Disclaimer: I don't own StarFox or the characters created by Nintendo.
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Introduction: I wrote this because if I continued on my other story, then things will get a lot less action-y. Everything is different, well, almost everything. Erm. History changed because some weird dude messed with a time machine.
"Ah, here, hydrogen 607, very concentrated," the dealer handed Fox a large tank that weighed almost nothing, "Careful with that, lad, or else you'll find yerself blasted to the gates of heaven, har."
"Thanks," Fox shoved the tank into his pack and waved goodbye to the dealer and made his way out the door and into the snowy mountaintop with Krystal and Peppy behind him.
The snow was cold, but the air wasn't. The bright sun beat down on the rushing figures of the miners and the merchants, but not strong enough to make a bystander break into sweat. Foxes don't sweat much, though, due to the fact that they don't have as much insulation as other animals (fat).
"Do you see the palace from here?" Krystal pointed south. Fox nodded and Krystal smiled, "I'm making you stay for a day before you go." Fox smiled back. Krystal's short locks of hair fluttered in the slight breeze. That, combined with the fact that she was standing at the top of a cliff and wearing a very 'clean' tunic, made her look very majestic.
"It's a six hour hike down, though, and it's already five in the afternoon. We'll be asleep by the time we're down," Fox pointed out.
"No if we go down by sled," Krystal pointed at a large wooden board, "Strap yourselves down, boys, we're gonna go faster than sound. Well, maybe not..."
**
"AAARGH!" Fox screamed as the sled pummeled from the snow right into the trees, throwing its passengers into the dirt.
"Puh-toowie!" Peppy spat out sand and gravel, "That's gotta take at least four hours off our journey!"
"What do you mean? We're right here," Krystal pointed up the hill. The palace stood at the top, awaiting the company of three, "Home for me, hotel for you."
**
"You made it back!" Kohan cried happily, jumping up and down and hugging Krystal tight, "You idiot, your highness, do you know how worried we were when we heard you were captured by the rogues?"
"Get off, Kohan, I'm flattered," Krystal pushed the Prime Minister away and greeted several others of the Legislative and Executive Councils, all of whom were glad to see her back. The halls suddenly burst with activity, with servants going this way and that, serving every possible need that the Queen had.
"Get the cooks!" Kohan yelled, practically ignoring Fox and Peppy, "Feast tonight, and I don't care how they prepare it!"
**
"Mmm, good food," Peppy said, helping himself to mashed carrots. Peppy had gotten pretty fond of them by now. Fox, instead, helped himself to pie and fish. Krystal didn't even have time to eat; everyone was crowding around and asking her how she survived the wild.
"Well, I had my staff... And I had the help of two daring warriors, one of whom I've grown to like during the past few weeks," Krystal smiled sweetly at Fox. Fox blushed and busied himself with his tuna. Peppy snickered and flicked a piece of lettuce at him, hoping to make the young vulpine even more agitated, if possible.
"Quit it," Fox muttered darkly. Peppy snickered again, but stopped.
"Fox," Krystal whispered in Fox's ear as she shooed off the maids and the butlers, "Let's go to the springs tonight, just the two of us."
**
"How'd you get out without anyone noticing?" Fox asked. Krystal huddled close to Fox, watching the ripples in the water and the splashing of the waterfall.
"It's a trick I've learned. People don't like to follow you when you jump out a window," Krystal sighed and lay down on the smooth and short grass. Fox picked a blade of the green stuff, bent down, and tickled Krystal's ear.
"If that gets in my head, I'll kill you," Krystal pulled Fox towards her and she bit on Fox's neck sharply.
"Hey- Ow!" Fox nuzzled Krystal's shoulder with his snout. She giggled, which was quite unlike her personality, being rugged for a vixen. Krystal grabbed Fox's tail from behind him and tugged playfully.
"Careful not to crush me," Krystal whispered in Fox's ear, "Despite what you think, I get hurt easily." Fox grinned evilly and pinched her forearm. Krystal yelped and shoved Fox onto his back.
"Hey!" Fox chuckled as she nibbled his ear with the sharp but gentle canine teeth. Fox puffed out air at her neck, which made her yelp again from the moist air.
"Look at us, acting like newborn kits," Krystal laughed and used her knuckled to rub on Fox's skull. It was his turn to yelp loudly as she laughed harder. Turning her again, Fox shoved forcefully into her shoulder and flipped her over, landing on her stomach.
