Tsu'tey quietly watches from a distance as Jake Sully mourns over a fresh grave, the place where they laid Neytiri's body to rest. She had died trying to save the Dreamwalker from the demon named Quaritch, and had succeeded, though with the price of her own life. Since he was fully brought into his Na'vi body, when his duties are finished, Jake would quietly slip away from the tribe and quietly mourn his deceased mate. Moat had tried to console him several days ago, but had been met with a quiet angry glare that had silenced her. That is also when she had approached Tsu'tey and had asked him to keep watch over the Dreamwalker, to make sure that he doesn't cause harm to himself. Of course he hasn't tried to cause self-harm, but Tsu'tey could see her cause for concern and so has done as she asked; keeping a close eye on him whenever he came to Neytiri's grave.
However he doesn't have to be the one to keep watch. He could easily have another take this task, there are many better things he could be doing that were more important that required his supervision than watching the Dreamwalker grieve. But it wasn't his promise to Moat that kept him at his appointed post, but an aching feeling in his heart that forbade him from leaving. Tsu'tey was saddened by Neytiri's death as much as any of the other Na'vi, but in a dark part in the back of his mind, he is a little pleased at her passing. This thought immediately was pushed back when Tsu'tey bit his lip, drawing a bit of blood. 'I will not think that way, if she was anything to me, she was a friend. No one should be glad at the passing of another.' From the beginning the Omaticaya knew of Tsu'tey's hatred of the Dreamwalker, as it was more than apparent. But this hatred wasn't caused by his natural hate of the sky demons, not entirely. Nor does it stem from Neytiri mating with someone else; he never really loved her, it was simply tradition for the Tashik to be the mate of the clan leader. It was the fact that Jake Sully, mated with her. That Jake chose her over him. Moat had told Neytiri to teach Jake of their ways, but even when he offered Neytiri on rare occasion to take Jake hunting or help him with his poor riding skills, she only laughed thinking it was a joke and then went to help Jake with exactly what he wanted to help him with.
'It is no mystery why he chose her. She was everything I am not, kind, compassionate, loving, everything I cannot and refuse to be. It is my own fault, I liked him when I first truly saw him, knew that I wanted to have him as a mate, but the suddenness of these unknown feelings... It scared me… I was a coward and gave into the fear…' Crossing his arms, Tsu'tey leans against the tree behind him, eyes closed as he remembers all of the harsh things he said and did to Jake, all the taunts, the jeers, the physical challenges that he wouldn't even have the other Na'vi do, that he made Jake do to try and break him. But every time Jake would do it, usually with some odd sky person curse or roll of his eyes, but he did it. With every insult or jab at his faults Jake would shrug it off and usually laugh with Tsu'tey. It was a challenge in which Jake kept excelling at… A particularly loud sob caught his ears and when he opened his eyes, he saw Jake sitting on the ground with his knife drawn and slowly raising it to strike at himself. Tsu'tey did not hesitate, he sprinted up to him and quickly knocked the knife from his grasp and wrapped his arms and legs tightly around Jake, effectively pinning his arms to his sides and using his weight to keep him sitting on the ground.
Jake thrashed around the best he could, begging for Tsu'tey to let go, to let him get his knife and end his misery once and for all. But just as quickly as it began, the thrashing stopped and Jake went limp in Tsu'tey's strong grip; crying out loudly and breaking down into violent sobs that shook his whole body. At a complete loss of what to do, he continued to hold onto Jake, going as far as to rock him back and forth slowly and attempt to whisper comforting words.
Eventually after a long period of time Jake calmed down and relaxed fully into Tsu'tey's arms. Instantly a thought crossed Tsu'tey's mind, and although he wanted to shove it down like he has done for so long, it burst forth… and slowly he began to gently rub small circles into Jake's stomach. Jake tensed at first but quickly relaxed again, leaning his head back onto Tsu'tey's shoulder, eyes lidded. Jake's back is fully press against Tsu'tey's chest and neither seemed to dislike the situation as both of their eyes close, enjoying the feeling and warmth of the other. But when both felt odd little sensations over their bodies they opened their eyes to see not just a few, not a couple, but dozens perhaps even close to a hundred of white glowing seeds of Eywa floating around the two Na'vi in circles while a few rested on their blue skin, and when they looked up the largest of the seeds was floating over both of them, almost like a halo. The seeds cast a brilliant glow over them as they danced and floated in circles around pair, and they continued their dance until the sun began to set through the trees and the sky began to turn a rich orange color. They began to slowly drift away until only the large seed was left. Quiet as a ghost it drifted down slowly to touch both of their heads, Jake's first then Tsu'tey's, before it too flew away into the fading light of the evening. Neither moved for a long time, both stunned to silence by what they had just witnessed. When Tsu'tey went to move his now stilled hand from Jake's stomach he found that Jake had gripped his hand with his own, light enough to where he hadn't noticed it but it was still firm.
"Tsu'tey…" Jake said tentatively. Tsu'tey swallowed a growing lump in his throat.
"Yes Jakesully?" A pause.
"What just happened?"
"I… do not know." He lied. Tsu'tey knew what it most likely meant and while he was both overjoyed and frightened, he doesn't know how to say it in a way that won't cause Jake to be either mad or worse, start crying again. Silence ruled for what seemed like an eternity as the light continued to fade and the bio-luminescent fauna began to glow brighter. But then Jake suddenly let go of Tsu'tey's hand and stood up, accidentally knocking him back onto the ground.
"Uhh… sorry, but I uh…" He gestured back to where the tribe was most likely making the evening meal. Tsu'tey simply nodded and Jake quickly walked out of sight. Standing up Tsu'tey dusted himself off and readjusted his scant clothing before walking in the same direction as his destined-to-be mate had gone. Along the way however he swore he heard a familiar female laugh come from behind him, but when he looked he only saw the distant lump of soil that was Neytiri's grave.
Well, how that for a first AVATAR fanfic? I cannot believe that this is the first I'm writing since AVATAR is my absolute FAVORITE movie of the century! Well anyway please review and let me know if I should make more or not. Hope you all enjoyed it :3
