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Legendary Feelings and Battles

Prologue

 

There is a prophecy that talks about how good and evil shall clash, but what truly is the evil of which we speak? No one knows, but it is said to be an eternal battle. So what happens when it ends? Is that even a possibility?

 

No one really knows if it is, but there is one thing that is wide spread knowledge. Power is to be born from the eternal battle, and only a pure soul can tame the beasts who wish to devour the world. Purity is something that is rarely seen, especially true purity.

 

I think that it is time to speak on the history of mikos. They practice Shinto which literally means the way of the gods. Their powers come from the Kami themselves, and the level of power given depends on the purity of the being.

 

The miko, or priestess, trains hard to learn mastery of her powers, but there is something else you should know. The girls are born with these powers and use them as they are trained to. In other words, they kill with their powers. They also protect, but only humans. It is rare the miko who will not kill a youkai on sight.

 

One such miko was extremely powerful and truly pure. Her power was so great that she gained the life span and aging of a demon. The power to see into and purify ones soul is a great gift, and she used it well. Her powers were only used against evil. She had even fallen in love with a demon.

 

However, her happiness was tarnished when she found that he only wanted her for her powers. He took two of his strongest allies, and there they battled for her power. Merging together in a desperate attempt to stop her, they ended up creating the Shikon-No-Tama.

 

The power born of the jewel was immense and needed to be locked away. It contained four powerful souls who continued the battle within. All that was left alive in the cave was a little neko who mewed softly as she retrieved the jewel and leapt out of the cave.

 

There she saw the tajiya that her mistress had trained. From her, they took the jewel and handed it to the village miko. Though she was not quite pure, she could still retain the jewel from becoming tainted. It was that same miko who took off with it in order to keep the power for herself.

 

Sensing her selfish desires, the jewel reacted and started turning a purplish red. A demon swooped down and attacked the girl before she got far and took the jewel from her. Thus began the cycle of the demons stealing the mystical object for power and other selfish gain. Even some humans sought after the trinket.

 

It wasn't until a few centuries later that the jewel resurfaced in the slayer village. The jewel glowed a malevolent red and shined like it was born from hell. It looked almost as if it were covered in blood, though it was not. The village had no choice but to find a priestess who could purify the jewel.

 

Hearing a rumor about a girl named Kikyo, they checked it out. She did indeed posses the powers of purification needed to protect and purify the jewel. Unfortunately she was also going to use the jewel selfishly, and it turned against her. She was to turn a hanyou into a human so she could be rid of the jewel, and to have a human husband.

 

Not liking her intentions, the jewel called forth demons who turned a human into a hanyou. That hanyou then slain the miko Kikyo. Instead of selfishly wishing for her life on the jewel, she handed it to her younger sister with orders to burn it with her body. As she turned to ash on the pyre, her soul ascended to the after life with the jewel in tow.