As Fox, Krystal, and Prince Tricky walked through the corridor leading them to the Ocean Force Point Temple, a gate at the very end of the hallway was opening up. As soon as it opened, the trio walked through it.
They ended up on a ledge with a nearby ramp leading them down to the floor, that was submerged about a foot and a half in water, with a similar ledge and ramp on the other side of the room. Fox immediately walked down the ramp to the submerged floor and walked up the ramp on the other side of the room and through the other gate, through another corridor, with Krystal and Tricky following behind him. They walked through the corridors and found themselves walking to a gate that led…
...outside? The trio kept walking a bit further and found themselves on what looked like a sandy dune with tiny pools of water on each side. Krystal was awestruck by the sheer exquisite beauty of the scenery. "It's beautiful…" she said, awestruck at the majesty of the grove.
"Guess this is another good reason to bring a camera. But we can sightsee after the planet is saved." They walked to the other side of the area, and found what appeared to be the walls of a temple. The pillars at the front of the temple amazed them. It was almost like nothing they've ever seen before. The pillars were of pure water. Fox, Krystal, and Tricky were awestruck. Fox even tried to touch one of the pillars and his hand went right through it. And it felt like running his hand through a soft waterfall. "These pillars are pure water. We're in the Ocean Force Point Temple! We made it! Come on, guys! We've got a SpellStone to return!"
Krystal nodded. "And a planet to save." The trio walked up to the entrance near the pillars. Fox placed the SpellStone in the center of a huge stone door that would lead to the Temple itself. The door opened, Fox put the SpellStone back into his backpack, and the trio moved forward.
Fox, Krystal, and Tricky stepped inside the Ocean Force Point Temple and were completely awestruck at its beauty. The cool blue marble walls and ceiling reflected the pools of water present in the area. It was almost like being in an aquarium or an aqua tunnel below the ocean. The three heroes walked to the end of the Temple's entrance hall, mesmerized by the beauty of the structure.
But even with the Temple's amazing beauty, the trio knew that the shouldn't let their guards down. Krystal then suddenly started to sense two hostile thought patterns in the room. And they were coming this way! She panicked, turned around, drew her staff, and shouted, "Look out!" Two large SharpClaw soldiers wielding axes charged at the vulpine duo and swung at them. Krystal blocked the blow with her staff and Fox dodged the swing from the other SharpClaw soldier. Krystal then slid under the first SharpClaw between his legs, which confused the SharpClaw for a bit, and then latched onto its back. She charged up the energy in her staff to perform a Ground Quake and then rammed the tail end of her staff into the back of the SharpClaw's neck. The massive force caused the bone structure in the SharpClaw's body to shatter apart, and then the brute collapsed to the floor, dead. Meanwhile, Fox vaulted over the other SharpClaw after dodging its attack, then struck it on the head with the head end of his staff, killing it. With the two SharpClaw soldiers dead, the heroes walked to the end of the hall, and saw a huge pool of water that led to some platforms on a far side of the room, and an opening with rushing water pouring out from a hole in the wall right next to it.
Fox immediately jumped into the water and tried to swim through the opening through that wall. He powered on, but as soon as he got to the rushing water from the wall that was blocking the entry way, the strong current pushed Fox far away from the opening and towards the other side of the room. Fox felt swept away by the current and toward the opposite side of the room. Krystal giggled. She called, "Follow me!" Then she jumped into the pool and swam to the other side of the room to where Fox was at. Fox quickly turned his attention to Krystal who dove into the pool and when she resurfaced, was swimming to the platform on the far side of the room on the other side of the wall to the entrance hall in a very leisurely backstroke, all with a whimsical, and when she noticed Fox looking at her, flirtatious look on her face. Fox blushed. He didn't know what he found more titillating; the fact that Krystal's body was soaking wet, making it easy for him to see right through her skimpy, slinky loincloth, or the fact that she was so nonchalant about it.
Almost instantly, the three heroes reached the platform at the far end of the room, which had a ramp leading to another platform higher up, which had thin ramps on it on each side; three of which led upwards while the last one led back down to the lower platform. Fox, blushing profusely, asked, "Why don't we each take one ramp and see what's up there?"
Krystal smiles. "That might actually be a good idea. It is pretty efficient after all."
