


Goryōmaru breaks his silence, telling Kagura that she has to choose stay a slave to Naraku or come with him and have her freedom. However, Kagura only laughs at this, asking if Hakudōshi lacks fear of Naraku. No sooner does she ask Goryōmaru what he is, Hakudōshi arrives and says the only way to get an answer is to let out Goryōmaru. At that time, Kagura watches a cell below Naraku and Kanna, which holds Goryōmaru in it she watches as captured demons are thrown at him continuously for him to kill and absorb. Kagura thinks constantly about how she can be guarding someone who's dead she saw Hakudōshi behead him. Smiling, Naraku says Kagura better not let "him" escape. Night at an abandoned temple, Kanna recites a poem "The longer I endure in this lengthy struggle of life, the more I long for the midnight moon I once saw." Naraku holds Kagura's heart in his hand. Miroku kills Hakudōshi after Naraku removes his barrier and Saimyōshō protection.The Infant and Hakudoshi are conspiring to overthrow Naraku using the powerful Mōryōmaru. Kagura sides with Inuyasha and tells him that the Infant is now inside Mōryōmaru, who was Goryōmaru's demon arm and took his form following his death.However, he was killed by Hakudōshi how can he still be alive? Hakudōshi says the answer lays in him letting out, but that would mean disobeying Naraku has Hakudōshi turned on Naraku just like Kagura? Kagura has been charged with guarding the mysterious Goryōmaru.
