Mzingo & Karima 
Mzingo, leader of the Vultures' Parliament, is flying over the Outlands, thinking about the reunion he had just minutes ago. Things couldn't be better. Prime Minister Jasiri proved to be a great leader of the Outlands. Thanks to her effort and the support of all species, the Outlands ended up becoming more pleasant. Currently, the Outlands have many animals and it isn't so dry. 
Continuing his flight, Mzingo starts to think about something that never bothered him. At least, so far. Love. Love has never been one of his greatest interests. Mzingo has always been very busy with Parliament's affairs, never having time to think about love. The other vultures ended up finding someone to share their lives with. Even Mwoga ended up joining a female vulture. Usually, females take care of the family, while males deal with parliamentary affairs. 
Mzingo tries to distract himself from his thoughts, observing the landscapes below him. He looks to the left and looks at the Pride Lands, now not so different from the Outlands. It's amazing how things change. The vulture's head turns to the other side, observing the Outlands, now covered with grass and flowers and animals of many species. After all, respecting the circle of life has its rewards. At a rock, near the volcano, are Janja and Jasiri. Janja must have said a joke, as Jasiri laughs and leans her head against his. Mzingo is happy to see his great friend Janja happy, alongside a hyena that has brought many good things to the Outlands. 
Once again, Mzingo's mind returns to thinking about love. Now that everything is calmer and he no longer has so many worries, Mzingo feels that he needs something to help fill his life and his heart. Something that can makes him feel happier. If only he could find someone to love. 
Suddenly, a shock. The vulture collides with another bird and they both fall to the ground, in a small dirt path, between tall rocks. As he gets up, Mzingo yells, upset: “Watch for where you're going! You can kill someone, you... you... you..." Mzingo stops as soon as he gets up and sees who was against him. 
In front of him is a female vulture with blue feathers. Unlike him, who has dark blue and gray feathers, her feathers vary between a navy blue and a baby blue. Even her beak is lighter than his, turning from a light yellow to an orange at the tip of the beak. Her hair is wavy and navy blue. Her eyes are light green with purple lids and curled lashes at the corners of her eyes. 
"I'm... I'm... So-Sorry. I... I was distracted.” Mzingo apologizes, ashamed. Male vultures must always respect females. 
"It doesn't matter." She replies, also a little embarrassed. "I was distracted." 
“I… I never saw you around here before. Who are you?" 
“Oh. My name is Karima. I... I come from another land.” The female doesn't look happy at this point. 
“Karima. Beautiful name." She blushes. “My name is Mzingo. I am the leader of the Parliament of the Vultures of the Outlands.” 
"Nice to meet you, Mzingo, leader of the Parliament." Karima smiles with admiration. 
Mzingo smiles to her. He likes her accent half Cockney half Scottish. “Karima. Do you accept that I take you on a guided tour throught the Outlands? I'm sure that the Parliament isn't opposed.” 
“Sure, Mzingo. I will be delighted.” 
Mzingo and Karima take flight. Throughout the day, Mzingo shows the foreigner all the 
Outlands, now illuminated and alive. At the same time, he tells the female the story of the Outlands and, especially, the story of the vultures. Karima is amazed to hear Mzingo tell the things he did at Scar's command and the way the vultures changed after the ghost lion disappeared. 
“Now everything is calm and there's a lot of food in the Outlands. All thanks to Prime Minister Jasiri.” Karimi lets out a little laugh. She thinks it's funny how Mzingo treats Jasiri. Just like everything else. Karima finds it funny how Mzingo talks and how he and his vultures work in democracy. Things were very different where she came from. 
Both vultures are perched on a very high rock, being able to observe all the Outlands. "So... What are you doing here alone, Karima?" Mzingo asks, curious. He finds it strange that a nice and beautiful vulture is flying alone around here. 
"I don't wanna talk about that." Karima lowers her head sadly. 
"You can trust me, Karima." Mzingo uses his wings to lift Karima's head, causing her to look at his smile. 
Then, Karima cheers up a little and tells her story: “I come from a land very far from here. I always had a calm and happy life, until, one day, everything changed. The leader of our flock told my parents that I was destined to marry his son. But I didn't want to marry him. I didn't want to marry a vulture I didn't love. My parents were of the same opinion as me. They didn't want me to have a forced marriage. They wanted me to be happy. So, when me and my family told our leader that there was going to be no wedding, I was exiled as a punishment and I had to leave immediately, leaving my parents sad, just like me.” Karima sheds tears as she remembers the moment she said goodbye to her parents. “I miss them so much. I hope to see them again one day.” 
Mzingo watches Karima cry for a few seconds, before exalting himself: "This is absurd!" Karima looks at him in awe. “No parliament should allow such a thing! It's against the rules to force someone to marry. Love is a sacred thing and must never be forced. Love must come naturally.” 
"I'm glad you think that, Mzingo." Karima smiles. 
"I'm sorry you went through that." 
“It doesn't matter, Mzingo. Most probably I will never return to those lands.” 
For a few seconds, they both watch the orange sky illuminating the Outlands. The night is coming. 
"It's getting late." Karima interrupts the moment, preparing to take flight, surprising Mzingo. “I think I better get going. I still have to find a new home.” 
Mzingo doesn't want her to be alone. In addition, he begins to see her as a friend. Then, the vulture suggests: “Karima. Wait. Do you want to be part of our Parliament?” 
"What?!" Karima is surprised by the proposal. Mzingo is a friendly and fun vulture and the Outlands are pleasant. Then, Karima decides: "It would be an honor, Mzingo." 
Happy with the decision of his new friend, Mzingo guides her to the vultures tree, where, after a few minutes, all members of the Parliament gather for a special meeting. "We're meeting here to decide whether or not Karima should join our Parliament." 
"But I don't even know her." Mwoga, who is next to Mzingo, comments. 
"Have I heard a yes?" Mzingo hits Mwoga on the head with his right wing. 
"Yes. I vote yes.” Mwoga responds. 
"Yes." "Yes." "Yes." All vultures say yes. 
“We have a unanimous yes. In that case, Karima will join our Parliament, having the same rights and duties as any other Member.” 
After the meeting, Mzingo goes to Karima and tells her the news: "You are now part of our Parliament." 
