As she stood on top of the hill, she saw the Fire Nation ships on the sea. She shook her head, she could've helped with the fighting, not only healing. Stupid Northern Water Tribe customs. As she stood watching the Fire Nation throwing balls of fire at their city walls, she heard voices coming up behind her.
"What is that noise?" She heard a young voice, and another voice answer.
"It sounds like war." A soothing, mature voice said. Amai spun around, and saw two people heading up the hill towards her. They were not Water Tribe, they wore Earth Kingdom colors. She stood ready, opening her water pouch silently. She bended the water out, and waited for the strangers to see her. The woman looked up, and saw the young girl above her, bending water for defense.
"Oh my, Karei. It looks like we may have found trouble."
The girl, Karei looked up and gasped when she saw the water bending girl. She had evidently not seen her with her white coat.
"A water bender! Neat! Maybe she can join us, Chijin."
Chijin smiled, and carried on towards Amai. Chijin stood next to Amai, and saw the Fire Nation ships.
"Fire Nation. They have become so corrupted with power." Chijin said thoughtfully, and turned to leave the way she came. Karei stood motionless, still looking at Amai holding her bended water at the ready. Karei shrugged and followed Chijin again. Amai quickly bended her water back into the pouch and ran after them.
"Wait! Strangers!" Amai shouted, sliding down the snowy hill. The two strangers stood still, and saw Amai slide between them. She bended the snow to help her up and placed herself in front of them.
"I am Amai, who are you?" She asked politely, but was ready in case they tried anything.
"I am Chijin, and this is Karei." The woman named Chijin said, pointing towards Karei.
"Are you travelers? Why did you come to the North?" Amai asked again, trying to hide her inquisitiveness.
"We are indeed travelers. We came to the Northern Water tribe in search of a healer for Karei and some food."
"I can maybe help. I have healing water from the spirit oasis and a little food."
Chijin nodded and smiled, but Amai looked like she wanted to say something else.
"Yes Amai? It looks like you have something to say." Chijin asked.
"Yes well, you see, I…may I travel with you?" Amai asked politely.
Chijin's eyes widened a little, but Karei started smiling. Chijin looked at Karei's silly smile and agreed.
"Of course you may, as long as you play your part."
Amai smiled and followed as they started walking again. They walked south-west, towards the smallest gap between the North Pole and the Earth Kingdom. They walked for four hours, until Karei could no longer walk.
"I will make us shelter." Karei said, but she could barely stand. Chijin held Karei's head as she lay down in Chijin's lap. Chijin looked at Amai, and Amai knew she would have to make shelter. Amai bended the snow, arcing her hands gracefully, until she had made an igloo, big enough for the three of them. Chijin helped Karei inside the igloo and got ready to settle down for some rest.
"Chijin, you said that Karei needed some healing? What exactly is wrong?"
Karei winced in pain, and nodded for Chijin to tell the story.
"Karei was hurt four years ago when Fire Nation took over her village. They captured her parents and she wanted to fight them off, but she got the bad end of their temper…" Chijin delicately took off Karei's jacket and lifted her shirt. There was a raw, open wound that seemed only to be days old over her ribs, shoulder and arm.
"I have been treating it, but it only seems to get worse." Chijin said.
Amai dropped her rucksack, and dug around in it for a minute before pulling out another water skin. It was a fairly big pouch, almost as big as her water bending skin. She opened it carefully, and bended out small bubble of water.
"This should feel really cold and tingly, but it should work." Amai said, waiting for Karei to give her approval. She nodded, but looked in the opposite direction when she started spinning the water. Amai spun the water so fast it flattened out until it was big enough to cover her whole wound. She gently dropped the water on the wound and bended the water in a massaging motion until it fully absorbed into the wound.
"There. Another healing session and you should be all fixed up." Amai stood up, and put her healing water in her backpack. Karei looked at her wound, and saw it looked much better. It had new skin growth already, and it was less red.
"When can we have another healing session?" Karei asked.
"In three or so days. It needs time to work."
Karei smiled and rolled over to go to sleep.
"Thank you Amai. I am eternally grateful." Chijin said, and bowed her head. Amai smiled and settled down to sleep.