A/N: Yes that's right. Two girls fighting over two boys. I told you I'd do something to make the fic different from you typical "Boy is Mine" type fic. At least I hope it's different! If it isn't…oh well I tried. Ahem! Anyway, I tried to make this chapter focus a lot on the Shane/Krystal/Katt love triangle rather than the Fox/Krystal/Katt triangle.

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Star Fox, Nintendo and/or Rare do. Any relation to my original characters in anyway is entirely coincidental.

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Chapter 14: Two Birds With One Stone

Shane was at the school a lot earlier than he usually was. He'd kept his mind on Krystal and Katt all night. He wasn't going to deny any of his feelings for either of them, but he wasn't willing to accept the feeling he had for Katt as easily.

He sat down in the middle of the commons all by himself. It was about 6:20 now and that meant that he was there LONG before he should've been. There was no one in the area except himself. No teachers or staff was present and no student would EVER come to school this early.

However, Shane rather liked this solitude. He could never seem to think in the morning at home. That was probably due to the fact that he had just awakened. But his mind usually grew more open when the area was more open. Often times Shane stared off into space not knowing what to think exactly and this morning didn't seem much different.

The black fox became drowned in his thoughts as more and more silence filled the room. The only sound he could hear was the sound of his own thoughts.

His thoughts on Katt actually remained the same throughout the moment. She was no different to him than she was a few months ago. Katt was still flirtatious and there was no way you could hide that. She was pretty though and Shane did feel like Katt was always there for him. She was sort of emotional support for him. The problem was…that's all she was to him. Yet...he wanted something more with her too.

Shane closed his eyes and continued to think for a moment when he felt a paw placed on his shoulder. He jumped a bit and turned around. It was Krystal. "You're very early this morning." Shane said.

"This is the earliest you've ever been here yourself." Krystal said and sat down. "Why did you come so early?"

Shane didn't want to tell Krystal that he'd been here to think about her and Katt. "I was bored and wanted to get out early." Shane lied. Krystal could probably tell. She usually could. This time was no different.

"No, you came for a different reason. In deep thought on something again?" Krystal said. She knew Shane better than anyone else it seemed.

"Yeah. I have been lately." Shane replied.

"Is it about me?" Krystal gave a nervous smile.

"Well, not exactly. I don't really want to talk about it just yet." Shane said. "I've been thinking about it all morning though."

Shane then continued to sit there and to his surprise Krystal took his paw in hers. "You'll tell me some time right?" She asked. Almost the exact same way Shane had asked. At first Krystal thought that Shane would shun her paw away but instead he clasped it and smiled.

"Of course I'll tell you. I've never hidden anything from you…I wouldn't start now." Shane spoke. He could hardly believe he had just said what he did.

"Don't stress over it. I hate it when you stress over things." Krystal gave his paw a squeeze.

"I won't stress over anything. I promise." Shane assured her. 'Why is she holding me?' He began to wonder. "Now are you going to tell me what you need to tell me?"

The question caught Krystal off guard and she looked down for a moment. "Not quite."

Shane nodded. "Take all the time you need." And that was it. He didn't say anything more…just left it at that. That's what Krystal liked about him so much. Any other fur would've tried to pry it out of her but Shane just left it where it was.

"Let's make an agreement. When you want to talk about your situation then I'll talk about mine."

Shane only nodded to this and realized that they were still holding paws. It was then that Shane decided to break that small grasp they had. Somehow it didn't feel right for him to enjoy her affection anymore. Perhaps that was Shane's problem. He allowed himself to love but didn't allow himself to BE loved. But him accepting her paw was a sign that perhaps this little statement wasn't true right?

'Does he still hurt inside?' Krystal suddenly thought. 'No, I think he feels more sadness than anger now.' Shane missed Krystal and Krystal now knew this. She just wasn't sure how Shane would react when she told him that she felt the same way.

