NaraKik

NaraKik is the term used to refer to the romantic relationship between Naraku and Kikyō.

## Their Relationship

### Inuyasha

**Mystical Hand of the Amorous Monk, Miroku**

**Naraku and Sesshomaru Join Forces**

**Despicable Villain! The Mystery of Onigumo!**

Kaede reveals to Inuyasha and Miroku that in a nearby cave, she and Kikyō once cared for a badly burnt thief, who ended up lusting for Kikyō and allowed his body to be consumed by yōkai from his desire for her and ended up creating Naraku.

**Naraku's True Identity Unveiled**

Inuyasha and Naraku meet face to face; Naraku reveals to Inuyasha that he was born from Onigumo and was the one who indeed turned Kikyō and Inuyasha against one another 50 years ago, in the hopes of gaining the Shikon no Tama, defiling it in the process.

**Kagome's Voice and Kikyo's Kiss**

 Kikyo visited her younger sister, Kaede and discovered that Naraku was responsible for her death and separation from Inuyasha.

**Kikyo and Inuyasha, Into the Miasma**

Kikyo then moved to a temple and began helping to heal the wounds of the soldiers. When the men of a palace asked her to cure his master's illness, Kikyō involuntarily accompanied them to the palace, only to discover a dark aura around the castle. Kikyo was disturbed to discover that the master of the castle was already dead from the neck and down. It turned out that the castle master was the man who once called himself Onigumo before he was born as Naraku, Naraku was surprised to see that Kikyo was alive. Kikyō still not knowing who was trying to leave the palace, but could not because Naraku had given the order not to let her out.

After Kikyo sensing that something bad was happening nearby, she decided to leave with the help of her soul collectors. She walked to a mountain where there was a cave with an evil aura, there she met Kagome, Sango, and Shippo at the entrance, they were surprised to see Kikyo there, she entered the cave because she knew that Inuyasha was there, the The energy of the cave began to weaken his body. When she met Inuyasha her souls began to leave her, she faints and Inuysaha runs to rescue her but the monster does not allow Inuyasha to approach her, the demon realizing that Kikyō is not an ordinary human tries to absorb her but Inuyasha protects her and she does not let herself get hurt, then she comes to Kagome and realizes that Inuyasha is protecting Kikyō from where she is, she tries to help Kikyō, when Kikyō awakens she shoots an arrow towards the monster, the spell of the cave breaks and everyone is absorbed out of the cave, there is Naraku who takes a new body, he takes Kikyo in his arms and takes it towards his temple, leaving Inuyasha furious. Kikyo then wakes up in Naraku's arms, implying that she allowed herself to be kidnapped with a purpose.

**Kikyo, Captured by Naraku**

Naraku erected a barrier that prevented her soul collectors from accessing Kikyo, which left her unable to move. Under the assumption that he could control Kikyo, Naraku tied a corrupted fragment of the Shikon Jewel to a soul and placed it inside the priestess before sending it behind Kagome.

However, the corrupted fragment is not enough to control Kikyō and she destroys the Naraku puppet. When Kagome arrives, Kikyo shoots one of his arrows hurting Kagome slightly in her face and opening a hole where Kagome falls, she is subdued by the Kikyō snakes. Kikyo tells Kagome that Naraku fears her, he wants to control her and force her to fight against Kagome, but she has not fallen so low since she is the original guardian of the sacred jewel and could not be controlled by a mere fragment.

Kikyō goes to Naraku, to taunt him about his weaknesses, such as his half-human blood and the memories of Onigumo, breaking the barrier he had erected to keep Inuyasha away then she mocks him, explains that his little feats of minor witchcraft do not work with her. Kikyo hands over to Naraku the shards of the Jewel she stole from Kagome. She tells him flatly that if he needs her, he'll have to send a messenger, for she is free to do what she wants, and will neither flee nor hide herself. Once she left Naraku, she thinks of what she has done, reflecting that only when Naraku has completed the Jewel will she send him to hell. She is now free to hate, free to love, so much more free than when she was alive.

