Yes, for the purpose of this story, Sesh has wives.
Shippo and Kirara's sudden absence will be explained in this chapter. :D
Before Inuyasha had time to confront Jingo, she and her brother rushed at Kaminari, katanas and claws drawn. They hit a suddenly visible barrier, and fell back, Jingo nursing an apparently harmed arm. "Damnit!" Jingo snarled. "Izan, it is time to call them."
Suddenly, Izan roared. At least a dozen tigers streamed out of the surrounding forest. "Miko woman! Miroku! Destroy the barrier!" Izan called out, his voice coarse.
Kagome and Miroku got to work immediately. Drawing one of his sutras, Miroku smirked at Kagome. "Lady Kagome, at the count of three, shoot a purifying arrow at the barrier. Inuyasha, your sword may be able to penetrate the shield. Rush her after Kagome shoots."
"Isn't that a little much, monk? Why can't I just destroy the barrier with my Wind Scar?"
"I fear that the Wind Scar alone will not work."
"Right you are, monk. Fwehahahaha!" Kaminari floated above them, cackled madly, and flew towards the tree that Izan and Jingo were climbing, decided to taunt Jingo, threatening to tell the oblivious monk what she had meant when talking about concubines and demon lords.
"Keh."
"And what is my place in all of this?" Sango asked, feeling ignored, and wary of the wildly laughing, old, one-eyed demoness.
Jingo jumped down from the tree and ran up to her. "Lady, once the barrier is broken, you will help us kill her. She is a demon of no small water."
Kagome started. There was a glow in the tiger demoness' right leg! "Jingo? Is there a Shikon Jewel Shard in your right leg?"
"Maybe. Yes. You are right, miko." And with that, she ran to the tree her brother was hiding in, and joined him in berating the dark miko.
"Why didn't I sense it before? She has no unnatural speed, that I can see." Kagome was quite confused, why hadn't she sensed it before now?
Miroku signaled Kagome away from her thoughts, and poked Inuyasha.
"One…" Kagome drew her bow.
"Two…" Kagome put an arrow to the string and Miroku readied his sutra. Inuyasha drew his sword.
"…… THREE!" Miroku and Inuyasha ran towards the barrier. Kagome shot her arrow. The Sacred Arrow made it to the shield first, and cracked it. Inuyasha hit the shield with the Tetsusaiga next, and cracked it some more. Miroku stuck the sutra on the barrier last and it broke.
Jingo jumped off her tree and Izan followed. The tigers ran in front, and they ran smack into Kaminari's newly summoned forces.
"So you broke my barrier, eh? Well, monk, don't even try to suck in these new demons! They have been loaded with poison. Naraku did that specially for me." Kaminari cackled madly again, and the whole party rushed the hundred-strong group of demons.
At the end of the battle, there was only Kaminari left. As she cackled more, Jingo growled, "Nobody but me 'n Izan go after the witch. Got that!"
No one questioned her. Maybe it was because she looked commanding. Maybe they were scared of her. But it was probably the dozen scary white tigers behind her that did the trick.
Kagome jumped. "Where is Shippo? And Kirara! I haven't seen them since we met the tiger demons!"
Sango paled.
Somewhere
"Kirara, where are we? I miss Kagome. Why did you lead me to this village?"
"Meow." The two demons walked around the deserted village, and when they saw a temple, the neko cat growled and changed into her larger form. "Grrr…."
"Kirara, is there a Jewel Shard in there?" The cat nodded. "Is it dangerous?" The cat nodded again. "A big demon has it?" The neko shook her head. "A small demon?" Kirara nodded. "'Kay! Let's go get it!" Kirara changed back. Better for stealth…
Back To Wherever They Are Fighting
"Inuyasha! We have to find Shippo and Kirara!" Kagome commanded.
"Yes, find your kitsune and neko. Leave me and Jingo to do the fighting. Come back when you find them. Goodbye." Izan waved them away.
Inuyasha motioned Kagome to get onto his back. "Sango, Miroku! Can you keep up?"
"Yes, of course." With that, Inuyasha bounded off, with Sango and Miroku in close pursuit.
The Deserted Village
"Heeheehee! Do you think a little cat demon and a kitsune can kill me?" The rat demon chuckled.
"Who are you calling little! Kirara can easily get you! Fox Fire!" Kirara transformed into her larger form, and Shippo burnt the rat demon to an almost crisp. Kirara finished it off. A Jewel Shard fell to the ground.
"SHIPPO!"
"KAGOME!" Shippo bounded into Kagome's arms. "Kirara led me to this deserted village! See! A Shikon Jewel Shard!"
"Good job, Shippo. You got him good." Inuyasha walked into the temple, with Miroku and Sango huffing and puffing behind him.
"Inuyasha, shall we head back to Jingo and Izan? I think they may need us," Miroku gasped. Kirara walked up beside Sango and Miroku, they mounted, and she sped off, with Inuyasha, Shippo and Kagome leading the way.
They rode in silence, with Miroku not even attempting a grope, and with Shippo being quite, for once.
Once they made it to the old battle sight, now littered with tiger corpses, they watched in horror as Kaminari strangled Izan to death with vines, while Jingo watched, tied to a tree. "IZAN! NOOOOO!" The tiger demoness broke free of her bonds, and ran at Kaminari. "You killed my tigers, you killed my friends, now you kill my brother! Die!" But the crone vanished. "No…" She fell to the ground and sobbed.
Miroku leapt from Kirara and walked over to Jingo. "Are you okay, Jin?"
Jingo got up, and ran away to the surrounding tree. Her eyes were very red, and she seemed to have tiger stripes on her pale face.
"That demon crone is in league with Naraku. That makes her an enemy," Inuyasha said quietly.
Miroku was looking the way she ran. "Izan and Jingo were very close. This could have finally broke her heart."
A single huge white tiger walked out of the woods. Kagome could tell that it was Jingo.