Author's note: I hate school! I still want to have vacation! Anywayz here's a new chapter! I had time to write one but I didn't make it as long as the previous ones. Maybe that's why this is my favorite chapter...It's the shortest. :) puts on artificial grin I only received one review since my last chapter but it's ok! At least some people give my work a chance.

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Chapter 5: Legend

In a distant island somewhere near the coasts of the Philippines, there was a secret laboratory. The laboratory was full of maniacs who were on a quest for power; the power that could bring the world into darkness.

"So have you found their location?" A man with long wavy hair wearing a dark blue shirt and black pants asked his accomplice who was sitting in a chair near his desk. The back of his chair was facing his partner.

"So impatient you are Naraku. The energy readings won't show just yet. We still have to wait for the planets to align." The man wore a simple business suit, and his appearance looked quite elegant.

"Right, still one year of waiting." His chair turned and confronted Mikage Kagami. Mikage Kagami a successful businessman such as Naraku. He was in his middle twenties and was gifted with great learning skills.

"You know, you don't really need to fuss."

"It can't be helped. It's very nerve-racking when you think the almighty power of the universe can soon be attained." Naraku coolly replied. "Harnessing the powers of heaven and earth then soaking it in the waters of hate and evil."

"You're going to corrupt it you mean?"

"Quite right."

"To think such a legend would be true."

"They used to regard it as a myth."

"How would you know?"

"I would know since I'm more than a billion years old."

Kagami replied amusingly, "Oh yes, you're not human."

"Unlike yourself Kagami."

"You sure don't like humans but you didn't mind spending 10 years working with me."

"You may be human but you hold an evil mind and heart as that of a demon. So, what's the reason you work for me then?"

"I would want to see the world fall into darkness, that's all. Putting that aside, why did they regard 'the legend' as a myth before?"

"Well, no one believed that 'it' would actually happen."

"'It'? What part of the legend? Do you mean when the spirit of the celestial maiden and the jewel of the four souls would appear billions of years after the world was created."

"Yes."

Both of the men stood and walked toward the main unit of their residence.

"Since the most important things cannot be obtained, it would be best to get the supporting energy in the time being." Kagami said.

"So you're suggesting…?"

"I'm suggesting that we should start collecting the descendants of the celestial maidens who went looking for the queen celestial maiden of the heavens."

"Yes. It's a 95.9 that our main subjects won't just agree to our wishes so…"

Kagami continued, "…so we'll use the powers of the celestial maidens' descendants to draw out 'the power'"

"Exactly."

They arrived in the main unit. Everywhere there were people with white jackets, computers and cylindrical vessels that held water and some test subjects.

"It will only be in due time that we'll get what we want."

"You may proceed with this tactic of yours, Kagami. In the mean time, we'll wait for the stars of the show to make their appearance."

"Naraku, what does the legend say again?"

"It might make you impatient if you hear the detailed version."

"I don't mind."

"When the earth was made, there was a leakage of power steaming out of the heavens. This power combined with the energy emitted from the earth. The energy of earth consisted of four souls: friendship, love, wisdom and courage. With the power from the heavens, which served as the core, combined with the four souls, the shikon no tama was born. This Jewel of the Four Souls can be good or evil depending on the beholder. Its power is strong enough to even control the fate of the world.

A celestial maiden then descended from the heavens to collect the glass ball, which contained the forces of both heaven and earth, and destroy it. But a dark entity prevented her from accomplishing her task. The dark force was about to steal the sacred jewel but the celestial maiden had put a spell on the jewel so that only she can harness its power; and that the jewel and she would vanish from the face of the earth. The dark force knew that the celestial maiden didn't have enough power to eradicate the existence of both the jewel and her. They would disappear for the mean time but appear maybe many centuries after. When that time comes, its power will be engulfed by its evil energy and be corrupted. In doing this, enormous power will be granted to it enough to cloud the earth in darkness. All of that happened when all the planets were aligned."

"Naraku, I've been meaning to ask you: Were you that dark force that interfered with the celestial maiden's task of destroying the jewel?"

Naraku smirked, his red eyes flashing. "Bull's eye."

Author's note: So short! But that's why it's my fav! It didn't take too much time to write. I'm sad to say that the next chapter will come out in 2-3 weeks at most. It might be even later depending on my busy schedule. :glares at her pile of homework and books: Please review and if I get 10 reviews I might update even sooner!

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In Japan, Sango, Mirouku and Kagome start the first days in Tokyo University. Huh? Miroku's been hanging out with an old friend so Sango's been feeling a bit lonely! Kagome's been acting kinda weird too!Meanwhile, Aya arrives in her new neighborhood and meets a new friend. WHAT! Aki, where? And who's the man that's been following her? I stalker or maybe someone even worse? Next on Overcoming Destiny; chapter six New Lives!