“Oh! Thank you, Mzingo! Thank you!" Karima runs to hug the male vulture, making him blush. 
"Y-You're welcome." 
The next day, Mzingo introduces Karima to the other vultures. Males are amazed to have a female deputy for the first time. Usually, only males become deputies. Everyone seems to her. 
The other females quickly become friends with her and quickly teach her some of their customs. 
Later, Mzingo took Karima to the volcano cave, where he introduced her to Janja and Jasiri. 
“Very well, Mzingo. I see you finally got a girlfriend.” Janja laughs, receiving a kick from Jasiri. “Ouch! What did I say?" 
"Welcome to the Outlands, Karima." Jasiri greets her with a smile. 
“Thank you, Prime Minister Jasiri. I heard a lot about you.” 
"I hope you only heard good things." 
"Of course. You're a great leader.” 
"Thank you, Karima." Jasiri looks to the right side and sees Janja talking to Mzingo. Then, the leader of the Outlands looks back at Karima. “You know, Karima? Mzingo and Janja are very close friends. I am sure that you and I will also be good friends.” 
And so it is. Karima adapts very well to her new life in the Outlands. She participates in some Parliament meetings, has fun with the other females and helps Jasiri to solve some problems, such as fights between some animals. 
“Come on! Do you really think it necessary to fight over a bit of grass, when there is grass in all over the Outlands?” Karima calms down two zebras who were fighting. 
"You're right. We won't fight again.” The zebras go away. 
"Asante, Karima." Jasiri thanks you. "Probably they will fight again tomorrow for something else, but at least we have peace again for a while." 
"It was a pleasure to help, Jasiri." 
“Karima. I've been thinking.” Jasiri now speaks in a serious tone. “You have been a good friend and you have helped me a lot. Would you... like to be my assistent?” 
"Wow! Of course! I will be delighted! But...” She thinks for a while. "What about Mzingo?" 
“Mzingo has also been helpful, but... I think he can be Janja's assistent. In fact, he was always Janja's assistent.” 
Karima is super happy. After what she went through in the past, she finally has peace. She has a new home and new friends, she works with the land leader, who is also her friend and she has Mzingo. 
Mzingo. It's thanks to him that she's doing so well now. In the past few days, she and Mzingo have spent a lot of time together. In addition to Parliament's affairs, they both have shared good rides flying through the Outlands. Sometimes they play with each other. Once, Mzingo hid behind her and touched her on one wing, making her look over there, while he turned to touch her other wing. Another time, Karima hid in a cave and, when Mzingo approached it to look for her, Karima jumped out of the cave to scare him. 
Yes. They became great friends. However, they both feel something they cannot describe. Mzingo feels a joy he never felt. He thinks about Karima most of the day and is always looking forward to being with her. The same with Karima. She smiles every time she thinks of him or every time she hears his name and her body warms up when they are together. 
One afternoon, Mzingo decides to do something different and invites Karima to go to the Pride Lands. Now that the vultures respect the circle of life, it's safe to enter there. 
"Where are you taking me?" She asks, curious, following the male vulture. 
“I can't tell you. It's a surprise." 
They both fly over the lands, until they reach the Hakuna Matata Falls. Timon and Pumbaa were out. Good. The vultures can be at ease. They land on the grass, watching the waterfall. 
"Wow! Mzingo. This is beautiful!" 
"Yes. Beautiful." Mzingo blushes looking at her before coming to himself. "Let's go to the water." 
"Oh. Ok." 
Mzingo and Karima enter the river calmly, feeling the warm water rising from their legs to their feathers. They both sit there and relax. "This feels so good." Karima says in a relaxed tone. 
For a few minutes, the two vultures are resting in the warm water, closing their eyes to feel the relaxation better. However, after a while, Mzingo opens an eye and sees his friend relaxed and calm. Then, with a cheeky smile, Mzingo uses a wing to throw water at Karima's closed eyes. "Hey!" She screams as he continues to throw water at her. "Stop it!" Karima decides to take revenge and also starts throwing water at Mzingo. Quickly, they both have fun throwing water at each other and pushing themselves towards the waterfall. 
At the end of the day, Mzingo and Karima leave the waterfall and fly to the highest tree of the Pride Lands, watching the sun set over the border. 
"Wow. This is very different from the Outlands.” Karima comments. 
"Yeah. Even with all the changes, the Outlands remain different from the Pride Lands.” 
"And is that a bad thing?" 
“No, no, no! It's a good thing! Just... Just like you.” Mzingo starts to blush. 
"Do you think I'm a good thing?" Karima also begins to blush. 
"Having met you was one of the best things in my life." 
The light of the setting sun hits the two vultures, making their blush become even more visible. The two turn to opposite sides, remaining silent for a while. 
Finally, Mzingo decides to talk: "K-Karima?" 
"Yes?" 
"I... I want to tell you something." 
"Then... say it." 
"Yes, yes... I don't know how to tell you this." He lowers his head, ashamed. 
"Mzingo." Karima uses her wings to lift her friend's head, making him look at her, just as he had done before. "You can trust me." 
Mzingo smiles at her again and, winning courage, he says: “Karima. I love you." 
At this moment, Karima's heart is confused, not knowing whether to stop or accelerate. The past few days have been incredible and Karima feels that her friendship with Mzingo has evolved a lot. Some tears start to fall from her eyes, tears of joy. Listening Mzingo's statement is enough for Karima to gain courage and tell him what she has been want saying for days: “Mzingo. I... I love you too.” 
"Re-Really?!" Mzingo is amazed by what he hears. The female nods her head, indicating that what she said is true. 
Mzingo and Karima always got along very well and the friendship he felt for her has evolved a lot, becoming something bigger. However, Mzingo feared being rejected. Fortunately, this did not happen. They both feel the same. 
Slowly, the two vultures lean forward, towards each other. Their smiles widen and Mzingo's dark eyes meet Karima's sparkling green eyes. Leaning, they feel each other's breath and close their eyes, allowing themselves to be carried away for the moment. Finally, their beaks open and tilt slightly to the sides, allowing both to fit perfectly. Mzingo and Karima are illuminated by the red oranged light of the sunset, while sharing a passionate kiss. Both feel their bodies tremble and warm with the deep kiss. Right now, neither of them can think of anything else. The couple is just focused on enjoying the happiest moment of their lives. 
