Epilogue

They all returned to Corneria and everything had been explained to each other. Stories were told to everyone about James's return, their escapades from the beginning to the end, and the glorious victory the citizens of Corneria had waited for! The mystery of the missing parchment was never to be solved by anyone. But by the end of the day, it was just a long-forgotten secrecy that some didn't know had ever even happened.

Fox stood on a balcony on a building near the jailhouse, pondering about everything, especially Andross's final, true death. Oikonny and the remnants of Andross's men were behind bars and all was well. The bounty was cleared off of Wolf, Leon, and Panther's heads. Fox was very pleased when they had joined forces again for the final battle. Star Wolf had set off to all start new lives; Wolf staying on as a professional pilot (this time for good purposes), Leon performed numerous odd jobs to make a living, and Panther eventually found a true love, instead of just hitting on random girls. He managed to let go of Krystal, though still kept a small crush on her when he left. He knew Krystal loved Fox, and let the happy couple be. Peppy retired from the field permanently and stayed on as the general of the Cornerian Forces and reunited with his daughter, Lucy Hare. Bill Grey was promoted to admiral for his bravery and was honored with a medal as Peppy's best military man. Katt and Falco continued their ongoing relationship. Slippy took a vacation to the Aquas planet and met a girl, Amanda, whom he immediately fell in love with. The two are currently engaged and Slippy continues to spend much time with his fiancée and his dad, Beltino, still occasionally creating new inventions. ROB helped out with the Cornerian Flight Academy and sometimes visited old friends. Fox and Krystal continued their relationship and truly loved each other. They would try their absolute best to remain together. James spent time with Fox and was welcomed back on Corneria as a hero, like the rest of the teammates.

Back in the present, Fox still stood on the balcony. He was in the middle of thoughts and mixed feelings of the whole entire war. What was he going to do now? He then thought about Krystal. He decided right away that he wanted to spend as much time with her as he could, as well as his father. Just then, James walked out on the balcony and stood beside Fox and sighed.

"It's an amazing feeling to be reunited with my son," James declared.

Fox smiled and hugged his embraced his father in a close hug.

"The day we met each other again on Katina was truly a miracle; I will never take it for granted to have seen my son again," James said.

Fox nodded his head in agreement and said, "Dad, I should have told you this before, but I am deeply in love with Krystal, the Cerinian teammate."

The father nodded, chuckling, and said, "The vixen. She's beautiful and kind, Fox. She reminds me of Vixy. I think she would have liked her… I know I do. You two should continue your relationship and forget your worries for a while."

"Thanks dad. It's great to hear something really nice like that from you… you know, you're a better dad than I could even ask for," Fox replied.

James smiled again and removed his sunglasses, a rare occurrence. His eyes were the exact same green color Fox had. The two were almost identical. It was almost like looking at yourself in the mirror for Fox.

"And you're a more wonderful son than I could ask for," James said back to Fox.

Fox finally announced to him, "I'm going to retire from Star Fox. And end the team. I've talked it over with the guys and they agreed. We're all going our own ways and we think it best if we end the team for now. The military system is improving under Peppy and Bill, and a new Star Fox team can be organized when the time calls."

James nodded his head and responded, "I understand. There's no need for you to be concerned about any more trouble for now. Krystal also sent me here to ask you if you could go out to dinner with her tonight. She's still at her cabin."

Fox turned to face his father and replied, "Oh… ok. I'd better go there, then!

James laughed at his stuttering and said, "Ah, you remind me of myself when I was your age. I was always nervous around Vixy. By the way, was there really a paper about the Tritans on it?"

Fox turned away and gazed out at the dusk sky, saying, "It was a paper of some kind. Perhaps it could have just been from a traveler who had gone to the cave on Fichina. I personally think it was written in the Tritan language, but who knows for sure?"

James looked down at his boots and said, "It's too bad I'll never really see my old brother, Steven, again…"

Fox patted his father on the back and said with a sly grin, "You can't be absolutely sure. Besides, what if Andross was just bluffing again about saying he killed him?"

James laughed with his son in unison, before saying, "You're right! I shouldn't be worried about that right now. And goodness, I'm holding you back from your date! You best be going!"

Fox chuckled and replied, "It's alright. I'll talk to you later, Dad!"

James smiled and hugged Fox one last time.

"Goodbye, Fox. Always remember I'm proud of you," James said to his son.

Fox walked out of the room with his father's affection. It was like walking out of a perfect dream and into another one just as good as he went to Krystal. He smiled and ran to the future, whatever it had in store…

A/N: Did this revamped version come out well? I'm personally satisfied with my updated versions of my first two stories; they definitely needed the improvements! I appreciate the support for having me redo these stories, since while I don't consider them my best, I value them as my first works, and they deserved the makeovers. I will now resume work on my 'Twilight Princess' novelization, and also commence work on other new stories to be announced. Thank you all again for reading or rereading the stories, and I look forward to posting more new stuff now that the updates to my old works are complete! :)