"This will be the last time we watch the stars together, you know," Fox said softly, looking into Krystal's eyes thoughtfully. She shook her head slowly.
"It won't be, but if that's what you think, then make tonight special," Krystal gazed back into his emerald orbs. Fox breathed in slowly and leaned forward. She waited patiently. Fox felt a warm, fuzzy feeling as their lips touched gently. Krystal kissed back, and Fox held their kiss for as long as he could before his biceps turned rubbery and he had to collapse on Krystal, making her giggle again.
"Is this love?" Fox asked, sounding like a little kit again. Krystal shrugged.
"Might be, but I wouldn't know," Krystal pushed Fox up and they kissed again, but this time involving a bit more lip.
**
"Bye, Krystal," Fox called, waving from the Great Fox's boarding hatch. Peppy nudged him, but Fox didn't notice.
"Good-bye, Fox," Krystal called back. The townspeople cheered loudly, with Kohan and Krystal at the front, waving wildly, as the latch closed with a hiss. Fox couldn't help but feel a sinking in his stomach.
"Too bad, Fox," Peppy clapped him in the shoulder, heading towards the cockpit. Fox sighed miserably, but didn't say a thing until they blasted off into space, leaving so much behind them.
"I'll miss her," Fox declared suddenly. Peppy looked at him from the captain's seat.
"Of course you will, Fox, of course you will," Peppy sighed, too, "But there are things back on Corneria that just might need us. You'll never know, but you should always find out."
Fox look into the depths of the galaxy, looking at the twinkling stars that he spent so many hours under with his first and only love.
**
A/N: I think I made it a little short, but whoops, what's this?
*Epilogue*
Fox sighed as he gazed at the natural lights that dotted the sky at night. It was a month after he left Cerinia, and he left half of his life behind. Krystal was still millions of light years away from him, and so was the planet that shared with him life and death. But something else also happened, but seemed tiny under the circumstances: The Arwing was gone.
Fox decided it must've been a kit that decided to climb the engine bay opening and shove the wheeled jet out and away into the forest. Fox wouldn't miss it; he had already built another one.
Peppy was still at the hanger, sleeping his snore-full sleep, but Fox wanted to go outside and breathe in the fresh air before he was whisked away to the army camp, but at least it wouldn't be boot camp.
Suddenly, a dark blue speck flew across the dark sky, leaving behind it a trail of almost invisible smoke. It landed a few miles away, probably at the Cornerian Army's hanger.
"A bit late for training, isn't it?" Fox asked himself, "Ah, it must be a new program."
Fox ignored it after he had a little conversation with himself about how training in the darkness was good experience, before a rustle in the grass and bush in the clearing he was in beside the town distracted him.
"Peppy? Decided to join me, huh?" Fox snorted, his breath catching the wind. Peppy walked up behind him and put a paw on his shoulder.
"Thinking about her again, aren't you?" Peppy said in a higher voice than his own did. The helium tank probably burst again, either that or the bacteria in his mouth got into his windpipe or something.
"Yeah, I don't- What the- Krystal!" Fox jumped up and tackled the vixen down and hugged her hard on the ground.
"Ack, stop it, Fox! You're crushing my ribs!" Krystal chuckled. Fox looked into her eyes and sensed her mischievous nature again.
"Okay, what did you do with my Arwing?" Fox said in a mock-strict tone.
"Oh, Kohan made a copy of the warp drive for me and I decided to come live with you here," Krystal licked Fox on the snout in a playful manner. Nibbling on Fox's neck, she continued, "He's really a good mechanic, really, something that you don't expect from some general who lived with people in the Iron Age for his whole life."
"What? What about the throne?" Fox asked, bewildered.
"I thought full democracy was better and some old Queen any day," Krystal smiled. Fox looked at her for a second, feeling that she really didn't want to be a queen anyway. Who would, having people demanding lower taxes every day?
"I really missed you," Fox slowly and passionately kissed Krystal. She giggled softly, muffled by Fox's lips.
"I told you this wasn't going to be our last night together."
**
A/N: Ah, now it's done. Thank you. Bow before me, and I just might write a sequel. Whoops, excuse me, my brain just went into overdrive. Yes, brain work now... Clones, yes, clones... I'm obsessed with clones, in case you haven't noticed. I consider cloning a very complex and interesting subject. Hey, my clone buddy is here... Hiya, Matti...
