Summary: It's Little Red Riding Hood… self explanatory, yes?

Date Written: January 17, 2007

Kalili: So, I need someone from this series to act as my conscious. LET'S SPIN THE WHEEL OF CHARACTERS!

-wheel spinning and eventually stops-

Kalili: And it's FAI!

Fai: -poofs in- Hyuu!

Kalili: Hyuu, indeed! Oh, saying that is so much fun! I normally use a more "responsible" character for these things, but it's FAI! Who can resist?

Fai: Who, indeed? We're starting with Little Red Riding Hood! Kalili wanted to start off with something with all of us in it, but Yuuko couldn't make it today.

Kalili: I wish I could have found a place for her! Anyway, I won't be using all the characters in each story later on. Primarily Fai and Kurogane and Mokona probably, no offense to Sakura and Syaoran! Love 'em, but when I was reading the fairy tales last night, I didn't find many spots for them that would make it entertaining. But don't fret! I'll do the best I can!

Fai: Now everyone enjoy Little Red Riding Hood!

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Long ago there lived a little girl who was loved by all who knew her, but she was especially dear to her grandmother. Her grandmother would do anything to make the child happy, and once she gave her a soft velvet cloak. It was so very pretty that from that day on the girl would wear nothing else, and she came to be called Red Riding Hood. But to people like her father, Kurogane, who felt it to be a ridiculous nickname and way too long to say, she was still Sakura.

One day, her father said to her, "Hey, kid! Come here and take that cake and a bottle of sake to your grandmother. She's sick and won't stop calling me to bring her crap. Go quickly so she'll stop, and don't daydream or wander around in the forest and make sure you get there before noon. Ya' got that?"

"I will do just as you say, father," Sakura promised. "But, if you don't mind my asking-"

"What? Why am I sending my kid to go running around in the forest, although I know perfectly well that there's a freakin' wolf in there? Honestly, I have no clue and would like to know who the hell came up with this! Does that answer your question?"

"… A-actually, I was just wondering if I should bring some dishes for the food and drinks."

"Oh… No."

Her grandmother lived a good distance from the villages in the midst of the forest, despite that fact that she could fall, break a hip, and not be able to get back up which then would cause her to die of either dehydration or starvation. But if things made sense, where would the conflict be?

When Sakura came to the edge of the forest, she was jumped upon by a round, small, white wolf. The child did not know that it was a wicked animal and so she was not at all afraid of it. Plus, it was so cute!

"Good morning, Red Riding Hood!" it said.

"Good morning, Wolf."

"And where are you going so early, Red Riding Hood?"

"To Grandmother's."

"What is that in your basket?" Inquisitive little thing, no?

"A cake and some sake. I'm taking it to Grandmother. She's ill and wants something to maker her stronger."

"Where does your grandmother live, Red Riding Hood? Not that I'm going to do anything! I just like knowing where people live for the heck of it!"

"Down this path and into the forest. Her house stands beneath three big oak trees, near a hedge of chestnuts. Do you want me to draw you a map? I would be glad to!"

Back home, Kurogane suddenly gasped and yelled, "Crap! I didn't tell her to not talk to strangers! Hm, would she have that common sense?"

Back to the forest, the little wolf was thinking, This girl looks like Yuuko would love to play with her! I better get her grandmother, too, so she won't be lonely. If I am clever, which Mokona is, I shall be able to snatch them both up!

So the two walked along merrily for a time. Then the wolf said, "Look at all the pretty flowers, Red Riding Hood! You should relax some and listen to the birds sing! Just look at how nice it is out here in the woods!"

Sakura raised her eyes and when she saw the sunlight dancing through the trees and the bright flowers, she thought, Grandmother would love a bouquet of flowers. And it is still quite early.

So she left the path and wandered off among the tress to pick the flowers (Kurogane, meanwhile, felt a disturbance in the parental force). Each time she picked one, she saw another, more beautiful, farther on. In this way she went deeper and deeper into the forest and the sun rose high in the sky.

After the wolf had left Sakura, it went straight to the grandmother's house with the help of it's map, courtesy of Sakura, and knocked at the door.

"Hang on, I'm trying to find something that DOESN'T look like it was made from a curtain!"

"It's Red Riding Hood," Mokona Wolf said, using one of it's 108 special techniques. "I've brought you some delicious cake and sake. Won't you-?"

"Red Riding Hood-chan!" Grandmother Fai sang while opening the door. "… You've shrunk."

Must be a brain illness, thought Mokona Wolf. It then promptly gobbled the old, yet quite youthful/male looking, grandmother up. Then, it put on the tacky nightgown and hideous nightcap, climbed into the bed, and drew the curtains.

Sakura ran about picking flowers until she could carry no more, and then she remembered her grandmother, who could have been dieing. When she got to the cottage, she was astonished to find the door open, and when she went into the room everything seemed strange.

She felt very frightened, but did not know why. "Good morning, Grandmother," she cried, but she heard no answer… If the sun was high in the sky, doesn't that mean it was noon-ish?

Then she went up to the bed and drew the curtains. There lay her grandmother, but she had pulled her cap down and over her face and looked very odd. But it couldn't have anything to do with her sudden shrinking, red jewel on her forehead, or round bun-like appearance. She still had white hair.

"Oh, Grandmother, what big ears you have!" she said.

"The better to hear you with, my dear! Hyuu!"

"Grandmother, what non-big eyes you have!"

"The better to kind of see you with, my dear! Hyuu, hyuu!"

"What stubby paws you have, Grandmother!"

"The better to, uh… eat you with, hyuu!" Then the wolf sprang out of bed, rushed at Sakura, and devoured her in one mouthful. With it's belly full, Mokona Wolf went back to bed and was soon snoring loudly.

Some time later, a huntsman, Syaoran, passed by the house and heard a fearful racket. How can Fai-san snore so loudly with his head in the pillow? he thought. Maybe he's passed out from so much sake. I should go help him.

So he went inside and up to the bed, where he found the wolf fast asleep. "What did you do?" he said. Being the clever boy he was, he quickly figured out that the wolf had eaten the grandmother and Sakura.

Taking his ax, he took the bunt of it and hit Mokona wolf's belly, causing it to wake up and spit out both Grandmother Fai and Sakura. Syaoran told Sakura to bring some big stones so they could fill the wolf's belly with them and stew him up, until Sakura and Fai decided that Mokona was too cute to eat and probably wouldn't fill them up much anyway. Poor Syaoran probably wasn't going to get a date from Sakura with that disturbing little plan of his.

They then were all joyful. Grandmother Fai was soon stronger (so much so, Kurogane questioned the entire illness), the Huntsman Syaoran was… there, and Little Red Riding Sakura Hood knew now that she must listen to Daddy Kurogane and never wander off in the forest without proper parental supervision, which did not include Grandmother Fai or Mokona Wolf.

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I have bigger plans for Snow White, that include Yuuko! Heh heh heh. This was definitely a warm up chapter.

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As always, CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is welcomed with Fai and Kuro-rin being lovey dovey!