Chapter 27

Half a Demon Is Worse Than One is the 27th chapter of the InuYasha manga.

Synopsis

 * Inuyasha battles with Noh Mask and defeats it.

Summary

 * Noh Mask's continues to devour Inuyasha's arm. Kagome reminds him they have to get the Shikon Jewel shards. Inuyasha punches the mask in two. He grabs one of the halves of the mask and crushes it in his fist, but the other half of the mask flies off and attempts to land on Kagome's face and control her. Kgaome holds on to the mask to try and keep it off of her. It cackles "This bodyyy is miiine.". Inuyasha unsheathes his Tessaiga and tells Kagome to let go of the mask. He cuts out the jewel shard in the mask's forehead, killing it. Inuyasha asks Kagome if she's okay, and she's surprised at that he cares. Inuyasha smugly thinks to himself that Kagome really owes him big now. Kagome thinks to herself about what the mask said, that it had survived for centuries with the Shikon shard inside it, which means other shards could have survived to the present too.
 * Kagome sees the sun is rising; it's morning. She realizes she'll be late for her math exam! She tells Inuyasha to go back to the Feudal Era and she'll be back soon. At school, she takes her test in a hurry, not wanting to make Inuyasha impatient. She thinks about how heroic he acted this last battle.
 * Yuka and Eri tease Kagome not to keep her boyfriend waiting (referring to Hōjō), but Kagome barks back that "He's not my boyfriend!" thinking they meant Inuyasha. With a bag full of supplies and books, she heads for the well, but finds Inuyasha waiting for her. He carries her backpack for her, and it puts a smile on Kagome's face that he was waiting for her.
 * Meanwhile, Hōjō is waiting at the movie theater for Kagome, having been stood up/forgotten by Kagome.

Characters in order of appearance

 * Inuyasha
 * Kagome Higurashi
 * Sōta Higurashi
 * Hōjō
 * Noh Mask

Capítulo 27