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| - One day, representatives of the Yōkai Taijiya (lit. demon exterminators) entrusted her with the protection of the Jewel of Four Souls (四魂の玉, Shikon no Tama). They determined that only a Miko of great purity and power would be able to purify and protect this jewel from misuse. It became Kikyo's destiny to spend her life guarding this Shikon no Tama lest it fall into the wrong hands, for the resulting evil and chaos would wrend the entire country. She was killed by Naraku and 50 years later was resurrected by an oni witch from her holy bones. She needs dead humans souls to stay in the resurrected body, so she gets help from Shikigami to get those souls. Later, after a failed attempt by Naraku to kill her at Mt. Hakurei after creating a new body, she is seen with two Shikigami that have human form: Kochou and Asuka. At first after her resurrection, she is spiteful and angry towards both Inuyasha and Kagome. Eventually, she returns back to her post-death state of compassion and kindness, protecting others and eventually dying in Inuyasha's arms after protecting Kohaku from an attack by Naraku.
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