InuYasha is devastated that his friends almost died because of his weakness. Sesshomaru appears to InuYasha in order to rebuke him for not protecting his friends. Myoga saves Kagome, Miroku, and Sango by sucking the poison from their blood. Meanwhile, Kikyo has found a kind doctor caring for local children named Suikotsu, who possesses an unusually pure shard of the Shikon Jewel and a strange anxiety around blood.