Kaede tells Inuyasha and Kagome that they must team up to gather the shard of the Shikon no Tama. Kagome makes the decision to go back home, though the well, after Inuyasha makes her angry by telling her that he can search for it without her help.
Kaede is alerted of villagers being controlled by strands of hair. On the way back to the well, Kagome meets Yura, the youkai controlling the hair. Yura steals the Kagome's piece of jewel but when she tries to kill her, Kagome falls in the well, disappearing into her own world. Kaede and Inuyasha encounters the villagers being controlled. In the fight, Kaede is wounded so she asks Inuyasha to get Kagome's help. Kagome is able to see Yura's strands of hair. Kagome arrives back in her own world greeted by her family members who are confused about where she has been all this time.