Fawks woke the next morning feeling strange. She was hot and tingling all over, it reminded her of how she felt when she had woken up a demon.
"Oh Dear…I didn't think it would arrive so soon…" Yukine sighed as she helped Fawks into a fresh kimono.
"What are you talking about?" she asked.
"Your heat, my lady. It is your first, is it not?"
"Nani!?" Fawks blushed.
"I suggest you not leave this room for today. Your scent is extremely alluring, I am unsure if the other males in the castle will be able to stop themselves…" Yukine chuckled.
"But! I was going to see how Itnasha was doing!"
"He's fine, I glimpsed him flirting with a chambermaid on my way here…" Yukine rolled her eyes.
"…Is that so…" Fawks growled. Yukine looked at her thoughtfully.
"…You know…there is a way to reduce the potency of your scent…"
"Eh?"
"If you mated, your scent wouldn't be so strong…I'm sure Lord Sessho-maru would be willing to unburden you…"
"Oi!" Fawks shouted, her cheeks reddening.
"He is a logical choice seeing as you got so aroused when you were watching him fight"
"…What are you…?! I didn't… How did you know…?!" Fawks babbled.
"I'm surprised everyone didn't smell it. Lord Sessho-maru did…"
"Why is everyone around here trying to get me to sleep with Sessho-maru?! Isn't once enough?!"
"…Was it enough for you?"Yukine raised an eyebrow. Fawks' blush darkened.
"I didn't think so" she grinned.
"Yukine!" Fawks squealed. The woman chuckled softly.
"Fawks-sama is in heat"
Sessho-maru glanced at Yukine as she entered the training hall, she handed him a towel.
"Is she safe?" He sighed wiping away his sweat.
"Yes, she is restricted to her room for the time being…" she continued helping him into a haori.
"Then why do you tell me this?"
"I tell you this because I'd like to know what you plan to do about it" Yukine raised an eyebrow. "Clearly you brought her here for a reason…"
"I owe her a large debt…"
"…Is that all?"
"Yukine…" he voice took a warning tone.
"We all see the way you look at her. Why do you think Itnasha challenged you for her? He wanted to test your loyalty, you know full well that when Fawks-sama's training is complete, she'll be free to mate whomever she pleases!"
Sessho-maru flinched. Yukine sighed in exasperation.
"Things would be a lot simpler if you two would stop denying that you don't care for one another…"
"Even if I did care for her as a woman, nothing could ever come of it. I am promised to someone else, you know that, Yukine" Sessho-maru sighed.
"That is merely a technicality and you know it" Yukine went on.
"That is all I will say on the matter" he replied leaving the room.
"No wonder you two are so drawn to each other, you both are so stubborn…" she sighed.