Inuyasha uproots a tree and throws it into the well, to block it.
"What're you doing, Inuyasha?!" Shippo demanded shouting grabbing on Inuyasha's legs.
"Shut up!" Inuyasha shouted back.
"If you destroy the well, Kimiko won't be able to return! Don't you care if you never see her again?!" Shippo questions.
"When she's around, I can't fight the way I want." Inuyasha lied making up an excuse.
Inuyasha turns around and walks away. Shippo is exasperated and sulks. Miroku looks at Shippo but doesn't say anything.
"Let's go, Miroku." Inuyasha tells Miroku.
"Where to?" Miroku asked Inuyasha curiously.
"Isn't it obvious?! To find Naraku and beat the hell out of him!" Inuyasha exclaimed exasperated.
"Well, Shippo?" Miroku asks the youngest member.
"Forget it! I hate Inuyasha!" Shippo answered rubbing his eyes.
"Keh! Please yourself!" Inuyasha retorts back.
"I think you were a bit too rough. Although I understand that you don't want her to get hurt." Miroku admits to Inuyasha.
"If you understand, shut up!" Inuyasha snapped back.
"So you're going to look for Naraku but how will you find him? You have any ideas?" Miroku questions.
"Well..." Inuyasha starts but trails off not knowing how to answer.
"You don't?" Miroku answered for Inuyasha almost knowingly.
"Shaddup!" Inuyasha snaps annoyed.
"You sent her back. Just because Kimiko isn't here now, don't take it out on me!" Miroku tells Inuyasha.
"You...!" Inuyasha said becoming angry and annoyed.
"Oh well... Let's just calm down and think things through!" Miroku says sitting on a rock.
"We don't have the time!" Inuyasha shouts at him.
"I, too...! I, too, want to find him quickly and slay him with these hands!" Miroku sternly tells Inuyasha before looking at his right hand. "Fifty years ago, he opened the Wind Tunnel in my grandfather's hand. The curse has carried over generation after generation to me!"
"Miroku..." Inuyasha softly said before sitting down next to Miroku. "I'm not good at thinking. You think of something."
"These things must be taken in order. Inuyasha, you said you fell into Naraku's trap fifty years ago in this village." Miroku said to Inuyasha.
"Yeah." Inuyasha admits.
"So you've met Naraku then?" Miroku questions him.
"Well..." Inuyasha starts but trailed off.
...
Flashback
"Inuyasha, you can become a mortal. If you use the Sacred Jewel. Tomorrow at dawn, right here...I will bring the Sacred Jewel." Kikyo tells Inuyasha.
...
"Die, Inuyasha!" Kikyo yells firing arrows at Inuyasha.
...
Present
"Even if I met him, he was disguised as Kikyo. I don't know what he looks like." Inuyasha tells Miroku.
"That's the strange part. You don't know Naraku, yet he disguised himself as Kikyo and shot an arrow at you. Did you do something that embittered him?" Miroku inquired.
"I've never seen his face! How would I know?!" Inuyasha answers.
...
With Shippo
Shippo tries desperately to pull the huge tree out of the well.
...
With Miroku And Inuyasha
"In any case, Kikyo was a priestess. It could be that Naraku had something to do with Kikyo rather than you." Miroku theorized.
"Kikyo and Naraku?!" Inuyasha exclaimed in disbelief.
...
Present Day Japan
Kimiko and Kagome are on their way to school with Kagome shooting Kimiko concerned looks every once in a while. Kimiko is wearing normal clothes. Her friends run up to them.
"Kimiko! It's been so long! Is your rheumatism better?" Eri asked happy to see her friend.
"Not! She had beriberi!" Yuka reminded Eri.
"Huh? You're not in uniform. What happened?" Ayumi asked Kimiko confused.
"My uniform was dirty...with blood all over." Kimiko confessed.
"Huh?! Now it's hemorrhaging?!" The Three Friends shout.
"Your illness is going from bad to worse." Kagome tells Kimiko getting a small amused smile out of Kimiko but quickly disappeared.
