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Just read on.
Anyway, if you can't assume from the title of the story, this is a romance story about Fox and Krystal. And some added plot because the author sucks trying to write stories without any adventure or action. (Trust me, I tried once, it didn't end well...)
The Fox and the Vixen - Chapter 7 - Preparations.
Fox climbed out of his Arwing and quickly moved to Krystal's and helped her climb down. She mouthed a small "Thank you," as both proceeded to left the hangar and head back to the cabin.
The walk through the various corridors went uneventful and in total silence. Fox simply trying to keep his anger towards a certain reptilian to a low degree so that it wouldn't be noticeable, while Krystal was going through the conversation she had heard in Titania about this new weapon.
Finally, after 5 minutes of total silence both foxes reached the cabin where Peppy and Slippy welcomed them. It was already late and they figured Pepper had already left his post in the Cornerian Army Base.
"You are back sooner than I had expected," Peppy started as he got up from the couch and walked towards Fox.
"I guess we got lucky and found what we needed without too much problems. I'm surprised the defense was lacking in the building however," Fox replied as he moved to the table where he pulled a chair for Krystal who gladly accepted and sat. Peppy and Fox did the same only to be joined by Slippy a couple of seconds later.
"We really didn't had problems at all. The worst was that Fox got a burn from a zinging bullet in his right leg, but other than that, things went pretty smooth," Krystal looked upwards for a second, "I expected things to go a lot worse if you ask me."
"So what did you found out after all?" Slippy asked as he supported his head on his hands, whose elbows where on the table, he moved slightly forward at the inquire.
"I guess it's better if we go through all of that tomorrow when we contact Pepper," Fox said as he tilted his head in Slippy's direction.
Peppy nodded, "You are probably right, you should be tired."
Krystal lowered her head to gaze in the direction Peppy was, "With all the running, a little... I wouldn't mind taking a shower to clear off all this orange dust off my fur," she was abruptly cut by a small sound emanating from her abdomen, "But now my stomach says I'm hungry..." The rest laughed.
"I'll fix you something quickly," Peppy got up and started heading to the kitchen on their right, "Any preferences in particular?"
"Did the automatic dispenser had a problem?" Fox asked finding it odd that Peppy was going to cook aboard the Great Fox since he usually only did so back at Corneria.
Slippy nodded, "Yeah, I haven't been able to find the reason, and with the ship being out in space I can't really check too well. First thing on my list when we get back to Corneria."
"Oh well, the usual please," Fox said looking to Peppy. Krystal tugged from his tail to draw his attention.
"Any suggestions?" she asked, Fox shrugged.
"I don't know, just mention something to Peppy and let him surprise you."
"Right," Krystal lowered her sight to the floor and thought, "Well, I could really use something with some meat for energy," she looked at Peppy.
He placed a finger in front of his mouth as he thought, "Alright, you just sit back. I'll be there in a few minutes."
Both foxes nodded with a "Thanks."
°°°°°°°°°°°°°°Half an hour later, both Fox and Krystal were already retiring to their own rooms to take a shower and then sleep.
Fox had accompanied Krystal to her room. With a small goodbye kiss, Krystal entered her room and Fox walked away to his own.
At least an hour later, and with a slightly damp fur coat, both foxes finally slept, forgetting for now about the upcoming war.
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The next morning Fox had once again overslept. Krystal had already changed and just as she thought, she saw Fox sleeping in his bed with the covers all sprawled around. She sighed theatrically yet again after seeing him like this and approached the slumbering vulpine. She sat on the edge of the bed.
"Fox," she whispered in his ear and slightly nudged him. And much to her surprise, Fox answered back.
"Yes, Krys?"
"You are actually awake?" Krystal asked in surprise and thinking that was Fox said was simply the result of a dream perhaps.
"Yes," Fox said. He still kept his eyes closed and didn't moved however.
Krystal scowled as she looked down at him, "Then why are you still in bed?"
"I was waiting for you to come," Fox said as he moved and grabbed Krystal by both shoulders and drew her down. She yelped slightly in surprise but soon relaxed when their lips met. Once they let go of each other Krystal playfully smacked Fox in the back of his head.
"What was that for?" Fox asked after a small moan as he rubbed behind his head.
"For making me come all this way," Krystal said with a small giggle. Fox got up and drew one of his uniforms from the closet as Krystal made her way out, "Meet you at the bridge."
"Right," Fox nodded and he started to change as Krystal walked away.
