Yes yes. Okay, now let me explain everything before I get piled on with questions. I received a review not too long ago explaining how poor my first chapters for "The Cat and the Onigiri Story Part I" was, and I knew that she was correct because I know my writing style has change... A LOT.So I have given myself a goal that I should revise it now. Nothing is going to change don't worry, but I'm going to write it in the style that I have developed today. But if you still want to read it, please go ahead. It's still the same idea and nothing more. Well, if you are new to reading this, then please enjoy!

The world we humans live in today is a living nightmare; a disgraceful hellish place. It's so strange that God would actually 'bless' us with the definition of existing in a place where the only things people fight for are survival, power, and domination. We each have some kind of goal within ourselves; minor or major changes throughout the world. But we each make a difference no matter how different we are from others. The living things around us don't matter like they use to and the joy and freedom, given to us by the big man and nature, is actually holding us back.

But other than that, the world can be a serene and harmless place when people push their inner essence into their dreams. Having a good life and living it to its best, but everything could change so rapidly in a blink of an eye.

In this world, only a few people know about the strange "Zodiac Curse" that laid ensnared to the Sohma Family for it was kept a secret for good causes. As we know, when one of the cursed family members hug or become hugged by the opposite sex of their gender, they turn into their Zodiac animal they were destined to be. Loosing tremendous strength can lead to the same consequence as well. But as so much for keeping a secret, rumors spread and strange myths suddenly became facts around the world, and soon there were no more secrets to hide.

Besides being 'amazed' or 'awed' by this strange curse, the 'normal ones'—as others would call themselves—became disgusted by the strange family who can somehow turn into animals. Curses were too hard to believe. They weren't dark curses at all, heavens no. There was something wrong with the family. They weren't normal at all. Even their appearances irritated others. How could they possess such strange delicate features and yet turn into animals? Devil's gifts. They were devil's gifts.

And devil's gifts shouldn't exist in God's land.

Everything happened so fast there was no time to calculate how many minds screamed in terror. How was it that in less then five single years, the world had changed so radically some came to believe that a new era has formed? We were civilized people living in fantastic buildings that descend towards the sky and bustling streets filled with zooming cars. The lights, the automobiles, everything modern technology related started to disappear. People quit unnecessary jobs and gave themselves to the weapons and destruction.

This strange Sohma Family had gone too far for now they were actually committing strange killings for no apparent reason. Sure they were a mere family who had power to change into animals that can actually kill if they knew how to cope with their strange creature's skills. The normal ones have started to see that the Sohma Family who possessed the strange ability changed into animals that were part of the Zodiac Legend. Facts weren't possible to hand out, and only killing thirteen Zodiacs—including the cat—couldn't be that hard, could it?

Heavens no. This was no an easy task. How was it possible that suddenly thousands of Zodiac humans roamed the land? No one could remember how they all came to actually live upon the Earth. Everyone thought it was only the Sohma Family. But one by one, different people from members of families became immune to transforming into Zodiac animals. Too many started becoming these creatures in fact. It could have been part of the devil's gifts, or possibly the Sohma Family had something else up their sleeves. But it didn't matter anymore. An answer wouldn't possibly solve anything, for now this only led to war.

Yes, it is going over board with declaring war. War isn't something one can handle so easily. But five years… Mere five damn years and already the world has altered into a racist territory. Humans and Zodiacs were separating themselves literally with the huge boundaries of water. No one knows how to make boats anymore since weapons were the main ideas. It was kind of silly that no one remembered how to make transportation subjects. And it was an awful ridiculous blunder to make as well. Combats would crash every so often, but each battle did make a difference no matter what the outcome was.

Dozens and thousands and possibly more Zodiacs rule an entire side. No one knows how they were able to accomplish this since there were indeed more mortals then Zodiacs. But now all Zodiacs fight for their rights. However those rights were unbearable to accept. The mind of the Zodiacs was very…bizarre. Thousands transformed into dogs, thousands altered into tigers, thousands changed into snakes; it was a never ending cycle of Zodiacs. And they would all use their animal abilities to fight for their rights.

This strange war has existed ever since God knows when, but fights and deaths still happen every day on each side. And still counting, no side will ever give up or retreat until one does those exact things. But this will never happen if things keep going at the same pace. And possibly an entire wipe out may occur.

A strange yet mysterious leader known as Lord Akito Sohma ruled the Zodiac side. Not that many Sohma's exist anymore, but very few remain within this war. No one has actually managed to take a pure long glance at his face for he was always gone. Yes, he was extremely cruel as others known. Even the mortals have come to know about this. But he did know his battle tac-tics, that was for sure. Being the ruler as he is, he was wise enough to let one single Zodiac control an entire army who possessed the same animal spirit as they did. He would call them 'leaders' of course, but whichever spirit laid trapped inside of them would be the other part of the name. The rat leader ruled all the rat Zodiacs; that simple.

On the mortal's side, a close dignified man name Yishanu Honda ruled the mortal's side. Even though he lacks of age since he's reaching a high thirties, he had the attractiveness women would surely crave for. Only if he wasn't the King of the castle, they wouldn't mind playing with him. Though him being King wasn't all that bad, no women has dared played with Yishanu. His wife and two sons were murdered by the Zodiacs. It's not hard to figure out why women leave him alone. They did have respect for his being. He was strong enough to hide the visible scar stabbed deep within his heart, and now he is out for full revenge.

He did, however, have one child left under his care. She was a young small petite girl who didn't shed a single tear when living as a baby. The daughter always held curiosity in her bright sapphire eyes. When she was a child, inquisitiveness was practically her middle name and she was always out on the verge to discover things. Now she was an elegant sixteen year old girl who was considered princess of the castle. Innocence was her ideal attractiveness with her long silky chocolate brown hair and bright sky blue eyes. She was always optimistic, cheerful, and the next thing next to a true seraph.

However she was not the daughter of his loins. Coming back from a battle while barely escaping—with a few men by his side—the site of the small baby came across his eyes. She was sleeping silently while he held the girl in his arms, though a strange vibe went through him. But he didn't take consideration. She didn't have the 'uniqueness' of what other Zodiacs have, so without a moment hesitation she became the girl who was now known as Tohru Honda.

Tohru Honda was considered the "Healing Goddess" or "Princess of Life," but this was only because of her special powers. Yes, she did have powers. Though she wasn't born with them, Yishanu had some kind of feeling that she should learn some kind of technique dealing with the powers of inner strength. He didn't exactly understand the concept, but some of his close friends knew much about it. And soon, Tohru Honda was healing people in a blink of an eye. She was very helpful when it came to healing injured warriors and Yishanu couldn't be happier enough to know that someone was able to accomplish something such as that.

But with both sides dealing with things that aren't even part of the war, it still goes on everyday as it was destined to be. No one could bring war to an end until one side falls completely. Not even the strongest man could. Not even the strongest magic could complete this. No. No one powerful could do this at all…

Except for a cat…and a mere onigiri…

Godammit I didn't know it would go this long. Well anyway, I have a feeling that making this a prologue would be better instead of a chapter. So I hope that all of the new readers reading this (and readers who have been with me for so long) enjoyed this new version! I hope it satisfied your needs! I tried my best (actually it only took me about thirty minutes XD).

DarkKyo