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Warnings: Cheating, Slight intoxication, Smut, P in V ,Oral (F receiving), Swearing, Getting caught.

You had been best friends with Lo’ak since the day you were born, practically attached at the hip, always in trouble. Soon enough your parents started to assume you would grow older and become mates, but you two were just best friends and made it very clear.

That’s however not what the other girls in the clan who obsessed over the Olo’eyktans troubled son and your boyfriend thought. Of course he voiced the insecurity he felt with how close you were with Lo’ak, but like other time you reminded him of how you were basically attached at the hip at birth and that there was nothing going on. That was enough to keep your relationship stable for at least a week before another issue popped up.

You walked out of the heavy foliaged forest to your hut conversing with a few other na’vi who seemed to be enjoying the hot sun that beamed over you. Once you made it to your own hut that your family had gifted you for finally becoming of age to live on your own, you pushed open the heavy flap.

On the floor in the corner laid your bestfriend who for some odd reason preferred to sleep on the floor in your hut that his hammock in his. You chuckled at his sleeping figure dazed at how he was still sleeping as you had left him like this before you had left. You however had to remove him from his slumber as you remembered your boyfriend would be arriving soon. Walking over to Lo’ak you carried a wooden vase containing a small amount of water and poured it over his chest. The cold splash caused him to stir but not wake up fully. “should’ve done the face” you thought to yourself.

Finally you kneeled down closer to his body and placed a hand on his forehead using your fingers to pry one eye open. “Lo’ i need you to wake up.”

Still the boy did not respond, his eye lid immediately falling once you let go. As you leaned back to get up thinking of another method to wake him up his large hand grabbed your wrists pulling you closer to him, whilst his other held your head down against his wet chest. “LO!” “LO’AK!” you shouted however muffled by his muscular chest.

“Water was your first choice?” He asked jokingly, voice still groggy from just having woken up.

“Let go lo.” you huff head still trapped between the rock and hard place. He let go of your wrists allowing you to use both hands to push up on his body and raise your head. Your hair fell messily infront of your face smiling at him as he returned the gesture.

“Welcome back to the land of those who are awake.” You joked fixing your hair.

“It is a pleasure to be here.” He groaned stretching his arms up in the air before engulfing you in his embrace and pulling you flat on top of him.

You chuckled loudly again, your melodic laugh filling up the hut. His laughter intertwined with yours as his fingers roamed around your body tickling you.

“lo, lo stop!” you laughed unable to control how your body shifted and wiggled on top of him.

A hard clearing of the throat pulled you out of your laughing fit and Lo’aks hands halted. You immediately stood up turning to see who made the sudden entrance.

“Oh hi Tarsem!” You smiled walking over to place a kiss on your boyfriends cheek. He embraced you with one hand around your waist, allowing you to kiss him but never removing his hard stare away from Lo’ak who returned the competition.

You noticed his lack of attention on you as you lowered yourself from your tiptoes. “You okay?” you asked confused. As quickly as he came in his eyes moved to your face smile appearing. “With you, yeah” he chuckled kissing your warm lips. Your brain cringed at his words but your body worked with the kiss. Lo’ak held in his laughter at his words and looked down at his wet chest.

Yes you liked Tarsem but the main reason you were dating him was because of the amount of rejection he had received from you in every single courting attempt last season, and the season before that, and the season before that and the many other before those.

Along with the egging on of your friends and the few claims that you had no heart you finally decided to try dating him which he was over the moon about. He said and did a few cringe things here and then but you always brushed it off and saw the good things about him. He was respectful to everyone in the clan, was a good hunter not better than Neteyam but he was definitely up there. He was also one of the few people in the clan who received their iknimaya only on the 2nd try. He was a respected member of the clan. But then again that’s all he was, respected, respectful, of course those were good traits to have but he was boring he didn’t bring any excitement to your relationship and that was a downer.

His gaze returned to Lo’ak who was still lying on your floor, arms crossed and tucked behind his head, smirk wide as ever.

You followed his eyes again looking at Lo’ak.

“Lo’ak was just leaving.” you chuckled unsure why the energy of the room had drastically changed.

“I was? I was just thinking about taking another nap since mine was so rudely interrupted.” He said placing a fake offended expression on his face.

“No you weren’t, you probably have your girlfriends waiting for you in the forest.” You joked walking up to him and pulling him from his resting place, his frame slightly taller than you by a head. he reached his hand out silently suggesting your handshake which he knew ended in a hug that Tarsem wasn’t a fan of. As your hands clapped together, fingers intertwined and clicked he finally embraced you in a warm hug arms caging your head.

“Don’t worry Y/N you’re my favourite.” he murmured still loud enough for Tarsem to hear. He looked up at him as your back was turned grin so wide he was surprised his cheek didn’t split.

As you pulled away from his arms you missed his intentional glare at your boyfriend only catching his warm smile directed at you.

“Bye Lo’ak.” you dragged out practically shoving him out of your hut. “I’ll see you later Y/N.” He hummed before whistling a loud tune as he walked off. Turning on your heels you faced your boyfriend who’s face held more than anger. Your smile faded as you realised what was about to happen. “Tarsem.”

“I’m not mad!” He tried to argue, but you could see right through his raised hands and slight pitch change. Cocking your head to the right your eyes dropped, like a mother scolding her child. “It’s just-“ He started before huffing struggling to explain how he felt without becoming mad or upset.

“Talk to me.” You said sternly, taking hold of his hands understanding that he just needed a bit of reassurance. “I see the way he looks at you. I mean i even came in here and he had you on top of him!” He complained, relaxing his hands in yours.

You sighed realising he had a point, Lo’ak shouldn’t have done that when he was around and probably did it on purpose.

“I’m sorry Tarsem, i understand i’ll talk to him, he won’t do it again.”

“No he will he doesn’t respect us, I want to talk to him.” Tarsem tried to say but you knew the conversation would most likely end up in argument, physical or verbal it didn’t matter you wanted to avoid that.

“No i will talk to him, relax Tarsem.” Your eyes softened the yellow hue becoming instant honey melting and trapping him inside.

“Okay.” He sighed, his inability to resist your wishes made your stomach twirl as you pushed up on your toes once again and kissed him. He reciprocated the kiss by lowering his head down which allowed you to fall back flat on your feet.

His tongue chased yours roaming the entirety of your mouth, teeth clashing and breaths becoming heavy you found yourself on the soft rug of animal skin that laid on your floor. Tarsem kissed all over your neck, not hard enough to leave marks but enough for you to feel it just right. “Fuck” you huffed out feeling his dick hardened beneath his cloth and rub against you. You pushed up against him desperate for any sort of friction you could get.

“Slow yawne” he hummed against your neck, you rolled your eyes annoyed at his slow pace. “Please Tarsem.” You begged continuing the softness of your eyes. It seemed to work as he lowered his kisses from your neck to your chest and then your breasts. Covering one nipple in warm saliva as he fiddled with the other. Soon his lips made their way down your navel and down to your aching pussy that was throbbing with desire.

You jutted your hips forward praying you could just feel a swipe of his chin but you failed. His strong arm came down slamming your hips down halting your movements. “I said slow.” He reinforced immediately causing your breath to become ragged. You’d never seen him so demanding before, maybe Lo’ak had riled him up. You loved it.

Hovering in front of your heat he ripped your cloth from your body finally leaving you bare.

Slowly he ran his nose up the warm folds of your pussy separating them earning a stripe of wetness along the bone. “Shit.” He huffed before replacing his nose with his tongue. Licking a long stripe up the pulsing muscle, he tried his hardest to pull back and wait you out for as long as possible but his own selfish desire beat him to it. His lips clammed down on your pussy immediately sucking you into oblivion, your breath hitched the sudden action sending a moan tumbling out of your throat. “Tar-“ Your attempts to praise him failed as your words died before they could even come out, enveloped in a heavy moan.

He enjoyed tasting you, always willing to please you before himself, he was absorbed by your very being. Your moans encouraged him as he also began moaning, the vibrations sending shock waves up your body. Your hand flew to his head locking it into his braids. “Fuck Tarsem, right there” You pleaded, feeling like you could be like this forever. He continued the desired assault sticking his tongue deep inside you every so often. Your moans became chants of his name eyes clenched shut with your mouth falling ajar.

His large hand moved down to your clit rubbing perfect circles, so perfect. His skilled tongue along with his hands pushed you over the edge, sending warm white liquid gushing out of you and straight into his mouth.

“Tarsem, tarsem im-“ You tried to warn but he already knew, “hm” he moaned only increasing the pleasure you felt. He pushed his face harder against you, not wanting to miss a single drop of your cum.

As your high came to an end you pushed his head away even though he tried to continue, it was too sensitive he knew that but he loved to tease. “You’ve gotten better.” You congratulated, voice low. “it’s enjoyable especially when i have you.” Again his cringe words created another crinkle on your brain but your face smiled before leaning in for a kiss. You tasted your self on his tongue before pulling away and swiping your leftover that sat on his chin.

“Don’t forget later, the elders festival.” He reminded you. The elders always held a festival every time the planets aligned above them, but after the younger navi would throw their own party.

“Ugh i haven’t forgotten i just didn’t want to go.” You admitted before standing up to grab a cloth and water to wipe yourself down and put on a new loincloth.

“You’re going, you’re going with me you’ll have fun.” He exclaimed clearly pussy drunk staring up and the ceiling as he spoke, his words only clear to himself.

As night fell you got ready for the festival, stopping by your family’s hut to collect a new top your mom had made you. Once you had arrived to the festival you were greeted by many of the elders who adored you. Of course you had ran into your Olo’eyktan, Jake.”

“Olo’eyktan! Kaltxì (hi)” showing your respects you greeted him. “Hey kid.” He smiled rubbing his large hand over your head.

After sharing a few words your attention was drawn away to your boyfriend who found you.

“Y/N.” He said your name over the loud chants and music that played. You smiled at him allowing his lips to find your forehead

“Do you want something to drink?” He offered,

“Yes but it’s fi-“ “I’ll get you something!” Before you could utter another word he was already off getting you one. You sighed turning around to find somewhere to sit. Your eyes landed on the large log that sat near the back of the open area infront of the large trees.

Lo’ak, Neteyam and Kiri occupied it drinking something that was clearly not water out of a water jug. You smiled in relief and walked up to them.

“Y/N!” Kiri shrieked as she jumped up from the log into your arms. “Hi.” you laughed as you embraced her. “Glad you could make it Y/N.” Neteyam smiled, being as charming as always. “I’m not.” You responded earning a small chuckle from him.

Once Kiri had sat back down you took a seat next to Lo’ak at the end of the log, who seemed to drinking out of the jug more than his siblings who were now lost in their own conversation. You nudged his shoulder suggesting he should pass the jug. You take a small sip, not being the biggest fan of the elder’s alcohol but enjoying the little bitter kick it has. “Gonna ditch me for your little boyfriend again?” He hummed taking the drink from your hands. “Really Lo’ak are you upset over that?” you huffed cocking your head at him. “No.” He was upset.

“You upset eachother, i don’t want that.” You tried to explain. He didn’t say anything but took another swig at the concoction. His silence was a loud enough message for you as you took your leave, standing up from the log. “Kehe (no) Y/N stop.” You turned to look at him confused, once your eyes met his you’d seen the state they were in. He was teetering the edge of intoxication. You chuckled seeing neteyam turn to his brother and immediately snatch the jug from his hands. “Do you want water?” You asked him more directed at his elder, more sober brother. “I think i’m, i’m good.” He yawned as he stood up from the log stretching, his voice strained from his body position.

He trailed after you over to the drink section as you picked up a bowl of water and passed it to him ignoring his previous rejection of the drink. You looked around looking for Tarsem. Noticing your distracted manner he placed the bowl down. “Who is it?”

“Tarsem, he said he was getting me a drink- What?” You questioned smile on your face. He rolled his eyes at the mentioning of your boyfriend. “you’re always talking about your boyfriend.” He huffed eyes fixated on your beautiful face that had glowing freckles that moved in the different directions your head did, searching for Tarsem.

“Let’s leave.” The blatant suggestion threw you off, “What?” you knew Lo’ak wasn’t one to do what he was supposed to but his father was the holder of the festival if he left not only would neteyam come looking for him but so could Jake.

“How much did you drink?” You joked still looking around.” “Let’s leave.” he repeated firmer but voice much lower than before. You were surprised you even heard him. Your head faced him, his eyes flickered as the flames of the bon fire danced in them. Without saying another word, you obeyed his command slowly slipping out of the view of everyone and into the heavy foliage of the forest. The natural bioluminescence being the only source of light.

“Why are we here Lo?” you asked once you both had made it deep enough into the forest where the activities of the festival became faint background noise. You made your way into your favourite clearing that faced the large lake and sat, dipping your legs in the water. He sat next to you copying your movements, thighs brushing. You didn’t move, he was your best friend, this was normal. “I just missed hanging with you.” he lied, “Lo’ak. I saw you today.” you reminded.

“Before you kicked me out to fuck your boyfriend.”

“Oh skxawng (moron) you’ve fucked nearly if not ever girl our age in the clan.” You threw back at him.

“Would you prefer it if it was you instead?” Your head snapped to look at him, he was dead serious.

“I didn’t kick you out.” You mustered ignoring his question, Lo’ak had always low-key flirted with you, but that was his personality, Yes he was beautiful to look at, but so was neteyam, so was Tarsem.

“Would you prefer. If it was you?” he asked again this time, face closer than before. His warm breath fanned over your lips urging you to lean forward and close the gap. “Lo’ak.” you spoke barely moving your lips before he moved his. “I would prefer it, if it was you.”

Your eyes widened the smallest amount as they traced his features for any signs of ingenuity, but there was none to be found. Your soft lips parted taking in a small breath, your faces closer than ever. Lo’aks heart raced unsure if you were going to reciprocate his actions or end your friendship right then and there, as if Eywa had heard his worries your head slowly inched towards his, closing the gap.

His head fell into yours making you lean back and hold his shoulders in order to prevent yourself from leaning to far back. His large calloused hands roamed your arm that held him until he reached your head, deepening the kiss even more. His warm tongue laid flat against yours before swirling creating intricate movements that slowly drenched your loincloth.

Your mind fell limp as the only thing you wanted was more, more of this, more of him. You pulled away your head looking up to catch your breath as he continued all over your neck. “Lo”

You tried to gently push his head away, but he remained firm planting his wet tongue on the rest of your skin. His lips latched on the sensitive spot right behind your jaw causing a small breathy moan to stumble out of you. You felt his lips curl into a smile and his canines graze against you, making another moan come out of you.

By this point you were laid flat on your back with Lo’ak on top of you, arms sturdy by your sides caging you in his embrace. His knee knelt on the ground, allowing him to rest on you without pressing his entire weight into you, slowly pushing his hard buldge against you, rocking back and forth.

Your eyes scrunched pleasantly as the friction he was giving turned your pleasure into full blown desire for him and everything he was willing to give.

“Lo’” “Lo’ak” you moaned, struggling to resist against him. He hummed pulling his lips away from you staring down at the slighter bluer spot on your neck. His relaxed eyes that held lustful thoughts behind them puzzled your mind. He saw the glint of uncertainty you had and wanted nothing more than to reassure you.

“I’ll take care of you Y/N, i’m right here.” He whispered, voice still as desperate as ever.

“What if someone finds us. hm.” You questioned, struggling to keep your composure as he continued rubbing himself against you.

“Don’t worry Y/N, no one’s around.” The words fell off his tongue like honey, and you were a bee.

Immediately your lips re-latched to one another manoeuvring in a frenzy, if possible, more desperate for eachother. Before you realised it your loincloth was beside you and your best friends head was buried between your thighs, humming in pleasure at the warmth and sweetness of your pussy,

“Fuck Lo’ak.” Unable to control your moans your covered your mouth with your hand in hopes that it would silence you but it was no use. He flicked his tongue in you and around your clit, sucking on the nub. Your moaning changed pitch indicating you were on the verge of coming so he stopped, his loin cloth already off and dick slapping his lower stomach as he rose over you lifting your right leg up.

Looking into your eyes for permission which you immediately gave he aligned himself with your entrance before slowly plunging himself inside of you. You both lightly gasped at the feeling, your warm walls hugging and taking care of every vein that trickled around him. “Fuck Y/N” He whined, sounding more needy than intended. “mh hm.” You moaned understanding how good it felt.

Once he was in you fully he remained there, still afraid to move incase he came as soon as he did. He wanted this to last forever. Your hands went up into his hair pulling his head down into yours, kissing him slower and more passionate, relishing in the feeling of him deep inside you, his hot chest against yours. He slowly moved his hips back before pushing back into you again his breath ragged and heavy. Your faces became inches apart foreheads still touching, keeping eye contact as he pulled out again further this time before thrusting into you with care.

Your mouth fell agape, unable to get used to the pleasurable stretch that he provided, “Oh Lo’ak.” You moaned again, eyes still on his, “mh hm.” he responded, he felt as if he was slowly losing control with the way his name rolled of your sweet tongue. His hips rolled into yours again hitting your G-spot perfectly. “Oh fuck Lo’ right there.” You gasped.

The words of encouragement, spurred him on, urging him to come inside you but he was determined to have you finish first. He lifted your leg up to rest it upon his shoulder, allowing him to be deeper inside you.

“Shit Y/N, you’re so fucking- ah” His words were interrupted as you unintentionally clenched around him. “Don’t- don’t do that.” he pleaded, unsure if he’d be able to compose himself if you did. You pulled his head down again continuously kissing him wanting him to come as he kissed you, wanting to please him and make him feel something he’s never felt before.

However his intentions lied with you coming around his including the most intense orgasm you’ve ever experienced. His hips became tougher, snapping into yours creating smacking noises that you were sure anyone could hear from 4 trees away.

Your mouth fell open as you felt the knot in your stomach unwinding. “Fuck Lo’ak i’m gonna-“ He interrupted you “I know baby, i know.” You tried to hold it and wait for him but your body ignored your brain as you lost your breath, coming all around his shaft leaving a thick white ring around him.

He continued his pounding, looking down the sticky substance pooling between the two of you, he rubbed on your clit continuing your pleasure, your body going limp as your senses became fuzzed in satisfaction. He felt himself getting closer, eyes switching between your bouncing breast and heavy eyes. “Fuck stay awake for me Y/N” he moaned, feeling himself get even closer to his climax.

Your fought the urge to pass out and looked up at him. “Lo’ak please, please come inside me.” You begged voice needy and pathetic. “hm is that what you want.” he responded, breathing heavy and hot. You nodded feverishly, he felt the string in his abdomen snap, he leaned down to kiss your lips once again as he shot his come deep inside your pussy. He continued grinding his hips against you burying his come deeper into you as he wanted to plant it into your womb himself. His head fell to your neck, inhaling your scent, nuzzling his head in the crook. Your ran your hands up and down his back not noticing the many small scratches you had created.

Slowly he lifted his head to look at you and his lips parted.

Before he could say anything you heard Lo’aks name being called out by another voice.

“Bro?”

“Shit.” He muttered as he tried his best to cover your body as he was still inside you.

It was neteyam.

“I knew it.” He huffed and smirked as he walked away blabbering to himself about how he knew.

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Part 13.

Warnings: self gratification (male)

"Of course this is your home! Please we insist." Jake urged on. He was close with your parents and you trusted them, so you slowly nodded your head earning a "yess" from someone who was not your little brothers but your best friend.

"Okay but that still means no trouble Lo'ak, you're still grounded." You and kiri chuckled at his defeated face and continued to hold a conversation amongst yourselves before helping Neytiri clear everything away.

You tried avoiding Neteyam, you did it for most of your life but now it felt as if he was calling your name without even moving his lips. Your head wanting to turn in his direction and listen to him talking with his father or mother or even his siblings.

What was going on. "Y/N you can share a hammock with Kiri and the boys can share with Tuktuk?" Neytiri asked you adjusting the boys who were already in the shared sleeping space. "Irayo Neytiri." (Thank you) you smiled before laying down next to your best friend.

You turned to face upward before bursting into laughter. "Ki You have Lo'ak sleeping above you?"

"It is not funny Y/N it's quite actually sucks."

"Keftxo!" (How sad!) You continued laughing tears now brimming your eye line.

"Hey it's not funny!" Lo'ak said from

above causing your laughter to increase and the smile on Kiris face to widen. Your warm laughing caught the attention of Neteyam who was unsure if he could sleep with you above him. Your hair falling over the side of the hammock, a stretch away from his fingertips. Taking a deep breath he pushed passed the flap giving a "Good night everyone." and falling into his own hammock. You didn't respond like everyone else, unsure if the words were even directed to you.

Blowing out the few candles that had been brought from the lab to light up the hut, Jake finally slipped into his hammock kissing Neytiri on her head and holding her in his embrace tightly. Turning on your side in the dark room, fatigue swarmed your body finally capturing you.

But not long after your eyes had closed they opened again to the sound of voices, hushed voices, the voices of Neytiri Jake and Mo'at from behind the flap that separated you. You tried to lure yourself back to sleep but curiosity like it did the cat, got the best of you. You slowly jumped down from the hammock, landing on your toes to quiet the landing as much as possible. Creeping up the flap pushing your ear flat against it trying your best to hear what they were talking about.

"I am telling you as your Tsahìk, she has dreamt about it." Mo'at said trying to not raise her voice above appropriate level.

Your eyes widened, your dream. With how busy you were all day you had forgotten you even had it.

And Mo'at knew about it?

"Without her parents a decision cannot be made Mo'at!" Jake chimed in clearly frustrated.

A decision? About what?

"Ma jake! How long must we make them wait!" Neytiri chimed in, taking her mothers side.

"Do you not see how they look at eachother." He asked, Silence falling upon them and your breath halting. "Exactly. They barely look at eachother. If they are-"

Your eavesdropping was stopped by a swift hand covering your mouth and pulling you away from the flap. "Eavesdropping is quite rude you know." The voice whispered in your ear. The immediate recognition of the voice caused you to tense and try remove yourself from his grasp.

Neteyam was a light sleeper, practically sleeping with one eye open all the time. So it was easy for him to wake up once he heard the soft patter of your feet against the ground. Not even Lo'aks loud snoring

could distract him. He watched as your tail swayed in anticipation, listening to a conversation that was not for your ears.

Once he was sure you wouldn't be too loud he let go of your mouth allowing you to stand straight in front of him. "What is wrong with you." You wanted to yell at him but due to your circumstances you could only whisper. "I am not the one secretly listening to my parents conversations, which brings me to ask, why are you doing so?" He replied bluntly. He was right. But he didn't have to know that.

"What i do is none of your concern Neteyam." You huffed trying to push past him. "Yes it is." He stopped you. You looked up at him, capturing the way the moon casted slivers of light into the hammock, highlighting the yellow specks of his eyes. "It is your concern because of what?" Because he fingered you and you liked it? "Because-" because you were his destined mate and you were his responsibility. "You are in my home, with my siblings and my parents, I cant have you ruining everything." You gritted.

You huffed in disbelief, "you'll ruin everything." you. You? This was all his fault not yours, he came to you not the other way round and now you were ruining things?

"After committing the acts you did, do you seriously believe you can talk to me like that?" You asked showing the same amount of attitude he did. "What? The acts that had you repeating my name over and over again. The act that you clearly enjoyed." Fuck he was right again. You didn't notice the distance between your faces lessening as he came closer. Turning your head to the side you took a breath allowing him to place an unexpected small kiss on the side of your neck.

Your head snapped back before pushing him

back. He saved the two of you, balancing himself creating little to no noise. "Tell me you did not like it." He bullied stepping closer to you again. "Tell me you do not want me to do it again." He whispered now back in the same close vicinity as he was once before. You thought you were stronger than this. Trying to remind yourself of what you had just heard before. Mo'at knew about your dream, they knew you had a chosen mate it was soon to become public, you should push him away. "Neteyam." You breathed out hoping he would step back, making thinking easier for you. "Yes sevin (pretty)." He muttered.

Feeling your heart tug you towards him, your lips fell together in a silent messy hug they longed for. His hands wrapped around your waist pulling you into him as one of your arms rested around his neck and the other on top of his arm that was snug around you, to stop him incase he tried anything further.

Your ears perked at the sound of movement, recognising the heavy footsteps as Jakes. "Hm" you moaned out in the kiss signalling for him to stop. You pulled away not sparing another glance at the boy, wiping your bottom lip which was covered in his saliva and hoping onto the hammock that kiri was still sleeping on.

He smirked to himself, turning around and also going into his hammock just before his parents entered. Closing your eyes once more you noticed the irregular breathing pattern kiri accumulated, you mentally cursed your self, annoyed at not being more careful with getting into the hammock incase you woke her up and for kissing Neteyam again. You owed your future mate a spirit tree full of apologies.

The blazing sun rising above the life of Pandora did not bring you out of slumber but the laughter of Tuk and your brother did. "Seriously!?" The middle sully complained getting up from his hammock, water dripping from his head. "Bro what the- Tuk!" "Y/N wake up!" He shook you awake, leaving a wet print on your arm. "Hmm what is it Lo'?" You asked slowly coming to. "Lorno and Tuk!" Neytiri called out snatching the wooden bowl held in her daughters hand. "I was looking for this!" She complained before meeting your eyes.

Her scowl quickly turning into a small smile. "Rewon eveng, (morning child) how did you sleep?"

"Rewon, (morning) i slept okay." You smiled. "Ma i'm wet." Lo'ak complained now turning to face his mom. "Good you must go to the river later to wash up anyway." She joked wiping a droplet of water hanging onto his brow.

You chuckled looking down at the two young children who were now half way outside the hut. You noticed Sezan was not there, he was not anywhere in the tent. You sat up feeling the hammock to be more spacious. Kiri wasn't there. "Where is Sez?" you asked the still wet boy now jumping down from the hammock. Your eyes moved to the hammock that would be beneath you, Neteyam wasn't in there either. "Kiri went out to pick more herbs for Grandmothers healing paste, and Dad went hunting with Neteyam and Sezan." He explained before shaking his wet head in your face.

You scrunched your face pushing his head away from you in annoyance. "Why wasn't i awaken to go?" You asked even more annoyed. "You were sleeping." The plain response caused you to roll your eyes. "Hey i wasn't woken to go." He tried to make you feel better. It did not. "I can see Lo'ak."

"Y/N, do not stress about it, Jake said he wanted you to get some rest before your training today." Neytiri chimed placing two bowls of yovo on the mat. You walked your way over thanking her before sitting down. Lo'ak sat in front of you and you both ate talking about silly things.

"When will you try for your Iknimaya again?" You asked. You had passed your first time when you were 16, you would've originally completed it at 15 but you didn't feel ready after Tl'ezans death. That was one thing Neteyam felt better than you with. He completed his Ikniyama first time too. At 15.

"It's not my fault i have completed it, the Banshees just don't like me."

You cocked your head to the side. "None of them like anyone, until you tame one." You explained shoving a piece of yovo in your mouth.

"Maybe if you helped me like a good friend would maybe I would've completed it by now."

"A good friend?" You laughed overlapping his words

"Yes a good friend." He chuckled before dodging a piece of yovo you'd thrown at him.

Your laughing came to an end with a high pitched sigh as Tuk and Lorno came running back into the hut with Jake, Kiri, Sezan and Neteyam behind them.

"Ah Morning Y/N, you okay Lo'ak?" Jake asked rubbing his sons head as he walked past to kiss neytiri. "Rewon Olo'eyktan." You responded, standing up from your spot with your empty bowl of yovo. A sudden warm figure engulfed yours, "Kiri! Hello are you okay?" You asked eyes wide at the sudden contact.

"Yes i just missed you, because we are best friends, who tell each other everything." She squeezed out, continuing her assault on your body. "Yes of course okay!" Confused you pried her arms off your torso sending a confused smile in her direction.

"You're such a weirdo Kiri." Lo'ak was always the first to call his sister a weirdo no matter what the circumstance was.

"Oh and your one to talk?" She fired back causing a snicker to fall out of you and jake to halt the insults before they escalated.

"Hey! Not today." He called out silencing the two of them. Lo'ak rolled his eyes "You hear me?" He asked directly at the boy. "Lima charlie." The boy huffed.

"And i'm gonna need you to get ready, Training is in a bit." You face scrunched in confusion but you didn't ask any further questions. You were excited you hadn't trained in what felt like forever. Last time you did, you beat Rälek. And so did Neteyam.

He however stood next to his mother focused on whatever his mom was talking about to him. A quick tug on your fingers made you look down to see Sezan who picked out a bag of a different seeds from the forest. "Wow Sez, can i?" you asked before pulling out two seeds and throwing them into your mouth. They were honestly delicious. "You should be my seed personal picker." You joked ruffling his braids that you noticed you'd have to redo soon.

Your attention dragged back to where it was before. The warm smile that hugged neteyams face angered you. He wouldn't even look at you, acknowledge you but at times when no one was looking he'd jumble your head. He leaned against the wall of the hut arms crossed infront of him talking to Neytiri who's back was turned to you sharpening another one of her tools.

"Fall in!" Jake called out making his smiley conversation come to an end. You Lo'ak and Neteyam all walked to stand infront him. "I've already told Neteyam but i think it is time that he joins training again, with the rest of us."

"Yes Bro that's sick!" Lo'ak smiled fist bumping his brother. Your face however remained blank, complete opposite of your tail which was no swaying low and fast. Aware of the sudden tension Jake awkwardly smiled placing a hand on his eldests shoulder. "It feels good to have you back."

"It feels good to be back sir."

"It feels good to be back sir." You mocked, in your head of course. You all walked out of the hut leaving Neytiri, with the children and Kiri, who for some odd reason kept giving you squinting smiles. Once you had arrived at the grounds, there were already training warriors there. Many greeted their olo'eyktan before continuing talking and preparing.

Putting his fingers in his mouth and blowing a cool sound came out and everyone stood in front of Jake. "Rewon Tsamsiyu, (morning warriors) Neteyam will be joining us again today and the days coming forth, do not go easy on him." He joked patting his son on the back. You wouldn't go easy on him anyway. Other Na'vi cheered and clapped for him, they missed him.

Jake explained the session to everyone and began placing people into pairs. The aim of the day was teamwork, teamfuckingwork as Norm would call it.

Being put into your pair you would be sent off into the forest having to search for hiders or hide from seekers. Jake called it 'Hide and Seek' which made sense for the rules of the game. The two should work together to find the hiders like they would do to find the enemy and the hiders should make themselves invisible to the seekers like the should the enemy. It was quite simple considering the use of the two different colour feathers to differentiate between the hiders and seekers.

He began putting people into their pairs as you wandered off near Lo'ak.

"Kargyu you can be with Lo'ak."

Jake called out pointing at the boy next to you, without a second glance he walked over to his partner fist bumping him. You would've preferred to work with your best friend but the other warriors didn't seem bad at all. The ones who weren't interested in mating with you. However as Jake continued so assign pairs your name still was not called out, until it was.

"Y/N and... Neteyam." He paused. A twinge of regret washed his face, unsure if you would lash out at the pairing. Instead a silent anger played around you, tail suspended in the air.

Neteyam knew his father would pair the two of you together. They spoke about it on their morning hunt. He had already braced himself for the potential lone wolf act you 'loved' to put on. "No complaints? Great!" He cheered jokingly

Lo'aks face twisted in sorrow for the both of you, he knew your team would most likely come back with the most feathers but not together.

"Hiders you will have the blue feathers, seekers the yellow." You all stood before the Olo'eyktan as he handed out the different colours. Blue, yellow, yellow, yellow, blue, blue, yellow, blue. You secretly prayed you would get a yellow so you could hide from neteyam also but just as luck hadn't been on your side that morning she continued to oppose you. "Blue." Jake said quickly moving onto the next pair.

You looked at the two feathers he had handed you placing one in your hair and throwing the other in the air allowing it to fall softly for your partner to catch it. He chuckled at your clear annoyance before also placing the feather in his hair.

Once everything was distributed you took a quick glance at your best friend who adorned a yellow feather in his hair. You shrugged your shoulders at him smiling evilly, he sighed hoping you wouldn't catch him first. Jake allowed the hiders to go first before letting the seekers follow after.

Neteyam immediately ran into the forest where he had taken note the hiding warriors ran into. Looking back to see a distracted Jake you ran to the other side of the forest, hoping to get away from the boy as much as possible.

"Okay we'll stay in the same v-" Turning around Neteyam realised he was alone, of course you wanted to do this alone. His father specifically said teamwork, you never listen. If you were gonna do it yourself then so was he.

He ventured deeper into the forest, his steps getting quieter and more strategic. Ears perked high at the sound of a crunching leaf, he paused holding his breath waiting for another sound. And there it was, he moved out from behind his hiding place seeing a pair with yellow feathers trying to run away. "Found you." He smiled, loving how easy this would be for me but sorry for the people who had been caught so easily. They removed their feathers and handed them to him making their way back to Jake.

After you had ran away from Neteyam you strolled in the forest knowing you'd probably find some na'vi who were waiting to be caught anyway. Walking towards a large tree trunk you heard shuffling, mixed with wet pop sounds, no there was stifled moaning. You quickly jogged to where the source of the noise was and found a male warrior sat up against the tree trunk with a female warrior on top of him.

"oh" you muttered automatically looking away. "found you." sighing awkwardly you grabbed the feathers they had pulled out of their hair and left them, not sparing another glance.

As the day continued on you kept finding yellow feathers and sending people back to Jake. You had counted 6 pairs you had sent back meaning you had 12 feathers all together. The other hiders must've been doing decent findings. Recognising a familiar blue hand slumped out the top of a tree trunk you decided to climb up and see if you could collect another pair of yellow feathers.

Slowly you made your way over to the bottom of the tree trunk and placed a foot on a branch that stood out for leverage.

