Lo'ak x Fem!Metkayina!Y/n
Realizing feelings moment
Ilu death, quite a few bloody scenes, fight scenes, akula got killed so the nalutsa moved in, hurt Y/n scenes. Not proofread!
After an hour or so, Y/n and Lo'ak made their way down the beach, Y/n intent of showing him one of the tide pools. She walked with a bounce in her step, the two of them chattering on about meaningless things, before she paused. She heard the jeering sound of Aonung and his group of friends, which was never a good sign. "Hold on.. Aonung is up to something." She sighed, heading down towards the water, narrowing her eyes when she saw his friend group picking on Kiri.
Lo'ak was quick to act, automatically speeding up, prepared to protect his sister. "Is he always like this?" He asked, causing Y/n to chuckle. "More or less." she nods, her ears tilting back when she saw one of the boys grabbing at Kiri's tail. The two ran over, Lo'ak shoving Aonung away, while Y/n took Kiri's arm to pull her off to the side.
"Back off, fishlips." Lo'ak ordered, his tail flicking around in an aggravated manner. One of the boys squared up against him, Neteyam soon running over, having overheard the commotion. He shoved himself in between Lo'ak and the boy, glaring at Aonung. "He said back off." He reiterates, poking his finger at Aonung's chest. One of the boys hissed, Neteyam not even bothering to return it. "From now on. I need you to respect my sister." Neteyam states, before turning to Kiri. "Come on." He nods, moving to walk away. Y/n moved to follow, gently tugging on Lo'ak's arm. "Lets go." She nods, and Lo'ak reluctantly moved to follow.
"Buh-bye~" One of the boys taunted, Aonung shaking his head as they regrouped. "Look at them. Theyre all freaks, the whole family." He scoffed, though his voice was quiet, it was still audible to the rest of them. Y/n continued to walk, but stopped when Lo'ak pulled his arm away, the boy starting to head towards back towards the group. "Lo'ak.. Lets just go." Y/n sighed, already having the feeling that a fight would occur. "Lo'ak." Neteyam called, his voice stern and sharp. "Don't worry bro. I've got this." Lo'ak nods, heading towards the group of teal skinned teens.
Aonung was quick to turn to face Lo'ak, looking him over with a jeering sort of expression. "Look..." Lo'ak says, holding his hand up, wiggling all five fingers. "I know this hand is funny, but I can do something really cool with it." He nods, Y/n, Neteyam, and Kiri all standing by and watching intensely just in case something would inevitably occur. "First... I ball it up real tight, like this," He sighed, Aonung completely focused on his hand. "And then,"
With that, he drew his fist back, and delivered a heavy punch straight to Aonung's nose, knocking the older boy down onto his butt, blood from his nose dripping down his upper lip, looking up at Lo'ak with a shocked sort of expression. "It's called a punch, bitch." Lo'ak seethed, Aonung remaining deadly still. The sudden attack caused sharp gasps to leave Y/n and Kiri, the two girls held onto each other's arms, while Neteyam gave an exasperated laugh, and started heading towards the group.
Aonung was quick to throw himself at Lo'ak, knocking him down and throwing a heavy punch to his face, Neteyam dragging Aonung off of him. Almost immediately, the rest of the friend group had joined in, causing cries of "Ow! My tail!", " Let go of my ears!", and "Ach- Let go of my hair!" to sound out relatively frequently. One of the boys delivered a slap with the flat of their tails, with made Y/n and Kiri laugh simultaneously. "This is so stupid!" Kiri groans, shaking her head as she giggled.
The fight proceeded for maybe five minutes, before both Jake and Tonowari had arrived, prying their sons off of each other. All of the boys were heavily bruised, some more than others. Ronal quickly hustled over, taking Y/n by the arm. "My sweet girl, are you okay?" She fussed, cupping her daughters face in her hands. "Yes mother, I'm fine. Aonung and his friends were harassing Kiri." She sighed, nodding to Kiri. Ronal looked towards the older girl, her ears tilted back with a slight look of guilt. "I apologize on behalf of my son, he should no better and I will be sure to have him apologize." She huffs, before standing and walking towards her mate, who was speaking sternly to his son. Jake had already drug off his sons, and Y/n couldn't help but hope that they wouldn't be in too much trouble.
