In the distance Kenta, can see Kabuki’s, now armour-less, body floating down the river.

Well that sorts that issue.

Standing up, Kenta looks over the equipment, remembering that the chest plate has a tear on the backside. Kenta puts all the equipment inside his storage dimension. Seeing as the sun is setting, Kenta begins to make his way home. Following the river, Kenta diverges and walks the dirt trail up the hill.

*Roar*

Reaching the half way mark, Kenta hears a ferocious roar. Turning around, Kenta looks into the eyes of a nightmare. A giant red furred bear is standing in the middle of the trail, staring at Kenta’s figure.

Kenta taking a step back, figures that the bear is probably smelt the fish. Kenta takes another step back, trying to indicate to the bear that he’s not a threat.

*Roar*

The bear slowly walks towards Kenta.

Sniffing around Kenta with his acute sense of smell, that he has a lingering fish odour.

Fuck! This isn’t good. Think Kenta, think! There’s no way we can fight a bear face on.

Realising he could never out run the bear, Kenta turns and sprints into the surrounding bush. At least this way he’ll have obstacle between him and the bear.

The bear charges after Kenta following him into the bush. The bear slows down as it enters the bush, it can no longer see Kenta.

Meanwhile, Kenta behind a tree activates glass ninja, turning transparent.

If I run now it will hear me and follow me. I can’t have a bear follow me back to the village. Perhaps if I stay here, it’ll give up and walk away.

Unbeknownst to Kenta, Bears’ have an acute sense of smell as well. The bear sniffing around centres in on a tree.

*Shunk*

With a swipe of its gigantic claws, it hits the side of the tree where Kenta was hiding. Seeing the paw from the corner of his eye, Kenta instinctively jumped away, avoiding disaster, unfortunately it caused his transparency to shatter.

Damn I need to be more calm. Slow breathing, remember your martial arts training.

Hearing the plants being crushed, the bear immediately knows where Kenta is, and charges him. Kenta running in the opposite direction, is scared by the bear. With the bear quickly gaining on him, Kenta is in grave danger.

At only an arm’s reach away, the bear lunges forward and tries to bite Kenta. Swiftly side stepping and hiding behind a tree, Kenta watches the bear go flying past. Sniffing and turning around, it once more gazes intently on its prey; Kenta.

Damn this things gotta have a weakness. I won’t even dare try to use my swords; the damn thing will kill me when I get close.

Predator stalking its prey, it gives chase again. Kenta already exhausted pushes through and flees in the opposite direction.

Will this thing ever give up?

Running, Kenta is slightly more in front than before. Trying to think of an idea while running, Kenta trips on a protruding root, falling to the ground.

“Fuck!” Kenta yells at his carelessness.

Seeing this, the red furred bear, runs faster, salivating seeing its prey make a mistake. Charging, charging, the bear focused on the prone Kenta.

Kenta with a burst of energy, crawls as swiftly as he can, behind a wall of thin trees.

Running, the bear doesn’t stop, it charges full force, aiming to bash into the wall of trees.

Kenta, noticing the bear still rushing towards the wall tree, can do nothing. He gets low and braces for impact.

*Snap*

Knocking the trees over like a lumberjack never could, the red furred bear bashes the trees into and down on top of Kenta. With the momentum, the bear barely slowed down, crushing Kenta as it runs over the broken wood.

“Ahh!” Kenta quietly groans in pain.

Kenta feeling a sharp pain in his chest, with every breath he takes he feels the razor-sharp pain in his chest. The bear crushing Kenta, alongside the multiple cuts and bruises, cracked three of his ribs; two on the left, one on the right. The injuries caused him to lose just over half his health bring it down to 98.

With a blurry vision, Kenta wipes away the blood and dirt from his eyes.

That’s it! A weak spot!

…

5 minutes’ pass and the bear slowly walks back to the fallen over trees. Nudging it with its snout and pushing with its body. The bear finds no body.

Kenta with his improved health regeneration has already healed 30 health, his ribs no longer cracked, he is able to breathe easier; the remaining cuts and bruises don’t compare to the cracked ribs.

Sitting quietly in a tree, Kenta quietly snuck 25 meters away, now watching the bear sniff around. Sitting with his legs hung off the branch and supporting himself with his left hand, Kenta has a handful of rocks pouched into his shirt.

“Oi, over hear you big dummy!” Kenta yells at the bear.

