The telephone rings in the Higurashi house.
"Hello, Higurashi residence." Grandpa answers the phone.
"Oh, Kimiko and Kagome's grandpa! Hello!" Yuka replied.
'Is that you, Yuka? Why hello." Grandpa says.
"Umm… Is Kimiko home?" Yuka hesitantly asked.
"Well… Kimiko pulled her back again and took to her bed." Grandpa gravely said lying.
"Pulled her back?" Yuka questions worried.
Kimiko appears next to her Grandfather.
"Oh…" Grandpa states.
"Who pulled her back?!" Kimiko asked frowning and snatches the phone. "Give it to me!"
A while later, the phone rings again and Kagome answers.
"May I speak to Kimiko please?" Eri requested.
"Well, Sis diabetes came back and…" Kagome starts explaining.
"Huh?! Has she been hospitalized again for tests?" Erin exclaimed shocked.
"Ah…" Kagome says.
Kimiko appears and snatches the phone. The phone rings again. Ayumi is on the phone.
"Beriberi and rheumatism and neuralgia?" Ayumi asked.
"She's such a sickly grandchild… Oh…" Grandpa says.
Kagome and Kimiko appear and Kimiko snatches the phone.
"Will you two cut it out, Grandpa and Kagome? Why would a girl my age get neuralgia and rheumatism?!" Kimiko demanded.
"We don't want to tell lies, either! We're just helping to explain your absence when you go off to the Feudal Era!" Grandpa said worked up and folds his arms and says firmly. "And what I'm saying is valid!"
"No way! I'm right here today!" Kimiko angrily retorts.
"Huh? Oh yes… Sis, what's the matter? You usually rush off over to the other side on weekends. That's why we make up those illnesses." Kagome asks her sister concerned.
"W-what's wrong with staying here? This world is where I really belong." Kimiko states turning around and blushes.
Kimiko walks off and throws the phone to Kagome frustrated.
"Hmm…" Grandfather hummed to himself thoughtful as Kagome catches the phone startled.
Sota is playing video game in the living room. It is a fighting game. Sota is engrossed. Kimiko walks past and stops by the door.
Sota! Finish playing that game before we're late." Kimiko demanded.
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Flashback
"Will you go to the movies with me on Saturday?" Hojo asked excited.
"On Saturday? But I promised Sota I'd see a movie with him." Kimiko tells Hojo knowing Sota only asked her to take him to keep her mind of Inuyasha.
"Oh what movie? My younger sister Hitomi wanted to see a certain movie to maybe we could join you?" Hojo inquires curious.
...
"You're in love with someone else, aren't you?" Yuka whispers to Kimiko.
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Present
Sota's player is thrashed.
"How could I…?" Sota's player says.
"Game over!" The TV announced making Sota turn it off.
...
Kimiko and Sota walk in the courtyard, about to go out. Kimiko stops by the Dry Well while Sota waits by the shrine stairs.
"I-I didn't come here because I was worried about Inuyasha…" Kimiko thinks trying to convince herself before she climbs into the well and taps the ground with her foot, saying. "Inuyasha…I'm going on out! You okay with that?" Kimiko pauses kinda hoping for an answer but then she sighs a little disappointed.
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Feudal Era
Shippo sprints across a forest. The pack of wolves are chasing him and cutting close. He reaches the Dry Well and somersaults. The wolves stops and close in on Shippo.
"Time to show them my…" Shippo said leaping and throws a bunch of leaves in the air. "Split Image!"
The leaves turn into puffs of smoke which dissipates into images of Shippo. The wolves attacks the Shippo's, but they pop back into smoke. The wolves look around, confused. Shippo appears on the top of the tree that Inuyasha crashed into the well.
"Now's my chance!" Shippo tells himself sliding down the trunk and into the well. "You fools!"
Shippo chuckles proudly as he slides down. He hits a branch suddenly and falls downwards. He hits the ground head first. The Sacred Jewel necklace falls out of his clothes onto the ground. It glows.
...