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"ROB, open a communication channel with General Pepper please," Fox said as he sat in his chair and started to go through the data in his wrist-comp. A screen at the front of the bridge sparked to life.
"How did things go in Titania, Fox?" Pepper asked in the same tone and wearing the same uniform as ever. Fox always wondered how he managed to be in the same clothing and not getting tired of them. He moved his attention away from his wrist-comp for the moment.
"Well sir, we have both good and bad news to give," Fox started and made a small cough behind his right paw to clear his throat. "On one side, it appears Andross has nothing to do with this particular affair."
Pepper sighed, oblivious to the fact that he interrupted Fox, though the latter didn't seem to mind, "That's good to hear."
"As I was saying sir," Fox took in some air. "While going through one of the buildings we stumbled across a room filled with computers. I've downloaded some information that I deemed important into my wrist-comp, which I'll send later for further investigation," Pepper nodded. "As I said, it appears Andross has nothing to do with this, or at least, there was nothing in there that gave even the slightest hint of it. I'd say this is a personal vendetta of Scales against both Krystal and me, and grew in scale to what looks like an interplanetary war," Fox paused there.
Pepper nodded again and spoke, "What about this new weapon of them?"
"I was just getting to that. We overheard two sharpclaws talking about this new weapon and I could also find some data on it. It's not so much of a bio weapon however. They are special bullets that supposedly will only severely affect warm-blooded subjects, such as most of the Corneria population almost instantly killing them, or giving a slow torturous death."
Pepper raised his right eyebrow, "And should they hit another cold-blooded animal or one of they own?"
"According to what we heard, it that case the bullet will have no side-effects and would act as a normal bullet," Fox announced as he typed in a few things on the computer that etched from the right of his chair. "I'll send you the files I got in just a few moments."
"Very well," Pepper turned around and walked away, "Anything else you'd like to report?" he turned back.
"We delayed their production and investigation somewhat. Don't know how much time we got, but we blew their main supply of power."
Pepper's face showed a little of delight even though he tried to hide it, "Excellent work, Fox. I'm sure this will help us at least getting prepared."
"Sir, if you excuse me, I would like to ask one thing," Krystal said with some embarrassment as she moved besides Fox so that Pepper could see her.
"What is it, miss Krystal?" Krystal blushed just slightly not being used to be called 'miss'.
"If an actual war breaks out, and if as I suspect, Scales attacks... Could it be me the one that confronted him? Or form part of the squad in case you send one?"
Pepper was a little shocked to say the least, "I suppose you have your reasons," Pepper started. "Very well, you have my permission to do so. But you shouldn't be asking me this however." He flashed a small grin at Fox as Krystal blinked in confusion. " I'll send some informs later as to what will happen with the Star Fox during this war. Now if you excuse me, I have some matters to attend to. Star Fox, make haste in your way back to Corneria. We have no time to waste."
"Yes, sir," Fox answered as the hologram died. He turned to his left to face Krystal. "You sure about wanting to go against Scales? I understand your reasons, but..." he trailed off.
Krystal sighed, "I admit that I'm not too sure about that myself," she looked up at Fox. "But I must avenge my family..." she shook her head, "No, not only my family, but all of Cerinia." She said as she laid her head on Fox's left shoulder. Both Peppy and Slippy noticed but decided to save their comments out of respect. Fox stroked Krystal's head for a moment to make her relax.
After a minute Peppy approached the couple, "Sorry to interrupt, but we should be landing in Corneria in a little more than 2 hours."
Fox nodded, "Thanks Peppy." And the latter walked away.
Krystal stood up, "I'm heading down to the cabin for a moment." She then whispered something to his ear.
Fox nodded, "I'll catch up after I finish sending these files," Krystal planted a small kiss on his left cheek afterward before she left.
Fox resumed his work in the terminal to his side, and once Krystal had left the room both Slippy and Peppy made a few whistles at Fox, who slightly blushed, "Oh shut up," he said as the other laughed and resumed what they were doing. Fox on the other hand kept typing in the terminal as he transferred the files from his wrist-comp and proceeded to send them to Corneria.
"Well, I'm heading down for a while," Fox announced as he got up. "You two should take a break too," he said as he started to climb the stairs on the side and heading to the door.
"Nah, we just started here, besides, we are just checking the ship," said Slippy as he turned around to spot Fox.
"Besides, we wouldn't want to interrupt you two," Peppy added without moving his attention from his terminal.
Fox remembered what Krystal whispered to him, "Well, at least consider it in the nearby time." He left the room.
