This fic if based off of Kc-chan's pict of a squirrel-type Wufei, it was so cute it had to be done ^_^ to see the pic go the her site at http://www.wired-dna.net/plague/ she is a great artist ^^

Disclaimer: I own nothing, not Gundamwing not even the picture that I got the idea for this fic. If I did own them I would rich and famous and you would all know about it. If you sue me, the most you will get is $.10, a half eaten box of pokey and a few doujinshi's.
Pairings: Er… none yet.
This fic is also AU and OOC so expect strange things.
Archive: Just tell me where.
Many many thanks to Mikhyel for editing this thing for me!! ::glomp:: Thank you!


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Once upon a Neighborhood
By: Kou
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Once upon a time, not really long ago and not so far away. In fact, it was
around this time that we are in now, just a different dimension. There was,
well is a small town, which is really not all that important in the story
now, but what is really important is a small street that is inside the town.
Now this small street was a bit unlike any other street in the small town.
It had no permanent name, and it had only four houses on it. The various
occupants were always coming and going, minus two who were more-or-less
the only constant homeowners, who were also one of the main reasons that
the street is as rare as it is. See, the only two permanent occupants were
magicians, wizards, mages, call them what you wish. But they were able to
do magic, voodoo, call on spirits, again call it what you wish, but they
where able to do things that 99.999999% of the human race could not do. Of
course, some didn't consider them humans.

Anyway, on with the story. Well these two mages, as we will call them, were
always going at each other... well, more like the one mage was trying to
impress the other one, while the other mage was always trying to come up
with ideas to get rid of the other mage. Or at least get him of his back
for a short period of time so that he would be able to.. to walk out his
front door to get his morning paper, without trying to fend a love struck
maniac waving roses in his face and proclaiming his undying love.

Of course this story is not really about the love struck mage, but about
the other mage and another character who I will get around to introducing
later, but for now you're going to learn about the mage.

This mage, who was often referred to as magician Merquise, was also known
as Zechs. Now Zechs was a good looking man... well that would be doing him
a dishonor. Zechs was one of those guys who could set off a small fangirl
induced drooling incident just by smiling. Of course, he wasn't one of those
vain people, unless it came to his hair. Which was long, very long: it hung
down to his waist and was a shimmering color of silver blond.

Now, one day Zechs was in need of some acorns. Don't ask why, he just was.
But he didn't want to have to deal with the other mage, Treize. See, he'd
already had his daily dosage of, "Ah, my dear Zechs, how lovely you look
this morning. I must say that these roses I brought you simply are nothing
compared to your beauty and grace." Treize was not an ugly man, he was far
from it - he had beautiful short cropped and smoothed back ginger colored
hair with sky colored eyes - he was just annoying, very annoying.

Well, not wanting to deal with Treize, Zechs decided that he could just
use the acorns from one of the many trees in his backyard. Of course, if
you ever looked at his backyard from the outside, it looks quite normal.
Some grass and a tree. Though when you are actually in it, that's another
story. There was an odd assortment of plants and trees, all very tall, and
it was quite crowded. There was even a little pond. But nothing lived in
here. Except in a tree the very very very back.

Now I must divert your attention from the oh-so-yummy-Zechs, and direct
it towards this tree. Well, in the very very very back, there was a nice
little acorn tree. Nothing out of the ordinary, other than the fact that
it was in a Mage's backyard. Well, what was so interesting about it was
what lived inside of it. Now you might be thinking "bug" or "bird", but
you're wrong. In this tree lived a squirrel.

Of course this was no ordinary squirrel, if it was it wouldn't be living
in a tree in a mage's back yard, now would it? This was a one of a kind
squirrel; it was quite the loner and well, it didn't talk to other squirrels.
Most of all because he was a magic squirrel.

The strangest part about him, even though he was a magic squirrel, was that
he really didn't look like a squirrel at all, more like a tiny human with
a tail. Its fur, if you could really call it that, was a caramel color,
but around its head it was a shiny black color and was held back in a small
tiny ponytail. Instead of beady little eyes, it had rather large eyes and
its head was big; to make up for this, the body was a bit out of proportion.
Well, if this wasn't strange enough, it also wore clothes, a little white
formal Chinese outfit, to be exact, along with tiny black shoes that just
added in to the cuteness factor of it all. It was very cute. The type of
cute cuddly thing that would send hundreds upon hundreds of fangirl-type-people
into a screaming frenzy when it turns its little head and blinks those big
black innocent eyes.... aww... sooo cute... er... back to the story.

