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Thank you guys and gals for waiting so patiently for this episode. I just wanted to make sure that this particular one was written that way that it was suppose to be. I hope you guys and gals are ready to catch feels. Also, I hope you guys and gals enjoy this one, so let me know what you think of it in the reviews. Now... Here is the episode you all be waiting for... Anyway...lets get back to the episode...shall we?...;)

Previously on Great Dog's Devotion:

("Nikko!...Watashi no hasu (My lotus)...Please!" a familiar voice said as they pleaded with me to stop.)

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Nikko P.O.V.

I snapped out of it as I opened my eyes and looked at the person... It was Sesshomaru. His face shown over me as his long white hair loomed the both of us like a curtain hiding from the outside world, where it was only just us.

I looked into his golden eyes as he was looking back at me as I panted in short breaths. Immediately, I felt tears forming in my eyes as he lets go of my hands.

I started to let out a sob when suddenly, I reached up for him. I quickly wrapped my arms around his neck as I drew closer to me and started crying into his shoulder.

He tensed for a second then relaxed as he held me close to him. I held him more tightly as if he was my lifeline and if I let go, I was afraid that he might disappear and I may fall apart.

That dream terrified me ...being in that state of helplessness and alone almost made me lose my sanity but with Sesshomaru here with me...it seemed to have vanished as if he was the very thing that anchored me like no one else could.

Slowly, I started to calm down and reluctantly had to let go of him as I look up to him and he looking down at me. Then I noticed something...

I realized that he was on top of me.

My eyes widened as my breathing ceased for a moment. My heart started to hammer in my chest in the state that we're in.

I felt the blood rushing to my face but I quickly tried to hide it by turning my face away from him.

"Um...Can you move off of me?" I said softly. I felt him tense a little and then I heard a light chuckle as he moved off of me.

Slowly, I sat up as he leaned back onto the tree he was leaning against. I look around and realized that Jaken, Rin were sleeping by Ah-Un, a few feet from the fire, thankfully they didn't awoke.

I sighed in relief as I was glad that I didn't wake them up from my scream. Then I couldn't remember much on how I got here except when Kagome, me and others were in the hut with Mukotsu, we were all poisoned but...

Then I looked at him, as he was staring at me the entire time. "Um Sesshomaru?...What exactly happened after you took me away from the hut? Last thing I remembered was looking at the sky... Did you use Tensiaga on me?" I asked as I remembered what Jaken explained to the Panther Demons about Sesshomaru's other sword during the Panther Demon King battle.

He looked away from me as he stared at the fire. There was silence between us as I was unsure why he didn't say anything, but I had to know.

"Sesshomaru? How am I still alive if you didn't use the Tenseiga?" I said quietly as I looked to him until he broke the silence.

"The poison did take your life...but I didn't use Tenseiga." He said expressionless. I frowned in confusion, unsure of how it was possible that I survived.

"Myoga found us, took out the poison out of your blood and you came back to me." He said quietly as if he knew what I was thinking. Then, he reached to his side and handed me a bottle with strange liquid in it.

I was going to ask him of what he meant by coming back to him until I unconsciously grabbed the bottle from him. "Myoga wants you to drink that...it will help you recover and become more resistant to poisons." He said still looking at the fire.

I smelled the liquid and it smelled awful, I looked at him for a second as he was expressionless and I assume he was serious. I trusted him that he wouldn't harm to me, so I drunk the liquid without much of a thought.

It tasted bitter and nasty, as I coughed a bit but went back to drinking the nasty brew until it was gone. After that I put the bottle beside me as we were silent for a moment.

Then I remembered that my friends were poisoned as well and started to worry about their wellbeing. "Oh...are the others ok? since you rescued me, do you know if they're alright?" I asked.

He explained that the others were alright since I informed Myoga that they were poisoned as well and he got to them in time. I closed my eyes for a moment as I sighed in relief that my friends were alright.

"I'm just glad that they are okay." I said lightly. Then I smiled slightly as I opened my eyes and turned back to him as he was looking at me with a strange express that I haven't seen before.