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Krystal was already in the cabin, sitting in the largest of the 3 couches surrounding the glass table just 2 meters away from the giant-sized plasma screen of the cabin. She heard the door open and looked around to find who she thought it was. "Fox."
He walked towards her and sat down next to her on the righ. "What is it that you wanted to talk about?" he placed his left hand on Krystal's left shoulder and drew her closer to him.
"About this whole incident with Scales and me..." she looked at Fox and then ahead through the window and into the sea of stars. "When I was in the orphanage back in Karenia, my fur wasn't the only thing why either the other children there avoided me, or teased me for..."
"What do you mean?"
"Apparently rumors between the caretakers about me being followed by Scales started to spread around the place and somehow the other children found out. That's was only the start of my harsh life there... I had to spend eleven years enduring their teasing, threats and what not. Fortunately I still had my staff with me, which is the only reason why I was able to protect myself," she eyed her staff, which was tied in a special holster on her right thigh. "Not that I used it however."
She took a deep breath and continued, "I finally turned fifteen and that's when I finally realized the truth. However, I still had to live in the orphanage. I was already used to the treatment I had received from the other children but finding out of the truth dug out all those painful memories that I so much tried to bury inside me... Those must have been the hardest days in the time I was there, since things got worse afterwards. The teachers felt a little of compassion for me ever since I had arrived, but it stopped right there. Not to mention the other kids started to tease me worse, they were actually mocking the death of my family!" through the course of the talk she had started to choke up slightly, but at that point she finally broke into tears. Fox wanted to do something to make her feel better, but what could he possibly do to make that happen? Having no real answer he placed Krystal's head on his left shoulder and started to stroke it with his left hand trying to comfort her.
"That was the very first time I had actually used my staff. At that point I didn't cared about hurting them..." she paused trying to calm herself a little more, "For eleven years I simply dismissed all their comments, but at that moment I was very vulnerable with those news and for they to actually mock the whole death of my planet..." another pause to take calm long breaths. Fox continued to stroke her head silently. "Not long after that, the caretakers decided to release me. I still was 3 years younger than the normal age, but they thought that if I remained, I would have hurt the others badly because of their constant teasing and mockery..." she breathed calmly, still crying, but just a little more relaxed, "But it didn't end there. Every place I went, everyone turned their backs on me." And all of her effort to calm down went in vain as she started to openly cry again.
"Krystal, ever since I saw you back in Dinosaur Planet you know how I felt about you... During the time we've spent together I've come to learn more about your past with each passing day, and with each of those days I've also come to hate Scales more and more," Fox started and Krystal was stopping crying as he looked to Fox, who was looking straight ahead with a serious look. "But I can somewhat relate to the hatred you feel for Scales. My father, James McCloud was killed by Andross. Yes, the same Andross I fought back in Dinosaur Planet, and the same one I defeated 8 years ago. Since my father died I swore to get revenge on Andross, but the first time I fought him, and the whole complex was exploding, I know I saw my father. I know it because he was the one who guided me out of the place and to safety, but no one else saw it... That's one of the reasons I'll keep hunting Andross across the whole Lylat System, that, and to find about my father..." Fox paused for a second.
"I vowed to myself to protect you since the moment you came along with me to the Great Fox for the first time. Now I know that Scales is after you, and which is why I want you to reconsider what you asked Pepper a few minutes ago. I know Scales is planning this in order to draw you to him, however if you decide you still want to go ahead with this, then at least, let me come with you."
Krystal shook her slightly as she cleaned her eyes with her left paw. "No, I can't ask you to come with me. I've run away from my past for too long, this is the time where I'll put an end to it. I owe him most of my misery filled life," she looked up at Fox, who was already looking at her. "Don't worry, now that I have someone to return to, there's no way he's taking me down." She ended with a long kiss that Fox returned. They split apart and Krystal rested her head on Fox's shoulder as both stared into the infinite vastness of space.
"I'll be waiting for you then. I'll make the sure the rest of the things go well so you have a place, and someone to return to then." Another kiss, and both laid there until they had reached Corneria.
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The Great Fox had landed back in Corneria. Fox expected their small diversion to give Corneria, and the surrounding planets, a week or two to prepare for yet another war.
As for the rest of the Star Fox crew? Peppy had gone out to visit his relatives for a couple of days before returning back with the team. Slippy, having not much to do at all had decided to look over the base and repair whatever that was affordable and necessary.