Fox climbed up the first ramp on the left side of the platform, treading carefully out of not wanting to slip and fall off. When he made it to the top, he activated a switch with his staff. This activated a nearby green orb. Meanwhile, Krystal walked along the ramp on the right side, which had a few twists and turns, and after making narrow navigations upward, and after balancing herself on the thin ramps, activated another switch with her staff, which ignited a blue flame. During that time, after Fox activated the switch on the left ramp, he then walked his way up the central ramp, again, under thin twists and turns, and activated a thrid switch that deactivated the strong current that blocked their progress. The two foxes jumped back into the water and swam towards and through that opening, now that the current blocking it was turned off. They found a rocky wall and climbed up it to reach the top of the platform, which had an unlit teleportation pad in the center, indicating that it was inactive. As soon as they made it to the top of the platform, they took a quick look at the orb near the other side of the room, and the flame on the side of the platform that faced the orb. The flame kept changing colors from red to green to blue. Fox lined up his staff so that it would be facing the orb and so that the flame would be between the flame and the orb, and waited for the flame to turn green. As soon as the flame did turn green, he fired a Fire Blast, and the blast turned green from the flame, and hit the orb, causing the teleportation pad in the center of the platform to start glowing. Krystal said, "Nice going, Fox!"
Fox replied, "Well, like I said, dad taught me to trust my instincts." Then he, Krystal, and Tricky walked to the warp pad and were warped out of the room.
As soon as the teleportation was finished, Fox, Krystal, and Tricky found themselves in another part of the temple. The trio walked into the next room and along a pathway to another hallway to their right. They walked through that hallway and into another large room filled with water like a swimming pool. Krystal breifly noticed a huge, round door on the right side wall of the room and saw a switch in the corner next to it, near the floor below. She then smiled at Fox, saying, "You're not the only one taught to follow their instincts." She swam towards the switch with all her strength, then quickly drew her staff, took a deep breath, held it, then dove down towards the switch. She put the tail end of her staff into the switch and used it to activate it. The door opened revealing another hallway. Krystal then pulled her staff out of the switch and swam back to the surface.
Fox noticed the door opening and smiled in admiration. "Nice going!"
Krystal smiled back and the three heroes swam to the opening of the door climbed out from the ledge, before proceeding down the hallway.
When they got to the end of the hall, they were in a room with an octogonal fence in the middle with four unlit torches, and two of the walls having climbable rock walls leading up to ledges, and the last oen having yet another large round door. The trio looked up at the ceiling and saw ledges that contain shootable switches, and statues of Krazoa spirits on top, one in each corner of the room. Fox and Krystal then had the idea that they should activate the switches on each pillar. Fox stood on the left side of the room and used his Fire Blast to activate the switches on the pillars on the right side of the room. Meanwhile, Krystal did vice versa. But although all four switches in the room were activated within just a few seconds of each other, nothing happened. The vulpine duo tried again, but again, nothing happened. "Rgh! This isn't working! How are we suppos..."
Fox then briefly noticed a small grate near one of the pillars. He then had an idea. "Hey! Trocky! You think you might cast a flame on that grate over there?"
Tricky replied, "On it, Fox!" He then walked up to the grate and started breathing fire into it. The platform in the center of the room started to rotate and the four torches lit up. Fox quickly launched a Fire Blast at one of the switches again, and then one of the Krazoa statues bent on forward, opened its mouth, and a rushing stream of water came rushing down, dowsing a flame and extinguishing one of the torches as it passed beneath the statue. Fox and Krystal immediately knew what they had to do. Fox activated that same statue again as the next torch approached it to douse its flame, while Krystal activated the statue located in a similar spot from her side of the room, dousing the flame on the torch on the opposite side of the platform. Then she activated that same statue again, extinguishing the flame on the last torch. The platform then stopped rotating and then the round door opened. Happily, the three heroes walked through the door, and down the hallway into the next room.
When Fox, Krystal, and Tricky reached the room, they saw a small balcony above them. Krystal readied her staff and shot up to the alcove above. She took off to the air and landed on the balcony. Then she called on Fox, saying, "Come along, Fox." Then Fox followed suit with the Rocket Boost from his staff, soaring to the balcony.
As soon as the two foxes were up on the balcony, they walked through a doorway through to the balcony of another room, where they found yet another corridor. After walking through that second corridor, they found themselves at another balcony that had a flame that switched its color from red to green to blue, and a platform with a warp pad on it, with a green orb on the opposite side of the platform. Krystal readied her staff at the orb so that a Fire Blast would pass through the flame. She waited for the orb to turn green, and then fired a Fire Blast at it. Then a bridge extended from the balcony to the platform. Fox and Krystal then walked across the bridge, to the warp pad, then their bodies whisked away.
When Fox and Krystal re-awakened from their trance, the found themselves right in front of the same stone monument as before back when they were in the Volcano Force Point Temple. Fox then took the SpellStone out of his backpack. "Well, Krystal, we made it this far. Think we might relax on the beach after the SpellStone is returned?"