Kimiko and Sota are walking down the steps of the Higurashi shrine. Kimiko halts and turns around making Sota also stop.
"What is that? It's slight, but I feel the presence of the Jewel. Inuyasha!" Kimiko thinks out loud confused.
She runs towards the Dry Well making Sota smile hoping his sister got back to the Feudal Era soon before she becomes more depressed then she was becoming. Kimiko reaches the Dry Well and looks into it.
"What's going on?! No one's here! After I came back all the way here!" Kimiko questions worried but then looks at her watch. "Oh no! The time!"
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Feudal Era
Inuyasha is fighting off the pack of wolves while Miroku fights the poison bugs.
"Iron-Reaver, Soul-Stealer!" Inuyasha calls out his attack.
Inuyasha claws at an oncoming pack of wolves and slays them. Royakan attacks Inuyasha and he dodges. Royakan then sweeps Inuyasha with his other hand and Inuyasha is sent sliding across the ground.
"Inuyasha!" Kaede shouts concerned.
"He usually fights back so easily!" Miroku comments.
"His slow movements aren't simply due to his injury." Kaede explained.
"Eh?" Miroku inquired.
"It's Kimiko. Without Kimiko, he's unable to realize his true power." Kaede furthered explained making Miroku slightly smirk in amusement.
"Royakan definitely is using the power of the Sacred Jewel." Miroku said.
"What?!" Inuyasha yells.
"Find where it is, and you can defeat it!" Miroku tells Inuyasha.
"Kimiko would know its weak spot where the fragment is hidden." Kaede said.
"Forget about her. Kimiko's not here anymore! I closed up the well which connected her world to ours. Sh-she will never return here again!" Inuyasha thinks a little sad before saying sternly and seriously. "We cannot involve Kimiko in these dangerous battles!"
Royakan spews a pack of wolves from his mouth. Inuyasha swings his claws.
"Iron-Reaver, Soul-Stealer!" Inuyasha yells out an attack.
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Modern Japan
Kimiko, Sota, Hitomi and Hojo are dining in a fast food restaurant. Kimiko sips her drink angrily making Sota look at her worried.
"He gets me so mad! He always interfered when I had a test and was cramming. But he is also there for me when I need him even if it annoys him." Kimiko thinks trying to stay angry but failing.
"Higurashi, what's the matter? You look so angry and then smiled." Hojo asked concerned.
"Huh? I-I'm sorry." Kimiko apologized smiling sheepishly before thinking. "That's right. I'm out with friends. Why am I thinking of that fool at such a time?" Kimiko starts talking to the group. "Err… What were we talking about?"
"Higurashi…" Hojo asked grave before pausing.
"Huh?" Kimiko asked.
"Aren't you forcing yourself?" Hitomi asked for her brother since he seemed to be unable to finish.
"Forcing myself? I keep thinking about him…am I becoming to worried about Inuyasha?" Kimiko thinks before she answers nervously. "Oh no…no such thing!"
"We can sorta tell." Sota tells his oldest sister knowing what she was probably thinking about Inuyasha again.
"Guys… I don't…" Kimiko mumbles out before thinking. "I don't worry about him a lot ."
"I'll bet you don't feel well, but you forced yourself to come." Hojo says making Kimiko and Sota fall to the ground surprised and shocked. "Your grandfather said you had gout."
"Not even to Hojo too…! Do I look sick at all?! That's right… Maybe Inuyasha's wound hasn't healed. Oh no… What if he's dead?!" Kimiko thinks becoming frantic struggling up with Sota.
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Birds Eye View Of The Streets Of Tokyo
"Sorry, Hojo! We should do this again. Good bye!" Kimiko shouts running dragging Sota who quickly said goodbye to Hitomi and started running next to his sister once she let go smiling because she seemed to be back to her determined self.
"Higurashi!" Hojo exclaimed shocked and making Hitomi giggle and smile at the scene.
...
Kimiko and Sota are running towards the Dry Well. Kimiko throws her handbag aside and jumps in with Sota behind her.
