"Fox, can you come down here for a moment!?" Asked a larger vulpine putting shades on. After a few seconds, a little vulpine walked down the stairs rubbing his eyes. "Oh, were you sleeping?" He asked walking towards Fox.

The little vulpine nodded and looked up towards the larger fox. "I'm sorry I woke you up, buddy." He said scratching the hair between Fox's ears. He chuckled once he saw Fox's tail start wagging uncontrollably.

The larger vulpine walked over to his bags he had next to the front door. "I'm about to leave for my mission. Slippy's dad will be here to pick you up in a couple of minutes." He said grabbing the bags on the floor.

Fox's eyes opened up a little and finally woke up completely. He rushed over to the larger vulpine and grabbed his leg, stopping him from moving. "Do you have to go?" Said Fox putting his muzzle on the larger vulpine's leg.

The bigger fox knelt down and grabbed both Fox's shoulder with a serious look on his face. "I have to go, buddy. This is a mission that I can't blow off." He said, his serious look turning a bit more relaxed.

"Where are you going?" Said Fox, his eyes filled with innocence and curiosity.

"I'm going towards Venom, it seems a madman is plotting something, and it can't be good." He said letting go of Fox's shoulders.

"Are you going all by yourself?" Fox asked, his voice filled with worry.

"No. Peppy is coming with me." He said getting up. "Oh, and this new guy. Umm... Pigma was his name I think."

Fox's face seems to relax a bit at that. He knew Peppy personally and he knew that he and his dad were really good friends for a long time, but this Pigma guy... Fox was skeptic about it.

"Don't worry, I'll be back in about 3 weeks, depending on how things go on Venom." The bigger fox said opening the front door.

Every time his dad went on a mission, Fox couldn't help but feel a little scared. Yes, his dad was one if not the best mercenary there was in the Lylat system, but he always felt like at any moment something could've gone completely wrong. It made his chest turn and form knots that made his breathing become heavier and slower.

"It's about time I left. Be good while your over at Slippy's house." Said the bigger vulpine, grabbing his bags and stepping out the door.

Fox couldn't help but to start tearing up as his dad started to walk away from him, making the distance between them larger and larger with every step the larger vulpine took.

"Dad!" He shouted and felt his legs move all on their own. The bigger vulpine turned around and saw Fox jumping towards him. Fox wrapped his arms around his father's neck and pull him in tightly for a warm hug, his eyes filled with tears. "Please, make sure you come back." He said in between sobs.

The bigger vulpine found it strange, Fox had always sent a warm smile and goodbye each time he left for a mission, but seeing his son like that made his heart crack a little. He dropped his bags and wrapped his own arms around Fox and giving him a loving hug.

"Don't worry, I'll be back before you know it. I promise..."


The vulpine started waking up from his deep sleep, his eyes being heavy and his body feeling a bit more energized than it was when he fell asleep.

Fox rubbed his eyes lazily and saw that he was crying in his sleep. "Why is it always that same dream." He thought to himself. Fox called it a dream, but at times he thought that it was more of a nightmare than a dream.

He sat up from his bed and glanced around the room and sighed. "Oh... right... need to pack my stuff..." He said looking at the huge pile of dirty clothes in the corner of his quarters.

He looked over at his digital clock on the side table he had next to his bed. It looked like he slept for about half an hour or so. That means he would have about half an hour to finish packing.

The first thing he needed to do was to clean his dirty clothes, then organize his room a little before he left, and then finally pack his stuff.

He stood up from his bed, stretching and letting out a quick yawn. The vulpine proceeded to walk over to the pile of dirty clothes and start picking them up and separating them by color.

After he was done, he grabbed another laundry basket he had stashed in his closet and started throwing clothes in it. "Why do I have so many clothes?" The vulpine asked himself.

He decided he would only clean the clothes he would mostly use during his stay back in Corneria. The vulpine thought that he could just wear the clothes he had back in his apartment in Corneria, but remembered that those clothes probably didn't fit him at all anymore.

He grabbed the laundry basket and started making his way out of his room, the basket was pretty heavy but since Fox always worked out whenever he had the chance, he could deal with it easily.

The vulpine walked past the rest of his teammate's room until he heard one of the doors swoosh open. To his bad luck, Krystal walked out with a slight smile on her face. Fox tried to quickly run and not get spotted by the vixen but was stopped as Krystal shouted out his name. He turned around and saw that her smile had grown.

"Hey, Fox! Did you pack your stuff?" She asked, her eyes filled with sparkles.

"Um... No. I fell asleep and I haven't packed a single thing yet." The vulpine said honestly.

