Inuyasha faces off with Kimiko, Kagome and Kaede amidst the skeletal remains of the Centipede Monster. Armed villagers close in on him from behind.
"You… Kimiko! Do not hand over the Jewel!" Kaede tells the young girl.
"The Sacred Jewel increases the power of these demons. Could it be cursed?" Kimiko thinks looking at the jewel in her hand.
"I show no mercy! Especially to a woman whose scent I dislike!" Inuyasha tells the three women and runs towards Kimiko.
Kimiko starts to run, she's usually a fast runner, but she trips over a pile of bones as Inuyasha leaps and claws at Kimiko, but misses because Kimiko falls onto the ground. However, One strand of Kimiko's hair is sliced off.
Inuyasha landing, brandishing his claws. "Next it'll be you, split down the middle!" Inuyasha threatens.
"I can't believe it! You were serious just now, weren't you?!" Kimiko yells angrily at Inuyasha.
"Shoot!" A Villager yells and fire arrows.
Inuyasha turns around and waves the arrows away. He leaps and slices off two tree trunks above the villagers. They run away before the trunks topple over and leaps onto a tree trunk.
"Who you think I am, anyway?! Don't you dare treat me like some dumb Centipede Monster!" Inuyasha yells at the villagers annoyed.
"Priestess Kaede! Perhaps that arrow sealing the spell on Inuyasha shouldn't have been removed…" A Villager states the obvious.
"I was thinking it would come to this" Kaede sighs and reaches into her clothes and takes out a rosary with black beads and animal teeth while Kagome looks at her confused.
Inuyasha was still chasing Kimiko.
"Prepare yourself!" Inuyasha tells her leaping after her.
"Prepare myself?! How can I?" Kimiko asks sarcastically while still running.
Inuyasha slices at Kimiko making her trip and fall onto the ground, the Sacred Jewel landing a distance in front of her. She turns around to find that Inuyasha's attack made three long rifts in the ground, as she stares at them horrified.
"Now it's mine!" Inuyasha says, leaping from a tree to a rock closer to the jewel.
Kaede makes a prayer stance and the rosary she took out earlier emits light. It breaks and the beads fly towards Inuyasha as Kagome stares amazed. They join back into a rosary around Inuyasha neck and stop glowing.
"What's this?!" Inuyasha asks, confused, holding the rosemary.
"Kimiko! Recite the Word to hold Inuyasha's spirit!" Kaede instructs the girl.
"Huh? What?" Kimiko asks on her hands and knees and then crawls a little and picks up the Sacred Jewel, and runs.
"Just say something! To subdue the Inuyasha!" Kaede yells at her.
Kimiko runs to the edge of a cliff and falls off and the Sacred Jewel falls out of her grasp and rolls away from her onto a bridge. Inuyasha bursts out of some trees and leaps towards the bridge.
"Subdue me, will you?! You fool!" Inuyasha mocks them both.
"Subdue him? But what do I say?" Kimiko mumbles to herself.
Inuyasha is in mid air about to land on the bridge. A full moon appears behind him, howling is heard. He lands on the bridge and reaches for the rolling Sacred Jewel. Kimiko notices Inuyasha's twitching ears and gets an idea.
"S—S—Sit!"" Kimiko yells.
Light emits from the rosary and pulls Inuyasha's neck, making him fall flat faced. Echoes of Kimiko's voice 'Sit! Sit! Sit!' is heard throughout the valley.
Kimiko approaches the bridge, in disbelief. "It held him." Kimiko says relieved but can't help but feel a little sorry for him.
Inuyasha gets up and tugs at the necklace furiously. "Wh-What's this?!" He asked, trying to take out the necklace in vain. "Damn!"
Kaede and Kagome reach the cliff with the villagers, overlooking Inuyasha and Kimiko on the bridge.
"It's useless, Inuyasha. Your powers cannot remove the rosary." Kaede states matter of factly.
"Shut up, old hag! You're first in line! Tho' you look half dead already." Inuyasha yells up to Kaede,
"The Word…" Kaede just says, ignoring his insult.
Kimiko holds up a finger, with one hand on her hip. "Sit!" Kimiko yells and the rosary glows and tugs at Inuyasha.
He crashes onto the planks of the bridge and falls into the water.
