So, hi everyone, I just wanted to tell that… this is the last chapter for A New Life, that´s right, the fic is now over, but don´t worry, that doesn´t mean the story ends here, a sequel is coming up soon, as well as a "prequel" in where we will see how much a trouble maker Kenai was when he had Koda´s age, and there may be more Brother Bear fics from me, so, you can expect a lot more, so don´t be sad and cheer up, the sequel is coming soon, and here´s the final chapter of A New Life, first installment on The Brotherhood Trilogy:

Kenai slowly opened his eyes, and then he looked at the place where Koda should be only to see that Koda was no longer there.

"Koda?" Kenai asked, then he saw Denahi, who was still sleeping and it seemed like if he was hugging something, Kenai approached him to see that Denahi was hugging Koda as the two of them continue sleeping.

Kenai sighed in relief.

Denahi slowly began to awake.

"Kenai, what time is it?"

"I don´t know, morning" Kenai.

"Oh, wow, I feel like I sleep a lot" Denahi.

"Yes, by the way, I see that the hairball is with you" Kenai said pointing with his head at Koda.

"O yes, he had a nightmare last night, he wake me up and he asked me if he could sleep with me, we saw you very tired so we didn´t want to awake you, so he came to me"

"Oh, and it bothered you?"

"Nothing at all, he´s very cute you know?" said Denahi looking at Koda "He reminds me to you when you have his age"

"Yes" Kenai.

"Only that you weren´t that cute" added Denahi with a smile.

"I know, well, you weren´t so cute when you were younger to be honest"

They keep insulting each other until Koda started to wake up.

"Look what we have here" said Denahi as he started to caress Koda with his nose "Wake little brother, it´s morning"

Koda started to laugh and to push aside Denahi´s nose.

"Two months more!" Koda.

"Oh no, don´t you even think so" Denahi then he made a raspberry on Koda´s stomach, the younger one laugh as he started to twist from the laugh on the ground.

"I think someone´s awake" Denahi said smiling while he was looking at Koda.

"Yes" Kenai.

Then they heard someone on the cave´s enter, it was Tug.

"It´s look like you´re having fun" Tug.

"A little bit" Denahi confessed smiling.

"That´s great" Tug "Ready for breakfast?"

"Yes, we will like to have something to eat" Kenai.

"Okay, then follow me, I´ll take you the best place to fish here, fresh salmon"

"Sounds great!" Koda.

"Then what we´re waiting for?" Tug "Let´s go"

…

After they have ended fishing their dinner, the four bears were at the river´s edge eating the fish.

"This is delicious" Denahi.

"Yes" Kenai "Thanks for this Tug"

"Anything for my favorite brothers" said Tug laughing, but then he got a more serious look "By the way Kenai, can I ask you something?"

"Sure"

"What is that thing around your neck?" Tug asks pointing with his claws to Kenai´s totem "I see that Denahi also has one, but Koda doesn´t, why?"

"Oh, well" said Kenai looking at Denahi, the two of them were nervous at this moment, they didn´t thought in an excuse for that kind of situation.

"Oh that´s easy Tug, those are a gift from Kenai´s and Denahi´s older brother name Sitka, he died time ago… but before he passed away he gave those to Kenai and Denahi, as a prove of his love for them, well did he get them? I think that he found them on the river or something like that, I don´t have one because Sitka gave it to them before they met me" Koda.

Denahi and Kenai were without words, they didn´t knew that Koda had actually an excuse for that moment.

"Wow, is it true?" Tug asked to Kenai.

"Em… yes!" Kenai "That´s the real story, right Denahi?"

"Right!" Denahi.

"Oh, well first, I´m sorry of hear that" Tug "I didn´t knew you had one sibling on the sky"

"Yes" Kenai "Actually, our brother died a year ago"

"I´m sorry" Tug.

"Thanks, but, hey, we may we lost a brother but he won one" said Kenai as he put Koda into a headlock, Koda laugh and then he got out.

"Yes" Denahi "So, we´re carry on"

"And you´ll be fine in your journey?" Tug.

"Yes" Denahi "As long as we are together, nothing bad is going to happen us"

"Well, I have to said that I´m really happy at seen that Koda has such a wonderful brothers like you" Tug "So, I know he´s on good paws"

"Thanks" said Denahi smiling.

"And like I tell to you last night, if you need anything, at any time, come to me, you´ll always be good received here" Tug.

"Right" Kenai.

"Oh Tug, I´m going to miss you" said Koda jumping over Tug and hugging him.

"Oh, I´m also going to miss you Koda" Tug said hugging him back "But I know you´re on good paws"

"Yes, I know" Koda.

"And, let´s not said goodbye, maybe someday we will meet again" Tug.

"Yes, life can change in just a matter of minutes" Koda.

"Wow! I think you´re wiser than you were last year!" Tug "Denahi´s doing a good job with you"

Denahi smiled, a little ashamed.

"So, it's been a pleasure Tug" Kenai "And we hope to see you soon"

Tug smiled.

"Come here" said Tug as he hugged Kenai.

"Wow!" said Kenai, Denahi laughed.

"And now you" said Tug as he released Kenai and then hugged Denahi.

"Oh, well, thanks Tug" Denahi.

"I hope see you another time" Tug.

"We too Tug, we too" Kenai.