Introduction: I wrote this because if I continued on my other story, then things will get a lot less action-y. Everything is different, well, almost everything. Erm. History changed because some weird dude messed with a time machine.
"Ah, here, hydrogen 607, very concentrated," the dealer handed Fox a large tank that weighed almost nothing, "Careful with that, lad, or else you'll find yerself blasted to the gates of heaven, har."
"Thanks," Fox shoved the tank into his pack and waved goodbye to the dealer and made his way out the door and into the snowy mountaintop with Krystal and Peppy behind him.
The snow was cold, but the air wasn't. The bright sun beat down on the rushing figures of the miners and the merchants, but not strong enough to make a bystander break into sweat. Foxes don't sweat much, though, due to the fact that they don't have as much insulation as other animals (fat).
"Do you see the palace from here?" Krystal pointed south. Fox nodded and Krystal smiled, "I'm making you stay for a day before you go." Fox smiled back. Krystal's short locks of hair fluttered in the slight breeze. That, combined with the fact that she was standing at the top of a cliff and wearing a very 'clean' tunic, made her look very majestic.
"It's a six hour hike down, though, and it's already five in the afternoon. We'll be asleep by the time we're down," Fox pointed out.
"No if we go down by sled," Krystal pointed at a large wooden board, "Strap yourselves down, boys, we're gonna go faster than sound. Well, maybe not..."
**
"AAARGH!" Fox screamed as the sled pummeled from the snow right into the trees, throwing its passengers into the dirt.
"Puh-toowie!" Peppy spat out sand and gravel, "That's gotta take at least four hours off our journey!"
"What do you mean? We're right here," Krystal pointed up the hill. The palace stood at the top, awaiting the company of three, "Home for me, hotel for you."
**
"You made it back!" Kohan cried happily, jumping up and down and hugging Krystal tight, "You idiot, your highness, do you know how worried we were when we heard you were captured by the rogues?"
"Get off, Kohan, I'm flattered," Krystal pushed the Prime Minister away and greeted several others of the Legislative and Executive Councils, all of whom were glad to see her back. The halls suddenly burst with activity, with servants going this way and that, serving every possible need that the Queen had.
"Get the cooks!" Kohan yelled, practically ignoring Fox and Peppy, "Feast tonight, and I don't care how they prepare it!"
**
"Mmm, good food," Peppy said, helping himself to mashed carrots. Peppy had gotten pretty fond of them by now. Fox, instead, helped himself to pie and fish. Krystal didn't even have time to eat; everyone was crowding around and asking her how she survived the wild.
"Well, I had my staff... And I had the help of two daring warriors, one of whom I've grown to like during the past few weeks," Krystal smiled sweetly at Fox. Fox blushed and busied himself with his tuna. Peppy snickered and flicked a piece of lettuce at him, hoping to make the young vulpine even more agitated, if possible.
"Quit it," Fox muttered darkly. Peppy snickered again, but stopped.
"Fox," Krystal whispered in Fox's ear as she shooed off the maids and the butlers, "Let's go to the springs tonight, just the two of us."
**
"How'd you get out without anyone noticing?" Fox asked. Krystal huddled close to Fox, watching the ripples in the water and the splashing of the waterfall.
"It's a trick I've learned. People don't like to follow you when you jump out a window," Krystal sighed and lay down on the smooth and short grass. Fox picked a blade of the green stuff, bent down, and tickled Krystal's ear.
"If that gets in my head, I'll kill you," Krystal pulled Fox towards her and she bit on Fox's neck sharply.
"Hey- Ow!" Fox nuzzled Krystal's shoulder with his snout. She giggled, which was quite unlike her personality, being rugged for a vixen. Krystal grabbed Fox's tail from behind him and tugged playfully.
"Careful not to crush me," Krystal whispered in Fox's ear, "Despite what you think, I get hurt easily." Fox grinned evilly and pinched her forearm. Krystal yelped and shoved Fox onto his back.
"Hey!" Fox chuckled as she nibbled his ear with the sharp but gentle canine teeth. Fox puffed out air at her neck, which made her yelp again from the moist air.
"Look at us, acting like newborn kits," Krystal laughed and used her knuckled to rub on Fox's skull. It was his turn to yelp loudly as she laughed harder. Turning her again, Fox shoved forcefully into her shoulder and flipped her over, landing on her stomach.
