Chapter 90 - 90: Watching a bear feed its little one.

A/N: ko-fi.com/arthrall

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I woke up on my own, and just stared up at the tree branches I could see. Trying to figure out if I should get up or not. I looked over towards my right side to see if anyone was asleep near me, and I saw Dj currently asleep. I also looked to see if Orion or Onyx was there, but they weren't. Blue was, but she was currently asleep. I decided to finally get up and started moving around. Once I moved my sight a little bit, I was blinded by a glare of sunlight coming through the tree leaves.

"Ouch. . ."

"Oh you're awake! I was just about to wake the both of you." Arialle commented near the fire.

"Yeah, I just woke up actually. I guess I slept pretty well considering I woke up by myself." I commented while stretching my arms above my head.

"Well that is good to hear. You mind waking up Dj?" She then asked me.

"Yeah I can. By the way, where are Orion and Onyx?" I asked her.

"Um. . . Orion flew off somewhere, and Onyx went along the river. No idea of where they wanted to go." Arialle answered.

"Alright, I'll figure it out after I can wake up sleepy head over there." I told her.

I walked over to where Dj was currently sleeping, and I shook him until he woke up.

"Let me sleep a little bit longer. . ." He commented with his eyes still shut.

"Wake up sleepy head. Arialle's got breakfast ready." I told him.

"Fine. . . Only for the breakfast. . ." He commented while opening his eyes.

I just shook my head, and went next to Arialle. I tried to get a peek at what she was making, but she shooed me away instantly. I pouted a little bit towards her, but she just gave me a glare that forced me to back away.

{Hey, you two still alive?}

{{Yeah, just patrolling right now. Why? Is everything alright?}} Orion asked me.

{{Yep just looking for some fish!}} Onyx commented.

{{Fish? Really? Shouldn't you be relaxing, considering you almost died yesterday!}} Orion exclaimed before I could answer his question.

{{But, I'm hungry though!}} Onyx commented back.

{Ok you two, knock it off. Just get back here.}

{{Fine. . .}} They both mentioned.

I could literally hear the sadness in their voices. It was honestly quite comical, but I decided not to laugh at this point. I just shook my head though, which got the attention of Dj.

"You alright bud?" He asked me.

"Yeah I'm fine. Just shaking my head at Orion and Onyx's bickering." I told him.

"What are they bickering about?" He then asked me after sitting down next to the fire.

"Oh, Orion is just worried about Onyx. Considering he almost died yesterday. The reason why Onyx isn't here right now is because he got hungry, and decided to go get some fish from the river. So since he isn't here resting, Orion was currently freaking out on him." I explained to him.

"Haha. . . Those two sound just like you and I." He commented after laughing a little bit.

"I guess you're right. I honestly didn't think of it that way. . . Haha." I commented while laughing.

After that, Arialle told us food was ready, so we decided to eat while waiting on the two slowpokes to hurry up. Arialle had made food separately for our companions, but I didn't wake Blue up yet until those two showed back up. Tyson was currently sleeping next to the fire still, so she didn't feed him yet either.

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"You figure out where Arthrall needs to go yet?" Zoe asked.

"Yep, as long as they don't take any detours, it should take them one week and five days." Gondrax commented.

"Good, after they get done eating I think you should talk to Arthrall today about what you plan on having him do." Zoe told Gondrax.

"Will do." He answered.

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"So where are we going today?" Dj asked.

"Currently still waiting on Gondrax to tell me where we have to go. Until then, I guess we just wait right here." I answered him while scratching the back of my head.

[I'm here.]

'Alright, where we gotta go?'

[Need you guys to follow the river north until you reach the first bend. After that, go east. I'll explain further after that.]

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"Well, I know where we are heading, but only partially. Gondrax told me we have to follow the river north until the first bend. After that, we gotta head east, but he didn't say where to go after that. He told me that he will let me know once we reach that point." I told both of them.

". . ." Both just stared at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing. . . It is just, I still don't trust him. . ." Arialle commented.

"I don't know the guy, but since he already tried killing you once, I don't trust him either." Dj mentioned.

"I know, but he did say he can help us. So, I'm going to trust him on this part. It's not like he can do anything to me. Zoe can easily banish him, so I'm not too worried." I told both of them.

"True. . . I guess we head towards the river, then go north." Arialle commented.

"Indeed. Let's grab our stuff, and head on out." Dj told us.

I went and grabbed my bag from the area where I had fallen asleep. Dj grabbed his, and Arialle grabbed the cooking utensils she had used, plus her bag. After grabbing all of our stuff, we went directly back towards the river. On our way, I had Orion fly ahead of us to let us know of anything that would want to try and fight us. It had taken us about 15 minutes to walk to the river, but once there we decided to try and get some fish. I had Onyx get some, considering none of us had a fishing pole to help. So he went and caught about 10 decent sized fish for lunch today, and it took him about 20 minutes to catch all of them. After he brought the fish, Arialle ended up putting them into her ring.

"You think 10 is enough?" Arialle then asked.

"I mean it should be. The fish are decent sized, so we don't have to worry about one not feeding us." I commented towards her.

"I really wish we would have gotten ourselves some fishing poles. I really want to fish now. . . I miss fishing with my old man. . ." Dj mentioned sadly.

"I know you do bud. . . I'm sorry. . ." I said towards him while patting his shoulder.

After discussing how much fish we wanted, we started following the river north. It was kind of a boring walk honestly. We didn't run into anything that we could have killed for levels, but we did see a lot of fish. We stopped for lunch a couple of hours later, and Dj made the fish this time since he was really good at that back in my old world. After we ate, we continued along our way.

{{ Hey Arthrall, there is a bear in the river right now. It currently looks like it is trying to catch some fish.}} Orion told me.

{How far away is it from us?}

{Alright, thanks bud!}

"Hey guys, there is a bear in the river ahead of us. You guys want to fight it, or just continue along our way?" I asked.

"Why is it in the river? Is it trying to catch something to eat?" Arialle then asked me.

"From what Orion told me, it is currently there trying to catch some fish." I said to her.

"Well depends on if we want to kill it to try and level or not." Dj commented.

"Honestly, I feel like it would be a waste. . . Just from the bears you had fought along the way here, they don't really give much experience." I told him.

"True. . . Well it's up to you bud." He mentioned to me.

"What do you think, Arialle?" I decided to ask for her opinion.

"Hmm. . . If it stays in the river, then let's just continue, but it attacks us, then kill it." She commented.

"Alright, let's do that then." I said to them.

They nodded their heads, and we continued on our way. Once we got closer, we could see the bear currently trying to catch the fish swimming past it. The bear noticed us, but it didn't seem too aggressive like the other bears. It went right back to catching fish, until it finally caught one. Once it caught it, the bear turned towards the other side of the river to where we saw a little cub come running out of the bushes. At that point, I knew we wouldn't be fighting it. It was just there catching food for its little one.

"Let's just keep going." I told them.

They both nodded their heads, then we kept going the direction we were heading towards.