Episode 162

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

Summary
A village is being raided by bandits and Sesshōmaru is watching from nearby. As he turns away, the bandits see him and attempt to attack him, but Sesshōmaru destroys the bandits as a group of monks arrive. They confront Sesshōmaru, asking if he was the one who destroyed the village, but he merely walks on. The monks attempt to use their spells on him to attack him, Sesshōmaru easily destroys their spells and vanishes. The monks notice the slain humans near them are actually  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 realized that all of the children were missing. Miroku offers their assistance, but the headman says he has already 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 extremely prejudice against all demons, exterminating them without a second thought as to whether or not the demon is actually truly evil.

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

That night, Rin asks Jaken what Sesshōmaru will do when he has defeated Naraku, learning that Sesshōmaru will establish his own empire and Jaken will gain the position of Chief Minister. Rin wonders what position she will have, making Jaken shocked that she's willing to follow them for 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 Sesshōmaru. Jaken wakes a few minutes later when Rin wanders off, assuming she is using the bathroom in the woods. Rin, in a trance, 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 panic.

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 supposedly hypocrites for having demons with them despite being demon slayers; Shippō 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 Shippō 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; it's the night of the new moon again. He tells Ungai its none of his business; the monk agrees, but informs the group to stay out of their way to avoid conflict.

Jaken wanders through the mist calling for Rin when Sesshōmaru arrives. He asks if something happened to Rin, and Jaken says it was Ongokuki who captured her. He goes on to explain that Ongokuki is a demon who lures children out with his flute to capture them and sells them to other demons. Sesshōmaru 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 Ongokuki 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 by bandits. She then says they'll be okay and insists Sesshōmaru will come for her. The other children continue cowering in fear.

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

The group of monks arrives at the cave and lures Ongokuki out and defeat him with ease. They rescue the children, but Rin tries to stay behind in order to find Sesshōmaru. However, Ungai drags Rin off despite her protests of not wanting to return to a human village on account of her family's murder in one. Meanwhile, Sesshōmaru is watching secretly nearby in the woods, 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 Sesshōmaru, he gives away his presence, making Ungai fire in his direction. Rin is happy to see him, but Ungai is convinced she is under a spell.

Sesshōmaru walks forward to retrieve Rin, making the monks surround and attempt to destroy him, without success. The monks eventually succeed in freezing Sesshōmaru. When their attacks actually start to sting Sesshōmaru, he moves to grab Tōkijin, but decides against it because Rin is in front of him. Sesshōmaru instead begins to reveal his true nature, as if he's going to transform; however, he uses the energy normally used to transform for a psionic attack, causing an explosion. The explosion flings the monks backward, destroying some of their weapons and leave the head monk stunned at Sesshōmaru's great intense power. Rin escapes from Ungai and comes up to Sesshōmaru. He tells her to follow him if she chooses to do so and she happily accepts, despite Ungai's insistence she not. She smiles and waves at him and happily beings to follow Sesshōmaru. As she does, Ungai stares at the destruction in shock and wonders as to why she'd go off with a demon. During all of this, Inuyasha and his companions are watching from a nearby tree line.

The next day, all the children are returned to the village; Ungai and his monks are thanked for their assistance. 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, Sesshōmaru and Rin meet up with Jaken; Sesshōmaru wonders where A-Un is. As Jaken remembers he left him back at the campsite, he goes to get A-Un. Looking at gravestones, Rin asks Sesshōmaru that if she were to ever die if he'd remember her, obviously stunning him. He blows off her question by telling her not to "say such silly things." Jaken then returns with A-Un and asks where Sesshōmaru is going. He retorts that he is going to find Naraku. Jaken asks if he can come along if it isn't too much trouble. Rin tells Jaken that he doesn't need to ask. All three take off.