Silence slowly settled inside the treehouse.
Outside, the forest wind whispered between the leaves, as if even nature itself sensed the weight of the conversation inside. The air felt heavy — not with danger, but with unresolved sorrow.
Kikyo sat quietly, her gaze lowered, her expression distant. There was sadness in her eyes — not loud or dramatic, but deep and enduring. It was the kind of sorrow that came from betrayal, death, and unfinished feelings.
Across from her, Uchiha Lie watched silently for a few moments.
Then, he finally spoke.
"Do you want to be resurrected?"
His voice was calm, direct.
"If you do, we can do it. The technique I know can resurrect multiple people at once. It just requires more sacrifices. Other than that, it's not difficult."
The words echoed in the wooden room.
Kikyo's head lifted sharply.
"Sacrifices?" Her eyes narrowed slightly, alert now. "What kind of sacrifices?"
"Any living creature will do," he replied casually. "Reversing life and death requires life force. That's the rule. But don't worry — there are more than enough useless demons wandering around this forest. Catching a few would be easy."
There was no hesitation in his tone.
Kikyo fell silent for a moment, considering.
As a priestess who had spent her life protecting the Shikon Jewel and exterminating demons, she did not feel sympathy toward creatures that preyed on humans. She had already taken countless demon lives before her own death.
After a brief pause, she nodded.
"When do you plan to begin?" she asked. "What do you need me to do?"
"I can perform the ritual anytime," Uchiha Lie said.
But then his expression turned serious.
"However… you have a problem."
Kikyo looked at him calmly.
"The soul power in your body is too weak," he continued. "Your strength hasn't recovered. Right now, you're being sustained mostly by resentment."
Those words were blunt.
"If you're resurrected in this condition, your body might not handle it. You could fall into a deep coma. You need to restore your soul strength first."
Kikyo's fingers tightened slightly.
"My soul…" she murmured softly.
Her voice carried quiet bitterness.
"My true soul has already reincarnated. It now resides inside Kagome."
At the mention of Kagome Higurashi, something flickered in her eyes — complicated emotion, impossible to untangle.
"The only reason I remain in this world," Kikyo continued, "is because a fragment of my soul clings to resentment."
Then her expression hardened slightly.
"I will gather the souls of wandering maidens. That is how I restore myself."
Uchiha Lie frowned.
"That method is too slow."
He lifted his hand to his chin, thinking.
Then suddenly —
His eyes changed.
Crimson light bloomed within them.
The Sharingan emerged.
Sharingan spun quietly in his gaze as he carefully observed Kikyo's body.
She felt the intensity of his stare, but she did not move away.
She trusted him — at least enough to remain still.
Through the Sharingan's perception, Uchiha Lie saw something extraordinary.
Kikyo's body was not truly flesh.
It was a hollow vessel — a clay shell formed through forbidden techniques. Inside it, there were no proper meridians, no chakra pathways, no core energy center like a living human.
Instead, it was filled with condensed soul energy.
Soft.
Cold.
Ethereal.
It moved not through blood or muscle — but through spirit force alone.
Uchiha Lie couldn't help but speak aloud.
"The person who made this body… I want to meet her."
He sounded genuinely impressed.
"This is even more unbelievable than a Shadow Clone."
In his world, even temporary chakra clones still followed the internal structure of a human body. They had chakra networks. They mirrored the original form.
But this?
This was something entirely different.
Kikyo shifted slightly, covering part of her chest instinctively under his intense gaze.
"What exactly are you examining?" she asked calmly.
"I'm studying how your soul energy moves this body," he replied honestly. "It's incredible."
She narrowed her eyes slightly.
"And your immortal body isn't strange?" she countered.
He paused.
"That's because my body is maintained by chakra through the Edo Tensei technique—"
He stopped mid-sentence.
His eyes widened.
Then suddenly—
He struck his palm with his fist.
"I've got it."
Kikyo looked up instantly.
