Ken'ichi's Adventures

[Ken'ichi]

I watch as Rebel climbs on Urctos' head and placed the leaves on the wound, then snag a vine from a tree and ties it around his head to keep the leaves in place on his wound. I'm glad Rebel helped with Urctos' wound, he seems kind of nice, and I hope Urctos feels better when around others, it seemed he was afraid of being with others, but why?

I padded slowly to Koda. "Looks like the wound should heal nicely now." I look at the forest and give a big sigh. "I...I better get going now."

[Koda]

I watch as Rebel does his stuff, tying the herbs on Urctos' head. He hops down and surveys his handiwork. Ken'ichi pads over to me and says he'd better be going. But the way he looks tells me he has nowhere to go. Before he can walk away, I grab his front paw to stop him from leaving.

"You know, you can stay with us, me and Kenai, if you want to." I say, hoping Ken'ichi will accept.

[Ken'ichi]

As I go to leave, Koda grabs my front paw. I looked at him and offers me to stay with him and his brother. I smiled, but then my smile collapse at the thought of it, what if his brother doesn't take me in? My whole family is...gone, I got nowhere else to go. I sigh...

"I would like to, but would your brother say it'll be alright?" I ask and wait for his reply.

[Koda]

I give a snort laugh when Ken'ichi asks if Kenai will take him in.

"Of course!" I say, knowing my big brother. I turn to Kenai, just to make sure.

"Is it okay if Ken'ichi stays with us?" I can see him stifle rolling his eyes, most likely thinking 'oh no not another cub to take care of,' but he agrees, and I can tell he won't mind a bit. I turn back to Ken'ichi.

"Yup, you can stay!" I say, splashing more water on him.

[Ken'ichi]

Koda assures me that his brother will aggree to take me in. Koda turns to his brother for an answer, I didn't get my hopes up just in case. I then see Koda turning to me, he tells me his brother allowed me to stay with them as he splashes more water on me. Inside I was happy, I wasn't going to spend my life alone anymore. A new family to start over with. But what if Koda meant a temporarily stay? Koda kept splashing water on me, so I returned fire and eventually jumped on him, pushing him into the water. Koda resisted and next thing I know we're wrestling. I still wonder if Koda meant a temporary stay with them, if it's temporary then...Ah, I'll figure it out on the way.

[Rebel]

I watch as the two cubs begin to play with each other, wrestling about, and I decide it's time to take my leave. I'd done enough socializing for a lifetime, at least I felt I had. It hadn't felt half bad, helping out Urctos with his wound. I looked up at the great bear and bowed low.

"Pleasure to meet you, Urtctos," I say, coming out from the bow, "I'd best be on my way." I turn to the two cubs, who were now in the water, thrashing about, so I turned to the other large bear, who was one of the little bear's brother.

"So long." I say with another swift bow, and I make my way back to the water.

[Urctos]

Urctos waved a feeble paw. "Goodbye....thanks for your help." He lowered his head to the otter and watched as he began to return to the river. The bear sighed and stared longingly at the pair of cubs splashing and playfighting in the water. He slowly turned and trudged to the shade of a nearby pine tree. Wrinkling his forehead, he fiddled with the vine slightly. Urctos slumped his shoulders and cautiously took a seat on the rocky earth.

The eyes followed Koda and Ken'ichi's movements, then shifted upon Kenai. There was a bigger bear watching them now, and he was pretty much sure they didn't need him around anymore. Urctos's front paws slid forward until he lay flat on his belly, turning his back on the scene and becoming lost in his thoughts

[Ken'ichi]

Koda and I continue to wrestle, trashing about in the water, and I have to admit he put up quite a good fight, but I end up pinning him to the ground. I laugh as Koda tries to get out of my grip.

"Nice try." I say as I see Koda still tries to get out of my grip.

I look around to notice Rebel is gone, but I still see Urctos under a pine tree. I release Koda and pad over to Urctos.

"Feeling better?" I ask the black bear, "I kind of like what Rebel did with the vines." I look at Urctos' face, which expressed pain and sadness, "You alright?"

[Rebel]

As I slip away into the water, I laugh at the cubs antics. I let the water drift me away down stream, and I have a feeling I'll see these bears again.

[Urctos]

He tucked his claws underneath his chin and stared blankly at a landing butterfly on a blade of grass. It fluttered its vibrant wings before taking off into the forest, Urctos watching it until it vanished into the cluster of trees. The bear's chest heaved in a great sigh as he nudged his chin onto the dirt.

"Feeling better?" a voice asked from afar. Urctos turned his head only a few inches to look at the cub. Ken'ichi had walked over and now stood beside him. "I kind of like what Rebel did with the vines."

The cub began to become concerned. "...You alright?"

"...Nothing." he mumbled. "You should be off playing with Koda."

[Ken'ichi]

"You should be off playing with Koda." Urctos told me as I asked him what's wrong.

I look at Urctos and sat next to him. "I can play with Koda anytime, I just thought maybeI should keep you company here for awhile."

My stomach growled, I look at Urctos and laughed nervously. "Guess I'm hungry." I stood up and turned to Urctos, "C'mon, let's go catch some fish."

[Urctos]

"I can play with Koda anytime, I just thought maybeI should keep you company here for awhile."

Ken'ichi continued to look towards Urctos, padding over slowly and sitting himself down beside the black grizzly. Urctos raised his head slightly from the ground and gave the cub an almost dejected stare. His ears twitched at an akward sound, a gurgle from the bear cub's stomach. Ken'ichi gave a nervous laugh.

"Guess I'm hungry." He rose to his feet and glanced back at him again, "C'mon, let's go get some fish!"

Urctos wrinkled his brow with worry.... He wasn't sure if he clearly knew how to catch salmon that easily. Hesitiant but willing, Urctos rose steadily to his paws. He smiled softly and took a few slow steps forward.

[Ken'ichi]

I pad to the water with Urctos following behind. I look at the water and see a fish swimming by, I dip my head and rise out with the fish in my mouth and I pass it to Urctos.

"Here, you can have this one."

I go back into the water and catch another fish for me, then I swim back to shore and sit down next to Urctos to munch away at my fish.

[Urctos]

Urctos blinked as Ken'ichi gave him the fish he had caught in the river. "Here, you can have this one."

Watching the cub return to the water, the bigger bear lowered himself to the ground once again and pulled in the salmon with his paws toward him. He began to nibble quietly on the skin of the fish and glanced upwards as Ken'ichi returned with his own lunch and sat down close to him again. Urctos remained silent, continuing to eat along with the black bear cub.