A few rays of sunlight streaming through the trees awoke Katara. She yawned and stretched her arms and legs doing her best not to topple off the branch where she had spent the night. She looked down and saw that Sesshoumaru, Rin, and that ugly little imp demon were gone.
Damn it! she thought to herself.
I should have been more careful! It might take me hours to figure out where they are.
She stood up on the branch, and began leaping from tree to tree, heading east where she had heard Sesshoumaru say they were headed the day before. As she was jumping and twirling from branch to branch she began to feel more carefree. When she was leaping and flying through the trees, she felt absolutely at peace. It was just the forest the wind, and her. She loved the way the air rushed past her as she flew from branch to branch; How her long flowing hair flew every where.
I was born to do this. She thought to herself.
I was born to fly.
Something jolted her out of her thoughts. Voices. She stopped on a branch and looked down. There, she saw five people and a strange tiger-like demon. They were all fighting an octopus-looking demon.
Wait a minute. This is the same demon I fought two days ago! At least, it's the same type. I thought no two demons were alike. I guess I was wrong.
She sat down on the branch to watch the five people. There were two women, two men, and a little kid with a tail. One of the women had a strange out-fit on, and had a boomerang just like Katara's, except the woman's was as big as her! One of the guys, the one that looked to be about 20 was dressed in a blue robe.
He might be a monk, or a priest. thought Katara.
He was holding a golden staff, but strangest of all was a gust of wind blowing around the demon. It seemed to be coming from the man's hand! Katara focused on the little boy. He couldn't do much, except hurl fire at the demon. Still, he was giving it all he had.
"WIND SCAR!"
Katara's attention snapped to the person who had said that. Her mouth dropped open in amazement. He held a giant sword which he could handle as easily as if it were made of wood! And he was a half-demon just like her! A thought struck Katara. She remembered Rin saying something about Sesshoumaru having a brother that was half-demon.
Could it be? she wondered.
She saw that the group was getting their butt's kicked, so she decided to lend a hand. After all, if I'm stuck here, I might as well help out.
She jumped out of the tree.

Unfortunately for Inuyasha, Katara landed right on top of him.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!", he demanded.
Katara saw that she had landed on top of the half-demon. She apologized, and told him who she was.
"My name is Katara. That's all I can say for now, but it looks like you could use a hand with Slimy over there."
Inuyasha gaped at her for a few seconds. She was a half-demon just like him, but she dressed much stranger!
Could she be from Kagome's time? he wondered. He quickly regained his composure.
"Feh. Everything's under control." Katara looked at the demon and saw that it had a hold of the girls, the monk, and the little boy. They seemed to be unconscious and she could see the slimy thing was sucking the energy out of them through his tentacles.
"Oh, yeah! Everyhting's under control, is it?" she remarked.
"Well, whatever. The sooner we finish it off, the sooner it lets go of everyone." Inuyasha finally said.
Alright. If Firaga worked one time, I'm sure it'll work again. she thought to herself.
Inuyasha aimed his windscar at the demon again, but it just absorbed the attack.
"Damn it! This thing absorbs every attack I throw-ehhh!"
The demon stretched out a slimy tentacle and grabbed Inuyasha by the waist. Katara could see Inuyasha's energy drain right out of him and into the demon.
If I don't hurry she thought,They'll be dead soon!
She brought out her Kitsuira Blade. It was shaped just like a boomerang, so it flew easier.
"KITSUIRA FIRAGA BLADE!"
The boomerang flew through the air aimed right at the demon. It burst into flames right before it reached it, and penetrated its sliminess easily. The demon shrieked, and shattered just as the Kitsuira Blade returned to Katara's hand. She leaped from person to person, catching them before they hit the ground. She had tremendous strength and was incredibly fast, so nobody got hurt. They all started coming to as she set them on the grass. When the boy with the sword woke up, he spotted a jewel shard floating in the air where the demon had been. He jumped to catch it, but someone was quicker.
"Hey! What's the deal?", he protested as he landed on the grass face first.
In front of him, was Katara tucking the shard in her leather bag.
She looked at him, and then said,"Well, I killed the demon, so It's only fair that I get the shard."
Inuyasha's face got red, and a sharp-nailed hand gripped the Tetsussaiga.
"FAIR MY ASS YOU-!" Kagome interrupted him.
"Umm, What he means is that we're collecting shards too, and we weren't expecting anyone else to get that shard."
Katara grinned, showing her incredibly long and sharp canine teeth.
"Well, I'm sorry, but I need these shards. I think it's time you learned to share...Inuyasha, is it?" she asked.
Inuyasha stood in front of Kagome, facing Katara.
"Listen you, I've been working hard at collecting these shards, and no way am I letting a wench like you get in the way of my becoming a full demon!"
He drew his sword, and aimed at Katara. Katara's eyes flashed. Suddenly, Inuyasha found himself sitting hard on the grass, his Tetsusaiga in Katara's hand. Katara smiled, and handed him back his sword.
"You should be careful when you pick fights with strangers. I'm keeping the shard, so maybe I'll be seeing you around." Kagome was staring at Katara. Sango, Miroku, and Shippou joined her. Miroku was quick to introduce himself.
"Hello! My name is Miroku." Katara looked at him. "Ah yes! You're the one with the wind coming out of his hand! Hmm. That was a nice performance back there."
Before he could say anything, Miroku found himself face down on the grass with Katara standing over him. He spit out a mouthful of dirt and looked at her.
"What did you do that for!"
Katara glared at him. "You were going to grope me, weren't you?" Miroku blushed such a deep red, that everyone noticed.
"I like this girl! She has fast reflexes! Miroku didn't even touch her!", whispered Sango to Kagome.
Kagome giggled. Inuyasha looked impatient. "Alright, well. If you're going to be hurling us into the dirt, we should at least know more about you, don't you think?"
Katara looked at him hard. "Only if you'll tell me this. Are you the half-demon brother of Sesshoumaru?"
Inuyasha looked angry. "Yeah I am! Who's askin'!"
Katara started to back away. "All I needed to know. Thanks!", she responded as she leaped up a tree and disappeared.
She could hear Inuyasha yelling, "COME BACK HERE, WE'RE NOT FINISHED!" She started to head east, leaping from tree to tree. She smiled to herself.
Living in this era is going to be a blast