Previously on Great Dog's Devotion:

(I noticed that Karan had disappeared as well, so I went through the gate into the castle without hesitation.)

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As I went inside the castle square where the villagers would perform festivals and markets, all had seem to be quiet, still I procced with caution. I stopped at the open space in the castle where the main courses of the ceremonies are performed and candles were the only light source that lit up the place surrounding it.

And there in the center with the moon was almost at it's highest peak luminating over the castle was the decayed large Panther Demon King, that was standing there like a statue with an small offering table that had jewel shards and kneeling in front of him were the Panther Demon siblings and the rest of the Demon panther tribe.

On the far left side of the Panther Demon King was a large light blue dome protected by a barrier. I walk closer to the ceremony and jumped into the air and used Tokijin to attack but couldn't when Tokijin hit an invisible force.

I quickly moved back as I realized that there was a barrier protecting the Panther Tribe, this was going to be very difficult to get to the Demon Panther King. As I landed gracefully on my feet , I had the whole tribes attention directly on me, Toran looked me with a pleasing smile.

"Soon our King will be resurrected, Sesshomaru...prepare for your time has come." She said. There were three jewel shards that laid in the offering table started to glow bright in the night as the moon was now at its highest point.

Suddenly, the Panther Demon King was slowly reanimating as he moved his hand and devoured the jewels as he started to awaken. As I stood there and observed the whole thing trying to figure out how to break the barrier and take out the King once and for all.

"Give me blood, flesh and souls!" The King said as he was moving slowly. Then the light blue barrier over the dome started to glow brighter until it burst and shown many people inside of it with a gust of air swirling around them.

I had picked up all the scents from the people. It was the villagers of the mountain that belong to this castle who were captured and now were made as a sacrifice to the Panther Demon King.

Then I recognized three of the people who were from Inuyasha's group. The Demon slayer without the Fire Cat Demon along her side, the lecherous monk and the strange yet powerful priestess that Inuyasha had care for deeply but then... there was a woman in the middle of them.

As I caught her scent.. it smelled of special ceremony oils and a strange scent that only one person that I knew who has that exact scent. In which at that moment had made my heart still and then sped up in frantic pace once more.

She was wearing a purple silk kimono with a beautiful cherry blossom headset holding her hair in a elegant design, light makeup that was emphasizing her beauty, brightening her blue eyes, making her lips more shiny and plump, as the moonlight had made her skin luminate in the night as if she was glowing like goddess. Although she did not notice my presence as she was guarded behind the Demon slayer who seem to be protecting her as she looked at her surround looking for a way escape.

The whole attire made her look like a woman was of royal birth...a queen...Nikko...Looking at her made the beast, suddenly howl within me that had shook me to my very core. Then I felt the beast trying to come out and seize control over my body, as it's only thoughts were of wanting...no... needing to catch and claim what is his...Which the main target of the beast's attention was HER and ONLY HER.

"MINE!...NO...OURS!...Yes ours...We must claim what is ours now, before another male does!...She belongs to us...I can sense your feelings towards her as you look upon her now and you feel what I feel for our mate...Now do you see?!" The Beast said as it was still trying to battle for dominance within me.

Then I shook my head to gain back my focus and clarity in the situation before me, as I slowly retracted the beast within me. The beast was not pleased by this and it growled at me with fury of my actions.

"You can NOT deny it any longer!...She is OUR MATE! We must break this barrier and take what is OURS back!" The beast said as I finally took control and ceased it non-sense of the steaks of it's claim as my mind and soul became silent once again.

"Silence...We must remain focused...The question is...Why is Nikko in that dress?...as lovely as it looks on her...That is a wedding kimono, that means-" as I thought and began to realize why she is in the dress when my thoughts interrupted.

"Kagome!" A male voice shouted as I looked up and saw that was a wolf demon trying to kick the barrier but with no avail as he bounced back onto the ground on his back as his small tribe came to his aid. "Dang it...that barrier is strong." He said in frustration.

Then a laugh was heard inside the barrier, it was Toran who laughed as she turned to them. "As if fools like you could destroy the King's barrier." Toran said. "Why don't you stick around and join us for dinner we're having sacrificial lamb." Shunran said in sarcastic way.

Then the Panther Demon King turned his head as he looked to the wolf demon tribe and the people and then turned back to Toran. "Souls...give me Souls!" The Panther Demon King said.

Toran looked to her king and there...there was that smile on her face like the one she before when we fought. "Oh..Great Panther Demon King you have arisen and you will have you souls soon we offer to you so you can be yourself fully once more, but first we have gifts for you: a priestess and a bride... she belongs to the Great Dog Demon's eldest son. We wish that this pleases you as you take her as yours and be the one who shall be Sesshomaru's demise." She said as she waved her hand to signal two of the panther demons to bring forth Kagome and Nikko.

Even then Toran and Karan were in front of her and Kagome, blocking Nikko's sight from me as if to taunt me. As if to mock me to say "You can't look and you can't touch."

Now, I finally knew what her plan was behind that smile of hers all along and the reason Nikko was wear that attire but when Toran those things out of her mouth...It had enraged me to the darkest part of my soul as my fury started to build within me.

Now I have to figure how to break that barrier before it is too late. Before Nikko get claimed by the Panther Demon King.