NOTE: The lyrics are mine. They are written in a way that gives you an idea to the melody.

"My hea~rt

Was stolen

By a wi~se young man.

A clever~

Little fo~x

And I~

Hadn'tstoodachance.

We da~nced from du~sk 'til da~wn.

We clo~sed the ga~p between us.

He clo~sed the ga~p between her~ and him.

I~ was left allalone.

My li~ttle fo~x

Wasade~vil.

His clever~ gui~se

Fooledme.

I ga~ve my~ hea~rt toadevil.

He opened the door for me."

Makoto bowed at the end in a very dramatic pained fashion. Pein nodded once and vanished. It began to rain. The little orbs of light disappeared as mysteriously as they came, and Oni swung his tail to the heartbeat of Makoto's soul…

When she entered Konoha the next day, Sakura came back and told of how she defeated Sasori and what all he had told her. Makoto had traveled for more than a couple days, but she felt as if Sasori was with her. She was so light-hearted and cheerful. She was smiling and chattering away with Ino who seemed to like her. When she heard what Sakura had said, Makoto ran off to the nearest trashcan and vomited. When she finished, nothing but anger showed on her face.

"I'm ready. I want to be an animal. Teach me how Onigami." She looked at him, and he nodded. There was nothing left to hold her humanity. She had fought long and hard, but without her one anchor to keep her human, there was no point to fight anymore. She would become one with the demon cat that hung over her like death. If death awaited, so be it. She was through. She'd answer her calling and live how she was supposed to, inside a crystal cavern…

To release her true self, she took two of the dragon crystals and let them work their magic. Her human ears vanished and in their place were black cat ears. She screamed as her tailbone grew out and was engulfed in black fur. She now had a tail. The bones in her fingers and toes stretched out as well as turning sharp like her Mayan-like teeth. Her jaw made a cracking sound as it pulled out from her face and made a muzzle. Her human nose disappeared and made a tiger-like nose. She became engulfed in shadow for a few intense moments. When she was uncovered, like a magician's trick, Makoto had turned into a tiger.

Her body was a deep ink black, but her stripes were the same shade and aura as the dragon crystals she made, an inconceivable midnight black with a majestic purple aura. Oni shifted into his tiger form as well but looked pale in comparison to Makoto, though he was a bright orange. The molten chain hung from his neck and the end was in between Makoto's strong jaws. She pulled, making Oni all but fly over to her. She took the chain and bit it, shattering it. It was done. Oni was a familiar instead of a slave. Makoto was her true self that had been sleeping inside her for so long.

She would let the world think of her as they wished. It didn't matter. She had Oni. She was forced into entertaining men all but for sex. She found Oni tattered up and about to die when some unknown force linked them together. Together they slaughtered the villagers in an unknown unified rage. Asagi assisted. Makoto learned her inner powers and became a ninja along with Asagi. When the Mausoleum took her forcefully for experiments, Makoto was also taken by accident. They both escaped the hell hole and parted ways. Asagi died her way. Makoto lived her path set out for her after making a couple detours. She'd meet Sasori again someday. For now, she would do what she does best…whatever she wants. She's free.

No one knows to this day the story of the jeweled tiger, but they say she still lives in an empty crystal tavern with her shifting companion. No one dares to find her. Gradually, the memory of her faded into emptiness... "My hea~rt was stolen by a wi~se young man…"