"Now, then… Let us return to the village." Kaede tells everyone.
Kimiko approaches the Sacred Jewel on the bridge, looking at the water.
"How weird… All she said was "Sit." Kagome thought aloud.
...
Village
The villagers are rebuilding the village which was devastated during the attack of the Centipede Monster that morning.
...
Inside Kaede's Hut
Kaede is applying some medicine on Kimiko's torso, where the Sacred Jewel fell out of the previous night.
"Let's see… I'll apply more salve to the wound on your belly." Kaede tells Kimiko
"Oww…!" Kimiko complains and then looks out the window and says. "They're fixing the houses destroyed by that Centipede Monster. So much work!"
"This does not bode well at all. Now that the Sacred Jewel has reappeared, there will be others who seek to possess it." Kaede tells the two girls.
"Like yesterday…" Kagome says worried about her sister.
"And not just demons, but also humans, who have evil in their hearts. With all the violence in the world, it follows there will be those who seek the Jewel's power to realize their greedy ambitions." Kaede continues explaining.
"Huh." Kimiko said and turns to her side. "Hey! Why are you here anyway?" Kimiko asks Inuyasha, who is lying on his side some steps away from Kaede, Kimiko and Kagome with his back facing them defiantly.
Inuyasha turns his head slightly. "Give me the Jewel." Inuyasha tells and demands of Kimiko.
"It seems the holding power of the rosary is quite effective. Even if he gets near the Sacred Jewel, we do not have to worry." Kaede tells them.
"Why do you want the Sacred Jewel? You're awfully strong right now." Kimiko asked and complimented Inuyasha intrigued and opens her palm and look at the Sacred Jewel. "You don't really need its power, do you?"
"He is only half-demon." Kaede states like it explains everything.
Inuyasha punches a fist into the floor violently. "You old hag! Who do you think you are, anyway. Don't talk as if you know all about me!" Inuyasha yells angrily at Kaede.
"Don't you understand? I guess it can't be helped. I am the younger sister of Kikyo, the one who put the spell on you. I am Kaede." Kaede informs Inuyasha.
"Kaede?" He ponders before he remembers the kid standing next to Kikyo. "So… You're that brat?" Inuyasha says to Kaede.
"Fifty years have passed. And I have grown old." Kaede said.
"And that means… Kikyo must be really old now, too. Humans age so easily. That's the way it goes." Inuyasha says aloof.
"My sister Kikyo… died." Kaede starts sad making Inuyasha listens harder. "On the same day that she shot the spellbound arrow at you." Kaede finished telling everyone sad and throws some wood into the fireplace.
"Heh, so that's how it went. She kicked the bucket, huh?" Inuyasha scoffs and lies on his side again. "What a relief!" Inuyasha says relived but Kimiko could hear a hint of sadness in his tone.
"Inuyasha, it is too early to breathe a sigh of relief. Kimiko, you are the reincarnation of my sister, Kikyo." Kaede tells them.
"What?" Kimiko and Kagome yell surprised.
"It's not just your appearance or psychic powers… But the fact that you carried the Jewel within yourself, that is irrefutable proof." Kaede tells Kimiko.
...
Village Pathway
Kimiko and Kagome are walking. Kimiko is looking at the Sacred Jewel, which is attached to a necklace around her neck.
"You must protect the Sacred Jewel, Kimiko" Kaede's voice is heard.
"I must protect this Jewel…?" Kimiko repeats, then mumbles to herself. "That is ridiculous…"
"Hey sis, I'm going to go rest a little bit, there's only so much I can take." Kagome tells Kimiko startling her.
"Yeah, sure go ahead. But stay inside the village ok." Kimiko instructs her younger sister who nods and walks back in the direction of Kaede's hut intent on getting some sleep and maybe look around.
...
Some villagers on top on a mound, overlooking Kimiko.
"She's what?! High Priestess Kikyo's…?" The First Villager shrieks surprised.
"When you think about it, she does seem quite saintly…" The Second Villager tells him.
"What's going on?" A Villager asks, walking over.
"The kid's the reincarnation of High Priestess Kikyo." A Villager said unbelieving.
"Watch your language. Show some respect for the young lady!" The Third Villager demands of him.