"I'd love to, but first things first, sweetie."
Fox blushed at Krystal calling him "sweetie" so he walked up to the stone monument and placed the SpellStone into it. Then, in an instant, the red beam that came from the stone structure before then had a blue beam steaming alongside it. Immediately afterwards, a mystical warping power came across Fox, Krystal and Tricky, and they immediately teleported back to the beaches of Cape Claw.
Fox, Krystal, and Tricky were soon teleported outside the sands of Cape Claw. Fox asked Krystal, "Well, Krystal, we returned the second SpellStone. Think we might have a beach break?"
Krystal smiled, "I would absolutely love that, but why would you propose that?"
"Well, because after so much work, I think we could use some time for something fun and relaxing. Besides, with so much of…" Fox blushed, excessively, "uh… that beautiful body of yours on display for me to see, I don't think it would be fair not to provide you with any eye candy in return."
"Aww. Fox, you're so considerate. Not to mention bold."
Fox blushed. "Yeah, well, I guess I am."
Fox took off his shirt, gloves, boots, and pants, leaving him only wearing his boxer shorts underwear, while Krystal took off her shoulder pads, sandals, necklace, tiara, and metal armor platings on her shins and forearms. They took all of these additional clothings as placed them as well as their staffs nearby a tree surrounded by grass and called Prince Tricky over. As soon as he arrived, Fox asked him, "Tricky, you mind watching over our things while Krystal and I relax on the beach?"
Tricky replied, "Sure thing, but I'm curious to know what you two might…"
"Just watch over our stuff, okay!?" demanded Fox in a very jumpy manner.
Krystal giggled hearing Fox act in such an uptight way. She called to Fox, saying, "Come along, Fox. We don't want the day to go to waste, do we?"
"Uh… coming!" Fox then rushed to catch up to Krystal.
Soon, the vulpine duo reached the dunes of the beach. First they took a good look at each other, and Krystal couldn't help but feel titillated, and even outright aroused at seeing Fox's bare chest, muscular physique, and well-toned abs. She practically felt like having an orgasm. Fox then immediately asked her, "You okay, Krystal?"
Krystal then immediately snapped out of her lustful trance and replied, "Sorry, Fox. I just had no idea that you'd be so… so…" Krystal then started to enter her lustful trance again. "...sexy…" She then swooned and collapsed into a lustful dream on the sands. Fox sat right next to her decided to wait for her to wake back up again. He lied down on the sands but after a few seconds, he immediately heard Krystal moan in pleasure. He then closed his eyes, hoping not to think about it. At least a minute later, he felt someone tapping his shoulder and heard a woman's voice saying, "Hey! Come on, Fox. Wake up."
Fox got up immediately. "Oh, hi, Krystal. You got up sooner than I hoped."
"Sorry about that. It's just that it's been too long since I've met a man with such a sexy body as yours. And I guess I was so overwhelmed by the lust I felt that fell into a wet dream."
Fox looked at the ground where Krystal lay a moment ago, and found a few splashings of some strange white liquid were nearby. "I can see that. Anyway, what would you like to do now?"
"How about we frolic in the sands for a bit. I could use another midriff and leg massage."
"You wanna massage my body in return?"
"As much as I would love that, I'm a little curious. How come you're not so hesitant to ask me to touch you?"
"Well, I kind of am, but you let me touch you last night. It's only fair to do you the same favor."
Krystal felt lustfull again. "Thank you, Fox." She then snapped out of it for a moment. Fox then started lying down and Krystal started sitting on her knees with Fox's waist between her legs, and the two foxes started stroking each other's midriffs, and took such great pleasure in feeling each other's skin beneath their fingers. Fox almost immediately felt his own hormones fluctuating wildly. Feeling Fox's abs made Krystal want to rub her big bouncy breasts all over his chest, but she felt that Fox might not be comfortable with that yet, so she didn't bother asking if she could, let alone attempting without his consent. Still, Fox and Krystal could feel their mutual lust welling up inside of them. Fox stroked the sides of Krystal's waist and Krystal could easily sense that he was starting to become just as lustful as she was.
Krystal absolutely loved feeling Fox's hands caress her beautiful belly. The way his nice, tender fingers snaked their way across her silky smooth skin gave of a wonderful feeling of ecstasy welling up inside of her. She always enjoyed the tenderness of a man's fingers as they glided across her midriff, as she constantly asked her tribesmen to fondle her tummy, and enjoyed every moment of them doing so. It was almost always a good way to build up to the sex that she would enjoy having with them.
