InuYasha (犬夜叉)

- WH-WHAT IS IT? IS SOMETHING ON FIRE?

- NO, THEY'RE JUST SLAYING DEMONS.

AND WHAT STINKS?

WHAT'S ALL THE SMOKE FOR?

GOT EVERYTHING READY?

MOOR IT THIS WAY.

COULDN'T WE USE A MOUSETRAP?

SANGO, YOU ALMOST DONE?

- IS THIS ONE OF THE DEMONS BEING DESTROYED BY THE SMOKE?

- INUYASHA JUST HAS A VERY SENSITIVE NOSE.

HMM?

MM-HMM.

WHAT A BEAUTY.

- HEY, MIROKU, WHERE YOU GOING?

IT'S COMING. GET BACK!

AAH!

EVERYTHING'S OK NOW, KAGOME.

- ARE YOU STILL FEELING SICK, INUYASHA?

HUH? WHERE'S MIROKU?

- HE FOLLOWED AFTER SOME STRANGE WOMAN.

HUH?

- HE DID? WHILE WE WERE SLAYING DEMONS?

SHE WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

HE PROBABLY GAVE HER THE LINE

ABOUT HAVING TO HAVE HIS FIRSTBORN CHILD.

- WH-WHAT? HAVE HIS CHILD?

- I SEE. SO YOU'RE A PRINCESS FROM A VERY PROMINENT CLAN, THEN.

I WAS.

MY CLAN HAD BEEN DECIMATED BY WAR,

AND I AM THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF MY HOUSE.

SO IN ORDER TO RESTORE MY FAMILY,

I WISH TO BEAR THE CHILD OF A STRONG LORD.

SO YOU SOUGHT ME OUT.

HMM, YOU HAVE GREAT TASTE.

WILL YOU DO ME THE HONOR?

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS WAS ALL FAR TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

UNH!

HIYAH!

A GIANT MANTIS!

SO YOU DISGUISED YOURSELF AS A WOMAN.

- I DEVOURED THE INNARDS OF THE REAL PRINCESS.

UHH!

UHH! UNH!

YOU PICKED THE WRONG PERSON FOR YOUR NEXT VICTIM!

YAH!

WIND TUNNEL!

HMM! DAMN, MY WIND TUNNEL'S INJURED.

TELL ME, INUYASHA.

IS IT MY IMAGINATION,

OR HAVE THE GIRLS BEEN STARING AT ME QUITE COLDLY?

- WELL, I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE IT'S FROM ALL THE WOMANIZING.

HMM?

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT, MIROKU?

THEY THINK YOU'RE A PHILANDERING CREEP.

I'VE BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD.

YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, BUT...

YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

SPARE US THE LIES.

- YOU COULD AT LEAST GIVE ME A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN MYSELF.

UNH.

DAMN, IT STILL HURTS.

THAT CONNIVING GIANT MANTIS MADE MY WIND TUNNEL SPREAD.

FATHER! FATHER!

- NO! DON'T GO TOWARDS HIM, MIROKU!

FATHER! FATHER!

UNH!

LET ME GO, MUSHIN!

- YOU WOULD BE PULLED INTO YOUR FATHER'S WIND TUNNEL, TOO, IF YOU GO.

HUH?

FATHER! NO!

- HE WENT OUT BEFORE DAWN. YOU'RE SURE?

- YES. THE MONK SAID HE WAS GOING ON A LONG JOURNEY,

AND HE ASKED ME TO WISH YOU WELL.

THAT STUPID MIROKU.

ALWAYS RUNNING OFF AND DOING THINGS ON HIS OWN.

- MY FATHER WAS DRAWN INTO HIS OWN WIND TUNNEL,

AND HE DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE.

I'M AFRAID I'LL PROBABLY END UP DYING THAT WAY AS WELL.

- MIROKU, WE FOUND A SPOT. I CAN SEE IT FROM HERE.

HMM.

WHERE DID THIS GIANT HOLE COME FROM ANYWAY?

HMM. THIS?

THIS IS MY FATHER'S GRAVE.

MUSHIN, ARE YOU THERE?

IT'S MIROKU.

UH! DRUNK AGAIN AS USUAL. UH!

HMM?

- WAKE UP, YOU STINKING DRUNKARD.

UHH...

MIROKU, I'M SURPRISED YOU'RE STILL ALIVE.

- YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIVE VERY LONG

IF YOU KEEP DRINKING THE WAY YOU DO.

- DID YOU COME HERE TO LECTURE ME?

- NO. A GIANT MANTIS NICKED THE SIDES OF MY WIND TUNNEL.

I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD REPAIR IT.

HMM.

HMM. HMM.

