Episode 191

Naraku's Uncertain Wish is the 24th episode of InuYasha: The Final Act.

Plot
On the ground below Naraku, Tōtōsai and Myōga look to the sky. Tōtōsai comments that Inuyasha must learn the final form of the Meidō Zangetsuha in order to defeat Naraku once and for all. Inside, Inuyasha, Kagome and Miroku make their final stand against Naraku as Sango rushes ahead of Sesshōmaru, Kohaku and Rin to reach her friends. Meanwhile Shippō and Jaken are on their own. Naraku floods his entire body with miasma, and it begins to effect Sango and Shippō. Shippō carries antidotes from Jinenji and persveres to reach the rest of his group. As Sango finally reaches her comrades, she hurls the Hiraikotsu and breaks through Naraku's shield, seriously wounding him. But Naraku counters by blasting her with a powerful stream of miasma, knocking her and Kirara unconscious. Miroku dives to save her, but she falls through a hole in the floor, and Miroku follows. Now only Kagome and Inuyasha remain with Naraku. Inuyasha curses his foe as he tries to use the Meidō Zangetsuha to no effect. The attack simply passes through him. Kagome tries to reason with Naraku, telling him that she knows the Shikon Jewel did not grant his true wish. That he wanted what he fought most against, companionship. That it was only because he know loss and suffering that his heart was so dead set against others benefiting from friendship and love. Naraku laughs and begins to absorb the Shikon Jewel into his body, gaining even more power. Separated from the others, Miroku waits with the unconscious Sango, wondering what to do. She wakes up long enough to beg him to take her with him into his Wind Tunnel. Miroku cannot do this however. As Sesshōmaru gets closer, he notices the flood of miasma and realizes that Naraku is getting desperate. With one cut he unleashes his Bakusaiga and deals the final blow against Naraku, and endless wave of cuts that will not stop until Naraku is gone. Inside Inuyasha and Kagome prepare to fight back and Inuyasha uses the black Tessaiga to unleash the final form of the Meidō Zangetsuha in multiple cutting blades. Naraku is seriously injured yet again, and Kagome prepares to shoot him and purify his soul with an arrow, as Naraku clings to life. However Byakuya appears and cuts Kagome with his sword. Inuyasha wastes no time in sending Byakuya to the afterlife with the Meidō Zangetsuha, but the demon has no regrets, he has served his purpose. Kagome seems fine however, unaffected by his attack. Meanwhile, the weakened Miroku and Sango literally fall on top of Shippo and his uses his antidotes to revive them. Back to fighting strength, the group pushes higher to find Inuyasha and Kagome. Sesshōmaru, Kohaku and Rin arrive to and the entire assembled group prepares for the final assault against a weakened Naraku.