After several seconds that seemed like minutes, the two vultures separate their beaks and step back slightly, opening their eyes again. Without saying anything, they look at each other, sharing the same dizzy smile. 
"Well... I think this means that we are now boyfriend and girlfriend, right?" Mzingo is the first to speak again. 
"Let me think." Karima jokes. "I vote yes." 
“So it seems that we have a unanimous yes. Karima. You are officially my girlfriend.” 
"And I couldn't be happier." 
They both return to share a passionate kiss, illuminated by the sunset. 
The next morning, Mzingo gathers all the vultures to announce that he and Karima are together. The news is well received by everyone. The males place themselves around Mzingo, congratulating him. Females do the same around Karima. 
Later, it was their time to tell the news to the hyenas. Jasiri and Karima embrace: “Oh Karima! I'm so happy for you, my friend!” 
“I knew you were boyfriends. Even a blind zebra could saw it.” Janja teases Mzingo. 
"Thank you. I guess." 
In the following days, Mzingo and Karima enjoy their love. They take long flights between the Outlands and the Pride Lands, they play in the waters of the Urembo River and they share food scraps to each other. 
One night, Jasiri and Janja decide to throw a party for their vulture friends. Then, in the cave of the volcano, all the hyenas and vultures come together. Everyone sings, dances and eats, but always respecting the circle of life. All the couples, hyenas and vultures, dance together, showing how much they are in love. 
While dancing in the air, Mzingo invites his beloved: “Karima. Tomorrow I want you to come with me to the Parliament Tree.” 
“Go to the Parliament Tree?! For what?!" 
"Let's just say that you're going to be part of something important." 
"And you can't tell me now what it is?" 
"No. I prefer save it for tomorrow morning. That way I can have a better view of your smile.” “Aawww! How sweet.” 
Karima and Mzingo lean their heads together, looking at each other with a passionate smile. 
The following morning, Mzingo calls a meeting with all the deputies, including Karima. Once they are all on the tree, Mzingo begins to speak: "I called you here today for a meeting that will define Karima's place in our hierarchy." 
"I ask for permission to speak." Ask Mwoga. 
"Permission granted." 
"Didn't we already have this meeting?" 
"No." Mzingo flaps Mwoga on the head with his wing. “As you know, Karima is my girlfriend. I think it's her right to have a more advanced position on our committee. So I come to propose that we should put Karima as vice-president of our Parliament.” At this moment, Karima looks at Mzingo with admiration, while the other deputies are whispering with each other. "Any votes against?" Mzingo looks threateningly at the other vultures. 
"No, no." "No way." "Nothing against." All vultures vote in favor, not wanting to face Mzingo's anger. 
"Good. So, if I'm not present, you will have to talk to Karima before making any decisions. Now you can leave.” 
After the other vultures left, Karima happily embraces Mzingo: "Thank you, Mzingo." 
"I'll do anything for you, my love." Mzingo kisses Karima. 
Later, Karima meets the other female vultures. 
"Seriously. Mwoga is a bit clumsy, but I like him that way.” Comments Kara, a female with yellowish feathers and a Yorkshire accent. 
"Me and Mzingo are also very happy." Karima comments with her friends. 
"Love is really beautiful, isn't it?" Asks Malia, the purple-feathered female with an Irish accent. 
"Hey, girls!" Two females, one with pink feathers and one with red feathers, land near them. 
“Mikki! Kiata!” Kara and Malia greet their friends. "We're glad you came." 
“Mikki. Kiata. What happened to you?!” Karima is concerned to see the new look of the newly arrived friends. The two females are bald (they have no crests), their heads and butts stinks and they have marks of hickeys and grips. 
"Sorry, Karima." Replies Mikki with her Scouse accent. "But... can we talk about something else?" 
“Oh. Uh... Ok." Karima is still concerned, but respects the decision of her friends. However, there's something that makes her even more confused. Mikki and Kiata don't seem to be sad or upset by their state and their walk is different. Mikki and Kiata raise their paws high and fold them, before putting them back on the ground, all of this at each step. Karima also can't help noticing that her friends have their cloacas dripping with a white product with a strange smell. 
The five females spend the afternoon together and have a great time. Except Karima, who's still concerned and curious about what happened to Mikki and Kiata. 
In the evening, Karima and Mzingo share dinner. Karima decides to ask her boyfriend: 
“Mzingo. Can I ask you something?" 
“Sure, sweetie. Everything you want." 
"Well... a strange thing happened today." 
"Strange?!" 
"Yeah. Is that... Mikki and Kiata appeared with their heads and butts stinky, baldy and with strange marks. Not to mention their strange walk. Do you know what happened to them?” 
“Oh. Karima. You better forget about it. It isn't appropriate for a vulture, whether male or female, to talk about these kinds of things. It's... It's something intimate and only concerns the couple.” 
"Oh." Karima doesn't seem very enlightened, but she doesn't insist. "It's ok. I won't talk about it again.” 
"So let's go back eating." 
The next day, Karima is very distracted. She doesn't pay much attention to the Parliament meeting, she can't have a good conversation with her friends and she can't help Jasiri with the other animals. She can only think about one thing: what happened to her friends, that left them in that state? 
So, that night, Karima flies through the Outlands, continuing with her thoughts, until Mzingo goes to her: “Hello, Karima.” 
"Hey, Mzingo." 
"Are you ok, dear?" 
“Y-Yes. Why are you asking me that?” Karima doesn't seem very confident. 
"Jasiri told me that you were very distracted today." 
“Oh. I just...” She doesn't want to bring up that topic again. "I'm ok now." 
After a few seconds of silence, Mzingo invites: “Karima. Come with me." 
"Where?!" 
"You'll see." 
Mzingo turns and changes direction and Karima follows him. Finally, the couple arrives at a cave. 
“Mzingo. This is your cave.” 
"I know. And you are allowed to enter. So come on.” 
Mzingo enters the cave and Karima goes after him. 
Once inside, they land on the rocky floor, lit by moonlight. Mzingo approaches his beloved, smiling at her: “Karima. I've wanted to ask you this for a long time, but I hadn't courage. But, after what you saw yesterday and the day you had today, I think this is the perfect time to ask you.” 
“To ask me?! Ask me what?!" 
