Chapter Eighty-Seven: Sitka Guidance
Later Kenai followed the tracks to where he found the destroyed basket as he growled and kicked a rock as he spotted the bear and threw a rock next to her as it looked over at Kenai as he threw another and hit her head as she growled.
Meanwhile!
"Kenai!" Sitka called as they looked for him.
"Kenai!" Jason said.
"Where he go?" Sitka said.
"If we're lucky faraway" Denahi said as Jason hit him in the back of the head with the keyblade resting on his shoulder, "OW!"
"Oops" Jason said sarcastically.
"AHHH!" they heard Kenai yelled as they saw him fall of a cliff and hit a ledge.
"KENAI!" Sitka yelled as they ran up the side of the cliff and ran to the edge to look down to him, "Kenai."
"Sitka no! You got to get out of here!" Kenai said.
"What?"
"The bear! Right behind you!"
The bear then roared as they turned to see her standing on two legs as Denahi hit her with rocks.
"Hey over here! Come on bear! This way!" Denahi said as they headed to the ice and Jason and Sitka helped Kenai up.
"Wait! Don't hurt her! Just scare her away!" Jason said as they ran to Denahi who got smacked into a crack in the ice as his sphere held onto the edges.
"Denahi!" Kenai said as he and Jason grabbed his hand as he sphere broke, "hold on!"
"Pull!" Jason yelled as they tried to pull him up.
Sitka was back the bear away as he looked over to his brother trying to get Denahi out of the crack in the ice as it smacked him aside and came their way.
"Pull him up!" Max yelled helping them as the bear drew closer and Sitka saw the crack in the ice and yelled as he stabbed his sphere into it and pulled making the ice crack all around them him and the bear.
"Sitka!" Kenai said as their brother looked over to them as the ice broke off the side of the mountain it was and made Sitka and the bear hit the water below.
"Oh no!" Jason said as they ran to the edge.
"Sitka!" Denahi said as the bear rose out of the water roaring before running into the forest.
"Come on!" Kenai said as they climbed down, "Sitka!"
"Sitka!"
They then found the end of his sphere floating in the water as they looked around.
"Sitka!"
"Where are you Sitka?" Jason yelled.
"Kenai!" they heard Denahi yelled as they saw the antlers of Sitka jacket floating in the water as they ran to it and pulled up the jacket as Kenai yelled out his brother name to find him but Jason Max and Denahi knew what had become of the oldest brother.
"Sitka" Jason said as he heard and eagle caw and looked up to a tree to see it watching them.
Later that night the villagers carried touches to the cave for Sitka funeral as the brothers placed what they could find of their brother before the Tanana as she carried Sitka jacket with his sphere and totem on it to a fire as Kenai walked away with though of revenge on him mind and when the funeral ended and all the villagers left Denahi was standing at in the cave as Kenai came with two spheres.
"You ready?" Kenai asked.
"For what?" Denahi asked.
"Were going after the bear" Kenai said tossing the sphere to his brother who caught it.
"I know what you're feeling but killing that bear is wrong" Denahi said dropping the sphere to the ground.
"Wrong? Our brother is dead and it's because of that monster!"
"I don't blame the bear Kenai!" Denahi said.
"I see."
"Killing that bear won't make you a man."
"So now you're trying to be wise!"
"I'm trying to follow my totem! Why can't you do the same!"
"You really think love has anything to do with being a man? A man wouldn't just sit here and do nothing!"
"Kenai! Don't upset the spirits."
"Hmph spirits, thanks for your wisdom" Kenai said walking off.
"Kenai! Anger is the path to darkness! I know your upset but kill that bear won't bring your brother back! He sacrificed himself so you two could live! The bear didn't kill him he gave his life your you two!" Jason said as they saw Tanana as Kenai tore off his totem and tossed it in and embers and walked passed her as she picked it up and brushed it off.
"I've gotta stop him" Denahi said.
"We'll help" Jason said as Denahi took the totem and picked up the sphere as they ran after Kenai.
"Left too soon Sitka, your brothers need your guidance" Tanana said as the Northern lights filled the sky.
