Clan Kittens
Shara awoke in Marche's tent quite sore. She decided she'd have to go take a nice bath in the nearby stream before the inevitable daily attack on the Clan happened. She didn't seem to have a temperature yet, but surely she'd be in Viera heat in a few days.
The other five Viera in the clan and Ritz confronted Shara. They knew she'd be at the stream. She always did that after sleeping with Marche.
"The girls here tell me they heard you with Marche again, and you know very well what time of year it is! Are you trying to get pregnant, Shara? Because if you want to, Miriam knows a really cute male Viera. Anyway, you shouldn't be fighting anymore." Ritz said. Shara blushed.
"No. I'm not in heat yet. I'll keep fighting. I just needed to do it." Shara said quietly.
"Marche is just your friend, right Ritz?" Sissy the White Mage asked.
"I don't think he is interested in you, Sissy. He and Shara have this thing going on." Eldena told her friend.
"Having children is not as fun as you girls may think." Lotte the Fencer remarked.
"What would you know?" Miriam the Assassin asked her.
"I had a kit once, before I left the Mother Wood. I left her in my sister's care, and I haven't seen her since, but it was a rather unpleasant experience."
"Lotte, it probably would be a lot easier on Shara. She's got childbearing hips, she probably wouldn't even feel it happening if she had a kit." Chiko the Sniper said.
"Chiko, seriously, you need to shut up sometimes." Eldena told her.
"Don't worry Eldena. Even though you're flat as a board and everything, you're still pretty much a kit yourself. How you managed to rise to the rank of Red Mage at your age I'll never know. You still have some growing to do."
"Chiko, I am not flat!"
"You'll grow, but you'll still never have big full breasts like mine."
"Sissy, maybe you should trade your robes for some nice tight revealing clothes that show off your curves and cleavage. Then you'll get the guys." Lotte told the White Mage.
"Can we get off this kind of subject?" Ritz asked, getting angry at the Viera.
"I should be in heat soon enough, then you can stop worrying. Marche said he won't do me while I'm receptive. Even if I want to have kittens, it's not going to happen." Shara said.
"You know, I'm certified to do medical exams." Sissy said. "So if you think you might be pregnant, I can check you in a few months. You know we Viera carry our babies twice as long as humans do."
"That's got to be unpleasant." Ritz said.
"It is. And Viera have been known to have a higher risk of complications. A lot of Viera die in childbirth. Not as many as it used to be, but there's always the possibility. Even someone with hips like Shara's. I'm lucky I managed to pull through as well as I did." Lotte stated.
There was a call to arms and the girls returned to find a Clan they had never seen before challenging Clan Nutsy to a battle. A Vieran Fencer caught Shara's eye. A MALE Fencer. Shara had never seen a male Viera in battle before. He was cute. She felt heated just thinking about it.
"Today's rules: No rapiers, no techniques, no fight." The judge said.
"I think I'll sit this one out." Shara said. The male Viera walked off, since he was a fighter and he was out of the battle too. Shara walked over to him.
"I just hate the stupid rules. Why can't the judges just cast the spells that make sure nobody dies and let us fight however we want?" Shara asked the male Viera. He looked at her. He had brilliant blue eyes and snow white hair.
"I've been fighting a lot lately. It's nice to have some time off. Why are you talking to me? We're on opposing sides." The Viera man replied. Shara loved his voice.
"I'm interested. I've never seen a male Viera in a Clan before."
"It's more common than you think. Especially now. More and more males are chasing after their mates. I left on my own though. So why aren't you fighting? Are you pregnant already? The mating season just started."
"I'm a fighter too. Although I do archery, the no fight rule is in place. I really hate that rule. Those kinds of battles give all the glory to Eldena and Sissy. Eldena's that scrawny adolescent Red Mage, Sissy is the White Mage. I'm Shara."
"My name is Devon."
"Say, you're pretty cute." Shara got a gleam in her eyes. Her mind was nearly gone at that moment. Her temperature spiked.
"Oh no. I know that look. Get a grip on yourself. Feral madness is not a good thing!"
Shara grabbed Devon and dragged him away from the battle area. She needed a secluded area. Still, something in the back of her mind told her Stop this! You love Marche, and you should never risk that love for some common male Viera you just met! Shara was too deep in her heated madness to listen to that doubt.
Devon didn't seem to care too much about Shara stripping him. And he especially didn't mind when she climbed on top of him and started licking his face. Shara and Devon began mating vigourously.
It took several hours for Shara's energy to wear off, and when it did, she had never felt worse in her life. She could not believe she had mated with a male Viera and not Marche, and especially when she was in heat. How would Marche ever forgive her? And what if she got pregnant.
The battle was over, and Shara went and found Lotte. She still couldn't believe she had slept with Devon. She didn't think she'd ever see him again, and she really hoped she wasn't pregnant.
"Shara, feral madness is normal when you're in heat. It's how most Viera find their mates." Lotte stated calmly.
"Lotte, I didn't want to find a mate. I'm in love with Marche. He'll be very mad when he finds out."
"Who says he should find out?"
"Lotte, are you saying I should keep this secret? I was in heat. Marche will notice if I'm not in season."
"He knows nothing about Viera heat. If you act like you are⦠are you not in heat?"
"No. Is that bad?"
"We'll see. If things start happening, ask Sissy to check you out. Viera don't usually come out of heat when they mate unless they conceive a kit."
