufasa exclaims]

Mufasa!

[both exclaiming]

[coughs]

[growls]

- [chuckling] Mufasa... - Yeah! [chuckles]

- We're alive. - Ah!

I did it. I saved us.

[gasps]

You were saying?

[♪ dramatic music playing]

[gasping]

[exclaims]

[screams]

[Taka] Okay. Okay.

No... No more water.

Tell me you can track them down river.

We can track them anywhere.

They can run, but they can't hide.

So just to be clear, we're not in this story?

It feels a little bit like

Kiros is stealing my thunder here.

Yeah. You know, I don't feel seen.

No. There's a lotta stories with all of us.

Tell one of those!

Can I make one small suggestion?

Less childhood trauma, more meerkat.

Rafiki, I know who Taka's gonna be.

Oh. Me too. It's so obvious.

But maybe, just so we're on the same page, tell me?

- Is it Simba? Is it me? - Pumbaa.

- Oh, wait. Am I Obasi? - [sighs]

That makes no sense.

But seriously, I have one question.

Am I Taka?

[in sing-song voice] I did it again, I did it again

Not that I'm counting, but I saved your hide. Again!

[chuckles] As much as it kills you to say it,

let's hear a little, "Thank you, Taka."

[chuckles] You want me to thank you

for pushing me off a waterfall?

Yes, and you're welcome. [scoffs]

Look, it's not my fault

crocodiles are simply attracted to you.

[laughing] Don't... Don't say that.

[Taka laughs]

[in sing-song voice] I did it again, I did it...

[animal growls]

- Mufasa. - [Mufasa shushes]

[stutters] Is it them? Is it the Outsiders?

[Mufasa] No. She's right there.

"She"?

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

There's no place to run.

We have your scent.

[lioness] My scent?

[scoffs] I've been stalking you two all night.

[chuckles] That's not possible.

[lioness] Then why did I circle you

three times in this wood

while you two were chasing each other's tails?

- [roars] - [Taka exclaims]

Uh... That's embarrassing.

Yeah, well, I, uh, meant to do that, so...

Still think I'm afraid?

[Mufasa] Why are you following us?

I was hoping to find my pride.

What happened to them?

[lioness] The Outsiders happened.

A few of us got away,

but you're the only other lions I've seen.

You two better keep moving.

Wait! Please.

Um... My name is Taka.

Son of Obasi.

I know what it's like to lose everything.

Come with us. We can help you.

I don't need any help.

But you don't have anyone.

She does indeed have someone. Thank you very much.

That's Zazu. Don't eat him.

You heard her. Do not eat me.

As a recent addition to the King's Royal Guard,

I must kindly ask you both to move on.

Thank you for stopping by.

Your king hired a bird to protect you?

How high can you fly?

- Mmm. - Look, I needed a scout.

Zazu was the last option.

Well, next to last. [chuckles]

Between Albert the Iguana and I,

His Majesty decided on the underling with wings.

And thus, I became the lead scout for the princess.

It's my third day, going swimmingly,

if I may say so myself.

Sarabi, you can say so as well.

[Mufasa] How far do you think you'll get with a bird?

How far do you two geniuses think you'll get

stumbling around, running into each other?

All the way to Milele.

- Milele is nothing but a myth. - It's not a myth.

Circle of Life and fairy tale herds.

- You're chasing something... - Honestly.

- ...that doesn't exist. - As If.

I don't know that Milele exists, but right now,

it's the only hope we have.

We don't need hope. We need food.

[softly] Um... Good job, brother.

- Oh, real nice. - [animal screeches]

There's trouble in the trees. My first real trouble,

and I am going to pass. Not going.

I am staying right here, thank you.

Come on, Sarabi. Looks like there's dinner headed our way.

[stutters] Sarabi, if I may.

He makes a valid point, Your Highness.

But, on the other hand, he's a starving lion,

he wants to eat me, so I am slightly torn.

[animals screeching]

I think that went quite well, all things considered.

[♪ exhilarating music playing]

[Rafiki] And now, Kiara, this is where I come in.

Rafiki.

Order! We will have order in the Congress of Baboons.

Tonight, a cheetah came into our trees

for the third night in a row.

Almost took one of our own.

It was Rafiki's fault.

He summoned the beast with his dreams.

[baboon 1] Rafiki and his visions

must be banished once and for all.

Rafiki tried to warn you.

His dreams conjure our enemies.

He talks to the spirits, summons the devil.

What are you talking about?