It almost looked as if was...tenderness he was expressing but then in a flash it disappeared as he looked back to the fire. It was all quiet for a few minutes and I was getting tired but I didn't want to fall asleep, afraid that I might have that nightmare again.

I felt my eyes starting to close as I saw the fire light glowing light orange behind my eyelids, it was calming and soothing. "Do you remember anything else?" He asked quietly as I opened my eyes and looked to him again.

I was quiet for a minute as I tried to look through my memories after he rescued me. There were fragments of what happened after that..bits and pieces of memories. Sadly I couldn't remember much since he carried me away to safety.

"I remember that you placed me onto the stone but that's all I could remember... can you tell me what happened after that?" I asked.

"You were going to say something before the poison took it course, and after Myoga saved you...you..." He stopped as he was still looking at the fire. I frowned in confusion of why he stop saying anything else...did I do something weird?

Then I sensed something in my chest as it seemed familiar...emotions: Sadness, hurt, heart ache, calm and understanding but the thing is...their not mine. "There are these emotions again...are they his? and they seem a bit stronger than before." I thought.

I looked to him and noticed that he had an expression on his face that was unusual even for him...It was like he seemed kind of hurt that I didn't remember anything.

"What?...what did I do?" I asked wanting to know what happened. "Please.. I want to know." I said sincerely hoping to get through to him before he shuts me out.

Suddenly, he turned to look at me with an intensity that I haven't seen since back in my Era. It made my heart thump loudly in my chest as of why I would never get tired of looking into his eyes as my feelings for him started to resurface.

"You looked to me, smiled and said my name as you reached out to me." He said in whisper as he continued to stare at me. I broke eye contact, afraid of him looking into my soul as I stared into the fire.

"Please...try...remember what you were going to tell me." He said achingly that pierced my heart. I brought my legs close to my chest and hugged them as I settled my forehead on my knees.

Suddenly, the memory hit me like a ton of bricks as I remembered what I was going to say to him laying on that stone slab...Confessing my feelings for him that I held back telling him for quite some time.

For a time we sat there in complete silence. The grass rustled against the breeze as crickets chirped around us.

"I do remember what I was going to say to you before I was taken by the poison..." I whispered somberly, breaking the silence between us as he quickly looked to me. "What was it that you were going to say?" he whispered.

I wasn't sure if I wanted to tell him, afraid of what might come next.. rejection or accepting. "Nikko...please.." He whispered. I lifted my head up from my knees and looked at him with a open heart expression.

"Sesshomaru...it been a while since we've known each other from the time we first met, and during all that ... the time we spent together even with Rin and Jaken around...Being here with you now I..." I stopped, unsure if I want to continue saying it. "I what...Nikko?" He whispered.

"I love you Sesshomaru...even if you don't...I know that you care for me as much as Rin...but know this...I'll be by your side as I have all this time I've spent with you, no matter what." I said in almost hush tone as I stared at him.

He had slight wide expression on his face but it disappeared just as fast as it appeared and then looked at the fire but he lightly nodded and hummed. I looked away and slightly smiled as he heard what I had to say and may have considered my feelings but I'm wasn't going to push it, what we have right now is all that matters to me.

Whether this is a friendship or something else, I wouldn't have it any other way. I sighed as that it was settled.

At this time, I wasn't tired especially from dealing with the nightmare and confessing to him...even if I could try and rest... I don't think I could sleep right now.

After awhile, my muscles were starting to ache, so I stretched out and looked at my right arm. My arm looked normal as if nothing happened to it, not even leaving a scar from the attack from possessed Kohaku.

I remembered that I was going to ask him about how he saved me from it. "Sesshomaru...?" I asked as I turned to him and he looked at me.

I raised my arm up to show him that it was healed. "How did you save me from the wound when I was attacked by Kohaku?" I asked.

He got up from his spot and gracefully sat down in front of me. He looked at me for a moment and then looked down at my arm.

He gently took my arm and examined it. His fingers glide over where the wound was with such carefulness that I thought that it wasn't real.

His touch made my heart flutter, as a shiver went down my spine in a calming way. My thoughts had ceased as he continued at looking my hand as I waited for him to explain.

