accidentally cleanse the child.
Do you want the woman and the child back? Then find me. Find me the devil. Tonight. I will not die because of our distance - but you will. Find me and the woman. Tonight.

- Inuyasha

Kagome looked up. "What does it say?" Asked the father, and her mother looked blankly at the sheet of paper. The Miko said nothing and put the note in her pocket. "Miko-sama?" Asked the man, slightly uncomprehending. "Do not be afraid. I will go looking for your daughter. And I will not come back without her!"

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The wind was blowing slightly, it carried colored leaves with it, for autumn was approaching. Small children played in the paths, watched by the watchful eyes of their parents.

Nobody threw themselves into the leaves or backed away from her as Kagome walked on. Not that she didn't like it, it was just that she wasn't used to it. But the miko decided not to worry about it. She had to find a pregnant woman!

"It's against the rules, dear Kagome-sama. I thought you could read?"

As if moved by thunder, Kagome turned and saw him. Inuyasha.

The warm rays of the autumn sun touched her face and the sphere of the sun itself outlined Inuyasha's appearance gold. The black hair, the golden eyes ...

"Re ... rules?" She finally managed to say.
"Tonight. You can start looking tonight!"

Kagome narrowed her eyes briefly when she said aloud: "Then I have ..." She stopped when no one was standing in front of her. She looked around and then asked a couple of children playing in the streets: "Hey, do you know where the man who was talking to me went to?" The children looked at her blankly. "Man?Talked to you? We didn't see anyone. Heard only you talk. Are you delusional? "

Kagome blushed and turned around at a quick pace. Delusion? You and delusions? That was illogical! Inuyasha had been there ... she had seen him ... she must have seen him!

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"It's good ... it's good ..." Like an incantation, these words were repeated over and over again. But the desired effect was slow, very slow. The trembling figure calmed down slowly, its sobs not ebbing away. The figure pressed tightly to the much stronger body that was holding it.
"I'm scared," sobbed the petite creature.
"We all have ... it's just a question of what you are afraid of ..."
A face was raised. Tears glittered on the wet cheeks, the large eyes hurriedly raced back and forth, trying to find support in the other's eyes. She couldn't find him, sobbed again loudly and pressed herself back into the strong arms that held her.
"I dont know…"

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The leaves clung to the branches, but the hard fist of the wind always tore some with it, so that there was no escape. The brown, red, and yellow leaves rose and were carried on a long journey around the world.
The sun was slowly sinking on the horizon, which was inaccessible, and darkness was already creeping up from the corners of the world. People caught their children playing and went with them to their houses, because the temperature level sank quickly and it soon got damp.

In the square stood a young girl with black hair that flowed around her body and warm brown eyes that throbbed to and fro. She was looking for something that could not be overlooked. But maybe it wasn't even in God's knowledge of what or whether she would find it.

"Come looking. Find me and the woman. We're not moving, we're waiting here for you.Hurry up, Kagome-sama, if you really want to save this woman from the devil. "

Her body twitched, she began to move slowly. The voice had only existed in her head.

Kagome knew where he was. Long time. He let her know. He let his aura flow on her. Never before had she noticed such a dark aura. It could only be HE. No normal mortal person had such a depraved aura. She came out of an alley. Faintly, Kagome felt a second, lighter aura, buried under the darkness.

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"Inuyasha. I know you're there. Come on, let the woman go."

"You better come here. I just can't let go of her and it's not my turn to get up either. Come on, you're not afraid?"

Kagome snorted and stepped into the dark alley, Inuyasha's black aura enveloping her, swallowing her. An instant shiver came through the miko, so terrifying was that aura on her. "I can't see anything," she remarked. "Open the eyes of your heart and behold our auras, dear Kagome-sama."

Kagome closed her eyes to feel for the auras. She got hold of them, that black one and that weak, light one. "What is the woman? Her aura is very weak."
"She's fine, she's just exhausted. Listen, Kagome-sama ... Satan is going to take her fetus soon, and she knows that. She knew it when I came to her. Satan wants her and the child. Now, here and now. He won't wait. And you can't prevent it. Kagome-sama, you shouldn't be here. Run. Run as fast as your legs allow you. "

"But ..." She was about to protest when she heard a new, dark voice: "She stays. I want to have her and demonstrate my superiority to God." Kagome felt an aura that even surpassed Inuyasha's darkness and darkness.