...
Kimiko And Kagome's Classroom
Kimiko is staring into space as the lesson goes on with Kagome still shooting worried glances over at her sister.
"Inuyasha's bleeding hadn't stopped. I was so worried for him... When he embraced me..." Kimiko worriedly thinks.
...
Flashback
Inuyasha pushed Kimiko away after hugging her.
"I'll hold onto this!" Inuyasha tells Kimiko holding the Sacred Jewel necklace.
"What if he did that on purpose to get the Sacred Jewel?" Kimiko's voice is heard.
...
Present
"If so, I'll never forgive him!" Kimiko yells angry and hurt standing up.
"Higurashi! Go stand in the hallway." The Teacher orders.
...
Kimiko stands in the hallway.
"I had never been held like that by a boy..." Kimiko thinks as her heart beat picks up just thinking about it.
Kimiko leans on the window sill and looks out pensively.
...
Feudal Era - Kaede's Hut
Kaede is dressing Inuyasha's wounds while Miroku calmly sips a cup of tea.
"Inuyasha, with these injuries, you won't be able to fight for a while." Kaede informs Inuyasha.
"Shaddup! It'll be better in a few days." Inuyasha says frustrated.
"Hah! Trying to act brave! Well, I'm done." Kaede comments before she slaps Inuyasha's back.
"What're you doing?!" Inuyasha demands yelling in pain.
"With that kind of energy, you may recover quickly. But I've been thinking, ever since that time my sister was resurrected from mud. My sister said that her Sacred Jewel was stolen by you. Don't you think it strange? This man who disguised himself as you... Why, he could have made his escape with the Jewel. Yet... He tricked you into terrorizing the village and going after the Sacred Jewel. And then, Kikyo sealed you to the tree. Did he want to make you despise each other? Or was he trying to fill Kikyo's heart with hate and bitterness?" Kaede questions.
"What?" Inuyasha asks confused.
"In Kikyo's possession, the Sacred Jewel remained pure. But when her heart became unclean and hateful, the Jewel also became unclean and filled with evil strength. And at that time, only one person would have hoped for that." Kaede reveals to the two.
Inuyasha and Miroku look at Kaede intently.
"Do you want to go there...where this man lived?" Kaede asked serious.
...
Kaede, Inuyasha and Miroku walk in a field of tall grass.
"My sister had decided so..." Kaede starts explaining.
"But she harbored a thief?" Inuyasha cut Kaede off unamused.
"Because he was unable to move at all." Kaede defended her sister.
They reach a cave by a lake.
"He called himself Onigumo." Kaede revealed to the two.
...
Flashback
A man all bandaged up. He lies on a straw, immobile. Kikyo is feeding him.
"He had terrible burn scars over his entire body. His face, especially, was badly burned. He probably fell from a cliff...both his legs were broken. Still, Onigumo lived. He was unable to move but he slowly healed and was able to speak. However... His true self..." Kaede's voice is heard explaining.
A young Kaede is tending to Onigumo.
"Hey kid..." Onigumo started asking Young Kaede.
"I'm Kaede." Kaede answered simply.
"Your sister has something called the Sacred Jewel." Onigumo states rather then questions.
"How do you know about that?" Kaede asked suspiciously.
"All bad men are after it." Onigumo calmly answers.
"You, too?" Kaede inquired.
"I understand that the more evil this Jewel absorbs, the more evil it becomes. How nice..." Onigumo said.
"My sister has it under control. It will not go bad." Kaede replied.
"Kikyo is always so smug. I'd like to see her worried and scared. Now that would give me a rush." Onigumo said laughing.
...
Kikyo is picking flowers. Young Kaede stands next to her.
"I see... So Onigumo said that?" Kikyo inquiries unconcerned.
"Sister, I don't like him." Kaede admits.
"Forgive him." Kikyo tells Kaede and looks up at the sky. "He will probably never be able to move from there."
"Shortly thereafter, Sister sealed you to the tree and died." Kaede's voice is heard again.
...
