Episode 14

Kikyo's Stolen Ashes is the fourteenth episode of the InuYasha anime. It first aired in Japan on February 5, 2001.

Plot
In the middle of the night in Kaede's Village a blue fire flies over, it passes through a few trees and cuts them. The rumbling wakes Kaede up and other local villagers. The blue fire lands at and it turns out to be a demon. Kaede shots an arrow at her, but fails. The demon goes further in to the cemetery, the villagers follow her up the stairs. The Demon has come to Kikyo's tomb. Kaede' figures that she's after Kikyo's remains. The demon pulls out her weapon and scratches it like nails on a chalkboard. Kaede shoots another arrow but it was sliced in half and the demon attacked them and the grave-site. She digs her hand into the ground and pulls out a pot. The demon states her name Urasue before she disappears.

Inuyasha is running the forest until someone calls his voice. He turns and a sacred arrow strikes him. He thinks the one who called him was Kagome, but it wasn't her it was Kikyo, then wakes up and finds Kagome and Shippo sleeping by a fire. He decides to sit by her, and believes that Kagome is almost identical to Kikyo. which maybe the reason why he had that bad dream. Kagome wakes up and slaps him in the face, she asked him if that they wanted to talk about something. Inuyasha points to the slap that she gave him earlier. Inuyasha tells her that Kagome doesn't look anything like Kikyo and sees Urasue carrying the scent of graveyard soil and Kaede's blood. The group got back to village and find Kaede's injured. Kaede tells them that Urasue is the one who robbed Kikyo's grave-site, and took her ashes. Inuyasha turns away and tells her that Kikyo betrayed him 50 years and can still feel the pain that the arrow pierced his chest. The flashback shows the event where Inuyasha stealing the jewel and Kikyo pinned him to the sacred tree. Inuyasha is sitting by a tree thinking of not the only the scent of Kikyo's ashes but also graveyard soil that Urasue took. Kagome goes to him and tells him they have to go. Inuyasha wants to know where. Kagome convinces him to feel sorry for her. He turns away from her. Kagome grabs his hair to make him turn to her. Kagome wanted to know why he didn't looked in her eyes. Them she believes that she looks like her. Inuyasha grabs her hand and saids it's not liked that. with a glimpsed look on his face Kagome pushes him away. She felt confused and yet Inuyasha was going to kiss her. After a brief argument Kaede comes to them she intends to recover the ashes. Kaede asks Inuyasha in which direction the scent went, and he tells her.

Inuyasha leads the directions of the scent of the ashes. Kagome thinks that is wasn't her that Inuyasha was looking into. That night Kagome lets Kaede sleep in her sleeping bag. Inuyasha tells her to get some sleep as well. The way he is sleeping reminded Kagome when she first saw him sealed to the tree she first met him. For when he gave a look on his face to Kagome is wasn't hatred in his eyes, for she wonders if he actually loved Kikyo.

The following morning Kaede tells Inuyasha the story of Kikyo's grave that she was a loved one left behind, for she was a powerful priestess. Ever since she died her spirit encourages the villagers to be strong. Kagome finds it obvious that Inuyasha did loved Kikyo all along ever since her death. Her eyes begin to fill up with tears which gives Inuyasha the creeps. She makes an excuse for she was thinking of something funny. Inuyasha wants answers but Kagome tells him to forget it.

Beyond the mountains Urasue enters her kilt cave where inside a tomb is surrounded by burning ashes. She throws a plant on top of the tomb and then fires go out, she stabs a hole which cracks and tells the person to rise. the tomb opens and comes out Kikyo. Urasue wants her to retrieve the remaining shards of the jewel for herself. The body rises but wasn't about to move. Urasue realizes that her soul has reincarnated into another, then she throws Kikyo to the side.

In the forest Inuyasha and the crew find tombs all around them. They make it to a bridge which scares Kagome. Inuyasha tells her to go wait by the end of the other side they came. But she refuses. On the other are other tombs and out came clay soldiers. They are surround by a lot of. Inuyasha manages to beat them, but there are too many to beat. Urasue hears the noise outside and decides to see what's going on. She grabs hold of the herb but the clay Kikyo won't let go of it. The clay figures hears the voices as well. Urasue sees the girl on the bridge and finds out that she's her double. She breaks the bridge which causes everyone to fall but she grabs Kagome for she has things to resurrect Kikyo. Kagome has a bad feeling about it.