"The 'young lady' is a reincarnation!" A Villager says.
Kimiko takes her gaze off the Sacred Jewel and turns around to find all the villagers on the mound clasping their hands and praying in reverence to Kimiko.
"They're worshipping me!" Kimiko thinks shocked and runs off hurriedly panicked.
...
Inuyasha is sitting on a tree branch high up in a tree, some distance away from the village.
"So… she's dead." Inuyasha says sadly while he looks into the distance.
A pear suddenly appears and flies ominously at Inuyasha back. He grabs it nonchalantly and looks at it. Kimiko appears at the bottom of the tree, carrying a few bundles.
"Here! I'll share with you." Kimiko offers.
"What?! What's with all that food?" Inuyasha asks confused.
"The villager's offerings. Say, can't you come down? Let's eat together." Kimiko tells and asks.
...
Awhile Later
Kimiko and Inuyasha are sitting at the base of the tree, near the rice fields. Kimiko is munching away and Inuyasha eyes, her suspiciously.
"You're up to somethin'. I know it." Inuyasha says decisively.
"Am not. Only…" Kimiko answers, but then thinks of something turns to him and asks with a twinge of sadness. "You do hate me, don't you?"
"You've noooo idea how much!" Inuyasha says dramatically.
"Look… The one you hate is not me, but this lady named Kikyo." Kimiko says trying to reason with him, but Inuyasha throws down his food and leaps onto the tree branch spitefully.
"I'm Kimiko! I'm not Kikyo! I wish you would realize that." Kimiko yells up to him, but mumbles that last part but he still hears it.
"Keh! Are you stupid or what?! I don't care who you are! In order to get the Sacred Jewel, I have to be merciless!" Inuyasha angrily states and points a finger at her threateningly.
"I see." Kimiko looks away from him sadly and onto her pear. "In case you should decide to get violent, then all I have to do is say "sit," and—" Kimiko says covering up her hurt but then Inuyasha crashes face down violently onto the ground. "Oops, sorry! Are you okay?" Kimiko apologizes and asks facing Inuyasha.
"Damn!" Inuyasha says prying his face off the ground and ignoring Kimiko's question.
...
Nighttime In The Village
When Kagome and Kimiko are lying on the floor of a hut, about to sleep.
"It's been two days since we arrived here. Gramps. Sota… Mom… They must be so worried. We've gotta find a way to get back home." Kimiko tells a sleeping Kagome.
...
Outside
A flock of crows rest on a tree. One of them glows and reveals three eyes. It zooms in on Kimiko's hut and notices the Sacred Jewel on her neck. Inuyasha appears suddenly and claws at the crows and they fly off and escape into the night sky.
"Great. They've followed the scent of the Jewel. Nasty vermin…" Inuyasha says sarcastically.
...
Daytime
Kimiko is walking away from the village into the forest. Kagome wanted to look around the village.
"The Inuyasha Forest… The Dry Well… me and Kagome climbed out of there, so shouldn't it have a clue about how to get home?" Kimiko thinks walking off.
...
In The Village
Kaede and Kagome are walking around.
"Kimiko…? Kimiko…!" Kaede asks yelling.
Three villagers come up to them.
"She's nowhere to be found in the village." Yukichi tells them.
"She couldn't have left the village alone…? I ought to have explained to her in more detail about the evil ones who seek the Sacred Jewel." Kaede says while Kagome looks worried for her sister.
What no one noticed was that Inuyasha was standing on a roof, listening to the conversation, looking pensive.
...
Forest
Kimiko is walking as a few mercenaries appear among the bushes and follow her. Kimiko reaches the Dry Well, she says happily "Found it! The Dry Well, we came out of."
The mercenaries pounce on her, cover her mouth and grab her.
...
Outside Of A Dilapidated Hut
A few horses are grazing.
...
Inside Of The Hut
One of the mercenaries pin Kimiko onto the floor as she cries out. "Oww!"
"Boss! I captured her just like you ordered!" The First Mercenary said.
"She really has some strange clothes on. What's this flimsy wrap around?" Another Bandit says, smirking pervertedly as he feels and lifts Kimiko's skirt.
"Cut it out, you pervert!" Kimiko angrily yells shooting up and holding the back of her skirt.