Her face seemed to lighten a bit. "Do you want me to help you?" She asked clamping her hands together.

"Shit, I should've done this while she was helping Falco." Fox thought to himself. He wasn't sure if he should say no to her but decided that he could use the extra help. "Sure Krystal, I'm just going to get these clothes cleaned up and I'll then start packing up." He said gesturing the laundry basket he had in his hands.

"Oh, I can do that for you!" She said skipping forward and grabbing the laundry basket from Fox's hands, almost dropping it in the process.

Fox saw how Krystal was having a hard time holding the basket up. "No, don't worry about. I'm sure I can do this real quick." He said trying to get back the basket from Krystal.

"No really, I insist. You go back to your room and start packing while I start cleaning these up." She said starting to make her way out of the living quarters.

"Wait, Krys..." It was too late. The vixen had already left the living quarters and was on her way towards the laundry room. He thought if he should pursue her and try to get his clothes back, but saw this as a good thing. Now that Krystal had occupied herself, she wouldn't be all lovey-dovey with him.

Fox walked over to his door but stopped and looked back. He wondered if Krystal had help Falco find whatever it was he lost. The vulpine walked to the avian's door and slightly knocked. He waited for a couple of seconds, he got no response. He knocked the door again a little bit harder. "Who is it!?" Shouted Falco angrily.

"It's Fox!" The vulpine shouted back, after a few seconds the door swiftly opened revealing an angry half asleep Falco scratching the back of his head.

"What is it?" Growled Falco leaning on the door frame of his room.

"I just wanted to make sure that you found... whatever it was you lost." The vulpine said looking into Falco's room. He was surprised when he saw that the mess and clutter that was his room was now squeaky clean and everything was where it should be.

"Yeah, Krystal found it." Said the avian crossing his arms. Falco noticed Fox staring into his room, eyes full of amazement. "Oh, yeah. She also helped me clean up my room. I don't know how, but that girl sure knows how to clean a room." He took a glance inside his room. "No matter how messy it is." He added.

Fox took one final look into Falco's room, he was right. His room was super clean compared to what it was before. There were no clothes on the ground, everything was organized and put neatly were it belonged, and to Fox's amazement, the floor looked like you could eat right off of it.

"Anyways... Did you finish packing your stuff?" Said Falco trying to make conversation with the young vulpine.

Fox snapped from his trance on Falco's room. "Oh... No, I kinda fell asleep before I got the chance."

Falco chuckled. "Really? You haven't packed a single thing? You're off your game Fox."

Falco was right in a way. The vulpine was always the first one to get everything settled. He liked to get everything he needed to do in order before he would slack off or relax, which was the first thing Falco would usually do.

"I'm just been getting tired of all this work we've been getting recently." Said the vulpine.

The avian scoffed at the vulpine statement. "You've been getting tired of missions which takes us about 5 minutes to complete?"

The vulpine didn't know how to respond to that. He said that he was tired from all the work they've been getting, but he couldn't tell Falco the real reason he was recently feeling down and tired.

Falco studied the vulpines face before speaking. "Its Peppy isn't it?" The avian said crossing his arms.

Fox looked at Falco completely surprised. "How did you..."

"Come on Fox, I may not be the smartest guy on this team, but I've known you for many years now." He said stepping out of his room. "I know what Peppy meant to you." He added.

Fox was just dumbfounded by Falco's sudden change in personality. He just kept staring at Falco with both a surprise and shock look on his face, and the avian quickly noticed.

"You Ok there, Fox?" Said the avian a bit worried.

Fox quickly snapped out of his thought and shook his head. "Yeah, I'm alright, but since when did you become so... perspicacious?"

"I'm not the dumb, lazy slacker all of you think I am." The avian said jokingly.

"What! None of us thinks that." Fox said, not catching it was a joke more than anything.

Falco raised an eyebrow at the vulpine as he was trying to say 'Really?'.

"Ok, maybe Slippy does... But me and Krystal don't think that!" The vulpine said trying to reassure Falco that he didn't think that way about him.

Falco started laughing seeing Fox get worked up over a joke. "Relax boss man, I was just joking." He said patting Fox's shoulder.

Fox seemed to ease up at that. He knew that Falco liked to joke around, but with being constantly tired and with him grieving over Peppy's death he wasn't thinking like he used to.

"Ok, I better go and start packing before Krystal comes up and tries to hit on me." He said turning his back to the avian and returning back to his room.

The avian chuckled. "Have fun!" He said before returning to his room and shut the door behind him.


Fox spent the rest of the trip to Corneria packing all his stuff, with a pretty in love Krystal helping him.