[baboon 2] He's done it before.

His brother was chased from these very trees,

never to be seen again.

[female baboon] Rafiki was just a child.

A child born with a leg that does not work.

Yet somehow, he survived?

It was Rafiki who found water in the dry season.

Who healed you, Inaki, when you were sick.

He speaks to the insects, converses with the moon.

Zala, you know what will happen

if you send him down from the trees.

[Inaki] He is amelaaniwa!

A curse to us all.

[female baboon] That's not true.

[baboon 2] He doesn't belong here.

All in favor of banishment, cover one eye.

[baboon 3] How can you trust him?

[baboon 4] Don't trust him, and I don't trust his magic!

[baboon 5] He doesn't belong here.

[baboon 6] He's not a baboon. And he never will be.

[baboon 7] He's not one of us.

- And so, it is time. - [♪ solemn music playing]

[female baboon] No, wait.

Where will you go?

Where I should have gone long ago.

To find all that was lost.

My family.

You can't survive on your own.

Nobody can.

And yet, here we are.

Oh, Rafiki.

The eye never forgets what the heart has seen.

[grunts]

[sighs]

- [sighs] - It's all right.

[growls]

[roars]

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

[grunts]

Hmm. Jamaa.

Hmm.

You can try to run, but I'm afraid you won't get very far.

And why would I run from you?

Because we're lions.

As in... [roaring] lions!

[scoffs] A flea can trouble a lion

more than a lion can trouble a flea.

I don't think you understand what's about to happen.

There's no place for you to go.

I am going forward.

I seriously doubt that.

It is easy to doubt everything when you know nothing.

Can we get on with this, please?

If you take my life, you will never find Milele.

Wait, did you say Milele?

That is where I'm going. Toward the light.

I have been there many times in my dreams.

My brother waits for me there.

I've seen the tree.

Can picture it. The two of us,

together again.

And why would anyone trust a baboon's dream?

Sometimes, a dream is all you have.

The only truth that lives in you.

Like the memory of a great king.

How did you know?

Okay. Help us get to Milele, and we will let you live.

- Do we have a deal? - No.

What? Why?

Rafiki will let you live.

I've had enough of this!

Taka, do not eat him.

Wonderful. Another misfit stray

we're not supposed to eat.

So, you expect us to follow this baboon

to a place nobody has ever seen? [scoffs]

- I'll be better off alone. - Hhe ntombazane.

A single stick may smoke,

but it will never burn.

Okay, now that there's five of us,

why don't we all go around

and say a fun fact about ourselves?

I'll go first.

[chuckling] I once had a crush on a flamingo.

[whispers] I've never said that out loud.

And they're walking away.

Yeah, places to go, kingdoms to see.

We're busy. Let's hustle.

[♪ exhilarating song playing in other language]

Wait, wait, wait. Now you're the star of this thing?

Someone's a little tired of bein' second banana, huh?

All of a sudden, there's a lotta Rafiki in this story.

You even gave yourself a long-lost brother.

- Yeah. - [Timon] What's next?

A funny catchphrase?

[Pumbaa] You gonna be fartin' next? 'Cause that's my thing.

You cannot tell the story of Mufasa

without the story of Rafiki.

[Timon] Oh, now he's even talkin' about himself

in the third person.

Pretty soon, he'll have his own fragrance.

[Pumbaa] And I'm the only one with a fragrance around here.

It's called "Pumbaa by Pumbaa,"

and from what I hear, it's pretty gross.

Mom? Dad?

If you can hear me, come home.

Please.

Come home.

- [♪ melancholic music playing] - [thunder rumbling]

[Mufasa whispering] Mother?

Mother?

[voice echoes] Milele.

- Mother! [gasps] - [grunts]

[breathing heavily]

[grunts softly]

- Rafiki. - [Rafiki] Ayi suka.

- What are you doing? - I am fishing.

[Mufasa] You're sitting on a rock with your eyes closed.

My eyes are open. It is my lids that are closed.

Why am I talking to a baboon?

I am not a baboon. I am a mandrill.

No offense, but a monkey is a monkey.

[Rafiki] And a stray is a stray.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means we are very much the same.

Siyafana.

We are nothing alike.

Take a good look. I am a lion.

[Rafiki] A lion who fears water,

fears his own reflection.

Who can't sleep because of what he sees

when he closes his eyes.

Huh?

You are afraid of your dreams, Mufasa.

Afraid of what you see in them.

[Mufasa] I see my parents.

I feel them everywhere.