She gave a soft sigh, before looking up to Kiri, cocking her head slightly to the left. "Want to come to our hut and make jewelry, while the boys get in trouble?" Y/n suggested, and a smile broke across Kiri's face. "Sure," she nods. Kiri had always been fond of making jewelry, she had learned the craft from her grandmother, and had taught Tuk. "Can we bring Tuk?" Kiri asked, and Y/n gave a happy nod. "Of course"
After the two girls had gathered Tuk, (who had been feeding the Ilu with Tsireya) they headed off through the village and to Y/n's family's hut. It was set in the center of the village, larger than most, but still reasonably sized. There were dividers that were fashioned as rooms, but they had an open wall rather than doors. There were four rooms in total, surrounding the center living area, the canopy currently empty.
Y/n lead the two girls into her room, which was situated in between Tsireya and Aonung's rooms. Her room was neat, the leather-like walls painted with blue, purple, pink, and green paints, much like Tsireya's room that was on the other end. She walked into the room, parting the beaded curtain that covered the open wall to let the girls walk in.
Her bed was a mat, much like the rest of the village, small boxes and trunks lining one wall, her clothes hanging over a makeshift bar above them. The walls held small windows, that had flaps that could be closed for privacy, though they were currently open. She sat on the floor, next to her bed, and took out the boxes of jewelry and the tools to make them.
Kiri and Tuk settled around her, Tuk practically vibrating as she was so excited to try her hand st jewelry making. Y/n set the boxes in a neat circle in the middle of them, taking out plates, needles, threads, beads, jewels, and wire, neatly organizing them, before waving at the girls to start.
Kiri picked up some earth toned beads, while Tuk attempted to grab the most vibrant ones that she could find. "What's your Ilu's name?" Tuk inquired, with her usual cheery tone as she looked up from her plate of beads. "My ilu? Her name is Onzä." Y/n smiles, beginning to work on some waist beads. "I fed her earlier, with Tsierya." Tuk chimed, before leaning a little closer to Y/n "I like you better than her." She whispered, earning a jokingly shocked gasp from Kiri, and a laugh from Y/n. "Tuk. We don't pick favorites." Kiri scolded, though she was clearly joking, which made Tuk roll her eyes with a laugh. "Like you like Spider more than Lo'ak and Neteyam." Tuk teased.
"Spider?" Y/n asked, wondering why a Na'vi would be called that. "He's a human. We grew up with him...well he grew up with us. He's like our brother, only mom doesn't like him because he's one of the sky people." Kiri shrugged, causing Y/n to grow curious. "Why's his name spider?" She asked, and Kiri couldn't help but laugh. "Well... It really started out by my dad and the scientists calling him 'Spider Monkey' when he was really little, but Spider stuck." Kiri explained, seemingly fashioning a necklace, while Tuk worked on... Whatever she was working on.
The girls chatted and made their jewelry, eventually parting ways when the afternoon light began to dim. The day slowly came to an end, Tsireya and Y/n settling in the living area of the canopy to do their hair, eventually roping in Aonung. "Hey Y/n?" Aonung piped up, Y/n having been redoing his braids. "Hm?" She hummed, Tsireya curiously poking her head over Y/n's shoulder to eavesdrop as she worked on finger coiling Y/n's hair. "What do you think of Lo'ak?" He asked, Ronal even popping up from her west st the fireplace, trying to listen for her response. "I think he's nice. And I think that you should apologize to him for beating him up. That wasn't a fair fight." She sighed, continuing to busy herself with his braids.
"Why should I apologize? He threw the first punch." Aonung huffs, causing Y/n to roll her eyes, tightening one of the braids enough for him to audibly wince. "Because it wasn't a fair fight, he only had his brother with him. You had Rotxo and your other two friends. Two versus four is in no way fair." She sighed, loosening the braid before getting back to work. Aonung simply rolled his eyes, grumbling under his breath. "You're too good for that freak." The comment took Y/n aback slightly, staring at the back of his head, before shaking her head. "You don't know what you're talking about, 'nung. We just met. Now hush before I put shells in your hair." She grumbled in response.
