Taka saved a lion cub, named Mufasa from the two crocodiles at the river, against his mother, Eshe's initial warning. Despite Obasi's rule to reject outsiders, Mufasa was allowed to stay after winning a race against Taka. Taka, who lost the race on purpose, bonded with Mufasa, despite Obasi's disapproval.
After a young Taka saved Mufasa from two crocodiles with help from his mother, Eshe, the young Mufasa was brought to Obasi, who identified him as a stray lion cub whom his pride should avoid associating as he gave his order, accusing him for being an outsider. Although he declared Mufasa to be an outcast separated from Afia and Masego, Mufasa claimed that he was fast. This led Obasi to start a proposal that Mufasa should race with Taka giving him a deal that if he won, he would join the Pride and if he lost, he would be killed. As the pride watched, the two cubs raced, and Taka allowed Mufasa to win. Furious, Obasi forced Mufasa to live among the females of the pride.
Several years later, when Mufasa and Taka grew up as adolescent lions, they pranked the males of the pride with warnings about an elephant stampede. Obasi distanced Mufasa from the pride's males and warned Taka about future betrayal from Mufasa, but Taka desired to hunt with his mother and adoptive brother.
While hunting herd of oryxes, Eshe was ambushed by two white lions named Shaju and Azibo, with Mufasa leaping to her defense, killing one of them. Mufasa then guided a wounded Eshe back to the pride, and they reported to Obasi that they had been attacked by white lions. Obasi immediately began to fear that these lions were the rumored "Outsiders".
Later, Chigaru, a member of Obasi's pride spied on the Outsiders and reported to Obasi that they had twice Obasi's own numbers. In an effort to preserve his bloodline, Obasi sent Taka away and told Mufasa to accompany him and to pledge loyalty to him. Shortly after the brothers had fled, the Outsiders confronted Obasi's pride and killed them.
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