"You didn´t mean it"
"Yes I did"
"No you don´t"
"Yes, you´re my little brother"
"Yes, but I´m not the biggest pain on the neck that you have ever met"
"Your kind of Koda"
"Now you´re on his side Denahi?"
"I´m not on his side Koda, is just that you can be a little annoying, at sometimes"
"Oh you´re bad with me"
"We are going on that way again?"
"You started it"
"Why we don´t better change the subject? Shall we?"
"Okay and what should talk about?"
"I don´t know, we have to go fishing today"
"Oh yeah, since winter is over you have to work again don´t you?"
"Hey, isn´t that bad, we only have to go for some fished and we´ll be back"
"But you have said that a fishing trip can take days"
"But this one it won´t, I promise"
"Okay, if you said so, oh, Akycha invite me to play with him today"
"That´s great, and Mia will look after you if there´s any problem"
"Okay Denahi, then I think I´ll see you later"
"You will, we love you" Kenai.
…
"Here it goes" said Akycha as he throws a nut to Koda; he had to catch it before it reached the ground.
He catches it.
"Good Koda"
"Thanks"
Then Akycha realized on Koda´s bracelet.
"Hey Koda, that´s cool"
"Oh this?" said Koda pointing his bracelet "Thanks, it was a gift from Kenai"
"It´s pretty cool, hey, it has the totems of Kenai, Denahi and Sitka"
"Yes, Kenai did it because every time I fell alone, I´ll have to see it and remember that my brothers are always with me"
"Wow, Kenai truly loves you"
Koda smiled.
"Yes, and I love him"
"That´s great Koda, I don´t know how Kenai hasn´t mark his hand on the wall already, for what you have told me he follows his totem perfectly"
"Both me and Denahi have told him that, but he still saying he prefers waiting a little longer"
"Why?"
"Who knows? But Denahi is also making an effort, he´s going to mark his hand soon, he´s really wise, but sometimes he likes to make pranks on Kenai, and it´s really fun"
"Yes Denahi is funny, and Koda, it´s okay if I make you a question?"
"Sure, go ahead?"
"The bears are scared of humans?"
"I was, as same as my mom, so, yes, most of the bears fear the humans"
"Wow, I always thought it was the other way round"
"Yes, I also thought that all the humans were monsters, but as I´ve seen these past months, not all of them are bad, there are really good and likeable humans, like you"
Akycha smiled.
"Thanks Koda, bear or don´t you´re a wonderful friend Koda, I´m glad of calling you my friend" said Akycha as he putted a hand on Koda´s shoulder
"Thanks, I´m also happy of having good friends here" added Koda also putting one of his hand on Akycha shoulders.
"So, we still play?"
"Yes, Kenai and Denahi are going to arrive home more lately"
"Great, by the way, tomorrow my mom and dad are taking me to the lake to swim; would you want to come with us? It will be a lot of fun"
"Sure! I´ll tell my brothers, I´m sure there won´t be any problem"
"Great"
…
Bucky was resting at the edge of the river, looking at the waters, with sadness, Koda was fine and he had two wonderful brothers, he was happy for his friend, but he wished that Koda would have stayed as a bear, because that way they could stay play with each other, but now that Koda was a human, Bucky couldn´t approach the humans village, and his mom will drive crazy if she ever found out.
"Hey Bucky" said a voice, Bucky turned his head to see Tug standing behind him.
"Hello Tug!" Said Bucky as he hugged the older black bear.
"Bucky, can I ask you something?"
"Yes, what is it?"
"Well, I noticed that Koda wasn´t present for hibernate, and nobody had seen him since he and Kenai disappear that year on the Salmon Run, so, do you know where he is?"
"Oh" Bucky hadn´t told anybody about his encounter with Koda yet "Yes Tug, I know, this year he… traveled to the south with his brothers, they sure hibernate there"
"Brothers? I thought Kenai was Koda´s only brother"
"No he has two"
"Oh, so now Koda has two brothers, that´s new"
"Yes"
"He has a new life" Bucky thought to himself.
…
Koda was heading back to his tent, he had hear that Kenai and Denahi were back, so we decided it was time to go back, but soon he saw a multitude surrounding something, many people seemed scare and frightened, Koda approached to the crowd and he saw something horribly.
A man was holding a spear, and on the spear, it was a bear cub, the spear was piercing the cub that had died bleeding, Koda´s heart stopped for minute, then he runned to the lake where Kenai and Denahi were tiding the baskets of fish to the trees, Denahi was the first who noticed Koda.
"Hi Koda, how was your…?" but he was interrupted by Koda who started to punch him on the chest.
"Liar! You told me that your people didn´t kill cubs but they do!" yelled Koda with tears on his eyes.
Kenai come closer and took Koda by the shoulders, but the younger one tried to punch Kenai.