Satan.
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She couldn't move. The presence of the devil and the perception of his aura had blown her away."Inuyasha, do you have the wife?" Growled the dark voice of the ruler of hell. "Yes," was the young man's quiet reply. "Give it to me," demanded the devil. Inuyasha, however, was silent.

"Give it to me!" Demanded the devil louder now. Inuyasha was still silent. "I can't. I have ... I am ... in contact with an angel. The woman and I will die if you touch me now." Satan growled, "Don't tell me! Give ... me ... the ... woman!"

"Save me, Kagome-sama!"

Kagome was petrified. Not a single muscle in her body was able to move. She heard the devil get angry. She felt the woman's aura getting weaker and weaker. If something didn't happen soon, her aura would completely fade. But perhaps the most important thing, Inuyasha's silent cry for help, she didn't notice.

"I can't," Inuyasha whispered. "Yes! Give it to me. Release your arms from her and GIVE IT TO ME!" The devil's voice had grown louder.

"I CAN NOT!!"

Inuyasha's reputation roused Kagome from her stupor. So desperate, so seeking help ... he served Satan, but it was her duty to help anyone in need. And if it were Satan himself.

"Save me, Kagome-sama !!!"

That sentence echoed so loudly, so pleadingly against her mind, that it almost hurt. She couldn't see anything, she could only feel the aura of the devil getting closer to the Inuyashas. Kagome could sense that Inuyasha's aura was withdrawing, seeking protection. And she also knew that she had to do something. The woman's aura was almost gone. If she didn't do something soon, an innocent woman would die!

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Inuyasha could smell the putrid smell of hell on the devil as he got closer. Weakly, he pressed the unconscious, almost lifeless woman closer to him. He ... he couldn't leave her to the devil!

For the first time in his life it didn't work.That woman in his arms ... why did the devil want her and the unborn child? He wasn't going to give it to him ... but he knew he was helpless. If the devil wanted something, he took it.

Satan was close to him when Inuyasha heard someone shout something he no longer understood ...

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"LEAVE HIM IN PEACE!!!!"

Satan flinched a little from his unconscious servant when the Saint screamed loudly. "What do you want, Miko?" He growled menacingly softly. Nobody dared to disturb him when he was getting his victim!

"Please take an example from Inuyasha! At least he has respect! Besides, it's horrible what you're doing here! Why do you really want to have this woman and her child? Go away! You mustn't be here on earth! Go back again to hell, where you belong! "

Kagome had palpitations. The woman's aura was almost gone, and Inuyasha's aura had also lost its intensity, which suggested that he had passed out. Kagome felt ... helpless. She could feel it, the dark aura of the incarnate. What could she do about him? She was one sent by God, but nothing more. She wouldn't be able to stand up to the devil.

Satan turned away from the miko. She wasn't going to be dangerous to him. He could perceive their fear, because fear was a feeling that he had given people. Well, wasn't even God's angel safe from it?

"Stop."

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Those still moving paused, Kagome as well as Satan. Kagome noticed on the edge how the woman's aura had almost completely disappeared. Something had to be done or she would die. Right now! But her limbs still refused to give her the order.

The devil turned to the new presence. "What are you doing here? You shouldn't be here," remarked Satan soberly. The newcomer replied softly, "I know. Neither do you.You are here, i am here So what's the problem? "

Kagome was still stiff. She knew who had come. And that's why she couldn't move. And yet ... which of the two would take care of Inuyasha and the woman? She had to do it. Nobody would do it except her ...

And yet ... how could she dare get so close to the devil? She couldn't stand his dark aura. What should she do? The woman needed help ... urgently ... and Inuyasha ...?

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"Beelzebub. We had a pact. Neither of us should ever set foot on this earth. We were allowed to choose a representative for this. I am a virgin and you are a boy. Why are you here? This boy did everything you did so far wanted from him. Why are you breaking our agreement? "

"Why not? That woman there ... I wanted to fetch her personally. I didn't want to have her brought to me. You can see that my useless servant is no good! Weak coward. I should never have given him the immortality of hell."

"You did WHAT? You made him immortal? Why? What was so special about him? We have never given immortality to our mortal