[Rafiki] Of course you do, Mufasa.

You will feel them forever.

My mother, I hear her voice.

She tells me that we are on a journey to Milele,

but I feel so lost without her.

Your journey is not a dream, Mufasa.

Your mother is guiding you,

and where you are going, a family awaits.

[grunts]

Ah... Ni heshima kukutana nawe, binamu.

Nenda kwa amani. Ah... [laughs]

[Mufasa] What are you doing?

We're starving.

'Twas not its time.

Instead, the fish has agreed to let us share the water.

[sighs]

Iketle Rafiki. Iketle mosimane.

I have a report.

It's morning.

End of report.

[grunts]

[Rafiki] The earth divided is now a choice.

Around or down?

The decision is yours.

Mmm.

Look out there, beyond the light.

Across the deepest canyon.

"Across the deepest canyon."

We should go down.

Why? Because of some fairy tale? [scoffs]

The rocks will hide our tracks.

It's safer to go around.

I picked up their scents.

The only thing you picked up is a hallucinating baboon.

I am a mandrill.

This is a waste of time.

Close your eyes.

What?

Tell me what you see. What you feel.

There's nothing on the wind.

[Mufasa] No, they're moving

- through the bush willow. - They, who?

The females, out front. Come on.

Clear your thoughts. Concentrate.

I am concentrating.

He's right.

We have to go down.

Wow. Wow, wow, wow.

Ah! Uyabona mfana.

Now the many sticks will make fire as one.

Come on. We have places to go.

[Zazu] And kingdoms to see.

[Rafiki] And kingdoms to see!

- [laughs] Masihambeni. - [♪ joyful music playing]

If you wanna go fast, go alone

There's the road

Off you go

But if you wanna go far

We go together

So good, so far

We go together

Your father left you in my care

[chorus vocalizing]

And now we're running who knows where

Sometimes you need a bird's-eye view

And I've got you to see me through

By land, by air

If you wanna go fast, go alone

Day and night

- There's the road - I just might

- Off you go - Yeah, right

[Rafiki and Sarabi] If you wanna go far

[Rafiki, Sarabi and Zazu] We go together

So good, so far

We go together

I will find my family again

I will walk with you until then

I will walk with you till the end

It's much easier with a friend

I will find my family again

I will walk with you until then

I will walk with you till the end

[Zazu] Flying through

[Mufasa and Sarabi] It's much easier with a friend

Like the clouds and rain

[chorus vocalizing]

Like a meal in a field of grain

Like the flecks of gold in your mane

Sarabi, you and me, we go together

Like clouds and rain

[Mufasa and Sarabi] We will find our family again

Like a meal in a field of grain

[Mufasa and Sarabi] We will walk together till then

Like the flecks of gold in your mane, Sarabi

[Mufasa and Sarabi] We will find our way to the end

You and me, we go together

[Mufasa and Sarabi] It's much easier with a friend

[Rafiki] My brother waits for me to find him

[Mufasa and Sarabi] We will find our family again

My brother knows I'm right behind him

[Mufasa and Sarabi] We will walk together till then

My brother tends to lose his way

[Mufasa and Sarabi] We will find our way

- And go astray, say - To the end

If you see my brother, please remind him

[Mufasa and Sarabi] It's much easier with a friend

- [chorus] Sondela - [all] It's much easier

- With a friend - Sondela mntanam! Sondela

- It's much easier - Sondela mntanam! Sondela

Sondela mntanam! Sondela

[Rafiki and Sarabi] We won't go alone

- [lions] Not alone - [vocalizing]

- Here we go - Here we go

- Down the road - Down the road

[Rafiki and Sarabi] 'Cause we're gonna go far

- Hey, hey, hey, hey - Sondela

- We go together - Sondela mntanam!

- So good, so far - Hey, hey, hey, hey

- We go together - Uyayiqonda mntanam!

[all laughing]

[Rafiki] As we headed across the Great Valley,

the hunters tracked our every move.

[sniffing]

Kiros. They are not alone.

They've collected a lioness.

And a monkey.

[roars]

[Taka whispers] Mufasa.

[in normal voice] Mufasa. You have to help me.

Help you how?

It's Sarabi, Mufasa.

She is the light my mother spoke of.

- What? - She's special.

The most amazing female I've ever met in my life.

I don't know what to say to her.

You've spent your life with females.

Please, tell me what to say.

Just talk to her. Be yourself.

[Taka] No, Mufasa.

[stutters] You don't understand.

