OOnigumo
I see you've finally returned, Naraku.
NarakuI have. Not by choice, I assure you.
OOnigumo
(mockingly) Naturally. After all, your human heart cared for Kikyo, and you couldn't have that, could you? So you removed it and sealed it away here, deep within Mount Hakurei. And yet, here you are. Why is that, Naraku?
Naraku
Quite recently, I absorbed Moryomaru and the Infant. And, as it was happening, I suddenly became aware that Kohaku's Jewel shard was emitting a frightfully pure light. It occurred to me, that if I were to take it carelessly, my Shikon Jewel would instantly be purified... and I myself along with it. I believe that is Kikyo's very intention.
OOnigumo
(chuckles) So, now you need the heart you once so carelessly discarded? Perhaps you've realized that the human heart isn't quite as useless as you believed it to be. All those wicked thoughts, despicable intentions, pitiful attachments. Yes, Naraku... all those negative human feelings for Kikyo are what give the Shikon Jewel its' dark power!
[Onigumo emerges from the water in the shape of a head identical to Naraku's, which Naraku picks up]
Naraku
And, those feelings would allow me to kill her, right?
OOnigumo
Indeed, they would- but, isn't that why you've come to take me back?
[Onigumo transforms into a spider and crawls straight into the flesh of Naraku's arm]
Naraku
(thinking) "Negative feelings"... that's right. After all, what better weapon is there to destroy her? The negative feelings I harbor are what connect Kikyo and I... and you as well, Inuyasha.
Let me guess: You were just thinking that, even if Inuyasha were to forgive you, you could never forgive yourself, right? Stop being so self-righteous! You want everyone to think you're so kind and dignified, but I can see your heart is filled with envy and hatred! And still, you continued to play the part and pretend that you actually pity me!
You claim to feel sorry for me: a poor, dead woman brought back to life. But in truth, you grow impatient because Inuyasha cannot bring closure to our relationship! You can say you care, and offer me a helping hand, but you're not fooling me! I know what your true feelings are.
Huh?! What are you talking about?!
Did you think I wouldn't notice?! That I'd blindly cling to your false kindness?!
(furious) Would you just- cut it out already, you idiot?! I let you talk for a minute and this is what I get?! Well, what gives you the right to talk to me like that, huh?! If you and Inuyasha have such a great relationship, then why don't you come out in the open with it?! You're always looking down on me, testing me- but you're actually scared of me, aren't you?!
That's right! The thing is... you and Inuyasha have a past together that I could never compete with. I can admit that. But you know what? Since we met, I've spent a lot of time with Inuyasha too- and I bet I've seen sides of Inuyasha that you've never seen! (startled, thinking) I know things about Inuyasha that Kikyo doesn't? That means we're in exactly the same position! (aloud) Understand? I'm just saying, I won't abandon you out of fear or jealousy! I don't need to!
(thinking) What's going on? It was so heavy a moment ago?
GSGuardian Spirit of Azusa
You are free to climb up by yourself now. Don't worry, the priestess cannot harm you.
What is it, Kikyo? Why aren't you saying anything?
Wait a minute: it isn't her!
GSGuardian Spirit of Azusa
My child, the priestess was but an illusion... one your heart created.
GSGuardian Spirit of Azusa
The spiderwebs which entangled you have now been severed. Use that bow to save the priestess.
Naraku
Oh? She's escaped. She's free of my web.
So, what will you do, Naraku?
Naraku
Isn't it obvious? I will take Kikyo's life... as I originally planned.
Naraku
(sneering) Kikyo... as long as my spiderweb connects us, there can be no secrets. I am well aware of the hatred and contempt you feel towards me... not to mention your lingering affection for Inuyasha. (Kikyo stiffens) Oh, isn't it a pity, Kikyo- dying in the arms of your most hated enemy, knowing you will never again see your beloved Inuyasha?
NARAKU! LET HER GO! (slams Tetsusaiga into Naraku's arm)
Naraku
Inuyasha!
Kikyo! (thinking) I only have one arrow- I can't afford to miss!