She also enjoyed stroking Fox's chest and his washboard abs felt so rugged beneath her fingers. She felt that very sensation when she touched the bodies of her tribesmen as well. She was surprised that Fox asked her to touch him so readily, but she was more than delighted to do so. Fox's abs felt rigid beneath her fingers and she loved it. She remembered massaging the rugged pectorals of the handsome men of her tribe and absolutely loving that too. She also remembered rubbing her breasts all over their chests and how much sexual arousal both she and the man she was playing with felt when she did that. Sometimes she did so during the sexual intercourse itself, keeping the sex going. But she felt that Fox was not yet ready for having Krystal rub her breasts against his chest, but she hoped that such a day would come.
Fox felt a wondrous delight in stroking Krystal's body as well. He could feel joy and desire in stroking Krystal's beautiful skin, and it also felt wonderful to him that she would be touching his as well. He was feeling more and more confident that their relationship was making great progress. It did feel weird to him that it was progressing this quickly, but if Krystal's standards on sexuality were that flexible, then, why not roll with it. Fox could also feel something wet on his waist, where Krystal was sitting at. Krystal felt the warm feeling inside of her intensify all the more as her private parts were in direct contact with Fox's waist. If anything, it amplified her sexual desire, and made her all the more eager for their loins to interlock, which she felt that the belly button play alluded to. She would absolutely love to feel Fox's loins brush up against her own body, but was willing to take her time.
She closed her eyes and smiled, hoping at that very moment that Fox would ask her if they could have sex together. She would absolutely love that. Back when her fellow tribesmen of the Crimson Sun back on Cerinia were alive and well, Krystal would often squeeze every last bit of pure joy out of having sex with the male warriors of her tribe, especially during festivals. Her father, Randorn, and brother, Sabre, would be the lone exceptions because incest is just plain creepy. After Cerinia blew up, Krystal rarely had sex with a man unless she were using it as a barganing chip to get something that she would need to either complete a mission or continue her quest for the destroyers of her homeworld. Hearing Fox ask her for sex would be music to her ears.
And indeed Fox was considering asking Krystal if they could have sex. He could feel his heart racing just thinking about it. But then, while he knew that it was progressing smoothly, he still wasn't sure if their relationship was truly developed enough for that. He wasn't sure if they reached the point where it would be appropriate for sex. But his lusts were still so vivid...Judging from Krystal's behavior, if he were to ask her for sex, she'd say yes in a heartbeat, expecially considering that he was witnessing her exprerience desire as well. If Krystal was feeling lusts of her own, Fox would be more than happy to satisfy them. But then he felt that he wasn't ready yet. The temptation to ask for sex was so strong, yet he felt that he had plenty of reasons to not give into it.
Thankfully, he knew of another way to manage his lusts. "Krystal," he asked, "Mind if I go somewhere more private for a bit?"
Krystal knew exactly what he was planning on doing in private, and thought it was admirable that he would try to manage his lusts in a safe, harmless manner. She said, "Go ahead. I think it should be private enough in that cave over there," and pointed at a small, nearby cave. Fox went there, with Krystal waiting near the entrance. He could hear Fox panting in pleasure while he was in the cave, and smiled at how Fox, even when horny, remains so considerate.
After Fox went off for some… personal gratification, Krystal heard Fox's wristpad device ring off in the distance. She ran back to the tree, picked it up, and answered it.
General Pepper turned out to be on the other end. He said, "Fox, I…" But was shocked to see a vulpine female on the other end instead. "Uh… Sorry. Are you Krystal?"
"Yep. I am. What is it?"
"I just wanted to tell you that we have already rescued the other captives from that Venomian base that you and Fox found yesterday. The hostages are safe and secure, and recovering in the Cornerian hospital, and the base has been destroyed."
"Thank you very much. I'm so happy to hear that."
"Also, I was about to ask Fox this but he cut off on me; Fox hasn't been… touching you, has he?"
Krystal gave a flirtatious smile. "Only whenever I asked him to."
Pepper felt a little baffled at first, but then he figured that if Krystal herself gave Fox permission then it might be okay. "Okay. Just make sure he doesn't get to grabby."
"Oh, don't worry. He won't." Krystal and Pepper shut off the transmission, and Krystal rushed on over back to the beach.
Not long after Fox finished up, he came out of the cave and Krystal greeted him near the entrance, saying, "I see you're done in there. Even when you're horny, you're so considerate."
"Thanks, Krystal."
"Although, if you wanted to have sex with me, you could have asked for it."