Neteyam had collected 12 feathers also, annoyed that he couldn't find any more he began to wander hoping someone would fall in his path. It was his first session back and he wanted to prove to his father that he was capable, but if he couldn't find anyone then he wouldn't be doing so. The thoughts ran rampant in his head until his nose caught your troubling scent, mixed with sweat and adrenaline. He could smell it all in the air, placing the feathers in his pouch he followed the scent, allowing the intensity of it to cause him to stumble slightly.

Without claiming your mate their scent makes you act irrationally, like a smell that fuzzes your brain, making you lose focus. When claimed the scent is a trail, a thing to help you focus, help you relax or feel safe. He was not relaxed. He followed and followed until his eyes fell upon your tall blue frame that appeared to be studying the large tree trunk in front of you.

Before you could act you felt a large hand pull you back from your wrists. You hissed turning to see neteyam, both of your heads whipping upwards to see two yellow feathered na'vi jumping from the tree and sprinting away. "Do you see what you did!" tugging your arm away from him you ran a hand through your braids. "If you stayed with me i wouldn't have had to creep up on you."

"Why would I stay with you? You are irrational and always want to lead everything. Your father said teamwork."

"Contradicting yourself a bit there don't you think?"

"Hilarious Neteyam." You fake smiled.

A silence slithered it's way between you allowing the tension to brew.  "I have gotten 12-"

"So have I." Your blunt response caused the tall boy to chuckle turning his head to the side. He felt his loincloth grow slightly tighter at your presence and attitude, fuck.

"Why are you so hard to work with?" He sighed stepping closer to you.

"Me? I am hard to work with? No, you are the hard one." Pointing two fingers into his chest.

"You know me so well sevin?" (pretty) He smiled grabbing a hold of your fingers against his skin. The realisation of his answer to what you said made a warm tingle lace your stomach, No you shouldn't feel like this. Yanking your hand away from him, "You are such a skxawng you know th-"

"You like it." "Tell me you don't like me."

"Neteyam sto-"

"You stop pretending you hate me, under your little façade tell me you don't feel anything for me."

Not once did you ease on the intense eye contact you had however you felt your heart fumble and skip over a few beats. You did feel something for him, Hate. So if you did as he told you, you'd be lying.

"I have a mate, i cannot feel anything for you."

Just as yours had done the boys heart jumped, 'cannot' it is not that you didn't feel anything for him, it was that you could not, you would not allow yourself too, he knew he would change that.

Your own words dawned on you, seeing the smirk on his face slightly widen. "I don't think your mate would appreciate you becoming so desperate around me." You threw back hopefully to remove all the intensity upon you.

"Desperate is an outstretch. You begged me for more once, don't you remember that?" He mocked.

"And you told you me I didn't know how long you wanted to touch me. So yes, desperate indeed."

The space left between your bodies became nothing but a slither on air, how did you always end up in this position? Your back scratched up against the bark of the tree you once tried to climb, maintaining eye contact with the warrior.

You watched as his eyes switched between focusing on your eyes and lips. His head slightly lowered, angling his head to the side with his mouth agape. Your mouth followed his also being ajar. He was not your supposed mate but nothing about kissing him felt wrong. Every single time, it felt okay, it felt right.

You inched your head forward to close the gap in between the two to you, wanting to feel the warmth of his lips yet again.

With the speed of a slinth ( Pandoran creature) Neteyams head moved back, away from your lips allowing cold air to replace the warmth that you felt radiating off him. Instinctively your head chased his, back peeling off the bark of the tree. Standing tall he stared down at you, eyes going from their usual cool yellow to a molten gold, you stared back up at him confused.

"Desperate indeed." He repeated your words mocking you again. Before you could answer back the snapping of a twig some distance away grab both of your attentions. Sliding out through from the entrapment of the tree and Neteyams muscular body you walked away from him leaving him to trail behind you. He knew he had messed with your head in one way or another.

You followed the directions of the sound, remaining as silent as possible. The sound of muffled voices confirmed your suspicions of hiding warriors.

With Neteyam following right behind you, he also took notice of the noises and the different directions your ears pointed in whenever you thought you heard something.

Of course it was Lo'ak and Kargyu, not suprised they had lasted this long, you turned behind you to see Neteyam had already disappeared behind a thick layer of foliage. The two boys stood in the middle of a clearing. surrounded by the greenery that you and Neteyam took to use hiding in. Taking long strides you slowly revealed yourself knowing you had them trapped.

"Oh shit." Your best friend muttered tapping Kargyu on the shoulder alerting him. As they both attempted to run in the other direction, standing up tall appeared Neteyam. His arms crossed strongly against his chest, muscles protruding in the most sexiest way possible. His head cocked to the side, sending a few braids swinging in that direction. The two young boys halted in their tracks understanding that there was no way out and they had been caught. "You're good." Kargyu complimented walking over to you and handing you his feather.

You smiled at his compliment and continuous respect even though he was going through defeat.

If it was even possible you could nearly see the steam bubbling out of the boys ears and how jealousy lit like a splint inside of him. Rubbing your hand up and down his arm you thanked the boy, making him shy.

Lo'ak handed his feather over to his brother, who finally turned his gaze away from you. "Kargyu come on!" Lo'ak yelled at the boy annoyed at him flirting with his best friend. Once again the two of you were left in the clearing alone.

"I cant believe we lasted that long!" Kargyu cheered at his partner. Lo'ak agreed thinking they'd be caught by you in the first few minutes or so, but slight confusion held him, you two had found him together. Had you worked together the entire time? He decided to hold his questions until he could talk to you alone later.

Placing the boys feather in your pouch you followed in the direction they had just walked in not wanting to stay alone with Neteyam anymore.

Once you had made it out of the filled forest and into where everyone who had been caught gathered you noticed all the other seekers had already returned. "How long were you out there for?" You questioned yourself.

"Finally Y/N and Neteyam you have returned." Jake announced making everyone look at you. Your Olo'eyktans eyes lingered on you for longer than usual looking for any hints of irritation, you did well at hiding that from everyone.

"How many have you collected?" He asked already having counted everyone elses. "Räleks pair has 8 which is the highest so far." Your face relaxed knowing he hadn't beaten you but neteyams jaw clenched in disgust.

"14." You both said in unison taking a deep breath you pushed your tongue to front of your mouth. He didn't collect 14, you did. You heard Lo'ak and Kargyu first therefore you found them not him. Yes he had one of the feathers but it was still your find.

In a sudden surge of confidence the boy walked up from behind you ears blasting with all the cheers and congratulations for the two of you, placing a hand on your shoulder. "Yes Sir we make such a great team." He smiled cheekily, squeezing the bone, Your body stiffened, mind bamboozled at his unwanted PDA Not wanting to disappoint or embarrass your Olo'eyktan you kept composure forcing a smile before discreetly pushing the boy off you.

"Okay everyone take a break we'll back in the afternoon." Jake informed all of you. You swiftly turned on your heels walking back to the village, Lo'ak quickly found your disappearing body and jogged after you. "Y/N pey (wait)"

"You did so good Lo." You congratulated keeping your pace. "So did you, though i am surprised i made it that long." He chuckled.

"You're one of the best, i'm not surprised." You backed, he always felt as though he wasn't good enough living under his brothers shadow but you never failed to remind him how good he actually was.

He paused, clearly thinking about what to say next, you looked at him eyes slightly squinted. "What is it?" You could tell when the boy had something on his mind.

"When my dad said teamwork i had high doubts that i'd be caught by the two of you together. Separately maybe but together?"

"Lo-"

"Thank you, it would be nice if you guys could push the past in the past and be friends you know?"

His sudden appreciation made your stomach twist.

"Yeah, I don't see why not." You lied pulling your kuru forward and playing with it. He smiled warmly at you offering to race you back to his family hut, of course you agreed.

After you had disappeared from the crowd Neteyam looked around for his father, however his eyes travelled to Rälek who was already walking towards him. "What is it?" He spat eyeing the boys swollen eye that was now coming down. He was never this cold to anyone in the clan but Rälek struck one to many nerves.

"I just wanted to apologise and congratulate you." Neteyam felt sick, he wanted him congratulate and apologise to him but not to you, not to the person he disrespected. "I decline." The tall boy said stepping back from him. "If i ever see you near her again I will do much worse than last time, you understand?" He questioned, voice low and rumbling with anger. Before Rälek could respond Jake came over placing a large hand over Neteyams shoulder. "Well done boys!" He smiled sending glances between the two boys. Neteyam lessened his scowl replacing it with a false smile. His palms creating a loud clap connecting with Räleks shoulder, squeezing it painfully.

"I was just reminding Rälek of what to do and what not to do next time." He smiled continuing to squeeze the boys shoulders.

He clenched his teeth in pain holding a closed mouthed smile. "Yes, yes he was Olo'eyktan. thank you Neteyam." He rushed out stepping away from the boys grasp.

"Oh well thank you Neteyam, that's kind of you." Jake chuckled still holding onto his sons shoulders. "Well get home safe Rälek. Come on son." He huffed.

As the two of them walked Jake looked at his son who bared a contented smile, the burning question sat at the base of his throat. "Did you really work together with Y/N?"

However he felt as though his questioning may push away the new found friendship between the two of you and decided against asking, remaining happy in his idea that the two of you settled whatever it was and could be exposed to the plans of your mateship soon.

Not long after you arrived in the family hut greeted by Neytiri, Tuk and your brothers, your best friend kiri snatched you away pulling you into the healing tent.

"Woah ki what is it!" You chuckled as she pulled you down to ground to sit with her. "Nothing! nothing with me. What about you, i missed you." She rushed out, eyes as wide as ever. You laughed at her weirdness, remembering why you were friends with her. "How did training go?" A genuine smile now appearing on her face.

Your eyes raised, lips parting for a split second allowing your brain to come up with a quick answer. "It was good." Almost as if you could feel it, a warm breeze spread over your lips reminding you of what you shouldn't have done.

"Good in what way?" Kiri pried.

"Kiri. It was good because i collected the most feathers." You laughed hoping you could rid your face of the guilt you were sure it had.

Her face bundled up in confusion and frustration.

"Y/N! Just tel-" Her voice lowered to a significant whisper only you could hear.

"Just tell me you kissed neteyam yesterday."

Your eyes widened, fuck of course she knew you were so loud getting on and off her hammock she had to have woken up. "Ki.." You started yet you had no idea how you would finish, your mouth remaining ajar not being able to come up with the swift lie like you usually would.

Her thin lipped expression worried you, no one would be pleased to find out their best friend had kissed their brother without their knowledge.

"Y/N."

"Kiri I'm sorr-"

"Finally." She huffed, almost in a way of relief. Your eyes widened. "I could feel the sexual frustration radiating off the two of you and it was so nauseating I thought I would die." She chuckled placing a hand on your lap.

"No Kiri I-I shouldn't have." You muttered looking down at her hand, "I am to be mated to someone else, I do not know who."

Her eyebrows twitched, blinking rapidly, "Oh." "Oh Y/N I am so sorry." Pulling you into an undeserving embrace her hair fell on your shoulders. "For what? I do this to myself." You confessed.

"This isn't the first time?" She asked voice higher in eagerness. You mentally cursed yourself,

"Other things happened, but just twice."

"Oh Y/N, you've really gotten yourself into it." She cringe. "It wasn't me, It was him but It was kind of me because I allowed it but that skxawng (moron) initiated it." You breathed out, hoping your best friend would see your side.

"And he dared to put his hand on me today, in front of all the warriors. In front of your father!"

The realisation dawned on you, eyes widening. "Eywa I pray Olo'eyktan has not received the wrong idea."

"Of what? that you have made amends with my brother?" "Maybe more than that if you ask me." She teased.

"Kiri, Stop it! It won't happen again. He is future Olo'eyktan and I have reputation to uphold, I won't risk it."

Your best friend sighed leaning back on her forearms legs stretched out in front of her. An unfazed smirk sat on her lips, displaying her lack of trust in your sentence. "What." You asked more a statement than a question. "What Ki? Tell me." You sighed running your hand down the ends of your braids which had gotten longer.

"It's the perfect love story." The words flew out of her mouth so quickly you almost missed them, but you didn't. As if on instincts you grabbed a feather filled sack with acted as a pillow and threw it at the girl. "Whaaaat? Have you never read those books in the lab?" She asked now laughing full on at your dramatic reaction. "It is not a love story." You stated tail now stiff in the air behind you.

"Forbidden Love, peasant girl falls in love with prince blah blah she becomes a princess and they fall in love." It was clear Spiders influence had taken a toll on her.

"Kiri that is absurd! You-"

"I am just saying Y/N if your parents are forcing an arrangement for you, you should have fun before-"

"KIRI KIRI!" The tiny voice of Tuk yelled as she ran into the healing tent away from Lorno who chased her in attempts to grab her tail. She ran into her sisters arms collapsing in exhaustion with giggles still coming from her.

"Hello sister." Your younger brother smiled, attempting to be as charming as possible and hide his intentions. Before anymore words could be said by the two of you Tuk got up and began running again leaving Lorno chasing her.

You both laughed at the childish interaction, calming down with a small sigh. "What is a peasant?" You asked, causing your best friends laughter to become even louder.

As Jake and Neteyam neared the hut, Jake noticed his sons aimless nodding at whatever he was saying, clear that he was not paying attention. "Neteyam."

"Hm." He responded keeping his eyes plastered on the ground. "Neteyam." Jake said louder, more firm to grab the attention of his son. "Yes sir." Finally looking up at his dad. "What's with you? You just had a great first session." He asked hoping his son was still the best and suitable for training and missions.

He couldn't lie to his dad, he would see right through it, so instead he came up with a half truth. Something he did sometimes when he did not have the heart or confidence to say the full truth.

"I am just thinking about alot of things. Sorry sir" He apologised sighing, Jake refused to pry any further.

"Well just clear your mind, nothing should distract you from getting better, alright? Go take a walk I'll let your mom know you'll be back later."

Without a second thought the boy nodded at his father, walking away in the opposite direction. After treading the forest he found his feet carrying him to the river where he had found you swimming in the lake with his sister weeks ago.

The memory of the two of standing face to face resurfaced, your attitude that had an effect on him then had the same effect on him in that very moment. His loincloth that had not been of notice to him suddenly became very tight, making him uncomfortable in many ways. He sighed, casually looking around to see if anyone was around before he could take care of himself. Like he had done before he sat with his back away from the forest facing the lake. The light waterfall a few feet away provided a light swooshing noise that made him feel relaxed the clear liquid blurring anything that stood behind it or in front of it.

Slowly he exposed himself to the cool air gently manoeuvring his loincloth strings on top of his tail. Once it was undone his cock sprung up, bringing the rest of the loin cloth up. The familiar pain he was quite used to feeling came, spitting in his hand he began to rub his shaft slowly in an up and down motion. Mixing his saliva with the precum that was already seeping out of his purplish tip. How badly he wanted his hand to be replaced with yours you would never know. His eyes closed and head fell back against a dip in the tree as his speed inevitably increased, hissing once the coolness of his hand connected with the heat of his cock. His breaths became shallow and his mouth fell open except for the moments where his lips would become dry and he would have to lick them. The sigh you did after you finished laughing, your melodic voice he wished he could interrupt by shoving his cock down your throat, the fact that you were his but just didn't know it pushed him further towards the finish line. As his hand continued pumping over his cock he tried to keep his mind blank only focusing on cumming. On you, In your mouth, on your breasts, in you, anywhere you would allow him. Slowly incoherent mumbles of your name tumbled out of his mouth mostly contorted by his heavy breaths.

"Fuck fuck fuck." He chanted the words almost like a prayer along with your name. He continued to stroke himself, becoming more aggressive with each minute without cumming had passed. The swaying of your tail and 'innocent' sitting positions urged him on, practically begging him to cum. His free hand fisted the grass below him as he finally felt the knot in his stomach about to snap. Before his release he let go dropping his hand onto his stomach, leaving his aching cock standing stiff, straight and painful.

He wanted so desperately to cum, however after finding out you were his destined mate, he wanted you to be the first to make him. For him to fall apart in your palms just as he had done to you before. His breathing regulated once relaxed his body which he'd done many times before after denying himself the satisfaction of cumming.

Without any mess to clean up he still slipped into the lake that was surprisingly warmed than he expected. He waddled over to the heavy waterfall stabilising himself into the rocky bottom and standing beneath it allowing the water to drench him.

With the water running down his face completely soaking his braids he laid his head back extending his neck, now his head was behind the waterfall but half his neck and rest of his body stayed in it. The loud crashing of the water falling could've put him to sleep. He usually came here after getting scolded by his father or stressed by him for not keeping

a stronger eye on his siblings.

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Part 12.

Of course Tsahìk would know who this woman is she is Tsahìk for Eywas sake. After Kiri had been ushered out of your family tent by you, your mind raced with endless outcomes and probabilities of what could happen if anyone found out about what had happened between you and neteyam.

He was a promised man. And you were a Promised woman. He may not care about getting caught or people finding out but you did, he had the title of Olo'eyktan to save him, you did not.

A large sigh erupted from you as you jumped, not so elegantly, onto your hammock above your brothers. As you swung side to side from the sudden action you laid back finally trying to close your eyes and take that short rest that you so desperately craved.

As if heard by Eywa, your chest slowly rose and fell with your heart beat slowing and eyelids coming to a close. Parted lips releasing small snores of content, you were asleep. Your body was asleep, your mind? Was more than awake.

As if you had never slept in your family hut, you awoke in the middle of the lush green forest, the soft moss having imprints of your body from where you had laid. The rush of the river in front of you providing comfortable background noise, the small creatures jumping around on each rock inside the river almost as if they were playing. Large Ikrans soared in the sky decorated in beautiful paints and patterns. La'aila, the prettiest one, yours, flew in circles high in the bright sky above you, adorned in your favourite colours. Your heart fluttered at the sight, you loved her more than words could describe.

Your head snapped back as the sound of large horns where blown, horns of-

Horns of a mating ceremony.

As you turned your head your body shifted, finally drawing attention to the pieces you had on. These were not the loin cloth and top you had fallen asleep with, or even worn, ever. The beautiful pink loin cloth that hugged the sides of your hips, flat, with the front hanging low and short in front of you, decorated with tiny pink and purple to light blue flower petals in front of it held together by thin soft branches. The branches travelled up your torso also adorned in the pink petals before reaching your breasts which were covered with a cloth that wrapped around you from the back leaving the gap between your breast exposed to the warm air. From your neck sat a white necklace-top that came down against your collar bone and onto your chest, separating at where your breasts met, covering the pink material in white thin strips, adding so much more detail. White strings hung lose, swaying with each gust of delicate wind.

Staring down at yourself in astonishment you questioned for just a second. "Who made this?" Before you had time to sit and think of the possible beauty maker, you heard the horn again. This time you stood, tall and straight and tail up high past your head which was braided in the most beautiful pattern, although you couldn't see you could feel. The soft feathers scattered across your head in the most stunning array of colours contrasting your dark hair.

You walked on, following the sound of the horn, as it got louder and louder you also began to pick up on the sound of cheering Na'vi and smell the roasting boar and alcohol (fermented fruit juice). Your feet picked up their pace as your heart became eager to see what was happening. As you left behind the tall tree branches, flowers and bushes, entering the clearing where the noise was situated all eyes fell upon you.

"SHE HAS ARRIVED!" One of the men shouted before blowing the horn even louder but in a different tune this time. The most harmonious tune, it was deafening but if that was the noise you would lose your hearing too then so be it. As women, men and children of the clan danced around you making a clear pathway you looked at them puzzled. However you felt drawn to walk down the pathway left for you and enjoy the soft falling of flowers they threw over you. What was happening?

As you continued to walk down the Na'vi made path you finally reached "the alter" Your eyes locked with Mo'ats. "Tsahìk?" You called out before greeting her formally. She smiled at you warmly, eyes filled to the brim with happiness mixed with small sadness. You smiled back feeling her place a skinny hand on your back.

Her touch changed the loud horns and cheers to loud screeching and ringing. You shut your eyes in hopes of ignoring it, trying to pay attention to the words your Tsahìk was saying but you could barely feel your legs anymore let alone listen to her. Looking up you saw a muscular male back standing in-front of you, he was not there before. Was he?

Was this who you were going to be mated to?

You placed a hand on his shoulder to turn him faster, see the one who you had to spend the rest of your time with. As if your hand did nothing but force him to slow down he continued his slow turn, "Why was he so slo-." Everything was slow, the dancing, the loud ringing it all seemed to slow down. "Tsahìk what is happ-"

"TSMUKE WAKE UP!" You jolted awake, ears pinned up right. "WHAT? WHAT IS IT?" You yelled back at your now taken-back younger brothers. "You were not waking up tsmuke!" They said at the same time.

"We tried so many times, even water!" Lorno gestured to the empty bowl he had in his hands, you then registered the water dripping down your face and falling between the crevice of your lips. "It was scary Y/N." Sezan voiced out, clearly shaken up by the situation.

"I am sorry, i was just very tired. I am okay." You told them pulling them both into your embrace, feeling guilty for scaring them like that. As your head nestled between theirs as they put their heads in your shoulders you took a glimpse past the small slit of the hut that let you see outside.

"Is it nearly eclipse?" You questioned, pulling your head back from your brothers. They looked back at you with eyes so shameful the guilt you felt increased by 1000x times. "Eclipse has passed over sister, it has finished." Sezan ended. "Did i sleep for that long? what if something happened to these two and i was not awake to help them?" you thought to yourself, feeling utterly stupid for leaving your brothers in way of potential harm.

"I am so sorry for scaring you two, but i am okay, when did you wake?" You asked them rubbing their arms and removing yourself from your hammock.

"Not too long ago." Sezan answered whilst his brother nestled himself in your warm embrace. You kissed his head eyes widening at Sezans words.

"I slept through eclipse until the next morning?Eywa." You huffed. "Are you two hungry?" They both nodded their heads, you shut your eyes causing them to wrinkle for just a second before you relaxed.

Unsure of whether or not to leave your brothers alone in the hut you ordered them to put on bows and carry their arrows as you did the same with a sharpened blade sat upon your thigh. The three of you set off, it was still quite early, only seeing the elders of the clan outside already.

Greeting all of them as you walked past before coming across the Sully hut. You most certainly had no intention or entering or speaking to anyone in there for a while, however your plan was immediately broken as Jake came tumbling out of his family hut with what seemed to be a broken wood toy made from the home tree. "Oh Good morning Y/N, Sezan, Lorno." The olo'eyktan greeted, smile ridding his once angry face. Before the any of you could respond to his confusing greeting another tall, muscular body came out of the hut.

"Sir, Lo'ak broke it not me, maybe he can go and-"

Neteyams words faltered as his eyes landed on your tall figure that stood so still, so perfect. You immediately spoke up "I see you Olo'eyktan." You gestures and your brothers did the same. Avoiding eye contact with his eldest son.

"Neteyam you will fix it, because you are better at making these things than your brother." Jake finished with a firm tone leaving no room for argument. The boy sighed nodding his head with discontent.

"Y/N sorry, where are you going?" He asked apologetically for not giving you his full attention. "Hunting for breakfast, mother and father are away so i have decided to take my brothers with me." You responded looking down at the two boys who stared at their leader in pure awe.

"Do you plan on carrying your hunt back with these two extra pair of muscles?" He joked, stepping closer to the three of you. You sighed knowing he was right and you'd only planned to catch something small so you alone could carry it majority of the way back home. "I don't really have a choice, they are my responsibility." You laughed half heartedly.

Neteyam, who still stood in front of his family's tent now just 3 footsteps behind his father, allowed his eyes to travel to you. Your siblings were your responsibility. Just like his were to him. You could hate him but you were more alike in ways you could point out.

"Well Neteyam and Lo'ak could replace these two, they could stay here with us if you'd like." The idea of hanging with Tuk illuminated the light bulb in Lornos head, of course he'd want to hang with her. Sezan smiled at his brothers not-so-hidden excitement. He didn't care where he was as long as he was with his brother.

You looked down at the two of them, contemplating on whether or not you'd want to replace them with one person who could talk your ears off until you died and then find a way to continue to do so once you were with Eywa and another person who made you do things you shouldn't. Feel things you shouldn't. Think things you shouldn't. Fuck.

As the Olo'eyktan smiled at you awaiting your response. "Sure why not." You answered strongly, not wanting him to wait any longer. "Great they'll be ready in a jiffy." You just nodded and smiled completely confused by what he just said. He pulled an arm out instructing your brothers to follow him, once infront he began to rub their heads and tell them little jokes which made them laugh as they made their way into the hut.

Neteyam swiftly turned behind them following also, leaving you behind. You waited for a brief moment before the eldest boy came back out with his younger brother right behind him. "Y/N, yo bro!" The younger boy said pushing a closed fist at you. You responded but pushing your fist forward and bumping his, that's why jake called it a "fist bump".

You laughed at the silly action before your face dropped again noticing how neteyam had already gotten far ahead the two of you. "Someone broke tuks ikran toy and he has to fix it." He answered sighing. "Skxawng, you broke her toy and he has been tasked with fixing it." You laughed looking the boy straight on as you both tried to catch up to

him.

The two of you spoke, keeping the distance between with neteyam. Every small glances you took at his muscular back in front of you did not go unnoticed by Lo'ak. "What are you looking at?" He asked you snapping you out of temporary trance. "The way." You responded hoping your voice didn't sound as high pitched to him as it did to you. "The way?" Lo'ak questioned. "The way forward." You finished wanting to move away from his questioning.

As your conversation ventured into different things like, your parents travel and gossip from the youngers of the clan, you hadn't noticed neteyam stop in front of a small clearing where a perfect sized Austrapede laid, stretching its neck every so often. Nearly bumping into him, you sensed the warmth radiating off him, halting your steps. His back now stood no more than 5 inches from your face. It looked so so familiar yet you decided to ignore it and move to the side to see the beautiful creature.

"Should i go?" Lo'ak asked, "So you can scare away my meal? Kehe (no)" you said half serious. A small smile emerged on Neteyams face before it was taken away by the immediate gust of wind that blew past. Also taking away the imprint of your warm breath he felt on his back from just moments ago.

You walked ahead of him and his brother, yes you two were to be mated, but this is not how it was supposed to be, he was soon to be Olo'eyktan, he should be able to maintain his composure around you, not desperately enter your hut when you are alone and do things he dreamed about. But he so  desperately needed to satiate that burning sensation in his chest whenever he was not around you.

Knowing you are to be mated and to who, compared to knowing you are to be mated and not to who have extremely different effects. He knew you belonged to him, you were his, but he could not have you yet, no matter how badly he wanted to. You however did not know, you cannot long for someone you do not have any knowledge of.

Your small laughter and bubbles of meaningless conversation with Lo'ak annoyed him. You should be laughing at his jokes, pulling fallen petals out of his hair, not his brothers.

Slowly you brought your bow from behind you and placed in front of you. Placing your two fingers on the string that held your sharpened wooden arrow. You stepped in front of the two boys, careful to not step on leaves that looked crunchy and steady your breathe.

"One breath in.... and hold." Tl'ezan would always tell you, he taught you how to shoot your first arrow and he would even say you could become better than him. You doubt that's true but his words always helped. You squatted using your legs to take long steps over to the creature. "Low and steady." you thought, straightening your back and keeping your arms 1 1/2 inches above your eyes.

You let the arrow fly at the unsuspecting creature which then screeched pain. However the clean shot prevented the animal from being able to stand and run away. The two boys who stood not far behind you watched the incredible shot. No wonder you were gifted title of best female hunter in the clan. You were perfect, so precise leaving no room for mistakes.

If he could be honest, Neteyam looked for flaws within your posture, your technique, things to correct you with, to help you with. But there was nothing, you were perfect.

Rising up you ran over to the animal swiping the blade from your thigh and whispering the prayer said when an animal is to be sacrificed for the people. "Irayo tsmukan (thank you brother)." You finished before jamming the knife into it's side, ending his suffering.

"That was so sick bro!" Lo'ak yelled running up behind you. You looked back at him avoiding the strong gaze of his older brother. "Thanks Lo'" You smiled turning back to face the animal and removing your knife. Neteyams chest burned in annoyance. Lo? why would you call him Lo? You should've given him a nickname, not Lo'ak. Not the person who you weren't going to be mated to.

He walked up to where you guys had crouched and began to lift the animal off the ground without any warning. "oh-" Lo'ak huffed immediately going to retrieve the legs of the animal and help his brother carry it. "It is fine, i can carry it on my own." You tried to say getting up as they already began marching away with the large creature upon their shoulders. "Dad told us to help you, we are." Lo'ak chimed still beaming cheek to cheek from your impressive shot. Neteyam hadn't said a word. He made you cum and now he wasn't talking to you? Maybe he did it to make you feel dirty, if so it was working. Begging and cumming on the fingers of the one person you "hated" so much? No you did hate him, you did. Without putting up much of an argument you trailed behind the two boys taking notice of the older ones back again. It looked so familiar, yes you had seen it for nearly your entire life, but you felt like you had seen it so up close before and you just had to che-

"Y/N! keep up!" Lo'ak yelled as he and his brother came to a halt to look at you. Well Lo'ak to look at you, Neteyams gaze remained ahead focusing on the pathway. "I am." You mumbled walking past the two boys and now taking the lead. As you past neteyam the end of your tail swayed brushing past the centre of his knee.

A warm fuzzy sensation traveled along his tail causing it to sway gently. Clearing his throat him and his brother continued on behind you. Now it was his gaze on your back. Your perfect back, your perfect steps, your strong tail, how your braids fell neatly on your shoulders.

The rest of the trek until the sullys hut came into view was silent only being broken by Lo'aks loud huff after he was able to drop the animal from his worn out shoulders. He groaned loudly, leaning back to stretch his back and arms high in the air. "Bro that weighed like, like so much." He tried to explain only earning an eye roll from you. "I told you i could carry it, i didn't need your help."

"There you go again, never needing anyone's help, always wanting to do things alone" Well that's what Neteyam thought. That is exactly why the two of you ended up in such a long term feud, he wanted to help and be your hero like he was to his siblings but you already were a hero of your own, you wouldn't let him.

He huffed copying his brothers loud mannerisms and pushing open the flap of the hut, leaving you and Lo'ak alone. You ignored his behaviour and tried to pick up the animal in a way you would find most sufficient to carry home. "seriously?" Lo'ak asked almost in a shocked tone.

"What?" you respond not looking at him still trying to pick up your meal. "Yeah you guys hate eachother but that was just weird Y/N." He said out loud, more clearer than anything he'd said that day. You paused in your struggling looking up at him from your crouched position. "He's weird." You said blankly before continuing to look down at the creature hoping your best friend couldn't see your change in face.

"No you're being weird too Y/NN (your nickname) what's going on?" He asked not letting go of the situation like you mentally wished he would. "Lo'ak I am fine, it is your brother who is weird, not me." He is weird for making a move on me, twice making love to me even though we are both to be mated and he is even weirder for going back to our antics of hatred after. He is weird for that.

That is what you wanted to say but you ended it short. "Not me." you repeated in a grunt as you lifted the animal off its stomach finally able to place it over your shoulders.

"No no Y/N we'll cook it here!" Neytiri said smiling as she came out of the family hut. You sighed in relief throwing the animal off your shoulders back down to the ground. "Thank you, how comes?" You asked feeling grateful but also confused. "Your parents asked us to take care of you and i will." She responded firm placing a hand on your shoulder which already felt sore from the heavy animal.

"Irayo Neytiri, (Thank you Neytiri) I shall help you prepare it." You insisted placing a hand on the hand of hers that held onto you. "Actually Grandmother was looking for you, if you helped her you could help me after?" Why was Tsahìk looking for you? Did she know about your dream? How could she know about your dream? She is Tsahìk not a dream whisperer for Eywas sake. You smiled before asking again. "We could start together once i am finished?" "No No 'ite (daughter) Tsahìks lessons always take time. I will be okay." She reassured.

Meanwhile the trouble maker of the lot stood there listening to his mother talk to his bestfriend as if she was her child and not him. "Kaltxì ma." (Hello ma) He called out hoping to get an interaction from her. "Kxì Lo', (Hi lo) help carry this inside." she instructed pointing at the animal still lying on the ground.

The boy huffed before helping his mother carry the creature inside. Once you all had entered the hut you were met with your other best friend Kiri who was pulling leaves and sticks out of spiders hair.

"Ouch Kiri, slower please!" The human pleaded raising his hands above his head to prevent her from coming in contact with his scalp again. "Wow Kiri i didn't think you'd become the hair stylist of the clan!" You faked cheered as you walked over to the two of them sat on the ground. Before you could sit the sound of your voice caught the attention of your brothers and Tuk who then came running over from behind a large flap in the hut. "TSMUKE! Look what we made!" The boys cried out holding a long tube with flaps?

"What is it?" You asked slowly reaching your hand out towards it. "A plane, that's a plane." Jake chimes in stretching his neck back to see what the boys were showing you.

"Plane." You repeated before memorising it in your head. "Okay, it is nice." You smiled rubbing their heads. Looking to your left the doe eyes belonging to Tuk burned into you. "Hi Tuk." You said lowly trying not let your grin take over your face. "Hi Y/N" She muttered hugging your waist incredibly tight.

"Okay Tuk, she's my bestfriend." Lo'ak called out before pulling his sister off of you and replacing himself in her previous position wrapping his large arms around yours.

In your trapped stance you could only laugh at his stupidity and apologise to the little girl who yanked her brothers tail before running away. "Tuk! you cant do that!" Neytiri tried to yell before your two brothers followed the running girl back behind the flap.

