AK Adult Kiara
Father, how could you break your promise?
It's a good thing I did. I almost lost you. No more hunts for you; not ever!
AK Adult Kiara
But I was doing just fine! Even before Kovu--
[Simba and Kovu roar at each other] [surprised at his ferocity]
Simba?
R Rafiki
Hey! You! How dare you save the King's daughter?
I humbly ask to join your pride.
[immediately]
No! You were banished with the other Outsiders.
I have left the Outsiders. I'm a rogue. Judge me now, for what I am... Or am I to be blamed for a crime I didn't commit?
[Kiara and Kovu are looking at constellations in the night sky]
See that? See that? Look at that! It's really pretty.
AK Adult Kiara
What? Oh yeah! Um-- look, there's one that looks like a baby rabbit. See the fluffy tail?
Yeah... hey! There's one that looks like two lions killing each other for a scrap of meat. [Kiara grimaces] Ohh, I've never done this before.
AK Adult Kiara
Really? My father and I used to do this all the time. He says all the great Kings of the past are up there.
Do you think Scar is up there? [gets up and moves off] No one here thinks he's very great... do they?
AK Adult Kiara
My father said there was a darkness in Scar that he couldn't escape.
Maybe there's a darkness in me, too.
[Kiara puts her paw on Kovu's, and as they nuzzle, Simba is watching on a hill from distances away] [calling out to Mufasa]
Father... I am lost. Kovu is one of them. Scar's heir. How can I accept him?
I was seeking counsel from the great kings.
[sighs]
Silent as stars. My father would never--
Oh, Simba. You want so much to walk the path expected of you. Perhaps Kovu does not.
[surprised]
What? How do you know what--
I can see them down there just as easily as you can. Get to know them and see. [she nuzzles under Simba's head]
[Just as Simba and Zira are about to fight, Kiara and Kovu leap in between them]
Kiara?
Kovu! [Kovu doesn't back down] Move.
AK Adult Kiara
Daddy, this has to stop.
You're even weaker than I thought. Get out of the way!
You'll never hurt Kiara, or Simba! Not while I'm here.
AK Adult Kiara
A wise king once told me, "We are one." I didn't understand him then. [smiles] Now I do.
AK Adult Kiara
Them...us. Look at them...they are us. What differences do you see? (Aren't we all part of the Circle of Life?)
[As both prides stand stunned in realization, the rain stops and the clouds clear; Simba smiles and nuzzles Kiara]
Vitani! Now!
No, Mother! [faces Kiara then back to Zira] Kiara's right. [walks to join Simba's pride] Enough.
If you will not fight... then you will die as well. [the other Outsiders, disgusted by Zira's words, also go to stand with Simba, leaving Zira standing alone] Wh-- wha-- where are you going?! Get back here!
Let it go, Zira. It's time to put the past behind us.
[now alone]
I'll never let it go! This is for you, Scar!
[Zira snarls and leaps at Simba, but Kiara pushes her away, and both start rolling down towards the river]