Openning Notes

Sequel to Star Fox High School Days

Enjoy the first chapter!

Zythxx

X

Pencils scratching letters on papers and the sound of the ever slow ticking clock were the only audible sounds in the small classroom with no more then a dozen teenage species of students. Private lessons ranging from the freshman level to the seniors were just about over for the day. The snow white vixen teacher was leaned back in her chair reading a few passages of her favorite book as her checking-in with the students were done for the day, and most were now just waiting for the day to be over. The two sides of the book smacking together as she closed it were in perfect alignment as the dismissal bell rang.

"That's all for today class, please make sure you turn in your written reports and be ready for your essay final presentations by tomorrow. Class dismissed." She watched as her small handful of students quietly policed up their things keeping to themselves and scurried out the door, well all except one student that is. Her face showed the slight annoyance the young vulpine was developing in her side. He had fallen asleep in class again; did he think this was some kind of game? Soaring Stars Privateer Schooling was one of the most expensive private schools on this side of the Lylat system after all. She abruptly and suddenly slammed the butt of her book straight in front of the vulpine causing him to spring awoken immediately as his papers went flying everywhere. He looked to his left and then to his right several times and finally laid his eyes upon his annoyed instructor.

"Fox what is this? This is the third time you've fallen asleep in my class this week! Are my lectures just too much for you or just don't hold your interest anymore?" She sounded a bit enraged as he couldn't blame her.

The troubled teenager only let his eyes fall to the side and redirect him, how could she possibly understand?

"No it's not that at all Ms. Cloud." The vixen teacher knew there was something deeper in the midst, something he didn't want to share openly with her. She could see within his emerald eyes that same despondent vulpine he was when he first arrived into her classroom.

"Fox," She sat upon his desk and crossed her legs treating this like a serious matter, "What's going on? When you first came to my classroom eight and a half months ago you seemed a bit depressed, you even looked down. But as you got use to things around here you quickly became one of my top and personal favorite students within my classroom." Fox saw his instructor unleash her happy smile across her muzzle, one that he couldn't help but to return himself; however small it may be. A moment later her dazzling smile turned upside down as she continued.

"But now it seems as though you've returned to how you were when you first got here. So what's troubling you Fox? You don't quite get the criteria or something deeper then that?"

"Much deeper." He admitted as he couldn't look her in the eye, she quickly caught on and removed her glasses to try and tap into what he was trying to hide.

"Fox, whether it's something in the classroom or something in your everyday life; teachers are here to help. So if you have time to talk, I'm free for the next two hours if you need any guidance."

"With all due respect Ms. Cloud, unless you could give me some parental advice I doubt you'll be of much help to me." She only showed him a questionable look upon her face as she didn't quite understand. Fox took in a deep breathe and prepared to admit just what was troubling him now and only a couple weeks from now…

"When I first came here from Corneria, I left a girl behind. But the thing is I left her pregnant with my first child. This is why I've had many absences from your class and had to watch your lectures through digital recording. I've been away every week to check up on her and my soon to be born kit which they believe is a girl who will be due for delivery in about two weeks from now…" Ms. Cloud seemed a bit dumbstruck as she seemed a bit off balance from her planted seat on Fox's desk. Fox was now dreading the lecture all the adults he's told so far on the 'advice' they had given him. Her's probably wasn't going to be any different then his parents…

"Fox, believe it or not I have an idea of where you're coming from." The vulpine looked up to her in a state of surprise as she seemed serious, "My mother gave birth to me when she was only fifteen and I never knew my father and still don't to this day. But even as a teenager my mother worked extremely hard to ensure that I had not only a happy childhood, but also a very loving one. She supplied me with everything I needed no matter how much it costed working as a single mother at fifteen living with her own single parent and still achieving a perfect 4.0 GPA throughout her high school career."

"That's pretty amazing…" Fox could only admit. How could anyone with that much responsibility achieve such great heights? Suddenly the fears of being a father at soon to be seven-teen were vanishing.

