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Little Red Riding Fuu
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Fuu who lived with her
older sister Kuu. She was very sweet, kind and gentle to everyone. Her
hair was like the midday sunshine and her eyes a lovely evergreen. Every
expression on her face exuded such warmth and goodness so that none had the
slightest wish to do her harm.
One day she received a red riding hood from Kuu. The rosey red hue
made her eyes ever so dazzling, that no one could not help but notice them.
"Fuu-san," her sister said one day, "could you please take this over
to obaasama's house?" she asked, lifting up a basket filled with freshly
baked bread, goat's cheese and smoked ham. "I have to attend a meeting in
church today, but I thought it would be nice if we could give her something
from the harvest festival."
"Hai, Kuu-oneesama. We should visit her more often," Fuu remarked.
"It's a wonder that she isn't lonely living by herself in the forest."
"Well obaasama likes it there. 'The village is too noisy,' she
says.
"Oh, and on your way to her house, make sure you follow the path in
the middle. There are a lot of animals around the other paths and not all
of them are friendly."
"I'll be careful," she promised.
As she passed through the cobblestoned streets of their hamlet,
friends and neighbors greeted the fair maiden cloaked in scarlet.
"Now there goes a pretty lass," remarked the baker as he kneaded
dough.
"She'll make a fine bride some day," added the fishmonger.
"Though she does tend to let her mind wander a bit," the tanner said
as he shook his head in time with everyone else's praises, as he noticed her
chasing after one young man after another, nearly forgetting her errand for
the day.
Upon reaching the entrance to the forest, Fuu continued along the
central path until she came to a fork in the road.
"Oh dear, Kuu-oneesama told me to stay in the middle path, but which
one is it?" she asked herself. She didn't recall ever seeing this before
when she visited her grandmother.
"May I be of some assistance?" came a charmingly accented, though
unfamiliar voice.
"I'm afraid I'm lost. There seem to be new paths here that I've
never tread upon and I was on my way to my obaasama's cottage today."
"Oh is that all? I know these woods inside and out. The only
cottage here is at the end of the path on the left."
"Thank you," Fuu voiced with all her heart as she went on her way to
grandmother's house.
But unbeknownst to her, the helpful voice belonged to a wolf. A
very _hungry_ wolf, who had a taste for young girls. He had rearranged the
paths for just such an opportunity as this.
"While she takes the scenic route, I'll be over to her grandmother's
cottage in less than a minute," he chuckled.
Having finally reached the cottage after about half an hour of
wandering and gathering flowers, she knocked quite authoritatively on the
oak door and announced, "Obaasama, it's me, Fuu. I have some delicious food
from the festival that oneesama asked me to bring you."
"Why, come in dearie," replied a slightly low voice.
"Is something the matter, obaasama?" she asked with more than a
touch of concern for her grandmother's health. "It's not too drafty for you
already, is it?"
"Not at all. Please come in, the door is unlatched."
Coming into the living room, Fuu noticed the tall graceful figure
that came forward to greet her.
"Obaasama, what big eyes you have!" Fuu observed.
"The better to see you with, my dear," replied the wolf in she
clothing.
"And what big ears you have," she continued.
"The better to hear you with," spoke the wolf in a lovely soprano,
while he was feeling his stomach grumble for lunch.
"I never noticed that you had such a large nose," Fuu pointed out.
"What's wrong with my--I mean, the better to smell you with, of
course," he smiled as he feasted on her delicate aroma, making his mouth
water.
"What sharp teeth you have," noted Fuu as the wolf's fangs glistened
with spittle in anticipation of his next meal.
"All the better to EAT YOU WITH!" the wolf announced, throwing off
the dress he had used to disguise himself.
"Wait a minute," Fuu blurted out, stopping the wolf in his tracks.
"You're not obaasama!" she concluded, pointing to the savage beast.
A slight tremor could be felt all the way back in the village after
the wolf fell over backwards.
"As if it wasn't obvious," the wolf mumbled as he slapped himself on
the head.
"Tasukete...Densetsu no Magi--heh," she corrected herself and
blushed bright as a ripe tomato.
"HELP!" Fuu cried out as the wolf started chasing her around the
house.
"Ha! There isn't anyone else around for miles, so just stop
running," the wolf taunted.
"Why, so I don't waste my strength?" Fuu asked innocently enough.
"No, it's because sweat makes human flesh too salty and I have to
watch my sodium intake" replied her pursuer.
"Oh, I wouldn't want to spoil your diet, ohkami-san," Fuu answered,
as she halted her flight.
{This is TOO easy}, thought our lupine friend as he neared his prey.
"Hold it right there, you vicious forest creature, you!"
Fuu and the wolf turned around to see a green-haired young boy clad
in woodsman's attire.
"Damn, there ALWAYS has to be a woodsman around when I'm trying to
have lunch," ranted the wolf.
"How dare you try to sup on the tender flesh of a young girl!"
