our fortress— chapter four
paring: jake sully × "reader/oc" x neytiri
summary: we were gliding, our ikrans letting out pleasurable squeaks and squeals while we let out a series of joyous clicks and high-pitched yelps. soaring above all else, in the clouds of the hallelujah mountains. we ride.
warnings: animal whimpering, my bad writing, mentions of spears and arrows, fluff, enemies to lovers beginning to show, not proofread, LOWERCASE INTENDED
note: yeah, yeah, yeah ik ik, summaries are usually supposed to be the middle of a text or sometimes even the end will be the summary, but this was the only paragraph i thought was worth being the summary. this came out a little late than i wanted it to but i was too busy actually writing it that i was just like, “yeahhh, i’m done. i’ll just split chapter four up.” soooo here we are :)) also this “cliffhanger” is like- not that good 😭😭 but i just didn’t want this to be one big looooong chapter. i write mostly about scenarios going to happen in my dr (haven't shifted yet), if you think it's weird, please either keep it to yourself or message me in private, there are actually people that like this type of content and i'm writing for them. btw comments/requests are open! this is also posted on ao3 under the same name, if you see this anywhere else. please tell me :)
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we were gliding, our ikrans letting out pleasurable sqeaks and squeals while we let out a series of joyous clicks and high-pitched yelps. soaring above all else, in the clouds of the hallelujah mountains. we ride.
she looks over and, god, she's unanimously beautiful. her eyes, full of joy and wonder for the world around her. she looks at me like i'm the most precious and treasureous being in the world.
we land our ikrans on a tree trunk, the claws of our ikrans dig into the moss of the tree. we look over at each other stunned for a moment as we had just experienced our most thrilling ride together before smiling widely and laughing through our fangs. we hopped down from our saddles before she pulled me by my waist as i tried to walk away. i squealed as she pulled me to her front, giggling like madmen, she turned me around before raising an azure-colored hand to my face and pulling me into a kiss.
we pulled apart for a breath and smiled at each other, "come," she commanded softly before turning back to seze and grabbing her bow and putting it across her chest before running off through the trees.
i shake my head fondly before grabbing my spear off my ikran, zy’lete, i follow after her quickly.
we run through the branches of the trees, playing like the children of the clan before our ears take flight and go into airplane mode, we look down to see a larger na'vi man sporting human clothes, a dreamwalker, i thought bitterly. the man seemed to be manning a knife and sharpening a large stick into a handmade spear.
we lean down on the branch of the tree until our chests touch the scratchy moss of the branch, neytiri starts to lean upwards as the guy starts to walk under the branch we're sitting on, sporting his 'spear' around. she pulls her bow from behind her and starts to pull the bow, with the arrow back to aim at the na'vi male. i put a hand on her arrow to stop her, she looks at me for a moment before looking to where my eyes are trained.
a woodsprite comes floating into view, we both softly drop our hands and neytiri drops her bow and arrow. we grabbed each other's hands before jumping down and softly jumping off the branch and following very quietly behind him.
just as the viper wolves felt provoked enough to attack the na'vi man, neytiri hissed softly before jumping down the branch we were then currently residing on. she runs out of the shadows with her bow and shoots one of the wolves that had made it's way onto the man's chest and was fighting with it.
he doesn't realize the wolf had been shot, the man flipping it onto it's back and was in the process of lifting his fist to punch the wolf until he sees the yellow and blue arrow.
he looks up, shocked, before looking around and landing his eyes on neytiri who jumps down from a rock, shooting another arrow, her legs pulling close to her body in an almost split kind of way. i watch from the trees above as neytiri uses the head of her bow to swing her body and fling the viper wolf away. the man watches, as well, as she continues to swing her bow and body to fling the wolves away.
i tense and pull my legs into a swatting manner, reading to jump down as a wolf flips her over so that she rolls down an incline, but neytiri acts faster, pulling a sharp knife from her waist pocket near her loincloth and stabbing the wolf multiple times until it lays still beneath her hands.
she continues swinging left and right, knocking and surprising the vaper wolves enough that they start to run back into the woods, she takes one last swing of her bow before letting out a ferocious hiss to the backs of the running wolves. she huffs and hisses a couple more times before the man makes a sound that makes her swing her head around.
he stands in a weird, very human-like way, his knees not so bent it's considered a crouch, his head swiveling around like some of the toys the children of the clan play with, that moves it's head in a wobble-like motion.
neytiri turns around before slightly hissing and covering her eyes with her hand, releasing a curse in na'vi, she takes the end of the stick and chucks it into a nearby stream just as the dreamwalker man protests, "hey, wait. don't!"
i take this as the all clear as i jump down from the branch as the dreamwalker man startles, making fast movements. i hiss before going to the nearest body of a viper wolf, putting a hand on it's chest while saying a prayer to eywa before pulling the arrow out of it's body.
out of the corner of my eyes and ears i hear the man strike a sarcastic, "great," to neytiri before looking at me. i hear the whining of a viper wolf before hearing neytiri respectively put the animal's soul to rest.
the dreamwalker runs to pull his fire stick from the stream quickly, though i hear him find the other side of the stream. i quickly pull neytiri until we are on the other side with him. neytiri sees another viper wolf body and kneels down to pray over it, i join her, resting a hand over it's back end.
"look, i know you probably don't understand this, but thank you," he kneels down to our height, as i hiss at him in anger, he looks at me for a moment before shifting closer so that he's more in front of neytiri than me.
"thank you," he says again, as neytiri pulls the arrow from it's body, still praying. "that was pretty impressive," he laughs nervously as neytiri finally meets his eyes, heavy with rage and sadness.
