Episode 33

Kikyo, Captured by Naraku is the thirty-third episode of the InuYasha anime.

Synopsis

 * 1) Kikyō is held by Naraku in his castle; Naraku put up a barrier around the place so Kikyō's Shinidamachū cannot enter, rendering her almost helpless.
 * 2) As Inuyasha and the others search for the kidnapped Kikyō, Naraku casts the evil spell of Illusory Death, which feeds on the sadness and fear of those effected by it.
 * 3) Kikyō steals Kagome's Shikon no Tama shard and gives it to Naraku; vowing to destroy him once he finds all of the shards of the jewel.
 * 4) Kikyō uncovers a secret about Naraku; he is a hanyō.

Summary


Outside of Naraku's castle, Soul Collectors are carrying souls to Kikyō but are unable to penetrate through Naraku's barrier. As Kikyō is laying on a futon, Naraku appears next to her and says he has put up a barrier and her soul collectors cannot get through. Kikyō opens her eyes. Naraku walks over to the other side of the futon and says to Kikyō without the souls of the dead she cannot move then sits next to her before wondering what she is thinking. Naraku says in the mountain where the Fuko spell was cast many demons were sealed inside in order to create his new body, lured by the miasma around the mountain Inuyasha stumbled into the scene and began fighting with the demon being forged into Kodoku then Kikyō appeared as her arrows has the power to easily break the seal of the spell. At the time if Kikyō had wanted to protect Inuyasha from being fused with the demon, she should have shot the demon with her arrow. The demon would have disintegrate and the Fuko spell would have been broken. Naraku questions Kikyō if she was trying to see what waited beyond the creation of the Kodoku. Kikyō says and there Naraku was and his disguise was fine then calls him, Onigumo. Naraku says that name is nostalgic from 50 years ago and tells Kikyō she saved a wounded fugitive and sheltered him in a cave as Onigumo offered his body to the demons latching onto his evil soul and thus was born himself, Naraku.

Naraku when he pulls out a shard of the Shikon no Tama, shocking Kikyō. Naraku confirms Kikyō's findings as it's the very thing she gave her life in trying to erase from the world, a fragment of the Sacred Jewel. Kikyō tells Naraku that she has heard he killed her in his desire to possess the Sacred Jewel. Naraku says to Kikyō it's laughable that he's telling it all to her a mere collection of the souls of the dead but the fragments are gathering within his grasp before he stood up and opened one of the castle door to let in a Soul Collector then destroyed it. Naraku places a corrupted shard of the Sacred Jewel on a soul, turning it red. Naraku asks Kikyō does she know the girl that resembles her and a battle between those who possess the power to purify evil then says if she yearns for this world she has to defeat Kagome. Kikyō looks at the corrupted soul that is flying towards her.

Sango feels that Inuyasha is acting strangely since Kikyō has been abducted, which is confirmed by his indolence. When Kagome asks Inuyasha to save Kikyō and destroy Naraku, he wants to do it alone. However, Miroku intervenes and says that he also wants to take revenge on Naraku and the others agree with him. Then they see the Soul Collectors flying in the distance and follow them. On the way, Sango asks Kagome why she is not actually with Inuyasha and she thinks that this is all Kikyō's fault and becomes surprised when she notices that she's blushing. Shippō and Sango become concerned about Kagome. Inuyasha and the group notice something weird about the Soul Collectors before Sango smashes one of the Soul Collectors, but it does not dissolve as normal, but his remains are those of a Saimyōshō, so it's a trap of Naraku they fell into. They all become separated.

Inuyasha sees a light and then finds himself back in the village 50 years into the past with it on fire and notices he has the Completed Sacred Jewel in his hand before he is hit by Kikyō's arrow. He tries to persuade her, but it doesn't help. Miroku notices that the others have disappeared and suddenly feels his Wind Tunnel opening up and wants to suck him in. Shippō realizes that everyone is gone and only sees their clothes lying around. Sango sees a forest colored red and her friends lying dead on the ground. They all died from Kohaku's hand, which then appears behind her and attacks her too. Naraku, in the form a puppet, sits with Kikyō on a tree in a barrier as her Soul Collectors are unable to pass through. Naraku enjoins their despair from afar, and wonders why Kagome alone is unaffected by the spell of the root-vines. He puts it to the Jewel shards in her possession, but that was Naraku's plan. Naraku tells Kikyō that he has set the stage for her. when Kikyō suddenly destroys the puppet. Naraku notices that Kikyō has destroyed his puppet and becomes upset that she dares defy him. Kagome comes and is happy that Kikyō is free as she runs towards her. However, Kikyō picks up her bow and arrow. Kagome stops running and becomes confused before Kikyō attacks her by shooting a big hole in the ground with an arrow and Kagome, who now has a scratch on her face now, falls into it. Kagome is left dangling over a deep hole in the ground, but the Soul Collectors bring her up again. Kikyō says to Kagome that Naraku is very afraid of her, who realizes that Kikyō has a shard of Sacred Jewel in her chest, which is corrupted by Naraku. Kikyō says to Kagome that she was a priestess who once held the completed Sacred Jewel in check and hasn't fallen so low as to be controlled by a mere fragment. To prove it, Kikyō purifies it the sacred jewel with her hand then takes Kagome's shards, which she wears around her neck. Kagome is pulled down into the abyss by the root-vines.