Fox and Krystal were finally having some quality time together. Sure they had spent some time aboard the Great Fox, but there's not really much to there and now with the rest they earned from their diversion they were getting the most of it. For one part, Krystal had finally gotten some normal clothing, so she could put her uniform to rest since her loincloth attracted too many sights. This also gave Fox the liberty to dress casually when with her.
Krystal was currently wearing a pair of gray shorts which reached around mid-thigh, along with a gray blouse and gray vest on top. They made a nice match to her cerulean fur. She still wore the golden bracelets, her usual footwear and necklaces however. She only removed her shoulder-pads. Fox was currently sporting a pair of gray shorts as well, though near-knee length, a white t-shirt topped with a green vest.
Pepper had already asked for their cooperation in the upcoming war. Provided one did occur of course. So Fox and Krystal had to take advantage of the time they had before that happened. Then again, they had to be prepared as well, and Krystal wasn't really too confident in her Arwing flying skills, so she had been asking Fox for advice, though she was answered with a flying simulator building. And that had been only the first day.
Fox had also taught Krystal how to use a Blaster just in case the need arose. She preferred her staff overall, but decided to carry a Blaster on whatever her next mission with the Star Fox would be. Other than that, Fox had kept showing new places to her with each passing day. And the following days were pretty much like this as the rest of the Cornerian army were getting prepared to defend their planet. They had a dinner in a fancy restaurant and headed back to the Star Fox base.
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What served as a base for the Star Fox was pretty quiet most of the time. It has been a week since they returned to Corneria and still no news on the whole Titania situation. Peppy was supposed to return that day, and both vulpines were snuggling against each other just talking. They had really come to enjoy this time together, both foxes were just looking outside the big pair of sliding glass doors that lead to the yard and into the starry night sky, not minding the mid-Fall temperatures, which were starting to get a chilly edge.
Behind them the sound of various keys being fiddled with made Fox turn around to see the door opening. He didn't expected the next however.
"Falco! What are you doing here?! I thought you'll be missing for at least another couple of months before we would see you again," Fox said a little surprised and mocked.
"Now wouldn't you like that?" he started as he entered the building. Falco, as his name suggests, is a falcon, his feathers are mostly blue, the only exception being the surrounding area of his eyes which are red. He was currently wearing a pair of black pants, a red shirt and a gray jacket over it. "Besides, it's not like I had much of choice..." Fox lifted an eyebrow to which Falco resumed, "Not with her behind me." Fox finished scowling as he saw a second shadow step in, having a good idea of who it was.
"It's not like I was going to let you sit idle in this situation, besides, Pepper did ask for your support," a pink cat stepped behind him.
"Nice to know we can count on you to put him in his place, Katt," Fox said with a smirk directed a Falco who growled slightly. Katt, as aforementioned, is a pink-colored cat, with shoulder-length pink-whitish straight hair. She was wearing a pair of gray pants and a light red blouse.
"Someone had to do it after all..." Katt started but caught sight of Krystal. "And who might this be, eh Fox?" she said with a tone that made Fox blush just so slightly under his fur, but luckily for him, Falco didn't saw. Katt and Falco walked over them and sat in an adjacent couch.
"I'm Krystal, nice to meet you," the blue vixen said topping it off with her trademark smile.
Fox added, "I guess you somewhat know Falco already from back at Dinosaur Planet. Katt has been sort of a long-time friend of the team since she always manage to appear whenever we find ourselves in a dire situation," Katt nodded, "That, and she's pretty much the only one who can control Falco." Krystal had heard a thing or two about Falco's personality. But so far he didn't seemed like a bad guy.
"This coming from the guy who couldn't help himself and had to go back..." Falco held a smug face after that. Fox simply shrugged.
"Oh that's not all, she's part of the Star Fox now," Falco's mouth hung open, "Yep, turns out she's one hell of a pilot." Then under his breath Fox added, "Among other things..." Krystal still heard and giggled somewhat.
"Changing the topic," Katt cleared her throat, "About this whole war that Pepper called us for.. He didn't say much at all, mind filling us in?"
"We don't really know too much either..." Krystal started...
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A week earlier...
"Those pesky foxes..." a figure hissed.
"Sir, we've finished the damage report. 47% of our electrical sources have been destroyed, the rest are intact but the main generator was severely damaged and needs to be repaired," a second figure started.
"Then what are you waiting for?! Do it!" The first one cut in.
"Yes sir, we estimate the repairs will take about a week to restore the plant to 100% operation, about half just to get the reactor running probably."
"Concentrate on the reactor then, restore the other terminals after that. We must not waste anymore time."
