A/N: My latest story Pink and Blue. This story is going to have more a sort of episodic feel to it rather than a chapter by chapter sort of thing, but if I manage to stick to my plan each and every one of these episodes will give you a hearty dose of Katt and Krystal with plenty of humor and friendship in the mix. The rest of the cast will be making appearances, but I intend to make the vast majority of the story about Katt and Krystal, and I will probably be avoiding a lot of Fox and Krystal related stuff. So all that aside if you enjoy the story please leave a review, I love to hear what y'all are thinking about my stories!

-general whitefur

Pink and Blue

Chapter One

Welcome to Corneria City

Katt Monroe sighed as she pressed her paw to the scanner by her apartment door. After a brief flash of light from the glass screen the door lock clicked and Katt pushed her way inside. As Katt threw her purse and leather jacket onto one of the pink chairs and flopped down on the pink couch, her whole apartment being pink, she grumbled to herself briefly to vent the frustrations of the day. Katt truly enjoyed her job at The Wild Animal, some might think a woman who worked at a topless bar had simply decided she had no place else to go, but then that person more than likely had never grown up as a teenager on Corneria in the middle of the last big sexual revolution. Katt didn't mind being stared at a bit if it made her good money, and it did. The fact that she had an apartment in the middle of Corneria City all to herself and had managed to furnish it to her pinkish desires were a testament to the fact that she made enough not to have to worry about money. It was however the fact that she had the apartment all to herself that seemed to make the days spent there seem a little...boring.

When Katt had been younger, though to be fair she had only just turned twenty-six, she had always had roommates wherever she lived. At the time the seeming absence of personal space and any serious measure of privacy, as well as the fact that she had never been able to convince anyone that an apartment should be as pink as possible, had seemed unbearable. Now however Katt found herself wishing she had someone to come home to, even if it was just a ditzy college girl roommate. Actually if it were an attractive ditzy college girl it might be even better. She mused to herself. Either way it seemed that Katt was doomed to living alone, at least until she found a lover that she didn't always feel like kicking out as fast as possible in the morning. Falco included.

Letting out a yawn and a big stretch Katt stood up and went to check her perso-com. Taking the small rectangle from her purse she activated it and scrolled through her messages. Nothing interesting except for..."Wait a minute, why is there a voice mail from Fox?" She and Fox were good friends no doubt, but last time she had heard he had been on Dinosaur Planet on a mission. Katt doubted her perso-com had the range to connect to his on the other side of the Lylat system. For a moment Katt considered calling him back but decided against it, her shift had ended at 2:00 AM and right now all she felt like doing was taking a shower and then collapsing on her bed for a good eight hours sleep. With that in mind Katt stowed away her perso-com in her purse and then made her way to the bathroom, she would call Fox tomorrow and find out what he wanted.

"What's Corneria like Fox?" Krystal asked the chestnut furred vulpine as they sat together in one of the common rooms at the Cornerian Defense Academy. It had been two days since the tod had rescued her on Dinosaur Planet and she hadn't been able to leave the base since arriving on Corneria. Krystal had always been adventurous by nature and staying cooped up behind the walls of the facility all day and night had made her start to feel a bit antsy. At the very least however it had allowed her more time with Fox, and though he still seemed a bit shy around her he had, for the most part, managed to start making complete sentences when speaking with her. Krystal decided that that in and of itself could be counted as a victory, he just needed time to get a little more comfortable with her presence, and likely her appearance as well, she still wore her tribal Cerinian clothes.

"What do you mean? You're here." Fox replied, his expression curious.

"I've been sitting here in the Academy for two days, I haven't actually seen much of your world. Tell me about it, please?" Krystal asked Fox, she crossed her legs and gave him her best curious vixen look.

"Well uh, let me think." Fox replied, clearly trying not to address her legs. "It's big, lot's of forests, mountains, and deserts. Huge ocean. And the capital, Corneria City is the largest city in Lylat."

Krystal nodded, that much she had gleaned from the records in the ship's computer. "I read about the ocean, it covers only seventy percent of the planet."

Fox glanced at her. "Only?"

"My home world was almost all ocean, there were a some large islands, but no continents." Krystal explained. She managed to keep herself from sounding emotional at recalling her former home, she would never get it back, and she wanted to do her best not to let the pain stay forever.

"Oh. Wait, how did you know the ocean covers seventy percent of Corneria? Did Peppy tell you?" Fox asked, his face a study in confusion.

