It was a special day for Sitka, because that day he will be receiving his totem, by this time, Sitka had 15 years old, Denahi was 11 years old and Kenai had 9 years old.

Tanana arrived at the place and talks about the Great Spirits, and then called Sitka to the front, the young man put on his feet and walked to the old woman and Kenai was about to follow him, but was stopped by his mother, as she grabbed him by the waist and then she pulled close to her.

"Where you think you´re going honey?" she said to him.

"I wanna go with Sitka" Kenai responded.

"Sorry honey, this is something that Sitka has to do on his own" she said.

"You should know it by now Kenai" added Denahi, a little angry.

"Calm down son" said Amaguq as he putted a hand on his middle son shoulder "Kenai only wants to accompany Sitka because it´s a special moment for him and he wants to be right next to him, but he has to understand that when someone receives his totem has to be alone, with the exception of Tanana of course"

"It´s not fair!" said Kenai as he crossed his arms.

But how you could blame him, Kenai loved the ground that Sitka step on, he also had a big respect for his big brother, well, at least with Sitka, because with Denahi, it was a miracle that both wouldn´t killed each other.

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Koda POV: My brothers and I talked with Rutt and Tuke for almost two hours and a half, I guess.

I told them that humans weren´t so bad after all, and, even if bears live is better, the two moose's nodded even if it seem they don´t really understand me, those two are funny but for some reason, they´re not too intelligent, but I don´t care, it was good to talk with animals, at least two, I hope that later me and my brothers can speak with more animals, so we said goodbye to Rutt and Tuke and then returned to the village, but on the road, we heard a fight, and it wasn´t like any human voice we had heard before, so we walked where the voices came from, it was behind a trunk, we take a look and saw two squirrels who were arguing with each other.

Normal POV:

"It´s not fair, you always stole my walnuts" said one of them.

"It´s not true, I have my walnuts, and you have yours"

"But there are two missing, and I know you stolen them"

"It wasn´t me, I swear"

The three brothers watched the whole fight.

"They remind to you two guys" Koda.

"Pretty funny Koda" Denahi.

"It´s truth" said Koda.

Kenai and Denahi exchanged looks, and then both started to tickle Koda.

"No, Kenai, Denahi please don´t!"

But it was too late, now Koda was a sea of laughs as his two brothers tickle him, and they weren´t going to stop.

"I give up, but please let me go!" said Koda between laughs.

"Okay, I think he had enough, for now" Denahi as he released Koda.

Then they return his walk to the village.

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"I want to be like you when I grew up"

Sitka was astonished, he and Kenai where having his first hunt together, Denahi also was, but he was with Takashi and Mia. Since she was the younger, they prefer to have to man looking after her.

"Kenai, what did you said?"

"That when I grew up I want to be like you Sitka, you are so brave, strong, intelligent, you are invincible Sitka, perfect"

Sitka didn´t know what to said, for one part, he was happy that his little brother admired him, but for the other hand, he wasn´t invincible, nobody was, and that despite all, and he wasn´t perfect either.

"Kenai" Sitka approached to Kenai and putted a hand on each shoulder of his little brother "I´m really happy knowing that you admire me, but, I´m not perfect Kenai, nobody is, we all can make mistakes, no matter how old or wise are, mistakes can happened, so, when you grow up Kenai, be yourself, you´re an excellent person, there´s no need to be like me, and besides, you can imagine how boring will be if all in the world acted the same way? Differences is the thing that makes people so special, and, everybody loves you the way you are, even if you´re a trouble maker"

Kenai smiled and hugged his big brother.

"Oh Sitka, I love you"

"I love you too Kenai" said Sitka as he hugged back Kenai.

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Koda POV: After we returned to the village, we had dinner with Mia and Takashi; I was getting ready for bed when I heard Denahi calling me, outside the tent was Emily.

I go out and she approaches me.

"Hi Emily, what´s wrong?"

"Koda, I found something that may want to see"

"What is it?"

"It´s better that you come and see"

I asked to Kenai and Denahi if I can go, and they said yes, but only if Kenai come along side me, Denahi was staying to clean the tent, so the three of us go to the woods, I recognized the place, Kenai warm me to not play here because many tramps were putted to keep animals away, in one of them there was a big hole covered by plants, so when someone step on it, it fall into the hole, getting captured until someone put him, or it, out.

"A bear cub fell in one of the holes" Emily said to me "Maybe you can talk with him"

"How you know we can speak with animal?" asked Kenai.

"I didn´t know you could, I think that Koda can since he was a bear"

"Well, Kenai, Denahi and I can speak now with animals" I said to her.

"Excellent, now, tell him to relax, we are going to put him out"

"Okay"

This is good, I can talk with someone of my same kind, for the most part, and make a good action, this is so good, and I take a fast look at the bear that is in the whole and…

It´s Bucky.

I can´t believe it, Bucky, my best friend is on the ground, he looks really scary and confused, I hate how miserable he looks, I have to do something, but I will not show myself right now, otherwise I´ll probably freak him out, so I backed away a little and I begin to talk, hope it works.

"Hi" it´s the best thing that comes to my mind.

"Wait a minute, that voice, Koda!"

Yes, he knows that I am.

"Yes Bucky, it´s me, don´t worry, I´m going to release you"

"Okay, but Koda, what are you doing here?"

"It´s a long story Bucky, but you have to promise me that you´re going to trust me, and that you won´t be scare of me"

There is a moment of silent between us, I think I scare him.

"Why should I be scare of you Koda?"

"Because, I have change, a little"

"What do you mean Koda? I don´t understand you"

"Well, Bucky"

This is now, I put out so Bucky can see me, at first I close my eyes, because he´s probably death of the fright, I slowly open them and, yes, he is frightened of me, I can tell it by his eyes, full of fear, but, at the same time, there´s hope, I know it sounds weird but, it is, is like he knows that I am still Koda, but he´s also scare.

"Koda? You, are a human?"

"Yes Bucky, but, I haven´t change really, I´m still the one who become your friend, I´m not going to hurt you, I want to help you, please, trust me, don´t be afraid of me"

I can tell that Bucky is having a battle with himself, he´s deciding if he trusts me or not, I hope he does, because, losing my best friend will be a lot painful.

Buck POV: I can´t believe this.

Koda, my best friend is a human, a monster, no, no, no, I can´t deal with this…

How he ended up like a human?

Is he going to kill me?

There are more humans with him?

"Yes Bucky, but, I haven´t change really, I´m still the one who become your friend, I´m not going to hurt you, I want to help you, please, trust me, don´t be afraid of me"

I look at him, well, he´s change, at least at the outside, but, I feel that in the inside he´s still the same, his eyes are the same, and, his voice…

I think that, I can trust him, he´s still Koda, my friend, and I have to trust him.

"I trust you Koda"

He smiles, yep, it´s the same smile he always have.

"Perfect, now wait, my brother is going to take you out of there"

"Brother?" he never told me had a brother.

"Yes, I´m going to explain you everything, but first we´re putting you out of there"

"Okay"

Oh men, I´m in troubles, and all because I want to explore humans lands, perfect, but, I´m with Koda, when I arrived with my mom at the Salmon Run they told me that he leaved the place immediately with a teenager bear, so I was disappointed, but now, I´m with him again, kind of, but I hope he has a good explanation about this.