Star Fox Adventures and all it's characters are property of Rare and Nintendo.

Now, before we begin there is something I have to say. I don't have a GameCube, thus neither do I own Star Fox Adventures, while I've played it a while I haven't finished it, the rest of the story I missed was told to me, even though the game story won't have an actual bearing in this story (for the obvious reason of me not knowing it completely), Dinosaur Planet will probably also be mentioned, and used as well... Anyway, just ranting over how can't I play (at free will at least) the game I most want to play for GameCube... *Crosses fingers waiting for a GC emulator*...

Anyway, if you can't assume from the title of the story, this is a romance fic about Fox and Krystal, with a side of adventure and action as well...
By the way, this is basically after Star Fox Adv, and Krystal past changed just a LITTLE...

The Fox and the Vixen - Chapter 2 - Love can't be stopped... And neither can instincts!

To call the trip embarrassing for Fox was easy. Krystal with hey naive ness really didn't paid much attention to it... Still, the trip back to the Great Fox would be around 2 hours, and they couldn't stay in silence all this time, right?

"Say Krystal..." Started Fox, getting Krystal's attention who was gazing absent-mindlessly at the space, she answered with a small "Hmm?" to which Fox followed; "Why were you still in Dinosaur Planet? I mean, I thought you were going to continue your search for your past..." he ended, Krystal blushed slightly below her cerulean fur.

"Truth is... I couldn't get off... I had no means of transport, my old ship crashed in another planet and I hitched a ride to Dinosaur Planet..." she said rather shyly, possibly because of the blush... and the irony...

'Never saw you as the flying type...' muttered Fox. "You said something?" asked Krystal, with her ears perked up. "N-no" lied Fox, Krystal easily picked up the lie but decided not to press on. They stood in an awkward silence for a couple of minutes.

"And what about your home planet?" asked Fox, Krystal winced a little and Fox instantly realized he apparently had hit a nerve... or at least some bad memory.

"I guess I should start from the beginning..." she drew a breath but was interrupted by Fox, "You don't have too if you don't feel like it" he said, but Krystal shook her head. "No, this would make it easier for you to help... As much as it pains to remember..."

~*~

First of all, you should know I come from royal family... In my planet, Cerinia, my parents were the king and queen. Even though I had royal blood my parents, and me as well, refused to go into one of those nifty private schools, I guess they wanted me to blend with more normal people. I preferred that as well...

One day however, I was just slightly older that 4 years, I was going back home, when I entered the palace it was all quiet, not to mention dark.. That place always gave me the creeps, one could easily stalk you and you wouldn't even notice... As I was saying, I entered the kitchen and saw the first dead body in my whole life, one of the butlers had been brutally killed, I stared in horror and then ran away as quickly as I could to my chambers, on the way however I crossed my parents' and inside it, I saw not only them but the killed, he brandished a pretty long sword, my parents noticed me and so did the killer, as he moved towards me.

Completely shocked my body refused to move, I saw the killer's eyes, red eyes and heard a small hiss as it drew its weapon backwards preparing for the blow, I covered my face with my arms but nothing came, I opened my eyes and saw my mother had stood in the way, taking the blow from me. My father in that moment used the same staff I have to momentarily knock the killed, he quickly trusted the staff to me and placed me in some strange mechanism I have never seen before... In his room at least, he bid me farewell and pressed I button, I just cried as I saw the killed creep up on him, and before I could see anything else, I was blasted away... Since that moment on I started hating everything related to gore...

A couple of days later the computer of the ship told me I had arrived at Karenia, a small planet not far away from Cerinia. That's where it all started... I walked towards a nearby city, after some strange encounters I started living in an orphanage, I really didn't cared, but my blue fur was my best friend, the other animals found it.. peculiar and teased me for it... That's where I got the practice with my staff. To that, Krystal grinned at Fox, who just smiled back, even if rather nervously.

I finally reached 15 there, and while I excelled at piloting, I had no ship of my own, the one I came to the planet with was actually just a pod, one day, close to Dinosaur Planet I received a distress signal, and hitched a ride there... And well, you pretty much know the rest...

