Although Inu-Yasha was famished, Link urged him to ignore the usual hustle and bustle of the town and hurry up the Mountain Trail. It was very late out and Link was taking out some wood he gathered in the forest to make fire. He asked Inu-Yasha to find some water for the kettle so they could eat dinner. "Where the hell am I gonna find any water in this dirt patch?" Inu-Yasha snarled feeling flustered. It was obviously his empty stomach talking. "Just go down to the village and borrow some from the well." Link said back in a stern tone. "There was no water in that damn stupid well!" he barked. "Then get some from the villagers!" Link almost screeched those last words. He seemed to be a lot scarier when provoked, for all Inu-Yasha did was squeak up a small "Yes sir!" and ran off with the kettle.
"I hope the wait was worth eating your soup." Inu-Yasha remarked almost half an hour later, even hungrier. "Trust me, it is!" Link replied as he scooped the steamy soup into two bowls with a ladle. He handed his companion a spoon and Inu-Yasha took a taste. The soup was marvelous! The vegetables were all finely peeled and chopped and the meat had a medium-rare flavor and chewy texture to it. "This stuff is great!" Inu-Yasha exclaimed. "What's in this soup?" "Oh, just some carrots, potatoes and leeks I found with a little bit of Keese meat." "Keese huh?" said Inu-Yasha. "What's a Keese?" Suddenly, a bat-like creature flew overhead. "That's a Keese!" Link pointed out. Inuyasha suddenly felt very sick, as he had just found a bat's wing in his soup.
"You mean to tell me that I starved and suffered to get water for a rusty old kettle just so I could eat a bat?!" Inu-Yasha yelled in fury. "Three bats to be exact!" Link said carelessly. Inu-Yasha threw down his bowl and spoon in his anger, spilling the hot Keese soup onto Link's lap, making him yell out in pain. "I'd rather go hungry then eat anymore of you crap-cuisine!" he bellowed into his face. He then stormed off behind a rock where he would sleep for the night. "Good night!" Inu-Yasha yelled in anger again and threw his head down to sleep. However, as he did so he conked his head on a small stone, knocking him out cold. Sheesh! And most everyone else likes my cooking! Link thought to himself.
Inu-Yasha eventually forgave Link for the soup incident and they went on to fight four more monsters terrorizing Hyrule. There was Volvagia, the fiery dragon legend of Death Mountain; Morphia, a water-like monster that kept grabbing Inu-Yasha, squeezing the life out of him and throwing him like a rag doll; Bongo Bongo, a monster living under a graveyard in a temple dungeon that slammed its hands on a giant drum holding the companions; And Twinrova, twin witches fused together to create a horrible-looking woman with the powers of both fire and ice.
When the battle between Twinrova was over, the same usual light had transferred them to a strange place, surrounded in light. "What is this place?" Inu-Yasha asked. Link remained silent for a minute then turned to his companion. He said in his serious voice, "The Temple of Time." In an instant, Inu-Yasha felt like something had cut into him. The pain was unbearable enough to make him shut his eyes tightly. He thought he would pass out, but instead, when he opened his eyes…he was in a living hell.