Kikyo quotes from InuYasha

Kikyo

Run, Kagome! Run! It's too dangerous to say here.

Kagome

Forget it! I won't leave you behind!!

Kagome

Um, Kikyo?

Kikyo

You're still here? You should be on your way. Wait a moment. Tell me. Why didn't you give up on me, Kagome? When you were praying, did you trust in me?

Kagome

What's the deal? I've never seen you this talkative before. I can't answer your question 'cause I don't understand it myself.

Kikyo

Then why did you save me? A dead person?

Kagome

Because a certain guy we both know would be heartbroken if you weren't around.

Kikyo

Same for you.

Inuyasha

Kikyo?

Kikyo

Inuyasha, I see you have come to the northern lands as well?

Miroku

Lady Kikyo.

Inuyasha

Kikyo, what the heck are you doing here?

Kikyo

Now is not the time.

Inuyasha

Uh, right. Of course not.

Inuyasha

Huh? Kikyo.

Kikyo

Inuyasha. Where am I?

Inuyasha

Away from the village.

Kikyo

I see. So then, I take it my soul-collectors were unable to reach the village?

Inuyasha

No.

Kikyo

What happened? To them?

Inuyasha

The Band of Seven? They retreated, but they took Suikotsu with them.

Kikyo

I see. Kagome.

Kagome

Yes?

Kikyo

You must have noticed- the Jewel fragment in Suikotsu's neck...

Kagome

I did. I saw the pure Jewel shard become cloudy.

Kikyo

And then he went away, didn't he?

Kikyo

(thinking) That man...

Woman, are you the one they call Kikyo?

Kikyo

And you are with the Band of Seven?

Kikyo

Wait!

What do you want of me?

Kikyo

Just curious; you're supposed to kill me, are you not?

(chuckles and turns) I don't know, Naraku never gave me any orders to do so. (he grins as he notices Kikyo has an arrow aimed at him) Ahh, I've heard the rumors about you. Still, I would never have guessed you'd be so beautiful. You wanna take me on, do you? Alright then, let's do it! I accept your challenge.

Kikyo

(thinking) His sacred Jewel shards emit a tainted black light... unlike Suikotsu's clear one. Does that mean he has been completely overtaken by the darkness?

What's stopping you? Come on, take the first shot.

Kikyo

I want to know what it is you're after. Why do you continue to kill, even after being resurrected?! What reason could you possibly have for doing so?

Now that's a strange question. I don't need any reason for killing people. I have always been this way, before my death and after being revived.

Kikyo

(lowers her bow) In the world we live in, it's sometimes necessary to kill in order to survive. But you died once, so why not stop your evil wrongdoings?

Hah! I'm a mercenary through and through... and what I do is thoroughly enjoyable. People talk about Heaven and Hell all the time, but once a mortal is dead, that's the end of it. I have no interest in the so-called other worlds. I do as I please, with no fear of the afterlife!

Kikyo

(scornfully) You say that to convince yourself, don't you? It's pathetic, trying to make excuses for your wicked actions.

(chuckles, shoulders Banryu) I know one thing, Kikyo: dead people like you and I will probably share the same fate. You should worry about yourself. Don't be so concerned about the choices I make. Well, it doesn't really matter. Let's just both enjoy the time we have here on Earth. (walks away)

Kikyo

... So, we share the fate of the dead, do we? Then I will see where it goes.

Rin

Ah! Lord Sesshomaru! (she runs to Sesshomaru)

Ugh- that dead priestess again! She scares me more than anyone.

...Lady Kikyo, it's you.

Kikyo

Huh? Doctor Suikotsu?

... At last... I have returned. The tainted, dark light blocked my way. I couldn't become myself.

Kikyo

(thinking) Did my sacred arrow purify the shard? What do I do with him now? Must I kill him?

... Lady Kikyo.

Kikyo

Hm?

Please remove the sacred Jewel shard from my neck. Do that for me. Then all will be over. I can rest in peace. (Kikyo frowns) My last wish... is to be released.

Kikyo

You're certain? Do you chose death?

I'm certain. I finally remember what happened: I died before, long ago in the past. When I was alive before, I was tormented by uncertainty. I didn't know what was right... and what was wrong.

I was a physician... who had sworn to save people's lives. And yet... I had killed someone with my own hands. Looking back, I was probably harder on myself than anyone else would have been. I couldn't forgive myself. I didn't know what to do. That's when it happened... when I heard the voice.

