Poor Shippo. it must be hard to have been left behind. [Inuyasha scoffs]
That was quite unexpected, hearing Inuyasha sound so sensitive.
InuyashaWhat?!
(smiles mockingly) Indeed- all that stuff about "If we don't come back?"...
Inuyasha
I had to say that, or Shippo never would've agreed to it!
[laughs] Why bother, if you were just gonna punch him?
Inuyasha
You're right! I should've just knocked him unconscious to begin with.
(dryly) That wasn't my point. But this is going to be dangerous. My spiritual power is still sealed by Magatsuhi, and who knows when it'll come back?
Inuyasha
Well, it won't happen until Sesshomaru uses Tenseiga to finish off Magatsuhi.
(contemptuously) You've transformed, Naraku... but you're still just a spider, to be stepped on. [several demons approach him, but Sesshomaru draws Bakusaiga and swings it, obliterating them] BAKUSAIGA!
[appearing] I must admit, that new sword of yours is really something.
One swing in a demon's direction leaves a crumbling corpse- and, if that corpse is re-absorbed by the main body, it too will crumble. Naraku won't have a chance, even in his new form- so, by all means, swing away.
Or, are you worried about your little companion? As you may have guessed, she's there. Inside Naraku.
Inuyasha
Naraku! (he draws Tetsusaiga and cleaves Naraku in half, but Naraku just laughs as his severed head spews miasma)
You finally made it inside. I've been waiting for you.
Will you destroy me from the inside? Start where you like. (his face emerges from a wall) Everything around you is me!
Inuyasha
It's miasma!
Don't tell me you didn't notice? The fact is, you and your companions have been exposed to my miasma ever since you entered my body. Yet, curiously, none of you have died. Do you know why? It is because the Shikon Jewel desires your souls.
Inuyasha
Dammit! Kagome, where's the Jewel?
Huh? That way! (she and Inuyasha run down a tunnel)
Inuyasha
We're better off trying to find the Jewel than trying to re-group with Miroku and Sango!
(his eye appears from the wall) Don't look so surprised. Surely, you must have realized what it would mean to approach the Shikon Jewel after I defiled it. Inuyasha is but a weak half-demon; it seems his spirit has been consumed by the Jewel's poison.
What's wrong, Kagome? All you need to do is calm him down and purify him. (Kagome runs, Naraku chuckles coldly) But you can't, can you? Not as long as your spiritual power remains sealed by Magatsuhi. (Inuyasha pursues her) You cannot escape! The demon form of Inuyasha will not rest until he's ripped your body to shreds.
I shall give you a present. (an arrow forms in the air before her) An arrow that's been completely covered in my miasma. If you use it on Inuyasha, your life will be spared.
(angrily) Do you think I'm that stupid, Naraku?! You could never get me to hurt Inuyasha- and he would never hurt me!
You think he's not capable of it? You will soon understand. History will repeat itself, Kagome. Like Kikyo, you too, will be slain by Inuyasha.
(as she falls) Inuyasha...
(laughs) Poor, foolish girl...
(laughs coldly as his body reassembles) The power of darkness feeds off the monk and Sango's sorrow!
Inuyasha
Damn you, Naraku!
Ironic, isn't it? the stronger their love is for each other, the greater their despair. The monk and Sango will soon be no more; they have chosen to die together. Even now, they wait for his Wind Tunnel to swallow them both. Do you understand, Inuyasha? The two of them will soon be consumed by the darkness of the Shikon Jewel!
Inuyasha
(draws Tetsusaiga) I'm not gonna let that happen, Naraku! I'll defeat you here and now, and lift the curse of the Wind Tunnel for good! (Tetsusaiga's blade turns black) Meido Zangetsuha!
KKaagome
(to herself) Naraku is joining with the Shikon Jewel!
Inuyasha
(shocked) He's not being sucked into it!
Is that the power of the Jewel? (Naraku's face cracks with the strain of resisting the Meido, but he is left intact)
All those years ago, the Sacred Jewel was supposed to have burned with Kikyo's corpse, and been obliterated from this world. Even so, the Shikon Jewel used Kikyo's lingering affections for Inuyasha, as well as Kagome's, her own reincarnation, to return to this world. Shattered but not destroyed, the Jewel continued to bring new disaster as it slowly but surely reassembled. The Shikon Jewel will never disappear from this world. Even if I am destroyed, it will live on.
Naraku...What were... what were you even trying to accomplish?
Inuyasha
Huh? (thinking) Kagome...
