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As this episode starts out, Inuyasha and Miroku are still inside the acidic cocoon, struggling to stay alive. As the situation gets more and more desperate (the lord youkai kills one girl; the rest of the Yasha gang come to help but are quickly getting outnumbered; the child's grandfather is getting beaten; and Miroku is having great difficulty keeping the holy barrier up), Inuyasha, without Tessaiga, finally reverts to his youkai form, which startles Miroku. The cocoon bursts open as Inuyasha uses a claw attack, and the lord youkai changes into his true youkai form--a big, ugly moth. Inuyasha very quickly disposes of him, and then turns to slaughter the youkai's men, who are trying to run for their lives. Kagome, now with Tessaiga, is desperate to help, but can't get near him. Though the Yasha gang is no longer in danger from the soldiers, they now have to save Inuyasha from destroying himself.
As Inuyasha, oblivious to Kagome's cries, is about to kill three men on their knees, begging for mercy, Inuyasha senses the presence of his older brother. Sesshoumaru, who has come to see if what Bokusenou has said is true, battles with his younger brother until Inuyasha is finally knocked out. The Yasha gang confronts Sesshoumaru with the fact that he could have killed Inuyasha, but didn't--and they ask him why, but Sesshoumaru gives a roundabout answer, and leaves. Kagome, who has returned Tessaiga to Inuyasha, leans over Inuyasha as he comes to. He's later finally able to get up, and surveys the damage he has dealt. Very remorseful, Inuyasha grows embittered when the villagers that he just saved shun him for being a monster.
Meanwhile, Sesshoumaru has returned to where he left Rin and Jaken. Jaken makes an idiot out of himself when he demands to know why Sesshoumaru left without him, and Rin makes a saint of herself by only answering Sesshoumaru's question, "Did you behave?" O_o However, Sesshoumaru looks off into the distance, much to Rin and Jaken's confusion. Later, Miroku and Sango chat about Inuyasha's predicament by the riverside as Miroku washes his hands. Sango declares that because the Yasha gang has stuck by her despite the trouble she caused with Kohaku, she'll stick with Inuyasha, even if he turns into a youkai. Miroku agrees with a smile.
Inuyasha, unable to get the smell of the men he killed off of his hands, wades back to the shore in frustration. Sitting down a bit away from the shore, Kagome offers him a towel, but he rebuffs her for her concern. Kagome, always understanding and trusting (unlike someone we all know), lays her hands on his shoulders for comfort--and Inuyasha, feeling better I'm sure, thinks to himself that if he transforms again, his claws might slash through Kagome...
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