Fox was utterly shocked. "I… uh… Thanks, but I just felt that… well…"
"You wanted to wait until you are certain that there is intimate love between us, didn't you?"
"Yes, I did."
"Well, we did briefly mention that our cultures views of sex differ. I did say we would talk about them when you think you would be ready for sex because I assumed you'd be more comfortable with that, but if you'd rather discuss them now, that's okay with me."
Fox paused and thought for a moment. After a few seconds, he then said, "Actually, now that you mention it, I am getting interested in talking about them."
Krystal was surprised. "Oh. I didn't think you'd be ready to talk about them so soon. Very well. The Crimson Sun was what could be described as a 'free-love' culture."
Fox was kind of confused. "Uh… 'free love'? What does that mean?"
"Well, what kinds of circumstances feature sex in your culture?"
"Well, back home on Corneria, we view sex as something that happens specifically between couples. Especially married couples or at least couples with a very intimate relationship."
"And do you think our relationship is intimate?"
"Well, we did meet pretty recently, but it is definitely getting there."
Krystal giggled for a moment. "Well, a 'free love' culture, means that our standards of sex are much more flexible. For us, sex is just part of how men and women interacted and often an expression of a good relationship in general between a man and a woman, not just intimate love. Our tribe supports the notion of women using their sexuality as they see fit, and any sexual act that both the man and the woman agreed to was completely allowed. The males of the Crimson Sun enjoyed sexual pleasure with their women, but were very considerate with them, even when they were horny. Our tribe believed that a woman's sexuality is to be under her own control at all times."
"That sounds like a pretty liberating way of treating women. Have you actually had sex with the men of your tribe?"
"Yep. I have constantly invited the men of my tribe to do sexual things with me. Sometimes we touched each other's bodies, such as our belly button play, sometimes we even had the intercourse itself. Usually the former and then the latter."
"I hope that didn't include…"
"Sabre? No way! Incest is creepy!"
"Oh. That's good to hear."
"Anyway, many of the other women of our tribe also enjoyed sexual pleasure with the men as well. Fortification was perfectly accepted among the Crimson Sun. The only sexual acts that we objected to were the ones that actually hurt people. Our people always hated all kinds of abuse and sexual abuse was no exception. Those who commit it were severely punished."
"Uh… how so?"
"I'll tell you later. I don't want to spoil this joyous occasion. Shall we go to the ocean?"
"That would be great!"
A little while later, Fox and Krystal were doing a bit of swimming in the part of the ocean close to the beach front and playfully splashing around with each other. Krystal twirled around in the waters, emanating the grace of a mermaid, and Fox did some more masculine swimming variations. They also had a few moments where they went to the shallower parts of the ocean shore, and Fox would stroke Krystal's midriff again, even putting her finger in her belly button again, much to her delight. As Fox massaged her tummy, Krystal told Fox, "By the way, General Pepper called. He said that my people have been rescued from the Venomian base we found yesterday and are now recovering at a Cornerian hospital."
"That's absolutely wonderful, Krystal. Hopefully by the time we save Sauria, they'll have finished recovering. Maybe we could visit them by then?"
"I'd absolutely love that. It would make me so happy to see them again."
After a while, they swam a bit towards the shore and fell on their backs on the wet sand near the tide. They laughed, as the sun was setting. Krystal then turned to Fox, saying, "I'm glad we got to have some fun together today. I've never been happier in my life. Well, in the more recent events in my life, anyway. You know how to show a lady a good time."
"Thank you, Krystal. I think that after we save Sauria, we should do this again."
"I would absolutely love that." Krystal then got up and shook her body around, removing the water from her fur. "Anyway, it's almost dark. We should get some rest."
"You got it." Fox and Krystal went back to the tree where they put Fox's clothing and Krystal's jewelry. Krystal put on her metal bands on her shins and forearms and her sandals, necklace, shoulder pads and tiara, and Fox put on his clothing, and they set up their sleeping gag from the Arwing, and placed it on the grassy area of Cape Claw. They then set themselves down in their bag and fell asleep.
The next morning, Fox, Krystal, and Tricky woke up from their sleep, and feeling rested and ready, they decided to plan their next move. Fox asked, "Okay, Krystal. What's our next move? How about we find the next Krazoa Spirit?"
"Great idea!" Krystal then started to enter a meditative state. She had some struggle to concentrate. But Fox clearly saw expressions of worry on Krystal's face. Something was easily distressing her. Then she awoke from her meditation, shouting, "No!"
"What's wrong, Krystal?"
"It's terrible!" Krystal then turned to Fox. "The third Krazoa Spirit is in LightFoot Village!"