Chapter 9: Waterfall
He had talked with Sesshomaru until he decided it was time for him to find Kagome. He bid Sesshomaru farewell and went in search of Kagome. He had finally found her in her chamber. He had knocked and waited patiently. Moments later she answered the door.
"Did you need something, Tsu'tey?" She looked up at the much taller male.
"I came to see if you wanted to go for a walk, if you were not too busy." He looked down at her. Her eyes were blue, much like the oceans of Pandora and her skin was pale much like the moons of Pandora, and her hair as dark, if not darker, then their own hair. The pink of her lips were like nothing he had ever seen before.
"Alright." She smiled softly and walked out of her chamber, closing the door behind her. She walked with him through home tree, Neyfiru watching with a scowl and a few of the Na'vi women whispering in Na'vi. Both ignored it as they started out of home tree. Tsu'tey took her much smaller hand into his large hand and led her down a path. He knew what it led to. She didn't seem to mind, managing to keep up with his slow strides. He was nothing like Neytiri when it came to walking. Neytiri walked fast no matter who was walking with her.
She looked around, watching the plants sway and the prolemuris swing through the trees. Every step they took was illuminated blue or green, sometimes even purple or pink. She smiled at all the colors that surrounded her. He squeezed her hand slightly and she looked back to him. She was confused.
"We are almost there. Close your eyes." He watched her close her eyes and led her around a short distance. He stopped and had her stop. "You can open your eyes now," he whispered. She did and looked out at the waterfall. The planets were behind it and the waterfall was glowing purple, blue and green. The spot they stopped at had a large patch of light blue flowers growing to a tree.
"It's stunning." Her breath had left her. He was standing behind her.
"The blue flowers are not seen anywhere else. This is the only place they grow." He knelt next to the flowers. "They do not feel like any of the other plants here." He seemed to smile. "They had reminded me of you." He looked up at her to see her cheeks dusted with a light pink.
"Tsu'tey," she looked at him and tried to fight down her blush. But she didn't seem to be able to keep it down.
"They haven't been here before. They started growing that day we talked here. I come to admire them often." He looked back to the flowers. She was blushing so much right now. "The pure spirits have started to take on a blue tinge much like the glow you had the first day I saw you. Eywa is taking on your characteristics. Mothers are becoming protective of their young, the plants are softer, though still dangerous."
"Tsu'tey, that's sweet." She smiled softly.
"Come." He stood and took her hand again. He sat beneath the tree, over looking the waterfall and pulled her down beside him. She sat at his side and he pulled her slightly closer, her side pressed against his. She relaxed against him and the pure spirits came out, touching down on the flowers that surrounded them. It was a beautiful sight to behold. "They do that often."
"You were right. They do have a blue tinge to them." She lightly touched the closest one. The others moved closer to her. She smiled at their reaction. They covered her hand. Tsu'tey was amazed. They came to her even when she was not planning to use her powers in a big way.
"Come, relax." He brought her attention back to him before she looked out at the view. It was a beautiful one.
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It was morning when they walked back into home tree. They had gotten a light sleep by the waterfall, the sound of it had lulled them to sleep. Now the Na'vi people whispered as they walked by. Kagome bid him a good day and walked into her room as he walked away. He had a hunt he had to go on. She wanted to get in a bath and then start training the Na'vi children. Sesshomaru, Inuyasha, and Shippo's children were much too young to learn anything right now, but she was teaching them Na'vi. It would be good for them to learn how to communicate with the natives like she could.
"Hello, Kagome," a male greeted.
"Neyfiru." She walked past him and found Kikyo. "Let's go bathe, Kikyo." Neyfiru made to follow but Inuyasha stopped him.
"No you don't." He restrained Neyfiru with a scowl. There was no way in hell he would let that Na'vi watch his mate and best friend bathe. "I'm not letting you watch them bathe." He dropped the much taller male and sat in the way of the door. Inuyasha was stubborn, but he also knew better than to let some unknown male watch the girls bathe. Sesshomaru would beat the living shit out of him.
Neyfiru just looked at him. Inuyasha was blocking the only entrance and exit. He was supposed to go hunting with the others soon.
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Tsu'tey looked around. The male, Sesshomaru, was with them and Neyfiru was missing. He knew Neyfiru had taken to watching Kagome so his eyes narrowed, until he saw Kagome and Kikyo leaving home tree, no sign of Neyfiru following after them. He turned his dire horse and the hunting party leapt off, Sesshomaru following after them at a slow run. He could easily keep up with them. Tsu'tey was in charge of the hunting party though, and Sesshomaru had to listen to what he said. He didn't like it, but in this case Tsu'tey was in charge.
Tsu'tey led them on a hunt and they were currently trying to take down a sturmbeest. It was six meters long with a height of four and a half meters. It was indigo and orange in color with six legs. It resembled a buffalo in appearance, minus the fur. There was a single bone horn in the middle of its head. It was in a herd with other sturmbeest. The children were kept in the middle for protection and they were targeting one of the weaker and slower sturmbeest. The sturmbeests were slow to react and it was over quickly. They dragged their prize away to process what they would use from the animal, their usual words of sacrifice being said by Tsu'tey.
They returned with the meat and materials they would use for weapons and drums and other ceremonial items. Tsu'tey dismissed them as they took in the items and saw Inuyasha dragging Neyfiru behind him. "Do not pull such a stunt with Kagome again, you hear." He threw the guy at Tsu'tey's feet.
