Chapter 21: Damn Bear


    I woke up to Alex in my arms, still sleeping naked. Her body was pressed into mine, and I could feel the warm press of her chest pressing down on me. The warming sensation started to make me get excited and ready to startst night''s excitement all over again. As I began to kiss Alex to wake her up, a firm knock came at my door.


    "Great Master Hyde, we areing up to the Vige of the Bearfolk!"


    That was Tescelle''s voice, and I wanted to ignore it but, I pulled away from Alex and regretfully pulled away from her goddess body. I was left with a stiff issue that was remedied by an oral intervention from Alex between getting my pants and shirt. She left me with a hungry kiss, and I cursed myself for being critical.


    Alex crawled back into my bed, and I left the room to follow Tescelle above to the main patio deck. Markeye and everyone was waiting for me, and I stepped up to the front. Up here, I was able to see arge group of cone-like structures covered inrge leaves, reminiscent of Native American tepees from my old world.


    Large shapes were hard to make out at this distance, but they were obviously Bearfolk from the sheer size. As we got closer, I made them out more clearly, and I could see that they were all different colors and sizes, unlike the Spiders and Lizardfolk that only differed in gender until they were upgraded. I turned to Markeye to call a stop when we were about a quarter-mile away.


    Turning back to the rest of my wives and party, I picked out four people toe with me. Nina was already glued by my side, having to sleep in the room next door with Kyrast night. Considering how the bed would have been pushed to the wall that was closest to the bed in my room, I felt terrible for both the girl''s sleepst night, So Kyra wasing along as well.


    Kadence and Trem were thest two and the central part of the team, while Ganth and Harmonie stayed behind as on point defense. Kalita stayed with her father and kept Mishka with her. Alex was still sleeping, a ce where I would have preferred to be heading, but this needs to be done.


    Nina merged with me, and both girls held me tight, and I wrapped my arms around both tightly, feeling the breast vice tighten. Then we were falling into the air, and After a short fall, we changed directions towards the group of Bearfolk gathered in front of their vige. This was a short trip, but I was still reminded about the shittiness of this mode of flight with a collision from a giant bug sttered on my back.


    Uponnding, the Bearfolk attempted to surround us, but Kadences braided fire whips halted them. Therge Beastfolk cowered back from the fire, but I put my left hand out to stop the fire but was burnt instead. Kadence dropped the fire and ran to me as I shook my hand. The pain was nothing and barely a burn, and I told her as much and not to lose focus, as the Bearfolk were spreading back out.


    Remembering, I put my hands up and pped ten times, feeling the magice back to me, a strange feeling that I hadn''t felt before when I first received my magic. The Bearfolk all looked thoroughly confused at this point, yet none of them spoke up. I decided to step forward and try and make the first move.


    "Hey! My name is Hyde, and I would pass through your vige and also talk to your elder or leader."


    "NO! Leave!" The central ck Bearfolk growled at me.


    <em>''Well, he seems like a friendly one.'' -Gripton.</em>


    "No? I don''t remember asking you?" I stepped forward unafraid.


    "I am the leader! Leave human!" The ck Bearfolk also stepped forward.


    "Listen here, furry! I gave you my name and tried to be nice. I heard about your problems with other humans, but I don''t give a shit. I''m not here to cause trouble. I''m here to help. Now, you either going to sit down and talk with me about this, or we will find someone else better fitted to the job."


    With that, I gave the signal to Harmonie, who was watching and waiting for my sign. If might ruled the world, then a small demonstration would be needed to convince these thick-headed beasts. The ck Bearfolk looked like he wanted to move forward to me, but an eruption of dirt thirty feet to the left of us made all the Bearfolk run, except a few brave ones than the back bear, but they were all very shaken.


    "Now that you can see I''m not fucking around, do you have a ce where we can sit down and talk? I just want to confirm again that we hold no ill intent, and this was only a demonstration of our power to ensure our safety while visiting your vige."


    Kadence and Kyra had moved up beside me now, and it took a long pause before the Chief spoke.


    "Fine,e to us."


    With that, the Chief led us to a central tent, but we received scared looks and mothers grabbing children from out of our sights. It was a tragic scene because the bear children were adorable, so it was sad that they looked at us with fear. The massive tent we were led to was covered in some kind of white mud in strange patterns.


    Once inside, we were invited to sit on woven mats, and the girls took seats around me, while the Chief took a seat opposite us. He stared at me for a long time, and I stared back with the same intensity. Bear or not, I wasn''t about to let this bully intimated me, and finally, the bear Chief sighed and spoke.


    "I am sorry for the way you have been treated by myself the most."


    The Chief started to apologize, but I waved him off and stuck my right hand out to him.


    "I have heard of your problems, and I''m here to help kind of."


    The Chief reached forward to touch my hand with his pawed hand, and he looked to be about to say something but was cut off by the sh of light. After the light cleared, I was shaking a now furry and wed hand, and the Bearfolk Chief was a rippling mass of muscle and hair. The pointed bear face had been reced with a stoic and rugged look of a man.


    Looking at the handshaking mine, then letting it go and stumbling backward, the Chief fell over in surprise to his new body.


    "What have you done to me!"


    The Chief''s voice wasn''t angry, more surprised than anything, and that made me smile to see the Bearman out of words. I reached in my pocket, pulling out, and slipped on my left glove before stepping forward and offering the Chief a hand up. Upon seeing my right-hand again, the chief look at it like a poisonous snake.


    "It won''t happen again. I have given you the ability to live without worry now. You are no longer Bearfolk, a separated species from humans. Now you are Bear-Kin, now a human variation. What is your name Chief?"


    "I am Breth, son of Silver Jaw, who was"


    "Breth is fine. So, How do you feel now?"


    "Different, my mind is more clear, and I know I can trust you, but I also know that you are the leader. What is the meaning of this?"


    "Part of the price, you could say, but I don''t expect you to follow me. No, but I would like to do this for the rest of your vige, but I also don''t have a lot of time. I am on a mission to Haertia, to the capital to recuse one of the Lizardfolk Queens."


    "You are going to Landokingson? To rescue Lizardfolk? What kind of human are you?"


    "One not of this world."