**Onigumo's Heart Still Beats Within Naraku**

 Kikyo confronts Naraku, who had been spying on her; Kikyō surmises that it's because Naraku still has Onigumo's heart beating within him, and bears feelings towards her. In an effort to destroy her, Naraku unleashes a Giant Shinidamachū, and it begins to devour every soul around it, including the souls inhabiting Kikyō's body. However, this attempt was thwarted by Inuyasha, who slew Naraku's demon.[2] Naraku watched the image of Inuyasha and Kikyō embracing in Kanna's Mirror. Consumed by Onigumo's jealousy, Naraku used a sword to cut the skin off of his back. A retainer saw this and Naraku slew him. Kagura questioned him if he was losing his sanity, but he ordered her to clean up his mess instead.

**Onigumo's Memory Restored**

Kikyō soon comes upon the apprentice of Musō the priest who was killed by Musō the demon. He tells her the demon had a spider-mark on its back and Kikyō decides to investigate. Naraku sees this in Kanna's mirror and releases Kagura who he has been holding chained in the area beneath the castle since her betrayal. He tells her to go find Inuyasha and tell him Musō is headed towards Kaede's village. Naraku keeps an eye on Kikyo with Kanna's mirror, she is in a village helping the soldiers, Naraku has disposed of Onigumo's part of her body which is what did not allow her to harm Kikyo, so she decides to visit her Kikyo asks him what he wants and he tells him he is going to do a test, Naraku takes Kikyo by the neck but when suddenly his arm begins to react strangely and realizes that there is still a part that does not allow him to hurt her, so he decides to leave, Kikyo is left scared and surprised.

**Three-Sided Battle to the Death**

 Meanwhile, upon seeing Naraku, Kikyō wonders whether or not she misses Inuyasha.

**Vanishing Point; Naraku Disappears**

Meanwhile, Kikyō arrives at the ruins of Naraku's castle. Kikyō wonders did Naraku lift the barrier leaving the castle visible and that means that this castle has been abandoned and he is hiding himself somewhere else as it's strange as no matter where he moved to she's always able to sense his barrier yet as though he disappeared into thin air and there's no trace of Naraku but there's something to this. Kikyō starts to leave the castle.

**Lured by the Black Light**

Sun filters down through the dense, misty forest canopy. Kikyo travels alone in this enchanted wood, her thoughts consumed with Naraku and his presence at Mt. Hakurei.

**Fare Thee Well: Jakotsu's Requiem**

This brings a memory of Naraku back to Hakushin, one where Naraku tells Hakushin to hate everyone. Kikyō wonders if hating people and protecting Naraku was the saint's true wish. Kikyō and Hakushin reveal to one another that they tried to live without doubt or mistake, and Kikyō says doubt is human, and that is the reason people want to be divine.

**Beyond the Darkness – Naraku Reborn!**

 Mt. Hakurei begins to collapse, and Naraku says he is going after Kikyo.

**Farewell Kikyo, My Beloved**

Kikyo finally arrives at the mountain of the animas, where all the demons can enter without any problem, she realizes when Kagura is escaping from the mountain with something in her arms and shoots one of her arrows, Kagura manages to dodge her and when she is point of attacking Kikyo what he carries in his arms stops her and tells her that she is not the one who is going to destroy Kikyo, then Kagura continues on her way.

Naraku who is fighting against Inuyasha, feels the presence of Kikyo and goes in his search. Kikyo and Naraku, finally they see each other's faces, Kikyo asks Naraku what he's up to since he changed his appearance, she asks him what Kagura was carrying, he tells Kikyo that his encounter with the bandit was not a coincidence that everything was a plan to attract her to that mountain.

Naraku attacks Kikyo's body with his poison, it hurts badly, Naraku confesses that the heart that loved her is no longer in him, that was what Kagura had, that heart that was the only thing that prevented her from finishing her. He was not, in that he launches a worse attack and Kikyo falls down a ravine into the poisonous river that lies behind her. While Kikyo falls just think of Inuyasha and his memories, Inuyasha who has been having visions of Kikyo senses that something bad has happened to him and runs to his rescue, but he is late, Kikyo has already disappeared in the poisonous river, Sesshomaru who witnessed everything confirms that Kikyo was killed by Naraku.

**The Tragic Love Song of Destiny (Part 2)**

Secretly Kikyo was also taking care of a bandit named Onigumo, who had been burned and was immobilized, so out of pity Kikyo fed and cared for her, she told Kaede that she could not tell Inuyasha because knowing him was going to make her jealous. But Onigumo felt something for Kikyo: an unhealthy obsession. Onigumo had lost his sanity.

