Page 25

Panel 1

Inuyasha and Miroku fighting, surrounded by Rouyakan, Saimyoushou, and the bodies of wolves.

Miroku: What if Rouyakan is getting power from a Shikon fragment?

Inuyasha: What!?

Panel 2

View of Inuyasha and Miroku.

Miroku: If we could pinpoint its precise location, we should be able to destroy him!

Inuyasha: Where is it!?

Panel 3

Miroku looks up at Rouyakan.

Miroku: Unfortunately, I’m not that perceptive…

 

Panel 4

View of Kaede, and Inuyasha, who looks angry.

Kaede: We need Kagome's sight to find it…

Inuyasha: Quit bitching! Kagome isn't here anymore!

Panel 5

Koinu and Kagome face each other across the table at Wack Donald’s.

Koinu: Higurashi?

Kagome: Huh?

Koinu: What’s going on? You’re spacing out.

Page 26

Panel 1

Koinu looks at Kagome, who is embarrassed.

Kagome: S-sorry, what were you talking about?

Houjou: ............

Panel 2

Close-up of Koinu, looking forceful.

Houjou: Higurashi...why are you forcing yourself to do this?

Kagome: Huh?

Panel 3

Kagome looks surprised

Kagome: Oh, oh no, it's not like that …

 

Panel 4

View of the two.

Houjou: I can tell, okay? H-Higurashi, you’re really…

Kagome: Houjou-kun, I'm not really...

Panel 5

Koinu looks forceful.

Koinu: Despite being in bad shape, you forced yourself to come out, didn't you!?

Panel 6

Koinu reacts in shock as Kagome falls off her chair.

Panel 7

Close-up of Kagome climbing back into her seat, with a view of the wounded Inuyasha behind her.

Kagome: In—in bad shape? (thinks) He was wounded…could he be…

Panel 8

View of the two; Kagome has her hand over her heart.

Kagome: Houjou-kun, I'm sorry...I've got this pain in my chest.

Houjou: I knew it...

Panel 9

Houjou stands by Kagome.

Koinu: I’ll walk you home.

Kagome: No, that’s okay.

 

Page 27

Panel 1

On the street, Kagome turns to wave.

Kagome: Sorry about this! Ask me out again sometime, OK?

Panel 2

Koinu watches her go.

Houjou: Higurashi... (thinks) Even though she’s in pain, she wanted to see me…

Panel 3

View of Kagome running away.

Houjou: "Higurashi" is fast, isn't she....

Panel 4

Koinu looks downcast

Koinu: …particularly…when she’s running away from me

 

Panel 5

Koinu walks home sadly.

Koinu: I don't understand. Kagome, do you hate me that much? If you want me to leave you alone…

Panel 6

View of the outside of the well house in the Higurashi shrine complex.

Koinu: Just…

Panel 7

View of the interior of the well house.

Koinu: … tell me...

Panel 8
Kagome kneels at the bottom of the well, digging in the dirt.
Kagome: Where is it?

Panel 9

Close-up of Kagome.

Kagome: Where is it!?

Panel 10

Close-up of Kagome.

Kagome: I want to go back. Is Inuyasha okay!?

Page 28

Panel 1

Koinu takes off his shoes as he enters the Houjou house.

Koinu: I'm home.

Haruka (offscreen): Koinu-chan?

Panel 2

Koinu heads for stairs, Haruka follows.

Haruka: Koinu-chan? How was the movie?

Koinu: Fine.

Haruka: How did things go?

Koinu: Fine. It was fine.

Haruka: How was your young lady friend?

Koinu: Fine. She was fine. She showed up and everything.

Haruka: Would you like—

Koinu: Mom, it was fine. I'm tired. I'm going up to my room. OK?

Panel 3

Haruka watches Koinu disappear upstairs.

Haruka: . . .

Panel 4

Close-up of Haruka.

Haruka: Damn that little bitch.

Panel 5

View of Kagome digging in the well with her hands, with the ground glowing.

Kagome !

 

Panel 6

Kagome is floating in space-time in the well.

Kagome: Ah...

Panel 7

Kagome and Shippou are in the well in the Sengoku Jidai era.

Kagome: The Shikon fragment!?

Shippou : Huh?

Panel 8

In the well, Shippou jumps into Kagome’s arms.

Shippou: Kagome!

Kagome :Shippou-chan!

Panel 9

View of Inuyasha and Miroku fighting wolves, with Saimyoushou in the air.

Inuyasha !

Page 29

Panel 1

Close-up of Inuyasha.

Inuyasha: Kagome's scent!?

Panel 2

Inuyasha turns to Miroku and Kaede, who are fighting Saimyoushou.

Inuyasha: Kagome's here!!

Miroku What...!?

Panel 3

Close-up of Inuyasha.

Inuyasha: It's her, all right!! Why has she...

Panel 4

Rouyakan stands in front of Inuyasha.

Rouyakan : You're not getting away!!

Panel 5

Inuyasha reaches for Tessaiga

Panel 6

Close-up of Inuyasha's hand pulling Tessaiga from its sheath.

Panel 7

Pullback of hand on Tessaiga—but it's Koinu's hand, and he sits in his room looking at the sword.

Panel 8

Full view of Koinu, lying on his futon, the scabbard in his left hand, holding Tessaiga in the air in his right.

Koinu: I didn't just make it up, did I? You're really Tessaiga, right? That's got to be Kagome, right?

Page 30

Panel 1

Koinu holds Tessaiga close to his face.

Koinu: Tessaiga, what's wrong with me? Why can't I just explain to her? Every time I start to talk, it's like my tongue just won't work. I just keep thinking she'll think I'm crazy, or something.

Panel 2

Inuyasha swings the transformed Tessaiga, hitting Rouyakan.

Koinu (offscreen): This whole story just sounds so crazy…

Inuyasha: Shut up!


Panel 3

Rouyakan is bleeding heavily from the snout.

Panel 4

Close-up of Miroku and Kaede, looking surprised.

Kaede : Whoa!

Miroku: He suddenly got stronger.

Panel 5

In foreground, IY is running, with Miroku and Ryoukan in background.

Miroku: Hey, you…At least finish him off before you go!

Inuyasha: I'll clean up later!

Panel 6

Inuyasha and Kagome embrace.

Inuyasha: You idiot. I told you never to come back here, didn't I?

Panel 7

Koinu hugs his sword.

Koinu: Sigh. She hates me. I lost her for years. And now she hates me.

Page 31

Panel 1

Inuyasha and Kagome embrace.

Inuyasha: Why did you…

Kagome: Because!

Panel 2

Koinu hugs his sword.

Koinu: I was supposed to find her, and I screwed it up. Now I can't even get her to talk to me.

Panel 3

Close-up of Kagome, her back to us, talking to Inuyasha, who faces us, looking astonished.

Kagome: I couldn't help it! I just wanted to see you.

Inuyasha: Wanted to see…

Panel 4

Close-up of Koinu

Koinu: Let's face it. The last person she wants to see is …

Panel 5

Superimposed Inuyasha (smiling slightly) and Koinu (looking downcast).

Inuyasha and Koinu: …me…

Houjou (offscreen): You ask why I didn’t just give up. You think I was naïve. You think I was clueless. I tell you this: from the moment of my birth, I knew there were two unalterable truths in the universe. The first: That I had to find Kagome in her realm. The second: That Kagome would love me…forever.

 

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