Miroku reveals that the lizard demon was the same one he had exorcised from the village headman's house the day before. Inuyasha appears and defeats it, but pretends for ShippЕЌ's sake that ShippЕЌ had done most of the damage. ShippЕЌ battles the demon, but his attacks don't seem to have much effect on it.

While running away, he creates a flying horse for Satsuki to escape on, and when the illusion ends and she falls from the sky she falls right into the path of Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango, who had been looking for ShippЕЌ. He finds a demon pretending to be Satsuki's elder brother, and tries to save Satsuki by using his fox magic to create an illusion to distract it. The next day, ShippЕЌ goes to visit Satsuki, planning on saying goodbye to the young girl before the gang has to leave the village. Inuyasha teases him about 'falling' for Satsuki, ShippЕЌ retaliates by mentioning his love triangle with Kagome and KikyЕЌ only to end up with another kick on his head. Just as he is about to escape with them, he is stopped by Inuyasha and Miroku. That night, Kagome has a bad dream about Math, and ShippЕЌ tries to steal the real shards that they have in order to give to Satsuki.

However, afterward, Sango and Kagome confirm that it is actually just a 'Stone Flower' (a piece of quartz). ShippЕЌ takes Satsuki to the group, wondering if the Jewel Shard in Satskui's possession is real. Meanwhile, Miroku exorcises a lizard demon from the headman's house, much to the surprise of the others who believe he could not be anything but a fraud. Her elder brother actually died during the Civil War, but Satsuki refuses to believe so and is determined that he will return to her. Satsuki then shows ShippЕЌ a 'Sacred Jewel Shard' given to her by her elder brother to inspire hope in her before he left for battle. ShippЕЌ saves a young girl named Satsuki from bullies who accuse her of stealing. A Lizard demon appears and intends to use Satsuki and ShippЕЌ as a means to obtain a shard of the Shikon no Tama from Inuyasha and the others the lizard demon proves to be incredibly weak and is easily defeated.ShippЕЌ meets a girl named Satsuki, who has a fake shard of the Shikon no Tama and wrongly believes that her deceased brother will some day return home to her.

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