Explanation:

I know I've put up this fic before. The reason I was forced to delete it was because someone sent me a message saying that I copied this fic out of somewhere. I had to delete this and try to sort out the mess I made. But after everything was clear (it is clear that I did not steal this fic anywhere! I may have inspiration of it somewhere, but I thought of the story alone!), I guess it's safe to repost. Hopefully I won't get in trouble with this AGAIN. *sweatdrop*

As always, please read and review. Thanks a bunch again!

Disclaimer: I don't own Furuba or any of its characters. The only thing I'm making out this fanfic is sheer enjoyment of both myself and my readers. Thank you!

Last note: There will be slight mentions of Yukiru every now and then. If you don't like it, then don't read. Although I honestly think you won't notice the pairing anyway. Veeery vaguely indicated… :D

And yes, Akito will still be a guy here. I have finished the anime, but only briefly touched the manga-verse. Sorry. ^^

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Where is Tomorrow?

JD Santiago

Rating: T (occasional swearing, blood, violence)

Genre: Drama/Family

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"When it rains, it pours. And when it pours, it floods."

Kyo Souma lay on his back on the roof with a distressed look on his face. Earlier that day, Shigure had informed him that Akito wanted to see him later in the afternoon…alone. This came as a shock for the bearer of the cat spirit.

He had always thought that Akito wouldn't want him anywhere near the main house.

Then again, Kyo thought, the only reason that bastard wants me around is because he'll have someone else to play with besides the damn nezumi. But what I still don't get why he wants to see me alone…

"Ano, Kyo-kun?"

Kyo looked down from his perch to see Tohru looking out through the window. "What is it?"

"Lunch is ready, Kyo-kun. We're all waiting for you!" She replied cheerfully despite Kyo's rather annoyed tone.

Kyo huffed before he proceeded to slide down from the roof to the window and then to the wooden floor where Tohru and Yuki were waiting.

Kyo raised an eyebrow at the sight of Yuki. "I didn't expect you'd wait, nezumi."

Yuki eyed him coolly and shrugged. "Tohru-san insisted on it. And besides, Shigure's rantings are an even worse pain when I'm listening to it alone."

"All right then, since we're all here, let's go join Shigure-san downstairs for lunch." Tohru said cheerfully, taking Kyo by the hand and Yuki by the arm before heading to the dining room to Shigure.

As they went down the stairs, Kyo's eyes wandered to the entangled arms of Yuki and Tohru with a look of masked pain. It had been a month now since Tohru had made her choice between them, and she had chosen Yuki.

Kyo had said, no, insisted, it was no big deal and that he couldn't care any less about Tohru's feelings.

Deep down however, he knew he could not use that lie against himself, for ever since he had already known that he was in love with Torhu.

But it eventually turned out that she loved Yuki Souma.

Another thing that the rat had taken away from the cat. Kyo bitterly thought every now and then. But even though things turned out differently, nothing will change…

Even if Tohru did love him in return, what good will it do? After all, the cat can, and should, never love, because their ultimate fate would be a caged and tormented eternity.

Still though, his hate intensified by his anger towards Yuki fueled him to become more determined to beat the hell out of the other boy.

If he had lost Tohru to him, at least, Kyo hoped, he'd still win the bet.

"Hora, Kyo-kun!"

"Ah? What is it?"

Shigure smiled strangely at him, making a swishing gesture with his chopsticks. "You're lost in space again. You sure have a lot in mind. If you keep on wandering in dreamland like that, you won't be able to eat anything at all! And you do know you'll need all your strength later!"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, you baka inu." Kyo said, understanding the hidden message behind the dog's words.

"Later? What's going to happen later, Kyo-kun?" Tohru asked.

"Er…" Kyo paused. Shigure had informed him that his meeting with Akito should be kept secret. The only people who knew he would be coming were Hatori, Kureno, Shigure and himself. How was Kyo going to get out of this one now?

"Oh you forgetful Kyo-neko!" Shigure suddenly interrupted in his annoying sing-song voice. "Didn't you mention you were going to visit Kazuma-sensei today? Shame on you for forgetting, considering that Kazuma-dono must be missing you an awful lot!"

"Argh, stop calling me that!" Kyou growled as he threw his fork at Shigure who effortlessly dodged it. "Yeah, that's it. I was going to visit Shishou today. It's been a long time since I've gone seen him."

If only Shigure didn't use that annoying tone and that annoying nickname he had made up for him, Kyo would have been grateful to the older man.

Tohru seemed to have bought it, the ever trusting girl she was, and continued eating. Yuki however had a skeptical look on his face. But whatever suspicion the pale boy had, he did not mention it.

Well, anyway… Kyo thought. Now that I think about it, maybe I should visit Shishou after dealing with Akito. After all, it's been a month since I've last seen him. And truth be told…I do miss Shishou.

Kyo already had a bad feeling about today's visit to the Family head.

And to make things worse, as he drew near the walled Souma estate, it began to rain.

"Just my darn luck!" Kyo grumbled as he hurried inside the building, for he didn't have an umbrella and was now soaking wet.

He was greeted at the door by Kureno.

"You look like you swam an entire sea to get here, Kyo." Kureno said with a small smile as he handed the boy a towel.

"No, it's just the fucking weather." Kyo grumbled. The rain always had its way to annoy the hell out of him.

"So…Hatori-san is waiting for you outside Akito-sama's room. Akito had ordered for Hatori's presence as well as yours for the meeting." Kureno informed Kyo as the cat dried himself up.

"Sure. Thanks for the towel." Kyo said as he handed to Kureno the wet towel before heading to Akito's room.

The pair walked the long way to Akito's room. To Kyo, it felt like forever until they got there.

As Kureno had said, Hatori was waiting outside the room, looking very solemn.

He greeted Kyo with a nod which the orange haired boy returned.

"Uh, I'll be waiting outside." Kureno bowed before sliding the paper door to Akito's room.

Inside the dark room sat the Jade Emperor of the Souma House.

His dark eyes registered the two men standing outside his room. A smile formed on his lips as he whispered. "Well, don't stand idly out there in the cold. Come on in."

Cautiously, Kyo and Hatori entered the room and knelt down on the tatami flooring with Hatori a good distance away from Kyo. Kureno then closed the door behind them.

Well, this is it… Kyo thought as he whispered. "You asked for me?"

Owari