And where it seemed that Kenai would need help as he would have a rough landing. Long Shadow soon caught up with Kenai who looked scared and stuck on where to go. The hunter then brought out his fiery torch and threw it towards the trapped bear. Kenai yelped from the fire and backed up before Long Shadow soon dropped down on the ledge and held his spear against the bear's neck as the fire began to spread. Nita soon arrived at where the narrow path leading to Kenai and Long Shadow were. Kenai growled as he did his best to hold his own against Long Shadow.
"KENAI!" Nita soon cried out and went as quickly as she could to where she heard her childhood best friend.
Kenai growled as he soon began to power over Long Shadow, pressing him down with his own spear to flat on the ground.
"No, don't!" Nita called out.
Kenai soon looked over and looked soft once he saw his childhood best friend. Nita breathed heavily as she looked very devastated. Long Shadow soon took his torch and threw it in Kenai's face which made him growl out of pain before he then got punched by the vigorous hunter. And where he would have had a rough landing only for Kenai to land on the palm of a familiar giant hand.
"You okay, Kenai?" Micco asked.
"You came back." Kenai said to him and Ingrid once he saw her with Kabutops.
"Of course we did," Ingrid replied. "Atka listened to me, but it might be difficult for Long Shadow."
"You helped the bear too?!" Long Shadow complained to Micco. "What is wrong with you people? If we don't kill them, they kill us first!"
Ingrid soon knew what Micco was going to do to Long Shadow.
"I'm afraid it's time for you to go." Micco soon told Long Shadow.
"What're you gonna do?" Long Shadow asked. "You're gonna kill me?"
"I wouldn't stoop to your level," Micco glared as he lowered Ingrid, Kabutops, and Kenai to safety where Nita was. "I just think you should stay far away from the village for a while..." And so, he soon flicked Long Shadow far away which would land him in the Antarctic Ocean. Little did anyone know, he would be there for a while.
"Are you okay, Kenai?" Micco asked.
Kenai rubbed his eyes, but he smiled a bit since he was saved.
"You see?" Ingrid asked Atka. "That could've been you. We all did you a favor and you shouldn't hurt Kenai."
"Kenai?" Atka replied. "That bear was Kenai?"
"I guess you haven't heard about that, but yes," Ingrid said. "And then Nita would've hated you."
"Being hated isn't exactly what anyone would want." Vincent said.
"He does have a point though, animals can get dangerous." Atka replied.
"You just have to look at them differently instead of just blindly killing," Estelle advised. "There are some bad animals like bad people and us people can look bad to the animals, especially with spears or any other kind of weapons."
Atka looked a bit thoughtful from that. Micco soon put Kenai down with Koda as the two brother bears began to embrace each other. Nita soon went to check on Kenai.
"He's not terribly hurt, but he's scorched a bit in the face from the flames." Ingrid told Nita.
"Oh... Oh, Kenai..." Nita said emotionally to her childhood best friend.
Nita soon made it to Kenai. Kenai looked up at her and let out a small growl, though of course, Nita couldn't hear him talking like the others who could talk to animals, mainly Akito and the others.
"I can't..." Nita cried to Kenai. "I don't understand. I'm sorry."
Kenai then held out his paw for Nita and she put her hand against his paw before her hand moved to his chest and right to his heart as she seemed to have an idea of what he was trying to tell her.
"I love you, too." Nita told Kenai sadly before she then leaned in and began to hug him.
The Great Spirits soon appeared.
"The Spirits..." The kids whispered to each other a bit.
Chief Chiltkoot soon stepped out to find his children before he saw what was happening.
"What're they doing here?" Kenai wondered.
"Kenai, I can understand you." Nita then told her childhood best friend.
"I-I asked the spirits to turn you back into a man." Koda told Kenai.
"Oh, Koda..." Ingrid said softly from that.
"So you could be with Nita." Koda then continued to Kenai.
"No, Koda." Kenai replied softly.
"It's okay," Koda smiled as he nuzzled up against Kenai. "I just want you to be happy again."
"Nita, I can't." Kenai told her softly.
Nita looked over as she soon began to have an idea. "But I can." she then told her childhood best friend.
Kenai looked surprised when he heard Nita say that.
"Am I the only one that hears these bears speaking?" Chief Chiltkoot asked as he came to the scene with wide wonder.
"Yeah, that's beauty, eh?" Tuke replied, much to the man's shock.
"How's it going, eh?" Rutt added.
"Father." Nita beamed before she ran up to the man and hugged him instantly.
"Is this what you want? Will this make you happy?" Chief Chiltkoot asked Nita once they separated from the hug.
Nita nodded once, a bit emotional, but she did want this.
"Whatever makes you happy," Micco smiled from that. "I know that Mother would want you to be happy too."
"You are my daughter and I will love you no matter what you choose." Chief Chiltkoot smiled at Nita before they hugged briefly again.
Nita soon walked under the light of the Great Spirits. Ingrid had her friends and their Pokemon wait as this moment seemed important. Micco soon shrunk down as he wiped his eyes emotionally, but he kept a smile for his sister's happiness. The Great Spirits soon danced around as the animals were shown and the lights became more light and colorful as Nita was levitated above the ground as something magical began to happen like when Kenai first became a bear. And once she was changed into a bear, the Great Spirits gently put her back where she stood before going over to Micco. Micco came forward as it seemed to be time for something.
"You are a very good brother and a wonderful hero to your village, you shall be rewarded graciously." The Great Spirit told Micco.