"Karima." Mzingo gets a little closer. "Do you want to be my mate?" 
"Oh!" Karima's confusion and admiration quickly turns to joy. "Yes! Yes! A thousand times yes!” Karima hugs and kisses Mzingo, both with shining eyes, full of happiness. 
After separating from the kiss, Mzingo explains: “Karima. Before we do that, there is one thing you need to know.” 
"What is it?" 
“We have a mating ritual that only males know it. It's something that is passed from father to son. Females should never know about this ritual, unless they're our mates. It's something that must be kept secret. So I want you to promise me that you'll never tell anyone about this.” 
“Don't worry, Mzingo. I don't tell anyone. You have my word.” 
“I knew I could trust you. Do you remember seeing your friends bald and stinky? And do you remember how they were walking?” Karima nods. "They are that way because they went through the mating ritual with their mates." 
"Oh!" At first, Karima is shocked, but then she accepts what's about to come. "I... I'm ready. What do we have to do?" 
“To start the ritual, we both have to shave our heads. Then we'll have to lick each other's heads, marking them with our scent. Then you'll have to submit to me completely. Females must be completely submissive to males, allowing them to do extremely disgusting and embarrassing things to them. All of this must be done as a proof of love and dominance.” 
Karima's concern returns. She can't believe she have to get stinky, bald and obey her beloved Mzingo, doing who knows what. 
Mzingo realizes Karima's concern and calms her down: “This ritual isn't painful. Males tend to be careful with females and they like to be subjected to this ritual. Besides, you know me. I'll never make you suffer.” 
Mzingo's words calm down the female vulture. It's when a memory arises in Karima's mind. 
FLASHBACK 
When she was younger, Karima flew over her old lands, looking for her father to ask him something. "Dad! Dad! Where are you?!" So, she landed near a river and saw her parents together, being quite surprised by what the adults were doing: "What the...?!" 
Karima's father, a purple feathered vulture, was sinking her mother's head into the river, while rubbing her cloaca with a wing and a malicious smile. Karima was scared, thinking her father was killing her mother. Then Karima's mother, a blue-feathered vulture, much like her daughter, pulled her head out of the water and started to smile. How could she be enjoying being treated that way? 
"Are you enjoying it, dear?" The male asked the female, with his Scottish accent. 
"No. I'm loving it. I want more. Give me more.” She answered with her British accent. 
Then, Karima's father guided his mate to a giraffe, ordering her to place herself under the huge animal. Without protesting, Karima's mother flew and lay down under the giraffe. The female vulture managed to see the giraffe's huge dick stretch and point down. Suddenly, hot urine started to come out of the big dick, reaching the vulture that is happy and starts rubbing the piss all over her body, not wanting to leave any part dry. While Karima watches it with disgust, her father appreciates Karima mother's movements as she rubs the giraffe piss all over her body. 
The male quickly flew over to his mate and helped her scrub her damp body. "Oh Maru!" The female let out a slight moan. 
“That's right, Kida. Beg for me. You're so cute when you act like a bitch.” 
Karima watched her father place himself on top of her mother, who was still lying on her back. 
"Please, make me moan like a jackal." Kida pleaded. 
"I need you, dear." Slowly, Maru linked his cloaca with his mate's. 
“Oh Maru! Oh yeah!" Kida moaned the name of her mate, when he put pressure on her cloaca and started to give light nips on her neck. 
Karima was stunned by what she saw and, unable to move, she remained there hidden, observing her parents' ritual. 
END OF THE FLASHBACK 
Karima remembers that moment and realizes that the ritual may not be too bad. Besides, she loves Mzingo and she's ready to do anything for him. “Mzingo. I want to be your mate. I'm ready for any ritual.” 
"I'm happy to hear that, Karima." 
“Does it really have to be a secret? I mean... I can't even talk with my best friends about this?” 
“Karima. This ritual must be a secret. It has worked like this for many generations and it will always be this way.” Mzingo decides to tell his beloved about the origin of the ritual. “Thousands years ago, a vulture named Kowi fell in love with a female from another land, called Veena. They loved each other very much, but their flocks were at war and didn't accept their relationship. Kowi's Parliament had planned to expel him and his family, so they would never see each other again. One night, the couple met secretly, not knowing what to do to save their relationship. It was then that a white light appeared in the sky, revealing their ancestors, who told them that they should prove how much they love each other, showing their love to both Parliaments. They had to find a way to mark their love forever. Then, Kowi and Veena decided to shave their heads, both becoming bald and lick each other's heads, sharing their scents. Then the couple broke social norms. The male became extremely dominant and the female extremely submissive. He did all kinds of things that made her cry and scream with pleasure. She liked to feel that way and agreed to be scarred and scratched. When the couple confronted the Parliaments, everyone criticized the couple's attitude and decided to expel them. The couple left and started to do that ritual every time they mated, since they both felt pleasure and pride in it. Some vultures discovered their method of mating and began to do the same. Males loved to be dominant and females loved to be submissive. A few years later, Kowi and Veena reunited with their parents, who forgave them and asked them to back home. Backing home, the Parliaments, once in conflict, were now at peace and decided to turn the mating ritual created by the couple into a tradition for all vultures. However, when they heard about this ritual, some animals, including some vultures, found it disgusting and refused to follow that tradition. So it was decided that only males, since they were dominant, should know this ritual and teach it to their male children, passing it on from generation to generation. Females would only be aware of the ritual when the mating time came. Kowi and Veena lived happily until their death and they became part of the vulture's folklore. Their ritual remains a tradition to this day.” 
“Wow, Mzingo. I never heard that story.” 
“As usual, Karima, this ritual must be kept secret. The only animals you can talk about this are the vultures that have been through it.” 
“Mzingo. I won't tell anyone.” 
"I love you so much, Karima." Mzingo approaches his beloved, placing himself almost leaning against her. “Are you willing to go bald for me? Your crest won't grow again.” (Vulture crests stop growing as soon as they become adults. It's common knowledge.) 
"I can do anything for you, my love." Karima gives Mzingo a quick kiss. 
Mzingo asks her to sit down and she obeys, sitting on the rocky floor. Mzingo looks around, searching the ground, until he finds a sharp stone and picks it up with his wings. "Are you ready?" He asks and she nods, giving her permission to move forward. Slowly, Mzingo begins to rub the stone on Karima's head and some tufts of feathers begin to fall to the floor. 
