Episode 8

The Toad Who Would Be Prince is the eighth episode of the InuYasha anime. It first aired in Japan on December 4, 2000.

Plot
It's begins when Kagome is swimming a lake and likes the fresh air around, while Inuyasha and Myoga are up in a tree. Inuyasha thought that Myoga told them that they can find shards in the land of Musashi. Myoga wasn't listening for he was finds Kagome pretty down there. A little white thing was discovered by Inuyasha, Inuyasha follows it and Myoga tells him that he's a naughty boy going to see Kagome in her bathing suit. Kagome screams, which made Inuyasha land on a stone in the lake. He believes for what it might look like. Kagome told him that it was the white thing that took her clothes. Inuyasha hears a whistle. Nearby was a young samurai who used his little monkey to get him something to eat. The monkey gave him Kagome clothes then he was shocked to see it. Inuyasha and Kagome pop out of the bush that was by the samurai and demands him to give Kagome's clothes back. The samurai draws his sword to see them suspicious, and Inuyasha was going to ask the same thing. Kagome gives the samurai some potato chips and teas. Inuyasha doesn't like that Kagome has so much stuff in her backpack, for it also has her clothes and homework she has to take care of for school. They introduce themselves and it comes to show that the samurai's name is Nobunaga. Kagome knows about him from her history class and wants to get an autograph from him. But he wasn't Oda Nobunaga she was looking for, It was Amari Nobunaga. Kagome was disappointed that he was living history. He has to leave but he was klutz that he fell down a shallow cliff. In a village there were a line of young girls being taken to a castle. Amari finds out that the rumors about the young girls are true. Inuyasha and Kagome tag along with him to go the castle where the girls are taken to. Meanwhile there a young princess named Tsuyu was serving a drink to a bandaged person. The princess asked him to see where they are in the castle. The Lord becomes angry that he will not tell her. Tsuyu begs for his forgiveness for it. The group arrive from at the bottom of the castle and Inuyasha smells a demon nearby, so they get up there. when they do they find a couple of men sleeping but not naturally. Amari calls Tsuyu in the castle, which doesn't even wake up anyone in the castle. They come into the room and they find. Myoga sucks her blood to wake her. Tsuyu know Amari Nobunaga since they were kids. It comes to show that Amari is in love with Tsuyu. Tsuyu tells them that the lord slipped in the pond and got a terrible fever. The Lord in coming closer, Inuyasha and Kagome find him. Inuyasha slashed the bandages off and it turns out that the lord is a possessed by a toad demon. Kagome sees a glow on his right shoulder which happened to be a shard of the Sacred Jewel. Myoga warns Inuyasha that the toad is a formidable foe. Inuyasha assures him he can defeat him. The toad breathes off toxic fog which got Inuyasha down. The toad kidnaps the princess after he attacked Nobunaga with his tongue. The toad got the princess inside a sake right before Inuyasha got into the room. It turns out that the Toad eats young women's souls to stay alive. Inuyasha manage to use the Tessaiga to attack the toad, but the toad doesn't want to die then he calls out some of the souls to survive. Nobunaga managed to get the princess out of the sac she was in. Inuyasha hits the toad with his head which got the real lord's to speak. He doesn't be like this that he wants to be killed. Nobunaga doesn't want it to happened, for he tells Inuyasha sheath his sword. But the toad demon was back in control.The toad attacks Nobunaga again in the shoulder. Kagome quickly gets the princess away from the toad. Myoga tells Kagome that the toad's weakness is fire. The little monkey got a little fire, Inuyasha informs Kagome that luxury something they cannot afford for the battle. Kagome understands what he was saying for she tell Inuyasha "Sit" which gave her the change to use her hairspray with the fire and burn the toad out and get the shard. Nobunaga is grateful. Tsuyu runs into her husband, making Nobunaga upset. Nobunaga admits he is a fool. When leaves he falls do the same shallow cliff. Inuyasha and Kagome look down and agree with his confession.

Trivia

 * Nobunaga's design would later be reused for Akitoki Hojo.
 * This is the only time Kagome's seen in her bathing suit.

Goofs

 * When Inuyasha said that he scent a jewel shard In the castle, it's Kagome who is suppose to have this ability.

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