Krystal smiled. "I can read Lylatian. I've been wandering around the galaxy for some time on my own, I can read your language, and kind of speak it."

Fox chuckled. "I think you speak it better than I do."

"Maybe." Krystal answered. "But I only know proper words, I don't know any slang. And even so there are plenty of words and expressions that escape me."

"Well I'm sure you'll learn some of the slang pretty fast once we can start going out more...uh I mean..."

Wagging her tail Krystal said, "I know what you mean, and I can't wait."

The doors to the common area opened and Krystal picked up the mind of Falco Lombardi entering the room. "Sorry you two, didn't know you were in here by yourselves. I didn't interrupt anything did I?"

Krystal noticed Fox blush, she would have to ask him why he always seemed to do that when someone saw the two of them alone. Truth be told she didn't quite know what to think about how Fox felt towards her. She had agreed not to use her telepathy to read his or anyone else's mind without their express permission, but her passive telepathy couldn't tell her much more than who was in a room, and so she had been forced to rely only on the simple physical and verbal cues of the people she met. It hardly seemed enough, her own people expressed themselves differently, and besides she had always been used to reading someone else's intentions directly.

"Falco! Uh, no you didn't interrupt anything. I was just talking to Krystal."

"I can see that Foxie. Well don't mind me, I'll just be over here watching TV."

Krystal watched as the blue feathered avian walked over to a couch and turned on the TV. When she looked back at Fox she noticed him checking his perso-com, curious she asked, "Expecting a call?"

Fox looked up and nodded. "Yeah actually." The small rectangle started ringing. "And here it is. Just a minute."

Krystal waited well Fox walked a short distance away, he was out of earshot for the most part though she did pick up a few words here and there. "Thanks cat...Yeah...Perfect you two should...All right bye...yes I will."

Fox put his perso-com back in his pocket before sitting down next to her. "Were you talking to a feline?"

"Oh uh, yeah. Katt Monroe."

Krystal cocked her head. "Her name is cat?"

"Yeah, K-a-t-t though, but yeah she's a cat named Katt."

"So then who is she?" Asked Krystal. "Girlfriend?" She eyed him mischievously.

Fox blushed like mad at that. "Oh no, no, no. We're friends and she's a girl but we're not uh, not uh, well not like that."

Krystal resisted the urge to giggle. Fox's behavior hadn't struck as the kind that would mean he was seeing someone. But she had had the feeling that asking a question like that would embarrass him and, good thing or not, Fox looked very cute when he blushed. "Oh, well then what was the call about?"
Fox smiled then. "Well I can tell you haven't much enjoyed being cooped up here at the Academy all day, and whether I like it or not this is where I'm going to be most days so I figured I'd try and find someone else for you to stay with."

Krystal cocked her head to one side, this idea interested her. "Does she live in the city?"

"Yep, she actually has a really nice apartment in one of the big buildings. She said she'd love to have you stay with her while the team is staying here on planet, so long as you don't mind sharing with her?"

"Is she nice?"

There was a sudden guffaw from where Falco sat, both Krystal and Fox looked over at him. "Ignore me, Katt is a perfectly nice woman unless you piss her off." Falco said without turning from the TV screen.

Krystal quirked an eyebrow at Fox. "Do he and this Katt have a..."

"History?" Fox supplied. Krystal nodded. "Yeah, little bit. Don't worry though, Katt's probably one of the nicest girls in the world. And she knows the city like the back of her paw, if anyone can show you all the best spots and help you to get to know the city and the people, well Katt's the best person for that."

Krystal smiled. "Well then that sounds great. When do we meet her?"

Fox shrugged. "We can go as soon as you're ready to leave. Do you need time to pack?"

Shaking her head Krystal answered, "Not really, all I have is my staff, a few books, and a spare change of clothes. All of which are still in the bag you gave me. We can go now if you want."
Fox smiled then and stood up. "All right then, grab your bag and I'll drive you over to her flat."

"Flat?" Krystal asked as she followed Fox out of the common area.

Fox looked at her, "Oh uh, it's just another word for apartment. Gosh you really don't know any slang do you?"

"No, none."

"Don't worry, Katt will have you speaking like a local before you know it."

Krystal smiled again. "That would be wonderful. I have a feeling my accent already makes me stick out a bit."

