Chapter 379

Sudden Change is the 379th chapter of the Inuyasha manga.

Synopsis

 * Kōga fights with Mōryōmaru's demon arm, and is almost defeated because of his Jewel Shards freezing due to Midoriko's will.
 * Inuyasha and group arrive and save Kōga, but the demon arm escapes.

Summary

 * Kōga has come upon a deformed arm, standing over piles of Orochi tribe yōkai corpses.Kōga notes to himself that it definitely stinks of Mōryōmaru. The arm suddenly mutates, an eye opening and a maw forming as it lunges for Kōga. As the wolf demon dodges, he notices nearby boulders are melting, and deduces it's because of the orochi tribe's venom.
 * Meanwhile, Inuyasha and group catch up to Ginta and Hakkaku, who explain Kōga was chasing Mōryōmaru's scent. They lament that he left them in the dust, and then cry as Inuyasha and group do the same, running after Kōga.
 * Kōga continues to evade the demon-arm's attacks easily, taunting it that he's too fast to be caught. Suddenly, the jewel shards in his legs shimmer, and Kōga realizes he can no longer move. He's about to be caught and devoured by the demon arm when a sacred arrow saves him, belonging to Kagome. The group is also shocked that Kōga is fighting just an arm, and Inuyasha says he recognizes it as Mōryōmaru's. The arm flies away, and Inuyasha attacks it with his Kongōsōha to try and stop it, but it still vanishes into a cloud of miasma. Inuyasha growls angrily that it got away, and Kōga beats the dog over the head, saying "Because you interfered, puppy!" Shippō wonders why just Mōryōmaru's arm was present, and Miroku replies that Mōryōmaru was originally just a compilation of various demons, and probably split himself in order to gain power more quickly. Inuyasha gloats to the wolf that if they hadn't shown up, he'd have been eaten. Kagome explains Midoriko's will to make the jewel whole, and Kōga realizes that must be why his legs acted up. He thinks to himself that priestess' soul or not, he will kill Mōryōmaru.