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Inuyasha vents his frustration to Miroku about Sango being unable to tell them where Naraku's castle is. Miroku explains
that Naraku probably made her forget, he also tells him that Sango has physical and emotional wounds to heal. Kagome finds
Sango at the graves of the villagers. Sango offers to show Kagome and the others the cave where the Shikon no Tama was born.
At the cave, Sango reveals that the barrier can be passed through only if your heart has regret towards those who died due
to the Shikon no Tama. All except Myouga get through the cave. In the middle of the cave there is what looks like a statue
of a priestess surrounded by many demons. Sango explains that the Shikon no Tama represents the spirits of Courage, Friendship,
Love and Wisdom in everyone. Sango explains that the priestess, Midoriko, had the power to purify demons. A the end of a lengthy
7 day battle, Midoriko took the souls of the demons and put them in her heart, and then she ejected her soul and the demons'
souls from, her body as the Shikon no Tama. Inuyasha assumes that the reason Midoriko lost was because she ran out of energy.
Sango reveals that Midoriko's battle with the demons continues within the Shikon no Tama, so Midoriko hasn't lost yet. Inuyasha
boasts that her struggle will be over when he uses the Shikon no Tama to become a full demon, thus ejecting Inuyasha from
the cave. Sango explains that when her village got a hold of the Shikon no Tama, it was so desecrated that they went to a
priestess named Kikyo to purify it. Miroku tells Sango that Naraku killed Kikyo.
That night, Myouga takes the Shikon no
Tama and rides on Kirara to look at the cave. Myouga tells Midoriko that he does feel regret for those who died, but in his
long live he has seen so much death that he is hardened by it. Myouga drops the Shikon no Tama, awakening the demons in the
cave, Kirara transforms and combats the demons. Outside the cave, the others realize that the Shikon shard, Kirara and Myouga
are missing and rush off to the cave. In the cave, Myouga sees Midoriko defeat the demons, but it is actually Inuyasha. After
the battle, Inuyasha reprimands Myouga and then leaves. Kirara however, stays behind at rests at the base of the statue. Kagome
then narrates over a scene where Midoriko stands in a meadow. Kagome states that Midoriko must've had a someone with her in
the battle with the demons. As Kagome says that, Kirara appears next to Midoriko and the two walk off.
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