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Episode Summaries-14 to 24

                            Episode 14
                     Kikyo's Stolen Ashes
An old woman named Urasue attacks Kaede's village and steals Kikyo's bones. Inuyasha is dreaming about Kikyo and notices the old woman escape. Kaede tells him what happened, but he is unwilling to do anything about it because of his hatred for Kikyo. They finally decide to get Kikyo's bones back, and Kagome begins to wonder about Inuyasha's relationship towards Kikyo. She soon learns that he was in fact in love with her, but that they couldn't be together because of her role as a priestess and the fact that he's a demon. They enter Urasue's cave and learn that she has created a new body for Kikyo, and is planning on using her to gather Shikon shards. As they are attacked by her guards, Urasue learns that Kikyo no longer has a soul that can be brought back from the spirit world and is very upset by this. She soon notices the similarity between Kikyo and Kagome and manages to abduct Kagome for use in her plot to resurrect Kikyo.

                               Episode 15
                   Return of the Tragic Priestess, Kikyou
After defeating the clay warriors, Urasue potholed against them, Kaede realizes what her plot is and why she taken Kikyo's bones along with Kagome. Meanwhile, Urasue has placed Kagome in a cauldron of herbs that will pull her soul out and allow the new body of Kikyou to absorb it and be resurrected. Inuyasha and Shippo arrive in time to see Kagome's soul leave her body.This causes Kikyou to awaken. Urasue tells her to kill everyone, but Kikyou quickly decides to kill Urasue and demands to know why Inuyasha killed her. He has no idea what she's talking about, as it was Naraku disguised as Inuyasha that fatally wounder Kikyou. Kikyou begins attacking Inuyasha while Shippo pulls Kagome out of the cauldron. Kaede tells Shippo that Kagome will never reawaken until Kikyou has had her revenge against Inuyasha. Just then, Kikyou wounds Inuyasha and Kagome begins to reawaken, parts of of sould leave Kikyou, but strangely as she fully recovers Kikyou is still alive. The barely living Urasue explains that Kikyou is only alive because her hate for Inuyasha is so great. Kikyou leaves and Inuyasha follows her. He saves her from jumping off a cliff and tries to get her to give the last of Kagome's soul back. Kikyou instead loosens herself from his grasp and falls, dissapearing into the fog below. 
                                 Episode 16
                        Mystical Hand of the Amorous Monk, Miroku
 A monk is trying to decide which path to follow. Upon hearing that some women are down one path, the monk Miroku decides to investigate. Unfortunately for him, they wind up being rather large, but he then heads off to exorcise a demon from a Buddha statue and rob the family blind in the process. Later, Miroku spies on Kagome as she bathes and realizes that the group has some of the Shikon shards. The next morning Miroku along with his Tanuki partner confront the group.Miroku and Inuyasha square off. Kagome saves Inuyasha from the void in Miroku's hand. After some flirting on Miroku's part it is revealed that Naraku is the one responsible for the void in Miroku's hand and he decides to join up with them to fight Naraku together.

                                Episode 17
               The Cursed Ink of the Hell-Painter
Inuyasha and the others come across a battlefield, but he doesn't smell any blood, only ink.They also discover an artist who is able to make his drawings of demons come to life and attack people. The artist manages to escape, but soon a local lord becomes involved as he seeks the power of the artist's Shikon shard. While trying to save the lord, Inuyasha manages to cut the inkwell of the artist in half destroying the monsters. The artist is killed by his own creations as well and another shard is gained.

                                Episode 18
                       Naraku and Sesshomaru Join Forces
Sesshomaru returns with an oni's arm replacing the one he lost in his first battle with Inuyasha. Naraku arrives and offers Sesshomaru a new arm- a human arm that will allow him to hold the Tessiaga and a Shikon shard to increase his power. Sesshomaru manages to get the Tessiaga from Inuyasha after tracking the group down and shows his capability by slaying hundreds of mountain demons in one blow. He uses the Saimyosho bees that Naraku gave him to keep Miroku from using his void and then he and Inuyasha begin to square off. Luckily Kagome steps in with an impressive save and takes aim for Sesshomaru's
head.

                                    Episode 19
                     Go Home to Your Own Time, Kagome!
 Kagome fires the arrow, but misses Sesshomaru. Inuyasha steps in to protect her while she tries to treat Miroku who was poisoned by the bees. Miroku learns from Jaken that it was Naraku who gave Sesshomaru these new tricks. Inuyasha manages to get the sword and Sesshomaru's human hand but is severely wounded in the process. Without a human hand or the sword, Sesshomaru decides to retreat. The Saimyosho follow Sesshomaru trying to get the Shikon shard back for their master, and as the remnants of the arm begin to act up, Sesshomaru quickly discards it. A gravely wounded Inuyasha escorts Kagome back to the well to send her home, hugs her, takes her Shikon shards and then tosses her down the well. With the well blocked on Inuyasha's end Kagome is stuck in the present.