"What?"
"I think I found a way to solve your problem."
There was cautious hope in her expression.
"I can give you my chakra," he explained. "Maybe it can replace the wandering souls you're collecting. It might strengthen your soul directly."
"Chakra?" she repeated softly.
"It's an energy from my world," he explained. "It's similar to spiritual power — but different. It's formed from both physical and spiritual energy."
He continued calmly.
"It carries life force. It carries consciousness. It can create bodies. It can preserve fragments of the soul even after death."
He knew this because chakra was not simple power.
It was a balance of Yin and Yang.
It was the fusion of body and spirit.
It had once allowed a father to leave a fragment of himself inside his son.
It had once allowed the dead to walk again.
If it could sustain the undead… perhaps it could strengthen Kikyo's fragile soul.
Without hesitation, he stood up.
"Let's try."
Kikyo rose as well.
"What should I do?"
"First, we test carefully," he said. "Stretch out your hand."
She did not hesitate.
Her palm reached toward him.
He grasped it.
Her skin was cold.
But soft.
Not like clay.
Not artificial.
It felt real.
Alive — in its own strange way.
He suppressed his curiosity and focused.
Slowly, he mobilized the chakra within his body.
Warm energy gathered in his palm.
Then gently —
He released it.
The chakra flowed from his hand into hers.
The moment it entered—
"Ah!"
Kikyo gasped softly.
Her eyes widened.
Warmth spread through her body like sunlight breaking through winter frost.
This energy was completely different from the cold spirit souls she usually absorbed.
It was vibrant.
Alive.
Gentle.
It filled the hollow spaces within her vessel, dispersing weakness and reinforcing her soul fragment.
For the first time since her resurrection, she felt warmth.
Real warmth.
Her gaze locked onto Uchiha Lie's face.
How could such life-filled energy exist within someone technically dead?
Uchiha Lie watched her expression carefully.
"Is it working?" he asked.
Kikyo nodded immediately.
"Yes."
Her voice held clear emotion.
"My soul… it feels stronger."
She paused, searching for the right words.
"It feels warm."
That single word carried more meaning than she let on.
Warmth was life.
Warmth was humanity.
Warmth was something she had lost.
Uchiha Lie exhaled quietly in relief.
That meant his theory was correct.
The chakra within him contained powerful vitality — enhanced by both spiritual and life energy.
It wasn't strange that it could nourish her soul.
Encouraged, he slowly increased the output.
More chakra flowed into her.
The glow around her body became subtly brighter.
The emptiness within her clay vessel seemed less hollow now — as if invisible cracks were being filled.
Kikyo closed her eyes briefly.
She could feel it.
The resentment that once sustained her began to weaken — replaced by something steadier.
Something healthier.
But then—
Her body trembled slightly.
Uchiha Lie noticed immediately and stopped.
"That's enough for now."
She opened her eyes slowly.
"I'm fine."
"No," he said firmly. "Your vessel isn't designed for chakra flow. We have to adapt gradually."
She did not argue.
Instead, she simply looked at her hand.
The warmth lingered there.
For the first time since her return, she did not feel like a ghost.
Inside her, something had changed.
Something small — but important.
She looked at him quietly.
"Can you continue tomorrow?"
He nodded.
"Yes. If we do this steadily, you won't need to hunt wandering souls anymore."
There was a long silence between them.
But this time, it was not heavy.
It was thoughtful.
Kikyo's gaze drifted toward the forest outside.
For so long, she had been sustained by hatred.
By betrayal.
By unfinished emotions.
But now…
There was another path.
Perhaps she did not need to rely on resentment.
Perhaps she could stand again — not as a vengeful spirit.
But as herself.
She turned back to Uchiha Lie.
And for the first time since their meeting—
A faint, genuine smile appeared on her face.
It was small.
Almost imperceptible.
But it was real.
And in that quiet treehouse beneath the whispering forest canopy—
A new possibility was born.
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