Reborn }{ Tsu-tey Story

10: Only One

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Tsu-tey continued their training where they left off after the Tsahik scolded them for their Week long chase. Especially Liaka for her impure thoughts on how the people feel about her. Liaka was learning to Accept help, and soon she passed the Bow portion with Tsu-tey's Guidance, she was shooting with conviction and determination. She stood like one of the people. Learned to take Life and give back while doing so, like the people. When Tsu-tey witnessed her first clean kill, he was proud of her words to the brother of the forest she was feeding to the people, how her words settled the creature enough for her to end its suffering quickly and painlessly as possible.

Tsu-tey Knew then she was different from other students he'd trained, In more ways than one. She Was learning more in-depth words, and her concentration on how she pronounced them amused Tsu-tey, he caught himself staring at her on more than one occasion. Tho she never seemed to notice. As time went on she let her guard down, it went from no smiles and stoic faces to Small smiles, and a laugh here and there. 

She had learned about The Tree of souls when Tsu-tey took her On his Ikran, after much convincing on his part. He flew overtop the closest an outsider could get and He liked seeing her face when she caught the voices in the wind how she seemed to untense and relax as if she was the only one there. Something serene about her look in those moments makes Tsu-tey forget all about the fact she wasn't born here, she wasn't one of the people, not yet at least. He could see her, in his mind's eye. Her smile and Laugh entered his dreams most nights. 

He no longer resisted them in his slumber. 


He was excited the closer they got to closer to Ayram trial, Where it would show if she was strong enough to become one of us, protect the clan, Home tree, and their people, Each trial passed his excitement doubled, Then finally She passed what Tsu-tey Called the Forest walk, She would Spend a night Alone in the forest. Go out of her way to Encounter creatures...and Relay her experience back to the clan when she returned. Most who took this trial didn't realize that they were being watched most of the time, By several other hunters. Tsu-tey was among them, he hated how his warriors gazed upon her, the night sky making her white freckles glow, the plants glowing under her feet. Watching her he thought, was like watching a Seed whisp floating. Graceful, Etheral. Unusually beautiful. 

He hissed at a few hunters mumbling, making them turn their attention back to the trial. She shocked them, Every creature she came across she'd slither through the bushes getting so close she could breathe on them, the animals would simply sniff her and then run away, Liaka figured this too not be much of a good sign...but the Others thought the Opposite, Many of the Animals were hostile creatures, that should have attacked, not flee. So this was a good sign. 

Tsu-tey was tranced so much that he didn't notice the others leaving back to the home tree, to give the information to the Tsahik, But Tsu-tey bothered none to follow them, Simply Continuing to follow her through the forest watching her, Covered head to toe in mud. His Eyes rested on her the Majority of the night...When she lay to sleep til the morning after exhausting all her tactics, He did the same in the tree above. Watching her, There he fell asleep dreaming sweet things he shouldn't have.

When he awoke it was of her Poking his forehead, he flicked her with his tail before realizing she caught him, and he stumbled and crawled from a shocked hiss leaving his lips. She laughed "Couldn't trust me to survive on my own Tey.." She had started that, Calling him Tey, He grumbled hating it, but replied: "No I trusted you, Just wanted to make sure." She nodded "let's get back I assume ill speak to Tsahik about my Failures." Tsu-tey laughed "what Failure..." She turned to him shocked "Im your teacher, I am to decide this. No?" He smirked at her, She thought to herself before nodding "You Passed...Soon we will take you to Ayram, Floating mountains...With the rest who have passed. Along with your Sky person...Jake.." he hissed softly Liaka wagged her tail at his annoyance with Jake and Chuckled "He's not dead yet...Id thought for certain.." she smirked

This made Tsu-tey Laugh, as they walked back to the home tree "Me too, Sadly not."

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