I'll keep searching for her. I can't let myself give up. I love Wakana! She's the only woman for me.
KagomeHe's so devoted to her!
She's a lucky person- (She notices Kagome smiling at her and looks away quickly) Eh, don't read anything into that.
Do you feel any evil or demonic auras? (sniffs the air) I only pick up the scent of the water... nothing suspicious except- eh?
(to one of the women) You must be so lonely, surrounded only by women.
WWoman
Yes- it is lonely.
(thinking) Oh well, I guess there's no demonic aura around- ergh!
(Also feeling it, thinking nervously) Ohhh- the scent of death.
(curtly) Miroku, isn't it time we left? It doesn't sound like this is the village of demon women we were looking for, does it?
HHeadwoman
May I have a word with you travelers? The paths at night are dangerous. We have little to offer you, but please stay the night here and start out fresh in the morning.
Thank you! We would be much obliged-
WWoman
Good! The ladies can follow me to their quarters.
HHeadwoman
Gentlemen, that way, please.
Kagome
Separate rooms?
Kagome
... Hey, Sango? You sure there's nothing between you and Miroku?
(hastily) Huh?! W-what do you mean, nothing? I don't follow.
Kagome
When we were at Mount Hakurei, you two were all alone for quite a while, right? Do you have any good memories of the time you spent together?
(poisoned) Sango, don't stay here. Go on without me.
No! Not unless you're with me!
I think I might've pushed myself too far this time. You, at least, have to make it out of this alive for me, okay?
(tearfully) No! If you can't go on... then we'll die here together! (hugs Miroku)
(thinking) I'm almost positive I said something like that. Miroku's womanizing hasn't changed one bit since then, though!
Kagome
Come on! Are you sure nothing actually happened?
Hey, cut it out, Kagome! Miroku and I don't have... that kind of relationship!
Kagome
What about your feelings? You like Miroku, don't you?
You can't be serious, Kagome! Me, like that pervert?!
Kagome
Oops, sorry! (thinking) You're not fooling anyone, Sango.
He's irresponsible, a delinquent, and lies without any remorse! Huh! (looks away and sighs)
Kagome
Too bad- 'Cause I've been watching Miroku, and I really get the feeling that he likes you, Sango.
Huh? Why, what do you mean?
Kagome
I just get the feeling. It's like you're his special girl. He seems to care about you a lot.
(eagerly) You really think so?
Kagome
You think so too, don't you, Kirara?
What's the matter, Kirara? (she notices Miroku walking by outside with the woman he flirted with)
Ah, I see. You lost your husband in battle- how sad.
If there's any way I can lend you some comfort, then please let me know.
WWoman
I appreciate your offer, thank you. (she and Miroku hug)
Kagome
Huh? (notices Sango walking away, looking irritated) Sango...
Kagome
(thinking) I feel so sorry for Sango. She should swallow her pride and stop Miroku. I guess that's too much to ask. (Kirara meows) Huh? What's the matter, Kirara? (she notices Sango wearing her armor and holding Hiraikotsu) Sango?
Kagome
What's going on?
I'm going to follow them.
Kagome
Hey, wait! I'll get Inuyasha and Miroku to come along, too! They're probably close by, so it'll just take a sec!
(curtly) Never mind. There's no time to look for them. (runs after the women)
Kagome
Wait, Sango!
Kagome
Sango! Where could she be?
I lose Sango's scent here... she might've gone into the water, for all we know. (notices the bubbles in the water and stiffens)
Kagome
What's that?!
Oh, no! Kagome, get back!
Kagome
The village women!
Hey, you! What'cha do with Sango? (cracks his knuckles) If you hid her somewhere, you'd better tell me!
Kagome
Inuyasha, wait! There's some kind of demonic vapor seeping out of their mouths! They're being controlled by something, or someone. Whatever you do, don't hurt them!
So this is the village of demon women we were looking for all along- and we didn't even know it!
(as he is battling the possessed women) These women are all unfortunate souls who lost loved ones in the war! They needed to be comforted. They probably looked to the Kannon hanging scroll for guidance and comfort! (he exorcises a salamander from another woman's belly) Sadly, they went to the wrong place. They didn't know that the salamander demon was sealed in the hanging scroll.
"Hanging scroll?" That thing that flew past a while ago? (Kagome nods)
So why'd you show up now, after all these years inside the scroll?
SDSalamander demon
(laughs) I don't really know all that's happened while I was sealed up. However...
Kagome
Inuyasha!
SDSalamander demon
What I do know is that the evil aura that is permeating the world is giving me enormous power!
"An evil aura that's permeating this land", huh? So Naraku's influence has even reached as far as this filthy swamp!
There's too many of them to handle on my own! Sango! Can you lend me a hand here?!
What are you saying, Miroku? Sango's not even here!
Kagome
You mean you hadn't noticed?!
Where is she, then? What's Sango doing?
Kagome
I dunno, she disappeared!
Kagome
You were too busy fooling around with the women to notice! (Miroku looks guilty) Sango got upset, and went to deal with the women alone!
She went after them alone?
Don't you worry about a thing, Kirara. I'll be able to save Sango, you can count on that. Sango, don't worry, I'm going to purge that salamander demon from your belly.
I should have known as much. (smiles) You are truly fearsome as an opponent.
I'm glad we're usually on the same side.
(catches her) Sango? (he sits down, still holding her) I thought I was a goner.
Kagome
Is Sango all right?!
Kagome
Miroku, your face! You've been wounded.
Uh, what's this weird little egg?
It's a demon salamander egg. If it had hatched, I'd be in a lot worse shape than I am now, believe me.
