Episode 162

 is the one hundred sixty-second episode of InuYasha.

Summary
A village is being raided by bandits. Sesshomaru is watching from nearby. He turns away and the bandits attack him. Sesshomaru destroys the bandits as a group of monks arrive. They confront Sesshomaru, who destroys their spells and vanishes.

InuYasha, Kagome, Sango and Miroku are talking to a village headman, learning that the village woke up one day and all the children were missing. Miroku offers their assistance, but the headman says he has hired a group of monks to find the missing children.

The monks come across Rin in the woods; she runs away from them.

Rin asks Jaken what Sesshomaru will do when he has defeated Naraku. As Rin falls asleep, she promises herself that she will always be with Lord Sesshomaru. Jaken wakes a few minutes later when Rin wanders off. Rin follows the sound of a flute and follows a strange demon. Jaken tries to follow her, but is unable to keep up.

As InuYasha and friends are camping, the monks come across them. The head monk is rather aggressive in warning Kagome and the others to stay away.

Jaken wanders through the mist calling for Rin when Sesshomaru arrives. He asks after Rin, and Jaken blames Ongukuki, a demon who lures children out with his flute, for Rin's absence.

Rin follows the demon to a cave filled with weeping children. She awakens and asks the children what is going on. When they explain they are afraid of the demon, Rin scoffs and insists that human bandits are much scarier than demons.

Jaken runs into InuYasha and his companions while searching for Rin. Jaken tells them that Rin was taken by Ongukuki and continues his search.

The group of monks arrives at the cave and lures Ongukuki out and defeats him. They rescue the children, and Rin tries to stay behind. The monks drag Rin off over her protests. When she cries out for Sesshomaru, he arrives. The monks surround Sesshomaru and try to banish him without success. The monks succeed in freezing Sesshomaru, and as their attacks get stronger Sesshomaru begins to transform. The explosion pushes the monks back, destroying some of their weapons. Rin escapes from the monk who was holding her. As he stares at the destruction in shock, InuYasha and his companions are watching from a nearby tree line.

Rin runs to Sesshomaru and follows him over the objections of the monk. They find Jaken and the three resume their quest to find Naraku.