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♪ Kagome, Kagome ♪

♪ You are a bird in a cage ♪

♪ Crane and turtle slip and fall ♪

♪ Who's behind you now? ♪

Mitsuko!

Ah...

Who are you?

My name is Naraku.

I have come for your life, Lady Hitomiko.

Impressive indeed.

Your barrier can withstand my miasma.

It appears that I cannot ignore your spiritual powers.

Hitomiko! Run for it!

Old Master!

That is a demon!

Divine words from above!

That is the extent of your spiritual power?

Old Master! Old Master!

Demon be gone!

It escaped, huh?

Old Master, get a hold of yourself!

Hitomiko, your spiritual power rivals that of Lady Kikyo,

who passed away many years ago.

Evil spirits and demons are after your life.

You must not neglect your training.

Old Master...

You have no choice but to fight.

Old Master!

Fifteen years have passed...

I have been fighting against demons ever since.

Such is my fate as a priestess.

Lady Hitomiko!

Lady Hitomiko, it's terrible!

There's a traveler who collapsed by the village entrance!

If we carry him in, there's a chance of disease spreading!

Should we bury him?

Wait.

Pray tell, what is the matter?

L-Lady Hitomiko!

Do not worry. I have slain the demon.

Y-You are...

- Lady Hitomiko? - Lady Hitomiko!

HITOMIKO'S BARRIER

I'm positive. Those are Naraku's spiderwebs.

I can't see a thing.

Lady Kagome must be the only one who can see them.

Damn Naraku!

The same spiderwebs defiled Kikyo and took her life!

What is he plotting this time?!

They're originating from this village?

Yep, around that shrine.

Uh, who are you people?

Are you from the village?

I apologize for being abrupt,

but has anything strange happened in the past few days?

Something happened, right?

Actually, Lady Hitomiko, the priestess who has protected our village...

I was careless.

It seems a thread of the demon's web was fastened to my back.

Lady Hitomiko.

I don't have long to live.

This can't be!

You mustn't give in.

I am tired...

Originally, I was supposed to die fifteen years ago.

Listen carefully.

If I die, you must sever my neck and bury my head separate from my body.

And, with those final words, Lady Hitomiko passed away.

However, despite her dying wish,

it seemed disrespectful, so we buried her whole.

But then...

Visitors?

L-Lady Hitomiko!

This is the priestess who died?

She came back to life?

No, she smells like a corpse.

It seems she didn't come back to life.

Spiderwebs!

I can see them this time!

So you are Kagome?

Huh? How do you know my name?

Kagome, leave this place immediately.

Otherwise, I will end up taking your life!

Don't give me that crap!

Fool! You cannot destroy me by severing the spiderwebs!

Was that...

A demon that's taken the form of Lady Hitomiko?

No, a demon named Naraku has taken control of her body.

Can she be saved?

All we can do is recover her remains.

Nevertheless, we cannot ignore this.

Lady Hitomiko must have made

that dying wish because she feared this would happen.

- We beg of you. - We beg of you.

If we can at least honor her remains...

I understand. Let us take care of it.

Hitomiko, now that I hold the Shikon Jewel,

you were unable to defeat me.

Curse you, Naraku...

Don't overdo it. You were tired, right?

From battling demons...

That was why I granted your wish.

Now, it is your turn to grant my wish.

Hitomiko, you have but one task to perform.

To steal Kagome's power and kill her...

with your spiritual power.

Lady Hitomiko's shrine is covered with spiderwebs!

Telling us to bring it on, huh?

Th-The webs!

Everyone, stand back!

Tetsusaiga isn't working!

Hiraikotsu!

Hey! Hiraikotsu works!

A barrier?!

Such weapons will serve no use.

Because a priestess' barrier can only be broken by a priestess.

Are those...

bells?

They're holding the barrier together.

If I just shoot one, the barrier will collapse!

You got it?!

We are tied.

Huh? Huh?!

Kagome!

I'm being drawn in!

Kagome!

She vanished.

Damn it!

We cannot do anything about this barrier.

Naraku was after Kagome from the beginning?!

Lady Hitomiko.

I do not understand.

What can possibly be accomplished by taking her feeble power?

What is Naraku thinking?

Lady Hitomiko, I wish to save you!

Save me? You?

Absurd.

Kagome, why were you given the name Kagome?

That name holds a special power:

a power hidden within you since you were born.

Why is she telling me this so suddenly?

You are a bird in a cage.

You can never leave.

I can't move.

Naraku!

Stop hiding and show yourself!

You coward!

She can move?

I see...

So I am supposed to take the power

of the feelings that reside within that bow.

This bow...?

This is the bow I received on Mount Azusa.

That bow was originally meant to be wielded by another.

That other person would have been able to master the use of that bow.

Kikyo...

You merely aim and release,

unable to use the bow's spiritual power.

Yet you believe you can save me?

Leave the bow here and depart.

Do so and your life will be spared.

You're going to let Kagome escape?

Very well.

Naraku, where are you?!

Do not fire that bow needlessly.

That's right.

If you're going to shoot, aim here.

There's a spider in her chest!

Now, pierce it with that arrow.

Hitomiko will die permanently and your life will be saved.

Don't joke around!

As if I would listen to you!

Then you have no choice, but to die.

Will you shoot her to save your own life?

The spell's been undone!

It's no use!