Ronal on the other hand, watched the exchange from her seat next to the fire, having been nibbling on a rwap, narrowing her eyes softly. None of them were aware of Lo'ak, who had been standing next to the main opening of the canopy, listening in to the conversation, having only been there to apologize, due to his fathers orders.
The next morning, Y/n headed out to do her chores. Her task for the day was to harvest the Yovo fruit, and the fruit of the melon tree. It was a relatively easy task, Tsireya helping her so the girls could hoist each other up to reach the melon. They gathered the fruits, carrying them in woven satchels and baskets. When they finished, they set out on delivering the fruit, a certain amount to each family, and any extras would be given to those that requested it. Y/n walked up the pathway, walking up to the Sully's hut. She poked her head into the main opening, smiling when she saw Neytiri and Jake. "Fruit delivery!" She chimed, walking into the hut to hand the fruit to Neytiri, who took it with a smile. "Oh, thank you. What for?" Jake inquired, looking up from the wooden figure that he had been whittling. "Every day we go pick fruit from the grove and hand them out to the village. Aonung and the boys will be out fishing this afternoon, so they'll return with fish tonight. My father invited you and your children to learn to ride the ilu and the tsurak."
She smiled, Neytiri setting the melon and fruit down next to their dishes. "Go without me, Ma'Jake. I'm going to finish unpacking." she smiled, and Jake rose to his feet, walking over to Y/n. She then began to head out of the canopy, Jake following suit. "I want to apologize for my son's behavior." Jake nodded, and Y/n simply rolled her eyes. "It's fine, my brother had it coming." She sighed, walking down the pathways and towards the beach.
She walked down the sand, laughing softly at how Jake walked, the hot sand burning his feet. "You'll grow used to it with time." She nods. The soles of her feet had grown immune to the burning sand, that was just part of being Metkayina. She smiled as Jake skurried off towards the water, panting softly when the warm water cooled his feet. She didn't expect the hot sand to break his warrior-esque physique, but she understood it. She doubted the ground was very hot in the forest. She walked towards Aonung, who had already gathered Lo'ak, Kiri, and Tuk. "You may choose to ride the ilu, or the tsurak." She hums, looking to Jake, who was already staring at the tsurak that settled next to her father, just a few feet away. "That one." He nods.
His answer didn't surprise her, she fully expected him to be drawn towards the large beast. He managed to tame Toruk after all. She gestured towards her father, who Jake proceeded to walk over to. Y/n then walked towards Aonung, giving a soft nod. "We're free to proceed." She nods, Aonung looking over Lo'ak, as Tsireya came and retrieved Kiri and Tuk to go teach in the deeper water. Lo'ak seemed slightly nervous, deep bruises and splits scattering his face, but the deep bruise that sat on Aonung's cheekbone was much more prominent, left from Lo'ak's left hook.
Aonung took a step back, clicking his tongue and whistling, two ilu swimming up to swim around him, Y/n reaching her hand out to stop one. "These are ilu." Aonung spoke, running his hand over the back of his ilu. "If you want to stay here, you must learn to ride." He nods. Y/n cocking her head. "They're similar to Ikran.. But since you're in water, the water will try to push you off of him." She nods, guiding the ilu over to Lo'ak, who was quick to mount him (with a little struggle since he wasn't used to mounting in water). She gently picked up one of the ilu's queues, Lo'ak pulling his own braid around. "Make the bond gently." Y/n breathed, Lo'ak connecting their queues as gently as he could, though the ilu still reacted uneasily, unfamiliar with the new rider. "Hold on here. Tightly." She nods, pointing to the handle that was situated between the ilu's queues. "Feel his heartbeat, his strength. Feel his breath" She instructs, Lo'ak closing his eyes and took a breath, feeling the ilu's breath beneath him.
Lo'ak internally told the ilu to swim forward, the ilu heeding the command and lurching forward. He immediately went under, knocking Lo'ak off of the beast in record time. When he bobbed back up to the surface, the ilu didn't hesitate in splashing the boy with his fin,before swimming back to Aonung, who was laughing so hard that his ribs hurt, Y/n even trying not to giggle softly.
