Chapter 7

The Bone-Eater's Well is the 7th chapter of the InuYasha manga.

Synopsis

 * Inuyasha fights the villagers who are controlled by Yura's hair.
 * Kagome returns to the modern world, to her family's surprise.
 * Grandpa Higurashi seals the well with sutras so no more monsters can come through. Meanwhile, Inuyasha goes through the well after Kagome.

Summary

 * Kaede tells Inuyasha how the village girls are under someone's control, and he shouldn't kill them. Inuyasha says he doesn't care; they tried to kill them both. Kaede responds it doesn't matter if he kills them anyway, he needs to destroy the one who is controlling them; he needs to cut the hair that's puppeteering the girls. The controlled village girls surround Inuyasha and entangled him in hair. Inuyasha smirks and calls the puppeteer a fool, all he has to do is tug on the hair and he can pull out the person on the other side. Yura controls the hairs from nearby, smugly talking to herself that it's no use; the hair grows. Inuyasha is thren almost decapitated by the hair, but he escapes. More villagers appear, controlled by Yura. Inuyasha hauls Kaede on his back and runs away. Yura chases after them, thinking to herself that he may be stubborn, but he's fun.
 * Inuyasha sets Kaede down and asks her if she can see the hair for him. She says her eyes aren't what they used to be, and with her injuries she won't make it far. the priestess beseeches Inuyasha to find Kagome, as she can also see the hairs.
 * Meanwhile, Kagome has returned to the other side of the well, back in the modern era. She recalls how Yura almost killed her, and she fell back down the well. Kagome hears the voices of her Grandpa and brother, searching for her. She emerges from the well, crying, hugging her grandpa, happy to be home.
 * Back in the feudal era, Inuyasha buries Kaede under some dead leaves, telling her to hide until he comes back for her. Kaede rebukes him not to forget where he left her. Inuyasha dashes off toward the well, cursing the girl, she's gone now that he finally needs her.
 * Kagome takes a bath, while her family ponders if her story could actually be true. Sōta confirms a monster's claw reached out and grabbed Kagome, dragging her into the well. Grandpa remembers stories about the well, and how the bodies of monsters were thrown down it. He seals the well with sutras. Kagome wonders if everything is fine back in that world, thinking that maybe it was all just a dream.
 * Inuyasha tracks Kagome's scent to the well and, after seeing her school girl clothes, realizes she escaped into the well. He jumps down after her.