On the day of the cultural festival, the dried demons that Kagome brought from feudal Japan are revived. They devour the food that Yuka and the others made. Kagome covers up the emergency with food from the convenience store.

A demon named Chokyukai is revived, and begins to steal girls. A young man named Kisuke comes to Kaede for help. Inuyasha go to defeat the demon. When they arrive at Kisuke's village, Chokyukai appears leading a water imp and a monkey.

Five demon fox brothers believe Shippo to be a hero. They become his disciples to learn his special technique, the Wind Scar. Shippo is unable to teach it to them, but he tries to show off and fool them. He tricks Mizuki, a girl that he had become friends with recently, and makes her angry.

Inuyasha and the gang meet Shinosuke, who is looking for his fiancée. They are led to a village of only women, and are separated by sex into their rooms. Kagome is left together with Sango. She asks Sango about her relationship with Miroku.

At a village where only women live, a demon that was sealed away in a hanging scroll at Kanondo is revived. The demon merges with his main body, which had sunk to the bottom of the river, and shows his true form, a salamander demon.

Sara, a mysterious woman, appears before Sara. Sara was once saved by Sesshomaru. She was reincarnated just as she had died from an illness. She has stolen Inuyasha's Tessaiga, and turned Miroku and Sango into glass statues.

Sara asks Sesshomaru to destroy her along with the spirit. Sesshomaru complies, and uses the Tessaiga to destroy Sara along with the spirit. Sara accepts her fate. Inuyasha and Kagome watch her final moments.

Priest Mushin, the person who raised Miroku, is going to die. Miroku and the others are shocked. They ask to Mushin's what he wants so that they can give him one last gift. He says that he will have no regrets if he gets to drink "Mist Sage" a wonderful sake that is brewed by the Sake Sage.

A treasure stealing invisible demon appears. An old lady who failed to defeat him asks Inuyasha and the gang for help. Inuyasha are in charge of guarding the second biggest mansion in town.

Akitoki, Hoji's ancestor is on a journey to offer the Hojo family heirloom, the Kenkon Naginata, a demon sword that brings disaster. Inuyasha and the gang travel accompany him. People who are after the Kenkon Naginata appear.

The Ken blade brings disaster. Akitoki and Inuyasha travel the shrine of the wind and thunder gods to make an offering to seal away the blade's demon powers. But Hoshiyomi's demon ninjas attack in order to steal the blade.

Hoshiyomi uses the Kon blade to steal the Tessaiga's demon powers. He captures Kagome, and tells Inuyasha to come to the shrine of the wind and thunder gods.

Tsukiyomi, who is supposed to be dead, possesses Kagome and appears before Hoshiyomi. Having misgivings about the terror of the Kenkon Naginata, Tsukiyomi stole the naginata from Hoshiyomi.

Naraku's baby is bringing virtuous priests close to death and peering into their minds. He is trying to peer into the space between this world and the next. Inuyasha and the gang hear rumors about this and sense that it is the doing of Kagura and the baby.

Naraku's baby was split into two. One half comes back to life in the form of a child dressed in white. Entei is reunited with its owner, Rengokuki, but when the child dressed in white shows up and defeats Rengokuki, Entei chooses the child as his new rider.

Kanta is an otter demon child. His father's head was taken by Hakudoshi, and he is looking for his father's body. Unfortunately, villagers have hunted down his father's body. Inuyasha and the gang rush on over with Kanta, and are surprised when they see Sesshomaru on the scene.

The area between this world and the next, where Sacred Jewel shard is, is the demon graveyard where Inuyasha's father's corpse rests. The Black Pearl is needed to go there. Inuyasha visits Totosai. He is reunited with Myoga, whom he asks how to take out the Black Pearl.

Inuyasha and the gang arrive in the land of fire. They discover a giant gateway within a cave in the mountains. This is the gateway to the area between this world and the next, but it is blocked by Gozu and Mezu, the gate's guardians.

When the gateway in the Land of Fire opened, Kagome sensed the presence of the Sacred Jewel shard. Inuyasha and the gang go looking for a different way to get to the area between this world and the next.