"Very well, sir." The second figure disappeared.
The first one cackled evilly, "Soon... Very soon, I'll strike back and this time things won't work your way Cerinian..."
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"Well, it certainly doesn't sound like Andross is involved in this," Katt commented. Falco laughed afterwards.
"After the beating he just received, I think it's too soon for him to make a comeback."
"You never know with that.. thing. The problem is we don't know when they'll strike," Fox retorted. Falco got up and walked to the glass sliding doors and looked upwards.
"It looks like there won't be any space war involved however," he started as he placed both of his hands behind his neck.
"I don't know much about this whole war concept, but I doubt they'll just deploy land forces. Otherwise they would be easy preys for the air fleet," Krystal remarked. Falco nodded.
"That's true," he turned around. And started to pace around.
"Could you stop? It's kinda unnerving..." Katt looked at Falco for a second. "However, they must have a big force ready if they are thinking of tackling Corneria like that. Then there's the point of safely getting them to land since I'll suspect they'll meet the space fleet." Falco turned around to look at Fox.
"Say, where's Peppy and Slippy?"
"Slippy is either on the Great Fox doing some repairs, tinkering with who knows what, or already asleep. He started early in the morning, so he should be tired by now. Peppy had left to visit some relatives not long after we got here. He's supposed to come back today," Fox answered. Falco nodded, then yawned.
"Say, is the room I used still here?"
"Yeah, we don't really have much to do with all the rooms up there, and knowing you... We left it like that," Fox answered back and motioned to Katt, "There's also a spare room at the end of the hallway that you are free to use Katt."
Katt smiled in return, "I think I'll do just that, we flew quite a bit to get back here, good night everyone." She then got up and started walking away.
Fox turned around after Katt disappeared and looked at Falco. "So...?"
"So what?" he answered just slightly annoyed.
"You know what I mean..." Fox nudged his head slightly towards the stairs direction.
"Mind your own business," Falco somewhat sneered as he also walked away and up the stairs.
Krystal blinked a few times in confusion, "What was that all about?"
Fox turned around to nuzzle her head softly, "How to put it... For quite a lot of time Falco's got this crush for Katt, and vice versa, but most of the time they are just bickering at each other," he paused, "In a friendly way of course... While they'll probably won't come out to the open at all, I think deep down they both know what the other feels, and I suppose all those arguments they have are their way of showing they care for each other... At least that's what Pep, Slip and I think..." Fox shrugged.
"Well I think they make a nice couple," Krystal added and Fox chuckled.
He turned his head a little past Krystal's to watch a clock on the wall which read 10.47 PM. "I don't know you, but I woke up a little early today and I'm getting rather sleepy. Not to mention I don't think Peppy will get here anytime soon." Fox yawned.
"I think I'm calling it a night as well," Krystal nuzzled Fox as they snuggled together. "I don't want to move..." she somewhat whined.
"I was thinking the same thing," Fox said. "Let me just grab this blanket over... here..." he said stretching a little to the other couch which had a folded blanket on the arm rest. He unfolded it and wrapped himself and Krystal on it as she laid her head on Fox's right shoulder, who lightly rested his head over Krystal's as they snuggled together for the night.
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"Never fails... Just when you need a hover cab, none seem to appear..." a somewhat aged rabbit said to no one in particular as he walked away from a currently parked hover cab, but then it took off. He fiddled with his keys, but found the door was unlocked. He dismissed the thought however and just walked in.
He immediately spotted both vulpines snuggled together under a blanket in one of the couches. He subconsciously smiled. He knew that Fox had suffered a lot in his childhood losing both of his parents. And from what he had gathered, he knew Krystal also had a tragic past, especially with being the sole survivor of her planet. In the end he was happy to see that both of them had finally started moving on. He walked carefully upstairs and into his room, the clock on his stand read 11.51 PM already, he was tired to say the least.
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The next morning Solar was already projecting its rays into the particular area of Corneria where the Star Fox's base was, landing directly into a brown fox's face who stirred in his sleep. He groggily opened an eye and spotted a pink cat sitting on the other side of the room in a chair and holding a small mug in a paw.
"Aww, you two make such a nice couple," Katt said a slight teasing tone, then took a sip from whatever was in her mug.
Fox scowled. "Yeah, morning to you too," he said as he moved slowly since he didn't wanted to wake Krystal up. He just straightened himself up as Krystal was still laying on his right shoulder. "What time is it anyway?" he asked rubbing his eyes with his left paw.
