Kikyo

Meaning of Name: Chinese Bellflower
Gender: Female
Age: 18 (at death)
Height: 1.59 m - 1.62 m (Estimated)
Nicknames: Miss Kikyō
Weapons: Bow and arrow
Occupation: Priestess
Relatives: Kaede (younger sister)
Race: Human
Techniques: Purification, summoning shikigami, detecting Shikon fragments
Items: Shikon Pearl (Guardian)

During her youth, Kikyō and her younger sister Kaede traveled through villages as part of their training to become priestesses, slaying many demons in the process. While on their journey, they met Tsubaki, who would later become a Dark Priestess; Tsubaki was apparently envious of Kikyo, she cursed her that if she let a man feel desire for her she would die a tragic death, Kikyo mocked this by telling her that there was no chance of her falling in love with someone, nor vice versa. Kikyō's great spiritual power and purity became well known, and so she was entrusted with the care of the Shikon Pearl, much to Tsubaki's dismay. It became Kikyō's duty to spend her life protecting the jewel, shielding it from evil humans and demons who sought it for their own selfish means. However, her duty as the jewel's protector also meant that she could not show any signs of weakness, lest demons and evil men take advantage of her. As a priestess, Kikyō spent her life fending off demons who tried to steal the Shikon Jewel, as well as protecting the village from disease and starvation. Due to her responsibility as the protector of the Shikon Pearl, Kikyo was considered a cold and emotionless woman, but far from reality, Kikyo was a very compassionate woman, she cared for everyone around her, whether they were friends or enemies, earning the sympathy of both, but that compassion was the cause of her misfortune and her great tragedy; what is certain is that Kikyo was greatly affected by not being able to be a normal person given the responsibility she had to fulfill.

Although she used to kill all her enemies, except for Root's head that instead of exorcising him she sealed him and Inuyasha because she felt that he was only a hanyō (half demon). Kikyo and Inuyasha meet on a new moon night, when Inuyasha was turned into a human, although she cannot see him, without seeing each other's faces they have their first conversation, that is when Inuyasha finds out about the existence of the pearl, Kikyo wounded faints and Inuyasha approaches her, at that moment he sees her face for the first time and leaves when the villagers of the village and his sister arrive looking for Kikyo, she wakes up is surprised that he has not killed her while she was unconscious. He begins to follow Kikyo with the goal of stealing the pearl. She repeatedly warns Inuyasha to stay away from her if he valued his life, but he repeatedly refused.

During their first non-violent meeting, Kikyō developed feelings for him both for having a life together and for saving Kaede from the centipede-woman monster, and they began spending all their time together, with Inuyasha always following her around helping her with her jobs as a priestess, and him also helping her protect the village she lived in. During her time with Inuyasha, Kikyō and Inuyasha had once sailed to an island that only appeared every fifty years. Kikyo ended up falling in love with Inuyasha, just as Tsubaki had planned. One day Inuyasha and Kikyo decided to meet to give each other something, Kikyo created a Kotodama Necklace (a necklace that could make Inuyasha fall to the ground with great force when Kikyo said a word that would make him obey so that Inuyasha would stop planning his constant attempts to take the pearl.) and Inuyasha brought Kikyo an oyster with makeup that belonged to his human mother, Kikyo felt guilty and did not want to give him the necklace.

On one occasion, Tsubaki scattered beasts and demons throughout the region so that Kikyo became very tired from the constant fights. Tsubaki tried to kill Kikyo by throwing a demon snake at her, but Kikyo returned the attack on Tsubaki's eye, leaving a scar around her eye made of snake skin and then ordered her to leave. From that moment on, Tsubaki felt more hatred towards Kikyo.

Secretly Kikyo was also taking care of a bandit named Onigumo, who had been burned and was immobilized, so out of pity Kikyo fed and cared for him, she told Kaede that she couldn't tell Inuyasha because knowing him he would get jealous. But Onigumo had feelings for Kikyo: an unhealthy obsession. Onigumo had lost his sanity. At that moment a spider demon, who felt resentment towards Kikyo, since she had killed the demons who were his companions, convinced Onigumo that if he let thousands of demons devour his soul, they would grant him a new body to move and be with Kikyo, so Onigumo agreed and became a demon called Naraku.

