By the power of the Tree of Ages, I now return to this world!
What is happening?
What is...
14 YEAR OLD GIRL TOWA HIGURASHI TOWA'S STEPSISTER MEI HIGURASHI
Sis.
This smell.
Mei!
Oh, how strange.
Sis, what is that?
Could this smell be...
- Wha... - Oh, dear.
That's... That's...
Yes! That unbelievably bright place from my memories...
And this smell!
Setsuna!
DEMON SLAYER - SETSUNA
Wh-Who calls my name?
Damn it. I feel so weak.
BOUNTY HUNTER - MOROHA
Is it because I crossed through the rainbow corridor?
Wonderful, just wonderful!
The Silver Pearl is here as well.
CENTIPEDE DEMON - MISTRESS THREE-EYES
Now each of my three eyes will have a pearl!
Setsuna, I'll save you!
No way! My Kikujumonji broke!
THE DREAM BUTTERFLY
"The Dream Butterfly"
No way! My Kikujumonji broke!
Did you say Kikujumonji? This is obviously a fake.
The blade pattern's completely different!
But...
Give it to me.
Give me the Silver Pearl!
Give it to me now!
My body won't...
"Silver" what? What is she talking about?
Give it to me!
How dare you break my Kikujumonji...
How dare you do that to Setsuna!
What?
I can't believe it.
She created a demon energy blade with her own power.
Wait, did I do this?
Hey! What are you doing? Hurry up and finish her!
I don't think that's possible...
This is not the time!
Sis!
You see?
If you don't hurry up, they'll get eaten!
Mei!
It's nothing personal.
Th-Thank you...
You saved us. Thank you so much.
No need to thank me.
I'm sorry, Setsuna.
How do you know my name?
Who are you?
You don't remember me, Setsuna?
It's me, Towa. You used to call me Sis.
Ugh, that was horrible. I can finally move my body now.
Hey, welcome back!
Wait, what is that?
This is kind of nostalgic, isn't it?
MEI'S GREAT-GRANDFATHER - GRANDPA
Yes. It reminds of the times
MEI'S GRANDMOTHER GRAMMY
Inuyasha would come to visit Kagome.
Indeed.
Hey!
Hey, I can keep this, right?
Do as you wish.
All right! But man, what a trip.
Where the heck are we? This whole place is as bright as day.
Setsuna, I'm sorry.
It's my fault, isn't it?
It's because I let go of you that day...
That's why you're acting this way, right?
Setsuna?
I do not know you. Don't come near me if you value your life.
Take even one step, and...
I'll kill you!
What?
Stop running!
Hell no! You look like you're seriously out to hurt me!
That's because I am!
Hey, cut it out, you two!
And Setsuna, stop acting like a kid.
What's the harm in letting her near you?
Silence.
My name's Moroha.
My bounty hunter buddies call me "Moroha the Demon Killer."
What's your name?
Towa Higurashi.
Towa, huh? Okay, Towa! Are you really Setsuna's sister?
Of course I am!
I got separated from her in the forest fire ten years ago!
So she says.
I've been alone since birth.
Oh yeah? But you're both half-demons.
See, I can tell just from your demon energy.
Isn't that right, half-demon "Setsu"?
Plus, why else would a Rainbow Pearl dwell inside your eye?
Which makes you a half-demon, too, Towa.
What's a "half-demon"?
A half-demon is someone born between a demon and a human.
You two share really similar demon energy.
Even if you're the child of a great demon,
having human blood halves your powers.
I'm guessing that's what bothers Setsu the most.
And if I'm not mistaken, your dad's the great demon Sesshomaru.
Is that right?
What? Who is that?
Well?
Don't know. Never met him.
Setsuna is the daughter of Sesshomaru?
So she's a half-demon?
No wonder she's so powerful.
VILLAGE ELDER PRIESTESS - KAEDE
Fourteen years ago...
Sesshomaru came here and took his newborn twins with him.
INUYASHA'S OLDER HALF-BROTHER - SESSHOMARU
That was the last I saw of them, until...
One day, Setsuna came to me.
She told me that it was "a rite of courage and cowardice."
I'll be in your care for a while.
"Rite of courage and cowardice"?
LEADER OF THE DEMON SLAYERS - KOHAKU
A lion is said to push their cubs into the bottomless ravine,
and raise only the ones strong enough to crawl back up on their own.
It is known as the rite of courage and cowardice.
Is that what Sesshomaru is doing to Setsuna?
Perhaps, though I can't say for certain.
Lord Sesshomaru used to help me a lot back when I was a kid.
But even then, it was difficult to understand his true intentions.
You said "twins." That means there's another child out there?
I wonder.
Being uninformed half-demons,
it's very possible that she may have already killed the other out of hate.
MASTER OF HIRAIKOTSU - HISUI
Oh, no.
If you truly are my older sister, then prove it to me with your strength.
I don't need to prove anything, because I'm not wrong!
Empty words. They mean nothing.
Come on, cut it out already!
Be quiet.
You're so stubborn!
Shut up.
Is that...
Yup.
The Hitokon chose its host.
Geez, how pathetic.
This is what happens when you let your guard down!
Towa?
Stop it, Sis!
That's not the Towa you know and love anymore.
You all should go hide somewhere!
O-Okay.
You too, Grandpa!
A-All right.
The Hitokon itself is nothing special,
but the problem is, it can control the powers of its host.
Damn it, this is so annoying.
She looks just like her.
