Let Sleeping Bears Lie

[Kelila]

Kelila giggles slightly...

Yeah, Koda sure can talk. You know he was born here, at the salmon run. This is a very spicial place, and we all share many memories here. Yeah...so.......

Kelila is inturrupted when she hears some chomping of leaves.

Peh, it sounds like some moose are getting in their third or fourth breakfast in.

She rolls her eyes as her attention quickly turns to the stream and then to Kenai.

Hey! I'm hungry, why dont we stop here and have a little something to eat. You DO know how to fish right?

She says this with out knowing of Kenai's mis-adventures at the salmon run....

[Koda]

Koda runs up to Kenai, eyes wide.

"Kenai, Kenai!" he exclaims, "I finally found you! But you know me, I’m a great tracker, doesn’t take me long to track somethin’!” Koda grins, then continues. “You'll never believe what I just saw!" He begins jabbering to Kenai about some porcupine he saw waddling by, not even noticing Kelila. Finally, after telling the adventure of the porcupine, he turns and sees Kelila.

“Hi, Kelila!” Koda blurts out with a grin. “Were you guys talking about fish? I love fish!! It’s especially fun when they wriggle around and you can’t catch ‘em, and you gotta chase ‘em all over the rock until they stop floppin’! Kenai knows all about that, he has a hard time catchin’ fish.” Koda continues, almost in the same breath he started, “He’s getting better though, and you know why? It’s ‘cause I’m teaching him the ropes.”
Koda looks from Kelila to Kenai with his ever present smile.

[Kenai]

Kenai stares dumbfounded as Koda leaps out of nowhere, jabbering non-stop. His eyes widen when Koda mentions the whole fishing thing

"Eh heh.. cute little booger.. yes, he sure does love to boast.. he tends to exagerate a bit though, you know.. all bears can fish.. why I'm excellent at fishing! It just.. takes me a little longer, thats all.."

Kenai stammers, knowing that hes digging himself into a hole with this. He isn't anxious to prove his fishing skills, and it shows in the nervous glimmer his eyes give off as he looks to Kelila with a shy smile.

[Kelila]

Kelila looks away from Kenai and to her surprise its Koda! She allows Koda to tell his tale of fish, she then embraces him in a big bear hug and a peck on the cheek.

"Koda! I missed you so much! How have you been, you seem to be eating well. Has Kenai been taking good care of you? Does he check you're claws after eating?"

Kelila stops abruptly when she allows all of Koda's information to (slowly) seep into her head. She then turns her attention back to Kenai.

"Yeah, all bears can fish. But you're different, I don't know why but I know you are. Common lets see how good a fisher you really are."

She passes a flirty look Kenai's way, then she flurtily walks past him making sure to rub her head under his chin.

"Lets go boys..."

[Koda]

Koda grinns at Kelila

"I missed you too, Kelila!" He says, then continues his his usual non-stop talkative manner.

"I've been eating well! Kenai's great, he takes good care of me! He's the best big brother ever! He doesn't check my claws, though, but that' s okay, I do it myself!"

Koda holds up his paw to show Kelila his claws.

"So we goin' fishin' then?" Koda asks excitedly, jumping up and down. Kelila leads the way, brushing against Kenai. Koda follows, grabbing Kenai's paw and pulling on the big bear.

"Come on Kenai, let's go catch some fish!" He exclaims, full of excitement.

[Kelila]

Kelila waits for Koda to catch up to her (which doesnt take too long) and wispers to him so Kenai can't hear...

"Whats up with him? I mean he's wonderful, but theres something about him. I don't know what, but something..."

She turns back to see Kenai still sitting behind them. And she hollers back......

"You comin' or what!?"

[Kenai]

"Fishing.. ahem.. ofcourse."

Kenai gets up and moves along behind Koda and Kelila, flashing a fake grin of confidence at Kelila. This whole fishing experience was likely to be a humiliating one.

[Koda]

Koda looks from Kelila back to Kenai, very warily. For once, he doesn't say anything right away. As they continue walking, Koda tries to find the words.

“Well, it’s hard to say.”

He sits down as they wait for Kenai to catch up, and Koda scratches the back of his right paw, almost as if he’s hiding something from Kelila. Koda knows he can’t tell about what Kenai really is, a human, and being the talkative cub he is, it’s hard to control himself. Finally, he turns again to Kelila.

“Well, Kelila,”

he says, then says something very grown up for such a little cub,

“It’s, um….not my place to tell.”

He stumbles on his words, but then finds his talkative self back again as he averts from the subject.

“But Kenai is wonderful, I mean, he gives me rides on his back, and we play hide and seek, and then there’s those moose he made friends with that are really, really funny!”

Koda laughs to himself just thinking of the moose’s antics. He turns to see that Kenai is now following.

[Kelila]

Frustrated but very proud of Koda's 'grown up' answer, Kelila drops the subjects and decides that Kenai will tell her on his own in due time. She sits beside Koda and fluffs his hair tuft..then jumps up on to all fours and runs back to Kenai.

"Common! Lets go, the good fish will be all gone by the time we get there."

She wispers into his ear...

"Maybe I'll have somethin' spicial for you when we get there "

She then grabs his paw and drags him behind her as the three furry friends make their way to get some eats...

[Kelila]

OOC: What happened to the Mosses??

[Kenai]

Kenai grins a lil to Kelila, but has little time to answer before she grabs his paw and drags him along. He bounds along beside her, although he still isn't too excited about fishing.
Unfortunate for Kenai, they had arrived at his and Koda's favorite fishing spot sooner than he had wished to. He glanced around and then looked to Koda and Kelila.

"Well... Ladies first!"

He gestures to Kelila, giving another goofy smile

00C - I'll go see if I can track the moose down. ; )

[Kelila]

Being thetype of bear Kelila is, she struts over to the water and waits for the right fish to swim by.

"Ah ha!"

She thrusts her right paw into the water and beside Kenai lands a fish the size of Koda's head.

"And that boys, is how its done. So lets see how you do."

Kelila lays down and pats her fish as she watches Kenai and Koda walk down to the water.

[Kenai]

Kenai watches Kelila with a grin, giving a laugh as the fish lands near him.

"Oh wow! That was quick! Your amazing, Kelila!"

His grin fades though, into a look of nervous tension.

"Er.. I.. so you want me to do that, huh? Well.. ok.. here goes.."

Kenai moves closer to the water, watching as a few fish swim past quickly. He eyes a rather large fish swimming near him. He anticipates the catch, his eyes narrow. All of a sudden he pounces with both paws, throwing the fish up into the air. For a minute, he was overjoyed in believing he was succesful! The fish however, does a double turn in the air, hitting him in the snout with its tail, then lands back into the water with a splash, sending water all over Kenai's face.
He shakes his head, gasping, then when he realizes what has happened, he sulks a little.

"Well, I.. I almost had him, eh? I.. "

[i}He grows quiet, looking to Kelila..[/i]

"I guess I'm not the greatest fisherbear in the world.."

[Tuke]

Tuke follows Rutt's gaze and spots Aleshanee and he takes on a suave expression--just before thrusting his antlers extra hard to send Rutt tumbling down the hill toward the river. Having ditched his brother, he turns toward the female moose.

"Some fightin', eh?" he grins, "The name's Tuke. What's yours?"

[Rutt]

Rutt rolls head over heels down the steep bank, causing a tremendous racket as he downs several saplings and causes a rockslide. The wild ride finally ends with him crashing in the river.

"You're gonna pay for that, Tuke!" he shouts back up the hill, "That was cheatin', eh! You caught me off guard!"