The interaction that was probably seen as harmless and friendly to others was seen as a threat and a challenge to Neteyam. Although he sat with his back away from you and eveyone else, concentrated on fixing Tuks toy, he could still smell you, sense your presence. The minute your scent became contaminated with the odour that belonged to his brothers his head slightly turned. Turned just enough for him to catch a glimpse of the young boys arms around you and your unbothered demeanour. His heart pounded loudly in his ears, he felt as though his blood was heating up inside his body, burning him inside out.

"Y/N."

You turned your head to the calm voice, coming eye to eye with Mo'at.

"Tsahìk. Oel ngati kameie." You greeted, earning a small smile from her. "Kaltxì hì'i oe." (Hello mini me). You wiggled your toes and your tail still

not used to the odd nickname.

Mini her? That's what she's calling you? They couldn't make it more obvious if they tried. The thoughts exited neteyams head just as fast as they had entered, knowing his grandmother could probably sense the tense energy and attitude.

"Kiri Y/N, It is time for our sessions."

You nodded following her with kiri right behind you. As you both pushed past the flap that separated the healing area and the rest of the hut, the smell of strong herbs attacked your senses, making you want to sneeze a million times over.

"Ah Grandmother? what is this?" Kiri cried out covering her nose with her ears flat against her head.

Covering your face with your elbow you sneezed but still feeling no relief that comes after it.

"Come children it is just Fkxakewll (itch plant)."

You were quite familiar with the plant and so was Kiri especially after Lo'ak had stepped on one of its leaves, leaving him itchy for days.

"Sit Down." Mo'at instructed not sparing you another glance. You quickly took your seat and studied the sample in front of you. "How is it we are to remove the seeds from inside this plant?"

She asked to either one of you who would answer. "We must harvest them until the seeds are mature Grandmother." Kiri started.

"Once harvested we can hit the plant and the seeds will fall off." you finished earning nothing but a blank stare from your Tsahìk.

Her warm demeanour and kindness seemed to disappear in that moment. She really did take her lessons seriously.

"What if we do not have time to harvest the seeds when they are inside the plant?"

"Grandmother?"

"That is not possible, the toxins inside the plant prevent us fro-"

"Wrong." She cut you off harshly, earning your silence.

That would not be the last time you and kiri were wrong that day.

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Just before eclipse began to fall over the life in Pandora your session with Mo'at had ended.

Exhausted and weak you both removed yourself from Tsahìks tent going to join the rest of the sullys and your brothers for the dinner you had caught.

"Kiri, why has Grandmother only taken us two for todays session?" You took a hold of her forearm quietly before sitting. A puzzled looked scrunched her brows, "I am not too sure but i think-"

"Y/N, Kiri come sit." Jake called out interrupting your conversation making everyone's eyes finally land on the two of you.

However you had already caught the attention of someone from the moment you exited the healing section of the tent.

Neteyam was already distracted from his family meal, surrounded by the 3 little ones who argued about something he found little interest in and his brother who instigated the entire verbal brawl. His parents who spoke about plans for the village amongst other things. Just like clockwork your presence was made aware to him by his senses that reacted to you.

His head was turned, ears perked trying to his hardest to hear if not, read your lips in your conversation with his sister. In all honesty it was impossible.

As the two of you came to sit down his gaze shifted to his food which looked more interesting than anything else in the room. "How was it?" Neytiri asked placing food in front of the two of you.

"Tiring." Kiri answered bluntly, rolling her eyes and stuffing her face. You chuckled understanding how tired she was. "Yes it was tiring but it is fun learning." You added on, earning a less than expected wide grin from your Olo'eyktan and his mate, and seeing an even less expected glance shared between them.

As you looked up from your food your eyes met with Neteyam who sat at the end of the mat seemingly already looking at you. You shifted your gaze back down to your food whilst his scanned the room for something for Eywas sake to distract him from you. Your heart began to pound loudly in your ears, was he making you nervous? Clearing your throat your heart turned to the voice of your bestfriend.

"Y/N do you know when your parents will be back?" Lo'ak asked having bit of Austrapede in the corner of his mouth. "No Lo'ak." You chuckled, mostly at his messy eating, "But they'll be back soon." You spoke out loud to your brothers gripping Sezans hand that rested on his knee giving him a warm reassuring squeeze.

Your brothers were your responsibility,  Neteyam could see that, how gentle you were with them, how kind, how kind you could be to your children to his chi-

"Thank you for having us but i think it is time we leave." you smiled finishing the last of your meal. Snapping the boy out of his thoughts. "Oh." a disappointed tone in Neytiris voice. A quick glance at her mate before she continued. "How about if you stay here with us for tonight, it is quite dark out." "And it is almost eclipse i couldn't let you leave kid." Jake added on, backing his mate.

Lo'aks eyes lessened in size as his parents weird behaviour. "Yayy" Tuk cheered more than happy to have you and your brothers staying over. Kiri held your arm in excitement shaking you about slightly.

"Oh no Neytiri, Jake, Thank you but it is not our home." You tried hoping you could escape the tense feeling of being in the same vicinity as neteyam.

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Part 11.

Warnings:smut, interrupted “sex”

As your body hit the water the immediate coolness of it washed away the heat that built up in your cheek and chest, hopefully washing away any signs of neteyam too. Feeling the water swarm across your scalp in between your braids and between your waist cloth. The silence of the water hearing nothing but the faint sound of the your limbs swishing around. You wished you could stay in that silence forever, however your bodies desire for air automatically began to make you rise to the surface. As you broke the water you opened your eyes to see another head that had just broken out of the water. Neteyams, not looking at you but staring down into the water.

"Y/N, Eywa that was so much fun!" Kiri cried out swimming over to hug you, you hugged her back feeling her wet hair against the side of your face.

"What took you guys so long?" Spider questioned looking back and forth between you and neteyam as Lo'ak splashed water at him.

"Who cares bro that was so much fun!" Lo'ak spoke up, saving his brother and you unknowingly.

You let go of kiri kicking your legs forward and floating on your back trying to make sense of what has just happened. "Spider Lo'ak, you cannot do that again." Neteyam said already swimmimg his way to the lake bed. "What Neteyam? come on bro that was fun!" His younger brother tried to convince, but to no avail neteyam kept his back turned the water droplets running down his perfect skin with each step he took to get out of the water. His muscles moving around so gentle as if they would break skin if he wasn't careful. He was perfection.

Guilt returned over you like a tide, it was wrong of you to feel that way, to even think that way. You already had a chosen mate, if anyone knew what you had done you would be done for. Fuck maybe you already were.

The rest of the sullys along with spider got out of the water and followed their older brother rolling their eyes annoyed at his mood killing attitude. With no other choice you too got out of the water, adjusting your top that was no sticking to your skin and cloth around your waist that was basically sheer due to the water.

By the time you had all made it back to the festival nearly everyone had returned home except your parents.

"NETEYAM." Neytiri cried out seeing her eldest son walk out from behind the dark trees that shielded you all until this point. Her relief quickly turned into annoyance after seeing Spider, Kiri and Lo'ak fall out from behind him all wet. "What is this, why are you like this?" Her questioning caught the attention of jake and your parents who were with Tuk, Lorno and Sezan. As you too stepped out from the trees your younger brothers ran up to you hugging your legs tightly. "Tsmuke! (sister) there you are!" Lorno exclaimed. You said nothing but bent over slightly as you patted their heads and hugged them back. Tuk ran over hugging her siblings and spider, smile contorting her face.

Looking up from your siblings your eyes fell

upon none other than your fathers, your fathers eyes that held more relief that disappoint and your mother who quickly embraced you with your brothers still in the middle. It felt like she planted a million kisses on your head, the festival, the night sky, you being missing, it reminded her all too much of the night of your brothers death.

After the hugs and kisses Jake sighed knowing you would all have to receive some sort of lecture. "Fall in." he ordered, all 5 of you coming in a semi circle in front of him. "Where did you go?- actually no why did you think it was okay to go without alerting anyone?" He asked mainly directed at Lo'ak. "Da-Sir, it was my fault, we went together, i took them." Neteyam said. No one was surprised he always tried to take the fall for his younger brothers actions no matter how grave they were. "You're the older brother you gotta act it, stop taking the heat for this knuckle head." He spat referring to his youngest son.

"It wasn't their faults." You called out making all eyes fall onto you including Neteyams. "I wanted to go out there-" "Syulang" your father tried to cut you off but you continued, "They just followed and Neteyam came to make sure we would all be safe, It was my idea." Your attempt to take the fall confused Jake, you would never be the one to lead the stupid ideas that involved Lo'ak. You were always responsible. "Well then, Y/N you shouldn't have done that, you could've put everyone at risk, do you understand that?" You nodded looking the Olo'eyktan in the eyes for the first time since he began talking to you all. "I'm sorry sir." You said hoping that would be the end of his scolding and Lo'ak wouldn't get anymore, or neteyam.

Your father walked up to you grabbing your arm and pulling you away from the line up without giving you a chance to say goodbye or saying bye himself. He pulled you until you reached your mother and younger brothers who were already walking and few metres down.

Neteyam was confused as to why you took the blame, but not really, it could've been for Lo'ak yet some part of him felt as thought it wasn't. He shook off the feeling trying to pay attention to what his father was saying to you, but by then his eyes were only focused on your fathers rough grip on your arm pulling you away from the rest of the group and your silent obligation. Annoyance settled in, your father shouldn't have grabbed you like that, he didn't know that you did nothing wrong, you didn't deserve that. Yes you were his daughter but you were his mate.

Your walk home was particularly silent apart from a few "stop it's" and "i'm not doing anything's" from your younger brothers. As you reached the hut your mom opened the flap first letting her, Lorno and Sezan in and your father stopped you, face blank. You held your breath, unknowing what he would say now. "Y/N." "are you okay?" He asked quickly, like if he didn't within the next few seconds he would die. "I'm fine father." You answered bluntly, not eager to be in conversation with him. "You cannot hate me forever, i only did what i thought was best for you." He started again, you rolled your eyes stepping back slightly as he tried to run his hands down your arms. "How stupid would it be if we ignored Eywas calling just because someone did not like it?" He tried to reason "i am not just someone, i am your daughter." You spat back, tired of your father treating you like an example to your siblings or like his little solider. "what was i supposed to do for you-"

"be there. You were supposed to be there for me, after Tl'ezans death, After i passed my Iknimaya, When I fought again after being hurt!" you voiced, breath slowly escaping you. "You were supposed to be there for me sempu (father) But instead you have burdened me with the awaiting misery of being mated to someone i DO NOT EVEN KNOW!" Eyes that would have produced tears by now held nothing but anger, you knew nothing would change your fate or what would happen but blaming it all on your father seemed like the easiest thing to do, Somewhere to put all that pent up frustration.

"Syulang." He tried to call out but you ignored him, following your mother and siblings into the hut who had heard the interaction. You ignored their stares and climbed into your hammock pulling it over yourself and closing your eyes. You remembered seeing an argument just like this one happened between Tl'ezan and your father, you couldn't remember what it was about but Tl'ezan storming into the hut with your father right behind and then climbing into his hammock not saying a word to you or your mother was a reoccurring incident.

The voices of your family became mumbles before completely halting as sleep fell over you and held you tight in its embrace until morning tickled the life of Pandora.

However it wasn't morning. "Y/N, Y/N wake up." the soft sound of your mothers voice nudging your shoulders. Your eyes blinked away the sleep you so desperately wanted, "Sa'nu? (mom?)" "Your father and i must leave." She said quickly placing a kiss on your forehead as you sat up on your elbows.

"What why?" you asked mouth dry trying to sit up further. "A clan on the east has been attacked." She paused. "By the sky people." Your stomach dropped at the words, feeling your chest tighten at the thought. "Okay wait." You muttered removing yourself from your hammock. "No no ma 'ite (my daughter) It is only your father and I leaving, along with many others to help, you must stay here with your brothers." She explained holding onto both sides of your head trying to be keep quiet in order to allow your brothers to remain sleeping. "What- what? Why can't I come?" you tried to ask. "It is dangerous, we don't know if they will come back to attack them." She explained in a hushed voice. " What if they come to attack us here Sa'nu (mom) or what if they attack you there?" you asked still trying to escape her grasp and grab your things. "No no Y/N No. You will stay, we will be fine, i need you to take care of your brothers okay?" She asked, eyes burning into yours. You said nothing but nodded holding her shoulders and pulling her into a deep hug kissing her head. "Nga yawne lu oer." (i love you) You whispered only receiving a "i will see you soon." from your mom. She left the hut allowing you to see a glimpse of the moon that was still partially in the sky and the two large planets that sat behind it. You looked down at your siblings to see your father crouching near their hammock placing gentle kisses on their foreheads and suddenly looking up at you. You held the contact as he rose up and made his way over to you. He said nothing but placed a hand on top of your head slowly running his fingers through your braids careful not to tug on any. Yes you were angered with him at that moment but he was leaving and it would kill you to know that something happened to him and you had refused his touch the last time you had the chance, so you allowed it, reluctantly.

He flashed a weak smile at you before turning around quickly and meeting your mother outside, their patterning feet fading further and further from the hut. You struggled to fall asleep, leading a prayer to Eywa for the safety of your parents and everyone else who went to help.

Soon enough you had fallen asleep because your eyes awoke to the low glimmer of sunshine that poked through the hut and onto your face. Remembering the absence of your parents you got off of your hammock careful to not wake your brothers and began to make breakfast.

Once you had finished and awoken your brothers you all sat around the mat with your bowls in front of you. "Tsmuke (sister) where is Sa'nu and Sempu (mother and father)?" Lorno asked ask he chewed loudly. You were silent for a moment, unsure if you should tell them, "They went to help another clan."

"Why?" "They needed help." "For what?" Your brother continued to pester. "Lorno." You interrupted "I think they'll come back soon Tsmukan (brother) do not fret." Sezan chimed in rubbing his brothers shoulder, he always seemed to know when to intervene.

"Okay! sorry" He voiced lowly. "Do not be sorry Lo' I know you just miss them, we do too." You tried to comfort before realising you weren't all that interested in eating your breakfast. "Y/N can we go play in the main forest today?" Sezan asked looking up at your with his wide eyes, eyes that you could hardly say no to. The main forest was always surrounded by elders and other children so you didn't see the harm in it. "Sure, but I will come to check on your every so often. Okay?" You told them standing up as they followed. Kissing their heads and hugging them tightly, they left the hut running along the branches all the way down to the bottom.

You sighed making your way back over to your ownerless bowls and picked them off the mat placing them on the side and rolling the mat back up, hanging it on the wall hooks that you remember Norm putting up for you guys.

Before you could turn around your ears perked up at the sound of fingertips brushing against the hut flap. "Lorno, Sezan! What is it?" You askes walking over to open the flap. They had just left what could be wrong already? Pulling the flap back ready to see two young idiots you only say one and he was older. "Lo'ak?" You askes confused as his back was turned to you but you could tell from his shaved sides. Without saying a word he walked backwards into your hut keeping his eyes glued to the outside. "What are you doing?" You laughed out taking notice of how stupid he looked. "Shhh i'm not supposed to be here." The skin where eyebrows would be furrowed together before being flat again. Yesterday.

"Are they seriously not letting us hang out after that? We've done worse." You sighed moving over to your flower bean bag. Finally the boy quit his weird antics and faced you normally and sat. "It was Dad well mainly it was Tuk, "if she can't see you no one can"" He mimicked his little sisters voice. You threw a small flower that suck out of the bag at him "don't make fun of her." you chuckled admitting his impression was a little funny. "Tuk can see me anytime she wants." you sighed, "Nu uh, After we left without her yesterday she made a whole tantrum when we got home." He explained now playing with the flower and putting it in his hair. "Sucks for you doesn't it." you strained as you reached to pull the flower out of his hair. "You're not supposed to be here." You said sitting back down. "How would they know by a flowe-" "Neytiri helped make it." You cut him off referring to the making of the bean bag flower chair, leaving the two of you staring at eachother before bursting into a fit of laughter.

As the laughter died down you noticed the shift in Lo'aks behaviour, his tail laid flat against the ground with his hears almost attached to his head. "What is it Lok?" You ask, knowing if he told you "it was nothing" he was lying.

"Yesterday, what took you so long to come down?" He asked sitting forward as if he was eager to hear your answer more like your excuse. "Why do you ask?" You tried to avoid "Because it was Neteyam you were up there with, we all know you guys aren't the fondest of one another." He was right, but what were you going to tell him? That you let his older brother finger fuck you? "He told me to jump and i don't take orders from your future Olo'eyktan, so i told him to jump and he didn't like that." You lied coming up with the most believable thing you could think of.

"Ohhh back and forth." He finished off. "Yeah." You replies bluntly, wanting to move on from that topic of conversation. "Fuck i gotta go." The boy said suddenly panicked, "What where." you asked "I promised Tuk i'd take her to the main forest." she half explained. "Okay so go?" You said half confused. "aaaaannnd i have an outing with that really cute girl from the match a few days ago." You knew something was up with him. "You are so stupid you know." You laugh getting up from the bean bag. "How do i look?" "Get out Lo'ak." You both laughed before he disappeared into the day leaving you alone again in the hut.

As you stood up you walked over to the bowl of cold water that sat on the wooden table and placed your hands inside rubbing the cold water along your arms and forehead, feeling the temperature of the hut increase. The sun outside boiled Pandora, making all creatures hide for shelter away from the light source. As you did so you heard your flap open again this time quickly before being closed again.

"Lo'ak what are you doing?" You asked before even taking notice of the change in atmosphere, in scent.

You turn slowly, meeting his eyes that stared back at you almost hungrily. "What do you want." You said more rhetorically than actually, His fists that were usually flat by his sides were now balled up tightly like if they weren't he wouldn't be able to control himself. "Neteyam what do you want?" This time you asked, confused as to what he was doing their standing doing nothing. He took a deep subtle breath, taking notice of how hot you were how the sweat mixed with the cold water sat on top of your skin, carrying your scent all the way to him, carrying it for him. You walked up to the boy ready to push him back out of the tent when he grabbed your forearm. You jolted slightly at the rough action, before you could speak, he did. "I want you." He said plainly, the words rolling off his tongue like melted utumauti (banana fruit). Your eyes shifted from his grip on your arm to his eyes, you could swear they were darker than the last time again. You could barely see your reflection in them, they resembled dark thick pools of honey that you wanted to swim in forever and drown in, as long you were with him- No you shouldn't be thinking like that, he wasn't your chosen mate. "Neteyam." You said trying to keep composure and your breath, unsure of what you would even say next. "I cant stop think about yesterday." He murmured trying close the gaps between your faces. "Yesterday was nothing." You hissed leaning further back to open the gap.

Neteyam took the opportunity to grab your shoulder with his free hand and spin your around slamming your back into the wall of the hut, placing his hand behind your head before it hit the wall, softening the blow. "Tell me you didn't like it?" He asked now breathing down your neck. "Tell me you don't want me to do it again Y/N." He whispered this time giving your neck small kisses and licks which you felt like paused your brain. "Sto- I, I thought you hated me Neteyam." You said struggling to keep in the moan that was trying to escape you. "I do, i hate you for doing this to me." He responded now looking up at you, eyes still lustful and dark, his hands began circling your abdomen playing with the strings of your loincloth.

Your brain told you to push his hands off of you, to rip yourself from his touch and yell at him to leave, however as you opened your mouth the only things that tumbled out were chants of the boys name. "Neteyam, fuck neteyam, nete nete wait." You stopped him placing your hand on his chest so he would look at you. "Yes sevin (pretty)" he responded lazily barely opening his mouth. You took a breath, as much as you could with the small gap that was between the two of you. "I can't do this, it's wrong neteyam, I want you to leave."

Is what you should've said. Instead you crashed your lips into his, arching your back off of the wall pushing your clothed cunt onto his growing loin cloth. "Mhhm fuck sevin (pretty)." The boy moaned into your mouth finally undoing the rest of your loincloth. As it fell to your feet he picked you up holding you underneath your thighs, never leaving your lips. He laid you down onto the rug made of animal fur that was warm and inviting, much like how he imagine your pussy would be for him.

As your back touched the fur you lost contact with his lips which made your head come up in chase of it. "Mawey, we have time." The boy chuckled, even more turned on at how eager you were. He began leaving opened mouthed kisses all around your collar and top of your breasts. "Netey- neteyam dont." You tried to push his head away but it was no use, his kisses and sucking sure enough to leave a mark or marks tomorrow. He kept kissing lower and lower until he reached your navel, licking a long stripe up it to the centre of your breasts. "So beautiful." He murmured looking up at your face that looked down at him mouth agape.

Without warning he plunged his head down into your pussy as your lips begged to be touched. He swiped the muscle in between your folds separating them and collecting the slick that gathered behind them. "Neteyam!" You gasped, hand reaching down to grab a handful of his hair. He hummed against you sending waves of vibrations traveling up your spine. He continued to poke and swipe is tongue in and out of your lips before completely sucking your clit and plunging a finger inside of you. A loud moan tumbled out of that would definitely be heard by anyone within a 5 metre radius. He began pumping his finger in and out of you continuously sucking on your clit, lapping up any juices that fell out of you.

Curling his fingers to reach the perfect spongey part inside you, hitting it repeatedly coaxing your orgasm out of you. "Fuck neteyam oh neteyam right there ohh fuck i'm gonna cum." You warn him as one of your hands goes to toy with your nipple. "I want you to come for me sevin (pretty)." He mumbled again sending more vibrations through you. Your tail rose up above your head swaying side to side before standing up completely straight and your ears perked, so did neteyams as his actions froze.

"Lorno, stop it im telling Y/N!" You heard your youngers brothers faint voice getting closer and louder. Without saying a word the both of you immediately got up, moving faster than you ever had before rushing over to put your loincloth back on. Neteyam wiped his chin with his thumb of any evidence of you that was left behind and stuck his finger in his mouth quickly. As you adjusted your top your brothers opened the flap.

"TSMUKE! (sister)" Sezan yelled out before letting his voice die down as he caught sight of neteyam. "Oh, Oel ngati kameie Neteyam." He said voice shy and timid.

"NO TSMUKE THAT NOT T-rue." Lorno said rushing into the hut behind his brother and also seeing neteyam. "Hello." He said louder than Sez did. Once his eyes landed on you his ranting began again. "Oh Y/N Sezan was being so-" He started running past neteyam and over to you which made Sezan do the same thing and have the both of them yell over eachother. Without sparing each other second glances neteyam pushed his way out of the flap making sure he wasn't seen by anyone from outside.

As you tried to calm the overlapping voices of your younger brothers you also decided to keep your eyes on them, not at the figure that left your family hut in a hurry.

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Later on in the day as the hot sun continued to blast it's bright beaming rays at your home, you heard a familiar whistle tune from outside of your hut. You had put your younger brothers down for a nap and decided to take one yourself in hopes of forgetting what you had just done, even if it was for an hour or even 30 minutes. Yet the guilt of it all ate at you, forbidding you from closing your eyelids with the relief of exhaustion pulling at them. Instead you were plagued with the thoughts of how you've "already betrayed your mate" and how "everyone in the clan would hate you for this", making love with someone who was not yours to make love to.

The whistling continued snapping you out of your thoughts. As you stood up to open the flap you took in a deep breath you didn't realise you were depriving yourself of. "Hi Kiri." You nodded trying to appear normal and not like you just had her older brothers tongue inside you a while ago, the Future Olo'eyktans tongue inside of you. Saying nothing the girl barged her way inside, abruptly stopping only when her eyes landed on your sleeping brothers. She smiled at the sight before remembering what she came to you for.

"Y/N You must sit, I heard something." She whisper-yelled, seemingly unable to contain her excitement for whatever this was. Unsure how to react, you slowly walked over to the girl, grabbing both of her hands in your own and leading her to the floor. You sat across from her cross legged and she did the same, still hand in hand.

"Oh Eywa Y/N, you cannot tell anyone that I have informed you about this, okay?" She pleaded, squeezing your blue hands tighter with each syllable. "Okay Ki I won't." You smiled squeezing her hands back trying to release some of the nervousness you were feeling. "Grandmother has seen a vision from Eywa." She paused. You're heart dropped, you didn't know why but it felt as though a million stones now lived inside of you, filling you up and taking up all the room for anything else. "Okay?" You muttered slowly, wanting the girl to continue on.

"Neteyam has a chosen mate from the Great Mother herself." She beamed, lips nearly split at the corners, displaying her sharp canines. Whilst your lips were as thin as paper, rolled over eachother, hiding as if they would spill out everything you had done if they weren't. "Y/N? Isn't this great?!" She exclaimed giving your hand a double squeeze. Without missing a beat you answered. "This is great Kiri, I am sure she will be a great tsahìk along side you and grandmother!" You replaced your tight lipped expression with a soft joyful one, an insincere soft joyful one. You had given yourself to a promised man.

"What do you know about her?" You asked letting go of the girls hand and walking over to get herself and you a bowl of water, and more so to hide your face that couldn't keep smiling mostly due to cheek exhaustion. "Nothing."

You whipped your head back nearly dropping the bowl of water. You had hoped that if you could even get a description of how she looks or how generous she is, how good she is with children and the elderly that you would feel more guilt and stop the- whatever it was between you and Neteyam.

"What do you mean? Nothing? There must be something." You said in one go. Kiri chuckled at your sudden awkwardness. "No i do not know, I only heard a sliver of the conversation between mom and grandmother." She sighed standing up behind you and pulling the bowl of water out of your hands and taking a sip. "Hmm hm." She hummed drinking the cool water. "But i think-" She started before stopping to drink more water, this time taking a longer sip. Growing impatient you pulled the bowl away from her desperate lips, causing a small grunt to escape which wasn't like her.

"Kiri!" you nearly shouted causing your brothers to stir. Shooting your eyes back and forth between the two boys and kiri you finally looked at her. "What do you think?" You asked grasping onto her arm to push her to continue, and have something to hold onto incase you felt sick towards what she would say. With a deep breath your best friend continued,

"I think Grandmother knows who this woman is."

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Part 10.

Warning: smut-ish, fingering (Fem receiving)

Realising how long you had taken, you rushed back into your hut and grabbed the yovo making sure to seal the hut flap before you left again. By that point Neteyam had already made his way back to the festival nestling himself in between Kiri and Lo'ak.

The flames of the fire and pattering feet of dancing children and adults came into view as you got closer. Seeing your mother talking to Neytiri you made

your way over, passing the sully siblings who were bickering again about the missing larva from kiris plate.

"fîtsenge Sa'nu." (here mom) You said quietly placing a hand on her shoulder not wanting to disrupt her conversation. She took the wooden container from your hands, quickly running her fingers on yours and facing neytiri again who winked at you.

You made your way back over to Lo'ak who was now standing in protest of not taking Kiris food. You placed your hand on his abdomen pushing him backwards slightly. You knew Tuk had taken them as she had a little extra on her plate from when you had left the festival the first time. However you decided to keep that information to yourself.

Lo'ak glanced at you taking notice of your eyes, your eyes that made him remember the plan from earlier. "I don't even care if you think it was me, it wasn't." He finished off at his sister walking away from her with you. As he turned his back on her you widened your eyes at the sitting girl as a motion for her to follow. She immediately got up rushing over to you and taking hold of your arm.

"Stop." Neteyam called out, making his siblings freeze and due to your contact with Kiri you hesitantly stopped too. "I'm coming." He said, leaving no room for his siblings to complain, Lo'ak sighed, knowing how much of a buzz kill he would be. "Bro!" He called over at spider who stood up and jogged slightly to join the group.

In great efforts to avoid your parents and Tuk you all took the back exit of the festival which led to the darkest part of the forest, where less of the beautiful creatures slept or played, where the plants didn't glow as bright and eerie silence was constant once you were in there far enough.  "Where are we even going?" Kiri asked looking at you, you looked back at her and shrugged your shoulders rolling your eyes slightly, annoyed at the extra presence. Most of the conversations that were happening didn't include you, not by the choice of others but by your own. You could barely think straight as the scent of the eldest warrior continued to harass you, it didn't help that he was purposefully walking right behind you.

His gaze never left your back, your neck, your hips, your tail that would wiggle every so often to keep the balance that you were struggling to maintain. Neteyam realised that his scent was affecting you too, you felt what he felt. "We can't do anything." Lo'ak huffed loudly referring to his brother who stared back, ignoring his comment. "You're my responsibility, i have to be here brother." He tried to reason, his gentler side coming out. "Thank you Neteyam." Kiri said letting go of your arm to hold her brothers and then moving over to the other side of the group to walk next to spider, leaving you're right side empty, to be filled by one person.

However the space was never filled up. Instead Neteyam remained behind you, watching every twitch, step, swing of your hips, He wanted to watch you. He sighed loudly behind all of you, paying attention to your ears that fell flat and rose quickly due to the noise.

"I know somewhere we can go." Spider called out to the rest of the group. You weren't surprised as the young boy would always find different places to take his mind off things and be alone as he didn't always feel welcomed by the clan.

He guided you all to a deeper part of the forest that you were sure you had only briefly flown over a few times during the day, never at night. The reason as to why that part of the forest was so dark finally made sense. All the beautiful light and bioluminescence as well as creatures flocked to settle in this part. Surrounding a bright glowing lake large enough to fit half the clan inside if not the whole clan. Different water creatures and small fishes swimming around in the flowing body of open water. The gleaming light that shown deep into the water highlighted the different species and plants that resided there. Your mouth dropped open slightly in awe.

"This is beautiful Spi." Kiri said stepping forward before everyone, crouching down and dipping her fingers into the lake. Neteyam and Lo'ak said nothing but twisting and turning their heads as the different insects flew around their heads, spreading their wings and revealing an array of bright colours.

"Y/NN (your nickname) Look!" Kiri called out to you, causing you to follow her and crouch down by the lake bed. Her fingers were surrounded by different fishes swimming in and out of her fingers rubbing themselves up against the palm of her hand. "They love you kiri." You joked admiring how they all flocked to her gentle hand. "Come on!" Spider called out to you guys already being far away upon a trunk that rose from the ground to higher ground being sloped. You all ran up it, eager to see what spider would should you next. He continued to go up and finally stopped when the lake was nothing but a mere blue line. "Woah bro, we're really high up." Lo'ak said holding onto your arm, you were the only one who was aware of his slight fear of heights.

"How do we get down?" Kiri asked looking at the boy in the mask. "It was long to come up here." You joined in. Neteyam stood silently watching all of you, specifically you. "We jump." The human spoke out, grinning widely at all of you. "You're kidding me." Kiri huffed as Lo'ak allowed his fear to disappear and cheered. "Spider that is not a good idea. Spider-" Neteyam tried to speak however the two boys ignored him and immediately gave each-other fist bumps and jumped off of the thick branch that was holding all of you. "Lo'ak No!" Neteyam tried to call out for his younger brother but it was too late. Lo'ak placing himself into a cannonball position and Spider flaying his arms and legs. Their screams and cheers could be heard all the way to the bottom before they splashed into the lake. Silence fell upon the forest after their descend and panic set over Neteyam fast as he prepared to jump down also. You also prepared yourself to jump over and save your best friend in necessary, you didn't know how you'd cope if you lost him. Kiri stopped her brother placing her hand over his chest stopping him from jumping. Nearly 2 seconds later the sound of laughter and cheers erupted from the bottom and Lo'aks voice steadied yours and Neteyams heart again. "WOOOOOOOO" He cheered splashing around in the water. "KIRI COME ON!!" Spider called out egging her to jump also, which she did without hesitation, with spider she would do anything.

That left only you and Neteyam at the top of the branch, far away from the others, who were lost in their own world. A side glance at the boy made you

notice how his entire body was facing you, staring at you intensely. You turned to face him also "You should jump." You said slight venom flicking off of your tongue at him. He chuckled at your attempt to hurt his feelings and stepped closer to you, so much so that your back hit the vertical branch that stood behind you. The boy lowered his head to look at into your eyes annoyed at how your gaze had shifted downwards. You looked up at him, realising how close he really was. "Move." you said careful not to move your lips so much in fear that you would kiss if you weren't.

Instead he took a long drag of your scent holding it into his lungs for what felt like eternity, he wanted to be buried inside you, dancing with your bones, be the gas exchange your lungs needed. You did the same unintentionally, as it became harder to breath with the close contact. "Neteyam." You breathed out, unsure of what you were even going to say next.

You wanted to tell him to off you, to move back and never talk to you again but you couldn't, suffocated by his presence. You wanted to feel him, Eywa it felt so wrong yet so right. It shouldn't have you were to be mated you shouldn't be doing this, you should hate him, hate him for everything he put you through get your lips remained ajar with no words exiting.

"Y/N." He barely whispered, you were only able to hear it because of the close proximity you were both in. His hand moved up to yours fingers tracing against it softly. The tension that had risen between the two of you for the last 8 years seemed to be playing through both of your minds with his single

touch which you slightly shuddered under. His ears perked at the deepening of your breath, inching closer to your face, eyes flickering back and forth between your eyes and lips. 

Guilt wavering over you made you turn your head to the side. "No. I am to be mated Neteyam." You sighed, knowing you wanted to, you felt like you should've but it was wrong if he was not the one chosen for you.

"I know." The boy almost growled as his lips brushed past your ear lobes and down to your neck where he slowly began to place small kisses that increased in desperation the more he continued. Neteyam himself didn't know what had taken over him, all he cared about was having you with him, marking

you, making you his. You thought he was supposed to hate you, despise you, detest your very being like he had done so for so long, yet in this moment it felt like he had never hated you at all, like he had longed for you his whole life. Little did you know, he had. His attempts to get you to fall in love with him had always seemed to fail, you never needed his help carrying anything, you were strong enough, you wouldn't let him see the flowers you had picked for your mother. You wanted to be better than him instead of getting better with him, in turn he turned his love for you into hatred but the love remained clearly, buried deep under many reasons as to why he hated you.

