CHAPTER 7:

At the end of the second week Faya woke up with a weird sensation in her body. It was a new emotion and one where she couldn't put her finger on. It felt like she was going to get a vision but there was no headache involved. Faya knitted her eyebrows together and sat up. The door smashed open and Sesshoumaru was standing in the door opening. She yelped, jumped up and fell out of bed, taking the covers with her and landing hard on the floor in a heap of sheets. 'Damn it, Sesshoumaru!' She hissed as she appeared from underneath the sheets and glared at him. 'You keep doing this, while I specifically asked, no begged you, not to do that when I just woke up. You're going to kill me one day with that, you know that?' She growled as she stood up, covering herself with the sheets and advancing on him. She stopped before him and pricked his chest with every word she spoke. Sesshoumaru looked down at her and let her rage, he was so not impressed with her. 'Why do you keep doing this, again and again and again…?' She now asked in a sigh.

He looked down at her and smiled. 'I still don't like that smile.' She said as she shook her head. 'It seems that you're only getting scarier and scarier every time you smile.' Faya now chuckled. He lost his smile and a growing surprise became visible in his eyes. She now laughed and turned around to walk to the bedroom. He took her hand, pulled her back and kissed her instead. 'What is wrong with you…? You don't say anything, let me rage at you without blasting me through the room, you did a few weeks earlier, you actually listen to me, and now you kiss me good morning… Are you getting sick?' She asked as she placed the back of her hand against his forehead. 'You feel a little warm… back to bed you…' Faya smiled as she turned him around and pushed him back to his bedroom. Faya felt how a shiver went up and down his back as soon as she touched him. She raised an eyebrow and retracted her hand. They heard a knock at the door and Saffa came in. The scent hit her with full force, swallowed a gasp, and retreated from the room without a word. Strange; was this a demon thing or something? Faya shook her head and looked at Sesshoumaru who was standing rigid in the door opening. She saw how he swallowed and closed the door without another word leaving Faya alone. What the hell? She dressed quickly and went downstairs in search for Saffa. She found her in the kitchen, sweaty and out of breath, her breath coming out in short pants.

'Are you okay?' Faya asked as she looked at her friend. Saffa looked at Faya who was looking at her with concerned eyes and totally oblivious about what had happened. Saffa gave a tired laugh and told her what happened. Faya listened to her with growing surprise. 'O-o-oh…' she stammered 'Yeah, euh, well…' and scratched the side of her neck while she flushed. 'I had no idea…' Faya chuckled embarrassed. 'How could you…?' She asked looking at Faya with apology in her eyes. 'I-is that a onetime thing….?' Faya asked, listened at Saffa and dazed she walked out of the kitchen. Great, just great, how was she going to deal with that information? How the hell would she know that demons could go into heat… Hell, she didn't even knew she could go into heat! Faya was still learning something new every day… Halfway up the stairs she saw one of the nobles. What was his name again? Oh, yeah, Lord Azuma-sama. He looked at her with little beady eyes, making her almost shiver. 'Good morning Lord Azuma… Have you slept well?' She asked as she held her head up high. 'Good morning Lady Nishi, Yes, I have slept well. Thank you. This is a lovely house, don't you think?' Faya cast her eyes down and blushed 'my husband has exquisite taste…' Azuma narrowed his eyes at her. 'Yes, one should think that…' He answered.

'My Lady, Nishi-sama…' Faya turned around and saw Saffa at the bottom of the stairs. 'What is it Saffa?' She asked. 'I have prepared the medicine for your husband, as you asked of me…' Faya smiled, sweet Saffa, always knowing how to improvise and saving her from difficult situations. 'Thank you Saffa…' walking back down the stairs and took the little vial from Saffa's hands. 'Be careful Faya, My Lord is not the only one, who is testing you.' Saffa whispered. 'I know that…' Faya answered. 'Stay the way you are, and prepare breakfast okay…?' Saffa cast her eyes down but Faya placed a finger underneath her chin and made Saffa look at her. 'Just help me with this okay…?' She asked as she looked into the eyes of her friend. 'I will, My Lady…' She smiled, curtsied and left the hallway. Faya turned around and saw how Azuma had watched them both intently. 'Something the matter?' She asked as she set her jaw. 'I just don't know why you should address one of the servants…' Faya narrowed her eyes and walked up the stairs stopping in front of him. 'Because I see them as living beings, Azuma; they have their own voice, opinion, and they work so much harder when you are nice to them.. You should try it sometimes. Breakfast will be served in your rooms today, so please if you could turn around and move back to your room?' Faya told him, deep down wondering where she got that from.

