(thinking) Day is breaking! Inuyasha is going to return to his half-demon state! But, if he's seen before that...
(thinking, as he runs toward Kagura) Kagome, Miroku, Sango- you're all mere mortals, yet you fight so hard! All because you believed in your own power. I can't hold back, knowing that!
Kagura(sneering) Koga, you're a glutton for punishment, aren't you? How about surrendering? (she conjures another whirlwind above him)
Kagura
(thinking) I've done it!
(smirking) Kagura- it can't be much fun, killing a half-dead wolf, can it?
Kagura
Inuyasha?!
(draws Tetsusaiga) I'll take you on from this point!
Kagura
(thinking) I know I saw it. For a moment... I saw Inuyasha.
(to Kagome) D'you think that Kagura might've seen Inuyasha in his human state just now?
Kagura
(thinking) I see- there was no moon last night. (smirks) So, Inuyasha- you lose all your powers on a moonless night?
Huh! What if I do? I'm back, so who cares! (charges)
Kagura
You're right, it doesn't matter anymore. 'Cause you're gonna die, right this minute! Dance of the Dragon!
Kagura
What happened?! How did he cut through my whirlwind?!
Kagura
(thinking) He's going to get me!
All of Naraku's demons...
(sheathes Tetsusaiga) Rgh! Kagura- she escaped again! Hey, ya puny wolf! Hope you learned your lesson: never interfere in my fight with Naraku! (he notices Koga is not paying attention) Huh?
(finds the Jewel shards Kagura took from him) Found 'em! My sacred Jewel shards!
No way I'm doin' that! Remember this, mangy mutt: I've sworn to avenge my comrades' deaths! I'll be the one to take Naraku's head, not you! Don't forget that! (starts to leave)
Wait, Koga! (he stops) What you saw last night... I mean about Inuyasha. Please, don't tell.
Oh, don't worry. I couldn't care less what shape that mutt Inuyasha takes.
... Does that mean he won't tell?
I think we can count on Koga. The problem is Kagura.
Kagura
(thinking) Naraku knows nothing of my treachery. That's why he used demons to save me.
Kagura
(thinking) Kanna... where is she going?
Kagura
(thinking) Another room, beneath the cellar? Ugh!
(coldly) Kagura... did you enjoy yourself, outside?
Kagura
These demons... Naraku builds his body with these demons? He's a half-demon, just like Inuyasha!
Kagura... while I slept, you left the castle. Don't try to deny it.
Kagura... you are still a part of me. Would you like to return to my flesh again?
Kagura
(desperately) No! Please, wait... I- I promise I won't do it again!
... This will be your last chance.
Kagura
(thinking) I cannot escape from Naraku on my own! Inuyasha... I'll let you live a while longer. You're my precious trump card.
Kagura
I am the wind, remember? Pay attention!
Sango! Sango, say something to me! Sango! (Sango moans weakly)
Kagura
How very touching, Monk. Unfortunately, you might've lived a little longer if you'd only gone on ahead without her.
Kagura
(smirking) You can't use your Wind Tunnel, though- for fear of the insect's poison!
You don't know who you're dealing with! What meaning does my life have without the woman I deeply care for?! I would sacrifice my life for hers! Wind Tunnel!
Kagura
Well, if it isn't Kanna. A Sacred Jewel shard?
I want you to implant that tainted fragment into Kagome. Once it is in, she will be completely under our control.
Kagura
Oh? With this, Kagome will become Naraku's servant you say? She will share the same fate as Kohaku.
Kagome (thinking): Kohaku? That impure light! Does she intend to put that shard into me? No! I...I can't move. This strange infant was a grasp on my soul. I have to break free.
Kagura, hold on. She's a stubborn one. She's regained consciousness.
Kagome (thinking): Inuyasha! Save me!
It's too late. You know as well as I do that Inuyasha will never come. Inuyasha has made his choice and he has chosen Kikyo, not you.
Remember, Kagome. When you learned that Kikyo had died, weren't you actually quite pleased? The woman who came between you was gone, but when Inuyasha heard that Kikyo was alive, he went after again. Whether she is dead or alive, Inuyasha's heart belongs to Kikyo. Don't you feel bitter toward Inuyasha? Don't you hate Kikyo? It's all right for you to hate them. Feel your heart with bitterness once more, and let me grasp your soul.
Kagura
You've got her.
Kagome (thinking): I feel bitter towards Inuyasha? I hate Kikyo? I guess I have every reason to, but...