"Netey-" You struggled to breath out as his lips found the sensitive spot on your neck. As he was a fast learner he continued to suck their and rise his hands until they sat upon your waist, his knee making space between your thighs. You regrettably moaned quickly placing your hand over your mouth squeezing your eyes shut as his knee brushed over your cunt that slowly began to drip. "Hm." He bummed still continuing his abuse on your neck. "We c- we can't." You moaned this time placing your hands over his shoulders and around his neck clasping one hand into his hair pushing his face further into your neck. Your words not matching with your actions urged the boy to continue and spread your legs wider. "Fuck." The boy swore, remembering one of the words his father had said. He looked over at your face that was transformed by pure bliss and confusion, lips parted with your eyes glossy and brows knitted together.

His lips fell into yours perfectly, like Eywa had carved them to fit with one another. You kissed him back, it felt so right nothing could be wrong. Both of your mouths opened tongues immediately jutting out fighting the other. Your tongue tired out allowing Neteyam to take control of the kiss, of your mouth, of you. He lifted you up slightly against the tree your back scraping again the rough bark but the pain being ignored as he continued his desired assault in your mouth. He removed one hand from your waist and quickly plunged past your scarf on your hips and tickled his fingers against the lips of your pussy. By this point some of your slick had dripped down the top of your thigh, you had never produced that much when you did it yourself. He rubbed your clit slowly which caused you to moan into his mouth in approval, unexpected to him you managed to say something.

"More, more neteyam." You huffed running one hand down the arm that pleasured you and keeping the other locked into his hair. He slowly pushed one finger into your vagina causing you to moan loudly, His fingers were nothing compared to yours, what he did to you was nothing compared to what you had done to yourself before. His ears perked at the wordless encouragements and his loin cloth grew creating a tent shape that begged to be touched. Unlike the years you guys had hated each other, he put you first and decided you would be pleased before he would even touch himself. "oh neteyam," You moaned again trying to be quiet remembering the rest of the group down at the bottom of the lake.

"You don't understand" He started as he continued pulling his fingers in and out of you skilfully still rubbing your clit which added to the immense pleasure. You felt his fingers swim deep into you, past any point you had ever reached. You were a virgin, if Neteyam couldn't tell already but you felt ready to give him everything. "I've wanted this." He continued now plunging a second finger in, coaxing the most pornographic moan out of you causing you bury your face into his neck in shame. "For so long." He finished now fucking you with his two fingers, still rubbing your clit. The slick produced making it easier for him to slide in and out of you, His breath got heavier feeling as though he could cum just by watching you. "Look at me Y/N, look please."  he practically begged in a whisper making you look away from his neck and into his eyes which you swore became a darker shade of yellow. You held the eye contact as his fingers quickened their pace and the heavy breaths between you felt like they were sucking your breath away. His scent dizzying you and making your toes tingle. "fuck Neteyam you're so good, right there such a good boy." Finally the knot building up in your stomach let go, making your cum flood down his fingers coating them milky white, the praises you gave him as you released led him to his own. His hard, deprived cocked twitched as hot spurts of cum shot out of him onto his loincloth covering then also. Shocked that he came by just the sound of your voice and your words, he was done for.

Both calming down from your highs he pulled his fingers out of you wanting to put them in his mouth before being distracted by the sound of his younger brothers voice.

"NETEYAM BRO ARE YOU UP THERE?! Y/N?" He called out slightly worried as you two had been up there for quite some time.

You both froze and looked at eachother quickly pushing him back. You didn't say a word adjusting your cloth as you too jumped down from the branch into the water causing the three people at the bottom

to cheer for you. The boy left at the top of the branch sighed, what the fuck had he done?

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Part 9.

After you, your brothers and your father had all made it back safely to your family hut, greeted by your mother, you all finally fell asleep. You closed your blue eyelids feeling happy and sleepy, not sure if it could get any better than this. Although it only felt like a second, you however felt well rested as the sultry sun washed the green floors and tree roots of Pandora, as well as shining deep into the rivers and ponds. You awoke to the sound of a few older boys going past your hut, most likely to go early hunting to bring back food for the celebration the following night. Their chants and hoots of encouragement to one another stirred you out of your sleep, causing you to roll over in your hammock and pull its sides down onto you in attempts to fall back asleep.

Once you realised you were no longer going to fall back asleep you sat up in your hammock stretching your long limbs out into the air feeling a comforting shiver swim down your spine making your tail sway in happiness.

Slowly you removed your legs off of the hammock followed by the rest of your body, not wanting to wake the rest of your family. That was until you stepped on something, something warm and round-like with a fury end, kind of like your own tail. It was a tail but not your own.

"OWWWWW OW OW OW OW OW OW" Lorno Cried out from his sleep immediately grabbing his tail from off the floor where he decided would be a good place to sleep instead of his shared hammock with Sezan.

"Lorno! I am so sorry!" You apologised to your younger brother leaning towards him, hearing your parents awaken behind you. "Why are you on the floor Lo'?" You asked face grimacing, knowing the pain he was in.

"Y/N what is it?" Your father asked groggily, having faith his now oldest would fill him in.

"I accidentally stepped sìn Lornos kxetse Sempu." (on Lornos tail dad).

As you spoke Lorno's cries became whinier and louder making Sezan who tried to ignore the noise finally wake up also.

Your mother had already gotten out of her and her mates hammock using the cold water she had previously collected from the river, using a piece of cloth, wetting it and rubbing it on the boys tail.

Whilst still crying the boy yelped each time his mother would try to grab hold of his tail.

"KEHE SA'NU FWA TÌSRAW, RUTXE!" (no mom that hurts, please!) The little boy called out trying to snatch his tail back. Your father and brother began to laugh and you soon joined realising how dramatic he was being. It was equivalent to someone stepping on your finger the pain would be gone in a minute. "Kem si ke hangham ro oeyä 'itan." (do not laugh at my son.) Your mother warned making all 3 of your immediately stop the laughter before she chuckled herself at her dominance within her household.

After a million apologies given to Lorno by everyone, them for laughing and you for stepping on his tail in the first place, your family sat surrounding the woven mat Tl'ezan made before he started training to become a warrior. You all gathered round like you always did getting ready to have breakfast. "Tonight is the festival Sa'nu!" Lorno said aloud feeling better. Your ears perked at this. "Yes it is Lo', would you like me to pick your best loincloth out for tuk!" Your mother teased, being aware of his crush on her. "No Mom, i can pick it myself." He tried to defend but turning shy. After your mother, Sez and you had finished cutting the last pieces of Yovo you had left, you saw her placing them in a bowl with a cloth on top, "Sa'nu is that for the festival?" you asked, as fermented Yovo was usually a desert

eaten at celebrations or if you just wanted something sweet. "Yes Y/NN, you'll bring it for me."

She said smiling as you nodded at her. You then noticed your mother and father giving each other pushy looks. Your mothers eyes told your dad to 'just do it' whilst your fathers silently responded telling her to do it. You ignored it and sat down soon joined by your mother the last person to join.

The floor was silent for a moment before you all heard a small giggle erupt from Sezans chest before he began to mimic his twin brother crying about his tail under his breath. This caused you to snicker having Yovo shoot out of your nose making Sezans giggles build up into full on laughter as Lorno tried to be angry with his brother but couldn't help laughing at his older sister. A smile emerged on your mothers face as she put her hand over her mouth leaning away from you. "ew fìtxan txavä'" (ew so disgusting) She laughed moving forward again to give you a cloth to wipe it off your face and rub your arm.

Your dad did nothing but smiled trying to think of the perfect moment to talk to you. You wiped your face still laughing as you looked to your father who seemed as though he was in deep thought. You sighed loudly (unintentionally), wiping your top lip before opening your voice. "nga tam sempu?" (you okay father?) you questioned.

His smaller eyes looked up into your big ones. He opened his mouth before closing it and opening it again. "It is nothing ma syulang." He tried to assure you until your mother threw wicked glances in his direction. "Boys you must go." Your mother commanded collecting a few more pieces of the fruit placing it front of them. "But Sa'nu (mom) we are not finished!" Lorno called out. "You can finish outside, come on." She added on getting up and ushering her sons out of the hut flap with fruit in their hands. Once she was done she huffed making her way back over to where you and your father still sat. Sitting down she spoke out, "Ta'achi." That was all she said as her eyes spoke to the rest to her mate.

Your father looked at you face stern all emotion he showed before completely missing. You hated when he looked like that, because you knew it would never end well. You stiffened as your tail stood up right in the air almost past your head as you sat cross legged on the ground. "You are 18 Y/N, you know that this age you must have a potential to mate with?" He said more like a statement than a question but that was all he said nothing more, nothing less. You knew you had to and it was something that was necessary for the people of Pandora. Considering after your 17th you had many many men of the clan courting you but your heart was never with them or even the idea of finding a mate at the time.

You looked at your mother, confused-close lipped smiled trying emerge on your face, you looked away fast realising she was looking at you dead on, no smile on her face either. "Sempu i know, and i will i just need to find the ri-"

"No. Time is running out Syulang, we have already chosen for you." Your father continued talking but there was no point it was all muffled to you. You felt a pit in your stomach widen and widen until it became as though a black hole resided in you, sucking your insides away as well as your freedom and life. They had chosen for you? You were brought back by the feeling of your mothers warm hand on your knee. "Y/N, did you hear, we will give you a few weeks before you meet."

Did she think that would make it better? That they could just arrange a mate for you but letting you wait for a few weeks before meeting him would soften the blow. No infact it made it worse, your parents always taught you the importance of choosing someone whom you truly loved, just how your father had done so. Your mothers parents weren't the biggest fan of your trouble maker dad but he proved himself way more than he needed to, for her. But now they are forcing you into a mating that you did not desire, that you did not dream of?

"Sempu, you cannot be doing this?" You asked voice slightly shaky. "You will soon understand that this is good for you." He said sternly trying to force you into submission clearly. Immediately after he finished his sentence you began your next one, voice getting louder unintentionally. "Good for me? Good for me Sempu?, being with someone WHOM I DO NOT LOVE IS GOOD FOR ME?" You ask-yelled pointing towards your chest angrily, eyes filled with tears now darting back and forth between your parents. "Y/N mawey." (calm) Your mother urged not wanting to have to scold you also for raising your voice.

Your escaped your mothers touch, head snapping towards her. "Sa'nu you allowed this? You allow father to determine my LIFE LIKE THIS?" You cry out now standing up from the mat, your parents following. "Y/N do not yell at my mate." Your father tried to defend, contradicting himself in the moment.

"Exactly, your mate, that you love and chose, whomever this is that you have chosen for me will

not be mine, and i will never be his Sempu. You cannot see? You cannot control all aspects of my life, I am not your little soldier Father!" You cried stepping further away from your parents towards the hut flap.

"Y/N, Do not leave." Your mother warned, heart slightly shattered at the sight of her daughter. "Y/N." Your dad added, voice so cold you could barely recognise it. You stared back at the two of them now sat back on the floor, your blurry vision clearing up as the salty tears overflowed from your eye line onto your cheeks, rolling against your cut. "I cannot sempu." You muttered as you looked down, hoping, praying that for some reason he would let it go. "Please." You said almost as a whisper, trying not to break down right then and there.

Your plea fell upon deaf ears as your father spoke, "Tsa'u hasey." (it is done). The violent sobs that threatened to erupt from your body were held back by the graces of Eywa as you looked up at your father, lips nearly upside from the frown on your face keeping your lips tight as your head moved to your mother who look more sympathetic than your father did but did nothing. You took in a deep breath although you felt as though you still had none left, "Okay." You huffed out feeling more tears cascade down, "That is good ma syulang." Your dad spoke the first time since the conversation started a small smile emerged on his face.

Vexation oozed from your core as you stared at your parents, at your father who had a smile on his face as tears rolled down your own. "Am i excused?" You asked in defeated voice almost hiccuping from the pain you were now feeling in your chest. Your mother nodded the slightest amount and your immediately turned your back to them pushing the large flap open leaving them in the hut alone.

You walked far, keeping your head down not wanting to make eye contact with the other Na'vi. You had already wiped the tears away from your face but your eyes glossy with tears couldn't be hidden. You spedwalk until it turned to jogging and then into full on sprinting once you were deep enough into the forest. Feeling the hard pebbles and sticks sting your feet wasn't enough to stop you until you slowed down feeling your body tire out. Running into a small clearing before a short cliff you stopped, feeling the sobs that attacked your throat earlier return, Looking up to the sky to stop your tears from

rolling down your cheek was no use as they just fell out to the side down your upper face. You kissed your teeth slightly, cursing yourself for being so emotional, you had remembered the girl Tl'ezan had been courting before he died, everyone was certain they would end up together. She had moved to a different part of the forest after his death, you wondered if she had ever found someone else to mate with even if she didn't love them as much as she loved your brother.

As the thought consumed you, more tears flowed across your skin with the thoughts of Tl'ezan also playing in your mind. Resurfacing, your fathers words played in your head like a broken record ,

"this is good for you." "we have already chosen for you." "good for you" "chosen for you" "Tsa'u hasey" (it is done).

He was doing this for you? If he was to do anything for you it should have been leaving you alone, alone to choose a mate of your own. It's not like you were not desired by most of the men in the clan and would be alone forever, why did he feel as though he could control your life like this? He failed to protect his eldest by not placing stricter rules on where you went and so now he is punishing you? A punishment you believed was worse than death, spending your life with someone whom you do not love. Absentmindedly you lowered yourself to the ground head getting heavier on your slender neck. 

You sat as you slid your knees up to your chest hugging them as you cried, and cried, crying to your hearts content, until your eyes were dry and there were no more tears just your wails that you tried keeping to a minimum not wanting to be heard or disturb for that matter.

After what felt like a while you heard the familiar screech, looking up over the cliff you saw La'aila as she flew in beautiful perfect circles before flying up and settling herself on the edge of the cliff, a ragged but strong breath exiting her nostrils. You got up stepping back wanting to give her space and stroked your best friends beak, stepping forward closer to her. As you did so your felt a sharp pain. Yelping as you fell down the ground almost landing on your tail that swung between your legs, looking at the bottom of your blue foot you saw a familiar red substance that was smeared across it dripping from the darker red wound that stretched from the middle left and ended in right corner of your heel. Your hands ran over it trying to stop the bleeding but it was no use, you knew you had to go see Mo'at for aid.

"Shit." Your swore, remembering spider had told you it was normally said when in pain or angry. You felt shit at the moment. La'aila immediately moved towards you nudging her beak against your arm motioning for your to mount her. You loved how she could feel everything you felt even without Tsaheylu, she really was your best friend. You got up using the better foot to help you and climb her, beginning to feel the pain numb your toes and heel as you made tsaheylu with her allowing her to take some of the pain.

The journey was short but not short enough to decrease the amount of blood that dripped out of your foot onto the bottom side of La'ailas long, beautifully patterned neck. As la'ailas wing's straightened out using the wind for a soft landing you had found a clear area where you could land without harming anyone. You landed on the soft mossy ground gently before disconnecting Tsaheylu and kissing the top of her head. "Irayo La'aila." You thanked for her getting you back safely. As you removed your body off of her carefully to land on your unharmed foot you grimaced as you lost balance and had to put both feet on the ground to stable yourself. You were always balanced, there was never a time where you weren't, you had to be, you were a hunter. So why did you lose your balance?

You reached back to hold La'ailas neck and use her as help to walk over to the sullys hut. The pain became unbearable, stinging your foot so immensely you could feel it in your knee. As your breath got heavier you felt a bead of sweat swim along forehead, "It's that hot?" You asked yourself internally looking at your surroundings. Continuing to fight the pain with La'aila practically pulling you towards the hut, Kiri had come out.

"Y/NN" she squealed in excitement, however that excitement was quickly diminished and turned into worry when you didn't respond and she took notice of your sluggish movements. "Y/N, Y/N!" She yelled running towards you now to hold your shoulders incase you fell. Relief flooded your body although it couldn't be noticed, you wanted to collapse in her arms but you knew she would struggle to carry you back to the hut.

"Grandmother! GRANDMOTHER SRUNG! (help) She cried out frantically looking back between you and the hut flap. "No Ki don't call." You muttered not wanting to cause a scene. "Shut up Y/N!" Your best friend said whilst continuing to call out for her grandmother. A few seconds later her Grandmother came out of the hut with her brother tumbling behind not too far. "Shit Y/NN" Lo'ak muttered as he ran past Mo'at over to his sister and you. "What happened bro?" He asked his sister taking you from her struggling arms. "I do not know! i found her like this."

"Great mother, Bring her in." Mo'at ordered quickly returning inside to gather the materials she would use to help you. One arm each slumped over the bodies of your best friends as they pulled you into the hut, settling you down on the soft mat. Mo'ats eyes scanned your body before hearing you mutter, "oeyä venu." (my foot). Quickly she bent down to the bottom of your body studying the foot that oozed thick dark blood with a mixture of green. "What is it Grandmother?" Kiri asked worried. "txum sumac." (poison sumac). Her Grandmother huffed slightly relived it wasn't something worse. The Sumac was a poisonous but not deadly plant, all children of the clan were taught to be aware of when in the forest, especially near the water, you hadn't realised you had cut your self and then stepped on it whilst running. The open wound allowed the sumac to cause an itchy, blistering rash inside your foot that sent waves of heat around your body which tried to push the oil that secreted from the leaf out of you.

"She won't die right?" Lo'ak asked causing kiri to kiss her teeth quietly and harshly tap her brothers arm for asking such a stupid question. "She will

not die." Tsahìk responded before reaching to grab a long piece of cloth and a bowl of cold water, you felt her pour the water over your wound sending a shiver up your spine. You sighed in relief feeling the pain go away for just a second, you tried to watch as she continued to flush the cut out with the cold water and use what looked like a slotted spoon with a small head to pick out the bits of the leaf that were still stuck. Kiri and Lo'ak had left the section of the hut trusting their grandmother would take care of you.

"Y/N, how did this happen?" She asked you as she began to wrap your foot with a long piece of brown cloth tightly to prevent infection, you looked at her wondering if you told her would she be able to help you with your situation. "I was just out with La'aila." You said deciding against telling her. She tutted, knowing you were lying, after all she was Tsahìk. "Yes but why were you out, you would've called Lo'ak or Kiri to join you." She responded, cornering you. You looked at her, head swimming with the conversation you had that morning. It was clear to Mo'at you were thinking and she could, by her Ewya-given gift, see what had happened. She knew your parents had gave you the news of being mated she also knew you were not happy, in the slightest. "Whatever it is tsakarem (tsahìk in training), it will pass." She tried to reassure. The name made your heart scrunch, you were not anyone's Tsakarem and you weren't sure this would "pass" in the way you wanted it to. Which was by disappearing not by you just mating with whom ever this person was and living the rest of your life miserable. You looked at the elder who had finished bandaging up your foot and was now rubbing some oil around it. "I hope so." You responded gently, thinking about the dreaded potential future that sat before you.

You got up onto your feet, applying pressure and feeling nothing. You smiled at Tsahìk, thanking her before exiting that section of the hut. You walked over to kiri and lo'ak who sat arguing about how long it would take for sumac to kill someone without tending to it. You rolled your eyes at their conversation wanting to redirect it, but before you could the young girls eyes landed on you. "Y/NN, how are you feeling?" she asked patting the ground next to her motioning for you to sit. "I am fine, Sumac cant kill me." You said cheekily glaring at Lo'ak for his comment earlier. "He ignored it huffing placing his feet on top of your crossed legs crossing

his ankles and laying on his back hands interlocked behind his head. "Ahhhh good, can't have you dying, i need my foot rest." He sighed jokingly closing his eyes. "Skxawng." You scoffed laughing, shoving his feet off of you. As kiri was to speak up, the flap opened to see the human body of Spider. "SPIDER!" Kiri squeaked getting up and crawl-running towards him, pulling his slightly smaller body into an engulfing hug. "Bro!" Lo'ak cheered also getting up to hugged his best friend. "Hi guys." His voice spoke out underneath being muffled by blue skin. Once they had let go of him, your eyes met and you flashed him a genuine smile. Although the humans had killed your brother, you could never count him as part of them, his heart was too pure and truly belonged to pandora. "Hi spider." You said gently. "Hi Y/N." He responded coming to sit next to you.

"Where have you been?" You asked realising you hadn't seen him in a while. "I didn't feel too good and had to stay in the lab." He responded as kiri ran her fingers across this mask, blocking

his vision. You and Lo'ak shared glances having a feeling something was going on between the two of them. "Anyway, like i wanted to say, the festival tonight, are we going? or are we going." You asked twice, the second time suggesting you go somewhere else instead. A huge smile creeped onto your best friends face as he looked towards his sister and other best friend.

"Guys no, come on." Kiri tried to argue, smile dropping after realising what you were hinting at. "Come on Kiri, it'll be fun." Spider tried to convince her, "Yeahhhh come on Ki." you mocked pouting at her eyes all big. She looked between the two of you, failing to stand against her decision. "Fine." Yesses' could be heard from all 3 of you once she agreed. "We have to stay for the first half and after that ayoeng tsun hum." (we can leave). Lo'ak made clear, making all of you nod. "You parents won't come looking for you, right Y/N?" Spider asked making all 6 eyes in the room land on you. After your argument with you parents they would rather give you space than hold you captive so you were in the clear. "Me? Will neteyam come looking for you?" You asked back making Lo'ak groan. He had forgotten of that factor, he knew his parents would be busy talking to everyone and with tuk but neteyam would be their eyes and ears.

"He'll probably be with a girl." Ki spoke making the room fall silent. "What?" Spider asked laughing slightly. "Sometimes he goes off with different girls in the clan and does things i am more than happy to not talk about." You stared at her. "How do you know?" You asked trying to hardest to seem unbothered, but why did you have to seem unbothered, you should already be so. "Girls of this clan do not have the ability to keep it sealed." She finished.

You wanted to ask who the girls were but refused as it would've made it seem like you cared, and you didn't. Of course you didn't, although you didn't want to, you already had a chosen mate so even if you wanted to, which you obviously didn't, you couldn't care.

"They were probably all, uh uh neteyam, my mighty warrior oh my!" Lo'ak faked moan in a high pitched voice making all of you laugh aloud. As he did so, the mighty warrior walked into the hut with his youngest sister. "Y/N!" She cried out as she run over to hug you, her head on top of yours as you were sat and she stood. You hugged her back. "Hi tuk tuk! what's that?" You asked pointing to the flower crown she had in her hand. "Its a flower crown, neteyam made it for me!" She squealed running to her older brother and hold his hand. You looked up at him seeing him smile down at his little sister. The soft smile that blessed his lips dawned on you, hypnotised you, almost. You looked back down at her, "That is so nice." You smiled turning back round to look at anything else. "Spider?" His low voice called out.

"Neteyam." Spider returned. "You are back, hello." He said calmly, he wasn't the closest with spider but still treated him with the deserved respect. The two boys shared a few awkward head nods before Neteyam coughed. "So Lo'ak, who was all like "mighty warrior" huh?" He mocked, having heard majority of the conversation, including your question. Kiri snorted not hearing her older brothers voice that high since they were 15 and for the fact that Lo'ak had gotten caught.

"Uhm." He said not knowing what excuse to make up. He looked towards you for some backing up but you were staying out of this one, looking away from the boy and staring around the hut. "really?" He muttered so low only you could hear.

"Okay, well tonight no one's going anywhere." He said, sounding like jake. "What?" Spider and Lo'ak

cried out, "That's not fai- not even what we were planning on doing." Lo'ak poorly saved. "Shut up Lo'ak." Kiri laughed, half-glad you guys wouldn't be sneaking out that night. "Let it go Lo'." you sighed stretching your leg with the bandage out. The brown of the cloth contrasted against your perfect blue skin, the position you were in with your arms slightly behind you as you were leaning on them, making your chest poke forward unintentionally with your long torso being completely displayed. Your one leg was tucked under your other whilst the other was stretched out in front you allowing your loin cloth fall in between them and leave your entire leg and thigh exposed.

Neteyams eyes landed on your body, taking in all of you, drinking your image as if he would never see it again. He tried to be discreet as possible until he looked down to see Tuk staring up at him noticing what he was looking at. She smirked as he rolled his eyes and gently pushed her head, annoyed he had been caught, it wasn't like that. You were sitting so seductively, clearly to do something to any man who would look at you. You sat there perfectly, waiting for someone to claim you, like the dirty slu-

"Neteyam!" His Grandmother called out now

standing less than 5 feet away from him snapping him out of his thoughts. "Sorry, yes Grandmother?" He asked noticing all of you looking at him, confused. "I am leaving, tell your parents i will be back before eclipse." She ordered kissing his head and exiting giving you all good byes. Your gazes shifted from him back to one another talking about the festival. Lo'ak spoke to Spider about the 3 girls he liked and how he was to make a move on them that night whilst you and Kiri spoke about the possible outfit choices of the night.

"Come Y/NN i have something to show you!" Kiri cried out getting up and pulling your arm to also get up and follow her to wear she kept her tops. Tuk saw this and joined in running over to where you guys were, leaving the 3 boys on the other side of the hut. She turned her back to you, bending over to find something, tail swaying excitedly. Once she had found whatever it was she was looking for, she turned and showed it to you, holding it up to her chest. It was the prettiest top you had ever seen. it started around the neck hanging down to thin pieces of beautiful pebbles hanging around the chest area with a pink cloth behind it, almost like a seashell bra. "That is incredible Ki." You muttered, in awe of her talent, gently running your fingers against the pebbles. "That is so cool kiri!" Tuk chimed, causing you to chuckle. "You must wear that for the festival." You encourage unable to remove your eyes from the beautiful chest piece. "No, i want you to have it!" She explained holding it out to you.

Your smile dropped, "No kiri, No." You finally met her eager gaze. Shaking your head, "You spent time to make that you should wear it!" You tried to explain. Not to your surprise she wouldn't budge. "Come on Y/N! it will look so pretty on you!" Tuk chimed, "You can maybe wear it whenever you have your mating ceremony!" She finished, causing the small smile that tickled your lips to disappear as you remembered your fathers words.

"No. i do not want it Ki you made it, you should wear it." You said firmly. "Y/NN do you not truly like it?" she asked confused as you had never lied to her before, about anything. You heart sank at your best friends doubts, but tuks comment on wearing it at a possible mating ceremony where you knew you would be mating with someone who wasn't of your choice made you feel ill. "No ki, no no it is lor (beautiful) fìtxan lor. (so beautiful), So much so, that it would look even better sìn peyä ngopyu (on her creator). The words of endearment seeped into her heart pushing her to keep the top and wear it herself. "Okay Y/N, Irayo, i will wear it tonight!" She said obviously excited, You giggled at her excitement realising Tuk was now holding your hand and you squeezed hers as she 'yippeed' for her older sister.

The rest of the day escaped from you as you soon realised eclipse was closing in and you had yet to go home. Jake and Neytiri were back by now, meaning you were bombarded by kisses and hugs from

the two of them which sometimes confused you but you didn't mind. Lo'ak was always jealous saying neytiri loved you more than she loved him, kiri saw it as her seeing you as a second daughter considering how close you were to the family since birth but Neteyam. He knew what the kisses and hugs were for, why she was hugging and kissing her future daughter in-law so much. He felt as though his parents were slowly forcing you into his life, the hugs ,the kisses, the cherished words jake would whisper as he kissed the top of your head. They were so controlling, obviously wanting him to see the goodness in you and make him feel like once you were mated it was because he had chose you and not because they influenced his decision.

You gave your goodbyes to the family allowing them to get ready for the festival before opening the flap of the tent and making your way outside feeling the soft wind brush between your fingers and wrap around your torso. The walk back to your hut was not long, but heavily dreaded. You hadn't seen your siblings or your parents since you left that morning. The thoughts consumed you but quickly released you as you noticed the men of the clan that were walking past gathering large sticks that had fallen from the trees to make bonfires. "Kaltxì." (hello) one of the men greeted recognising you from the match yesterday. "Kaltxì." You responded gently before your smiled faded and you continued making your way. Was he the one whom your parents had paired you with? It was not odd for people of the clan to greet one another, especially male and female, it did not matter. But out of all the men he was the only one who did so. Why? You prayed to Eywa it wasn't him as you barely knew him, not even his name could ring bells.

Sighing as you reached your family hut, you tried to put on a brave face; not cry or allow your fathers words to overwhelm you. Pushing open the flap you were met with you frantic father who sighed a loud sigh of relief once he was aware of your presence. "I told you she would be back." Your mother said kindly to your father, who had one hand on his forehead and the other on his hip. "Syulang, you cannot leave like that ke fìtxan txan." (not so long).

You huffed not wanting to hear a possible lecture that he would be waiting to deliver and walked over to your brothers who played with their wooden toys.

"Do you not hear your father Y/N?" your mom asked not wanting it to turn into another argument between the two of you. "hìtxoa." (sorry) You responded facing the two of them with your entire body, "Syulang." your father huffed out now placing both hands on his hips, "Dad." your responded dully not really wanting to engage in conversation with him. You don't know what you expected, whether that be an apology or you getting into more trouble, you couldn't tell just based off the look he gave you.

"We are going to the festival together, once we get there i'll need you to keep an eye out on your brothers." He was just going to act like it never happened? Like he didn't just determine your entire future? He was going to act like it was fine?

"Okay." Your constant one worded responses earned a heavy sigh from your mom who tried to ease the tension by pulling you over to where your loin cloths were and help you choose one for the festival.

"Come ma Y/NN, let's find you something pretty." she cooed holding your shoulders in both her arms. You didn't want to look 'pretty', what if the future mate was at the festival and you were meeting him today. The thoughts drowned out your mothers voice until she held out a thin white netted top that covered everything it needed but left most of your back and entire stomach exposed at the bottom

your mother tied a sheer small cloth round your waist covering your behind the excess cloth that hung from the knot perfectly covered your front. As she pushed the cloth lower to sit right on your hips you heard Lorno and Sezans conversation about Lo's crush on Tuk.

"At least he likes someone of his choice." You thought to yourself, hoping your father would never dictate their future as he had done with yours.

As eclipse has past and the only thing giving light were the distance fires of the festival and bioluminescence of forest, your family decided it was time to leave. The festival was not far so the use of ikrans was unnecessary. Your brothers practically had to be held by your parents to stop them from running off into the forest and chasing atokirinas. You walked behind your parents, shielded from anyone who was facing your direction. The sound of music and drums became louder and tingled your senses, the smell of flickering flames and roasting boar made your nose twitch slightly.

You walked with elegance, with ease it was just something you were used to, but caught the eyes of many many people in the clan. The hundreds of people who were already at the festival spoke and laughed and drank as you became a clear view to the all Na'vi who stared at your body which they claimed was carved by Eywa herself. Your white but sheer clothing that covered just enough leaving the rest to imagination made a few boys lose track of their conversations and some mothers usher their sons to talk to you. In the far right corner sat your best friends with Tuk, Spider and Neteyam.

"Tewti." (wow) Kiri said eyes fixated on her best friend who hadn't seen her yet. All the boys stopped their chatter and looked towards what she was looking at. You standing beside your parents greeting the Olo'eyktan and Neytiri, putting on the most beautiful fake smile you could muster, Your tail swung low pressing against the ground every so often. The beaded ends of your braids brushing against your top with ever move of your head, yet so delicate and careful. As Neteyam turned his head to see what his siblings were looking at, his eyes landed on your frame. He immediately looked away not wanting to think about you or let any of his future thoughts include you. "Yeah, she looks pretty." Lo'ak voiced in a friendly manner, "she looks beautiful." Tuk cheered before getting up and running over to you.

"Y/N Y/N YOU MADE IT!" she yelled as she ran over to you catching your attention. Your head snapped at the little girl, smiling instantly. "Hi tuk! are you okay?" You ask running your fingers through her braids. "Yes, Yes! Come sit with us!" She cheered pointing to where her siblings and spider were. You looked up smiling at your 3 friends, relived to see them but your eyes landed on a fourth figure that was immediately recognisable. "I will Tuk, just give me one second." You responded as you returned to listen to what Neytiri was telling you before you were distracted. As you did so the little girls attention was stolen by none other than yours brothers which left you to walk over to the group on your own.

As you made your way over the smell once again returned clogging your airways, you ignored it to the best of your ability giving out hi's to the group but sitting on the farthest side away from Neteyam. "You look beautiful Y/NN." Kiri spoke out putting an arm on your shoulder. "Thank you ki." You were both fans of simplicity, so your simple white set clawed at both your hearts. Spider and Lo'ak made fun of the interaction by repeating what had been said in higher pitched voices causing you to smack spider in the back of the head and kiri pinch Lo'ak. However one person sat there, still not saying a word.

As you had walked into the festival, not even the smell of burning animal or wood or even the smell of alcohol from the sugar beet blocked your scent from travelling up Neteyams nose. You were like a poison that followed him everywhere, not even had looked at you, he was aware of your presence. He waited as the sensitivity of it stayed the same for a small while before increasing without warning as you walked over to them. He closed his eyes in hopes that it would for some odd reason disappear but it did the opposite. As you walked around behind him to sit next to kiri who was facing opposite to him, he felt his ears flatten as if he was nervous. Why would he be nervous? He shook it off raising his head quickly watching his little sister play with your brothers in the distance.

He was brought back hearing his sister compliment you, and then having his brother mock it. You thought sitting across from him would put distance between the two of you, instead it increased the amount of each other that you inhaled.

You laughed and enjoyed eachothers conversation, you and neteyam clearly avoiding eachother in whatever you possibly could until you both ended up agreeing on something against Lo'ak which slightly irritated you. His eyes landed on you once again, sat on your heels, hands in your lap fiddling with one another. Why'd you sit in that position, of course you were on your knees, mouth wide open with laughter, is that what you wanted? Someone to shove their cock in your mouth and fuck the words ou-." Once again his thoughts were interrupted by his fathers voice, the sound of a festival cry was heard by everyone signalling that the Olo'eyktan, had something to say.