At that time a spider demon, who resented Kikyo, since she had killed the demons that were his companions, convinced Onigumo that if he allowed his soul to devour thousands of demons, they would grant him a new body to move and be with Kikyo, so Onigumo agreed and became a demon called Naraku.

The next day Kikyo ran to the Sacred Tree where they would meet but Inuyasha had not arrived, she had the makeup oyster that he had given her and was going to start applying makeup but Naraku with Inuyasha's form attacked her from the back making a wound deadly in his right shoulder. Naraku broke the oyster with makeup mocking her and took the pearl, he told her that the pearl needed more blood to be darker and that she was going to attack the village. Kikyo was devastated to see that she had been betrayed by the person she loved, then Naraku went to the village and placed the pearl in her sanctuary full of hate and transformed into Kikyo to trick Inuyasha, Naraku arrives where Inuyasha is waiting for Kikyo and he shoots an arrow at him, taunts Inuyasha saying half demon, Kikyo had previously promised never to call him that way after he told her his name, Inuyasha eludes her and runs away shattered by the supposed betrayal of his beloved Kikyo. Inuyasha, feeling cheated, attacked the village and took the Shikon No Tama, when he was escaping with the pearl in his power, Kikyo badly wounded arrives and shoots him with one of his sealing arrows, that arrow sealed him in the Sacred Tree, Inuyasha falls in a deep sleep. Later Kikyo asked her sister Kaede to be burned with the pearl after she fell dead due to the wound caused by Naraku. Fulfilling the last will of Kikyo, his body is burned next to the pearl of Shikon.

**Destroy Naraku with the Adamant Barrage!**

But as Naraku reforms himself, Kikyō's arrow pulses. Kagome draws it and fires at the jewel shard. The shard is purified, but Naraku and Kikyō's arrow disappear.

Kagura returns to Kohaku and Hakudōshi, the latter is resting inside of a barrier. Suddenly Naraku's pieces and Kikyō's arrow appear within Hakudōshi's barrier. The arrow pierces Hakudōshi's chest as Naraku slowly reassembles himself; although his body suffered tremendous damage, Hakudoshi's barrier gave him a link to return to the land of the living, and he cannot be slain as long as his heart is separate from his body.

**Stampede of the Countless Demon Rats**

Naraku and Hakudōshi are talking while Hakudōshi heals within his barrier. They discuss that Kikyō must still be alive, for no one else could imbue an arrow with enough power to penetrate their barrier. Naraku considers ways to destroy Kikyō.

To attract Kikyo, Naraku sends Kohaku and Hakudōshi to cause trouble for Kikyo to show up. Hakudoshi faces a rat demon, and Kohaku kills him. At Hakudoshi's command, Kohaku takes a box from the demon's body. Hakudoshi places the box and opens it, releasing innumerable demonic rats in a small town. Kikyo seeing this sends one of his assistants to the western mountains for something he needs.

**Kohaku's Decision and Sango's Heart**

Inuyasha races to attack Hakudōshi while Kagome shoots the slugs with her arrows. Inuyasha hits Hakudōshi with his Wind Scar, but the pieces of Hakudōshi's flesh flee, leaving a warning behind: so long as Kikyō keeps running, Naraku will continue to attack.

Kikyō gives her helpers a piece of her hair and sends them off. She commits herself to finding Naraku.

**The Ultimate Key to Defeating Naraku**

Afterwards, Kohaku turns to Kanna when he sees Kikyo's assistants. The Saimyōshō indicates that Kohaku must kill them, when it attacks, the figures of puppets fall to the ground and Kikyō arrives firing an arrow to Kohaku but he manages to dodge it. While asking Kohaku why it serves Naraku, Naraku appears behind Kikyo without her being able to notice his presence and corners her. Kagome feels the fragment of Kohaku jewels, as they get closer, the crystals they receive lose their demonic aura, which indicates that they approach Naraku and the stolen gem. Kikyo holds an arrow pointing at Naraku, but trembling. She worries because she can not feel her aura. She shoots the sacred arrow and separates it without killing it. Kikyo is trapped inside a cage of Naraku's bones. Naraku orders Kohaku to kill Kikyo, while he advances to do it, Inuyasha and his friends arrive to save her, Naraku and Kohaku disappear.

