Inuyasha
 -Sengoku o-Togi Zoushi-
         Part 326
 
 Version: 0.800
 Title: The Return
 Written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi
 Translated from: Shounen Sunday 2003 #39, 27th August 2003
 Copyright Rumiko Takahashi and Shogakukan 1996-2002
 Translation & editing by
 Chris Rijk
 Additional translating and editing by
 No one yet
 
 
 
 
 
 Although scene descriptions are provided, it is not nearly the same as
 seeing it for yourself. If you enjoy the series, I would strongly
 recommend buying the 'tankoubon' (collected version, each about 180
 pages or 10 chapters long, costing 410 yen) when they become available
 - the first was released on 18th April 1997, and the first 21 are now
 available.
 
 Warning: These translations will occationally include strong language,
 as well as violence, though this is only when it is present in the
 original Japanese version.
 
 
 
 
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 1
 [Closeup of Inuyasha with a fairly neutral expression. Behind him is Naraku,
 in pieces floating in the air.]
 Title: The Return
 
 
 
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 1
 [It's daytime in the "normal" world, and Kagura is flying on a feather
 through the sky.]
 Fx air: whoosh
 
 2
 [Closeup side view of Kagura.]
 Kagura: .oO(At the boundry between this world and the next...).
 Kagura: .oO(it would be wonderful if Naraku croaked, but...).
 
 3
 [View ahead - a small temple on the side of a rocky mountain cliff.]
 Fx air: whoosh
 Kagura: .oO(I doubt it'd go that well...).
 
 4
 [View from inside the single room temple - Hakudoushi is floating in the
 air, as if asleep and has a strong barrier around him. (beware of
 sleep-walking Youkai?)]
 Fx barrier: shhht...
 Kagura: !?
 
 
 
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 [Closeup of Hakudoushi, eyes closed.]
 Fx barrier: shhht...
 
 2
 [Kagura is now standing in the room.]
 Kagura: .oO(A barrier...?).
 
 3
 [Kagura turns to see Kohaku unmoving in another part of the room.]
 Kagura: Kohaku...
 
 4
 [Closeup of Kagura.]
 Kagura: What's that Hakudoushi up to now?
 
 5
 [Kagura turns away from Kohaku.]
 Kagura: But, I guess asking you is pointless.
 Kohaku: ......
 
 6
 [Dark frame.]
 Hakudoushi: {off} Kagura...
 
 
 
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 [Hakudoushi glances to the side.]
 Hakudoushi: Where were you?
 
 2
 [Kagura looks at Hakudoushi.]
 Kagura: ...So you were awake huh, Hakudoushi.
 Hakudoushi: Answer me.
 
 3
 [Closeup of Kagura.]
 Kagura: ......
 Kagura: Taking a breather.
 Kagura: Because it's tiring being with you every hour of the day.
 
 4
 [Closeup of Hakudoushi.]
 Hakudoushi: Humph...
 
 5
 [Some light starts to swirl at the top of the barrier.]
 Fx light: swish...
 Hakudoushi: !
 
 6
 [Closeup of Kagura looking a bit surprised.]
 Kagura: !
 
 7
 [Closeup of Kohaku with a slight expression.]
 
 
 
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 [Out of nowhere, another barrier seems to appear within Hakudoushi's barrier.]
 Fx new barrier: bwomph
 
 2
 [A flash of light comes out.]
 Fx light: vish
 
 3
 [Suddenly a brightly glowing object strikes Hakudoushi.]
 Fx Hakudoushi: thump
 
 4
 [Kohaku and Kagura look on in surprise.]
 
 
 
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 [Naraku appears (in pieces), within Hakudoushi's barrier, while an arrow
 crackles powerfully in Hakudoushi's chest.]
 Fx Naraku: whomph
 Fx arrow: crackle crackle
 
 2
 [Kagura and Kohaku look on in surprise.]
 Kagura: Na... Naraku!?
 Kohaku: ......
 
 
 
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 [Closeup of Hakudoushi, seeming in pain from the arrow which is melting a
 hole in his chest.]
 Fx arrow: sizzle...
 Fx mist: shh...
 
 2
 [Hakudoushi's barrier seems to vanish.]
 Fx Naraku: rustle...
 
 3
 [Closeup of Naraku's head (mostly back together)]
 Naraku: .oO(This arrow... Kagome is the one who fired it...).
 Naraku: .oO(the spiritual power is Kikyou's huh...).
 
