Chapter 3: The Sick

"Neytiri, I just want to be alone today," Kagome told the other woman. "I am sure you have other things you need to do."

"They do not trust you yet. It is best if I were with you," she tried to reason.

"I will be fine, whether they trust me or not." She looked a bit sad. "I just want time alone. I want to go and think."

"Alright." She sighed and gave in. She needed to train under her mother anyways. It was almost the anniversary of the day they won the war and there was the ceremony she had to do. Her mother was much too old to do the ceremony. She just watched Kagome go. She walked down to her mother's chamber and sat as she waited for her mother.

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Kagome left, the eyes of the Na'vi on her. She ignored it and kept walking. She knew that one of them was following her, but she ignored it and continued to walk. She took her time, examining everything that was around her. There were bright blue plants, green plants, red flowers, light yellow, white, and even a few black flowers. There were plants that were purple with white flowers. Plants that looked like Venus fly traps, and others that looked harmless. There were spiked plants, and plants with bulbs. Young saplings, trees that looked old, but reliable. It amazed her, and Eywa was whispering which ones would be good for medicines for the Na'vi, and which would be good for medicines for her kind. She would need something to put the plants in. She continued to look and found that Eywa was whispering what would be best for the storage of the plants she planned to harvest before she dried them. The plants would all have to be kept separate. Eywa was even going so far as to tell her which plants would be good for what. She even forgot that someone was following her.

At mid day she took a dip in large pond she had come across and ate some berries that were poisonous for the Na'vi but not for her. She gathered reeds and some thick thorns and made herself comfortable on the bank as she spun the reeds into a type of thread and made the thorn into a needle. She had gathered large, thick leaves and sewed them together to form a type of container. She made many of these and started to head back, a large quantity of reeds being in one of the makeshift containers. She was gathering the herbs and plants Eywa told her about. Some would be dried, others kept in water. The ones she would need water for she would come back for later. She also gathered nuts and berries she could eat and headed back to home tree, her shadow there the whole time.

She made it back to home tree and walked into it to find Neytiri. Perhaps Neytiri would provide her with a place in which she could dry her herbs and possibly set up things that would be fit enough to hold water for the other herbs she was hoping to gather. She would then find something to be a pestle and mortar. She would find something to make pots out of, and other containers.

"Kagome," Neytiri said, spotting her laden down with several things. "What is all this?" She looked at the items Kagome held.

"Herbs and other things I can use to make medicine out of." She looked around. They were all watching her again. "Do they have to watch me?" She asked in English, knowing the others didn't understand.

"They are still wary of you, more so now that you are laden with things that they have no knowledge of." She turned. "Come, come." She led her away.

"Is there anywhere I can dry all of this? A room I can use for making medicine, something that I can see the sky from?"

"Yes, near my mother's own chambers." They walked away from the prying eyes of the other Na'vi. "You can use that room." She showed her the room and Kagome entered and looked around. The tree itself seemed to have made a few shelves. It looked that way any way. Kagome placed the things she carried on the shelves and looked at Neytiri.

"This room looks useful enough." She pulled the reeds from the container she had it in and started to pull the plants out first. She bundled them and tied it with the reed before hanging them by what looked to be a window to dry. She continued to do this as Neytiri watched her. She had watched how Kagome had done it and separated them. She did not know why she was separating them.

"Why are you separating them?" She went to touch a few of the plants on the left but Kagome stopped her.

"Don't. Those plants are poisonous to your people." Neytiri dropped her hands. "I separate them because I cannot keep the plants that are poisonous to your kind with the plants that are not poisonous for your kind. They can be in the same area but they cannot touch." She looked at Neytiri. "The ones on the right are for making medicine for your people. They ones on the left are for making medicine for myself should I ever fall ill." She placed the reeds back into the container and would later burn the other containers. It would be too hard to figure out which was used for what herb.

"I will need several pestles and mortars later. And other types of containers for when the herbs are dried." She wiped her hands on her still wet loin cloth.

"You can get those later," Neytiri said. "Mother wishes to see you." Kagome nodded and followed her out. "Mother, I have brought Kagome."

"Ah, the holy person." Mo'at looked at Kagome. She seemed to be a bit more withdrawn but she knew Kagome was always talking with Eywa. "Eywa has chosen you to revive her."

"She isn't in danger any longer," Kagome told her. "Though I cannot see the future, I know that eventually the sky people will land on this planet. You cannot avoid it." She looked down. "I will tell them to leave, to never return here, except for whomever can breath the toxic air. If they can breath the toxic air I will see what kind of person they are. I will not let anyone the intends to do this planet harm to stay. You will not have to be involved in anymore wars with sky people. You have already lost so much."

"Not nearly as much as you have, Kagome," Mo'at said. "You lost your family and friends and home. You were sent here to save us and my people have not been friendly towards you at all. They are wary of you and do not trust you, even though Eywa brought you to us." She placed a hand on Kagome's shoulder. Kagome was tiny in comparison to these people. "You have such a big kind heart." Her hand shifted down and rested over Kagome's heart. "It will take a bit of time for my people to see you mean them no harm." There was a hurried knocking at her door, and the door was thrown open.

"Mo'at, one of the children has just collapsed," the Na'vi woman looked panicked. "We do not know what is wrong with her." She looked about ready to cry.

"Calm down," Mo'at said. "We shall not lose her." She followed after the hurried woman and Kagome and Neytiri followed after them. "Let me see the child." She stepped forward and looked at the child that was the same size as Kagome. She took her time looking over the child but could not tell what was wrong with the child. "I do not know what is wrong with her." She stood and stepped back. She looked to Kagome.

