ʙᴀʀʀɪᴄᴀᴅᴇꜱ: ᴠᴏʟ. 2 | Jake Sully X Reader (Book 2)

| Chapter 11 |

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Italics: (Na'vi language, Metkayina sign language, and Jake's inner thoughts)

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Soon enough, Ao'nung and his friends were leading Lo'ak toward a special location. The seas were choppy, rough, and with rippling waves given that they had left the safety of the reefs and were now in deeper waters. It was an exhilarating experience for Lo'ak, and he had never felt so much adrenaline running through his veins. The feeling of soaring through the water and leaping over waves on his ilu was something he never wanted to forget.

Lo'ak yelled as he leaped in the air on his ilu, twisting in the air before diving back into the water on his ilu. Ao'nung and his friends did so as well. The Metkayina boys were keeping the same pace as Lo'ak in the water since this was territory far more out at sea. Every time one of them leaped out of the water, those few seconds in the air filled them with excitement. Ao'nung, his friends, and Lo'ak all yipped and hooted at the sensation of being so free.

"Come on!" Ao'nung yelled through the crashes of waves he passed, and Lo'ak turned to him with a nod before diving back into the water. "Yeah!" Lo'ak said with laughter escaping him, not having felt like before in his life. Soon enough, after racing, Lo'ak was side by side with Ao'nung riding through the waves and diving at the same time. Upon coming out of the water. Ao'nung turned to Lo'ak and spoke through the noise of the waves.

"Keep up, forest boy!" The Metkayina prince yelled out to Lo'ak, who understood and urged his ilu to go faster and get ahead. After that, a big wave suddenly emerged and this was the perfect opportunity for the group of boys to speed up and ride toward it. When they did, they all leaped through the air with hoots and yells, raising their weapons in the air.

Eventually, Ao'nung and his friends arrived at the place where they wanted to show Lo'ak and carry out their plan. It was a place called Three Brothers Rocks. Three different karst-like rock structures lay beside one another, along with a rocky shore bordering them. Together, they elicit a distinct profile. At their center is an underwater kelp bed that tracks their shoreline. It was truly an astounding place for Lo'ak to visit for the first time, but he'll be disappointed when he realizes that he wasn't brought her to sightsee.

What Lo'ak didn't know was that this very same spot was the hunting territory for a dangerous sea predator called, Akula. The goal of Ao'nung and his friends was to bring him here and then leave him stranded as a prank for revenge. Ao'nung brought the Sully brother to this place on purpose knowing that a predator like that lurked in the waters. When Ao'nung said it was a place to hunt, Lo'ak was clueless as to what the Metkayina prince was referring to. That it was a place to hunt, for the Akula, that is.

Arriving at shallower waters where reefs lay below them, the boys all came up to the surface on their ilu's and took a look around. Birds similar to seagulls were cawing and flying around the rock structures, which seemed to be their home. There were also looming clouds floating not too far from the very top of the rocks, so this place probably had a low altitude.

Lo'ak was the last one to emerge from the water, and his ilu chirped out of instinct. The Sully brother was breathing heavily, but only because of so much adrenaline and excitement. Ao'nung and his friends were all cheering for him, saying that he lived and made it through some pretty rough waters unscathed.

"That was insane, cuz'!" Lo'ak exclaimed, feeling some of his braids fall onto his face. Ao'nung kept on a fake friendly look on his face, maneuvering his ilu to turn around. "This way. Trust me, I know I good spot," Ao'nung said, knowing that he had Lo'ak's trust by now, and briefly turning to slyly smirk at his friends who smiled knowingly back at him.