Outside Of The Cave
A Young Kaede with a bandage over her eye, looking into the cave.
"Several days later when I went there, the cave was burned down. The flames must have been huge, Onigumo was unable to escape and perished...leaving no bones...not a sign." Kaede's voice finishes explaining.
...
Present
"Or so I thought." Kaede tells Inuyasha and Miroku.
"C'mon, Old Woman! Wasn't he human? The Naraku I seek is a demon!" Inuyasha complained annoyed.
"Absolutely. No matter how weak and evil, he was still human. No mistake about that." Kaede agreed.
"Shall we go inside this cave?" Miroku asked his companions.
...
With Shippo
Shippo is still desperately trying to remove the tree from the well. He gives up and rolls over.
"It won't budge! Unless the well is fixed, Kimiko can't return. Will I ever see her again?" Shippo asks himself sadly.
An image of a smiling Kimiko appears in Shippo's head before it fades to an image of Inuyasha.
"When she's around, I can't fight the way I want!" Inuyasha lied making up an excuse.
"He's so stubborn!" Shippo said exasperated and punches the ground willfully. "I'll never speak to Inuyasha ever again!" Shippo folds his arms and frowns
"Inuyasha?" A Voice asks.
Shippo turns around gingerly, with apprehension. Several wolves appear. A huge drooling and fierce wolf demon looms over Shippo angrily.
"Did you say Inuyasha?" The Wolf-Demon asked.
Shippo shrieks.
...
Cave
Kaede, Miroku and Inuyasha walk into the cave. Miroku suddenly stops and points to a patch in the cave.
"Priestess Kaede, what is this? No grass, not even moss grows on this one spot." Miroku said.
"This is where the paralyzed Onigumo rested!" Kaede informed shocked.
"I feel the spirit of a demon! The spirit which was left here decades ago!" Miroku declared kneeling to examine the spot but backs away immediately.
"What?!" Kaede exclaimed.
"Can it be that the one who left the evil here so that no grass grows is actually human?" Miroku questions.
"No, it's not human. It's from a demon!" Inuyasha tells the two.
"How can a human like Onigumo possess such evil as would belong to a demon?" Miroku inquired curious and surprised.
"Help...!" Shippo's voice yells.
...
With Shippo
Shippo is running away from the pack of wolves.
"Inuyasha!" Shippo shouts for help.
Miroku, Kaede and Inuyasha run out of the cave.
"Shippo!" Inuyasha called out concerned and leaps.
Shippo trips and turns around, staring at the oncoming wolves in terror. Inuyasha rushes towards the wolves and claws at them.
"Iron-Reaver, Soul-Stealer!" Inuyasha yelled out his attack.
Inuyasha kills the wolves and holds Shippo in his arms somewhat protectively. He winces and falls on his knees.
"Inuyasha!" Shippo gasps and looks at his hand which was on Inuyasha's chest. "Inuyasha...blood!"
"Damn! My wound has reopened!" Inuyasha thinks swearing.
The Wolf-demon from earlier on looms over Inuyasha.
"Are you Inuyasha?" The Wolf-demon asked.
"Who are you?!" Inuyasha demanded becoming angry.
"I am the guardian of Hell, Royakan!" Royakan announced.
"Royakan? Are you the demon that guards that forest?" Kaede asked.
"I am reborn! Inuyasha, I come to kill you!" Royakan states and opens his mouth and spews out a pack of wolves.
"Kill me?!" Inuyasha asks as he stands.
"He knows that Inuyasha is in no condition to fight." Miroku thinks worried for his friend.
Inuyasha and Miroku fight the wolves.
"It's useless to fight me!" Royakan opens his mouth and spews out a pack of wolves.
"There's only one thing to use here!" Miroku said and opens his Wind Tunnel and sucks in the wolves. "Inuyasha, come over this way!"
"No way!" Royakan denies and opens his mouth and spews out a pack of wolves.
...
Forest
Naraku is perched on a tree, playing with several Sacred Jewel fragments in his hand.
