Reita opened his eyes as he felt his body on fire. He sat up to find himself on the hillside inside his soul. However all around him were burning trees. He stood up and found the oak tree behind him ablaze. A familiar laugh sounded behind him. He turned to find Dogma standing there on fire yet he held a sickening smile.

"Get away from me! You won't hurt me anymore!" Reita yelled.

"Is that so?" He said pointing. Reita chanced a turn to find his inner wolf on fire. Reita screamed and fell next to it. He started batting the flames with his bare hands, but found his hands catching on fire. He screamed as it spread all over his arms. He fell to the ground as the flames consumed his body and as Dogma's laugh echoed through his ears.

Reita gasped as his eyes opened wide. He looked around to see Kai looking down at him. His voice was muffled, but he felt the alpha's soothing pressure around him. He took steady breathes as the world around him went black

Kai wiped Reita's sweaty, flushed face. He turned and saw the alphas tending to the other ill omegas. Kai had been terrified when he brought Reita home and he hadn't left the blonde's side since. That same night, however, Uruha, IV, Koichi, Teru, Miyavi, and Saga all fell ill. Everyone wore masks as they tended to the sick. Kai looked down to find his lover suffering through yet another nightmare. Glass shattering caught their attention. Everyone looked in time to see Tsuzuku falling to the floor. Another omega has fallen ill.

Aoi moved to take care of Tsuzuku, but Kaoru pushed him back.

"Do not go near any of the ill omegas." He ordered and walked over to help place Tsuzuku on a futon with the others. Aoi watched from afar as they took care of the sick. He looked up and watched as Kaoru took care of the fallen omega. He watched as the alpha stripped Tsuzuku's wet clothes and threw them to the side. Yoshiki knelt beside him and started wiping him with a wet cloth. Kaoru stood and walked from him back to Aoi's side. He rubbed the raven's arm.

"Everything will be fine. Just don't touch anyone." Kaoru ordered. Aoi gripped his arm and placed his head on the alpha's shoulder. Kaoru patted the younger's head looking over at the unconscious omegas drenched in sweat.

Reita's eyes opened once more as he coughed weakly. Kai was quick to lift his lover in his arms. He swiped the blonde hair out of his face as Reita coughed more. The alpha grabbed a nearby water bottle and uncapped it before putting it to Reita's lips. The cool liquid hit his lips, but he coughed it out splattering it on Kai's face.

"S-sorry." Reita whimpered.

"Shh." Kai hushed him. He placed the bottle on the blonde's lips and this time he was able to sip the water. "Just rest. I won't leave you."

Reita let out a raspy thank you before his lover laid him back down to return to his restless sleep. Reita gripped Kai's hand. "Don't…let him…take m-me."

"Nobody will take you." Kai whispered. He watched as his lover closed his eyes once more.

At the clinic, Shinya stepped out of a room and stripped his gloves off. He tossed them aside before walking down to the front. There was a lot less people than the previous days. Mia and Kamijo volunteered to help at the clinic in replace of Shou and Reita. It was helpful to have them there. Shinya grabbed the next file and looked it over. He glanced into the waiting room to find about fifteen people left for the day. He sighed and leaned against the wall. He was so tired. A hand grabbed his shoulder and he looked to find Byou looking at him worriedly. Shinya waved him away before calling the next patient.

At home the factory doors opened as those who went to work came in, but they moved to head upstairs. Kyo ordered all who weren't sick to sleep in the private rooms away from the ill. The leader however remand in the foyer to help take care of the sick. Nao walked in with Melody and Takeru. He watched as Melody ran to her mate's side. Miyavi was barely conscious when she started rubbing his face. Nao's eyes moved over to Tora who was rubbing a wet cloth on Saga's feverish face. Nao stopped walking when his eyes landed upon Reita's body. He bit his lip at Kai's sad expression. He kissed his teeth and headed upstairs to his room to hide his frustrations from them.

Ruki rushed into the foyer, not even grabbing a mask before sitting by Uruha's body. His own body ached all day and he knew it was because Uruha was in pain. He petted his mate's face. "My love. I'm back, I'm back."