It was getting on to 6:40 and that meant that more furs would start showing up. Shane stood up from where he sat and began to walk away, leaving Krystal by herself. As he walked off he could sense Krystal following him. He wasn't wrong either. She was probably only two steps behind. 'Why is she following me?'

"I want to talk to you." Krystal said almost as if reading Shane's mind. "We haven't spoken in a while. We need to catch up."

This made Shane come to a halt. He was almost to his locker until Krystal stated that. He turned without moving his entire body and looked at Krystal. He wasn't sure of his words at that moment. "There's nothing we need to catch up on."

"Sure there is. We haven't spoken to each other since January. A lot of stuff could've gone on between when we stopped speaking and now." Krystal acknowledged. She was right.

"You know my story." Shane replied and continued on to his locker. Krystal followed him like a helpless kit. "Nothing happened to me. I spent my time being angry and talking to Katt a lot. That's basically all that happened."

"Oh…" Krystal said. "Well, nothing really happened to me either. I spent a lot of time talking to Katt and Nall."

"Oh, and of course there was Bill…and that's actually both of us." Shane said. "Which reminds me I need to ask him what he's doing over the spring break. I should see what Fox is up to as well…or are you going to check on Fox for me?" Shane joked.

"Very funny." Krystal crossed her arms. "Bill told me all the stuff you said about me behind my back you know."

As Shane was grabbing his morning books he suddenly dropped his science book when Krystal said those words. 'Damn traitor!' Shane thought. "He did huh?"

"Yeah. It's amazing what some guys will do for a pretty face." Krystal smirked.

"So I guess Bill told you about all the names I called you and all the stuff I said about you that isn't true huh?"

"Yeah. But I guess if I got dumped I'd probably be the same way." Krystal still had a smile on her face. "It's okay Shane…I only asked Bill about you because you wouldn't talk to me."

"Poor Bill. I think we got on his nerves." Shane said while shaking his head. Then they both laughed lightly. "But he still invites us to all his parties so it's all good."

"Yeah. He said he was going to have a HUGE party after school this Friday." Krystal rolled her eyes. "I wish my parents would let me do that kind of stuff."

"You're going aren't you? He said there would be lots of dancing and food." Shane bent down to pick up his book. "I mean, you don't have other plans do you?"

"No…but…" Krystal said in a nervous voice. Why was she nervous? This was Shane, she'd told him more stuff than what she was about to say.

"What is it?"

"Will you go with me? It doesn't have to be a date or anything. I just want someone to go with and then maybe afterwards we could just…hang out or something?" Krystal clasped her hands together but was still content.

Once again Shane had dropped his science book…and all his other books. 'This is a trick! I KNOW this is a trick!" He told himself. He quickly grabbed his books again and came to a full stance. "Sure I'll go with you…but what's the catch? Why aren't you going with Fox?" Shane slipped out.

"What do you mean 'why aren't I going with Fox?'" Krystal's smile turned to a frown. She then started tapping her foot to the ground. Shane knew what this meant. Krystal was looking for an explanation. A GOOD explanation. This was one of the moments where Shane couldn't answer with that same old excuse, 'Oh nothing' or 'I don't want to talk about it.'

Shane smirked a little bit and then began to laugh. "Don't worry about it Krystal. I'll go with you. It's just that you've been so obsessed with Fox that I couldn't help it."

"Good enough." Krystal said and ceased her tapping. "What do you want to do after?"

"Hell if I know." Shane shrugged. "Get something to eat…go to a movie…stay out all night and do something. I'll let you decide."

'He's getting back to normal all right.' Krystal shook her head. That's what Shane always did. He left it up to Krystal to decide. "When Friday rolls around we'll see." Krystal said. "I'm going back to the commons. Nall should be here by now. Are you coming?"

"I don't know. Nall and I don't get along very well, remember?"

"Oh, don't worry about that." Krystal grabbed Shane by the arm. "Come on and let's talk."

What choice did Shane have anyway?

***

Back in the commons, Nall sat down with her head rested on the table. She was tired but at least spring break would be soon.