"Yes, thank you, but I don't know what you could do for me," Micco bowed loyally as he spoke with great respect. "Thank you very much though."
"You are very welcome," The Great Spirit replied. "You shall be given a very special gift... You will become a brave and great hero... But at a very high cost if you should wish to continue with your reward."
Micco looked to his sister and father and friends before looking to the great spirits and nodding to them.
"You have made a confirmed decision then..." The Great Spirits then said. "Know that because of your efforts, you shall become immortal, you may even outlive your family, but you will make the world a better place in all the years you become a brave new hero as your grandfather saw in you from your birth."
"I understand." Micco decided.
"Then so be it... You shall be known to people everywhere as Apache Chief." The Great Spirits then said as they gained Micco the gift of immortality, as well as a new look as he appeared on his Super Friends' trading card and anywhere else that anyone had seen him.
Ingrid smiled, happy for Nita and Micco.
"This is so cool," Akito beamed to himself as he hugged his trading cards of the Super Friends. "I'd ask for his autograph, but maybe later if we ever get to meet the Super Friends in the past."
The others chuckled a bit from Akito's fanboy behavior.
"This is nice... Even though I was unable to find the bear for my special abilities..." Ingrid softly said to herself.
"But I'm right here... I was always there... Especially for one special little cub." A female voice said before a bear spirit came out.
"Mom!" Koda gasped once he saw who the spirit resembled which was no ordinary bear.
Akito and the others went jaw-dropped as Koda's mother was the bear spirit that Ingrid was looking for.
"I am Ayla," Koda's mother told Ingrid. "I represent love, courage, physical strength, and leadership."
"That makes so much sense..." Ingrid said to her.
"Yes, and I knew you would help take very good care of my boy," Ayla smiled tearfully before looking at her son. "Koda, I've missed you so much, and I'm glad that you have your very own big brother to look after you."
"I am too, Mom." Koda smiled back.
They shared a brief hug together. Ingrid's whole body seemed to glow as all of the Spirit Animals that Ingrid had met during the adventure showed up as the Great Spirits did one last job before they would leave everyone else in peace. After a few moments, Ingrid soon came back down and she wore an amulet of her own and she held it out a bit curiously before she seemed to shape-shift into different kinds of animals as the Spirit Animals all smiled at her.
"Ingrid, my dear," Tokala said to the girl. "You have reached your true destiny like Micco and Nita."
"I have?" Ingrid asked.
"Yes, you have," Tokala smiled. "I always knew you were destined for greatness and I was right."
Ingrid beamed as she hugged the fox while enjoying her new power.
"You can now help the animals and your friends even more this way," Tokala told Ingrid proudly. "I know you'll do the right thing for everybody."
Ingrid smiled after hearing that.
The next day, a wedding was now being held.
"Nita?" Kenai asked his childhood best friend.
"How do I look?" Nita smiled as she adjusted to her new form.
"Like a bear, except they gave you antlers." Kenai replied.
Nita looked startled. "What?!"
Suddenly, Kenai and Koda laughed together with the kids a bit.
"Gotcha!" Kenai laughed.
At the wedding, the bears and humans joined together as it was a very special wedding as Nita began to step out, among the two crowds as they all looked joyous for the occasion as she was going to marry somebody else on her wedding day and that was her best friend. Regardless of the situation, everybody felt very happy for Nita and Kenai, and where everyone was at the wedding, even the raccoons. Kenai and Nita smiled at each other before they nuzzled each other's noses.
Koda looked just as thrilled and excited as he was going to have a sister, though technical sister-in-law, but still. A female bear cub looked bashful towards Koda as she was with her mother and brother. Koda looked over to the female bear cub before smiling and waving at her. The female bear cub looked back before waving back at him.
"Glad to see you could make it." Tug smiled at the mother bear.
"The cubs insisted that we come here," The mother bear smiled back. "Plus the cubs really missed their Uncle Tug."
"We really did." The male bear cub smiled.
"Tug, who are these bears?" Koda asked as he came by. "I haven't seen them around the Salmon Run before."
"Koda, hello there, this is my sister, Nana," Tug replied. "And those are her cubs: Nikomi and Chinook."
The female cub named Nikomi looked bashful around Koda.
"I've been migrating for a while and I thought that my cubs could use some new friends," Nana smiled warmly at Koda. "You seem nice, young cub."
"He sure is." Tug nodded.
"Hey." Koda smiled at his possible new friends.
Chinook and Nikhomi smiled back as this looked like the start of a wonderful friendship.
"I love happy endings, eh?" Rutt smiled at his brother.
"I love happy endings, too." Tuke smiled back.
"And happy beginnings." Anda smiled as she nuzzled up to Rutt while Kata nuzzled up to Tuke.
The raccoon leader soon playfully threw a pinecone on Kenai's head while the other raccoons tossed flower petals. The raccoons all laughed from that as they all celebrated the bond of Nita and Kenai while Koda felt the most excited. Innoko stood by with a smile and even winked as she knew this would happen and where the Great Spirits made their way to Hokani Falls to make a new drawing appear. It appeared to be Kenai and Nita's childhood picture together, but now both with them as bears. The group smiled at each other with their Pokemon as this was a proud day and not just for Kenai and Nita. The group was soon back at their own timeline.
"Goodbye and thank you very much my friends." Ingrid whispered as she sat with Kabutops and Roshan as this was a happy ending.