"What a brilliant idea it was imbed a Sacred Jewel fragment to Royakan." Naraku praised his plan laughing.
...
With Inuyasha's Gang
Inuyasha claws at the wolves.
"Iron-Reaver, Soul-Stealer!" Inuyasha yells out before he kneels weakly.
"Inuyasha!" Shippo said worried perched on Inuyasha's shoulder.
"My vision's getting blurry..." Inuyasha says to himself.
Miroku turns around and sucks in the wolves.
"Monk, Inuyasha's in danger!" Kaede tells Miroku.
"Yes... There's only one way... If I can swallow up Royakan...!" Miroku answers coming up with a plan.
Miroku closes his Wind Tunnel and picks up his staff. He dashes towards Royakan and throws his staff at him, hitting Royakan on the head. Miroku then opens his Wind Tunnel in Royakan's direction.
"We can win!" Miroku declares.
Royakan struggles to hold on. He punches the ground violently, breaking it into pieces. Miroku ends up sucking the pieces of ground. He closes his Wind Tunnel to find Royakan gone.
"He escaped..." Miroku said disappointed.
...
With Naraku
Naraku is still on the tree.
"I should've made Royakan a bit stronger." Naraku comments before he disappears.
...
With Inuyasha's Gang
Kaede walks over to Inuyasha.
"Are you all right, Inuyasha?" Kaede asks concerned.
"Where's Royakan?" Inuyasha asked instead of answering.
"He escaped." Kaede informed.
"Inuyasha, Naraku is near." Miroku said coming over.
"What?!" Inuyasha exclaimed.
"Royakan is probably under control by Naraku, who has a Sacred Jewel fragment." Miroku explained.
"No wonder such a gentle demon like Royakan has turned so evil." Kaede mused.
"Naraku! Where are you?! If you're here, come out and fight...!" Inuyasha shouted out standing up and walking.
Inuyasha collapses on the ground. Shippo and Kaede run to him.
"Inuyasha!" Shippo calls worried.
"Monk, Royakan may come again. We should return to the village." Kaede tells Miroku.
Miroku nods.
"Inuyasha..." Shippo softly says.
Inuyasha is unconscious.
...
Modern Japan
Kimiko is attending Physical Education class. The rest of her friends and sister play happily, while she leans on a fence, deep in thought.
"It's been three days. Why doesn't he come for me?" Kimiko sighs, thinking becoming worried and confused.
"Kimiko!" Kagome calls her sister walking to her with Eri, Yuka and Ayumi. "Hojo from Group B wants to talk to you."
...
Kimiko is talking to Hojo.
"Higurashi, how've you been feeling these days?" Hojo asked concerned.
"I'm okay." Kimiko answered.
"Really? Then will you go to the movies with me on Saturday?" Hojo asked excited.
"On Saturday? But I promised Sota I'd see a movie with him." Kimiko tells Hojo knowing Sota only asked her to take him to keep her mind of Inuyasha.
"Oh what movie? My younger sister Hitomi wanted to see a certain movie to maybe we could join you?" Hojo inquires curious.
"Join...err..." Kimiko said tripping over her words before thinking a little hopefully. "Inuyasha might've come for me by then..."
Kagome and their friends suddenly appear behind them.
"Go, Kimiko." Yuka and Kagome encouraged.
"You already stood him up once." Eri informed.
"How'd you know?!" Hojo and Kimiko exclaimed shocked.
Kagome, Eri, Yuka and Ayumi stands up and grab Kimiko.
"Excuse us." Yuka tells Hojo.
"Give us a moment." Eri added on.
They pull Kimiko aside.
"What?" Kimiko asked frustrated.
"Do you have someone else you like?" Eri bluntly asked.
Kimiko gasps and blushes.
"You're always sighing." Ayumi added.
"It's not the look of one who's worried about school." Kagome softly added already knowing why but wanting to tease her sister a little.
"Well, that's..." Kimiko said but trailed off her mind thinking of when Inuyasha hugged her blushing a little and thinks a little embarrassed. "After he hugged me like that..."