Just like who?
Her eyes look just like Kagome's.
Whoa!
I see, interesting.
So that's your demon power.
Then I'll treat you as a worthy opponent.
Get real, Setsuna. Are you really going to kill your sister?
Anyone who opposes me is an enemy of mine.
Cyclone Burst!
What?
Do not interfere.
Hey, Setsuna.
You're a demon slayer, aren't you?
You should at least have medicine to weaken the Hitokon.
Scourge of Swallows!
Sis!
Are you okay? Wake up already!
Hey! What are you doing?!
Mei!
Oh, no!
Mei!
- Mei? - What?
That bastard transferred over to the child.
M-Mei.
Mei, what's wrong?
Is she being controlled? Get it together!
Stay right there.
You figured a child would be easier to control.
How foolish.
Hey, what are you...
Don't worry. I will cut out the Hitokon.
You can't!
I won't let you scar Mei's face.
Oh?
I can't trouble this family more than I already have!
Such naiveté.
What did you say?
Mei. This is my fault...
I'm so sorry, Mei.
As long as you're alive, you'll always trouble someone.
Hey, stop it.
Mei!
It's fine.
It'll be okay, Mei.
Moon of the Resting Moth.
Did you kill them?
A resting moth's powder only puts one to asleep.
Th-Thank you!
Right.
So you did have some slayer potion!
GRASS ROOT DEMON - HITOKON
The Hitokon, huh? The bounty for this one's pretty small.
Well, maybe it'll be enough for lunch!
What's wrong?
So Mistress Three-Eyes, Setsuna, and Moroha vanished near the Sacred Tree?
Indeed. Hisui, show Lady Kaede.
Yes. I found this attached to the root of the Sacred Tree.
That's Root Head.
It is, isn't it? I knew I had seen it before.
This is a demon we had slain back when you were a baby.
If Root Head really did attach itself to the Sacred Tree, then this could be a problem.
A demon tree's root can absorb the powers of its host, right?.
Like the Hitokon.
Yes, but to attach itself to the Tree of Ages, of all things...
Tree of Ages?
I've heard of the Sacred Tree being called the Tree of Ages.
But why is that?
Kohaku, you know about the Bone Eater’s Well, don't you?
Are you referring to the well that Lady Kagome and Lord Inuyasha used to travel through?
It's been over fifteen years since it's become defunct...
But according to Kagome, that well had the power to travel across time.
Travel across time?
Kagome and Inuyasha simply described it as going to "the other world."
The other world...
That well was made using wood from the Tree of Ages.
And if Root Head was attached to the Tree of Ages...
It may have absorbed the Tree of Ages' ability...
...to cross into the other world.
So Setsuna and the others may have gone to...
To "Tokyo," the village Kagome originally came from.
Can they even come back from a place like that?
I'm afraid it would be no easy task.
Is Towa asleep?
Yes. She said she was really tired.
Things sure have taken an interesting turn.
TOWA'S ADOPTIVE FATHER - SOTA HIGURASHI
I've told you about it before, didn't I?
That demons were real.
And I've always believed you, so that's fine and all...
But this Kikujumonji, on the other hand...
This was on loan from the museum...
TOWA'S ADOPTIVE MOTHER - MOE HIGURASHI
What should we do?
Daddy!
What's done is done! We'll just have to keep holding on to it.
Mommy, listen.
More importantly, what about Sis? We had a lot of trouble out there.
Sis really had some amazing powers.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't know...
Towa will be just fine.
She's always been the center of chaos.
The problem is actually those girls who came from the other era, right?
That felt great.
I've never in my life splashed hot water over my head.
That's great. It's getting late, so how about turning in for the night?
Thanks, I'll do just that.
But dang, that felt great.
According to Mom, that girl might be Kagome's daughter.
Oh, my. So that means she's our relative!
She might be, yes.
Then it'll be fine if they stayed here for a while, right?
I don't mind.
Yay! I have three older sisters now!
Come on, just accept it already.
She had that much demon power.
She can't be lying about being your older twin sister.
I don't have any memories of when I was younger.
Besides, it's not something I can simply accept.
There is no way someone who indulges in slumber like that can be my sister.
I knew it.
You've never fallen asleep before, have you?
Bull's eye.
Falling asleep leaves you wide open to attack.
It's common sense in the warring age.
No, that's not it.
It's not that you won't fall asleep. You can't fall asleep.
Don't act like you don't know.
You got your dreams eaten by the Dream Butterfly.
My dreams were eaten?
What an annoying curse.
A butterfly in the dream world has escaped over to this world,
and now you can never fall asleep, let alone ever have dreams again.
Setsuna can't fall asleep? And she can't dream?
But she was fine back then...
All of this...
It's all because I let go of her hand.
It's all my fault!
I bet you also tested the resting moth's powder on yourself, right?
And you have no memories of your childhood
because they were also stolen by the Dream Butterfly.
And what of it?
In the warring age, it works to my advantage.
Hey...
Setsuna!
NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW
Moroha plans to negotiate with Root Head to pass through the corridor of time.
It's a pretty wild idea.
But for Setsuna to be able to fall asleep and have dreams,
we have to look for the Dream Butterfly in the Feudal Era.
However, we run into someone in the corridor.
Is the Tree of Ages supposed to look like a priestess?
Who are you?
Next time on Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon: "The Gateway to the Past"
You've done well to come here, Half-Demon Princesses.
Daughters of Sesshomaru, I have a request for you.