Chapter One: Wait, We're In A Band?

Kane Delnaro, the perfect example of what every parent didn't want their to grow up to be. He was a vulpine, a fox if you will, that stood out in groups of other anthropomorphic animals. Not because of the way he acted, but because of the way he looked. His fur was black colored, with a tint of purple. Two gold streaks went from the back of his neck, up over his head and onto the edge of his nose.

He was covered from head to toe in black clothing. His sneakers, baggy jeans, shirt, jacket and sun-glasses. All except for his white studded belt and wristbands. Headphones trailed from his ears into his pants pocket where his iPod was safely tucked away, they currently blared Soad into his ears. ( System of a Down, if you didn't know. )

Kane walked down the street, the opposite direction of the school. Kane adjusted the back-pack that was hanging over his shoulder, pulling the sun-glasses down over his eyes as the sun glared at him. He sighed, but the frown was quickly replaced with a smile as a blue car pulled up beside him. It had long white stripes going down the sides with the picture of a falcon on the hood.

"Need a ride, bud?" the voice belonged to the cocky avian that everyone knew and loved: Falco Lombardi. He was dressed in a white jacket and faded blue-jeans, sun glasses were perched upon his forehead. Falco was an athlete upon the track team, but his dream was to become a pilot with Fox and Kane.

"Depends," Kane tilted his head, looking at him. "are you driving?" Falco gave him a grin, as a voice came from beside the bird.

"It's alright, Kane. Falco only floors it whenever Katt's around," Falco sent the other vulpine a glare. Fox grinned back at his friend,"What? You know it's true," the bird shook his head. Fox wore a sleeveless red t-shirt and black shorts, that went over his knees. They both wore red sneakers.

Fox wasn't an athlete, even if he had an athletic build. He prefered hanging with his friends and working towards becoming a pilot. He, along with Falco, Kane and Slippy were in a band. They had named it after Fox's father, James McCloud's old band: Star Fox.

James had once been a pilot, but before that, he had been a singer in the band with their Uncle Peppy and a pig named Pigma. Those three all became pilots, settling down once Fox was born.

"Slander and propaganda, I floor it for the love of driving, so do you want a ride or not, Kane?" Kane nodded, hopping into the backseat through the window. "We were planning on heading to a fast-food joint before band-practice,"

The two looked over their shoulders at the black vulpine. Kane shrugged,"That's fine with me, you were gonna go anyway," the two grinned at him. Falco slammed his foot on the pedal.

"Lets get this show on the road," Falco went down the road, passing other drivers as he hurried to their destination. He leaned out the window,"Get out of the way, jackass!"

Fox sighed,"Every where we go."

Ten Minutes Later.

The three piled out of the car, locking their doors before slamming them shut. "Never again, Falco's not driving us anywhere anymore." Falco just shrugged at them.

"You say that every time, besides. Why don't you have your license yet, anyway?" he looked at the two as they got in line to order. Kane was sixteen, Fox was sixteen and Falco was seventeen.

Fox sighed,"Mom died in a car accident, if you recall Falco. Uncle Peppy has me on a tight leash, unlike you," Fox's mother had been killed in a car crash when they were younger, his father went missing around the same time, as did Pigma.

Falco face-palmed,"Oh, yeah. Forgot, sorry dude."

Fox gave him a small smile,"It's cool, bro. Not your fault," Kane grinned, those two would always be friends. They had grown up together, Falco even lived with Fox for part of his life. His parents had abandoned him and Fox's family had taken him in. "Uncle Peppy said it's cool if we have band-practice over at our house."

Kane gave a slight nod, slightly head banging to Toxicity by SoaD. "My parents are cool with it as well," Kane said as the three finally got to the counter. Fox leaned back, whispering to the two.

"What do you guys want?" the three looked up at the menu, then back down at the cashier.

Falco frowned,"Uh, a burger, I guess." Kane nodded.

Fox gave a quick,"Alright," he fished around his pockets for his wallet. "Three monster-burgers for us," the man nodded. Fox turned around,"Here or to go, guys?"

Kane bit his lower lip,"Depends, Falco will kill us if we eat in the car. Here would be alright with me," Falco agreed with the vulpine.

"Here it is," Fox turned back to the man working there.

"Twenty-four and a half credits," Fox handed him a thirty piece credit. The man handed him back the card. "Here is your change, come again." they nodded, moving out of the line and waited for their food. ( I'm going to use credits as the same as dollars, since I don't have any idea about their currency. )

Falco leaned against the wall, looking around. Fox was texting someone and Kane just tapped his foot to the beat of the song. After a minute of waiting, their food arrived. With a quick thanks the trio began looking for a seat. Falco motioned them over to an empty table, as the three quickly sat down and began their meal.