Kagome
Sango was possessed as well?
She was bewitched like the village women? How'd she let such a stupid thing happen?
Kagome
She was upset when she took off; she obviously wasn't thinking straight! (Inuyasha looks confused, Kagome glares at Miroku)... And none of this would have happened if Miroku didn't keep flirting with the girls!
Hm? Are you suggesting this is my fault?
Kagome
Of course! Who'd you think was to blame!
(dryly) You brought it on yourself. (he destroys the salamander egg with one of Miroku's sutras)
I'm so sorry about all this. It's all my fault.
No need to apologize, Sango. Besides, I'm as much to blame. Kagome informed me that my bad habit of flirting with women was the cause of all this. I'm really sorry, Sango.
(turns away from him, embarrassed) You- don't have to apologize. I was careless, that's all. You didn't have anything to do with it.
...Sango, I want you to hear my feelings. You don't need to say anything, just please hear me out. (pause) You're not like the others, Sango. You're a very special woman to me.
"Special", he says- what a jerk! He's flirting with Sango like he does with every other woman he sees!
Kagome
Shhh!
Somehow, it's different for us. You see, Sango, I've never had such strong feelings for a woman as I have for you. Except... there's one problem. I feel as if I cannot love you as an ordinary woman. (Sango looks away, hurt; Kagome looks furious) You're my comrade, the woman I fight alongside.
So he's saying they're just gonna be friends?
Kagome
That's terrible! He's not getting away with this!
(looking away, barely concealing tears) Oh- I knew that. You- didn't need to tell me. I knew how you felt. It's not as if... as if I hoped you would love me. I never thought that. (she stands up)
(crushed) We've said it all, right? I'm going.
... I'm just getting started. (pause) If this... battle with Naraku ever comes to an end, and the curse of my Wind Tunnel is broken... if I make it out alive... If we made it that far, would you come live with me? Would you bear my children, Sango?
Kagome
(claps her hands) Oh, wow! He proposed to her!
You'll have my children? (jokingly) Ten babies- or maybe even twenty?
(turns around and grabs his hands, smiling) Yes! Miroku, does this mean you'll stop womanizing?
Huh?! Uhhhh (laughs nervously)
(leans closer, squeezing his hand in a death grip) You-will-stop-flirting, right?!
(thinking, dryly) I'll take that as a "no".
Kagome
Awww!
Does this mean they're not fighting anymore?
Huh! They won't last mor'n a day or two.
Kagome
Kikyo. Are you alive or are you...?
KKocho
Her life is fading.
AAskua
The miasma is spreading very rapidly.
Kagome
Miasma?
AAskua
You must make you decision.
KKocho
Whether or not you will save her.
Kagome
What do you mean "decision"? I don't get it. What's happening to Kikyo?
AAsuka
After Mount Hakurei was destroyed, she was struck by Naraku's tentacles and fell into a dark river of miasma.
KKocho
But her body was made of sacred soil and ashes from her gave, so the miasma could not dissolve her flesh.
AAsuka
However, the miasma from her wounds spread throughout her body. The would in her chest sill has not healed, and the miasma is eating away at her.
KKocho
There is one who can save her.
AAskua
Only you have the power.
Kagome (thinking): I'm the only one who can save Kikyo?
KKocho
You are her only hope.
AAsuka
You hold her life in your hands.
Kagome (thinking): And you expect me to choose? What do I have to do? What do I do to save her?
AAsuka
Then you choose to save her?
Kagome
Of course I do! I'm the only one can help her, right!? So I will.
KKocho
All you have to do is touch her.
AAsuka
That will be enough to purify the miasma.
Kagome
Please. Can you tell why you brought the Sacred Jewel fragment here?
So you have it after all!! Give me the shard, Hosinki!! Give it to me and we'll go back!
HHosinki
I cannot. That is it was the Sacred Jewel shard's desire to come this land of the dead.
Kagome (thinking): The shard's desire?
HHosinki
I am the demon who controls jewels. I have the power to hear their desires. While I still in the land of the living, a Sacred Jewel fragment came into my possession. The shard spoke to me and said that the Sacred Jewel must never be allowed to become whole. It was the shard's desire to come to this realm with me.
Kagome Higurashi
(concerning Miroku's past relationship with Shima, a girl he cured of sickness) And? The two of you became fast friends?
SShima
Miroku gave us the medicinal herbs, then vanished almost as suddenly as he'd appeared.
(smirking) Hear that?! Innocent of any wrongdoings!
SShima
Except... (Miroku gulps)
(in flashback) I hope when you are well, you will consider bearing my child, Shima.
SShima
Two things kept me going: the expensive medicinal herbs, and the promise I made to Monk Miroku! That's how I completely recovered.
Kagome
See?! You were trying to seduce her!
(sarcastically, whacking Miroku over the head repeatedly to emphasize her words) It's ok. After all, it was a thing of the past.
Kagome Higurashi
(walking behind them with Shippo and Inuyasha) I was just thinking: If he had only told her the truth sooner, none of this would have happened!
... Just a second. Hey, Miroku! Maybe it just took you a long time to remember what was what! (Miroku and Sango both freeze)
(quietly, to Shippo) That was a bull's-eye.
(grabs the collar of Miroku's robes and hoists him off the ground) Is that true? Well- is that it?
(smiles guiltily) I don't know, it just...happened so long ago!
Kagome
I sense a Jewel shard nearby! Only one. It's Kohaku!
Does that mean Naraku is there, too?
Inuyasha (thinking): Not only that. I'm starting to smell Kikyo.
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