"Well, you asked for it! Exposing yourself like that! marry me and I'll buy you something nicer." The Bandit says looking hungrily at Kimiko.
"Wh-Who are you guys?" Kimiko asks freaked out.
"Give me the Jewel!" The Boss of the mercenaries says in a slow and monotonous voice.
He is a fat and big man and trudges slowly towards Kimiko. He unsheathes his sword as two mercenaries grab Kimiko arms.
"Hey, wait!" Kimiko yells struggling trying to get out of their grip.
"Hey Boss! Slice 'er in half in one swift stroke." A Bandit requested from his boss.
"Let me go!" Kimiko yells still struggling.
"Start praying!" A Bandit holding Kimiko's arm tells her smirking.
The boss slices at them instead. Everyone gapes at the boss in fear.
"B-Boss!" The Struck Bandit says shocked, but then falls to the ground.
"Made a mistake…" The Boss says still in a monotone voice and readies for another attack.
The mercenaries run from him in fear. The boss swings his sword clumsily several times, but the mercenaries manage to dodge.
"Boss, where are you aiming?! It's her! Aren't you gonna slay this girl?!" A Mercenary asks and pushes Kimiko towards the Boss.
"What are you doing?! There's something wrong with your boss!" Kimiko asked angrily before slapping away their hands. "Snap out of it or it'll be your turn next. Don't you get it?!" Kimiko demands of the cowering mercenaries, but the boss swings his sword at them, they squat and dodge and flee in different directions.
"No! Will somebody tell me why is it that me, who hasn't done a thing has to go through this?" Kimiko thinks while running.
...
Forest
Inuyasha leaps across a pond in the forest leaps onto a tree branch and sniffs the air. "Oh, great. That stupid girl! Where'd she go to the Jewel?!" Inuyasha asks annoyed.
...
The Mercenaries Hideout
The boss is still swinging violently, but clumsily at various things and directions. He hits one of the pillars and the roof starts to collapse. One of the mercenaries is trapped under the rubble so Kimiko runs towards him with a few other mercenaries.
"Are you all right?!" Kimiko asks concerned.
"The exit is blocked!" A Mercenary yells to them scared.
"Can you stand?" Kimiko asks while she helps the mercenary out from the rubble.
"Thank you very much. Thank you." The Mercenary thanks Kimiko relieved.
"The Jewel… Give me the Sacred Jewel…" The Boss demands still monotone.
"He wants this Jewel. If I get rid of it, he won't come after us." Kimiko thinks hopefully while remembering Kaede's words about the jewel before thinking while moving away from the boss."But why me?! Anyway, I have to get out of here!"
Kimiko carries the injured mercenary and takes a few steps sideways and the mercenaries hide behind her. When she moves a few steps more, they tumble behind her too.
"Hey-y-y!" Kimiko says annoyed.
"Heheh…" The Mercenaries laugh uneasily and the boss attacks the group, but misses and crashes into the wall.
Kimiko passes the injured mercenary to the rest.
"I know! Take him!" Kimiko orders and takes the Sacred Jewel from the necklace and throws it out of a window thinking she could get it after they've got outside.
"The Jewel… The Sacred Jewel!" The Boss says.
"Now! Let's all push against the wall!" Kimiko orders the mercenaries.
"Boss! It's no good!" One Mercenary tells Kimiko after they push the wall with the other mercenaries but it doesn't budge.
"I am not your boss!" Kimiko tells them annoyed as the boss closes in on her and swings his sword at her.
Kimiko closes her eyes and makes a prayer stance helplessly. Suddenly, Inuyasha crashes in from one of the walls and blocks the sword, breaking it into two.
"Inuyasha!" Kimiko thinks thankfully.
Inuyasha punches the boss in the face several times and he falls backwards onto the ground. The mercenaries run past him and Kimiko, escaping through the hole in the wall that Inuyasha burst out of.
"Boss, we're going ahead." A Mercenary tells her.
"Thanks again!" The Mercenary thanks and leaves with the rest.
"You came to help me?" Kimiko asks hesitantly hopefully looking at Inuyasha
"Is it safe? The Sacred Jewel!" Inuyasha demands of Kimiko looking at her.
"Oh?" Kimiko says sadly.
"I'm asking you if the Sacred Jewel is safe!" Inuyasha demands furious.