Myself isn't good enough.

You...

just know things. [sighs]

Fine. Fine.

Keep it simple. Ask her a question.

Right. A question. This... This is good.

Yeah, try to be confident. Disinterested.

But I'm very interested.

- Tell her about the flowers. - What flowers?

The valley she comes from. There's flowers everywhere.

They're called duck flowers.

Long stems.

It's absolutely beautiful.

How do you know that?

When she passes, I can smell them on her fur.

[Taka] Okay.

Flowers. Disinterested.

- Flowers. And disinterested. - And here's the most

- important thing, okay? - [whispering] Flowers.

- And disinterested. - Listen...

- Flowers and disinterested. - ...when she speaks.

Males have trouble with that one.

Flowers...

[in normal voice] Sorry. What did you say?

- Really? - [laughing]

I heard you, brother.

I'm gonna make you proud.

[♪ amusing music playing]

[Taka exhales]

[sighs] It's very hot, isn't it?

Yep.

[exhales] I... I love listening.

Okay. [chuckles softly]

- I'm listening right now. - To what?

What you just said.

You're the one that's talking.

I am.

- You smell like a duck. - What?

Flower.

Uh... A duck flower.

[stutters] How do you know about those flowers?

I, uh...

Well, I inhaled you with my nose.

I can smell them.

[exhales] That's amazing.

Our valley was full of those flowers,

thousands of them as far as the eye could see.

It was... It was the most beautiful place, Taka.

Did he just say she smells like a duck?

And you call me a baboon? [scoffs]

[fly buzzing]

- [♪ intriguing music playing] - [fly buzzes]

[elephants trumpeting]

They shouldn't be here.

The migration patterns are broken.

- I... I don't understand... - Outsiders!

This is not a drill! Just to be clear,

I never signed up for this.

It's okay. We're safe.

They're on the other side.

Nope!

They can just jump across!

[stutters] We are trapped!

What do we do?

The elephants will fight with us.

And why would they do that?

Because I'm going to ask them.

Got a better idea?

[Sarabi] Yes, Mr. Ask-Questions-First.

Get ready to run.

[Mufasa] Uh...

Where is she going?

Hello? Listen to me, please. We need your help.

Can you talk with me?

- We need your help. Please. - [trumpets]

[growling]

[Zazu] They're coming!

Sarabi! Sarabi, wait!

Sarabi! Sarabi, wait. Wait! Where is she going?

She's going for the hive!

Like I said, get ready to run!

[grunts]

[buzzing]

[elephants trumpet]

Run!

Get to the trees!

Why am I running?

[elephant groans]

[♪ dramatic music playing]

[pants]

[grunts]

[elephant grunts]

[Zazu] Uh, Your Highness, hold on!

Zazu! [screams]

[grunts]

Sarabi!

[gasps]

[growling]

Stand your ground!

Do not retreat!

[elephants trumpeting]

[growls]

[grunts]

[breathing heavily] I got you.

I got you.

Oh, Sarabi, I got you.

[roars]

That's right. Run along, little kitty cats.

[meows]

Thank you, my friend.

[yelps]

[sighs] Ah! [chuckles]

[Mufasa] Over here.

[Rafiki] Ah...

Mmm...

Vuta Pumzi. Sarabi. [blows]

- [coughing] - [Rafiki] Alive. She's alive!

[gasps]

Why are you all looking at me?

You were thrown from the tree.

He saved your life.

- Who? - Taka.

- [gasps] Uh... - Taka saved you.

Isn't that right, brother?

You saved me?

Uh... Well, I... I had to do something.

Thank you.

[Mufasa] We're lucky.

Those bees almost killed us all.

Those bees saved our lives.

- Oh, Mufasa. - [Mufasa] Really?

Because, uh, it felt like an elephant stampede.

We're alive, aren't we?

[Mufasa] The elephants would have fought with us.

[Sarabi] We're lions.

Nobody will fight with us.

Not out here.

[Rafiki] Ngiya...

[gasps]

Milele...

Umfoweth'ungimele [laughs]

Umfoweth'ungimele

Where's he going?

- Beyond the horizon itself. - [sighs]

[Rafiki] Umfoweth'ungimele...

Mufasa, thank you.

- [thunder rumbling] - [♪ pensive music playing]

Rafiki, who...

Who are the Outsiders?

Well, the Outsiders come from many prides.

But, when they are born, they are hated

because they are different from their tribe.

Like you and your tribe?

Yes, just like me.

