"That's the name, don't wear it out," Inuyasha responded. He glanced furtively in the direction where Rin and jakken's voices were coming from. His eyes narrowed, his lips curling in anticipation for the oncoming fight. Katara was bereft, and hapless in such a situation. Before she could logically figure out a plan, Inuyasha pushed her aside. "I'll deal with you later. Now is the time, I think, for me to pay my dear brother a visit." Inuyasha disappeared, mimicking the heart-stopping speed Katara had only seen in Sesshomaru.

Katara raced after him, yelling for him to stop, to come back and leave them alone. However, Katara advanced a mere two feet when arms wrapped around her waist. Katara struggled, to no avail. The hands shifted up, cupping each breast, squeezing her chest, and rubbing them together. Katara gasped, and looked up into a handsome face with purple eyes, long black hair, and a mischievous smile. His arched eyebrows and self-assured smirk made her forget where his hands lodged.

"MI-ROKUUUU!" yelled a girls voice. Quickly, Miroku's hands dropped, and Katara turned around to stare in awe at his strange purple robes, and the opaque pearls decorating one arm.

A tall, curvy girl appeared, suited in black and pink armor; she was stylish but dangerous, as she eyed him with a murderous glint in her eyes. The girl's chocolate eyes widened as she looked at Katara, her dark hair was tied high, and her ponytail swung back and forth as she hollered at Miroku's lechery. Miroku cowered; grimacing nervously chuckling apologizes, while Katara watched in plaintive fascination at the couple, temporarily forgetting the more prominent issues at hand.

"I swear Sango…it was, it was just a little fun! Don't take it so seriously!"

"That's what you tell me every damn time Miroku, and I'm so sick of it! Agh!"

"Um…guys? Can you do this later? We need to find Inuyasha!" A third girl appeared, her hair was long and black; her eyes were a plain brown. It was not her beauty, which shocked Katara, but rather her strange outfit. (And Sesshomaru had thought Katara would stick out!)

The last girl wore a short green skirt (Katara wondered why the lecher, Miroku, didn't just go after the girl, since her skirt was so short, he could easily feel her up!) She also wore a white shirt, sailor style, with a green top-part, and a big, red ribbon.

"You're right Kagome." Miroku said, obviously wanting to distract Sango, "Have you seem a man with white hair and a red pantsuit?" he asked Katara. Katara was motionless. She knew she should lead them away, because clearly Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were enemies. It appeared these people where on Inuyasha's side. Despite that Sesshomaru was undefeatable, Katara didn't think he should have any extra resistance, so she lied.

"Ye…yes. I have! He just ran by. He went…that way!" Katara pointed wildly in the direction they happened to just come from.

"There? Really? We just came from there." Sango said suspiciously.

"Ahh…right! Haha, sorry I meant over there," Katara mumbled, this time pointing opposite from where Inuyasha had actually vanished.

"Thank you so much!" cried Kagome, eagerly rushing in that direction. Katara felt bad for misleading the sweet girl. Sango passed by, and said, "Thank you, and I'm sorry about whatever Miroku did to you." She disappeared after Kagome.

Miroku and Katara remained. Miroku glanced furtively at her. "Nice meeting you." He winked and picked up the pace when Sango yelled for him in the distance.

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Katara was now left alone, and even farther behind then she was a moment ago.

Shaken from the strange event which she had just experienced, Katara wondered if all people from the futile era where that odd, and, well…dramatic! Nevertheless, she ran as fast as she could, hoping she wasn't too late.

Katara didn't have to go very far, for the fight had broken out almost immediately after Inuyasha had left her.

Inuyasha was just pulling out the hugest sword Katara had ever seen when she arrived.

"Ha, Sesshomaru! I have the tetsaiga, and my powers have only improved! I'm going to beat you and finish this once and for all!" Inuyasha sounded very enthusiastic…and cocky. If Katara hadn't already witnessed Sesshomaru's power she may have been worried about the nuisance that Inuyasha was causing.

As soon as Inuyasha drew his sword, Sesshomaru launched forward, flying through the air towards Inuyasha, who stood ready, his gigantic sword clasped in both hands. Their swords met, and an explosion of power emanated as they clashed time after time against each other, flying through the air as they did so. At one point Inuyasha leapt down, and landed a few feet from Katara, his brother right after him.

"Get down, Katara. My little brother may get you dirty in his feeble attempts to fight me." Sesshomaru ordered, as he advanced toward them.

Inuyasha turned quickly, eyeing Katara.

"You've really stooped to an all time low, Sesshomaru. Not only are you taking little girls, but your also trying to seduce women?" he exclaimed. Katara blushed at the thought of Sesshomaru seducing her.

Before she had time to venture further into such daydreams, Sesshomaru aimed his sword at Inuyasha, light flashing all around him, and blasted it their way. He must have been enraged, for the impact sent both Katara and Inuyasha flying. Inuyasha grabbed onto her waist at the last moment, as the two were flung into nothingness, the air so thick with dirt and debris, Katara couldn't see.

The fall was hard, and Katara ached afterward, although Inuyasha had taken most of the fall. After a few moments of utter silence, Katara opened her eyes, and was greeted by darkness. Inuyasha was on top of her, (he later told her that he rolled over after taking the fall, to make sure that if something extra came after them, Katara wouldn't be harmed.

At the moment, however, Inuyasha seemed to be unconscious, and lying flat over Katara. He was heavy enough she couldn't move, but lay there in the darkness, knowing that his presence seemed very similar to Sesshomaru's, and daydreaming that it was his body on top of hers. Katara thought with a jolt that indeed Sesshomaru had endangered and ditched her, while his brother had purposely made sure she was safe and not abandoned. Katara's body was stiff with pain and exhaustion, but her mind burbled with assumptions and accusations. She would have to do some serious interrogation when Inuyasha got up.

But when Katara finally drifted off, she vaguely thought it wouldn't be so bad feeling Inuyasha's impact on all her sensual places every once in a while…

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im working on the next chapter now (instead of doing history hw .) and the next scene is gonna be heated/intense! Thanx for reading! 3