Kikyo's village is attacked by many monsters, Inuyasha is protecting the village when Kikyo arrives with Kaede a little late, she is worried because she could not sense the presence of all that evil presence, in a carelessness Kikyo accidentally shoots an arrow at a monster that is very close to Kaede and this causes Kaede to lose one of her eyes. The next day Kikyo is alone and Inuyasha arrives, she feels guilty for what happened but Inuyasha calms her down. Kikyo tells Inuyasha that he can use the Shikon Pearl for other purposes, since he was half human he could become a complete human instead of a demon, that way the pearl would be purified, destroyed and he could be with her, since Kikyo would lose her job of taking care of the pearl and could be a normal woman, with the right to love and enjoy her life. When they were going back in a canoe, Kikyo when getting off trips and falls on Inuyasha, they stare at each other and Inuyasha hugs her, at that moment he tells her that he does want to use the pearl to become human and thus be able to be with her living a normal life, at that moment Kikyo gives him his first kiss to which he reciprocates, at the end of the day she asks him if he is sure of what he is going to do, and he tells her yes, then they agree to meet the next day at dawn for her to give him the pearl.

The next day Kikyo ran to the Sacred Tree where they would meet but Inuyasha had not arrived, she had the makeup oyster that he had given her and was going to start putting on makeup but Naraku in the form of Inuyasha attacked her from behind making a mortal wound in her right shoulder. Naraku broke the oyster with makeup mocking her and took the pearl, he told her that the pearl needed more blood to be darker and that he was going to attack the village. Kikyo was devastated to see that she had been betrayed by the person she loved, then Naraku went to the village and placed the pearl in her shrine full of hatred and transformed into Kikyo to trick Inuyasha, Naraku arrives where Inuyasha is waiting for Kikyo and shoots him with an arrow, mocks Inuyasha calling him half demon.

Kikyo had previously promised to never call him that again after he told her his name, Inuyasha dodges her and flees devastated by the supposed betrayal of his beloved Kikyo. Inuyasha, feeling cheated, attacked the village and took the Shikon No Tama, when he was escaping with the pearl in his possession, Kikyo badly wounded arrives and shoots him with one of her sealing arrows, that arrow sealed him in the Sacred Tree, Inuyasha falls into a deep sleep. Later Kikyo asked her sister Kaede to be burned with the pearl after she falls dead from the wound caused by Naraku. Fulfilling Kikyo's last will, her body is burned along with the Shikon Pearl.

Five hundred years later, in the Heisei period in the year 1996, the reincarnation of Kikyo, Kagome, is born, and on her fifteenth birthday she is taken by a Yokai in the form of a Centipede Woman into the Bone-Eating Well where a space-time portal opens that drags Kagome and the creature 550 years into the past, reaching the time of the Japanese Civil Wars, the Sengoku period; with it she carried the pearl inside her without her knowing it, Kagome removes the arrow that Kikyo had launched at Inuyasha 50 years ago, Kikyō was supposed to be the only one who could remove the arrow but Kagome being her reincarnation was able to do it.

Some time later, a witch named Urasue steals Kikyō's ashes from her grave; Kikyō's remains are fused with a doll made of clay and human bones that retains her physical appearance. Urasue realizes that the body she has created has no soul since she has been reincarnated, so she kidnaps Kagome with the intention of stealing her soul and thus being able to revive Kikyō. With a spell she manages to have a part of Kagome's soul enter Kikyō's artificial body. In a moment of doubt, InuYasha is surprised to see Kikyo again and by saying her name, he causes a chain reaction that makes a portion of Kagome's soul that contained Kikyo, enter the artificial body. When Kikyō is resurrected, Inuyasha finds himself there with Kaede and Shippo; Inuyasha is surprised to see Kikyō alive again. She destroys the witch and begins to attack Inuyasha asking why he betrayed her, he is confused because he thinks that she was the one who betrayed him, when he is about to kill Inuyasha, Kagome awakens and begins to recover her soul, Kikyō flees because if she stays by Kagome's side she will lose it, Inuyasha follows Kikyo, and when she is about to fall off a cliff he saves her leaving her hanging and him holding her, he asks her to return him to where Kagome is to return her souls, she puts on a sad look asking him if what he wants is for her to die again, Inuyasha can't answer anything, Kikyo angrily tells him that she will only die when he does, with one of her powers she begins to attack Inuyasha and although he tries to save her she falls off the cliff, leaving Inuyasha lamenting and believing that she had died again.