"I have experience with illness and medicine," Kagome said. She knelt next to the child and the woman looked about ready to strike her but Mo'at signaled for her to stop. She watched as Kagome took the child's wrist into her hand and felt her pulse. It was weak and the child had a fever. She placed her hand over the child's chest and allowed her powers to stretch into the child. The others looked about ready to attack but she called her powers back to her. "She has an infection in her cardiovascular system." Kagome stood. "I can treat her but she'll have to rest for a few days." Kagome could hear Eywa whispering to her what to use.

"It will only take me a few moments to get the treatment together. The child should be moved to a different location and made comfortable." She headed back to the room that was provided for the herbs she gathered. She would have to go with what she had so she grabbed a few large leaves from the tree outside the window and a rock. She placed the herbs she would need in each leaf and crushed them. She kindled a fire in the middle of the room and placed a pot she had Neytiri get her over the fire with water. She would let it boil. She grabbed a reed and the last leaf. She punched tiny holes in the leaf and placed the crushed herbs in it together and tied it closed with the reed and placed it in a cup, pouring in the hot water. She took up the cup and followed Neytiri back to where the child was.

"This is a simple tea. She'll take it once a day for the next three days. She'll be better at the end of it." She handed the cup to Neytiri and sat. She brought the child into a sitting position and took the cup from Neytiri and managed to get the child to drink it in her unconscious state. She placed the child back into a laying position. "I'll check on her before I head off to sleep to make sure she doesn't get any worse. Infections are hard to predict." She could still feel the animosity from the woman and the others. She stood and left with Neytiri.

"The child will be alright," Mo'at assured again. "Kagome is a holy person and is always talking with Eywa. Eywa would not steer her wrong. She knows what she is doing." She watched Kagome's form vanish, the cup with her. She looked to the child and already her fever was reduced. "See, she has already gone down in temperature." The mother of the child felt the child and she was no longer extremely hot to the touch. "Let her rest. Kagome will make sure she fully recovers." The group dispersed, now with a story how the holy sky person was also a healer.

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"How was your day?" Jakesully asked his mate as he entered their chamber.

"Rather eventful, after Kagome returned from her walk that is." She sighed and felt his arms wrap around her. "Kagome had gathered herbs. She now occupies the room next to my mother. A child fell ill and we could not identify why the child was ill."

"They're going to be alright, right?" He looked surprised.

"Yes. Kagome found out what was wrong with the child and treated her. Of course the others were going to attack her until my mother stopped them. The child will be under her care until Kagome feels she is healed." She sighed. "Kagome thinks the other sky people will show up here. She has offered to keep all wars away from our people. She's offered to be the diplomat for our people. Of course they do not know this."

"They will not leave so easily," Jakesully said. "They have no where to go."

"That is their fault, and you know this Jakesully," Neytiri commented. "Kagome acknowledges this as well. She is taken with Eywa. She will not want anything to happen to Eywa. We will be safe."

"She is only one person. They will not be intimidated by one person." He turned her so she looked him in the eye.

"She is a holy person. Holy people are to look to the protection of their people before their own life," Neytiri said. "She does not want us or Eywa harmed. She will find a way to get them to leave."

"I hope you are right," he said with a sigh. "Let's get to sleep. You need to sleep after today." She nodded and they went to sleep.

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Kagome went to the room she now occupied with herbs and plants for medicine. She would find something to use as comfortable bedding and would weave a blanket and matt in the morning. For now she would sleep on the ground. She was used to sleeping on the ground. She curled up in a corner after putting out the fire she had in the middle of her floor. She looked through the makeshift window, staring at the view before she closed her eyes. She sighed and finally settled into a sleep.

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He was on a ship. There were few of them, mostly of his kind. There were maybe ten of them. They had been forced to shoot down three other larger ships. He knew where they were going to go. He could feel it, a familiar energy but it was faint, as if it was far away. He looked back at the racks. Some of them looked like they were not going to make it through the trip. The young were sick and they had nothing to treat them. He looked back to the control panel and looked to his second, his brother. They got along better now than they did before.

"We need to increase our speed if we are to have any chance to save the children," he told his brother.

"I know." He could feel his brother's eyes on him. He knew his brother was looking at him with pity. Both of their offspring were sick, sicker than the others. It was why they were trying to hurry. But it was unclear as to why only the children were getting sick his mate and his brother's were looking after the children. There were four children. And two other adults. The other adults were sleeping.

"I'm increasing our speed," he commented and managed to go to light speed. He wanted to hurry.

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She shot awake and rushed through home tree. She recognized those approaching auras anywhere. She climbed up home tree and grabbed a banshee, which looked to belong to Jakesully, and mounted before flying off. She knew roughly where they were going to land. She probably should have told Neytiri or Jakesully, but there was no time for that. There were four dwindling auras in the same direction as the three auras she recognized. She landed the banshee and watched a twinkle and then fire. She sat on the tree she landed on and concentrated. The trees seemed to split as the craft came barreling. The animals were smart enough to flee the area so the craft crashed landed with no damage done to Eywa. The trees went back to their original position and she hopped on the banshee and flew towards where she saw the craft land roughly. She hoped everyone was alright.

Author's Note: Here is the next chapter. I hope you enjoy it. There will be more to the next chapter. I'm not sure how it will go, seeing as I was only looking to end this chapter. Read, review and don't forget to ENJOY!