KohKik

KohKik is the term used to refer to the romantic relationship between Kohaku and Kikyō.

## Their Relationship

### Inuyasha

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

Hakudoshi orders Kohaku to protect the niche as he heads towards Kikyo. Later when the rats are about to kill Sango and Kohaku, Kikyo manages to cross the barrier that protects the shrine from the rats with one of his arrows so that later Inuyasha finishes destroying it.

**The Ultimate Key to Defeating Naraku**

Afterwards, Kohaku turns to Kanna when he sees Kikyō's assistants, Asuka and Kochō. The Saimyōshō tell that Kohaku that he must kill them, when he attacks, the puppet figures fall to the ground and Kikyō arrives shooting an arrow at Kohaku but he manages to dodge it. As Kikyō asks Kohaku why she serves Naraku, Naraku appears behind her without her being able to notice his presence and corners her.

Kikyō holds an arrow pointed at Naraku, but shaking. She worries because she can't feel his aura. She shoots the holy arrow and separates him without killing him. Kikyō is trapped inside a cage of Naraku's bones. Naraku orders Kohaku to kill Kikyō, as he advances to do so, Inuyasha and his friends arrive to save her, Naraku and Kohaku disappear.

### Inuyasha The Final Act

**Kagura's Wind**

Kikyo explains to Inuyasha (with Kohaku listening in) that the only way to defeat Naraku is to purify the Shikon Jewel as he is absorbing it into his body - which will obliterate the soul of Onigumo. Surrounded by light and her soul collectors, Kikyo flies away into the sky. She tells Inuyasha that they cannot hesitate to do what is needed. Once she leaves, Inuyasha thinks about how this will kill Kohaku; Kohaku emerges from the shadows, surprising Inuyasha as he did't detect his scent. Kohaku races after Kikyō. When Inuyasha tries to follow them, he is blocked by a barrier; Kohaku explains that he is not going to die, but to kill Naraku.

**The Great Holy Demon Spirit's Test**

Kikyō is walking in a misty forest when Kohaku approaches her; she knows why he's come and that he's been following her since she absorbed Midoriko's soul back at the Demon Slayers' village. Kohaku wants Kikyō to use his shard against Naraku, despite knowing he will die in the process. Kikyō is surprised by that Kokaku is welcoming of death, wondering if life is truly that painful for him. As they continue on, together, Kikyō can only think of the irony of their meeting; had this been under different circumstances, she should have put her efforts toward trying to mend Kohaku's wounded soul.

**The End of Mōryōmaru**

Meanwhile, Kōga is trying to track down Mōryōmaru but instead runs into Kikyō and Kohaku. He hides, but Kikyō senses his shards. At that moment, Mōryōmaru bursts out of the cliff, causing Kikyō to fall over the edge. Despite three shards that could increase his power being near, Mōryōmaru doesn't bother with them, and continues flying away.

Kikyō and Kohaku approach where the battle is taking place, Kikyō sees how the Moryomaru fragments unite with Naraku's Shikon Jewel; Now he only needs three more fragments to complete, they advance but are stopped by Sango and Kagome, Sango is upset by the plan that Kikyō and Kohaku have to use the fragment of him to kill Naraku, since this would mean his death, Kikyō tries to explain that this is the only way but Sango does not agree to let her brother die. Although Kohaku agrees with this, Kagome tells Kikyō to give Inuyasha time that he will find another way to finish with Naraku, he tells Sango to stay with Kikyō and Kohaku, she leaves for the battle with Kirara.

**Mausoleum of Mount Azusa**

Kikyō works on curing Miroku, and explains to Sango that she is taking the miasma he absorbed in the Wind Tunnel to be purified, saying that her body will endure it. However, Kohaku knows that Kikyō is lying; she is already being consumed from within by Naraku's miasma, and accepting the miasma on her body to save Miroku will only make Kikyō's condition worse.

Kikyō leaves with Kohaku after Inuyasha makes her promise to take care of him.

Later, while Kikyō and Kohaku are traveling, she notices the spiderwebs, which Kikyō immediately recognizes as something created by Naraku; they don't affect ordinary people walking through them, meaning they are meant for her. She keeps the webs from touching herself and Kohaku thanks to a barrier. Since he cannot get Kikyō through direct means, Naraku does something utterly despicable; he entangles a little girl in his webs, rendering her unconscious.

Kikyō is sickened by this, realizing he will stop at nothing to make her touch the webs. She uses butterfly familiars to break the webs, but no sooner does this happen, a web springs out in front of her; Kikyō is caught.

Elsewhere, Kohaku is being protected by a barrier created by Kikyō's shikigami, Kochō and Asuka, in a cave; she sent him away because the miasma in her would end up defiling his shard.

**Among the Twinkling Stars**

Despite Kikyo's attack severely weakening and injuring him, Naraku reclaims the tainted, nearly-complete jewel.

Kikyō tells Kagome to protect Kohaku and the final shard; this confuses Kagome, as she assumed Kikyō should have been saved by the arrow she shot at her.

Sunset, Kohaku attempts to return to Kikyō despite not being fully recovered from Byakuya of the Dreams' poisonous snakes. Rin tries stopping him, but Kohaku says he can feel Kikyō is in trouble. Jaken yells that Kohaku should not expect to be brought along with them. Sesshōmaru says the scent of the wind has changed, meaning it's too late to save Kikyō.

