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Into the Water

Neteyam x female!reader

Word count: 2k

Warnings:TWOW spoilers, none, a little bit of violence

Summary:You are the daughter of Tonowari, chief of the Metkayina. As he instructs you and your siblings to teach the Sully family upon their arrival, you make a few new friends, one in particular...

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I watched with great interest how Toruk Makto and his family landed on our shores. My brother Aonung and our cousin pulled me with them, as they walked towards the Sully brothers.

I smiled, as both of them showed the hand gesture for 'I see you'.

I politely copied their action, but my brother only stared at them. He let out a laugh when he sorounded them and suspected their tails.

"Is that supposed to be a tail!? ", Aonung mocked and grabbed one of the boys' tails.

I walked over to him and slapped his chest, so that he would let go.

" Stop it", I mumbled, "They're our guests."

I looked back to the Sully brothers and the one who appeared to be the eldest nodded his head into my direction with a smile.

I wanted to reply, as I watched how my father, the chief arrived on his Skimwing to greet Toruk Makto. I didn't really listen to their conversation, as I inspected the Sully family. They were six people all together. Jake Sully, Toruk Makto, and his mate. And of course, their children, two boys and two girls.

"They are not even real Na'vi!"

My gaze was pulled towards my mother who held up the hands of one of the girls. She had five fingers, instead of four. Na'vi all around us started hissing at them, even my brother, but my sister Tsireya and I looked at them with great interest. I was really intrigued by this rather uncommon family.

"Toruk Makto and his family will stay", my father finally declared. I looked at my sister happyly. She smiled and grabbed my hand, pulling not only me but also my brother with her to the front.

"Our children Aonung, Tsireya and Y/N will teach your children our ways", my father explained.

"But father, why-", Aonung tried to protest but he was shut up by our father.

Tsireya and I smiled at each other before helping the Sullys with their luggage.

"Come on", my sister declared existed, "my sister and I will show you our village."

I stepped forward and took a sleeping bag from one of the boys. He smiled at me thankfully.

"Neteyam", he introduced himself.

I smiled as I guided him through the village.

"Y/N. It is nice to meet you, Neteyam."

The Sullys had been with us for a while now and they had started to get acclimatized to the village and the shores. We had gotten to know all of them by now.

Neteyam, the boy I first met was Indeed the eldest and he was also the one, I spend the most time with. He was very polite and a quick learner, but he was also very sarcastic, especially towards his brother.

Lo'ak. He was one year younger but very fiery. He seemed to be a troublemaker but I liked him anyway. He was a sweet boy with a strong heart. And I could tell that he and my sister Tsireya had something for each other. It was very obvious to everyone around, except for them.

Kiri and Tuk were the two girls. I must say, it was a little bit hard to get to know Kiri. She was mostly by herself, but she was a snarky girl. Always ready to leave a comment on anything. But her Connection to Eywa never ceased to amaze me.

And then there was Tuk. The little girl was always happy and positive. The first day was a little bit hard for her, but after that she was a ray of sunshine. Always ready to learn and see.

In the first week, we had showed the Sullys how to swim and started to teach them how to hold their breath longer.

Now it was time for them to ride an Ilu. I had called mine for today's lesson. I petted her head gently and gave her a fish as a treat. I smiled and watched as Aonung gathered a few other Ilus to teach the Sullys. Lo'ak was the first one. But to say he failed completely was probably an understatement. I couldn't help but smile a bit at his attempt. He wasn't the first one to fall of an Ilu.

"Would you teach me?"

I turned around and noticed that Neteyam was approaching me. I smiled and got of my Ilu.

"Your Brother doesn't really seem to like us", he explained.

I could only nod:"Yeah, Aonung has something against you. I don't know why though. Hold on here."

I helped Neteyam onto my Ilu and grabbed his hands to show him where to hold on.

"Make Tsaheylu", I instructed. Neteyam nodded and made the bond. My ilu shuddered a bit at the sudden connection. She probably wasn't used to someone who wasn't Mekayina.

"Feel her body", I explained to Neteyam, "Feel her fins, her gills, her motions."

I watched as Neteyam closed his eyes and concentrated on the animal. I smiled and slowly got underwater to guide the Ilu. She followed me suit. Neteyam opened his eyes as we breached the water surface.

I paid a little bit of extra attention to the Ilu swimming slowly, so that Neteyam wouldn't fall off like his brother.

We swam together for a few minutes, before I let go of the Ilu. Neteyam looked at me perplexed, like he didn't want to swim alone, but I gave him a smile. I signed for him to stay calm. He only nodded, before I let go. He struggled for a second, as the Ilu got faster, but after a while he managed to slow her down. The two of them swam around me a few times.

As we surfaced again, I heard Neteyam laugh:"I did it!"

"You did it!", I agreed with a smile as I petted my Ilus head, "You could almost ride a Skimwing!"

"Really?", Neteyam asked as he dismounted the Ilu again.

"No, you Skxawng", I joked, "A skimwing is far to hard to handle for you!"

"Oh really?", Neteyam mocked and leaned his elbow on the Ilu.

