- Kagome Higurashi: [thinking] It was the first time a guy hugged me like that. I couldn't help it if I got a bit flustered. He is a "guy" after all, right? I mean, he's half-demon, but he's also half-human.
- Kaede: Kikyo had told me it was ye, Inuyasha, who had stolen her sacred Shikon Jewel. Do ye not think it strange? The one who disguised himself as ye could have made off with the Jewel, yet he did not. He tricked ye into terrorizing the village and pursuing the Sacred Jewel. Then Kikyo bound ye to a tree with her sacred arrow. Was the trickster attempting to pit ye against each other? Or was it Kikyo who was the true object of his malice? Was he trying to fill her heart with hatred and bitterness?
- Inuyasha: What?
- Kaede: In Kikyo's possession, the Sacred Jewel of the Four Souls remained pure, but when her heart became tainted and hateful, the Jewel also became sullied, and it filled with a malevolent power. At the time, there was but a single person who wished for such a terrible outcome.
- Onigumo: You... Young lass.
- Young Kaede: It's Kaede.
- Onigumo: Yes. Your sister possesses what is known as the Shikon Jewel, does she not?
- Young Kaede: What would ye know about the Jewel?
- Onigumo: Heh. All who are wicked know of it... and pursue it.
- Young Kaede: Ye included?
- Onigumo: I understand that the more evil the Jewel absorbs, the more evil it becomes. Outstanding!
- Young Kaede: My sister has it under her control. It won't be corrupted.
- Onigumo: Kikyo's manner is self-righteous. For once I should like to see her apprehensive and frightened. That would bring me true pleasure.