At first, Karima is a little uncomfortable, feeling a light breeze hit her head and touching the pink skin that was becoming visible. She loves to feel the stone rub her head. Mzingo makes smooth movements, not wanting to hurt her. At least, not now. 
After several successive movements, Karima is finally bald. The female spreads her wings over her pink skin. It's strangely comfortable. The light breeze that enters the cave passes over her baldy head and she trembles a little with the sensation. 
"Are you ok?" Mzingo asks. 
"Yes." She responds with a smile. 
"Now it's your turn." Mzingo hands Karima the sharp stone before sitting on the floor. 
Karima takes the stone and gets up, looking at Mzingo, seeing his blue-gray crest. Knowing that she's doing this for love, Karima wastes no time and begins to rub the stone on her lover's head. 
Mzingo's crest starts to come apart and he starts to see pieces of his crest fall to the ground. The male begins to accept his condition. His crest has always been important to him. It made him feel powerful and important, but Mzingo is willing to go bald for the love he has for Karima. 
After the last bit of crest falls to the ground, Mzingo gets up and runs his wings over the pink skin of his head, at the same time that a light breeze hits him. It's strange, but at the same time, pleasant. 
Mzingo and Karima look at each other with admiration. They'll have to get used to their new look, as they will be bald forever. Slowly, Mzingo approaches Karima and she does the same. They lean their heads together, looking into each other's eyes with love. Without warning, Mzingo separates his head from hers and releases his tongue from his beak. Karima knows what's next and tilts her head down. 
Mzingo approaches the smooth head of his beloved and touches his moist tongue to her pink skin. Karima's eyes widen at the touch of Mzingo's tongue on her bald head. Mzingo's tongue is hot and warms her bare head. Mzingo starts rubbing his tongue with random movements, trying to hit her whole head. The sensation of his tongue touching her smooth head is relaxing. Mzingo enjoys each rub with love and care, while his own body feels relaxed with this job. The hot saliva of the male vulture spreads on the pink skin of the bald female, also spreading its scent. Karima closes her eyes, feeling her lover's every move. "Ah." She feels relaxed too. 
After spreading his saliva and his scent all over the skin of Karima's head, Mzingo keeps his tongue and retreats, looking at his beloved with love: "It's your turn." He says, bowing his head now. 
Karima nods and, after analyzing her lover's smooth head, she decides to release her tongue, approaching him. With a soft touch, Karima hits Mzingo's smooth skin with   tongue dripping with saliva. Mzingo feels his body tremble at the warm touch of her tongue. Karima calmly rubs his bald spot. The way her tongue slides perfectly over his head makes her body tremble and warm. Mzingo closes his eyes, reflecting on the sensation of saliva and the smell of his beloved spreading on his smooth head. "Oh." 
Finally, Mzingo's pink skin is covered with saliva and Karima recoils, returning her tongue to her beak. 
The couple looks back at each other with a passionate gleam in their eyes. Both can see each other's heads smoking with the heat of their saliva. They embrace each other with love and begin to smell each other's heads, their smells marked there. 
When they turn away, Mzingo says: “Now it's time to move on to the next phase of the ritual. 
Are you ready to submit yourself to me?” 
"Yes." She responds without hesitation. "I want to be yours, Mzingo." 
"So it's time to make our vowels." Mzingo is the first one. “I promise to love you, protect you and take care of you for my whole life. Because a male vulture must always love his mate and that's what I'm going to do, my love.” 
Karima is happy to hear her lover's statement and moves forward with her own statement: “I will be your mate. I will listen to you and obey you. I will do whatever you ask me to do, even if it's embarrassing or disgusting. I will be submissive to you forever and ever.” 
Both smile passionately, realizing that they're ready for the most intimate part of the ritual. 
Mzingo approaches his beloved and begins to nibble on her neck, near her beak, making her cry with pleasure: "Oh Mzingo!" This makes Karima sit up and lean her neck back, putting herself in a submissive pose. "Go on, Mzingo." 
Then, Mzingo uses one of his claws to lift Karima's head, scratching it a little. The female looks at the male and realizes that he's now smirking and eyes fixed on her. “You're mine now, Karima. And you'll have to do whatever I want.” 
"Yes." Karima speaks, between deep breaths. “Yes... Mzingo. I'm... I'm all yours.” 
With a quick stroke, Mzingo uses his claws to lay the female on the ground, leaning her head against it with some force. "Ah!" She lets out a slight groan. Now, with Karima lying on the floor, Mzingo places himself on top of her and lets go of his tongue, licking her bald head again. "Oh Mzingo." Karima moans with each rub of the male, who refills her head with his hot and stinky saliva. 
After a few rubs, Mzingo walks away and asks: "Turn around." Without question, Karima gets up and turns her back on her lover. "Show me what you have." Once again, she obeys and lifts her ass, showing her vent to her lover. Mzingo approaches his lover again and lowers his head, bringing it closer to her intimacy. Mzingo's tongue comes out of its beak and touches Karima's cloaca. 
"Oh." Karima groans when she feels the male's tongue touch her intimacy. Slowly, the male vulture begins to rub the female's vent. Karima's body shivers with pleasure and, instinctively, her vent begins to open, allowing Mzingo to put his tongue inside. Karima feels her wet, hot tongue rubbing its soft walls and moans again. "Oh yeah." 
"Mmmmm." Mzingo also feels the pleasure reaching his body, when he feels his tongue touching the soft walls of his beloved. After a few rubs, Mzingo feels ready to move forward. Then he takes his tongue out of Karima's clean cloaca and walks over her. The male places himself on top of the female, positioning his own cloaca with hers. 
Finally, Mzingo and Karima are connected. Mzingo moves his bottom back and forth, feeling his cloaca clash with Karima's. “Ah! Mzingo!” Karima groans, full of pleasure. 
Mzingo starts with slow movements that accelerate quickly. "Oh Karima!" He also starts to moan. The strong and repeated movements of the male vulture make their cloacas collide and their bodies only tremble with the impact and the desire for more pleasure. 
"Beg for me!" Ask Mzingo. "Beg for me, you bitch!" 
“Oh! Mzingo! I want you so much! Let me be yours!” 