"My saliva has healing properties which helped heal you and fixed your wound completely...I had no other choice as there was no other way to save you without having troubles in the future.." He explained as he lets go of my hand.

He looks up to me, first at my eyes as I processed what he was saying. Then he looked at the bruises that Mukotsu gave me marked my cheek and my neck.

A slight frown appeared on his face as he continued to look at them. He lifted his hand to my face, lightly touching my face then, down to my neck.

"I'm sorry...I wish I was there sooner, you wouldn't have gotten hurt..." He whispered, as if he regret not being there to protect me like all the other times he did.

I gulp as he was still caressing my neck, as what he said pulled on my heart and something came across my mind. "Also there is another thing I have to ask you." I asked quietly.

"What is it?" He asked as he heard me. "I can sense your feelings for a time now and it's seems that they've gotten stronger than before." I asked as I looked at him straight in the eyes.

"And don't tell me you don't feel it too." I said to confirm my suspicions of our connection. He looked away for a moment as if to contemplating something as if whether he wanted to tell me or not.

"(Deep exhaled breath)...To answer your other question...Yes...the connection had been there since we first encountered each other that day...maybe even before then. When I healed you it made our connection much stronger than before." He said.

"Do you regret saving me?" I asked softly looking away from him as he swiftly looked at me. "No...no, I do not regret it...Watashi no hasu (My lotus)" He said with conviction as he slipped the name out.

Quickly, I turned to him as I realized what he just said. "What did you just call me?" I asked in a whisper.

There was a silence between us for a few moments as he realized what he said and sighed as there was no turning back now. "Watashi no hasu." He said again softly, looking up at me then away as if he was uncomfortable.

"That means my Lotus." I said. "...Your scent is a floral kind so that's what I call you...it suits you." He said.

I realized something...I heard that name before in my dreams and when I was injured. "You've called me that name before...haven't you?...I thought that I was imagining things." I said.

He nodded as he looked back to me and I to him. I saw my own reflection in his molten gold eyes, those eyes I could stare at for eternity as I smiled.

"I like it...it unique." I said as I saw a smile appear from him which made me fall for him even more. We stared at each other as if it was just us in the whole world.

Then I started yawn from the lack of sleep, as my eyes started to droop as my body was ready to sleep. I wanted to fight it but my body was already winning against me. "You're tired...rest." He said softly.

I shook my head like a child not wanting to sleep. "Afraid to...the nightmare..." I whispered as I close my eyes.

Seconds later, I was leaning against something solid and warm while something soft was draped over my shoulder, slowly I opened my eyes and realized that I was leaning on him while his mokomoko covered me like a blanket.

"Sleep..." He said softly. Just like that, I quickly fell into a deep sleep.

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For awhile he sat there with Nikko at his side, who was resting peacefully instead of dealing with plaque of a nightmare. He heard the fire crackle as across from it was Rin shifting a bit from Ah-Un as she leaned against Jaken, who didn't have a problem with it as they were still asleep.

He took a deep breath and then exhaled as he finally knew how she felt about him. It made sense of what the feeling was now, as it made his heart swell but his mind race.

As he still had to seek his revenge on Naraku, for using them in his sick game of his as well as himself. He still had to focus on that but didn't want to get lost in the emotions that he feels.

Unconsciously, he started petting Nikko's hair, as it soothed him and she started to stir but settled as it was relaxing to her. She hummed quietly as she smiled softly in her sleep.

He loved how she smiled at him even if he would distant himself from her. He did care for her and it was apparent from when the beast were seeking their missing piece of themselves weeks before, to the day he meet her.

Her courage, bravery, kindness, fierceness and compassion was something he did not expect to grow into liking about her but to live for. As he realized now that he can't live without her and maybe one day he will tell her that.

"When I first met you, I honestly didn't know...That you're going to be important to me" He whispered as he looked to her, knowing that she was already asleep, as he heard her heartbeat...slow and steady.

He would always treasure that sound, knowing that he was close to not hearing it anymore. "You have no idea how much my life has changed since I met you." He thought as he lightly smiled.

Then the night was slowly being chased away by the day which meant that their journey continues...together.