Prettyinpinkgal: Seven reviews! Yay! I'm so happy :D. Thanks for reviewing! Left Behind has an adult version and a teen version, Sage. I think there's ten of the adult and fourty of the teen (the teen books are only about a hundred and fifty pages each, not at all as thick as the adult books). I finished the teens and am on the second book of the adult version, and personally, I enjoy Left Behind: The Kids since it focuses on teens during the Tribulation, plus it's easier to understand. And if you don't enjoy the books, there's three movies so far on DVD. I love the movies; it's a great depiction of what it might be like.

Disclaimer: I don't own Left Behind, and I don't own Fruits Basket.

LEFT BEHIND: THE FRUITS BASKET

CHAPTER FOUR: EXPLANATION

Hatori, who had been left behind as well and had been busy treating Sohmas who were injured, gave Uo-chan, Tohru, Shigure, Kyo, and Yuki a ride to New Hope Church. Tohru-kun had called Hana-chan earlier. Hana said her family was all right, but her neighbor had died in an accident.

Hatori dropped them off and said he'd come get them in two hours. Then, the group walked into the church.

All was quiet, at first. Suddenly, they heard what sounded like a cry of agony. Is someone hurt? Oh no! Tohru thought as she and the others rushed in the direction the scream came from. It came from in the sanctuary. They opened the door and saw a man with an angry yet pained expression on his face.

"WHY?" he yelled, making Tohru flinch. The man didn't notice the fivesome. "Why, God? I was a good person! I did charity! I preached your word to others! Why didn't you take me too? You took my father, my wife, my daughter, but not me. As glad as I am they went, why...not...me..." He then dropped to his knees in front of the large cross. He spoke calmer. "God," he said, and then started sobbing. "Dear God, please...find it in Your heart to forgive me. Please...Please forgive me for the sins I've commited against You. I know...I know in my heart I never actually accepted You in my heart. Please forgive me for my sins." There was a long pause. "In Jesus's name. Amen." (A/N Do you spell it Jesus's or Jesus'?) The man wiped his face off after a few minutes. He said, "Thank you," which echoed inside the empty sanctuary.

"Maybe we should come back a different time, with someone not so crazy," Shigure said lightly, but accidentally too loudly.

"Shh!" Yuki, Kyo, and Uo-chan snapped, but it was too late. The man had noticed them. He began walking towards them. He appeared to be in his thirties, his eyes red from crying.

"Uh, hello there," he said, sounding a little unsure. "Did you see that back there?"

"Um, yes sir! We're sorry about bothering you!" Tohru said, bowing.

"Oh, no bother at all. I am Uta Takizawa. I'm pleased to meet you," he said, giving a polite bow.

"I'm Tohru Honda," the brunette replied, quickly giving another bow. "Um, and these are my friends. This is Arisa Uotani...Shigure Sohma...Yuki Sohma...Kyo Sohma." Shigure cheerfully said hello, although he seemed a little cautious. Uo and Kyo both said yo, while Yuki politely said hello.

The man gave a broken smile. "I'm happy to meet you all, although I wish it were under different circumstances. What can I help you with?"

"Well, we were wondering what a Christian's point of view on the disappearances is," Yuki-kun replied. "You look like you, uh, need some rest, so maybe we can ask someone else from the church...?"

"No one's left. They'd all vanished, right out of their clothes. I've just become a Christian, but I've grown up knowing about this. We can share stories. I know I need someone else to talk to, other than the Lord." The fivesome looked at each other and shrugged. "Okay, let's go," Uta said, leading the others to a small office.

"You can go first, Takizawa-san," Yuki said.

Uta nodded. "Very well. I grew up with my entire family being Christian. My mother died when I was twelve, so it was just me and my dad for a long time. Even though Mom died, my father still kept his faith in God. I just pushed the idea of God away even further. I didn't believe that God could exist, let alone be loving. However, I kept this a secret from my dad. He said sometimes, 'I'm glad Sora is in a better place right now. Since we're saved, we'll see her again!' I never told him I thought the whole idea of God was a fairy tale. My dad ran this church, and sometimes he had me speak up here as well, when I wasn't piloting a plane. I seemed passionate enough about it, but I never really accepted Christianity.

"Then, last night happened. My father had disappeared, along with my wife and child. My wife had become Christian thanks to my father's and my teachings. Our child was a year old, so she couldn't accept Jesus for herself, but she was Raptured anyway."

"Raptured?" Tohru asked.

"Yes. I'll explain that in a few minutes. Go ahead and tell me your stories first." Shigure did not have much to tell, since he was at home during the disappearances and didn't know anyone personally that had disappeared. Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, and Arisa explained their tales, and realized they were on the same plane that Takizawa-san piloted. They told how they had once came to New Hope Church, but left in the middle of the message.