'Faya.' She looked passed the shoulder of Azuma to see Sesshoumaru standing at the top of the stairs. 'What are you doing out of bed?' Faya asked him. 'Excuse me, Lord Azuma-sama, I'm going to tend for my husband now…' She said, shot up the stairs and next to him. 'Come on…' she whispered as she wrapped her arm around his waist. 'Oh, yeah, Lady Nishi, you should take care of him…' They heard Azuma laugh. Faya narrowed her eyes at him and suppressed a growl. How she hated that man… Faya brought Sesshoumaru back to his room and closed the door behind them.

He pushed her against the door and kissed her roughly. He pulled back and looked at her 'What do you think about Azuma?' That question made her crash down back to earth with full force. 'I don't trust him…' She said and looked at him. 'But I think you already knew how I thought about him… else you wouldn't be asking me that… My Lord… but do we really need to discuss this now…?' She asked as she looked at him. Those damn green eyes, to readable for him. He could read her every thought in those green orbs… but there were times that he couldn't read them at all and this was one of those times. He bent forward and ghosted his breath over her neck and earlobe 'I want you to read into the history of the Azuma clan, and see why I don't trust them… I want you do that now…' He whispered causing Faya to close her eyes and swallow back an upcoming moan. Instead she purred…? They looked at each other and a smirk grew on Sesshoumaru's face as embarrassment grew on Faya's face. 'You purr?' He asked as his eyebrows shot into his hairline. 'Apparently…' She whispered embarrassed, then a flush spread across her cheeks causing Sesshoumaru to chuckle deep in his throat. 'You actually purr… must I call you kitten instead?' He asked with a smirk. Faya gave him a sour face as he let her go. 'Go find some information about the Azuma clan, kitten…' he said. 'You so like this, huh?' She asked him as she hit his chest. Sesshoumaru smirked darkly as he bent forward and kissed her. 'Yeah, I do like to torture you…' He whispered against her lips. 'Just don't forget you torture yourself as well, with that, My Lord...' she whispered against his.

He let her go and Faya nodded and walked through the conjoined door to her own room. As she had closed the door she swayed own her feet. The feeling of having him so close to her was mind blowing. She sagged through her knees and felt how her lower muscles contracted. Oh, how she wanted him. She had no idea what to do, here he had given her an order, and the other hand she knew he wanted her just as much as she wanted him. Faya made a decision and rose to her feet. With the conversation that she held with Saffa a few minutes ago she undressed and wrapped a silver bathrobe around her naked body. The satin slid along her breasts, making her nipples hard. She loved the feeling. She felt herself growing wet by mere thinking about her bold action. Before entering Sesshoumaru's bedroom through the conjoined door she closed her eyes took a deep breath and softly opened the door.

