its night time. there is an old lady with long grey hair chanting near a fire. as she continues to chant the fire becomes larger. in a nearby village a man in is serious pain. when the old woman put a small piece of paper into the fire the man suffers more. the 4 men around him ask if there is anything they can do to help him. the fire has now blown out and kagura shows up behind the old lady. kagura asks, arent you a black priestess, tsubaki? the old lady slowly gets up and tell her that if she is trying to stop her curse it is too late. kagura tell her that that is not the reason she is here, she came to pick her up. tsubaki demands to know if kagura is a demon and quickly unleashes a snake after kagura. kagura easily destroys the snake and teh snake blows up and turns into several pieces of paper. kagura tell tsubaki with a smile that she wants to borrow her power for a bit. tsubaki ask her what would a demon want from her. kagura asks her if she still has a grudge on kikyou. this catches tsubakis attention and she turns to kagura. back in kagomes time she is in math class. kagome is horrified looking a tall these problems. she doesnt understand them at all. in every class that she goes to she keeps thinking that she doesnt know any of this. kagome has a stressed out look on her face. her english teacher calls on kagome to read the next part. kagome doesnt answer and just has the most stressed out expression yet. school finishes and kagome is walking home thinking, (she sighs) i have forgotten everything i have learned before, i feel so far behind. all of her friends are behind her. ayumi whispers to yuka and erri that kagome doesnt look to well. yuka whispers back that it must be that ex boyfriend of hers. erri says, oh u mean that two timing jealous selfish rough guy that dumped her? yuka responds, yea she must still be thinking about him. the three of them walk up to kagome, the tell her to keep her spirits up. erri puts her hand on her shoulder to comfort her. yuka finally catches up and says, thats right especially with that boy. kagome wonders who she is talking about then finally realizes that its inu yasha yuka meant. they all tell her to dump him completely. kagome says, uh well we um.... yuka quickly interrupts her and demands to know what is going on with them. kagome says with a smile, it looks like we are getting along just fine. erri and yuka have the funniest 'say what?!!?!' expressions on their faces. ayumi just stares at kagome. LOL. they go off to wacdonalds. they ask her if the are together again.kagome talks about inu yashas gentle side. they are surprised by her words. they ask if he is not bothering re then why is she so depressed. kagome tells them it school that is stressing her out. erri and yuka says that even thought they are there everyday there are still parts that are confusing. kagome erri and yuka all sigh together. ayumi as positive and hopeful as always tell her that if she review and studies she'll be fine, and that lessons are fun. erri yuka and kagome totally freak out and scream.LOL. ayumi wonders why they are acting like this and if she said something weird. yuka put her hand on her head and says, uh uh nnnno. kagome looks at her watch and says she has to go and if she comes late, that guy is going to come meet her. aymui gets all excited and says, wow he is coming to meet u, he must be a gentle person. erri has a funny expression again. lol. yuka and erri roll their eyes and think to themselves, he must be selfish and jealous. kagome with a big smile on her face waves kagome. they all hope that kagome will be already going back to him. ayumi is confused again. tsubaki is riding on kaguras faether with her. they make their way through thick purple smoke. tsubaki is impressed by the barrier. kagura tell her to hold on tight. the purple smoke disappears and there is narakus castle. naraku is sitting by himself next to the window as always. kagura comes in with tsubaki and tells naraku that she went and found her. tsubaki slowly approaches him and asks him what he plans o do with her.naraku says , about 50 years ago, u should remember a prietess named kikyou, to steal the jewel. tsubaki says with a smile, wow u seem to know alot about such old things. naraku asks her if she would use her wicked powers for him. tsubaki asks him what good will come to her if she offers her powers. naraku says that she will gladly give her the jewel. tsubaki is shocked and her hair starts to blow around wildly. as she slowly stands up her hair becomes healthier, all the wrinkles in her hands and face disappear. she has returned to her young form. tsubaki asks him if he has it. kagura says in complete shock, that old hag has changed herself.tsubaki turns around to look at kagura and says angrily to watch her mouth and that THIS is her true appearance. narkau this to himself, that in order for tsubaki to retain her youth she mustve sold her soul to a demon, and ontop of that, the parnter is not an ordinary demon, this woman must be looking for a stronger one. tsubaki calmly tells naraku to prove that he has the jewel. he asks her is she wishing for eternal youth from the jewel. naraku opens his hand and shows her his almost completed jewel. tsubaki asks him what he wants from her. back in kagomes time, kaogme is packing up her bag with junk food. her mom goes over to her offer hre to bring something healthy. kagome thanks her. grnadpa suddenly opens the door with a long thin silverish object