Disclaimer: Disney owns Kenai, Koda and everyone else in the movie. I only own Ken'ichi and the list of characters in my ff profile.

Ken'ichi wondered about that rescue. Did he save Koda just because he felt bad for him? Or did he care for the cub already after only one day of knowing him?

"You okay?" Koda asked him when he saw the look on his face. But Ken'ichi didn't answer; he just looked forward and continues to walk.

Chapter 5: A help that makes trouble

Koda and Ken'ichi stopped walking when they heard two voices arguing about something, which then turned into a name exchanging contest. Koda concentrated on the two voices and immediately recognized them.

"It was your fault that mammoth chased us all this way!" a voice echoed through the forest, but only just a few feet away from the cubs.

"Knock it off, eh." A different voice cried. Koda and Ken'ichi kept looking forward; two mooses were walking toward them, Rutt and Tuke.

"Well I wouldn't bug you about this if you would've left that mammoth alone." Tuke argued.

"That mammoth walked over our nice patch of grass. Do you know how hard it is to find those types of patches?" Rutt replied.

"Rutt! Tuke!" Koda cried as he ran to the two mooses, Ken'ichi stayed behind. Rutt and Tuke stopped arguing when they heard Koda and saw him running to them.

"Hey, smallish bear! How's it going, eh?" Rutt greeted.

"You look bigger since last time we saw you." Tuke said, giving a noogie to Koda with his feet.

"Where's Mr. Bear?" Rutt asked.

"Oh, we just got separated that's all." Koda confidently said, confident that Kenai will be in the salmon run. "So Ken'i…"

"Hey, I didn't know you had another brother!" Tuke rudely cut Koda off when he saw Ken'ichi.

"What?!" Ken'ichi shouted, taking it as an offense.

"Well, he's…uhhh…" Koda tried to explain, but they weren't paying attention.

"He's kind of cute, eh?" Rutt said as he noogied Ken'ichi.

Ken'ichi rudely got out of Rutt's noogie and glared at the moose, Rutt's happy-go-lucky face immediately dropped when he saw the cub glaring at him.

"Oh great going moose breath!" Tuke yelled at Rutt, "You just made the smallish bear mad!"

"I didn't mean to make him angry, eh!" Rutt defended, "And don't call me moose breath, twig legs!"

"Pine cone brain!" Tuke insulted.

"Nut head!" Rutt insulted back.

Ken'ichi walked to Koda as the two mooses exchanged names, Koda giggled a little, it's been a while since he saw both of them fighting. "Do they do this often?" Ken'ichi coolly asked Koda.

"Not all the time." Koda replied as he walked away from the Rutt and Tuke. Ken'ichi looked back at the other mooses and shook his head with a mid-smiled.

"Hey wait!"

Koda abruptly stopped when that voice cried through his ears; he turned to see Rutt and Tuke running toward them.

"You cubs are heading to the fishy run right?" Rutt asked the cubs.

"Its salmon run you twit!" Tuke corrected Rutt.

"Umm…yea." Koda answered; having a thought they were going to suggest something. Ken'ichi looked at Koda, giving him a look to say no to whatever they would ask or suggest.

Rutt looked at Tuke, and then at Koda, "I was thinking maybe we could…"

Tuke cut Rutt off, "Maybe we could you know…"

Rutt pushed Tuke aside, "Help you, eh?"

Koda looked at Rutt and Tuke, they weren't exactly known for their bravery, let alone leave them in charge of cubs. Koda looked at Ken'ichi, whose face expressed 'Let them help and you're as good as alone.'

"How?" Koda curiously asked.

"Well, uhh…" Rutt looked at Tuke and whispered, "How?"

Tuke shoved Rutt gently, "We can help them like this." Without any warning, Tuke lowered his antlers and shoveled Koda up, lifting his head and sending Koda rolling down his neck and stop on his back. "We can give you a ride." Tuke announced as he looked at Koda, who's on his back.

'This is ridiculous.' Ken'ichi thought as he heard what Tuke had planned. Before he could even say anything, Rutt came from behind and did the same thing Tuke did to Koda.