### Inuyasha The Final Act

**Mausoleum of Mount Azusa**

Elsewhere, Naraku has returned to the remains of Mount Hakurei, where Onigumo's voice greets him; Naraku explains Kikyō was there when he took back the Infant, and Kohaku's shard was emitting a frightfully pure light. He then realized Kikyō was waiting for him to take the shards of Kōga and Kohaku, so she could purify his soul. Onigumo laughs Naraku now has need of the human heart he despised so much, that he abandoned and buried under ground. Some of the clumps of flesh bubble to the surface of the water, taking the form of Naraku's head. It floats into Naraku's hand, saying  that a human heart must not be so bad after all as all its base desires and negative emotions will help keep Naraku from being purified. Naraku's heart takes the sharp of a spider and burrows into his body. Naraku thinks to himself that Onigumo is right: there is no better weapon than the negative emotions that bind him to Kikyō and Inuyasha.

At the same time, Kikyō is hiding in a hut; she sees that Naraku is preventing her from purifying the webs and showing her the parting between herself and Inuyasha 50 years ago; this only serves to make fuel her hatred to him, wondering why he would dare do so.

Kagome and the others arrive at the hut, where she fires arrows at the webs to purify them. Everyone is confused by this, given they cannot see the webs; however, Shippō guesses Kagome is trying to destroy the webs. Inside, Kikyō wonders what's going on as the arrows are causing rumbles every time they hit the spider webs; Inuyasha explains Kagome can see the webs as well. Kikyō wonders why Kagome can see the webs as well, but then immediately realizes the answer. Kagome walks over to the hut, hoping to purify the webs inside; however, the moment Kikyō yells for her not to touch the webs, the webs grab Kagome and pull her inside. Kōga attempts to follow, but Naraku erects a barrier to keep everyone else out.

Elsewhere, Naraku feels Kagome come free from his spiderwebs; however, he's not too surprised by this turn of events. Byakuya appears, asking Naraku what he plans to do now that Kagome has overcome being defiled by the webs. Amused by the question, Naraku says he'll go with what he originally planned and kill Kikyō. Since Kikyō has survived every attempt on her life that he's made in the past, Naraku isn't leaving things to chance this time.

**Among the Twinkling Stars**

At the bottom of Mount Azusa, Kikyō tells everyone to run, but they don't listen. Naraku begins taking her away, but Miroku grabs Kikyō, allowing him to see the webs. Naraku laugh and entangles everyone in his webs. Inuyasha and Kagome arrive at the bottom mountain moments later, only to find everyone gone.

Being drawn to Naraku, Kikyō asks Kōga why he didn't run away. Kōga says she wanted Naraku to take his shards by using Midoriko's soul to mess with them. Kikyō sadly thinks to herself that she cannot help because things have changed.

The networks are loosened and everyone begin to fall; Kirara transforms to carry Miroku, Sango and Shippō to safety while Kōga lands near by but Kikyo is pushed by the nets, towards the left arm of Naraku; He asks what it is like to die in the arms of the person he hates. His form is also different, having abandoned much of his bone armor. Kōga summons the Goraishi and attacks, launching an energy blast at Naraku, but it is blocked by an adamant shield. Miroku cautions Kōga, explaining he should save his strength. Kōga doesn't listen and continues to fight Naraku, who says he cannot evade forever. They begin to attack Naraku and Kikyō notices that the fragments of Koga shine with a pure light; Midoriko is purifying them. If Naraku took those fragments, it would be purified along with the jewel; Kikyo herself would also be purified thanks to the networks that connected her with Naraku. Naraku taunts Kikyo, telling her that it must be hard for her to watch him take the last fragments. Kikyo taunts Naraku in return, telling him that it will not matter when Inuyasha arrives. Naraku taunts Kikyo, telling her that it must be hard for her to watch him take the last fragments. Kikyo taunts Naraku in return, telling him that it will not matter when Inuyasha arrives.

Kagome is a short distance away, noticing she only has one arrow left. Remembering Kikyō said the bow is the only thing that can purify Naraku's contamination, Kagome prepares to fire. However, Kikyō telepathically tells Kagome not to fire. This confuses Kagome, who is reunited with everyone else. Kagome then notices Kōga's shards have been purified. Naraku taunts Kikyō, saying Inuyasha made it in time to watch her die. Enraged, Inuyasha changes tactics, using Dragonscale Tetsusaiga to bifurcate one of Naraku's demon vortexes.  The adamant spike on Naraku;s right shoulder splinters as a result.  However, Naraku rapidly regenerates, taunting Inuyasha by declaring that he cannot be harmed by the Tetsusaiga.  Nonetheless, immediately following his boast, the newly-reconstituted adamant spike explodes, revealing his underlying flesh and the Shikon jewel. To keep Inuyasha away until he can heal, Naraku tosses Kikyō away. Inuyasha catches her just as Naraku begins closing his wound. Kōga decides to go along with Midoriko's plan and heads for the jewel. However, Kagome notices the jewel has vanished from Naraku's body.

