If Tomorrow Never Comes

Written by: FuuMegami

E-mail: FuuNeko@yahoo.com

Disclaimer: I don't own Rayearth, and I'm not a magic knight. (be thankful anyone from Palestine) I have no money, and if I did, I'd be donating it to help with the relief efforts in the states.

Chapter Five

By morning Fuu had dismissed the ideas of her being sick. She was too full of other ideas and dreams.

Fuu turned on the radio and searched the dial for a good station. She found one she liked, one that was playing a song that now had a meaning to her.

Fuu jumped up and down on her bed signing along.

My grades are down from A's to D's
I'm way behind in history
I lost myself in fantasies
Of you and me together

I don't know why - I - I but dreaming's all I do
I won't get by-I-I on mere imagination

Upside down
Bouncing off the ceiling
Inside out
Stranger to this feeling
Got no clue what I should do
But I'll go crazy if I can't get next to you

Fuu hurried to change her clothes while jumping on the bed singing. She pulled on a pair of blue jeans that had a silver stripe all the way down the side.

Her door opened suddenly and Kuu and Ferio stood in the door way. Fuu gasped, she wasn't wearing a shirt yet, and stood frozen in her satin green bra.

Ferio blushed and quickly turned around.

"Um, Kuu, why did you barge in?" Fuu asked as she hurried to put on a lime green baby tee shirt.

"We called for you, but you're music was up to loud. So we just came on up. And I must say Fuu, you have filled out nicely." Kuu teased.

Fuu snorted and put her grey stuffed kitten into her back pack. She then joined Ferio at the door of her room.
"It was a little soon for you to see that," Fuu said as she blushed slightly.

"I'm really sorry," Ferio replied as he scratched his head.

"Oh, hm, well don't worry about it really. Nothing more than seeing me in a bikini." Fuu replied as she motioned for Ferio to go down stairs.

"I must say though, that was a dream come true," Ferio said as the two of them walked down stairs.

"You'll have to wait until our wedding night to see any more babe," Fuu said with a wink.

"I'm counting the days," Ferio replied.

Fuu giggled. Then it hit her, the thought of her wedding night. And the fact that Ferio wanted to marry her, actually spend the rest of his life with her. A rosy blush crept over her face and she looked down at the ground.

The two were a bit silent as they made their way to the school, soon enough though the two were talking about the road ahead.

"I can't wait to get married," Ferio said as he smiled at Fuu.

"Me neither, I'm sure it will be a beautiful ceremony. A beautiful start to a beautiful life together."

"This walk is just to short," Ferio said as they came to the brick decorative walls of the school.

Fuu nodded. "I agree with you," she replied.

Ferio kissed her wanting something to hold onto until he saw her again at lunch, as crazy as that sounded. Fuu loved how gently he kissed her, how he kissed her like she was precious and so very important to him. When his lips left hers she smiled.

"I love the way you do that," she said softly.

"Do what?"

"Kiss me the way you do," she replied with a dreamy and shy look.

Ferio smiled and kissed her again.

"We should really get to class," Fuu said as she began to head for the school doors.

Ferio made a face, "but I don' wanna go to school Fuu-chan!"

Fuu laughed and headed into the building, she didn't want to be late for her first class.

By lunch Fuu was dying to see Ferio. She reached to the lunch room, on her sprint she ran into a young man, very literally.

"Gomen-ne!" Fuu exclaimed.

The blonde guy laughed, "it's ok Fuu-sa, worried you'll miss the mystery meat loaf?" He teased.

Fuu have him a light shove. "Oh Eagle-san! Don't be so silly. I was hurrying to get to the lunch room so I can meet Ferio-chan."

"Oh, had to be a guy, for no other reason would the respectful Fuu-san break the no running in the halls rule." Eagle said.

Fuu laughed. "Yes, and I promise never to do it again."

Eagle laughed. "Well hurry up, we better get to lunch before all the seats are taken and someone has to sit with the cheer leaders."

Fuu nodded and fallowed Eagle into the lunch room. The room was crowded even more so than usual. Which meant it was rather easy to lost Eagle in the crowd. When she found him again he was sitting at her and Ferio's table.

"Hey Fuu-san," Eagle said as he waved.

Fuu figured Eagle didn't know that she was at her and Ferio's table. So Fuu just sat down next to Ferio and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Ohhh.... So this is the Ferio you were going to meet." Eagle said with a grin.

"So Fuu-chan, how do you know Eagle?" Ferio asked as he took a bit of his ham sandwich.

Fuu unwrapped her peanut butter and jelly sandwich. "We had first year biology together. He was my badly dressed, messy, lab partner." Fuu explained.

Eagle chocked on his jelly and marshmallow sandwich. "I was not sloppy. Just because I dropped the stupid dead from on your lap doesn't me a thing."

Ferio laughed, "you were at least not very careful."