Bill would probably announce his party plans over the PA system, like usual. This time everyone would be prepared for a party. Nall once more thought what everyone else though, 'How can he do this ALL the time?'

Krystal walked up tugging on Shane's arm as Nall raised her head to see them. "Hey guys."

Krystal beamed a smile with her own "Hey." Shane just stood there and waved.

"You guys going to Bill's this Friday?" Nall asked with the world's biggest yawn to follow.

"Of course we are!" Krystal said. "Didn't sleep well?"

"Hon, I never sleep well anymore." Nall said.

***

As Krystal stood talking to her friends, she hadn't noticed Fox and Slippy walk into the commons. Fox looked to observe Krystal and noticed that Shane was right. Even Krystal could have a mouth at times.

Fox sat down at the table with Slippy and the very first thing that Slippy noticed was that Shane was standing next to Krystal. "Are they actually speaking again?" Slippy asked.

"Krystal and Shane? Oh yeah they talk again." Fox answered. "Maybe you should actually try this 'talking' thing with Katt. You know I hear it actually works."

"Shut up! Why doesn't she talk to me then?" Slippy asked.

Fox gave Slippy a sigh as a reply and Shane had sat down next to Fox just seconds later.

Fox was about to speak when Slippy interrupted before Fox could even breathe a word, "I thought you were mad at Krystal? Now you're acting as if nothing happened!"

"Well, when you think about it…yeah, nothing happened." Shane replied.

Slippy was confused now. "What do you mean?"

"It's in the past…that moment is in the past and so I should just forget about it." Shane said. Even though he hadn't really. It just felt like the thing to say to Slippy. It would only be a few minutes before he started bitching about Katt all over again.

"Then maybe you should ACTUALLY forget!" Slippy pointed to Krystal. The blue vixen looked back at the sign of Nall pointing it out. She looked back at Slippy and shook her head and was back to her conversation with Nall.

"Whatever." Shane shook his head. "I've forgiven her. It's never too late to going back to being friends."

"It is when your ex is Katt." Slippy commented.

"Slippy shut the hell up! We're all tired of feeling you damn sympathy." A deep voice came from behind him. Slippy looked behind to see Wolf standing there. "You make it seem as if you're the only guy who ever got dumped. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and move on! I swear you do this everyday!" This got Slippy to quiet down a bit. If Slippy ever got too dramatic about it, you could always count on Wolf to come and save you.

Wolf took a seat next to Shane and put his head down. "What's wrong?" Shane asked.

"I think Leon finally got expelled." Wolf said.

"But what for?" Fox asked.

"Apparently he got drunk the other night and went driving home. They say he hit a cop but I think it's all a bunch of lies. Probably just some rumor that got out of hand. All we really know is that he totaled his car. Nothing else is concrete because his parents don't discuss it. They'll probably disown him in a few years…or months…maybe even weeks."

"Tough." Was all Shane could say.

"What do you mean 'tough?'"

"It was bound to happen. Actually, I'm surprised YOU'RE not expelled yet!" Shane suddenly said.

Wolf growled a little but then came to a realization. Shane was right. "I suppose you have a point. Leon's in jail now, and his parents don't plan on bailing him out." Wolf shook his head. "We were going to join the military together."

"You could always go with Bill and me." Fox offered.

"Maybe."

"You know what?" Shane began. "Forget about Leon. He's gone from school! I don't know why we were associated with him in the first place." Shane babbled. It was obvious he didn't like Leon.

Just then Bill came walking in wearing some shades and a white light jacket that he rolled the sleeves up on. He had a black shirt beneath the jacket and black pants to match. "Hey guys." Bill said and sat down and put his feet on the table.

"That time of the year?" Fox smirked. EVERY TIME a vacation came up, Bill dropped the books and didn't do much of any work for the week. That's because he was the only student who knew the little secret about the teachers that he didn't tell anyone. The fact that teachers would grade assignments but it didn't matter because the grades were already done and already final. So doing work was useless…but teachers didn't want students thinking about breaks early.

