A/N: HAHAH for those of you that thought this story had died…WROOOOOOOOOOONG! Ok yes it took me 3 months to update, but between my new college life, vacation, and writers block…I had some obstacles. But like I've said before…Starliner will NEVER EVER GIVE UP of course it may be a while at times…but I've gotten some fresh new ideas forming in my head. Just wait for Chapter 8 I promise you WON'T be disappointed! Just get ready…evil grin Oh and for those who could not get the Special Chapter that I couldn't put on for "Adult" Reasons…I still have it if you want it…but…if you feel safe enough you will have to personally e-mail me so I can send it as an this chapter that I completed in 2 days! Chapter 8 will be LOADED with action and one shocking twist that NO ONE will EVER expect to happen!

Chapter VII: Radiant Love

Krystal gazed at the blue diamonded ring deeply then looked up at her lover. The two lovers exchanged gazes for what seemed an eternity. "Fox, it's beautiful." The lovely blue vixen said softly. "I love you so much, you probably won't ever know how much I love you."

Fox leaned into her and rested his forehead on hers and whispered to her, "I love you more than you'll ever know, I fell for you the moment I saw you trapped in the crystal on Krazoa Palace." Krystal grinned wide and blushed through her fur. Fox ran his fingers along her face, and the vixen took his paw and kissed the back of it, then leaned in and kissed his cheek. "You are so sweet Fox…it's unbearable." Krystal grinned whispering to him softly. "Should we tell them…or leave it a secret?"

Fox replied gingerly to her, "Lets keep it a secret for now." Krystal smiled and kissed his cheek again, making the vulpine blush. "Let's get out of here." He said with a grin.


Falco just stood there with a confused look on his face, "Wait…what did you just say?"

The grey furred lupine looked to Peppy with a disgusted yet desperate look, "I hate doing this…and you know it. Believe me, you idiots are the last people I'd want to come to for this, we just need..." Wolf cringed knowing the next words he was going to say were the ones he hated most, "…help"

Falco snickered and leaned in, "What? What was that now?"

Wolf glared over at him through his bionic eye, "You know what I said."

"No no…I don't think I quite got that." Falco said with a wide grin on his face.

"Just shut up bird!" The lupine shouted.

Fox and Krystal were suddenly seen entering the room. Fox's ears perked as he heard the loud commotion upon entering the room, "Whoa…what's with all the yell…" He stops abruptly upon seeing Wolf and the entire Starwolf team in the room. "…ing" He finishes. Falco smoothly trotted up to Fox, "Get this man…they need our help." The avian said with a snicker.

Fox looked at him, then over his shoulder to Wolf and the others, "Oh? Well what's the problem?" He asked Wolf while looking over Falco's shoulder.

Wolf sighed, "Ok listen…they just hit us, a swarm of damn fighters all led by this one giant asshole. They just suddenly swarmed in with no warning, killed most of our troops and completely took over Sargasso. We couldn't survive that kind of attack, we'd never seen anything like it…it just…was too much" The words seemed to be staggered as he told the story.

"Just tell me…who is the commander to this squad?" Fox asked calmly and collected.

Wolf scoffed and smirked, "Heh…some moron named Leo."

The whole room went dead silent and everyone looked at each other at once. Katt to Falco, Fox to Krystal, Peppy to Slippy, and the Starwolf team looked nothing but confused. "What…" Wolf said in confusion, unaware unto what they knew.

Peppy closed his eyes, looked up at the ceiling, and sighed deeply, "Ok Wolf…what did this person look like…?"

Just as the dark grey lupine was opening his maw and raw, raspy voice appeared out of no where, "He looked like a huge muscular tiger with a chest plate on. He looked like he'd recently been, seriously injured or something." Leon said in his usual raspy tone.

Suddenly a small groan was heard from Krystal, she hunched down and grabbed her stomach. Fox's eyes and ears perked and he hunched down beside her, "Hey…what's wrong"

The vixen shook her head to tell him nothing was wrong, "It's really nothing…just a small stomach pain, I'll be right back." She said once again exiting the room quietly.

In the back, Panther gazed over at her as she left the room. He grinned and decided to follow her, as he was passing Fox the vulpine stood in front of him and stopped him. "Hey…what do you think you are doing?"

