My wife's name is Platycodon

Under normal circumstances, it is better to avoid such ominous places.

He followed quickly with Shippo, passing through layers of trees and pushing aside the grass. Suddenly, the view became clear and he finally saw the figures of Inuyasha and Kagome in front of him.

Maitreya came to this empty place. Today was not a full moon, but it was bright enough to allow the quietly flowing river to steal a soft light. The stars dotted the sky, shining on this place full of flowers and green grass, like a fairyland.

Looking through the gap between Inuyasha and Kagome, I saw a holy priestess receiving dead souls by the river, with seven or eight dead soul bugs entangled around her body. Her clothes fluttered and her hair was light, as if she was floating in the air. Her otherworldly temperament was not something that could be seen in this world.

The arrival of a group of people obviously broke the silence. Kikyo had already sensed it, but she did not turn around. She still stood there, looking up at the starry sky.

Inuyasha looked at Kikyo's profile, unable to believe it, and muttered in a dream: "Kikyo..."

"Inuyasha, long time no see."

Kikyo spoke softly with a compassionate look. This body was so fragile, yet so sacred and inviolable, as if it had become an immortal who was detached from the world.

Miroku immediately knew who the shrine maiden in front of him was. He had heard Kagome mention Inuyasha's past, but no matter what, there was one person he could not get over, the powerful shrine maiden who died fifty years ago - Kikyo!

No wonder this face is very similar to Miss Kagome, because they are related in previous and present lives.

But even Kagome saw the real Kikyo for the first time. All the news she had heard before came from Granny Kaede, because Inuyasha rarely mentioned Kikyo's story to her.

Inuyasha was overwhelmed when he met his old friend again. He felt not only deep guilt, but also joy: "Kikyo, I thought you were dead."

On that day, the demon girl Rito abducted Kagome Higurashi, and used this reincarnated soul from the future to give Kikyo real life. But then Kagome woke up, the soul reversed, and returned to Kagome's body again, leaving this body made of grave soil and ashes with only intense resentment and malice to maintain its existence.

Today, Kikyo has nothing...

Kikyo finally turned around and looked directly at Inuyasha, her eyes showing no joy or sadness: "Yes, I died fifty years ago."

Hearing this, Inuyasha's throat seemed to be blocked by something. He opened his mouth several times but couldn't say anything. He could only lower his head dejectedly.

When Kagome saw Inuyasha's sad expression, her heart seemed to be gripped by something. This girl from modern times had developed feelings for Inuyasha without even knowing it, and her whole heart was on Inuyasha.

However, as a junior high school student, Kagome was still very young and did not understand this feeling or what it meant. She just instinctively felt sad and lost. She did not express it and was still trying to enlighten herself.

Yes, no wonder Inuyasha is like this, he likes Kikyo in the first place.

Really, why am I here? Why am I paying so much attention to them? I'm not dating Inuyasha, I feel like a fool.

Kagome looked at this scene sadly, and at this moment she felt redundant and embarrassed. She wanted to go home, forget everything here, and never come back.

And Kikyo took the dead soul into his body as if no one was around, and several dead soul worms were entangled around his body, obedient and well-behaved.

For a moment, no one spoke.

Inuyasha and Kagome had their own reasons. Miroku looked at the three people who had fallen silent and was very troubled. Finally, he spoke to break the silence: "Excuse me, Miss Kikyo, why do you want to collect the souls of dead girls?"

He actually already had the answer, but for now, no matter what grudges and hatreds the three of them had, communication was the prerequisite for solving the problem, and it couldn't go on like this forever.

Kikyo did not ignore the mage's question. She closed her eyelids slightly and said softly, "I don't have a soul of my own. I need to borrow these fake souls to control this body."

Having achieved his goal, Maitreya did not continue speaking. Instead, he hugged Qibao and hid silently behind a tree.

"Don't you think it's evil that a former priestess has fallen to this state?" Kikyo said to herself calmly.

Inuyasha said excitedly, "No, Kikyo, no matter what happens, I will never think you are evil."

"You are still the same Kikyo as before, but..."

Inuyasha clenched Tessaiga tightly, but he could never go back to the past. From the death of Kikyo, the past could no longer be reversed.

"You think so, Inuyasha!" As expected, Kikyo looked at Inuyasha's sincere expression, and the resentment in her heart seemed to surge again.

However, Kikyo closed her eyes, sighed, and everything was over.

"You guys go away, Inuyasha, don't come again, or you will be in danger!"

"Inuyasha, leave now before he finds out!"