The next day Kenai perused the bear to a berry field as she ran and Kenai ran after her to the top of the mountain.
She then grabbed his sphere and swung him around and he hit the ground as the other spotted him.
"Kenai!" Denahi said.
"Max!" Jason said summoning his keyblade glider and they flew towards the scene.
Kenai then took his sphere and as the bear came at him he pointed it and the bear cried was heard as Jason and max landed in and gasped to see the bear lying on the ground and Kenai crawling out from under her as he yelled out.
"Oh Kenai what have you done!" Jason yelled as the sky quickly filled with clouds as balls of blue lights came from the sky towards the bear.
"Spirits!" Jason said as they came down like water flooding around them as the Kenai approached the water coming from the sky and touched it with his sphere as the northern light moved around them showing the animals of the world as an eagle flew down in front of Kenai and turned into Sitka.
"Sitka?" Kenai said as he frowned and looked disappointed and looked to the bear who turned into light and joined the northern lights as they saw Sitka disappear before picking up Kenai as an eagle towards the lights.
"Kenai" Jason said as a bear moved around him and a turtle around Max as they got carried into the light and glowed as they transformed into their spirit animals and floated down to the mountain and touching the ground before the lights shot up into the sky and thunder clashed and it began to rain down hard.
"What happened?" Jason groaned as Denahi reached them and saw Kenai clothes on the ground.
"Whoa!" Max yelled slipping on his four legs and knocked Jason into Kenai as they fell off the mountain and fell into a river where they washed up on a shore.
"Ugh" Jason groaned as he blinked to see an eagle sitting in a tree looking down at them before flying off as Kenai looked around and Tanana rose from the ride of a river.
"So Kenai decided to join the living have you? Oh that quite a thump you got there that must have been one heck of a ride down those rapids huh?" Tanana said.
"Tanana?" Kenai said.
"OH what happened?" Jason groaned as his eyes widen at the paw he rubbed his head with then saw Max shell on the ground.
"Why is it dark?" Max called from inside the shell.
"Tanana! You won't believe this! I was at the top of these huge drop and all the sudden" Kenai said as all she heard was grunts and growls come from Kenai.
"Kenai honey shhhh shh shhh I don't speak bear" she said as Kenai looked into the water then gasped as he began to check himself.
"No, no, NO! NO! NO!" he said looking to his now small tail "GAHHHHHHH!"
"Settle down! Kenai! Kenai! Oh this isn't going to work" Tanana said as Kenai ran around in panic.
"Great now I know how Elinor felt" Jason groaned before tackling Kenai, "CALM DOWN!"
"Kenai listen to me Sitka did this" Tanana said.
"I understand changing him but why us?!" Jason said.
"Why do I always get turned into a turtle?!" Max growled.
"Strange spirits usually don't make these kind of changes, oh my my my Sitka must have something really big planned for you. Yep, yep, yep you're going to get a whole new perspective on things. Oh. Do you see in black and white or color?" she asked as Kenai grunted and growled as she poked his nose, "Hey, listen to me. You got yourself into this mess. If you want to change, take it up with your brother's spirit."
"How?" Jason asked but it came out as a grunt.
"You'll find him on the mountain...where the lights touch the earth. He'll help you make up for what you've done wrong" she said drawing where they need to go in the dirt.
"But I didn't do anything wrong" Kenai said.
"Excuse me?! Kenai you-where she go?" Jason said as they saw Tanana gone.
"Tanana? Tanana? Tanana! W-wait! I didn't do anything wrong! I don't even know how to get there" Kenai said.
"Well tough luck! You did this to us you fixing it!" Jason growled.
"But I didn't do anything!"
"Yes you did! You think about it long and hard!" Jason growled.
"What happened to them?" they heard a voice said from behind a tree.
"I don't know."
"Well, they were right here a second ago...and now they're gone!"
"Yeah. That's pretty weird, huh?" The three the peeked out from behind a log to see two squirrels talking to each other and one with his cheeks full of nuts.
"So, you're telling me...you didn't eat them, and you have no idea where they are?"
"Uh-uh."
