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Previously on Great Dog's Devotion:

(A boy in a demon slayer outfit stood before the destroyed temple as he opened his right hand...And in his hand were seven jewel shards.)

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Nikko P.O.V.

We were walking on the main dirt road as Kagome had her bike with her. Then we noticed a group of men in full body armor on the other side of a rice field apparently heading in the same direction we are.

Not sure what they were up to but any it can't be good. As we were walking on the higher trail, we heard some of the villagers were talking about the border patrol were annihilated and the way it was done no human could've done it also, rumors of phantoms of the Band of Seven resurrected.

I was curious of the band of seven was, until Miroku went off the trail and talked to the villagers. Inuyasha was wondering why Miroku wanted to talked the villagers as we waited for Miroku to come back.

"Well, we have to find out what is going on." Kagome said as she turned to him. "I agree with Kagome...we can't go into this blindly...and who knows they might have information that we're looking for." I said.

The villagers told us that there was a temple that housed the souls of the Band of Seven. We asked who were the Band of Seven and one of the villagers told us that it all started a decade ago when a group of mercenaries had traveled from the east to here.

They'd served to no one and lived a Ronin. They'd find temporally employment in any battle they happen to come across.

There were only seven of them but their strength was incredible as they could the work of a hundred men and their raids were unnecessary savage. Those who were slain by them were slashed to pieces and burned alive.

I rubbed my arms as goosebumps came up from hearing that and it made me feel uneasy, that such evil is true. The villager shuddered for a moment as if he experience it himself but then continued on telling us that the warlords who hired the Band of Seven had second thought about the mercenaries and feared their strength.

So the warlords sold out the mercenaries out and ordered them to be hunted down. The mercenaries had put up a fight but it was all in vein as they escaped to the mountains but they were completely outnumber by the warlords soldiers who came after them.

The mercenaries were finally captured a little north of here. One by one they were beheaded and their bodies were buried.

Even though the mercenaries were finally vanished, some of the villagers still feared their curse and so they decided to quiet the seven souls. Eventually, they made a mound at the base of the sacred mountain, which is the mound of the Band of Seven.

And that was their story, then a question came into mind but Kagome beat me to it. "We overheard you talking about that their spirits being resurrected." Kagome said as the villagers grimaced at that.

Then they told us that the tomb stone was split into two and there was no lighting that day either. They believed that the seven souls escaped.

After that we thanked them for the information and headed our way back on the trail again. We talked about it for a little bit, making a theory that since Naraku disappearance, all of things such demons and spirits are running free and it could be possible that their becoming resurrected.

Inuyasha said his piece about whether the seven are demons or specters but we're heading that direction and if we run into them we just eliminate them. Then seconds later, Kagome stops and we look at her wondering why she stopped.

"What's the matter Kagome?" Inuyasha asked. "I sense a Sacred Jewel shard around here." Kagome said as Kirara jumps off of Sango shoulders which concerns Sango, get in front of us, transforms and starts running.

Sango runs after her and get on her back as they flew up in the sky. "I hope she'll be alright...Since Kagome said a jewel...it might be Kohaku." I thought as we took a break from walking as Kagome, Shippo and me sat on a bolder knowing that she'll come back to us.

After a few minutes, we heard a popping sound which then Kagome and I looked at each other as we recognized that sound. "Did you hear that...What were those strange popping sounds." Shippo said nervously.

"I know that sound...it gunfire but..." I said as I remember that they did have guns in the Feudal Era timeframe if my memory of Japanese history serves me which had matchlock guns in this time. "Gunfire?" Inuyasha said confused and Kagome explained what gunfire was.

We got up from our break as Inuyasha was up in the tree sniffing the air. "What is it Inuyasha?" Miroku said as I started to have a bad feeling about this.

"It smells like blood and from a handful of people." Inuyasha said as he got out of the tree and started running in the direction of the scent. We ran as we tried to followed him, while Kagome was on her bike, Miroku and I ran.

Then Inuyasha stopped ahead of us in halt. "What happened do you see anything?" Kagome shouted to Inuyasha as we were getting close.

He waves at us to stop as he turned his head to us. "Stay back!" He shouted as we came to a halt.

We looked ahead of him and we shocked as we saw men laying dead in a circle and in the center was a peculiar man looking into a barrel of a gun with mild curiosity. Those men around him were the one that we saw earlier.

The man stopped looking at the gun and notice that we were there. My instincts were telling me that something isn't right about this man as he stood up as my heart started to pound in my chest.

He was 5'8 with black hair that was kept pinned by a butterfly patterned hairpin. His eyes were dark with a blue streak under each eye also like snake fangs. He wore red lip stain and dark eyeshadow that made him appear more feminine.

He seemed to wear a combination of a pink with leaf-like pattern kimono with a violet sash and a purple scarf. Also wearing a purple scaled breastplate armor with a strap going over his left shoulder, and forearm guards that match his breastplate. He had sandals on his feet.

"Are you Inuyasha?" He said with slight excitement as move his hand to his forehead to look better. Inuyasha stiffened as he never encountered this before.

"I never met you before...How do you know my name?" Inuyasha said as he wanted answers from this guy. "Oh!...You're adorable!" The man said which made Inuyasha and Miroku very uncomfortable.

"Oh!...Okay!...this is getting uncomfortable." I thought as I stood beside Kagome. "I especially love those fuzzy ears of yours...I want them." The man said as he lifts his long curved sword that was caked in blood on his shoulder and licked his lips like a hungry wolf.

Inuyasha asked him who he was, what was he after and he didn't smell like a living person but reeked like corpses and graveyard soil. Then I realized who this man could be, Miroku and Kagome had just realized it too.

All of us knew at that moment that this is one of the Band of Seven. Miroku asked the man to confirm our suspicion.

"Answer me!" Miroku shouted when the man didn't answer. The man was in a relaxed stance as he stared at Inuyasha and then Miroku for a moment.

"Inuyasha is indeed handsome but you're quite sexy yourself monk" The man said with a light smile on his face. Now things got really uncomfortable now.

"Ah...I get it now...he likes guys which is okay as long as the others are fine with it but not everyone is comfortable with it. But this guy is pretty much straight forward with what he wants." I thought. Then Miroku grabs his prayer bead on his left hand which has the Wind Tunnel, ready to release it.

"Nobody minds if I suck him up do they?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha takes a step forward as he stood a foot away from Miroku.

"No." Inuyasha said with no hesitation in his voice and had a discomfort look on his face. I almost busted out laughing at the expression on Inuyasha's face but it didn't seem appropriate at the time.

Then Kagome gasped as if she sensed something. "Hold on!...he has a Sacred Jewel shard." Kagome said and stopped Miroku from using his Wind Tunnel.