"Don't get me wrong Fox there were times I was very lonely and many times where I didn't see my mother except a few hours of the day, even growing up as a baby kit. But when push comes to shove you have to step up to the plate just as my mother did, and be ready to sacrifice your own personal needs and wants to make sure your baby will be tenderly taken care of. She gave up her own personal desires and possessions, nights going out with her friends and much needed sleep to make sure I grew up very happily no matter how hard times were. Whenever I cried whether she had been asleep for several hours or no more then thirty minutes she came running to soothe me back to sleep."

"Your mother is a great person Ms. Cloud." He couldn't help but to smile at hearing how much the vixen's much strived and bared through to make sure she was happy. Ms. Cloud returned the young gentlemen's own nice smile.

"I know she is Fox, I love her dearly and will always love her for who she is and what she did during those struggling years of her life. My point is Fox there is going to be times where it seems to over barren, to much for a simple teenager trying to navigate his way into adulthood to struggle through. But you'll soon learn a much greater, deeper lesson in life. To give everything you have and then some into the heart and soul of your child, it's truly remarkable. It's truly heartwarming and you'll soon forget all about your own personal wants because you have something better."

Fox was speechless, in a short five minute lecture the fears of becoming a teenage dad seemed to have swept from the fiber of his being. Ms. Cloud not only made parenting sound like a heartwarming experience, but also an enjoyable one.

"Thank you very much for the advice Ms. Cloud."

"It's my pleasure as a teacher to help out however I can Fox. Whether it's in the classroom or in your baby's heart, please do take care of her well."

"I will, be sure of that." Fox quickly collected his things and headed out the door, waving goodbye to his teacher as this would probably be the last time he would see her for quite sometime. He had to prepare for his weekly trip to Corneria and the visitation of his two girls.

X

It felt good turning the key activating the tumbler that allowed the vulpine access to his old home. Even after all these months the McCloud residence hadn't even looked like it had been deserted all these months, the government did a real great job keeping everything need and tidy and mostly clean. Although he was alone for now very soon would his parents return and the household would return back to normal, back when life seemed anything but hectic and full of fears and worries. He didn't bother unpacking since he would head to Jessie's house in just a bit, all he was really here to do was drop off all his things that wasn't needed when he would spend the night at her home. But he did have some time to burn until he needed to head over there, and at the moment he really didn't have anything to do. It was a nice day today, not to hot and not to cold and the breeze felt great on his tense skin and was good for his weary mind. The vulpine went into the garage real fast to grab the basketball to shoot some hoops before heading over.

Fox quickly caught on how off his game really was. Most of his shots either bounced off rim or hit the backboard first and bounced away. Those months of having nothing really to do except burry his muzzle in bookwork and the every so often visit to the gym with James kept him quite bored. But it was alright, at that time his mind was occupied with so much, he wouldn't be able to do anything else as well as he was now. That's when he thought about the one topic that had been troubling him this entire time. When he departed from Corneria most it not all his friends hated his guts, or at least extremely disliked him at that time. He hadn't talked to them at all since his departure, how would they feel nearly nine months later? Surely they must know Jessie's delivery day is just around the corner, but they've had some time to cool down; and so has he. He could only help but wonder, but his wonder caused his next shot to be completely thrown off as it hit the side of the rim and was propelled straight down the street to the left.

He quickly gave chase to the ball but it was suddenly stopped in place like a soccer ball from an unknown player.

"Well hello there stranger," He watched as the ball was picked up by an all too familiar fennec, holding the ball hovered around her chest wearing a nice smile, "Long time no see."

"Fara." The vulpine could feel sudden chills run down his spine, this was surely unexpected. "Long time no see indeed."

"You never called. To be honest I was a bit sad Fox. What's up with that?" She threw the ball into his chest, with a bit more force then he had first expected. He thought she was angry, but after seeing her naturally happy smile that fear soon vanished.

