Kikyo quotes from InuYasha

Kikyo

You're careless, Naraku.

Naraku

So, Kikyo...

Kikyo

Once your little puppet is broken, you see nothing. Remember that. Your petty feats of minor sorcery cannot affect me. As for the barrier around the castle, the one you erected to keep out Inuyasha, that was easy enough for me to break. [she drops Kagome's Shikon Shard in front of him] You wanted it, didn't you? I leave it to you to stand guard over. After all, who needs its power more than you? And you do need it, don't you? Demon Naraku... or is it, half-demon Naraku?

Naraku

A mere half-demon, I, Naraku?!

Kikyo

True, you've disguised yourself well, but you're still that fugitive human. And the blood of who you once were can never be erased. You seek the Sacred Jewel to become a full-fledged demon, do you not

Naraku

If so... why give me the shards? Am I not the one you seek to avenge your death fifty year ago?

Kikyo

chuckles] It was only my body that died. I may have left it behind, but with this new one, I'm even stronger. I don't ask that you understand. I'm returning to the temple. I will neither run nor hide. Send a messenger if you need me.

Naraku

It's appeared again. No matter how often I change flesh, the burn scars of the human Onigumo, will not leave my back!

Kikyo

[thinking] Go, Naraku. Gather the shards of the Jewel. And when you have found them all, then I will send you to Hell. My soul is much freer than it was then. I am free to hate, free to love.

Kikyo

Inuyasha.

Inuyasha

Kikyo, tell me what's going on! Is it true that you gave Naraku those fragments of the Sacred Jewel that you stole from Kagome!?

Kikyo

Yes, I did. To cast Naraku into oblivion.

Inuyasha

What's that supposed to mean? Naraku's already a lot stronger than he used to be. and he's created two incarnations of himself: Kagura of the Wind, and Kanna of the Void.

Kikyo

She escaped. Inuyasha, Naraku will only grow stronger and stronger. You mustn't allow him to kill you. Until I am able to cast both Naraku, and the Shikon Jewel from this world. Your life belongs to me. No one else will have you.

Inuyasha

Kikyo.

Inuyasha

[staring at the Sacred Tree] Over fifty years...

Kikyo

What's that? What are you thinking, Inuyasha?

Inuyasha

I was thinking, we really haven't changed much considering fifty years have passed.

Kikyo

Don't talk nonsense! I've changed a lot... since that time, long ago, when I sealed you to this tree we're under.

Inuyasha

It was because of Naraku's deceptions that we hated each other. So much that you trapped me here, for fifty years. And then you died. Kikyo, be honest: have I changed? [pause] Before I knew of Naraku's existence, there was no doubt that I burned with resentment over what you'd done to me. But then you told me, that my life was yours. And... yours is mine.

Kikyo

[starts, then covers it with a chuckle] It seems you're not so different from Naraku, after all.

Inuyasha

You're saying... I'm the same as Naraku?!

Kikyo

Deep within Naraku, Onigumo's heart beats, and still yearns for my touch.

Inuyasha

Onigumo's heart?

Kikyo

He desired me. And having me kill you, with my own two hands... was something that he dreamed about. It was something that the jealous heart of Onigumo schemed for.

Inuyasha

He was jealous? Over something so ridiculous?

Kikyo

Yes. Ridiculous. But, that's... what mortals are.

Inuyasha

[thinking] Onigumo's heart remains inside Naraku! [aloud] Wait, Kikyo: does Naraku have feelings for you too, now?

Kikyo

He is reluctant to admit it... but I am certain that he has a lingering desire for me. And in an effort to ease that feeling, he's trying to get rid of me.

What is this? This girl, Kagome? She is your reincarnation, is she not, Kikyo?

Kikyo

Tsubaki, I see that you have placed a curse on Kagome. Your powers will useless on the girl.

Don't underestimate me. Kikyo, I have chanced since you last defeated me.

Kikyo

So I see. One glance tells me the entire account. Tsubaki, I know you sold your soul to a demon in exchange for youth.

Clever girl. For youth and beauty, though.

Ah. This youth and beauty. Some day I shall lose it. Is this the fate of all mortals? No. If I can take possession of the Sacred Jewel that Kikyo guards, then my beauty shall be eternal.

Go, my shikigami!

Damn you, Kikyo!