Kimiko laughs uneasily and the boss trudges towards them. Kimiko hides behind Inuyasha.
"What's that smell?! That putrid smell!" Inuyasha asks and demands covering his nose with his shirt sleeve.
One of the buckles on the boss' clothes comes off, revealing a hole in his chest. Three eyes peer out of the hole and caws. It is the crow from last night in the village.
"What?!" Kimiko asks grossed out.
"His heart must've been torn apart a couple of nights ago. Then it nested there." Inuyasha realizes.
"Corpse Crows aren't too strong. They use dead bodies to fight." Inuyasha explained and kicks the ground and aims for the crow. "Disgusting!"
Inuyasha plunges his hand into the chest of the boss, where the crow is. The crow escapes from the hole in the boss's back. Inuyasha takes out his hand and goes to the side. The boss falls towards the ground, his flesh disintegrating at the same time. The Corpse Crow flies out of the window.
"It got away! Shouldn't you go after it?" Kimiko asks Inuyasha.
"I can't go after every stupid demon. There's only one of me, after all." Inuyasha says flexing his arms.
"That's not what I meant…!" Kimiko says frustrated thinking about the jewel outside.
"Forget it! I'm the one doing the fighting!" Inuyasha says in a fierce and firm tone.
...
Outside
The Corpse Crow picks up the Sacred Jewel with its beak.
"So I decide! Now what about the Sacred Jewel?" Inuyasha asks but notices the crow from the window. "Ahh! Is that the Jewel in its beak?!" Inuyasha exclaimed, and turns to Kimiko saying angrily. "Why, you…!"
"I-I never said anything about having it on me." Kimiko points out to Inuyasha defensive.
"Follow me!" Inuyasha says while he crashes out of the hut, grabbing onto Kimiko's hand.
He stops and notices a quiver of arrows and a bow on the horses parked outside. He takes the bow and arrow and leaps into the air, piggybacking Kimiko.
"No way it's gettin' away!" Inuyasha says getting determined.
Inuyasha is leaping in the air, chasing the crow.
"What're you doing?! Hurry and shoot that thing down!" Inuyasha barks orders to Kimiko.
"Are you insane?! I've never shot at anything while moving!" Kimiko tells Inuyasha.
"The Corpse Crow survives by eating human flesh! With the Sacred Jewel, it might transform!" Inuyasha says and the crow swallows the Sacred Jewel.
"It just swallowed the Jewel!" Kimiko says shocked and becomes determined.
"I'll try it just don't hate me even more if I fail." Kimiko gasps out then pleads to Inuyasha.
"All right!" Inuyasha said before thinks. "Heh! Once that crow is shot down, I won't need a girl like her." Inuyasha than tells Kimiko. "Make it one shot! Kikyo was a master archer!"
"I am Kimiko!" Kimiko reminds but then thinks. "But if it's okay, Kikyo, please lend me your power… ".
"Please hit it!" Kimiko pleads.
A majestic view of Kimiko firing an arrow. It misses the crow by a little way off. Inuyasha, shocked, falls onto the ground.
"Erm… I told you I never used these while moving before." Kimiko says looking at Inuyasha.
"Then you must be a klutz!" Inuyasha yells exasperated and the crow transforms.
"Look, now it's gettin' bigger!" Inuyasha says and gets up and runs after the crow, piggybacking Kimiko again.
"Aim!" Inuyasha demands and Kimiko fires another arrow it misses the hitting the crow barely.
Inuyasha stops suddenly and plops Kimiko onto the ground.
"Oww!" Kimiko says hurt.
Inuyasha turns around and points at Kimiko, yelling. "Now I get it!" He shakes his finger at Kimiko. "NO WAY you're Kikyo incarnated! Now I know not to expect nothin'!" Inuyasha yells and runs off not seeing the hurt look on Kimiko's face.
"Inuyasha!" Kimiko yells sadly.
...
The Village
The Corpse Crow flies over a river in the village. Several villagers are walking on a bridge spanning across the river, including a woman with her toddler. The Crow swipes the toddler and flies off with him in its claws.
"My son!" The Woman yells scared.
"Looking for food already? Well, you'd better think about running away from me first! You can't hunt if you're bein' hunted!" Inuyasha says to the crow while running on top on the trees on the bank on the river.