(flashback) There is only one way: you must shoot my wound using this bow. Only that can purify Naraku's contamination.
(thinking) It's OK- I'll show them! I'll hit it!
Hmm? What? (she lowers her bow) You don't want me to shoot yet?
Naraku
What's this? So, you've found the Jewel, have you?
[he shatters the cliff under Kagome's feet, and she falls]
[As Kagome falls, she is caught by Kikyo's Soul Collectors, who carry her down towards Kikyo]
Thank you, Soul Collectors!
Naraku
Damn you! (he lunges his tendrils towards Kikyo)
(thinking) He's trying to take back the Shikon Jewel! (aloud) I won't let that happen!
Naraku
(thinking) Now, I see: you wish to purify me and the Jewel!
The cloud of miasma's defiling the Jewel!
Naraku
Watch me consume it- (the arrow and the Jewel strike him in the chest) What?!
Kikyo's spiritual energy is destroying Naraku! They're coming loose!
Who cares about that right now?!
Kikyo's spiritual energy is fighting it out with Naraku's demonic energy! Can you see it, Kikyo? Naraku's in pain right now!
Kagome... the rest is up to you.
What?! (she notices the Shikon Jewel turning black) His demonic energy's overcoming it!
Naraku
(chuckles as the arrow disintegrates)... I've won. (he howls with cruel laughter)
Kagome... protect the last shard. Protect...Kohaku's light. This is something only you can do, now.
You can't mean that! You'll be okay, and I couldn't possibly- (notices Kikyo is dying) Kikyo! But, I shot you with the bow, just like you wanted me to! It should have purified the wound!
Naraku
(floating down towards them) Kikyo... it appears you've lost.
(thinking) We shall see, Naraku. You'll only know whether I truly lost, or not, when you die.
(slicing through the tendril) Not so fast, Naraku!
Naraku
(smirks) Only one shard, left... and no one to stop me. We'll see how courageous you are, without Kikyo protecting you.
(to Kanna) It appears they have no intention of killing you. For the life of me, I can't fathom why. I mean, Kagome could have fired her Sacred Arrow into the hole in the sky and killed you, but instead she chose to warn everyone. These people are completely insane.
Naraku
(watching from afar, chuckling) What are you fools thinking? Do you pity Kanna- is that it? Don't you realize she cannot feel a thing- be it pain, or sorrow, or even fear? Yes- your pity is wasted on her. She doesn't even understand the concept.
Kanna... I know you were probably ordered by Naraku to fight to the death, right? Well, I'm not interested. Killing you would only give me nightmares.
Indeed. Any further fighting would be pointless. Besides, now that she's half-destroyed, Naraku won't bother looking for her.
It's true. She may be able to survive.
(approaches Kanna) Go on, Kanna. It's all over now.
Naraku
(telepathically) It isn't over, Kanna. Far from it. I've never seen such foolishness- allowing Kanna to escape after all the suffering she's caused you! Your forgiveness and compassion truly sickens me. This is your final task, Kanna: You will take the lives of Inuyasha and his friends with your own!
What is it, Kanna? Don't you understand? You're free, now.
Naraku
Now, walk over towards Inuyasha and his friends. I shall be watching over you, until the very end.
What's going on, Kanna? Do you know why this is happening?!
Naraku
Move! You must get closer to them, Kanna!
(steps towards her) What is it you're trying to tell me?
(grabs her and pulls her back) Look out!
(thinking) Kanna! (a tiny shard of glass hits her eye) Agh- my eye!
(clutching her eye) Ugh- it's my eye!
The light... will destroy Naraku.
It's Kanna's voice! I can see something... Is that the Shikon Jewel? There's a light at the center! Kanna... are you the one showing this to me? This light... is this what will destroy Naraku?
Naraku
Are you scared, Kohaku? Scared that my demonic energy might manipulate you into harming that girl? Perhaps you're afraid you'll lose control and kill her, just like you killed your father and comrades! [Kohaku has a flashback of the day he died] Do not be afraid; you will no longer have to suffer when I am through with you.