"And then was when you had your hair spiked, with the blue tips. And your pants were big enough for 3 of you." Fuu said as she laughed.

"Don't forget about the spiked caller." Eagle reminded her.

"Yes, and I hated the way it looked." Fuu replied.

Eagle stuck out his tongue, revealing a silver ball tongue ring. Fuu frowned and shook her head.

"Some girls find it sexy," Eagle said with a wink.

"Well... To each his own is what I say." Fuu replied.

"Hey Fuu-san, you wouldn't happen to know a bit about that cute little red-head Hikaru-san who's in my math class, would you?" Eagle asked suddenly.

"Actually, I do. She's one of my best friends, along with Umi-san. Known they both since I was little." Fuu replied casually.

"Would you ask her if she'd like to go to the movies? You and Ferio can come, and um... Umi-san? Her too. We can do a big group thing, I have birthday prepaid tickets that I need to use up." Eagle said as he looked hopeful.

"Sure, I don't see why not." Fuu replied.

Eagle grinned, "ok, meet me outside the building after school."

And with that the bell rang announcing lunch was over. Ferio kissed Fuu and hurried to get out and to his history class.

At the end of the school day the five of them met outside on the steps.

"Hey, who can pass up a free movie?!" Hikaru said excitedly.

Eagle smiled, "well then, go home and drop off your stuff. I'll pick and Umi up fifteen minutes before four."

She nodded and quickly took off down the school walk way. Eagle blinked.

"I didn't even get her address," Eagle said as he shook his head.

Umi laughed, she took out a note book and jotted down her own address. "Hikaru lives right next door to me in house number 2258."

Eagle smiled, "thanks, see you later k."

"You want me to walk you home?" Ferio asked Fuu.

She smiled. "Nah, I don't want to go home. My mom will make me stay home and do my home work or something."

"Hm, but I don't want to get you in trouble." Ferio replied.

"Please, can today just be about fun?" Fuu said with a soft smile.

He was going to say no, but Fuu's green eyes had such a pleading look, that Ferio gave in melting like butter.

"Come on, you can come home with me." Ferio suggested as he took her delicate hand in his.

Fuu went home with Ferio, and once they were at the door step the realized no one was home. They went in using Ferio's key that was on a pikachu key chain.

"My sister Emeraude bought it for me for Christmas, and my mom and dad made me use it. My older sister is mean." Ferio explained.

Fuu laughed. "I know how that is."

The stepped into the house which shocked Fuu slightly. It was a very Victorian look on the inside, making it look like they had stepped into another dimension. The outside had looked nothing like a Victorian home.

"Nice house," she commented.

Ferio wrinkled up his nose. "I guess."

He then led her to the back of the house and opened a door to reveal a much more up to date. A green striped couch, a blue carpet, a TV and Computer were all in the room.

"This is the 'kids room', make yourself at home. I'll go get us some sodas." Ferio said as he dropped his back pack on the floor.

Fuu smiled and sat down on the sofa. She looked around, she wanted her whole house to seem this warm and cozy. Forget formality and presentable. She started to lost herself in fantasies but Ferio broke her out of it when he returned from the kitchen drinks in hand.

He handed one of the glasses to her.

"Thank you," Fuu replied.

Ferio smiled, "I now what you were thinking about."

Fuu giggled, "I'm dreaming of what our house will be like."

"Don't tell me you want a green striped couch." Ferio groaned.

Fuu nodded, "yes, I.... I do."

Ferio made a face and then glared at her.

"I'm kidding sweetie," Fuu said as she patted the seat next to her.

Ferio sat down next to her and couldn't help but kiss her. She had these lips that he was just drawn to. The only thing he loved as much was when she talked to him.

Ferio looked at the clock and was surprised to see it was 4:02pm.

"We better get going," Ferio said.

"My how time flies," Fuu said with a grin.

So they went out into drizzle. Ferio dug in his pocket until he found his car keys. He put the key into the door of a junky white car. He of course opened the door on Fuu's side first, and held the door for her, and closed it. Ferio then went around the other side and got in himself.

"One of the best things about dating a senior is the fact that he can drive." Fuu said as she giggled.

"Hmm, but Eagle-san drives too." Ferio pointed out.

He began backing out of the drive way.

"He's 17, he's just a grade behind 'cause he transferred from a school in America." Fuu explained.
"He doesn't have an accent though."

"Because he was born here in Tokyo and then when he was in fifth grade he moved to the States. Then in 8th grade his family moved back." Fuu explained.

Ferio turned on the windshield wipers.

"I've heard rain during a happy time is an omen of sadness ahead." Fuu said as she watched as clear beads of rain rolled down the car window.

"And I've heard it's good for snuggling." Ferio replied with a wink.

Fuu laughed. "Oh Ferio-chan."

"Oh yeah, you in my arms. The lack of light provided by the clouds and rain. My arms around you, finger running through your hair. He stopped at a red light and gave her a wink.

