Episode 10

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

Plot
It begins when Manten is riding a floating carriage pulled by a Pegasus with two lovely girls by him for his hair. When his hair falls out, the girls flee. Manten 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. Manten attends to give Hiten a hand but Kagome pushes him off the cloud including herself. she lands on Manten. Just as Manten to kill Kagome, Shippo uses his Spinning top illusion to stop him. When the illusion faded the last piece of Manten'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 Manten got Fake Kagome by the hair, Shippo uses his hair to tangle Manten down. Kagome yanks the arrow out of Manten's nose. Just when Kagome struck his head to get the shards, Manten 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 Manten what he wants to do with them. Manten answers that he's fine with Kagome and Shippo on his end. Inuyasha grabs Tessaiga 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 Manten's body killing him the process. Kagome released from his grasp, got Shippo and Tessaiga, but Shippo wanted her to get his father. But she can't carry them both. Hiten hurries to Manten who tells him that He inherited his mother's appearance, and Hiten inherited their father's. Hiten loves his brothers, but Manten 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 Tessaiga when they were caught in the blast from Manten's attack. Hiten devours Manten 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 Tessaiga 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 Manten'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 Tessaiga 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 want 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.