Sango is reacquainted with Kuranosuke Takeda, lord of the Takeda clan, after having first meet six years ago. Kuranosuke asks that Sango must slay a bear demon haunting his palace, as well as to accept his marriage proposal. While Sango hesitates to decline the marriage proposal, Miroku becomes exceedingly envious of her; however, he tells Sango that she's free to choose, and when questioned by Kagome he says that he thinks Sango shouldn't refuse a chance to have a normal life. Sango is caught off guard when battling the bear demon. However, Miroku defeats the bear demon through the ritual of exorcism. Sango ultimately declines marrying Kuranosuke and he lets her go with the group.