Hello My Lovely Writers and Readers...

Guess who's back...back again! Sorry for the long wait, been dealing with a lot of things going on in the year and now we all are starting a new year of 2024! Can you believe it?! Getting rid of the old year to the beginning of a new one. Anyway, still I know you guys and gals have been waiting for a long time for this and many pardons on that. But not to worry as many episodes will come out the next year as new adventures start brewing, with more twists and turns. So without further ado, let get into it shall we :)

Previously on Great Dog's Devotion:

(However will they clash and set a spark or will they meet and fracture.)

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Sesshomaru P.O.V.

For a time, I was still searching for Nikko and Rin along the fast-streaming water hoping to see any evidence to know that they made it out of the river. Then a few minutes later I spotted something out of place at the corner of a bank.

I went down to the bank and saw that it was blue fabric and realized that it was Nikko's Kimono that I gave her. I noticed that it was the only outer layer kimono as I came to the conclusion that she must have taken it off in order to stay afloat along the river.

Jaken was by my side and gasped as he saw the kimono on the ground. Fear and worry spread across his face as his mouth curled in a form of whimper.

"That's... Nikko's kimono...isn't it?" Jaken said softly and held his staff tightly as he was fighting not to cry. As he looked up to me to find out what had become Nikko and Rin's fate.

I picked it up, brought it close to my face and took brief whiffs in as I caught her scent. I noticed that Rin's was on it as well.

Relief swept over me to know that both are still alright. I stared at the kimono, lost in thought as it was shining in the sunlight, and recollected how I got the kimono for her.

-Flashback-

I noticed that her strange attire was getting worn out and she didn't have any other clothes to wear, so I went to a Yokai market. Many demons were surprised of my presences as a Nobel such as myself doesn't come to the market often.

Demons have steered clear of me due to my status, for I am superior to these Yokai. I entered a fabric stand with different colors and designs on them, with many fabrics from strange lands, but most were from here.

The owner of the fabric stand looked up from his fabric with eyes wide in shock as he lowers them and bows to me apologetically. "Forgive me, My Lord I was unaware of your presence...allow me to show you the finest fabrics I have. Speaking of which, what kind are you looking for?" he asked as sweat formed on his forehead from nervousness and fear.

I looked around for a moment, then back to the owner. "I need a kimono..." I said. The owner breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "Of course My lord, what size are you if I may ask so...?"

"It's not for me." I said interrupting him, leaving him confused. "May I ask for who?" he asked meekly as he backed away a bit as if I would get upset at that moment.

I looked away from him, not sure if I wanted to tell him but it was necessary for her to get clothes as the weather was changing. "It's for a woman, as her attire is getting worn out and she is in need of new clothes.

The owner seem joyous as the situation wasn't one he expected. "Of course My Lord...come... I will show you the finest clothes I have come across in my many journeys!" He said as I walked with him further into his large stand.

A few moments later, he was talking about how he accommodated the fabrics until the wind blew and one such cloth had caught my eye, and I went to it, leaving the man still talking. He stopped as I was looking at the kimono with great inspection and there was no scent to it which meant it has never been worn.

"Ah! I see you have found a great Kimono though it has a sad story to it." He said. "How so?" I asked out of curiosity.

"It was made for a woman that a man loved and wanted her as his, so he made it in specific detail for her as a gift to win her heart. Unfortunately tragedy struck for the woman and man couldn't look at the kimono anymore until I arrived and took it from him to ease his pain." he said.

I looked at the kimono, with thought to buy it, as it was the right size for her. Then the beast sneaked into my mind.

"Well, now... are you giving it to her as a gift or is it an excuse to see her out of her strange attire, and see what she would look like in it? Or perhaps... to see what she would look like in this Era?" The beast said slyly. I huffed in response, ignoring the beast with in me.

I got the kimono for her but the beast wrapped my mind. Did I want to see her like that or was it in ignorance of my desires of father's taste?

I was lost in thought as I returned to my group, the first thing I saw was Rin in the water with Jaken catching fish. Then I appeared behind Nikko, watching her work on a basket but then she stopped working on it as if she sensed me.

She turned to me as she smiled at me which made my heart flutter in a strange way that I never want to go away. I shouldn't let my emotions get the better of me but still...her smile never fades on me and I never want to see her sad.

Without saying anything, I gave her the kimono as she had a confused look on her face, after shortly explaining she nodded as she went to try it on. After a few moments had passed, Nikko appeared from behind the tree, how she looked had surprised me, and amazed Rin.

My heart sped up and my senses were becoming more aware as she approached me and had thanked me for the kimono. She looked like a high class lady as her hair flowed behind her. The floral scent was more profound as her hair appeared to be soft like silk, I wanted to touch it but restrained from doing so.

-End Flasback-

Gently, he shook it a bit to get the water and debris off of it, then folded it neatly and placed it into his armor as it fit snugly to his chest.

Nikko's scent that was coming off of it gave him a sense of peace of mind, and a form of clarity. Then, he looked to his companion and told him to retrieve Ah-Un.

Jaken jerked into motion as he fetched Ah-Un, while Sesshomaru took a slow pace to catch any scent in the wind. As they continued their journey, the wind blew once again and stopped as he picked up a scent...the scent of a dead man.

He focused on the scent, and with Jaken alongside him, and Ah-Un in tow, they went into the direction of the scent which lead straight towards the mountain.