“You are mine, you whore! I'll make you scream!” 
"Yes! Please! Make me scream! I'm your bitch!” 
Mzingo struggles to move faster, hitting his cloaca with hers at a faster and more determined pace. "Ah!" She moans as he bites and scratches her neck and head. 
"Oh!" He moans too. Something inside him seems to be about to burst. Mzingo is ready to place his product inside her. Then, without further ado, an enormous amount of sperm leaps from his cloaca to hers, filling her inside. "Oooohhh!!!" 
"Aaaaaaaaahhh!!!" Karima moans loudly. She never felt anything like this before. Her smooth walls are hitted by something slimy and warm, even more than Mzingo's tongue. 
One charge isn't enough. Mzingo's cloaca shoots again. And again. And again. Feeling that there's nothing left to leave, Mzingo separates himself from his mate, white goo dripping from both cloacas, releasing a stinky scent into the air. Now Karima realizes what was that white thing dripping from her friends' cloacas. 
They both look lovingly at each other, while gasping, tired of the whole process. 
"This... This was so good." Praises Karima, getting a satisfied smile from her mate. 
"It was the best time of my life." Mzingo teaches something else to her mate. “Karima. There is one more thing you need to know. In addition to the traditional walk that you have seen your friends do, females should also let their cloacas drip the cum that the males have put into them. Even if your cloaca is still humid in a few hours, you shouldn't wash it. It's another proof of female submission.” 
“Mzingo. I promise to respect the tradition.” Mzingo approaches Karima and lowers his head. "What you gonna do now?" She asks, suspicious but passionate. 
Mzingo tucks his head under her and lifts her body, walking slowly forward, until she's lying on his back. "Wow. How romantic." Karima jokes, making him let out a light laugh, as he takes her to his nest, at the bottom of the cave. Once there, Mzingo carefully lays her in the nest and then he lies down next to her. 
For several seconds, the couple just looks at each other, lost in their smiles and passionate looks. 
Finally, Karima decides to speak: “Mzingo. I loved our ritual.” 
“I told you that you would like it. When we mate again, we'll do different things. I will dominate you in every way.” 
"I can't wait." She fixes her bright gaze on his again. "I love you so much, Mzingo." 
"I love you too, Karima." 
The loving couple embraces in the warm nest, closing their eyes to dream of their happy future. 
The next morning, Karima meets with her friends: Mikki, Kiata, Kara and Malia. Now, the four females have the same look: bald, marked, stinky and with that special walk. They share their experiences with each other. 
"Once Moozi tied me to a branch and licked my head for hours." Mikki tells with Scouse accent. 
"That's nothing. Once Mwoga sank my head into a zebra's carcass and covered me with blood.” Kara says, with her Yorkshire accent, surprising her friends. 
Karima is quite amazed at what her friends say. What does Mzingo intend to do with her? 
Each time Karima mates with Mzingo, the male prepares something new for her. Once, Mzingo forces Karima to rub her body in a rotting meat. Another time, the male forces her to sink her cloaca into a pointed bone. Anyway... Mzingo forces Karima to submit to all kinds of disgusting and embarrassing things. But she doesn't care, because the love she feels for him is very strong. 
Then it comes the time of the year when the vultures get together to mate at the same time. It's the Group Mating Season. Kara and Mwoga mate near Mzingo and Karima. Kara and Mwoga lick each other's heads and Mwoga forces Kara to lick his stinky ass. At the same time, Mzingo and Karima lick each other and Mzingo forces Karima to swallow his piss. 
Karima and Kara are satisfied with this new experience, as are Mzingo and Mwoga. 
Karima's friends teach her the traditional mating dance of the females so that she's able to show it to Mzingo at the biggest vulture party of the year. Karima remembers seeing her mother doing that dance for her father in the past. 
When the night of the party comes, Karima feels ready to show what she has learned to Mzingo. The female vulture stands in front of the Parliament leader and spreads her wings, moving her legs from side to side in a dance. Then, Karima approaches Mzingo and walks around him, rubbing her body over his. Mzingo smiles and feels his body warm up. Again in front of her mate, Karima turns and raises her bottom, showing his cloaca to her lover. The female starts shaking her ass in a sexy way, teasing the male. At the end of the dance, Mzingo goes to Karima and gives her a passionate kiss. They both quickly leave the party and fly to their nest, where they share another night of licking and scratching. At the end, Mzingo rejoins his cloaca with hers and refills it with his sperm again. 
Over the course of a month, Karima and Mzingo mate several times and do all kinds of disgusting and embarrassing things. But that wasn't the only thing that happened in the last month. 
A few days after the big party, Karima was in the nest waiting for Mzingo, when he received a visit: 
"Hello, sweetheart." She heard a familiar voice and turned to face the source of the voice. 
"Mom?!" 
Karima runs to hug her parents, who have just arrived in the Outlands. "I missed you so much." 
"We missed you too, honey." Says her father, with his Scottish accent. 
"Hey! Don't you also greet your brother?” Another voice, this one with a Cockney accent. 
Karima separates from her parents and runs to hug Kodari, her older brother with purple feathers. Behind Kodari, two females enter, the older with orange feathers and the youngest with a look similar to Karima's. "Who... Who are you?!" Karima doesn't recognize the females, but she suspects who they are. The oldest is bald, as is Kodari. They're probably mates. As for the youngest, her look is identical to Karima's. Is she someone of her family she doesn't know? 
Karima's family clarifies their doubts. “Karima. This is Sahidi.” Karima's brother points to the adult female. "She's my mate." 
“Oh. Nice to meet you, Sahidi.” Karima greets the female. 
"The pleasure is all mine, Karima." Sahidi responds with her Geordie accent. 
"And who are you?" Karima addresses the youngest vulture. 
"Karima." Is her father who answers. "That's your sister Jaiina." 
"You're very beautiful, Karima." Little Jaiina praises her sister in her sweet voice with a Scottish accent. 
“Oh. Asante, Jaiina. You're very beautiful too. Do you want to be my friend?" "Yes!" Jaiina hugs her sister, who also hugs her, their heart full of joy. 
“Karima! I'm back with...!” Mzingo's voice is heard. The vulture enters his cave, carrying in his claws two large pieces of stinky meat. He drops the meat, seeing his cave full of unknown vultures. Then he lands on the floor and shouts: "What is this?" 
