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 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.
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.