Note: WARNING! This chapter contains extreme levels of cuteness. You might die from it as you read the story. Enjoy!

Chapter 44: Babies At the Great Fox

An alarm was blaring throughout the Great Fox, which caused Fox, Falco, Slippy, and Peppy to stop what they were doing and head into the docking bay.

"What's going on, anyway?" Slippy asked.

"Something's approaching the Great Fox!" Peppy said.

A roadrunner dressed as a mailman entered the docking bay with a clipboard and four burlap bags.

"It appears we have a package." Fox said.

"Yeah, four of them!" Slippy added.

The roadrunner sat the bags down and approached the four men with the clipboard, darting his tongue out rapidly. Upon signing their names on it, Fox, Falco, Slippy, and Peppy handed it back to the roadrunner.

"Meep! Meep!" The avian mailman said before exiting the Great Fox, running as fast as a bullet.

"He should be lucky that we parked on Corneria." Falco said.

"What are in these bags?" Peppy asked as he picked one up.

Fox opened up one of the bags, revealing something unexpected: a cobalt blue vixen who was only a baby. Her innocent eyes looked at him with curiosity and happiness. As for Falco, the package he opened up contained a baby girl who was a white poodle.

"Babies?!" Falco was surprised.

"They're so cute!" Slippy gushed as he opened his bag to reveal a baby lynx who purred against him.

"How are we gonna take care of them?" Peppy asked as he opened the final bag, which contained a baby fennec who was sucking her thumb.

"Dada!" The baby poodle cried in excitement.

Falco looked at the puppy and saw that she had a license that said "Fay". The avian then looked at the vixen Fox was holding and saw that she also had a license, but hers said "Krystal". The lynx's license said "Miyu" while the fennec's license said "Fara".

"They look like those girls I have been seeing in my dreams." Falco said.

"What do you mean?" Fox asked as the vixen began sucking on his finger.

"In my dreams," the avian explained, "we had these girls as members of the team. But they were much older, around Fox's age to be exact. I think that the fennec and the vixen were Fox's girlfriends."

"Speaking of girlfriends, guess who's coming?" Slippy mischievously said.

The Cat's Paw entered the Great Fox, landing near them.

"Oh great," Falco sarcastically said, "just what we needed."

Katt exited the Great Fox, walking near the team.

"Don't we have a protocol for this?" Falco asked in annoyance.

Once she got near the team, Katt gasped and looked at the babies in excitement.

"Where did you get those little cuties?!" The pink cat asked.

"They arrived in the mail." Falco answered.

"And they're cute!" Slippy said before blowing on the lynx's belly, causing her to laugh.

"Can I hold one of them?" Katt asked.

"Sure." Fox said as he handed the baby vixen to her.

The cobalt vixen reached for Fox as Katt held her, as she had grown fond of the vulpine.

"You're like a cuddly little teddy bear!" Katt said as she hugged the baby vixen, with the little one sucking on the feline's cheek.

"Why are they drooling on us?" Slippy asked as the lynx sucked on his finger.

"They're babies," Peppy said, "they might be hungry."

Without warning, the babies' stomachs growled. As a result, they began crying.

"Don't worry, little one!" Katt cooed at the vixen as she lifted her shirt, "I'll get you something to eat!"

"Should we look away?" Slippy asked.

"I don't mind, boys!" Katt said as the cobalt vixen sucked on her nipple.

"Shouldn't we feed them strained stuff as well?" Falco asked.

"We should ask Peppy." Slippy stated, "He has a daughter."

"Lucy's all grown up now, but I still have my fathering skills." Peppy said as he handed the fennec to Katt, taking the vixen out of her arms.

"Maybe I could babysit the little ones." Katt suggested.

"Good, because I know next to nothing about how to care for the little rugrats." Falco said as he handed the poodle to her.

"You can come when we're busy on a mission or something." Slippy suggested.

"Largely because we can't take the babies with us on a mission." Fox said.

"We can't leave them alone either, so you're officially their babysitter, Katt." Peppy said as he took the lynx from Slippy and handed her to Katt, allowing her to join her fellow infants in feeding on the pink feline's breasts.

"I'll come whenever I want to," Katt said, "but I will keep the babies out of harm's way."

The vixen, the poodle, the lynx, and the fennec looked at Katt with their innocent eyes.

"Does that sound good, little ones?" Katt cooed at the babies, who responded with excited squeals.

"Mama!" The poodle cried.

"Let's get them inside," Fox said, "they need their rest."

The team entered the living room of the Great Fox with Katt and the babies. They then lie the babies on the couch, where they yawned.

"What are their names?" Katt asked.

"The vixen's name is Krystal," Falco stated, "the fennec's name is Fara, the poodle's name is Fay, and the lynx's name is Miyu. Couldn't you read their dog tags?"

"Didn't get a chance to." The feline innocently said.

"Now that we have these babies, we need to get them some baby stuff!" Slippy said.

"We might even need to make them some strained food if they run out at the store." Peppy said.

"But for now, let's allow the girls to get some shuteye." Fox said as he sat down near the babies.

Krystal, Fara, Fay, and Miyu crawled onto Fox and fell asleep.

"Aww, look at them!" Katt gushed.

"They must really like Fox." Slippy said.

"They'll like all of us when we spend some time with them." Peppy said.

"Let's just let them sleep for now." Fox said as he rubbed his hands down their backs.

"Yeah, I'd be a major asshole for waking up babies from their naps." Falco stated.

"You'll be a sweet Papa Bird." Katt said as she kissed him on his beak.

"If we have kids, I want to name them." The avian said.

Katt then moved over to the babies, kissing them on their foreheads.

"Sleep well, little ones!" The feline cooed as she started to leave the Great Fox.

When she was gone, the team looked at the new arrivals. Even if they weren't around children on an hourly basis, they felt comfortable knowing that they had babies to care for.

Note: This chapter is pretty much practice for when I write "Daddy's Little Vixen". It's going to be a good while before I write that story. While I'm at it, I should probably clear something up: pretty much all of my stories from "Lucky Rabbit's Foot" onwards will be in the Zero continuity, but they will feature characters from various continuities and official characters of mine to make the cast more diverse. I know I said that "Lucky Rabbit's Foot" was set two months after Assault, but it's set after my own version of it. I might as well write a prequel story that will be my own version of Adventures and Assault that will retcon and change several things. Given how Fara, Fay, Miyu, and Krystal have yet to appear in the Zero continuity, I made them babies in order to show that there is hope for their return, even if Bill and Katt are Fay and Miyu's spiritual successors. If any of you are wondering about chapter forty-five, I'll post it on Christmas. As I said before, it will be a song-based chapter featuring a song by the band Raven. What did you guys think about this chapter? Let me know when you leave a review or give a constructive criticism stating what you like and what you don't like. Until next time guys, peace!