Further ahead, Sango and Kirara were feeling the effects of the heat. She got out her water pouch and got a drink. Kirara was starting to tire out. Sensing the loss in speed and altitude, Sango said "have a drink, Kirara." She let the big kitty drink some water. Soon, speed and altitude were regained.
Down in the car, Hachi said "Miroku, take a look out the back window." Miroku asked "what could possibly be of interest out there?" Hachi said "Miroku, look at what Sango is up to." Miroku said "I've seen her fly on Kirara before. What could possibly be--? HOLY SHIT!!" He saw Sango in only the two towels. "Whoa" Miroku said, plastering his eyes on the glass. Sango thought "I have a feeling that monk is gawking at me." Kirara rolled her eyes and growled. Miroku, however, was removed from his hypnotic daze by a hard turn to the right. The car now was barreling through thick woods at an amazingly swift speed. This made for an exceptionally bumpy ride. Sango said "get lower, Kirara." As the cat obeyed, she saw the car missing trees left and right. How much farther can this fragment be?" she wondered.
Meanwhile, up on Ah-Un, Sesshomaru was sweating again. "This heat is insane" he thought. With that, he grabbed a leather pouch that contained a liquid. "I'm glad you brought this water, Jaken" he said as he uncorked the pouch. Jaken, however, was strangely not calm at all, as he knew the true contents. "Me lord" he yelled, "that's not--!" Too late, as Sesshomaru was already drinking some. "…water" he said in despair. Rin asked "what's wrong?" Jaken replied "that wasn't water in that pouch, it was Sake." "WHAT?" Rin yelped. After the drink, Sesshomaru re-corked the pouch, hiccupped, and began swaying back and forth. "Oh, man, he's intoxicated" Jaken said.
Sesshomaru slowly turned to Rin with his eyes half-closed and a sheepish grin on his face. "Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin hesitantly asked. "Hey, good-looking" Sesshomaru replied in a drunken slur. Rin asked "are you okay, Lord Sesshomaru?" Jaken, shocked at Sesshomaru's antics, said "I don't think so, Rin." "What should we do now, master Jaken?" Rin asked. Then, Sesshomaru said "no need to be shy around me." Dropping his robes off one shoulder, he continued with "I'm all yours for the taking, my dear. We're meant for each other." Stunned by Sesshomaru's rambling, Rin said "I'd like to be with you like this someday, but not at the mome--!" She was interrupted as Sesshomaru had her in a major-league kiss. Jaken couldn't believe his eyes. "Tell me I'm dreaming this" he whimpered. After the kiss, Rin said "I don't think you are, Jaken." Sesshomaru said "ah, my dearest, my heart is aflutter." Turning back to Sesshomaru, she barked "SIT!" He was instantly flung down. With that, his intoxication had instantly evaporated.
"What was that about?" Sesshomaru asked. Rin replied "I'm glad you're back to normal now." Clueless, Sesshomaru asked "what was that sit command about?" "You were drunk, me lord" Jaken replied. "Was I doing anything in that state?" Sesshomaru asked. He then noticed his robe appearing to have slipped off one of his shoulders. As he saw that, Rin indicated the anomaly with his kimono saying "promise me you won't freak out." "Okay, I won't freak out." As Sesshomaru gets his kimono back on the right way, Rin said "you said that you were all mine for the taking and that we were meant for each other. You then kissed me." "Don't I kiss you on the cheek every night?" "I'm not talking that kind of kiss. You kissed me as though we were lovers." "WHAT?" Sesshomaru yelped, "tell me you're joking." "I wish I was, my lord, but I'm not joking" Rin replied. "Did anything else happen?" Sesshomaru asked, now sounding terribly worried. Rin said "no, I issued that command immediately after that kiss." "I tried to tell you that wasn't water in this pouch" Jaken said, "it was sake." Sesshomaru felt very embarrassed. Red in the face, he chuckled and pelted Jaken with a rock. "Jaken" Sesshomaru calmly said. "Yes, me lord?" Jaken asked. Sesshomaru barked "what the hell were you thinking?" "That sake was mine, me lord. Besides, it's your own--!" "Jaken, let me handle this" Rin said. Turning to Sesshomaru, she barked "besides, it's your own fucking fault! SIT!"
