(Rated due to themes) Following a devastating event at an African village, a young child is left with no family or hope. Lonely, terrified, and almost at death's door he is saved by Kovu. Feeling a deep connection with the boy, the young lion takes the child in and raises him as his own. But dangerous forces want the child dead. Can Kovu protect his man-cub from danger?

(Set months after the events of Lion King 2) Simba finds a terrified human child, hiding in the remains of a crashed airplane and decides to take him back to Pride Rock. He is eventually loved by the pride, and is happy with his new life with his new family. However an old friend of the King is not happy of this human presence.