Pumbaa had no response out of Rukia since another voice had called out to her and thus it seemed they'd found who they were looking for. Two male pink-skinned creatures it seemed, and it was fairly obvious, to even Pumbaa, that they must have come from the same place as Rukia, since their manner of... weird outter skins... were rather similar. The dark-haired one seemed friendly enough, so the warthog just smiled as he plopped himself down on his haunches with an additional sound that wasn't associated with sitting down. He was rather glad to have a break.

He listened quietly till Rukia introduced him. Looking up at Ichigo and Kaien, Pumbaa gave them a friendly smile as he greeted them, "Hi there! Pleased to meet you!"

Of all things though, he hadn't expected to suddenly hear a familiar voice behind him. "Huh!?" he turned his head over his shoulder and did a bit of a double-take as a very familiar looking lion was making their way over towards them.

Hopping back to his hoofs, the warthog grinned hugely as he realized who it was. That whole possibly leading Simba into a trap and banishing thing? Eh, it didn't even pass the warthogs mind right now.

"Kovu!" he cried, "Am I EVER glad to see YOU!"

(ooc: ... *damns as she wants to do the evil icon again. Curse you Juu...* ..ACK .. I so failed. Again. I thought I'd tracked this thread... erf. *gonna fix that* Sorry for the wait. D: But hey! We got a Kovu XDDD ... and crap hit wrong reply link.. sdifojsdif...)