Kagome tries finding the jewel, asking Kikyō where it is; she finds it in Kikyō's chest. Kikyō's soul collectors arrive, pouring more souls into her and she telepathically tells Kagome to fire an arrow at her to purify the jewel. The soul collectors save Kagome when Naraku knocks her off a cliff, and she successfully hits Kikyō with her arrow. Kikyō, rather than retaining the purified jewel, fires the arrow at Naraku with the pure jewel on its tip. Realizing that Kikyō intends to purify him with the jewel, Naraku attempts to corrupt the jewel again by releasing a cloud of miasma.  Despite being slightly tainted by the miamsa, the jewel remains largely unaffected, and pierces his heart, swamping him in a wave of purifying energy. Naraku screams in agony as Kikyō's powers begin destroying him,and his body starts to desintegrate. Inuyasha and Kōga flee the shattered spike, but Naraku pulls out Kōga's shards at the last second. Wracked by pain and wallowing in a sea of spiritual power, Naraku howls as he struggles to corrupt the jewel before it purifies him. Ultimately, Naraku triumphs, albeit heavily wounded, and reclaims the tainted jewel.

Kikyō tells Kagome to protect Kohaku and the final shard; this confuses Kagome as Kikyō should have been saved by the arrow she shot at her. Naraku attempts to take Kikyō again, saying that he's won; however, Kikyō thinks to herself that Naraku will know if she lost when he dies. Inuyasha cuts off Naraku's arm, only for Naraku to taunt him; there's only one shard left and no one will be able to protect it. Saying that Kikyō has lost to him, Narku flees. Kagome calls Inuyasha over to Kikyō, who is getting worse.

**In Pursuit of Naraku**

Meanwhile, as Rin, Jaken and Kohaku wait for Sesshōmaru to return, Naraku arrives instead. Amused that Kohaku was never so careless, Naraku has his hand chopped off. Instantly growing tentacles to replace his hand, Naraku attempts to take the final jewel shard from Kohaku; however, a pure light comes from within the Shikon Jewel and flows into Kohaku's shard, learning Naraku burning in blue fire. Kohaku, Rin and Jaken quickly take off on A-Un. Kohaku realizes it was Kikyō's light that saved him. At the same time, Naraku comes to the same conclusion; this news angers him. Farther away, Rin wonders if they lost Naraku; however, no such luck. A swirling cloud of miasma appears in the air behind them with Naraku's laughter; he asks Kohaku if he knew what Kikyō planned to do with his shard, revealing she planned to purify him and the jewel by jamming his pure shard into the jewel. However, he doesn't have to take the shard from him yet; he can decapitate him and defile the shard at his leisure. Jaken becomes frightened for his life; if Rin dies a third time, he'll be killed by Sesshōmaru.

**Inside Naraku**

Inside a cave, Naraku sits as he looks at the Shikon Jewel, thinking of Onigumo, who desired Kikyō's heart and the jewel; a prisoner in his own body, the bandit fed it to demons, who merged into a new body for him called Naraku. Looking on from the cave's mouth, Byakuya of the Dreams notices the jewel has been completely defiled by Naraku to the point of where there's barely room for Magatsuhi; this forces him to reside within an unconscious Rin. Naraku thinks to himself that as Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku fought him, he channeled their hatred and transformed it into the darkness filling the jewel. Once their battle ends, they will be consumed by the very darkness they helped create; he once more says that Kikyō's light has died.

**Naraku's Uncertain Wish**

Inuyasha curses his foe as he tries to use the Meidō Zangetsuha to no effect as Naraku absorbs the jewel. The attack simply passes through him and his web-like tentacles prevent him from being sucked in. Even as his face cracks from the force of the Meidō's pull, Naraku explains even if he's destroyed, the jewel will still exist. This confuses Kagome, who asks Naraku what he's been trying to do; all this time, he's used the same tactic of separating friends, siblings and lovers from each other; the reason he does this is because he can't stand love and friendship. Naraku could've only known about the ties of love and friendship is because he had bond with someone, being unable to stand seeing others benefiting from their bonds while he didn't. Kagome says Naraku will never be satisfied as the jewel didn't grant his real wish. This shocks Naraku speechless.

