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Episode 52: Irresistible! The Youkai's True Nature
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Gatenmaru is no more, strewn into pieces scattered across the village. Terrified the bandits begin to flee, however they are no match for Inuyasha's claws. Kagome calls out to the transformed hanyou, however not even her voice can get through to him, he is so far gone.

A scene change here, to Rin, Aun and Jaken discussing the disappearance of Sesshoumaru. The inu-youkai lord had been curious as to the scent change in his younger brother, and had questioned the youkai tree Bokusenou about it in the previous episode. Sesshoumaru had gone to see if what he had said was indeed correct.

Inuyasha continues to massacre the bandits, til all but three remain. Kagome grips Tessaiga with both hands and runs towards Inuyasha hoping that if she gives him the fang that he will return to normal. Out of nowhere, Sesshoumaru appears and taunts his younger brother to come at him in his transformed state. With naught but the blood pounding in his ears, Inuyasha attacks his elder brother who uses Toukijin slicing up the transformed hanyou's arms severely. The battle continues, Sesshoumaru evading Inuyasha's attacks with little to no effort. The youkai lord realizes that even transformed as such, Inuyasha is still a hanyou. "You are only an afflicted hanyou. Know your place. A hanyou should act like a hanyou, and lick the ground!" He says as Inuyasha attacks him once more, Toukijin reacting with sword pressure only. This causes Inuyasha to fly backwards and land into the ground, stopped for the time being.

Kagome runs past Sesshoumaru, and collapses on Inuyasha's still body. She looks back at the youkai lord, and threatens him not to come any closer, even though she is only a human... she is willing to fight to protect him. Sesshoumaru tells her to give Inuyasha Tessaiga, otherwise he will continue to fight when he awakens. Sensing that Kagome is in trouble, Miroku, Sango and Shippou jump in-between. Miroku questions Sesshoumaru's reasoning for not killing Inuyasha, and the youkai lord has little to say on the matter before he disappears.

Inuyasha soon regains consciousness, and the village women shun him because of the blood bath he had turned their home into. Looking down at his claws, Inuyasha is somber and begins to feel intense remorse for killing the bandits.

Later, beside the river bed Sango tells Miroku that no matter what she will stand beside Inuyasha because he had always stood beside her even when she was only concerned with chasing after Kohaku. Nearby, Kagome watches Inuyasha splash around in the river trying to remove the stench of the bandit's blood from his claws. As soon as he sits down on the river bed, she offers him a towel; Inuyasha refuses it instantly. She sets it down in her lap, and quietly sits beside him. Inuyasha tells her that she doesn't have to force herself to be around him, causing her to give him a wide eyed, saddened look. This frustrates Inuyasha, and he yells at her, "You all act as if something's wrong! I'm sorry, but I don't give a damn what I did!"

Kagome can see right through him, and she knows that killing those bandits was really eating at him. She rises to her knees and rests her head and hand on his shoulder. Inuyasha looks surprised for a moment, before he rests his hand atop hers, before thinking to himself.

~I can't remember what I did when I was transformed. That didn't happen before. The next time I transform, my claws... they may rip you apart as well, Kagome.~