Stopping at her quarters Krystal grabbed her bag, checked the room once to make sure she really hadn't unpacked anything and then turned back to Fox.

"Ready?" He asked.

"Ready."

"Well then let's go. It's not too long a drive, even with the traffic this time of day."

Fox led Krystal out of the instructors barracks that the team had been staying in and towards the parking garage. It never ceased to amaze Krystal just how many people on Corneria owned their own vehicles, not to mention the variety that were to be seen. Hovercars as well as wheeled vehicles, and of more styles than she had seen in all her travels, even on technologically advanced worlds. Slipping into the passenger seat alongside Fox she smiled and said, "I can't wait to meet her."

Fox keyed the ignition and the humming noise of the vehicle's anti-grav field filled the air for a moment as it initialized, the sound became barely noticeable a moment later. "I'm glad, Katt said she's can't wait to meet you either. I have a feeling you two should hit it off."

As the car pulled out of the garage Krystal asked, "Does that mean we should like each other?"

Fox chuckled. "Yes. It's a good thing Katt's always been good with languages, you really do need help with the local dialect."

Krystal crossed her arms and made a mock pout. "Be nice to me, I'm from another world."

"Oh! Uh sorry, I know I shouldn't uh..."

Giggling Krystal replied, "Fox I was only teasing. It's fine."

The tod breathed a sigh of relief. "Sorry, I suppose I should have guessed."

Shaking her head Krystal decided to have a mercy on her new friend and occupy herself with the city as it passed by her window. And besides she didn't want to distract Fox too much, the last thing she need was for the poor tod to crash into something while frantically trying to make amends for a non-existent offense. Fortunately the view outside proved enthralling to Krystal, she decided she really was looking forward to exploring the city for awhile, and it would be made better by having someone to help guide her, even if Fox wouldn't be the one doing it. I'll still see him, I'll make certain of that. Krystal thought to herself, she knew deep down that she wanted to get to know Fox even more than this new world, much more.

Katt looked around her apartment for the thirtieth time. She wanted to make sure everything looked nice for Fox's new friend. When she had listened to Fox's message she had been thrilled to learn that he had returned from Dinosaur Planet accompanied by a blue vixen, a girl that he had risked his life to save. Katt thought it sounded like something out of a storybook, but then Fox himself tended to act like a guy out of a storybook, at least when he wasn't in combat mode. Either way Katt had been even more thrilled to learn that Fox wanted to know if the blue vixen, Krystal, could stay with her for awhile while the team waited for the refits to the Great Fox and the Arwings. It seemed that the days of living alone were coming to an end just as they were beginning to become truly unbearable.

Katt had then proceeded to spend the rest of her morning cleaning up her apartment, making sure the pink carpeting was vacuumed, that any and all shedding was under control, the kitchenette clean and devoid of a stack of disgusting dirty dishes, and that the bathroom was sterile enough to eat inside of. Satisfied that her attack on all cleaning fronts approach had been a success she had returned Fox's call and told him that he could go ahead and bring his friend over whenever he felt ready.

BZZZ!

Smiling Katt went over to the intercom by her door, pressing the talk button she said, "Fox?"

"Yeah, can we come up?"

"Sure thing, I'll leave the door open."

"Thank you."

Katt opened her door and then waited a few minutes for Fox to walk through. She noticed the slight blush on his face and asked, "What is it? I'm wearing clothes this time you know. Unless you always blush around girls."

Fox rolled his eyes. "It isn't you, though thank you for being fully clothed in your own home for once. And before you ask yes, fan mob."

Katt snorted. "Oh to be a hero. Where's Krystal?"

"Right here."

Katt tried not to let her eyes widen at the sight of the blue vixen as she came walking through the door. She was literally wearing nothing but a brass bra and a white linen loin cloth. Combine that with the fact that she was, by any standards, absolutely gorgeous and Katt found herself seriously trying to resist the urge to thank the divine for sending her this new roommate. "Hi, I'm Katt Monroe."

"Krystal."

"So I hear Foxie rescued you on Dinosaur Planet."

Katt watched as Krystal directed a glance at Fox, Fox simply smiled a bit and blushed. Someone has the hots for this vixen. "Yes he did."

"Well good going Fox, you're face is all over the news for saving the galaxy again."

Fox sighed. "Don't remind me. Do you have anything to drink?"

"Yeah, there's soda in the fridge and water of course. Oh and iced tea as well. If you need something stronger though..."

