Deep in the Elephant Graveyard…

Simba scampered around the corner, running as fast as he could in a desperate attempt to run from the hungry, savage hyenas chasing him! Why did he think it was a good idea to come alone? Just because Nala didn’t want to be brave enough to come with! Now he was running from two savage hyenas alone and neither of his parents knew where he was!

Banzai was following closely behind, but so was Ed, he didn’t want to catch this cub with that mangy idiot following! Ed would no doubt tear that kid to bits and Banzai wanted to savour this meal. Thankfully Ed was so stupid it was easy to be rid of him the second Banzai saw Simba run to a nearby cave…

“QUICK HE WENT THAT WAY!” Banzai shouted abruptly. As he did, he nodded in a totally different direction and thought, despite how dumb Ed was, he would realise Banzai was sending him on a wild cub chase. Ed hesitated but then nodded with a goofy grin on his face and his tongue flapping up and down as he did. As quick as he was dumb, Ed was gone off on a hopeless chase. Banzai chuckled to himself as he returned to look at the cave he had ran the cub into. Little did the young prince know, it was a dead end!

Banzai licked his lips as he entered the cave. His shadow cast far in front of him, blocking the last instances of light from the cave. Within the cave the small, shivering lion cub shrunk into a corner, trying to hide himself from the hyena that stood tall in the cave’s only entrance… and only exit!

The hyena began laughing in his viciously loud and cruel voice. This was such a rare treat! A prince trapped in a cave, even better that it was the annoying little runt that Scar was planning to get rid of. What made him even more excited was that he was the only one to find the boy. No Shenzi and no Ed to barge in and eat most of the meal this time! Just him… and his prey…

“Hey… BACK OFF! I’m the pri-.”

“Oh I know who you are!” Banzai growled as he approached. “You’re the little runt that Mufasa’s going to give the Pridelands to!” The hyena growled the name of the king with a deep malice and resentment in his voice. In hearing how much hatred this creature had for his father made Simba soon realise that his status as prince would matter very little here. He really shouldn’t have come here! Why did uncle Scar make this place sound so exciting?

“But… You can’t eat me… My father will come and rescue me, just watch!” Simba boldly claimed, trying to stand tall and firm, thinking himself as a brave lion. Truly underestimating the situation.

“Oh I’m sure he would… But It would be a shame if when he finally came here… You weren’t around to be saved…” Banzai teased as he continued to walk forwards, every word he was getting closer and closer to the cub. This cave was the perfect place to corner prey, even if he tried there was no way Simba could escape, not without running right into the starving, ravenous hyena!

Banzai stopped when he was only a mere few steps away from the young king. Simba, seeing no other option, took a deep breath and stood firm on the ground, mustering up as much courage as he could before letting out a…

Pitiful squeak!

“Wow! That was impressive! Come on… Lemmie hear it again!” Banzai teased. Simba scowled as he once again took in a deep breath, putting all his voice into and letting out a another… Squeak! What would he do for his father to show up now…

“HA! Real good try kid, But I’m done playing games! I don’t remember the last time I had a cub and of all the cubs I get the pampered, proud prince! Lucky me!” The hyena flicked his tongue out with each word, licking his lips in preparation as he loomed over the cowering Simba.

Simba had a moments thought, a brief glimmer of hope and tried to boldly dash between the hyena’s legs and run to safety away from this monstrous place! Unfortunately his naive cub mind failed to make him aware that it was the oldest trick in the book and this experienced pred knew just where to aim…

As Simba got close to him, Banzai rolled his eyes and stepped forwards with his left paw, stomping it down on the young prince’s head and stomping the poor boy to the ground. Simba groaned and tried to squirm out of it but the hyena was not letting him go anywhere!

Banzai laughed some more, leaning down towards the sweet golden fur on the cub’s back. He slowly let his tongue slide out of his mouth and went in for that delicious first taste of his meal! All the while Simba kicked around and complained, threatening that he’ll be sorry and that Mufasa would make him pay. Banzai wasn’t listening, he was focused on getting that delicious cub flavour on his tongue!