"Oh, I see. I'm sorry for your loss," he said, turning to Uo-chan. "Actually, I shouldn't say that, because I'm glad your father is in a better place." To everyone, he said, "You said you wanted to know about a Christian's opinion on the disappearances. Well, here's what I believe. First, do any of you know anything about Christianity?" When the five shook their heads, he said, "That's not surprising. Very little of the population is Christian, and so that was why our country isn't greatly shook up about the disappearances. At least, not as much as some countries. I'll give you a brief description about what the Bible says, if you don't mind.

"In the Bible, it says that there is one God. He is perfect, and created us and the earth. He loves all of us, so much that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us..."

"Why would he die for us?" Kyo asked, sounding skeptical. "It sounds like he saved us from something."

Uta nodded. "That's exactly what he did. You see, we all make mistakes. We've all sinned at one time or another. And since God's perfect, He doesn't allow anyone to go to heaven if they're not perfect. Since we've all sinned, we all can't go to heaven. We all would end up going to hell, a time where we'd face eternal death."

"Well, isn't that exciting? We're going to hell. Whoopee for us," Uo-chan said, sarcasm dripping in her voice.

"However, God doesn't want one single person to go to hell. He loves us enough to save us from it. 'For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, so that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life' (John 3:16). You see, Jesus is God. He came as a baby and grew up like you and I, but he never commited a single sin against God. In early times, believers in God sacrificed animals so that their sins would be forgiven. Well, Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice. He was nailed to a cross and died, so that we could have the opportunity to believe and ask God for forgiveness from our sins."

"Well, what about Tohru? She couldn't have done anything that bad to get sent to hell, could she? She's done a lot more good things than bad," Uo-chan said, causing Tohru-kun to wave her hands around and say, "Not at all!" and other such things.

Uta smiled. "Tohru. Did you ever steal anything?"

"Eh? No..."

"Have you ever lied?"

"Yes, but..."

"That's my point! All have sinned; all are below God's standards." Uta said.

"How do people know Jesus was so great and he was the Son of God or whatever?" asked Kyo.

"It says so right in here," Uta said, holding up the Bible. "Also, hundreds of people witnessed Jesus's miracles that he performed. And hundreds of people saw him alive three days after he was killed..."

"How could that be? People can't come back to life..." Shigure said, confused.

"Jesus allowed some people to come back to life, and God raised Jesus up from the dead too. However, there will be a man who does the same thing in the nearby future, and he's certainly not on God's team, but I'll explain that later."

Yuki asked, "Why would God come as a human, and let himself be killed?"

"Good question. I'll be right back." Uta ran off somewhere, leaving the rest of the Fruits Basket gang behind as they exchanged skeptical glances and rolled their eyes in disbelief. He returned, with a container in his hand. In it was dirt and many ants.

"My dad did this same thing when I was a kid. See all these ants in here? Well, if you wanted to talk to them, what would you have to do?"

"Wouldn't you have to speak ant?" Tohru asked.

"Yes. But it'd be a lot easier if you looked like one as well, as in, become an ant. Right?" Heads nodded, and Uta continued. "That's what Jesus did. We're ants: we're puny to God, and we're insignificant. But He made us, and he sent Jesus to be an ant. In other words, he became human."

"Couldn't God have just made us believe in him, if there is a God like that?" Tohru asked.

"He could have, but he wanted to give us the freedom of choice. As for what the Rapture is about, it says in the Bible, which was made 2000 years ago, that Jesus said that believers in him would one day be sent to heaven in the blink of an eye, while many others that were not believers would be left behind. The Bible says that those left behind will face great perils and struggles. We call it the Tribulation. We're not in the Tribulation now, but fairly soon we will be. You all have heard a lot today, and you probably want to think it over. But I'm going to be going over the same message I gave all of you and more on Sunday, so if you all want to come, that'll be great."

The Sohmas, Uo, and Tohru exchanged glances, and Shigure said, "We'll think about it."

Uta smiled and nodded. "I understand. Take your time." His mood turned serious. "But please don't wait too long. As much as I don't want to pressure any of you into being a believer, in this time, the sooner the better."

Uta Takizawa gave Bibles to all of them, saying that if they wanted to read the Scriptures for themselves, they could. They thanked him, and left.

"What a weird guy," Kyo said.

"I think it's safe to assume that none of us are going to New Hope, right?" Yuki asked, looking around at the group before they entered Hatori's waiting car.

Numerous replies agreeing with him were said, but Tohru stayed quiet. She didn't tell anyone she actually was curious in what he had to say.

Prettyinpinkgal: I have a Christian website at freewebs . com /gal4evainchrist, but I made it recently so it's not too great yet. But I'll be adding things like a page about Jesus and the Rapture and Tribulation and whatnot, so yeah. Soon, the action will really start to pick up in this story when the Furuba gang enter the Tribulation, so then a bunch of things will happen. Please review:)