"Hey, hey, you, you just talked!" Kenai said getting their attention
"J-just back away...real slow-like" the squirrel said
"How'd you do that?" Kenai asked as the two screamed and ran away.
"Were animals now I guess we can talk to them" Max said.
"Are we there yet?" they heard a bird in a migration in the sky ask above.
"Don't make me turn this formation around!
"Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait! Come back! I'm trying to find where the lights..." Kenai said.
"What's he getting all worked up about, eh?" Tuke said.
"Gee, I don't know. Maybe the gulls pooped on him, eh?" Rutt said as the two laughed.
"Aheam!" Jason said clearing his throat.
"Oh, gee, I think he's looking over here! Let's beat it. This way!"
"No, no, no, this way."
The two then accidently collided and got their antlers stuck.
"Thank you very much!"
"OK, just stay still, eh!"
"Hey, you two!" Kenai said as he Max and Jason approached.
"Head down, head down!" Tuke said as they ducked behind a log.
"Oh, gee, I think they seen us, eh. Now what?"
"Act like we're not here."
"Oh, we're not here."
"Shh! What are you doing, eh?"
"Well, you said to tell..."
"Don't say anything. Shh."
"OK."
"I said don't say anything."
"Um, excuse me" Kenai said as the two screamed and fell back.
"Please, don't eat us!"
"You wouldn't like us, eh we're really gamy."
"Yeah, eat hoof-for-brains over there."
"Oh, nice, eh, pine-cone breath."
"Crusty tail."
"Twig legs."
"Big nose!" Tuke said as Rutt gasped, "sorry."
"You went too far that time."
"OK, I'm sorry."
"Just relax will ya?" Jason said.
"Guys" Kenai said.
"Besides, yours is bigger than mine" Rutt said.
"We're not eating anybody" Kenai said as he and Jason got their antlers lose.
"Oh" Tuke said.
"Whew!"
"That's mighty decent of you, eh" Tuke said.
"Yeah. Hey, my name's Rutt this is my brother Tuke."
"How's it going, bears and Turtle?" Tuke said.
"Nice to meet ya I'm Jason and this is Max" Jason said as Kenai sighed.
"Don't call me that" Kenai said.
"Sorry, uh, uh, Mr. Bear?" Tuke said.
"No, I mean, I'm not a bear I hate bears" Kenai said.
"...Kenai in case you hadn't looked at your reflection lately YOU ARE A BEAR!" Jason yelled as Tuke and Rutt laughed.
"Well, gee, eh? You're one big beaver" Rutt laughed.
"No kiddin', eh?" Tuke laughed.
"Do either of you know where the lights touch the earth?" Kenai asked.
"Y-y-y-y-yeah...no. Uh, no sorry, bear or beaver" Rutt said.
"I'm not a beaver I'm... I'm a bear-no! I mean, I'm not a bear I'm a man!" Kenai said.
"Excuse me?" Rutt laughed.
"We was transformed into a bears magically! l... I was lifted into the sky by my brother" Kenai said.
"Uh-huh..." Tuke said with a puzzled look like Rutt.
"Yeah Kenai I think we need to talk about that later" Max said.
"You're crazy!" Tuke coughed.
"Gesundheit" Rutt said.
"No, a fruitcake!" Tuke coughed.
"Are you ok?" Rutt asked.
"No! That bear...over there! He's crazy!" Tuke coughed.
"I am not crazy!" Kenai growled.
"Well, who ever said you were? We understand" Tuke said.
"You do?" Kenai said.
"Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, you see, we're not moose, either" Tuke said.
"We're... we're not?" Rutt said.
"No. Heh we're like, uh...we're like squirrels. Yeah" Tuke said.
"Oh. Oh, yeah. Beauty, eh? Yeah, well, he... he's actually the squirrel, eh? I'm more of a pure-bred wolverine look at these cuspids Rrrrraahh!" Rutt said.
"Ha ha ha you two are so funny" Max said.
"Give him a little room" Tuke said as Kenai groaned.
"Uhh. Why am I even talking to a couple of dumb moose?" Kenai said.