"I feel it! I feel the Sacred Jewel." Kimiko thinks out loud not noticing Sota was with her, thinking he went back to the house. Kimiko feels the ground. "I can't see it. Where? Where is it?"
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Feudal Era - Dry Well
The Sacred Jewel fragment on the ground next to him glows. Shippo regains consciousness. The wolves peep into the well from above.
"They found me!" Shippo said panicking.
Kimiko starts digging the soil with her hands with Sota watching concerned.
"I want to go back! Inuyasha, are you all right?!" Kimiko says desperately making Sota looks at her in sympathy placing a hand on her shoulder making Kimiko finally notice Sota was here with her making her eyes widen in surprise and her cheek heat up in embarrassment.
Suddenly, a pink glow appears. Kimiko reaches in and fall through into an abyss with Sota.
"This is… The fragment of the Sacred Jewel!" Kimiko said grabbing Sota's hand from her shoulder and holding it tightly with her free hand while the other holds the Sacred Jewel fragment in front of her and Sota who looks at the jewel in fascination.
Kimiko and Sota land on the Dry Well of the Feudal Age with Kimiko still holding Sota's hand since she didn't want anything to happen to him. Shippo is shocked to see her and confused by the boys presence.
"Shippo!" Kimiko exclaimed happy to see him.
Shippo's expression turn from shocked and confused to glad to aggrieved.
"Kimiko!" Shippo shouts leaping into Kimiko's lap hugging her.
"Shippo!" Kimiko said just as happy giving him a one armed hug.
"Kimiko! Kimiko!" Shippo said getting worked up.
"I was able to return! But I also accidentally brought my brother Sota." Kimiko said glad.
"Hey" Sota mock shouted angry sticking his tongue out at Kimiko making the three laugh.
They all suddenly look up. A wolf has climbed down the trunk into the well and growls at them.
...
With Inuyasha, Miroku, Kaede and Royakan in a stand off position.
"I smell Kimiko and her brother!" Inuyasha gasps happy and turns around.
Kaede and Miroku look at Inuyasha. Inuyasha runs off.
"I'm sure of it! Kimiko and her brother are here!" Inuyasha declares.
"You won't get away!" Royakan states and punches towards Inuyasha.
"Shaddup! Don't…get in my way!" Inuyasha says jumping and punches Royakan in the face. Nothing was going to stop Inuyasha from getting to Kimiko.
Inuyasha slashes Royakan's chest with a transformed Tetsusaiga. Royakan falls backwards in pain.
"He's suddenly much stronger!" Miroku comments shocked but a little amused knowing why he suddenly became stronger.
Inuyasha sprints past him leaving dust in his wake.
"Hey! At least finish him off before you go to her!" Miroku yells at Inuyasha.
Royakan trudges towards Miroku angrily. Miroku runs off. Inuyasha sprints towards the Dry Well. More wolves entering the well.
"What's going on?" Kimiko questions.
"Inuyasha's wound isn't fully healed. The enemy is taking advantage of that to attack." Shippo answers.
"I knew it… He's in danger." Kimiko thinks out loud worried making Sota smile at his sister.
Two wolves reach the ground.
"They're here!" The three said scared.
A wolf leaps towards them.
Inuyasha is grabbing the tree trunk in the well and pulling it out with all his might. He pulls it out and is thrown in the air from inertia. The wolves whimper as they fall off the trunk. Royakan reaches the well and growls.
"I'll teach you!" Inuyasha yells.
Inuyasha swings the tree trunk in Royakan's direction and throws. The tree strikes Royakan in the mouth and he falls backwards. He collapses and lose consciousness. The wolves around him dissipate into thin air. As Inuyasha is landing, he turns around towards the Dry Well. Kimiko, Sota and Shippo climb out of the well. Inuyasha and Kimiko look at each other. Inuyasha lands. Kimiko walks towards him slowly. Sota watches the reunion with a small relieved smile.
"Inuyasha…" Kimiko said softly.
Inuyasha stares at Kimiko in silence for a moment.
"Silly fool! W-why'd you come back?" Inuyasha asked.
