Chapter 4

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-Recap- a single huge white tiger walked out of the woods. Kagome could tell that it was Jingo.-

Jingo hid in the woods. She knew that her demon side was struggling to control her mind and body. But if she let it, Jingo knew that she would become a ruthless killer, and possibly harm one of Miroku's strange friends, or even Miroku himself! After a short struggle with her less demon-like side, her tiger instincts took hold.

First, Jingo grew white and black fur all over her body. Then her claws lengthened considerably, and she changed to tiger form. Jingo finally let her eyes become cat-like, and with a mind like an animals, she stalked out of the forest.

Miroku paled. "Inuyasha! Don't hurt her!"

Inuyasha shook his head reluctantly, and watched the demoness, suddenly reminded of when he himself gave in to his demon side. "No, not unless-"

"Don't hurt her at all!"

Yet Jingo still pounced at them, with a feral roar. She attacked Miroku surprisingly, and he dodged the blows, for she was extremely slow, compared to her speed before.

"We have to subdue her somehow!" cried Sango, who was watching Miroku dodge claws and fangs.

"She was afraid of fire… Shippo, use Fox Fire!" Miroku yelled back.

"I'm on it." Shippo grinned toothily. "Fox Fire!" The flames surrounded Jingo, and she froze, and fainted. She stayed in tiger form, however.

"Good work, Shippo…" Inuyasha whispered quietly. He walked over to the tigress. "Well, maybe…" He grinned evilly. "Maybe we should get her a sit charm."

"Good idea… Inuyasha! SIT BOY! SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT!"

Inuyasha was sit into oblivion, and for what reason, he knew not.

Miroku walked away from the humorous sight. Izan had been his best friend… As the day progressed, he buried the boy, and said a prayer at the grave. At nightfall, he wandered back to the camp, where the subject of his current thoughts was sleeping, with his dear Sango nearby. Kirara was sitting with Sango, and Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippo were nowhere to be found.

"Sango, where have the others gone?"

"They are fighting again, Mir- I mean, Houshi-sama."

"Sango, you can just call me Miroku. I hate the formal title."

"Uhhh… Okay, Miroku." Sango tried the name out warily.

"Well, how is Jingo, my dear Sango?"

Sango ignored the flattery, and replied, "She is still sleeping… Do you think we should go to Kaede with her, and get a sit charm?"

"That would be the best idea."

The two dragged Jingo onto Kirara's back, got themselves on, and flew off.

At Kaede's Hut

"Yes, I do think it would be best, seeing as how she could be dangerous. Besides, have ye noticed if she has had a temper like Inuyasha's?" Kaede observed the tigress, still sleeping, who was now on a cot in the small hut. Sango and Miroku had explained the whole situation.

"When we were children, yes, she had a very bad temper." Miroku winced, remembering when she had lost it when he told her that she wasn't good enough to become a demon slayer. How funny it would have been if she had became one, and then become a demon!

"Well, I'll get to making the charm. Which of ye will hold the power of the command?"

Sango looked at Miroku. "He will, won't you, Miroku dear?" Her voice held the slightest bit of venom in it, and Miroku paled.

About An Hour Later

"Well, Sango, I still think you should have the power to sit her!" Miroku was getting desperate; Jingo was up, and her eyes looked no more human then the first time he saw her in tiger form.

"Well, Miroku, ye had better try out the charm, hmm? I bet that it will awaken her from the tigress form, and make her human again! So, ye try it out…." Kaede seemed to be enjoying the big joke too.

"Oh no…. Sorry Jingo…. Sit, Jingo! Sit!" Miroku watched with something akin to amusement as the tigress hit the ground, hard. She changed back to her human-like form.

"What the hell was that for!" Jingo screeched ferociously.

"Well, it is for when you become a tigress, and cannot change back." Miroku was having trouble explaining, Sango could tell. And Sango was enjoying every moment of his anxiety.

"Anyways, it could really help out-" An angry demoness pounced on Miroku.

"Tell me why I shouldn't kill you." Jingo's eyes flashed red.