"Yes", I smiled and clicked my tongue. The Ilu quickly swam away, so that Neteyam fell into the water.

"Hey!", he complained and got up again.

"Have you ever ridden a skimwing?", he asked curiosly.

"Once", I said looking down to pet my Ilu.

"Really!? What was it like?", Neteyam asked.

"My father allowed me to ride his once. It was a little bit easier, because he was already trained, but still hard.", I explained.

"Wow", Neteyam breathed.

"You're making fun of me!", I laughed and playfully slapped his chest.

Neteyam raised his hands, but the grin on his face gave him away:"I'm not!"

"You are!", I argued and splashed some water over him.

"Oh, just you wait!", he laughed and jumped forward, grabbing my arms and pulling me underwater with him.

"Neteyam!", I yelled, but it was too late. We were already underwater.

I pushed him away from me, but I couldn't suppress the smile on my face.

'You Skxawng', I signed, 'You're going to regret that'

Neteyam raised his eyebrow at me like he was asking what, I meant but I just smiled, as my Ilu hit his back with her snout. Not so hard to actually hurt him, but he was puzzled at least.

I grinned as he as performed an Involuntarily backward roll in the water.

As he had calmed down again, he looked over to me and tried to grab my arm, but I was faster and swam away from him.

'You're never going to get me, Forrest boy', I signed, a grin still on my face.

Let's just say, the rest of our Day was spend with the two of us chasing each other on the Ilus. Since it was Neteyams first Day on an ilu, he mostly lost.

As the eclipse was getting closer, the two of us slowly retreated to the Village. We were talking about the Tulkuns, as Neteyam spotted my brother and Lo'ak fighting.

He stopped talking and charged forward to help his brother. I was a little bit impressed by how he put Aonung in his place, but I didn't say anything. Aonung kind of deserved this.

As the two finished their conversation, I walked over to Aonung to ask him why he was so rude with the Sullys.

But before I could say anything, Lo'ak grabbed Aonungs attention. He wanted to explain something about his five fingers, but at least when he clenched his fist, I realized what he was about to do, so I stepped back.

What had to come, came and Lo'ak punched Aonung in the face.

I hoped that it would end here but it didn't. Aonung started to attack Lo'ak. He tackled him down and his friends came to help him.

"Aonung!", I yelled and grabbed his arm to pull him back. But he pushed me back into the sand.

"Stop it!!", I yelled again and tried to separate them.

But when Neteyam joined us, pure chaos had broken out.

And before we were stopped, everyone got their fair share of scrachtes and wounds. Fortunately, mine were the mildest. I only received a bruise on my forehead from a elbow that had accidentally hit me.

I watched as Lo'ak and Neteyam were pulled away by their parents. I smiled at them apologetic. I just saw how Neteyam signed for me to meet him later, before my mother pulled me away.

"Aonung!", she scolded as she inspected my head, "How could you let something happen to your sister!?"

"It's my own fault, mother!", I tried to explain but she hushed me as she put a Healing cream on my bruise.

"Thank you", I said after she finished. I slightly bowed my head:"May I borrow some of it?"

She inspected me for a second, before handing me a small tin.

"Make sure he is taken care of properly", she whispered to me before I could leave.

I felt the heat rising to my cheeks:"Yes mother"

She smiled at me one last time, before I left her to help Aonung with his wounds.

I didn't have to search long to find Neteyam.

He was sitting on the shore, watching the Ilu.

"Neteyam!", I called out for him. He turned around and got up. As he noticed that it was me, he smiled.

"Y/N",he replied as I reached him, "Are you alright?"

"Don't worry", I mumbled, looking down shyly, "I'm fine, thank you"

"Oh thank the great mother", he said while grabbing my hands.

"But you look horrible", I quickly changed the topic.

"Oh come one", Neteyam grinned,"I bet your brother looks far worst."

"He does", I smiled as I sat him down in front of me.

Neteyam seemed to be proud of himself, as I started to apply the paste to his forehead.

I had to get closer to him, to properly see the wound.

"Does it hurt?", I whispered.

Neteyam remained silent for a second, his eyes just following my every motion.

"No", he finally said.

I only nodded and finished tending to his wounds.

"Thank you", Neteyam murmured.

I smiled, before slowly grabbing his hand. I softly inspected his fingers. Contrary to his brother, he only had four.

"Your arms are really thin", I joked slightly.

"Oh come on", Neteyam laughed. He gently intertwined our fingers, "I can swim anyway"

I looked up at him:"You can indeed"

Neteyam kept quiet, he only smiled at me, before leaning forward. He softly kissed my forehead and I closed my eyes at his intimate gesture.

I felt how I started to blush, as he maintained the close distance.

"Neteyam!? Y/N!?"

We snapped apart, as I heard my sister call our names.

After a few seconds, I saw as Tsireya approached us and we got up.

She had a grin on her face, like she knew what she just stumbled into.

"Come on, we need your help", she explained and grabbed both of our arms.

"What happened?", I asked.

Her smile suddenly dropped:"Lo'ak is missing."

"What!?", Neteyam asked. He looked at me for a second, but I Only nodded and the three of us sprinted towards our Ilus to find the young troublemaker.

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