Kikyō survived the fall and moved to a small village, tending to the wounded and healing the sick. She was loved by the children and respected by the villagers. However, she faced an internal struggle with what she had become - she was not a living woman, nor a dead person, but an undead one. She wanted to live peacefully in the village, but was troubled by the idea that even such a simple existence could be forbidden. A curious monk sensed something abnormal about the resurrected priestess and became intent on discovering her true nature. He witnessed her absorbing the souls of deceased women as a means of sustaining her clay body, using her soul-collecting snakes, the shinidamachū. The monk attempted to rest her soul by attacking her with one of his Shikigami.

The monks called it the "Demon Binding Spell", but Kikyō used her spiritual power to make the demon into pieces. The monk was killed by a piece of the demon that hit him in the neck. Before he died, the monk asked Kikyō why he continued to wander this earth as the undead. He told him that time continues for the living, but it does not continue for the dead, therefore the dead do not belong in that place, and such an existence is tragic. As Kikyō pondered what the monk had said, she discovered that Sayo, a girl very fond of Kikyō, had seen the whole scene and was now terrified of her. Saddened, Kikyō gave up living in the village and left, apologizing to Sayo for scaring her.

After leaving the village, Kikyō attempted to spend the night alone in a forest, placing a barrier around herself to avoid being noticed. However, Kagome was able to cross Kikyō's barrier. Filled with jealousy towards her living reincarnation, Kikyō paralyzed Kagome with her touch and tied her to a tree so that Inuyasha would not be able to see or hear Kagome when he arrived. When Kagome tried to explain to Kikyō the true circumstances of her death, Kikyō silences her, saying that whoever caused her death is unimportant as they cannot bring her back to life.

Before Kagome could convince Kikyō otherwise, Inuyasha arrives. Kikyō tells Inuyasha that he should despise her for collecting souls to drive his revenge, but Inuyasha tells her that even if she hated him, he had not gone a day without thinking of her. Touched, Kikyō kissed him and professed her love in his arms. Feeling Kikyō's body lacking warmth, Inuyasha realized that he could not help her and wished for time to stop, to which Kikyō responded by trying to take him with her to the Underworld. However, Kagome was able to reach Inuyasha with her voice in time, and Inuyasha left Kikyō to free Kagome from the tree. A heartbroken Kikyo asked if Kagome was more important to him than her, and left with her soul collectors, telling Inuyasha not to forget that her feelings when they kissed were true. She then visited Kaede and discovered that Naraku was responsible for her death and separation from Inuyasha.

Kikyō then moved into a temple and began helping out by healing soldiers' wounds. When the men of a palace asked her to heal their master's illness, Kikyō unwillingly accompanied them to the palace, only to discover a dark aura surrounding the castle. Kikyō was disturbed to discover that the master of the castle was already dead from the neck down. It turned out that the master of the castle was the man who once called himself Onigumo before he was born as Naraku, and Naraku was shocked to see that Kikyō was alive. Still unaware of who it was, Kikyō attempted to leave the palace, but was unable to as Naraku had given the order not to let her out.

After Kikyo, sensing that something bad was happening nearby, decided to leave with the help of her hunter snakes; she walked towards a mountain where there was a cave with an evil aura, there she met Kagome, Sango and Shippo at the entrance, they were surprised to see Kikyo there, she entered the cave because she knew that Inuyasha was there, the energy of the cave began to weaken her body. When she met Inuyasha their souls began to abandon her, she faints and Inuyasha runs to rescue her but the monster does not allow Inuyasha to get close to her, the demon realizing that Kikyō is not an ordinary human tries to absorb her but Inuyasha protects her and does not let her get hurt, then he reaches Kagome and realizes that Inuyasha is protecting Kikyō no matter what, she tries to help Kikyō, when Kikyō wakes up she shoots an arrow at the monster, the spell of the cave is broken and everyone is sucked out of the cave, there she finds Naraku who takes a new body, he takes Kikyo in his arms and takes her to his temple, leaving Inuyasha furious. Kikyo then wakes up in Naraku's arms, implying that she allowed herself to be kidnapped for a purpose.