You cannot escape Hitomiko's barrier.

Naraku!

The only way to escape is to destroy Hitomiko.

Will you allow Hitomiko to kill you?

Or will you shoot the spider nesting within her to escape?

You can only choose one.

But I can tell you one thing.

If you destroy Hitomiko with your Sacred Arrow,

she can never be saved.

The priestess' soul will perish as a demon

and join my spiderwebs in the glorious fires of hell for eternity.

Keep that in mind.

And, if you are able to shoot Hitomiko after learning this fact,

your heart will be corrupted.

You're rather talkative.

Either outcome is fine with me.

Whether you surrender and allow Hitomiko to kill you

or sacrifice Hitomiko to save your own life,

corrupting your heart in the process.

A vile heart that is capable of condemning Hitomiko to hell for personal gain

will fall victim to my spiderwebs.

Corrupt Kagome and steal her spiritual power, Hitomiko.

And Kagome, you shall die, trapped by Hitomiko's barrier.

Those flames are blood from your body.

They intensify when you approach.

If I use my bow and fight, I won't be able to save Lady Hitomiko.

What should I do?!

Damn it!

The barrier-breaking Tetsusaiga can't do anything either?

Kagome!

Lady Hitomiko was trying to tell me something.

You merely aim and release,

unable to use the bow's spiritual power.

So if I learn how to properly use the bow, I can save Lady Hitomiko?

But Naraku wants me to shoot her.

So I can't do that.

Even if it gets me out of this situation,

sacrificing that person will corrupt my heart

and I won't be able to escape Naraku's spiderwebs.

This is...an illusion?

This is no illusion.

This is really hell.

Kagome, why are you Kagome?

If you cannot understand that,

then it is your fate to be incinerated by the fires of hell.

Remember!

Stop!

This hand is like a demon's...

Are you hot? Are you in pain?

But the fires will not burn your body.

You will suffer that pain for an eternity.

It's hot... Help!

Nobody will save you, foolish girl.

How dare you talk of saving me when you have no power to speak of!

I have no choice, but to shoot that spider.

When she was choking me with this hand,

I could sense a strong emotion.

It was fear... No, it was...

Yes.

It was a deep sorrow.

I can't allow this person to stay here.

Why are you Kagome?

Why am I Kagome?

There, there, that's a good girl.

Your name is Kagome.

Ka-go-me.

Hello there, Kagome.

There, there. There, there.

Mama, why am I Kagome?

Why do you ask?

Because everybody makes fun of me.

They sing "Kagome, Kagome."

I see. I'm sorry.

But I saw it.

Saw it?

Yes, I saw something in this shape shining on your chest.

This star-like figure is known as a Kagome.

Let me go! That's disgusting!

Let me go!

The Shikon Jewel was hidden within my body.

That might have been why my mom was able to see the Shikon Jewel's light.

In that case...

My name came from the Shikon Jewel.

But that doesn't mean I was born with any power...

I don't understand! What do you mean?!

Down into hell you go!

Hey, Kagome!

Let's play "Kagome, Kagome"!

I hated that game.

Everyone would always surround me...

♪ Kagome, Kagome ♪

♪ You are a bird in a cage ♪

-You merely aim and release, ♪ You are a bird in a cage ♪

-...unable to use the bow's spiritual power. ♪ You can never leave ♪

♪ Evening of dawn ♪

- Remember. Why are you Kagome? ♪ Crane and turtle slip and fall ♪

♪ Who's behind you now? ♪

Hide!

How did you know?

I just knew.

I can't help it.

It was a mystery to me too.

I was able to name anyone who was behind me every time.

Could the power I was born with, be...

Behind me...

Naraku!

I want to save Lady Hitomiko.

If I combine the spiritual power of this bow with my own, I can definitely...

The shape of that light...

I see!

This was what Lady Hitomiko was trying to tell me when she said my name.

Please, bow of Mount Azusa,

lend me your strength!

Pierce the light of that star!

Go!

The arrow disappeared?

I did it!

Amazing.

This is the true spiritual power of the bow.

This is...

The spiderwebs are disappearing!

The barrier appears to have vanished.

It must be Kagome!

Let's go!

It is over.

You are a true mystery.

Huh?

You used your own power and the spiritual power of the bow

to shatter the evil presence and save me.

However, your power only appeared in

the instant you released the arrow.

Something is sealing your true power.

Lady Hitomiko!

You are such a mysterious person.

Your power... Your name...

Kagome!

Kagome! You okay?!

Inuyasha.

She has already passed.

She appears to be at peace, though.

- Thank you so much. - Thank you so much.

Lady Hitomiko can rest in peace now.

Please erect a memorial to honor her properly.

What's wrong, Kagome?

You seem kinda down.

You think so?

Your power only appeared in

the instant you released the arrow.

If what Lady Hitomiko said was true,

my true power has been sealed by...

Kikyo?

Or perhaps...

You are weak.

The evil will within the Shikon Jewel, Magatsuhi,

borrows the bodies of Naraku's demons to appear in this world

and attacks Sesshomaru's group!

Please escape, Lord Sesshomaru!

If you also lose your right arm, you will no longer be able to fight!

Next time on Inuyasha The Final Act: "Magatsuhi's Evil Will"

He must die by my hand. My very pride is on the line!

MAGATSUHI'S EVIL WILL