Sorry it longer to post than I wanted but it kind of got crazy with my college classes whining down. This chapter might not be good but then again it might be. Anyways I'm going to knock myself out with Niteqick tonight because of this cold I caught. Well goodnight.

'Thought' "Speaking"

Chapter 2

Katsumi walked into a bar and looked around trying not to stand out but her pale skin seemed to catch one demons attention. She sat down at the bar and flicked her short silver grey hair (a/n: she has it cut like a boys) out of her face. She ordered a margarita and sat quietly watching everyone around her. Katsumi never noticed the figure in white watching her as she sniffed the drink first before she drank the beverage. Once she was done she tossed some copper coins onto the counter before leaving the bar.

Katsumi walked through the small bar and stopped periodically to look at the stalls. She stopped at a weapon booth and took a look at the selection of draggers they had. She picked up a dragon serpent design dagger when a pair of demon came up behind her. Katsumi pretend not to notice as she examined the dagger. Her fox ears picked up on their disgusting conversation before she sighed and decided to show them not mess with her. Spinning around with dagger in hand she sliced one of the demons stomachs.

Turning to the vender said, "Nice blade...slices like butter. Two pieces of gold was the price right? I'll take two."

Tossing the coins to the vender she attached the daggers to her belts and left the town before any could follow at least she thought. Katsumi smiled at the rush of adrenaline that went singing through her blood before it only came when she did something and exciting. She stopped at a cliff and stood there watching the sunset. A snap of a twig made her spin around but she forgot that she was close to the ledge and plummet off the cliff.

Katsumi didn't utter a sound as she felt the ground come closer. She felt branches grab at her skin as she fell through the tree line and she just closed her eyes waiting for the ground to meet her. Instead strong arms wrapped around her chest and held her against a solid chest as they went tumble into brush and grass. Katsumi was out for only a minute before she felt a heavy body on top of her. She quickly pushed the body off of her and she quickly jumped a safe distance away as she watched the figure in red that saved her pick himself up.

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Inu-yasha and his group were traveling north ward when he saw a figure on top of a cliff. He pointed it out to the others, "Hey, look at that."

Everyone looked at the cliff and tried to figure out who it was. Sango was the one who noticed the figures tail, "Looks like a canine demon."

It was at that moment the figure decided to turn but misjudge the distance of the cliff edge. Kagome and Shippo screamed, Sango and Miroku gasped before Inu-yasha sped off to catch the person before they hit the ground. He saw the person break through the tree line and he leaped forward and wrapped his arms around him but then Inu-yasha realized that the person was a girl. Once they came to a stop the female jumped away from him pulling out her draggers ready to strike if he took the wrong move towards her.

"Who are you?" the Youko asked him as Inu-yasha stood up.

"The person who just saved your ass!" he told her angrily.

"Yeah, thanks but that doesn't answer my question."

"Why you little-" he ran at her with a fist raised ready to strike her.

Katsumi decided to put her daggers away and go with a fist fight with the man who saved her. With a grin she meant him fist for fist and loved every minute of it that was until his group came and one of the women told him to 'sit'.

Katsumi sighed and leaped up on a low branch pouting, "Aw, I was having fun. It's rare to find someone who matches my skill even though I went down to your level."

"Why you litt-"

"Inu-yasha!" Kagome exclaimed as she glared at Inu-yasha in the ground. She then turned to Katsumi and smiled, "Hi, I'm Kagome."

Katsumi tilted her head to the side for a moment before she sighed as she mumbled, "Great another Bunko..."

"What's that's suppose to mean?"

"Nothing," Katsumi jumped down and said, "I'm Katsumi."

"You're a Youko!" Shippo cried as he jumped onto her shoulder. "I'm Shippo, that's Miroku, Sango, Kirara, and the hanyou on the ground is Inu-yasha

"Oh, yes I am a youko. I just left my family's den this morning."

Sango looked at her curiously, "I thought your kind left their kits leave earlier then this, judging by how old you look."

"Actually I'm at the age of leaving. Oh Inu-yasha thanks for saving me. Now if you excuse me, I need to go and adventure the world," with that Katsumi set Shippo on the ground, then turned and ran into the forest.

"Hey...get back here..." Inu-yasha struggled to get up.

"I might see you guys again," she called.