Sango and Kirara, meanwhile, heard a heard a rather distant thud behind them. "You hear something?" she asked. Right then, Kagome slammed the brake pedal to the floor. Kirara slams into the back window, causing Sango to roll onto the car roof. After a glance in the rearview mirror, Kagome said "uhh, oops." Kirara was sliding off the back window, growling at Kagome in the process. They all got out and Sango said "nice move." "Sorry" Kagome replied. She then said "the shard is around here somewhere." Miroku said "excellent choice, Sango. I like the fashion trend you're starting here." "Shut it, monk" Sango replied. She promptly socked him on the head. "What did I do?" Miroku asked. Shippo was heard from inside a large hollow tree trunk. "I think I see it" he said." InuYasha then heard Shippo yelp, and then a low thunk sound. "Oh, good grief" he said. "Hey, I'm stuck!" Shippo yelled. "Figures" InuYasha said. Kagome made it to the tree trunk. "Do you have the jewel?" she asked. "I've got it" Shippo replied. "Okay, Shippo, I'll try and get you out" Kagome said. She reached down and pulled out the little fox demon. InuYasha said "look at the size of that shard!" Sango said "it's huge." Kirara's jaw dropped and her eyes bugged out. Kagome said "I think we'll camp here tonight."
Back on Ah-Un, Rin said "Lord Sesshomaru, your lips are flapping but I'm not getting any audio." Sesshomaru barked back "well, forgive me for being ashamed of my antics earlier!" "SIT, MY LORD!" Rin yelled. Sesshomaru was flung down onto Jaken. She then said "hang on, what's that up ahead?" The other two looked and saw where the car had turned and noticed the two ruts briefly become four. Ah-Un landed, and Sesshomaru said "this is strange. I've never seen snake demons able to do that." As they surveyed the area, Sesshomaru said "we walk from here, since the trails lead into the forest."
Back at the camp, they had finished eating. "I'm sensing another jewel, but let's wait until morning" Kagome said. Shortly thereafter, everyone was asleep. After awhile, the camp was quietly approached. Surveying from a tree, Rin said "it's not snake demons at all. It's some metal demon cart." Sesshomaru, puzzled beyond belief, asked "a metal demon?" Rin said "yes. Come up and see for yourself." Sesshomaru got up and looked. Seeing the car, he said "my goodness. That demon appears asleep. Let's wait until later." He bumped his head on the branch above him, waking up that branch's occupant in the process. The occupant, InuYasha, blurted out "try me, Sesshomaru, I dare you." Sesshomaru, in his best Jamaican accent, said "sorry about that, mon." As he retreated out of the tree, InuYasha said "no problem, though you look kind of familiar." Shrugging, the half-demon went back to sleep. After getting some distance, Sesshomaru said "that was a close call." Suddenly, a real snake demon raced by Sesshomaru.