After Kikyo finished speaking, she turned around and disappeared into the darkness step by step. Kagome suddenly called her: "Kikyo, Inuyasha... He didn't betray you. The one who designed you to become enemies was a monster called Naraku!"

Chapter 17: Kikyo's Cause of Death

Even Kagome herself didn't know why she called Kikyo.

Although she was unwilling in her heart, her body still took action one step ahead. Kagome, this kind-hearted girl, instinctively didn't want Kikyo to leave like this and miss her forever.

Perhaps it was out of resentment that he wanted to untie the knot of cause and effect between Kikyo and Inuyasha that had been tied into a knot and could no longer be reversed...

So, Kagome's words successfully made Kikyo stop. She turned around and looked at the girl who had mustered up the courage with a little surprise.

What a young life! Kagome has vigorous vitality, like a tender bud in early spring, and her sparkling eyes reveal a firm look.

Miroku and Shippo, who were hiding not far away and eavesdropping, were shocked by Kagome's choice. Shippo was dissatisfied. He and Kagome had a very close relationship and had experienced the test of life and death. Although he was a child, he had long seen that Kagome liked Inuyasha very much.

The only problem is, that stupid dog hasn't come to his senses yet, and is now even hesitating about his ex, making Kagome so sad that Shippo wants to kick Inuyasha a few times.

So when Kikyo was about to leave, Shippo was genuinely happy and kept shouting in his heart to hurry up and leave. But who would have thought that Kagome would stop him.

Shippo looked at Kagome with complicated feelings. His inner emotions were naturally not worth mentioning. Just as he was about to rush over, he was held tightly by Miroku and his mouth was blocked because of his weak body.

The wizard rolled his eyes. The triangle is the most stable shape. What are you, an outsider, doing involved? In this situation, even if Kikyo's sister, Grandma Kaede, came, she would have to stand aside.

Miroku respected Kagome's choice, and although they spent a lot of time together, they went through many hardships, enough to recognize a person's true nature.

But after all, this is something that outsiders cannot interfere with.

"Naraku." Kikyo whispered to herself. She had never heard of the name before and instinctively felt a sense of disgust.

In this land, this name means hell.

"Yes, Kikyo, the Inuyasha who betrayed you before was actually disguised as Naraku, and Inuyasha was also deceived by Naraku who pretended to be you." Kagome said loudly.

The source of all evil, Naraku! It was this monster that caused Inuyasha and Kikyo to become enemies.

Fifty years ago, Kikyo and Inuyasha reached an agreement to use the Four Souls Jewel to purify the half-demon blood in Inuyasha's body and become a real human.

The Four Souls Jewel will disappear from now on, and Kikyo will be liberated.

However, things did not go as planned. On the agreed day, Kikyo was seriously injured by Inuyasha's sneak attack. She dragged her bleeding body back to the village, but what she saw was Inuyasha rushing out of the village with the Shikon Jewel.

Without thinking too much, Kikyo ignored her own body and shot the sealing arrow, sealing Inuyasha in the sacred tree.

However, she herself was seriously injured and died with hatred in her heart.

Therefore, Kikyo showed rare interest: "Who is he and why does he do this!"

Kagome didn't hesitate and said directly: "Do you remember the bandit named Ghost Spider you saved before?"

Ghost spider? !

Kikyo was stunned and lost in memories. The name that had long been forgotten emerged here.

She did rescue a robber named Ghost Spider who fell off a cliff, but the man was covered in burns, with broken bones and tendons, and was left with only a barely gasping life.

She placed the spider demon in a cave outside the village, waiting for the moment of his ascension.

But... Kikyo suddenly looked back and found that she had died before Ghost Spider.

After her death, naturally no one knew the whereabouts of Ghost Spider.

"The spider demon had evil thoughts about you and offered his body to the monster, giving birth to Naraku. In order to seize the Four Souls Jade filled with resentment, he made you and Inuyasha kill each other. At that time, the Four Souls Jade stained with hatred would become even more evil and powerful..."

But Naraku did not expect that Kikyo restrained her murderous intent, or did not bring herself to kill Inuyasha, but chose to seal him. In order to prevent the Shikon Jewel from falling into the hands of monsters, she ordered her sister to cremate her body and let her soul take the Shikon Jewel to the underworld.

Time flies, and fifty years have passed in a flash.

The Shikon Jewel reappears, and Inuyasha is unsealed because of Kagome's arrival!

This is how it all turned out.

Kikyo wanted to laugh, but she couldn't laugh no matter what. The resentment in her heart was unexpectedly calm, as if she had fallen into an ice river, without the slightest ripple.

