Episode 10

Phantom Showdown: The Thunder Brothers vs. Tetsusaiga is the tenth episode of the InuYasha anime. It first aired in Japan on December 18, 2000.

Plot
It begins when Monten is riding a floating carrige pulled by a pegasus with two lovely girls by him for his hair. When his hair falls out, the girls flee. Monten falls off his bed realizing it was just a dream. InuYasha seeks out the Thunder Brothers to rescue Kagome, and before long InuYasha is battling against Hiten. Monten attends to give Hiten a hand but Kagome pushes him off the cloud including herself. she lands on Monten. Just as Monten to kill Kagome, Shippo uses his Spinning top illusion to stop him. When the illusion faded the last piece of Monten's head falls out which makes him even angrier than before. Kagome got an idea for Shippo uses his shape-changing tricks to transform himself into a Kagome to trick Manten so Kagome can attack him. When Monten got Fake Kagome by the hair, Shippo uses his hair to tangle Monten down. Kagome yanks the arrow out of Monten's nose. Just when Kagome struck his head to get the shards, Monten overpowers them, choking Kagome in the process. Inuyasha hears her and tries to get to her. Hiten however got him on his shoulder with his weapon. Hiten gets Inuyasha down to the ground and gave him a choose who to die first on his team. Hiten asked Monten what he wants to do with them. Monten answers that he's fine with Kagome and Shippo on his end. Inuyasha grabs Tetsusaiga and throws it missing Hiten. Hiten not impressed for the throw, but Inuyasha asked himself did he get the target, and he did, the sword went throw Monten's body killing him the process. Kagome released from his grasp, got Shippo and Tetsusaiga, but Shippo wanted her to get his father. But she can't carry them both. Hiten hurries to Monten who tells him that He inherited his mother's appearance, and Hiten inherited their father's. Hiten loves his brothers, but Monten tells him that he'd reborn as bald before he died. Inuyasha making sure that Kagome and Shippo are okay, Kagome apologizes for she couldn't get Tetsusaiga when they were caught in the blast from Monten's attack. Hiten devours Monten to absorb his abilities and his shards and pursuits Inuyasha. Myoga comes out of nowhere and inuyasha is asking about his disappearance. Hiten now more powerful than he was attacks the group, is determined to avenge his brothers. Inuyasha orders Kagome to get away from him for his battle. Hiten make a lightning Ball and shoots it at Inuyasha. Since he can't avoid the attack, Myoga tells him to use the sheath to block it, and it works. for the sheath keeps the tetsusaiga in check for it can even repel a lightning bolt attack. Inuyasha believe he can defeat Hiten with the sheath, but Hiten attacks from behind him. Shippo wakes up in his father's fur, Kagome told him what happened. Hiten and Inuyasha keep battle. Kagome realized that Hiten uses his wheel to fly. She has an arrow but no bow. Shippo transforms into a snail but he's a bow. Kagome takes aim at Hiten's wheel, Shippo helps her out with it and destroyed one of the wheels. Inuyasha grabs the Thunder Pike, Myoga just all of sudden is right by Kagome and Shippo. Inuyasha throws away the sheath. Inuyasha punches Hiten in the face. Inuyasha quickly got the sheath, but it begins to crack, SHippo runs off to get the sword, Kagome goes after him with his father fur. Hiten blow them away with Monten's lightning that comes out of his mouth. Kagome and Shippo are down in the ground in fire. Inuyasha is madder that he headbutts Hiten for what he did to them. Hiten got Inuyasha where he wanted him. The sheath pulses calling the tetsusaiga to it. Inuyasha grabs and slashed Hiten in the middle killing leaving the five shards on the ground. Inuyasha doesn't care about them. Kagome and Shippo are in green fog but Inuyasha didn't wanted want them to leave, he grabbed her arm. Shippo looked out the sky thanking his father for saving them. Inuyasha is ashamed to believe that Kagome and Shippo are dead. Shippo tags along with them since he's an orphan. Inuyasha made fun of him for a village is calling for a missing idiot. Kagome hits him on the head and tells him to apologize to Shippo.