You all got up from your positions and walked over to join the massive crowd. Still your smell danced around you spreading it around like an infection that only affected Neteyam. Harbouring itself in his airways, every breath he took, was you. Every thought he thought was you. He knew why, but he wasn't happy as to why, you had to stop it, at least for now, stop messing with him, it wasn't fair. As you made your way through the crowd you lost your friends being trapped in between your fellow Na'vi until you felt a grasp on your wrist. You turn smiling thinking its Lo'ak who found you, but instead it was worse. Neteyam. Before you could even say a word he pulled you through a tight gap into his chest with many people surrounding the two of you but paying no attention as they cheered and yipped towards their Olo'eyktan.

"Stop that." He growled face contorted in anger, "Stop what?" You asked trying to yank your hand back, "This." He repeated, confusing you. "I will only tell you once, Get off of me." You said through gritted annoyed that he thought he could put his hands on you like that. He looked down at his hand wrapped around your wrist before letting it go roughly and pointing a finger in your face and almost warning you in a low voice, "You need to stop it."

With that he walked away, losing you in the crowd. You scoffed, you needed to stop? stop what? He had no right to give you orders, none, he wasn't even Olo'eyktan yet. You grumbled, now pushing your way to front of the crowd where you found Lo'ak and kiri and stood beside them, watching their father deliver a beautiful speech trying to ignore their brothers words and stinging of the wrist he gave.

As Jakes speech ended with ruptures of loud applause cheering and singing from some, it was beautiful. He commanded everyone to have fun and eat and dance, which you all gladly did. You ate with your parents and your little brothers near the large bon fire in the middle that many other families surrounded including the sullys.

As you finished eating your mother tapped your shoulder covering her mouth as she spoke to prevent others from hearing even thought it was loud. "Did you bring it?" She asked which made your eyes widen. "shit." You thought before looking at her. "No ma i forgot." The fermented Yovo she had made this morning was still in your hut. "I will go get it." You said putting your leaf that was once filled with food down and getting up walking around the fire pit to the exit. "Where are you going?" you father asked but you ignored and allowed your mother to answer his question. Kiri looked at you confused from the other side of the fire but you held up a hand, signifying you wouldn't be long and were returning soon.

Neteyam also saw this, it played in his head for a moment before he made his decision. He excused himself from his family, making some smart excuse of having to go. Instead of leaving through the same exit you did, he left through a different one, he knew they ended up meeting on the same path. He walked fast trying to catch up to you, he wasn't sure what he was going to do, but he had to talk to you, alone, make you understand. Walking became a pain as the buldge underneath his loincloth grew larger at the thought of you which he cursed himself for. He  finally caught the sight of you opening your family hut and disappearing into the darkness inside of it.

He steps came to a slow halt before he could join you in the hut as he heard the voices of other Na'vi boys who he recognised as Rälek and his little army. He quickly moved behind a large tree which blocked his entire figure from being seen. He wasn't afraid of Rälek, but he didn't not have time to come up with excuses as to why he was outside of your hut, or have you come outside and catch all of them due to the loud altercation that would definitely take place.

To his surprise the boys did not stop at the family hut but instead kept going deeper into the forest, obviously wanting to get away from the festival like they did every time it came around.

However, you inside the hut also noticed the boys continuous walking and heard their revolting words.

"No definitely Kiri, trust me. freaks are the best to mate with because they don't expect you to love them because they..."

"Are freaks!" The boys finished off with one of his friends.

"Stop being idiots. The both of you." Rälek said sternly, ceasing any laughter that been created.His minions laughing died down as he sighed. "If Neteyam heard you, you'd be done for." His voice cracked as they ventured deeper into the illuminating forest. "You'd know all about that." Another one chuckled but by that point they were too far for you to hear Räleks response.

Although confused at the comment made you ignored it, still searching for the desert. Your pupils dilated to take in more light leaving the smallest sliver of yellow surrounding your eye, finally your eyes landed on the large wooden cylinder covered with a purple cloth. You smiled contently to yourself and went to grab it when you heard crunching and light steps.

After the boys had disappeared Neteyam contemplated on whether or not he should enter the hut. Before he could make his decision he too heard footsteps coming in the direction of the festival, he chose to leave, exiting before anyone could see him. At this point you had already began walking over to the hut flap and pushed it open only to be greeted with him.

The guy from earlier who was carrying the wood for the festival along with the other Na'vi men, this time he was alone.

"Oel ngati kameie." (i see you). He gestured, pulling his fingers from his forehead to the centre of his chest. You stood almost dumbfounded not saying anything but repeating the gesture. You hadn't noticed before but he was tall, taller than most of the men of the clan, more on the muscular side, scar running down his right peck and hair braided down his back adorned with different coloured beads, his song cord almost as long as yours. How'd you never notice him before? Was he the one your parents wanted you to be with?

Neteyam hadn't gotten far before hearing his voice and stopping in his steps. The young warrior hid behind a large tree trunk, peering at the two of you staring at eachother for what he considered "too long".

"Haesan, (his name) what is your name?" He asked placing his arm onto of your shoulder. You relaxed slightly lowering your eye lids. "Y/N" You almost purred, the hatred for your "future mate" melting instantly. "Kaltxì Y/N, you have a beautiful name."

"As do yo-." you trailed off, nose suddenly catching the scent of another woman, not coming towards you but as if she was already there, like a perfume being worn.

Haesan tilted his head in confusion unsure why you stopped in your words. Neteyam still stood watching, he had already smelt the other woman's scent since the conversation began, partially blocking his nose as her smell made him feel quite ill.

"You are already mated?" You ask, more like a telling him he was already mated. It clicked that he was not the one your parents had called for you. "I am?" He tried to play off stepping closer to you, fingers rubbing your shoulders. "You are." You said lowly stepping backwards trying to escape his grasp. "We wouldn't have to tell anyone Y/N." Your eyes widened at his words, ears peeking up. "No one." He repeated taking one large step towards you pulling you into him by your waist.

As he pulled you in, you inhaled the smell of the other woman radiating off of him body and recognised it finally. Brina, the cloth maker, it was her. He was her mate. Poor girl, having a cheating bastard as a husband. "Get off of me." You gritted through your teeth as you lifted your hand which held a small hunting knife that you had been holding since you left the hut pointing at his scar. "Or i will re-open it." You threatened poking at his skin.

His impression of you changed immediately, letting go of you and backing up slowly. "Sorry." He muttered before turning around abruptly and walking off fast. You sighed placing one hand on your forehead and the other on your hip placing all weight on one leg. None of the men in the clan were desirable or loyal for that matter, you had no idea who your parents had chosen for you and prayed it would instead be a quiet boring boy who you knew at least wouldn't be disloyal to you.

Neteyam who's blood began to boil from the moment Haesan placed his hand on your shoulders, felt a smile crawl onto his face as he watched you reject him and pull your knife on him. You weren't supposed to be with anyone else anyway, just him.

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Part 8. (2)

Whether it was intentional or not you were his ma- you were a woman of the clan That was not acceptable, in the slightest. Your free elbow swung forward with such force, as it swung back hitting him in his stomach, you felt the vibration in your shoulder. The sudden shocked of being extremely winded caused Rälek to let go of your wrist and stumble backwards holding his abdomen in pain, struggling to catch a breath. You turned your body immediately swinging your arm yielding the knife backwards to swipe at his face, when he leaned back barely missing the sharp blade falling on his tail chest still heaving. You walked over to the boy planning on striking him right then and there. As you came to stand over him he kicked his leg up striking you in the stomach using all his strength, struggling to breath correctly, making you tumble backwards before you immediately got up running again tossing your self on top of him as your free hand snatched at his throat, squeezing it hard as your other hand holding the knife took the cold object slicing a small cut into his cheek allowing the blood trapped underneath to drip down his face. You got up from him letting his throat go by throwing it to the side. As if everyone had waited, loud cheers erupted from the warriors, cheering your name and applauding, impressed by your skill. "YEAHHHHHHHH Y/N" Lo'ak called out, hands around his mouth, jumping up and down like the other warriors. "YORA'TU, Y/N!" (winner, your name) Jake called out, not being able to hide the smile that snuck its way onto his face. Everyone cheered except Rälek who stood up in shame, clearly angry, without looking at you he left the pit making his way over to his friends who waited to comfort him. Squinting at the bright sun that you finally felt burning your flesh, you looked up to see Lo'ak but instead making eye contact with the one person who wasn't cheering or applauding you, Neteyam. He stood there still, perfectly still, arms folded across his chest as the sun highlighted his muscles the muscles that gracefully toned his biceps and upper chest. And that smell, radiating off him like a poison, You quickly looked over to Lo'ak flashing him a smile before your hand rushed to your face feeling the wound on your cheek that stung as you smiled. You exited the pit having all your fellow warriors come up to you and pat you on the back or hug you out of sheer admiration which you hugged back. As Jake gave you a strong pat on the shoulder congratulating you, you noticed Neteyam was no where to be found, like he was disappeared. Your skin where eyebrows would be furrowed in confusion but quick straightened out as you felt someone come up from behind you picking you up off your feet making your legs wiggle in the air. "PUT ME DOWN LO!" You chuckled throwing your head back. He dropped you down poking at your stomach once you had turned to face him. "Stop it!" you teased swatting his hand away joining him in laughing. Before it would slip your mind and the scent was still strong you asked. "Hey can you smell that?" The laughter dying from your voice slowly. Lo'ak pretended to sniff the air before looking back at you face serious, "Yeah i can." "the smell of YOUR VICTORY!" He joked grabbing your arms pulling them up into the air like you were a boxing champion. You laughed pulling your arm back down before sighing and facing away from the boy looking into the crowd to see if you could find the missing boy. What the fuck was that smell? you tried to brush it off joining the group of warriors who huddled in front of Jake listening to his words before he dismissed them for the day.

Time skip

to later on in the day~

The hot, blazing sun tinted your blue skin slightly darker as you wash off the sweat that rested against your body from your tiring day. The hums and buzzes of different creatures soothing your mind nearly distracting you from the split of your cheek, nearly. You dipped your body all the way into the water leaving only your head poking out of the water before straightening your legs and moving your body backwards so you were floating on your back now the cool water swarming your the back of your scalp where your already healed stitches were. Once you felt you were clean enough you left the clear pond putting on your top and loin cloth back on and making your way back into the village. Coming into the village you'd seen your younger brothers playing with Tuk, chasing eachothers tails. You smiled at the innocent child play as you walked past them not wanting to distract them from having fun. Stepping onto a large branch you began to reach and pull yourself up from the different stems before you reached your hut which sat near the top of the home tree.

You walked up to the flap opening it very quietly but not intentionally before walking to where your hammock hung still. As you were to call out for your mom, you heard voices. Your ears perked at the sound of jakes voice, what was he doing here? You began to step where it was coming from walking over to the big curtain that hung over the sitting area separating it from the hammocks. "How are we sure he doesn't know?" You heard your mother ask, "It was discussed barely private ma jake." Neytiri said agreeing with your mother. You stopped footsteps quiet, holding your breath in your lungs, "Se'ayla (your mothers name) They are to be of age very very soon..."

You head snapped over to flap that flew open with a gust of wind revealing your siblings running back to the hut laughing and playing. Not wanting to get caught eaves dropping which you knew was wrong you took large as-quiet-as-possible steps towards the flap outside, stopping your younger brothers from entering. "Hey hey, where are we going? where's tuk?" You asked them heart slightly agitated hoping you hadn't been caught.

"soon, Neteyam is already 19, Y/N is 18, they'll be made aware of their mating soon." Jake said trying to calm down your mother and Neytiri who were sure Neteyam already knew due to his outburst that morning.

"That is if he does not already know." Your mother said again, now looking at her husband who looked at jake. Neytiri huffed turning to face her husband who also shared glances with Ta'achi. (your father)

"Sa'nu said lu win." (mother said be fast). Sezan explained looking up at you with his big yellow eyes. "I didn't want to leave!" Lorno said clearly expressing his cute crush on tuk. "Shhhhh fnu." (quiet) "I will take you back to play with her, come on." You explained trying to keep hush so your parents didn't hear you. As you dragged your two younger brothers further down the home tree Sezan called out. "Tsmukeeeee, (sister) Tuk has gone home too!" You stopped in your steps slightly annoyed they didn't mention that earlier. You huffed making your decision and deciding to still take them, only to the sullys hut.

As the three of you made your way, Lorno was clearly excited to spend more time with the young girl. "you won today." Sezan said calmly walking beside you watching his twin brother run and skip in front of him. You looked down at him with a puzzled expression before it clicked he was talking about the match earlier that day, "How do you know?" You asked touching your slit under your eye, feeling for any blood. "Tuk told Lorno." "And who told Tuk?" "Lo'ak." You huffed out a small laugh, "sran, (yeah) i did."

Your younger brother looked up at you, as if to admire your strength that he had not even seen. "sìltsan." (well done) you laughed again this time aloud, you had never received praise from your siblings since Tl'ezan, which warmed your heart.

You looked away from your brother running your fingers across his arm. Looking up you were already infront of the sully hut, Lorno had already entered. "Ugh" a groan excreted from your stomach through your throat as you sped up to also join him.

You pushed the flap open gently, contrasting to Lornos large entrance. You held it open allowing Sezan to go in before you under your arm. You stepped in meeting eyes with Kiri who you had left that morning. "Y/N!" The girl exclaimed, running over to you throwing her arms over your shoulders. "Hi ki'" You sighed snaking your arms around her abdomen hugging her back tightly. Like clockwork, the scent returned, this time almost strangling your senses, your grip on kiri tightened afraid you would pass out. As you were doing so, Sezan followed Lorno to where he followed Tuk. She sat blackmailing her older brother for Eywa knows what he did this time, The three people behind the curtain soon became five as Lorno and Sezan joined. "LORNO SEZ, YOU'RE BACK!" Tuk practically screamed causing Tsahìk who was also home to call out what the matter was. You all laughed as kiri yelled back explaining to her. From behind the curtain two figures appeared, Lo'ak who was stressing on what to bribe his younger sister with and Neteyam who laughed at his brother.

They both paused in their tracks when they saw you. "Y/NN (your nickname), Oh no sorry 'Champion', what are you doing here?" He said walking up to you before bowing down as you rolled your eyes laughing, pushing his shoulders.

Kiri laughed at his action also rolling her eyes finding her way back to her seat on the floor. You made brief eye contact with Neteyam, the scent still buzzing like a bee but inside your body. Your eyes traveling down to his knuckles that seemed to have a red tint to them, that had tried to be washed off.

neteyams pov

After the match had finished, he'd seen Rälek storming off with his army of 2 behind him before ushering them away. He clearly found the defeat painful. As he walked further and further into the empty forest, murmuring different things and profanities, Neteyam followed. As he got closer behind the boy his heart quickened as he began to hear it in his ears. The image of him slightly rubbing himself against you during the match, flashed in his mind. Not being able to keep quiet for any longer as his breath became ragged and louder he called out. "Rälek." The boy stopped turning around slowly, recognising the voice. "Ah son of Olo'eyktan, what can i do for you." He mocked, a grin playing his lips. Neteyam glared at the boy stepping closer to him, "Next time in a match i need you to not get so excited." Neteyam gritted trying to remain calm, referring to his bulge.

Rälek mentally recapped before finally remembering the moment he made himself less of a man. "Why, did your little girlfriend like it?" He questioned stepping up to Neteyam, closing the small gap that was between them. "Did she like my cock on her a-" Before Rälek could even finish the sentence Neteyam had landed a firm punch to his already busted cheek. And another, and another, pummelling the boys face like you had before but only ten times worse. He continued punching until the sounds of gurgling could be heard snapping him out of his rage induced trance. He looked down at the boy under him, face almost unrecognisable. His chest rising with every deep breath he took to calm himself down. He got up from the boy looking down on him. "If you touch her, or any other girl in the clan like that again, I will cut it off." He spat to the psychotic being that laid, face all bloody. He smiled to the best of his ability despite being in agony. "Is- is that a th-threat?" He asked spitting blood, interrupting his speech.

"It is a promise."

Neteyam left the boy there and went to a nearby pond where he tried to wash the blood off his fists and that splattered on his chest, face and upper arms. He couldn't pretend he didn't understand why he felt this way towards you, he knew why. But why did it have to be you, out of the hundreds of girls in the clan it had to be you, the one he hated. Or thought he hated. He felt an almost possessiveness over you, almost angry at his father for allowing that skxawng (idiot) put his hands on you, almost angry at himself for allowing it and not protesting to his dad. Almost. But he wasn't, you weren't his and he wasn't yours, yet, but he had to find a way to make his parents and yours see that the two of you weren't made for one another.

After washing off to the best of his ability he got out of the pond, and made the walk down to his family's hut. As he entered he heard his younger sister yelling at her other older brother as he pleaded with her to not say anything. He looked at kiri confused before she shrugged, laughing, paying her attention back to the bracelet she was making. He walk up to the source of noise pulling the curtain back to see Tuk sat on the hammocks as Lo'ak stood infront of her hands on his head. "Tuk com-" He stopped in his words looking at his brother, eyes widening as he knew it was over for him then and there. "Neteyam! Neteyam!" Tuk called out getting off her back and to her feet to get to her older brother. " No Tuk stop it!" Lo'ak said trying to pull her away from him. "Let her go Lo'" He said calmly. "Yeah let go bitch!" The younger girl called out squirming in her brothers grasp. Neteyams eyes widened at the use of his little sisters vulgar language that could've only been learnt in a specific place, from a specific mouth. His head snapped towards Lo'ak who was already ready with an excuse. "Bro, i didn't even say it to her, i- i was saying it to kiri." That didn't ease the situation as neteyams eyes became even wider. "Because- because she wouldn't help me close the bracelet she made me!" He tried to protest. "Lo'ak seriously." Neteyam scoffed looking down at his younger brother who looked at him in hopes to gain sympathy. He looked down back at Tuk sighing, What do you want Tuktuk?" He asked knowing the only way she could be quiet and never repeat that word was by getting what she wanted. "What bro that-" Lo'ak tried to argue. "Lo" Neteyam warned, earning an eye roll and huff from his younger brother. "I want Lo'ak to do all my chores!" Her tiny voice declared. "Tuk you don't have any chores." Neteyam reminded her making Lo'ak stick his tongue out at her. "Well my future chores, that mom or dad give me AND i want your yovo fruit after dinner for 2 weeks!" She cried out happy with her last request. "What Neteya- No Tuk that's not fair tell her Neteyam tell her i'm not doing that Tuk come- "

As Lo'ak rambled on about how it was unfair and Tuk argued back the strong smell of helicordian (his favourite flower) wafted into the hut. His surroundings became a blur as his body focused on the scent, trying to inhale every last bit of it. He felt his heart get heavier as he was snapped out of it by the voices of Lorno and Tuk. "Ughhhh" Lo'ak groaned out of anger knowing his sister had won that argument before throwing the curtain aside and stepping into the living room, Neteyam followed.

The boys anger dissipated as he saw his best friend saying whatever corny joke came to his head. He walked over to where you and kiri stood, the smell exuding from your body, pulling him in. As he finally made his way over his eyes landed on your cheek, fuelling him with more irritation, you shouldn't look like that. He thought as he noticed your eyes moving down to his fists, which he thought he was cleaned pretty well. Clearly not.

The four of you sat in an irregular circle shape, kiri had given you a pile of beads and different strings that you could weave together to make beautiful bracelets. You all talked, well Kiri and Lo'ak spoke to you and neteyam vice versa and to spoke eachother, but you and neteyam had not a single word spoken between you. It was awkward but as awkward as it would've been if Ki and Lo weren't there. His gaze hung on you longer than it needed to, watching your hands that fiddle with the different pieces of string, creating beautiful patterns. Trying not to just pull you and smell the surface of your skin wishing he could go deeper. It was as if the closer you were the more he felt, and he hated you for it, why are you making him feel this way, you had no right. Unbeknownst to him, you also struggled to hold conversation with your best friends as his smell plagued your conscious, disturbing your thought process, it was absolutely draining.

As the younger ones played and you all continued in talking and joking around, making fun of Lo'aks bracelet which he had yet to close, Tsahìk entered the sitting area. "Hi grandma!" Tuk called out before continuing to play with the boys who also greeted Tsahìk. The four of you looked at the older woman whom you all looked up to. "Hi grandma" Kiri said with her gentle voice standing up to hug her, even thought they had been in the same vicinity kiri loved her, feeling as thought he grandmother really understood her and her every thought. Mo'at hugged the girl back with one arm the other hanging down to ruffle Lo'aks hair who was still sitting, smiling at the contact. You all stood listening to what the elder had to stay. "No sit, I only need Y/N." You werent shocked as before everything Tsahìk would take you a show you some of her ways. The rest of them sat resuming to their previous tasks as you left your bracelet and things quickly saying bye as you followed the woman into her side of the hut.

As you entered you saw the different herbs and oils laid out in a random order which you knew was incorrect. "Y/N. Come sit." She gestured as you followed sitting in front of her the materials inbetween the two of you. "Are you okay Tsahìk? Why have you laid them out like this?" You asked placing a hand on her shoulder leaning forward slightly motioning to them with your free hand. Mo'at hid a small smirk, pleased with the fact that you could already tell what was wrong with her order. "Oh yes i feel quite dizzy." She lied, deepening her breath to exaggerate her performance. "Oh Mo'at i'm so sorry, Come lay." You said gently allowing her to lie down underneath the woven mat placing cloth under her head to act as a pillow. She sighed contently, knowing you knew what to do next. You grabbed the medium sized leaf and yellow oil that sat at the top of the arranged materials knowing it should be in the middle due to its effectiveness. You

placed your hand on her forehead feeling around, you didn't know exactly how but it was as if you could feel how she was feeling, just the slightest amount, and she felt fine. Not ill, not lightheaded, she felt fine. However, you still smeared the oil across her forehead and abdomen, before tearing the leaf into two, putting one on her forehead and the other directly ontop of the oil on her stomach. The words flowed out of your mouth like smooth honey.

"Tsunslu Eywa lu ngeyä tìfyawìntxu ne fpomtokx"

(May Eywa be your guidance to health.)

The Tsahìk closed her eyes, opening her mouth, "You'd make a perfect Tsahìk one day." Your breath fell short, as you were unable to make any words she opened her eyes looking back at you. "You will my dear." She comforted noticing your almost shocked look. "Thank you Tsahìk, but that is a heavy duty one must carry; to be trusted and utilised by all the clan is not a position i wish to obtain at the moment," You said to her eyes narrowing trying to read her face.

She looked into your eyes intensely but lovingly, "you made me feel better hì'i oe." (little i/me). You chuckled at the nick name removing the leaves off her and using a cloth to wipe down the oil.

As Mo'at corrected your finger technique amongst many other things a question for her popped into your head. "Tsahìk."

"Call me Grandmother, eveng" (child). You smiled at the name, starting again. "Grandmother, have you ever smelt something, not just smelling it but it being everywhere and you cannot rid yourself of it. And everytime it is around you lose focus of what you were doing?" You rambled hoping she would give you an answer.

Immediately the elder knew what you were talking of, yet she didn't know it was happening so early, so young. "Oh my dear, this i have not heard of." She lied again touching your shoulder. "Would you like to talk of it?" She asked following your gaze which looked down at your crossed legs. You shook your head already embarrassed you seemed crazy infront of Tsahìk. She tsk rubbing your shoulder now telling you to not fret and that it would most likely go away. You nodded getting back to the lesson.

After what felt like hours of her questioning you on different healing techniques as well as to give advice to those who come looking for guidance, eclipse began to close in, your eyes becoming heavy. "Well done Y/N you have completed for today." She praised rubbing your back with Yalnabark like she promised for your small cuts from the match. You turned to face as she rubbed some on the slit in your cheek. "For today?" you asked as you also winced at the contact. "I would like you to return in 2 days after the match with the other young Tsakarem." (Tsahìks in training) You looked at her nodding your head, you knew you wouldn't be next Tsahìk but clearly Mo'at liked spending time with you so you didn't mind coming back. "Kìyevame Tsahìk, Irayo." (see you soon tsahìk, thank you) You thanked as you left her side of the hut coming out to see your father talking to Jake as he had come to pick up the three of you.

His eyes landed on you, smiling instantly. You heart was normal, that meant that hadn't caught you eaves dropping. "Hey Y/N." Jake called out waving over to you. "Hello Olo'eyktan." You responded bring your head from your forehead to the centre of your chest and then hugging your father. "I was just telling Ta'achi (your fathers name) about how well your training went today!" You couldn't hold back the smile that was breaking through your lips. "So proud of my tsamsiyu!" Your dad said hugging you even tighter before you hissed due to the pressure on your back which was still covered in cuts and slightly dried yalnabark. He let you go apologising as you all laughed. You looked back at your two brothers who slept on the floor with Tuk drool all over their faces. Your dad sighed before walking over to his two sons carrying the two of them in his large arms still asleep, You both bid Jake farewell before leaving the tent. As you were leaving you looked behind you seeing the shadows of Neytiri, Kiri, Lo'ak, and Neteyam knowing they were getting in trouble as Tuk repeated the word she had heard from her brother in front of her parents now all of them before she fell asleep now they were getting into trouble. You laughed turning your head to catch up with your father, knowing they would have a story to tell you tomorrow.

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sorry hi i know that was really long and maybe annoying to read but i hope you guys enjoyed reading it as much as i did writing it xx

i won't be writing the translations for words like:

Syulang: flower

Irayo : thank you

Skxawng: idiot/ moron

Fnu: quiet

Se'ayla: your moms name

Ta'achi: your dads name

Oeyä ite: my daughter

Rutxe: Please

Sa'nu: mother

Sempu: father

anymore because they're just so long and i use them often hopefully you remember them! sorry

wc: 14k

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Part 8.

warning: it is quite long sorry i just have so many ideas while writing and i just want to put it all in one part so that i don't forget them. xx

As you took the long walk back to the main forest from the lab your heart throbbed uncontrollably. Why did you feel guilty for his state, it wasn't your fault, when you're together he's the one who causes trouble, not you. So why did you feel as though you had? You shook off the feeling hoping it would go soon. You continued to stroll in the direction of which you thought was home until you realised you had stumbled near the sight where you failed to save your brother for the last time. You took a deep breath. This wasn't the first time you had come here, you visited often against your fathers wishes but you had to, it was the last place he spoke to you, laughed with you, the last place he told you he loved you. "We're going home i promise." His soft words   echoing in your head, never forgetting his voice.

Your body begged you to continue forward just so you can reminisce in the last of his moments like you had done a million times before, all you wanted was to hug him agai- "Y/N." Snapped from your thoughts  Lo'ak called you from behind. You whipped your head towards him confused on how you didn't hear him coming. "What are you doing y/nn (your nickname)?"  He looked at you gently tossing his head to the side, eyebrow ruched together. You looked at him saying nothing as your lip began to tremble and your nostrils widened slightly taking in a large amount of air as if it would prevent you from crying. It failed as you walked up to the worried boy throwing your arms around him as he wrapped his slender hands around your waist. You found solace in Lo'ak always, you knew he would never judge you as he wasn't perfect either and he just didn't have it in him to judge anyone. As tears began to fall from your cheek onto his shoulder his heart ached for his best friend. He wanted nothing more than for you to be rid of this sorrow that burrowed itself in you. He always offered the idea of you two running away together, from your parents, the clan, the pressure of it all, but you always refused, you could never leave Lo' and Sez or your mom. "Lo'ak i mis-" you tried to say. "I know, i know." Voice cracking. He read you like a book always seeming able to tell how your feeling without you saying a word. If he had lost Neteyam he didn't know what he'd do, so for you who had already lost that figure, he could only imagine your pain, although he believed he was beginning to feel it. "I'm sorry Lok, (his nickname) about Neteyam." You said through salty tears looking up at him. " Don't Y/N it's not yo-" He tried to reassure. "It is Lo, i left, i walked away from him." Lo'ak looked at you unable to form any words to comfort you. You looked back at him raising your eyebrows still in their tensed position and you continued crying. You knew he some what agreed with you but didn't want to say it aloud. "Listen, even if you had stayed with him, you still would've met with the thanator, someone still would've been hurt Y/N." "Lo'ak." You tried to speak out before he interrupted you. "No body blames you, no one. You brought him back, you brought him home. You saved him." He said as his voice cracked on different syllables. You promised him you would take him home you had to fulfil the promise. You sighed wiping the tears away with Lo'aks help. You released eachother from the tight graps you had on one another and you looked back to where you were originally headed, your purple loincloth shimmering in the moonlight. "Come on Y/NN (your nickname) Let's go." Your best friend called moving his fingers back and forth in front of him. You turned your head back looking at the boy who stared at you with large yellow orbs that also beckoned you to follow him and so you did. He began to take you home, "Home Lo'ak?" you questioned, it was late, no one was around it was dangerous: but that was the perfect time for you and Lo'ak to get up to the bullshit you used to. As much he wanted to do those things with you, he prioritised your well being and health first. "Y/N you're one of the strongest people i know but that doesn't mean you shouldn't rest, i just got you back i cant lose you again." He said shrugging whilst continuing to walk ahead of you not turning back to look at your face. Your face that contorted in disbelief and annoyance that he for once was being the responsible one. You knew it was true, you knew you needed rest, yes but you didn't want him to treat you like the fragile being that everyone else was because that's not what you were.

You both walked in silence until Lo'ak sliced it with his voice, "Did you mean to go there?" He questioned innocently, he knew that sometimes you would take a random stroll but you would end up there: like the time you and Tuk went looking for different flowers for her new top, you managed to bring the both of you across to the sight unknowingly, it's like you're drawn there, always. "No, no i-" You paused you wanted to tell him you went to go see Neteyam, That you touched him and wanted to fix him just there and then but you didn't, you didn't even understand why so how could Lo? "I don't know Lo'ak, i don't know." You responded slowing down behind him on a large branch that arched over the vibrant waters that glistened beneath you with different fishes swimming around in it and the glowing atokirina (woodsprite) floating around you. The large mushroom like plants glowing a blinding purple with different vines hanging from tree to tree, you would never get tired of the forest you got to call home.

He looked back at you hearing your footsteps decrease from behind him. You stood still looking down into the water as if you were contemplating something. "Y/NN (your nickname) ...... what is it?" he asked also looking down in the water to see what you were looking at. You looked at him squinting your eyes slightly a small smile tracing your lips as you stepped off the branch legs straight into the warm water. As you broke the surface of the water you heard your best friend call your name before he quickly jumped off as well shouting a "WHOOOOOO!" as he cannonballed into the warm water. You head finally following the rest of your body underneath the surface, you opened your eyes to be met with the array of bubbles caused by your best friends entrance and the small fishes that tried to escape his flaying limbs. Once the water was clear he looked back at you puffing up his cheeks signalling his need for air. You nearly laughed causing water to enter your nose and for you to rise to the top coughing and spitting out the inhaled water. Lo'ak came up with you laughing uncontrollably whilst trying to catch his breath. Once you were okay and your laughing fit had ended you both swam your way to the river bed and came out. "What was that for?" He chuckled looking back at you as he ringed his loin cloth of excess water. "Did you have fun?" you responded answering his question with a question, "Yeah." He said laughing, "Then that's all that matters." You finished walking past him brushing past his shoulder. You missed the mischief the two of you would get into and to test the waters of how far you could push him to being normal with you again, you decided to literally test the waters, You could push him a little further. As you both strolled through the forest the water on your bodies dried off before the main forest came into view. As it did you both noticed a glimpse of the sun coming into view, you both arrived at the front of your empty hut "Irayo Lo" "Shut up Skxawng." He said pulling your head into his chest hugging it. "Don't thank me for anything." He finished allowing you to pull away from him. "No, thank you for finding me, i don't know what i would've done if you hadn't." You responded looking at him with genuine gratitude. "Goodnight Y/NN. (your nickname)" He said as he fist bumped you, something jake had taught him which he taught you, before turning around and making his way back to his own home. As you saw his body disappear from your line of sight you turned back to face your hut and enter it.

As you entered, the flap shut behind you and you

placed heavy unlit candles you had taken from the lab a few years ago at the bottom to prevent it from flying up or moving because of wind. Doing this you noticed the darkness that lived inside the hut encapsulating your body in a feeling a slumber and exhaustion that you hadn't felt until your eyes landed on your empty hammock, now you were tired. You walked plopping your self on it as it swung back and forth due to the sudden force made by your body. You sighed pulling the blanket over yourself, the warmth making your eyes flutter shut and not open again until morning.

You were awoken by the sound of your parents calling your name along with your younger brothers. "Y/N, Y/N we are back!" You heard Lornos small voice call out. You lifted the top half of your body up resting on your shoulders as you squinted to allow your eyes to adjust to the bright sun that was now shining through the open flap of the hut. "Ma Syulang!" Your father followed shortly after as they both rushed to your side, Lorno jumping onto your hammock hugging, head against your chest. "H-Hi Lo." You said kissing his head as your hand went to reach for your fathers. As you did so your mother and Sezan entered after carrying a new rug, a rug specifically used for Tsahìks, but you ignored it as you saw the self made bouquet of purple flowers that Sez had put together for you. He walked up to you careful to not shake the flowers incase the loose ones fell out. "I made this for you tsmuke!" (sister). You looked at him lovingly receiving the flowers from him and smelling them. "They are beautiful Sez, Irayo." You responded gently still with your morning voice. "I helped pick them too!" Lorno called out from under you looking at his twin as he shot him a grumpy look. "They both helped." You father said watching his two sons give eachother empty threats with their eyes which you both found hilarious.

