Previously on Great Dog's Devotion:
(Before Nikko get claimed by the Panther Demon King.)
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Nikko P.O.V.
We heard foot steps as some of the Panther Demons came to the cell we were in. They opened the cell door and looked at all of us with sort of pity in their eyes but they had to do their job, loyalty is everything to them
"Get up!... everyone of you are being summoned to the center of the castle, where we will resurrect the Panther Demon King." One of the Panther Demon said as we all were out of the cell into the hall and walked to the center of the castle.
As soon we were at the center of the castle, we saw that it was night and the moon was a quarter up in the clear night sky. We looked around briefly but the Panther Demons limited our sight but it seemed that there were decorations surrounding the center.
Then we all stopped in one place, one of the Siblings of the Panther Demon tribe had lifted their hands up and put a dome over us and then I touched the wall to see if we can break it but there was a invisible force surrounding the dome. "So there is a barrier over this dome so we don't escape, until the time comes." I said as I looked around.
Everything was dark and all was quiet except the sound of breathing and whispers from the villagers. "(Sigh)... I guess we have to wait again but something tells me that it wouldn't be long as it was in the cell.." Sango said.
I nodded in agreement, as I stood right next to Sango not wanting to feel alone in the dark. After awhile, everything outside of the Dome was really muffled and it was hard to know whether if it has been minutes or hour.
Then suddenly I felt something my chest pulsing seeking its connection but then it dulled a little as if something was interfering with it. A moments later, we heard the dome starting to crack and then burst as the parts of the dome were removed and a gust a wind blew around us.
We all stood there for a moment, stunned as our eyes tried to adjust to the lights from the burning candles and torches surrounding the center of the castle. I stood behind Sango as I looked up and saw the decayed Panther Demon King as it started to move a little.
We heard a shout, turned and saw that it was Koga trying to get to us but was deflected by what appeared to be a barrier surrounding all of us. All those who are outside of the barrier couldn't break it and had to stand there and watch the whole thing take it course.
"Souls!" The Panther Demon King said as Toran was in front of him with her sibling beside her. "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." Toran said as she waved her hand to signal two of the panther demons to bring me and Kagome to her.
Toran had a smile on her face if she knew something any of us didn't know. I frowned in confusion of her statement as she and Karan came towards us as the panther demons grabbed me first, I struggled to break free but two of them grabbed my shoulders and dragged me towards the Panther Demon King while another panther demon grabbed Kagome and brought her next to me.
Toran and Karan were in front of us, obscuring our vision from seeing anything else but them and the Panther Demon King. "Sesshomaru?!...He's here?!...where is he?" I thought as we stood in front of Panther King.
"I belong to no one." I said with stern straight face as I looked at her. Shunran smiled even wider from my statement.
"Oh...do you?...Are you sure?...something might say otherwise." Shunran said as she moved back from me and rejoined the other siblings as two of the panther demon holding me back away from Kagome. The Panther Demon King turned his head and saw the villagers and my friends: Sango and Miroku. "Souls!" The Panther Demon said as he stretched his arm out to Miroku.
"Find yourself another meal." Miroku said as he took off the prayer beads from his hand to release the Wind Tunnel, unfortunately the Panther Demon King had no effect from it. However, the Panther Demon King aura had affect on Miroku which left him stunned and the Wind Tunnel not working.
Sango came to his aid, unsure what had just happened, then the panther Demon King looked in front of him and reach out again but this time trying to grab Kagome, as the villagers whimpered in fear of being devoured next.
I struggled to break free from my captors grasp trying to get to Kagome. She shrieked as the Panther Demon King was getting closer to her.
"Kagome!" A male voice shouted as we all turned to the voice and saw who it was...Inuyasha. He ran close the barrier that the Panther Demon put around us, the Tessaiga was red as he use an attack which in a matter of seconds the barrier had disappeared.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." He said as Panther tribe were ready to attack. The Panther Demon siblings looked at him in fury for destroying the barrier and interrupting the ceremony.
While the two Panther demon who were holding me were distracted, I hit them in the stomach and ran to Kagome, who quickly went to Sango and Miroku. Inuyasha went to her and asked her if she was okay.
Kagome nodded but then was in the arms of Koga who gloated at Inuyasha. They started to argue with each other about Kagome and where ready to fight each other, ignoring whats around them.
I shook my head by the childness of those two, sometimes I can never understand guys. "Um.. boys? can you guys deal with this love fiasco later?...right now there is a demon tribe with an undead Panther Demon King who want eat us!" I said as Sango handed me a sword.
I heard movement behind me, I turned and saw the Panther Demon King reaching out again. I quickly moved out of the way as Koga grabbed Kagome and jumped back to his tribe.
While Inuyasha was smacked into the platform the villagers are on by the Panther Demon King hand. Koga mock Inuyasha as he told Kagome they should leave together.
"I'm not leaving the others behind Koga!" She said as Inuyahsa rose up from under the Panther Demon King's hand using Tessaiga and then cut the hand off from the wrist as the Panther Demon King reeled back in pain and fury.
I went to Kagome and came up with a plan. "Kagome...you get the villagers out of here and somewhere safe, have Koga and his group help you in the front." I said as I turned to the others.
"What about you Nikko?...What are you going to do?" She asked. I smiled as I got my sword up to show her my intentions.
"I'll cover you in the back...I'm not a damsel in distress." I said as we nodded to each other in understanding. Then she went to Inuyahsa and told him where the jewel shards were in the Panther Demon King and then went to Koga explaining the plan and then went to gather the villagers.
I was ready to battle the Panther tribe in front of me as Sango and Miroku were as Inuyasha was ready to fight the Panther Demon King as well. Even though I couldn't see Sesshomaru I knew he must be nearby as the pulsing in my chest became stronger than before and my neck where the bruise was started to tingle a little.
In a way we may be always apart but somehow we always end up finding each other no matter what.