"I'm sorry, I was pretty busy up with my parents. I really didn't have time, and to be honest I was still afraid that-"

"I know." She simply agreed, with the same sincerity in her voice as before. "I'm sure you were busy." The time for small talk was over as she walked over toward the nice vulpine and wrapped her arms around his neck, "I missed you."

Fox let out a small chuckle as he patted her backside, quickly noticing she had grown and matured in these eight and a half months, the same as him.

"I missed you too. So what did I miss?" The two walked back to the hoop as Fara snatched the ball from Fox's grasp and went in for a nice lay-in shot.

"Well for starters you missed my MVP awarding ceremony for the Valco league for our school, and you missed our championship win with my half court three point shot."

"Wow." Was all he could simply state, "Impressive, I'm happy for you."

"Well I did have some help." She bounced the ball back toward Fox as it bounced up straight to his grasp near his chest, "From my first mentor of course."

"Of course you did." He sounded sarcastic, "They taught you how to play, I simply taught you how to shoot."

"Well if you hadn't taught me how to shoot I would have never went out for basketball in the first place and then I never would have gotten where I am now. First team varsity as point guard."

"Impressive."

"Just slightly." She stated back in a sassy tone as she swished her hips around walking back to where the free throw line would be in the street. That's when Fox noticed just how much she had grown. Fara was a couple inches taller now as she stood about two maybe three inches shorter then Fox, who now stood stall at six feet. Her body had curved and flared out her feminine appearance with grace and poise. She seemed a bit more daring but maybe it came with Fox's sudden return, or maybe that part of her was never left untouched ever since he left.

The fennec knew Fox would grow but not on this level. He had grown about three inches taller in that short eight and a half months. His body wasn't over muscular for when he was in Youth Slayers Court where they pushed teenage boys to be larger and stronger then they normally should be. He had gotten a bit smaller but was still just as athletic, just with a little smaller arms and legs. He wasn't a simple average teenager anymore, or maybe he never was. Fox was a fine grown young man who was becoming more of a man with every passing day, and his body grew stronger as well. Just as Fara was becoming more of a woman, it was natures call to the real world. She couldn't believe how much his life was about to change.

"So…real soon then huh?"

"Yea…" Fox replied quietly as he shot but it threw him off completely and the ball bounced right back at him from hitting the rim.

"A baby girl?" she couldn't help but be curious as she passed Fox the ball again.

"That's what the doctors say." Truth be told Fox didn't want to be on this topic at all, he would have given everything and anything to prevent that one moment of his intoxication. That one moment falling asleep in Jessie's bed, or at least having a condom and using it that night. But he knew he had to get use to these strange questions, his life was about to get a lot more hectic and people's curiosity would get the best of them. It was a good wake up call back into the real world.

"I'm sure you'll be a great daddy. I'm just wondering how Jessie will be as a mom."

"I'm sure she'll understand she'll have a responsibility to the kit as well. I'm sure she'll be there for us." Fox defended the girl who was supposed to be his girlfriend at this point but felt far from it. Fara wanted to argue with the vulpine but didn't want to offend him also. His life was about to explode in his face and get a smack across the muzzle from life and possibly his kit. He would need all the help he could get, whether it would be from his parents, his friends or the child's mother.

"I'm sure she will be."

"So how's everyone been doing since I was here last?" Fox quickly changed the subject as Fara knew he was sensitive still to delivery day and of Jessie being his mate and the child's mother. She followed along as the vulpine passed her the ball and dribbled as she thought about it.

"Well…everyone has just been everyone I guess, it's been pretty quiet since you left."

"How does everyone feel about…well you know."

"Well…" Fara though about it for a good couple seconds. How did their friends feel about Fox soon arriving to parenthood with probably the worst mate in the world? Krystal, Falco, Miyu, all of them had their own valid points and beliefs about the matter.

"It's pretty much water under the bridge now Fox…well for everyone except Fay that is. She's still a bit pissy faced about all of it. You know."

