The Dried Demon and The Fighting School Festival --- Himono Youkai to Gekitou Bunkasai

Kagome pushes her way through a schoolyard super-charged with the cultural festival's energy.
In the Home Economics room inside the school, the energy is more sinister: splashes of hot water has caused the yokai hoshimono to grow into four demons - a Thistle, a Mushroom, a monster Watermelon and a titanic Fish!

When Kagome and the kitchen crew enter the Home Ec room, the place is a shambles and the food they laboriously prepared devoured or destroyed.
Kagome rallies the crew, and they mob a nearby convenience store, cleaning the place out of groceries. Re-supplied, the girls replace the menu at speed that would astound Martha Stewart.

The damage controlled, Kagome sets off to her next task, curious about the cause of the kitchen disaster.

Deep in thought, she doesn't notice the Mushroom yokai stalking her down the hall. It's ready to strike when its attack is thwarted by the arrival of Kagome's family and their guest: Inuyasha.

Inuyasha annihilates the menacing Mushroom, but it's Kagome who poses the threat; unaware of the situation, she screams at Inuyasha for coming to the school. Inuyasha argues he's there to take care of her demon hoshimono.

While the family grabs a snack, Inuyasha tells Kagome about the problem under calmer circumstances. He's eager to exterminate the creatures and the entire Higurashi family is united enthusiastically behind him, ready for battle. While Kagome conspires with Inuyasha to keep her family out of the yokai hunt, she spots Ayumi approaching. Kagome panics attempting to hide the extraordinary Inuyasha away from Ayumi. She flails in desperation, tackling Inuyasha and they fall to the floor in a heap.

Despite the commotion, Ayumi is so focused on chorus performance she looks right at Inuyasha noticing nothing. Ayumi drags Kagome off to the performance, leaving a perplexed half-demon with a bumped head. On the way, Kagome realizes why Inuyasha went unnoticed - many students are wearing costumes for the festival. Relieved, Kagome's concern turns back to the Hoshimono demons. As the outdoor concert begins, Kagome spots the Thistle yokai approaching the audience. Kagome struggles whether to keep singing or fight the threatening Thistle. Inuyasha makes that decision easy; he attacks the creature, destroying it with remarkable discretion.

After the concert, Kagome and Inuyasha try teaming up to search for the other demons but Kagome is unceremoniously dragged off again to the school play. Inuyasha finds himself alone and bewildered - again!

The play proceeds normally until a scene between Hojo - costumed like the "4th" Musketeer - and Kagome, calls for them to embrace. The pair is suddenly upstaged by the flamboyant entrance of an irate Inuyasha, crashing down center stage through the ceiling. Hojo is stunned, but Kagome works Inuyasha into the scene. She's a little too successful in her effort: Hojo gets so caught up in the scene he challenges Inuyasha to a duel. Before Inuyasha can slice Hojo with Tetsusaiga, another fantastic character enters, bursting through the floor, center stage -- the yokai watermelon!

Hojo resets his sights on clobbering the monstrous melon, and Kagome screams for Inuyasha for help. The mammoth melon is immediately blow to bits by the Kaze no Kizu. The monster destroyed, Kagome makes a spectacular exit, skyward, through the hole in the ceiling in the arms of her new "hero".
The audience goes wild and Eri’s play receives a standing ovation.

Finally free, Kagome and Inuyasha locate the last yokai, the huge fish, on the roof of the school. We next see the fish it's sliced up and garnished on a platter in the Home Econ room - a magnificent centerpiece for the cultural festival banquet.

The festival over, Kagome and Inuyasha walk back home, planning their pursuit of the final Shikon shard. But Naraku is already putting his own plan into action.

Thanks to Mimiseri, the demon with exceptional hearing, the last missing Shikon jewel shard has been located- it’s beyond the reach of the living, hidden in the yokai graveyard.