Episode 62

Tsubaki's Unrelenting Evil Spell is 62nd episode of the InuYasha anime.

Plot
Tsubaki's curse traps Kagome's mind in a morden era illuson. Kagome refuses the illusion at first, but slowly falls for it, thinking her life in the Fuedal Era was only a long dream. The curse shows what her life could be like with her friends, exams, and her possible future with Hojo. However the curse begins to weaken when Kagome passes an archery range on her way home from school. There she fails at hitting a mark, and the range director speaks with her. The director is revealed to be Kikyo interferes with the curse and breaks the illusion. Kikyo leaves warning Kagome not to follow her footsteps making the same mistakes she did killing InuYasha 50 years ago. She leaves Kagome with the question "Who are you?" to remind her, she is Kikyo's reincarnation, not Kikyo, and karmically she is meant to surpass Kikyo correcting the mistakes of her passed life with different choices.

Kagome wakes up and a battle insues, ending in Kagome defeating Tsubaki in the same manner that Kikyo defeated her 50 years ago, albiet in a much more desperate manner. The defiled Shikon Jewel Tsubaki was using for the curse purifies, but before the heros can grab it, the disgraced Tsubaki escapes.

Far off, Kagura questions letting Tsubaki live retaining the Jewel. Naraku response is he will give her a chance for revenge before going to retrieve the Jewel.

Quotes
Naraku: "I'll get it back soon enough. Besides..." Kagura: "'Besides'...?" Naraku: [heavy with irony] "I have to give the Dark Priestess her chance at revenge, don't I?" Kagura: [catching on; then sarcastically] "Oh? Well aren't you the nice guy."
 * Kagura: "You're okay with this? Letting the Shikon shard go this way?"