"Yea, she's always been the hothead of the group. Fay sure knows how to stick her muzzle in the matter's of others and likes to give a good lecture about it." Fara frowned on the inside as Fox gave his personal reflection on the canine, "Don't get me wrong she's a great person. And I'll still be more then happy if I can even call her my 'friend' anymore, but sometimes I wish she would back off and let people handle their own problems."

The two shared a small chuckle as Fara stepped near him, "I hear you Fox. Sometime soon we need to hang out and I can tell you a whole story about what you just said about Fay."

"Why am I not surprised?" The two shared another small laughter of the manner and let out a happy sigh. "Well I need to get going Fara; it was nice talking to you again after all this time." The fennec only showed a nice smile and wrapped her arms around the larger vulpine, just as he did the same for her petite body.

"It was nice talking to you too Fox. We need to hang out sometime real soon. Before everything gets crazy."

"Count on it." The two broke away but rested in each other's arms for a moment and looked at each other with pensive eyes. Until Fara reluctantly left the warmth of Fox's fiber and walked away waving goodbye.

"Oh yea I almost forgot Fox I'm sorry. Have a wonderful birthday tomorrow!" Fara yelled out excitedly as Fox would be seventeen years old now. To young to drink or smoke and definitely too young to be raising a child. He only showed her a nice smile and waved back until she turned back around. The vulpine watched her go until she was out of sight and around the corner probably at her front door by now. Fox let out a heavy sigh and looked toward Solar in the horizon as it was beginning to set. His leisure time however short was now over; and now he had a responsibility to attend to. Hopefully she would be as happy to see Fox as Fara was. It was all planned out; Fox would stay with Jessie in her home for the next two weeks or however long it would be until the child is born.

X

His paws were moist and his arms trembling with nervousness at best. Fox parked in his usual spot reserved for him whenever he came around to visit Jessie and her dad. He didn't know why he felt so tense, so high strung right now. Maybe it's because the baby was only a couple weeks away from delivery and he would have to spend all this time with Jessie now. To prepare both physically and mentally for the arrival of their kit. He threw his duffle bag over his shoulder and headed for the front door. He stood at her doorstep but hadn't intruded just yet. Fox took a deep breath and tried to relax his ever so tense muscles. Knuckles banged against the fine polished wooden door and he awaited the arrival of one of their attendants.

But he got a sweet surprise this time, instead of one of the Grey family butlers, the vulpine got the soon to be mother and mate himself. Jessie's face lit up and her eyes held a burning passion and lust for the vulpine's return. She walked over slowly with a paw over her swollen belly that looked like it was about to burst and kissed him sweetly.

"Hey there Fox." She whispered ever so sweetly to him, her could tell she was trying to cover up the fear of giving birth soon. So he tried to banish her fears and bring in the same light he received from Ms. Cloud earlier today.

"Hey there mommy." He whispered back toward her and got onto his knees. Fox gently cupped her stomach within his paws and laid on a gentle kiss for the baby. Jessie let out a slight giggle of laughter as Fox's wet nose and sweet lips tickled her stomach through the shirt. "Be gentle on mommy now." He got back up to his feet and picked up his bag as they headed in the door. But Jessie paused midway and let out a surprised gasp.

"What's wrong?" Fox thought something was wrong but his worry was soon replaced with relaxation as Jessie reassured everything was alright.

"The baby just kicked me." Fox placed his paw onto her stomach like he did all those months ago and let out a small laugh as they walked in the doorway. It made her fears be banished to the farthest corners of her mind. With Fox by her side, the soon to be teenage mother believed she could do this no matter what. The two were reassured that everything would be alright. Everything would go down just the way it was supposed to go. They had prepared for this moment, and now they were ready. No matter how hard the challenge would be. The two mates would step up to the plate, and sacrifice all they had to make sure their baby kit would grow up as a happy one. Even though they were dreading that day that was only a short whiles away.

Author's Notes

Well there's the first chapter of the next installment into the High School series :D My creative brain juices are a bit dry right now in the Royal Death Tour department and I wanted to keep writing. So I thought would put this up ;)

Enjoy! Hope the first one was a good one!