A/N: OK, this is actually a pretty short chapter (well short compared to the previous chapter). It's only a dinner scene and a little more of a glance into Wolf's life. Well, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Starfox, Nintendo and/or Rare do. Any relation to my original characters in anyway is entirely coincidental.

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Chapter 9: Dinner for Two

Wolf invited Katt in and they both started towards the kitchen. "So who was that with you?" Wolf had a way of seeing things. Nothing ever got passed his eye and this was a moment where it couldn't.

"She was just a friend. Her name is Mia." Katt answered. "So what's for dinner?"

Wolf led her into the dining room where rather than the overly large table she saw earlier, it was now a small table fit for two people to eat at. "I actually want you to try a new recipe I've been tinkering with."

"I'm no one's guinea pig! I came for a nice dinner." Katt replied in a rather serious tone.

"Oh, you will. But try this soup and see how it taste." He held up a spoon.

Katt took a small sip. The soup was hot, but not too hot. It was actually just right. It was also clear the soup was spiced to perfection. The taste wasn't bitter but actually a little sweet. The broth had a pure aroma that smelled a little like…Roses? "Why does the broth have the smell of roses?"

Wolf smiled. "It's a special seasoning I put into the broth. It smells like roses but it taste like cinnamon."

Katt's eyes popped. The broth was perhaps the best part! She hadn't had any of the meat yet, if there was any, for that matter. But the cinnamon taste certainly showed high-praise.

"You like?" Wolf asked like a young kit.

"It's….wonderful."

"I knew you'd like it. The smell of roses said you would." Wolf smiled. That sinister, yet innocent, smile.

Katt walked over to the table and had a seat, wondering exactly when dinner would be served. She knew there had to be more than just soup.

The table was nicely decorated. Nice white cloth with a rose imprinted on the cloth. The repetition of roses was starting to get to Katt. She didn't realize that her scent meant that much to anyone before. Candles were set in the center and gave the setting a nice moonlit glow.

Wolf set down two bowls and spoons for them to eat. The soup smelled divine. Now it was visible that there were noodles and small bits of meat. It didn't look too appetizing to Katt but Mia had always taught her that if someone put food down in front of you, you eat it!

Katt tried a bit and it was actually pretty good. Since she'd been back in Zoness, Shane had done all the cooking. Wolf wasn't a bad cook after all. "How do you like it?"

She nodded in approval. As if the sample she got of the broth didn't say enough for the full course. This wasn't all that was for dinner was there? It seemed so.

The two didn't interact much at all. Katt was taking sips of her own soup while Wolf sat there eating slowly. "So…" Katt asked.

"Yes?" Wolf replied quietly.

"Tell me more about you. You wanted to talk more, it's why you invited me over for dinner right?"

That slipped the lupine's mind. It was the reason he had invited her. "Well, I wanted to know more about YOU actually."

"What do you want to know?"

Wolf took a moment to think. No one had ever asked him what HE wanted to know. It was always that the fur just starting talking. Perhaps it wasn't best to expect a life story, even though Katt seemed like the type that would normally give you one.

"Well, where were you born for example? Who were your parents and all that sort of thing."

Katt looked as if she didn't really want to answer. "Well, I was born right here in Zoness. My parents were rich folks who wanted me to be their 'Princess' you could say."

"And you weren't?" Wolf looked at her and set his spoon down in his bowl with interest in what Katt had to say.

"No, I wasn't. They were 'perfect' and I was a 'commoner' to them. I didn't have very good manners, I didn't like to dress fancy in the slightest way, and I was overjoyed and overwhelmed by just about everything. I didn't always talk properly in front of them either. My parents were also very picky. Everything had to be spotless when it was cleaned and I was to practice arts and playing the piano everyday. My mother wanted a kit she could call a 'Princess.'"

"So you were pretty much an average kit?" Wolf smiled. "Fascinating. Your parents never approved of this?"

"No. They wanted me to grow up fast and I didn't want to. I hated the piano and I don't like to create art, I just like to look at it. After they finally gave up on me I went to Corneria."

"And I suppose you lived there for a while?"

"I loved it in Corneria. The furs were nice and it was just the kind of place where you could always be yourself. The only thing to fear in Corneria…was being human." Katt sighed. "But then 'he' had to come along!"

"Who?"

"Falco Lombardi. I thought I loved this guy and I feel stupid for thinking that anything could've worked between us! I wanted a nice relationship. Falco, on the other hand had this 'there's plenty of me to go around attitude.' It was strange. He could be with any other fur he wanted and expect me not to care. But when ever I did so much as just talk to another fur he didn't like that. I ran off to Mia when that relationship was doomed."

"So what happened after you ran off?" Wolf asked.