Fox looked at the two, swallowing down part of his burger, covering his mouth with his hand. "Alright, did you guys give Slippy a call? I heard he had to do something after school, so we might end up canceling. That, or we can give Bill a call."

Falco frowned,"Not Bill, that guy is a complete ass." Fox sighed, rubbing his mouth with a napkin.

"He is not, he just thinks that you're the ass, Falco." Falco mumbled as he ate. Kane looked at the two, then over Fox's shoulder, catching the eye of a girl in line. Kane quickly looked away, taking a bite of his burger before looking at the table.

Falco followed his gaze and began to laugh,"Dude, Kane. Are you looking at who I think you are?" Fox blinked at the two, looking over his shoulder, watching the girl walk over to them.

Kane mumbled,"Shut up," Fox grinned, waving her over.

"Hey, Miyu." Kane looked up, giving him a You-Better-Not-Dude face. She smiled at Fox, giving him a quick hug. Miyu Lynx was a mechanic who went to their school, she was also a childhood friend of Falco and Fox. She wore a small tan coat with a pink shirt that ended above her stomache and jeans stained with oil.

Falco waved at her, still munching on his burger, clearing his throat. "Dude, Miyu, go buy the monster-burger, it's like eating a baby," Fox and Kane glanced at Falco.

Fox coughed and Kane's ear twitched,"Really, Falco? You compared this to eating a baby?"

Miyu smiled,"Alright, be right back." Kane shifted in his seat as he watched her go, messing with his pants. He looked at the two. Falco nudged Fox, moving his chair besides the other vulpine.

"Belt, adjustment, yeah." Falco held in a laugh, before changing the subject.

"So, Kane, we've known each other for, what, two years now?" Falco asked as he chewed his food. Fox rolled his eyes, setting his down and sipping his drink. "Fox and I've been wondering, but, do you dye your fur?"

Kane snickered quietly,"No, Falco. I fall into a pile of oil everywhere I go," Fox let out a small chuckle, Falco just rolled his eyes. "So, you guys almost done?" the three were a couple bites away from being finished.

Fox raised a brow,"Why? Wanna ditch on Miyu, or something?"

"Ditch what?" Miyu looked at them curiously, sitting down beside the black furred vulpine.

Fox opened his mouth to respond but Kane talked first,"D-ditch? No, he said. . .," the three looked at Kane as he mumbled under his breath, but they caught a few words. "Mitch, sitch, rich, uhh. . . He said quench. As in, he had to quench his thirst, yeah." the four just looked at each other.

Miyu shrugged, biting into her food. Fox started texting again. Falco burst into a laugh,"Dude, is sitch even a word?" Kane muttered something and began fumbling with his iPod.

Falco grinned,"So, Miyu. Do you like System of a Down?" Kane's ears perked up.

"Nah, more of an Escape The Fate kinda person, y'know?" she grinned at him.

Fox shrugged,"Never heard of them," Miyu, Kane and Falco both turned their heads to him. "What? I usually listen to Nickelback," the lynx stuck her tongue out at him.

Falco sighed,"Dude, we're playing some when we get back to the car."

Kane chuckled,"Ronnie or Craig? Personally, I like Craig, but that's just my opinion."

Miyu nodded,"Craig, he's pretty talented, though I still listen to Ronnie's." Falco nodded in agreement. Fox looked down at his phone,"Crap, we need to go soon. We still need to call Slip too." the avian and vulpine nodded.

Miyu nibbled on her burger, half of it was already gone. "So, mind if I come with you? Fay and Fara are both working on Bill's car right now, so I don't have much to do." Falco rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, his 'car'." Fox blinked at him while Kane snickered.

"Sure, Miyu." Fox nodded,"You know what? Lets go ahead and go, if you don't mind eating in the car."

Falco got out of his seat,"Yeah-, wait what? No! That thing's my baby and you know it, Fox." the bird pouted at him.

"I thought Katt was your baby?" Miyu chuckled to herself. Fox laughed as he walked out the door, Kane trailing behind him.

"Yeah-no, uh. Crap." Falco followed Miyu outside. Kane looked up into the sky.

"Dude, it's snowing." Falco face-palmed.

"It tends to snow in December, bro."

"He's got a point, Kane. It tends to snow around this time." Fox put in his two credits.

