Naraku tells Kagura to follow Musō, confusing her.
Kagura once again promised complete devotion to Naraku and won't run away anymore if he would free her from the prison. Naraku suddenly appears in Kagura's presence and asks if she wants to be released. In the castle basement, Kagura is still chained up in the dungeon for punishment from leaving the castle without permission and wonders how long is Naraku intending to keep her there. Naraku watches Kikyō through Kanna's mirror and has a flashback of her saying he could never kill her because of Onigumo's heart before leaving from a room. Kikyō tells one of the soldiers to help the apprentice as she quickly suspects it is an incarnation of Naraku and wonders what he's up to. Inuyasha told Kaede that she was too late and the battle was over remains skeptical as he has concerns about Musō.Īs Kikyō takes care of the wounded soldiers at the temple, she soon comes upon the apprentice of Musō who tells her that his master was killed and his face was stolen by a faceless demon who had spider mark on his back. Kaede appears and calls out to Inuyasha and asks what's going on. Kagome says that Musō couldn't survived an attack from the Wind Scar. Shippō wonders why Musō was after Kagome and Miroku suspects that he was an incarnation of Naraku as he had a spider scar on his back. Inuyasha uses the Wind Scar on Musō to free Kagome and rips him to pieces, seemingly destroying him. Musō used his tentacles and pushed Inuyasha away before he went after Kagome again. Musō tries to go after Kagome but Inuyasha stops him and asks why is he after her, confusing Musō. Inuyasha deflected Musō's attack with his Tessaiga.
Musō tries to attacks Inuyasha as he said not to interfere. The Saimyōshō go to Musō and join together to give him another new arm. As more Saimyōshō appeared, Inuyasha tells Kagome to run.
Musō tries to pull Kagome towards him when Inuyasha uses his Tessaiga to cut the tentacles.
Musō regains his memory and it is revealed that he is actually Onigumo, the bandit who fed his soul to demons and became Naraku.Musō is drawn to the cave where Onigumo laid, claiming that he had been there before.