Kotatsu, a painter, sees a dream in which he becomes successful by controlling an army of ogres drawn with ink that has a sacred jewel shard in it. Miroku, Inuyasha and the others become involved in protecting the princess that Kotatsu is in love with.

Miroku, a womanizing delinquent priest, has been collecting Shikon Jewel shards and steals Kagome's shards. Inuyasha tracks him down and confronts Miroku to get the shards back. Miroku fights back with his priestly powers and the wind tunnel in his hand that he was cursed with.

Kikyo is revived when Kagome's soul flows into her. She tries to kill Inuyasha, but Kagome takes back her soul. Fifty years ago, Kikyo wanted Inuyasha to use the Shikon Jewel to become human. But on the day of their promise, someone who looked like Inuyasha fatally injured Kikyo. Inuyasha realizes that there is a mysterious person who made them fight.

The ogress, Urasue, robs the grave of Kikyo, the priestess who sealed away Inuyasha fifty years ago. She revives Kikyo's body using the ashes of Kikyo's bones and soil from Kikyo's grave. But Kikyo's soul has already been reincarnated in a different body.

Half demon Inuyasha's secret is that he becomes human once a month. That day, Inuyasha and the gang meet Nazuna and stay at a mountain temple. They fall into Kumogashira's trap and the sacred jewel shards are taken away from them. Inuyasha is injected with poison!

Kagome sees a Soul Piper, a demon that consoles the spirits of children. She helps Mayu, a girl who is about to become an evil spirit, to pass on.

Kagome has returned to the present day to take a test. As she does, a noh mask, the Mask of Flesh, begins a violent search for the Shikon Jewel shards. Kagome's younger brother, Sota, tries hard to call Inuyasha to come to Kagome's rescue.

Inuyasha goes to save Kagome from Manten. Hiten devours the sacred jewel shard that Manten had and absorbs his demon powers. Hiten attacks Inuyasha with his Raigekijin. Inuyasha is in trouble and defends himself with the scabbard of the Tetsusaiga.

Shippo is a demon fox whose father was killed by the the Thunder Brothers: Hiten and Manten. He steals the Shikon Jewel shards from Kagome so that he can avenge his father.