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"In other news, a bear escaped from the zoo earlier this morning..." the newsperson said. They were listening to the news on the radio because Rikiga was annoyed that it was so silent during the lessons, but the music he liked was too loud and distracting. So they decided to listen to the news as a compromise.

"I bet someone's gonna call them later and say it's in their house or something," commented Inukashi. This happened surprisingly frequently, so it seemed like an accurate assumption.

"That's the third escaped animal this week," Nezumi noted. "Though the other two were both snakes..."

"There are snakes on the loose?" Rikiga asked nervously.

"No, someone found them shortly afterwards," replied Inukashi, who had been watching the news both times it happened.

While they were talking, they missed the reporter mentioning which direction the bear had gone in. "So everyone in that area is advised to keep an eye out for it. If you see the bear please call-" the newsperson continued.

"Maybe someone will find it before the lesson is over," Rikiga stated hopefully, curious about what happened to the bear.

Then they heard a loud roar.

"What was that?" Shion asked, wanting to look over and see what it was, but he knew better than to stop paying attention to the road.

No one spoke, too busy staring out the window. Finally, Shion's curiosity got the better of him and he glanced in the direction everyone else was looking. There was a bear charging towards the car, and it looked either really angry or really hungry.

"You just had to say that, Rikiga!" Inukashi complained once she regained control of her voice.

"Hurry up, Shion!" wailed Rikiga, unable to think of anything to say in response to Inukashi's statement, thus opting to change the subject instead.

"But the speed limit..." Shion said uncertainly.

"Forget it! Go!" Rikiga shouted.

"For once I have to agree with him on this, hurry up, Shion!" Inukashi shrieked, unable to tear her eyes away from the bear racing towards them.

"Okay, okay!" Shion agreed, starting to freak out as well. Which meant he used a bit more force than necessary and the car shot forward like a bullet, leaving Nezumi glad there weren't any cars near them because they definitely would have run into one if there had been.

But Shion didn't slow down after that, so they were quickly catching up to a car that had previously been several yards ahead of them.

"Um, Shion-" Nezumi began, but another roar from the bear interrupted him. It was much louder now, which meant it was getting closer. At the last second, Shion seemed to realize he was going to crash into the other car and managed to switch lanes so he could go around it. Nezumi's relief at this did not last long, as the others' panic appeared to be contagious.

"Why is it chasing us?" Inukashi cried. This was something Nezumi had been wondering as well.

"Who cares? Faster, Shion!" Rikiga screamed.

"I'm trying!"

"Wait, slow down, there's a turn in the road up ahead-" Nezumi said, but was too late for Shion to heed the advice. They ended up driving off the road onto a rock-filled terrain. Shion decided rather than try to get back on the road, he should just keep going, mostly because both Inukashi and Rikiga were shouting that at the top of their lungs.

Which he soon came to regret, since the ground was not smooth in the slightest and the car kept bouncing off the uneven surface, making concentrating on anything very difficult.

"Slow down, you won't be able to see anything clearly at this speed!" Nezumi advised, only to be drowned out by Rikiga and Inukashi's shrieking. By the time Shion came to this conclusion on his own and slowed down, they were in completely unfamiliar territory and the bear was nowhere to be seen.

"At least we lost the bear," Rikiga spoke up brightly.