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Chapter 1:Greeting the Seven Churches

Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.

The news spread like wild fire. Not surprising really, the head of HA. The head of the Sohma's, was gone. Hatori had found him lying stone cold on the floor, next to a mess of blood, in the bloody shape of a cat.

It was not much of a surprise either, that Akito had chosen the cat to be used for the confidential purposes of the HA. Everyone knew that Akito had found the cats original form vile, and a waste of his time. She hadn't bothered hiding it either, while she was alive, she had wasted no time telling Kyo how disgusting he was, she had wasted no time in showing it to Kagura when she was six, and Kyo was four. She was most outraged when Kagura had accepted him. But Akito had never been one to hide what she thought, not ever.

As Akito had predicted on her dying breathe, no one was that upset or traumatized by his death, in fact: quite the opposite. The reactions were quite offensive, it was a lucky thing Akito had not been alive to see them, she would have skinned them alive.

"Kyo, Yuki. Will you come in here a minute please?" Shigure called from his study, slowly sliding his latest book under the table slyly.

He winced as the sound of thumping came down the stairs, the sound of cursing, and yet more thumping.

Yuki came in calmly straightening out invisible creases in his uniform. Followed by a very disgruntled Kyo, who was rubbing his head disdainfully as a bruise slowly showed itself.

"Yuki, not in the house please," Shigure whined, Yuki shrugged.

"What the hell did you call us for anyway?!" Yelled Kyo, throwing himself gracelessly next to Yuki, who had gotten himself comfortable and was now looking at Shigure with slight interest.

"Yes, Why did you? Is it news from the main house?" He asked elegantly.

"Well, actually, yes." Shigure answered sobering slightly. Kyo rolled his eyes. "Hatori called, and Akito has....How shall I put this? Akito has passed on."

"I see." Yuki said trying as hard as he could to make his expression as unreadable as possible.

"Is that it?! You brought me down here to tell.... What did you say?"

"You stupid cat. Did you not here him? He said that Akito has finally passed on."

"Shut up you Damn rat! I heard him! I thought you of all people would be glad of the news! I mean you-"

"Well if that's all, I should be going to school, I'll be late." Yuki interrupted standing up and disregarding Kyo's complaints with a wave of his hand, and with that he walked out the door.

Shigure smiled vacantly at Kyo who was fuming at Yuki's ignorance, muttering every now and again, 'Damn Rat', Kyo looked at Shigures vacant smile, and groaned,

"What the hell are you staring at?!"

"Nothing really."

"Shut up! I don't even want to know! Forget I asked." Kyo got up and strided to the door, yelling as he went. "To hell with it! I'm going to school!

Shigure sighed as he kicked the door in,

"And once again, the cruel fate insists on destroying my house whenever the opportunity is within it's bony grasp and I will forever be in tormen-"

"SHUT UP!"

He blinked, and reached under his table to the book and slid back to his lap where he continued reading his creative babbling.

Yuki walked on his own, so he was not burdened with a stupid cat snapping at his every move. How he hated that stupid cat.

So Akito had gone, left. His presence was gone. There were so many ways of putting it. But at the end of the day, Akito was dead. Gone, he was finished. But it seems so... Real.

' But it's true' Yuki thought happily 'It is real, and now there was no Akito to ruin his life, no Akito to torment him. No more that cruel head of the family to... Wait, the head of the family was gone. So in theory, a new one should arise, unless the prophesies were finally coming true, a new head of the family now needs to arise. It could be anyone of the Sohma's. Anyone, zodiac or not zodiac.' Yuki stopped walking. His heart started beating harder. ' But if the prophesies are coming true, then that would mean that the end of... Everything.' He would find out tonight. If he was summoned to HA headquarters nothing would be the same ever again.

"Did you tell them?" Hatori's stern voice asked down the phone.

"Yes. Why? Do you not trust me?" Shigure asked in hurt tones.

"Do you really want an answer to that?"

"You're so mean!" Shigure wailed

The engaged phone ringed at him.

"He hung on me!" Shigure yelled to no one in particular. He shrugged slightly and went back to reading.

"So he's really gone?" Haru asked calmly.

"Yep! H'ari said that his body couldn't take anymore strain." Momiji answered mourningly.

"Wow."Haru said. They both carried on walking through the school halls, both lost in their own thoughts.

"Hey! Brats!" Kyo's harsh words knocked them out of their daze. Kyo slowly caught up with their pace.

"You hear the news?" Kyo asked conversationally. Momiji nodded morbidly, which was strange, for him.

"It's great isn't it!" Kyo added enthusiastically, which was strange, for him.

"Kyo!" Momiji scolded shaking his head. "Have respect. He was our leader."

"Your leader, I never gave a damn about Akito!" Kyo said defensively.

"It's still not very-" Momiji was interrupted by very prompt beating by Kyo.

"Ow! Someone! Kyo's hitting me! Wah!" Momiji wailed.

"Kyo. Get off of him." Haru said patiently.

"Yeah yeah. Whatever." Kyo said distractedly, getting off Kyo and walking towards the school office.

"Um..Kyo?" Momiji called, getting over his recent trauma very well.

No Reply.

"Um..Okay. Is that normal Haru?" Momiji asked concernedly.

Haru shrugged. "Let's go. We're late for History."

Kyo broke off into a run, he could feel rain coming on, he needed to get indoors. He couldn't stand the rain. He got to the front doors of the school and knocked them open.

Splat.

Too late.

He groaned and went inside slowly. He past several girls squealing at him, but he just tried to ignore them. His headache was only getting worse. And the girls, believe it or not, were NOT helping. He finally got to his desk and collapsed into it. He must have looked ill, because that nice girl Tohru Honda came up to him with a concerned expression on her face. She touched his shoulder.