The first lick was a nice, long and slow drag from the back of Simba’s neck all the way down his back, stopping just short of the tail where Banzai slurped his tongue back up and moaned loudly at the succulent flavour. “Oh my… I forgot how good you little lion brats tasted! Oh this brings me back! I want more!” the hyena muttered through his licks as he went in again and again, one long torturous lick after the next. Drool dropped out from the sides of his maw, landing on the frightened cub below, adding to the growing blanket of saliva that Simba was becoming more and more drenched in. He really was the tastiest little lion Banzai had ever tasted!

Simba kicked out, each kick becoming weaker and less desperate than the last as he felt the slimy tongue rub over him, making his heart race and his breath quicken. He was still in total shock of what was going on. Pinned under a paw and being treated the same way Simba treats a lovely zebra leg! His instincts were on full red alert and every muscle was trying to pull away, but the adult hyena was far stronger than any lion cub! Simba could feel tears forming in his eyes as he continued to be tasted, that long muscle not leaving any part of his body untasted. Judging by the hyena’s growls and moans, Simba was beginning to realise that he must taste really good…

Banzai continued to murmur at the taste, swallowing gulps of saliva that were rich with the prince’s taste. As he did, he leaned his head back and noticed a small little hole in the roof of the cave, right at the top. The only way to get to it was to climb this impossibly rough wall. It gave him a cruel but every so delicious idea!

“You know what kid… Since you’re a prince… Though a really stupid and unintimidating one. I’ll give you one chance to get away! You climb this wall and squeeze your cute butt out that hole in the top, and I’ll let you go! Hyena’s promise!” Banzai laughed as he stepped off the cub’s head and watched as Simba looked up at the hole and swallowed nervously. Banzai of course knew the hole was too small for even a cub to fit through, but that didn’t matter, he knew this kid was arrogant enough to try and when he did, Banzai would be waiting for him to slip… with an open… salivating maw.

Simba got back to his feet, panting and afraid of what the hyena could be planning. He knew very little about them, except that they were tricky and cruel. Was this monster really giving him a chance to escape? Seeing no other option, Simba looked up at the steep climb. If this was his only hope, he would need to give it his all, despite shaking in fear!

Simba said nothing and scampered up the rock, his paws were weak from the panic in his mind but he tried desperately to climb as best as he could. The entire time he could hear the Hyena slowly getting louder with his chuckling, knowing full well that mangy monster was probably enjoying watching him struggle as he sat there salivating! Simba reached for a new rock and then another, taking it one bit at a time and to his surprise he was doing it! He might actually make it! The hope was reigniting inside of him as he got to the small gap in the cave’s roof. Now he just has to squeeze his way through and according to the hyena he would be allowed to escape! His young and foolish mind trusted the words of the beast so eager to eat him and as the feline squeezed his shoulders through the gap, he suddenly slowed down. His little cub tummy was too wide for the gap and Simba’s blood ran cold as soon as he realised… he was stuck!

Simba pushed against the cold stone, it was so tight and restrictive but he was slowly getting through, or at least he was telling himself that. His desperation was building, knowing that if he didn’t get through then that mangy mutt down there would have him for lunch! Simba couldn’t see the hyena, and for once he realised there wasn’t any cruel, teasing laughter coming from below. That could mean he got far enough out the cave that the hyena was going to honour his word and let him go… Or…

Simba was suddenly startled when that chilling laughter started up again.

The cub looked around, his head was out of the cave’s tight gap and back into the open air, but only his head! The rest of him was still stuck so tightly he couldn’t even turn around or look at where that laughter was coming from! He gave it his all, amplified by fear his struggles were suddenly improved from frantic to the most desperate he had ever known any being to be!