Naraku put up a barrier that prevented his soul-hunting snakes from accessing her, rendering her unable to move. Under the assumption that he could control Kikyō, Naraku bound a corrupted shard of the Shikon Jewel to a soul and placed it inside the priestess before sending her after Kagome. However, the corrupted shard is not enough to control Kikyō and she destroys Naraku's puppet. When Kagome arrives, Kikyō shoots one of her arrows at her, slightly injuring Kagome's face and opening a hole for Kagome to fall into, subdued by Kikyō's snakes. She tells Kagome that Naraku fears her, he wishes to control her and force her to fight Kagome, but that he has not fallen that low as she is the original guardian of the pearl and could not be controlled by a mere shard. Kikyō then forcefully grabs the pearl fragments from Kagome and pushes it through a hole in the tree roots that reveals a person's darkest fears.

Once Inuyasha arrived to save Kagome, he left while laughing at Inuyasha as he couldn't fight a woman he still loved, Inuyasha asks Kagome what has happened between them and Kagome begins to remember that the dream the roots showed her was of Kikyō and Inuyasha happy and passionately kissing, but she doesn't tell Inuyasha. Kikyō returns to Naraku Castle, breaking through the barrier he had erected to keep Inuyasha away. She then mocks him, explaining that his little feats of minor witchcraft don't work on her, and willingly hands over the shards she had stolen from Kagome, further mocking him by telling him that he needs the power of the jewel shards more than anyone else due to being a half-demon. Kikyō, now finally feeling the freedom she did not have in her past life, said that once Naraku gained all the fragments of the sacred Shikon, she would purify him along with the Jewel and send his evil, corrupted spirit to the Underworld.

Naraku visits Kikyo to tell her that her beloved Inuyasha was badly injured after fighting him, thanks to her giving him the pearl fragments. Worried Kikyo goes to visit Inuyasha to make sure that he is still alive, Inuyasha angrily asks her what she is up to and why she gave the fragments to Naraku, she tells him that her only plan is to kill Naraku and that she will not allow Naraku to take his life, since his life belongs to her, referring to Inuyasha's life, Kagura is listening to them and tries to attack them but Kikyo notices and gets ahead of her, Kagura flees, Kikyo finishes her conversation with Inuyasha and then disappears as well.

When Naraku confronted Kikyō again and threatened to kill her, she told him that he could not do so as he still had Onigumo's heart and the bandit loved her with all his wicked heart. An enraged Naraku sent a giant soul collector to steal the souls Kikyō used to sustain herself in order to indirectly kill her, but Kikyō managed to escape. Inuyasha is in the well, when Kikyo becomes weak and faints, he runs to her worriedly and realizes that Naraku is trying to eliminate her, he saves her and kills the monster sent by Naraku. Inuyasha takes her in his arms to the sacred tree, when Kikyo awakens, they begin to talk about their past, Inuyasha tells Kikyo that her life belongs to him as she also told him the same thing on a previous occasion, Kikyo tells him that Naraku still has feelings for her, this infuriates Inuyasha, disgusted and jealous he takes her in his arms and tells her that he is the only one who could love and protect her and that he does not want her to continue fighting alone against Naraku. Although Kikyo initially seems to reciprocate Inuyasha's hug, she wields a knife and puts it to his neck, telling him that all men believe that because a woman reciprocates their hug she belongs to them, Kikyo tells him that she will use Naraku's weak point to purify him and the Shikon Jewel. She then walks away with her soul hunters, Inuyasha is left screaming her name but she walks away anyway and leaves him alone, Kikyō thought to herself that the chain of fate (with Inuyasha) could not be reunited because it had already been cut, which meant that she could no longer return to him.

After the priestess Tsubaki appears again and places a curse on Kagome, Kikyo arrives where she is hiding, Kikyo learns that Tsubaki was forcing Kagome to hurt Inuyasha just like she did 50 years ago, this infuriates Kikyo, she threatens Tsubaki and tells her that she doesn't care about her plans with Kagome but that if anything happens to Inuyasha he will pay, Tsubaki visibly intimidated tries to defend herself, at that moment Inuyasha and Kagome arrive but Kikyo before meeting them warns Tsubaki again and disappears. As Kagome continues to unconsciously struggle with the curse, Kikyo appears in her dreams and helps her out of the curse's power, when Kikyo sees from afar that Kagome has awakened, she walks away.

Naraku keeps an eye on Kikyo with Kanna's mirror, she is in a village helping the soldiers, Naraku has gotten rid of the Onigumo part of his body that is what prevented him from harming Kikyo, so he decides to visit her to kill her, Kikyo asks him what he wants and he tells her that he is going to do a test, Naraku grabs Kikyo by the neck but realizes that there is still a part that prevents him from hurting her, so he decides to leave, Kikyo is scared and surprised.