After Krystal finished cleaning up Fox's dirty clothes she quickly ran back to Fox's room to help him pack. She also insisted on cleaning his room, and Falco was right. Fox didn't know how Krystal did it, but she left the vulpine's room super clean, besides the pile of dirty clothes that still remained in the corner of his room.

The vulpine also had to go through half an hour of Krystal trying to flirt and discretely hit on him. She also tried to peek inside Fox's mind when he dropped his guard, but the only thing she could see was Peppy.

She asked him if he was alright and if he wanted to talk about it, but Fox seemed to not want to talk about it at the time. The vixen didn't push him to talk since Fox seemed really touchy about the subject.

Rob announced that they arrived at Corneria and all the team members were now standing outside the Great Fox with all of their stuff.

"Finally! Vacation here I come!" Shouted an extremely happy Falco.

"Remember to keep your PDAs on, just in case I need to call you any of you." Said Fox looking at all of them.

The other three members just nodded, all of them with a smile on their faces. At that, all of them went their separate ways.

The vulpine had to disguise himself since he hated to be out in public. People would constantly go up to him and ask him if he was Star Fox and that by itself made Fox mad.

The last time he was in public, a group of fangirls started to ask him out on dates and ask for his autograph. They didn't leave him alone and just followed him wherever he went.

After a few minutes of walking, he found himself in front of his apartment building. He quickly entered and headed for the elevator, which he then pressed the button marked with a six. He saw that he didn't necessarily need his disguise anymore, so while the elevator was going up he took it off.

The elevator stopped on the floor he needed to get off and he got out quickly heading towards his apartment. He searched for his keys and once he found them he inserted them into the keyhole and opened the door.

As he got in, he could smell that familiar scent his apartment gave off. He looked around as saw that his apartment was in worse shape than his room on the Great Fox.

There were dirty dishes in the kitchen sink, the living room was a mess with empty pizza boxes and dirty clothes, and there was a weird smell coming from the bathroom.

He decided that he would clean it all later and went towards his room, dropping his bags once he was inside and looking at his PDA to find the information General Pepper sent about his mission.

Case Number:

2749-12

Incident Date:

May 3, XXXX

Incident Adress:

XXX XXXXX XXXXXX XX XXXX XX

Reporting Officer:

Kenneth Rain

Incident:

Theft and brake in

Details of event:

Multiple stores had been broken into and had been robbed. Many of these stores are more are clothing stores, supermarkets, and furniture stores.

The odd thing that officers had found was that the criminals never stole any money from each store they broke into. The criminals mostly robbed personal items like food and clothes.

Actions Taken:

The surveillance footage from each store was reviewed and officers found out that there are three criminals who have been committing these crimes. After carefully taking inspection of the surveillance footage, officers suspect that one of the criminals may be some kind of canine, the other may be a cat or somewhat related to a feline, and the last one is yet to be identified at the moment.

Officers will continue to investigate and find more evidence to justify the events that have occurred.

"Hmm, Ok. At least I have some basic information about what happened, but..." He found the description of the criminals to be a bit too familiar. As he read the description of each he couldn't help but think of Star Wolf and how each description of each criminal matched the description of each member.

Fox wanted to believe it wasn't them and that it was somebody else that just fit the description of them. Deep inside he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed at Wolf and his team, after helping save the Lylat system and to then go back to a life of crime made the vulpine a little sad but mostly angry towards the lupine and his team.

"Better get to the bottom of this." The vulpine said getting changed and heading out the door.


Fox had made his way towards the location where the robberies were taking place. He was wearing a gray hooded shirt and black running shorts. He figured that if he wanted to catch these guys, he had to be prepared for a chase.

He waited on top of one of the stores in the shopping district, waiting for something to happen. A loud noise of glass breaking, an alarm being triggered, or to see any suspicious activity that would make him want to act.

He felt a drop of water hit his muzzle and before he knew it, it started raining a little. "Great, this is just what I needed." He thought to himself sarcastically.

He waited patiently outside, hoping for something to happen. After a few minutes, he heard a couple of voices a coming from a near alley next to the building he was on top of.

The vulpine cautiously walked over to the edge of the building and looked down the alley, the police report was right. He could easily see that one of them was some kind of feline since Fox could easily spot the guys tail, which was very thin and not that hairy. Fox couldn't clearly make out what one of the remaining two was since it's tail looked kinda strange but familiar at the same time, and the last one was totally a type of canine. His fluffy gray tail wagging slowly, Fox could almost recognize it. He couldn't see their faces as they had covered them up.

