"I remember killing the yerik and then racing back home to beat you and then- then-... That bastard!" She growled loudly, her chest vibrating with the sound. "Let me down! I said let me down Tsu'tey! I'm going to kill him!"

He hushed her slightly, brushing her hair away from her face. "I know you do, so do I, but this isn't the time. We need to go talk to the Tsahík and she'll tell us what to do"

She glared up at him, silent anger shining in her eyes. "I don't want to go to the Tsahík, I want to kill Jake"

Awa pushed at his chest so he would let her down but he didn't budge, he continued holding her close and walking towards wherever they were going. Probably to see the Tsahík, she grumbled in her head.

"Awa..." He sighed and stopped for a second. His shoulders tensed slightly before they relaxed as he took a deep breath. "I know you're angry because he hurt you, but you and I both know that this isn't you, this rage isn't you and you will regret it later if you kill him. That isn't the right thing to do and you know it"

"I thought you hated him, why are you being so calm?!" She asked with a pout and a wild gesture to his neutral face. This wasn't like him, he's never been this indifferent when it came to a human before, not even her when they first met. He would have killed her if it wasn't for Ngeha stopping him.

"Don't get me wrong, Awa, I hate him as much if not more than you but this isn't the right way to do it. You've worked so hard for your position in this clan and you want to throw it away because of some idiotic human?" He started walking again, avoiding her questioning eyes. "As much as you hate to admit it you still care for your race, just a little bit, but it's that part that will prevent you from going through with it. This whole thing is making you not yourself. I love you but you're not thinking straight." Tsu'tey told her with a slight frown on his face, his eyes firmly pointed at the trees ahead of them. He would love to get rid of Jake as much as she did but he knew that that wasn't the right thing to do, and that Awa didn't truly hate the dreamwalker as much as she tried to convince herself.

"I'm not thinking straight?" She repeated with an offended look on her face as if the mere notion disgusted her. "He hurt me, I have all the rights to be mad about it, and hurt him in return. He hasn't even apologized yet, I could have died!"

"I know that" He mumbled to himself, thinking back to her lifeless body lying on the ground next to the massive animal. He shivered slightly at the thought of her not opening her eyes again but quickly shoved it down, this wasn't the time to think about the what ifs. She needed to calm down before she hurt herself or did something she would seriously regret, like attacking Jake or in her anger disrespecting someone in the clan. "You know that you're making me sound like the wise one, right? You think I want to be the one to tell you not to defend your honor or retaliate? He doesn't know our ways, and that makes it dishonourable to attack him, plus it could be an accident. And we don't kill people just because of accidents, if we did we would all be dead 100 times over"

"You know what I think, Tsu?" Awa asked her mate with a small grin, her anger slowly ebbing away and making her think straight again. "I think you're starting to like the guy"

He scoffed and gave her a ridiculous look. "You know I don't. I'm just looking out for you, if I was allowed to do it I would have beaten him to a pulp and sent him back to those bugs that he came from. But it is the wish of Eywa that he learn our ways and I respect Eywa, I don't respect him or his disrespect and ignorance. He still clings to everything that makes him human, I can feel that his reasoning behind this isn't what he says they are, he's a liar and all the others are too stupid to see it."

"Calm down" She whispered and laid a soft kiss on his chest. "I was just teasing you. I know it's a sore subject for you, sorry"

She could still remember the night he told her his history, about the school and about the humans. Awa could still remember how he tried to keep his composure and indifferent facade, trying to mask the pain he held inside, but failing. That was the closest thing to him crying that she had ever seen. She knew very well the extent of his hatred towards her previous race, and how much he would love to get rid of the humans on Pandora once and for all, but that he didn't because he was waiting for a sign from Eywa that it was time. She knew that he lashed out often because of it, and that he retaliated towards the humans in any way he could, attacking the dreamwalkers in the forest, burning bulldozers, anything he could. Awa was well aware that he was only telling her not to go after Jake because he knew that she was acting out because of her anger, that she didn't truly want to hurt Jake and that she wasn't herself at the moment. He reminded her slightly of herself, and that made it hard for her to hate him. She however didn't like him and any bonus points he had gained with his determination disappeared with what he did today.