"What's this all about, Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru asked, his muscles moving fluidly beneath his skin. The women were watching this.
"Fucker tried to kiss Kagome," he scoffed. "She slapped him pretty good, I admit that. He stumbled out of her door when I opened it."
"I told you to stay away from her," Sesshomaru snarled in English. Tsu'tey held him back but glared at the man.
"I am telling you this time, do not go near the woman I am courting again or it will mean facing me for the right to her," Tsu'tey said in Na'vi. It sounded threatening and the man stood and looked at Tsu'tey. He scowled but didn't protest. Tsu'tey passed him and headed towards where he knew Kagome might be. She wasn't there but he could hear the awed voices of Na'vi children so followed it to see Kagome with To'at and the Na'vi children. She was teaching them again, though she seemed to be a little upset. She dismissed the children and To'at seemed to take up some arrows and a bow before running off in the opposite way of the other children.
"Kagome," he called as he approached. She turned to him with a small smile.
"Tsu'tey. How did the hunt go?" She had to look up at him.
"Well enough. No one was injured." She nodded.
"I was going to go gather some herbs. Did you want to go with me?" She had several sacks at her side. "I can understand if you do not wish to."
"I'll go." He walked into the forest with her and made it so his strides matched hers. She would stop and crouch down by a plant and pick it before placing it in a sack on her shoulder. He would stop and watch her as she did this several times. There was light conversation between them as they walked through the forest. They were sharing likes and dislikes and she was telling him a few of the incidents between her and the others, and the incident in which Inuyasha got his necklace. He had laughed, but was surprised that Sesshomaru and Inuyasha used to argue all the time, and that Inuyasha had cut off his brothers arm. It had grown back with time because of the demon blood coursing through his veins.
Tsu'tey said it was Jakesully that had opened his eyes. Jakesully had not always been Na'vi, but had what had been called an avatar body, until the Na'vi had placed him in the body permanently. They had fought a war together and made the sky people leave their planet. She was alright with that. They would have destroyed this planet as well, and she was falling in love with this planet. There was so much life on this planet, and she cherished life.
"Shall we head back now?" She asked as she looked up at him. "I have to hang the herbs to dry and get the residue off my hands. The mixture is sure to cause someone to react badly." He nodded and walked with her. They entered home tree and she moved to her room, using the reeds to hang the herbs to dry before using the skin of water in her room to quickly wash her hands in a makeshift sink. It was useful in the morning.
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Tsu'tey had enjoyed the time he spent with Kagome. He was learning more about her and the others that had come to stay in home tree. Sesshomaru really was a lot like him, but they were still very different, from what Kagome was saying. Both were prideful and good leaders. Both were protective of what they believed was theirs and had started out narrow minded, but both had a broader view on everything. Where Sesshomaru cared about her as if she were a sister, he cared about her in a different way. He wasn't sure what way it was yet, but he would spend most of the night thinking about it as he sat beside the waterfall in the patch of flowers he could only call Kagome.
The blue of the flowers resembled her eyes. The softness of them felt like Kagome's skin. The dark green of the leaves had and edge of sharpness, much like her temper, from what he heard. But they smelled divine, like nothing he had ever smelled before. She was like nothing he had ever seen before. He picked a single flower and a liquid came in contact with his skin. He hissed in mild pain at the light burning sensation. It went away quickly enough. She did house a fire beneath her skin, and he could always see it whenever he looked into her eyes. The flower had not meant to harm him. It was a defense mechanism, like all Pandora plants had.
A pure spirit came out and landed on his hand, glowing slightly and taking away the scar the plant's liquid would have left behind before it flew off. He looked down and at the flower. He slipped it into a single braid before looking out at the view again. This was officially his favorite spot to just relax. His head came to rest against the base of the tree, the wind ghosting over him and giving him a sense of peace. It had lulled him to sleep again.
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Sesshomaru entered Kagome's chamber after knocking. He saw her taking down herbs and checking other herbs before placing them in pots and onto shelves. She turned to him.
"I would have thought you would be with Tsu'tey," he commented.
"I have already spent time with him today. He came with me to gather herbs." Sesshomaru nodded and looked around. Her chamber was kept clean and organized, her hammock was in the corner closest to a window.
"Tomorrow I wish for you to take Kisa with you and Kikyo when you go to bathe. She is starting to smell." Kagome nodded.
"Should she have any scathing comments, I will not be held responsible for what happens," she commented and he nodded.
"I will not hold it against anyone. She is becoming possessive and neglecting the children. She's taken to glaring at the Na'vi women. And she is becoming a nuisance." He seemed to sigh. "She has not always been like this. It is the environment and everything changing that has her on edge. She does not understand how they can live like this."
"She is used to what you provided. Being here will be hard for her if she doesn't get her nose out of the clouds and look at what she was given here. She would have died if you had stayed on Earth. The children were almost dead as well. She will have to learn to adapt and change, like you are able to do. If not, she won't survive on this planet." He nodded. He knew what Kagome said was the truth, but was it too late to show that to Kisa?
Author's Note: Here is the next chapter. It took me a while to write, but I had to re-watch the Avatar in order to write this. That is when I am most inspired to write this fiction. I will try to update my other stories. I probably would have if I wasn't passed out on meds for five days, only being awake long enough to eat and shower and take care of my other bodily needs. I have a kidney infection I am fighting off and this is the first day I haven't been asleep all day, aside from Tuesday and Wednesday when I was at work. But read, review and ENJOY! I'll try to have something new for you all to read.