Hunter
By xannychan
Disclaimer: Avatar: The Last Airbender does not belong to me, but to Nickelodeon.
A/N: Inspired by my friend Syara. It's all her fault…
Warning: One-sided shounen-ai, as is my specialty. Creepy stalkers, spoilers of Secret of the Fire Nation abound.
Chapter One:
Mistakes
There were a few small mistakes on his part. But with a scar like that, of course it made perfect sense. And Jet could only assume what made sense at the time.
His assumptions weren't always right, he'll admit. And that was his first mistake.
He relives those few conversations in his head. "We need you," he had said. "The Freedom Fighters could use someone like you."
"I don't think you want someone like me on your little gang," Li had responded promptly.
Jet hadn't thought too much about that comment; that was his second mistake.
He had watched the steam curl up from the old man's tea. He had given Li one last look in the eyes before he turned around and walked away.
That look was his third mistake, because in that look he saw everything he needed to know.
Living in the woods didn't mean he didn't hear anything. They were fighting the Fire Nation, after all. Of course he had heard about the banished prince, on the hunt for the Avatar. He'd laughed at him when he heard about it.
But now he thinks back on the words he had said to Li once before.
"I knew who you were as soon as I saw your scar," he told him once. "You are an outcast..."
He wishes he had never understood in that moment, because it confirmed all of his fears.
Jet fell in love with a Firebender. That was his last mistake.
And Jet has never left a mistake unfixed.
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Huzzah for Jet Li! I don't know what to do with this. I need a new plot bunny...