As Tsubaki controls the body of Kagome to kill InuYasha, she is interrupted by Kikyo, who passes through her barrier with ease. Meanwhile, InuYasha takes a weakened Kagome to the whereabouts of Tsubaki, sensing the tainted fragment of the Shikon Jewel, later being able to break the barrier. Kikyo warns her former nemesis not to underestimate her reincarnation. Kikyo promises that Tsubaki will be killed only if InuYasha is dared to be harmed. So using Kagome as collateral, Tsubaki threatens InuYasha not to draw his sword.