Kagura
What's going on here? Somehow she repelled the shard. (thinking) So there are some things this devilish brat can't do.
The Infant (thinking): She spoke. My suggestive powers are not working on this girl.
What you're saying to me is completely wrong. Inuyasha can never forget about Kikyo. And even though I force myself to accept this rationally I still feel the pain and jealousy in my heart. However, bearing a grudge against Inuyasha, and feeling jealousy toward Kikyo, these are normal feelings that any human would have. And It is not unlikely for me to feel bitterness towards these two. This isn't the first time that Inuyasha has tried to dessert me because he knew how difficult all this was for me. I even wished Kikyo gone but then I felt so bad after harboring such thoughts. These feelings mean that I...that I'm in love with Inuyasha!!
Kagura
Now I see why Naraku hates that girl.
What did you do to Kagome!!?
I just rummaged inside her soul a little bit. Because you can't seem to get over Kikyo, I even managed to find a speck of darkness in that girl's heart. It's too bad. Just one more little step and I could have crushed her soul.
Bastard! Just what the hell are you!!?
Kagura
Hey, you look unwell.
Be quiet. I need to sleep. (thinking) Kagome's soul is much stronger than I expected. I used up too much energy.
Kagura (thinking): What's wrong with him? Did his struggle with Kagome tire him out? He may be Naraku's offspring but, apparently, he's not all-powerful.
Kagura
Damn, that Kikyo is elusive, isn't she?
Kagura! Just what is going on!?
Kagura
I'd like to know that myself.
Kagura
Naraku seems to think so. You know the arrow that broke through Hakudoshi's shield? There was some dirt left on it that came from Onigumo's cave.
Inuyasha (thinking): Onigumo? Of course! That was the sent from the arrow.
Kagura
She's the only one can have use for soil from Onigumo's cave. Anyway, it seems we both been wasting our time going after a fake. 'Till next time.
(Leaves off)
Kagura (thinking): Naraku's greatest hindrance is still alive. Now this is getting interesting.
(As Kagura pursues him) If you know where Naraku's heart is, then you've gotta tell me!
Kagura
I'll need your Shikon Jewel Shard first, boy! (she fires off a Dance of Blades attack, which he barely avoids) You'll die, once I take your shard; if you cooperate, I promise to make it quick!
Kagura
There's nowhere to run. Are you prepared to die?
I've been prepared to die for a long time, now... but I have no intention of dying here! (Kagura raises her fan) If you need a shard so badly, you can take me there and present me as an offering! Then, at least, I can plunge my blade into Naraku's heart, even if it costs me my life. (Kagura chuckles, Kohaku holds up the demonic crystal) Isn't this the reason you gave me this demonic crystal in the first place, Kagura? (pause) I may have been under Naraku's control at the time, but it was still me who killed my father and comrades. I killed my family and caused my only sister great injury and overwhelming grief. However, I kept myself alive the entire time-
Kagura
All for the sake of revenge, huh?
Yes. It's my duty, and I must fulfill it before I die. (tearfully) It's the only way I can make up for what I did to my father and comrades.
Kagura
It's useless, Kohaku. Can't you see? It doesn't matter how determined you are. Your blade will never be enough to overcome Naraku, the Infant or Hakudoshi! In the end, you're doomed to lose your shard and your life.
(smirks) Heh... exactly right.
(to Kagura, trapped inside his barrier) I'm surprised. I didn't think I could use you as a shield.
Kagura
Fool!
Kagura
(to Inuyasha) We don't have much time, so listen up! Naraku's heart- the Infant- is inside Moryomaru!
Kagura
Hakudoshi and the Infant intend to empower Moryomaru and have him overthrow Naraku!
An impressive deduction, Kagura. (flashback to Mount Hakurei) It was a grave mistake for Naraku to release his heart that day. He entrusted the Fuyoheki to the Infant to keep his heart safe, knowing it would conceal its' demonic aura. That gave the Infant an idea: to create a durable armor to protect himself. And that armor is Moryomaru, who swallowed the dead Goryomaru. (his body regenerates) It was at that point that we realized: Naraku without his heart is but an empty shell. The Infant and I are the real thing, and one day soon, we'll overthrow him.
Kagura
Heh! Naraku has been aware of your plot from the very beginning, fool.
No doubt... but, if I were you, I'd be more concerned about my own fate right now. After all, we may both be traitors, but it is your heart that Naraku holds. It's hopeless for you. No matter what, you'll never be free.
Kagura
(angrily) Shut up! (she slashes him in half again]
You can rip my body to pieces; I still won't die. Nobody can kill me... not even Naraku himself!
