The following morning, Lucy finished moving her belongings into her new room. While Fara practiced flying with drones outside the Great Fox with Falco, Fox took Lucy to the simulator to see how well she performed in a dogfight. As Lucy successfully evaded enemy shots and took out her foes one by one, Fox gradually increased the difficulty. After about an hour, Fox stopped the simulation and Lucy climbed out.
"How well did I do?" Lucy asked.
"Well above average for a Cornerian military pilot." Fox replied, "It appears you'll need less training than expected before you're ready for your test. If you fight on the ground as well as you fight in the air, you'll be taking your test in only a matter of weeks."
The two left and headed to the recreation room. There, they found Krystal waiting for them.
"I would like to see how well she fights hand-to-hand." Krystal told Fox, "It's been awhile since I've faced a new opponent that I wasn't trying to kill."
"Just be careful not to accidentally kill her." Fox told Krystal half-jokingly.
"Come with me." Krystal told Lucy, "We'll spar on the surface where there's more room."
The pair walked to the hangar, climbed into their ships, and took off. Lucy followed Krystal as she headed for a temple far from known Andronian activity. There, Krystal led Lucy inside to a large empty chamber.
"What is this place?" Lucy asked.
"A Krazoa temple." Krystal explained, "They are all over Sauria. Now, let's start sparring."
The pair squared up and Lucy threw the first punch. Though Krystal easily dodged it, she was mildly impressed. Krystal quickly countered with a palm strike to Lucy's exposed ribs, knocking the bunny back a few feet. Lucy quickly regained her bearings and tried to strike Krystal again.
Again, Krystal dodged. This time, she grabbed Lucy's arm and pulled her off balance before she could even process what had just happened. Lucy tried to regain her balance, but Krystal ran up and tripped her. Lucy got up and decided to change tactics. She quickly ran up to the vixen and tried to wrestle her to the ground. Krystal managed to stay on her feet, but now had Lucy's arms around her.
"I'm surprised that worked." Lucy thought to herself.
"I was just going easy on you." Krystal explained, much to Lucy's surprise, "This was just to see how well you fought. You fought better than expected."
"Thank you." Lucy told her, mentally trying to fight off a blush. She was flattered getting praise from someone with Krystal's reputation, but she didn't want to give the wrong impression. But then a thought crept into her mind. Was it that obvious what she would be thinking or...
She thought about Krystal's reputation and then remembered Krystal's rumored telepathy.
"It's no rumor." Krystal explained, "And I can teach you much like I have taught Fox."
"But back when I was with Fox yesterday..."
"I know where Fox's loyalty is." Krystal explained, "I also know crushes are temporary, having had a handful growing up."
Crushes? It felt similar to how she felt around certain guys growing up, but did she really have a crush on another woman? She never felt that way about females before, but there was something different about Fox... and Krystal?
"I'm okay with fantasies." Krystal added, "Just remember Fox is my lover and I am hers. Fara is available, but I'm not sure if she'd have the right... preferences."
"I normally don't feel this way about girls." Lucy explained, "I like guys. I've had a few boyfriends. We've even done mouth stuff and butt stuff so we wouldn't have kids before we were ready. But there's just something about her... and you?"
Krystal put her hand reassuringly on Lucy's shoulder.
"Anything particular about Fox and I?" Krystal asked, curious.
"I don't know how to explain it." Lucy told her, "I'm sorry, but you two have a sort of... masculine feminine aura, like girl hyenas. Now that I think about it, I think one of my boyfriends was actually a flat-chested female hyena."
Lucy turned around and hugged Krystal, who wrapped her arms around the emotional bunny. Krystal sensed a familiar sensation in Lucy's loins.
"I shouldn't feel this way about someone who's taken." Lucy told Krystal.
"It's okay." Krystal told her, "I know you have enough self control to keep your fantasies in your head. Even I have fantasies."
"What kind of fantasies?" Lucy asked.
"Let's just say, in all of them, Fox is one of the parties involved."
Lucy had some morbid curiosity, but tried to suppress the new fantasy. For a brief moment, she lost control but managed to stop herself before she kissed the vixen.
"Let's return to the Great Fox." Krystal told the bunny, "I'll let you 'cool off' in the Sky Bunny before you return."
"I'm so sorry." Lucy apologized.
"Don't be." Krystal told her, "Just remember to maintain control, I can always get you a chastity belt if you need more... assistance, you'll need Fox's permission, and Fox and I shared a similar fantasy, though with a certain fennec instead of you. Just don't tell either of them."
As the pair returned to their ships and took off, Lucy stopped and thought about what Krystal had told her. Fox's okay? Fox and her fantasy? Just what was... oh.
While Lucy waited just outside the Great Fox, Krystal landed in tha hangar and returned to the recreation room.
"How did it go?" Fox asked.
"She fought well enough." Krystal replied, "And had a little conversation that shall remain classified."
Fox decided not to ask.
"And I had the same dream you had the night before." Krystal whispered in Fox's ear, "I didn't read your dream diary, but I did get a good look at the mystery vixen."
Vixen? Fox blushed when she realized who it was.
"Hey, I know you." Krystal told her, "I'm okay with what you're willing to try."
"But..." Fox tried to counter, but was too embarrassed to think straight.
"It's not like Cerinians don't have urges too." Krystal told her.
"You sound way too into it." Fox told her, "Besides, we don't know if Fara would be into it too and I really enjoy it staying that way."
"But if there was someone who was willing to try it... and this person wasn't Katt or one of her friends..."
"I still don't want to know."
Fox briefly contemplated who it could be. In high school, Falco was known to have been into media that displayed that kind of stuff. Some of Falco's tastes survived the transition into adulthood. She doubted Falco would want to try it with someone who was his male friend for years.
Then there's Leon. From what little she did know about him, he'd be very into it. Fox doubted Krystal was talking about him, though.
"They'll tell you when they're ready." Krystal told Fox.
"Let's change the subject." Fox told Krystal, "Should we give Lucy some Cerinian training too?"
"Of course." Krystal told her, "We can start tomorrow if you and her want."
"Where is she anyway?"
"Just outside the Great Fox." Krystal explained, "She needed some time to cool off and think."
"I think I need some alone time too." Fox said as she left the recreation room, "You've given me a lot to get out of my head."
About halfway down the hall, Fox accidentally walked into Lucy, who was also distracted by her thoughts.
"Sorry." Lucy apologized before looking up and seeing she had bumped into Fox. Lucy blushed and fought off an onslaught of thoughts and fantasies. Fox noticed and started to put two and two together.
"Krystal's in the recreation room." Fox told her, "I'll be in my room getting some things out of my head."
Lucy scolded herself for not paying attention on her first full day on the ship. Worst yet, Krystal taught the orange vixen telepathy and now Fox probably thinks she's a pervert. Lucy continued down the hall to the recreation room.
"What's the matter?" Krystal asked her.
"I just literally bumped into Fox." Lucy explained, "Is there anyone on this ship that isn't hot?"
"I don't think so." Krystal told her, "Fox is hot. Fara's attractive. Falco certainly has his appeal. Even you are attractive."
"Krystal... I need some more alone time."
Krystal watched as Lucy walked to her room. Lucy was trying desperately to hold back fantasies of kissing Krystal, not that Krystal would have minded. Krystal contemplated asking Fox about exploring the orange vixen's fantasies. If Fox refused, Krystal still had her dreams.