"Yep. I finished my book and now I'm only waiting for Friday." He said when he eyed Wolf. To some extent Bill didn't like Wolf very much at all. Still, Wolf was considered a friend. He looked to Wolf and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Leon got expelled." Slippy answered.

"Thank you 'Wolf!'" Bill said. He was annoyed with Slippy, but then again…who wasn't?

Wolf shook his head. "In the end it'll be okay." He rested his head on his paws. 'I hope.' He said in thought.

"You could always go with Pigma!" Slippy joked but no one else laughed.

Wolf got up and walked over to Slippy and punched him. Slippy fell out of his seat and hit the ground. Wolf, rather than returning to his seat he merely took Slippy's. "This is serious for me!" As Slippy sat up, Wolf dropped the toad's backpack on his chest.

'At least he'll get into far less trouble.' Fox thought, and could almost tell that Bill thought the same thing. Even if Wolf was the leader of the two, Leon was the one who would scheme everything they did. Wolf just went a long with it for god knows what reason.

"You going on the PA again this year?" Fox asked Bill.

Bill smiled. "Of course I am. The whole school's invited and not just our class this time. Not only that but the part is across the entire block this year!"

"How did you convince the neighbors?" Fox had to wonder.

"I didn't." Bill laughed. "They convinced ME!"

"It's almost time for to go, I better head off to class." Shane said and grabbed his belongings and was down the halls.

***

As Shane was walking to his first hour he noted that it was only 7:00 in the morning. As he made his way he saw Katt standing at the door to his first hour. 'Oh great…' Shane thought. 'What now?'

"Hey, I thought you'd come here around this time." Katt said.

"You didn't see Krystal?"

"No, I wanted to find you. You usually get here a few minutes before seven."

"I've been here since 6:20 actually." Shane stopped in front of his class and was face to face with Katt. "So what's up?"

"I wanted to know if you were going to Bill's this Friday? The whole sophomore class is talking about it." Katt said.

"Of course I am." Shane replied. Instantly, Shane knew where this was headed. "Have you come to ask me to go with you or something?"

"Well, I was thinking we party at Bill's and then head out and do something for the rest of the night." Katt suggested. "It doesn't have to be a 'date' or anything like that. Just a friendly get together." Although to Katt it probably would've been a 'date.' She was willing to go that far with Shane. After all, she wasn't going out with Fox. 'I could use this moment to see who's better…' Katt thought.

'They're so much more alike than I give them credit for!' Shane found himself smirking at the thought. "Sorry to disappoint you Katt, but Krystal already asked me to go with her." Shane said. 'Why the hell do I feel like I'm going to a damn dance! It's only a party!' Shane said to himself.

"Why not go with both of us?" Katt asked

"Because I've got plans with Krystal that night." Shane said.

This indeed disappointed Katt. But not because Shane had said no, but because Krystal got to him first. 'Of all the furs, why did KRYSTAL have to get to THIS one first!?' Katt's ears lowered a bit.

"We can do something over the spring break sometime if you want?" Shane offered.

"That works for me at least." Katt said. "Looks like the first bell's going to ring soon. We better get to class." Katt turned around. "I better head off to my locker and drop off all this crap I don't need."

Shane waved to her and walked into class.

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As Katt walked down to her locker, which wasn't far from, where she was standing with Shane. "I can't believe Krystal got to him before I did!" Katt whispered to herself. "I thought that it'd be over between them and now SHE has plans with him on Friday night." She stopped for a moment, realizing that she had just passed her locker. "At least Fox is still mine." She said and turned around retraced her steps to her locker. "All mine."

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A/N: Nothing much I can say about this chapter but please R+R! I actually think this is one of the better chapters if you ask me. Anyway, I'll continue more with the Shane/Krystal/Katt triangle more in the next chapter. I haven't forgotten about Fox.