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The next morning, Fox and Krystal woke up almost at the exact same time, and went to the main headquarters of the Great Fox. Once they got there, Fox woke everyone else up using the intercom. "Attention Star Fox Team, we have a long day ahead of us, report down to the main pilot room at once." Fox ordered. "Is this how you always wake them up?" Krystal asked. "Not always, sometimes I like to play an obnoxious and loud noise over the intercom." Fox joked. "You're so funny." Krystal laughed as Fox blushed again. A few minutes later, Falco, Slippy, and Peppy, came in through the door looking half asleep. "I always hated it when you did that." Falco grunted to Fox. "Well consider it a welcome back gift." Fox replied. "Fox i'm tired, whatever it is you're wanting to do, can it wait?" Slippy wined. "Absolutely not!" Fox yelled which startled Slippy awake. "Set a course for the Cornerian Training grounds." Fox instructed.
"But Fox why would you want to go there?" Slippy asked. "That training ground has been abandoned for sometime now." Peppy added. Fox turned around and remembered that he hadn't introduced them properly to Krystal. "Guys, i'd like you to meet our newest recruit, Krystal." Fox introduced. "It's a pleasure to meet you all." Krystal said to everyone. "Fox, don't you know you're not supposed recruit women for their bodies." Falco joked. This infuriated Fox and sent him into a rage. "I did not recruit her because she's hot, I recruited her because she wanted to join!" Fox yelled. Krystal laughed as she watch Fox get all defensive. "So you think i'm hot?" Krystal asked. Fox was struck stunned at what he just said and didn't know how to reply. "Oh, um well, did I say that?" Fox was stuttering and shaking slightly. "I noticed you shake whenever you get nervous." Krystal said. This only got Fox more nervous and he thought he might pass out from all of this. "It's ok, I think you're pretty handsome too." Krystal added. "Ohhhh." Falco, Slippy, and Peppy said. "Slippy, why aren't we heading for Corneria right now?" Fox snapped. "Oh sorry, we will arrive at Corneria training in an estimated amount of two hours." Slippy replied.
Fox heard the time and thought it would be a good idea to give Krystal a short tour of the weapons vault that was on the Great Fox. "Krystal follow me." Fox instructed. "Oh, you gonna take her somewhere special?" Falco teased. "Don't start with me Falco." Fox said annoyed as Krystal laughed at Fox's insecurity. As they walked down the hall, Krystal noticed that Fox seemed very quiet. "Fox, you seemed to get really upset when someone mentions you liking me." Krystal pointed out. "Is there something wrong?" Krystal asked. Fox stopped in his tracks and turned around to Krystal. "It's nothing personal Krystal, it's just, well, you're a new member and well." Fox was trying to find the right thing to say. "I don't want you to think that I only let you in because you're a beautiful girl, I want you to feel comfortable around us." Fox explained.
Krystal knew that Fox was trying to make this less awkward than it normally was, so she came up to Fox and hugged him. "Even if you did accept me into your team for certain reasons you would rather not tell me, I would still be grateful to you for giving me this opportunity." Krystal thanked. Fox just stood there in silence until he hugged Krystal back for a moment and slowly broke the hug. "We can talk about this another time, right now I am your instructor, and that's how it should be for the next month." Fox said. Krystal didn't talk back, she just accepted that fact and followed Fox into the Great Fox's weapons vault.
Once they got in there, Fox began to show Krystal the line of weapons across the hall. "I know you have experience with melee combat, so why don't you pick yourself two firearms and we'll get started on your training." Fox said to Krystal. Krystal just looked at the endless supply of weaponry and wasn't sure of what to pick. "What would you recommend Fox?" Krystal asked. Fox just stared at the the weapons until he picked out two of them for Krystal. "This rifle right here shoots proton blasts, and it's very accurate, so this will give you a perfect feel for larger weapons, this blaster here in my hand is a little smaller, but it's more useful in combat, it shoots laser blasts at 80 mph and pierces through steel." Fox explained. "These are perfect!" Krystal exclaimed. "Thank you Fox." Krystal thanked. "No problem Krystal, now let's get ready for our departure." Fox instructed. "What do you mean?" Krystal asked.
"Corneria is coming into view Fox." Slippy informed as the two walked into the piloting room. "Thanks Slippy, prepare the Arwing." Fox instructed. 'Roger." Slippy replied. "Krystal follow me to the Arwing." Fox instructed. "What are we doing?" Krystal asked. "The Great Fox can't land on Cornerian ground's without permission from the General, or in case of an emergency, so I will half to fly us in the Arwing to the training ground." Fox explained as they walked to the Arwing.
Once they got to the Arwing, Fox loaded up the blasters and hopped into the pilot's seat, "Well Krystal, i'm afraid there's not enough room up here in the pilot's seat, so you'll have to ride in the storage component. Fox informed. Krystal looked into the storage component and saw how small it was. "Can't I just ride on your lap?" Krystal asked. "Fox hesitated for a moment and turned down to Krystal. "Ok, but just don't get in my view too much." Fox warned. "Thank you Fox." Krystal thanked as she got in and sat on Fox's lap. "Slippy engage the G=diffuser, and open the Great Fox." Fox instructed. "You got it." Slippy replied. Fox began to operate the Arwing and flew outside into the Lylat System. Krystal gazed in awe from the beauty of stars in the vast space. "It's beautiful out here Fox." Krystal said. "Just wait, when you become a pilot, you can explore the stars as much as you'd like." Fox replied.
Fox just watched Krystal look into the Lylat System and gazed at her beauty. "I remember when I first met you." Fox thought to himself. "Even though you were trapped in a crystal, the irony, and you couldn't hear or see me, I still looked and saw your beauty." Fox was thinking about how he met Krystal until he snapped sense into himself. "What am I doing?" Fox thought. "I need to be paying attention to where i'm going, don't wanna set a bad example for my new trainee, plus I shouldn't be thinking about that, i'm her trainer, not her lover." Fox continued to fly through the empty space until he finally reached the Abandoned Corneria Training Grounds. "We're finally here." Fox thought to himself.
Krystal looked down and saw the ruined base and thought about what had happened. "Fox, why don't people use this area anymore?" Krystal asked. Fox tried to remember what had happened to shut down the training area, but he couldn't remember the full story. "All I know is that there was a fatal accident here involving a careless pilot, and in ended up killing several cadets in training." Fox explained. "But you don't need to worry, there's nothing wrong with the area itself that could be of harm to us." Krystal just smiled as Fox landed the Arwing. "I don't need to worry, because I know you'll protect your student." Krystal said to Fox. Fox just blushed as he landed the Arwing on the ground and hopped out. "Alright Krystal, let's begin your training." Fox instructed. Krystal smiled as she was excited to learn how to become a pilot, as Fox thought to himself, "She's going to be a great pilot, I can tell."
Well that does it for this chapter, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please tell me what you thought about it, and I hope you continue to enjoy the rest of the story. Take care.