#OR thurstons herd because that'd be funny

[spinnysocks]

What would be the first time Kitizu couple use of the the roar?

hmm... i guess it depends when kiara gets the roar. if i base it on what @dawn-sunlight commented on the last Kitizu Using The Roar ask, about kiara being second-born to kopa and thus being first in line for the throne AND still having the roar after kopa dies, i suppose it would have to be before kion is old enough to get the roar himself. but if kion doesn't get the roar at all (which might be an interesting side part to this au), then it doesn't really matter

either way, i'm thinking that simba sends kiara out on her own royal duty somewhere in the pridelands, and of course tiifu and zuri come along. it's as usual — tiifu and zuri are talking about things that aren't relevant to kiara's main concern, her duty. but the other two entice her out of her strict stubbornness, frolicking and playing together on their way to wherever they're going. it's when kiara finally relaxes around the other two that she spots it — the animals that she's visiting for her royal duty are being terrorised. kiara leaps into action, jumping in front of the animals to protect them, but she's no match alone. she remembers something her dad once told her, about roaring when she most needs to. tiifu and zuri have pushed aside their fear at this point to help kiara; she tells them that they have to roar together. they don't understand, but they trust her completely. the three close their eyes when they roar and when they open them, the predators are gone. they are praised by the animals they saved but they don't really know what they did, at least not until they get back home to pride rock where simba and rafiki explain the roar to them :)