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[Voice; Private]

[bcuzofmiasma]

It's... it's Sunday, Kikyo. I believe they've... the Animus...

I can't control it... I can't...

[Voice; Private]

[bcuzofmiasma]

[ He sighs, and presses the button. ]

[Action]

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[ Naraku's sitting in a crumpled heap at the far end of the room. There's light traces of miasma in the air, as well as Saimyosho eggs in some of the corners. This is clearly his haunt. He weakly raises his eyes to look at her, and there are streaks underneath them. This event really hit him hard. ]

Come closer.

[ He says weakly, almost broken. ]

I need to see your face in the light.

[Action]

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[ He raises one of his hands, but they only manage to clutch at her dress. ]

They... the Animus... it had to have been them...

[ He chokes on his words, but he can't hold them back. ]

K-Kikyo... please don't leave me...

[Action]

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[ He grimaces at that name. It's not entirely Onigumo, Kikyo. The demons are still there. But he's going to allow you to call him that. ]

I... can't... [ he breathes hoarsely, his hand trembling at her touch. ]

I wanted to resist... to deny that I loved you, Kikyo... but I can't. Not anymore. Not...

[Action]

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[ He didn't want to talk about this. But... he had to. He needed her now, more than ever. Damn you, Animus! ]

I hated you because my love for you made me weak. It brought me -- us -- pain to know we could never have you. That's why I wanted the Shikon no Tama. To erase that feeling. That pain...

[Action]

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[ Naraku's eyes were clamped shut as she spoke. What the Animus had done to him... he felt so... so... ]

It was all I could ever think about. I would have given anything to be free of that torment. I knew your heart belonged to InuYasha, even if he had chosen Kagome. You could never love a... a monster.

[Action]

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The demons knew what he felt for you, Kikyo. So they made me. He was a broken man, a husk who was better off dead. He gave his body to demons so that he could take a form you loved. But I... I hated those emotions. I hated them because I knew they could never be returned. It made me weak. It brought us so much pain...

[ Naraku buried his head in his arms, propped up by his knees. ]

So I saw the Shikon no Tama. I thought it was the only way I could ever forget what I felt for you. But... here we are. In this world. This hell.