and a handful of charms. he smiles and tells kagome to take these. souta sighs kagome tell grandpa she doesnt need those. grandspa looks very disappointed and sad. buyo walks over and scratches her ankle. souta asks her why she is leaving already. kagome tells him that everyone is waiting for her. souta asks about inu yasha. kagome says yes yes him also. everyone is waiting for me. kagome keeps on packing when she says that she wants to go back to the feudal era. souta ask if he can go. kagome says that if he went he still would be a scaredy cat and would want to go back immediately and ur still very young. souta asks, and why is it ok for u to go? kagome finishes packing and says she is used to it. kagome bag is completely full of supplies. she tries to carry it on her back but it is to heavy and takes out all her school books. in the orange purple sky several birds are flying over head. inu yasha is annoyed that she is late and thinks about kagomes promise to return by sunset. inu and shippo are both sitting on the roof of a building. shippo just repeated what inu was thikning about. inu gets his fist ready to strike shippo and punches him in the head. LOL. shippo scream WHAT DID U DO THTA FOR. inu tells shippo to shut up, jumps off the roof and leaves. suddenly a gust of strong wind blows. shippo wonders what that was about. sango comes out and asks shippo if he is ok. shippos tail is shaking crazily. LOL. as inu continues to find kagome he stops and smells something weird and head off to find what it is. kaede also senses something strange. miroku comes up behind her and asks if she senses it as well. she tell him, yes an evil aura is sneaking in. wind is blowing and kaede says its as if the evil aura is coming on the ground. miroku asks her what it could be. kaede says that she has no idea.kagome comes out of the well and lifts her bag over the side of the well with difficulty. something on the grass spots kagome and approaches her.kagome put one foot out of the well and a see through snake squeezes her ankle and bites her. kagome rubs her leg, looks around wonders what bit her. the grass sways back and forth but there is no sign of what bit her. inu yasha arrives and is annoyed that she is late. kagome tells him that she was bitten by something and points in the direction infront of her. inu yasha runs off to find it. he sees a shadowy figure and uses iron reaver on it. but the figure was just paper. inu can believe his eyes an look around. the wind starts blowing harder. the snake slithers over to tsubaki and rest on her shoulder. tsubaki presses its head and kagomes blood drips from its fangs. kagura asks her if she is done. tsubaki smile and says yes. she tells kagura to carry her again. kagura says in an annoyed tone, feh to self important. she pulls out her feather more forcefully than usual and tsubaki and kagura fly off. kagome waits patiently for him and inu returns tell her that it was strange and he defeated it. he hold out his hand infront of her and three are bits os paper with words on them. darkness covers the land and kagura and tsubaki land near a small building. tsubaki tell her that she can handle it from her and kagura turns into a tornadoe and disappears. kaguras feather flies overhead when tsubaki opens the door. she place the jewel on a small square surface and starts cackling evily. everyone is around kagome. kagome tell everyone that she was bitten. shippo asks her if she is sure because there are no bite marks. kaede asks inu yasha to show him those papers. inu yahsa looks at her curiously while she examines the papers. kagome reaches for her bag and tells everyone that they brought stuff for them. shippo screams with excitement. kagome gives him a box of doughnuts, inu yasha potatoe chips, and passes out teh rest of the food her mother made for them. kaede tells that all that this is shikigami ( ceremonial god, enscripted onto a sheet.) kagome asks her what that is but then kagome begins to pulse and realizes that it mustve had to do with the shards. inu abruptly asks her what wrong. kagome takes out her bottle of shards and they are all black. tsubaki squeezes her blood onto the jewel and the bottle shatters and the 3 shards fly into her neck. everyone is concerned about her as she limply falls to the ground. inu quickly stands up yelling her name hoping for a response. tsubaki drips more of her blood onto the jewel and says that the shards went into kagomes body will respond to this ball (the jewel) that has been defiled by naraku and kagome will be binded even in heart and body. black smoke fills the jewel. there are 3 black circles on kagomes neck where the shards went in. tsubaki continues that when this happens the fate will be at her beckoning. the head of narakus puppet appears behind her telling her no to underestimate kagome. tsubaki responds, dont make me laugh she didnt even know she was under a curse. (the snake slithers around the surface the jewel is on and the jewel darkens even more.)u say that she was teh reincarnation of kikyou, so i thought how much of a prson but... now what r u going to do? i could continue to curse-kill her or.. naraku laughs and tell her that they should show inu yasha a nightmare, an old dream of a beloved woman. darkness fills the jewel. every tells kagome to hold on. kaede explains that something is cursing kagome. kagome starts breathing heavily. inu asks her what she means. kaede explains that this must be the work of a black