Akito tossed and turned in bed. Akito's mind was scary before, but never to this extent. Deep down in the twisted mind of Akito, a vivid nightmare was appearing before the head of the family right before his very eyes.

It started out normally, Akito was just sitting in his cold dark room at a very quiet hour, but for some reason, he felt more alone than usual. Kureno was not in the corner; that was very strange. He walked out of his room, but he found no one. Not even the maids were there. He also noticed the birds did not sing this morning. It was complete silent, and Akito knew something was wrong.

He looked outside the window to find out why the birds were not singing, but he found more than he bargained for. Outside way in the distance, he saw a figure holding a large bag. He noticed the figure was walking away into a light fog. He snuck out the window and chased after the figure to see who it was. As he got closer, he saw the figure's blonde hair and toy bunny, Momiji!

"Momiji! Where…where do you think you're going?!" Akito interrogated angrily. Momiji just blinked, and his expression was neither cheery nor sad. It was…indifferent.

"I'm leaving." Momiji said soulessly as he turned back around in the direction he was heading.

"W-WHY? What makes you think you can DO that?! I am your GOD! You CANNOT leave me! Not even if you try!!" Akito exploded as he tugged on Momiji's shirt, ripping the collar. Momiji face didn't change. He just brushed Akito's hands off his shirt easily and continued to move.

"I just did." Momiji said as he disappeared into the fog. Akito tried to grab him, but all he got was a handful of air.

"NO!! Momiji, come BACK!! You're not just going to leave me!!" Akito shouted to the empty space where his rabbit used to be.

"We all are." A familiar voice appeared behind Akito's back. He spun around to find, to his horror, all of his precious Zodiac with packed bags. Everyone walked right past him; Hatori, Ayame, Ritsu, Kagura, Haru…everybody. He tried to stop them, but they didn't seem to be affected by how much he pulled them.

"You are NOT leaving! You can't!! I WON'T allow it!! I'll…I'll KILL YOU!!" Akito used every breath in his weak lungs to scream, but it did no help.

"You don't scare us anymore." Kisa said in the same monotonous tone that Momiji had as she held Hiro's hand.

"Yeah, and we don't need you." Hiro added. These cruel, heartless words broke his heart, but what angered him even more was when Rin walked by. She didn't say anything, but she gave a smug look as she pulled Haru to her hips, who in turn put his arm around Rin's shoulder as they marched away from Akito.

Akito turned to see Kureno, him of all people, also with a briefcase, walking away. She ran over and clutched at his coat.

"Kureno…how…how can you do this to me? Your promise…" Akito said as if he was a small little child again, but Kureno's eyes were not sympathetic like last time. In fact, he threw Akito off his jacket and onto the cold, wet grass.

"I don't see that child." Kureno repeated from their conversation a while back as he followed the others toward freedom. As Akito lay on the ground, he felt he had been broken into a million pieces. This was his worst fear before his eyes! As he got up, he realized everyone was way ahead of him. He got up and chased them, calling their names.

"Kureno! Hatori! Haru! Hiro! Kagura! Ritsu! Ayame! Kisa! RIN! All of you!! Come back to me!! Don't leave me!! Don't LEAVE!!" Akito cried out, but his Zodiac just got farther and farther away. He ran faster, but they didn't get any closer. Finally, they disappeared into the horizon, never to be seen again. Akito fell to his knees, and broke down in uncontrollable tears. Gone, they're all gone. They left me. I prayed this day would never come. Now, I'm nothing. I'm completely worthless. Nothing could make this even worse. But, Akito was dead wrong.

Suddenly, Akito saw a tree nearby, and a person sitting under it. He ran over to it, hoping it was someone to keep him company. However, as soon as he got close enough, he gasped and stopped in his tracks. Then, he made an evil glare.

"Ren!" Akito spat out his mother's name like a swear word.

"Hello, Akito. It's so nice to watch you in your defeat. I was right, wasn't I? They all left, and now you're all alone, just as you're supposed to be, because no one needs a worthless child like you!" Ren got up and rubbed it in Akito's face. Akito remained silent, but his blood boiled within his veins

"They're all gone, now! I told you so! Now you're all alone!" Ren cheered in her evil manner as she burst into a maniacal fit of laughter. Her laugh rung louder in Akito's ears, which sent him to the ground again. All he could hear was the witch's cackle and the Zodiac's last words to her.