“Damm kid… You really wanna live huh? What’s wrong with my hospitality?” Banzai suddenly spoke. The voice was so loud and clear that Simba, while unable to turn his head, knew the hyena was right behind him! “You know the last cub I had did almost the exact same as you! Lion cubs are so dumb and predictable! I made that dumb promise to get you nice and scared, It was fun watching those cute legs kick around and work up quite a sweat! You know you’ll be extra tasty now!” Banzai laughed more and more as he stepped closer, a paw landed either side of Simba’s face in the cub’s view. Hearing the sobbing coming from the young prince was just making him more hungry, but he had to do his favourite little taunt first!

“You wanna know where that other cub ended up? Right where you are now! Well, turns out an adult hyena can easily pull a lion cub from that gap, but a cub get’s stuck like stink on a warthog! Now… Time for you to really understand the reality of this situation. Time for you to get a feel of your new home!” Banzai laughed some more as he dropped his gut down on top of the prince’s head. He spread his legs out and let all of his body weight pile on, pressing down on the cub’s whimpering face and completely buried the lion under a pile of hyena pudge! He may have been hungry but that only caused the stomach to groan loudly with the anticipation of wanting that cub inside of him!

Simba could feel tears coming from his eyes and yet could not feel them hit his cheek, pressing on his face and all around him, the hyena’s gut absorbed the tears and squeezed the cub’s face together. The young lion had never known such cruelty in an animal before! Lions of the pride lands were honourable with their hunting but this was ghastly abuse of power! Despite the horrors he was enduring with this monstrously evil hyena, Simba knew It was going to get much, much worse!

Banzai shuffled himself around, letting his belly sway and rub all across the boy’s face. This was what he lived for! Dominating his prey, making them cry and beg, and yet he was still amazed he was able to catch the annoying prince of all preys! His mouth hadn’t stopped salivating the entire time and the more he grinded and smothered the poor boy the louder his stomach was groaning. He had his fun, but now was onto the main course!

Banzai firmly pressed his belly against Simba’s head one last time. “Ya hear that kid? All those groans and gurgles means it’s dinner time! You think they are loud now, they’ll all be a lot louder once you’re in there! Where little lion brats belong!” Banzai proclaimed as he stood up and laughed when he saw the frightened and humiliated face of the young Simba. The cub was still trying to pull himself free, but this time trying to wiggle back down. Banzai laughed as he wondered when this cub would realise there really was no hope, his fate was sealed as a tasty dinner for a lucky hyena!

Banzai got in front of the cub and reached his paw down, grabbing him by the scruff of the neck. Simba tried to pull away but only moved when the hyena yanked hard on him, pulling his shoulders through the gap and pulling Simba’s upper body through. The cub gasped and yelped at the sudden pain, but when he tried to pull the rest of himself and run, he realised his lower legs were now the part that was stuck! All the hyena had done was bring more of Simba up and out… Into biting range!

“Well I think I’ve played with my food enough now, too bad your dad wasn’t around to save you… Goodbye tasty little prince!” Banzai wickedly chuckled before licking his lips for the last time. Simba was trembling, looking up at the beast with a begging expression but mercy was not something natural to a hyena and Simba let out one loud echoing scream as the jaws part and Banzai lunged towards him.

CHOMP!

Simba gasped as the bite closed around his head. His eyes peered forwards into the dark slimy maw. Beyond the tongue he could see the throat, though very faintly. From it came horrid smells and awfully frightening groans. Just like the hyena had told him, it felt like the stomach was calling for him!

Simba’s chin was pressed against the slimy slippery tongue making the young cub cringe as the gross texture slides around the bottom of his head and slapping against his neck. Banzai however wanted more than a brief taste, he slipped his tongue out from under Simba and then pressed it against the lion’s face. Every inch of him was being tasted and wiped over. Simba’s eyes were squeezed shut as saliva soaked every inch of fur on his head while undoubtably giving all his flavour to his devourer.