- But, Rafiki? - Yes?

Why do they wanna hurt everybody?

Sometimes, when the people most like you don't love you,

it is a hurt that can cause the greatest pain.

And this pain

can lead you to hate everything.

I'm glad that didn't happen to you, Rafiki.

- Yes, my child. I'm glad too. - [chuckles softly]

Um, hi. We're here, too.

Yeah, why are you leavin' us outside this story

when I'm pretty sure we are the ultimate outsiders.

- Come on! - [Timon] Yeah,

we've always been misunderstood.

I contain multitudes.

There are many ways to Milele.

But this will be ours.

[♪ mystical music playing]

[Eshe] Go. Go, Mufasa.

Find your forever.

[Mufasa] I got you.

Oh, Sarabi, I got you.

[gasping]

[Rafiki] Mmm.

Iketle Rafiki. Iketle mosimane.

Mmm...

[♪ serene music playing]

[Mufasa] Hey, Rafiki?

What are you doing?

I am confirming my vision, Mufasa.

[sighs] Can I ask you something, Rafiki?

[Rafiki] Hmm?

How many of your visions have come true?

- So far, none. - None?

But it's not what I see. It's what I feel.

But how do you...

How do you know when you should follow a feeling?

Milele exists.

I feel it in here.

The question is,

what do you feel, Mufasa,

in there?

The weather's shifted.

There's not enough fresh snow.

Hey, if the Outsiders find our tracks,

they'll follow them to Milele.

Zazu, only you can help us now.

Oh. Are you quite sure about that?

No, I was actually thinking

that Rafiki looks pretty handy, and with the stick...

Zazu, you can use your wings

to cover our tracks as we head up the mountain

without leaving a trace.

Hey, you can do this.

Oh, hmm. Yeah.

Yes, sir. You're right. I've got this.

Okay. It's just me against a frozen mountain.

You know, one hornbill charged with saving the future...

Whoa! Mummy!

[exclaims] Oh, man alive, that's cold.

[gasps softly]

[Kiros growls] Now what's happening?

We can't keep stopping.

Somehow, they have covered their tracks.

In the snow?

It's not possible.

Majesty, they could be anywhere on this mountain...

[Kiros] Then find them!

Now.

Zazu, Zazu, Zazu

Zazu, Zazu!

I have a report.

The Outsiders are completely lost.

Well played, Mufasa.

Great job, Zazu.

And as per usual. [chuckles]

[Mufasa] I knew you could do it.

We did it. We did it.

No, you did it.

Great thinking, Mufasa.

[Zazu] Oh, we're all rubbing off on each other.

Perfectly normal thing to do.

Who wants to rub against Zazu?

- [grunts] - No one. I'm leaving now.

- I'll scout ahead. - [grunts]

[yelps]

[coughs]

[sighs] Ah. [laughing]

[Mufasa laughs]

I got you, Rafiki.

- Hey. - I got you.

Ho monate, Mufasa.

Yeah, I got you.

[gasps] Mufasa...

[softly] "I got you."

Hidden in the shadows, downwind, light of foot.

Interesting hunting style, Mufasa.

We have to eat something

before we take on that descent.

Unfortunately, there's nothing to hunt up here.

See under that rock?

There's a civet about to leave his den.

[chuckles] Of course you can smell

a civet hidden in the snow.

You, the lion who can do anything.

[scoffs] What's that supposed to mean?

It means I see you, Mufasa.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Now, that part, I believe.

Because, smart as you are,

you have a way of seeing everything but yourself.

[Mufasa] What is this?

What is this, Sarabi?

There is a civet in the snow

right where you said it would be.

And you smelled the Outsiders on the wind,

which means you're the one who smelled the flowers on my fur.

It was a lucky guess.

You can smell the exact flower from my valley.

[chuckling] No, that's not possible.

[Sarabi] You saved me.

Held me, covered me in the stampede, comforted me.

No, it was Taka.

"I got you. I got you, Sarabi."

- I'm here to protect him. - That was you.

I was lost in the water, and he found me.

My brother saved me.

[Sarabi] Ah, I sensed it from the beginning.

His blood is the blood of the king.

Mufasa.

- That is his destiny. - No!

His destiny was to save you.

[grunts]

Now tell me it's you.