Kikyo

Now leave and I shall spare your life.

I wasn't able to take the Sacred Jewel from you. But I collaborated with a demon and hence forth gained eternal youth and beauty. Not to mention my own demon power.

Kikyo

How foolish.

You're one to talk. Tell me, how is it that you appear before me looking exactly as you did fifty years ago? Kikyo, you...you're dead. That body that you're inhabiting is neither mortal nor that of a demon. It's a counterfeit. Kikyo, you live off the essence of borrowed spirits, yet you dare to lecture me?

Kikyo

I only came to ascertain the cause of the demon aura. I care not what happens to you, Tsubaki.

Kikyo, what are you doing?

Kikyo

Silence! What did you just say!? Speak the truth! You attempted to have Kagome slay Inuyasha!!

Heh. What ails you? Some unpleasant memories, perhaps? You are correct. I drove Kagome to shoot the arrow. Ironic? It was the same way that you killed Inuyasha years ago.

Kikyo

Tsubaki, do as you please with Kagome. I have no intention of interfering. But if you ever lay more harm to Inuyasha, I will personally see to your demise.

You wench!! How dare you presume I would fear you!!

Kikyo

Be warned. Heed my words. It is no idle threat.

Young Kaede

Sister, who is that priestess?

Kikyo

Her name is Tsubaki.

Young Kaede

What is that, Kikyo?

Kikyo

It is known as the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls. I have been entrusted with the duty of keeping it pure.

Kikyo

Naraku.

Naraku

I came here, to see you in person.

Kikyo

What do you want?

Naraku

I needed to test my new power.

Kikyo

I've told you before: A half-demon who harbors Onigumo's heart, has absolutely no power to kill me.

Naraku

You speak the truth, Kikyo. Indeed, if I still had Onigumo's heart, I wouldn't be able to lay a hand on you, now would I? Even though your body is mere artifice.

Kikyo

You wretch.

Naraku

I knew you weren't real, and yet I was still unable to reach out and strike you. [He suddenly grabs her by the throat] You- A woman made of nothing but clay and bones.

Kikyo

What's wrong, Naraku? Weren't you here to kill me?

Naraku

Don't sound so self-assured. It was not out of fear that I decided to spare you. Consider yourself lucky. I will not kill you... I will break you.

It struck me when I first saw you. You look remarkably similar...

Kikyo

Similar to?

Long ago, I came upon a priestess who could have passed as your sister. What was her name? Ah, yes. I believe it was Kikyo.

Kikyo

Pure coincidence, I'm sure.

Yes, of course. I'm talking about fifty years ago. If she were still alive, she'd be an old woman.

Kikyo

Yes. If she had lived.

I heard through the grapevine that she had passed on, and that the Jewel was buried with her in her grave.

Kikyo

It seems you, too, possess the power of a priestess.

Kagome

What are you doing here? Are you feeling all right? Are you sick? Where are your soul-collectors? I don't see them in here. Why are you collapsed in here like this?

Kikyo

You certainly ask a lot of questions, young lady.

Kagome

Come on. We gotta get out of here.

Kikyo

It's impossible. We're in the belly of the priestess-sealer.

Kagome

Priestess Sealer?

Kikyo

A demon that traps priestesses and absorbs their spiritual powers. It puts up a barrier on the outside, and allows no one but priestesses inside.

Kikyo

You're quite an incredible woman. Normally, a priestess would be unable to even move inside this place.

Kikyo

Leave me behind.

Kagome

Huh?

Kikyo

I am already dead, remember? You have a much better chance of escaping from here rather than being burdened by me. In order to escape from here, you must destroy the heart, which you'll find deeper in the cave.

Kagome

But I can't do that.

Kikyo

Huh?

Kagome

I don't know what are chances are, but I'm not going to let you order me around! Listen, I'm not giving up on you! So I need you to start thinking of escaping from here!

Kikyo

You're serious.

Kikyo

Hmm.

Kagome

I was talking about Inuyasha, not about myself. He's always saying things to make people mad, but he's getting a lot better, actually. I had a fight with him, just before I came here. I guess things like that never happened with you, two. What am I saying? Of course you didn't. Stupid! What am I balling about? Why do I have to say things like that to Kikyo of all people? A long time ago, she and Inuyasha were...