"No, we're squirrels, eh?" Tuke said.
"Wolverine" Rutt said laughing.
"I'll find it myself" Kenai said going straight ahead.
"Hey wait up!" Jason said following with Max.
"Oh, I wouldn't go that way" Rutt said.
"Why not, eh?" Tuke asked.
"Uh, well... there was a reason" Rutt said.
"You brought it up" Tuke said.
" I'm trying to, but you're talking..." Rutt said as Kenai leg got into a rope trap and pulled into the air and began to hit rocks and trees as the moose brother, Jason and Max all watched with annoyed expressions.
"Aah! Uhh! Ow! Uhh! Aah! Unh! Ow!
"So, you think of it yet?" Tuke asked.
"Uh, no, but it's drivin' me nuts, too, eh?" Rutt said as they walked away.
"Oh yeah karma is so sweet" Jasom smirked.
"Ow uhh" Kenai grunted.
"Well isn't this nice, now the view Kenai?" Jason laughed.
"Just get me down!" Kenai growled as she spotted a branch and tried to swing to it.
" Psst!" they heard someone say as they looked into the darkness of a rock and saw two eyes watching them, "Hey, is the coast clear?"
"What?" Kenai said.
"Clear for what?" Jason said looking around.
"Are there any hunters around?" the kid asked.
"Uh, no" Kenai said.
"Aw, good!" Koda said jumping out as Kenai screamed and released the rock he held onto and smacked into a tree.
"How you doin'? Guess you didn't see the trap, huh? I saw it from a mile away" Koda laughed.
"I like this kid" Jason said.
"You must be pretty embarrassed don't worry I won't tell anyone" Koda said.
"What?" Kenai said.
"You need to get down let me help" Koda said picking up a branch.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!" Kenai said as Koda began to whack Kenai with the branch.
"Ow!"
"Hold still!"
"No, just... ow! Stop that! Uhh! If you just... ow! Give me... Stop it! Uhh!"
"It's no use the only way to get down is to chew your own foot off" Koda said stopping his swings.
"I don't need some stupid bear's help I just need the stick" Kenai said
"Ok, here" Koda said holding it out.
"No, no, no I'll do it myself, put it back. No, where you found it!" Kenai said.
"Oh" Koda said.
"To the left by the little rock."
"Here?"
"Yes!"
"Ok" Koda said as they watched Kenai try to swing and get the stick.
"Boy, that tree is strong, huh?
You know, when I was little I was really into climbin' trees all kinds of trees. I climbed pine trees, oak trees, fig trees, maple trees, uh, birch trees,
willow trees..." Koda said as the rest of the day began to passed and when the sun was beginning to set Kenai was still trying to get the branch and Jason and Max watched with amusment.
"My eyes were watering, and my tongue was swollen and from that moment on, I was more careful about what I lick" Koda said pushing the branch a few inches as Kenai grabbed it.
"Ha! Ha. See? It's all about... uhh...using your head" he said using the branch to pull his upper body up to get to the rope strap as the branch snapped.
"Ohh! Uhh!" Kenai said hitting his head on the ground.
"Ooh! That was funny! Do it again!" Koda said.
"Don't you have someplace to go?" Kenai growled.
"Yeah, the salmon run" Koda said.
"Uhh" Kenai groaned.
"Hmm. How about this? I get you down, then we all go together. Deal?" Kenai said.
"Yeah, ok, fine. If you can magically get me down... I'll go with you to this... this..."
"Salmon run."
"Whatever but if you can't you turn around, walk away, and never come back... ever" Kenai said.
"Kenai no need to be mean he's a kid" Jason said.
"You swear?" Koda said.
"Yeah" Kenai said.
"Pinky swear" Koda said.
"Yeah, sure, fine. Pinky swear but this is a human trap, and you're just a dumb little bear. So there's really no way you're gonna be able to..." Kenai said as Koda kicked the single stake the held the rope to the trap as Kenai gasped and was thrown in the air.
" Whaaah! Uhh!" Kenai grunted hitting the ground as the branch snapped and hit his gut.