The rest of the morning was spent in the water, everyone doing their best to get the Sully's acquainted with their water mounts. When the afternoon sun began to rise, Y/n parted ways while Aonung left to go fishing, leaving her unaware that he had decided to coax Lo'ak into going with him. Y/n had gone to go help teach the children of the village some of their traditional dances. The group of children who were no older than six, were very eager to learn. This was her favorite thing to do, teaching the little ones their tradition while Ronal watched from the side with a soft smile, she couldn't be any more proud of her daughter.
She walked the children through the steps, how to move their hips properly and where to place their feet, all the while singing the soft song that accompanied the dance, her voice flowing out across the beach, catching the attention of Neytiri. It was clear that Neytiri didn't feel at home, she missed the forest and her people, but the sudden show of tradition made her smile. She quietly walked up to stand next to Ronal, giving a soft smile.
Before Y/n knew it, a small crowd had gathered, too focused on the kids to pay attention. Neytiri, Neteyam, and a group of Metkayina parents stood nearby to watch, some of the older kids joining in on the dance lesson. Soon Neytiri even pushed Neyetam into the lesson, Y/n smiling when she saw him. The lesson lasted until eclipse had begun, the group soon scattering. Neytiri headed on back to her hut, while Neyetam walked down the beach.
All was right with the world, at least that's what Y/n thought as she began to walk back to her families hut, pausing when she saw Aonung, settled in front of the fire pit that sat in the middle of the living area. She could already tell that he had done something. "How did fishing go, Aonung?" She asked, walking behind him, moving to stand next to him, her ears twitching slightly at the crackling fire.
"Fine..." He murmurs, staring at the slow burning fire. She knew his expression well, he had done something drastic with the intent of it being a joke, and finally realized that it was a bad idea. "What did you do? Did you get in another fight?" She sighed, kneeling down next to him in an attempt to read his expression. He was her older brother, he had a soft spot for her and Tsireya, so she was sure he'd tell her. "No.. We decided to take Lo'ak fishing with us... Beyond the reef."
Her heart dropped into her stomach as soon as he spoke Lo'ak's name, her eyes widening slightly. "You know your not supposed to take them beyond the reef Aonung. What happened. Do his parents know?" She inquired, her voice low and terrifyingly steady. "I know.. He went to catch a fish, and we left him. No.. I don't think so... It was supposed to be a joke" He sighed, his ears pinned back against his head, causing her eyes to widen.
"Aonung." She seethed, her voice harsh as she pushed him over onto his side. "You left him?! Where?" She ordered, immediately rising to her feet. They had left at least six hours prior, that's six hours in the middle of the ocean with no food or clean water, surrounded by beasts that could eat anyone in one bite. "Three brothers..." He mumbles, slowly attempting to stand back up, but it only resulted in her pushing him back down. "Aonung. What are the rocks notable for? " She asked, with a horrified expression. That was clearly not something he had thought about, Aonung's eyes widening as realization hit, and equally terrified expression crossing his face. "Akula." He mutters, quickly scrambling to his feet, fully prepared to run in case his sister decided to throw a blow, which she did.
She delivered a heavy smack to the back of his head, causing him to hiss in pain. "Go tell his family. Now. Get a search party together. Skxawng." She seethed, walking around him and out onto the pathway, calling for her ilu, who was quick to swim up. "What are you doing?" He asked, pausing to watch her. "I'm going to go look for him, someone has to." She huffs, causing his fear stricken expression to grow more severe. "Just wait until we get a search party, or take Rotxo." He spoke, moving in an attempt to grab her arm and stop her from diving into the water, but he was too late. "Go tell his family." She hissed, diving into the water and mounting her ilu, before the two swam off.
It was a long swim, her ilu clicking in protest when they finally reached the rocks, calling out for Lo'ak, her heart pounding against her ribcage. She called for him for about ten minutes, her sense of dread growing more and more with each passing second, unable to stop the small tears that dribbled over her eyelashes, totally unaware of the sudden grow in bioluminescence underneath her. Suddenly, both her and her ilu had been thrown into the air, the unmistakable groan of the nalutsa beneath her, causing her to panic.
She came crashing back down into the water as her ilu attempted to swim away, but ended up getting caught in the jaws of the giant beast, her blood soaking into the water, turning it a deep blooming shade of crimson. She swallowed a good bit of water as she screamed, bobbing back up to the surface as she coughed, her scream drawing attention to her.
