Inuyasha warned her that going back to the village might be a bad idea for her, but agreed to help if that was what she wanted. She instantly recognized Inuyasha since he was with her mother when she tried to rescue her from the yōkai bat cave. After hearing what they had to say, Inuyasha asked Shiori what she wanted to do. The surviving villagers begged Inuyasha to save them by killing Shiori since she was helping the bat yōkai. They were able to slay many of them, but they were unable to defeat Taigokumaru because of Shiori's barrier. The bat yōkai were suddenly confronted by Inuyasha and his friends. He promised to spare her mother if she maintained the barrier around him. As Shiori watched in horror as the village was under attack, Taigokumaru told her that the villagers did not deserve her sympathy after the way she was treated so badly by them. Taigokumaru brought Shiori with him in order to be protected by her barrier. The village was under attack by the bat yōkai. Taigokumaru decided to destroy her village in order to remove all distractions from Shiori being able to perform her duty. Shiori continued to miss her mother and wished to be with her. Taigokumaru claimed that Shiori had more common sense than Shizu or Inuyasha, and stated that Shiori would not be happy back in the village since she was constantly being bullied there for being a hanyō. Shiori tearfully pleaded with Taigokumaru to spare her mother's life, and promised that she would carry out her role as guardian of the bat yōkai barrier if he did. Taigokumaru retaliated by firing a sonic blast at both of them, though they were able to dodge his attack. Inuyasha attempted to destroy Taigokumaru with the Kaze no Kizu, but the barrier around the cave blocked his attack. He refused since she was fulfilling her duty as guardian of the barrier. Shizu then demanded that he return Shiori to her. He responded by saying that he would never honor a promise to humans. Shizu immediately accused Taigokumaru of lying to her. The two of them were confronted by Taigokumaru as soon as they saw Shiori by the cave's entrance. He had Shizu lead him to the yōkai bat cave where Shiori was being held. Inuyasha offered to rescue Shiori from Taigokumaru. They learned from Myōga that the Tessaiga would be able to shatter barriers if he killed the current guardian of the barrier from the yōkai bat clan. They came upon the village as they faced the problem of Naraku’s barrier. When Taigokumaru broke his promise, the villagers attacked Shiori’s mother only to be stopped by Inuyasha and his friends. Shiori at first refused to leave as she was afraid of him, but after the persuasion of the villagers, she left hesitantly to Taigokumaru’s side. In attempts to stop the attacks on the village, Shizu agreed to offer Shiori to her grandfather, Taigokumaru. Her mother was also discriminated against and they both lived secluded from the rest of the village which showed how ungrateful the villagers were for the kindness that Tsukuyomaru had shown them. Like Inuyasha, Shiori was bullied constantly throughout her childhood for being a hanyō despite the obvious peace that Tsukuyomaru had brought to Shiori's village. After Shiori was born, the attacks ceased and the village was at peace until the untimely death of Tsukuyomaru. However, Tsukuyomaru was different than the others – he did not kill humans, eventually meeting Shiori's mother, Shizu, and falling in love with her. Shiori’s father, Tsukuyomaru, came from a clan of bat yōkai that preyed on the blood of humans and animals Shiori’s mother’s village was one of their hunting grounds.

Shiori experience