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Differences in speaking and thoughts:
"Words, words, words…" = In Na'vi
"Words, words, words…" = In English
'Words, words, words…' = Thoughts
Chapter 1: Becoming Taronyu
18 Years Later…
Tekumseh ran through the forest with his mother, bow and arrow at ready to kill an animal. He had to make a good, clean kill in order to gain the right to choose an ikran and become a full taronyu. He wished to do so to make his father, who was known as the sixth Toruk Makto, look like he had a decent son. But it was up to his mother to decide whether he was ready or not for an ikran.
They soon found a Yerik standing there eating. Tekumseh pulled back his bow and aimed it carefully. A few seconds later, he released the arrow and it hit the animal just right. It collapsed on the ground crying out a bit.
The Na'vi son ran out with his mother and brought out his knife from the sheath on his chest. "I see you, Brother. I am sorry you must die, but thank you for your sacrifice," he began to pray and stabbed the creature in the heart killing it instantly. "Your spirit goes to Eywa, but your body stays with us to become part of the People." Tekumseh pulled his knife out and put it back in his sheath before pulling the arrow out as well.
"A clean kill," Neytiri commented and he looked at her. "You are ready, my son." He was happy beyond words, but kept his composure and nodded.
"Thank you, Mother," Tekumseh responded.
"Let's get the meat to the People. We can then prepare you to choose your ikran," she suggested.
"Alright," he agreed and they grabbed the beast and hurried off.
. . .
Tekumseh rode a Pa'li with a couple other hunters through the mountains. His mother and father would be meeting him where he needed to be on their ikrans. As they reached the end of the road, he turned as they went to climb up giant vines leading up to the legendary Ayram, or the floating mountains. The mountain they were going for was the largest and known as Iknimaya.
They climbed up to the highest rock before they reached a gap between it and the mountain they wished to reach. The only way to get up was by grabbing passing vines. They each grabbed one with ease and inched up the vine like a monkey.
It wasn't long before they reached the cave at the top of the mountain they wished to reach. They went to the mouth of the cave on the opposite side next to where the untamed ikrans waited. They turned as two tamed ikrans came up with Neytiri and Jake on each of them.
"Mother, Father," Tekumseh greeted and gave the gesture that meant 'i see you'.
"Tekumseh," Jake greeted back while both did the same gesture.
"Are you ready?" Neytiri asked.
"Yes," he answered.
"Why don't you go first?" one of the hunters, Ankoma, suggested.
Tekumseh nodded and slowly started scooting on the thin slippery ledge behind a waterfall. He looked around the corner at all the ikran there, a bit nervous. After all, if an ikran chooses you, it tries to kill you. And a bit farther back, he did notice a giant ikran he knew as Toruk.
Neytiri touched his shoulder. "Now, you choose your ikran. This you must feel inside, Tekumseh. If he also chooses you, you move quick like I showed," she instructed. "You will have one chance."
"Right," he agreed and slowly stepped out followed by the others.
As he walked slowly, Tekumseh unfurled his lasso like vine which would act as a muzzle for when he needed to bond with his ikran. He carefully walked through the ikrans which flew away one at a time. He was being sure to listen to his heart mostly and not just his head.
Suddenly, the Toruk looked at Tekumseh and growled while approaching menacingly. The young hunter felt it as well. They had both chosen each other. He began to swing the lasso back and forth.
"Did that thing really choose him?" Jake muttered.
"It did," Neytiri asked just as shocked. "He has been chosen by Toruk."
Toruk watched carefully as Tekumseh watched him. When the Toruk snapped towards him, the hunter dodged while wrapping the vine around its mouth and jumping onto its back. It began to struggle and try to yank and toss him off, but Tekumseh was holding on. The young Na'vi grabbed the tsaheylu cord on its head with the tsaheylu within his braid.
The Toruk tried hitting Tekumseh with its head but the Na'vi managed to dodge the assault and combine both their tsaheylus. The giant creature calmed down as the bond was made and stood there.
"Seyley," Neytiri commented as she realized the name given to it between the two's bond. She ran up and began to push them towards the cliff. "First flight seals the bond. You cannot wait. You must fly!"
Tekumseh nodded and turned to his ikran which he discovered was a female through their bond. "Alright, Seyley. Fly off the cliff and keep it steady," he told her. The giant creature flew off the ledge and aimed down, a bit fast of a dive but wasn't too bad. Once they were near the tops of the trees, Tekumseh called, "Let's head back up a bit." Seyley turned upwards and soon came back within the floating mountains. His mother and father soon came to his side.
"You, Tekumseh, are one lucky Na'vi," Jake commented.
The young man laughed lightly. "I wasn't expecting it either, to be honest. It just happened and I feel a stronger bond than I expected."
"That is a bond of Toruk," Neytiri told him. "Of a great ikran."
"Thanks, Mother," Tekumseh responded. He then added in a whisper towards the Toruk, "And thank you for choosing me, Seyley." She gave a soft, happy call to him back.
"Why don't we head back and tell everyone we have a new Toruk Makto within our clan now?" the father Na'vi suggested. The other two nodded and they turned to head back to Hometree.
"And Tekumseh, you are officially an taronyu," Neytiri responded. He grinned and nodded again.