(flashback) Why don't you stop acting the part of a saint?! You really aren't interested in helping people! Deep inside, you want to kill! You're just itching to kill and kill!

Suddenly, it became clear to me: the person who was speaking was me, myself. A crater of evil lurked in my heart... and that evil made me kill over and over again. Not long afterward, I met Bankotsu and joined the Band of Seven... and murder became second nature to me. I've done some horrible things. My dark side has killed so many. And during it all... the doctor in me was helpless to stop the senseless brutality. No matter how many lives I saved, no matter how I tried to make a difference, my soul has no hope of being redeemed.

Kikyo

Doctor Suikotsu, you are not alone in your turmoil. Good and evil co-exist in all men who walk the earth. You must not give in to the dark side.

You're wrong... Lady Kikyo. I would likely do it all again, if I were able to. I couldn't stop myself. The mere thought of it is unbearable. (tearfully) Please, I beg of you, Lady Kikyo... remove the Jewel shard. Give me death, and release my tormented soul.

Kikyo

Doctor Suikotsu-

Please do this for me. I beg of you.

(catching it) I'll take this as a memento. [leaves]

Kikyo

Doctor Suikotsu!

(smiles) And so it ends... it's finally over.

There. I've dissolved the barrier, as you asked of me, Priestess. You say you wanted to lay me to rest, and dissolve the barrier around Mount Hakurei, did you not? However... I was buried alive, and now my soul is filled with anger and hatred. I fear it cannot be saved.

Kikyo

You are wrong. I never said that I had the ability to save your soul from the darkness.

Huh?

Kikyo

But, I do want you to tell me... what is it, that makes you so unbearably sad?

Sad, you say?

Kikyo

Even though I touch your very soul, I cannot feel the hatred and bitterness you speak of.

Naraku

(to Hakushin) Hate them. It's all right for you to hate them. Hate them all, the humans of this world.

But, I...

Kikyo

The tears you shed were not tears of hatred toward humans and their world.

...Yes. You're right. I wanted to die an admirable death, as a saint. But, it was not to be. I did not want to admit... my own weakness. So, I cried in despair, over the weakness of my own heart.

Kikyo

How painful it must have been.

Yes. It was painful.

Kikyo

You have done more than enough good in this world. So, please... let your soul become free.

...Is that all right?

Kikyo

(gently) Yes. It's all right.

Kikyo

(thinking) There is not one person in this world who never feels lost, who has never sinned in life. Those who try to be forever divine, those who try to be forever kind, and even those who are tainted by evil. Everyone wishes to be saved.

Kikyo

(thinking) Isn't that right, Kansuke? He has found peace.

Kikyo

Mount Hakurei! The barrier... it's been dissolved?

Kikyo

I'll ask you just one more time. Naraku, tell me what your true purpose here is!

Naraku

I'm surprised. Did you come all this way and go to all this trouble, to ask me such a simple matter?

Kikyo

I'm the one asking the questions.

Naraku

[chuckles] Round and round goes the spinning wheel...spinning and weaving a red thread of fate. Meeting Rasetsu, or should I say Kanske, was no coincidence. It was according to my plan.

Kikyo

You mean...?

Naraku

I merely took advantage of his desire to find a place to die. It was all so simple. I put rumors into that dying man's head about the sacred grounds of Mt. Hakurei, and thus set him on your path. Now do you understand? [chuckles] You did not come here of your own accord. I lured you here. I have often heard you humans refer to this as fate or destiny.

Naraku

Only the weak utter such nonsense. It is different for the truly powerful. They create this so-called fate or destiny themselves.

Kikyo

You're the one speaking nonsense, Naraku!

Naraku

Oh, yes. You were interested in finding out about my true aim. You wish to know? Then I shall tell you. [he raises his forearm, and a blade of bone grows from his wrist] You shall learn my purpose, what it is I need to accomplish at Mt. Hakurei. Here's your answer.

Kikyo

Agh!

Naraku

[chuckles] Your imitation body is formed of bones and graveyard soil. You don't even bleed.

Kikyo

[slumps to her knees] I curse you, Naraku.