[♪ emotional music playing]

Ever since you appeared

I've been running from something deep inside

And it's worse than I feared

'Cause I look in your eyes and I can't hide

- I push you away - Don't push me away

But the feelings come back just twice as strong

- I don't know what to say - You know just what to say

But I know that I'm right where I belong

[Sarabi] The way you know just where to be

I don't know

The way you move, the way you see

You see me

The way you feel when you're with me

Beside me

Don't hide from me anymore

Tell me it's you, I know it's you

What do I say? Where do I go?

How do I know you feel the same?

Tell me it's you, I know it's you

Quiet and low, letting it go

Letting you know it's in me

Ev'rywhere that I roam

[both] I remind myself not to overstay

Ev'ry time I find home

[both] Something happens to take that home away

But you've seen what I've seen

- [Sarabi] I see you - As you lead with

A strength that shines right through

You move like a queen, a true queen

Don't let anything take me away from you

Tell me it's you, I know it's you

[Mufasa] Say it again, say it again

Tell me I'll always be with you

- Tell me it's you - [both] I know it's you

[Mufasa] Say it again, say it again

Tell me you're always with me

The way you know just where to be

Now I know

The way you move, the way you see

I see you

The love I feel when you're with me

[both] Beside me, beside me

[Mufasa] Say it again, say it again, say it again

Tell me the world won't interfere

Say it again, say it again

Tell me the words I wanna hear

Say it again, say it again

Open your eyes and here we go

I know it's you

I know it's you

[wind howling]

[♪ solemn music playing]

[grunts]

You know I love her, my brother

There's nothing we keep from each other

I saved your life

This is how you repay me?

What do I do? What does it mean?

How do I ever unsee what I've seen?

He was my kin She was my queen

Now it's broken forever and...

"Tell her it's you! She knows it's you!"

What did you say to her? What did you do?

I'm next in line She should be mine, ha!

Are the ancestors laughing, I...

What would they say? Father is gone

Not before giving me strength to go on

He never trusted you!

Did he know you'd betray me so?

When you were drowning I pulled you out

I gave you life which you lived in my debt!

Now I'm the one drowning Tumbling down

Trying to escape what I cannot forget

I have a brother no longer

It's over and done

Now all I have is this shame

And this rage that I can't...

Out...

[rumbles]

[grunting]

[growling]

...run

[distant growl]

[♪ ominous music playing]

[Obasi] Deceit is a tool of a great king.

[lions growling]

[lion laughs]

There wasn't much to eat on this mountain

until now.

Tell me, how did you cover your tracks in the snow?

[Taka] A bird helped us.

Lions getting help from a bird?

Just as I will help you.

You will help us?

You think we need help from a wounded coward?

I may hold the blood of a king,

but it was Mufasa who killed your son.

It was Mufasa

who trapped you up here,

outsmarted you at every turn.

Now I will lead you to him and to Milele.

[growls] Milele!

Milele is nothing but a dream, a vision sold to cubs.

Ah. Well, tell that to the monkey.

He leads them to it.

Look at you.

A pack of starving wolves

clinging to the side of a mountain.

No tracks to follow.

Only one chance at revenge.

Me!

Revenge...

What about your father?

Because of Mufasa,

I have no father.

He did this.

Yes.

You lost a father,

and I, a son.

Taka, will you join us?

Together, we can both have our revenge.

It will be my pleasure...

King.

Taka!

Taka, where have you been?

Hunting.

I couldn't find anything,

but I was never as good as you.

Or my mother.

There's something I need to tell you.

No.

There's something I need to tell you.

I need to thank you.

You kept your word to Eshe and Obasi.

- Taka... - You saved me, Mufasa.

And I...

will never forget what you've done, my brother.

Oh, guys! I have found a way down

just beyond those near peaks.

Was it something I said?

[exclaims]

Hey, Rafiki?

Yes.

We are nearing destiny, Mufasa.

And so, the earth must shake.

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

[Pumbaa] Okay, now I am 100 million percent sure

who Taka is.

Just be honest. Is it me?

In case you missed it, we're not featured in this.

I think the civet has more screen time.

Hey, maybe they'll put us in the play.

No, no, please don't mention the play again.

[stutters] I went to see it. I'm nothing

- but a giant sock puppet. - [gasps]

You went to see it? You didn't bring me?

Rafiki, Mufasa and Sarabi are in love?

[shudders] Love?

That sounds gross and not something like

I constantly think about and really want.

What is Taka gonna do to them?

Little one, Taka's heart was broken.

And now his trap was set.

[♪ enchanting music playing]

Mufasa. Do you see?

[Sarabi] I don't believe it.

[Mufasa] The other side of the light.

[Sarabi] Home.

Milele.

