Fox was still in his deep sleep in his lustful fantasies over Krystal. After spending so much time partnered with and working alongside a scantily-clad jungle warrior girl who gleefully invited him to ogle and even fondle her, Fox couldn't help but lose himself in a lustful dream. His hormones kept going wild as he kept indulging in his fantasies of pleasuring the voluptuous amazon. He knew that he would have to wake up sometime, but he was nervous that he would have trouble telling this lustful dream from the waking world. And then...

Fox opened his eyes and Krystal was right in front of him with a lustful, flirtatious look in her eyes, and she said to him, "Good morning, handsome. I hope you had good dreams last night."

Fox blushed, "Well, right now, I can't tell if I'm awake or still dreaming." Krystal gave Fox a quick pinch. "Ouch! Now, did you really have to do that?"

"I think I did. You did want to know if you were awake or not, right?"

"I did. So, thanks for reassuring me."

"You're welcome. So, how about another midriff massage?"

"Sure. Why not?"

Krystal stood up straight with Fox standing right behind her. Fox put the index finger of one of his hands into Krystal's belly button, swirling it around, and his other hand on Krystal's breast. Krystal let out a soft erotic moan. "That's it, Fox. Keep it up…" moaned Krystal in an almost orgasmic manner.

Fox then started taking his finger out of Krystal's belly button and onto her thigh and taking her other hand off her breast and putting its finger into her belly button and swirling it around. But after a while, he stopped and thought for a moment. He then stopped fondling Krystal, letting his hands drop down, and asked her, "You know, Krystal, has Elysia ever caught you inviting a man to fondle you?"

Upon hearing that question, Krystal seemed shocked for a moment. She then started looking grim and solemn. "Yes she did." She turned her body around towards Fox. "On the day that one Moment of Celibacy ended, some of our women including myself went back to inviting the males of our tribe to do sexual things with us. But we also feared that watching us engage in sexual activity would worsen their psychological trauma. Usually, if we become interested in performing any sexually suggestive acts let alone the actual intercourse itself, we ask any Nemaria women nearby to leave the vicinity. But unfortunately, a Nemarian woman would walk in on us doing sexual things on occasion. And we would seldom realize it until it was too late."

"And how did they react to them seeing you doing things like that?"

"A lot of them freaked out. They often ran scared. Many were baffled that we would willingly partake in the things that were forced on them. A lot of the time, they feared that we would force it on them after a while, no matter how hard we tried to reassure them otherwise."

"That's terrible. No wonder why you ask the Nemarian women to not be around when you perform sexual acts. Shouldn't that alone show that you believe that all women deserve the right to decide for themselves if they want to be sexual or not?"

"In theory it would, but old wounds don't heal that easily.

Krystal sulked sitting on the steps to a temple. She couldn't help but think about what could have happened if her brother didn't stop her from crossing the line during her battle with Kaijira. Korak, one of Krystal's best friends, walked up to Krystal, asking her, "Good afternoon, Krystal. Are you okay?"

Krystal then replied, "I think so… I'm glad we had that talk yesterday, but I still keep thinking about my fight with Kaijira and what would have happened if Sabre didn't stop me from crossing the line."

Korak put his hand on Krystal's hand, saying, "I understand your concern, and you're right for feeling that concern, but you have a kind heart. You would never become what Kaijira or Zakira were."

"Thanks, Korak. And because I'm in such a good mood now, go ahead. Feel free to touch me."

"Wow. I'm surprised that you changed your mind that suddenly. But why not?" Korak then began to fondle Krystal's legs and midriff.

Krystal smiled in delight, feeling a man's strong hands stroking her luscious skin. She always relished in feeling a man's hands snake their way across her body. She enjoyed having Korak's hands stroking her midriff and legs, and utterly relished in how it felt. But then she sensed thought patterns nearby. Thought patterns of stress, worry, doubt, and fear. She quickly became concerned about it. "Could you stop for a moment, Korak?"

Korak immediately stopped stroking Krystal's luscious body. "Is something wrong, Krystal?"

"I think there's someone nearby. I think she's disturbed." Krystal and Korak walked over towards the source of those thought patterns. They then walked to the temple corner, turned around it, and found a woman crouching and crying nearby. They walked right up to her. Krystal knew who it was. "Elysia?"

Elysia tearfully turned her head towards Krystal and tearfully glowered at her. "Don't come near me!"

Krystal looked worried. "Elysia!"

"I always thought you had that pride and self respect. But after watching... what that man did you…"

Korak stepped forward, saying, "Elysia, I know you're upset, but…"

Elysia quickly snapped at Korak, shouting, "Shut up! Don't come near me you brute!" Korak was stunned into silence, and stopped approaching Elysia.