Kagome awoke to a loud hissing sound. As the others woke up as well, Kagome got her bow and arrow. "We'd better go check out and see what that is" she said. Sesshomaru, meanwhile, had his sword ready with Jaken at his side. "Rin, stay on Ah-Un and wait for my return" he said. Rin replied "of course, Lord Sesshomaru." With that, Sesshomaru and Jaken followed the ugly snake. Kagome found the beast first. Positioning herself a good distance away, she readied her arrow and aluminum bow. She then noticed five jewel shards in the snake's chin. With her arrow ready and glowing, she said "take this, snake-breath. She fires the arrow as the snake turned to her saying "you wench!" As the snake slithered towards her, the arrow sped on. The arrow hit the snake in the chin, skewering through the top of its head and blasting out all five shards. The snake said "my tribe will have your head, you wench!" With that, Kagome caught the falling shards and the snake waved its skewered head around and fell dead. InuYasha jumped out of the bushes yelling "all right, demon!" Noticing the corpse and Kagome, he asked "what happened?" "My arrow killed the demon" Kagome said. Upon Miroku and Sango's arrival, Shippo said "nice shot, Kagome." Miroku said "okay, everyone behind me; I'll be removing the evidence." When everyone was ready, Miroku unveiled his right hand and yelled "WIND TUNNEL!" The snake and arrow were drawn in and the monk sealed his hand off again. InuYasha said "nice work, Miroku." Turning to Kagome, he asked "how many shards did that thing have?" Kagome replied "five shards. All of them are accounted for." Shippo said "five shards, that's a good sign." Then, a voice from behind some foliage said "well, it may have been a good sign at the time."
Out from the foliage came someone they knew too well. "What do you want, Sesshomaru?" InuYasha barked. "Calm yourself, InuYasha" Sesshomaru replied. InuYasha barked "why should I calm down?" Bringing out Tetsusaiga, he said "I should slice you down, Sesshomaru!" "Fine by me, brother. I can take you on whenev--." "SIT, LORD!" Rin interrupted. Upon slamming face-first into the ground, InuYasha had a look of shock on his face. "What the heck?" he asked. Soon, his shock wore into a smirk. "Hey, look at you, Mr. high-and-mighty big shot" he taunted. "Oh, shut up!" Sesshomaru yelled. Kagome said "InuYasha…" InuYasha gawked in fear as Kagome continued with "…sit, boy!" InuYasha plowed down, and Sesshomaru said "I guess I'm not the only one in the doghouse." After getting back up, InuYasha asked "how do her sit commands work when you don't have a necklace?" "This necklace-free version of your susceptibility was brought onto me by Naraku" Sesshomaru replied, "I guess he emulated a mortal girl's administering the curse by giving Rin the ability--." "Sit, lord" Rin said. Sesshomaru plowed down again, saying "--to do that." With that, they both drew their swords. Rin said "you'd better not be fighting again." Sesshomaru said "maybe we are!" Rin said "siii…" Sesshomaru immediately re-sheathed his sword with a fearful look in his eyes. InuYasha re-sheathed his sword, saying "aw come on, Rin." "Sorry, boys" Rin replied. With that, she and Kagome high-fived. Then InuYasha said "you may not want to disobey Rin, but I'm going to disobey Kagome." "Inuyasha… SIT, BOY!" Kagome said. InuYasha plowed down instantly. InuYasha murmured "aw, man." Sesshomaru giggled quietly without Rin hearing him. "Let's go" Kagome said. She then paused as though remembering something. "Oh, Sesshomaru, I've got a little something for you" she said. Sesshomaru said "how sweet. What is it?" Kagome said "okay, close your eyes." Sesshomaru did so as Kagome motioned for them to get to the car. The others went when Sesshomaru said "okay, I'm ready." Kagome then gave Sesshomaru a swift kick where his legs met, and then bolted.
Sesshomaru toppled over and Kagome got into the vehicle. Sesshomaru said "what was that for?" Opening his eyes, he noticed that Kagome had gone. He saw Hachi in blimp-looking form soaring off elsewhere and then heard a strange roaring noise: the car had started up. Rin yelled "the demon cart! IT'S AWAKE!!!" Sesshomaru said "not for long" only to be nearly blinded when Kagome turned on the headlights. He jumped to the side to get out of the light, saying "dang it, my night vision is wonkey." Kagome floored the pedal and the car tore off into the night. "Lord Sesshomaru, are you okay?" Rin asked in concern. "Aside from my messed-up vision, I'm all right" Sesshomaru replied. They were unaware that a familiar-looking insect was hovering nearby. Some distance away, the insect's point of view appeared on a certain mirror. "Seems like you failed, Sesshomaru" Naraku said.