Kagome, get up! We need to keep moving if we're going to catch Naraku!"
She got up and stretched a bit.
Inuyasha looked impatient.
"Must you do that? You look like a damn cat!"
A voice came out of nowhere.
"Typical of a dog-demon to insult cats. But, I don't suppose you would have met any. They'd be smart enough to steer clear of a mutt like you."
Inuyasha drew his Tetsuisaiga. He looked around, bristling at the insult.
"Show yourself! You won't get away with that comment!"
Katara jumped down from a nearby tree.
"Oh, I think I already did." she said with a smile.
"Hello Inuyasha. Miss me?"
Inuyasha sneered at Katara.
"Hardly. What, are you back to throw some more people into the dirt?"
Katara walked over to him and Kagome.
"Hardly. That is..unless you give me a reason to make you eat dirt."
"What's going on? I know that voice..."
Miroku and Sango were up and had walked over to Inuyasha and Kagome. Kirara was in Sango's arms.
Miroku flinched when he saw Katara. Katara seeing this, shot him a mischivious grin.
"Hello Miroku. I see you still remember our last encounter." Miroku winced and said,
"How could I forget? I still have the bruises."
Katara laughed. Inuyasha sheathed Tetsuisaiga. Nice smile for a hanyou. he thought. He realized what he had just thought.
"What the hell? This is the girl that's been giving me a hard time! I can't go around thinking "She's got a nice smile"! Besides, Kagome...
Wait, what do I care? It's not like I...
He shook himself from his thoughts, and returned to the present. Katara was in conversation with Sango and Kagome. Shippou was in her arms, and she was absentmindidly running her hand through his fur. Shippou was clearly enjoying this. Inuyasha looked around to see where Miroku was. He suddenly spotted him sneaking up behind Katara, and about to grab her butt. Sango and Kagome saw him, but decided against saying anything, lest they miss whatever fun Katara was about to give to Miroku. Miroku was very close, and was about to touch Katara, when her tail came out of nowhere and swept Miroku off his feet. He landed face down and grabbed a mouthful of grass. Katara turned around and with the straightest face she could muster, she said
"Oh, hey Miroku! Did you have a nice trip?"
Kagome and Sango burst out laughing as Katara pulled Miroku up and brushed him off. Suddenly, Katara threw herself at Miroku and knocked him to the ground. She began tickling him incesantly causing Miroku to squirm and laugh, begging her to stop. Kagome and Sango were laughing even harder now, and even Inuyasha had to laugh at the spectacle Miroku and Katara were making. Finally Katara stopped tickling Miroku long enough to give him a chance to breathe. She stuck her hands at either side of Miroku, keeping him from getting up.
"Give up your lecherous ways, ya pervert?" she asked, looking down at Miroku.
Miroku nodded.
"I suppose, for you I'll make that sacrifice." he said with a wicked grin.
Katara got up and reached out a hand to help him up. He took it, and then pulled her down on the ground beside him. Katara was too surprised to say anything. She looked at Miroku laying beside her.
"Oh, alright! You got me!"
She let a laugh as clear as bells ring out. She got up and pulled Miroku up with her. She gave him a little shove, and sent him flying toward Inuyasha.
"Well, It's been really fun, but I gotta get going if I'm going to catch Sesshoumaru!" Inuyasha looked at her suspiciously.
"What do you want with Sesshoumaru?" Katara shrugged.
"We have a score to settle."
She leaped up into a tree, leaving a surprised Inuyasha looking up after her.
What could she possibly have to talk to Sesshoumaru for? She's a hanyou, and he hates hanyous. And apparently, they've met before. I wonder how everything will turn out?
Sango grabbed Miroku's ear, and began walking dragging him with her.
"Alright, loverboy! Time to go! You've had your fun." Miroku tried to sqirm out of her grasp.
"Ouch! Okay I'm-ouch-walking! Let me-ouch-go!" Sango let him go laughing, as everyone began walking.

Katara looked down from the trees at the group. She had had a lot of fun goofing around with Miroku. God, he resembled Minoru so, so much. His raven-black hair, and even his features. She missed her best friend, which she had left behind when she had come through the well. She wondered how he was doing now?
Oh well, let the hunt begin! she thought, as she began to search for Sesshoumaru.