Sango leaves to take a notice of three days in order to repair her gigantic boomerang Hiraikotsu. The others venture into the mountains to find Ninmenka, a demonic peach tree bearing the fruit of human faces. InuYasha has an unfortunate encounter with Tokajin, a sage who is responsible for nourishing Ninmenka with human souls, being sucked into his bottle gourd. Meanwhile, Kagome, Miroku, and Shippo are brought to the miniature village of Togenkyo, where they learn that the villagers are kept there to become sages.