"Let me go! You lie to me, the two of you!" screamed Koda.
"Koda!" Kenai "What are you talking about?"
"I saw someone holding a death bear cub with a spear! He killed him!" Koda "And he was only a cub, I hate humans, I hate you Kenai! I hate you Denahi!"
Soon Mia and Takashi appeared Mia grabbed Koda.
"Take him to our tent, please "Asked Denahi.
Mia nodded with the head.
"Easy Koda, everything's fine" said Mia as she tried to comfort Koda, she hugged "It´s fine"
Denahi looked worried at Kenai.
"What he was talking about?" Denahi.
"I don´t know, but I´m going to find out" said Kenai as he walked on the direction where Koda had come.
…
The man name´s was Arrluk, he was sixteen years old, one year older than Kenai, his totem was, ironically, also the Bear of love, but in one year he wasn´t even closer to follow his totem, he hated animals and wasn´t happy with the law of don´t kill females or younger animals, he only wanted to kill animal, this was his propose after all, be hunted by humans, so when he saw a lonely bear cub that day, he couldn´t hold it anymore, and he had killed the poor animal. Oh and he wasn´t happy at all with Koda, neither with Kenai, the two of them were a shame for the human race, Kenai for been transform into an animal and Koda for have been turned into a human, if someone born human he must stay a human, and don´t be transform into another species, it was wrong.
So now Arrluk was enjoying showing his victim, but soon Kenai appeared, at the moment he saw the poor cub death, he felt horror and anger, his hands turned into fists.
"What have you done?!" screamed Kenai to Arrluk.
Arrluk looked at Kenai and smiled.
"This?" said Arrluk looking at Kenai, and then he showed the bear's corpse "Nothing, just a stupid beast that doesn´t thinks, or loves"
"That isn´t true!" Kenai.
"Not? But Kenai, those are the same words you use to describe bears" Arrluk.
Kenai was feeling more and more angry.
"That was before"
"Before what? Before been turn into a beast? I don´t know why you´re still here, you should been living on the woods, I mean, been turned into a bear? That´s horrible, the worst animal on earth, and you still call you a human? No, you´re no longer a human, you´re dirty, you're a shame for all humans, how you can live knowing that you're a monster? I may killed a cub, but didn´t you killed a poor´s child mom? On that moment you weren´t thinking on the bears, you were just thinking in killing them no matter what"
Kenai was starting to feel guilty; his enemy's words have hurt him.
"Oh but that bear turned into a human that you call brother is even worse than you, that little shit is an abomination, you hear me! An abomination, his merely existence must be considered a sin you know? He should be death!"
Kenai could hold been insulted, but he wouldn´t stand any insult to Koda.
"Retract!" said Kenai.
"Why should I?"
"Retract!"
"Or what?"
Kenai throw himself against Arrluk, he knocked him down, and then Kenai started to punch him on the face, then he strangled him, some people that had been looking the fight moved to Kenai and tried to separate him from Arrluk, but they weren´t able to do it, Denahi soon arrived and he grabbed Kenai by the shoulders.
"Calm down Kenai! Let him go!" said Denahi, he was able to separate Kenai from Arrluk, but Kenai kicked Arrluk on the face.
"Let me go Denahi!" said Kenai as he tried to go back against his opponent.
"Please Kenai!" said Denahi, who was making an effort for hold Kenai, who was burning "Stop this! What do you think Sitka would think about this?"
As he heard his older brother name, Kenai stopped, he calm down and Denahi released him.
"That´s better"
Arrluk stand up and tried to punch Kenai but he was knocking down by Denahi.
"Don´t you even think it!" said Denahi "Otherwise me and my brother were going to give you the beating of your life!"
Soon Tanana appeared.
"What´s happening here?"
"Him!" said Kenai angry "He´s a killer Tanana! He killed a bear cub, a child!"
"Shut up! You also killed a female bear!"
"That was a long time ago Arrluk" said Tanana "And you can´t justify your actions by judging others, and Kenai has the right to be angry, you know that killing animal child´s is against our laws Arrluk"
"Well I don´t need your stupid laws! I´m going to get out of here, I´m tired of all of you!" after saying that, Arrluk started to walk to his tent "But hear me Kenai, this isn´t over! You and me we´re going to see again, and you will pay, you hear me!"
…
Night had fallen, Koda was sitting on his bed, Mia had given him a cold drink for the nerves, he had calm down and he was feeling bad for his actions, Arrluk had packed his things and then, by orders of Tanana, she was vanish forever, he couldn´t get back to the village even if he wanted to, Denahi and Kenai were talking to Tanana, in the end Tanana said that she wanted to talk with Kenai alone so Denahi leaved them and went to his tent.
