There was a shadow looming over the body of the now dead Sohma leader. It was not a very large shadow either. One might have thought that only one person would go to shoot Akito, but that was not the case.

Four more shadows joined with the first, forming a deformed lump of laughing shadows.

The sky was grey again. It was going to rain. That would be good; they would not have to wash the blood off the cobblestones then.

The first shadow revealed itself as none other than the cow; Hatsuharu-san. He was the one holding the gun. His normally stoic eyes were wide and filled with joy. His shoulders shook with unspoken laughter, and his hair was in disarray from sleepless nights and untold weeping.

The second shadow revealed itself as the dog; Shigure. Everyone knew that he'd had it in for Akito since the day he was granted 'permission' to leave the 'inside' house and live properly. Shigure wasn't smiling and joking around for once. He was filled with silent joy with being free of that monster, but he was horrified by what they had done. His face was grave, and it appeared as if he was about to lash out at any moment..

No one expected the rabbit or the sheep to be there though. They were too innocent to witness such an act, but they had insisted they be allowed to watch Akito die. Momiji was crying. He didn't think it would be so… horrible to kill Akito… And Hiro was expressionless. Words couldn't describe all the feelings that were rushing through his young mind.

The last person was stifling her own laughter. Rin was doubled over, hand covering her mouth, and laughing as if it were the best joke in the world. She hadn't come to see Akito die because she was angry for Tohru's death, nor did she care for Yuki or Kyo. She came because she thought it might be funny to see the head of the family die. She had been right. It was hilarious. She didn't know why it was so funny, but she laughed anyways.

The five just stayed where they were, not moving forwards to clean up Akito, nor backwards to escape the horrible reality of what they had done; they had murdered someone.

A rumble of thunder broke the almost-silence and rain poured down heavily. Hatsuharu was the first to move towards Akito.

When he reached the body, he began to pull him into the bushes. Sighing, he motioned to Shigure to help him move the body. Akito was a lot heavier that he'd thought.

Shigure helped hide the body behind the bushes and all five of them walked around the side of the building. They all returned back to what they had been doing before; Hatsuharu finished homework and went to bed; Shigure went back home and began writing the manuscript that his manager wanted; Momiji went back to practicing his violin; Hiro went over to Kisa's and watched Mogeta with her; Rin went back to stalking her new heartthrob.

Eventually, after they found Akito's body, they accused one of the many caretakers for his death.

A/N: HAHAHA. Bet you didn't expect that. And sorry for such a cruddy ending.. It leaves you without closure.. In a way.. Oh who cares? I got it finished.. That's all I care about right now..

MY FIRST FINISHED STORY! (That isn't a one-shot…) HOORAH!