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"The boy has been found!"" The sea child has found the Sully boy!" Some of the people said as both Lo'ak and Percy were on top of Tyson who came back to her and apologized for leaving her. She immiediealty forgave him
Everyone gathered near the rescue party even Neteyam who was there. Lo'ak sees Anoung and the two friends whose braids are held by rotxo. Neteyam was standing next to Anoung and both boys are relieved to see percy and Lo'ak save. Percy smiled at them but frowns seeing Anoung's face to which she looked at Neteyam who looked away a bit guilty. Percy sighed as both she and Lo'ak stood on the dock and she and Jake held back Lo'ak
"Let me see you," Jake said checking his son and sighing in relief he is fine. He smiled at percy and nod at her in thanks. "He is fine. He is fine! Just a few scratches"
Then suddenly the rest of the sully came and Neytiri held her son's shoulder letting out a sigh of relief he is okay. "I pray for the strength that I will not pluck the eyeball out at my youngest son," she said before snarling. She looked at percy who was there then looked away not sure what to say to the sky child. She might be OK with her around but sometimes seeing her reminds her of what the sky people did to her clan.
"No. My son knew not to take him outside the reef." Tonowari said forcing Anoung on his knees "The blame is his."
" Ok, let's go," Jake said. Lo'ak was about to speak but percy stopped him and spoke instead "
No. It's not Ao'nung's fault. It was his so-called friends' idea." She said looking at the two boys who rotxo held in her coldest glare causing shivers to go down the spine.
She pointed at them as she kept speaking " Ao'nung actually tried to talk them out of it. But they were adamant....since they were quite long-time friends with anoung. He was afraid to lose that strong friendship and was unable to stop them. He was planning to return immediately for lo'ak but I was made aware and went to find him for I am the fastest"
"Is this true?" Tonowari asked lo'ak " Yes it is," Loa'k said playing along. This surprised Anoung, Neteyam, and their friends. Tonowari looked at percy and wondered....did this same thing happen to her when she was first around...he thought as he remembered her trying to fix a large wound by herself in her hut after she was missing for several hours. She said she left the reef to explore the ocean but got attacked by several sharks who thought she was a delicious snack. She didn't get to use her healing power for she was tired out from escaping.
He should have a private talk later with his son about how true friendship works and punished the now two ex-friends of Anoung
"I see"
"Come on." Jake takes his son and the family left as Percy climbs up the netted path " Is it true?" Tonowari asked his son "Anoung, What were you thinking?" Ronwal said
"my lady...please..." Percy spoke to them " he understands his mistake...and he is scolded enough"
They both looked at each other and nods at percy. " rest percy...it must be a tiring day for you child" Tonowari said patting her head gently
"I will chief," She said saluting them goodnight as they left and looked at Anoung. "Neteyam?" She asked and he looked away red in shyness and embarrassment. She smiled and used a water bubble to heal the wounds on his face.
" Go I know you want to talk to lo'ak. and maybe I should give you tips on how to actually get a date...I mean I help my cousin nico with his first date with Will...I have seen how u look at neteyam"
"what...I...what....he is not the only one I like" Anoung mutters the last part "What was that?" Percy said oblivious. Anoung just speeds off to the beach to speak to Lo'ak leaving a confused percy behind.
"is there something I missed?" She said. Unaware, that neteyam heard them and blushed hard confused about his sexuality. He knows he has to talk to anoung
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The next day percy tells all of her friends what happened when she found lo'ak.
"Wish I had been there. The Ocean gave you a gift, Percy" Kiri said
"Not the first time I got gifts from the sea..." Percy said
"The tulkuns have not returned yet, and anyway, no tulkun is ever alone," Anoung said sitting next to her
"But he was alone. He was missing his one fin. The left one was only a stump. And his name is..."
"Payakan. It is Payakan." Tsireya said worried.
"Who is Payakan?" Kiri asked
"A young bull who went rogue," Rotxo said "He is an outcast and alone. He has a missing fin"
This shocked percy. Outcast? He can't be....this.....Percy's hand shakes as she remembers her little brother. outcast? how and why?
"They say he is a killer," Tsireya said as if she had read her mind
"No no," lo'ak said not believing it. Payakan saved them from a killer.
"He killed Na'vi and other Tulkun," Anoung said as he held her hand, "Not here, Far down south."
"He's not a killer," Percy said arguing
"Lo'ak, Percy. You're lucky you both survived." Terisya said " Come on guys, he saved our life. He is my friend."
"The little sea princess and my baby bro" Neteyam jokes gently patting Percy's head and shaking lo'ak shoulder "The mighty warriors who fought a killer tulkun and lived to tell about it"
Percy's anger spiked a bit and wacks both Neteyam's and anoung hands as she stand up "You all are not listening..." she said as she looked at them angrily. "How will you know who it really is if you just believe in rumors...I know what I saw with my own eyes. Why don't you listen" She turns and leaves annoyed and pissed at her friends. She ignores them calling her back as she left.
" You know you two should try harder if you want our little sea princess to like you both," Rotxo said making both neteyam and anoung red.
"What are you talking about ?" lo'ak said "I agree that big brother neteyam tries better but seriously what do you mean"
" last night I saw them argue a bit before apologizing and then..." rotxo got hit with a hard fruit and got knocked out
Everyone looked at anoung who threw the fruit and neteyam who was looking away red.
"oh my eywa," Kiri said. Tsireya chuckled, tuk pokes the out cold rotxo and lo'ak now understood is pissed as fuck
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"Payakan!Payakan!Payakan!" Percy calls out for her friend on top of Tyson at the three-brother rock. Soon he came up to the surface of the water and she swims to him happily seeing him again
'Hello young Percy' He greets her as she sits on his fin smiling seeing her tulkun friend.
"Good to see you paya." She said "Oh paya, I heard strange rumors about you good friend. Why are you an outcast? What happened? Could you please tell me, dear brother?"
'It's too painful little percy' he said in clicks and whistles. her face felt sadness as his behavior, it was similar to nico when the camp outcasts him for being the son of Hades.
She was the only one who reached out to him before anyone else. She even tried her best to be a big sister to him to the promise she made to him and his sister Bianca and prevent him from being the prophecy child of the first war. She doesn't want payakan to be alone...no one should be alone. She doesn't care about the rumors...they are just rumors. She knows she will one day know truly the real side of him as she opens to him fully and he opens to her slowly. Till then she can wait as long as she wants for her tulkun brother.
"I trust you dear paya. You can trust me." She said "We are friends....you and me paya"
He whistles in happiness. soon he and percy spend the day together playing with each other, went super faster in the water, and even did a few jump tricks with him. She smiled fondly at Payakan.
If the old gang were here, they would love payakan she thought as she swims with him. She just wishes her current friends could see that paya is not a killer. he is just a misunderstood friend.