Episode 55

The Stone Flower and Shippo's First Love is 55th episode of the InuYasha anime.

Plot
Shippo saves a young girl named Satsuki from bullies who accuse her of stealing. Satsuki then shows Shippo a "Sacred Jewel Shard" given to her by her elder brother to inspire hope in her before he left for battle. Her elder brother actually died during the Civil War, but Satsuki refuses to believe so and is determined that he will return to her.

Meanwhile, Miroku exorcises a lizard demon from the headman's house, much to the suprise of the others who believe he could not be anything but a fraud. Shippo takes Satsuki to the group, wondering if the Jewel Shard in Satskui's possession is real. However, afterward, Sango and Kagome confirm that it is actually just a "Stone Flower" (a piece of quartz).

That night, Kagome has a bad dream about Math, and Shippo tries to steal the real shards that they have in order to give to Satsuki. Just as he is about to escape with them, he is stopped by Inuyasha and Miroku. Inuyasha teases him about "falling" for Satsuki, Shippo retaliates by mentioning his love triangle with Kagome and Kikyo only to end up with another kick on his head.

The next day, Shippo goes to visit Satsuki, planning on saying goodbye to the young girl before the gang has to leave the village. 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. 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 Shippo. Shippo battles the demon, but his attacks don't seem to have much effect on it. Inuyasha appears and defeats it, but pretends for Shippo's sake that Shippo had done most of the damage. Miroku reveals that the lizard demon was the same one he had exorcised from the village headman's house the day before.

In the end, Satsuki moves in with the kind headman, and reveals to everyone that she actually knew of her brother's death all along, but just refused to accept it. Shippo is seen staring into space, while the others discuss how even if he is a child, he is still a man. Kagome remarks that Satsuki was Shippo's "First Love".

Trivia

 * In the manga version, this episode actually happened after the chapters of the "Tsubaki's Unrelenting Evil Spell" episode.