This story is primarily set during the Brawl Era, with a little flash forward to Ultimate. It's my first fanfic ever on this site, so I hope I did at least a little bit of a good job.
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Wolf did not know what to expect when he was suddenly thrust into babysitting a kid.
A sword-wielding kid, at that.
It was all a blur, really. He was only minding his business at the balcony of his condominium, then the next thing he knew, he got a call from Link, an acquaintance from Hyrule. Link then explained that he needed someone to help babysit his younger counterpart, Toon Link, and already Wolf had said no and dropped the call. Then Link called again, this time with the justification of of everyone else being too busy with their own affairs, and that Wolf was the only person available for the task. Wolf wanted to say no again, but Link brought up the possibility of giving a large amount of rupees as a reward. Now who would want to reject such a reward? Especially if the reward happens to be gems for currency? Wolf wasn't going to let that pass, and found himself accepting the task.
Which leads to his current situation, currently at Link's doorstep. Knocking on the door twice, he waited, and after a few seconds, the youthful face of the hero in green appeared in front of him.
"Oh, Wolf! Thank goodness you arrived." Link greeted, a pleasant grin on his face. He stepped aside to let the lupine in, in which the latter stepped inside the house immediately.
"I'm so thankful that you decided to help watch over Toonie here." Link said, casting a glance at his younger counterpart, who was the living room area, engrossed in reading a music sheet.
"Yeah, sure." Wolf replied half-heartedly. "So, until when are you gonna be out for the night?"
"Until midnight, unfortunately." Link replied, sighing. "Mario really needs all the help he can get for the festival in a few days. I can't just let him down now."
"Yeah, yeah, I see." said Wolf. "Just go and I'll take care of the kid."
"Alright, I'll leave you with Toon, okay? Tell him I just left." Link said, walking towards the door and opening it. Before leaving however, he turned back to Wolf. "Oh, and please make sure nothing goes wrong, alright?"
Wolf really needed to do a good job if he wanted those rupees. "Alright, Link. Now go do your thing." He replied, waving his hand a bit, as if he was ushering him off.
Link left shortly after, and now he was left alone with the kid known as Toon Link. The young Hylian himself still paid no mind to Wolf, as he was still working on his music sheet, erasing a few musical notes here and there for his composition. Curious, the lupine went to the living room, and looked over the boy's shoulder to see what he was doing.
"What are you doing, kid?" asked Wolf, eyeing the boy's composition.
Toon Link didn't answer right away, as he was still busy erasing old notes and drawing new ones on the music scale. Upon hearing Wolf speak, he stopped for a moment and replied, "Just making a new song." Then he put down both his pencil and paper, and turned around to meet Wolf's eye looking at him. "I'm guessing my older counterpart asked you to watch over me, huh?"
"Got that right, kiddo." Wolf replied, a half-smirk forming on his muzzle.
"Hmm...I'm also guessing you accepting the task had something to do with rupees, didn't it?" Toonie asked. Dang, he got him.
"Now how did you guess that correctly?" Wolf asked him.
"You're a mercenary, and you always expect something in return for your services." Toon Link answered. "Besides, I think babysitting me is too small of a job for you to get a large pay."
Wolf had to admit, first impression of the kid: he was pretty much insightful when it came to certain things. He might get used to this...provided that he still remember why he took up the babysitting job in the first place. Just as he was thinking that nothing else could happen, he heard a little rumbling. Wolf turned to see Toon Link slightly resting his hand on his stomach, a look of discomfort on his face.
"You hungry, kiddo?" Wolf asked. Another rumbling of the stomach served as his response. "Guess you didn't eat anything while working on your little project, huh?"
"Nope..." was all Toon Link could say before adding, "I want some soup."
Wolf could've lied right then and there and said that he can cook some for the kid (which he can't, as cooking is not part of his resume), but he decided not to. Instead, he suggested, "What about we go somewhere else for dinner?"
Toon Link looked thoughtful for a moment, then finally said, "Why not? I haven't been outside for a while."
Wolf shot a little facial expression close to a grin. "Then let's head out."
So this is the end of Chapter 1! I know Wolf is somewhat out of character, but it can be a bit justified as his character became more of an Anti-Hero in some Star Fox entries. Chapter 2 will be up, maybe in time, but for now, this is all that will be posted for today.
This friendship pairing is underrated, I swear. There should be more works for them, as I think the dynamic works out.
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