You looked up over at your mother who stared at the 4 of you smiling, taking in the moment as there wasn't many where you were all together like that. "Well thank you everyone." You said looking at nearly all the members of your family shooting them warm smiles. Your father got up from your hammock kissing your head and making his way over to your mom. Sezan and Lo went over to their hammocks and unloaded their net bags of extra loin cloths. "Y/N i wish you came to grandmas with us, it was so much fun and we got to eat sooooo much Yovo!" Lorno said as he unpacked. "Lorno has a crush on Tuk." Sezan blurted causing his brother to cry out, "SEZ THATS KE NGAY! (not true)". You laughed knowing it was true as anytime she was around his high pitched voice would change pitch. "Because i let her have some of my kllpxiwll?" Lo tried to argue. "kllpxiwll?" You asked, that fruit was only eaten on special occasions like the mating of a couple or a celebration night........or birthday. Oh. "I missed your birthday?" You asked looking at the two boys who looked back at you. Your parents heads facing your direction "Ma Syulang(flower), do not fret." Your dad tried to make you feel better. "It doesn't matter tsmuke (sister) We did not want to celebrate it without you so we did something small, Just Grandmother Pälan and Tuk." Sezan chimed. "Just them two?" you asked before looking at your parents who looked at your longingly. "Just them two." You repeated, Yes you weren't their either and that was your fault but why weren't they there. "Oeyä ite (my daughter) We had things to do, the boys understood." Your mother voiced looking back at the boys who were now playing with eachothers tails. "I feel like i'm letting them down ma'." You said getting up from your hammock and walking up over to her and your father. "You are not ma yawne (my beloved)." She spoked softly pulling your head into her neck inhaling a breath from the top of your head which made you giggle. "You cannot disappoint them syulang(flower)." Your dad said making your smile fade slightly, was he still being hard on you after all this? before bringing it back as he added. "They love you too much to be disappointed, and so do we." Your heart rested in relief pulling him into the hug you were still embracing your mother in. He kissed the two of on the forehead before making his way over to the rug your mom had brought in.

"What is that for?" You asked reaching for a knife to cut the left over fruit Kiri had brought yesterday. Going unnoticed by you your mothers ears shot up praying your father would come up with a decent excuse, "Oh it is a-" He was interrupted by the voice of Kiri breaking through your hut.

"I am sorry to interrupt your morning like this but my father asks you to join, Neteyam is awake!" Her voice bouncing with happiness and joy. She quickly exited the tent joining her family on their ikrans. You and your family left the tent also calling your ikrans who came swiftly picking the three of you up, "Y/N, are you sure you would like to ride on your own?" Your father asked as you settled yourself on La'aila. You simply nodded as you connected Tsaheylu. You were on your own whilst Sez rode with his mother and Lo with his father.

He's awake, "Thank you great mother." You muttered under your breath as you felt the soft wind swim between your braids.

A million thoughts raced in your head. "What if he does not wish to see me?" "What if he blames me for what happened?" Yes you had seen him the previous night but you weren't nervous as he wasn't conscious, he couldn't look back at you and talk; now he could. He could look at you again with those judgey eyes of his. The eyes that always critiqued your already perfect skills, the eyes that would decrease in size as his soft lips formed a frown at you, the eyes you loved to stare into to intimidate.

Quicker than you thought you all arrived at the lab. Already seeing the sullys ikrans scattered around waiting for their return, you and your family made your way down further away to give the family some time to see their loved one alone. Landing after your parents the anxiety built up, you were only here because your parents were, even if he did blame you, it's not like it was the first time you tried to lie to yourself.

All 5 of you remained on the Ikrans looking at eachother sharing glances that spoke a million words. Your father looking at your mother as if to ask if they should dismount, your mother squinting her eyes tossing her head slightly to tell him no and him gently nodding back at her. They knew the alone time would be greatly appreciated even if you were asked to come.

As you all sat upon your ikrans in comforting silence listening to the different chittering creatures of the forest, you saw max one of the other scientists that lived on pandora poke his small head out of the large metal door and beckon you all to follow him. You slid off La'aila feeling her scales across your back, feet coming in contact with the soft mossy floor that kind of tickled. You removed Tsaheylu, losing that extra heartbeat of hers you felt comfort in feeling.

Your family did the same them walking ahead of you into the small metal box they had to crouch down in before they could fully stand as they entered the room where the sullys were. A few feet were between you and your family as you saw them enter the room lit with blue lights because of the different screens inside, "Lorno!" You heard Tuk call out as she ran towards him wrapping her small arms around his entire body. This left a gap for you to see Neteyams face and for him to see yours, your eyes darted downwards as you continued walking to stand next to your father at the edge of his bed. You couldn't look at him, not in the eyes, the guilt now began to eat away at you as you stood less than a metre away from him.

neteyams pov

He awoke to the sound of Norms voice calling him, "Neteyam neteyam." He repeated brushing his hand against the boys arm. He opened his eyes looking at him noticing he had a smile across his small face. "What is it?" He asked, still adjusting to the stiffness of his back "Your family is coming to see you." Norm said gently, his teeth now showing from how hard he was smiling. Neteyam felt his heart do a double beat, thinking of his family he hadn't seen in Eywa knows how long, he missed them so much. "Really?" He asked as he felt tears pool up in his lower eyes. "Yeah they're on their way buddy." The scientists responded patting the blue boys arm.

A short amount of time passed before he heard the heavy steel door open and the sound of eager footsteps and voices becoming louder as they tumbled down the small tunnel way. "NETEYAM!" Tuk yelled running up to her brother jumping onto his bed arms and legs splayed so she could hug him completely. "Tuk careful" Jake called out from behind his wife who had tears already streaming down her cheeks. As he wrapped his arms around his younger sister his eyes made their way over to his younger brothers who stared back at him with so much relief and care he almost mistook them for someone else's. "Bro." Lo'ak spat out also throwing his arms around his younger sister and older brother. He didn't think he'd miss Neteyam as much as he did, he missed his big brother. Kiri took in the sight as she also joined in the hug kissing her older brothers head. "Thank you great mother." She muttered as she smiled. Soon Neytiri and Jake were apart of it as well, Neteyam enjoying his family being around him even though he couldn't breathe due to the increasing weight of all of them. "Guys." He huffed out allowing all of them to realise he needed air. They all laughed removing themselves off him. "Ma teyam" Neytiri said as she made her way over to her sons head placing her hand over the top of his head kissing his forehead. "Son. How are you." Jake called trying to fight back tears. "I am okay dad." The young boy responded as tuk ran up to him again hugging his arm.

The family shared loving words towards their eldest along with many kisses that Lo'ak would be sure to make fun of Neteyam for later on. "Ta'achi's family will be joining us here." Jake said alerting the rest of his family who laughed at Lo'aks unfunny jokes. "Yayyy!" Tuk called out "Is Y/N coming too?" Kiri asked looking towards her father. Jake nodded and neteyams heart suddenly felt stiff, you were okay? She's okay, he thought. Neteyam had no clue on what had happened to you, he remembered being attack by the Thanator and then waking up in the lab with Norm. He also remembered looking around for you, calling your name aloud in hopes of finding you before eclipse closed in. It felt like hours he was looking for you, he knew he couldn't return home without you so he stayed even if he could he wouldn't leave you and he didn't understand why. Whilst looking for you the forest fell dark and his ears became hyperactive noticing every single rustle, snap and breeze of wind that occurred. He then heard the heavy breath of a Thanator that chased him relentlessly, before it lunged at him ripping his back like it was nothing, then, then he woke up.

Soon your family was infront of his bed giving the sullys comforting hugs and smiles.

"Neteyam, How are you feeling?" You heard your mom ask him placing her hand on his knee that was beneath the sheet. "I am okay." His voice spoke up , looking up at you as he said so. You continued disregarding his eye contact looking everywhere but at him. He quickly noticed this moving his attention to your mom flashing her a small smile. "Y/NN (your nickname) You alright?" Lo'ak called making you move from your position slightly behind your father to look at him. Kiri got up from her position and hugged you tightly. "Yeah." You responded nodding your head the smallest amount over his sisters shoulder. Neytiri then walked over to the two of you kissing the top of your head and hugging you after Kiri had. "Thank you." She said pulling away holding your head in her hands. "Thank you for bringing him home." She finished tears welling up in her eyes again. Jake stepped over embracing the two of you in his large arms as if to also say thank you. Neteyam then realised that you were the one who had brought him back to the village, allowing him to still be alive. His stare burned into the side of your head and it's as if you could feel it making your body hot. As you separated from Neytiri and jake following Lo'ak who had decided to walk around the lab.

After spending an hour there, your family decided it was time to leave so the Sullys could stay with their son. As you said your goodbyes to Tuk Kiri and Lo'ak You passed Neteyams bed, accidentally meeting his eyes. "Y/N." He called out, quietly enough for you to hear it allowing his parents and yours to continue in their conversation, you paused looking at him, properly for the first time eyes travelling around his entire sitting body before reminding yourself to look at his face. "Thank you." He said eyes never leaving yours. As he said this both your parents made their way over laughter dying from whatever your father had previously said. You nodded at him gently and you turned to walk past your mother, "Uh Y/N you should stay, here with us." Jake called out looking at your parents who nodded eagerly agreeing with the Olo'eyktan. "Yeah!" Tuk cried out running over to hold your hand. Why would they want you to stay? you weren't family. Neteyam knew why they wanted you to stay, He had almost forgotten it, you were to be mated with him, you weren't family, yet. "Oh i dont thi-" You tried to say as Tuk interrupted, crying out "Pleasssseeeeeeeeeeeeee". You did not want to stay yet you didn't want to refuse what was asked of you by Olo'eyktan. You opened your mouth before closing it again, you had to lie. "I don't feel too good." Technically it wasn't a lie because you didn't feel good, at all. You felt sick, so much sympathy for a boy whom you used to despise. "Oh ma syulang! Pelun nga ke peng?" (why you not tell?) Your mother said as she placed her hand on your back. "Ngaytxoa." (sorry) You mumbled stepping behind her next to your father who welcomed you into his grasp. "Oh well feel free to come to our home any time you wish." Neytiri added on flashing you a warm smile before looking back at her soon placing her hand on his shoulders. He looked back at her blankly not wanting to show his annoyance, he knew was she was trying to do and it wasn't fair. You smiled back at her then looking down at your brother Lorno who was making faces at Tuk who was making them back. "Sez za'u" (come) Your mother beckoned to the young boy who was staring at different specimens that layed around the lab. Once he came running over your family said their final goodbyes, Kiri giving you a hug and Lo'ak fist bumping you whilst Neteyam did nothing but stare.

*Time skip: 1 week and 4 days

It had been nearly 2 weeks since you saw Neteyam, He was back home now but you would just get Kiri or Lo'ak to come to yours and not the other way round. You spent most of your days in the forest with them, hanging, messing with one another, arriving home just before eclipse so your parents couldn't say anything. Not having to worry about any responsibility like being a warrior or doing random Tsahìk lessons with Mo'at put you at ease, you wished life could be like this forever, with your two best friends. The hot sun shone over Pandora, unfortunately for you and Kiri that meant you had to listen to all of Lo'aks moaning. "Ughhhhh it's so ho-hotttt." He cried out exaggerating his loss of breath. "Shut up Lo." You said as you laid beside kiri eyes closed on the soft grass soaking in the hot rays of light that massaged your body. Your long torso spread flat against the ground, toes wiggling arms spread, you felt like a bird every time a gust of wind would breeze by through your finger tips. "But it's sooooooooo h- OW." he couldn't finish as Kiri smacked him on his back as he laid stomach down allowing only his back to visible to her. You chucked "Irayo ki" you thanked looking over at her as she smirked back at you. "You guys are so mean ya'know" The boy huffed turning his head to face away from the two of you. You laughed again as a shadow came over you blocking your head from the sun making your face go cold. Your eyes shot open to look at the extremely tall figure that belonged to Jake. "Kids." "Hi dad." Kiri said softly earning a small smile from her dad, He obviously had a soft spot for her. "Y/N do you remember today you join the training again?" He asked. Shit, of course you remember, you didn't want to but you did, you enjoyed the feeling of being free, but your father reminded you that you would be back in training soon as you had healed extremely well. "Yes sir." You said standing up out of respect. Kiri and Lo'ak did the same, "Lo'ak you too." Jake began to walk away with the two of you following behind him as you turned back to look at Kiri, who gave you a sympathetic look.

As he walked you back to the main forest where the training was taking place he asked, "Hey kid, your not nervous right?" "Why would i be?" You responded, shoulders low, head high exaggerating your confidence causing both of you to laugh. "No i am not sir." You said being serious this time. And you weren't, you knew you were better than most of the other warriors your age and above even without a few weeks of training. You and Lo'ak made quick

jokes, poking at one another until someone got really annoyed and Jake had to step in continuing on until the camp came into view and you saw all of them warriors warming up.

Their gazes fell upon you and it felt like déjà vu, the first day you joined. You immediately left Jakes side with Lo'ak, joining the group of warriors who stood before you their eyes following the swaying of your hips. Most of them were applauding eyes that were grateful you had returned but a few of those eyes were full of dislike and annoyance, belonging to Rälek and his friends. You warmed up slowly on your own having casual conversation with those around you who welcomed you back and speaking about the lovely weather like the elders did. As you did so you felt Räleks gaze strong on you probably only leaving you twice to look at his friends. "Okay everyone round up!" Olo'eyktan called out causing everyone's chatter to come to a pause and for you all to huddle up infront of him. "For today we will be doing marking practice. To mark what you are hunting and capture it." He said projecting his voice. You all nodded, some of you chuckling in excitement, like Rälek. "No partners today, it will be one on one matches, yora'tu salew sìn." (winner proceeds on.) A few whoops could be heard as you all move around to stand at the edge of the extremely large pit that was used for stuff like this.

You took in a deep breath standing over to the far right of the pit next to Lo'ak poking at his back as he stood in front of you threatening to push him down into the pit. As you looked up you made eye contact with the boy who wanted nothing more than to embarrass you in front of everyone, You looked away from him now making eye contact with Jake who nodded at you reassuringly not noticing the taunting looks you had just received. You nodded back at him before moving to stand at Lo'aks left. "Who would like to go first?" Jake called out looking around at the young Na'vi who watched their Olo'eyktan with eager eyes. "I do." Lo'ak called out before anyone else could. Jake hated seeming biased or unfair because of his children but the rules were 'first to speak, first to do' He nodded motioning his hand down into the pit signalling for Lo'ak to enter. The boy looked at you smugly earning a roll of the eyes and chuckle from you.

As he entered a few of the girls laughed, smiling uncontrollably, they most definitely had a crush on him it was sickening. "Who wishes to challenge Lo'ak?" Jake spoke again now looking over at your side of the pit. However his attention was turned to the left as one of Räleks minions spoke up. "I do Olo'eyktan." His squeaky voice relayed. "Okay, Our first two competitors." Toruk makto said motioning for the boy to join Lo'ak down in the pit. Out of the 40 young warriors that were there you were certain not everyone would be participating as this was something that was split over a two day period. "I'll explain the rules again, the first to remove the others cloth and draw blood wins." To remove what makes them which was the cloth, was the marking and to draw blood was the capture, it honestly made you excited to see what everyone could do. "I need a fair match." He said down to the two boys who nodded back at him looking upwards slightly due to the lower ground they were at than him. "ulte TSYUL!" (and START!).

The two young boys circled around eachother cautiously hips pushed back. You noticed Lo'aks tail stiffen which made a smirk appear on your face, you knew he would win this match as when he concentrated his tail always became stiff doing little movement, soon the boy ran full speed at lo'ak bringing the both of them to the ground, hard. 'ooohs' and 'aks' (ouches) could be heard from amongst the warriors. Very quickly Lo'ak overpowered the boy turning him over on his back quickly making his way to his feet with a knee to the boys chest as he reached back and ripped his cloth out from the side of his loincloth. The boy pushed Lo'ak off of him in frustration causing him to fall on his back. He smiled at him knowing he had already won not letting the shove get to him.

"Point One Lo'ak!" Jake called out directing his hand towards him. Immediately the second half began, Lo'ak held a small shank small enough to nick someone but not enough to cause any real damage. Whilst the other boy remained weaponless, still having to claim Lo'aks cloth. Cheers came from all different sides of the pit, some for the other boy most of them for Lo'ak. "COME ON LO." You called out noticing his slowed down movements as he became annoyed with the boy who just ran away from him trying to tire him out. Instead of exhausting Lo though he ended up becoming exhausted himself, Lo'ak saw this opportunity sliding down onto the floor by the side of his leg, swiping at the boys lower leg causing him to fall down and hold his calf where blood now dripped. Lo'ak then stood holding the knife with the small sliver of blood on it up for everyone to see. " YORA'TU LO'AK!" (WINNER LO'AK) Jake yelled out causing ruptures of applause and shouts to be created cheering Lo'ak for his victory, the first of many to come through out the day. Angrily the boy stomped out of the pit leaving Lo'ak to bask in the glory and wink at the girls who cheered for him from above. You rolled your eyes at his antics before you saw Rälek placing a hand on his friends shoulder comforting him for his loss. He looked up at you snarling slightly, which made you clench your jaw and move from your position of the far right to the middle of the perimeter of the pit.

A few cheers could be heard as some assumed you would be next to join Lo'ak in the pit. Your best friend looked at you from below cocking his head to the side as if to challenge you, you chuckled ignoring his provoking. You weren't going in, not yet.

Soon another warrior had joined Lo'ak down in the pit. He was smaller, one of the newer ones who had join a few days before you had. He seemed excited to go against the older boy who was with him in the pit. Everyone laughed at the boy knowing he wouldn't stand a chance against Lo'ak.

The match had begun and like everyone guess, Lo'ak marked and captured the boy within minutes, causing another array of cheers to be heard along with claps and "GO LO'AK"s. After a while, the competitors lessened as Lo took them out one by one feeling confident. He was exhausted having gone against 18 people but he was doing surprisingly well. Your cheered for your best friend along with his fan girls who gave each other quick glances whenever his back was towards them and his muscles tensed or when his loin cloth sat in a weird position revealing what was underneath it, thankfully covered by another layer of cloth.

"Who now wishes to go against Lo'ak?" Jake called out looking at the remaining 22 warriors who hadn't gotten into the pit. Jake looked over towards you, he had been waiting for you to volunteer, he really wanted you to participate. You noticed only you and Rälek were left to go against the boy, Perfect. You were about to speak before Räleks voice was heard. "I will." He said smugly immediately hopping down into the pit. He looked at you as he walked over to Lo'ak then made eye contact with the slightly smaller boy who stood in front of him. Jake readjusted his footing, he knew Rälek was relatively stronger than Lo'ak but he was confident in his son's abilities. "TSYUL" (BEGIN) Jake yelled aloud signalling for the boys who start.

Wasting no time the taller boy picked Lo'ak up by his legs before standing up straight and slamming the boys back into the ground. "Argh" the boy ground feeling the pain pulse through this body. Your nose scrunched, knowing the pain Lo'ak was in. A few Na'vi hissed knowing Rälek only knew how to fight dirty, You glared at the boy hoping he could feel your gaze burning into him. He then tried to pull the cloth from Lo'aks side when he swiftly turned over to his left where the cloth was blocking it from being seen. Still he laid on his side coughing, trying to regain strength.

Out of character, Rälek stepped back allowing Lo'ak to have to time get up, everyone fell silent watching the boy do something he never would've normally done. Maybe it was an act of kindness? No, you knew what it was. He was baiting him in. "Oh." you muttered realising that Lo'ak was falling right into his trap. The boy got up slowly, looking at the taller boy who looked at him with a sort of lust in his eyes. A lust for pain and undeserved victory, lo'ak then ran full speed at Rälek bringing the both of them down to the ground, once he was on top of the boy he threw punches at him with both hands. All though Lo'ak gave as many punches as he could muster it clearly wasn't enough to beat the boy who laid beneath him. Rälek grabbed one of Lo'aks wrists mid punch halting his movements, shocking him a little bit which gave Rälek the perfect gap to sock the boy right in his face. Lo'ak immediately took himself off the boy trying to get rid of the double image he was no seeing, holding his bloody nose stumbling

backwards.

Rälek then got up and punched Lo'ak again making his hand which was holding his nose crash against his face and the poor boy to fall backwards onto the ground.

"LO'AK." You yelled out, angry that Rälek was being so rough, Lo was not the enemy he was his fellow tsamsiyu (warrior) so why was he being like this, so aggressive.

Rälek stormed over to the boy placing his foot on his chest stopping him from getting up and snatching the cloth from side holding it up for everyone to see, then throwing it down to the ground beside him.

"RÄLEK!" Jake called out, It was disorderly, you were to return the cloth back to the owner by hand. Due to this his point was deducted and Lo'ak was given back his cloth to put it on his side. The match was restarted. Lo'ak looked up at his father in pain, he didn't want to go against him anymore. "COME ON LO." You yelled catching the boys attention, If his best friend was there he could do it, and so he did .

He stood up, clearly weakened but mindset as strong as ever. Your ears perked as you heard people making way, apologising and gasping, you turned your head to see what it was. Neteyam, walking to stand beside his father. He hadn't seen you yet but you could smell him, his strong scent that you were sure could be detected by everyone but everyone else seemed unbothered by it. You removed your eyes from him afraid he would be able to feel you staring and catch you. Instead you looked around you seeing all the other girls fawning over him, mouth opened, poking eachother to look at future Olo'eyktan. You rolled your eyes, annoyed by their eager lips that moved to talk about him. Your attention drawn back to Lo'ak.

Neteyams pov

As morning arose over pandora, the eldest boy removed himself from his hammock, to get ready for the day. It had been 1 week and 4 days since he arrived home, and he felt great. Better than ever before, He was ready to train again. Soon after his whole family awoke greeting eachother giving kisses, everything felt right again. As the family sat eating breakfast Jake noticed Neteyam had placed his knife and bow out. "Neteyam."

"Yes sir." The boy called out, sighing from laughter at the previous joke Tuk made to Lo'ak. "Why do you have your bow and knife out?" The older man questioned, looking at his wife who looked back at him, tilting her head like a warning to be careful on how he relayed the information to the boy.

"For todays training sir, i'm sure you haven't forgotten." The boy responded chuckling a little bit.

Lo'ak and Kiri fell silent in their chatter, they knew Neteyam was removed from the war party, but he didn't. He noticed the glances being tossed infront of him. "What is is dad?" He said, anxiously waiting for a response. "Ma teyam, you have just returned and we think it's better for you to rest before you join the clan again." Neytiri spoke up placing a hand on her sons shoulders.

"What do you mean?" He asked turning his head towards her then at his father, who sighed.

"I've decided to take you out of the war party Neteyam." The hut fell silent, everyone waiting for his reaction. Instead of yelling or crying, he said nothing bowing his head down, jaw clenched. "Ngaytxoa Teyam." (Sorry) His mother said rubbish his shoulder now. Lo'ak and his sisters looked at eachother feeling sympathy for the boy. "Bro when your stronger you can come back." His younger brother tried to ease. "I am strong, I am stronger Lo'ak, I am stronger da-sir." The agitated boy finished eyes moving back down.

"I cannot risk it Neteyam." Jake said wanting to finalise the conversation. "So you just took

me out, not giving me a chance!" The boy voiced, his voice getting louder. "Mawey tsmukan (calm brother)." Kiri said afraid of an argument arising between her brother and father. Tuk had never seen neteyam angry before, remembering this he relaxed his body and tone with his father. "Son, Once you are stronger you are to return." Jake repeated. "Y/N was taken out too and she's back!" Tuk chimed trying to make her brother feel better. His ears shot up at the sound of your name. "She is back because she is stronger." Neytiri finished not wanting neteyam to get the wrong idea.The boy said nothing, huffing before standing up "is there anything else you want to tell me?" he asked looking at his mother specifically, She said nothing looking at her son in disbelief. He turned leaving the hut.

He had never acted like this before, he was usually extremely understanding but this was the one thing he could control in his life at the minute without his father analysing everything about it, and it was taken from him just like that, but given back to you. You didn't even want it, to be a warrior you were bored and needed something to keep you occupied. Neteyam thought angrily stepping deeper into the forest.

Soon the family dispersed from breakfast and Lo'ak and Kiri went to yours before you all made your way to a clearing in the forest to lay under the beating sun.

After a while of trying to relax and visiting the home tree to calm his nerves, he decided to go see how the training was going. He knew you'd be there as you had obviously been welcomed back into the war party unlike him, He wasn't going so he could see you, he told himself. He hadn't seen you for a week and he was fine. He was fine. He strolled all the way until he made his way to the training grounds where he saw a large group of warriors surrounding the pit, with a strong scent wafting against his nose. Tingling his nerves, it smelt like helicordian, his favourite flower, mixed with stress. He ignored it walking over to his father. People moved out of the way, gazes falling upon him apologising for being in his way, which he only responded with "it's okay" or "you are not at fault." The tongues of other Na'vi girls moved talking about him right next to him, which he didn't like.

Your attention being drawn back to Lo'ak you saw him find his footing. He lowered his body, his tail swaying in impatience as the taller boy just walked back and forth in front of him. He quickly ran towards the smaller boy then stopping causing Lo'ak

to stumbled backwards but not falling. Rälek

chuckled, liking how he could trick the boy so easily. You let out a low growl, frustrated that Lo'ak was being played like this. Suddenly Neteyams ears perked at the sound. Although you were far away from him. He heard it loud and clear as if it was meant for him, then he realised where the smell was coming from. It was you. His heart beat quickened as he cleared his throat looking back at his brother whilst his father side eyed him. Rälek then pushed Lo'aks shoulders back before throwing a punch to his face, this time to his left cheek. Lo'aks head turn to the side leaving the right completely open for Rälek to land another one. "Oooooohhhs" could be heard all around, with the exception of cheers from Räleks friends.

Neteyam sighed keeping his mouth closed. "He knew his brother was tired and Rälek could've just taken his cloth and gotten it over with but instead he was torturing. He knew he could have Rälek, finish him within mere minutes and watching the boy attack his brother mercilessly made him want to do just that. Lo'ak stumbled to the ground before Rälek finally took his cloth from him and held it up once again. People clapped some people didn't, all eyes were on Lo'ak who laid on the floor, trying to recover.

Jake knew Lo'ak wouldn't be able to carry on any further, so he called it. "MATCH OVER." He said aloud causing all eyes to follow him as he pointed towards Rälek. "Yora'tu Rälek!" (winner)He said as his boys cheered and clapped for him, bubbles of applause could be heard but not ones of awe and congratulation, mostly out of fear. Lo'ak looked at his father in frustration, annoyed that he stopped the match. Rälek walked over to the boy helping him up but obviously mocking him aiding him in getting out of the pit where he joined the rest of the warriors who had been nicked by his knife. "Sorry guys" he moaned as he fell to ground near them. "It's okay Lo'ak you were great!" The young boy he went against called out which made everyone smile.

"Last up, Y/N." Jake called out. Neteyams head whipped towards his father then at you. You weren't seriously going to against this monster? The thought made Neteyams skin crawl. He did not care for you, he thought, but it would inhumane to put anything against that boy.

All eyes fell upon you, as you made your way down into the pit. Not making eye contact with anyone but the boy who stood waiting for you. You weren't scared, you knew you could have him. "You got this Rälek!" one of his minions said. This caused Lo'ak to get up from where he was after his quick recovery to stand where you previously did and cheer for you "COME ON Y/NN!" (your nickname) This was followed by many others also joining and cheering you on. You tucked the cloth into the side of your loin cloth, securing your footing infront of the boy, he smiled greedily, ready to hurt you. Neteyam saw this turning to his father who continued to look down at you, jaw clenched tight.

He huffed looking down at you again, crossing his arms. He knew you were strong but Rälek was aggressive, rough and he played dirty.

"TSYUL!" (begin) Jake bellowed, the match had begun.

As if he was unable to wait, the boy threw himself at you, missing as you stepped to side knocking him down with your elbow your feet swivelling. He rolled down to the ground before immediately getting up looking at you. A loose hair from your braid fell in front of your face as your crouched lower feet spread apart trying to anticipate any of his moves. You chuckled cocking your head to the side, teasing him. You could hear people cheering for you calling your

name as a motivator. Neteyams eyes were glued to you watching your every move, every breath, every step. Rälek ran towards you again this time turning his body as if he was going to break down a door. Your were pushed back far, your back scraping against the dried mud causing a few stones to make you bleed. You got up into a bent position quickly regaining balance. He really had gotten stronger, you shook your head of the thoughts and focused on winning. You growled at him baring your fangs which he did also keeping his teeth clenched. He made his way towards you again as you swiped your leg from beneath him causing him to fall on his side and cry out. You took this as an opportunity to try and grab his cloth when he grabbed your wrist tossing your entire weight over him onto the hard ground. You fell on your back, both of the top of your heads facing one another as you groaned. He wasn't going down without a fight and neither were you. You got up, tail a bit sore from landing on it, you turned around to see him also getting up. In his position, his head was down looking towards the ground facing away from you, arms by his side, defenceless. You jumped up from the small distance inbetween the two of you wrapping your legs around his shoulders and neck bringing the both of your back down to the ground, your legs tightened around his throat preventing him from being able to take in a deep breath. He tried to pry your legs off of himself but it was no use. You were going to win. You tried to reach forward and grab the cloth that sat at his waist. You bent as much as your body would allow your fingers tips ghosting past the yellow cloth often but not enough for you to grab it. He continued grinding at your legs, realising it wasn't working it noticed your hair dangling in front of his face. He used this as leverage and began pulling at it causing you to yelp in pain. He chuckled feeling your grip on his neck loosen and he grabbed ahold of your arm and threw you over his body again by your hair and arm. You landed again on your back feeling the wind get knocked out of you, he coughed feeling the fresh air wash his deprived throat. He got up walking over to you leaning down to pull your cloth from your waist. You saw him coming and turned over on your stomach to hide the cloth between you and floor, like Lo'ak did. He saw this and stopped, laughing allowing you to get up. Smiling he looked back at Lo'ak who stared at him intensely, He saw this as a game and only wanted to hurt you. Neteyam saw the boys actions which made his blood boil, he wasn't playing fair, hair pulling wasn't forbidden but it was heavily frowned upon. You also saw his taunting which filled you with an anger you'd only felt a few times before. With his head turned you got up quickly and quietly running into him, arms around his side, sending the two of you to the ground again. A grunt could be heard as he cracked the ground beneath him slightly with the force that you exerted against him. You got up throwing a punch to his face, your promise for him coming into memory when he had hurt Lorno. "Next time oe tspang nga." (i kill you). After receiving six or so punches the boy managed to wiggle his knee inbetween the two of you and and knock against your torso in hope of pushing you off him. You noticed his knee being upwards making the cloth fall backwards onto his stomach, right where you could grab it. Suddenly he gripped the side of your neck using his hand and knee to throw you off his body to the side. You body flew landing hard on the dry ground, you groaned slightly but the pain didn't matter as you stood up holding the bright yellow cloth in your left hand for everyone to see. He looked down at himself in disbelief, you had taken it from him, marked him.

Loud cheers could be heard from everyone, including Jake who coughed to hide his excitement. "YES Y/N!" Lo'ak called out, so proud of his best friend. Your eyes travelled up meeting neteyam who looked back at you, mind clearly thinking of something, You paid no attention to it looking at Jake who nodded at you in approval. You smiled walking over to Rälek who still sat on the ground hanging the cloth in his face. He snatched it before immediately standing up before you, chests nearly touching staring down at you as you looked back up at him. Eyes travelling around his face landing on his busted lip causing your small smirk to widen.

"You are not as strong as your brother."

Your smile dropped, how dare he mention Tl'ezan out of his pathetic mouth? With cheers and yips still being heard your jaw clenched as you pushed past him towards Jake to collect the small knife you'd need for the second part of the challenge. Rälek chuckled as you pushed past him, knowing he was getting into your head. As you made your way over to Jake, the scent you had smelt earlier returned even stronger than before, you squinted at the Olo'eyktan for second before your eyes shifted to look at the boy who stood beside him, could he seriously not smell that? You took the knife from him turning around and making your way back down into the pit hearing Lo'ak now come to stand next to his father and older brother from behind you.

neteyams pov

He watched, he watched as you remained strong and eventually won the first round. Your perfect body being tossed like it was worth nothing annoyed him and now he knew why, you were his supposed mate. He was bound to have a feeling of over protectiveness over you. He didn't want to, he didn't want to care that you had scratches and dried blood all over your back. But he did, and he hated it. Every move Rälek did put you in harms way which caused the boy to change his stance or the way he breathed, your scent becoming stronger the hotter you became. It irritated him, fuzzying his nerves, seeing you slammed on your back the first time he turned to his father. "That is not allowed." He said through gritted teeth doing quite well at keeping composure. "She will be fine son." Jake responded to him not taking his eyes off the match.

Your hips swayed gently as you walked back over to your starting position in front of Rälek. Lo'ak noticed his brothers tensed body placing a hand on his shoulder "You good bro?" The young boy asked. "Never been better." He responded following your body with his head not even looking at his brother who squinted at him in confusion.

