ᴛꜱᴀʜᴇʏʟᴜ

III. nìhiyìk

| THREE |

' 𝙏𝙎𝘼𝙃𝙀𝙔𝙇𝙐 '
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      SHE HUFFED WHEN SHE TURNED AROUND, met with the sight of the Avatar who shook his head in a defiled way of saying no. "No." He repeated audibly to her.

 "Go Back." She spoke again, her voice adding a more edge to her words. She felt angry, frustrated at the sight of the...thing already. It didn't help with him being a defying person either. 

He heard him walk up to her; the weird things they wore called shoes making a crunching sound on the glowing moss beneath his feet. "Kehe!" She growled, pushing her three fingers onto his chest and pushing him back- watching him stumble for a moment. 

"Go back!" She repeated again, her nose scrunched up at the sight of him as him kept following her. She hissed under her breath, looking down slightly at him with an angry look on her face. She only paused at the sudden quietness of the forest, the trees rustling going soft and the noises of the animals seeming pause. 

Her ears twitched, listening for any animal or thing around her. She lifted her head slowly, pupils going wide at the sight above her. The Na'vi's ears pinned back at the beautiful sight, all the anger in her leaving as quick as she caught sight of the softly glowing atokirina' that begun to slowly decent down. 

The avatar watched the na'vi's face closely, growing confused at the sudden change of attitude. He fo0llowed her line of sight, looking up to the sky as he was met with the sight of many jellyfish looking things floated down. He grew uncomfortable, what if this thing was coming to sting him?

Though he felt a sort of calmness at the sight of the softly glowing pink things that descended above him. Moving like they were swimming in the air. The surrounded the near area, flowing softly with the wind like they had a mind of their own. 

Ka'yi stoodin awe, watching as atokirina' surrounded them, a blessing from Eywa herself. Though, of course the peace was interrupted when one of the atokirina' grew too close to the Avatar, making him stupidly reach out a hand to swiftly slap at it. 

Ka'yi gasped in shock, her hand darting forward in anger to snatch the Avatars hand away- holding it tightly in her hand. " Ftang nga!" She growled at him.

Jake stood there stupidly, letting her hold onto him roughly. He was curious about her reaction, so he lifted his other hand and slapped at another pink glowing jelly fish.

"Rutxe- No!" Ka'yi hissed, tighting her hold onto his hand- pulling him slightly in hopes it would get him to quit. She looked at the atokirina which fell slightly when hit with saddened eyes, her ears pinning forward in focus, eyes softening. 

Jake was dumb and didn't really care. He liked her hand on him. 

"Atokirina'!" She said loudly, her hold lessening slightly. The avatar glanced at her for a moment, looking at her eyes that seemed softer when looking at the jelly fish- or whatever she just called them.

He lifted the hand that wasn't in her hold softly, watching as the soft pink jelly fish brushed against his hand. it was soft, almost life a feather as it landed on his hand, resting there.

"Atokirina'" Ka'yi repeated, her voice softer. Her face relaxed, full of a soft look of awe as she gazed at them. Her mouth opened in wonder as the slowly begun to drift to the avatar, making him let out a humming sound at the ticklish feeling.

Jake jumped back slightly at the feeling of more of them on him- looking to see them drifting to him. Maybe they were going to cover his body and eat him. he heard nothing was safe on pandora.

Ka'yi lessened her hold on the male, stepping back slightly to watch. Her tail drifted slowly behind her, showing the awe she felt at the great mother Eywa. Jake looked at her, watching her awed expression. He didn't know why, but it made him feel better.

He glanced around, looking at the one that landed on his shoulder. Staring at it, studying the small pink limbs and the main body that glowed slightly brighter than the rest of its body.  He lifted his other arm, letting more slowly decent onto his blue skin, glowing softly to the rhythm of the forest. 

"Wha-" Jake stuttered, his ears pressing back in a confused state, tail swinging behind him timid state. He lifted his palm to the sky, watching as another pink thing slowly rested on the palm of his hand, the swimming motion tickling his new soft skin. 

"What are they?" he finally was able to spit out the words, his voice having a slight tremble, from confusion or a tad bit of fear- he was not sure. 

Ka'yi glanced at him, but mostly kept her eyes focused on the seeds. "They are- seeds from the sacred tree." She finally spoke, her voice soft as if she didn't want to scare the seeds. "Atokirina', they are very- very pure spirits." Ka'yi said, her eyes wide and still focused on the seeds.

"A- atok..." Jake tried to say but gave up halfway through; his voice drifting off as he continued to watch the seeds that had seemed to double. Some landing on his head, chest, everywhere around him seemed to be one. "Uh-hu." He hummed, more focused on trying not to move than talk.

He gave a small chuckle at the tickling feeling of the seeds. Ka'yi smiled, her head tilting to see all of the spirits that had descended on him, covering his body in a pink hue from the color they glowed.

A soft gust of wind blew through, sending a small shiver down both of their spines. Like the whisper of Eywa. Jake's ears flickered curiously when all the seeds begun to float off of him, the tense feeling floating away with them. He watched them go, tail wagging slightly behind him.

He turned to the Na'vi who was softly whispering to herself, looking down at the branch covered in moss beneath her. "What was that all about?" Jake asked questionably. his eyes now finding focuses back to her.

Ka'yi suddenly glanced to him, her ears flicking in thought. "Come." She spoke softly for a moment, her eyes meeting his. She stepped forward, quickly grabbing his hand. "Come." She spoke louder and more urgently.

Jake didn't protest, letting her pull him along quickly.