They stayed like that for quite a while and separated when Judy's phone rang. "I'll go get it" Judy smiled as she hopped of the couch and grabbed her phone which was on the table in front of her, it was her mother and father calling.

"Who is it?" Nick asked as he tried to peek over Judy's shoulder in order to see who was calling, but Judy sensed this and replied "My parents, lemme go to the kitchen and talk to em ok, Slick?"

"Sure" Nick mused as he saw Judy sprint to the kitchen and answered the phone. "Hello!" Judy greeted, she heard her mother's voice on the other side "There's my little hero!"

"Mom, really it was nothing" Judy giggled, she then heard her dad's voice ring out "Nothing?! You caught the Mayor red handed and saved the city!". "It wasn't just me, dad...Nick helped too. In fact if it wasn't for Nick, i would've never solved the case"

Judy knew that her dad wouldn't reply to that but to her surprise he did "Oh ok, fine! I guess not all foxes are bad!" he grumbled as he passed the phone to her mother. "Don't listen to him Judy, you just keep with him ok"

"Ok...oh and uh, mom?" Judy said as she finally ready to come clean about her feelings for Nick. "Yes dear?" She replied as she wondered what Judy might want, she heard that she was stuttering.

"I'd like to talk to you in private please" She said, taking a deep breath. She heard her mother shooing away everyone that was nearby until there was no one left, she then replied "Ok dear, they're all gone...now what did you want to talk about?"

Judy blushed and told her "Well...first of, Nick's gonna join the Z.P.D and is going to be my partner", to which her mother replied with "That's great dear! Really great! I hope you two have a great time!". Then she proceeded to tell the second part "And uh...mom...you were right", this confused Judy's mother a little so she replied with "About what dear?"

Judy blushed more and and said "I...have a crush on Nick". There was silence on her mother's end, Judy got worried and wanted to ask what was wrong when she heard her say softly "I knew it!". She then said it louder so Judy could hear her "I knew it! I knew you had a thing for him! did you tell him?!" she asked, bombarding her with questions.

"Yes, I did" Judy said, and her mother exploded with joy. "What did he say?" she asked excitedly, wanting to know the answer as she knew that a day like this would come as Judy and Nick have known each other since they were 6 years old...ever since that incident with Gideon grey. Judy responded with the answer she wanted to hear "He said that he felt the same way".

"That's WONDERFUL! Now you have that special someone and don't have to rely on your dad for compliments all the time" said her mother as she giggled at that last part, she continued by saying "now i'll let you rest ok? Bye Judy!". "Bye mom" Judy replied as she hung up the phone and went to where Nick was and got back on the couch with him.

"So...when do i go to the academy?" Nick asks and Judy smiles "Looking forwards to this eh?". Nick looked at her and smiled back "Carrot, this has been a DREAM of mine, you and me TOGETHER stopping crime and doing good in the world!"

Judy blushed at the word 'together' but just giggled it off before rolling her eyes at him. "You start tomorrow actually" Judy said, Nick was surprised that it was so soon but then smirked "Well then, i'll just have to them who's boss".

'Go get em slick!" Judy smirked as she lightly punched Nick on the arm.

The next day, Judy walked with Nick down to the academy to drop Nick off. Nick dropped his bags and knelt next to Judy "I'll be back ok carrots? Do me a favor and keep Zootopia safe".

Judy smiled and replied "Sure thing fox!" she then playfully punched him on the arm, sending him off into the academy. Nick entered the building and settled into his new accommodations, he sighed and said "It's do or die Nick, it's do or die"

Nick/Bucky's P.O.V

It's been two days since i joined the academy and I've already settled in nicely. The training was much like my military training back during the war, with some exceptions. Today, we were going to be tested on endurance on the four major systems, Strength on a one on one combat simulation along with accuracy practice later on in the gun range.

For one, i felt free, i could unleash my Winter soldier talents without being hater or hunted down. I wore a short sleeved blue shirt with dark grey tack bottoms and headed out for the field where the instructor , who was a white bear, was waiting for us. 'Get ready to be mind blown mam' i thought as I sat down along with the other candidates.

