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Summary: Sesshōmaru leaves the Western Lands in secret to pursue a way better knowledge of how to better his Tenseiga and seek a way to bring back someone he lost in the past but couldn't bring back. However, Sesshōmaru's disappearance gives opportunity invasion, and Nezoku, Lord of the Northern, comes to the Western Lands and destroys the Sacred Tree. This causes an imbalance in time, and Kagome's time completely dissolves into nothing leaving way for an entirely new and different future.

Author's Note: This story takes place three days after chapter 557 of the manga – not chapter 558. I was really disappointed in the way the manga ended so I decided to continue the adventure a little bit with this fanfic and add a few twists too. I hope you enjoy and please review. Constructive criticism is greatly appreciated since you can never be over prepared.

A Broken Heart In A Dissolving Time

It had been three days. Three days since Naraku's defeat. Three days since the Shikon no Tama disappeared from this world. Three days since InuYasha brought her back to her time then disappeared back into his own. Kagome was leaning against the front side of the well as she pondered over all these things. She was on her knees, staring down into the darkness of the well's inside. She had already attempted to go back to the past but with no success.

"InuYasha, why won't you come back for me?" Kagome asked the half-demon sadly, knowing he couldn't hear her. Still, it made her feel somewhat better knowing she had gotten it out of system.

The sound of footsteps was suddenly heard as they came down the stairs of the shrine towards the well. Kagome turned her head towards the noise to find her younger brother coming to check up on her.

"Still no luck, huh?" Sōta asked rhetorically as he walked up beside his sister. He leaned over the well to see the same blackness Kagome saw. His hands were placed on the top of the well's outer siding so to keep his balance. These last three days had been tough on Kagome. The young boy knew this all to well which caused him to worry about his older sibling.

"Nothing," Kagome replied in the miserable tone she had been using since she returned. Her heart felt like it had been crushed. "As each day passes without InuYasha, I feel like a piece of my heart is taken away," she told her brother, not caring if he knew. He probably knew before this anyways.

"Being away from your lover can have that effect on a people," Sōta tried to comfort. He placed his hand on her shoulder to help comfort her more.

"That's just it, Sōta. I'm not even sure that we were lovers. I was in love with him, but I'm not completely sure if he felt the same way about me. I know he love me, but I don't know he would consider us lovers," Kagome told her younger brother as she kept her head down, staring at the darkness beneath her. She was unsure as to why she was spilling her soul to her eight-year old brother, but she could really care less as well.

"I'm sure he did, sis. The way he looked at you said it all," Sōta informed his sister. He looked at his sister and smiled. He was more than sure of his point.

Kagome let a soft smile form on her lips as she heard what her brother said. She stood up and turned to her brother and opened her mouth to thank him, but an explosive noise cut her off. A luminous light could be seen from the outside. The ground then began to shake severely, causing both siblings to fall into the well. Neither was sure of what was happening, but both knew it wasn't good.

The ground was bare, and the still air was blanketed with heavy fog. One wouldn't be able to his own hand if he were to extend it out in front of himself. The lavender sky was barely visible. However, none of these factors were enough to stop the Great Lord Sesshōmaru. He continued his journey at his unhurried pace that was by no means sluggish.

After Naraku's defeat, Sesshōmaru had left his lands to figure out why he was unable to save the demoness, whose smile had haunted his thoughts since the day she died, and find a way to bring her back into the world of the living.

He and his group didn't wait around for his half-demon brother and his brother's wench to return, before leaving. They departed when Naraku's death was final. Kohaku was the only who stayed behind. The young demon slayer was finally able to accept staying with his sister.

Though they left with him, Jaken, Rin, and Ah-Un were not with Sesshōmaru on this journey. He had left them behind before he began this voyage to the forbidden world of Hades. It was not the gate of the underworld or where souls forever lie. No, Hades was an island at the center of the world. An island where a demon known only as the Death Keeper made his home. This demon knew everything about thing about this world and the underworld. He would have the answer Sesshōmaru was seeking.

Sesshōmaru had only just reached the island. He had departed quickly and sped the entire way here. Now that he was here, the demon lord would take his time finding the ruler of this island.

Authors Note: I know it's a short chapter, but I promise the next will be much longer.