Falco unlocked the car, letting the four pile in. "So, to our house?" the three others nodded. Falco started the car, letting them strap themselves in. Miyu took a bite out of her burger, letting part of it drop into his car.

"My bad," Falco mentally cried quietly.

Kane grinned at her, gathering courage,"So, Miyu, what do you tend to do?" she smiled at him, licking her lips.

"Mechanic, cars, that stuff." he nodded his head. "You?"

"Music, I play the guitar. Fox sings and Falco's on bass. Slippy does the drums, but sometimes Bill plays with us." Falco turned on Escape The Fate, Issues from their new album.

Miyu looked at Fox,"I didn't know you knew how to sing." he smiled back at her and shrugged. Falco floored the pedal, pulling out in front of someone. Fox sighed, shaking his head and grinning.

"Let's rock'n'roll!" Falco pushed his foot down even more, causing the car to surge forward.

"I. CAN'T. DRIVE. FIFTY-FIVE!" Falco kept going, they were having the time of their lives. Switching the music station several times, Fox would sing along with the actual singer. They all enjoyed themselves, that was, until the police siren rang out. Falco floored it even more.

"This isn't happening," Fox face-palmed. Kane sighed as Miyu looked out the window.

Falco glared at the road ahead. "Fuuuuu-"

"You should probably pull over, before they think you're trying to get away." Miyu suggested quietly.

"Get away? A perfect plan!" Falco grinned, chuckling to himself. Fox rolled his eyes.

"Just pull over, dude." Kane switched his iPod off as Linkin Park began to play.

"I agree with Fox, Falco. Peppy'll be ticked off at you if you don't," it was Kane's turn to put in his two credits.

"Pssh, don't try to pull that on me, Kane." Falco huffed, slowing down. Two police cars joined the first. Falco pulled over by the side, sighing. "I can't believe I'm going to lose my license,"

Fox shrugged,"This is your first time, maybe they'll go easy?"

Falco scoffed,"First time? You don't know me, Fox." Kane snickered quietly, as Miyu rolled her eyes.

The gray-canine, who looked similar to Bill knocked on the window. Fox face-palmed. "Great, Bill's dad got us. Such a lucky day," Falco rolled his window down.

"Hey, pops. What's happening?" Bill's father chuckled.

"I thought I knew that car from somewhere. Any reason why you were pulling a hundred and twenty down a forty road? While it was snowing, might I add."

Falco shrugged his arms, flashing a grin at him. "Because, dude. I can't drive. . ." Kane burst out laughing, Miyu and Fox joined in. "FIIIIFTY-FIIIIIVE." Falco floored it, driving away from the furious dog.

Falco stomped on the brakes, pulling into a clearing in the forest. "Fox, we're so dead when we get home." Fox's phone began to ring.

"You just jinxed us, bro." Fox sighed, opening the phone. He held it away from his ear, the trio heard the yelling.

"Fara and Fay will be glad you did this, actually. They always wanted someone to test out the engine." Kane snickered to himself as Falco chuckled.

Fox shut his phone,". . . Yeah, alright, Pep. We'll see you in a bit." he walked over to the three. Falco raised a feather.

"Damage report?"

Fox chuckled as he quoted one of their favorite games. "All ships in, bro. Peppy payed for the ticket, we're in major trouble though. Plus, he got a call from your parents, Kane." the four exchanged looks.

"What's up?" Kane tilted his head, the sun-glasses glinted off the setting sun. More snow fell onto them.

"You'll be hanging with us for awhile, your parents left the planet, apparently." Kane sighed.

"They've done it before already," he looked at Miyu, smiling. "wanna hang out with us for awhile, if that's cool with Peppy and you guys?" the other two nodded.

"I'll call Peppy," Falco said uncertainly. They piled into the car, turning onto the road and driving towards their house. Fox was driving this time, Falco was getting chewed out.

Kane frowned,"I'm use to Falco driving, Fox, could you speed it up, please?" Miyu giggled at the black vulpine. Fox chuckled a long with them.

"Well, we're already in trouble with Peppy. I'd never see the light of day if we got caught," Falco glared at them, covering the speaker of his cellphone.

"Oh screw you," though it didn't help, Peppy heard him in the end. Falco sighed,"Not you, Peppy. I was-. . . Ugh, fine." the three laughed at the bird's horrible luck. Fox pulled into their drive way, snow was beginning to build up upon the sides of the roads.

Peppy stood out on their porch, tapping his feet. He sighed with relief as the four walked up to him. "I hope you're happy, Falco. You could've died out there! You all could have." he glared at them as the three coughed and shuffled in place. He looked at Miyu,"Miyu! How nice to see you," he hugged her.