Naraku
Sango. If you truly care for your brother, end his life, so he may finally rest in peace.
Naraku
Do you not understand, Sango? Death is the only way to save Kohaku's soul from its' torment. I want you to think about it: your brother managed to escape my control and come to his senses, yet you siblings still cannot be together. Why is that? (pause) It's because Kohaku is avoiding you. You, his loving and devoted sister. But who can blame him? After all, Sango, you saw everything, every shameful act he committed. Like it or not, your very presence reminds Kohaku of his hateful past.
...Is that all you have to say?
Naraku
Hmm?
That Kohaku is avoiding me? What's your point? I knew that already!
Naraku... Kohaku may have been under your control, but that doesn't change the fact that he killed our father in cold blood! I, too, re-live that day over and over again, just as Kohaku must! I know he feels anguish and shame for what he did, and that is exactly why I will not let him die! Until Kohaku can overcome that pain, until he is free, I will continue to fight you, Naraku!
Naraku
(laughs) Your resolve is admirable... though, sadly, it won't be of much use to you.
Naraku
Oh? You're able to speak, while under the control of my demonic energy. Amazing... with that Jewel shard in you, your body will be under my control, and yet you will remain conscious of it the entire time.
Naraku
What will you do, Sango? How do you plan to save your precious Kohaku now?
Silence, Naraku! I'm sick of listening to your NONSENSE!
MKMiroku and Kagome
Sango!
Naraku
Heh! Come now, you don't actually expect to defeat me with Hiraikotsu, do you- [Hiraikotsu smashes straight through his torso] Arggh! (thinking) Impossible! I am a mass of demonic energy; I cannot be shattered by the same energy! No... there's more than just my demonic energy. Something new... an entirely different poison-
Naraku
(thinking) My body isn't recovering!
(amused) That didn't exactly go as planned, did it?
Naraku
(irritably, as he recovers from his injuries) Shut your mouth, Byakuya.
Ok, fine. (Naraku drops a fragment of glass at his feet) Hmm? What's this? (picks it up)
Naraku
A remaining fragment of the Mirror Demon; a memento of Kanna. I want you to go and give it to Sesshomaru.
(surprised) To Sesshomaru?
Naraku
Yes, that's right. What no one knows is that Sesshomaru is but a pawn- my pawn. The time has come to make Inuyasha and the others aware of that.
HHitomiko
I don't understand. What point is there in stealing your feeble power? I wonder what Naraku was hoping to accomplish...
Lady Hitomiko, I came to your shrine because I want to save you!
HHitomiko
Oh, really? You propose to save me, do you? How absurd.
HHitomiko
Kagome, do you think it was by chance that you were given the name "Kagome?"
HHitomiko
That name you bear holds a special power... a power hidden within you, since the day you were born.
I don't understand! Why is she telling me this?!
HHitomiko
Heh... You are no more than a bird in a cage. You shall never leave. Never.
[struggles] Ugh! I... can't move! Huh? [she notices Naraku hanging upside down, in the shadows over Hitomiko's head] Naraku, stop hiding up there and show yourself! [she manages to notch an arrow to her bow] You're a coward!
HHitomiko
[thinking] She can still move?
HHitomiko
Now, I see. It is not you he is after; I'm supposed to steal the power that resides within that bow.
This bow? [thinking] The bow I received on Mount Azusa...
HHitomiko
If I'm not mistaken, that bow was originally meant to be wielded by another... a person who would have been able to master the use of it.
HHitomiko
You merely aim and release with it, unable to harness its' spiritual power, and yet you believe you can save me? Leave the bow here, and be on your way. Do so and your life will be spared, but take it with you and you shall die.
Naraku
You'll spare her life, will you? Then you leave me no choice!
Show yourself, Naraku! [notches an arrow in her bow]
HHitomiko
Do not... waste... your arrows.
Naraku
Indeed. If you must shoot, aim here. [he conjures an image of a spider over Hitomiko's heart]
There's a spider in her chest!
