He tells them that his father has recently been killed by two Thunder Brother demons named Hiten and Manten. Inuyasha and Kagome think he vanished, only to see a skull with a fox tail suspiciously sticking out moving away from them. Shippō replaces himself with a jizo statue on Inuyasha's hand, browses through Kagome's bag and takes the fragments of the Shikon no Tama. Inuyasha slaps him and grabs him by the tail. The fire is a trick belonging to Shippō, a mischievous little fox yōkai. The sky suddenly grows dark and a strange blue light appears seemingly out of nowhere.

When they ask how, she tells them that they use rocket ships. She tells them that humans have gone into space, even to the moon. Kagome answered that cup noodles were invented in Japan for Astronauts during the space age. He asks if her country does a lot of trading with foreigners from the south.

Myōga is fascinated with Kagome's things, like her bicycle, her food and a kettle. But Kagome says that she can't possibly eat in a wasted battlefield and asks him why they couldn't stop by a river or a field of flowers. Inuyasha is impressed with her cooking skills, and tells her to start eating. It begins when Kagome makes some noodles for Inuyasha and Myōga.

Manten kidnaps Kagome, wanting to use her in some sort of hair-growth concoction Hiten confronts Inuyasha, declaring that he will kill him for his jewel shards.

Shippō tells them of the Thunder Brothers who murdered his father.

Inuyasha and Kagome meet a young kitsune named Shippō.

Brave and beautiful episode 9