"This will be the last time we watch the stars together, you know," Fox said softly, looking into Krystal's eyes thoughtfully. She shook her head slowly.
"It won't be, but if that's what you think, then make tonight special," Krystal gazed back into his emerald orbs. Fox breathed in slowly and leaned forward. She waited patiently. Fox felt a warm, fuzzy feeling as their lips touched gently. Krystal kissed back, and Fox held their kiss for as long as he could before his biceps turned rubbery and he had to collapse on Krystal, making her giggle again.
"Is this love?" Fox asked, sounding like a little kit again. Krystal shrugged.
"Might be, but I wouldn't know," Krystal pushed Fox up and they kissed again, but this time involving a bit more lip.
**
"Bye, Krystal," Fox called, waving from the Great Fox's boarding hatch. Peppy nudged him, but Fox didn't notice.
"Good-bye, Fox," Krystal called back. The townspeople cheered loudly, with Kohan and Krystal at the front, waving wildly, as the latch closed with a hiss. Fox couldn't help but feel a sinking in his stomach.
"Too bad, Fox," Peppy clapped him in the shoulder, heading towards the cockpit. Fox sighed miserably, but didn't say a thing until they blasted off into space, leaving so much behind them.
"I'll miss her," Fox declared suddenly. Peppy looked at him from the captain's seat.
"Of course you will, Fox, of course you will," Peppy sighed, too, "But there are things back on Corneria that just might need us. You'll never know, but you should always find out."
Fox look into the depths of the galaxy, looking at the twinkling stars that he spent so many hours under with his first and only love.
**
A/N: I think I made it a little short, but whoops, what's this?
*Epilogue*
Fox sighed as he gazed at the natural lights that dotted the sky at night. It was a month after he left Cerinia, and he left half of his life behind. Krystal was still millions of light years away from him, and so was the planet that shared with him life and death. But something else also happened, but seemed tiny under the circumstances: The Arwing was gone.
Fox decided it must've been a kit that decided to climb the engine bay opening and shove the wheeled jet out and away into the forest. Fox wouldn't miss it; he had already built another one.
Peppy was still at the hanger, sleeping his snore-full sleep, but Fox wanted to go outside and breathe in the fresh air before he was whisked away to the army camp, but at least it wouldn't be boot camp.
Suddenly, a dark blue speck flew across the dark sky, leaving behind it a trail of almost invisible smoke. It landed a few miles away, probably at the Cornerian Army's hanger.
"A bit late for training, isn't it?" Fox asked himself, "Ah, it must be a new program."
Fox ignored it after he had a little conversation with himself about how training in the darkness was good experience, before a rustle in the grass and bush in the clearing he was in beside the town distracted him.
"Peppy? Decided to join me, huh?" Fox snorted, his breath catching the wind. Peppy walked up behind him and put a paw on his shoulder.
"Thinking about her again, aren't you?" Peppy said in a higher voice than his own did. The helium tank probably burst again, either that or the bacteria in his mouth got into his windpipe or something.
"Yeah, I don't- What the- Krystal!" Fox jumped up and tackled the vixen down and hugged her hard on the ground.
"Ack, stop it, Fox! You're crushing my ribs!" Krystal chuckled. Fox looked into her eyes and sensed her mischievous nature again.
"Okay, what did you do with my Arwing?" Fox said in a mock-strict tone.
"Oh, Kohan made a copy of the warp drive for me and I decided to come live with you here," Krystal licked Fox on the snout in a playful manner. Nibbling on Fox's neck, she continued, "He's really a good mechanic, really, something that you don't expect from some general who lived with people in the Iron Age for his whole life."
"What? What about the throne?" Fox asked, bewildered.
"I thought full democracy was better and some old Queen any day," Krystal smiled. Fox looked at her for a second, feeling that she really didn't want to be a queen anyway. Who would, having people demanding lower taxes every day?
"I really missed you," Fox slowly and passionately kissed Krystal. She giggled softly, muffled by Fox's lips.
"I told you this wasn't going to be our last night together."
**
A/N: Ah, now it's done. Thank you. Bow before me, and I just might write a sequel. Whoops, excuse me, my brain just went into overdrive. Yes, brain work now... Clones, yes, clones... I'm obsessed with clones, in case you haven't noticed. I consider cloning a very complex and interesting subject. Hey, my clone buddy is here... Hiya, Matti...