Inuyasha is taken aback as Kimiko runs towards him.
"Inuyasha!" Kimiko shouts diving into Inuyasha's arms and hugs him tightly confessing. "I thought you died…because you didn't come for me!"
"I told you not to come anymore!" Inuyasha reminds Kimiko halfheartedly because he was beyond happy to see Kimiko again.
"I can't help it! I longed to see you!" Kimiko revealed making Sota and Inuyasha's eyes widen in surprise.
"Longed to see me? Me? I… I…" Inuyasha thinks shocked and touched before pulling Kimiko into a tighter hug barring his face in the crane of her neck fondly.
"I missed you." Kimiko admits quietly embarrassed.
"Yeah I missed you to." Inuyasha softly confessed.
They flirt the minute they set eyes on each other." Shippo says amused and relaxes. "But thank goodness it's all over!"
"Do they always act like this?" Sota inquires touched and amused by the two making Shippo nod. "I can't wait to tell Mom and Kagome about this, they've been talking about dog ears grandchildren and nieces and nephews since meeting Inuyasha."
Shippo and Sota look at each other then laugh.
Miroku and Kaede arrive at the scene.
"Kimiko has returned and it seems she brought someone with her! Priestess Kaede, it's Kimiko! Priestess Kaede…?" Miroku said excited to see his friend again.
"Monk, don't you think it strange?" Kaede asks looking in the distance.
"Yes?" Miroku inquired.
'The droves of poison insects have disappeared." Kaede further explained.
"You're right." Miroku agreed becoming suspicious.
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Forest
Naraku appears among the trees nearby and looks at Kimiko intensely.
"That girl… Kikyo? No, it can't be. Kikyo… That woman died fifty years ago." Naraku muses a little shocked.
Kimiko helps Shippo and Sota out of the well and stops suddenly sensing something wrong.
"W-what is this presence?" Kimiko thinks concerned and turns around and walks a few steps towards the presence and says. "Someone's here…who possesses the Sacred Jewel fragment."
Miroku and Inuyasha look at her.
"Lots of them!" Kimiko informed.
Miroku and Inuyasha run in the direction that Kimiko was looking. Naraku turns around. Inuyasha leaps and lands in front of him.
"I knew you were nearby. You are Naraku!" Inuyasha tells Naraku.
Naraku smirks. Miroku arrive at the scene.
"I've got you now!" Inuyasha declared.
"So…he is Naraku!" Miroku states.
Kimiko, Sota, Kaede and Shippo reach the scene.
"Before I kill you, I must ask you one thing… What grudge do you have against me?" Inuyasha tells and asks Naraku.
"Grudge, huh?" Naraku repeats before laughing. I guess you can't die in peace not knowing why someone hates you so much."
"You are…" Kaede said.
"Huh?" Kimiko and Sota asks confused.
"Kaede, huh?" Naraku said recognizing Kaede and laughs. "My, my… How old you've grown."
"You know me? I knew it… You are… Onigumo!" Kaede says.
"Onigumo… Such a nostalgic name. I, Naraku, am not Onigumo." Naraku mused.
...
A snake leaps off a tree and into the river. It swims along the river.
"But it is true…that fifty years ago, I was born out of Onigumo." Naraku' voice is heard explaining.
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Flashback
Kikyo is tending to Onigumo in a cave.
"Onigumo was a foolish man. He began to desire the kind-hearted young priestess who nursed him." Naraku continued explaining mocking Onigumo.
Onigumo looks around wildly. Kikyo leaves the cave.
"He succumbed to his weakness and called forth the demons…" Naraku's voice informs.
A horde of demons appear and surround the immobile Onigumo.
"Even my rotting soul is worth something… Want a taste of me? Hungry for me, aren't you? I want a body that moves freely in order to possess the Sacred Jewel and Kikyo. Now eat me! Devour me! And in return, give me power!" Onigumo requested.
The demons envelopes Onigumo. Thousands of them enter his body.
"That is how…many demons became one…into Naraku." Naraku finished explaining.
...
