Ch.1 of a Fanfiction for Starfox. I'm trying to improve my writing skills as much as possible so comments are wanted and welcome. They may seem a little short and boring, but I assure you it eventually picks up. I'm not much of a speller so please excuse my misspellings.

Ch.1 The aftermath

Disclaimer-- I do not own any of the Starfox characters that appear in this Fanfiction. This story is not real and is not an official plot of the Starfox franchise. This is all of my creation and imagination.

It has only been 3 months after the events of the aparoids, but everything remains engraved in Fox's mind. So much damage in such a small amount of time it's nearly impossible to comprehend. Laying around in a red tattered vest and green shirt and pants with the starfox emblem as a belt buckle, he has yet to buy new clothes since his last mission. He leans back in the chair he has been sitting in and plops his feet on the table in front of him his tail falling elegantly to the side of the chair. He lets out a sigh and tries to divert his attention to something else in the room.

Peppy is sleeping in an armchair in front of the ships control panel, his ears are drooped and his unusually large teeth showing even more so than usual. Loud snores fill the room, Fox is to deep in thought to notice it however. Slippy is standing behind ROB doing some upgrades with blueprints sitting next to him so complex Fox doubts he'd ever be able to understand them. He's wearing overly sized headphones that are blaring rock music, he bobs his head to the tunes wielding a wrench fixing something on ROB's back. The room was as plain as ever, Fox stares out of the large glass window in the room noticing the occasional asteroid here and there. Oh what he wouldn't give for something interesting to happen.

"Exactly what I am thinking." A feminine voice says gently from behind him. Fox leaps out of his chair, plainly scared, with his deep green eyes spread wide and his fur standing on end.

"AHHHH!... Oh, it's just you Krys. You nearly scared me to death." Fox says letting out a sigh of relief, returning to normal. "You shouldn't sneak up on me like that!" He said breathing irregularly.

"You should've seen the look on your face." She giggled. She was wearing an overly large grey sweat-shirt and sweat-pants with a look that just screams. "I just woke up." He blue fur was messy from sleeping on it and she had a semi-dazed look in her eyes. Her tail in all it's messy glory was lingering by her feet.

"And... who gave you permission to read my thoughts?" He asks tapping his foot giving Krystal a mean stare.

"Eh-heh-heh sorry but really I agree, I'm as bored as you. But then again peace is good too, no one getting hurt and that's for the best" She nicely commented smiling at Fox.

"W..well..uh...yeah of course it's good." He replied giving a weak smile in return. Blood was starting to rush to his face and his ears began twitching a bit. "Dammit Fox pull yourself together." He thought to his self. "She just your friend, your co-worker... but why am I always so embarrassed in front of her? She is beautiful though, and smart, and kind, and... NO FOX! BAD FOX! She's just your friend." He continued in his little inner monologue. "Oh god I hope Krystal isn't reading my mind." He couldn't help but stare at her smile, his tail wagging as though he was a little kid.

"So since we're doing nothing, let's make use of our time off." She says excitedly.

"You mean..."

"Yes!" She squeals. Fox's face has a large grin stretching across his face, his ears perked up. "Teach how to pilot the Arwing better!" She announces.

"Oh..." Fox says sadly with his head and ears hung low. Krystal grabs him by his arm and drags him to the hangar were he noticed one of the Arwings were missing, must be Falco he hates boredom more than any of us. Four more arwings sat in the hangar, Fox's, Slippy's, Krystal's, and Peppy's old one but that's more so used as a spare incase one breaks in a mission. ROB than transmits the broken one to the Great Fox and repairs it. Two landmasters are in the corner for the very same reason.

"Uh... Krys, you don't exactly look ready for a training session, no offence." Fox said as nice as possible.

"Huh?" She looks down at her self and blushes instantly. "Oops... guess I don't." She says, embarrassed.

"Reschedule?" Fox asks.

"Reschedule." She replies "How about in an hour?"

"Fine by me."

"Ok then, an hour it is. Now if you excuse me I need to go change." She says happily, nearly skipping to her room. Fox returns to the central room and noticed that projector was on and a large hologram of Bill's head was floating in mid-air. Peppy was standing in front of it apparently talking to him.

"Speak of the devil..." Bill says, "There's Fox now."

"Hey Bill, I heard of your promotion. General, that ain't bad." Fox tells him.

"Yeah.. I only hope I can be half as good as Pepper..." He sighs "Anyway, Starfox. I have a mission for you."