With the large aggressive muscle tasting him, Simba was too distracted to notice Banzai’s groaning and moaning. The hyena assaulted the cub with taste after taste and basked in the delight of the rich flavours and the exotic texture of a royal lion cub. The ones he had consumed before all had a wonderful feeling as they slipped down his throat, struggling and screaming all the way down, but this one was different. Simba was a prince and so he must have been treated with the very best of everything the pride lands had to offer! As a result Banzai was blessed with the very best meal the Pridelands had to offer!

Slobber was leaking from the sides of the greedy canine’s lips. The more he tasted, the more he drooled. Simba could feel it leaving Banzai’s maw and running long trails down his back, a warm ominous wet sensation that warned his body on the outside what fate awaited them behind the fangs of the beast!

Banzai pulled Simba hard from the ground, there was a brief moment he could feel the cub struggle and squirm in pain, no doubt wondering if Banzai was about to rip him in two! The hyena was very careful however, he wanted to feel and enjoy every last moment of the young prince’s life. This was going to be a meal he wanted to savour for weeks! He pulled hard and with a bit of encouragement from his frontal paws, the hyena pulled Simba free from the constricting, tight hole and promptly pulled his head round and slammed the cub onto the ground, pinning Simba in place so he could further enrich his taste buds without any complication…

Simba felt himself get pulled free and tried to kick his legs in an attempt to break free, once again his naive hope of escape or recue was broken when he felt the hyena throw him to the ground and pin his body. Simba wondered why he was so stupid to come alone, but if Nala had come, would things have gone differently? Or would they both be slipping down a hyena’s gullet? Suddenly the jaws parted ever so slightly, and Simba cried out as more of his body was forced inside. He could feel one of the canine’s paws pushing him in from behind, groping at his little rear as he slid Simba ever closer to his trip to the stomach!

Banzai watched as those tiny cute legs kicked about some more as he pushed the front paws and shoulders inside his mouth. The taste wasn’t growing boring, but rather, more exciting with each inch of the kid he slipped inside his maw. As he slowly and very teasingly pushed more and more cub inside, he had a delightfully devilish idea of how to really amp up the fun!

Banzai slowly began to close his maw further, pressing down on the kid as his jaws began poking painfully into Simba’s pudgy price tummy and teasingly nipping at his legs. Just as he had hoped, Banzai suddenly was enjoying a whole new set of squirms as the Prince panicked even more than he already was! The hyena shook his head a little, taunting the boy, reminding him he was nothing but meat for a hyena to play with! After biting down a few more times, Banzai had his fun and leaned his head back to take that starting sensual swallow!

GULP!

As his entire body was suddenly sucked forwards, Simba tried to kick his legs on the bottom of the maw and try to push himself back but the force of the gulp was just too strong and almost instantly he lost his grip and was sucked towards the throat and squeezed over the edge. Sliding down the back of the tongue suddenly made Simba aware of just how close he was to being finished! He quickly began trying to beg, to reason and plead with the hyena but the throat had pushed him into the gullet now and there wasn’t a inch of spare room as it squeezed him from every side, resulting in everything Simba tried to say being nothing but muffled, desperate murmurs!

Banzai’s neck soon began to bulge out, he had swallowed all that juicy, prince flavoured saliva down his throat and now his stomach was already feeling nice and teased. He could hear the murmurs coming from behind the thick layer of fur that trapped Simba’s begging and found it amusing how after the first swallow every cub, even the bold and cocky princes, seem to resort to begging! He swallowed again and tipped his head back feeling the young small body slide down further and further, those rear legs and delicious treats sliding in for him to enjoy, leaving nothing but a tail outside his maw that he slurped up within seconds!