She smiled at him,"Nice to see you too, Mr. Hare." the hare motioned for them to get inside.

"Welcome home, though. How was school, you four?" Fox, Falco and Kane shrugged, lifting the sun-glasses over his eyes.

"Normal," Miyu nodded her head. Peppy smiled at them.

"Make yourself at home, Miyu." she looked over at the three who were already sitting on the couch. Falco flipped on a xBox 360, grinning wolfishly. Kane sighed and Fox rolled his eyes. Miyu walked over, sitting down beside them.

"What're we doing?" she eyed Falco before looking at the other two. Kane coughed, motioning at the console.

"Falco's in love with the old Halo games. Spent a ton of credits to get this," he picked up Halo: Reach, before handing her a controller. They all sat together upon the couch, the plasma screen turned on and they all prepared themselves.

Peppy walked into the kitchen, gathering some glasses and making drinks. Walking out into the room he put the four glasses onto the table, watching the teens play. Falco was getting into the game, like he always did. Assassinating Kane's character before giving a quick t-bag and running off.

Kane snickered to himself, Fox and Kane snuck up behind Falco jumping behind cover as Miyu saved Falco. They were doing teams, Fox and Kane versus Falco and Miyu. Fox tossed a plasma grenade over the rock, landing upon Falco's character, he sighed as his character exploded, knocking him out of the game.

Fox came out from behind the cover, Kane following behind. They pulled the trigger of the controller, shooting at Miyu. She dodged, sniping Fox in the head. He grinned at her.

"Good one, Miyu." she gave him a quick thanks before focusing on Kane. He was reloading as she ran up and melee d him, shooting her while backing up he ran forward, trying to melee. She shot him once with her sniper rifle, ending the game.

The four smiled at each other, throwing out "Good jobs!" and "Rematch!"

Peppy walked out to the group,"Dinner's ready," the four sat up from the couch hurrying into the kitchen, getting slices of the pizza. Falco stopped midbite, looking around.

"Do you guys feel as if we forgot to do something?" the three looked at him shrugging. He shrugged too,"Meh, must've been nothing important." Kane knew they were suppose to be practicing, but he kept quiet. His eyes glanced over at Miyu.

She looked over at him, winking and walking out of the room. Falco and Fox looked from Miyu to Kane, grinning from ear to ear. Kane coughed, choking on his pizza. He pounded on his chest,"W-what?" they just kept smiling.

He rolled his eyes, walking out of the kitchen. The three walked into the main-room, sitting down beside Miyu and Peppy, they watched the news. A gray ferret appeared upon the screen.

"Today, on the News. Student Falco Lombardi was caught with his three friends speeding down the road, after being caught, the four teenagers drove off, never to be seen again."

Fox scratched the back of his neck as Falco coughed. Kane looked over at Peppy, who had his eyes shut. Miyu scoffed at the screen,"That's news? Really? That stuff happens everyday." Miyu's phone began to ring, flipping it open,"Hello? Ah, alright," she shut her phone, looking at the others. "Fay, Fara and Katt are going to drop by and pick me up. Thanks for having me," the guys nodded.

"Get home safe, Miyu," Peppy advised,"there are more Falco's driving around." Falco sighed.

"You're never going to let this go, are you?" Peppy shook his head.

"Probably not." Fox chuckled before standing up.

"I'll walk you to the door," Kane got up as well, following the two. Fox opened the door, waving goodbye. Miyu waved back, as Kane stepped outside.

"Could I speak with you, alone, Miyu?" she nodded. Fox shut the door after the two, giving Falco and Peppy a thumbs-up. Kane looked at the ground, before looking back up at her.

"Something wrong?" she tilted her head to the side.

"Nah, uh, I was wondering. . . Since tomorrow's a Saturday, would you like to, possibly, see a movie with me?" Kane coughed, looking back up at her. She grinned, lifting the sun-glasses over his eyes.

"Sure thing, Candy-Kane." he smiled.

"Great! Wait, Candy-Kane?" she waved goodbye, running towards the car parked with her three friends.

"Goodnight, Kane!"

He waved as the car pulled out of the drive-way and drove off into the night. He sighed, opening the door and walking back inside. Taking his shoes off as the snow began to melt. He looked up at the three watching him expectantly.

"Uh, can Falco drive me somewhere tomorrow?" Kane smiled awkwardly. Fox face-palmed, Peppy rolled his eyes, and, well, Falco cheered.

"He shoots? He scores!"