"Do I have to carry angry bear?" Rutt whinely asked Tuke.

"Angry bear?!" Ken'ichi angrily yelled, and then he grabbed Rutt's antlers and suspended himself, his face in front of Rutt. "Listen you twigs for brains! My name is Ken'ichi! Not angry bear!" He glared at Rutt, who was petrified with fear as the cub glared at him. "Got it?!" Rutt cowardly nodded. Ken'ichi scoffed and pulled himself up.

Koda silently giggled while Tuke chuckled. "Is he always like this?"
Koda giggled again. "Only when he's mad."

Ken'ichi kind of heard the conversation and looked at Koda. Koda saw the look Ken'ichi was giving him and immediately quieted down and lowered his head.

Ken'ichi had enough; he goes to get off of Rutt's back. "Well, I'm off the loony express."

"C'mon Ken'ichi." Koda cried. "Trust them, we could use a ride."

Ken'ichi stayed silent, it could be faster this way since they have longer legs and can walk faster, and maybe he should take this opportunity.

Ken'ichi looked around and sighed, "Alright, we could use a ride." Without any warning, Rutt jerked to the left, making Ken'ichi almost fall off.

"Alright smallish bear, which direction?" Rutt asked.

Koda looked to each direction. "Hmmm…that way!" He pointed to a direction.

"Alright brother bears, hang on." Tuke said and they were off.

Ken'ichi holds himself back from going postal on Tuke for taking him as Koda's brother. He's not his brother, when will they get that through their thick heads? Though, does Ken'ichi even like the thought of him as Koda's brother? He thought about it, but he was immediately remembered of…Ken'ichi shook off the idea and the thought which went to his head.

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Night fell. A few minutes after they took off, Koda started telling his stories. Ken'ichi didn't enjoy them, but Rutt and Tuke seem to enjoy them.

"So we pulled him as hard as we could, but the only way to free him was to cut off his tongue and…"

"Please stop!" Rutt suddenly cried. "I don't like the way this one is turning out."

"Rutt is weak to stomach those types of stories" Tuke explained. "Better move to the next one."

"Oh." Koda began to wonder which other story to tell. "You wanna hear how I met Kenai again?" Koda suggested.

"Yea, I like that one." Rutt agreed.

Tuke nodded. "I never get tired of that one"

"No! No more stories!" Ken'ichi shouted, which startled the birds and animals around the forest. "Don't you ever get tired of talking?! I don't care about how you met your brother named Kenai! I could care less what you did that made you careful about what you lick! I don't care how you found the biggest pine cone in the world!"

"It was a pine nut." Koda corrected him.

"I don't care what it was; you're getting on my nerves! I just want you to shut up!!!"

His yelling has made the forest very silent, never has Ken'ichi been so angry before. Koda, Rutt and Tuke stayed quiet. Rutt was scared stiff, not only did he heard Ken'ichi's shouting crystal clear but he's carrying an angry bear which could do anything drastic just to shut others up.

Rutt and Tuke gulped and continue their way without saying a word. Koda stayed quiet, keeping himself from telling more stories, Ken'ichi would burst again if he continued. He looked up and gasped to see the night rainbow, it looked just as he saw it last time with Kenai when they were riding the mammoths. He started thinking about Kenai; he wonders if his big brother has made it out of that mountain alive, will he find him in the salmon run?

"Please spirits…" Koda whispered under his breath. "Look out for Kenai."

Koda heard a screech and looked to a tree to see an eagle standing on a tree branch, looking at Koda. The eagle gave another screech and flew off. Kenai had told Koda about the eagle before, Kenai had told him the eagle is the spirit of his brother watching over them. Those words are still fresh in Koda's heart.

Koda smiled. "Keep an eye on him…Sitka."

Koda was looking where the eagle flew off he didn't noticed a pair of a bear's glowing eyes watching him from the shadows, the bear blinked and moved to keep up with the party.

"Ow!"

Koda and Ken'ichi were startled when the mooses were jerking back and forward.

"Nice going twig legs!" Tuke cried as he tried to untangle his antlers from Rutt's.