"Ok, so, what I'm thinking is we travel by day
and sleep by night my bedtime is an hour after
sunset. Or I think..." Koda said stopping as he sniffed the air as Jason did.
"What is that smell?" Jason asked sniffing as Koda gasped.
"Run!" Koda screamed running.
"Yeah, good riddance!" Kenai said as he sniffed the air as they turned to see Denahi with a sphere approaching.
"Denahi? Denahi, you found me!" Kenai said as all Denahi heard was roaring and grunts "you wouldn't believe what a nightmare this has been!"
"Kenai he's aiming that sphere at us!" Jason said.
"Denahi? lt... it's me... Kenai!" he said falling over with the branch on his foot caught to a branch.
"Jason then summoned one of his keyblades in his mouth and cut the rope and the three ran down a hill and slipped and they fell into a creek.
"There!" Max said spotting a small ice cave as the three ran in it moving deep into it to hide as they heard a crack above and gasped to see Denahi walking on the ice above.
"Is he gone?" Koda whispered as they saw Denahi look around above "I think he was going..."
"Shh!" Kenai said covering his mouth as they looked up at the ice and saw Denahi walk away.
"Whew" Max sighed.
"Hello? I can't breathe" Koda said as Kenai set him down as they moved to some dry rock in the ice cave to rest.
"Why is he chasing me?" Kenai asked.
"That's what they do" Koda said.
"But it's not like him" Denahi said.
"Yeah, well, lucky for him he didn't find us 'cause when I get into a fight, I go all crazy and I'm a raging ball of brown fur!" Koda said falling over.
"Would you now?" Jason smirked.
"I mean, I don't want to brag or nothin', but I got some moves" Koda said.
"Oh, really?" Kenai said.
"Yep this first one well, it's just a little thing I like to call the Slasher!" he said swinging his claws, "And this one I like to call Flying Fury of Death!" he said making more swings.
"Uh-huh" Kenai said.
"Cute" Jason said.
"He's coming back!" Kenai said.
"Where?" Koda said hiding behind Kenai as Kenai scoffs.
"Typical" Kenai said trying to untie the rope on his leg.
"Ha ha. Yeah, well, the next time we run into that hunter..."
"There is no "we," ok? I'm not taking you to any salmon run" Kenai said.
"What?! But you pinky swore!" Koda said.
"Yeah you pinky swore Kenai" Jason said.
"Yeah, well, things change! See ya, kid" Kenai said walking away.
"Hey shouldn't you be with your mom? Where is she?" Jason asked.
"Uh...the truth is...I got separated from my mom...
and now with this hunter around..." Koda said.
"Kid, I got my own problems" Kenai said.
"Kenai!" Jason said.
"Come on. Please? Can't we just go together? There's a lot of bears and a ton of fish...and every night we watch the lights...touch the mountain, and last year..."
"Wait, wait, what'd you just say?" Kenai said.
"There's lots of bears and tons of fish."
"No. You know where the lights touch the earth?" Kenai said.
"Yeah, it's at the top of the mountain...right by the salmon run!"
"You're kidding me."
"No, no. They're practically next door, come on, I'll show you it'll be great" Koda said as Kenai sighed "I promise to help you escape from every trap you walk into."
"I'm not gonna walk into any more... uhh! ...traps" Kenai said as the rope got caught on a rock and he fell over.
"As you were saying?" Jason said.
"Come on" Koda said pulling off the rope, "what do you say?"
"You're sure you can take us to where the lights touch the earth?"
"Yeah, no problem" Koda said as Kenai sighed.
"If you slow me down..."
"I won't. I promise."
"All right. We leave first thing tomorrow" Kenai said lying down to get comfortable as Max and Jason did as Koda rest right next to Kenai who pushed him away from him.
"And keep all that cuddly bear stuff to a minimum, ok, kid?"
"My name's not kid. It's Koda. What's your names?" Koda asked as Kenai groaned.
"The grump over there is Kenai, I'm Jason and this is Max, come here Koda" Jason said pulling Koda close to his fur, "I'm sure your mom wouldn't want you to get cold" he said before they all slept for the night.
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