Fox smiled. "Water will be fine."

As Fox walked over to the kitchen Katt said, "Come on in and sit down Krystal, we might as well get comfortable if we're going to be roomies."

Krystal smiled and headed for the couch while Katt shut the door and then joined her. "I like your place."

Katt sat on the easy chair and smiled. "Don't lie if it's too pink for you."

Krystal shrugged. "No I like it. It shows you aren't ashamed of what you like."

Katt laughed. "That's one way to look at it. Honestly though most people think this much pink is too much."

"Well plenty of people think having blue fur is strange, hasn't made me dye my fur has it?"

"I suppose not." Katt answered.

Fox rejoined them then. He sat down next to Krystal, though Katt noticed he kept a little distance between the two of them. "So how is life treating you Katt?" He asked before taking a sip of his drink.

"Can't complain. I love my job, got a good flat, new flatmate. Things can't get much better can they?" Katt said.

"You know Falco is back right?"

Katt grabbed her tail and busied herself picking an imaginary knot out of the fur, she didn't want Fox to notice the little light she was sure had come to her eyes. She hated how the mention of that avian actually made her heart flutter a little bit every time she heard it. "Oh?"

"Are you going to go see him at all?"

Katt looked back up from her tail. "Maybe. You guys are going to be here awhile anyways, so I'm sure I'll bump into him." Fox sipped from his water, Katt tried not to growl at the look of amusement on her friend's face. "Don't be smug."

"I'm not being smug." Fox replied.

Katt rolled her eyes. "Uh huh. So..."

The sound of Fox's perso-com ringing interrupted Katt's sentence. "Sorry, I better take this." Fox apologized as he got up and walked a short distance away.

"What were you going to say?" Krystal asked.

"Oh I was just going to ask how long you've been here?" Katt replied leaning forward curiously.

"Two days, though this is the first time I've been outside of the Academy walls."

Katt looked horrified and she truly was, what had Fox been thinking keeping this poor girl within the confines of the Cornerian Defense Academy for two days without letting her see the city? And with an outfit like that I don't even want to think about the attention from the cadets...and the instructors. Ew. "Girl! Well it's a good thing Fox got here when he did."

Fox returned then and said, "I'm going to have to bail on you two, Slippy says there's some sort of trouble with getting the refit to the Great Fox started and that they need me to come help sort it out."

Katt got up and hugged Fox before saying, "You go sort out your battlecruiser, and don't worry Krystal will be safe with me."

Fox quirked an eyebrow. "I'm sure you'll want to keep her close."

Blushing Katt shook her head. "Just get out before this cat gets your tongue."

Fox smiled and said goodbye to Krystal before leaving. Krystal then stood up and walked over to Katt. "What did he mean by you wanting to keep me close?"

"Nothing really, he's just being an ass."

Krystal looked at her curiously. "I've never heard anyone describe Fox that way before. Well then again I think Falco had a few choice words at one point on the trip here."

Snorting Katt replied, "I'm sure he did. Don't let them fool you though, they have one of the biggest non-sexual bromances I have ever encountered."

"Bromance?" Krystal asked.

"You don't know any slang do you?" Krystal shook her head. "Figures. Well, a bromance just means two guys who are really close friends, and it generally means they aren't having sex with each other either. Just really, really good friends."

Krystal nodded her comprehension. "I take it then that Falco and Fox have know each other a long time?"

"Ages, though Falco and I have known each other since we were toddlers."

"Really?"

"It's not as great as it sounds." Katt answered, though if Katt were to be honest sometimes she missed the way Falco had followed her around like a little chick when he really had just been a little chick. Liking someone when you were four or five years old was a lot less complicated then when you got into your teens and twenties. "Come on, I want to show you something."

Leading Krystal over to a sliding glass door Katt quickly moved the blinds and opened it before leading the blue vixen onto her thirtieth floor balcony. Katt loved her balcony, even if at this height there tended to be a constant breeze, most days it felt good whipping through her hair and so she really couldn't complain.

Krystal for her part appeared awestruck as she walked out onto the balcony and placed her paws on the railing to look out at the panorama of the city in front of them. Skyscrapers pierced the horizon, sunlight glittered on thousands of glass windows, and out beyond the urban landscape the blue waters of Corneria City bay, crossed by a massive steel bridge, offered views of ships coming in and out of the docks., "Oh wow."

Smiling Katt said, "Welcome to Corneria City."