Koda didn´t looked at Denahi, he was ashamed of his own action, and he feared that Denahi would be mad with him.
But Denahi wasn´t angry with Koda, he understood why he was mad, and besides, he was still feeling guilty for chasing him when he believed that Kenai was death, so when he entered to the tent, he walked to Koda´s bed and sit beside his little brother.
"Hey Koda, I´m really sorry you have to see that" said Denahi.
Koda then hugged Denahi.
"I´m sorry! I didn´t wanted to hit you! I was too angry, also I didn´t mean anything of what I said, I don´t hate you, I love you Denahi! Please forgive me"
"Shhh, it´s okay Koda" said Denahi hugging him "I know Koda, I´m not angry with you, I mean, how could I be mad with my little brother bear?"
"Because how I act and what I said"
"Well, people says horrible things when they´re angry, but they didn´t mean it, I´m an example, when Sitka died, I told Kenai horribly things, then when I calm down I realized in my words and I felt really bad, also I thought that Kenai was death, think that those were the last words I told my brother make me feel even worse, instead of telling how much I loved him, I blame him for our brother´s death, and it wasn´t true, since then, I´m make and effort for think in my words before telling them, but as you can see Koda, I have also to learn it, remember, never let the hate guide your action, me and Kenai did that and you know what happened"
"Yes, nothing pretty"
"So now, I also think before act and Kenai too, he´s also leaving love guide his actions, not hate"
Koda smiled at Denahi.
"So I´m also have to make and effort right?"
"Yes, you´re going to do it great Koda, you are a smart boy"
"Thanks Denahi, and once again, I didn´t mean anything, I love you"
"I also love you Koda, brothers until the end" said Denahi lifting his hand, Koda smiled and joined his hand with Denahi´s.
"And hey, your punches are powerful" said Denahi "You have a lot of strength"
"Really?"
"Yes, you´re going to grow into a big and strong man Koda, I can assure you"
Then Kenai entered in the tent.
Koda runned to hug him.
"Kenai! I´m really sorry for what I said"
Kenai hugged Koda.
"I know Koda" said Kenai as he hugged Koda and placed a hand behind´s Koda´s head. "I´m really sorry you had to see that"
"It´s okay Kenai, it wasn´t right of me act that way" Koda "Me and Denahi have talk about that and I´m never going to do the same, swear"
"That´s great Koda, now, tried to sleep; it has been a hard day"
"Okay Kenai, I´ll try"
Kenai lifted Koda from the ground and he carries him to his bed, then he tucked Koda and kissed him on the forehead.
"Sleep good little brother" said Kenai, then Koda felt asleep.
"Thanks Denahi" said Kenai "I´m not on the right position to talk him about manners"
"Kenai, listen, this isn't a scolding, and I´m not mad with you, but remember, don´t let hate guides your action, remember what happened the last time"
"I know Denahi, but when Arrluk started to insult Koda, I couldn't resist it Denahi, he call him shit, abomination!"
"Kenai" said Denahi placing a hand on Kenai´s shoulder "I understand you, but hey, Arrluk has been always a fool, besides, Koda isn´t anything of that, just because a stupid said so, it´s true?"
"No" admitted Kenai "I know I acted wrong and that I need to practice my behavior, but it was horrible!"
"It´s okay Kenai, we should also tried to sleep, like you said it has been a hard day"
"True, so night Denahi"
"Night Kenai, I think I will sleep beside Koda, hope it doesn't matters" Denahi.
"Not matter at all" added Kenai as he lay down on his bed. "Good night Denahi"
"Goodnight Kenai" said Denahi as he lay down beside Koda "Goodnight Koda"
Then they fall asleep.
…
Arrluk was walking on the forest, alone, in the dark, he didn´t know where he was heading, with no relatives he didn´t have anywhere to go.
"Stupid Kenai! Stupid Koda! Stupid bears! I hate all of you!"
Soon, he hear something on the bushes, he pointed them with his spear.
"I hope it´s a rabbit cause I´m hungry!"
But from the bushes appeared a young girl, fifteen years old, she had red hair, was slender and pretty, she was holding a sword.
"Leave that!" said the girl with demand on his voice "There´s someone who wants to talk with you"
"Someone?"
From the bushes it also appeared a big muscular man, wearing some kind of armor and a black bear skin as a cape; it had a scare on his right eye and had a serious look on his face.
"Hello there my friend, I know you come from the village where the abomination lives"
"Em, yes"
"Well, good man, I offer you home, and food, and also, revenge on those who have bring misery over you, the only thing you´ll have to do, is deliver to me, and trust me, if you do, revenge will be the sweetest think you´ll ever have on your life"
Arrluk smiled.
"Sounds good, but, can I ask you are you?"
"Just call me Sangilak my friend, Sangilak"
Idea of this chapter given by Madboy94