"Ok, remember the plan?" Asked the gray canine. The other two nodded. "Then let's get started." At that, the gray canine went to the door that was next to them and used his sharp claws to pick the lock of the door. He slowly opened the door and the three of them entered.

"Ok Fox, time to get this show on the road." Said the vulpine as he made his way down to the alley. He entered the building the three criminals entered, trying to be as stealthy as he could be. The vulpine was nervous as to what may happen, but he also felt the excitement and adrenaline going through his veins. He needed a mission like this in a long time, and now that he had it, he wanted to enjoy it.

He heard one of the criminals talks and crouched down behind one of the counters in the shop. Fox looked around and saw he was in a clothing shop, a big sign in the middle of the room showing its name, 'Lylat Trinks'. The vulpine found the name oddly strange, but at least it wasn't named after him, which many stores were since he saved the Lylat system from certain doom.

"Are you guys finished?" Said the gray canine with a bag with what Fox thought it was filled with clothes.

"I'm almost done over here, boss!" Said the unidentified man.

"I'm ready to go when you are." Said the feline walking over to the gray canine.

Fox needed to act quickly if he wanted to capture them. Should he pull out his blaster and confront the criminal or wait for them to drop their guard and capture them? The vulpine was unsure of what to do.

Not a couple of minutes passed before the gray canine spoke again. "Ok, lets head out." He said starting to make his way back from where they got in.

Fox couldn't help it anymore, he grabbed his blaster from his holster and stood up, aiming his blaster towards the gray canine. "Freeze!" He shouted. "Really Fox, out of all the things you could have said, you had to say that." He thought to himself.

The criminals were surprised at Fox's sudden appearance, but the most that seemed for shocked was the gray canine who was just staring at the vulpine, his canines showing from his anger at Fox.

"You guys aren't going anywhere. I suggest you behave, drop everything you stole, and come with me." He said slowly walking towards the gray canine.

The tree criminals just stood there, staring at Fox. The gray canine had an evil grin on his face when he looked over to one of his companions and nodded. Fox started to get worried about whatever was about to happen.

Without a second thought, the feline grabbed a remote from his pocket and pressed it, causing an explosion to form behind Fox; making the vulpine fly forwards and dropping his blaster.

"Now's our chance! RUN!" The gray canine said. At that, the three criminals ran towards the exit as fast as they could.

Fox coughed due to the smoke that was now enveloping the store. He rubbed his eyes and saw that the criminals were escaping. The vulpine quickly got up from the ground and chased the outside.

As he got outside he saw that it was raining hard and that it was difficult to see. He noticed that the three of them have split up, and Fox found himself chasing the gray canine. Fox had to admit, the guy sure ran fast. The gray canine made a turn at an alley and started climbing up an emergency stair that was next to one of the buildings.

Fox quickly followed him up the stair and was now chasing the gray canine jumping from roof to roof. Even if didn't want to admit it, the chase was making him feel great, the pure adrenaline he was having and the thought of being back in action caused a smile to form on his face.

He kept following the gray canine until said canine stopped. He had nowhere else to go, the next building was too far away to jump and he couldn't go back since Fox was close on his tail. He had no choice.

Fox stopped as he saw the gray canine drop the bag he was carrying and turning around. "There's nowhere else to go. I recommend coming with me quietly if not, things are going to get ugly." Said Fox in between breaths.

The gray canine chuckled and took a fighting stance. Fox was now more eager than ever, first a chase and now a fight, how could this get any better. The vulpine also took a fighting stance, waiting for the other to make a move.

The gray canine made the first move and ran towards Fox, his claws clearly noticeable. He swung his claws at the vulpine but Fox dodged them.

Fox threw a quick chain of punches at the canine's chest making said canine stumble backward. The gray canine ran towards Fox again, the vulpine quickly tried to throw in another quick punch, but the gray canine grabbed his arm and with a twist threw Fox to the ground.

The gray canine was about to slam both his fists into the vulpine's chest, but Fox saw the attack and rolled before getting hit. He could hear how the canine was starting to growl and got up taking back his fighting stance.

This time Fox was the one to start running towards his opponent. He threw a kick at the gray canine's chest, but he grabbed Fox's leg. Fox smirked and jump up with his other leg and kicked the gray canine in the face.

The gray canine was now furious, he growled and before Fox knew it he was punched in the stomach and send flying across the roof. The vulpine cough and tried to grasp some air. He looked over and saw that the gray canine was running towards him again.

Fox got up and took a defensive stance. The gray canine started to throw his claws again, this time making contact with Fox's skin. He ripped a part of Fox's shirt and made a deep cut in Fox's arm. The vulpine thought of a plan that would surely work.