He savoured the prince’s royal rear for a few satisfying seconds. So soft, so delicious to run his tongue over and teasingly abuse the power he had over his prey. Poor Simba filched each time his tongue made contact with those delightfully devious places to taste. Banzai didn’t even feel the slightest bit of guilt, to him he was simply tasting a meal…

He swallowed once more and brought almost all of the cub into his throat. Thinking quickly he came up with yet another way to really show his dominance over the poor unfortunate cub! Swallowing the last of Simba’s body down his throat he waited for the perfect moment…

Simba opened his mouth to scream as another slimy floor of saliva washed past him on the way down the tight tube. He watched as it vanished into the darkness below, a place he was rapidly approaching. Each time he was swallowed he felt more and more of him slipping down the hyena’s tight, gullet tears were flowing and every inch of him had been mercilessly tasted no matter how he struggled or squirmed. It was quickly becoming clear that he was doomed. Simba closed his eyes in terror not wanting to see the way down as he felt what he thought would be the final swallow…

He was squeezed down further, fear becoming increasingly more powerful and the gurgles coming from the stomach below him were louder than a lion’s roar, shattering any remaining bravery that Simba had. He slipped down further until he abruptly stopped just short of the stomach valve. He gasped and wondered what was going on, shaken and confused he wondered if perhaps his father was forcing the hyena to release him!

Suddenly Simba began being pulled back up, it was a much harder journey than slipping down, but he felt his tail being pulled and lifting him from the darkness of the hyena’s internals. Thoughts of freedom grew in his mind and Simba wondered if it wasn’t his father who would he be thanking for the rescue?

As he entered the mouth once again, being squeezed past the throat that was no doubt the scariest part of the whole traumatic situation, the pulling stopped. Simba was cramped back into the maw, but the hyena’s jaws were closed, only his tail was outside. It wasn’t a rescue, it was cruelty!

“Sorry kid, you taste far too incredible for your own good! I had to have one last flavourful minute!” Banzai laughed with his mouthful of cub. The voice was loud and intimidating but Simba had now lost all hope, he really was doomed to be a stinking hyena’s lunch, or was It dinner? Simba could only think of the foul mouth and insides of the hyena now, everything else was already slipping away. Banzai was true to his word and over another agonising minute his tongue wrapped around Simba’s midsection, around his neck and all over his face and rump once again. Simba simply cried and let it happen, knowing where he was going all too soon…

Banzai finished up and decided to finally let his meal make it to his new home and so he leaned back once again and took one of the biggest gulps he had ever taken. In seconds the cub was slid to the back of the throat and screamed as he was pushed over the edge and pressed down the gullet, squeezed tightly as he was pushed down all the way to the stomach valve once again. This time Banzai swallowed the tail and at long last he had finished his meal, opening his mouth as he let out the loudest and most satisfied sigh he ever had before, adoring the fact he had swallowed the annoying king Mufasa’s son whole!

Simba reached the point he was at before and somehow it was more horrifying than last time! As he began to slip down past the point and began going deeper and deeper into the hyena he soon realised that there were no more cruel games, this was it, he was food! The stomach valve opened and as it did, he found himself surrounded by squishy, pulsating stomach walls. His head was the first thing to be pushed inside but soon after his body followed through, being squeezed through and spat into the open, tight pit that was the hyena’s stomach…

Simba looked around, though it was very hard to do so. Though a combination of the stomach tightly pressing on his form and the pitch black darkness inside, it was hard to tell what way was up or what position his body was even in! His fur was all slick from the saliva and now he could feel it all gathering just below him. It gave his paws and belly a tingling sensation as they splashed with each movement either Simba or the hyena took! Simba then came to the horrible realisation that it wasn’t drool pooling at the bottom… It was acids!