**Thoughts Fall Short**

Inside the light, Naraku's soul remembers Kagome saying the jewel didn't grant his true wish. He remembers his true wish was to have Kikyō's heart, lamenting not being able to join her in the afterlife as the jewel is pierced by the arrow. The light then hits the ground, racing to the Bone Eater's Well; Naraku's soul head appears with the jewel, saying the very moment Byakuya of the Dreams cut Kagome, he made a final wish on the jewel. However, Naraku explains that the jewel forced him to make its own wish; it will come true the moment he dies. Naraku's soul then vanishes with the jewel. Miroku checks his hand and sees the Wind Tunnel is no more, meaning Naraku is dead.

**Toward Tomorrow**

## Manga

**The Cursed Hand**

**A Matter of Arms**

**The Spider's Lair**

**Reunion**

**Naraku**

**The Mark**

**A Gentle Scent**

**The Cave of Evil**

**Fulfillment**

**Poison**

**Kikyo's Arrow**

**Where is the Imp?**

**Kikyō Captured**

**Death by Illusion**

**Death Wish**

**Naraku's True Form**

## Evidence

* Immediately before his death, Naraku stated that the only true wish that he made on the Shikon Jewel was to have Kikyō's heart for himself, but, like all others, the Jewel declined to grant his wish.
* Of all his enemies, Naraku considers Kikyō his only serious threat, the only one who scares him.
* When Kagome used the sacred arrow, Naraku was almost killed. He then realized Kikyō was still alive and made it his main goal to kill her once again.
* Naraku's actions intensely destroyed and damaged Kikyō and Inuyasha's long-standing meaningful relationship and love.