She saw him lying in bed, with the covers up to his waist, his want very apparent through the sheets but he did nothing with it. He had his eyes closed and he was concentrating on something. Faya closed the door with a soft click, snuck to the other door and locked it. She then undid her hair opened her bathrobe and let it slide down her body. Faya moved further to the bed and sat down next to him on the bed. 'Touch me and I will not be held responsible for the consequences, Faya…' He said with his eyes closed a crease appearing in his forehead, he was concentrating so hard to restrain himself. 'That is why I'm here… I don't want you to ruin the feast tonight…Sesshoumaru…' she whispered as she bent forward and ghosted her breath over his lips as she moved her hand back and forth over his rather painful erection, making him groan as he involuntarily moved his hips into her hand. It made her wet in the same second. 'I thought I told you…' He was stopped when he felt her soft lips touch his. 'What you told me was that I needed to look after you, and you would look after me. You have been looking after me. Now let me look after you...' She whispered as she kissed his jaw. 'At this moment I need to tend to something else…' She continued as she moved her hand from his erection up to his chest, and ghosted her fingers over his toned stomach. He groaned both at the loss of her hand on his erection and the fingers on his muscles. She took his hand and lay it on her own skin just inches above her breasts. The next thing she knew was that she was laying on her back with him on top of her. He looked down at her breathing hard, his pupils were huge and round, he ripped the sheets from in between them and without much fuss and foreplay he thrust into her. He could not understand how she was this wet already. He didn't care, the only thing he cared about was that he was thrusting in her. Feeling himself in her and getting more relaxed because of the sensation. She wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist as she pulled him closer to her body, deeper into her. Somehow she was really beginning to love the fact of him being so dominant in bed. It was the only time she accepted his dominance over her. It was making her want him more and moved to accompany his thrusts letting him feel himself deeper in her. Both were panting and moaning now wrapped up in their want and need. He nibbled her neck and kneaded her breast. Faya kissed and licked his neck causing him to growl low in his throat. She bucked her hips in to his causing him to speed up, then gave a shudder and relaxed staying in her for as long as possible. Panting heavily they both came back to earth and Faya felt how he slipped out of her, making her groan at the loss of feeling him in her. She felt how his breath and lips ghosted over her sweaty neck, his fangs scraping the delicate skin. He lay there for couple of minutes more and then pulled his head up and looked at her. He opened his mouth but Faya placed a finger on his mouth and shook her head. She placed her hands on either side of his face and kissed him deeply, a kiss that he answered after a while making them both groan. How they both wished that he had two arms. The whole time they hadn't spoken to each other, just laid there in complete silence. Faya pushed herself to a sitting position and then cringed, okay she would be limping. She cast a playful glare at Sesshoumaru as she heard him chuckle, loving the way how he caressed the lower part of her back, and stood up from the making a painful face. He chuckled again.

She took her bathrobe from the ground put it on kissed him lovingly and then retreated to her own room to get dressed. Apparently she now knew what the sensation had been that she had when she woke up that morning. She released a high chuckle and left the bedroom when she was dressed. The rest of the day Faya was in the library trying to find anything about the Azuma clan. What she uncovered made her sick to her stomach.

'The Azuma clan is a breed of many demons together. Throughout the ages the Azuma clan did not only breed within the own family but breaded with the most powerful youkai in History. Because of this they obtain many different powers. Many of them are unknown. The only two demon clans they did not manage to breed with are the Inu Youkai, or mighty dog demons, the ones that are the rulers of the Western Fields. And two, the Fujimi clan. The clan that controls the element fire. This made them furious killing most of the smaller clans in the Western Fields. This sprouted a war between the two clans..'

Faya narrowed her eyes. If she hated the Azuma clan, now she could actually kill them… if only she was a demon, that was… Then she would teach them.

'The war lasted from 987 till 1011 and brought on many casualties… more than half of the demons that had sided up with the Azuma clan had died. A third on the side of the Nishi clan. In the time of the great youkai war, as it is called there was a ligancy between the Nishi and the Fujimi clan.'

Faya stopped reading. The Fujimi clan. The powerful Fire clan that had inherited their powers from the founding parents of the Clan. The God Fujimi and his sister Amara who was a beautiful Goddess. They possessed the secrets of the fire and were supposedly extinct somewhere during 1222 by an unknown disease, although Faya wasn't sure about that, she had no idea why, but she felt in her bones that they were still out there. She sighed and slammed the book shut. The sound echoing through the library.

She staid there for another few minutes until she heard the door opening and Saffa came in telling her that it was almost time to prepare herself. Faya nodded absently, rose to her feet and brought the books back to their place and then left the library. Together the two went back to her room and Saffa placed her in front of the mirror. This would be her ultimate test. She had kept up the façade for long enough, and she knew that cracks were appearing in her character. The ongoing battering and pestering of the Azuma clan was horrible. Going on about servants were nothing more than annoying pests, and how humans didn't deserve to live… They weren't fit to walk the planet that the Youkai inhabited as well. The nerve of those creatures. Faya sighed and shook her head to get rid of the memory that plagued her mind. She had to keep it up for just a little while longer, one more week to be exact. Then he would be out of their lives for good and could she pick up on her old life again. How Faya sometimes wished she was a vixen. Then Azuma wouldn't stand a change, she was sure of that.

