Scroll Eight

The Scent of Death

Page 134
1[Flashback: Kikyo: I died hating you…my soul cannot reach nirvana! With you living even for one day, I cannot be saved!(end flashback)]
2[Inu-yasha: Kikyo…do you still hate me?]

Page 135
1[If I exchanged my life for death…would it calm your anger?]
2[Kikyo!]

Page 136
1[Kagome: I can’t move…]
2[Kikyo: You cannot make any movements. Not even your loudest yells can be heard.]
3[Kikyo: Further more, the shape of your body will not be reflected into Inu-yasha’s eyes.]
4[Kikyo: This way, you won’t be able to interrupt us…]
5[Kagome: Kikyo…do you plan on killing Inu-yasha? You hate him that much? ]

Page 137
1[Kikyo: Inu-yasha...wishes for my death.
Kagome: You’re wrong!]
2[Kagome: Inu-yasha is still in love with you!]
4[Kagome: Ch! I just had to say that.]

Page 138
1[Kagome: Inu-yasha…]
2[Kagome: Ah…]

Page 139 1[Inu-yasha: Kikyo…]
3[Kagome: Inu-yasha…you really can’t see me!]

Page 140
1[Inu-yasha: So it was you…who was collecting all these dead souls..after all…]
2[Kikyo: …]
3[Inu-yasha: Why…]
4[Kikyo: This…body made from earth and bones, without souls to fill it…cannot move freely.]

Page 141
1[Kikyo: Inu-yasha…am I that disgusting? The rage I feel for you powers me to collect more and more souls, for if I don’t, I will be stuck in the living forever.]
2[Kagome: Kikyo…]
3[Inu-yasha: Bi…]
4[Inu-yasha: Bitch! I know you must loath me! But…]

Page 142
1[Inu-yasha: Not a day has gone by where I haven’t thought about you! 3[Kagome: Inu-yasha…truly loves Kikyo…]

Page 143
1[Flashback: Inu-yasha: I would like for you to stay by my side.(end flashback)
Kagome: Then…why did he tell me that?]
2[Kagome: …
Inu-yasha: No matter what you turn into, I could never find you disgusting, I could never hate you.]
3[Kikyo: …]

Page 144
1[Kikyo: Re..ally..?]
2[Inu-yasha: Kikyo…?]
3[Inu-yasha: !]

Page 145
1[Kikyo: Aren’t you afraid of me? You may die by this very hand…]
2[Inu-yasha: …]
3[Kagome: It’s dangerous! Inu-yasha! Run…]

Page 146
1[Inu-yasha: !]
2[Kagome: Huh?]

Page 147
1[Kagome: Wha wha wha what? (Actually, there are five "wha"s. I shortened them.)]
2[Inu-yasha: Ah…]
3[Kikyo: I’ve always wanted to do that when I was still alive…
Inu-yasha: Kikyo…]
4[Kagome: What’s with this…? Isn’t this a happy ending?]
5[Kagome: What am I doing here in the first place? I’m so stupid!]
6[Inu-yasha: Kikyo…]

Page 148 1[Inu-yasha: I miss Kikyo’s scent…on the other hand…]
2[What’s unerving is that this is the smell of death…the same smell that is used to create the image of a burial ground.]
3[Inu-yasha: Kikyo…what should I do?]
4[Kikyo: We…cannot return those times anymore…so, for the time being…let’s just stay like this…]
5[Kagome: I can’t stand it anymore!]

Page 149 1[Kagome: !]
2[Kagome: What…]
3[Kagome: The ground…]

Page 150
1[Hasn’t Inu-yasha discovered yet? He’s being pulled into the ground!]

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