"Relax pup I'm just going to see if she's ok, you have more pressing matters to attend to right now." Panther said with a sly, yet trusting grin on his face. Fox slightly grinned and let Panther pass by him.

"Panther!" Wolf called out to the dark feline as he was leaving. He gave him a glare and shook his head slightly, "Don't do anything stupid for once." Panther smirked and left.

The vixen stumbled into the kitchen and flopped down in a chair, holding her gut. "Damn…why did this have to happen to me now." She groaned slightly her paw on her head, resting her elbow on the table.

Panther peeked around from behind the door, seeing the beautiful young vixen sitting alone in the kitchen. He let out a long sigh, "Ok Panther, here we go…just play it cool." He strolled in the room with a high and mighty look on his face and sat down in the chair adjacent from Krystal. She looked up at him and grinned slightly.

Panther opened his maw to speak and before he could get any words out of him he heard, "Oh don't you even think about it?" Krystal's voice rang out as his maw was open and ready to speak. The feline quickly sighed and slumped down in his chair, "Well why not?" He asked her calmly.

Krystal looked up at him with a slight pained look in her eyes, "Well…the one thing most of all is…I'm in love with Fox."

The feline rolled his eyes and scoffed, "Why should that matter…we can always hide it."

She looked up at him with a disgusted look on her face, "How in the hell can you say that…That is the exact reason why I'd never date you. From things I've heard about you in the past, you've cheated on several people…and I'm not going to…" She abruptly stopped and grabbed her gut again, softly resting her forehead on the table. Panther got up from his chair and walked over behind her, placing his large paw on her shoulder, "Hey, are you ok?"

Krystal nodded, "It's just a…stomach ache…probably something I ate." She said softly grinning back to him.

Panther tilted his head slightly, "It looks to me more like just a simple stomach ache." He mused.

Krystal shook her head reassuringly, "No…Panther it's just a stomach ache, but…it's really bad."

The feline pulled up a chair and sat down right beside her, "Krystal, let me help you, there must be something I can do."

Krystal shook her head again, "No…there's nothing you can do for this kind of stomach ache. Thanks you are really sweet though." She looked over at him and grinned.

Panther just sat there with a confused look on his face, "What do you mean hon? What kind of stomach ache do you mean?" He asked. Krystal just looked at him as if she was keeping a secret.

"It's different because…" She stopped and looked straight ahead at the wall.

"What…what is it?" He asked with his paw on her shoulder.

"It's different because…I'm…I'm pregnant." She mused blushing slightly.

Panther's eyes widened, "Oh…well congratulations, to…Fox too." Fox's name seemed to growl out of his tone, hinting a bit of jealousy in him. He stands up and walks out of the room without saying another word, leaving Krystal looking at his back as he rounded the corner. She stood up and closely followed him.

"So you are telling me you stabbed him through the chest with a sword and he survived it?" Wolf asked facing Katt her slowly nodding.

"Apparently he did…I don't know how though. I thought it was quite a clean pierce." Katt mused, "I mean I took his own sword and stabbed him through the chest…all the way through, until the base of the sword was touching his back, I don't see how anyone can survive that. Plus I shot him square in the forehead after I stabbed him."

"Well apparently their technology is higher than ours." Slippy said out of no where.

"Heh for once…I think the toad is right." Wolf mused, his bionic eye scanning the room.

Fox suddenly felt a pat on his shoulder and turned his head to see Panther right behind him. "Congratulations Fox…" He said before joining back up with his own wingmates. The vulpine tilted his head and just looked at him as he walked away. Soon after, he suddenly felt someone wrap their arms around his tummy and hug him tightly. It was none other than the lovely vixen. He looked back to her, "Krys…why did he say that? Does he know?" He asked her looking into her eyes.

"Yes Fox…he knows, but no one else does…it just sort of, slipped out on me." She said with a slight giggle, in her mind reviewing over what she really meant by 'he knows'.

"Ok that's it…it's time to buckle down and nip this in the bud, we have to stop this once and for all." Peppy said sternly, "It's time to invade Venom and stop Invictus once and for all, we are moving out team…once again. Slippy, call up General Pepper and tell him that we are ready to invade and stop this crisis. Tell him to get our top troops and fighters, because this will not be an easy mission." After peppy finished the toad quickly left the room to do the job he was asked to do. "Wolf…we will help you get your base back, if you end up helping us with destroying Invictus."