TOO LATE. YOU'RE GOING TO DIE TONIGHT.

RELAX. I'M JUST KIDDING AROUND.

- LOOK, YOU WANT TO GET SUCKED IN?

NOW, NOW. CALM DOWN.

I'LL STITCH YOU UP, BUT I'M WARNING YOU.

YOU MUST KEEP THE WIND TUNNEL COVERED UP

AND NOT EXPOSE IT OR TRY TO USE IT

UNTIL IT IS COMPLETELY HEALED.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IF I DO?

- THE WIND TUNNEL WILL SPREAD FROM THE NICK

AND WILL EVENTUALLY CONSUME YOU ENTIRELY.

I WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO HELP YOU THEN, YOUNG MAN.

NOW, THEN. UNH.

I WILL START GATHERING MY MEDICINAL HERBS.

GO AND PURIFY YOURSELF. GOD KNOWS YOU NEED IT.

- HMM. SO THAT DRUNKEN OLD MAN MUSHIN

IS THE HIGH MONK WHO RAISED YOU?

- THAT'S RIGHT. HE TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW.

THE GOOD AND THE BAD.

- HE'S A LITTLE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES, THAT'S FOR SURE,

BUT HE SEEMS KINDHEARTED.

HMM. I GUESS SO.

- I'M SURPRISED MIROKU IS SO WORRIED

OVER A LITTLE NICK LIKE THAT,

BUT CONSIDERING THE TRAGEDY IN HIS LIFE,

I CAN'T BLAME HIM FOR BEING UPSET.

- I WONDER WHY MIROKU TOOK OFF ON US YESTERDAY WITHOUT A WORD TO ANYONE.

- WELL, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE BOTH OF YOU

SHOT HIM SUCH DIRTY LOOKS.

- HMM? - HMM?

HUH. DON'T TRY AND TELL ME

THAT WE HURT HIS FEELINGS.

HE'S NOT EXACTLY SENSITIVE.

UH, WELL, MASTER INUYASHA.

- WELL, WELL, MYOGA. YOU'RE BACK.

- YES. I RETURNED LATE LAST NIGHT,

AND WHEN I CAME IN,

I NOTICED THAT THE MONK WAS ACTING STRANGELY.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

- HE KEPT STARING AT HIS RIGHT HAND--

THE ONE WITH THE WIND TUNNEL--

AND HE SEEMED VERY DEEP IN THOUGHT.

HE DIDN'T SAY WHAT WAS BOTHERING HIM.

- HUH? INUYASHA, LET'S GO FIND MIROKU.

- WHY? YOU DON'T THINK SOMETHING'S HAPPENED TO HIM, DO YOU?

- HMM. WELL, YES, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT.

- SO, HOW DO YOU EXPECT US TO GO AND FIND HIM?

I DON'T KNOW.

JUST LEAVE HIM.

FINDING THE SACRED JEWEL SHARDS IS MORE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.

- WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU, MIROKU?

HMM.

IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON.

WHY IS IT SUDDENLY SO DARK OUTSIDE?

HMM? UHH! WH-WHO ARE YOU?

UHH!

DID YOU DRINK YOUR MEDICINE?

- HMM? YES, BUT I'M STARTING TO FEEL VERY GROGGY.

SLEEP.

IT WILL BE OVER SOON.

- GLAD TO HEAR IT BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE DYING JUST YET.

MMM.

I'LL EASE YOUR PAIN SOON ENOUGH.

WHAT WAS THAT NOISE?

- I DON'T LIKE THE SOUNDS OF IT.

WHAT IS IT, INUYASHA?

NARAKU'S INSECTS!

HIRAIKOTSU! UNH!

THIS TIME, IT'S DEAD.

- WAIT! IF HE'S USING THEM TO SPY ON US,

SOMETHING MUST BE HAPPENING WITH MIROKU.

LET'S FOLLOW IT!

OK. COME ON. WAIT FOR ME!

HUH?

UNH!

OH. ARE YOU STILL AWAKE?

- YOU'RE NOT MUSHIN. WHO ARE YOU?

- I AM A DEMON WORM CHARMER, BUT I CAME ACROSS NARAKU,

AND HE PROMISED TO GIVE ME A SACRED JEWEL SHARD IF I KILLED YOU.

UH, NARAKU? HUH?

UNH!

YOU CAN'T MOVE MUCH ANYMORE.

THE MEDICINE HAS NUMBED YOUR ENTIRE BODY.

GO NOW IN PEACE!

UNH!

UGH!

MIROKU!

QUICK, MY STAFF!

UNH!

UH! KABOOM!

YOU WON'T GET AWAY!

HURRY. LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

I CAN'T GO ANY FASTER.