"Are you OK? You don't look so well.."

"Just leave me alone." He groaned.

"But, seriously, I think you should go to the nurse, or maybe even home, you really don't look-"

"I SAID-"

THWACK

"Ow! what the hell was-" He turned around to see Yuki glowering at him.

"Don't shout in here, it's a study hall, it's SUPPOSED to be quiet."

"Damn" He muttered, and turned his back on his glowering cousin.

Yuki rolled his eyes at his orange haired cousin, and turned to Tohru. Who appeared to be having a mental breakdown, or something of the sort.

"I'm sorry about my cousin Miss Honda.." He started. Kyo glowered at him. He would have left, but he was just to tired to try, he was even to tired to have a go at Yuki.

He blacked out.

Ayame knocked heavily on Shigure's front door.

"'Gure! Are you in?" He cried enthusiastically.

Shigure answered the door and threw himself at Ayame giving him a great bone-crushing hug, causing them both to fall to the floor.

"Aya'!" He wailed happily.

"Shigure! It really has been to long." Ayame said, getting out from underneath Shigure and giving him a hand up. "It's a shame we have to meet because of such morbid matters." He finished thoughtfully.

"Yes. But at least I get to see your beautiful face." Shigure replied, in low tones.

"And I too, am glad to see your rugged, handsome face." Ayame replied in the same tones.

"Yes!" They cried in unison, giving each other thumbs up.

"Please come in, help me set the table! Kureno and Hatori should be here at any moment."

"Kureno? My, I haven't seen him since New Years."

"Yes, but now that Akito's gone, he decided he wanted to have as much to do with the rest of the family as possible!"

"That's good, I always wondered why Akito never allowed him to have a life.."

There was a polite knock at the door.

"I'll get it." Shigure said leaving the room.

It was true. Shigure, Ayame ar Hatori, or anyone other that Akito for that matter had seen much of Kureno. As he had been something of a personal assistant to Akito, when Hatori wasn't helping Akito with medical matters, Kureno was there. No one knew much about him. As he was never around.

Shigure opened the door slowly, to see a Kureno. He looked upset and mournful.

"Kureno! It's good to see you! It's been so long!"

Kureno smiled at him politely and walked past him to the dining room, where Ayame was shuffling some cards.

"Ayame." He said with a nod of his head.

"Please, Aya!" Ayame said enthusiastically. He gestured to the floor next to him, and Kureno sat down, gracefully.

Shigure was about to follow Kureno when another knock at the door caught his attention. He answered it to find Hatori, standing there, looking smart as usual. He looked up at him and said,

"Shigure, you're looking well." And with that he walked in and sat next to Kureno. Who looked very uncomfortable in the presence of the family that he never got a chance to know.

Shigure followed Hatori and sat down. He observed everyone at his table.

Ayame, with his long silver hair and bright green-gold eyes, talking animatedly to Kureno. He didn't seem to notice that Kureno was oblivious to his over enthusiastic babble and was speaking seriously with Hatori, with a sad glint his eye. Hatori, with his hair over the eye that Akito had blinded him in.

Shigure was struck out of his daze when Hatori cleared his throat, symbolising the beginning of the meeting of the oldest in the Sohma family.

"Well, as you all know, Akito has passed on. Obvious-"

"Who's the new leader, H'ari?" Ayame interrupted. Hatori gave him a look, a look that would the grim reaper a run for his money.

"Never mind that." He continued mysteriously. "Kureno, as Akito's assistant, has received orders from NO. Which as you all know, stands for-"

"Natural Order." Kureno finished. " I received this this morning, one hour after Akito's death"-he choked on the word.

"Which just goes to show how the Natural Order are watching us all the time." Hatori said feeling sympathy for the younger man. He must have been close to Akito. Kureno gave him a grateful look, Hatori just looked at him, emotionless. Kureno averted his eyes, and carried on.

"It says:" He said as he opened a crumpled letter that he had taken out of his pocket.

"The time has come. The great one has decided, and it has been officaily confirmed, that he wishes for the world to come to an end. The chosen sacrifice/s have been chosen, they are as follows: Sohma,Kyo (cat) Sohma,Ashlia (cat) Sohma,Eathra (cat) & Sohma,Alea. They have been sorted into the appropriate sectors (Death, War, Pestilence & Famine) As have the rest of the Zodiac members.

The groups are as followed:

Death:

Sohma,Hatori

Sohma,Rin

Sohma,Alea

Sohma,Kisa

War:

Sohma,Kureno

Sohma,Kagura

Sohma,Kyo

Sohma,Hiro

Pestilence:

Sohma,Ayame

Sohma,Yuki

Sohma,Eathra

Sohma,Momiji

Famine:

Sohma,Shigure

Sohma,Ritsu

Sohma,Ashlia

Sohma,Hatsuharu

The three extra cats will come to Sohma,Shigure residence at 1852 tonight.

Accommodations for the four sectors will be confirmed soon.

Yours Sincerely

Natural Order

Natural order"

The group was silent.

After thousands of years of waiting.

The time had come.

The end was coming.

Kyo blinked. Where was he?

But then he saw a blinding light.

A figure cloaked in white came out and glided towards him gracefully. It stopped right in front of him.

It reached up an old, pale hand and removed the hood of the cloak, revealing a young man with bright blue eyes and angelic brown hair.

Kyo blinked.

The man looked at him and smiled softly.

"Thank you, Kyo." He whispered.

The was a flash of blue light.

The man was gone.

Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.