Miroku (thinking): Damn. The shard I worked so hard to get is tainted with evil. I dare not even touch it.
(Kagome simply picks up the Shikon Jewel fragment, purifying it as well)
Kagome
Well, that's covered.
Miroku (thinking): Amazing. Kagome purified the shard simply by picking it up.
Kaede (thinking): Fifty years have passed since then.
Kagome
"We really aren't in Tokyo, anymore, are we?"
"Tokyo. Never heard of it. Is that were your people are from?"
Kagome
"Uh, yes. "
Kagome
"Huh?"
"Only ye many possess the Sacred Jewel."
"That's right. Human's use it, so why bother to keep it? If you hand it over, I won't have to waste time sharpening my claws on you."
Kagome
What!? (thinking) What!? You mean, he's not the hero?
"Pay no heed to Inuyasha, Child."
Kagome (thinking): The Sacred Jewel makes monsters more powerful. Is it cursed?
"I hate having to wait. And I hate the smell of you. Want me to scratch you back?"
Kagome
You really tried to hit me just now, didn't you?"
MVMale Villager
Shoot him!!"
"Who do you people think I am!!? You think you can hurt me like I did that centipede!!?"
MVMale Villager
"Lady Kaede, he thinks that we might have thatched the centipede."
"Somehow, I knew it would eventually come to this."
"Quickly, Child. The word of subjugation."
Kagome
"Huh? What word?"
"It matters not. Your word has power to hold his spirit."
"Ha! How can you overpower me when you can't sit up!!"
Kagome (to herself): A word to hold his spirit? But how do I know which one? Um...Um. Sit, boy!!"
What the heck is this thing!?"
"I'm sorry, Inuyashu, but ye do lack the power to remove it."
"We'll see about that!! I'd come there and finish you off, if you didn't look half dead already!!"
Kagome
"Sit, boy."
"Well, shall we head home?"
Kagome
"That was easy. Wish I said it earlier."
Kagome
"I notice you're rebuilding the houses wrecked by Mistress Centipede. What a pain."
"Pain, yes, and just beginning. Now that the sacred Shikon no Tama is back among us, far worse than Mistress Centipede will come to claim it."
Kagome
Worse than yesterday?"
"And not just demons. There are humans whose hearts are more evil still. And only the Jewel has the power to make real their petty, grasping ambitions."
Kagome
"Speaking of petty, what are you still doing here?"
"I'm waitin' for the Jewel."
"With the beads around his neck, his threat is diminished. It is perhaps the only we can allow him so close to the Jewel."
Kagome
"Why do you want the Jewel, anyway? It seems to me your pretty strong enough as it is. What powers can the Jewel give you you don't already have?"
Ah, but he's just half demon."
"You know what? I'm sick of hearing some dried up witch I just met talk like she knows me!"
"So ye don't remember. I thought as much. I'm younger sister to Kikyo; she who bound ye to the tree. Kaede."
"You're Kaede? So you're the brat, huh."
"Fifty years have passed, and I have grown old."
"And if you're this old, Kikyo must be pushin' a hundred. I'm sure I'm glad I don't have to worry about getting old. Least, not for awhile."
"Kikyo didn't worry, either. Kikyo died. It was on the same day she shot ye with the arrow."
"Gee, sorry to hear it. Not like I really care or anything. One less thing for me to worry about."
"I wouldn't let my guard down just yet, Inuyasha. I now know that Kagome is the reincarnation of my sister."
Kagome
"Huh?"
"And it isn't just because ye resemble her. The Jewel of Four Souls was in your body. That alone is proof enough. It's up to ye now, Child, to take over its protection."
Kagome (thinking): Me? Protecting this? "Who am I kidding?"