The rest Katt really wanted to keep a secret. She wasn't sure if Wolf would accept, or believe for that matter, that she was a shape shifter. "I lived with Mia in the woods North of Corneria for a while. Then we came back here…"

Wolf smiled and had actually forgotten about his soup. "Have you seen Falco anytime lately?"

"I saw him just before I came back to Zoness. He's… changed but I don't want to face the mistake of taking him back."

Wolf raised a brow. That was certainly something different than what he had expected. Usually he met females that were so obsessed with getting that one special someone back, but Katt was willing to let it go because she knew it was a 'mistake.' "So is there anyone in your life now?"

Katt held her head down as if asking herself: Do I dare tell him? What would be the harm? "I think there is… but I can't be sure."

"May I ask who?"

It's not like he knows him or anything. Katt told herself. "His name is Shane. He's a handsome black fox. He makes me feel good. He's like Mia in the sense that he always knows when I'm troubled, upset. He knows how to soothe my anger. He knows how to give me happiness… tranquility."

Wolf couldn't help but smile. It was like hearing a little sister talk about how great her big brother was when he wasn't around.

"So what about you?" Katt asked. "Have you ever had someone who just filled you with happiness; someone who you felt you could grow old with?"

Wolf closed his eye. "I did at one point, but our differences were too much to handle."

At the mention of this Katt felt just a tad bit guilty for asking in the first place. "What happened?"

Just as Katt didn't give him the full story, and he knew this by her awkward pauses when she talked, he wasn't willing to give her the full story. "Her name was Jade. The loveliest husky you'd ever seen."

Katt swallowed hard and wanted to gasp out that she knew Jade. But she knew that would only bring about trouble. Or at least she thought it would. "What happened?"

"I met her after being found in the woods. A hunter who had mostly grown to dislike furs attacked me. He stabbed my eye out and I woke up and met Jade. Did I not tell you about her before?"

Katt probably had heard Wolf talk about her the other day when they met. She slowly nodded. "But what HAPPENED?"

"We only thought we were compatible. We were fine… until we started to talk about Great Fox and Andross. We had different views on that. I strongly support Great Fox but she's a neutral. For some reason we let that get to us. I eventually found out why she was so neutral… but as of now I can't recall what it was."

It was obvious to Katt that he lied about the last statement but she let it go. She had hidden a few things too. "Why did you let that ruin your relationship?"

"Because it started to make us less compatible. We also started to become stereotypical. I remember one morning I caught her getting ready to drink a cup of coffee and I said to her, 'Furs don't drink coffee in the morning they drink tea! Only humans drink coffee in the morning.' The only reply she ever had was: 'Humans drink tea too.' I started letting it get to me. I guess you could say she changed me as well. I actually look at the things humans do now, and I realize that each and every individual is different. But I guess you could say if I met Jade now, they'd be no more satisfaction now than we had then."

This was sad to Katt. Now she realized that Jade and Wolf probably didn't speak much either. She, at least, could talk to Falco now. Wolf and Jade would probably never speak again.

"I hope you're happy with Shane." Wolf suddenly spoke. "Does he know that you're here?"

Katt shook her head. "I don't want him to treat me like a child! I like him a lot but I'm not his baby sister. He doesn't have to know everything I do."

"So he IS very involved in your life, is he?"

Katt hadn't thought much of it. They'd known each other for four years, but never grew to depend on one another the way they do now. In fact, it had only been two weeks! "Yeah, he's like a big brother to me."

It was then Wolf wanted to tell Katt It'll never work between the two of you. Of course, he wanted Katt to have hope but usually if a relationship got off on the start of 'he's like a brother' they'd suddenly become secretive and quiet towards one-another. They COULD make it work, but for some reason the two in the relationship never seem to let that happen.

Katt finally came to a stance. "He's probably worried about me. I should probably go now."

Wolf nodded. "It was nice to get to know a little more about you."

"Likewise." Katt responded. "Maybe you could come to Zoness one day and spend time with Shane and me."

"Perhaps." Wolf said but he certainly didn't feel as if that would be good. "Good-bye 'Princess.'"

Katt smirked. Not since her parents had she really heard that name. "Good-bye."

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Before long Katt was gone and Wolf was back in the kitchen cleaning what little mess he had made. Suddenly, that's when it hit him. Shane… the name sounds so familiar.

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A/N: That's a good stopping point I should say. A pretty short chapter and it only took place at the dinner table but there's nothing wrong with that. I wanted this to be a chance for Katt and Wolf to get to know one-another a little more. Sorry the update took so long, I had semester finals at my school, but now that winter break has begun I'm going to write A LOT! Anyway, R+R and if you like this please read "The Vixen Princess" I think you'll like that fic too.