Faya couldn't help but give an evil smirk at that thought. 'You should get that smirk off of your face, Faya, it does not become you…' Saffa whispered at her. Faya chuckled and shook her head. 'That is better, now, I'm going to make you look so different, that even the Lord of the House will not recognize you…' She said as she looked at her from the mirror. They both smiled and Saffa draped a towel over the mirror so that Faya wasn't able to see herself. After a while of laughing and talking Saffa was done and Faya looked in the mirror as Saffa took away the towel. She could believe her eyes when she looked at her own reflection. 'Is that me?' She asked and touched her face. 'It is really you…' Saffa smiled. 'I don't know why the other humans would call you ugly and unworthy to live… but they would tell you differently when they would see you now…' Saffa said with a smile. Faya looked up at Saffa, rose to her feet and hugged her for dear life, taking Saffa by complete surprise. 'Thank you so much… for everything…' Faya whispered after a long silence. 'Now, don't let Lord Sesshoumaru wait…' Saffa answered and pulled away from the hug and looked at her. Saffa saw how Faya's face screwed up in pain as she moved her legs. 'What is wrong?' She asked concerned as she saw the face. Faya looked at her and mouthed 'muscle ache…' Saffa knitted her eyebrows together 'Where…?' She asked not understanding. 'In my thighs…' Faya chuckled. 'How would you get muscle ache down… O-o-oh…' she finished as she realized why Faya would have that. 'O-o-okay…' She flushed horribly as she looked away causing Faya to laugh out loud. Saffa gave her friend an indignant huff but then laughed with her. Stress flared through her body as they walked through the corridor toward the staircase. She stopped at the corner and looked at Saffa who gave her a reassuring smile and said 'You can do this Faya, you have too… You are the only one who can do this. The Lord of the House chose you to take on this task. Also know that he is testing you…' Faya looked at her friend 'Testing me…' Saffa nodded. Faya took a deep breath as eyes turned in her direction and the room fell silent as she started to descend the stairs. The stress was just to die for. She needed to do something about that before she would be downstairs.

Halfway down the stairs she stepped onto the overflow staircase and took another deep breath. She spotted the Lord of the House. Sesshoumaru was dressed in a black yukata with red patterns. His long silver hair was wrapped up in a high ponytail, it made her heart stop. He was talking to some of the other youkai and she found he was so different with his hair pulled back. The odd thing was that his hair was held together by a thin bright pink ribbon. It was in sharp contrast with his hair and clothing. No one said something about it, so she didn't even think about it. She saw how he had high cheekbones with a long neck. It made him as beautiful as he was dangerous and at that point she suddenly realized the full power of the Lord of the Western Fields. The combination was deadly. She now understood why he was so famous in the youkai circles. The way he wore the yukata gave him an aristocratic appearance. Conversations stopped and Sesshoumaru saw how many of the Youkai looked with open mouth at the stairs. He turned around and looked at Faya standing on the overflow. Faya held her head up high, unclenched her fists, and before she could take the second staircase Sesshoumaru was standing next to her holding out his arm to her. Faya wore a white satin strapless dress, with short sleeves that hang on her upper arms, a Royal blue bodice with golden hems. The dress widened at her hips. Woven in the white satin of her skirt were patterns of sakura blossoms and golden ivy. Her feet were stuck in royal blue leather slippers. Her jet black hair was divided in several braids and were held together in a high ponytail. Two long braids were hanging at either side of her face and multiple tiny golden marbles were woven through her hair. He took her hand in his and brought it to his mouth and kissed it slightly. Her mouth quivered and then smiled at him. 'You look stunning, Faya…' He said as she flushed and straightened as he held out his arm to her. 'Thank you, my Lord…' she whispered with a smile and linked her arm in his. 'I see that you're limping…' He said as they both descended the second stairs together. Faya gave a high chuckle 'I think I'm allowed to after what happened this morning.' She looked at him and gave an innocent smile. To her surprise she saw that he wore a pink color on his cheeks. 'Get rid of that color, My lord, it does not suit you, just like laughing.' She chuckled 'You'd better watch out, demons and humans alike would start to think that you had a heart…' She smiled at him.