"I'll bet it's unrequited love!" Eri said pointing at Kimiko.
"W-what...?" Kimiko said shocked before becoming defensive. "Are you kidding?! Who'd like a overprotective and rough but can still be sweet guy like that!"
Eri and Kagome are taken aback. They now understand Kimiko was falling for this guy she just hasn't relized it yet. Yuka and Ayumi appear next to Hojo.
"Who's she talking about?" Hojo asks.
"Well..." Yuka starts but trails off.
"Hojo! Sota and I will go to movies with you and Hitomi." Kimiko said sternly but frustrated after storming to Hojo.
"Really? Yes!" Hojo said excited.
...
Higurashi Shrine - Dry Well
Kimiko is pouting in anger, frustration and sadness in the Dry Well in Higurashi shrine.
"Besides, why should I be manipulated by that stubborn Inuyasha!?" Kimiko thinks trying to persuade herself.
Kimiko relaxes. She looks into the well and jumps in. She lands on the ground.
"Didn't work." Kimiko said disappointed before thinking. "I wonder what Inuyasha is doing now."
...
Feudal Era - Nighttime - Hut
Inuyasha kicks the door angrily. His hands are tied up. Shippo sits in a corner.
"Open! Open! Open up!" Inuyasha repeats angry.
"It's useless, Inuyasha. This hut is plastered with charms to keep demons out." Shippo tells Inuyasha.
"Why must I be sealed in?!" Inuyasha demands before yelling. "Open!"
"Please Inuyasha. Be still and rest." Kimiko's voice is suddenly heard.
Kimiko suddenly appears behind Inuyasha and looks worriedly at Inuyasha.
"Your wound isn't healed yet." Kimiko tells Inuyasha worriedly.
"Kimiko...!" Inuyasha says softly stunned but also happy to see her.
A bushy tail appears on Kimiko's butt.
"Eh-heh-heh... Would you like me to sleep with you?" Shippo asks.
"Shippo... Why you!" Inuyasha growls out angry before kicking Shippo. "Don't you dare disguise yourself like that again?!"
"Don't get so mad!" Shippo shouts back.
Inuyasha continues kicking Shippo. Kaede and Miroku open the door.
"Inuyasha, are you still banging around?" Miroku questions.
"Miroku! You!" Inuyasha said.
"Charms are no use if you act like this." Miroku somewhat reprimands.
"Lemme outta here!" Inuyasha demands jumping.
"Priestess Kaede, please seal the door with the charm." Miroku requested hitting Inuyasha with his staff.
"All right." Kaede agreed putting a charm on the door.
...
Kaede is dressing Inuyasha's wounds.
"You're not ready yet. I know how eager you are, but first, the wound must heal completely." Miroku tells Inuyasha.
"He's right. You can't underestimate that Naraku. Isn't that why you made Kimiko go through the well?" Kaede added on.
Inuyasha doesn't reply knowing they were both right but not wanting to admit it.
"Inuyasha... So that's why you sent her away." Shippo thinks.
"I don't want to die in vain. And that's why I need you to get well quickly." Miroku confessed.
"Stop talking like a weakling! I'm ready to fight anytime!" Inuyasha snapped at Miroku.
"Inuyasha, just stay still and get some sleep." Miroku gently tells Inuyasha before he kicks Inuyasha's back violently. "How many times must I repeat myself?! You dog!"
"Hey. His wound will reopen." Kaede tells Miroku in a deadpan voice.
..
Later
Inuyasha is lying on the ground, getting to sleep. Shippo stares into space.
"Say, Inuyasha..." Shippo starts but trails off.
"What is it?" Inuyasha questioned curious.
"I wonder how Kimiko is doing?" Shippo confessed.
"Not again! Look, just forget about Kimiko already." Inuyasha snaps at Shippo but also wondering the same thing before thinking. "As long as she's alive and well somewhere, that's all. I don't want to see anymore woman I know or care for die.
...
In A Deep Forest
Royakan cowers under a tree, trembling in fear. Naraku appears behind him.
"I looked for you, Royakan." Naraku said.
