Journey through the ice.

[Emz]

Radha stopped and turned around when she heard the growl. She saw Kosei getting ready to fight the bear.
"What are you doing? You can't fight that bear with those injuries! You'll get yourself killed!" she yelled as she ran back towards him.

[Kit]

"Get out of here. I'll be the distraction" he said. He'd only slow the uninjured one down. He had never been a fast runner anyway.
As the bear drew closer, Kosei fell lower to the ground. His powerful muscles flexed as he got into attack position. His snarls grew louder and his enormous fangs were bared.

[Emz]

Radha just looked at Kosei. She couldn't just leave him to be killed. But what could she do? Kosei wouldn't be able to run far with those injuries, but he wouldn't be able to fight either. Radha wasn't very strong, but she was fast. Definately faster than the bear. She smiled, "This could work." she said to herself.
While the bear was distracted by Kosei, she crept around behind it. She gathered all her courage and bit hard into the bear's hind leg. The bear roared and swung around towards her. She ducked, narrowly missing the blow from one of it's giant paws. Radha turned and ran. She looked behind her to see the bear following.
"Good" she said. That will give Kosei time to get away.

[Kit]

Kosei howled at Radha. "No!" He leapt off his perch, landing on the bear's back before it took chase after the smaller wolf. His claws dug in deep, as his powerful jaws bit down on the bear's neck. It tossed and flung it's body this way and that, but Kosei was an expierenced fighter and knew how to hang on.
The bear's injured leg gave out and it fell to the ground. Kosei jumped off and landed roughly on the ice. He regained his stance and released a menacing growl at the bear.
A bear like this wouldn't just give chase to Radha unless it knew for sure it would catch her. HE was the easier target, so he had been sure the bear would go after him....

[Emz]

Radha looked on in amazment as the bear struggled to get up. She ran back to Kosei. "Why did you do that?" she said, "You could have gotten yourself killed!" She pulled at Kosei to get him to move away from the bear. She didn't like being this close to it when it could still attack them.

[Kit]

Kosei grabbed Radha by the scruff and tossed her gently away from the beast. He bit lightly so it wouldn't hurt. "get out of here. I can take care fo myself" he growled, trying to chase her away.

He turned towards the bear to give another warning growl. His body however was moveing backwards, slowly and steadily, away from the white bear.

[Emz]

"What are you doing?" Radha growled at Kosei. "We can go now, the bear's hurt, it will be slower and it might give up after a while." She knew Kosei was hurt as well but she could lead the bear away. If only he had let her before. She was faster than the bear and could run for longer without getting tired. She looked up at Kosei and realised that he was moving backwards. What was he doing?

[Kit]

"Get going" he growled at her. He keapt his eyes locked on the bear while continueding to put distance between him and the beast. The bear would not proceed towards Kosei while he was stareing it down.

[Emz]

Radha walked a few steps backwards. She had no intention of leaving Kosei on his own.
"I'm not going." she said. "I'm faster than the bear anyway, so I'll be able to lose it especially since it's injured. But I'm not going to leave you. It could kill you!"

[Kit]

Kosei gave one more menacing growl to the bear. This time, the injured creature took it's own step backwards.
Kosei's fur was bristling... he had the expierence to deal with enemies bigger then him (though few things were.)
He gave a sudden lunge foreward, to scare the bear once more. It turned tail and began to slowly wander off. Kosei looked at Emz, his fur still brstling incase the bear had second thoughts. "What is wrong with you? If that bear hadn't fallen for my facade, it could have killed you" he growled.

[Emz]

Radha took a step backwards. She found Kosei very intimidating.
"I could have outran the bear if it had came to that." she said, timidly. "I didn't want it to kill you. I would never forgive myself if I had just left you and you died."
Radha stared at the ground as she said this. She had never liked bears...

[Kit]

"Grow up" he said, not rudely or sarcastically. He was very serious. "Thye world is full of death. Either get used to it, or fall prey to it" He grumbled as he limped past her. He ididn't stop to look back at her. He didn't care if she stuck with him or not. In this kind of terrain, numbers were probably a better choice...but he had been a loner for awhile now. The last time he traveled with another, he lost her in the battle with the leopard seal.

[Emz]

Radha stood and watched Kosei as he limped away. She had heard some sadness in his voice and she got the feeling he would rather be on his own.
After a while she ran up and followed him. She knew he was tough but she was still concerned about him. What if something happened? He might not be able to defend himself from attack again. And there was no way she would be able to survive alone out here.
She thought about these things as she walked beside him in silence. She didn't know how much help she would be to him.

[Kit]

Kosei did not chase her away, nor did he greet her with open paws. He just left his ears open for predators. He let the hours groan by in silence. If he wasn't injured, he could've been walking much faster. Perhaps rest was best. He stopped and stared at something in the distance. It looked like a human hut. That would make good shelter for now. He looked at Radha, then towards the abandoned hut. His large paws began to move towards the building.

[Emz]

Radha looked up and saw what Kosei had seen. She followed him as he headed towards the hut. Hopefully they would get some rest. She wasn't used to travelling so much and she was getting tired. She was also worried about Kosei and his injuries, but she was also worried about what could be in the hut.
"Do you think there's really nobody in there?" she asked Kosei.