Author's Note: Wow. It has been months since I updated. I am really sorry its taken me so long. I haven't been really in the mood to write, so I dropped it for a while. Unfortuantly, My inspiration is still missing. This chapter was actually written months ago, but I didn't post it because I thought I would add more to it. Turns out I can't figure out what else to add, so its stuck the way it is; short. But the end of the story is nearing. I've it planned out that there will only be another 3 chapters, and an Epilogue. Now all I have to do is write them. Anyway, Thanks for sticking with it, and please read and review.
Disclaimer: Brother bear belongs to disney. Any characters not found in the movie that are featured here are mine. But everything else belongs to Disney and the Alaskan wild life service. Have I said that already?
Following Kenai, Denahi found himself on top of mounds of snow that had covered the mountainside. Koda was a little farther down the slop digging in the snow.
"What's he doing?" Denahi asked his brother. "He's looking for the other bears, he smelled them right before the slide." Kenai picked up the pace and hurried to help Koda. Denahi stretched, trying to loosen up his hurt muscles before joining the other two bears.
The three brothers had been digging for a few minutes when koda cried out. "Oh no! not this…." He turned away and walked farther down the cliffside, silent tears running down his cheeks. Kenai rushed over to where Koda was digging and saw what had upset him. Beneath the snow was a female bear, her eyes closed and not breathing. Under one of her limbs, the limp form of a young cub could just be seen. Kenai closed his eyes and stood there solemnly. "what is…" Denahi's words died as he saw her.
"Come on Denahi, there's nothing we can do now…" Kenai opened his eyes slowly and began to move into the trees where Koda had sat down. Denahi turned to follow but something about the bear caught his eye. He twisted to look again and swore that her paw had just moved. "Kenai! She's alive!" Kenai turned around and came running back. "Her paw just moved, she-" Denahi stared at the two eyes looking out from beneath it's mother's paw. A cub, the same age as the limp one crawled out and weakly took a few steps before falling into the snow.
"No, she's gone Denahi, but one of her cubs survived. We can't leave it here. Come on," Kenai took the cub up in his mouth and the three brothers moved away from the mother bear, towards the path they had taken. The trek back was slow, as they had to be more careful on the cliff face than they had been getting up. All the while Kenai held the cub in his mouth while Koda walked along depressed. None of them spoke.
As the sun was setting, the four bears found themselves back in the valley. The little cub was still unconicous. Denahi had taken point, and Koda was in the back. It didn't take them too long to get back to the dens.
"What are we going to do with him, Kenai?" Koda asked as Kenai set the little cub on the ground. He groaned once but still didn't move.
"I don't know. I guess we'll just have to take care of him."
Kenai went about trying to make the little cub more comfortable.
Denahi paused in the story. A few kids had fallen asleep. The night was getting late. "Alright children, it is time that you went to sleep. Your parents probably don't want you up this late."
Groans and shouts of protests arose from the group of children, waking up the ones who had fallen asleep. Some of the parents on the outside of the circle grinned at each other. One of them, Taki, spoke up. "Go on Elder Denahi. Finish your story. The children really want to here the rest." Denahi smiled and nodded.
"Very well. The days past. The cub awoke and was adopted into our family. His name was Tae. Kenai spent a lot of time with him and they soon became unseperable. Koda became resentful of Tae and hanged out in the background more and more…"