The gray canine started running towards Fox once again, and Fox also started to run towards him. The gray canine threw another claw at him, and Fox slid underneath the canines legs. The vulpine quickly stood up and as the canine turned around Fox made a fist and with all his strength punched the gray canine in the face.

The gray canine fell down. Fox saw that his opponent didn't seem to have enough energy left to continue fighting. He approached the gray canine, kneeling down and removing the piece of cloth that was covering his face.

Fox's eyes widened. He wanted to believe that Wolf and his team were not involved in this, but now he could see that he was wrong.

He stood in front the person who knew how to make his adrenaline and excitement boil up. The person who always gave him the best fight up in the air. The person who saved his life and help him save the entire system from the Aparoids taking over.

"Wolf?" He said quietly.

Wolf slowly opened his eyes and looked at Fox. "Woah, I never thought you had that in you, pup." He said with a chuckle.

Many feelings were flowing through Fox's minds. He wanted to hug him, punch him, scream at him, but he decided not to.

"Ok, you better start explaining yourself right now before I give you another beating!" Said Fox, his voice full of rage.

"I'm glad to see you too, pup."

"Start talking!" Said Fox crossing his arms annoyed.

"What do you expect me to say?"

"Jeez, I don't know. How about why the fuck are you back being a criminal!?"

Wolf looked away from Fox.

"Start talking!" Fox shouted grabbing Wolf's collar.

Wolf sighed. "You remember when the Aparoid invasion was finally dealt with?" Fox nodded. "Well, it hasn't been a good ride for me."

"So you started robbing stores and became a criminal again?!"

Wolf was starting to become angrier. "You don't know what I've been through, so don't start giving me crap!" He growled out.

"Oh, poor Wolf can't seem to get his shit together?! Tell me something I don't know."

"Ok, then how about this. Do you know what it's like to be turned down for any job you try to get just because you're a criminal?! Do you know what it's like to be hated by every fucking person in the entire system?! DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE TO BE FORCED TO LIVE ON THE FUCKING STREETS?!" Wolf shouted, his voice cracking and breaking. His eyes starting to tear up a bit.

Fox was struck back by the lupine's words. He now felt bad and guilty for talking to him that way. Wolf clearly wasn't a good state, and maybe that's why he had no chance but to turn back into a criminal.

"Wolf... I didn't know..."

"Of course you didn't. So don't start talking shit when you don't know a single fuck about what I've been through!" Wolf stood up and looked away from Fox.

"Look Wolf... I'm sorry, I should've put a bit more thought to what you were going through."

Wolf didn't answer, he just stood there silent with his arms crossed with an angry frown on his face. Fox thought about what to do or on what to say but he couldn't find the correct words or actions.

At this point, his mouth acted on his own. "Do you want to stay with me?"

Wolf's ears perked up and he looked at Fox's with a confused look on his face. "I don't need your pity, pup."

"Please Wolf, just let me help you."

"Oh, so now you want to help a criminal."

"No, it's that now that I know why you're doing what you're doing, I want to help you get back on your feet."

"Are you sure you want to be helping a wanted criminal?"

"Well, your actions are pretty justifiable, and I can easily try and convince General Pepper to drop your charges."

"Really?"

"Yeah, he kinda owes me for saving the system and stuff."

Wolf was skeptical if he should trust Fox and whatever he was saying. Fox could at any time stab him in the back and thrown him into jail. "How do I know you aren't going to turn me in?"

Fox knew that Wolf had every right to question his intentions. He and Wolf weren't that friendly with each other, they weren't friends at all, to be honest.

"You'll just have to trust me on this."

Wolf had nothing to lose at this point, he could either trust Fox and go with him or he could try and run away from Fox and get away.

Wolf sighed. "Fine, but I swear if you try anything fishy..."

"Don't worry Wolf. Just trust me, Ok?"

"I'll trust you, just this once."

"Thank you. Come on, let's get moving before it gets late."

Wolf nodded. Both canines started making their way towards Fox's apartment, having their doubts and opinions about the other.

To be continued...


A/N:

Hello, people of the internet, I have returned with another chapter of this beautiful story.

So, this was the first time I wrote a fighting scene in a story and I'm not sure if I did a good job or not, so please tell me if I did any good on it.

I made this chapter a bit longer than the last one which to me is a big accomplishment. I'm taking my time on writing each chapter so that it comes out 'perfect'.

Any feedback, either it being a review of my story in general or just to spot out any typos I foolishly missed, it's highly appreciated.

Anyways, I will see you guys in the next chapter.