Kagome and Akitoki become separated from InuYasha and the others. InuYasha faces off against Hoshiyomi, the master of the ninja y?kai and owner of the Kon Blade, while Miroku, Sango and Shippo are to find Kagome and Akitoki, who have been drifted off from a waterfall. Kagome and Akitoki later eat and rest deep in the woods. InuYasha questions Hoshiyomi on his purpose for obtaining the Ken Blade. The four ninja y?kai use demon puppets disguised as ancestors of Kagome's classmates, in which Kagome uses her Sacred Arrows to destroy them. However, she is suddenly captured by the four ninja y?kai as a hostage.