When they stepped onto the white marble floor the other youkai made a half circle around them and looked at them, and then bowed to them. 'Tell me, where did you get the dress?' He asked and looked down at her. 'I found it, tucked away somewhere in the back of a closet in my room… I wonder how it got there…' She mused as she looked at him and raised an eyebrow. 'I have no idea…' He said and looked away. 'Wow, you're as bad a liar as I am… maybe even worse…' She said and chuckled causing his heart to melt, and cursing her at the same time because of it.

'Lady Nishi sama…' someone said and they both turned around. Saffa stood in front of them wearing a wonderful smile and curtsied, which tore Faya in two. 'What is it Saffa?' She asked. 'Dinner is ready… My Lady…' with that a shiver went up and down her back. 'You're not getting sick, now are you?' Sesshoumaru asked when he felt the shiver. 'I'm a little cold that is all, don't you worry that pretty head of yours…' Where did that come from? She wondered. Saffa cleared her throat and looked at her. 'Well, we should go to the dining room then, Saffa collect the guests and tell them that dinner is being served.' Saffa gave a relieved sigh and curtsied, then turned around collected the guests. Sesshoumaru opened his mouth but Faya beat him to it 'Do not even dare go there… My Lord.' and looked at him and she was met by his trademark smirk. Faya rolled her eyes and shook her head. As they came into the dining room and most were busy finding their seats Faya stopped Sesshoumaru and he looked at her. He saw the worry in her eyes and then kissed the top of her head, giving her strength and comfort at that one touch.

Dinner was lovely until the conversation turned to the topic whelps, children. Saffa had just entered and almost dropped the plates when she heard that. They hadn't discussed that topic yet. The room fell silent, everyone had known what had happened two years ago and for Lord Azuma to start that topic made it even worse. Sesshoumaru looked at Azuma with cold harsh eyes and bared his teeth. Azuma gave a wicked smirk and Faya watched the both of them. 'Oh, you want to say that she does not know yet?' He asked in mocking surprise. 'Well, Lady Nishi-sama, it seems that your husband forgot to tell you something about his past.' He smirked darkly. Faya swallowed 'It seems that your husband had a human child following his every move… If I'm not mistaking she was called Rin. The ribbon in his hair is a memory of her.' Faya heard something break and looked at Sesshoumaru who had an unreadable expression on his face. 'He was very fond of her, although she was just a low life human. She had the nerve to call him father… the idea… of a low human calling the Lord of the Western Fields, father…' That stabbed Faya deep within her heart, she opened her mouth to speak but someone else beat her to it. 'Lord Azuma, I think you should stop this provocation.' Lord Minami said as he stood up. 'Why? I do think that Lady Nishi-sama has the right to know what happened in his past, am I right?' Azuma said with a dark chuckle. 'Yeah, but you do not have the right to tell her that. You know that he does not wish to talk about it.' Minami interrupted furious. The Lord and Lady Kita-sama had stood up as well, and harsh words flew over the table.

Faya, who couldn't control her extra senses all the time, grabbed her head as emotions flew through the ceiling. It felt like her head was going to explode if she wouldn't do something fast. 'STOP IT!' She suddenly screamed at the top of her lungs and smashed her fist onto the table causing the table wear to tremble. 'That is enough of all of you.' She said out of breath as she blinked a couple of times to get rid of the dizzy spell that had overtaken her when the emotions sky rocketed. 'Lord Azuma-sama, if you want to provoke him, fine, if you have a death wish, so be it… But do not start and ruin the feast that we so carefully prepared. He will tell me about her when he is ready for it. I do not need to know the details from YOU!' she hissed at him. 'Lord and Lady Minami, Lord and Lady Kita. I thank you standing up and protecting the memories of my husband, but please calm yourselves… It is true, that when my husband thinks it wise to share his memories with me about her, he will do so. Until that time no one will tell me anything about her, and above all, you will not provoke us any further; my fury has no boundaries…' She hissed as she locked eyes with Azuma. The other guests noticed the significant temperature drop and looked at the Lady of the House. Faya had risen to her feet. Azuma was furious and opened his mouth. 'I'm not done yet…' She said as her voice was icy cold and wild fires burned within her green orbs. 'The only thing you have done so far, from the second you have arrived is testing my patience Azuma! The provocations stop right here and right now. Either you apologize or you will leave this table and House.' She saw how her breath made little clouds in the air but she didn't care.