Tsu'tey was a good person, he fought for what he believed in, was honorable and brave. He showed her love anytime he could, and always supported her and had her back. She admired that he could swallow that hate he held and his own opinions to make sure that she won't do anything she would regret, like killing Jake. Eywa, she loved the Na'vi that was holding her. She heard in his words how much he didn't want to defend the dreamwalker but he knew they couldn't hurt him, which was partly why most of what he said didn't make any sense.

"I know, now we need to get to the Tsahík before you get another urge to kill the bug." He grinned, showing her that he didn't take her words to heart. He knew that she knew that he hated humans and she knew his reasons behind it. "Before I have to lecture you about making bad decisions again, Eywa knows I don't want to say those words again" He made a gagging motion and then leaned down to press a loving kiss on her cheek.

She chuckled and curled back into his chest, savoring the warmth and security it gave her.

...

"What brings you here, warriors?" The Tsahík, who also happened to be Neytiri's mom, asked them, having turnt around when she heard the light steps echo outside of her working room. Awa would be lying if she said that the Na'vi didn't still intimidate her, if she was really honest with herself she'd say that the matriarch scared her. "I assume it's about the accident involving the dreamwalker?"

"You've heard of it?" Awa asked with a surprised look on her face. She knew news spread fast but not this fast.

"My daughter told me about it, came running with tears shining in her eyes. She was convinced you hate her , and that you blame her for letting the human do that to you" The Na'vi told them, her eyes showing the disappointment she held for what had happened. It didn't sit well with her that one of her own had gotten hurt because of the carelessness of a human. "I still remember the day I met you, how stunned I was by your soul. It was unlike any human I had ever seen, almost just like a Na'vi one"

"I could never hate her" Awa told the Na'vi with a small grin, ignoring the last part though a blush grew on her face. Coming to Pandora was the best decision she had ever made, made all the sacrifices and pain worth it. "I blame no one but him, and slightly myself" She whispered the last part under her breath but had no doubts that the Tsahík heard her.

The Tsahík nodded and stirred a spoon in the bowl she held in her hand, the liquid was a bright pink with big blobs of green floating around. "So why are you here?"

"We wanted your advice on what to do. She could have been badly hurt, or any one else that could have been there. Even the children have more control than that. " Tsu'tey butted in, his face set into his usual scowl when he thought or talked about the human. "An incident like that can't be repeated, she could have died"

"But she didn't, you're overreacting" The older Na'vi shot back and flicked some of the concoction at the angry male. "She didn't die, she wasn't badly hurt. You need to realise that she's stronger than any of you think, stronger than anyone else I know. It is true that it was a terrible accident but not an unusual one."

"So what is your advice to us?" Awa asked, slightly confused at what the other Na'vi was getting at. Was she justifying what Jake did by saying that she's stronger than they think or is she saying that it's bad that it happened and that they were overreacting. Awa had no idea.

"Leave it, he will come crawling on his knees for your forgiveness. I think that will give you some satisfaction and curb the fiery anger in your mate" Mo'at advised them and then waved them away when they tried to ask her more questions.

The pair walked out the room with stunned looks on their faces, no matter how many times they spoke to the matriarch she always surprised them.

"I guess we're not killing Jake then" Awa joked with a grin on her face, making Tsu'tey laugh at her before he brought her in for a kiss. "I can't wait for that apology"

AN: In case it wasn't clear enough, Tsu'tey does not like Jake or humans even if he told Awa not to hurt him. He hates humans. He was trying to make sure that she didn't do something that she would regret and he chose to do that by saying those things. Hope that made it clearer. Also this is a little bit of a filler-ish.