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Ikran

Akima's POV

So it's been a month since I meet Aries Ikran. Taha-aki, Nuka and Lars have joined the pack. Well pride. They are doing well. Though Nuka challenged Aries and I. He lost and is not at the bottom of the hierarchy with Lars. It goes me, Aries, Taha-aki, Lars and Nuka. Lars and Nuka are the slimmest after me. Where as Aries and Taha-aki have powerful muscles like Loki.

Anyway a week ago I made my first clean kill. Jake was so jealous, as he hasn't been allowed to hunt yet. As he is still learning. So all week Aries has been preparing me for Iknimaya. It's a rite of passage in most Na'vi clans. If I succeed, I will have my own ikran.

Tsu'tey is escorting me along with another three young hunters ready for Iknimaya. Jake wanted to come watch. But Neytiri has taken him on the trials again. She'd be showing him Rabi and her pups. Promising not to interact with them. Just observe.

We ride out Pa'li through the mountains. Until they can go no farther. So we dismount and unlink from them. Sending them back to Home tree. I make sure I have my ikran catcher as we start our climb. Aries would meet us at the Ikran nest.

As we climbed I saw him fly by on his ikran Nahko. I smiled at him. "Latsi!" Tsu-tey shouts at me from above. (Translation: keep up). I focus back on the climb and speed up, to catch up to him & the others. As we reach a dead end.

"Now what?" I ask him. A boulder floats in front of us with vines on it.

"Kivä ko!" he tells us and jumps onto a vine. (Translation: lets go). He begins to climb it. I look at the other three and shrug. Before jumping onto a vine and follow Tsu-tey. The other three follow suit. Once we reached the top. We cross a causeway of vines connecting a small island of unobtanium to the main mass of the Hallelujah Mountains.

I notice ikran circling near by. I see waterfalls dissolve into nothingness below. We finally reached the Ikran Nest. I look over the cliffs edge as a waterfall thunders beside us. Aries appears on his ikran, landing before us. "I see you, Tsu'tey" he says to his brother.

"I see you, brother" Tsu-tey says. He then looks at the rest of us as we line up. "Ladies first" he tells me and I roll my eyes. I hand my bow to him and head towards the waterfall. I walk along the edge behind it, with Aries following me. I soon see the other side and there are hundreds or ikran. If not thousands.

"Now you choose your ikran. This you must feel inside. If she also chooses you, move quick, like I showed. You will have one chance Akima" Aries tells me.

"There are hundreds, how will I know if she chooses me?" I ask him curious.

"Knew I forgot to tell you something" he mutters. "She will try to kill you" he tells me. I give him a pointed look.

"You wait until now, to tell me?" I ask him.

"Sorry" he says sheepishly. I roll my eyes and step out from behind the water fall. Getting my ikran catcher ready. It's just a vine to tie the ikran's mouth shut.

The first few Ikran I challenged. Backed down or flew away. I hear something land behind me hissing. I turn to see a gorgeous golden ikran with purple and black markings. I hiss at it flattening my ears. She hisses back baring her teeth and I smile. I've found her.

We begin to circle each other. She lunges and I dodge her jaws. Tying them shut. I then jump on her back. She tries to buck me off. But I hold on tight as the young hunters cheer me on. Except neither of us were paying attention to our surroundings. "Akima, look out!" Aries shouts.

Suddenly the ikran falls off of the cliff. I scream as I cling to her neck. I had to bond with her otherwise we'd both die. Clamping my legs into place. It frees my hands as we spiral through the air. I grab my queue and her antenna. I connect them. "Level out!" I command and she does so.

I remove the ikran catcher. I have her fly back up to the nest and the young hunters cheer when they see me. I wave a Aries, who sighs in relief. I turn my ikran around wanting to fly. Aries soon joins me on his ikran. "I am so glad you are ok" he states.

"Did you doubt your alpha?" I ask him amused.

"A little" he admits and I laugh. "What did you name her?" he asks curious.

"Aelia" I answer. We circle back and watch the others get their ikran. Tsu'tey calls his and we all fly back to home tree. We land at the top. I unlink from Aelia dismounting. I pat her fondly and Aries gives me a sliver of meat. I give it to Aelia.

We then head down for dinner. We sit with our pride. "Did you get her?" Lars asks me.

"Yes, her name is Aelia" I tell him.

"She is beautiful, like her rider" Aries states. Then blushes. While the other three chuckle.

"That is sweet, thanks for the compliment" I tell him. I spot Jake. "See you guys tomorrow for our run" I tell them. Then head over to Jake.

"Hi Akima, I saw a viperwolf with her pups today. It was so amazing" he tells me.

"You see now you were wrong about them?" I ask him. He nods his head.

"Did you get your banshee?" he asks me.

"Ikran" I correct him. "And yes, her name is Aelia" I tell him.

"Wish I could get mine" he grumbles.

"You will, when you are ready" I assure him. He nods.

"Grace told me to tell you, to do a video log" he tells me. I roll my eyes. But nod my head. I finished eating and go to my hammock. Unlinking early.

"You're early" Grace states.

"Apparently I need to do a video log" I state with a shrug. I head over to the chair and sit down turning on the camera. "This is Akima, video log 55. Location shack, it's been a week since I last did a log. Today I got my own ikran, or banshee. Tomorrow I start training to be an aerial hunter. End of video log" I state and turn the camera off.

I have dinner with Grace, Norm and Trudy. Before going to have a shower. Then I call it a night.

A/N

Picture above of Akima's Ikran, Aelia.