Naraku has vanished leaving the team an opportunity to recuperate.
Seizing the chance, Kagome leaves for home encouraged by Sango and Miroku.
Back in the village, Inuyasha tells Kaede the news about Kikyo.
Kaede isn’t surprised considering recent events, but reacts oddly when Inuyasha tells her how Kagome saved Kikyo from annihilation.
Back home in modern Tokyo, Kagome enjoys the comforts of home, but her mood is depressed.
Although she feels badly having left the past without telling Inuyasha, he seemed so detached and tight-lipped after his encounter with Kikyo, Kagome wonders if she matters to him anymore.
On the other side of the well, Inuyasha rages at Miroku and Sango for letting Kagome go home without a telling him.
As a brand new day dawns in modern Tokyo, Kagome receives a present -- a new bicycle. Mrs. Higurashi found a used bike to replace Kagome's old pink bicycle.
Thrilled, Kagome cleans the bike right away. As she cleans, Kagome admits to herself she liked being carried by Inuyasha, but, considering the Kikyo situation, going back to riding a bike is best.
When Kagome and her brother Sota stand back to admire her handiwork, a familiar visitor interrupts, ‘dropping’ by (and crash-landing on the bike): Inuyasha. Unaware of the damage to the new bike, Inuyasha admonishes Kagome for leaving him so abruptly. His tirade is cut very short, as Kagome looms large and angry, losing her temper over the broken bike (and everything else!).
Realizing the enormity of his error, Inuyasha tries to back-peddle, assuring Kagome he can fix the bike, grossly underestimating his talent as a mechanic. His frantic attempt to make good further infuriate Kagome who stomps off, angry beyond words.
Kagome's day goes from bad to worse during her walk to school. Her three pals, Yuka, Eri and Ayumi, welcome her back, but notice something's wrong with their cheerful friend. Kagome is so irritated she tells all; revealing her legendary violent, two-timing mystery boyfriend is still at the shrine.
The three friends immedately make plans for an after-school visit. Even Mrs. Higurashi’s encouragement can’t improve Inuyasha’s catastrophic repair attempt. Kagome’s bicycle is a truly tragic specimen;
the handlebars are twisted into a knot; the tires are flat, punctured by clumsy claws, tires are bent out of shape from half-demon fingers tangled in the wheel spokes.
Examining his handiwork, even Inuyasha is appalled by the result, certain Kagome will kill him once she sees her bike. Young Sota intervenes, taking Inuyasha’s mind off the bike disaster by putting him to work helping Grandpa Higurasha clean the shrine storeroom.
With rolled up sleeves, a bandanna on his head and adult supervision, Inuyasha goes to work!
Kagome endures a torturous walk home with her three friends. In spite of her efforts to ditch them, she can't make them go away. The trio is determined to meet her awful boyfriend and read him the riot act! Kagome stresses, wondering how she’s going to explain her 'special friend' with the red puffy pants and little dog-ears.
Kagome immediately forgets that problem after arriving home and spotting the remains of her new bicycle. Her temper ignites as she angrily shouts Inuyasha's name at the top of her lungs and stalks off to find him. The trio ponders if "Inuyasha" the mystery guy's 'gang' name? Kagome's "call of the wild" shatters the tranquility of the shrine complex, shaking the storeroom with its fury.
Inuyasha cringes, attempting to ignore the inevitable. Unable to locate the missing half-demon, Kagome uses her no-fail Inuyasha locater - the word "sit".
The resulting commotion leads her straight to the storeroom where she discovers Gramps Higurashi standing tearfully amid a pile of wreckage with Inuyasha nowhere to be found.
Later, in Kagome's room, the trio is pouting over having missed their opportunity to meet "the mystery guy". Kagome, however, is relieved - Inuyasha's disappearance was for the best; how could she even begin to explain? Kagome leaves the room to bring tea for her guests when Inuyasha barges angrily into the bedroom thru the window. Yuka, Eri and Ayumi and Inuyasha all freeze - gaping at each other.
Kagome returns with the tea to a shocking sight: Inuyasha, Eri, Yuka and Ayumi all hunkered down on the floor, engaged in small talk. Kagome is relieved and flabbergasted, never expecting this kind scene in her wildest dreams!
Later, when the girls leave for home, they compliment Inuyasha, chiding Kagome for being so critical of him. Kagome admits to herself she has been hard on Inuyasha; he is a nice guy and, in his way, kind of cool. Returning to her room, Kagome finding Inuyasha still there, removing his "do-rag".
Horribly apprehensive about the bike, Inuyasha throws himself on Kagome's mercy. If she doesn't mind not using "that metal car", he'll be happy to carry her whenever and wherever she wants if she'll stop being mad at him. To his overwhelming relief, a smiling Kagome happily accepts.