Well, this little squirrel's name was Wufei, and this day he was minding
his own business and was out being his busy little squirrel self. He was
out of his safe little hole in his tree to go look for more food, more acorns.
Well he happened to stumble, in a non-literal sense, of course, onto a rather
large acorn. But this as to be expected; this was a mage's backyard, of
course. The acorn was half the size of Wufei. Well, being the little squirrel
that Wufei was, he started to pick it off the tree, but he was not getting
very far. It seemed that the acorn was pulling back. This seemed strange,
but of course with 'magic' being involved and all, he didn't pay much attention
to it. Well, he continued to pull and pull until the acorn took him along
with it.

Well, the poor little guy hit his head on something and when he finally
was able to focus his cute black eyes he found himself staring into a pair
of ice blue ones.

Of course this was Zechs. Well, the 'thing' looked rather strange too Zechs
till he figured out what it was. Of course Zechs has a love for cute little
half-animal type things...

"I do?"

Yes, you do.

"Oh... Okay."

Well, as I was saying, Zechs had a secret love for little half-human type
things. So Wufei couldn't really do much when Zechs started to walk back
to his house with him. Of course, this didn't keep him from fighting the
whole way.

"Let me go, human!"

"Oh, it talks too. You're a cute little thing, you know that? I think I'll
keep you."

This of course brought a small blush, if even possible, to Wufei's chubby
little cheeks.

"You can't keep me!!"

"I think I can, you're mine now."

Of course, Wufei could do nothing, except he was kicking and fighting all
the way back. And Wufei ended up biting Zechs when he tried to stick him
in a cage.

"How dishonorable. I can't be stuck in a cage, I'm a magic creature, it'll
drive me insane. What kind of mage are you?"

"Oh, I'm sorry. But If I don't keep you in a cage, you'll ran away and
I don't want that."

Well Wufei, being the highly intelligent creature he was, had to think this
through. Of course he came up with a plan.

"I do not wish to be locked up a cage, but you wish to keep me as a pet
or something. And I don't see how I can win against you."

"True."

"So, I will make you a deal. I will come to your house every day from two
hours after sunrise. I will keep you company, then after an hour after sunset
I will be allowed to go back home."

"Well... OK, but I really wanted to do all the things that normal people
do with pets. You know, take them for walks, give them baths, paper train
them."

And Wufei gave Zechs a glare that could melt ice. Zechs was just a little
startled to get such a nasty glare from such a cute creature. Well, this
seemed good enough for him and he agreed. They shook hands on it... well
a finger and a tiny paw.

This was all cut short due to the doorbell ringing. Zechs looked at the
door and gave it the same glare that Wufei had given him just a minute ago.

"It's 'him'."

"Who?"

"I'm going to kill him, it will be all over then. Of course I'll go to jail,
but it will be worth it, he will be gone."

Wufei tapped Zechs arm and when he didn't respond to that, he gently bit
him. Wufei looked up at him, his arms crossed, little eyebrows wrinkled
with frustration, the embodiment of cutness.

"I said, who is it?"

"Treize."

"What did he do to you?"

The doorbell rang again.

"You'll see in a moment."

Zechs hesitantly walked over to the door. He stared at the doorknob as though
it was going to bite him, then he slowly opened the door. Only to be meet
by a dozen roses in his face. He carefully pushed them aside, and Treize
was revealed, in all his glory.

"Ah, Zechs, I bring you gifts, but yet again they are nothing compared to
you. You who are a sun god for sure, if not, then a fallen angel. You are..."

*BAM*

Zechs slammed the door in Treize's face.

"That was rather rude. He did bring you gifts and he seemed to er... like
you quite a bit."

"Oh, this won't keep him away, nothing does. I should know, I slam the door
in his face four times a week on average."

"Ah..."

They stood in an awkward silence for a while, before Wufei spoke up.

"Well,
I've lived in your trees for awhile yet I never learned your name."

"I'm Zechs, and you are?"

"Wufei."

"That's not a good pet name."

"It's not supposed to be."

"Maybe I should give you another one..."

"I like Wufei just fine."

"But I want to give you a name! Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

And this conversation carried on all throughout the rest of the day, along
with many other conversations, ones that kept Zechs on his toes. He had
never expected the small squirrel to make such good arguments on certain
subjects, magic for one, and it carried on well into the night, until it
was time for Wufei to leave. Zechs, being the kindhearted person he was,
carried Wufei on his shoulder, back to his tree. Zechs held out his arms
for Wufei to walk across. Wufei said his good-bye, and before he could leave
Zechs held him close to his face and kissed him on the cheek.

"Good night Wufei."

Wufei just blinked, waved good-bye, and went back into his small home. All
the while thinking, 'What kind of mage is he?'


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OK that's it for now ^_^ I do have more and will post it ina day or two. Any
comments/reviews would be really appreciated. I'm not really sure about this fic
it's a new style of writing for me.