"i would've been screwed if you hadn't come along. it was..." he trails off as i stand up, pulling neytiri with before turning in the opposite direction.
"hey, wait a second. hey, where you going?" he runs after us while we confidently walk through glowing plants and leaves while he is unsteady, careless on his feet.
"i just wanted to say thanks for killing those things," he's caught up to us now, making the mistake of grasping neytiri's arm to which i hiss in loud, wild protest from, she whips her bow back and hits him square in the chest.
"don't thank.. you don't thank for this," neytiri expresses, her expression convey’s very mild irritation and a gratitude of sadness, though only i could see that part.
"this is sad. very sad, only,"
"okay, i'm sorry. whatever I did -- i am sorry," he holds his hands up in a universal appeal that states 'i mean no harm'
i decide to step in, voicing my anger and sadness at this situation, "all this is your fault! they did not need to die," the na'vi looks at me for a moment before replying to the statement as if he was in the right.
"my fault? they attacked me. how am i the bad guy?" i make a strong stride to him, silencing him with the tip of my spear at his throat.
"easy, easy," he says in a calm voice holding a hand up to my spear, trying to gently steer my spear away from the tip of his throat.
neytiri hisses hardly, she hates when people try to belittle me, i am as much of her clan as she is.
"you're like a baby. making noise, don't know what to do," neytiri backs me up, swiveling her head around to each side of his head, snatching my spear from my hands and making a swift movement to continue holding the spear to his throat.
the man holds his hand up higher saying, "easy," before backing up on his other hand and standing up.
"fine. fine," he says, holding out a hand to keep distance from him and us. he stands up, his back at a hunching-over angle, neytiri and i looking at him disgustingly.
"if you love your little forest friends," he pants for a moment before continuing, "why not let them just kill my ass?"
"what's the thinking?" he asks, a strange way of wording but i strangely understand.
"why save you?" i ask, clarifying.
"yeah. yeah, why save me?" he confirms, asking again.
i let neytiri answer as i'm not the best at sharing my emotions. i'm a rather physical person anyway, i turn around heading for the branch behind us.
neytiri blinks, eyes soft, moving forward slightly before moving closer to him, "you have a strong heart."
the man's looks at neytiri before she moves closer to him and hardens her voice, "but stupid! ignorant like a child," her tail twitching agitatedly behind her. i snicker lightly at her words, my fangs poking out and sticking me in the lip.
she turns around and heads towards where i am sitting on the branch, my legs hanging off the edge. she grabs my arm and pulls me up as the man stumbles for a moment before picking up his stick and running after us.
"well, if i'm like a child, then..."
"look, maybe you should teach me," he runs until he catches up to us clumsily trying to steer his way through the heaps of trees and leaves.
"sky people cannot learn. you do not see," neytiri speaks, starting running across a branch, the pads of her feet lighting up the moss on the branch.
"well then teach me how to see," the dreamwalker runs after us, walking gracelessly across the branch.
"look, come on, can't we talk?" he asks. god, he asked so many questions, did he ever shut up?
"say, where'd you guys learn to speak english? doctor augustine's school?" i turn around just in time to catch the man's arm before he falls off the branch.
"you're like a baby," i seeth pushing his arm away from me before releasing a curse in navi. i quickly switch my spear from one hand to the other.
i see his eyes speculating me out of the corner of mine and apparently so does neytiri, she hisses pulling my arm until i am in front of her. he startles, before speaking again, "i need your help."
"you should not be here," opening her fist in a flat motion, making her angry face. god, that face is so funny to me. she's so cute.
neytiri's tail twitches agitatedly behind her as the man argues, "okay, take me with you."
"no! go back," neytiri argues back, i can tell she was starting to get annoyed. she walks forward slowly pushing me from my paused spot in front of her until the man walks right back behind her.
her hand pushes his chest, "no. go back," she demands. her eyes trail up to where the woodsprite are floating down in front of the man.
the bright woodsprites float down until they practically crowd around us. we're all looking at the glowing jellyfish looking tentacles before the man swats one that's floating near him. i hiss like i've been wounded as neytiri quickly grabs his hand looking intently at the woodsprites but he takes his other hand and tries to swat another one away with his other hand but neytiri swiftly grabs forearm hand and shouts, "no!"
shouting another insult in na'vi, we all look at the man as the woodsprites start to dance over to him until they surround his upper half. neytiri looks over him and smiles slightly before letting go of his wrist as he makes a quick jerk of movement, neytiri backs up until she's fitted back against my front, she grabs my hand and gives it a nice light squeeze as we watch the scene unfolding in front of us.
the woodsprites continue to cover the top half of his body as he confusedly says, "what..."
"what are they?" he asks, neytiri seems to be in a little bit of shock as she doesn't answer so i do so for her.
"seeds from the sacred tree," i say, "very pure spirits."
the man stands in a statue-like manner as the remaining woodsprites collect on his head, arms, and chest. neytiri huffs astonished before slightly leaning down, pulling me down with her. the woodsprites start to disentangle from his body and start to float away in the opposite direction.
"what was that all about?" the man asks us as we continue looking around until placing our eyes upon him and declare together, "come," neytiri steps forward and harshly tells him to, "come!"
turning around we run off, the man following closely behind us. "where are we going?" he asks us.
we turn around after jumping off a rock and over to the other side to see him a little ways away from us, of course, he seemed to be enthralled in the most annoying way possible, wasting our time.
"come," i say impatiently, him running to catch up with us. we run through the purple moss, lighting up with our every step.
we duck under a tree and jump from one branch to the other, "what're your names?" he asks before he lets out a loud and panicked, "shit!"
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