                                    Episode 20
         Despicable Villain! The Mystery of Onigumo
Kagome returns to her normal routine of going to school  while in the past Inuyasha is learning the origin of the evil Naraku. Kaede tells the group of a thief who was severely burned all over his body and was unable to walk. Kikyou cared for him in a small cave where he lived. Onigumo lusted for Kikyou. Kaede takes Miroku and Inuyasha to visit the cave where Onigumo once lived and explains how he allowed powerful demons to eat him which combined their power with his and created Naraku. Soon Miroku and Inuyasha hear Shippo calling from near the well. He is being attacked by Royakan, a wolf demon. During the fight, Inuyasha reopens his wounds from his battle with Sesshomaru. In the present three days have passed and Kagome is still trying unsuccessfully to get back through the well. Royakan attacks again with even more power thanks to a second Shikon shard Naraku has placed on his head. Naraku releases the Saimyosho to prevent Miroku from opening his void and Inuyasha is too weak to fight back.

                                       Episode 21
                       Naraku's True Identity Unveiled
In the present Kagome decides to go on a date with Hojo, her classmate. She stops by the well one last time before leaving. In the past things are getting rough as Shippo runs away from Royakan's wolves and manages to squeeze past the tree and down to the bottom of the well. Kagome senses the shard on the other side, but sees nothing so she decides to leave for her date. Hojo thinks she's sick so she ends the date early and heads back to the well. After some digging she manages to make it through. While this is happening Naraku reveals that he is the one behind the fight that caused Inuyasha and Kikyo to hate each other 50 years ago. Inuyasha manages enough strength to drive Naraku away and Kagome helps remove the Shikon shards from Royakan's head.

                                      Episode 22
                   A Wicked Smile; Kikyou's Wandering Soul
The gangs are spending the night in a small village guarding a diseased girl's soul from soul stealing demons that have been seen in the area. In another small town it appears that Kikyou has survived the fall and is trying to start a new life. One of the local priests, Seikai, senses something is different about her and attempts to use a ward on her. Nothing happens to Kikyou but she gives the preist a jolt for his trouble. Kikyou has developed a friendship with a young girl in the town by the name of Sayo. Sayo has noticed that Kikyou seems troubled by something, and that night follows her down to the river. She watches as Seikai and his assistant attempt to get rid of Kikyou who proves too powerful for the priests. After seeing this Sayo runs away and Kikyo realizes that she will be unable to return to the village. The next morning Inuyasha and the others see Seikai's assistant floating unconscious in the river. After saving him he tells them about a a preistess that resembles Kagome and they learn that Kikyo is the one responsible for the soul stealing demons that they had come across. Inuyasha is very upset about the news and goes off on his own, and soon Kagome finds herself seperated from Miroku and Shippo and face to face with Kikyou. 

                                Episode 23
                    Kagome's Voice & Kikyou's Kiss
Inuyasha searches the riverbank for any signs of Kikyou and finds her ribbon. Kagome is magically bound by Kikyou and tries her best to tell her how Naraku was the one that actually killed her and not Inuyasha. Kikyou no longer cares and just wishes to be reunited with Inuyasha in death rather than life. She says she can not overcome the deep hatred she has harbored for him. Soon Inuyasha arrives and confronts Kikyou. He tells her how much he still cares for her and how often the thinks of her, but Kikyou no longer cares. She explains that she needs the souls of the dead to stay "alive". Inuyasha is unable to see Kagome thanks to Kikyo's spell, and he speaks about his feelings from the heart. Kikyou takes him in her arms and Kagome watches as the begin to sink into hell. Kagome manages to free herself from Kikyou's spell and awakens Inuyasha who then escapes from Kikyou's grasp. Kagome then begins to pull the souls that Kikyou had taken back out of her which causes Kikyou to flee. Now out of danger, Kagome tells Inuyasha that she wants to be alone for awhile. Kikyou it seems has travelled back to see her sister Kaede and learn about Naraku. Kagome heads back home through the well and becomes furious when she overhears Inuyasha say he wishes he could have them both.

                                   Episode 24
                   Enter Sango, the Demon Slayer
In the Exterminator Village a young girl named Sango prepares her brother Kohaku for his first demon extermination that night. The two siblings and their father travel to the castle where they will be working. Upon arriving the lord express his worries about the abilities of Sango and Kohaku, but their father reassures the lord they are the best in the business. After fighting a large spider demon, Kohaku seems to lose control and begins killing his fellow exterminators, his father, and then stabbing his sister in the back. Sango realizes that the lord of the manor is in fact the demon scheming her little brother, and tries to kill him, but the manor guards kill Kohaku with a volley of arrows and then shoot Sango as well. Out of nowhere the young master of the manor emerges and kills the demon pretentiousness as the lord of the manor. He orders that the exterminators be hidden in the garden. Inuyasha and the others notice a large swarm of demons flying through the air and decide they should follow them to see what is going on. When they finally catch up to them, they see that the Exterminator Village has been completely smashed and that everyone there has been killed. Back at the young lord's manor he is stunned to see that Sango is still scarcely alive and has treated her wounds as finest he could. As she recovers she overhears the young master being told of the village's destruction by Naraku. Sango is obviously upset and Naraku tells her that Inuyasha is the one that destroyed her home. Meanwhile at the Exterminator Village the group helps to bury the dead, and Kirara, a giant cat creature arrives with Myoga who informs them of what took place.