The gang sees what appears to be a parade. But they soon learn that it really a sacrifice. Surrounded by desert the town must bow down to a demon living in a castle for their water. The demons demon a maiden be sacrificed. Hakkai is shocked as the young woman to be sacrificed looks a lot of his late wife, Kana. So he intervenes. Hakkai tries to convince the towns people not to just continue this. To fight back! But they refuse. So the gang takes it upon themselves to stop this sacrifice and this demon.