After Mt. Hakurei collapses, Naraku nearly slays Kikyou again by infecting her with his powerful shoki, which neither Kikyo nor Kagome's holy powers were strong enough to purify. She survives the attack while still being infected by Naraku's shoki which was slowly killing her and later appears as Hijiri-sama with her two assistant shikigami, Kochou and Asuka. Her shikigami soon ask Kagome to help save Kikyou. Kagome for Inuyasha's sake agrees to help Kikyou, and she is able to survive Naraku's shoki and continue on; the shoki infection was stopped for a small amount of time but later resurfaced since Naraku's demonic powers went beyond the spiritual powers of both Kagome and Kikyo.
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