Welcome to my first ever sequel! If you don't know what this is from, you need to go read my first one, Guardians of the Chosen, you WILL NOT understand this if you don't read it. Those of you that have read it, you might want to reread it. Welcome, to Guardians of Each Other! I don't own InuYasha.

Dedicated to Evervescent to give me the push I needed!

I wake up to my alarm clock going off. I want to throw it across the room, but that would break it, and that's my second one this year. I shut the damned thing off and sit up to see my roommate, Sango, still asleep with no Miroku.

It's still Kagome here. A year ago, I was a guardian, and I still am. A year ago, in a clearing in the woods, I was stabbed by a Souleater named Naraku. I almost died, but I didn't. In a shocking change of the Chosen One, I was chosen and I gave my powers back to the universe.

Sango is my best friend and she's a guardian too. She's now with me here at Tokyo University as my roommate and a history major. I am a pre-medical major and we're in our second year here.

As I said, I sat up and walked over the mess in our room and shook her awake. "Wake the hell up, bitch."

She sat up, groggy. "Why the fuck would you wake me up like that? And what the hell is with the 'bitch' thing?"

I huffed. "It's the only way to get you up. Now get up and let's go. I have to go watch you and Miroku suck face."

She stood up. "Just because you and InuYasha are taking a break doesn't mean you get to make fun of me. When are you two getting back together by the way?"

I sighed and looked down. InuYasha, my ex-boyfriend and I are in a break that's been going on for about three months. He was a new student in our high school and he befriended me immediately. He slowly got into my mind and into my heart. Lately though, we just seemed to be out of sync, and he thought it was best if we took a break. We'd had a lot of fights for almost six months before he split us up.

"Sango, it's been three months. I think it's safe to say we're not getting back together again."

She smiled in sympathy. "If you think that's so, how about Sesshomaru. He said that Rin was getting on his nerves, and you and he are both really smart." She shrugged. My other best friend, Sesshomaru was having some trouble with his own relationship. He was also InuYasha's brother.

"So you want me to start dating my ex's brother?" I gave her a look and she laughed.

"So, maybe that wasn't the best idea I've ever had, but you should still go out there and try for someone."

I sighed. "I think I'll pass Sango. You know I need some time to do my homework. You go out tonight with Yuki and Kai. I'll be fine, I promise. I might go this weekend to go see Ichijo." I haven't seen Ichijo since InuYasha and I split up. I should go see him.

She sighed. "As long as you come back and don't transfer away or anything, that should be fine. So, do you want to come down today, or are you going to skip again?"

"I think I'll pass again."

"Kagome, you can't keep isolating yourself like this! You're going to be a doctor, right? Well you need to work up your people skills some more!"

"Sango, I have enough people skills to last me a lifetime, I promise. Just because I don't want to be around an ex doesn't mean I don't have people skills."

"Kagome, you used to be more fun when we were guardians, and now you're just gone. You're starting to act like you did two weeks before the ceremony."

I smiled. "Sango, I'm not acting like that. There's no reason for me to now. As soon as winter break comes, I'll find the rest of those bastards and kill all of them." That was my goal in life, to kill all Souleaters. I had gone off on missions like that all summer and last winter break.

"Kagome, just wait a while before you go out and do stuff like that."

"Sango, I was stabbed a year ago, I think I can handle it now."

She sighed as we both got ready. "I know that, I just don't want to miss out on all the fun when you do go." I haven't told her about my other missions.

"I know, and you will go, I promise. You have to let me go on them first." I laughed as I pulled out a tee from my closet. I might not be the most organized when it comes to my room, but I'm better then Sango ever thought about being.

She pulled a tee from where she hadn't put her laundry away. "You had better let me go. Do you even know where they are?"

I nodded as I slipped the thing over my head over an undershirt. "Ichijo said he had a map of all their possible locations and he made a lot of copies. I know that Nobanaga went out over the summer for them." I went with him though.

She sat down on a chair to do her make-up. "Does he really have a map like that? Why haven't you gone away yet?"

"Sango, I have homework and school. I don't have time for that anymore. I'm a pre-med student now Sango, I can't do that anymore."

She sighed as she finished. "I'll see you later. Remember, I made special plans for just you and me for lunch today." She smiled and I hugged her.

"I'll see you later then!" She left our room and I put on my converse. Someone knocked at my door as I was about to leave. I opened the door with my bag on my shoulders and there was Yuki.

"Hey Kagome, where's Sango?" Yuki didn't care for me very much since I wasn't just in love with hanging out and drinking like she was.

"She already left. Didn't you see her? She just left about three minutes ago."

"I didn't see her. Thanks anyway." She turned on her heel and walked away from me. I went back inside and waited for a few moments before leaving.

It was fall, around Halloween, so the leaves were turning and they fell from their trees, covering the sidewalk with orange and red colors.

As I walked I saw two heads with silver hair and one of them with dog ears on his head had a girl on his arm. I froze where I was as the older one was having a stern conversation with him. I texted Sango.

Thank you for telling me InuYasha had moved on so fast!

I kept watching, never moving as the girl kissed his hand. Sesshomaru, the older one, rolled his eyes and turned around and saw me. He was over to me in a matter of seconds.

"Good morning Kagome. I'm sorry about him. He won't admit that he needs to break it off with you officially. I'm sorry." He put a hand on my shoulder and I smiled and shook my head.

"It isn't your fault and he can do what he wants. I can't stop him from dating if he wants to." I got a text from Sango.

He did not move on this soon without telling you! I'll kill him!

Haha, I don't think you'll have to. Sesshomaru is pretty mad as it is.

I put the phone away. "So Sango is going to kill him for you now." I laughed with him.

"Shall we go to breakfast together? I don't want to be around him and his little slut. I don't know why he went for the girl that has a reputation, but he did." He rolled his eyes.

I giggled. "Let's just go, shall we?" As Sesshomaru turned to the side, I saw InuYasha watching us. He turned briskly and left with his new girl.

So some of you will wonder why they split up! I know it's heart-breaking for some of you, but you'll see in the future. Don't stop reading this.