Sesshomaru, you should draw Tenseiga! Try it- something might happen!
(thinking) What do you want? Are you telling me to fight alongside Tetsusaiga? Worse yet- are you telling me to help Tetsusaiga? To help Inuyasha?!
There's nowhere for you to run, now. Prepare to be banished to the Underworld!
(thinking) Tenseiga was only cast off of Tetsusaiga to be rid of Meido Zangetsuha. Now, after inheriting this unwanted sword from my father, I'm supposed to use it to aid Inuyasha?!
Are you ready for it? Now, you and your father's swords shall spend the rest of eternity in the Underworld!
(hides his eyes) They'll never make it!
(thinking) I still do not know what Father was thinking, when he gave me Tenseiga. (he draws Tenseiga) Perhaps I never will- but I no longer care about that! (aloud) Never, Shishinki! I would never allow my life to be taken by scum like you!
Lord Sesshomaru's Meido Zangetsuha has achieved a complete circle!
KohakuIt's swallowing Shishinki's Meido!
(stunned) It can't be! Tenseiga is supposed to be incomplete!
(smiles coldly) ...Now, I see. I pity you, Shesshomaru. What your father did was cruel! It was cruel, do you hear?!
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.
Kohaku
Sister, it's you!
Sango. If you truly care for your brother, end his life, so he may finally rest in peace.
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?
That Kohaku is avoiding me? What's your point? I knew that already!
Kohaku
(thinking) Sister...
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!
(laughs) Your resolve is admirable... though, sadly, it won't be of much use to you.
Kohaku
Sister...
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.
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!
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-
(thinking) My body isn't recovering!
(as she purifies Kohaku's Shard) Ok- how's that feel?
Kohaku
Good. It feels a lot better.
I might not be able to purify it as well as Kikyo could.
Kohaku
... Kikyo's light.
Kohaku
It happened when Naraku tried to take my Jewel Shard. I'm not sure why, but the minute his tentacles made contact, this pure light started flowing into it!
Kohaku
It almost felt...as though Lady Kikyo was purifying me!
(thinking) Does that mean Kikyo's power somehow entered Naraku- and remains there, even now?
(flashback) The light... will destroy Naraku.
The image Kanna showed me before she died- it was the Shikon Jewel! It was defiled, but in the center of it, there was a light! That must've been Kikyo's light!
(sits by her brother) And so...
Kohaku
Huh?
Kohaku, are you suggesting you'll be able to use your shard to defeat Naraku?
Kohaku
Well, I-
Naraku said he was going to take Kohaku's head! He said once he did that, he could slowly defile the shard!
Kohaku
Rin!
(defensively) Well, you almost died, Kohaku!
Kohaku
(to Sango) Don't listen to her! Look, Sister, it's clear that my Shard can cause Naraku pain! (Sango looks away) I know Lady Kikyo's power is protecting me! That's why-
Enough! (thumps him over the head) Stop your babbling!
Gimme a break; why do we have to keep tiptoeing around him? Sango, just tell it to him straight: it's a pain in the butt when he wanders off by himself, isn't it?!
Ugh! Sit, boy! (Inuyasha faceplants)
It wasn't Kohaku's fault this time- Sesshomaru left them there alone, so it was just Kohaku and the little ones around when he was attacked!
(angrily) "The little ones?!" Who are you calling "little?!"
Well, your height, your heart, your personality... so many things about you are little! (Jaken bursts into tears)
No, it's just as Inuyasha says. This isn't the first time it's happened. (Kohaku looks away) Kohaku, you know you are weak of heart and strength; that is why Naraku can take advantage of you! If you fight alone, you don't stand a chance against him! At least tell me you understand that much.
Kohaku
... It's true. You're right.
I believe that Kikyo left her power in your shard, but I don't think she'd have wanted you to sacrifice it. I think she'd want you to treasure it and protect it, like the beautiful gift that it is.
Kohaku
Yes. You're right. (thinking) Lady Kikyo...
MMagatsuhi
You tried- but in the end, it wasn't enough.
MMagatsuhi
How dare you?!
Kohaku
Lord Sesshomaru!
Naraku's body, is it? (draws and swings Bakusaiga) Bakusaiga!
Kohaku! (she catches him)
Kohaku
Sister!
You're safe- are you hurt at all?
(observing the disintegrating tentacles) Amazing!
Looks like a body that's been cut by Bakusaiga can never be used again!
It ends here, Magatsuhi. Rather than face me, you chose to use Byakuya of the Dreams so you could elude me. Are you really that fearful of Tenseiga?
(thinking) Tenseiga is the only sword that can cut through Magatsuhi! And if Magatsuhi is destroyed, my sealed spiritual power will finally be released!
MMagatsuhi!
Hah! If you could destroy me with Tenseiga, you would have done it with your first stroke.
Oh, it's not that I couldn't destroy you; I merely chose not to.
I wanted you to see my face. (raises Tenseiga) That way, you would know it was me who was killing you. Tenseiga!
MMagatsuhi
DAMN YOU! DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE END! I AM INDESTRUCTIBLE, AND I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!
(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!
(unseen, laughing) You let your guard down!
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!
Kohaku
S-sister...
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.
Kohaku
(also tearful) Me too, Sister.
(thinking, grimly) The fight against Naraku has been left to us. It's time to finish it!
Kagome! (he turns into his balloon form and flies under Inuyasha and Kagome, allowing them to land on him)
(irritably) A thanks would be nice- I came to help you guys!
Wind Tunnel! (he begins sucking in the miasma projectiles Naraku is hurling at them)
(shocked and worried) Miroku!
It's okay, I'm fine now! The curse of the Wind Tunnel is already fading!
Kohaku
(to Sango) Sister!
Kohaku
(thinking) I'm so glad that Sister is safe.
(triumphantly) Bakusaiga's destruction is spreading! I knew Lord Sesshomaru would be the one to defeat Naraku!
(staring down at all of them, contemptuously) ...So, you're all here. (sneers) You and your worthless group of so-called "friends."
(firmly) Yeah... all of us. Everyone survived.
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