Sesshoumaru had also noticed the temperature drop and glanced at Faya… what kind of woman was she, that she was able to do this? Was that part of the extra sense she had? Noticing that she was being watched Faya looked at him and as if reading his mind she gave a simple nod and looked back at Azuma who grunted an apology and she sat back down.

There were lighthearted conversations being made but there was no real emotion in it. When desert was done Sesshoumaru rose to his feet and said; 'Now let us go to the ball room and begin the dance.' Faya and Saffa both paled. Dancing? They hadn't prepared the dance. This was going to be terrible. She had completely forgot about the dance. Terrified she looked at Sesshoumaru and Lord Azuma laughed at her face. 'I reckon that you're not a good dancer then, Lady Nishi-sama, judging by the face you pull.' Faya looked at Lord Azuma letting him know that he was not getting away with this so easily but then chuckled 'that is correct Lord Azuma-sama, I am not gifted with the art of dancing…' she bent forward and whispered 'I am highly unclassified to dance, and I have no rhythm.' Lord Azuma fell in a rumbling roar of laughter and clutched his fat stomach. 'Are you sure she is worthy of you, Lord Nishi-sama? This vixen must be a handful to you…' He roared in laughter. 'Are you challenging me again, Lord Azuma-sama?' Sesshoumaru asked as he looked down at him. Faya froze up at his voice, he was pissed.
'If he banns you to the servant quarters than I'll be all too willing to keep you warm tonight, Lady Nishi…' Azuma whispered in her ear. Faya did not pay attention to his words but Sesshoumaru saw her eyes widen in total fear and wild fires ignite deep within the green orbs. She knew that whisper from somewhere, why did she knew that whisper? Why did she knew that voice?

This was not good, Sesshoumaru had seen fires ignite within her eyes before, but these fires were new to him. But he saw that there was something else within the flames, fear, raw fear. She was terrified of something. 'I do not think that I gave permission for you to touch my leg, Lord Azuma-sama…' she growled low in her throat and turned to him, the fear in her voice was only heard by Sesshoumaru. 'Remove your claw or I will chop it off…' as she took a knife and held it firmly in her hand. 'Now, I was just joking…' He said as his hand moved up to her inner thigh and rested there. 'The same kind of joke that you made earlier? You have a sick sense of humor then Azuma.' He wore a sick smile and Faya succeeded in surpassing a tremble.
'Azuma, stop this right now!' Lord Kita and Minami said and rose to their feet as well. 'What is your problem?' They asked as they moved toward them. Faya was still looking at Azuma. The light blue eyes were shining and the pupils shimmered red once in a while. 'Well, then you must know that I'm not joking…' She hissed while pressing the knife onto his skin, fear still very apparent in her voice. She didn't like him, from the second she had met him. There was something in his eyes that scared her to death. 'Remove your hand…' Sesshoumaru growled as his hand began to glow a bright green. 'Or die…' he finished. Azuma retracted his hand but could not help to quickly touch her in the center of her legs. Faya gasped in total fear and without thinking she slapped him in the face and rose to her feet and standing next to Sesshoumaru as she held his sleeve for dear life. 'I dare you to that again, and I will not be responsible for the consequences.' She hissed as she looked him in the eye. She was now both trembling in fury as well as fear, a combination Sesshoumaru didn't like, mainly because this was not the Faya he knew. Lord Azuma rose to his feet and looked at her with a sick, twisted face. Sesshoumaru knew that Faya wasn't afraid, of anything, and that Azuma was capable of doing this was too much for him. 'I do not belong to you… I belong only to my husband… if anyone may squeeze my inner thigh or touch that part of my body that you had the nerve to touch, it is him and only him.'

