Skxawng • Neteyam

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Over the next few days, Yeriyah spent her time with Tsireya and created a necklace with the shells they'd found. Yeriyah liked the younger girl. Tsireya was kind and funny in her own way. Listening to her talk about the ocean was like listening to Kiri talk about the forest.

Most of the time while they were making the necklace, Tsireya had asked about Zaeyli. Yeriyah promised that she would bring her to see her ikran soon. Yeriyah needed to see her soon. It's been a whole day since they'd last gone flying, and for them, that was unusual. She would go tonight.

Yeriyah was currently looking for something to do. Neteyam and Lo'ak disappeared early to help their father with something, and Tuk and Neytiri went to see Ronal. She found herself walking down the beach and as she continued along, she could see Kiri in the ocean. She lay in the shallow water, staring into the sand.

Yeriyah smiles as she makes her way over, and without saying a word, she joins the oldest Sully daughter. Yeriyah stared down into the sand and watched as the shadows of the water rippled above. The sand formed little waves under the water from the current. Yeriyah wondered if Kiri was waiting for something to pop out. Kiri pulled up for a second, and Yeriyah followed.

"What are you looking for?" Yeriyah was quick to ask.

"Just...looking." Kiri sighs. "If you try hard enough, you can see little creatures emerging from the sand." She sticks her head back into the water, and Yeriyah follows. However, it wasn't long before somebody disrupted. Footsteps from their right stirred up the sand, and soon, a large shadow covered them.

"Huh?" Kiri says as they both emerge from the water to find Aonung, Rotxo and another standing there, laughing at them. "What'd you say?"

"Are you some kind of...freak?" Aonung questions, directing the inquiry to Kiri.

"He asked if you were a freak?" Rotxo added at the confused look on her face. Yeriyah was quick to her feet, already hissing at the group of boys.

"Watch what you say, Aonung." Yeriyah snarls, and Kiri sighs behind them, her ears going down.

"You can stay out of this, beautiful." Aonung holds up his hand to shut her up, and she steps forward, ready to kill him.

"You said you would stop being a massive dickhead!" She exclaimed.

"I said I would to you." Aonung smirks. She was going to kill him. Yeriyah wouldn't care if he directed all his hurtful comments to her. She just wanted them to leave Kiri alone. She didn't deserve it.

"I swear to, E-"

"Riyah, it's okay. Besides, I'm not a freak." Kiri stopped her before she could say anything. Kiri slowly walked out of the water, and Yeriyah followed her closely as the group of boys followed them out.

"Are you sure?" They all laugh. "I mean, you're not even real Na'vi. Look at these hands." Aonung attempts to reach for Kiri, but she pulls her hand away. "I mean, look at them..."

Before Aonung could finish his sentence, Yeriyah's fist went flying, and she punched Aonung so hard across the face he went tumbling to the floor. He brought a hand up to his face as a bruise was already forming. "How does that feel, bitch." She chuckled.