You both waited in anticipation for Jakes starting words. The boy looked at you smiling, lip still bleeding from your well deserved punches. "TSYUL"

Jake called out, hopefully for the last time of the day. Instead of running towards you the boy remained still, only thing moving was his tail. You hadn't noticed but Neteyam had, the boys moves could always be anticipated by the direction and movement of his tail. During the first round before he ran towards you, his tail shot straight up as well at the second time. When he was to grab you, his tail would wiggle downwards and stay flat. "Peyä kxtese." (his tail). Neteyam said to lo'ak not explaining anything, looking back into the pit however the young boy turned following his brothers gaze before yelling, "HIS TAIL!" Even through all the racket your ears picked it up immediately understanding what he meant. Your eyes shifted to his tail watching as it wiggled upwards before standing completely straight. He stepped in front of you quickly trying to intimidate you but you didn't budge. The top right of his lip rising pulling his face into a smug look of annoyance, you held the knife with the blade horizontal to your face, your thumb close to your face, wrist bent. You pushed your arm out hoping to slice the boy in his chest, He grabbed your arm throwing you to the ground as you rolled over quickly recovering standing up, he cocked his head walking over to you, his tail wiggling down staying flat against his legs. using your available hand and the fingers you could without losing your grip on the knife you swiftly move to the side behind the boy lifting your leg up to hit his head knocking him down. Quickly made your way over to his body whilst he was down wrapping your warms around his head and neck again triangle arm choking him, applying a small amount of pressure as you brought the knife down to slice the top of his eyebrow and claim your victory. Neteyam looked intensely, wanting the match to be over so Rälek could get his dirty hands off you. The sun was still hot, blaring infact, this made the boy hot, beads of sweat forming on his forehead, his bodily heat making his scent travel directly towards your nose. Momentarily the smell caused your head to turn to the side, leaving a time gap for Rälek to punch your face with the back of his hand making you let go and holding your upper cheek where he had hit you. Just below your eye the skin had split, causing you to hiss in pain. You move backwards still keeping a tight grip on your blade, the tall boy got up rubbing his neck as one of his friends called out for him, "YOU GOT THIS RÄLEK, ZA'U SÌN!" (come on!) This gave the boy a new surge of confidence as he reached his hand out to grab your hand holding the knife twisting your body around so now your back was against his chest controlling your arm so your knife was against your own neck. What was he doing? He had yet to claim your cloth but there he was trying to capture your with your own blade. Gasps of confusion and shock made their way around the clan as some looked towards Olo'eyktan to see if he would stop the match including Lo'ak and Neteyam. But he didn't, he looked straight on at you, praying in his mind that you would pull through. You struggled against the boys grip, his frame was quite larger than yours but not so much. He lowered the blade making it nearly skim your neck, you shook your wrist so he wasn't able to land a secure spot to try and cut you. Your muscles began to tire on you, the constant force  against them making them want to give out. You grunted pushing back on him to try make the two of you fall to the ground but it was no use. Your movements nearly froze when you felt it, pushing back against him you felt the growing erection that sat beneath his loincloth brushing against your ass so discreetly no one else noticed it except one. Your mind, heart and soul grew so much more distasteful towards him, anger influencing your every step moving forward. As the match went on Neteyam watched carefully, eyes growing smaller and smaller as if they helped him see better, seeing your body pushed up against Räleks rubbed him the wrong way and especially seeing him rub himself against you like that?

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Part 7 finally.

Your father carried your nearly limp body to Mo'at and Jake carried Neteyam. Your dads heart beating erratically, looking down at your teary eyes. "i'm sorry, i'm sorry dad." You tried to mutter. Just at that exact moment his heart broke. You were the one who was hurt yet you were apologising to him. "Shhh shh Syulang,(flower) You have nothing to be sorry for shhh you're going to be okay." He jumbled trying to get you to the tent faster, kissing your head as tears began to stroll down his face onto your chest. Mo'at sat fixing up whatever medicine she had just laid out when Your father and Jake burst in carrying the two of you. Immediately the Tsahìks breath hitched in her throat as her eyes landed on Neteyams bloody face and your contorted arm. "My Eywa, what has happened!" She cried out falling to knees to gain easier access to her supplies. "Srung peyä rutxe." (please help her) Your father said trying to maintain composure as he laid you down infront of the healer. As he stepped back, from your peripheral vision you caught a glimpse of his arm that laid under your head. All of it dowsed in the sanguine fluid, masking his blue skin as if it was never even blue and had been red all along. There was so much, you didn't think there'd be that much. Your mother stumbled in soon after holding onto Neytiris arm to prevent herself from falling over. "Ta'achi, remove her from this place." Mo'at ordered understanding that your mothers hysterics could distract her from helping you.

"NEYTIRI OUT!" She yelled at her daughter who was trying to push past her mate to her son. "Se'ayla come." Your dad pleaded with your mother hesitantly not wanting to leave your side either. "My daughter, i cant lose oeyä ite (my daughter) Ta'achi i cannot." Your mother cried clawing at your fathers heavy arms that reluctantly pushed her out of the tent. "I know my love i know we will not lose her." His voice faded as he exited. Jake placed an arm around his mates torso hugging her from behind kissing her backhead as tears made their way down his worried face. He looked at his son who now laid face down his wounds glistening in the light given by the small fire in the corner of the tent. You were still aware of your surroundings hearing everything that was going on, your mothers cries and your fathers strained comfort he tried to provide to her. The pain of your arm now worse than ever, you could feel every single fibre stinging, twinging in ways it wasn't supposed to, as if to punish you. Your finger tips becoming hot and bothered feeling the blood slosh around trying to get in and around the bones that laid like a broken puzzle piece trapped within the skin of your arm. Neteyam laid still unconscious his mind trying to protect him from the severe pain he was in. The scratches on his back worse than you could imagine, the Thanator had really done damage. Tearing his back open to the point where flesh was visible and Mo'at could see the shifting of them whenever he was moved even the slightest amount. It was a gruesome sight. Tears rolled down the side of your eye falling to the ground, you wanted to scream in agony but your body was so weak and mind was foggy due to the blood loss. Soon your world went dark and the noises of Tsahìk shuffling around became muffled before stopping completely.

You woke up after what felt like a really long nap feeling the warm sun tickle your nose. Your eyes widened as the memories of what happened emerged causing you to try shoot up, as you did so the back of your head thumped, you could feel your heart beat in your head like a drum. "argh" you groaned catching the attention of your mother who sat a few feet away from you with kiri churning Yovo fruit, your favourite. "Y/N you are awake!" You heard your mother call out as she eagerly walked over to you tears already brimming her eye line. Kiri following close behind her tears already halfway down her face. You took a moment to take in their faces and let the blurriness disappear. As you saw the eye bags under your mothers eyes and the more worried than relaxed face of kiris, you began to cry. "TA'ACHI TA'- Kiri go get your parents!" Your mother told her before resuming to call for your father. Kiri obeyed quickly running out of the tent but not before looking back at you feeling her heart settle, her best friend was back. "Sa'nu (mother), i'm sorry." You cried again as she leaned in to kiss your head and rub your cheeks. "No my love i am sorry, i should've never let you go that day." That day? how long had it been you thought, in your peripheral vision you could see a bucket of water and a cloth that your mother would use to bathe you. Soon after your father came rushing in falling to his knees beside your bed. "Ma syulang (my flower) Oh my love, Thank you, Thank you great mother." He thanked looking upwards closing your soft hand in his graps. Tears continued to fall down your face, feeling as though you had let them down. You knew how they felt when they lost your brother and then you pulled shit like this nearly getting yourself killed. You should've stayed with Neteyam. "Neteyam, Oh Neteyam, is he okay, where is he?" You asked as your tears became sobs. Just as you did so Kiri entered with the rest of her family minus the eldest. "Y/N" Neytiri called out, your father making space for her to also kneel around your bed. Her arm extended touching your forehead kissing it looking at you with a look filled with love and gratefulness. Jakes large sigh of relief filled the room holding Lo'aks shoulders who cried tears of happiness knowing one of his closest friends would be with him tomorrow and the days to come. "Are you okay." Kiri asked moving to the other side of your bed scanning your body eyes landing on the bandage around your arm. You could only look at her head still pounding. Your pupils dilated, leaving only a skinny ring of yellow to be seen in your eyes. "Where is Sezan and Lorno." "Shhhh you must rest ma syulang." (My flower) Your father cooed as he placed a hand upon your abdomen which you were not aware you were tensing. Why wasn't anyone answering your questions? "You've been asleep for a while ma Y/N." Your mother voiced gently. Everyone's eyes now lied upon you. "It's been 3 weeks and 6 days." Lo'ak chimed breaking the silence. "Nearly a month." Kiri added on still crouched down beside you but looking at her brother with furrowed brows. They shared concerned looks between the two of them thinking about their older brother who still hadn't awoken with the time that had past. "Y/N..." Jake paused, "Keep resting, that is all that is important at the moment. We love you, all of us." Another tear caressed your cheek, you hated crying infront of everyone like this so you closed your eyes hoping they would go away. The sullys gave eachother concerning looks that voiced the feeling they should leave, leave you alone with your parents. As they cleared the room you noticed the large amounts of gifts placed in the corner of the room from other members of the clan who had gifted these to you and your family for when you would wake. Once it was only the 3 of you your mother got up to fetch you a bowl of water assuming you must've been thirsty. "oh" she muttered before getting up to do so.

"Ma Syulang (my flower) we are so glad to have you back. We sat here everyday waiting, waiting for this." You began to cry. You've never seen your father so vulnerable since that night. The night he lost his eldest. "Dad." You said breathily the pounding of your head reducing to a small knock every so often. "Sezan and Lo are with Grandmother pälan (your grandmother), Tuk is there too. Would you like me to get them?" He requested. "No." You responded sharply. "I will visit them when alaksi (ready)."  "Tam." (Okay). You couldn't bare to face them in your state nor to traumatise the two youngest of your family. They already had been through enough with Tl'ezan they did not need to see you also. You had to remain strong in their eyes, you had to. Your mother then came over with the bowl of fresh water that she lifted your head so you could drink. You didn't realise how thirsty you were until you gulped down the water eagerly letting it spill and drip onto your chest. You didn't care though you felt as though you had almost forgotten the taste of it. You gasped breaking your lips away from the wooden surface, you drank the entire bowl in one go. You laid back onto the pillow that was behind you feeling sleep emerge again. Your parents gaze remaining on you like if they looked away you would slip from their hold again. You fell asleep last thing feeling your father changing the wet cloth that laid upon your forehead with a cooler one.

You awoke again, The sun was still shining brightly above pandora blessing the Navi with its warmth. How long had you slept for? you thought. It had been a day. You slept through the entire day into the next but exhaustion still controlled your body. You slowly looked around feeling slightly better, well your arm, your head still felt dizzy but it wasn't anything you couldn't handle. You began to lift your bandaged arm ready to wince and feel pain, However it never came. Infact, you arm felt stronger, Stronger than it was before, than it had ever been. A small smile that had been missing from your face for nearly a month crept up causing your dry lips to crackle before your warm wet tongue quickly

swiped across it. You moved your 3 fingers and then your thumb making sure you had full control over them. An even bigger smile was formed once you realised you were okay. Your left hand quickly reached behind to touch the back of your head where you felt a row of stitching pulling the skin together, It was soft not surgical, You knew Mo'at had performed it and not Norm and any of the other science guys which didn't bother you. You swung your legs off of the hammock letting your long legs hit the wooden ground. You hadn't felt it in so long you felt like you had forgotten how to walk, but you were quickly proven wrong as you began to run around your hut feeling your tail wave behind you. Laughter emerged from your throat and became louder and genuine as you felt how you once had. You were quickly brought to a stop as kiri and Lo'ak came into the hut, eyes wide worried that you had hurt yourself as they had heard the stomps of your feet from outside the hut. "Y/N what are you doing?" Kiri cried as she dropped her sack of fruits she had collected to bring you ordered by your parents who were away. Lo'ak stood still smiling, he was glad to see you having fun again. "Kiri i'm okay!" you called to her smiling, fangs out and all. "No Y/N! You must keep resting tsal lehrrap! (It's dangerous!)" She growled slightly contrasting her gentle grip she placed on your arm leading you back to your bed. You looked at her confused, you were fine now, you were okay! Why was she acting as if you weren't, you looked back at Lo'ak who opened his mouth to protest for you but for someone reason decided against it. "Kiri i am okay." You chuckled slightly as she placed you back onto the hammock. "Ki i am fine." You ended grasping onto her arms as she tried to pull your legs onto the bed. "Y/N i am worried we can't have you being hurt again." "I know bu-" You tried to argue before you were cut off with words that were sure to ruin your day. "That is why father has taken you out of the war party." She huffed out "Neteyam too, Until you both become stronger." Lo'ak finished. You said nothing staring at the two of them in complete and utter disbelief. You felt as though everything  had been taken away from you, Becoming a warrior taken away from you. Your eyes fluttered closed not wanting to cry anymore. It hurt you, but you knew it would hurt Neteyam even more. You didn't care about him you told yourself you just felt bad knowing how hard he worked to prove himself as a great warrior, the best warrior and it was taken from him also. "Kiri i am fine." You snapped removing your arm from her hands. "Please Y/N, your parents have asked this of me, to look after you." You looked into her eyes seeing genuine sadness mixed with frustration. Before looking at the younger boy who now moved to sit at the edge of your hammock. You decided to follow the girls orders and lay back into your hammock allowing her care for you as if you were a child. She revealed the fruits from the bag and poured the Yovo fruit your mother and her had churned the morning before, fermented pouring it into a wooden bowl. She brought it over to you whilst having a bowl for herself, You sat up taking the bowl in hand as she sat on the floor right next to you, placing the flower bean bag you had made beneath her. "Irayo (Thank you) You chimed softly before taking a sip. "So i have to go get my own?"

Lo'ak said dramatically rolling his eyes as he got up causing the balance of the hammock to shift and for you to yelp then laugh. The three of you talked and laughed for what felt like ages about everything and anything. Them updating you on the drama with the younger Navi and even the elders which made you laugh. Lo'aks unfunny, funny stories that you missed hearing, They both missed your company. "How are you all with everything?" You asked referring to the sully family having to live without neteyam for a while. Kiri spoke, "It sucks honestly, We havent been able to see him in weeks and Tuk is starting to get afraid she never will again. Lo'ak is just more agitated that usual", she said looking at him, "getting in trouble more often and he even started a fight with spider. "That wasn't even my fault Y/N." He tried to defend earning a snort from you. "Nothings really the same." Lo'ak muttered. You heart slowly dropped at the negative impact his absence brought upon his family. "Why cant you see him?" You asked, trying to be as sensitive as possible. "He is with the Lab he is staying there due to his critical condition as Norm called it, putting air quotations when she said the words 'critical condition. "Oh." You muttered, where his injuries that severe or was Mo'at too distraught she couldn't work on him? "You were there also the first two weeks." Lo'ak said snapping you out of your thoughts. "You were in a deep sleep but they called it 'Coma' although your mother refused to say it." The thought of your mother being like that rubbed you the wrong way so instead you steered the conversation in a direction you believed would be more positive. "What about the training warriors has anything changed since?" A small silence slithered. Kiri broke it with a hoarse voice, "It's not a large difference but, Ralêk.", Lo'ak rolled his eyes at the name and released a breath, "he is now the best hunter and fighter of the clan, well he claims to be so and there isn't really any denying it. You know Lo'ak he comes in a close second but there really is no beating hi-" "Ralêk?" You paused her, again not being able to believe her words. But her face was just as serious as it was when she first caught you running about. "Yes." She huffed in defeat. You hated him more than words could describe, definitely more than you disliked Neteyam. It was one thing to mess with you but your younger siblings that was a line too thin to be crossed but Ralêk had done just that.

When you were 16 you had caught him picking on your brothers and confronted him after eclipse where you threatened his status and ordered him to stay away from your entire family. You thought he would've listened after you left him with an stain on his loin cloth that wasn't plain water, Until you saw Lorno with a relatively small cut on his upper back. You didn't care about the size and forced Lo' to tell you who had inflicted it onto him, he hesitated stating that the perpetrator said they would hurt Sez if he said anything. You didn't need to do much more questioning as it was clear as day who had done it. You stormed out of the hut straight towards Ralêk who was surrounded by his followers who laughed at his boring jokes. You barged through them ready to pounce. Once you made it to him his laughter faded, face straightening out. "I thought i told you to never lay a hand on my brothers again." You spat, wanting to wrap your hands around his throat and squeeze the life, given to him by Eywa that he didn't deserve, out. "Skxawng, i didn't put my hands on anyone." He scoffed trying to seem cool in front of his friends, but this only pissed you off more. "Would you like for me to skin alive?" You threatened causing his eyes to widen slightly at the outrageous threats you were tossing at him infront of his boys. He quickly made eye contact with one of them who stood behind you. All of a sudden a new found confidence surged through his body, cocking his head to the side he responded, "Like i said i didn't put my hands on anyone, i put my knife on them." He spat before chuckling, Your tail stood up straight in the air, not moving an inch rage blinding you. He was amused for only a second before you sent a hard fist flying towards his stupid face knocking him down to the ground. He fell startled holding his nose that was now dripping blood with his friends that rushed over to help him up. "Next time, oe tspang nga." (I kill you). You growled frightening him and his friends before storming away tail now flaying, agitated.

The days since then have passed but the hate for him never dissolved. "Do not fret Y/N, i am sure once you are back you will reclaim your spot and will 'Teyam." Kiri tried to comfort as Lo'ak rubbed your exposed leg that wasn't beneath your blanket. You agreed, there was no way he could've been better than you within a short amount of time. "Well Y/N eclipse is falling in soon, we must head home, Your mother and father will back soon they are away with my parents for things and your siblings are still with your Grandmother." You nodded at her not saying a word. "Would you like me to stay?" She asked as though she wanted to stay and was just waiting for you say so. "Irayo (Thank you) Ki but it's okay, i will be able to handle myself." You responded gently pretending to yawn gesturing your fake exhaustion. "I'll stay with you Y/N." He said as he stretched moving from his position he sat in for so long straining his voice smirk all over his face. "Lo'ak. Come on." Kiri grunted pulling her brother out of your tent as he yelled. "ILL BE BACK TOMORROW Y/NN!" (your nickname) You knew you weren't tired and you had to do something. once eclipse had passed and you were sure most if not all of the Navi had gone home to sleep you got up changing your loincloth into one of your prettier ones feeling even better and sliding your holster onto your thigh and sliding your knife into it. You looked around the hut quickly before making your way out of it. You jumped and leaped around the forest feeling the soft warm wind between you fingers and hair with the bouncy moss beneath your toes. You sighed, your home welcoming you back as though you had never left. You looked up seeing a familiar patterned wing flapping towards you, it was La'aila. Your ikran Landed on the ground infront of you stepping closer enough for you to reach out and touch her cold scales. You stared at her beauty, never getting used to her elegance and captivating eyes. Her warm breath blew against you as you reached up to run your fingers against her textured skin and place your head against hers. Her breath shuddered feeling her best friend again. You immediately looked back up at her pupils widening as you reached behind yourself grabbing your queue, slowly you pulled the braids in front of you exposing the frolicking tendrils that played, connecting it with those that belonged to your Ikran. As you did so, everything felt right, her heart beat, her thoughts, her feelings, everything she felt you felt. She had missed you just as much as you missed her. You adorned her in kisses, stroking her in the places you knew she liked most. "Irayo La'aila." You thought playing the memory of her bringing you and neteyam home that night. If it wasn't for her you wouldn't have returned and for that you were incredibly grateful. You mounted your best friend the last rough landing your had with her causing you to shiver in your place which in response she lowered her body closer to the ground to allow you to feel more comfortable. She was perfect. "Tam." (that's alright.) You thought to her as she rose up slowly before you instructed her to begin walking, you just wanted to walk around the forest with her and watch it. As you played with the glowing Atokirina and other creatures that landed on La'ailas back and beak, your mind wandered to your conversation you previously had with Kiri. "He is with the Lab, he's staying there." Her words repeating in your mind.

You had an urge to see him, You had to see if i'm Neteyam was okay and so you did. You instructed La'aila to start to moving in the direction of the lab for what felt like forever until you were infront of it, Jumping off your ikran disconnecting Tsaheylu you sent her back home looking at your large slender frame being visible to yourself through the reflection in the window which you always thought was so cool as you didn't have mirrors back home. You finally got a good look at your arm, It looked visibly strong than your left but in a good way, You knew Mo'ats medicines must've had something to do with it which you silently thanked her for as you had yet to do so. You walked over to the entrance side for the humans avatars to enter and exit from and went inside. You hate how bright the lights inside were. You never understood why they needed such bright lights but always deemed it to be because they had smaller eyes than yours. You walked around looking at different things being sure to not knock anything over with your tail you picked up a small pen and inspected it as your eyes trailed up and you saw him. There he laid completely still with a few wires coming out of him. It looked like agony. You dropped the pen quickly moving towards him, you didn't care how much noise you made at this point because so far you hadn't come in contact with any of the humans. "Neteyam." You gasped as you got closer to his face. He looked blue, Yes as usual but he looked paler, more sickly, like whatever they were doing to him here was killing him further but for some reason his muscles did not seem smaller in size from lack of movement, infact they seemed slightly larger as if he was still training. "what is this." you muffled staring at the tubes that protruded from his skin. Guilt started to wash over you. Was it your fault he was like this? You shouldn't have left him Y/N, especially after he nearly died. You should've stayed. "Oh neteyam.." You trailed as tears threatened to fall off your face onto his chest. As you looked at him with blurry vision you noticed how peaceful he looks when he's not talking or arguing, how beautiful he looked, how his muscles relaxed, how delicate he seemed now. "No." You said verbally as if your Verbal sayings would overpower your inner thoughts, making them wrong, but you couldn't help how you saw him. Reluctantly you stretched your arm and touched his arm so softly that you could only feel it on your finger tips as a slight tingle. Your tears finally dropped annoying you making you pull back from his cold flesh and tsk in annoyance at yourself, you sniffled the unwanted tears and began to walk away from his bed. As you began to do so you came into contact with a human. Norm, Thank Eywa it was norm.

"Jesus Y/N, you scared the crap out of me, Are you better you should be home resting!" he exclaimed holding his chest that was rising and lowering quickly. You shot him a puzzled look "crap out of you?" "Like faeces." He tried to explain. You leaned back slightly eyes moving down his pants. "Not literally." He reiterated. "Ah." you agreed, you definitely thought he was weird but it was okay. "Why are you here, you're not allowed. Especially after eclipse, How'd you even get here." He bombarded you as he walked past over to neteyam. You paused hesitant on telling him as it if you said it out loud it may have made it true. "I...." you paused "i was worried." You muttered not turning to face norm. "About him?" He answered as he continued to check neteyams vitals and other things. "Uh i don- i dont know." You mumbled stuttering. "Do you wanna tell him?" Norm said almost excited. But confusion fumbled with your brain. "I was worried that i would get in trouble by my father for getting us hurt, Not about him individually." You lied. You cared about him more than you wanted and you genuinely couldn't understand why. It didn't even matter you just knew it had to stop. "Y/N. Are you okay?" Norm asked ignoring your previous comment. You then finally turned to him and saw him standing in front of Neteyam blocking your view of him. Why was he standing there you couldn't see neteyam couldn't he stand a little to the left? "I am fine, What are those?" You gestured to the tubes sticking out of the boy. "They are helping him get better, making him stronger, we thought he could better just off of what Tsahìk was giving but he needed something more, something stronger. He was too weak." Mumbling the last part as he turned back to look at the boy. There it was again that pang of guilt in your chest this time in your stomach as well, "he was too weak." Was that your fault? "I must go Norm." You said nonchalantly before turning to leave not even waiting for his response. Once norm saw your body pass the glass window and disappear into the tree line he sat down next to neteyam. "Neteyam." He said firmly into one of his ears. Immediately the boys ears perked up and his eyes shot open. His vision feeling blurry and wallowing a body that felt foreign for just a moment to him sent him into a frenzy as he pulled away from the tubes causing the patient monitor to crash to the ground and his tail smack the folded hospital screen onto the edge of the bed before tumbling to the floor creating loud clangs. "Neteyam NETEYAM!" Norm yelled trying to calm him down. Once his eyes came into contact with Norms his pupils relaxed and his hand immediately held his back which felt stiff due to the stitching all along it. He had two scratches parallel to one another from his left armpit to just about his right hip. Norm scoffed in disbelief, he couldn't believe it actually worked. "Sit Sit." He beckoned patting the bed for the young boy to return to. As he did he looked at his much smaller frame, face scrunched in agony. The lab had never tried anything like this but Norm knew Neteyam wouldn't have made it without it. It seemed cliche but the mix of the steroids dianabol and trenbolone with Mo'ats mixture was the best option he had to live. Norm took the risk not telling anyone what he was doing as he knew the family would disapprove. He knew it would devastate Jake and that is why absolutely no one else in the Lab knew about it. Only him. There were side effects with what he was doing, just that Neteyams strength would be beyond what he had before maybe even stronger than Jakes. "Whe-where am i?" He asked catching his breath. Norm looked at him glint in eyes, Thanking Eywa it worked. "Your alive."

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part 6. (4)

"tìtstewnga tsamsiyu, kehe txopu," Brave warrior, no fear.) You tried to relax yourself. Straightening your back to aim and shoot at the creature. And you did striking it in the neck.

Fuck. You thought, the neck although it would've been helpful for any other animal, the thanator was known to have armour around its neck and back. A second of silence fell where only the rain could be heard and your breath was held before the thanator began charging full speed towards you aiming to kill. You turned so fast you were surprised you didn't hurt your ankle, running at incredible speed to get away from the monster. Jumping and leaping to different rocks trying to be careful not to hurt yourself. You saw a bundle of trees in the far distance but a fairly large jump was needed to get over to that side. With the thanator behind you, you knew you had to jump. You increased your speed even more which you thought was impossible considering how fast you were already going. And you jumped, jumping over one side of the mountain to the other, beneath you: nothing but a long distance with rocks waiting to welcome you at the bottom. You jumped and reach your arms out to hold the ledge that you so nearly missed. Your right arm hitting the ground so hard you heard something crack and quickly used your left arm to gain leverage and pull yourself up. As you got up you sat down laying on your back your legs dangling off the ledge seeing the thanator come to a halt nearly slipping off the other ledge. You made eye contact with it as it's external sensory quills that made its appearance more frightening shook in frustration, It turned before walking away but you caught a glimpse of its claws in the little light that was left from eclipse. Blood, there was blood all over it's claws. You pulled your self back panting heavily dismissing it as blood from another creature and thanking Eywa for saving you. "Thank you great mother." You panted closing your eyes then looked down at your right elbow and seeing something sticking out where it wasn't supposed to. "Great." you mumbled. The pain hadn't come into play yet due to the adrenaline pumping around your body. You took that as an opportunity to get up quickly with the help of your good arm to look for Neteyam.

"NETEYAM, WHERE ARE YOU SKXAWNG." You called out hoping you would find him soon as darkness had settled in and you started to fear he had left you here on your own. "This fucking- NETEYAM NETEYAM WH-ere are." You paused eyes trailing down to something laying face down further away.

You began to speed to up to get a better view. And then you saw it. His bloodied back, The deep scratches that decorated it, poisoning the beautiful blue of his skin with a deep crimson red. "neteyam. Neteyam NETEYAM." You yelled as you rushed over to his body trying your best to turn him over with only your left arm. "Neteyam no no no neteyam no." You began to pant, falling to your knees sitting on the heels of your feet bringing his head onto your lap. His mouth fell agape, Terror froze your veins. "NETEYAM NETEYAM GET U- Get up neteyam wake UP." You yell-spoke as tears threatened to spill from your eyeline. It was happening again.

You feared you were letting someone down again. Tl'ezan and then Neteyam. "Netey-" You paused as your ears perked up. You heard the familiar breathing of the animal that had just been chasing you. Eyes widening not waiting another second you flipped neteyam over on his stomach so his back wouldn't suffer anymore you began to pull Neteyam with your one good arm dragging him by his leg trying to escape from grasps of death that longed for you. Your eyes fell on the wounds realising it was worse than you had first thought. The deep scratches confused you on whether or not he could've been dead, the blood flowing out of his back decorating the ground and the rest of his azure skin. The animal taunted you using the surroundings of the echoey mountains to heighten it's calls and confuse you as to where it was. You fell on your ass constantly his body seeming 10x heavier than what it looked like. Scraping his body against small rocks definitely giving him bruises as well as yourself. You made your way to the edge of the mountain where you had started the day however all the ikrans where no longer there, obviously scared away by the thanator. "AHH NETEYAM!" You panted out of breath praying he would just wake up, The tears you held finally streamed down your azure cheeks falling in between your lips. You had to get him home, if you couldn't do it for Tl'ezan you had to for him. For yourself. "We're going home, i promise." You muttered just as your brother said to you. struggling to pull his body near the edge of the mountains. You screamed calling for your Ikran trying to project your voice as you did so you fell on your back hitting your head against a rock that was lodged into the ground. Blood immediately began dripping out before turning into a small steady stream. You reached back to feel the wound wincing at the contact and retracting your hand. Your blood soaked fingers reached back to hold Neteyams leg again, just as you did so by Eywas works La'aila landed right next to you her wings flapping intensely. With all the strength you had in your body you lifted yourself off the ground whilst your ears perked at the sound of the thanators breath getting heavier due to the increasing amount of blood being produced between you and Neteyam. You beckoned La'aila so you wouldn't have to walk a long way to help neteyam get to her. "Come on net, come on." you grunted, the struggle of pulling him increasing heavily as your body became weaker.

You put his arm up around your shoulder putting all his weight on you which killed your arm even more but you didn't complain. You felt the thanator getting closer but you could only go as fast as your burnt out legs would carry you. His feet and legs dragged across the dry ground definitely giving him scratches. You made tsaheylu with La'aila mentally instructing her to lean down so that you could better push neteyam onto her. Once you were sure he was securely on, you quickly mounted La'aila before taking off. You took off looking back behind the unconscious boy to see the thanator sneering at the two of you as if to threaten you if you ever came back. After what felt like a while you began to see the village and instructed La'aila to go down to it. All that went through your mind was making sure he made it home alive even if it was to just say goodbye. His unbalanced head swaying against your back with every dip and turn you made. As you came down into the village it was still not daylight, as Norm would say it, it was "2 am." whatever that meant. You saw the crowds of people and the hunting party gathering with Jake ordering people to get ready to leave and look for the two of you and your mother crying in your fathers arms with Neytiri on the other side of her rubbing her shoulders holding back tears of her own.

"Dad you have to let me help." Lo'ak pleaded to his dad. "He's my brother and she's my best friend." He continued begging at this point.

Before Jake could respond the large screech of your Ikran could be heard above everyone causing people to move out of the way. You landed aggressively as your body was exhausted and La'aila could feel it. The turbulent landing caused you to groan slightly as your body bounced upwards a little making your head pound ,Jake, Neytiri Lo'ak and your parents came rushing over.

"NETEYAM!" His mother called immediately seeing the deep wounds all over his back. His numb body fell back revealing his face covered in dried and wet blood which led Lo'ak to release a dreadful heavy breath and Neytiri putting her hand over her mouth to stop her from sobbing and frightening your mother and father. They soon realised it was not from him but the gash on the back of your head leaking onto him. "Y/N, OH Y/N!!!" your mother cried pulling you slowly off your Ikran, Both you and neteyam had no more strength left in your bodies. Jake ordered the people to make way and your father took you from your mothers grasp panic taking over his body whilst taking you to the healing tent and Jake carrying neteyams limp body over his shoulders with your mother, neytiri and lo'ak following closely behind.

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Hi omf This took me like 2 days with alottttt of breaks

i hope you enjoyed reading as much as i enjoyed writing it xx

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Part 6. (3)

Seeing as it was of no use you dropped the scattered cloth on the ground trying to control your breath and not allow anger to take over. "You shouldn't have done that." Was he teasing you? Right now. "Me?" You said turning your head slowly to look at him. "I could handle myself you shouldn't have dropped the bag." He was serious? He was serious. "Are you serious Neteyam." You questioned, now your whole body facing towards him. "You nearly died." You gritted walking towards him. "And you care?" He responded nonchalantly, he liked getting a rise out of you, seeing you bubble over because of his words.

“You wish i did." You spat inching closer to him and he did to you. "Oh i think you do." He said smugly tilting his head in almost whisper as you two were nearly touching chests his words did not need to be loud. His warm breath over your face made your stomach churn.

You hated the feeling, How he made you feel smaller beneath him just like that. You never let anyone intimidate you but at this point Neteyams aura overpowered yours by a million. You stepped back taking in a breath. "Oe ve'ki nga." You said through tight teeth hurting yourself a little bit. The words struck neteyam hard like they did once when you were 11 and 10.

The memories of the argument arose in his head causing him to push the back of his tongue against the front of his mouth to suppress himself from saying anything further. You walked away from him, your tail swaying violently; anger swarming your nerves. You left Neteyam still bleeding from his knee. Why are you leaving, why are you walking away. You shouldn't walk away from him. Why did you have to be so impossible. After wandering around the mountains with no exact destination you started to feel small splatters of rain paint your skin.

You looked up and a rain drop fell right onto the slope of your nose. You hadn't even realised eclipse was closing in and the plants bioluminescence began to show. Your ears perked at the sound of different creatures roaming around you. You were still on the mountains and hadn't seen Neteyam since you left him. The rain fall became heavier and faster dowsing your loin cloth and hair. You tried to quickly make your way back to where you left him to call your Ikran but on your way you heard the low growl of.... you couldn't make out what it was. The sound of the violent rain creating too much for your ears which were flapping up and around to concentrate. You stepped on wet soil and slipped falling to your hands and knees, slowly you got up looking at your blue hands which were now covered in a brown and unfamiliar red substance. Your nose worked quickly immediately recognising it as blood. Not animal blood. Na'vi blood. Your eyes widened as the memories of your olders blood on your hands flooded back. Your chest began rising and lowering deeper and heavier, panic set in. "N-No." You tried to say to ease your heart out but it was no use it was as if the air was being yanked away from you. Suddenly your head snapped towards where your ears had heard the snapping of small twigs.