Fuu smiled and played with his green pony tail. "When we're married we'll spend plenty of time snuggling...."

Ferio grinned, "I can promise you that."

Soon they had arrived at the mall, a bit late. There inside Umi, Hikaru, and Eagle were waiting.

"Hey guys! You're fifteen minutes late!" Hikaru said as soon as the couple came in through the doors.

"Let me guess, you lost track of time," Umi began.

Fuu nodded.

"And then you had to put your clothes on, but you couldn't find your under wear, am I right?" Umi finished.

Eagle laughed as he saw the shock and blush on Fuu's face.

"Well, at least I had time to spend getting to know these two lovely young ladies." Eagle said trying to calm Fuu a bit.

"If Fuu-chan and Ferio need to put their clothes back on... Then..." Hikaru said as her big red eyes grew even larger.

Fuu shook her head, "are we going to see The Glass House or not?"

"Yup!" Hikaru said happily.

Umi sighed, "defiantly not the most romantic thing I can think of to see. I mean the girl's parents die, and then she get's stuck with these wacked out guardians and they lock her up. And the movie's all about her and her brother trying to get out."

"It'll be good," Ferio assured her.

They got their tickets and then got in line for snacks. Fuu pulled out her wallet and Ferio noticed the picture of in eating the french fries.

"One, let me pay for the snacks, two, we have to get you a better picture of me." Ferio said.

"Ok," Fuu replied as she put her wallet back in her pocket.

Once in the dark teacher Fuu and Ferio sat in front of Eagle, Hikaru, and Umi. Ferio held Fuu's hand. Only ten minutes after the movie had started Fuu and Ferio were kissing, despite the less than romantic footage. Umi started throwing popcorn at them until they quit it and started giggling.

After the movie Fuu and Ferio were still mushy, nothing could dampen their mood.

"Let's stop at the photo booth and get our picture taken together," Ferio suggested to Fuu.

"Yes! What a wonderful idea!" Fuu replied.

"We'll meet you two crazy kids at the CD store." Eagle announced.

"Alright, we'll be there soon." Ferio replied.

Fuu and Ferio walked through the mall until they found a small photo booth.

"Oh look! You can chose a scenic background!" Fuu exclaimed.

Ferio looked over the lost of places. "How about Italy?"

Fuu nodded. "Ok!"

Once the pictures had been taken and processes, the each had a copy.

"They need frames," Fuu said as she looked at the photos of herself and Ferio, his arm around her. "My treat," she added.

"Hmm, well, ok," Ferio replied as he took her hand once more.

They went into a small store that sold everything from earrings to hair pieces, lamps and make up. But it also sold picture frames. Fuu chose heart shaped fuzzy green frames.

"They're fuzzy," Ferio said as he gave it a funny look.

"But I love them," Fuu replied.

Ferio laughed. "Well, you are the one paying for them, you get to chose what they look like."

Fuu nodded and payed for both frames. Then they met the others in the CD store. Fuu showed the picture to her friends who giggled and smiled.

"Ne Fuu-chan, I better get you home before you parents get any madder that they are ready are." Ferio said as he looked at his watch.

"Ok, fine." Fuu replied. "Bye guys."

"Bye!" Hikaru and Umi called together.

The rain outside was once again a mere drizzle.

"Ferio," Fuu said as he started up the care.

"Hm?" He mumbled in response.

"Was I that one in a million, was I that one sacred kiss, that you couldn't chance, you just couldn't miss?" Fuu questioned with an interesting passion.

"Yes, yes, and yes." Ferio replied.

Fuu let out a sigh, a very content one.

Ferio pulled over to the side of the road, put the car in park, and turned to look into Fuu's eyes. "Fuu-chan, if I asked, would you say yes?"

"Oh! Oh Ferio-chan! Yes!" Fuu aid as she threw her arms around him.

He kissed her on the lips. "Then, when we're older, we'll get married."

Fuu grinned.

Once home Fuu and Ferio walked in giggling and smiling. It was all shattered when Fuu saw her mother's face.

"Fuu," her mother said softly.

Fuu shook her head, "no mama, it's not true." Fuu said as she began to tremble.

"Fuu, you have a tumor, it's malignant, Fuu, you have cancer." Fuu's father said as calmly as he could.

"It's inoperable, but there's always Chemo." Her mom said.

Kuu held out the pone, "you might as well call your other friends."

Fuu threw her arms around Ferio. She sobbed into his shoulder. He patted her back.

"It's alright Fuu-chan. We'll get through this some how." Ferio managed.

But those were the only words he could think to say. And Fuu wanted so badly to believe him and what he said.

This chapter is dedicated to the memory of all those who perished Tuesday September 11th in America; the passengers and the pilots on the United Air and AA flights, the workers in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and all the innocent bystanders. my prayers go out to the friends and families of the deceased. And as the death tolls rise, I ask that everyone pray for the families. For all those who died, tomorrow never came.