She listened to Kagome's story silently, without saying anything or doing anything, as if she was listening to a story that had nothing to do with her. She looked at Inuyasha deeply, then left again with heavy steps.

Kikyo's footsteps slowly crossed the grass, making a rustling sound. Under her black hair that reached her eyebrows, her pure eyes contained neither sadness nor relief, and her heart was as calm as an ancient well.

"Kikyo!" Kagome stretched out her hand again, as if trying to grab her.

"Why, any other questions?" Kikyo asked without turning her head.

Half of her body was submerged in darkness, and the other half was illuminated by the moonlight. At the junction of light and shadow, the shrine maiden's costume with white on top and red on the bottom seemed illusory. Kikyo's voice was so calm.

Kagome had a problem, and it was a big problem. She was shocked and puzzled: "How can you still be so calm?"

If it were her, if it were her...

"It's just because I accepted this fate, a fate that made me unbearable." Kikyo's voice was firm and calm.

Her figure finally disappeared into the darkness. Kagome was about to say something but stopped herself. Looking at Inuyasha who was still at a loss, she suddenly became furious and said angrily, "What are you still standing there for!"

Inuyasha grimaced. What could he do? How could he face this miko when he felt guilty towards Kikyo?

He had the strength but not the will. Holding the Tessaiga, he really could not do anything!

Kagome held back her heartache and angrily said, "Don't you still like Kikyo? Are you going to let her really leave and disappear forever?"

This sentence alerted Inuyasha and his ears pricked up. He noticed that Kikyo was getting farther and farther away. He didn't have time to refute the first half of Kagome's words, so he jumped up and rushed forward.

Yes, no matter what, Kikyo cannot continue to face this lonely world. Who knows, one day, she might die alone again.

"Kikyo!!" Inuyasha shouted, not noticing Kagome who was sad and tearful behind him.

He was very fast and had a keen nose. Although the smell of blood was strong here, Inuyasha believed that he could definitely keep up with Kikyo.

He rushed into the forest where Kikyo disappeared, and felt a darkness before his eyes. All the light disappeared behind him. Before he could adapt to the darkness, a strong wind suddenly came towards him.

Bang! !

A dog flew backwards at a speed faster than when it came, and hit a tree trunk directly, bouncing to the ground. Inuyasha lay on the ground with a grunt, his nose was sore and painful, and a warm liquid flowed into his mouth.

He saw stars.

Chapter 18: Come meet me in the village tomorrow

This change came suddenly.

Kagome was stunned for several seconds before running to help Inuyasha up.

"Inuyasha!" Shippo jumped out from behind the tree, resisted the urge to turn around and run, and quickly came over on all fours.

Kagome, who knew nothing, supported Inuyasha and stared blankly at the place where Kikyo left, not knowing what had happened.

Only Miroku knew that a momentum that made his scalp tingle was approaching.

A gust of air arose out of nowhere, like a backflow of wind, and the branches swayed restlessly and the grass trembled.

In this situation, Miss Kagome, who is still standing where she is, is the most dangerous.

He is a wizard and has been through many battles with great experience. He can almost predict the next scene without even watching it.

Miroku subconsciously tore open the seal on his palm, but suddenly realized that he could not use the wind hole. The wind hole was extremely dangerous and difficult to master. Once used, Kagome would die at the hands of that man or from the wind hole.

"Ms. Kagome, please get out of there quickly." Miroku reminded her immediately when he had no other choice.

Inuyasha was also much more resistant to beatings, with a physique beyond that of an ordinary person. He shook his dog ears and quickly woke up with the help of Kagome.

Then Inuyasha pulled out Tessaiga without thinking.

The slender and rusty demon sword transformed into a wide-backed, thick-bladed, thin-edged tooth knife the moment it was pulled out. The handle was wrapped in soft white hair, looking majestic and exuding a strong aura.

Inuyasha held Tessaiga in his hand and swung it upward diagonally. The sharp blade drew a half-moon arc, and the sharp sword energy broke out and slashed towards the darkness.

A hand stretched out silently from the darkness, with five fingers that seemed to be neither closed nor grasped, as if grasping something. The fingers were thick and they gently pinched against the knife energy.

呲!

The blade energy of Tessaiga shattered at his touch, and the scattered blade force burst out in all directions, smashing leaves, punching through grass, and even creating a shallow pit in the soft earth.

Inuyasha was startled and kicked Shippo who was running behind him away without hesitation, then jumped onto the nearest big tree with Kagome in his arms.

Click!

A fierce whip kick swept across Inuyasha's original position, but Inuyasha had already jumped out, and the whip kick swept past with undiminished power, with the length of the toes just scratching the edge of the tree.