Kiara slid to a stop, just barely avoiding plowing right into him as he bounded up to her in the same way. Dipping her head down, she nuzzled her head beneath his chin then into his mane. He was really here! Somehow she'd found him. Everything suddenly felt a lot less frightening.

She let out a sigh of relief as she mumbled his name again, before lifting her head back up to meet his gaze. "Of course it's me! Why wouldn't it be?" she replied, a little confused at his worry. She wasn't the one who'd been chased out of the Pride Lands.

"I'm fine. Just... kind of lost and confused. I'm not sure how I got here at all, but I'm so glad I found you," Kiara admitted a little sheepishly, but left out the whole hungry, tired and getting kinda frightened part. They'd all faded the moment she'd seen Kovu.