 
 
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 [Closeup of Hakudoushi, whose eyes seem to be closing.]
 Naraku: .oO(If the barrier of Hakudoushi's that connected me to this world...).
 Naraku: .oO(had been shot through a moment earlier, I wouldn't have been able to return.).
 
 2
 [Closeup side view of Naraku.]
 Naraku: .oO(Kukuku... I guess luck is still on my side huh...).
 
 3
 [Misty frame. Scene change.]
 
 4
 [View of Inuyasha's father's skeleton in the boundry world.]
 
 5
 [Inside, Inuyasha is standing before Housenki, holding the glowing Shikon
 fragment. Kagome is standing just beside him.]
 Fx Housenki: hshhht...
 Inuyasha: Housenki...
 Inuyasha: I'll be taking the Shikon fragment.
 Housenki: Do as... you like...
 
 
 
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 [Closeup of Housenki.]
 Housenki: I... wasn't able to protect the Shikon fragment...
 Housenki: I didn't think that that evil being... would come all the way here.
 
 2
 [View of Housenki talking to Inuyasha.]
 Housenki: I wasn't able to stop...
 Housenki: the conflict swirling around the Shikon no Tama...
 
 3
 [Closeup of Inuyasha.]
 Inuyasha: It won't stop.
 Inuyasha: So long as the Shikon no Tama doesn't go away, that is.
 
 4
 [View of Miroku and Sango looking on.]
 
 5
 [View of Inuyasha talking to Housenki, seriously.]
 Inuyasha: I don't know what to do to make the Shikon no Tama vanish from this world...
 Inuyasha: However...
 Inuyasha: I can fight those like Naraku who are after the Jewel.
 
 
 
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 [Closeup of Inuyasha.]
 Inuyasha: That's why, until I finish off Naraku,
 Inuyasha: until those seeking the Jewel stop,
 Inuyasha: I'll continue to fight.
 
 2
 [Closeup of Housenki.]
 Housenki: Heh... you won't "protect the fragments"... you won't run,
 Housenki: but chose to fight... huh.
 
 3
 [Housenki talks to Inuyasha and the others.]
 Housenki: In that case, you should return to your original world.
 Housenki: While you're stalling, the gate will close...
 
 4
 [Myouga bounces along Kagome's shoulder.]
 Myouga: I, Inuyasha-sama!
 Myouga: Follow after Sesshoumaru-sama!
 Myouga: Hurry!
 Kagome: Myouga-jii-chan...
 
 
 
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 [The scene changes to Sesshoumaru drifting through the air, with Jaken on him.]
 Fx air: swish...
 
 2
 [Closeup of Myouga bouncing agitatedly.]
 Myouga: Sesshoumaru-sama, please wa-a-it.
 
 3
 [Myouga is bouncing along Inuyasha's shoulder, who is with Kagome and
 Shippou on a skeletal bird, following Sesshoumaru.]
 Myouga: Sesshoumaru-sama-a!
 Inuyasha: Stop that, it's shameful!
 
 4
 [View of Miroku talking to Sango, who seems a bit depressed.]
 Miroku: What is it, Sango.
 Miroku: You look depressed...
 
 5
 [Closeup side view of Sango.]
 Sango: Houshi-sama...
 Sango: It's what Inuyasha said.
 
 
 
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 [Closeup of Sango.]
 Sango: "So long as the Shikon no Tama doesn't go away, the fight won't stop"...
 Sango: But that means...
 
 2
 [View of Sango and Miroku.]
 Miroku: Your brother... Kohaku's situation, right?
 Sango: ......
 
 3
 [Drawing of Kohaku with a glowing Shikon fragment in his shoulder.]
 Sango: .oO(Kohaku's life is connected with the Shikon fragment embedded in his body.).
 Sango: .oO(For the Shikon no Tama to be gone, means Kohaku's life is also...).
 
 4
 [Scene shift to a closeup side view of Sesshoumaru.]
 Sesshoumaru: .oO(Naraku is alive.).
 Sesshoumaru: .oO(Even though the barrier was broken, and his body smashed up.).
 
 
 
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 [White frame.]
 Sesshoumaru: .oO(Where is his heart!?).
 
 2
 [Scene change. Misty frame.]
 
 3
 [View of the moon in the night sky.]
 
 4
 [View of the small temple on the cliff.]
 Fx air: shh...
 
 5
 [Naraku, back to normal it seems, is looking at Hakudoushi, floating inside
 a barrier, with a hole in his chest.]
 Fx barrier: shhht...
 Naraku: Still haven't restored huh, Hakudoushi.
 Hakudoushi: It's because of that arrow.
 