Uruha opened his glassy eyes with a soft smile. "Ruki…"

"Are you feeling any better?" At the question, Uruha shook his head before closing his eyes. Ruki gripped his lover's clothes and dropped his head. "You'll get better…you have to…you have to…"

Kyo was helping wipe down Shou when he felt off. He couldn't quite place it as he washed the sweat off Shou's arms. Shou let out a few weak coughs. He placed the omega under the blankets once more, but before he could stand the foyer door opened.

"Kyo!" Byou shouted. He ran in and on his back he held Shinya's fevered body.

"No." Kyo gasped. He rushed over and met them halfway. Yoshiki and Kaoru worked quickly to put out another futon so they could lay Shinya down, but Kyo stopped them. "He's lying in our room."

Byou nodded before following his leader to the door at the end of the room. He walked in to see the large room with the bed in the middle and a couch that sat in front of it. Byou walked to the bed and Kyo helped pull his lover off his back. Kyo waved for the other alpha to leave the room and he did so. Kyo let out a small whimper. He carefully pulled off Shinya's scrubs and threw them to the side before taking his underwear off as well.

"Why Shinya? Why you?" He sniffled. He heard a knock and the door opened. Kaoru stepped inside holding a tray. On it was ice water in a bowl with a rag and two bottles of water. He walked in and sat the tray on the nightstand. He placed a hand on his leader's shoulder.

"Why is Shinya sick?" Kyo whispered. "Only the omegas were ill, so why is he sick?"

"Maybe this flu or virus or whatever this is, is going to hit all of us." Kaoru sighed. "Everyone will be fine."

"Reita has gotten worse."

"Reita has a weak body." Kaoru said. "We all know this."

"Shou is getting worse. Soon they'll all be worse." Kyo let his tears fall. "Shinya…"

"Is strong. They're all strong." Kaoru said. "We'll figure it out. Tend to your mate."

With that the alpha left the room. Kyo gripped Shinya's sweaty hand and pressed it against his head. "Please get better."

Within the next day, all the omegas and betas, except Meto, had fallen to the sickness. The first ones began coughing nonstop and losing their sleep for it. Kyo remained with his lover. Not leaving to eat or sleep. He continued to wipe Shinya's flushed brow and sweaty skin. It wasn't long before he began coughing as well.

Kai held Reita in his arms as he continued to gasp between coughs. He'd wipe the blonde's forehead as his body shook. Reita opened his eyes and whimpered before he began puking. Kai quickly turned him to the side so he wouldn't choke on his own vomit. After Reita was finished, Kai cleaned him up as Ruki walked over to clean the mess up. It wasn't long after before others were puking as well.

Ruki laid Uruha's head on his lap as he played with the damp hair. He hummed softly to his mate to try and relax him. The honey blonde shook, but took some comfort in hearing Ruki's voice around him. He opened his eyes as his stomach churned again. He groaned and turned over in time to puke. Ruki felt so useless. He could feel the pain his lover suffering and he could do nothing to stop it.

Across town a familiar blonde walked up to the hair salon. Ryoga opened the door to find the peach smell missing. A worker walked up with a smile.

"Where is Tsuzuku?" Ryoga asked.

"Oh," The young blue haired woman said. "He's sick. He's been sick."

"For how long?" He asked.

"A couple days now. It was pretty sudden. A friend of his stopped by and said he collapsed and he has bad fever. Probably that nasty virus going around."

Ryoga nodded his head before walking back out. He rubbed his chin and walked away from the salon. 'Sick?' He thought. He hummed before walking down the road. "I wonder is its 'that'?"

Reita woke with his body chained against the oak tree. His mouth was gagged with a cloth. In front of him was Kai laying on the ground. His body was bloody and bruised. Dogma laughed as he walked in front of them. He reached down and picked him up by his hair. Kai groaned as his limp body was lifted into the air. His left eye opened and stared right at Reita. He opened his mouth to speak, but a blade went through his neck.

Reita screamed as his body lifted into the air. He cried out and flinched when someone grabbed him. Kai's face came into his view and the blonde broke down. He fell into Kai's embrace and cried. The brunette held him tightly as he cried out. The others around them were startled by the outcry and ran down from the upper floors. Kyo had ran out in full panic not knowing what he expected to find. They were relieved to find the omega only had another nightmare. They were soon returning back to their rooms and leaving them alone. Reita gasped as he closed his eyes.