“Mzingo. It's ok. This is my family.” Karima tries to calm her mate down. 
"Your... family?! But how?!" 
After everyone greets Mzingo, Karima's father Maru begins to tell their story: “After our daughter was exiled, we were devastated.” 
"After several weeks of her exile, I laid an egg." Kida, Karima's mother, continues. "Although we had missed Karima, another light of happiness appeared in our lives." 
“We were happy with the birth of Jaiina, but still, we weren't rested. We're afraid that, in the future, Jaiina would suffer as much as Karima. So, one night, without anyone seeing, we left our home.” 
"We've been traveling ever since, looking for a new home, a place where no one would force a vulture to marry against its will." 
“It was then that, after a long search, we found the Outlands. And as soon as we hear a female vulture talking about Karima, we ask her where to find her.” 
"That's how we discovered this cave." 
"It must've been difficult to leave home with a chick to take care of." Mzingo comments, admired by the story of that family. 
"That's why Sahidi and I decided to leave with them." Adds Karima's brother. "To help them take care of Jaiina." 
After thinking for a while, Mzingo suggests: "Maybe I can help you." 
"How?!" Everyone is amazed, including Karima. 
“You're Karima's family and you seem to be nice vultures. What do you say about living in the Outlands?” 
"We're very grateful for the invitation, but I don't know if your leader will accept it." Maru isn't very confident. 
“Oh. Don't worry." Mzingo looks at the group with a playful smile. "I'm sure the leader of our Parliament will accept you." 
"Mom. Dad." Karima smiles with joy at her family. "Mzingo is my mate and... he's the leader of the Parliament." 
Everyone is amazed at the revelation. Karima's family are happy with Karima's relationship with Mzingo. Shortly thereafter, Mzingo and Karima meet with the rest of the Parliament and the family's stay in the Outlands becomes official. Prime Minister Jasiri also welcomes the arrival of the new vultures. 
In the days that follow, Karima's family has fun with her and Mzingo, trying to make up for lost time. Everyone ends up becoming good friends. Kida teaches her daughter how to be even more submissive to her partner and Maru teaches Mzingo to be more dominant. 
Sahidi becomes a great friend to her sister-in-law and joins her group of friends. They re-share their mating experiences. Mikki says that her lover tied her to a small rock and had sex with her for many hours. Sahidi says that Kodari forced her to lick his cloaca and sprayed her face with his cum, spreading it all over her body to spread the smell. Karima is amazed to hear what her brother did to his mate. 
The females also share the softer attitudes of their mating. Kiata says that her mate gave her good massages and then they shared good hygiene sessions, rubbing their bodies with clean water. They know that the ritual involves disgusting and often painful treatments. But it isn't always that way. Sometimes, males are very affectionate with them. Usually, they do that when children are around and sometimes when they are completely alone. 
Mzingo and Karima mate every day. Not wanting to make the ritual monotonous, Mzingo takes 
Karima to different locations every day, mating in different locations. One day, Mzingo takes Karima to a tall tree, where he forces her to rub small thick branches in her tight cloaca, until she releases all of her smelly liquid from inside. Another day, Mzingo takes Karima to a cave, where he forces her to stick her cloaca in pointed rocks, while licking his ass. However, every day, Mzingo rubs her cloaca and stuffs his cum inside her. Once, Mzingo takes Karima to a buffalo and they both mate on his back. The buffalo doesn't really like the idea of having two vultures mating on top of him, but he respects them, because he knows the mating ritual of that species. 
One afternoon, Mzingo takes Karima to the Urembu River, in the Pride Lands. "Are you ready?" 
"Yes." She replies, anxious to know what her mate has in store for her. 
With his claws, Mzingo sinks his mate's head in the river, while he leans his cloaca against hers. Mzingo moves his body to make the two cloacas brush. The male feels the pleasure increase with each movement. Karima is totally submissive and closes her eyes, giving in to her partner's wishes. “Oh Karima! I'll make you scream so much!” Mzingo decides to take the ritual to another level and removes the head of his mate from the river, also removing its cloacas. Dragging Karima around the neck, Mzingo takes her to a muddy ground. 
“Oh Mzingo! Take me! I'm all yours!" She's completely given over to her mate. 
Mzingo throws Karima into the muddy ground, where there is a small group of worms. Once there, Karima asks: “Fuck me, Mzingo. Fuck me like a vulture must fuck his bitch.” 
Mzingo smiles and returns his position to hers. The worms begin to approach the female lying in the mud. The male moves his body again, giving repeated strokes to his mate, linking their cloacas. “Oh! Oh! Oh yeah!" Mzingo's pleasure is high. Each stroke fills his body and Karima's body with splashes of mud. 
"Ah!" Karima surrenders completely to her mate, when the worms begin to rise in her feathers. 
"Ah!" 
Mzingo accelerates his movements, while the worms are reaching Karima's head. “Ah! Mzingo!” A worm enters Karima's mouth. "Mmmmm!" Another worm goes up to her bald head, making it sticky. 
“Karima! You're mine!" Mzingo exclaims, before giving the final blow, filling her mate's cloaca with his cum. "Ooooooohhh!!!" 
After three injections, Mzingo backs off. Karima gets up, covered in mud and worms walking in her feathers. "Mzingo." She speaks, between deep breaths. "I think... I think I swallowed a worm." Mzingo just smiles and kisses Karima, sharing his language with hers. After separating from the kiss, Karima comments: "But your kisses taste better." And they kiss again. 
Karima and Mzingo have had many experiences. Karima remembers one in particular. 
FLASHBACK: 
Mzingo and Karima were with the rest of the Parliament eating a dead buffalo. Karima had her head down, wanting to show the other vultures that she was completely submissive to Mzingo. Then, a vulture reported that the buffalo's ass was full of poop. This gave Mzingo an idea. He asked Karima to stick h head in the buffalo's ass and she accepted without hesitation. Mzingo watched with joy as Karima moved forward and backed up in the buffalo's ass. 
After several attacks, Karima removed her head from the buffalo's ass. All the vultures were amazed to see the female's head covered in buffalo shit. Karima and Mzingo looked at each other passionately. The female had buffalo shit running down her head, beak and neck. 