Kikyo finds an old man who tries to rob her, but suddenly collapses due to chest pain, Kikyo takes him to a hut. He tells her his tragic story, that he was an evil man in his youth and responsible for Onigumo's injuries, even in the past on one occasion he tried to kill her with an arrow to steal the pearl but Inuyasha arrived in time to save her, Kikyo did not even realize this. He now seeks redemption, although he believes he will never find it, he has a fragment of Shikon, when they are talking they are attacked by a monster that wants to steal the fragment Kikyo finally kills the monster, he gives his fragment to Kikyo, the bandit tells Kikyo that he wishes to save his soul, he tells her of a sacred place where he can do it, he gives her a lock of his hair to take to that place and then dies. She is walking and meets some villagers, she asks them about the sacred place, they tell her about the sacred mountain which is where souls are purified so she begins to head towards that place.

Kikyo heads towards the mount of the souls, when she hears a girl crying, she approaches and sees that a girl is crying alone at the entrance of a cave, when she gets to where the girl is, she disappears and a force drags Kikyo inside. Later Kagome is also trapped in the cave and finds Kikyo lying very weak, she approaches Kikyo and tells her that she also has the powers of a priestess, Kagome asks her what she is doing in such a dark cave, she asks many questions at once and Kikyo smiling tells her that she has not changed at all since she continues talking too much. Kagome tells her that they must get out of that cave quickly, Kikyo with a pessimistic attitude tells her that it is impossible to get out of there but Kagome encourages her and tells her that they have to get out of there. Kikyo with Kagome's help tries to walk to find the exit, meanwhile Kagome tries to start a conversation with Kikyo by talking to her about Inuyasha but Kikyo doesn't say anything about it. Kikyo begins to feel very bad since she can't get her soul-hunting snakes in and the cave is absorbing her energy, she asks Kagome to leave her since this way Kagome will have more chances to get out but Kagome refuses to do so. Some giant insects begin to attack them and they protect each other eliminating them all.

To hurry up, Kagome puts Kikyo on her back and they continue looking for the exit, finally they find the heart of the cave, she must destroy it in order to get out of there, Kagome begins a fight against the monster, finally joining the fragments that they had and with the union of their powers, Kagome manages to shoot a powerful arrow to eliminate the monster. In the end the two come out safe and sound although Kikyo is still quite weak. In the end they have a short conversation, Kikyo asks Kagome why she didn't abandon her and Kagome answers that it is because if she disappears someone she knows would get very sad, referring to Inuyasha, Kagome leaves and Kikyo smiling to herself says that she would too.

Kikyo continues on her way to the mountain of the souls, she arrives at a destroyed tomb, some villagers tell her that the seven warriors were buried there, that they were evil beings that were destroyed many years ago, the bones of the seven warriors have disappeared and they fear that some spell has awakened them, she tells them that she is going to purify the tomb but realizes that there is no longer any evil presence there.

Kikyo is a human with great priestess abilities. Her appearance is that of a young and mature woman of approximately 18 years old. Kikyo's appearance is highlighted on several occasions by different characters in the anime and manga story who describe her as a very beautiful priestess. She is tall and has a slender figure, she has long black hair with dark lilac highlights, which she wears half gathered by a white ribbon tied, sometimes she leaves it loose, her straight bangs cover her entire forehead. She has a beautiful and sweet face but a cold look that goes in accordance with her personality and attitude towards others. Her eyes are small and dark brown, her skin is very pale so it contrasts a lot with her black hair. Her reincarnation Kagome, inherited features of her physical appearance (this is more noticeable in the manga than in the anime), in addition to her great priestess powers.

Dress:
Kikyō wore the traditional dress of a miko, which has remained essentially unchanged to this day except for the lack of a shoulder seam. Kikyō wore a white jacket with sode-kukuri (strings) across the sleeves and open shoulders (similar to the outfits of Inuyasha and Jaken). Strings called muna-himo were attached to each lapel and tied in front to keep the garment closed. Kikyō's kosode would be very similar to a modern Kendo or Naginata Keikogi, with the sleeve being fitted similarly to a modern loose shirt and extending just past the wrist. Slits on the side of her hakama, and openings in the sleeves and shoulders of her hitoe (jacket) showed off the white kosode she sported. This was a deliberate fashion effect. Kikyō wore a bright red nagabakama (a very long hakama), which included the small board at the bottom of her back. Like most of the other characters, she was also barefoot throughout the series, but this changed in the anime where Kikyō wore tabi (socks) and rice straw sandals. Kikyō sported a red Obi, or belt, over all of her other clothing.

