Episode 162

Forever with Lord Sesshomaru is the one hundred sixty-second episode of the InuYasha anime.

Summary
A village is being raided by bandits and Sesshomaru is watching from nearby. As he turns away and the bandits attempt to attack him, but Sesshomaru destroys the bandits as a group of monks arrive. They confront Sesshomaru, who destroys their spells and vanishes. The monks notice the slain humans near them are bandits and may have been the ones who attacked the village.

Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango and Miroku are talking to a village headman, learning that the village woke up one day and all the children were missing. Miroku offers their assistance, but the headman says he has hired a group of monks, under the command of monk Ungai, to find the missing children. Miroku, and even Sango know about him, knowing he is predjudice towards demonds, exterminating them without a second thought.

The monks come across Rin in the woods; she runs away from them. However, Ungai gives chase, sensing a demon is near by. A-Un flies over him, confirming Ungai's suspisctions, but he notice Rin riding on the demon's back; this confuses him as demons normally attack humans.

That night, Rin asks Jaken what Sesshomaru will do when he has defeated Naraku, learning that Sesshomaru will establish his own empire and Jaken will gain the posistion of Cheif Minister. Rin wonders what position she will have, making Jaken shocked that she's willing to follow them that long. Jaken explains it may take several decades to amass the funds and resources, possibly even a full 100 years; to demons, that is nothing, but to humans, it's beyond their normal life spans; Rin will probably be dead by the time the empire is established. As Rin falls asleep, she promises herself that she will always be with Lord Sesshomaru. Jaken wakes a few minutes later when Rin wanders off. Rin follows the sound of a flute and follows a strange demon. Jaken tries to follow her, but is unable to keep up and loses sight of her; causing him to panick.

As Inuyasha and friends are camping, the monks come across them. Ungai identifies Miroku, Sango and Kagome as a monk, demon slayer and priestess correctly. However, he points out they are hypocrites for having demons with them; Shippo is angered by Ungai's insult to his character, but is quickly scared into hiding behind Sango because of Ungai's scowl. Sango firmly tells Ungai that Shippo and Kirara would never harm humans of their own will. Inuyasha, far from the campfire in the dark, cuts in; it doesn't matter what they say Ungai will never change his mind. Ungai notices Tessaiga is a demon sword and advises Inuyasha to discard it. Inuyasha walks into the light, revealing he is in human form; its the Night of the New Moon again. He tells Ungai its none of his business; the monk agees, but informs the group to stay out of their way to avoid conflict.

Jaken wanders through the mist calling for Rin when Sesshomaru arrives. He asks if something happened to Rin, and Jaken says it was Ongukuki who captured her. He goes on to explain that Ongukuki is a demon who lures children out with his flute to capture them until he can sell them to other demons. Sesshomaru then goes of to search for her. Jaken fails to notice this in time and is left looking for both his master and Rin.

Rin follows the demon to a cave filled with weeping children. She awakens from the flute's spell and asks the children what is going on. When they explain Ongukuki kidnapped them, and that they're afraid of him, Rin scoffs and insists that humans are scarier than demons due to her having witnessed the savage murder of her family. She then says they'll be okay and insists Sesshomaru will come for her. The other children continue cowering in fear.

In the meantime, Jaken continues looking for Sesshomaru and Rin, calling their names to no avail. He is then shocked to find Kagome, Shippo, Miroku and Sango suddenly around him; Inuyasha is hiding in the shadows to avoid Sesshomaru fiding out when he loses his demonic powers. Explaining that Ongukuki kidnapped Rin, and Sesshomaru is out to find her, Jaken resumes her search. Everyone is now sure that Ungai will run into Sesshomaru, and as Inuyasha believes "if those monks try their half-baked spells, Sesshomaru will kill the lot of them."

The group of monks arrives at the cave and lures Ongukuki out and defeat him with ease. They rescue the children, but Rin tries to stay behind in order to find Sesshomaru. However, Ungai drags Rin off despite her protests of not wanting to return to a human village on account of her family's murder. Meanwhile, Sesshomaru is watching secretly nearby having located her. He stays and does nothing as the monks try to reason with Rin to come with them. But when she directly cries out for Sesshomaru, he gives away his pressence, making Ungai fire in his direction. Rin is happy to see him, but Ungai is convinced she is under a spell. Sesshomaru walks forward to retrieve Rin, making the monks surround and try to destroy him without success. The monks eventually succeed in freezing Sesshomaru, but as their attacks grow stronger, Sesshomaru begins to transform into his demon form. The power of the explosion flings the monks backward, destroying some of their weapons and leave the head monk stunned at Sesshomaru's great intense power. Rin escapes from Ungai and comes up to Sesshomaru. He tells her to follow him if she chooses to do so and she happily accepts despite Ungai's insistence she not. As he stares at the destruction in shock and wonders as to why she'd go off with a demon, Inuyasha and his companions are watching from a nearby tree line.

The nexy day, all the children are returned to the village. Ungai observes Kagome and Inuyasha's interaction as they talk to each other, realizing Inuyasha is a half-demon, and asks for Kagome to "enlighten" him. He then asks why she chooses to stay with a demon, surprising her. He then tells her to "forget it" and leaves with the other monks.

Meanwhile, Sesshomaru and Rin meet up with Jaken. As he goes to get A-Un, Rin asks Sesshomaru that if she were to ever die if he'd remember her, obviously stunning him. He blows off her question by telling not to "say such silly things." Jaken then returns with A-Un and the three go off.