You tried to regulate your breathing and reach for your bow and arrow that hung across your back pulling it forward aiming towards whatever lurked in the dark. with a shaky breath you muttered to yourself, "come on Y/N" trying to prepare for whatever would come out. Then you saw it, it's large yellow orbs pointing daggers at you, it's black burnished skin also drowning in rain. It's massive distensible jaw lowering slightly releasing a deep growl. You had heard about how Neytiri tamed one and rode it  calming the title of "palulukan rider" yet you never understood how considering how scary they were and now you really didn't understand how as your heart beat was now at a thousand times per minute and you were afraid it would explode out of your chest, killing you before the thanator even could. It inched closer to you with its death inducing claws. You stepped back slowly still aiming your bow at it. You knew you couldn't show any fear as it would mean an automatic loss on your side.

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Part 6. (2)

She asked eyes stuck between being happy and sad. You sighed looking back at kiri and then Jake hoping they'd help you. "Sorry tuk tuk Y/N cannot today she will tomorrow." Neytiri said softly making her way over to took holding her by the shoulders and pulling her away. Tuk looked back at you with sad eyes and you felt a little bad knowing you had upset her. However you were quickly snapped out of it by Jake calling you over to him. "Y/N." "Yes sir." You said turning swiftly still crouched down before standing up straight within the two steps it took for you to get to him using your tail to balance you. "We have to go." He ordered swinging his hand near the entrance where Neteyam still stood, eyes no longer on you but looking at nothing he was thinking about something clearly. You began to walk to the flap preparing yourself for the irritable actions or comments that would be made towards you for the rest of the day. Barging neteyam as you walked past causing him to stumble and snap out of his trance

"Look i'm gonna need the two of you to stop this." Jake called out as the three of you made your way to the hallelujah mountains. Your ears laid flat against your head your tail smacking the floor repeatedly, "Father can we just finish this and go, we do not have to be friends." Neteyam huffed trying to be as calm as possible. You didn't want to be friends with him anyway he's an immoral skxawng (moron) who loved to judge any and everything you did. Some friend he would be. "Hey!" Jake called out making the two of you pause in your steps. "Ive brought you here so this little feud can die. Now i don't know what it'll take but if we have to come here everyday until that happens you'll do it, y'hear me." He said sternly pointing a finger between you and neteyam as he spoke. "Yes sir." "Yes." Neteyam responded you following soon after. "Keep going." You and Neteyam began to walk forward again before getting to the ledge, you looked down admiring the rivers that flowed beneath you and how small the trees look from how high you were. The wind blew gently your hair being pushed slightly across your mouth and nose as you brought one of your fingers over pulling it away from your face producing the smallest smile. The action noticed by Neteyam left him staring for 2 seconds. 2 seconds too long where his father had seen him doing so. The small curve of your gorgeous lips, the fluttering of your long eyelashes as you protected your amber orbs from the wind, the dimple you had on the side of your cheek that was deeper than the dimple on the other side. Neteyam noticed all of this. You looked back at Jake who looked at Neteyam, "Call your Ikrans." The Olo'eyktan ordered. Without questioning you both did so, a few seconds passing before your Ikrans came flying in, yours was first. You silently praised La'aila kissing her and stroking her for beating Seze, Neteyams Ikran at arriving. Soon after Seze joined and neteyam greeted him stroking his beak and mounting him immediately. "The both of you will go to the mountains and feed those who have not been claimed yet." Jake stated causing your tail to stand upright completely still. It was impossible to feed them, they will not even come near you as hard as you tried. "Da-Sir how am i supposed to do that." Neteyam tried to argue. His use of the personal pronoun "i" caught your ears annoying you again. "With Y/N. This is not about doing it alone or seeing who can feed the most, it's about doing it together and making sure all of them are fed." Jake added on not pleased with his son's irregular attitude.

"Will you be coming with us Olo'eyktan?" You questioned praying he would be. "No this is a task i trust the both of you to successfully complete without help." He voiced as he walked towards you with a large sack. You had wondered what was in it as you saw him carrying it the entire time. "Stingbats and prolemuris ayfo (all of them)."  You clutched the knot of the sack securing it in your grip before mounting La'aila also, your long legs swinging over her gracefully settling your hips on her wiggling about rocking them back and forth slightly. Again your actions caught the eye of future Olo'eyktan who cleared his throat looking down at this growing buldge trying to cover it by mentally instructing Seze to walk around near the ledge away from your and your father. Securing your feet onto La'aila you turned to look at Jake. "Good luck kid." He huffed giving a "i trust you." smile and you scrunched up on side of your face lifting your top right lip smiling slightly. "Son." Jake called after neteyam so he would come back. As he did he nodded giving you both the que to go. Both of your Ikrans fell of the ledge soaring straight down near the rocky wall before gaining enough traction and flying upwards again. "Mawey prrnen" (calm baby) You thought as La'aila evened out in her flight causing you to glide through the air perfectly. You were talented on your Ikran there was no denying it.  After a short amount of silent flying neteyam broke it, "There is a quicker way, Come." he called out to you already turning his Ikran in the direction. You didn't know why yet you followed taking a look at his muscular back watching it move and shift as he changed his footing on Seze to gain speed, You did the same. You never would admit it but it was faster, the fastest route you've ever taken. Once you both arrived you hopped off La'aila still holding the sack and disconnecting tsaheylu. After Neteyam had done the same you both sent your Ikrans away not wanting them to disturb the heavy task at hand. Neteyam swiped his knife out of his waistband holding a stance as if he was ready to prance upon his enemy. "Put that back, we are here to feed not kill." You scolded already feeling the difficulty of the day rising. "It is not for killing." Neteyam said back clenching his teeth his accent being even more prominent on his last words not even looking in your direction. He continued to step forwards towards an unexpected Ikran who laid aimlessly. He pounced upon the creature landing on its back. The animal immediately got up on its two legs, standing up straight trying to throw Neteyam off it's back screeching so loud you thought your ear drums would burst. You watched in a mix of unwanted awe and curiosity as you watched him maintain his strong hold on the unruly beast. The Ikran then threw itself off the ledge with neteyam still on its back. "NETEYAM!" You called dropping the bag and quickly stepping towards the ledge. However with the knife still in his hand as his body began to disappear off the edge of the cliff his knife dug deep into the edge of the floating rock you were on stoping him from falling with the Ikran. He huffed pulling his body up from the ledge, His biceps protruding with his veins staring you in the face. Your heart racing and so was his. "Are you crazy why would you do that? You could've been seriously hurt Neteyam." You asked taking a step back giving him space to walk forward, He had grazed his knee pretty badly. You didn't know why but it worried you slightly to see him hurt or even let him die. You brushed it off as genuine feeling not wanting someone to die was normal, everyone feels the same. "Why would you do that?" He repeated to you looking past you towards the bag you dropped, you turned to see the bag being destroyed and torn to pieces by the stray starving Ikrans who ravenously chewed on the dead prolemuris and stingbats that were inside. "Fuck sake." You murmured as you walked over to the eating creatures, as they saw you they flocked away leaving you to salvage whatever you could of the bag and left over things

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Part 6.

After you had left Neteyam you found yourself making your way back home, your day had already been ruined. Once your home came into view you saw your father coming out of it. "Y/N" He called out also seeing you. "Where have you come from?" "I was with Kiri in the lake." You responded innocently voice low. Your father said nothing but nodded placing his large hand on top of your damp braids smiling warmly at you. "Go in eat breakfast syulang (flower) and then you must go to the Sully tent." You bit your tongue causing it to bleed slightly, you had almost forgotten you were ordered by Jake to look after the ikrans today with Neteyam. Annoyance flushed your veins but you relaxed again as the fast realisation that you were under your fathers gaze emerged. "Okay." was all that you were able to muster without cursing Neteyam or the idea out. You parted ways your father leaping on large branches and out of view and you entering the hut. "Rewon yayo (Morning bird) Come eat." Your mother greeted as she beckoned you to sit next to your younger brothers who were already awake. Your eyes met with Sezans who looked back at you with great concern. You brushed it off and sat down beside him praying to Eywa he wouldn't mention last night. Only she knows what excuse you would've made to defend yourself against his words, you were supposed to strong, a warrior, no fear, your brothers couldn't lose another sibling especially to insanity rather than death. "Sezan why did you leave the bed yesterday?" Lorno asked innocently playing with his food, your eyes shot up to look at Sezan who's ears had perked up at the question. Your heart pounded against your small ribcage, mind racing with every single possible thought you could muster. "I was thirsty and asked Y/N for water." He lied. You released a small breath whilst he held one in. Sez had never lied, not to you, not to his brother or parents, to anyone. " Sez nga zene näk pay sre hahaw."(You must drink water before sleep.) Your mother huffed ruffling her gentle fingers through his braids whilst wiping the left over food dripping from Lornos mouth and tsking. "I know mom." He said trying to hide his guilt he felt for lying to his mother. He looked up at you with somber eyes as if he blamed you for what he had just done. You felt a pang in your chest, you couldn't let him carry what he felt was like the world on his shoulders. You took in a deep breath before you confessed. "No mother, I had the dream again." You paused voice strained before looking up at her as she whipped her head towards you nearly snapping her neck eyes as wide as could be. "Sezan helped me." You finished looking into his eyes seeing them relax and thank you. "I'm sorry ma yawne (My beloved) im sorry I am so so sorry i wish you'd told me they started again." She cooed rushing over to hug you and pull your head close to her chest rubbing the side of your face with the pad of her thumbs. She knew what it was like as she was the first to help you after the nightmare had first occurred. You were 13, nine months after Tl'ezan had died, you woken up screaming his name immediately waking up your mother who was the only one home as your father and brothers were away. It was a sound that frightened your mother thinking she had lost another child was a pain she could not bear. Both of you released heavy tears that night and every time it would occur you would alert her the morning after or in the middle of the night if you were afraid to fall back asleep. Until she brought up taking you to Tsahìk, You refused. She wouldn't be able to tell you what was wrong, she was a healer of the body not the mind. Besides it would make you look weak, Warrior who has nightmares and cries for her mother, it was pathetic. Since that day you had stopped letting her know about the nightmares allowing her to think they had stopped with age and time. You both also had never mentioned it to your father, You didn't know why your mom didn't say anything but you were glad she didn't. He would've tried to "fix" you.

Your mother kissed your forehead before bringing it down to her own. "oe tìyawn nga." (I love you) she said softly eyes burning into yours. Warming into your mothers grasp you turned to Sezan who continued eating his food contently. "Thank you Sez." You said reaching to hold on of his hands that rested on the table. He smiled back at you with his teeth that were covered in bits of spartan fruit that your mother had served you guys for breakfast. You all chuckled at his cuteness. "You are a brave boy Sez." Your mother chimed in obviously reminiscing of her late son. "Hey i am too!" Lorno added causing more laughter to erupt from the 4 of you. "Ahhh Yes you are Lo' yes you are." You said through laughter.

Once you finished breakfast you bid your family goodbye including your father who had come home just before you left and mounted La'aila making the not very long journey to the Sully's. You hoped off of your best friend thanking Eywa for the safe journey and kissing La'ailas soft scales gently causing her to let out a ragged love engulfed breath. You walked up

to the flap of the door knocking on the mid square sized piece of bark that acted as a door knocker. "Za'u! " (Come!") You heard Neytiris muffled voice call out. You entered the tent, eyes meeting the busy family who were clearly not ready for anyone's arrival. Lo'ak and Kiri arguing about anything and everything not even noticing your new presence with Jake trying to interfere. "Y/N i knew it would be you Za'u sevin (come pretty.) I want to show you something. She said smiling as she walked beside you with her hands on either side of your shoulders. "Y/N! come play with me!" Tuk cried out trying to pry you from her mothers grasp. "Not now tuk!" Neytiri hissed causing the young girl to roll her eyes and huff in annoyance. Neytiri had to taken you to Mo'at who sat in a different part of the home away from everyone crushing different herbs. "Mother, look." Neytiri cheesed trying to suppress her unexplainable happiness. "It is grandmother Mo'at, i've seen her many times Mrs sully." You chuckled breathily trying to adjust your throat to the amount of talking you had been doing whilst still not understanding why she was so happy for you to meet a woman whom you had met nearly a million times before. Mo'ats reaction however confused you much more. "Hì'i oe." (Small I/me) You looked at her, frowning smile etched upon your face. "Come sit please." You were released from Neytiris grasp and tossed into the tough gaze of the Tsahìks. Bringing your left hand up to your forehead and down to the middle of your chest greeting her officially before sitting own cross legged in front of the elder. "I do not mean to be rude, but why am i here." You questioned looking forward and behind you at the two women. They looked at one another as if they were speaking with their eyes. "It will just be good if you were to learn to heal as well as hunt and fight." Mo'at answered placing a soft wrinkled hand on your shoulder. It did make sense to you i mean you would be even more skilled than your already were and what was the harm in that? "Okay!" You responded clearing your throat smiling ready for whatever the Tsahìk was going to teach you. You looked back at Neytiri who stared at you with applauding eyes. You smiled scrunching your nose slightly, still a little confused as to why everyone was so happy but your shrugged it off, it was good they deserved the happiness anyway.

An hour had passed and Neytiri had left the room and Mo'at had successfully taught you how to use dead atokirina (woodsprite) to heal deep or infected wounds. Your skill fingers from archery increased the speed at which you learned impressing Mo'at further. If only you knew why you were doing this you wouldn't have done your best. She smiled contently at your attempt praising your natural skill. Once you had both finished and cleaned up you stood up and opened the flap separating the healing tent and the rest of the home to be met with everyone looking towards the flap expecting to see Mo'at. "Y/N!! when did you get here oh my." Kiri squealed leaving her seat to hug you tightly like she hadn't seen you in the morning. You hugged her back laughing to the best of your ability as she squeezed the air out of your lungs and Tuk came to hug your leg and hang off of it. "I came when you and Lo'ak were arguing." You huffed as she finally let go. "Ahh sorry i didn't not even see you, when knuckleheads are in the way everything just becomes a blur." She voiced loud enough for Lo'ak to hear and aggravate him. "Kiri you don't wanna go there bro!" Lo'ak complained looking to his father who he believed should've scolded kiri but didn't. "Hi Lo'ak" You chuckled earning a huffed out hi from him, Kiri rolled her eyes playfully before beckoning you to come and see the top she had made for the festival the upcoming week. As you began to walk forward you nearly stumbled feeling the heavy weight of someone on your leg. "TUK." you yelled-laughed shocked she was able to hang on that long. "I want to play with you Y/N pleasseeeeeee." her pleas continuing on until she ran out of breath and then starting again. "Tuk come on." Jake tried, hoping it would shut her up."tuk stop it." Lo'ak added over the noise made by his little sister. "easssssssseeeeeeeeeeee-" "OKAY okay tuk i'll play." you interrupted saving her the breath and looking up at kiri who was slightly annoyed but okay with her little sister stealing her best friend. The young girl laughed removing herself from your leg and running to go and get her wooden dolls Neteyam had made for her from bark. As you waited and kiri began to quickly explain to you the design of her tops. Lo'ak stood up walking over to the both of you pushing you slightly as he "walked past you" causing your tail to swing back and forth vigorously smacking him in the stomach. "OWWW OW OW." He cried holding his stomach "Daddddd!" he called out acting as if he has just been stabbed. "Lo'ak stop it." Jake responded in a jokey way "SHE HIT ME!" "you pushed me." You responded nonchalantly. "You are so gonna pay for this." he strained out still holding his stomach and making his way to his own section of the hut. As you and Kiri chuckled the flap of the tent opened revealing a slightly wet Neteyam, "Where've you been son we were waiting for you." His eyes met yours immediately clenching his teeth together annoyance surging from every pore on his beautiful body. You stared at one another the argument resurfacing your mind, the grasp he had on your arm suddenly stinging. "Neteyam." Jake repeated his voice clearly lower in octave installing fear in all of you. "Sorry sir it won't happen again." He apologised avoiding his fathers question. "Y/NN! im back come come." Tuktirey cried in joy happy she finally found her dolls. Your eyes ripped away from Neteyams meeting tuks eager ones. You sighed knowing the disappointment from what you would have to tell her. "Tuk i-" "She's leaving you to hang with neteyam." Lo'ak chimed walking back into the main area of the hut with a bandage now around his abdomen where you had hit him. You looked at neteyam who's eyes now turned to look at lo'ak and then Lo'ak who looked at you smugly. "That is not true tuk." You reasoned bending down to her height." "That is enough Lo'ak." Neytiri called fed up with her sons antics. You stuck your tongue out at the boy before looking back at tuk whilst kiri also stuck her tongue out at him. "So will you play?"

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Part 2.

After Neteyam and his family left your tent, you stood up and began to remove your purple raspu that covered some bits of your leg and replacing it with a light blue loin cloth.

"Y/N where is Sezan and Lo?" your mother asked whilst she folded the rest of the cloths she had left laying when Jake and Neytiri arrived.

"I sent them to play, they were bored after you kicked them from the tent." You replied not bothered knowing they would come back home anytime soon and the forest was safe. If they stayed close, which they would've.

"Oh and mother"

you paused

"why was he here?" You questioned not facing her looking down slightly frustrated that they even let him in."

"Ta'achi! Come and talk to your daughter!" your mom called out to your father. You were confused as to why your mom couldn't tell you but had to call your dad to do so. He walked in smile on his face as he munched on the fruits that you had brought home .

"Why was he here?" You asked again this directing it to your dad. His smile faltered completely and his mouth became a straight line, you knew to prepare yourself for whatever he was going to say.

Both your parents knew of the hatred you and Neteyam had towards each other and how you couldn't stand to be near one another for more than 10 minutes, so it was a shock when your dad told you.

"Listen syulang, I know it is not easy for you being around their boy b-."

"Because he is a skxawng." You cut him off.

"But" He began firmly again subliminally telling you to not interrupt him again, "He is the son of Olo'eyktan, my friend, future Olo'eyktan and so for that you must fight nice." Your father spat. never raising his voice but remaining firm in his deep tone.

"Fight nice? what do you mean dad? I don't need to fight him, the war is against the demons of the sky!" You stated, restraining your voice from increasing.

"You must learn to fight, and utilise this unnecessary anger towards him and use it against those demons of the sky." Your mother chimed in placing a hand on your shoulder, you looked down at her hand allowing her warm palms to put peace upon your unstable nerves.

"That is why you will be training with him." Your father finalised.

The nerves returned to their unstable state. Your head shot back towards your father scanning his face for any sarcasm or smile that could've peaked out but nothing, there was no way he was being serious.

He began to walk away continuing to eat the fruit before you escaped your mothers grasp and followed on behind him.

"Sempul you cannot be serious! you cried feeling tears of frustration slowly beginning to build up. How could they make you work with your worst enemy let alone letting him teach you.

"The decision is final Y/N." Your dad said keeping composure as you started to lose it.

"And so what he's okay with this? this isn't fair sempu this is not what i want! i will not do it i refuse." you spat praying your dad will see your side.

"Pelun Sa'nu ?" you cried now facing your mother who now looked at you with sadness. "Oeyä 'ite, you must you must fight with the clan and to be the best you must train with the best."

"I AM THE BEST I AM BETTER THAN HIM!" You finally escaped the silent cage you were in and raised your voice, tears brimming your eye line.

"Great mother srung." you mumbled after

"Do not raise your voice at your mother." You finally heard you dad say from behind you. The tears as if by magic disappeared from your large amber eyes leaving them moist but your cheeks dry.

"Sa'nu must i do this?" You remained looking at her hoping that she, being more lenient than your father would, letting you escape but she remained stern. You turned slowly to your dad looking at him how with a cold gaze and he no longer had the fruit in his hand but placed it down onto the makeshift table. "You will do so, i am sure Neteyam didn't make as much of a fuss as this." He said before he picked up the fruit and eating it again. Comparing you again. Like always. "Training begins tomorrow." Anger replaced the feeling of hurt created by your father jaw clenching nearly shattering your teeth, silently you stormed out of the tent pushing past your little brothers who had just returned, smiling at their mother; mouths covered in slightly dried purple juices.

"Y/N we are b-" their cheerful words ignored as you furthered your way down the tree branches and down into the soft grass away from everything.

Neteyams Pov:

"Father you cannot be serious, you cannot ask me of this!" He tried to plead.

"Why not, You are future Olo'eyktan you must do things you do not want to do for the better of the people." Jake responded to his eldest son

"This is not for the better of the people, this is for the better of her because she is not good at what she does-." He growled

"Hey." pointing his finger at his sons chest. "You will do it whether or not you like it. I'm sorry son." Jake responded, Neteyam was never one to ever talk back to his parents, so it was evident to them that he was genuinely annoyed to be tasked with training you causing Jake to be a little less strict with him.

"Training will start mid day instead of early morning, okay?" Jake tried to comfort him with the slight time changes but that didn't help how Neteyam felt.

"Yes sir" Neteyam said sounding like a robot pushing his eyes down annoyed at his father.

"Good boy." His father said touching the back of his head pulling him close to his chest.

Jake being beckoned by Neytiri left Neteyam alone, balling his fists up in anger, clenching his teeth in a tight manner making the mandible in his jaw prominent.

"Ugh what's got you so worked up Neteyam." Kiri said walking over to him with a cheeky smile swimming across her face.

"It is nothing." his response cold and emotionless "Just a lot to do."

Kiri sighed knowing there was more to it than he was letting on, "Fine when or if you feel better join me Lo'ak and spider out for a walk around the forest?"

"Do mom and dad know about it?" He asked

".....No, not yet." Kiri muttered as she pranced around him trying to cheer him up.

"Then count me out." Neteyam replied walking away from his disappointed sister after gently patting her shoulder

As the rest of the day came to an end and eclipse began, the feeling of anger nestled and was overpowered by a feeling of betrayal from your father.

How could he do this to me? you asked yourself sitting puzzled across from your sleeping ikran. "Why would he? i want to fight with the clan, fight for my people yes. But not like this, not with him. Why anyway? i am better than him there's nothing he can teach me ugh lai'la I hate him." finishing of your sentence as you stroked the beak of your blue and purple ikran who's scaly skin glistened in the moonlight and iridescent plants that glowed beneath you.

"Why her? why did my father pair me with her." the thoughts rushing in and out of Neteyams head like the wind through his hair as he flew through the warm night sky of Pandora. "She is stubborn too strong headed not willing to learn. Like a baby. It is impossible to fill a cup that is already full, I hate her." His ikran Seze named after his mothers late, began to fly recklessly feeling Neteyam's anger bubbling up inside of him. He remained calm, regaining control. As darkness fell over the forest you awoke your ikran making tsaheylu before mounting her and flying back home.

The first words you heard were those of your mothers when you pushed forward the flap of the tent. "Y/N, you cannot stay out this late nìtxan lehrrap! where were you?" she spewed grabbing your body checking for any cuts or wounds.

"I am fine mother, I went out with Lai'la for fresh air." you huffed trying to escape her frantic hands.

"I understand you are annoyed but you are not to stay out till after eclipse again tslam?

"Yes sa'nu, i'm sorry." You said in a low voice as she hugged you pressing her lips into your braids and wrapping her long blue arms around your back. As you embraced one another your father entered the tent from having looked for you outside.

"You have returned." he spoke looking at you. Letting go of your mother you nodded at him betrayal still lingering off his body. He sighed before walking closer to you "I know this is not ideal syulang but it is for the best." he tried to reason. You really and truly had enough of his excuses and wanted to fall into your hammock and let rest swoop over your eyes.

"It is fine father, if it is what i must do then so be it." You said blankly knowing you were talking shit and despised the idea entirely. "Thank you. Meet him tomorrow after the water of the pond is clear in line with the light." You nod understandingly and turn to go to your bed.

"Goodnight tsamsiyu." You heard him call out from behind you, but you ignored it continuing your way to your hammock next to the ones of your already sleeping little brothers.

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Hi thank you for reading this part x

Ugh i want to incorporate more of Y/Ns twin brothers into it but it's harder because they're only 8 and they would not be fighting in battle at all....

and your dad is a not on your good side at the minute but he will be soon, i promise!!!

Translations:

Tslam?: Understand?

Nítxan lehrrap: Very dangerous

Srung: Help

Lai'la: Name of your ikran

Sa'nu: Mom/ Mother

Sempu/Sempul: Dad/ Father

Tsamsiyu: Warrior

Syulang: Flower

Tsaheylu: The bond

Skxwang: Idiot/ Moron

Ta'achi: Your fathers name

Oeyä ite: My daughter

wc: 1731

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Part 1.

I don’t want to say too much about what this is about but i think you guys will really enjoy it!

Warnings: I don’t know if there is any in this part ermmm, , In later parts: Talks of death, loss of family member, Tension between father and daughter, Blood, anger, pressure of young people. No smut! (yet.) 😏

Neteyam and reader are 19/18‼️

Not so fond.

Part 1.

You'd always been the best female hunter in your clan. Since you were 12 you'd shown an interest in the intricate art of hunting, hunting down the food your family would eat for dinner or simply playing "hide and hunt" with your younger twin brothers, any which way, you loved it. This trait of yours was not to go unnoticed, especially not by Olo'eyktan Jake sully, also known as Toruk Makto. You looked up to Jake although he wasn't originally one of you it felt like he was; he definitely earned his place amongst the people and no one could deny that. As well as Jake you also admired his strong mate Neytiri, taking her up on her offers every time she asked you to come hunt with her, you wanted to have something like Jake and Net but love wasn't something you longed for just something you thought about, sometimes. By now you were 18, your hunting and fighting skills improving day by day until your parents assured you that you could not get any better.

"Sa'nu! Sempu i'm back!" you called out as you stepped and leaped onto the strong thick branches of the home tree your tail steadying you, carrying a mesh sack of yummy fruits; your bow and arrow attached to your back.

"TSMUKE" your younger brothers yelled as they ran up to you hugging each of your long azure legs tightly, radiating an unforgettable happiness that always seemed to get you laughing. You dropped the bag of fruits and hugged them back.

"Hi Sezan, Hi Lorno, Where is mom and dad?" You questioned as you embraced them, running your fingers through their freshly done braids.

"They are in meeting with Olo'eyktan, Father said it was important."Lorno responded being the more vocal of the two.

A strained hum escaped your throat as you looked up from your brothers towards your hut that sat upon the branches of home tree, Mind racing on each scenario that could be taking place in there.

"I'm going to see what is going on. Okay?" You told your brothers, almost asking the last part as if you were unsure what you may stumble upon.

"Kehe(no) Y/N, Sempu said you are not allowed, no one is!" Sezan voiced. Of course he was the one who followed the rules more out of all 3 of you being the most shy and reserved. Only being 8 he was still smart.

" It will be fine Sez I won't get into trouble i promise." You said as you crouched down in front of your little brother rubbing the back of his head.

You reached behind your self before pulling out utumauti from the net, Your brothers favourite fruit and handing it to him. A slight smirk emerged onto your face as his eyes widen as the radiant purple hues of the fruit engulfed his vision, He swiped them from your 3 fingers and thumb before running away basically saying he'll keep quiet.

Lorno running after him 2 seconds later.

"SEZAN I WANT SOME COME BACKKK!"

"NO LO' SHE GAVE IT TO ME!"

You heard the little voices say as they faded into the branches and leaves. You sighed getting up and picking the bag before turning back to look at the hut and making your way over.

You got to the edge of the tent before you pressed your ear upon the soft fabric trying to hear anything that will give you a better understanding of what is going on, but nothing. A sigh is released as you push open the flap of the tent and walk in unknowing what is was you were about to walk into.

Your Father, your mother as expected Jake more so expected, Neytiri unexpected but pleasant surprise, and him. Not pleasant, bad surprise.

"Y/N, you're back! Your mother said, a smile delicately spread across her young face. You stood still for a millisecond before coming back to the reality where Olo'eyktan and his wife and son stood the in same room as you.

"Oel ngati kameie." You say as you gesture your hand from your forehead to your lower chest to the husband and wife before you not even acknowledging the young man sitting near them.

"Father, what is going on." It was a question which came out more like a statement as you walked down the small 2 steps your hips swaying naturally, "Oeyä oare, Come sit." Your father demanded not answering your question. Teeth grinding against each other subtly, you put the net of fruits down and removed your bow from around your body placing it down on the sack of flowers you'd collected to make a beanbag. Your already revealing top slightly showing your lower breast. You silently huff adjusting your hair whilst sitting in between your mother and father. You turn to him looking for answers in his eyes.

You trusted your father, He was everything you wanted to be: Strong, brave, kind, honest the list goes on. So when you were in this room with these people he had to know what was going on, he was your dad, he always knew.

" You are 18 now, syulang."

He stopped and as if his words controlled your heart, it stopped too.

Your parents had always pestered you about finding a potential mate before 20 but you never thought they would force you like this, Never like this. Your father expected a lot from you sometimes too much but this was beyond what you thought he could demand from you. Your heart froze begging for release but your face remained cold, not phased by the shattering words he had just said.

"And?" You asked not breaking eye contact with him keeping a stern strong voice like he had taught you too when you were 10.

Your mother placed her hand on your shoulder sensing your tensed demeanour and attitude flowing off you towards your father that only a mother could detect. "mawey Y/N" she said in an almost whisper.

You turned your head as Olo'eyktan began to talk, locking eyes with his intense slightly worried stare.

"I know it is a lot to ask of you as your just a young woman." he voiced

Your heart was screaming at you now, praying to eywa, crying, hoping that this wasn't what you thought it was, especially not with him.

"We'd like you to join the war party."

Beating, again. Your heart was beating again, releasing the smallest sigh that you didn't even realise you were holding.

The words rolled of Jakes tongue like honey, soothing the pain in your chest. Neytiri spoke up,

"You'd be a great asset, You are strong tsamsiyu, brave, please come." She said in a sweet tone as she brushed your knee. You smiled trying to hide your face by looking down. You looked up to face her but your eyes locked with the one person who hadn't said a single word the entire time you were in the tent, Neteyam. His face tightly balled up in a face of disgust and hatred. He scoffed before turning his head and looking at other items of the room that he clearly found more interesting than you.

You and Neteyam hated one another, A year after he was born so were you, Your mother and father along with his were the best of friends always hanging with each other and going on flying double dates. so when Your mother got pregnant near the end of Neytiris trimester she was over the moon to share all of her pregnancy hacks with your mother. And Jake had all the stories to tell your father about how he shouldn't asked your mother what temperature of water she wanted after she asked for water whilst pregnant. Neteyam being older always meant that he had that one step advantage over you, he was taller, faster, stronger, not smarter but still. It irritated you to the bone when you would be forced to hang out with each other just because your parents were friends; you were more fond of his parents and siblings, even spider.

It wasn't just agility everything neteyam did was better than yours, One day when you were 13 you overheard Mo'at the Tsahìk of your clan telling kiri how she need more yalnabark but was too tired to get some. Now kiri was no hunter so Mo'at suggested getting some herself the next day, being desperate to prove yourself you grabbed your large lotus leaf and string before running out into the forest to collect some of the bark and bring it to Mo'at. However someone had seen you run out into the forest and decided to follow you.

You buried yourself in work, squeezing the yalnabark from the plants and placing it inside the leaf before wrapping it up and tying it with the string. As you stood to go and surprise them a rough hand pushed you back down and knocking the yalnabark out of your hand making it land on the soft grass, thankfully not spilt.

"nga lu lekye'ung" you spat as you look up at the slender blue boy who knocked you down.

"Skxawng what do you think you're doing hm?" He said as he crossed his arms over his chest towering of you sitting on the grass.

You got up snatching the Lotus leaf before trying to barge past him and walk away. His strong frame didn't budge and you embarrassingly stepped back challenging him by making direct eye contact.

"Move." You said hissing slightly

"Is that for Grandmothe-"

"Move." You said again this time as a warning your eyes never travelling from his.

"Watch that." He said directing to your mouth.

Anger boiled inside of you as you reached to go punch him but he grabbed your wrists before shoving you down to the ground again.

You huffed, not being as strong as him you knew this would just end with you on the floor again so you stayed down. He crouched down and picked up the Lotus leaf filled with the yalnabark that had slipped out of your hand and studied it before realising what it really was.

"Huh, Thank you." he said smirking as he poked the inside of the bottom right of the his mouth. He stood up taking the leaf and walking away, walking away with your hard work, what you did. Since that day your ongoing rivalry has been made public to all na'vi of your clan, yet it had never been resolved due to the friendships held by your parents.

"So what do you say Y/N will you join us." You look towards Jake, your Olo'eyktan asking for your help how could you say no. You smiled not enough to show your teeth but enough to represent the happiness you felt, you nod. Sighs of relief came from your mother and father who sat either side of you hugging you and kissing your head. A white smile transforming Neytiris face and a looked of gratitude on Jakes, however a look of disbelief and confusion sat upon Neteyams but you couldn't care less, infact this could prove to everyone once and for all that you were better than him.

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Thanks for reading the first part hopefully you like second part just as much xx

Y/N and Neteyam hate each other so much it's baddd, This slow burn is looking long 😪

Translation:

Tsmuke: Sister

Sa'nu: Mother

Sempu/Sempul: Father

Nga lu lekye'ung: You are insane/crazy

Skxawng: Moron/idiot

Mawey: Calm

Utumauti: the banana fruit

Syulang: Flower

Oeyä oare: My moon

Kehe: no

Sezan: Your little brothers name

Lorno/ Lo : Your little brothers name

Tsahìk: Healer of the clan

Olo'eyktan: Clan leader

Don't think i missed out on anything 🫠.

wc: 1916

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Masterlist

started: 05/23/23

Last updated: 08/14/23

Neteyam

Not so fond series:

Part 1.

Part 2.

Part 3.

Part 4.

Part 5.

Part 6.

Part 6. (2)

Part 6. (3)

Part 6. (4)

Part 6. (5)

Part 7. Finally

Part 8.

Part 8. (2)

Part 9.

Part 10.

Part 11.

Part 12.

Part 13.

Part 14.

Lo’ak

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