"Kai…my master is…trying… to kill me…" Reita whimpered.

"You don't have a master anymore, Reita. And no one is going to kill you." Kai said.

"He's after…you. He'll kill…you…me…" Reita gasped and looked up. Standing behind his mate was Dogma smiling down at them. "He's here! He's…here he's going to kill he'll…we'll die…"

"You're delirious, Reita. You have a bad fever. You need stay calm, he's not here. He's not here. It's just you, me, and the pack." Kai tried comforting him, but he continued to cry.

Uruha looked around him as he laid in a pile of mud. He was surrounded by forest. A pain shot through his body. He looked down to see his stomach bulged out. He screamed out in pain as something was coming out of him. He looked down to see a familiar face with long black hair on his head.

"No…" He cried out. "Get away from me!"

The man smiled. "I'll be taking this one, too."

"No!" Uruha screamed as he pushed and a baby's cry could be heard. He watched as the man hold the baby up by the neck. He smiled as he stood.

Uruha screamed out wrapping his arms around his stomach. Ruki grabbed Uruha and called out his name. He pulled the honey blonde into a strong embrace.

"Uruha, wake up! Uruha!" He cried. He shook the omega's body. "Uruha, please wake up. Wake up!"

Uruha gasped as his eyes popped open. He kept crying as he gripped at Ruki's shirt. "Ruki…Ruki don't let him take it…don't let him take my baby…"

"Uruha, what are you going on about? What baby?" Ruki asked. He looked down to see Uruha's other hand covering his stomach. "Uruha…"

"Ruki, he wants to take my baby. Just like he took Shinya's."

Ruki pulled his lover tighter in his arms and whispered. "Nobody will hurt you or take your child."

Ryoga waited until nighttime before sneaking around the city to gather a few herbs growing through the parks. He walked up to the factory and looked around. He stepped quietly to the doors and sat a bag down in front of it. He placed a piece of paper on top of it with a rock to hold it down. He sighed as he stood. He took up both fists and started hammering at the door for a few seconds before taking off in a sprint. When he reached the gates he changed into a grey wolf and ran off.

Aoi was sitting on his bed looking down at the chain that connected his leg to the bedpost. He sat there completely naked waiting in silence on the silk sheets. He looked at the shackles on his bruised wrists. The door opened up to a man with black hair walking in. He shut the door behind and threw off his shirt. As he walked closer he unbuckled his pants and tossed them aside as he climbed onto the bed. Aoi remained still until the man slapped him across his face. He grabbed Aoi's hair and yanked at it.

"I got you to myself for the whole night."

Aoi was startled by the banging of the door nearby. He seemed to be the only one who was awoken by it. The other omegas were coughing, but didn't seem aware of the noise. He forced his aching body up and looked around. The alphas nearby all seemed passed out from exhaustion. He looked at the hallway and swallowed before walking towards it. As he entered the threshold a hand grabbed his shoulder making him jump. He turned to see Kaoru looking at him.

"You should be lying down. Your fever will get worse."

The alpha walked ahead of him. They made it to the door where Kaoru listened closely before taking a sniff. He opened it carefully to find no one there. A bag sat in front of them though. Kaoru picked up the paper and opened it up.

"They have the Omega Sickness. Crush and add a tablespoon to a cup full of hot water. One cup every three hours."

Kaoru opened the bag to find a bundle of dry green stems. Aoi nudged at him and pointed at the green herbs asking what they were. Kaoru moved to head back in so they shut and locked the door behind them. They headed inside to find Byou, Yoshiki and Kyo standing at the opening of the hallway. Kaoru handed the paper over for them to read. He looked at Aoi with a glare.

"Go lay back down." Kaoru ordered and Aoi nodded. He walked back to his spot on his futon and settled down.

"Omega Sickness?" Kyo asked. "What is that?"

"Basically," Byou started, "it's an illness that mainly affects omegas and sometimes betas. And it can be deadly."

"If you knew about this why didn't you tell us?" Kyo growled.

