I still don't own anything in the following…unfortunately… except the legend of Cathleen and Erin.

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"I don't get it," Ken said, scratching his head. He looked back down at the papers in his hand. "What does this old legend have to do with anything?"

"Patience Siberian. This mission is more involved and complicated then anything you have had before. You will see the use of knowing this legend, I promise you," a shadowed face said from the TV screen. "Now, Manx will fill you in on the specifics."

The red-haired women rose and stood before the group of young men. "This mission is highly unusual," she started. "You will not be working here, but in Ireland. Normally we do not go into other countries, but in this case we are making an exception. Before I tell you exactly what this mission entails, I will tell you now that all four of you must accept. This mission cannot be declined, so the offer will not be made to you. If you are to succeed in this venture, you must all work together."

"This must be one heck of a case," Yoji said. "But why Ireland? I mean, what if something happens here?"

"Something will happen here if you don't finish this mission," Manx said. "All of you remember the youngest Takatori son…the one involved in the genetic experiments to gain eternal life. It seems that before Schrient, he had an assistant known only as Connell that came over from Ireland with Schwartz…he appears to have been a friend of Farfarello, who is also Irish. Anyway, when Hirofumi took Schrient in, the assistant was sent back to Ireland. We know now that he is using the knowledge gained from his work with to create a genetically engineered army of people with super human qualities. He plans to use this army against England in order to gain independence for Ireland. We have also learned that he is close to completing two other creations…Cathleen and Erin, the two girls mentioned in the legend."

"He's making them? But what for?" Ken asked, a little confused. "What are two girls going to help him accomplish? And what the heck does all of this mess have to do with us?"

"This legend is quite well known Siberian. Cathleen and Erin have long been symbolic protectors of what is good and just in Ireland. Many people support independence, but refuse to take up arms in the manner of the IRA, and in the way Connell is doing; but if he can bring Cathleen and Erin to life…."

"The people will be inspired to rally to his cause, throwing Ireland into a war with its brother."

"That is correct Abyssian," Manx said. "They will be following the orders of Connell, but the people won't realize that…only that the legends have returned to save them. What all this has to do with you, is this: having connections to the Takatori family, it is quite possible that once he completes these super human soldiers, he will be paid quite nicely by Estes for the blueprints for these people."

"And then have them created to use against the government here!" Omi exclaimed.

Aya nodded in agreement. "They must be stopped. If that army is created, it won't be long before they show up here, assuming Estes actually is involved…?" he asked, looking at Manx.

"Unfortunately, there are many holes in our information. For example, we still don't know why Connell was sent back to Ireland in the first place, but it would be a good guess to say it was for these development purposes. Also, we don't know what the plans are for after his 'victory'…Connell could do any number of things and we aren't sure either that Estes is actually involved in this, though odds are they are. However, this could be a plot on Reiji's part to overthrow Estes's control of him as well…this is not as likely, but still a possibility," the shadowed man said.

"But in any case, there are repercussions here if we don't take care of this now…but what about these girls Persia?" Ken asked. "I still don't see how they're involved."

"We don't even know they're real," Aya said bluntly. "This is a legend…we have no proof that there are any girls housing these two souls."

"They must be," Omi said, "or they wouldn't have gone to the trouble of making us read this legend. But where are they now?"

"We don't know Bombay. Their souls could be anywhere in the world. But it is imperative that we find them as quickly as possible. It will be hard to persuade the people to leave off fighting their brother country once the fakes have been introduced as the reincarnations," Manx said. "Cathleen and Erin are imperative to your success in this mission."

"So we're going girl hunting eh?" Yoji asked. "Sounds good to me."

"This is not a game Balinese." Manx pulled four tickets out of the manila folder she was holding. "These are your plane tickets. You leave tonight."

"That's a little sudden…isn't it?" he asked.

"And what about the shop?" Aya asked. "Who's going to watch it while we're gone?"

"Yes, this is rather short notice," she said apologetically. "But you must get started as soon as possible. As for the shop Abyssian, we will shut it down while you're away. It will reopen as soon as you come back."

"Well, it looks like somebody's in a hurry to go," Yoji commented, watching Omi dash up the stairs of the mission room, ticket in hand."

"We've done all we can," Manx said. "The rest is up to you."

"White hunters, hunt the beasts of tomorrow," Persia said, before the TV screen went black.

"I think he should have said beasts of tonight," Yoji said, standing up.

Ken chuckled. "Very funny Yoji."

But nobody was laughing later that evening as they stood in line to board the plane. They had discussed the mission among themselves before they left, and as such were in a rather serious mood…which soon became irritated. The four assassins were standing in line behind two girls…one of which was making things rather difficult.

"Come on Mako-chan, you promised!" pleaded a girl with long blonde hair held up in a red bow.

"I know, I know…I kinda wish I hadn't though…" sighed the slightly taller girl who had brown hair tied up in a ponytail.

"They've been carrying on like this for the last 10 minutes!" Ken exclaimed. "When are they going to get on?"

"Probably when hell freezes over," Yoji said sarcastically.

"Then hell just froze over," Omi said, pointing to the two girls who were now boarding.

"About time," Yoji said.

The four young men boarded the plane, only to find that they were sitting behind the same two girls again.

Ken groaned. "If this is fate's idea of joke, I don't think I like it."

"Well, they do have the right hair colors for Cathleen and Erin," Omi pointed out.

"Please!" Yoji exclaimed. "There are a million girls who must fit those descriptions."

Omi sighed. "You're right…but it would make things easier you know."

"It would, but anybody who acts like that can't be Cathleen or Erin," Ken said.

"Exactly," Yoji said in agreement.

"Let's not forget where we are," Aya said. "No more talking until we get where we're going."

With that, the group fell silent…and they stayed silent all the way to their destination. They filed off the plane and went to claim their luggage and headed for the exit, only to wind up behind the two girls again.

"Come on Mako-chan…we're off the plane now, it's ok," the blonde girl said.

"Mina…I…" then the brown haired girl collapsed, taking the blonde with her.

The four guys rushed over to see what had happened. Omi knelt down next to the two. "Is there something we can do to help?"

The blonde looked up at him. Facing all of them, they could now see that she had blue eyes. "Oh, if you could help me get her to a chair so she can sit down please?"

"No problem," Omi answered and picked up the passed out girl, taking her over to the nearest chair and setting her down. The rest followed along, helping the blue-eyed girl with her bags.

"Thank you so much," the girl said, sitting down. "Oh, by the way my name is Aino Minako, but everybody calls me Mina."

"My name is Tsukiyono Omi," said the light brown haired, blue-eyed young man. "These are my friends Fujimiya Aya, Hikada Ken, and Kudou Yoji." He pointed in turn to a tall red head with violet eyes, a brown haired man with blue green eyes, and a tall blonde with green eyes."

"Nice to meet you," Mina replied. "I'm sorry to trouble you like this, but I do appreciate your help."

"It wasn't any problem," said Ken. "But is your friend going to be ok?"

"Oh, she'll be fine in a few minutes I'm sure. She's deathly afraid of planes so I guess she just passed out from being emotionally drained."

Sure enough, in a few minutes the eyelids of the Mina's companion fluttered open, revealing a pair of green eyes. Spying the young men standing there, she asked who they were.

Mina introduced them and told her what they had done.

"Mina didn't tell use your name," Omi said. "Would you mind introducing yourself?"

"Not at all," she said, holding out her hand. "Mise Eire."