"Naraku! Go back! I refuse to fight Inuyasha again!" Royakan gasps turning around and waves his arms madly.
"You're trembling." Naraku comments.
"I don't want to be sucked into the Wind Tunnel. Just go away!" Royakan said fearfully.
"I will take away the fear that is making you tremble." Naraku said chuckling sinisterly and holds up a Sacred Jewel fragment.
"S-stop!" Royakan pleaded trembling.
Naraku shoots the fragment into Royakan's head. He yells and clutches his head in pain. He goes crazy and storms through the forest. He reaches a cliff and yowls. His body transforms to a more wolf-life shape. Naraku simply looks on and laughs.
...
With Inuyasha's Gang
Kaede and Miroku sit in front of Inuyasha's hut, in a praying position. A string of charms surround the area. A wind blows.
"A sinister wind... Priestess Kaede, take care. It's coming." Miroku warns.
"Yes." Kaede answers feeling the same.
A pack of wolves appear in the sky and fly towards them.
"He will not take a step further!" Kaede declared.
The wolves hit the barrier around the charms and disintegrates. Royakan appears and looks around the barrier.
"Inuyasha! Where are you?!" Royakan demanded to know.
...
Inside The Hut
Shippo peeps out of a window.
"What happened?! He's grown much bigger!" Shippo asks stunned.
...
With Miroku And Kaede
"Where are you, Inuyasha!" Royakan demands again.
"As long as our spell is active, that hut where Inuyasha lies will be invisible!" Kaede thinks.
"But what has happened to this demon? He's different. I'll wager another Sacred Jewel has been imbedded in him." Miroku thinks.
Royakan attacks the barrier futilely.
...
With Naraku
"Such a pitiful defense." Naraku states amused.
...
With Miroku, Kaede and Royakan
A spear suddenly appears and flies at Kaede. Miroku gasps and stands up.
"Priestess Kaede!" Miroku shouts worried.
"Don't move!" Kaede orders.
"I must!" Miroku replied.
Miroku knocks the spear away. The barrier dissipates and Royakan sees Inuyasha's hut.
"I can see you now!" Royakan says gleefully and jumps. "Inuyasha, there you are!" Royakan punches Inuyasha's hut which shatters.
"Inuyasha!" Miroku and Kaede yell out frantic.
Inuyasha bursts out of the hut and slashes Royakan with a transformed Tetsusaiga.
"Thanks for releasing me, Royakan. That old hag and monk had me sealed up." Inuyasha thanked.
"We were protecting him!" Kaede said unamused in a deadpan tone of voice.
"Such an ingrate!" Miroku said also in a deadpan tone of voice.
"Die quietly!" Royakan demanded Inuyasha punching him.
"Shaddup!" Inuyasha snapped annoyed dodging.
Inuyasha leaps and swings Tetsusaiga at Royakan. Royakan merely clasp Tetsusaiga's blade with his palms and throws Inuyasha to the ground making Inuyasha wince in pain.
"Inuyasha's been thrown!" Kaede shouts concerned.
"Inuyasha's all talk... His strength isn't back yet." Miroku states with worthy.
"How'd he get so strong...?" Inuyasha disputed stunned.
The Sacred Jewel necklace falls out of Inuyasha's clothes. Royakan runs to it.
"It's a giant fragment of Sacred Jewel." Royakan said ecstatic.
"Damn!" Inuyasha cursed.
An orange furball suddenly appears and grabs the jewel and sprints away.
"You can't have 'em!" Shippo declared.
"Shippo!" Inuyasha calls out relived.
"You won't get away!" Royakan states and spews out a pack of wolves.
The wolves runs after Shippo, who shrieks in terror.
"Shippo! I'll take over. I'll use my Wind Tunnel!" Miroku informs.
"That's...!" Kaede said.
A horde of Naraku's poison insects appear.
"Naraku's poison bugs!" Moroku exclaimed.
"Damn! What'll I do?!" Inuyasha swears frustrated with himself.
Shippo continues running away from the wolves.