Chapter 5

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Warnings: a little bit of angst

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,,Sit down." Tonowari calmly said. I was fucked up. Remember when i slapped Neteyam and Lo'ak? Well Tonowari saw it all, and i was supposed to teach them so to say he is like very mad is an understanding. I sat down in front of him. Not meeting his eyes i said. ,,I'm sorry sir." i apologised more from kindness than truth. He just sighed. ,,You know i need to punish you right?" i knew i was going to be punished, but i hope it wouldn't be that hard on me. ,,Yes sir." i said bowing my head. ,,Stop with the 'sir' child, i told you to call me Tonowari." he reminded her for the millionth time. He like an uncle to her, but he always scared her when he was mad. ,,How could you do something like that to the newcomers?!" he said finally releasing his anger that he tried to hold in. ,,T-They were talking bad stuff about me behind my back!" i also yelled.

 ,,But you should've acted better than this! I am disappointed in you child." his words hurt, but it's not like i haven't heard them before. ,,Your punishment will be just as hard as they were in pain." well, i slapped them pretty hard and i know he knows so i know that my punishment will be pretty bad, or even the worst i have ever had. ,,I'm taking your title as the best hunter." what. No, no no he can't! I'd be dead if my parents will eventually found out. They may not care when i told them, but i know that they were just a little proud of me because of that and know they will just be disappointed in me. I know Tonowari told me he was disappointed, but he isn't my dad. And the pain from my parents saying this will be much worse than him saying it. ,,No! Please Tonowari! You know how much it means to me, you-you can't please! You know how much it will disappoint my parents!" i said now crying. I worked so hard for that. And that's only my fault. ,,Tonowari, you know that Ao'nung did the same!? He got in a fight with Lo'ak, like week ago!" i said begging him not to take my title. I got on my knees in front of him crying. ,,Please! Tonowari!" i begged him. ,,It is decided." he said coldly. After that he left the hut with me still on my knees not believing that this just happend. I don't have the title. I'm not good enough. Why did i do that, why did i slap them. 

I got up from my knees. My face all in tears. I stumbled while walking out of the hut. After some minutes of me crying and not knowing what do with my myself i see Jake Sully walking up to me. I started to cry even more, but from being scared. I quickly got up and just tried to run away from talking with the father of the boys i slapped. I felt a tight grip on my wrist, and i know who it belongs to. I turn around slowly, and i was met with a mad face of Sully's dad. I know that he was mad at me for slapping his sons. I started to get ready for getting scolded one more time, but instead i was met with strong arms loosely attached to my shoulders. I didn't know what to do. I awkwardly hugged him back. He stopped hugging me and looked me in the eyes. ,,I'm really sorry for what happend to you because of my sons." he apologised for his sons. 

What is he talking about? I thought he was going to be mad at me for hurting his sons, but here he is apologising for them. But what disturbed me more was that he knew something happend to me. I confusedly looked at him. ,,How do you know something happend to me sir?" i politely asked the older man. He also looked at me confusedly. ,,Lo'ak and Neteyam told me that they heard you getting scolded by Tonowari, and that he took your title?" Oh no. They heard what happend. They know. I just started to cry more. Jake just looked at me awkwardly as he didn't know what to do. ,,I'm sorry." he said as he was leaving. Just after Jake left i saw my parents approaching me. I got scared even more as i saw that they were definitely mad at me. I started to run away. I looked behind me while i was running for my life to some location. The tears still coming from my eyes were now running down my jaw because of my fast running. I got to a beach, but it wasn't my safe beach. It was the beach where we were giving lessons to the forest people. I cursed my luck when i saw that there was a lesson as we were supposed to give it like hour ago. Tsireya quickly spotted me, but her smile dropped when she saw my state. With tears still on my cheeks and red eyes. 

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