Her great powers, the nobility and kindness of her heart, allowed her to purify the Shikon Pearl, only people with a pure soul could do this job. Before meeting Inuyasha, Kikyo was dedicated to killing monsters alone, always showing a serious and unsociable attitude, since her job as a priestess did not allow her to have a normal life, this led her to be considered a cold and calculating woman, leading to many evil beings only wanting her destruction. Her younger sister Kaede was the only person Kikyo lived with and with whom she could show herself as she really is; When she met Inuyasha, despite the fact that at first he was only looking for the pearl, over time and due to the fact of not wanting to kill him, a friendship and mutual respect grew between him and Kikyo. Kikyo began to show a sweeter and friendlier side, especially when she was next to Inuyasha; She had the same effect on him, as she was the first woman that Inuyasha truly trusted for the first time in his life and that trust would turn into love. Kikyo just wanted to be a normal woman and live by Inuyasha's side but they were tricked by Naraku into hating each other, as Naraku wanted to take over the pearl and his human side that came from the thief Onigumo, was obsessed with taking over Kikyo. She is killed by Naraku and dies believing that her beloved Inuyasha betrayed her.

Archery: Coming from an era of endless wars, Kikyo has shown to have great expertise in archery. She can shoot enemies from long or short distances and has a strange power and ability to attack demons from long distances and also has great aim that makes her a very dangerous opponent at long distance.
Spiritual Powers: Kikyo was able to create large spiritual barriers and could perform several very powerful mystical spells and enchantments, even Naraku himself was terrified of her great abilities, in addition, Kaede knew of her sister's great spiritual powers. In the same way Kikyo could break powerful barriers and enchantments. In addition, she had the ability to unify the fragments of the Shikon Pearl.

Soul-collecting snakes: Following her resurrection, Kikyo's soul occupies an artificial body that needs human souls to survive. In this case, these are young people who died tragically, and who do not achieve eternal rest. Kikyo uses these spectral snakes to collect the souls she needs for her personal sustenance, as well as to travel from one place to another.
Purification Abilities: These powers and abilities come in a variety of different forms when used by Kikyo. When she was resurrected, she used her purification powers against the witch Urasue as well as Inuyasha with a glowing purple light. These powers killed Urasue and injured Inuyasha on this occasion. On another occasion, when Kikyo and Kagome were trapped alone in a cave together, Kikyo used these abilities to create a large sphere of glowing light purple light from her hands in order to destroy the insects attacking Kagome. She can also purify the fragments of the Shikon Pearl by simply touching them.
Pearl Fragment Detection: Kikyo has the power to detect the exact location of the Pearl Fragments, no matter where they are.

Shikigamis: Kikyo has her own Shikigamis, in this case, there are two of them that look like two little girls named Shoko and Asuka, who have great abilities such as creating powerful defensive barriers as well as being able to summon powerful attack spells.
Telepathic abilities between incarnation and reincarnation: Kikyo and Kagome appear to have telepathic abilities in Inuyasha Kanketsu Hen.

Kikyo often carries a red or black bow called Yumi. She has the power to direct each arrow with great amounts of spiritual power and has destroyed, disabled, purified or sealed many demons.

Bow: The bow is usually used by Kikyo to launch holy arrows, aside from that, it is also shown that the bow can also act as a temporary barrier, it can block attacks, curses and reflect the curse or attack back at the enemy like Kikyo did to the dark priestess, Tsubaki.
Sacred Arrows: It is a sacred arrow used by high-level priestesses like Kikyo and Kagome. It easily breaks barriers, destroys spells, eliminates demons, and even deals fatal blows to powerful demons. Kikyo's sacred arrows are too powerful and contain enough spiritual power to penetrate Naraku's barrier with ease.
Sealing Arrow: The Sealing Arrow is a sacred arrow that places a demon under an eternal sleep spell. These arrows are said to be meant to seal demons that are completely invincible. If a demon is sealed to the Goshinboku (the sacred tree or Tree of Eternity) the demon's body will remain completely intact. It will only awaken when the one who shot the arrow desperately wishes for the demon to revive (This is why Kagome was able to wake Inuyasha, as he was his reincarnation).