Chapter 2: Acceptance of the Night
She landed and sat beneath the sacred tree and went into a meditative state. Again the pure spirits came out of the water works and covered her from view. The sacred tree had spindles of what appeared to be roots connecting with her body as she started to glow blue. It would not take nearly as much energy to restore the other vital point to this world. She would probably feel a little tired, but she would be able to sleep after that, even if it was not in home tree.
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Neytiri woke in the morning, her mate already up and about. She would find Kagome and see what else she was capable of. Some of the clan was still a bit wary of Kagome so she would always be with her until they trusted her more. She was to be their savior.
She went around, trying to find the girl. She could not find her in home tree so ran into the forest. She was having a hard time finding her, and it almost felt like finding her was a dream, but she knew she was real. How else would home tree be here? But she had to find her, so she ran through the forest. She ran back to the sacred tree, the first place they had found her. She could see the pure spirits gathered on something, so approached. There, laying amongst the pure spirits was Kagome, asleep. She sighed. She had been worried but here was Kagome, asleep and protected by Eywa.
"Kagome," she called. "Wake up." She shook the girl as the pure spirits dispersed. "Kagome." Said girl gave a moan and opened her eyes sleepily.
"Neytiri." She rubbed her eyes and sat up. "Eywa is no longer in danger of dying slowly." She yawned. She had not had such a good sleep in a long time. "The other place needing to be restored is alive again, a place close to your heart."
"My heart?"
"The place in which you mated Jakesully," Kagome said.
"It is back?" Kagome nodded. She stood and looked to see that the banshee had not left at all during the night. "You rode Jake's banshee here?"
"I guess." She caressed the banshee's head.
"They do not usually let strangers ride them. Usually they only let their bonded ride them."
"I do not need to form a bond, remember." She climbed up and pulled Neytiri behind her. "Do not worry, he will not harm you." They took to the air, Neytiri a little nervous about this. She had not ridden like this since the war. "Relax, nothing is going to happen." She nodded and watched as Kagome steered through the trees. They landed on a branch and Kagome helped her down before getting down. She caressed the banshee's face again before walking back into home tree with Neytiri.
"There is one more thing I will try, but I must gather a lot of energy to do so," Kagome said. They were back at the ground floor of home tree and everyone was watching them.
"Don't you have anything better to do?" Neytiri called out, and they all scurried away. "Do not mind them. They are still not used to you." Kagome nodded and followed after her at a jog. It would take her a while to get used to the much taller woman's strides.
"Can you slow down, just a bit. You are taller than me." Neytiri looked back at her.
"Sorry, sometimes I forget you do not have legs as long as mine." She slowed down so that Kagome could walk normally.
"This place is beautiful," Kagome remarked as they started into the forest. There were so many different types of plants around them. "I have missed plant life being on a near dead earth."
"That is the sky people's fault. They do not know how they affect their planet."
"Earth is no more by now," Kagome commented. "The remaining sky people, as you call them, are on space crafts, floating, finding somewhere they can settle down. It would not surprise me if they came here."
"They would not be welcomed here. You are welcome because of what you have done for my people." She looked back at the tiny human. She knew the girl would die alone. No men from her species would lay with her because of what she was. She looked forward again. "I understand what you mean by being alone. The only men on this planet are of my species. There were a few sky people men, but they died out because their oxygen supply ran out."
"My fate has always been to be alone." They were farther into the forest and she could hear creatures running around them. There were monkey looking creatures swinging above them, looking on curious before leaving in a moment. "Spiritual people like me on my planet were denied the right to marriage and more intimate relationships. We were supposed to be more emotionally withdrawn, always helping others and never doing anything for ourselves. We did not have the same rights as others."
"Here, Spiritual people are held with higher respect and are free to do the same as the others. They have more freedoms, and are more likely to be heard, even above the clan leader. Be glad you are here. In time they will not be so wary of you and they will hear you out." Kagome nodded. She was tackled by a wolf looking creature and Neytiri made to attack the creature, but more jumped out and ambushed Kagome. She gave loud laughs as the wolf like creatures licked her and nuzzled at her flesh. An older looking wolf like creature was watching them, more wary of Neytiri than Kagome. Kagome was, after all, covered by the litter. They drew back and gave a bark like sound and bounded off with their mother.
"That was unexpected," Kagome commented as she stood and wiped the saliva from the creatures off of her. "I knew they were there, but they felt like they meant no harm. They are only pups after all."
"They do not usually act that way," Neytiri said. "They avoid contact with others unless hunting."
"I'm different, remember. I'm directly connected to Eywa at all times." She continued on and climbed up into a tree, Neytiri following after her.
"I have not forgotten." She watched as Kagome ran through the trees, and swung from an over head branch to land on another branch and continue to run. Neytiri followed after her. She was fast for a human after all and she wasn't nearly as clumsy as Jakesully. She balanced easily and kept running. She stopped and they looked over the waterfall.
"This is what I wanted to see," Kagome said. She leapt from the branches and landed on her feet. Neytiri landed behind her. Kagome ran and leapt forward in a dive, breaking the surface of the water and coming back up. She treaded water and looked up at Neytiri. The water felt great against her skin. She leaned back and floated on the water. Neytiri jumped in and looked around. Kagome seemed so relaxed.