Right! (starts to remove the rosary from his right forearm)
You're using your Wind Tunnel?!
Hold on! Why aren't they protecting me?!
Kagura
(smirks) Well, well- isn't this interesting. It looks like Naraku's given up on you.
Silence! I cannot be killed!
I'm not like you, Kagura! I cannot be used and then thrown away like that!
(opens the Wind Tunnel) Wind Tunnel!
... I have a very bad feeling.
It's as if Naraku planned for this to happen.
He probably did. It makes sense: Naraku decided to let us take care of Hakudoshi for him.
(to Kagura) So... now, what will you do? You could come with us, if you wanted.
Kagura
(stands) No, thanks- I can't go with you, or with anyone. Anyway, you don't have any time to waste. It won't be long before Moryomaru finds Kohaku.
She's got a point, there.
Come on, Kagome, let's go.
Listen, Kagura. I'm gonna make sure we get your heart back from Naraku, so just hang in there. All right?
Kagura
(scoffs) Who do you think you're kidding? (she expands her feather-ornament glider and flies away)
Just promise me you won't die before that happens! Ya got that?
Kagura
(thinking) I don't need you to tell me to run for my life. I'll go as far as I have to.
Kagura
(suspiciously) So... you'll grant me my freedom?
You wish to be liberated from me, do you not? Isn't that why you disobeyed my orders, allowed Goryomaru to escape, and allied yourself with Hakudoshi?
Kagura
(nervously) If you were aware of it, then why- (Naraku holds up his hand, and a demonic heart appears in it) M-my heart!
That's right. If I were to return this to your body, you would no longer be under anyone's control... not even mine. You'd be free, at last.
Kagura
I-it's back! Aargh!
(sneering) Not to worry- I was careful to avoid hitting your precious heart.
Kagura
Naraku... Bastard!!
Now, you may go, wherever you wish.
Kagura
(thinking) Damn him- that bastard, he's cursed my body with miasma!
(thinking) Enjoy what little time you have left. Of course, it will be filled with only pain and despair. You didn't honestly believe you deserved a better fate than this, did you, Kagura? You longed for freedom- well, now you have it!
Kagura
(thinking) It's so quiet... no one is in sight. Is this how it ends? All by myself? Is... this the freedom... that I longed for?
Kagura
(shocked) You! You... came.
I followed the scent of blood and miasma.
Kagura
(smiles sadly) Oh- I see. You thought I was Naraku. (stares down, holding back tears) Disappointed...that it's not him?
... No. I knew it was you. (Kagura gasps)
Kagura
... I see. (smiles, thinking) So, you came- you came here, to see me.
(thinking) Even Tenseiga cannot save her. (aloud) Are you leaving?
Kagura
... Yes. I've had enough.
Kagura
(thinking) Now that I've seen you... one last time.
Wait! Sesshomaru. (he and his group arrived in time to witness Kagura's death)
Kagura. Did she... suffer?
(not turning around)... She was smiling.
Kagura
I am the wind... the free wind.
(thinking) Now, let's see if it works, Sesshomaru. If it has truly accepted you, Tenseiga should guide your stroke.
It didn't cut him! He swung the sword, but there's not a mark on it!
(pointing) Master Jaken! What is that thing, behind the demon?!
He's opened a path to the Underworld.
W-wha-what just happened?!
Isn't it obvious? The demon's body was just taken to the Underworld.
A technique that cuts through to the Underworld...
It is possible, because Tenseiga is a sword that can connect this world with the Underworld. (flashback of Sesshomaru resurrecting Rin) That is why the master of Tenseiga is able to see creatures of the Underworld. Furthermore, he has the power to bring the dead back to this world by killing those very creatures.
(glances at her, thinking) Hmph. if only you knew!
Instead of doing battle by wounding his opponent, the master of Tenseiga cuts into the path to the Underworld, and sends his enemy there for eternity! (Sesshomaru stares at Tenseiga, then sheathes it) That is how it is used. And the name of the technique is: Meido Zangetsuha. (thinking) He mastered it in his first attempt. I must admit I'm impressed, spiteful brat though he may be. But, Tenseiga has spoken; it has accepted him, like it or not.
MMoryomaru
(speaking of Kagura) What does she do? She dies. And dies in vain, at that.
Kagura
(as she dies) Now that I've seen you... one last time.
(thinking) I shall be the one to determine, if she died in vain. (aloud) I am ready for battle. I now wield the re-forged Tenseiga.
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