Sesshoumaru looked at Faya and then at Lord Azuma-sama. Azuma had dared to touch her there! A wave of fury washed over Sesshoumaru but Faya wasn't done speaking yet. 'Lady Azuma-sama…' The Lady of the House began as she addressed Lady Azuma 'It would be wise to keep an extra eye on your husband… If you do not I will, and if there is anything that I do not like, so help me, I will…'

She was cut off by another voice next to her '…do nothing, Faya, I will…' Sesshoumaru intervened as his eyes changed red. Faya looked at the Lord of the House. Sesshoumaru pulled her behind him, he smelled her fear and felt how she trembled. Everybody was speechless and even Saffa, who had heard and seen everything stopped and gaped at them. Faya looked at his back and then placed a hand in between his collarbones. 'You have to understand that I do not share my mate with anyone, that you do that, is your case… That you provoke me, fine, see if I care. But you will not touch my wife again.' She heard him growl and Faya was perplexed and trembled even more. Sesshoumaru turned around and looked at a white faced Faya. She was furious as well as terrified and she didn't know what to do. He grabbed Azuma by the neck. 'How dare you do this to my wife!' He growled and threw him against the wall. Everyone dove away from him. Was it common for full blood demons to share mates? 'Saffa…' He said not looking away from Lord Azuma. 'Y-Yes, My Lord…?' Saffa stammered. 'Take Lady Nishi-sama as well as our guests to the ballroom. I need a private word with Lord Azuma-sama.' Faya looked up at him with fearful eyes.

Saffa took the hand of Faya, who jumped at the touch and breathed out as she saw Saffa standing next to her. What was wrong with her? She left the room with the guests and Saffa. As Saffa closed the door of the dining room with a soft click Faya swayed on her legs but then felt a hand on her back pushing her forward. 'Stay strong… the Lady of the House has seen her husband like this more often with other guests that dared to touch you…' She heard Saffa whisper. Faya gave a single nod and forced herself to take a step forward. Lady Azuma looked at Faya now and her eyes narrowed. 'If there is something that you wish to tell me, Lady Azuma…?' Faya asked as she looked at the woman in front of her. She was thin, with a pointy face, pointy nose and pale blue eyes. She was definitely an half bird demon, but it was the other half that made Faya worry… It was a rat demon… How that combination ever happened she had no idea… she didn't want to start speculating about that one either.

Faya stretched an arm sideway and caught a thin dagger that was aimed at Saffa. She caught it while the tip of the dagger touched Saffa's nose. Saffa breathed loudly and fear washed over her as she glanced at Faya. Fury washed over Faya as she pressed the blade into her skin, making it bleed. Screaming, Lady Azuma took a step backward when the carpet caught fire, the flames a light blue with orange. 'I think it would be wise that you and your husband will leave this House, and not return… Lady Azuma.' Faya said not fully grasping the fact that she was the one that started to fire. Cold fire ignited around her and Saffa backed away from her. She stood there frozen on the spot as blue flames started to lick the cabinets, floor and ceiling. Faya's eyes were covered by a blue haze and she radiated a kind of power Saffa had never seen in a human. Saffa looked around and saw the terrified faces of the others.

Saffa forced herself to move and ran back to the dining room. 'My Lord, Nishi-sama…!' She screamed and barged into the dining room without knocking. This was a desperate situation. 'Damn it Saffa…? Didn't I tell you…' He stopped as he saw that Saffa's eyes were huge and fear lay in her yellow orbs. Her breath coming out in short pants 'It is your wife, my lord…' She began. 'What about her?' He asked as his mind raced. 'She…' She licked her lips 'She, what, Saffa?' He growled as he smelled the fear coming from her, making him nearly lose his mind of worry. 'She is in rage… My Lord…' Sesshoumaru did not fully understand what she meant but when he saw blue flames licking the doorposts he sped to the hallway. Faya was now engulfed in cold fire and her whole eyes were covered with a liquid blue haze… What the hell?

