Seeking medicine for the poisoned Kirara, Inuyasha and Kagome meet Jinenji, a gentle half-demon tormented by villagers. But when a man-eating youkai threatens the village, Jinenji bravely fights back—and the villagers begin to accept him...

Targeted by illusions, Kagome resists their effects but is betrayed by Kikyo, who steals her Shikon shards and nearly kills her. Inuyasha breaks the spell in time to save her—but Kikyo escapes and takes the shards straight to Naraku...