Kaede shuffled away. Better take a page out of Myouga's book, the old woman thought. Sango noticed, and winked.

Meanwhile, Miroku had gotten up, and was circling Jingo warily. "You shouldn't kill me because I am beautiful." He said, with an air of self-confidence.

"Oh, well. I suppose I do need the stupid charm, don't I, eh? Well, I won't hurt you, my dear Miroku…" Miroku smiled. Victory… "Much… Hehehe." And with that, yet again was Miroku pounced upon.

Sango couldn't contain her mirth anymore; she burst into hysterical laughter. Jingo looked up, giving Miroku an ideal chance to escape. Instead, he just sat there. His fingers twitched.

"What is it, Madame Demon Slayer?"

"Don't call me that; I'm just Sango. Tell me, did you two act like that as children?"

"Well, usually Izan and I would beat on him…. - What! Miroku!" Miroku got a slap in the face, leaving a red hand mark. His hand twitched again. "Damnit! Miroku! HENTAI! Hands off, idiot!"

Sango winced. "He does that to you too? What a hentai houshi."

"But, ladies, I am but a man, and beauties like yourselves-"

"Save it monk. Well, I might be as bad as you; I am a bit of a flirt after all. But promise me that you won't grope anyone again, unless asked."

Sango paled. She had tried this many times, and always Miroku found a loophole.

"Well, my dear Jingo, I will on one condition… Will you bear my child?"

Jingo's eyes widened and her mouth opened and closed several times, like a fish out of water. Sango felt sorry for the girl, as Miroku had pulled that one on her several times. Finally, the demoness found her words. "Hell no! I'm a demon!" Her voice lowered. "Even if I wanted to, I wouldn't. You know how half-demons are treated." Her voice went back to a near scream. "The deal is off!" She stomped off into the nearby forest.

"Well you blew it, Miroku." Sango said, her voice faking a cheerful tone. "She's going to get lost, and you screwed up the agreement. I knew it." Jingo came back a second after she said this. Her embarrassment was obvious.

"Should we go back to your camp? I don't know the way back, and," She attempted a pompous tone, making Miroku smirk, and Sango laugh. "You definitely need my help."

"Really, then, so you've decided to travel with us? It would be nice to have another competent fighter, right Sango?" Miroku asked saucily. "I mean, seeing as you and I are the only reliable fighters in our group-". Sango burst out laughing, and Miroku grinned. Jingo just shook her head amusedly.

"Why don't we just head back to camp, okay? I really need to return."

And so they flew back on Kirara, with Miroku up to old tricks, Sango slapping him for the same old tricks, and Jingo proceeding to rant on about how the female race was infinitely superior to the male race.

"-and we don't try and do hentai things such as what you try, you fake old monk! Which leads to another thing!-"

"Jingo, be quiet! Somebody is coming!" Miroku muttered. "I can feel it."

With Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippo, a Few Minutes Before

With Shippo's extremely valuable help, Inuyasha and Kagome managed to resolve their problems, but not without several screamed curses, a few sits, and a bruise on Inuyasha's head.

Inuyasha was now sitting on the ground, looking up at Kagome, who was cradling a sleeping Shippo.

"I still don't see why we should let someone like her travel with us. I mean, we don't even know if she can be trusted!" Inuyasha, surprisingly, hadn't revealed to anyone yet that Jingo, the subject of their current debate, was an old wife to Sesshoumaru.

Kagome ignored him, and said quietly, "I think we should be getting back to camp. The others should be getting worried."

The young miko jumped up onto Inuyasha's back, and he bounded off.

Back to Miroku, Sango, and Jingo.

Jingo bared her fangs and lengthened her claws. Sango quickly changed into her demon slayer clothing. Miroku got into fighting stance.

Imagine their surprise when Inuyasha and Kagome appeared.

"Jingo!" Miroku hissed, as he fought down a blush. "Why didn't you smell them coming!"

"My senses are dulled. Sorry." Jingo muttered sheepishly, as she slunk into the forest.