"I'm sorry; I wasn't paying attention to the road, eh." Rutt said.

"That's no good excuse to bunk antlers with me!" Tuke yelled.

"That's it, I'm out of here!" Ken'ichi cried as he got off Rutt.

"Ken'ichi, wait!" Koda cried, and then jumped off Tuke's back. "Thanks for the ride guys, are you going to be ok?"

"Yea, you guys go ahead." Tuke said as he continues trying to untangle his antlers from Rutt's.

"You're hurting me, eh!" Rutt complained.

"It's your fault anyway!" Tuke yelled.

Koda giggled as the two mooses argued, but then turned to catch up with Ken'ichi.

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"Ken'ichi!" Koda cried. "Wait for me!"

Ken'ichi turned his head and stopped to let Koda catch up, but when he did Ken'ichi started walking again, not letting the cub to catch his breath.

"How can you be friends with weirdoes like that?" Ken'ichi asked.

"They're not weirdoes!" Koda defended. "They just fight a lot."

Ken'ichi scoffed. "Well maybe they wouldn't fight so much if someone wouldn't get their attention by telling stupid stories!"

"You can't blame everything on me!" Koda angrily cried.

Ken'ichi continued glaring at Koda. "Now I really know why you got separated from your brother."

Ken'ichi started walking again, but Koda ran ahead and stood in front of him. "What are you saying?" He asked partly angry.

"What?" Ken'ichi coolly asked. "You're going to do something about it?"

Koda is now angry, he can take an insult about his story-telling ramblings, but when it comes to insulting his brother, he has crossed the line. "I warn you Ken'ichi; don't pick a fight with me."

"What are you going to do?" Ken'ichi coolly taunted Koda, "Talk me to death?"

"I warn you, when I get into a fight I go crazy and I'm a raging ball of brown fur!" Koda threatened Ken'ichi, giving a slash which missed Ken'ichi's face by a few inches, but Ken'ichi didn't flinched. "I got some moves, so you better watch out what you say about my brother!"

Ken'ichi seemed unfazed by Koda's threat and walked around him. "Ha! If you're like this, then your brother must be a stupid, arrogant jerk"

Koda's eyes widened. What Ken'ichi just said was the ultimate insult, and this really made him mad. Koda, as fast as lightning, ran and stood in front of Ken'ichi, giving the meanest glare he had. "Take that back!"

Ken'ichi wasn't afraid. "No."

Koda got closer to Ken'ichi's face. "Take it back!"

But Ken'ichi's response was, "I said no!"

Koda had all he could take from Ken'ichi's attitude, he pushed him down a hill that was behind them and both of them rolled down to the bottom. Koda landed on Ken'ichi, but he wasn't happy about having Koda on him.

"Why you…" Ken'ichi angrily whispered under his breath.

With his hind legs he pushed Koda off of him, slamming him into the ground. Koda quickly got up on his feet and tackled Ken'ichi, slamming him unto a tree. Ken'ichi recovered and yelped fierce fully as he tackled Koda. The tackle was more powerful than Koda's; he bounced a few times and rolled on the ground, slamming unto another tree.

Koda weakly got back on his feet, shook his head and looked at Ken'ichi. Ken'ichi was ready to fight, even against someone who is trying to help. Ken'ichi however, wanted to fight with Koda ever since that horrible day his father died, but for some reason he kept himself from doing it. The only reason Koda is fighting is because Ken'ichi has insulted his brother Kenai, which is an insult that terribly angers him. Ken'ichi is fighting because he wants revenge for the death of his father; he wants to do the same to the bear responsible for the tragedy, even if it wasn't Koda's fault. Koda and Ken'ichi charged at each other with a yelp of anger.

A dark-gray bear jumped out of the shadows, ran down the hill and jumps between Koda and Ken'ichi.

"Hold up you two!" The bear cried, separating the two fighting cubs.

Ken'ichi and Koda stopped, but they kept glaring at each other. The mysterious bear began to catch his breath; he had run a long way to stop Koda and Ken'ichi before they rip each other to pieces…

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