[♪ chorus singing in other language]

[♪ enchanting music continues]

[grunting]

[lions laughing]

[exclaiming in other language, laughing]

[Mufasa in English] I can't believe it.

We found it. We found Milele.

[Taka] Yes.

You found it, brother. You always do.

[Rafiki continues exclaiming]

[laughing]

[♪ triumphant music playing]

[Mufasa] Rafiki.

This is the tree from your visions.

I have seen this tree many times,

and, in each vision, there was always a brother

standing right here.

[Mufasa] But there's no one here, Rafiki,

and you came here to find your twin.

He was taken from me long ago.

What I saw in my dreams was a brother.

Standing right here.

A friend, family.

What I saw was you.

The unseeable.

I saw Mufasa.

Me?

Yes, you.

My brother.

[animals clamoring]

Mufasa.

How do you know who I am?

We know the Outsiders are hunting you,

and we fear you'll bring danger.

No. No. We covered our tracks.

I promise you Milele is a safe place,

and I would never do anything to jeopardize that.

[Kiros roars]

Do not run.

You have nothing to fear.

We are not here for you.

We have come for Mufasa.

Oh, no, no. How did they get here?

Do not let him divide us.

[animals exclaiming]

[laughs]

It's no use, Mufasa. The Circle...

The Circle is broken.

No!

Mufasa, what are you doing?

I'm going to fight, and I'm going to show them

that they can fight, too.

Rafiki, when you hear my signal,

help me call them together.

Yes, my brother.

[Kiros] There are other lions here.

Find them.

With pleasure, Your Majesty.

Mufasa, you're not alone.

It's my turn to go ask questions first.

[Kiros growls]

[roars]

This is where the hunt ends, Mufasa. [laughs]

Thanks to your brother.

He left a trail of scars for us to follow.

He made a deal to save himself.

- Gave us this kingdom. - Tell me he's lying.

Asked us to kill the stray.

Taka, please!

I'm the son of a king.

But Sarabi chose you.

Just like Mother.

Just like my own father.

I saved you and you betrayed me!

What have you done?

I'm your brother, fight with me!

You stole my destiny.

Now this is yours.

He's one of us now.

My son's name...

was Shaju.

Shaju!

All of this should have been his.

And now I will rule it without mercy.

[growls]

[chuckles]

This one is mine.

[roars]

[♪ dramatic music playing]

[growling]

[groans]

[exclaims]

[grunts]

Please. We can't wage this battle alone.

There's nothing we can do.

They've chased us from our pride lands before.

- They're too strong. - Fight with us.

Fight for your young. For your future.

What future? They've taken all we have.

And they will always take more.

[lions growling]

[roars]

[♪ dramatic music continues]

I am Mufasa, a stray with no pride,

and yet I stand before you.

Head unbowed.

I know you're afraid, but trust me.

Nothing will change if we remain isolated

to our own tribes

without concern for the fate of others.

But why should we stand with you?

This is your fight.

Today, they are here for us lions, but I assure you,

as you let them walk among you in search of us now,

they are plotting to come for you tomorrow.

One lion's hope cannot change the fate of Milele.

There is no lion as large as an elephant,

as strong as an oxen,

fast as a cheetah or tall as a giraffe,

who can soar and scout as wide and far

as the cranes and hawks in the sky.

So, can't you see...

Every being has a place in the Circle of Life.

My breath is your breath.

Your fight is my fight.

I will not bend to evil, and neither should you.

Nants ingonyama bagithi!

Nants ingonyama bagithi!

Nants ingonyama bagithi!

Mufasa is right.

Milele is home.

We must stand with Mufasa!

[Rafiki] Nants ingonyama bagithi!

Together we shall stand strong for Milele!

[gasps]

[Rafiki] Nants ingonyama bagithi!

- Nants ingonyama bagithi! - [trumpets]

[laughs]

Here comes the lion!

[Kiros laughs]

From this moment on,

everything the light touches belongs to me.

You'll have to take it.

[♪ dramatic music playing]

[growling]

Bye-bye.

[Zazu exclaims]

You've messed with the wrong hornbill!

[lions laughing]

Lunch is served.

Stand down! I am highly trained and occasionally a...

- [yelps] - [growls]

This is so embarrassing.

I do have wings, you know.

[gasps]

[♪ tense music playing]

[breathing heavily]

Taka!

Taka, please. Please!

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

[Kiros] Mufasa.

Mufasa.