"Just past 9 o'clock," she said looking at the clock behind Fox. "Well, since you seem to be in a tough spot..." she teased again motioning to the slumbering vixen. "Anything I can get you? Coffee? Water?"
"Nah, don't worry. She always wakes up around the first half of 9 AM," he gazed at her head and the slightly rustled hair. "I don't know how she does it, but always on cue," he ended as Katt hummed.
"The others are still asleep by the way," Fox nodded. "Any idea of when can we expect the enemy forces?" Katt questioned as she took another small sip from her mug.
"Well, the explosions weren't that great... I estimate we at least half-stopped their power... But one of the main bombs was on the generator, so they must have taken a heavy loss there... I say we can still get anywhere from 3 to 7 days before we hear from them," Fox ended. Krystal stirred slightly, "See, I told you she always wakes up around this time." Katt chuckled.
"Hmm..." Krystal mumbled as she stretched a little in her place and spotted Fox and Katt. "Morning," she yawned afterwards. Both answered back. Krystal turned around to gaze at the clock and read 9.11 AM.
Fox turned to see Katt, "I could use the coffee now," he smirked.
"Too late, she's already up, you go get it," she said quickly pointing to the kitchen and with a smirk on her face.
"Bah..." he got up and walked to the kitchen, "Need anything Krys?"
Krystal turned to face Fox, "I wouldn't mind some coffee. The usual," she turned around again and placed the blanket aside.
Katt drew Krystal's attention by waving a hand at the distracted vixen, "So, since when have you two been together?"
Krystal hummed as she looked upwards, "Not long really, just a little less than two weeks. Why you ask?"
"Nothing special," she took a sip from her mug, "It's just good that he's finally moving on after all that has happened in his life." Krystal nodded. Fox was already returning.
"Here you go," he said as he handed Krystal a mug of coffee, to which she promptly blew a little at before tentatively taking a sip to see how hot it was.
"Say Fox, you joining the earth or the sky battle?" Katt questioned across the table.
"Hmm... I really haven't thought about it. I guess I'll leave the air to Falco for now, and I expect the Husky, Bulldog and the new Lupus squads to be up there as well... So I guess I'll help on the ground for some time." Fox sipped from his mug.
"I guess I'll be giving air support to you then. I think I'm taking the air raid," Katt said. She looked at Krystal, "How 'bout you?"
She hummed as she sipped from her mug, "I don't know, I could take the ground, I've been learning how to use a Blaster and I have a somewhat good accuracy, and I can always fling fireballs with my staff," she patted her staff resting in a special holster around her right thigh, "Then again, I could take the air as well... I don't really know."
Katt nodded, "Well, you still have a couple of days to decide, though you could always stay back in the infirmary if you choose not to fight."
Krystal shook her head, "Nah, I do like helping people out, but I feel like I owe this place something so I want to help. Besides, if I know Scales as I think I do, he is going to show up, and I still have to exact the revenge of my planet..." She sighed.
Katt scowled and was about to speak but noticed Fox's head shaking slightly as if saying 'No'. She said nothing.
"Anyway, I'm taking a quick shower," Krystal said as she kissed Fox in the right cheek, took the last of her mug, placed it on the table and walked upstairs to her room.
"It's good to see that you finally found someone," Katt said as she also took the last of her mug and placed in on the table.
"And to think I barely rejected that mission to Dinosaur Planet... I guess the reward I got from successfully doing the missing was naught compared to her." Fox took a long sip and finished his coffee, he also placed his mug down.
"I suppose." She smiled, got up and stretched a little as she walked to the sliding glass doors. She turned around, "You'd best get ready, I have a feeling she'll have you out all day with her," and she smirked. Fox nodded and left the lobby heading upstairs.
Alan: There you go, chapter 7 down. And the longest of all so far.
Krystal: And now what do we have left?
Alan: Well, I think just 2 more chapters until this particular story arc ends. Then what I suppose would be the actual plot will actually begin.
Krystal: Actual...plot? Then what's all this?
Alan: It's all part of a bigger plan, trust me.
Krystal: I find that so hard to do...
Alan: [Rolls eyes] Anyway... Now wasn't that scene of Fox and Krystal in the cabin slightly corny? (The end I mean)
Well, if you notice anything out of place (Like mistakenly naming a planet wrong again...) be sure to tell me so I can correct it.
And thanks to my beta-reader, Jamie Bunyi.
Signed as usual,
Alan "Gray Fox" Quirino - grayfox2510hotmail.com
Until next time!
Chapter 8: Let it Begin...