InuYasha, Kagome, Sango, and Kaede pace to the shrine, in search of Tsubaki's whereabouts. Elsewhere, Miroku and Shippo are to convince Botan and Momiji that Tsubaki is the true miscreant. It is seen that Tsubaki has freed an oni from the forbidden tower of the shrine, absorbing it to gain its power. Tsubaki's newly found ogreish abilities are proven significant, until InuYasha unleashes the Backlash Wave. The defeated priestess loses her eternal beauty when the fragment of the Shikon Jewel is taken away from her.