How was she capable of doing this…? There was only one answer to this one, she wasn't human…! When he had seen her on the market square, those months ago he had noticed, he had smelled, that she was a full human. He had bought her because of it. He wanted to have another human around him. She had human characteristics but that power had to come from somewhere? How come he hadn't felt that she was a vixen? He walked up to her and wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close to him. 'How many times do I have to tell you, that you need to keep that temper of yours in check, my dear little vixen…?' He whispered in her ear and tightened his hold on her waist. Slowly she turned her head and looked over her shoulder in to his eyes and narrowed her own. 'You may be strong Faya, but you should not dare me with those eyes…' He whispered at her. 'Look around you, you are scaring the other guests with that temper of yours…' Faya turned to the guests that were scattered everywhere and her eyes fell on the Lady Azuma. 'Let's get that dagger out of your hand, okay?' He turned his head to Saffa. 'What made her tick off like this?' Saffa looked at the dagger and then at him. 'Lady Azuma-sama threw a dagger at me…. My Lord. She caught it and changed into this…' Saffa stammered, as she rewound the whole scene through her head once again. 'You should not test her like that, Lady Azuma-sama… Oh yeah, she is very fond of her…' He said as he narrowed his eyes at the thin woman in front of him. He then forced Faya to look at Saffa. 'see, she is alright… if it wasn't for your good reflexes, she would be a lot worse than this…' He whispered in her ear. 'Now, close your eyes, take a few deep breaths.' He continued. Faya did as she was told. She took a few deep breaths and coughed. The blue flames lowered and were almost extinguished when Lady Azuma decided to open her mouth once again. 'I can't believe this… that she would befriend filth like that…' They heard Lady Azuma huff. The blue flames flared up and changed to a real flaming inferno and growled low in her throat as she started to struggle against her bond. 'No, you won't…' Sesshoumaru intervened and brought his own power in to play. 'You really should calm down, Faya, this will take a lot of energy from you… if you continue like this, you will die of exhaustion…' He whispered forcefully in her ear. 'Don't do you die on me, Faya, I haven't told you about Rin yet…' Somewhere he knew she had heard him because the flames turned blue once again and when they disappeared she fell limb in his arm and brought him to his knees. 'That is a good girl.' He whispered as he heard her take raspy breaths. Her face was wet and her black hair stuck to her face.

'You can see as well that she is full blooded vixen… she may look human, but I can assure you, Lady Azuma-sama, she is a vixen…' He said in a low voice as he looked at Azuma with cold unreadable eyes. 'It would be wise not to anger her anymore… and you should be careful what you say about the servants in her presence… she is a fire vixen meaning that whoever she holds close to her heart, she will protect… she sees the servants not as low ranked creatures as you do… she sees them for what they are… living beings, that have their own will and an opinion. She will listen to their requests and takes them in consideration… And so do I…' He turned around and told Saffa to run the Lady a warm bath. He would take her upstairs.

Saffa curtsied, ran up the stairs and drew her bath. The words the Lord of the House had spoken touched her deeply. He looked at the other guests and told them that the dance would be held another night. They should all go to bed now… Lord Azuma had seen the eruption of the Lady of the House and a dark smirk was visible on his face.

Sesshoumaru rose to his feet and pulled Faya to his chest, wished everyone good night and walked upstairs with her. When he walked into the bathroom the tub was filled with warm water and sakura filled the air. A sponge lay next to the bathtub with oils and warm cloths. Sesshoumaru smiled, closed the door and started to undress her. When he was done, he undressed himself, put her in the bathtub sat in himself and laid her head on his chest as he started to wash her body. He saw how her face contracted painfully and then evened again. He looked down at her body and saw how the water nipped at her breasts. He moved his hand up to her chest and with a sponge started to wash her breasts. He dropped the sponge in the water and brought his hand back to her breast. She moved and rubbed her bottom against him in her half unconscious state, and it reacted directly at her touch. He would disgrace himself by taking her when she was so vulnerable like the way she was now. He took a deep breath and washed the rest of her body with a growing pain in his lower body. After she was clean he stepped out of the tub and took her out as well. He walked through a conjoined door that lead to her bedroom, walked to the bed lay her down, dried her off, forcing himself not to touch her delicate form too much and covered her with the sheets and then dried himself. It would be unwise to let her sleep in his bed, as much as he wanted to. He knew all too well that she A. would not remember what had happened when she woke up and B. wake up with an excruciating headache, and finding him next to her would enrage her. He kept looking at her for a few more seconds and then walked off to his own bedroom, dropped his towel an lay down in bed. For the second time since he had met the woman in the other bedroom, he had to relieve himself.

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What will become of her?
How will she react when she hears it?
What does Lord Azuma want with Faya?
(Will there be hot sex in the coming chapters? Euh, hell yeah!)

Extra note:

Azuma = East
Kita = North
Minami = South
Nishi = West

R&R