**Sesshomaru in the Underworld**

Tenseiga pulses as they talk. Rin looks behind them, seeing that Kohaku is staring off into the sky, thinking of Kikyō; he saw her soul ascend the previous night just like everyone else did. Rin offers her condolences to Kohaku, who only laments being weak.

**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.

Afterwards, Kohaku tells them that because his shard is still protected by Kikyō, it may be usable in the battle with Naraku. Kagome remembers when Kanna died and a shard of her hit her eye; Kanna said "The light will destroy Naraku", meaning the speck of purity Kikyō planted in the Shikon jewel. Inuyasha tells Kagome and Sango not to baby Kohaku and tell him truthfully what a pain it is for him to go off on his own.

**Kohaku's Shard**

Kohaku breaks free of Magatsuhi's spell awakening and wiping his tears away; Sango is relieved her brother has come back. Kagome sees that Kikyō's light has now entered Kohaku's shard, telling Magatsuhi his claim was a bit premature. Grabbing the edge of his transformed weapon, Kohaku asks Magatsuhi if he's ready to die; Kohaku is planning to commit suicide and make his body unusable as a vessel for the spirit by jumping into a canyon. Magatsuhi says he won't be hurt and he will still be able to manipulate Kohaku's corpse to give Naraku the shard. However, Kohaku tells him that won't happen as his sister and Inuyasha will stop him. Resigned to death, Kohaku jumps. Sango and Inuyasha chase after him; Inuyasha thinks Kohaku is crazy. Kohaku thanks everyone for what they've done for him as Magatsuhi is forced out of his body by Kikyō's light. Magatsuhi only curses Kohaku, for now he's exposed.

**When the Jewel is Whole**

Kohaku continues to fall into a huge canyon in a suicide attempt to make his body an unsuitable vessel for Magatsuhi. Kikyō's light forces Magatsuhi out of his body, exposing him to attack. Sango and Inuyasha chase after Kohaku, but Naraku's appendages shoot down from the sky and grab Kohaku by his leg; Magatsuhi gives a wicked grin as Naraku begins pulling Kohaku up.

Knowing Kikyō's light is in his shard, Kohaku removes the arrow he retrieved from his uniform, stabbing it into the armored shell. The result is an illumination so powerful, it causes Naraku immense pain - "Damn you!" Kagome notices this, seeing that it's Kikyō's light; Inuyasha and Sango see that where their weapons failed, this light is cracking the armored shell. Knowing that if he allows Kohaku to touch him any longer he will be destroyed by Kikyō's purifying light, Naraku discards Kohaku and much of his body, taking off with Kagome as she calls for Inuyasha. Declaring he'll crush Naraku's skull, Inuyasha uses the Adamant Barrage, destroying it and freeing Kagome, who he catches. Kagome says that Naraku escaped back into the clouds. Unnoticed by them, some of Naraku's flesh begins moving.

Inuyasha pounds his fist into the ground, angry that he couldn't prevent the loss of another life; Kagome cries, knowing how much Sango wanted Kohaku to live a happy life. As the sun rises, Sango, Kagome and Inuyasha see light shine in the wound in Kohaku's neck where Naraku took the shard; suddenly, a pure light envelopes the boy and Kohaku opens his eyes. Sango happily hugs her brother, relieved that he's still alive; Kohaku is likewise happy. Kagome reasons that when the shard was taken, Kikyō's light must have stayed in Kohaku; she must have decided that it was more important to save Kohaku's life instead of destroying Naraku and the Shikon Jewel.

Kagome looks out to the rising sun, knowing that since Kikyō has sacrificed her light to save Kohaku's life, the battle to utterly destroy Naraku has been left to them. "It's time to finish it!"

**Inside Naraku**

Miroku and Sango notice the demons flying to the cloud, finding it strange. In the village, Kohaku asks Inuyasha if Naraku used the Shikon Jewel; he has, which isn't good for them. Inuyasha thinks about how the light Kikyō put in the jewel has now become Kohaku's life, leaving Naraku with nothing to fear; the fight has now been left to him and his friends. Kagome arrives and is greeted by everyone, ready for the final battle with Naraku.

### Hanyo no Yashahime

**Inuyasha: Since Then**

**Takechiyo's Request**

## Evidence

* During their journey together, Kohaku begins to have respect for Kikyō.
* Kohaku has concern for Kikyō, even worrying when she puts herself in danger.
* Kohaku mentions his main purpose for staying with Kikyō to Sango as, Kikyō's presence calms his spirit and he feels as if sins are cleansed and redeemed around her.
* When Kikyō dies, Kohaku is guilt-ridden that he could not protect her and is resolved to carry out her mission to destroy Naraku with his shard.
* Kikyō who felt pity for Kohaku.
* During her journey, Kikyō would try purifying Kohaku.
* As her last act of compassion for Kohaku, Kikyō withdrew her spirit and power from the now-contaminated Shikon Jewel and instead use it in resurrecting Kohaku.

## Quotes

* *"The Sacred Jewel fragment keeps you alive, isn't that right? Does Naraku control your life? Why do you obey Naraku? I sense that your soul is-Hmm?"―Kikyō to Kohaku.*
* "*His eyes show no fear. Not even the slightest hesitation. Is life so painful for you that you welcome death? It saddens me greatly that if we had met under different circumstances, my only instinct would have been to heal this child's broken soul and encouraged him to live his life. But my duty now forbids me from doing that for him. Forgive me, Kohaku.*"―Kikyō's thoughts about Kohaku.[src]