I just did.

You don't scare us, anymore.

We don't need you.

I don't see that child.

Now you're all alone!

"DIE, YOU DEVIOUS WHORE!!" Akito burst in a fit of anxiety, and pulled out a knife from his kimono and stabbed Ren multiple times all over her body.

Ren's laughter paused for a minute as blood poured from her many wounds. At first, she was quiet, and Akito smiled in victory, but that victory was short-lived. As the blood gushed out from Ren's open cuts, her entire body began to disintegrate. Ren gave a devilish grin as her eyes glowed red.

"You stupid FOOL! You don't realize what you've done! Now, I shall be reunited with my Akira! We shall live happily in our afterlives together without you! And you! Since, you have committed the great sin of matricide, you will BURN IN HELL!!" Ren proclaimed as the last of her body turned to dust and blew away with wind as her evil laugh echoed through Akito's ears.

Akito tried to grab some of the witch's ashes, but he got nothing. His system went completely haywire as he clutched his knife and emitted a loud scream.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Akito screamed as loud as he possible could, then, he felt very weak, and collapsed on the ground.

When he opened his eyes, he was back in his own dark room. He immediately got up and stormed out the door. As he marched into the kitchen, he saw Kureno casually drinking a cup of coffee.

"Good morning, Akito." Kureno said as part of his daily routine. Akito grabbed the cup of coffee and smashed in on the ground, spreading thousand of broken pieces of glass around the floor. Then he kicked Kureno hard, sending him to the floor as well.

"You heartless traitor! You gave me the nightmare elixir! WHY?!" Akito exclaimed.

"Because, you hurt an innocent girl. Arisa never did anything to you." Kureno said as he lay on the floor looking at Akito as if trying to send some guilt into him. Akito just grabbed a piece of broken glass and slit Kureno's pale cheeks with it.

"She turned you away from me!" Akito yelled as he was just about to pierce Kureno's chest with the glass. Before he did, he suddenly got a dizzy feeling. He noticed that everything was changing colors and the room was spinning. Then, a blinding flash of light made everything disappear. Then he heard someone call out his name.

"Akito…Akito…"

The light cleared up to reveal Hatori staring at her. And he, he was still in his bed.

"Hatori? What's going on?" Akito asked weary-eyed.

"You were sleeping in; a lot actually, you've been out for 12 hours straight. Everyone was getting worried." Hatori explained.

"How is everybody?" Akito asked. He was confused now. What had and what hadn't happened?

"Um, I guess nothing out of the ordinary. Shigure and Ayame are coming to see me in a couple hours, and Yuki and Kyo still live with Shigure, and Tohru. Why are you asking, anyway?" Hatori said in a confused manner.

"Oh, nothing, I was just thinking about this wonderful dream I had, or at least it was nice until this last part. Oh well, the ending doesn't matter. I'm just glad to see everyone still stays by me." Akito said thinking back to the beginning of his dream. Hatori still didn't understand.

"Well, Akito, this 12 hour sleep is not normal. We have to find out what made you sleep this long." Hatori said changing the subject. Then, he noticed the little orange pill box on the nightstand.

"Akito, how many of those pills did you take?" Hatori said as he examined the pill box.

"Two a day, just like you said." Akito replied.

"No, I said once every two days. Well that explains it, you overdosed!" Hatori said.

"Well, you could've made that more clear!" Akito groaned loudly.

"Be more careful, next time." Hatori said as he left.

Akito still lay in bed, reminiscing about the glorious first few hours of the dream. Yes, it wasn't real. But it could be. Everything except that last part. I can make it real. I can do anything.

"Kureno, come to me." Akito called his former bird. He moved himself right next to Akito's bedside.

"Kureno, you'll always be by my side no matter what, right?" Akito reassured himself.

"Yes." Kureno said.

"And you'll do whatever I ask of you?"

"Yes."

Akito gave a devious smile, "Then, Kureno, go get my coat. We need to go to the store to pick up some…supplies."

THE END