Simba entered another bout of fear, kicking his legs out in any way he could and pawing at the walls that surrounded him. He tried and tried like a true, brave lion but despite his efforts it was futile. His paws bounced off the slippery walls and his kicks were met with the stomach tightening around him. He was powerless to stop his fate, all he could do was wait for the inevitable…

Banzai watched as his stomach suddenly began to swell with the added weight of the prince. He smiled in satisfaction and licked his lips clean of the last of that sweet taste that Simba had left him. What a meal! However the meal was still giving his last few struggles. Banzai’s tongue lounged out the side of his maw as he felt the little prince kick and squirm. It felt just like getting the perfect itch! His belly showed the small bulges of kicks and pushes but ultimately it seemed the situation’s hopelessness had set in, within moments Simba had given up, but that didn’t mean the hyena’s fun was at an end…

Banzai got to his feet and stretched out, enjoying the invigorated feeling that shot through his body, a sign of a good meal being well received! He eyed his stomach as it hung low. Seeing It there, nice and full made the once starved animal very proud. “How’s that feel your majesty?” Banzai laughed as he checked the surroundings for any potential interruptions. Thankfully it was just him, and his royal snack!

Banzai spread his legs out and watched as he swung his belly back and forth, watching that giant gut sway and swish with increasing momentum gave the hyena quite the chuckle. He wondered how the frightened little prince was inside there, wishing he could see the expression on the brat’s face as he teased and tortured him even more. He raised his stomach up and then watched as he dropped back down, bouncing a little each time. Inside the fur faint movements were still visible, the poor prince still alive through all this distress… for now at least…

Banzai took himself over to the nearest skull, a large elephant skull was always a nice play to corner a meal and when the deed is done, to squeeze said meal against his gut. While the prince may already be devoured, while he was still alive it was fair game to the hyena to further pleasure himself on this meal. He leaped with his front paws, planting them firmly on the bone and slowly began to move forwards until his stomach was just about touching it.

“Hope you still got some time in there little prince, I hope you feel this! I’m going to squeeze you nice and tight, all you’ll feel is those stomach walls closing in, eager for you to join them as a part of a bigger, better creature!” Banzai taunted with another signature laugh. Slowly he began to push forwards, feeling the weight inside his stomach be compressed. It was a satisfying feeling, made more exciting as the cub inside began thrashing in response, clearly frighted as his tomb began applying a crushing force that squished him to every side of the stomach. Once he had squashed the prince enough, Banzai let himself off the skull and began to wonder off, to find a good place to finish his digestion…

Simba on the inside wanted to scream but hadn’t the energy for it as the constant swaying and growing aggression of the stomach around him felt as if it was sapping away at his stamina. The taunting words, the harsh laughter and the torturous cruelty of the beast had sapped him down to a snivelling wreak. As the stomach sudden began pressing in, living up to the threat Banzai had given him moments before, Simba watched as his body was squeezed together, soaked in head to toe in stomach acids while uncomfortable sensations spread across his body. The young cub was growing tired, but in those very last moments as he felt everything squeeze him, he watched as his fur fell from his skin, digestion was slowly taking it’s toll and before he could beg one last time… The cub passed out…

Banzai had noticed the unfortunate slowing of the prey’s struggles and after his little trick on the skull, he assumed the cub had finally succumbed to the hyena’s superior body and was well on his way to joining it! He slowed his walk for a moment and stretched out his body, leaning onto his front paws as his rear ones parted for a nice post-meal stretch.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhh! That was amazing!” Banzai laughed as he watched his belly wobble and one loud groan coming form within as he relaxed himself. “Damm, I ought to make cubs part of my daily routine! Might just be the tastiest thing in those dumb pridelands!” He remarked as he continued to walk through the graveyard wondering where he could venture to find another cub. Maybe he had to wait for Mufasa to pump out another brat. That could be fun…

As he thought about the potential for a next meal, he strolled along the perimeter of the elephant graveyard. Across a large trench from him he noticed a particularly regal lion. Standing tall and looking over the graveyard with an anxious expression. It was Mufasa, no doubt looking for his bratty son!

Banzai watched him with a smug expression, the king had no idea. Mufasa made eye contact with him briefly but seemed to ultimately ignore the hyena, probably more concerned about Simba than having a confrontation. Banzai chuckled to himself as he left, large belly swaying underneath him.

Nope… he had no idea at all where Simba really was…