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Kikyou （桔梗） is a miko (Shrine Maiden) from the story "InuYasha", she was
assigned by Sango's village to purify the fabled Shikon no Tama, which was
created by another miko known as Midoriko. Kikyou could never force herself
to kill Inuyasha who, unlike the other youkai was half human. They were
bonded to each other by inescapable odds. Kikyou started to have feelings
for Inuyasha and the same feeling was returned by him. Kikyou told Inuyasha
that the sacred Tama that she was protecting could be used to make him a
human, which was something he originally did not want until he had fallen
for her.
One day while heading towards the area where Inuyasha ususally waited,
she was attacked by what appeared to be Inuyasha. A huge gash on her
shoulder, she collapsed as Naraku (In the form of Inuyasha) left with the
jewel proclaiming that he would kill everyone in her village. Kikyou
eventually made her way to the village.
Holding on to her last bit of strength she released an arrow, sealing
Inuyasha in what was supposed to be an eternal slumber. She passed away
shortly after, with the Shikon no Tama in tow.
In present day Tokyo, a young girl named Kagome turns 15 and on her way
to school heads to the well on the family property. She was going to
retrieve her cat Buyo from the area, since it was forbidden. When she
approached the well a strange Centipede Mistress Youkai emerged from the
well, taking a very confused Kagome back to the Sengoku Jidai (Feudal Era of
Japan). Kagome was proven to be Kikyou's reincarnation in that the Shikon no
Tama was within her body... she awoke Inuyasha and the adventure for her
began.
Kikyou, however, had been dead for 50 years already until the youkai,
Kijo Urasue attacked her village and stole Kikyou's ashes along with some
burial ground. Using her powerful magic, she re-created Kikyou's body in the
hopes that Kikyou would get the Shikon shards (which were incidently
shattered by Kagome) but, to the old youkai's dismay Kikyou's soul had not
returned to her body.
Angered for a while, until Kagome and Inuyasha, along with Shippo and
Kaede (Kikyou's sister), were attacked by Urasue's guards. With a quick
attack, the Youkai had Kikyou's reincarnated soul and eventually (With
Inuyasha's unknowing help) totally revived Kikyou, who immediatly killed
Urasue and went on to attack Inuyasha. Kagome however, somehow managed to
get most of her soul back after Kikyou's assault. With only one part of soul
within her Kikyou fled, fueled by hatred for Inuyasha.
Kikyou's name means "Chinese bellflower"
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