Mzingo was attracted by the smell and approached his mate, while the other vultures were mesmerized by seeing the female covered in shit. 
"You're beautiful." Mzingo praised her. 
Karima just smiled and licked her beak, tasting the shit. She liked the taste and continued to clean her beak. Mzingo was happy with this view. 
After that, the other vultures returned to eating the corpse. Mzingo did the same, this time, putting himself closer to his lover, who put her head back in the buffalo's ass, wanting to clean up all the shit inside. 
END OF THE FLASHBACK 
Karima smiles at that memory. Since that day, poop has become part of her diet, especially since Mzingo loves it when she smells like that. 
A few days later, Mzingo comes home and finds Karima with her head down. Then, the male begins to lick her bald head, rubbing it with his hot and moist tongue. After having her head clean, Karima lifts her ass and Mzingo starts to lick her cloaca. It's the daily cleaning of the couple. "Oh." Karima moans with pleasure when she feels her mate's tongue rubbing her cloaca. After cleaning it, Mzingo prepares to join his cloaca with hers. However, Karima steps away. “Mzingo. Wait." 
"Is something wrong, Karima?!" 
Karima looks into Mzingo's eyes, showing him a smile of joy: “Mzingo. I... I'm pregnant.” 
“Karima. You... Are you serious?!” Mzingo doesn't believe what he hears. Karima shakes her head in confirmation and Mzingo's heart races. "I... I can't believe it. I... I'm going to be a father. I'm going to be a father!" Mzingo hugs Karima tightly. The couple is happy because they will finally have their own family. "I think this deserves a celebration." 
Karima notices Mzingo's suggestion and goes back to showing him her cloaca. That day, Mzingo fucked Karima more often than usual, as a way to celebrate the fact that they're going to be parents. 
Weeks later, Karima is lying in the nest, while Mzingo rubs her back with his wings. For the past few days, Mzingo has been massaging Karima, wanting her to have a peaceful pregnancy. Karima feels relaxed with Mzingo's massage. But suddenly, the female squirms and cries out in pain: "Ah!" 
"Karima?!" Mzingo is worried. 
"It's now!" 
Trying to stay calm, Mzingo helps his beloved to put herself in the egg-laying position. Once she's well placed, Mzingo sticks out his tongue and starts to lick her cloaca. "Mmmm." Karima feels her pain subside a little with Mzingo's licking. 
"Breathe, my love." Mzingo calms her down. 
Karima takes a deep breath when she feels something coming out of her tight cloaca. "It's leaving!" She warns. Mzingo stops licking her cloaca when the egg starts to come out of her. "Aaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!" A large white egg falls out of her cloaca and rolls, leaning against the nest wall. 
"Are you okay, dear?!" Mzingo tries to comfort her. 
"Wait! There's one more!” She screams again when another egg starts to hatch. 
"Aaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!" Another white egg falls from her cloaca and slides next to the other egg. 
"Karima." Mzingo hugs his lover, who tries to calm her breathing, after the whole process. The two vultures hold each other for a while, until Mzingo speaks. “Do you believe it? We'll have two chicks. Two beautiful chicks just like their mother.” 
"No. They will be more like their father.” 
"They're going to be the most beautiful vultures in the Outlands." 
Karima and Mzingo are hugging each other, looking at the eggs. 
A few more weeks passed. Karima is sitting on her eggs and sees Mzingo arriving with meat to share with her. 
"I'm back, sweetie." Mzingo smells his mate's bald head, smelling buffalo shit. "You still have the best smell of the Outlands." 
Karima smiles and kisses his bald head. "And you still have the best look." 
Mzingo sits next to Karima and they both share the meat the male has brought. 
Karima begins to think about what her future children will be like, something she has been doing since she laid the eggs. She hopes to have two beautiful and fun children, like the twins of Jasiri and Janja. Yes. Jasiri and Janja had a really fun twin couple. Often, the two cubs come to play with her and Mzingo, especially to play pranks on Mzingo, chase and bite him. Karima lets out a little laugh at the thought. 
"What are you laughing at, my dear?" Mzingo notices her laughter. 
"Oh nothing. I was just thinking about our future.” 
“It will be wonderful. I am sure." The couple kisses passionately and touch each other's heads. 
Suddenly, Karima feels something tremble beneath her. "Mzingo." She's a little distressed. 
"What's wrong?!" 
"It's now. They'll be born.” 
"What?! Now?! No! No! What do I do? What do I do?" Mzingo is more nervous than she is. 
“Calm down, Mzingo." Karima puts her wings on his shoulders, calming him down. Then they gets up to see the eggs open. 
The first egg cracks and a small male vulture head lurks inside. His bluish coat resembles Karima. "He's very similar to you." Comments Mzingo. 
"Yes. Our little Ugana.” 
Mzingo and Karima hardly have time to smile to their son, as the other egg also splits and opens, revealing a small female vulture, with a fur similar to Mzingo's. 
"And she's more like you." Karima says. 
"Yes. Our little Zuni.” 
The two small chicks come out of the eggs and stagger to their parents, hooting with their heads raised. 
"They must be hungry." Mzingo suggests. 
"I'll handle it." Karima cranes her head, looking like she's about to let go something. There's something going up on her neck with every effort she makes. Finally, Karima regurgitates her food and offers her young chicks two small pieces of moist and stinky meat. The chicks stretch their little necks to receive their mother's offer, removing the soaked meat from her beak. 
After everyone had eaten, Mzingo and Karima sit in the nest and lean their heads together, watching with joy their children Ugana and Zuni playing with each other. 
"I'm happy that you showed up in my life." Mzingo comments. "If before it was difficult to imagine myself living without you, now it's impossible." 
“I'm also very happy, Mzingo. I can't imagine myself with another vulture, besides you. And I am sure that we'll be even happier now that we have these beautiful children.” 
"Did I ever told you that I love you very much?" 
"Not today." 
"Then... I love you so much." 
“I love you, too, Mzingo. And I will always love you.” 
Mzingo and Karima share a passionate kiss, linking their tongues. After separating from the kiss, the two vultures smile at each other, before returning to fix their gaze on their children. One day, their children will be the new leaders of the Parliament and will make their parents proud. The love they feel for each other only increased with the birth of their chicks. They know that their love is eternal and they will always be there for each other.