The whole time you've been fighting against us, it's always the same thing, over and over again! First you tore Kikyo and Inuyasha apart, forced Sango and Kohaku to fight against each other- and now, you're trying to use the love between Miroku and Sango to destroy them! You can't stand love and friendship, so you've devoted your entire life trying to break people apart! But why? Is that all you really wanted?
(scoffs)...Why ask me now?
You couldn't have done any of those things without understanding the human heart. The pain of loss wouldn't mean anything to you if you didn't know what it felt like to have a bond with someone!
Inuyasha (thinking) Kagome, what are you doing?
Nothing will ever satisfy you, because the Shikon Jewel didn't grant your real wish!
You were hesitating, weren't you? Because you know that the Shikon Jewel turns every body that it absorbs into a true monster.
Naraku (thinking) My hesitation...
You have a complete Shikon Jewel in your hands, and yet we both know you still haven't tried to absorb it!
(enraged) That changes nothing. Are you so naive that you think you can purify my heart with empty words?! Well, you were sadly MISTAKEN! (counterattacks)
Inuyasha
Give it up, Naraku! It's all over!
So it would seem. (his face cracks again) However, Inuyasha, I'm afraid that there is still one thing that not even your Tetsusaiga- or Sesshomaru's Bakusaiga- can cut.
Inuyasha
What?! Why don't you just admit that you've lost?! (Naraku chuckles coldly)
Your soul? Is that what you're talking about? I'm pretty sure that's why I'm here! I'm here to purify your soul, Naraku!
(smiles, thinking) Give it your best shot, Kagome. This will end with a battle between souls!
Inuyasha
(turns) It's Byakuya!
Inuyasha
(enraged) Bastard! (he fires off a Meido Zangetsuha at Byakuya)
(as he disintegrates into the Meido) I am but an incarnation of Naraku, who will die when he does. I have no regrets; I have fulfilled my role.
Kagome! (he turns into his balloon form and flies under Inuyasha and Kagome, allowing them to land on him)
Inuyasha
What're you doin' here?!
(irritably) A thanks would be nice- I came to help you guys!
Wind Tunnel! (he begins sucking in the miasma projectiles Naraku is hurling at them)
Inuyasha
(shocked and worried) Miroku!
It's okay, I'm fine now! The curse of the Wind Tunnel is already fading!
Inuyasha
(thinking) Sesshomaru?
(thinking) I'm so glad that Sister is safe.
(triumphantly) Bakusaiga's destruction is spreading! I knew Lord Sesshomaru would be the one to defeat Naraku!
(staring down at all of them, contemptuously) ...So, you're all here. (sneers) You and your worthless group of so-called "friends."
Inuyasha
(firmly) Yeah... all of us. Everyone survived.
Inuyasha
What? A human?
DSDemons' Spirits
That is the priestess who created the Shikon Jewel.
Inuyasha
So that's Midoriko?
DSDemons' Spirits
She has been doing battle with us for hundreds of years ever since the Jewel was born. And Kagome will suffer the same fate.
Inuyasha
There's no way I'm gonna let that happen!! Huh? Naraku!? You're still alive?
DSDemons' Spirits
He's dead but soon he shall come back to life. When Kagome gives in to her fear of the darkness, and falls prey to the traps set by the Jewel, Naraku will awaken and a new battle of spirits shall begin within the Shikon Jewel. A battle that will continue forever. From the very moment the Jewel was first transported through time to the Feudal era; from the beginning this has been Kagome's fate.
Inuyasha
So that's why the Shikon Jewel brought Kagome and Naraku here!? It wants their spirits to fight each other for all eternity?
DSDemon Spirits
Kagome was born to become a part of the Jewel and fight within it. That is the point of her existence.
DSDemon Spirits
It is as we've told you. There is only one way for the two of you to meet again. And that is for Kagome to wish upon the Jewel and be trapped within it as a fallen priestess. You've made it worse, half demon. For the sound of your voice has only given Kagome false hope.
Inuyasha
What?
DSDemon Spirits
Now she will undoubtedly make a wish. "Inuyasha, I want to see you again."
Inuyasha
Kagome!!
DSDemon Spirits
We will never let her hear your voice again!
Inuyasha
Shut up!
If Inuyasha hadn't come, I would have given in my fear of the darkness and would never have found the correct answer. But now, with Inuyasha by my side, I am not afraid anymore. Shikon Jewel, disappear! Forever!
(The Jewel breaks, emanating a soft yellow light. The spirits of the demons' vanish, and the spirit of the priestess Midoriko, now free to pass on to the afterlife. In the spiderweb, Naraku's eyes open.)
... So, this is how it feels, to be at peace... It feels so warm. (vanishes as he is purified)
Inuyasha
(embraces her) Yeah. It's finally over.
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