No Surrender: Tragic Swordsman, Yuukanmaru
Episode 1
�Looks like a battle.� Inuyasha says. He is standing beside Kagome and Kagura on a deserted road strewn with dead humans. The wounds all seem to have been made by human weapons, just another pointless bloodbath in the warring states era. �Something�s not right.� Kagura says. Kagome says, �All of these soldiers have the same markings. Was this a civil war?� Inuyasha pauses in thought. �Now that you mention it,� he says, �They�re all facing the same way.� Answering Kagome�s questioning look, he says, �It�s as if this were one side and the other one just left. I never seen a battle between humans where only one side left bodies.� Turning to a noise, Kagura says, �We have a live one.� Kagome rushes to the man�s side. Inuyasha says, �You�re waste�en your time Kagome; that one�s too far gone.� The man�s armor is sliced open; his insides revealed. Kagome focuses on his face and extremities; stretching him out, trying to make him more comfortable. She reaches to her bag to get a water bottle, but the man grabs her hand. He says, �all this�one warrior�a demon�a human�samurai�Nar�ak�u�� His chest collapses a final time; he is dead. While his life failed to capture the half-demon�s interest, his dying words have Inuyasha�s undivided attention. Kagome stands up, looking very sad. Kagura says, �If this was Naraku�s work; then that means that either he or one of his minions is near by. That makes it all the more important that we find the monk; and soon.� The others nod in agreement.