Episode 174

Kikyo is able to partially heal Miroku, but warns him that he will die if he overuses his wind tunnel. After taking back his human heart, Naraku learns of Kikyo's plan to purify him by having him absorb Kohaku's Shikon jewel shard. Naraku entangles Inuyasha, Kikyo, and Kagome in his webs, which makes the wound she sustained from healing Miroku grow. After they free themselves, Kagome travels to Mount Azusa to obtain a bow that can save Kikyo, but only if she truly wants to save Kikyo. The Spirit Guardian there tests her, during which Kagome falls off a cliff. A phantom version of Kikyo appears and angers Kagome by telling her what she thinks of her. Kagome says she's jealous, then learns it was just an image of Kikyo created from her own insecurities. Kagome passes the test and obtains the bow.

Thus, Kohaku was persued by one of Naraku's minions. To save Kohaku, Kikyo's shikigami set a shower of butterflies like the ones like Kikyo's when she purified the webs from the young girl who was used to get Kikyo to touch the webs which instantly allowed Naraku to contaminate her with the webs according to his plan. That led the demise of Kikyo's Shikigami.

Regrets of Kagome
Kagome understands that she lookes at Kikyo as if she was cruel and unpassionate therefore she sticks to this side believing that this is the true nature of Kikyo because that Kikyo had attempted to kill Inuyasha therefore she ignored the other sides of Kikyo for consideration. After the test she finally realizes this and begins to also regret that throughout Kikyo's brink of death. Kagome knows that she is hedious of thinking that way therefore she confides these feelings to Inuyasha, but Inuyasha ignores her complaints over herself and said that it meant that her heart was strong. Her final reply mentally was,

"Is th...Is that true?" she asked.