"No! Save the child!" Kimiko pleads with Inuyasha once she reaches the bridge.
"Stupid!" Inuyasha mutters before he leaps towards the crow. "Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer!" He claws at the Crow and the Crow's body is clawed into pieces, which fall into the river together with the toddler. The toddler is struggling desperately in the rapid river, but Inuyasha is only concerned with the Jewel.
"Where is it? Inuyasha asks desperately as he lands on a rock in the river "Where's the Sacred Jewel!"
The toddler is rapidly washed away by the current. His mother and the villagers run along the riverbank, chasing the toddler.
"My son! Shokichi!'" The Mother calls out worriedly.
Kimiko follows the group but suddenly she stops, takes off her socks and shoes, and dives into the river. She swims towards Shokichi.
"I'm glad I'm such a good swimmer." Kimiko thinks.
"How is she doin' that?!" A Villager asks amazed.
"So fast! She must be a kappa! A water imp! First time I saw one up close!" Another Villager says amazed.
"Help!" Shokichi yells helplessly.
Kimiko reaches the toddler and swims backstrokes with him.
"Hang on! Relax…" Kimiko tells Shokichi reassuringly.
"The kappa is swimmin' on its back! IMPossible!" The Villager says dramatically.
"I'll kappa you, you stupid—" Kimiko mumbles annoyed.
"Hey girl! Where's the Sacred Jewel?!" Inuyasha yells to Kimiko as she reaches the riverbank and gets out of the water.
Shokichi runs towards his mother.
"Shokichi!" The Mom says, hugging her kid.
"Ma! I was so scared!" Shokichi sobs.
Kimiko glares at Inuyasha and turns away, indignant.
"Wh-What?!" Inuyasha asks shocked.
"Thanks, sister!" Shokichi thanks turning to Kimiko.
"Thank you so much. Thank you!" The Mom, thanks gratefully.
"It's okay, really." Kimiko says, embarrassed, but suddenly underwater, the pieces of the Crow joins back and flies out of the surface into the air.
"Damn!" Inuyasha curses, then yelled at Kimiko. "It's gettin' away!"
"I guess this is no time to be holding a grudge right now." Kimiko says to herself.
The Crow's claw, still on the toddler's back, tugs at him. Shokichi gasps in terror.
"That's right!" Kimiko plots than asks a villager. "May I use your bow and arrow?"
"Huh? But it's so far away…" The Villager states confused as a silhouette of the crow is far off in the distance.
"No way she can get it." Inuyasha grumbles.
"This time, for sure… I'll get it!" Kimiko says confidently and fires an arrow with the claws of the Crow on it.
"She attached the foot of the Corpse Crow…!" Inuyasha says surprised and a little impressed.
"The crow's foot will be drawn by the power of the Sacred Jewel." Kimiko thinks proudly at her quick thinking and the arrow hits the Crow, shattering it into pieces.
The Sacred Jewel in the Crow's body shatters into tiny pieces, emitting a bright light.
"I did it!" Kimiko says excited.
"She got it…?" Inuyasha says in disbelief.
"But… what's that light?" Kimiko says scared of the answer.
The light from the Sacred Jewel suddenly disperses in many directions.
...
"Priestess Kaede… Up in the sky!" Yukichi says, pointing to the sky.
"I've got a bad feeling about this…" Kaede says grimly making Kagome nod in agreement.
...
It's evening in the forest as Inuyasha, Kagome and Kimiko are searching the area.
"Are you sure it's around here?" Inuyasha asks again.
"Yeah… I feel it… But I wonder what it was… that light?" Kimiko answers and wonders to herself.
The head of the Corpse Crow appears suddenly and caws at them, flying in Kimiko's direction. Inuyasha rushes in front of Kimiko and claws at the head.
"Die!" Inuyasha growls annoyed at the crow and a glowing fragment falls out of the crow and lands on the ground.
"Could this be?" Kimiko and Kagome asks each other thinking the same thing.
"Could this be"… what?" Inuyasha asks mad at the girls.
"A fragment of the Sacred Jewel…?" Kimiko answers tensely while she picks up the fragment.
"Wh… What did you say?!" Inuyasha yells shocked.