The bear hearing this looks over in Kenta’s direction and sees him sitting up in a tree.

*Roar*

The bear briskly walks in Kenta’s direction.

*Woosh*

With a powerful throw, Kenta throws one of the rocks through the air towards the bear.

If not for the bear seeing this and turning its head, it would have been a direct hit in its eye. Hitting the side of the its head, the bear becomes annoyed and dashes in Kenta’s direction.

Kenta throw’s three more rocks at the bear, each blocked by its enormous head. As Kenta goes for the fourth rock, the bear reaches the base of the tree.

*Thump*

The bear bangs its body against the tree, shaking it. Dropping the remaining rocks, Kenta loses his grip and falls from the branch, landing on top of the bear, and like a bull shaking a rider, the bear hurls Kenta to the ground, disorientating him.

The bear walks over to Kenta, raises its two front paws and stands on its hind legs. Glaring over Kenta, it drops its paws aiming to crush him in an instant.

*boom*

With all its strength, it stomps down on the ground, creating a mini earthquake. Kenta fortunately rolled out of the way and down the hill. Getting up, he begins running again.

The bear startled that Kenta rolled out of the way, gives chase following closely behind. The further they run the denser it gets. Hearing the footsteps behind him, Kenta can no longer see the bear.

Not good.

Kenta realising the predicament he’s in, Kenta swiftly changes direction, crouches down and remains quiet.

Hearing and seeing the dark figure of the bear run past, Kenta is holding his mouth shut, making sure to make as little noise as possible.

If only the bear couldn’t see the…

Leaping through the bush, the bear appears, catching Kenta mid thought.

Dodging the bite, Kenta still suffered a deadly shoulder bash, sending him flying at an angel into a tree. Breaking only one of his ribs this time, Kenta loses 62 health bringing him down to 116 total.

“Ouch!”

Kenta notices that his health hasn’t regenerated as fast, losing his extra +1 health/min, figuring it’s due to the dense amount of foliage blocking the sun. He is dispirited.

The damn trees are costing me.

*Shunk*

The bear swiping again, splinters the trunk of the tree. Kenta, evading it, grabs a handful of rocks and runs off.

I need to create some distance between us.

While being pursued by the bear, Kenta uses his smaller frame, to swerve through the trees, sliding through the tight gaps between the trees. Eventually Kenta gains some reasonable distance from the bear.

I hope this works.

Arriving in a less dense part of the forest, Kenta turns around, facing the bear running behind him, after such a long pursuit, the bear is slower than before, it’s getting tired.

Kenta staring the bear in the eye, grabs one of the rocks he was carrying, lifts it up and prepares to throw it. Focusing all his intent behind the rock, Kenta activates glass ninja.

*Woosh* *Roar*

With pinpoint accuracy Kenta hits the bear directly in the right eye. It never saw the rock coming. The bear blinded in the right eye, goes in to a frenzy and charges towards Kenta faster than before.

Kenta standing there still visible, holds up another rock. He puts as much intent behind the rock as he can, turning it and only it transparent.

*Woosh* *Roar*

This time the left eye. Although it’s not blinded, the left eyes' vision has been greatly impaired. Fuelled by rage, the bear puts in a last dish effort and runs faster than it ever has before, it’s using reserved energy now.

Fuck off! Does this thing ever give up?

Kenta sprinting in the opposite direction, he as well is running on reserve power. This is it, he can’t continue much longer.

With the bear at full speed, it quickly reaches only a few feet behind Kenta. It is no longer worried about anything else, it is ready to kill.

As the forest begins clearing, Kenta flies through a bush. With the bear following closely behind, it does the same.

…*Boom* *Roar*

Having flown through the bush, Kenta changed direction moving purely on instinct. Seconds later the bear comes charging through as well, running straight off a 15-meter cliff. Kenta feels the vibrations as it lands on the ground below, falling off balance.

Looking over the edge, Kenta looks down to see the bear hardly moving. It’s just alive, though unable to walk.

Even after that, you still manage to survive? What are bears made of?

Not hesitating anymore, Kenta looks around and notices a larger boulder. Slowly moving it to the edge, Kenta hears the bear weeping, calling out for help.

“I’m sorry it had to be like this.” Kenta says compassionately, “I’ll make it quick.”

Pushing the heavy boulder over the edge, it lands with a thud on the bears head, crushing it and killing it. Kenta put the bear out of its misery and ended its suffering.