priestess and the one that bit her at the well must have been summoned by the black mikos shikigami. inu yasha looks up with interest and asks kaede about black priestesses. kaede tell him that he should know of their existance, having interest in a curse specialty, a wicked priestess, it was because of her power that teh jewel was defiled. a large black circle covers her neck. shippo realizes that the shards are completely into her body. sango is afraid that if this continues kagome will die from the poison. miroku stands up and tell sango that they should look for the black priestess and defeat her. that is the only way to stop this curse. inu says fiercely that he will go as well. kagome barely utters his name and inu turns toward her. miroku tell inu to stay here with kagome. inu agrees and gazes at kagome with concerned eyes. miroku is outside, he closes his eyes, sticks out his palm, moves it around. he stops and says and find the direction the evil aura is coming from. sango is riding on kirara in her demon exterminator outfit and tells him to get on. tehy fly off into the night sky. kaede and shippo watch from outside. shippo says, i beg of u. back inside kagome is still breathing heavily with her eyes closed. inu yasha is by her side and yells out her name. kagome hears tsubaki voice in her head saying "kill" and finally opens her eyes. kagome thinks who? tsubakis voice tell her to kill inu yasha (tsubaki voice gets more fierce) KILL INU YASHA. and kagomes neck blackens again. kagome thinks STOP IT STOP IT. tsubaki is annoyed that kagome is resisting. narakus puppet behind her remind her not to underestimate kagome and that she is a priestess. *flashback of tsubaki (her snake is brownish green not grey and her hair is black not grey) unleashing her snake after kikyou. kikyou simple hits the snake with her bow and the snake flies into tsubaki right eye tsubaki screams and blue energy comes out of her eye. kikyou tells her not to bother her again or she will kill her.* tsubaki is full of rage and thinks about kikyou unconcerned look and her scar on her right eye begins to appear. back with kagome her whole body begins to pulse. kaede is patting kagome head with a moisened cloth. shippo says very quickly is she is alright. inu puches him in the head. lol. shippo is angry with inu but once he sees how concerned inu yasha is he stops and looks back at kagome. kaede leaves to change the water. back with miroku and sango. miroku is move his staff around with his eyes closed so he can keep the direciton of the evil aura. miroku tells her to go to the right and off the fly into the night. outside,kaede is filling up the bucket with water and shippo is sitting next to her.shippo asks calmly is kagome will be alright. kaede tells him that kagome is probably fighting the curse. shippo is a bit relieved and says that kagome is strong. kaede worries that if this lengthens kagome might now be able to endure it. back with naraku and tsubaki. naraku asks her if she is still haveing difficulties. the snake is squeezing itself more tightly arounf the surface the jewel is on. tsubaki says that all the difficulties should end about now. tsubaki puts her hand over the completely blackend jewel. u can see tsubakis power (a blue mist surrounding her) she tells naraku that she will grant him his wish. inu yasha looks outside and is frustrated that miroku and sango havent returned yet.inu yasha punches the wall an dis angered that kagome is in pain and he cnat do anything to help her (awwwwe). an arrow is shot inu yasha sense it looks back and sees kagome standing up with her bow ready. the arrow just misses his head and hits the wall. inu wonders what is going on with her.kagome pulls back her bow reluctantly and gets ready to shoot. kagomes eyes look like kohakus when he is being controlled. kaogme is breathing harder and harder by the second. *flashback of when inu thought kikyou betrayed him* tsubaki voice comes back into her head and demands that she kill inu yasha. kagome weakly tells him to escape. but inu doesnt move. tsubaki is frustrated that even though her mind is being controlled her heart isnt. naraku laughs behind tsubaki saying that this has become more interesting, if inu yasha escapes he wouldnt care, curse kill kagome. kagome weakly tell inu to escape again. inu (while standing in an alert position) realizes she is being controlled by the black prietess. inu yasha moves to the right and kagomes bow and arrow follows him. he slowly moves to the left and the same happens. inu is angry that still miroku and sango havent gotten back yet. back with miroku and sango miroku feels that the evil aura has thickened. sango tells kirara to hurry up and kirara speeds off. they find where tsubaki is but there is a HUGE barrier surrounding the place. kirara tries to go through but is knocked backwards and they all fall to the ground. sango checks to see how miroku is doing. kikyou is walking through the forest with a determined expression on her face. she stops at a cliff that looks outward towards the barrier. she remember this evil aura. tsubaki tells narkau that kagome could be cursed killed any day now. naraku laughs and says, inu yasha, what r u going to do? be killed by kagome that way (tsubaki power can be seen again) or escape and let kagome die. kagome tells inu to escape again, inu doesnt know what to do, naraku laughs even harder now and says, be in pain inu yasha. kagome more forcefully tells inu yahsa to escape.