"Kikyo. How could...? I thought we..."
(Falls into a deep slumber, due to the effects of Kikyo's sealing arrow and the Sacred Tree of Ages)
MVMale Villager
Lady, Kikyo, that wound...
You're hurt really badly.
I forgot who I...and now she what...All for this: the Sacred Jewel.
You're in pain. Let someone...
I won't feel it much longer. And so I give this to you. The Shikon no Tama which you must burn with my body. It must not fall into the hands of those who would abuse it.
(Collapses from her fatal wounds, dead)
(As her corpse is cremated)
I shall take it with me, to the other world.
Kaede (thinking): Fifty years have passed since then.
"We really aren't in Tokyo, anymore, are we?"
"Tokyo. Never heard of it. Is that were your people are from?"
"Pay no heed to Inuyasha, Child."
Kagome (thinking): The Sacred Jewel makes monsters more powerful. Is it cursed?
"I hate having to wait. And I hate the smell of you. Want me to scratch you back?"
You really tried to hit me just now, didn't you?"
MVMale Villager
Shoot him!!"
"Who do you people think I am!!? You think you can hurt me like I did that centipede!!?"
MVMale Villager
"Lady Kaede, he thinks that we might have thatched the centipede."
"Somehow, I knew it would eventually come to this."
"Quickly, Child. The word of subjugation."
"It matters not. Your word has power to hold his spirit."
"Ha! How can you overpower me when you can't sit up!!"
Kagome (to herself): A word to hold his spirit? But how do I know which one? Um...Um. Sit, boy!!"
What the heck is this thing!?"
"I'm sorry, Inuyashu, but ye do lack the power to remove it."
"We'll see about that!! I'd come there and finish you off, if you didn't look half dead already!!"
"Well, shall we head home?"
"That was easy. Wish I said it earlier."
"I notice you're rebuilding the houses wrecked by Mistress Centipede. What a pain."
"Pain, yes, and just beginning. Now that the sacred Shikon no Tama is back among us, far worse than Mistress Centipede will come to claim it."
"And not just demons. There are humans whose hearts are more evil still. And only the Jewel has the power to make real their petty, grasping ambitions."
"Speaking of petty, what are you still doing here?"
"I'm waitin' for the Jewel."
"With the beads around his neck, his threat is diminished. It is perhaps the only we can allow him so close to the Jewel."
"Why do you want the Jewel, anyway? It seems to me your pretty strong enough as it is. What powers can the Jewel give you you don't already have?"
Ah, but he's just half demon."
"You know what? I'm sick of hearing some dried up witch I just met talk like she knows me!"
"So ye don't remember. I thought as much. I'm younger sister to Kikyo; she who bound ye to the tree. Kaede."
"You're Kaede? So you're the brat, huh."
"Fifty years have passed, and I have grown old."
"And if you're this old, Kikyo must be pushin' a hundred. I'm sure I'm glad I don't have to worry about getting old. Least, not for awhile."
"Kikyo didn't worry, either. Kikyo died. It was on the same day she shot ye with the arrow."
"Gee, sorry to hear it. Not like I really care or anything. One less thing for me to worry about."
"I wouldn't let my guard down just yet, Inuyasha. I now know that Kagome is the reincarnation of my sister."
"And it isn't just because ye resemble her. The Jewel of Four Souls was in your body. That alone is proof enough. It's up to ye now, Child, to take over its protection."
Kagome (thinking): Me? Protecting this? "Who am I kidding?"
1M1st Male Villager
"She's the reincarnation of who?"
2M2nd Male Villager
"You gotta admit there's something otherworldly about her."
FVFemale Villager
"But who?"
3M3rd Male Villager
"They're saying that girl there is really Kikyo."
4M4th Male Villager
"That's Lady Kikyo for those who respect her!"
5M5th Male Villager
"I knew it was Lady Kikyo all along. Lady Kikyo's come back just as she left."
Kagome (thinking): I gotta get out of here.
Inuyasha (to himself): "She died. And I never knew. Huh?"
Hey. Don't you wanna eat?"
Where'd you get all that stuff from?"
"The villagers gave it to me. Why not come down here and help me eat it?"
"Whatever you're up to, I ain't buyin' it."
"Buying what? Listen, it's fair to say you don't like me, right?"
Whatever. It's not even me you dislike, it's this Kikyo person. I'm not Kikyo, okay? I'm Kagome. Can't we just call a truce?"
"Ha! I knew it! What you don't get is that I'm only after the Jewel! You're just tryin' to lure me into a false sense of security!"
Oh really. That's funny, considering all I have to do to make you obey is say the word 'sit.' Woops. Sorry about that."
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and shoot it!"
"Shoot? You're kidding, right? I never used a bow in my life."
" The crow lives by eating human flesh. If you think that's bad, let it swallow the Jewel."
"Kikyo was a master archer. Take it in one shot!"
"I told you, my name's Kagome! (thinking) Still...Kikyo, give me your strength. Here it goes. What the? I thought you said she was a master archer?"
"She was!! It's you that's the klutz! See how big it is? Do it!"
"I don't care what the old lady says! You are not Kikyo, ya got that!!? I am so outta here!!"