~*~

"That's sums it up a little... Before I actually landed on Dinosaur Planet I made a vow to myself that I would find however murdered my parents..." Krystal ended. Fox, speechless just nodded, Krystal was looking to the outside when a rather big object flew by. The Arwing computer shot up, "We are entering an asteroid belt. Proceed with caution" it said in it's robotic voice as Fox turned the auto pilot off and grabbed the controls...

"Get ready for some fast-paced action!" he said as he moved swiftly between the asteroids blowing one here and another there. In short, he was just basically showing off to Krystal. The 'flight' if you could call it that continued for another 20 minutes before they finally cleared the asteroid belt. Not that Fox cared if she noticed anyway...

"How long until we get there?" asked Krystal. "Possibly around an hour" let out Fox with a sigh, Krystal just nodded. And they just gazed out.

A couple of minutes later... "Krystal......Krystal?" asked Fox, but he noticed the faint snoring of the female vulpine, he had been so lost in his mind he never realized Krystal had laid back her head on his shoulder and entered slumber, Fox decided to let her sleep, as he followed...

"...nation reached. Following standard docking procedures" said the computer of the Arwing as Fox stirred in his sleep, Krystal was still fast asleep. The must have slept the rest of the trip, since the Arwing was already starting to dock on the Great Fox. He whispered Krystal's name into her ear to wake her up, she stirred and opened an eye, followed by the second...

"Krys, we reached the Great Fox, wake up" whispered Fox. "Already?" she muttered as the Arwing's cockpit started to rise.

"Fox! Where the hell where you?! We were wo... oh!" started yelling Peppy at the Arwing but stopped when he saw Krystal emerge from the Arwing, jumping down and barely keeping her balance. Fox quickly followed but tripped with his shoe laces and fell sideways, Krystal giggled and Fox just blushed.

"I was going to ask why you suddenly disappeared but I guess this answers my question..." said Peppy as he stepped closer, he was wearing his usual red suit with his brown trench coat and the boots. He then nudged Fox in the side after he had gotten up.

"It's nothing like that!" he snarled and Peppy chuckled for a moment, muttering a "Whatever" as he left the room.

"What was that?" asked a confused vixen at Fox. "Nothing... Nothing at all..." he answered back, Krystal just shrugged. Fox stepped forward and motioned her to follow, which she did.

Fox led her around a series of hallways and corridors before stopping in front of a door, he typed in a code in a numeric pad besides it and the door slid open.

"I know it's not much, but you can use this room for yourself" said Fox as he let Krystal go in, she looked around with a big smile on her face. Though the room was not so much it was the most she had had in a long while, in the orphanage she had lived before she shared a rather BIG room with all the other kids, and then being encaged on a crystal... The room was rather simple, it had a large bed in the middle, a desk on a side next to a big drawer and closet, on the other side was a door to a bathroom.

"It's great!" shouted Krystal overflowing with happiness, so much that she hugged Fox and the turned around to see her room again, Fox was surprised to say the least, but as soon as it came, it ended, and he sighed. He was turning around to leave when he heard Krystal, "Fox, thanks again for everything... Not only saving me but taking me in in your ship as well"; Fox smiled at her and left, saying; "I'll come back tomorrow, it's kinda late already, you should rest", he waved goodbye and left to the control room of the ship, where Peppy was already telling Slippy about Fox's 'escapade', he snarled at him for that but simply left to his own room, tired of the trip he simply plummeted into bed, ending another day...

Well, 2nd chapter done.. Probably another one and then for the first mission...

Krystal~ I better not die, get tortured, or anything else in this story as well...

Alan~ We know that kinda hard... Since you seem to draw trouble right at you...

Krystal~ *Takes out her staff and gives a menacing look*

Alan~ But I'll try to avoid that nevertheless... *sweatdrop*

Krystal~ *Smiles and takes away her staff* Good!

Alan~ Anyway, let me prepare the next chapter....

Star Fox Adventures and all it's characters are property of Rare and Nintendo. They are used without their consent and well.. *shrugs*

Signed as usual,
Alan "Gray Fox" Quirino - grayfox_2510@hotmail.com
Until next time!

Chapter 3: Vulpines...