She dipped back underneath the water, her eyes widening as the creature charged at her, swimming as fast as she could towards the rocks, hoping to get to some sort of high ground. She could tell that the nalutsa was only moments behind her, she could feel the water change as he snapped his jaws.
She finally managed to get to the rock, climbing it as fast as she could, the sharp stones slicing up her legs and torso, her fingertips becoming bloody as she pulled herself up, choking on the sobs that wracked their way through her body, crying even harder as the monster began repeatedly ramming it's head into the rock, only becoming more and more agitated as he blood spilled down the rock and into the water. She couldn't stop the terrified cries that left her mouth, clinging to the base of the stone.
After what felt like hours, the beast grew tired of his attempts, slowly swimming off in an aggravated manner, leaving her alone on the stone, scared, cold, and bleeding.
Lo'ak had heard her distant screams, having been sitting on Payakan's back waiting for rescue. His ears perked up, and his head snapped up, immediately sliding down to stand on one of Payakan's fins. "Bro, go to the rocks, someone needs help." He spoke, making an attempt to sign it as Payakan gave a reassuring call, waiting for Lo'ak to get a good enough hold on him before swimming towards the rocks.
There she was, clinging to the rock as the nalutsa repeatedly slammed it's head into the stone, trying to knock her loose so she would fall into the water. Rocks and debris fell around her, her chest heaving as she tried to breathe, coughing up the water that had fallen into her lungs. That was when Lo'ak realized just how much she was bleeding, the rock beneath her staining crimson. Right as he was about to tell Payakan to attack the beast, it grew agitated and swam off, watching as Y/n slumped against the stone. He immediately shooed Payakan off, with the promise of returning at some later point, swimming off towards the rocks as Payakan swam down, but lingered close just in case.
"Hey, hey hey." Lo'ak called, pulling himself up onto the rocks, doing so a little more successfully, only resulting in a few light scratches. She was audibly sobbing, her eyelashes all clumped together with saltwater and tears, her body smeared with blood, and her jewelry ruined. She opened her eyes and looked towards him, Lo'ak moving over to her so he could lift her up off of the rock. "That's a lot of blood..." He murmurs, looking over her pale face, Y/n only seeming to cry harder. "No, no! Don't cry it's okay. You're okay." He nods, worried tears beginning to prick at his own eyes, pulling her across his body, doing everything he could to both keep her off of the rock and out of the water, the sharp stone stabbing into his feet.
Lo'ak tried to keep himself calm, but he was the exact opposite, his breath trembled and his hands shook. He didn't know what to do, neither of them did. They were just scared kids.
Lo'ak held her for what felt like hours, screaming for help until his voice was broken. Y/n had long since passed out, the dead weight growing more and more difficult for him to hold onto. She was still breathing, but not at a normal rate, her breaths were shallow and quiet. Soon the weight became too much to handle, already exhausted from overexerting himself previously, so he slowly had to allow her to slip into the water, wrapping her arms around his neck as he held her head up, his body bobbing as he tried to keep his own head above water. They sat like that for a few long moments, their movements disturbing the water, causing bioluminescence to bloom, Y/n's blood staining the water.
Finally, he heard the sounds of a search party calling for them. The sound was so shocking that they both ended up going under, Lo'ak frantically pulling them up. "Hey! Hey over here! We need help!" He shouts, bobbing under once more, spitting out the water that had flooded his mouth.
Soon enough, the group made their way towards them, pulling Y/n up onto one of the rider's tsurak first, since she was in a far worse state, before pulling Lo'ak up onto another. The tsurak skimmed over the water as fast as they could, by the order of their riders. Y/n's eyes slipped open once every so often, just long enough to see the stars and the sky above them, before slipping back into unconsciousness.
When they group finally arrived to the village, the villagers were quick to alert everyone to their return. Jake and Neytiri ran down to the dock, Neytiri immediately fussing over her son, and Jake checking for any severe damage. He stopped however, when his eyes fell on Y/n. Ronal was quick to arrive, Tonowari close behind, and Aonung being drug along by his arm.