"Well it's not MY fault that they taste so good," the wolf shot
back. "Too bad I can't say the same for you woodsmen. Your meat is too
tough from all that tree-chopping work you do."
"You eat woodsmen too, ohkami-san?" asked our inquisitive young
woman.
"Well, I'm not sure when my next meal will come and my mother always
said not to waste food, so..."
"You know, for a wolf, you prattle too much," declared the young
woodsman as he stabbed the wolf in the back straight into his heart.
"Didn't anyone ever tell you it's rude to interrupt people when
they're talking?" Fuu asked him sternly.
"Hey look, I just saved you from being steak tartar for this furball
over here."
"You sounded a lot more impressive before you killed him," Fuu
pointed out.
"Most of these girl-eaters talk a lot. It's one of their
weaknesses," he replied as he held a copy of _Everything You Wanted to Know
About Wolves--But Were Afraid of Being Eaten While Trying to Find Out
Personally_.
"Well I figured it out on my own," she let out. "Um," she began,
slightly blushing, "thanks for saving me. Oh, where are my manners? My
name is Fuu."
"Well I'm Ferio," he replied, left hand behind his head.
"Oh my gosh, I completely forgot about obaasama!" Fuu cried out as
she brought hand over mouth.
"What about her?" wondered Ferio.
"She might still be in the wolf's stomach..."
"Naw, wolves don't like eating old ladies," Ferio reassured her.
"Owd raydi?!" came a muffled cry from the kitchen closet.
"That must be her in the closet."
As the two youngsters made their way over to free her, the cry
turned into a piercing scream that negated whatever effectiveness the gag on
her mouth ever had in silencing her.
"Young men today have no manners!" she ranted.
"Boy, your grandmother sure is a feisty one," Ferio remarked.
Opening the closet, Ferio was pleasantly surprised to see a shapely
woman clad in lace-trimmed lingerie.
"_This_ is your grandmother?" he asked Fuu in disbelief.
"Yes. She's still young-looking, isn't she?"
"I'll say. Are you free on Saturday night?" he asked while removing
her bonds.
"Hey!"
"Oh shut up, myopic little grandchild. He _obviously_ has good
taste," her grandmother reprimanded her.
"And what might be the lady's name?" Ferio asked, kissing the back
of both her hands in quick succession.
"Why didn't you talk to _me_ like that?" complained Fuu, ever the
hopeless romantic.
"Alcyone, my good sir," she replied with a kiss on his cheek.
"Woo-hoo! I got me a _woman_!"
"That's not fair! _I'm_ the heroine in this story!" Fuu cried out.
"Don't worry, you're still young. I'm sure another handsome
woodsman will come along to sweep you off your feet in no time," Alcyone
half-heartedly tried to console her granddaughter before making out with
Ferio in her bedroom.
"Great, now I'm stuck with a dead wolf," Fuu sighed as she
distinctly heard moaning in the next room. She sat down beside the still
warm flesh of her would-be devourer.
"I just _had_ to have an obaasama who drank from the Fountain of
Youth," she griped.
"Damn it, this isn't FAIR!" she cried, her tears running off her
cheek and onto silver-white fur on the wolven form on the floor.
Suddenly the once-feral creature that lay dead beneath her
overflowing emerald eyes sprang to life in the form of a handsome young man
in shining armor.
"Wh-where am I?" he asked upon finding himself in unfamiliar
surroundings.
"We're in my grandmother's cottage," Fuu replied, admiring the
outstanding specimen of masculinity that now stood before her. "My name is
Fuu."
"Such a lovely name, for a lovely young woman," he greeted her,
gently kissing the back of her right hand. "I am Innova, a disgraced
knight."
"Disgraced?" she echoed. "How so?"
"I failed to protect my Lord Zagato from an evil sorceress by the
name of Emeraude and she cast a spell turning me into a wolf. And thus was
I cursed with an appetite for comely lasses.
"She laughed as I stood helpless before her, saying that the only
way I could become human again was if a beautiful young maiden--such as
yourself--would shed tears over me."
"But I was crying because--"
"The reason matters not, only your tears, and for that I am
eternally grateful."
"May I ask you a personal question?"
"I hold no secrets from she who has liberated me from the form of a
beast. What do you wish to know?"
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
Overcoming his initial surprise, Innova calmly replied, "I had been
far too devoted to my liege when I still served him to pursue the fairer
sex. But that need not be so now," his gentle countenance smiled at her as
he held her left hand in both of his own.
"Why, Sir Innova, does this mean you wish to have my hand..."
"Not just your hand," he whispered as he neared his lips to hers.
"You know, it's kind of hard to kiss with your nose in the way..."
Fuu mentioned absent-mindedly.
"What's wrong with my nose?"
"Nothing!" Fuu sweatdropped and tried to calm him down. "Actually,
it's a very pretty nose, now that I have a better look at it."
"Really?"
"Would these eyes lie?"
"No, but you might need glasses," he smiled as their lips touched
and they closed their eyes.
The End
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