## Quotes

* *"Your time has come Kikyō. Now, Naraku returns you to the underworld forevermore.*"Naraku.[src]
* "*Can't you see? To taint Kikyō's heart with spite, so that the Shikon jewel would absorb the blood of malice. Two who had trusted each other would now despise and kill one another. What purer evil could be found to taint the jewel? And the more profound the love had once been, the more powerful the resulting hatred, and the more evil the jewel. Magnificent.*"―Naraku[src]
* "*Now do you understand, Kikyō? You did not come here of your own accord... I **lured** you here.*"―Naraku.[src]
* "*What do you mean, Inuyasha? Are you remembering Kikyō, perhaps?*" ―Naraku's cruelty.[src]
* "*Kikyō, even in death you continue to haunt me...*" ―Naraku[src]
* "*Go, Naraku... Gather the shards of the Jewel. And once you've found them all, then I will send you to Hell. I am free to hate. My soul is so much freer now than it was then. Free to hate. Free to love.*"―Kikyō[src]
* "*He is reluctant to admit it, but I am certain that he has a lingering desire for me. And in an effort to ease that feeling, he's trying to get rid of me.*"―Kikyō[src]
* "*Nothing's stopping me. I will put an end to Naraku's life. That's what this means.*"―Kikyō[src]
* "*Naraku, I will not die now. Do you expect me to die in your filthy arms!?*"―Kikyō[src
* "*My actual wish, you say? That's right. All I wanted... was Kikyō's heart. It looks like I won't even be able to... join her in death either.*"―Naraku[src]
* "*Because the priestess Kikyo was so powerless, the region teamed with demons. Her strength had diminished because she had fallen in love with a certain half-demon. She submitted to her childish desires and had attempted to use the Shikon Jewel for her own purposes. For that, she was punished. And, Inuyasha, you suffered the punishment as* *well."―Kikyō.*
* *"Kikyo is alive? The woman I myself had trapped fifty years ago. The one who died, taking the Sacred Jewel with her."―Naraku.*
* "*So this is the woman who restored me to life. I might not have had this new body at all if not for her."―Naraku*
* "*No. It makes no sense. If her true wish was to save Inuyasha and not break the spell, why do the one thing she ought not to have done? But she did. Kikyo as good as gave me this body herself."―Naraku.*
* "*I have erected a barrier. Those servants of yours may not enter. Kikyo, what can you be thinking? Inuyasha arrived on the scene and began to do battle. Then you appeared. Your arrows have the power to break whichever spell you choose."―Naraku*
* "*That girl who is like and yet unlike you. A battle between those who can purify evil. If you yearn for this world, I beg you: Go after her."―Naraku.*
* "*Once your little puppet is broken, you see nothing. Remember that. Your petty feats of minor sorcery cannot affect me. As for the barrier around the castle, the one you erected to keep out Inuyasha, that easy enough for me to break. You wanted it, didn't you? I leave it to you to stand guard over. After all, who needs its power more than you? And you do need it, don't you? Demon Naraku or is it half-demon Naraku?"―Kikyō.*
* "*Go, Naraku. Gather the shards of the Jewel. And when you have found them all, then I will send you to Hell. My soul is much freer than it was then. I am free to hate, free to love."―Kikyō.*
* "*Hmm. Kikyo, Inuyasha feels bitter toward you. He lies close to death, and it is all because of my newfound power from the Sacred Jewel fragments you gave me."―Naraku.*
* "*I could finish off a woman like that any time I wanted to. But maybe the reason I can't is because the heart of Onigumo still beats inside me. Onigumo, that despicable villain and he coveted Kikyo's love to such a degree that he called forth the demons' to be reborn as myself. Nonsense! You greatly underestimate me, Kikyo. For I, Naraku, am nothing like Onigumo. Now that the Sacred Jewel is almost restored to its glory, I find Onigumo's heart useless and rather unnecessary."―Naraku.*
* "*I knew you weren't real and still I was unable to reach out and strike you. You- A woman made of nothing but clay and bones." ―Naraku.*
* "*What's wrong, Naraku? Weren't you here to kill me?"―Kikyō.*
* "*Don't sound so self-assured. It was not out of fear that I decided to spare you. Consider yourself lucky. I will not kill you. I will break you."―Naraku.*
* "I understand. Naraku's demonic aura remains as persistent and elusive as before. (*thinking*) *I've had my soul collectors search for Naraku's demonic aura. But there is not even the hint of a barrier. How has he hidden such a strong miasma?"―Kikyō.*
* "*Don't make me laugh. Do you think my eyes can't see the truth? You may look formidable but such finery is nothing but a facade. You've escaped to Mt. Hakurei, and put the trouble of erecting a sacred shield. What were you after!?"―Kikyō.*
* *"I merely took advantage of his desire to find a way to die. It was all so simple. I put rumors into that dying man's head about the sacred grounds of Mt. Hakurei, and thus set him upon your path. Now do you understand? You did come here of own accord. I lured you here. I have often heard you humans refer to this as fate or destiny."―Naraku.*
* "*Of course. You were interested in finding out my true aim. You wish to know? Then I shall tell you. You shall learn my purpose. What it is I need to accomplish at Mt. Hakurei. Here's your answer."―Naraku.*
* "*You underestimated me, Kikyo. You came feeling so self-assured, so certain I would be able to kill you. You believed that as long as I had the heart of that worthless human- that pathetic bandit, Onigumo, who loved you all his being- you believed I wouldn't harm you. I feel nothing, even after wounding you so. No remorse, no sadness."―Naraku.*
* "*Does that mean his heart no longer beats inside you? I see! That's what Kagura had in her possession- his human heart!"―Kikyō.*
* *"The bottom of this crevice is filled my miasma. An imitation body like yours will dissolve easily in a matter of seconds. Kikyo, this will be your burial ground."―Naraku.*
* "*Things will not always go the way you expect Naraku. (thinking) I didn't notice him standing behind me. I didn't sense his presence. Even now I don't sense Naraku's demonic aura. How is that possible?"―Kikyō.*
* "*What's wrong, Kikyo? Weren't you expecting me?"―Naraku.*
* "*I can't purify them! (thinking) Naraku! After all these years, how dare you pester me with such visions!"―Kikyō.*
* *"It was anger and bitter anger that set you against one another. Even Kikyo could comprehend it. She should have chosen to live and used the power of the Sacred Jewel to save her. Instead she chose death. Had she pleaded for her life, her pathetic, wretched wish would have been easily granted. Then she would have understood the ultimate truth of darkness. Foolish woman. It is claimed that the sacred Shikon Jewel grows more beautiful when it is tainted with malice."―Naraku.*

## Trivia

* Naraku is forced to take back in Onigumo's heart. However, this time, he has no trouble with maintaining control of his actions, actually being able to go through with trying to kill Kikyō.