Everyone suspects the castle lord of being a disguised ogre. However Miroku feels otherwise and investigates a chamber under the castle with the lord's beautiful daughter.; While Inuyasha battles an ogre illusion, the real demon seeks to devour Miroku's soul and ascend to a higher plane.; The Ogre's Head Demon attacks Kagome for her Shikon Shards.; Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippo run up against three monkey children searching for a stone idol carved in the shape of the legendary Monkey God.; The Venerable Monkey God is finally tracked down.; Searching for the one who slaughtered a northern wolf clan, Koga encounters the reanimated corpse of a legendary bandit.; While Kyokotsu attacks Koga for his Shikon Shards, Kohaku, acting under Naraku's commands, aims another of the reanimated bandits at Inuyasha.; Inuyasha and the others learn of the legend of The Band Of Seven, a group of bandits who terrorized the countryside until they were executed. Meanwhile, Jyakotsu slaughters an entire army of samurai for the fun of it.; Inuyasha attacks Jyakotsu when he finds out the bandit has been reanimated by a Shikon Jewel shard.; Inuyasha's battle with Jyakotsu is interrupted by the appearance of another of the Band Of Seven: Mukotsu the Poison Master.