Ronal gave a wail when the villager hauled Y/n's limp unconscious body up onto the dock, Tonowari immediately taking his daughter from the man. Tsireya stood next to Aonung, all dewey eyed at the sight of her sister. Jake immediately bowed his head. "I apologize for my son, he knows better." Jake nods, his expression slightly frantic at the sight of their daughter.
"No. Aonung is to blame, he knows not to take them beyond the reef." Tonowari hissed, pushing his son down to bow on his knees. Lo'ak shook his head, taking a step forward. "It was my fault, I wanted to go." He nods. Tonowari didn't say anything after that, too busy ensuring that his daughter would make it back to their hut, Lo'ak grimacing at the trail of blood droplets that followed them.
Lo'ak moved to follow after them, though Jake tried to grab his arm to stop him, Lo'ak only pulling his arm away. "I'm going. I have to tell them what happened." He murmurs, before walking after them.
Tonowari laid Y/n down on the mat that Ronal had put in the living area, Aonung hovering next to the canopy opening while Tsireya moved to hold onto her sister's hand. Lo'ak quickly walked in, but paused by the opening. "Excuse me?" He murmurs, Tonowari looking towards him with a less than gentle look. His main priority right now was his daughter, who was still steadily bleeding. Not the scrawny little forest boy that was the whole reason she was even hurt.
"Dad..." Tsireya murmurs, placing a hand on her father's arm. "He saved her. Listen to him." She sighs, before moving to help her mother, who was setting to work on patching up and cleaning the cuts and gashes that covered her color drained frame. Lo'ak's ears tilted back at the expression Tonowari wore, his usually gentle demeanor having dissolved as soon as he caught sight of her limp frame.
"I'm sorry sir, I just wanted to tell you what happened." Lo'ak murmurs, and Tonowari waved him over, allowing the teenager to kneel next to him. "I think she came out to look for me, out at the Three Brothers. The nalutsa attacked her sir. Ate her ilu and chased her, I got there and it was ramming it's head into the rock she climbed on, trying to knock her down. The rock cut her up sir." He nods, Ronal and Tsireya listening quietly, each of them making a face of pain when they heard that her ilu hadn't survived the encounter.
Ronal continued cleaning and patching up the wounds, but dropped everything when she saw her hand move, the slight movement being a writhe of pain. Tsireya winced, Y/n constricting her hand to the point that she felt that she might snap her fingers. She wasn't awake yet, but she was clearly coming out of it. Tsireya let go of her hand, rubbing at her fingers to alleviate the ache, so Lo'ak slowly moved to hold her hand, not failing to notice how Ronal tensed up.
A few long and painful moments passed, before Y/n's eyes slowly fluttered open. She was dazed and confused for a few seconds, before the pain and fear set in, causing tears to well up in her eyes and a choked up sob to fall from her mouth. Ronal immediately softened when she saw that her daughter was awake, immediately moving to soothingly rub her shoulder. "Shhhh, my baby. Almost done, stay strong." Ronal murmurs, finishing up with her patching, before moving to grab a cup of some hot fluid. A tea, made of a heavy concoction of ar'lek seeds, and the fluid of a panopyra. She brought the tea to her crying daughters mouth, allowing her to take a few drinks of it.
With that, Ronal stood, looking to her husband and nodding towards the canopy opening, a movement that meant 'we need to talk.' Tonowari was quick to walk out, Ronal following her, Aonung soon being called out to talk with them, likely getting scolded.
Y/n clung to Lo'ak's hand, Tsireya soon walking out to leave the two alone, after whispering something into his ear, which caused his ears to tilt back and his cheeks to flush a shade of purple. He looked down to Y/n, who seemingly relaxed as the medicine kicked in, looking up to Lo'ak, who turned to look back down to her. "Feeling better?" He murmurs, and she gave a soft nod. Lo'ak nods in response, brushing her hair out of her face, tilting his body downwards so he could rest his forehead onto hers. "I thought I lost you." He murmurs, his voice cracking slightly. Nothing like a near death experience to make you realize how much you actually care for someone.
"I thought you were dead..." She murmurs, her voice hoarse and barely a whisper, tilting her forehead to meet his. Her eyes were still wet with tears, her eyelashes clumped together as the tears formed little droplets on her lower eyelids. "I know, but we're okay." He murmurs, giving a soft nod.
