Being a human child doesn't have many advantages, seeing as Reimu had fallen ill and none us, save Yukari, really know how to deal with. The pups were saddened and Chen was a bit frantic (or so we think, her emotions are difficult to read). We didn't know what outcome to anticipate from her being sick, however, the child's illness did prompt Yukari to do something in which she hadn't done in a long time.
While she mostly confines herself to the house but, when she does leave, she normally doesn't leave the house minus her veil and or without an escort and she especially didn't leave without putting on some makeup, something nice, or doing her hair. No, her silvery snow white hair hung disheveled, no makeup covered the dark circles under eyes, and she dressed plainly, actually, what she wore is what some would consider sleeping clothes.
Dramatically opening the door and to the surprise of those who witnessed her, she took her barefooted steps outside and went about her business. Where she was going, we didn't know but it was clear she had done something we hadnt't seen her do in a very long time. How long she was to be gone was something we didn't know, then again, we had the child to focus onto.
Her illness wasn't contagious to us and vice versa, although it did make us worry for her. Her illness caused her pain and fever, which, instinctively, brought me to comfort her, hoping to soothe her cries. Naturally, Chen protested, claiming that I coddle her too much and that we have to deal with her cries because I'm the one who elected to bring her here that winter. Before I could even articulate a response, Ren stepped foreward and gently said, "Yes, while most of that is true, no one counts on getting sick." He difused her a little but not enough for her stop glaring at the child and I. Upon noticing that, Ren promptly flicked her in the nose.
Yukari was gone for a couple of days and, upon return, she revealed why she had gone. She had a small basket full of medicinal herbs, said herbs we couldn't obtain around here. She went about boiling them into a tea and, when she had finishhed what she was doing, she gave me special instructions to give it to Reimu. Sure enough, the herbal tea brought down her fever and her cries lessened. Within two days, she was well again.