Inuyasha is almost shot in his illusion when Kikyō sinks to the ground due to her injuries and he promises her that he will protect her. The illusion-Kikyō itself gives him the idea that it is an imagination and that he has to protect Kagome as well then understand that it was all an illusion. He frees himself from the dark roots. Then he hears Miroku scream, who is still trapped in his illusion, and breaks the roots that control his thoughts, so that Miroku can snap out of it and comes to again. Miroku is now supposed to save the others and Inuyasha goes in search of Kagome and finds her. Inuyasha takes Kagome out of the bottom of the hole and he takes her out of the illusion, but she still seems under a shock. Upon Inuyasha and Kagome going out of the abyss, Kagome becomes shocked. Inuyasha notices Kikyō and sees that she has Kagome's Sacred Jewel shards then he sees that Kagome is scared. Inuyasha angrily questions Kikyō what did she do to Kagome. Kikyō asks Inuyasha what's the matter and wasn't he rejoined that she is well. Inuyasha tells Kikyō to answer him as what did she do to Kagome. Kikyō asks Inuyasha if she tells him that she tried to kill Kagome what will he do then, will he kill her. Inuyasha growls angrily at Kikyō. Kikyō asks Inuyasha what captured his heart when he was under Naraku's illusionary spell. In the illusionion, Inuyasha said that he rest assured and will always protect Kikyō.

Kikyō laughs at Inuyasha's indecision and says she doubts he can kill her before she leaves on her Soul Collectors with Kagome's shards, saying she will be waiting for the day when she and Inuyasha can embrace death together. Inuyasha asks Kagome what happened with Kikyō. Kagome says Kikyō took her Sacred Jewel shards and she's sorry. Inuyasha tells Kagome he wasn't asking that but did Kikyō really tried to kill her. Kagome angrily tells Inuyasha to not ask her, concerning Inuyasha. Kagome thinks to herself that it's not right as it's like telling on Kikyō. Miroku arrives with the others and asks Inuyasha and Kagome are they finished talking. Kagome thinks to herself that her life is meaningless to Kikyō and that she and her friends had been finally put to the test by the pain and confusion in their hearts and she had a small glimpse into her own heart where she saw her illusion of Inuyasha and Kikyō were together and kissing, in love with each other, which hurt her very much.

At Naraku's castle, Naraku sits in a room until he senses Kikyō coming. Kikyō tells Naraku that he is careless and with his puppet broken he could see nothing and remember that his petty sorcery doesn't work on her and the barrier around the castle preventing Inuyasha and the others from approaching was very easy for her to break. Kikyō throws Naraku Kagome's Sacred Jewel shards at his feet and asks him he wanted them and she will leave it in his possession as no one needs the power of the Sacred Jewel more than him since he was a hanyō not a yōkai, which interests him.

Kikyō tells Naraku that has disguised himself well but the blood of the thief, Onigumo, that courses through his veins cannot be erased as he desires the Sacred Jewel in order to become a full-fledged demon. Naraku asks Kikyō why hand him the fragments of the Sacred Jewel as he was not the one she seeks to avenge her death 50 years ago. Kikyō says her physical body died on that day but with her new borrowed body, she feels more comfortable and she doesn't expect Naraku to understand. As Kikyō leaves the castle, she tells Naraku she will return to the temple and she will neither run nor hide and if he has business with her, send a messenger. Naraku takes off his kimono as he notices the burn scars has appeared again and thinks to himself no matter how often he changes his body, the burn scars of the thief Onigumo will not disappear from his back. Kikyō thinks to herself that Naraku should go and gather the fragments of the Sacred Jewel and once he has completed it then she will send him to Hell and she's free to hate as her soul is much more free than it was back then and free to hate, free to love.

Differences from the manga

 * In the anime, the conversation between Kikyō and Naraku in Naraku's castle includes talk of the Shikon no Tama. This leads to Naraku giving Kikyō a soul with a corrupted Shikon shard in it, ordering her to kill Kagome. In the manga, there is no shard, Kikyō acts on her own.
 * In the manga, Naraku's Saimyōshō lure Inuyasha's group into Naraku's trap. In the anime, Saimyōshō disguised as Kikyō's soul collectors do this.
 * In the manga, the fake Kikyō pins Inuyasha to the Goshinboku. In the anime, however, Kikyō's arrow pierces him, but causes him to fall to the ground instead. Also, in the manga, Inuyasha is able to break free from the trap after remembering that Kagome told him he is no longer alone. In the anime, though, he breaks free after remembering that he needs to protect both Kikyō and Kagome.
 * The anime adds what Shippō saw in Naraku's trap.
 * The trap Sango falls into is much more gruesome in the manga, and has Kohaku thanking his elder sister for "letting him work under Naraku".
 * The confrontation between Kikyō and Kagome differs greatly between the two mediums. In the anime, Kikyō destroys Naraku's puppet before Kagome even notices the two. Kikyō then uses her arrow to create the hole that Kagome nearly falls into. In the manga, however, Kagome uses her arrow to destroy part of Naraku's puppet while Kikyō feigns being asleep. Naraku then opens the hole Kagome nearly falls into. This then leads to Kikyō destroying Naraku's puppet in front of Kagome before taking Kagome's Shikon shard.
 * In the anime, Kagome actually falls into the hole.
 * In the anime, Kikyō is much more hateful when speaking to Inuyasha, even admitting that she tried to kill Kagome. In the manga, Kikyō denies trying to kill her, laying the blame solely on Naraku.
 * In the anime, Kagome falls into Naraku's trap, as well. This does not occur in the manga.

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