An image of Naraku in a baboon suit against a black background
"Creating my body took countless demons." Naraku' voice says.
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An image of Kikyo and Inuyasha who is on a Sakura tree are looking at each other.
"Because the priestess had been reduced to a powerless girl, this region teemed with demons. All because the priestess…Kikyo…had fallen in love with a worthless half-demon." Naraku' voice mocked.
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Inuyasha and Kikyo are taking a boat trip. While getting up a pier, Kikyo trips and falls into Inuyasha's arms. They hug.
"She gave in to childish desires…tried to use the power of the Sacred Jewel and was punished. Inuyasha, you experienced the punishment yourself." Naraku' voice continued to mock.
...
Kikyo fires several arrows at Inuyasha. Inuyasha turns and looks at Kikyo in shock.
"Die, Inuyasha!" Kikyo demands that is a voice of both Kikyo and Naraku.
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Kikyo is standing in a field while 'Inuyasha ' runs up to her and claws her back. Kikyo falls and the Sacred Jewel falls out of her hand.
"Stupid fool!" Inuyasha mocks in a voice of both Inuyasha and Naraku and steps on Kikyo's outreaching hand. "I have no desire to become human! Thanks for the Sacred Jewel!"
Inuyasha walks off.
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Present
"How dare you?! You tricked us! You tricked Kikyo and me into trying to kill each other!" Inuyasha angrily yelled.
"Then let me ask you… Was the trust you had in each other so easy to destroy?" Naraku questions.
"W-what?!" Inuyasha stumbled out.
"The truth in that anger… Bitter anger set you against each other. That is the true legacy of the trust you had for each other. Kikyo could not understand. Instead of choosing death, she should have clung on to her life and used the Sacred Jewel. Had she pleaded for her life, her wretched wish would have been easily granted and she would have understood the ultimate truth of darkness. Such a foolish woman. The Sacred Jewel grows even more beautiful when it is tainted." Naraku explains.
"Kimiko! How many fragments do you see inside him?" Inuyasha questions clenching his fist angrily.
"Sacred Jewel fragments… Ten… No, twenty… No, much more!" Kimiko answers unable to count them all.
"Hey, Naraku… I'll show you what tainted is! I'll make that tainted blood of yours flow!" Inuyasha declares.
Inuyasha dashes at claws at Naraku, who leaps into the air.
"Iron-Reaver, Soul-Stealer!" Inuyasha yells is attack and claws at Naraku's baboon headgear.
Naraku's baboon suit falls apart and a man in purple-blue haori is revealed. He holds up a hand to cover his face. Naraku smirks and purple fumes rush out of him. The fumes envelope the entire forest and the trees start to rot. Miroku, Shippo, Kaede, Sota and Kimiko run away.
"A miasma! Get away!" Miroku warns.
"Inuyasha!" Kimiko yells concerned.
Both Naraku and Inuyasha land.
"So you've sunken into my miasma." Naraku said his hair covering his face.
"Tetsusaiga!" Inuyasha shouts struggling to unsheathe Tetsusaiga.
Tetsusaiga transforms and a whirlpool of purple fumes twirls around Inuyasha.
"You've…cut through the miasma!" Naraku gasped surprised and walks away from Inuyasha.
Inuyasha leaps and slashes Naraku's back with Tetsusaiga. Naraku's clothes is cut into pieces, revealing a spider-shaped burn mark on his back. A vortex of miasma emits from Naraku's feet and envelopes him. Inuyasha struggles to hold. The vortex of miasma slowly dissipates to reveal a hole in the ground.
"He escaped…" Inuyasha said shaking in anger yelling. "That damned Naraku got away! Damn it! Stay and fight!
...
Kaede and Miroku are talking to each other in the forest.
"A spider on his back…" Kaede says.
"Yes. According to Inuyasha, a spider-shaped burn mark on his back." Miroku informed.
"The robber Onigumo had terrible burns. Perhaps that is proof that it is Onigumo." Kaede replied.
"A spider on his back… That will also be the telltale sign of Naraku." Miroku declared looking at his right hand.