We were lectured on how there were 12 different systems in Zootopia, personally, i was surprised that there were more than the big 4. But that didn't really matter because I've been in all of them during my time, I've endured the harsh colds of Russia's Siberia, the lush forests of Vietnam, and the scorching sands of the middle east. I have ways to deal with all the harsh climates Zootopia could hurl my way, we were shown to the simulations for each of the ecosystems and the first of which was the harsh colds of Tundratown. So apparently we had to scale this large ice wall and make it to the other side, this will be easy because i needed only my claws and the other candidates as 'Ladder steps'.

"Ok let's MOVE IT!" Shouted the instructor. The other candidates ran towards the ice wall and i kept my pace steady, when they started climbing i unsheathed my claws and ran up the slope by up to three steps before jumping onto the shoulder of a huge elephant.

I then sink my claws into the top of the ice slope and pushed my body forwards and onto the other side, as that happened i sheathed my claws and let go. The force was enough to propel me forwards and I tumble-rolled forwards onto the other end, landing safely.

I could easily visualize the shocked expression of the instructor and the other candidates, it took them a while to cross but when they did they just gave me the anticipated look of shock due to the fact that i crossed it in less than a minute. I saw the instructor give me a smile of approval before nodding her head and continuing "ALRIGHT! Follow me!".

We followed her to what seemed to be the representation of Sahara square, we had to crawl through the sands of the desert in this simulation. I've been through this before and i KNOW that my sight is useless here, touch is alright but it won't help as all i feel is sand so the only thing i could rely on was my claws to hold me firmly in place and my hearing.

The instructor turned some sort of switch on and sand blew into our faces and we were forced to crawl through it. I did as i planned, and like what happened with the Tundratown i reached first

I'm not gonna bore you with what happened with the Rain forest district simulation as the result is pretty much the same, except we had to swing across on monkey bars. And i can surely say that the instructor was greatly impressed with my performance during all of the simulations, so the next thing that happened was the one on one combat thing...it was sorta unfair in terms of size as i was fighting a gigantic rhino but hey, i had my Winter soldier training and that puts me and a major advantage.

The Rhino slammed his fist downwards to crush me but I rolled out of the way and clenched my metal hand into a first and struck at his leg's week point, which was behind the knee. The Rhino fell to one knee and tried to swat me off of the ring and thankfully due to my small size i was nimble, so i avoided it and struck his spine with the same hand.

I had to admit that it was unfair as my metal arm delivered more force in its' punches, but they didn't know that. Because he was so big, and now he was hurt, his movements were slowed and he had difficulty recovering from the last blow i gave him on the spine, but eventually he did and he charged at me.

But since he was charging, he payed no attention on stopping power so i used that as an added advantage. I counter-charged against him and using my metal fist i just swung at his face, he tried to stop but he couldn't and ran directly into my metal fist at charging speeds...an instant knockout.

The instructor was pleased at my performance and said "You know...the only other small mammal besides yourself to have taken him down was that hero Hopps". "She's a personal friend of mine mam" I replied as i unstrapped my gloves and exited the ring.

After that we had to go on the shooting range, the weapons here were just like the ones from my tortured past. We stepped up on the range and picked up weapons, i started out with just a basic pistol and aimed for the dummy's heads and pulled the trigger. The bullet flies and hits the metal with a clanking sound, i do this for several times until there were dents in all of them.

I put the gun down and try another, yielding the same result. To say that everyone was shocked at my marksmanship was an understatement.

3RD Person P.O.V

The candidates gather around the assembly point and Nick was praised for the outstanding feats that he performed, rivaling that of Judy Hopps to which Nick smirked when he heard that.

A month of this passed by and graduation was near, but first came the final exams in which a shoot out was taking place between the Z.P.D and armed insurgents. This was, of course, a simulation as the 'insurgents' were nothing more than hired actors.

The test was going to start tomorrow in the afternoon and it was rumored that Chief Bogo as well as Judy would b there to witness the event. Nick was really excited for it and even got some new gear, he put it on and faced a mirror.

The month of training had really turned Nick muscular, they were of a moderate size and not too big and not too small. He was wearing a blue coat and long black cargo jeans, which reminded him of how he looked before he fell of that train.

He smiled to himself and said to his reflection "Hey there! You're someone i haven't seen in quite a while now". Nick's phone rang and he looked at who was calling, it was Judy so he answered the call and had a conversation that would last the night.