…

"Koda" Kenai "How did you come up with that idea?"

"Oh well, I knew we were going to need it sometime, because bears don´t use a totem, you should know that"

"Um, we forgot about that detail" Kenai.

"Well, I didn´t" Koda "And I decide to make a story, I started when you and Denahi were fighting the raccoons"

"Oh, that wonderful day" Denahi.

"Yeah" Koda.

The three brothers were now over a hill, waiting that Sitka spirit appeared to transform them back to humans.

"And we did well in not bringing the bracelets" Denahi.

"Yeah" Kenai "That will be a lot harder to hide"

"True" Koda "I hope they´re still safe on home"

"I´m sure they are Koda" Denahi.

Soon and eagle was saw, and it step over a tree that was close to the three brothers.

"Oh, here it comes" Kenai "Koda, are you sure…?"

"Kenai, as long as you and Denahi are with me, I´m happy" said Koda smiling.

Kenai and Denahi nodded with the head, smiling at his little brother.

"Well, in that case…"

In an open and close of eyes, Kenai, Koda and Denahi were transforming from bears to humans, and this time they were naked.

"Sitka!" yelled Denahi once he realized he was naked, while Kenai and Koda were looking at their naked bodies.

The eagle looked at them and soon they were covered by clothes.

"Aw, that´s better" Denahi.

The eagle then flies away, going back to the Mountain where the Lights Touched the Earth.

"Well, after that, we´re ready to go back home" Denahi.

Before they started to walk, something was heard on the shrubs that were behind them, they turn around to see Bucky coming out of the shrubs.

"Wait!" Bucky.

"Bucky" Koda, then Bucky jump to Koda´s arm and he catch him.

"Koda" said Bucky "I knew that you will be back a human, and I´m happy with that because I know how much you love Kenai and Denahi, and I know how much they love you, but, I just want to tell you that, I´m happy for you and that I don´t care if you´re a human, you will always be my best friend Koda, no matter what, and, I hope our friendship don´t ends here"

"Of course not!" Koda "We will always be friends Bucky, always, I love you"

"I love you too Koda"

Then the two of them hugged each other for a long time, and then Koda let him go.

"Come visit us sometime" Koda.

"But, I will be well received?"

"I´ll make sure of that, you know that lake close to the human village where I life?"

"Yes"

"We can meet there"

"Yes, I´ll tell you by a…"

"A dove"

"A dove! Look the human that…"

"Wears a bracelet with three figures on it" Koda "Only me and my brothers use that, so, it work"

"Yes, and Koda"

"What?"

"This is not goodbye, this is a... See you later"

Koda smiled.

"See you later"

Bucky smiled at him and then he started to run away back to his mother.

Koda look him until he was out of sight, then he saw to Kenai and Denahi.

"It´s time to go home"

…

"Koda" Kenai.

"What?" Koda asked.

"I thought that… leave your life as a bear was going to be harder for you"

"Well, at the beginning I also thought the same, even, some nights, I thought that I will have to be a hunter eventually and, on those moments, I thought in be a bear again, forever this time"

Before Kenai or Denahi said something, Koda won the word.

"But, you were always there, to remind me how much I love you, so, I think that I can make sacrifices, for you two, I love you, and, anywhere I go, as long as you two are with me is home, I can overcome any challenge, even, becoming a hunter"

Denahi and Kenai were now surprised at how much Koda have grown, even thought he was the youngest one, they were sure he was wiser than the two of them.

"Well, I feel great" Denahi "Never before I feel so good"

"Me too" Kenai.

The journey back home wasn´t as fun as the first one, but the brothers enjoy it a lot, and this time, when they have to cross the fire land once again, Denahi wasn´t feeling bad anymore, this journey had also helped the brothers because, they were able to let go the demons from their past, and started to move on.

After all, they have a life and they have to live it.

"Even of all what happen" Kenai "I´m happy because I still have you"

"Kenai, this is like the hundred times you tell us that!" Denahi.

"I´m sorry, I just, love you guys, I love you"

"I love you too, both of you" Denahi.

"And I love my two big brothers" Koda.

…

It was time, time for Kenai and Denahi to become…

Mans.

Once they have returned to the village, Tanana told them that it was time for them to place their mark on the wall, because, Kenai have showed that his love for Koda was powerful, and Denahi, for finally defeat his internal demons, so, they were now on the wall while everyone else was looking at them.

"Wow, did you ever thought we were going to do this at the same time?" Kenai asked to Denahi, how was right beside him.

"Never" Denahi "I´m a little bit nervous"

"Me too"

"But you expected this moment for years!" Denahi.

"Yes, but now I´m not so sure!" Kenai "You go first!"

"No, you!"

"You´re the oldest!" Kenai.

"As good big brother I will leave you do it first"

"No, as the oldest brother is your right to do it first"

"Come on!"

"Forget it!" Koda, who was now behind them "Do it at the same time!"

Koda grab the hand of Kenai and Denahi, then he put them into the recipient with berry juice, next Koda placed both of his brothers hand on the wall, and he did all this before they even notice.

Everyone cheered up form them and Kenai and Denahi looked to each other, then he laughed and the two of them hugged Koda while everyone else keep cheering for them, at the distance, one eagle was watching the scene, with proud and happiness on his eyes.

To be continued…