A/N: Okay so i thought i fixed this chapter awhile back but i guess i didn't, there was a part of the first chapter attached to this one so i deleted it, otherwise the rest is the same :)

Chapter Two

She stared at the silent shrine grounds as she topped the last stair. The lights were on in the house, a testament to her mother's promise of them being awake so with a sigh she headed towards the house, not bothering to knock before walking in.

"Kagome is that you?"

"No it's the tooth faerie." She said.

"We're in the living room."

No shit. She thought before stepping out of her shoes and heading into the living room, stopping in the entrance to find brilliant amber eyes gazing at her in shock. She smirked. "Not the helpless worthless wench you remember?"

"Kagome." Inuyasha murmured as he took in her appearance, her usually wild locks were pulled back into a simple braid. She wore a tank top and shorts, showing off the tattoo of Sakura blossoms and a black thorn tribal situated above grey smoke that started at the nape of her neck and ended at her shoulder. She also had a tattoo on the inside of her right forearm; it was a Kanji symbol for survival. Her once bright cobalt eyes were what really made him realize she wasn't the same, instead of shimmering with life and happiness, they smoldered with unspoken emotions.

"What do you want Inuyasha." She asked flatly.

"I... uh... we need your help."

She barked out a laugh at that. "Give me one damn good reason why I should help you." Hey he didn't know that she'd already agreed to do it.

"Kagome-"

"Kagome Higurashi." Her mother scolded. "He's come to apologize."

"I don't care." She hissed. "He doesn't deserve my forgiveness and damn you for siding with him."

Her mother gaped at her in shock.

"But I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by that now should I?" Kagome said bitterly. "After all you shunned me just as quickly as they did."

Inuyasha could only stare at her; usually she was so forgiving especially when it came to him. He knew she'd had feelings for him and he always thought he'd be able to play on them. This wasn't going how he'd planned at all, now how was he going to get her to help?

"Let's go." She said.

"What?"

"If Naraku wins then this world is going to be just as fucked up as the feudal era is now no doubt." She said pointedly. "I've known all along this would happen; let me guess you finally realized that the clay pot is worthless as a Miko."

"Hey-"

"Shut up." She said. "I said I'd help you but don't you dare think for one second that this makes us all buddy like again. When it's over I'm gone."

He continued to stand there, not sure what to say or do.

"Well are you coming or what?" She snapped before spinning on her heel and heading for the door. "See ya around mom, well maybe anyway."

With that she stepped back into her flip flops and headed for the door.

"What have I done?" Mrs. Higurashi murmured as tears sprang up. "How did I go so wrong?"

"It'll be alright." Inuyasha soothed her. "I'll try and talk some sense into her."

"I hope it works out." She said. "You'd better go."

He nodded before dashing after the girl. She stood in the well house, gazing down at the well when he arrived. "Is it going to be safe on the other side or should I get ready to fight now?" She asked.

"You can fight?" He asked without thinking.

Within the blink of an eye he was staring at the business end of her sword. "What you think I've spent the past three years pining after your sorry ass? Please." She scoffed before re-sheathing the blade. "Now answer me damnit, is it safe or not?"

"It's safe, the others are standing guard."

"Oh that makes me feel so much better." She said as she rolled her eyes before jumping onto the lip and leaping into the well.

He sighed before leaping after her, welcoming the flash of blue that enveloped them. Within moments it was over and they found themselves looking up at a cloudless sky filled with stars, Inuyasha moved to pick her up but she stiffened.

"Don't touch me." She hissed. "Don't ever touch me."

He gaped at her as he felt her miko powers swell up before she crouched down and leapt into the sky; he gaped in shock at the sheer force of her powers.

Kagome didn't look back to see if he was following as she looked around, a moment later her eyes settled on the campfire and the group of people sitting around it, they were all staring at her with varying degrees of shock.

She sighed as she started walking towards them. "Where's Naraku and what's going on."

"Kagome-" Sango murmured, her eyes wide at the cold greeting.

"Spit it out already or I'm going home and you can deal with this mess yourselves." She said as Inuyasha finally joined them.

"We don't know where he is." Miroku murmured as he studied the girl, her expression was void of all emotion and he had to admit it was scary. She now rivaled the stoic façade of the youkai Lord sitting against a tree not far off, and it was then he realized she'd never come to understand why they'd sent her away.

"Of course you don't." She said as she rolled her eyes. "How much land has he gained, where did you see him last? And how many people have suffered for your stupidity?"

She didn't miss the collective wince that passed around the fire.

"He's gained a considerable amount of land, and we last saw him in the East." Miroku said. "The losses haven't been that severe."

Liar. She thought bitterly. Still trying to coddle me, please if you idiots haven't noticed I'm not some stupid 16 year old anymore... oh well let them figure it out the hard way.

"We have managed to gather a lot of youkai and humans to our side." Sango said. "But... he's grown to powerful so there isn't much we can do."

"Duh, I could have told you that." She said before looking over at the clay pot that still had a shocked look on her face. "Guess all that bragging about being oh so powerful was a load of bull, well no surprise there."

"Kagome-" Shippo said, his eyes filling with tears.

"We leaving in the morning?" She asked.

"Yes." Sango said.

"Good, see you then." She said then looked over to the Lord of the West and nodding before retreating to the other side of the well, instead of setting up to go to sleep she dropped into the lotus position and closed her eyes, forming a barrier around herself.

"Inuyasha, what's wrong with her?" Sango hissed.

"I don't know." Inuyasha said.

"We broke her." Miroku said quietly. "She doesn't understand why we made her leave."

"Well then go tell her."

"It's not that simple anymore." He replied as he looked over at the softly glowing barrier. "A simple apology might have worked three years ago, but not anymore."

"Then what are we going to do?" Shippo sniffed.

"We'll have to regain her trust, and make her see why."

A/N: In case you were wondering, Sesshomaru was not a part of the group when they'd betrayed her, which you'll come to find out in the next chapter lol Also part of chapter one got copied into this in the beginning so i removed it and it should all be in order now