The lupine grinned sheepishly, "Fine…it's a deal, even if I hate it."

Peppy nodded, "Thank you."

Wolf turned away, "Whatever…Panther, Leon lets go get ready." Then they all left the room, in a small triangle formation. Wolf in front and the other two following close behind on each side of his shoulder.

Fox rolled his eyes and turned around to be face to face with his mate. She was looking up at him with soft eyes, with a secretive look in her eyes. "Fox…may I talk to you for a moment?" She asked him softly taking his paw, cupped over hers with her other paw covering the top of his paw. Fox nodded happily and she leaned into his ear, "Fox…there's something I've been keeping from you for quite some time now. You see…Fox…" She blushed deeply and leaned in and whispered, "I'm…pregnant."

Fox's ears twitched and his eyes widened wide, he retracted from her and looked deep into your eyes. "Wh…wha…what did you say…did…did you say…" Fox started stumbling backwards, Krystal couldn't keep from grinning at him.

"You are going to be a daddy Foxy." She said giving a soft kiss to his cheek. The vulpine stuttered and backed into the wall, slowly sliding down until he was sitting on the floor with a dumbfounded look on his visage.

"Krys…how…you…what…I th…thought…how did…how did…this happen…when did this happen?" Fox struggled to get the words out, but could barely find the strength. He was so overwhelmed with surprise and happiness that he was almost unable to remember his own name.

The lovely vixen slid down by him and rubbed his leg, "Honey, do you remember that one night…after we went to the Blue Ray Bar?"

The vulpine thought for a moment then his eyes widened again, "But that can't be…we were protected, it was safe." Fox mused staring straight into her eyes.

She smiled and snuggled up to him, "Well…I guess it wasn't enough." Krystal said rubbing up his leg, stroking his chest lightly with her fingers. "Fox…are you alright with this…I mean, you told me a long time ago you wanted to be a daddy one day." She alleged an inch away from his lips.

Fox blushed deep red feeling her radiant lips literally an inch from his lips. "Yes Krys…of course…I did. I just w-wa-wasn't expecting it to…happen li-like th-this." The red furred vulpine stammered out. "I love you so much, words are in capable of expressing my love for you."

Krystal leaned in and softly attached her muzzle to his, then released. "I guess this will work out for the better then, I need to hit the gym Fox. I will talk to you later, we all have some preparing to do." She said standing back up holding a paw out to the shocked vulpine.

Fox shook his head lightly and smiled up to her, "I think…I'm going to sit here for a little while…I need to think." Krystal nodded and softly walked out of the room, turning back and winking at him just before she rounded the corner to head for the gym. Just as she rounded that corner Falco also turned, greeting her kindly then turning his blue feathered cranium to see Fox, slumped down on the floor. He scoffed and ambled over to him. "Yo Fox! Why are you sitting here?" He asked.

Fox looked up at him and just shook his head softly over and over again, not saying one word. Falco got down in his face and waved a wing in front of him, "Hello? Fox? What's up?" He asked again. The shocked vulpine still said nothing, he just looked up into the avian's eyes and shook his head with a slight smile appearing on his face. Falco smacked him across the head, "Dude! Wake up!" He shouted. The shout was just enough to bring Fox out of his own world and back to the real one.

"Huh? Oh…oh! Hey Falco…wh-what's up?" He asked still stammering a little.

"That's what I'm asking you dude. What is going on? I mean…you are just sitting here and the look on your face looks like you've just discovered a shocking secret or something about someone."

Fox just looked up at him and shook his head. "Actually…you are right Falco. Krystal…just told me…she was p-p-pregnant."

The avian got a huge grin on his face, "Woooo! Way to go Fox McCloud!" He shouted at the top of his lungs. Fox quickly shot up and put his hand over his beak, "Hey shut up man. We can't let the others know just yet I'm worried about her and the mission. It could be bad for the child." Fox mused with his paw over the avian's beak, "I don't even know if I can handle her on the team right now. I'll have to look after her twice or even a hundred times as much as I did before, now that I've been told this."

"Fox relax…Krystal can take care of herself, trust me on this" The avian said to Fox nudging him friendly. "But for now…we must prepare for this war, come on man lets hit the simulators, we've got two days." Falco said holding out his wing to help him up. Fox gladly took his wing and the avian pulled him up, and they left to train on the simulators.