 
 
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 [Closeup of Hakudoushi, whose eyes are nearly closed.]
 Hakudoushi: There was an arrow like that once before,
 Hakudoushi: that could break my barrier.
 
 2
 [View of the arrow lying on the floor.]
 
 3
 [Closeup side view of Naraku.]
 Naraku: Kikyou is alive.
 Naraku: The only one who can put that much intensity in an arrow, is that woman.
 
 4
 [Drawing of Kikyou with her bow.]
 
 5
 [Closeup of Hakudoushi.]
 Hakudoushi: Why haven't you gone to kill her already?
 
 6
 [Closeup side view of Naraku thinking deeply.]
 Naraku: .oO(I can't locate her presence.).
 Naraku: .oO(Does that mean Kikyou is hiding herself deeply huh...?).
 
 
 
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 [Closeup of Naraku.]
 Naraku: .oO(In other words, it means she hasn't fully recovered yet...).
 Naraku: .oO(So I should flush her out and finish her off right away.).
 
 2
 [Scene change to Kagura and Kohaku standing on the cliff face outside the temple.]
 Kagura: .oO(There's no mistake about it now.).
 Kagura: .oO(Naraku and Hakudoushi's heart...).
 
 3
 [Drawing of the sleeping baby that split with Hakudoushi.]
 Kagura: .oO(is with Hakudoushi's other half,).
 Kagura: .oO(that baby.).
 
 4
 [Closeup of Kohaku thinking.]
 Kohaku: .oO(Either Naraku or Hakudoushi died...).
 Kohaku: .oO(Because... they're Youkai?).
 
 5
 [Closeup side view of Kohaku.]
 Kohaku: .oO(What can I do... to destroy Naraku!?).
 
 6
 [Kohaku glances at Kagura.]
 Kagura: Hey, Kohaku.
 Kagura: Haven't you been told?
 
 7
 [Kagura sidles up to Kohaku.]
 Kagura: About that baby.
 Kagura: Wasn't there a plan to carry it somewhere after taking it out of the castle?
 
 
 
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 [Closeup of Kohaku.]
 Kohaku: ...I don't know.
 Kohaku: .oO(That baby...?).
 
 2
 [Flashback drawing to Kohaku about to kill the women protecting the baby.]
 Kohaku: .oO(Until I killed all those in the castle,).
 Kohaku: .oO(I had been trying to carry it out.).
 
 3
 [Kohaku glances at Kagura.]
 Kohaku: If you knew where...
 Kohaku: what would you do?
 
 4
 [View of Kagura talking to Kohaku closely.]
 Kagura: I'm always saying it, aren't I?
 Kagura: Eventually, the Shikon fragment in your body will be take out and you'll drop dead.
 
 5
 [Closeup of Kagura.]
 Kagura: You gotta kill Naraku to be saved.
 
 6
 [Closeup side view of Kohaku thinking, without expression.]
 Kohaku: .oO(Naraku can be killed...?).
 Kohaku: .oO(If that baby can be found...?).
 
 
 
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 [Kohaku looks at Kagura a bit nervously, and she stares back calmly.]
 Kohaku: .oO(Kagura is... trying to betray Naraku.).
 
 2
 [Closeup side view of Kohaku.]
 Kohaku: I don't know...
 Kohaku: anything.
 Kohaku: .oO(However...).
 
 3
 [Black frame.]
 Kohaku: .oO(I mustn't let them find out.).
 
 4
 [Black frame.]
 Kohaku: .oO(That I've remembered everything...).
 Kohaku: .oO(That I'm after Naraku's life.).
 
 5
 [Closeup of Kohaku.]
 Kohaku: .oO(If I continue to act like I'm following orders...).
 
 6
 [Drawing of the baby.]
 Kohaku: .oO(I'll eventualy see that baby again.).
 
 
 
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 [Back frame.]
 Kohaku: .oO(Until that happens...).
 Kohaku: .oO(I must obey all of Naraku's orders.).
 
 2
 [Scene change back to Naraku and Hakudoushi, who is standing up - mostly
 recovered probably.]
 Naraku: Hakudoushi.
 Naraku: Draw out Kikyou.
 Naraku: Do it however you like.
 
 3
 [View of Naraku looking off to the side.]
 Naraku: For companions...
 Naraku: Yes, that'll do.
 
 4
 [Closeup of Naraku, smiling evily.]
 Naraku: Kohaku will do.
 
 
 
 
 Last modified September 1st 2003