Author's Notes: Alright, friends... *sits in Victorian style chair with wheels, hands folded atop each other* it's time to address the elephant in the room. Not the ones on my pillows or my little miniatures. No, no! I'm talking about our Lord Sesshomaru and a particular detail in his character profile. Though our lordship's sexual expertise is a popular topic among fiction writers, in this story, he is no such informed person. Many obvious factors have contributed to his overall desirability to the fanbase and have lent to the notion that he quite possibly knows more about the female body than the female herself. While I've little canon evidence to prove this overwhelmingly popular thought wrong, I do have historical evidence to back up my writing decisions, and this is the reason why I've formally chosen to make our lordship... virginal. *audience boos, throws tomatoes at me which I proceed to eat*

This episode contains some graphic sexual content in mild to moderate detail, yes, but none of which involves Sesshomaru or Meioshi. Season 2 is about alliances and the love shared among comrades, family, and close friends. Oh, before I forget, last chapter had a very significant scene in relation to feudal history. When Sesshomaru enters Meioshi's home to spend the night there, Kita mistakes this action for what is called the yobai (lit. "night walking"). Yobai is an old tradition when an unmarried man is allowed to sneak into an unmarried woman's home and make his intentions to mate with her known. Should she accept, the two can engage in sexual intercourse. Among lower classes, this is part of a couple's courtship and potential marriage. (Upper class men didn't participate in this tradition from what my source is telling me, but I will continue to investigate this just in case.) Sometimes, the woman's family is aware of this and say nothing of the matter, but there are cases where this is not so. Certain parts of Japan have varying rules for yobai, but it is mainly performed by village men. Kita had assumed that Sesshomaru was performing the yobai, a tradition that is present in Heiwa, hence why she asked Meioshi if he was her man.

As for why Sesshomaru slammed Kita's book closed last chapter, he was reading...

Frilly Pink Orchid: The Good Doctor's Sex Book part 1

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Her art models seemed to be enjoying themselves from the looks of it. Kita was blushing and panting from almost every stroke. Her lover let out a deep groan as he swirled his hips to tease her. Though Meioshi could feel Sesshomaru's burning gaze frying her left side into a crisp, she chose to ignore him and continued drawing and painting her models quietly. The art studio was located near the docks of the village and was separated quite well from another building. It had an excellent view of the ships and beaches. Sesshomaru and Jaken were standing on a large hill just overlooking both buildings. Apparently, Meioshi owned both of these strange buildings. Their design wasn't of a typical Japanese home or even a royal Japanese home, but it looks like he's never going to figure out what the inside looks like if his rival is a... loose woman. Part of him wanted to pull her out of the studio and make her stay home, but Homugi and Hasumi were instructed to join Kyoko and the boys in cleaning out the museum until she returned and he didn't want to stay around Homugi until she was comfortable around him. Meioshi managed to escape another rival fight with Sesshomaru in favor of working, but the young lord was not pleased with her other work. She was too honorable of a person to resort to sexual work, and he never took her for a pervert skink. She should be able to have a husband on her own and perform her duties accordingly. What is this? The moaning intensified.

"Ah, pardon me, darlings," Meioshi interrupted, stopping the lovers and giving them a moment to catch their breath. "Would you mind trying another position for me? I almost forgot about it."

"A new one?" the man asked, turning to the doctor.

"Yes, sir," the doctor replied with an encouraging nod and smile. "You're performing quite beautifully already! This might be something nice to add. Drape one of her legs over your shoulder. Either one is fine. Very good. Now, the other leg is going to be perfectly angled like so. What you're going to do is thrust upwards slightly. Do this slowly, please. I don't want my Kita harmed any more than you do. If this position isn't pleasurable for either of you, we'll try another. Little slower. Very good. Now, proceed with a relatively calm motion."

"Ah!"

"Wait! Hold that position!" Meioshi said, holding up her hand and quickly scribbling. She took up her paintbrush, adding more detail and color, and placed down her hand to say, "You may continue at your own pace."

From there, Meioshi let them continue and painted in silence. They might have lasted for less than five minutes with this new position, but it was enjoyable for them at the very least. Completed with her bundle of new drawings, she offered the couple use of the bathing room and a change of clothes into generic yukatas. She proceeded to wash and sanitize their soiled garments. That was when Sesshomaru took this time to land next to her with a cold stare.

"I'm almost done, your lordship," the doctor said, lifting up Kita's red kimono. She spotted a stain and proceeded to treat it. "You can stop giving me your death glares at any time."

"This work is abominable," he growled, narrowing his eyes at her. He wasn't dropping the death glare. "If you need something to do, you can scrub floors at the House of Inu for better pay."

"Ah, but I don't get paid for this," Meioshi said, not looking at Sesshomaru but holding up a scrubbing brush to point at him before continuing. "I pay the models. This is what we mortals call commission work."

"Your economics are appalling! Who wants these kinds of portraits?" Sesshomaru demanded, disgusted at the thought of her selling such scandalous materials.

"You'd be surprised," Meioshi said seductively. She wasn't sure what disturbed him the most: her voice in that moment, her eyes lowering at him to show a heated interest, or her smirk as she washed the clothes a bit slower to show what her hands could promise. Either way, he squirmed and cringed under her gaze before throwing her soap bar at her. The doctor laughed at his response and tried to call him back, "Sesshomaru, I was kidding! Wait, wait! Don't be upset!"

"I am not upset!" Sesshomaru argued, only stopping in his walk to say that.

"But I didn't answer your question, taisho," Meioshi said, lightly chuckling. When she earned his attention, she then said, "These books are for couples, specifically. In Heiwa, we have traditions here that permit young men to court unmarried or widowed women in their own ways. Some perform tests of approval for the woman's parents or head of household, others do other little things like present gifts to the woman's mother. A common way is the yobai where a young man formally asks the woman to spend the night with him. Should she accept, they two engage in a hopefully fulfilling courtship. While this isn't celebrated among the noble class, I at least open their minds to the option. Women's rights are progressively being lost, I'm afraid. When I started nursing, families were already built on blade-thin foundations. Educating couples on the different aspects of courtship has done a better service. What I meant by my earlier words is that you would be surprised by how many courting persons come to me for advice, even going so far as to sneak into my house during the nights. I don't do this work out of perversion. It's to protect couples."

"... this protection is of derisory monetary value. You'd be better off scrubbing floors," Sesshomaru replied, acknowledging his rival's kindness towards others. "Your counseling is the better part of your work. Putting a price on such service would be difficult."

Meioshi smiled softly at the man and said, "Thank you, my lord. I might not be alive to see it, but I hope you find someone that you can perform these little things for. I think you'd be great at it. You can give me a portrait of your courtship adventures at my grave someday!"

"You draw a portrait of me without my permission and I'll put you in your grave myself!" Sesshomaru snapped.

"You're in luck, my lord! You're not what I'm looking for in a model this season!" Meioshi replied with a bubblegum smile. WHACK! The doctor's head was smoking from where Sesshomaru smacked her with his Moko Moko. She rubbed the lump that formed and said, "Oww... what? What'd I say?"

Stupid witch... Sesshomaru thought to himself, walking along the beach before going uphill again. He only stopped for a second to narrow his eyes and growl in offense. What did that mean? My appeal is seasonal? What season would - ?

Angry that he was even thinking about it, the western lord picked up a rock and threw it at Meioshi. He didn't care what part of her body he hit. He gained satisfaction in hearing a soft "ouch!"