❁~ "why so mean fish lips?" ~ ❁

My spirit sister

~ Lo'ak's POV ~
I've been trying to tell my family and friends, Tsireya too about payakan but no one wants to listen. I was sitting with Roxto, Tsireya, Neteyam, and Tuk. I kept telling them about how me and payakan became friends and he saved me, "I'm telling you guys he saved my life!" Tsireya held my arm and I held one of her hands. "Lo'ak you are lucky to be alive" Tsireya said her accent soft. She smiled slightly. Neteyam got up and put his arms on my shoulder leaning forward against me, "my baby bro a warrior against the killer payakan" I sat up frustrated with them, causing Neteyam to let go of me laughing and smiling hard. "Forget it, you guys aren't listening.." I started to walk away when Tuk spoke up, "no Lo'ak I'm listening!" She said frowning seeing that I was genuinely hurt. Roxto just sat there not knowing what to say to me. Tuk got up taking my hand and placing her other hand on top of it. "I will listen to you Lo'ak.." Tuk said pursing her lips in. "I will tell you later Tuk." I said sighing out. "O-Oh ok" Tuk tilted her head at me as I walked away with Tsireya following me. Tsireya grabbed my hand slowing me to a stop. I turned to her not even looking at her, "Lo'ak I am sorry, I know I should've listened to you and trusted your words." She out her hand on my face lightly and turned my face to look at her, "you must tell someone about this-" I can't they won't listen" "your father will understand" "no he won't! He dosent understand anything, the whole clan hates me demon blood, alien, freak" I sighed out as I just let off all of the pressure off of my chest from the month we've been here. But my chest still felt heavy, Tsireya took my hand holding one of my fingers off with the other hand. She tried to speak but seemed like something was keeping her from doing so she opened her mouth twice but closed it never saying anything, her eyes teared up then she spoke "I see you". I made eye contact with Tsireya and hugged her tightly. "I will speak to my father about how you are being treated ok?" Tsireya said her voice shaky. I held Tsireya close to me as I walked back to my siblings, I sat on the rock and gestures for Tuk to come over as I told her what happened. She was ecstatic about it and thought it was really cool. Tuk hugged me as she celebrated my friendship with payakan. I smiled as it made me really happy as she tried to respect me and my point of view from the beginning. Neteyam talked to Roxto about I don't know what.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Neteyam's POV ~
I asked Roxto about him and Kiri, he started to blush and freak out a little bit, "calm down dude-" I laughed putting my hand on his shoulder rubbing hit lightly to calm him. Roxto pulled me by my shoulder to whisper to me his face disappearing behind mine. "Aonung is here, and he's staring.." I looked over to Aonung who had his arms crossed and his face expression was really annoyed looking down on me and Roxto death staring us. "I think he might be jealous" Roxto whispered to me before letting me go and laughing. "Hello Aonung" I said softly dragging the g in his name. I smiled at him brightly trying not to laugh. I stood up stretching and hit Aonung with my tail lightly joking with him. Aonung came over to me and Roxto sitting down, I sat back down also, on my feet with my knees up laying my arms on my legs my hands in between me. Aonung did the same mimicking me. I laughed at him in his face then, changed my pose going into a cat like position, leaning to Aonung. My tail swung side to side it was up higher than usual and I didn't know why. "You are really hyper Neteyam-" is that why my tail is like that?" "Uh huh" Roxto said laughing. I sat up, facing Aonung and my tail swayed more quickly. "I think Aonung is making you excited-" how I am just looking at him?" "It is your body's reaction to Aonung" Roxto laughed once more, Aonung smirked. My face became nervous as Aonung looked at me with a smirk. Our father started to communicate with us through the microphone on us. He told me and Lo'ak that the tulkuns were being targeted for death. "Oh my eywa.." I covered my mouth and told everyone we had to go. They followed us as Lo'ak told them what was happening. "They are attacking the tulkun?" Aonung asked again worriedly. "Uh.. yes that seems to be what is happening." I said frowning as my voice saddened. We all arrived to the shore of the ocean where the village started and saw Ronal, Tonowari my father and Mother. I rushed over to them to see Ronal crying.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aonung's POV ~
My mother was crying, I looked beside her to see her spirit sister Roa was dead and so was her calf.. I felt sympathy and sadness rush to me all at once. My mother yelled, "tonowari what is this? What is this Tonowari?!" She cried as she spoke once more, "she waited nine months to have this calf!" My mothers cry turned ugly as she held her hand to Roa's side. "This is their fault Tonowari! You let these people in and the war has followed!" My mother said pointing at the Sullys one by one till it got to Neteyam. I looked to Neteyam shocked. "Neteyam?" I said frowning at him. "This is your fault?" Neteyam said nothing turning his head to the ground. My father tried to calm my mother down.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Neteyam's POV ~
Ronal paced around the house as I stood in a stance ready to do anything as I was gravely sorry. I caught a glimpse of Aonung staring at me in my peripheral vision but I ignored him. Ronal was fussing with Tonowari about what we should do about this as she wanted to avenge Roa's death. I felt sympathetic towards her, I felt as if this was my fault of a loss of another. My father had already announced the situation to the people of the clan but we were sure the message would not make it around enough. Our fathers sent me, Aonung, Lo'ak, Tsireya and Roxto to find Aonung's and Tsireya's Spirit siblings. We arrived beyond the reef in the early afternoon. Tsireya spotted her spirit sister and yelled, "there she is! We must warn her quickly!" We rushed on our ilus towards her and Tsireya greeted her in SL then signed to her that she must leave here and told her the situation. Her spirit sister left but we couldn't find Aonung's spirit brother. Aonung sped off trying to find him. "Aonung!" I called out to him the rest of us rushing off following him. "I don't need your help Neteyam!" "Aonung of course you do." "You are the reason this is happening in the first place! Go home Neteyam.. you will just make things worse for me and my people!" I froze, hurt by Aonung's words. Lo'ak spoke up defending me, "I thought you loved him Aonung? Why go through this alone without any help? What is the point of the way you act towards others? Why is it?! Huh?!" "Now let's not act like this and just go find Aonung's spirit brother?" Tsireya said softly not wanting to yell at anyone. Lo'ak scoffed at Aonung and Aonung just glared at Lo'ak. We found Aonung's spirit brother after a couple of hours. It was dark and the rest of the tulkun went into hiding for now. But I'm not sure if tomorrow they will be back at it tomorrow.
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