Brother, Bear!

He hadn't been to these parts before, but with Autumn over the lands, he wondered if he might be able to find some berries or something he could snack on. He rummaged around the thicket, and heard the fluttering of birds overhead, but wasn't having any luck finding the berries he was looking for. Frowning, he wondered if they were further in the thicket and so he pushed his way through and followed a trail that led deeper in. Surely there would be berry bushes around here somewhere, right? He could hear birds chirping and cawing all around him, but he ultimately decided to tune them out as he focused on his search. Little did he know that he wasn't alone here. There was another creature also searching for the same thing, and as Akuma searched on one side of the thicket, an adult grizzly searched the other before he had to hibernate. Akuma, of course, had already tuned everything out...so he wasn't aware of its presence as it padded along with heavy steps just on the other side of the thickets. He hadn't noticed the brown fur passing by the gaps he had passed, either.

He just wanted some berries. Was that too hard to ask for? Growing frustrated, he turned and accidentally snapped a few of the branches, earning the attention of the old grizzly. He took a few more steps, and then suddenly, there was a bear head pushing its way through the thicket and staring him dead in the eye. He froze. Ah crap.