Naraku

You underestimated me, Kikyo. You came feeling self-assured, so certain that I would not be able to kill you. You believed that as long as I had the heart of that worthless human- that pathetic bandit, Onigumo, who loved you with all his being- you believed I wouldn't harm you. [he retracts the bone-blade] I feel nothing, even after wounding you so. No remorse, no sadness.

Kikyo

[thinking] Does that mean his heart no longer beats inside you? I see! That's what Kagura had in her possession- his human heart!

Naraku

The bottom of this crevice is filled my miasma. An imitation body like yours will dissolve easily, in a matter of seconds. [he raises his arm again, his fingers extending into clawed tentacles] Kikyo... this will be your burial ground.

Kikyo

No! Why are these memories coming back to me now? [the tentacles impale her and retract, sending her plummeting into the miasma gorge] Inuyasha...

Inuyasha

Huh?!

Kagome Higurashi

Inuyasha?

Inuyasha

[thinking] I don't like this. I've got a bad feeling about something...

Sesshomaru

[thinking about Naraku] Such impudence. You merely wished to test the power of your new body, against me.

Inuyasha

Sesshomaru...

Sesshomaru

Inuyasha. Still alive, are you?

Inuyasha

What're you doing here?

Sesshomaru

It seems Naraku's main interest was not you... but rather, his real objective, was to kill that woman.

Inuyasha

Huh?! [he follows Sesshomaru's gaze to Kikyo's broken bow, laying on the edge of the gorge] Kikyo's bow! No, Kikyo...

Inuyasha

[thinking] What happened? Did Naraku kill Kikyo?! No...it can't be!

Kikyo

[in flashback] Naraku cannot kill me... not as long as he has Onigumo's heart, a heart which cares for me.

Inuyasha

Soul Collectors!

Inuyasha

I failed you again, Kikyo... I let you die. I wasn't there for you, and you died alone...

Jaken

This miasma is terrible! There's no way she could survive it! [Sesshomaru starts to leave, and Jaken follows him] Lord Sesshomaru?

Inuyasha

Hold on, Sesshomaru! [Sesshomaru glances back] Did you just watch her get killed? Didn't you do anything to help?! [Sesshomaru turns and keeps walking, Inuyasha reaches for Tetsusaiga] I told you to STOP!

Sesshomaru

I don't care to know what your connection to that woman was. [glances back] The person responsible for killing Kikyo, was Naraku. And, you... you're the one who didn't save her. Inuyasha, blame yourself. [keeps walking] Rather than taking your anger out on me, I suggest you go after Naraku.

Jaken

Exactly!

Inuyasha

Kikyo... forgive me.

Young Kaede

What's the matter, Kikyo? What is that?

Kikyo

It is known as the Jewel of Four Souls. I have been given the duty of purifying it.

Kikyo

There is something that I wish to ask you: Why didn't you kill me that night? It would have been easy enough; given my condition.

Inuyasha

I don't play dirty, that's why.

Young Kaede

It's no use. I'll never be as good as my sister Kikyo.

Kikyo

I'm impressed, Kaede.

Young Kaede

Kikyo, it's you!

Kikyo

You've improved considerably.

Young Kaede

Thanks.

Kikyo

Next is the Arrow of Sealing.

Young Kaede

Arrow of Sealing?

Kikyo

That was the Arrow of Sealing. We use it for demons who are utterly invincible. I warn you, though, beware of this tree.

Young Kaede

The Sacred Tree?

Kikyo

If you seal demon onto this tree, the demon's body will remain perfectly intact. They will only awaken when the one who shot the arrow desperately wishes for the demon to revive.

Kikyo

Wouldn't you like to stop fighting?

Inuyasha

What do you mean?

Kikyo

Stop fighting all the time? Stop and become human?

Inuyasha

Me become a human?

Kikyo

It's possible. It's true that you are half demon but you are also half human. If the Sacred Jewel of the Four Souls fell into the hands of a demon, its powers would drastically increase. However, if it were used to turn you into a human, it would be purified. The Jewel of the Foul Souls would probably cease to exist.

Inuyasha

And then what? What would happen to you?

Kikyo

My duty is to protect the Jewel. Without it I could live the life of an ordinary woman.

Kikyo

The Sacred Jewel- It was all because of this. Listen to me, Kaede. Take the Sacred Jewel and burn it with my body. That way it will never fall into the hands of evil again.

Young Kaede

Kikyo!! Sister Kikyo!