Naraku
Shoot the arrow through her chest. Once you do, Hitomiko will finally die, and you will be saved.
I won't do it! I won't take orders from you, Naraku!
HHitomiko
Then you leave me no choice but to kill you.
Naraku
(chuckles) Kagome... it seems your spiritual powers still haven't returned. I've been hiding behind the barrier, but that you were unable to sense my presence surprised even me.
(brandishes Tetsusaiga) Naraku, you bastard!
Naraku
(smirks) So, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and start swinging. (Inuyasha growls) Oh, don't worry- I'm not planning to kill her. Not until I've taken Kohaku's shard, that is.
Naraku
It's pointless. All you've done is sever an unnecessary tentacle, one that can be sacrificed at any time. Just as Inuyasha's Meido Zangetsuha and Sesshomaru's Bakusaiga did, you've only destroyed that which I did not need.
(enraged) Where's Naraku hiding?! Find him for me, Kagome!
(thinking) I see it- Naraku's blackened Shikon Jewel! I'll use my Sacred Arrow- it may be powerless right now, but it can still show Inuyasha the way! (she fires at the clouds)
(draws Tetsusaiga) Over there? Meido Zangetsuha!
Naraku
(unseen, laughing) You let your guard down!
Naraku
Inuyasha, perhaps now you realize how weak you are. Despite your efforts, you couldn't save your dear Kohaku. But you must be used to it by now; you didn't fare much better when you tried to save Kikyo. That's right, Kikyo's light has died. And as for Kohaku's shard, it has now been fully defiled. (vanishes)
(thinking) It's true- Kikyo's speck of light in the Shikon Jewel has disappeared!
(punches his fist into the ground) Damn it! Damn it, damn it, damn it!
Inuyasha... (tearful, thinking) I'm sorry, Sango. I'm sorry, Kohaku!
When Naraku took it, Kikyo's light must have left the shard and stayed in Kohaku!
(thinking) Kikyo saved him. In the end, she must have decided it was more important to save Kohaku's life than to destroy Naraku!
(tearfully embracing her brother) Kohaku! I'm so glad.
(also tearful) Me too, Sister.
(thinking, grimly) The fight against Naraku has been left to us. It's time to finish it!
Naraku
(thinking to himself, as he observes the completed Shikon Jewel)... It all began long ago, with the simple dream of a villain who was clinging to life- a prisoner inside his own body. (flashbacks show the wounded Onigumo being tended to by Kikyo, then being consumed by the demons and transforming into Naraku) Kikyo- to claim this beautiful priestess as his own, and escape this dark cave. That was the villain's only desire. He fed his body to demons to fulfill that wish. Many demons were drawn to the villain's body; there, they were united as one. Thus, Naraku was born!
Naraku
(to himself) Fifty years have passed since then. It's been a long time, Kikyo. The Shikon Jewel was supposed to have been lost in the flames that consumed your remains, and yet... it now rests in the palm of my hand.
(observing Rin, who is lying unconscious in front of Naraku) The Shikon Jewel has been fully defiled by Naraku now- so much so that Magatsuhi himself will no longer be able to go back inside of it.
Naraku
Our fates are tied, Inuyasha. For, as you and your group's hatred towards me grew, I consumed and transformed your rage, and channeled it into the Shikon Jewel. Now, at last, the defiled Shikon Jewel is complete. By the end of this battle, you and your friends will be consumed by the very darkness you helped to create. Kikyo's light has died.
Naraku! (he draws Tetsusaiga and cleaves Naraku in half, but Naraku just laughs as his severed head spews miasma)
Naraku
You finally made it inside. I've been waiting for you.
Naraku
Will you destroy me from the inside? Start where you like. (his face emerges from a wall) Everything around you is me!
Naraku
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.
Dammit! Kagome, where's the Jewel?
Huh? That way! (she and Inuyasha run down a tunnel)
We're better off trying to find the Jewel than trying to re-group with Miroku and Sango!
Naraku
(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.
Naraku
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.
Naraku
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!
Naraku
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...
Naraku
(laughs) Poor, foolish girl...
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