[roars]

[both growling]

[bats screeching]

[roars]

[groans]

You dare

to challenge me?

You took my son.

My future.

[Eshe] Taka... Taka, your moment of courage will come.

Blood for blood.

Please. Don't kill him.

[Kiros] I didn't kill him.

You did.

[♪ tense music playing]

[groans]

They're coming.

[laughs]

The last lions.

Time for their extinction,

and we'll start with the youngest.

[growling]

The earth will shake.

[rumbling]

Attack!

[♪ dramatic music playing]

[all clamoring]

[rumbling]

[grunts]

[echoes] Mufasa.

[♪ surreal music playing]

[Eshe] Close your eyes

and tell me what you hear.

What you feel.

[♪ valiant music playing]

[♪ solemn music playing]

[grunts]

[growls]

[grunts, gasps]

Mufasa! [panting]

[growls softly]

[♪ serene music playing]

He defeated the Outsiders.

[animal 1] The king of Milele!

[animal 2] The king of Milele!

[all exclaiming]

[animal 3] Is that him? Our king?

[continue exclaiming]

Your Highness.

[animal 4] The King of Milele.

[animal 5] The King of Milele.

[animal 6] The King of Milele.

[animals continue exclaiming]

- My king. - Your Highness.

- Your Majesty. - My king.

Defeated Kiros!

- My king. - King?

No, no, I'm not king.

Raise your heads.

No. I'm just... No, no! No more kings.

We are all one. Please.

Please. Raise your heads.

But, Mufasa,

you have brought them together.

You helped them see in themselves

what they considered unseeable.

Nothing is more kingly.

No, Rafiki.

I'm not king. I'm not royal blood.

Don't you see, my brother?

It is not what you were,

it is what you have become. [chuckles]

The King of Milele.

My brother,

something beautiful awaits you.

[sniffing]

Is this real?

But it can't be.

It can't be.

[♪ emotional music playing]

[Afia whispers] Oh, Mufasa. [gasps]

But how can it be?

I had a son named Mufasa.

Taken from me by a great flood.

- Mother? - [gasps]

I never stopped hoping.

Believing.

- My son. - [sighs]

I've dreamt of this moment.

And now it's come true.

Oh, Mufasa.

But Father?

Where's Father?

[♪ melancholic music playing]

[grunts softly]

[Afia] He lives in you now.

He lives in you.

[sighs]

I always dreamed we'd be together again.

And I knew it would be in Milele.

My son.

[Taka] Mufasa.

Mufasa, please forgive me.

You must banish him, Sire.

[Mufasa] As long as I am king,

my brother will have a place here.

[gasps]

Brother, I am so...

But I won't ever

say your name again.

I can't.

I won't.

Then call me Scar.

So I will never forget what I have done.

Scar.

Your Majesty.

[Sarabi] Welcome home.

Your Majesty.

[Rafiki] So, Mufasa,

I see your family has been awaiting you

in Milele after all.

[chuckles] Yes, Rafiki.

Yes, they were.

It is your time, Mufasa.

Rafiki, I wish I could see him.

I wish I could meet my grandfather.

As Mufasa once told your father,

look into the heavens, Kiara.

The great kings of the past will always be there

waiting for you.

[♪ dramatic music playing]

[grunts]

[♪ triumphant music playing]

[roaring]

[roaring]

[gasps]

[roars]

[♪ enthralling song playing in other language]

Mmm...

I don't want him to go, Rafiki.

I don't want it to end.

Don't you see, Kiara?

Mufasa lives in you.

He lives in you.

[gasps] Dad!

- Rafiki. - It was unbelievable.

- It was perfect. - You could not improve on it.

That said, I do have notes.

Some suggestions. Take 'em or leave 'em. But take 'em.

- [Kiara] Dad! - [Simba] Kiara!

[panting]

- [coos] - Kiara.

Dad.

Where's Mom?

[chuckles] Well, love, there's something you need to know.

What? Did something happen to Mom?

Baby, I'm right here, and I'm fine.

Where were you?

Kiara,

this is your new brother.

Brother?

I have a brother?

Hi there. I'm Kiara. I will take care of you.

- Forever. - [grunts]

Little one,

let me tell you a story.

A story of a great king.

[♪ music swells]

[♪ exhilarating song playing in other language]

[song ends]

[♪ serene music playing]

[♪ whimsical music playing]

[♪ captivating song playing]

[man vocalizing]

[singing in other language]

[song ends]

[♪ mystical music playing]

[man singing in other language]

[♪ music fades]