"We should head back soon, before they send out a party to find us."
"Alright." Kagome started swimming for the cliff she jumped off of. She started climbing up, having no difficulty climbing up the slope without shoes on. Neytiri climbed up after her. Once back up Kagome pulled Neytiri up. She could feel the rhinoceros type creature surrounding them. They did not seem agitated by Kagome, but they were of Neytiri. Kagome approached and placed a hand on it's head and the herd calmed. Kagome climbed on the back of one and pulled Neytiri up behind her before the herd ran for home tree. Once there she helped Neytiri down and got down herself before patting its head and sending the herd off. The stampeding had brought a lot of attention so now all of the clan was outside, weapons in hand.
"You're alright, Neytiri," Jakesully said as he approached them. "We thought they were going to run over everyone." He looked to Kagome. "They are usually very bad tempered."
"They probably would have stampeded over me if not for Kagome," she replied from her mates arms. "A lot of the animals here do not attack when she is so near." They started to head into home tree.
"My banshee was missing this morning. I had to ride on one of the land runners."
"I had borrowed it last night," Kagome said. "I had not known he was yours."
"You can ride my banshee?" He looked back at her.
"It isn't hard," she commented. "He can be well mannered, like the rhinoceros type creatures, and those wolf like creatures."
"They always seemed hot tempered with me," he murmured and Neytiri laughed, remembering how she had first met Jakesully.
"The wolf like creatures, as you call them, attacked Jakesully when they first saw him. He was swinging around a torch."
"They don't like fire," Kagome said. "That was probably why they attacked you in the first place. That and you probably stumbled onto their breeding ground. You probably couldn't tell it was breeding ground."
"She's not nearly as clumsy as you, Jakesully," Neytiri commented with a laugh. "She's not clumsy at all, being able to run through the trees without a tail to balance her." They came into home tree to see the food cooked up and being distributed. They handed her and Jakesully a plate, but not Kagome. They were still wary of her.
"I'm going to go find a spring to wash in," Kagome said as she left home tree. She knew the others were still did not accept her. It would take them a while to accept her. She just walked out and among the tees until she came to a spring. She pulled off the little amount of clothing she had and sunk into the water. Tomorrow she would go out on her own and gather things to clean herself with as well as medicinal herbs.
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"They are still wary of her," Neytiri told Jakesully. "She gives us back our home, revives the place in which we mated at, and has made it so Eywa is no longer dying, but still they are wary of her."
"They will accept her in time," he assured his mate. "They accepted me."
"You helped them get rid of the sky people," she commented. "She looks like the sky people. She does not act like the sky people. She acts more like our people, valuing the plant life, not harming the animals, being able to ride our animals, running through the trees like us. But she can feel Eywa better than even me."
"It takes time. Even they did not trust me at first."
"They had an easier time accepting you because you look like us," Neytiri stated. "She won't ever look like us. She will be alone for the remainder of her life."
"Don't say that," Jakesully said.
"There are no sky people men here and our own men will not look at her like you look at me." She placed her face in his chest. "She will be alone, whether she wants to be or not. I feel sorry for her."
"Give it time," he whispered to her. "Sleep now. There is a long day ahead of us."
"Alright." She closed her eyes. The sound of his beating heart put her to sleep.
He looked up at the ceiling of his room. His mate was right. His people would not accept Kagome. Kagome would be alone because she was human and not Na'vi. He would have to talk to Mo'at about this. He closed his eyes, mind troubled. The last thing he wanted was for Kagome not to be accepted.
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She sighed and got out of the cool water. She pulled on the little clothes she was provided with and gathered food to eat. Eywa was telling her what she was able to eat, which happened to be things that were poisonous for the Na'vi. She ate it as she walked back to home tree. She climbed to a higher branch and leaned back against home tree. She finished eating and looked at the beautiful view. She knew she had to gather more energy if she was going to do what she planned next to do. She was not expecting any sort of thanks for what she was about to do. She knew these people would never be able to accept her, like demons and humans never wanted to accept each other or the offspring of the joining of the two.
She sighed again and vowed not to get romantically involved with a Na'vi. If she were ever involved with a Na'vi and she had a child with one, the child would never be accepted by the Na'vi, but she would have loved the child all the same. She could not force such a thing on an innocent child. She would be the isolated holy being she was always meant to be. She would not get close to any male, Na'vi or otherwise. She would not let anyone into her heart.
The pure spirits came out and landed on and around her, causing her to seem to be glowing. Her face was not covered. She wanted to look at the view for a while longer. It was what she would enjoy. This view would be her lover. She would not have a physical lover. She would be the lover of the night. It was the only thing that gave her such a feeling of peace. The night could not judge her. It could not tell her she was useless, it could not look at her with a look of wary, it could not hate her. She fell asleep to such thoughts, the pure spirits being her only companion at this moment in time. They kept her warm against the chill of the night air, like a lover would. Yes, she was content.
Author's Note: Here is the next chapter. I hope you like this one. It might be a bit sad, but it should be getting better soon.