Love Rekindled

Chapter 1:

Jake awoke amongst his fellow Omaticaya, the wreckage of the great battle still scattered around the landscape, the smell of burning lingering in the air. He stood up, and quietly walked past the sleeping Na'vi. Gazing out onto the bioluminescent glow of Pandora, he sighed inwardly, thinking of the Na'vi who had given their lives to protect Pandora's innocence. Most importantly for Jake, his first love, Neytiri, had given her life protecting him from Parker Selfridge's machines. Every night since, Jake had gazed into the stars of Pandora, seeing Neytiri's face shining in amongst the stars. He thought of her often, of how his life could have been with her, how her life would have been, if that bastard Selfridge hadn't had to take one final swipe at Jake and the Omaticaya by launching several AMP Suits into their village. As Jake stared, he felt a lone tear of loss roll down his face, and returned to the hammocks.

Tsu'tey watched Jake wake up in the night, and stroll to the cliff-face overlooking the water. Jake had done this every night since the great battle, and since the loss of Neytiri. Tsu'tey longed to tell Jake what he felt, but feared Jake's reaction to his words. Jake just seemed completely lost, and alone. Tsu'tey wanted to remedy this; he had long held feelings for Jake, but none that had ever left his mouth. "Too soon, it's too soon" muttered the voices in his head; he shook them away, and tried to return to sleep. Tossing and turning restlessly, he couldn't budge the feeling that Jake was alone. Sitting up, he looked over to where Jake was standing, and saw the same tear scroll down his face that did every night. Tsu'tey's heart ripped in two to see Jake so alone, but still, the voices told him it was too soon...

Upon waking, Jake knew he had a hard day in front of him. It was the same every morning, and would be till the Omaticaya settled in their new home. Jake rubbed his face, muttering the word "faysawtute" as he thought about the race he used to belong to. He caught himself in the thought, and said to himself "I'm not one of those things, I never was, I was always a Na'vi, here on Pandora" Groggily, he got to his feet, and glanced around the place he had slept in. It was a tiny patch of moss between the Vitraya Ramunong and the roots of the trees surrounding. Jake had given up his hammock to a family, they needed it much more than he did. Walking towards the centre of the village, he spotted Mo'at andEytukan sitting with some children. Jake nodded to Eytukan and continued to walk towards the other clan members, seeing Tsu'tey looking at him out of the corner of his eye...

Tsu'tey hadn't slept at all that night, too busy was his mind full of thoughts about Jake, Neytiri, and the future of the Omaticaya. In fact, when he felt the first rays of sunlight touch his skin, he sat up, and stared at Jake's prone form, sleeping peacefully. When Jake had awoken in the morning, Tsu'tey pretended to be asleep, and as soon as he thought Jake had passed, he sat up, and continued to stare after him. All the emotions Tsu'tey had ever felt ran through him as soon as he laid eyes on Jake, coursing through his veins like fire. He felt energized, and seeing that Jake was heading over to the other clan hunters, he got up and followed him. Jake was busy giving a speech on what they had to do today, and assigning tasks to each of the hunters. Tsu'tey stood back and observed, and then slowly moved inward into view. He immediately noticed Jake's eye's shift towards him, and they seemed to soften and Jake smiled...Or was that just his wishful thinking? Tsu'tey didn't care whether it was or not, he let it fill him with a warm glow that radiated out in a smile.

Preparing the hunters was no small task, especially after the fall of Hometree. The hunters were unsettled at best, near maniacal at worst. Jake was determined to get some shelters up for the clan today, and needed some time to him...to figure out how to go on without Neytiri. He saw Tsu'tey bustle in from the right of the crowd, and smiled warmly at him. Tsu'tey had been incredibly caring for Jake after he lost Neytiri, always watching out for him, helping him with things. Jake swore that Tsu'tey wanted to ask something, it just wouldn't come out, but every time Jake inquired about a question to Tsu, he blew him off and tried to change the subject. When Jake smiled at Tsu, he returned a smile, which made Jake blush for some reason, and he quickly turned away, continuing to prepare the hunters for their tasks...