"Because I never thought they would have it. Omega sickness is rare, but can be brought on by a normal person. A normal person can have Omega sickness, but because of the genetic differences it only presents itself as the flu and is cured the same way. However, if a person with our genetics catches it, it reacts like the flu at first, but then it becomes worse. We probably caught at the clinic."

"How do we know if they have it?" Kaoru asked. "How did whoever sent us this know about it?"

"Delirium." Byou said. "One of the symptoms is delirium. Others are coughing, fever, vomiting, which are flu like symptoms. But these past few hours they began showing different symptoms which match Omega sickness. They're sweating even though their fevers are rising, again the delirium, and they have nightmares. This," he said grabbing the herbs, "is Greenflush. It's a pesky weed that grows around trees, but it can cure the Omega Sickness."

Yoshiki looked at the omegas. Many were squirming and crying in their sleep. "We can try it out and if it works great. If not, we'll continue to treat them for the flu."

"If it's not Omega Sickness, will the Greenflush hurt them?" Kyo asked.

"No. It will be a useless herb then." Byou said.

Kyo nodded. "We give it to them first thing in the morning."

A heartbreaking scream echoed through the foyer. Kyo was startled and quickly ran to his room where his mate was lying. Shinya was screaming as he curled into a ball, flinging an arm in the air and the other protecting his stomach. Kyo sat on the bed and grabbed Shinya's face. His mate's face was covered in snot and tears. Shinya cried out to Kyo.

"Don't let him take her!" He begged. "Don't let him take Aya!"

Kyo felt a pain in his chest. Hearing his child's name fall from his lover's lip. He gripped Shinya's hand. "Please don't do this to me. Please, please don't do this..."

"Kyo…don't die…please don't die Kyo…please…"

"I'm not dead." Kyo whimpered. "I'm here, Shinya! I'm here."

Shinya's eyes slowly opened and he sniffled. He seemed to have snapped from his dream state. He sniffled as he grabbed his lover's hand back. "K-Kyo…"

Kyo pulled Shinya into a hug and held him there to let him cry.

The next morning Kaoru pulled out the Greenflush from the bag and spread them out on a counter in the kitchen. He pulled them all out to find a pink peach flower at the bottom with a note attached. Kaoru raised an eyebrow at it, but he sat it to the side for later. He grabbed a mortar and pestle to start crushing the Greenflush. Byou was in there with him heating up water as Tora pulled down glasses to fill up with water. After crushing the herbs, they placed some in the glasses and poured water in them. Tora took the first set out on a tray and passed them around the room starting with Reita. Yoshiki grabbed one off and took it to Shinya for him to drink. Kai sat his lover up in his arms.

"Hey Reita, wake up. You have to take some medicine." Kai whimpered and shook the blonde a little. Kai closed his eyes and pushed his pressure into the omega's body. Reita groaned as he opened his eyes. Kai placed the glass to his lips. "Drink it all."

Reita listened to the order and slowly drank the warm water. It tasted like a mixture of mint and rosemary. He finished the glass before being laid back down to rest. Ruki did the same for his mate as the alphas treated the omegas slowly. Every three hours they were forced to awaken and drink the herbal water.

With every passing hour Kai watched his mate squirm and whimper. Ruki held his Uruha close against his own body. Tora alternated rubbing Nao's and Saga's heads. Kyo placed constant kisses on Shinya's neck as he laid behind him. Melody sung softly to Miyavi to calm him down. Byou sat between Shou and Takeru to keep them company as best as he could. Toshiya alternated around between Hitsugi, Hiroto, and IV to calm them down when their nightmares overtook them. Meto braided at Mia's and Tsuzuku's hair. Kamijo held his Teru in his lap, refusing to let him go. Yoshiki walked around to help where he could whenever he wasn't tending his mate, Hide.

Kaoru looked down at Aoi as he shook under the blankets. Sweat dripped down his scowling face. The alpha moved the hair off his forehead and wiped the sweat off his face. Aoi grunted from the motion.

"K…Kaoru…" He whispered softly.

Kaoru felt a strange yet familiar warmth fill his chest. He carefully leant down and pressed his lips on Aoi's forehead. The raven haired man relaxed under him. Kaoru sat up and rubbed his own chest.

"It's been so long." He spoke to himself. "Since I've had this feeling."