Miyako awoke slowly to find Fawkeisha gazing down at her.
"You alright now, sis?" she asked casually.
Miyako sat up abruptly, cupping her sister's face in her hands, "Fawkeisha! Are you alright?! Did that youkai hurt you?!"
"I'm fine, Miyako! Honestly!" Fawks laughed. "No one's hurt me, I promise"
Miyako released her with a grateful sigh, she glanced around the room. She had been moved from the dungeon to a traditional Japanese bedroom.
"That youkai…!"
"Don't worry about him. I'm sorry for the way you were treated, if it makes you feel any better I plan with holding sex from him for at least a year as punishment…"
Miyako blinked, "You're…sleeping with him…?"
"That's right I guess you don't know…he's…sorta my husband…" Fawks blushed self-consciously.
"Husband…Fawkeisha, he's a youkai!" Miyako exclaimed.
"Yeah…well…so am I now…" Fawks shrugged.
Miyako stared at her blankly.
"Look, it's complicated…how did you get here anyway?"
"I…was looking for you…It's been two years…"
Fawks looked away, "Yeah…I'm sorry about that, this whole thing was kind of sudden…"
"What happened to you, Fawkeisha, why didn't you come home?"
"What kind of home did I have to come back to…" she scoffed. "I've always felt much more at home here in the Sengoku Jidai. When I became a youkai, I saw no reason to return anymore. With the way I am now, I don't belong in the present…"
"How did you become a youkai? You said it was complicated…"
Fawks blushed, "Well…I had sex with a youkai…"
"Fawkeisha!" Miyako cried indignant.
"Look our ancestor is a fire youkai and I was the only descendant strong enough to inherit his power. I was only able to come into that power after mating with another youkai…"
"Your 'husband'?" Miyako began dryly.
"Don't you judge me! He's sexy and you know it!" Fawks scoffed.
"…I thought you were only interested in women…"
"I swing both ways and you know that too"
"So you slept with him, became a youkai and got married?"
"It wasn't that simple. After I became a youkai, Sessho-maru trained me to be able to control my power…and I fell in love with him" she muttered.
Miyako blinked at her again, "You… fell in love… with that monster…"
"You don't know him like I do… he can be really sweet when he wants to be…" Fawks blushed again.
"…I'm sure..." Miyako said dryly, remembering all too well how callously he had thrown his wife's sister into the dungeon.
"…he's really great in bed too"
"I didn't need to know that…"
"Just making sure you understand…"
"It would take me several lifetimes to understand you…" Miyako sighed.
"Sessh-kun said the same thing on our wedding night, but I think he meant it to be endearing" Fawks frowned.
"Forget about him, Fawkeisha! He's dangerous and cold blooded…"
"Kinda knew that already but go on…"
"…just come home with me…"
"It's not that simple…" Fawks shook her head.
"If you're afraid of him…"
"As if…" Fawks rolled her eyes, "Look, just come with me"
Fawks got up and Miyako rose to follow.