Krystal shrieked back, "Korak is my friend! Don't you dare call him a brute! You take that back and apologize to him!"

"Apologize!? I saw him molesting you, and you dare to…"

"He wasn't molesting me!"

"Don't lie to me! I saw his hands slither their way across your body! The way his fingers snaked across your midriff and legs…"

Krystal slapped Elysia, shouting, "Have you heard of consent, you idiot!?" But Krystal immediately saw that she just struck one of the very people she was fighting to protect, and gasped in horror. "Elysia… I'm sorry. I just...

Elysia turned to Krystal, with an angry look in her eye. "Shut up! I hate you! I hate both of you!" She then angrily stormed off.

Krystal reached out, calling, "Elysia!"

But Elysia cried back, "Go away!" and continued to storm off.

Krystal pulled her hand back. Korak walked up to Krystal, asking, "Are you alright, your majesty?"

Krystal turned to Korak with a tearful look in her eye. "Korak, I…" She then started to break into tears. "I think we have scratched open an old wound…" She then sobbed profusely as she and Korak embraced each other.

"One of the other females of our tribe was able to calm her down, and then Elysia and I reconciled. However, for a while, she was still uptight."

"What was her relationship with your brother, Sabre like?"

"Initially, it wasn't a happy marriage. Although Sabre tried his best to help and support her, Elysia kept trying to push him away. The horrid experiences she went through made her more and more distrustful of men. Until we rescued her from Kaijira, no man in her life ever treated her with kindness, love, or compassion. She especially became sensitive to being touched specifically by men. When Sabre tried to pat her on the shoulder to reassure her, she just batted his hand away. Aside from the spat she had with me that I told you about, she felt that I was the only one I could trust. So I felt that it was up to me to get her to open up more."

Elysia walked up to her husband, in pain and confusion. "Sabre, we need to talk."

"Sure thing. What's…" But then he saw a troubled look on Elysia's face. "Elysia, what's wrong?"

Elysia clutched her shoulders and trembled. "I saw your sister this afternoon. One of her fellow male soldiers was… fondling her…" She scowled at Sabre. "Does this mean you'll be molesting me too?"

"Look, I understand that you would be concerned and on edge, but we are nothing like Kaijira and his thugs."

"Are you!? I wish I could be grateful that you haven't groped or interfered with me, but now I think your people are trying to force me on you with peer pressure. If that man Krystal was with really did let Krystal choose whether he touched her or not, who is to say that she isn't trying to pester me into sleeping with you!?"

Sabre felt stumped. He didn't know how to respond to it.

"You have nothing to say?" asked Elysia.

But she heard a voice behind her. "Korak and I didn't know you were there." Elysia turned around and found Krystal, and another woman from a Nemaria tribeswoman standing right next to her. "As soon as I found out you were nearby, I asked Korak to stop and he stopped."

The other Nemaria woman stepped forward, saying, "Yes, your majesty. Princess Krystal is right. The men of this tribe are nothing the ones we've known before. I too feared the men of the tribe at first, but then I saw them treating their women with kindness and consideration. After a while, I even became infatuated with one, and he was actually nice to me. Considerate of me. I even started sleeping with him of my own volition and even changed back into my harem clothes by choice. And while he was surprised by those choices, he accepted them."

Elysia touched the other Nemarian woman's cheek. "Tsalia…"

"The men of this tribe are good people. They respect their women. They accept their choices."

Elysia's stomach lurched. She then turned to Krystal. "I'm sorry, Krystal. I just felt upset because I thought you had more self-respect than to let yourself engage in the carnal desires of a man."

"It's all right. Women can have lustful desires too. In fact, I tend to feel incredibly lustful a lot of the time and sleep with the males of the tribe of my own volition because they titillate me quite easily. Women are as capable of feeling desire as they are of emanating it."

Elysia thought for a moment. She then started think about how she somehow felt drawn towards having sex with Sabre. Was it because she felt that it was her obligation as a wife? Or was she starting to feel lust?

Krystal then cupped her hands around Elysia's face. "You trust me, Elysia?"

Elysia started shedding a tear. "Yes."

"Then please. Trust the people that I trust. Even if they are men."

"Do you trust your brother? My husband?"

"To say that I trust him would be an understatement. My bond with him is unbreakable. We worked as a team to battle pure evil for all our lives. We battled many villains together, saved each other from certain death, time and again, rescued many people, and he even stopped me from..." Tears started to form in Krystal's eyes. "From… from raping Kaijira."

Elysia was shocked. "You what!?"

"Don't you remember when I battled him so I could rescue you? I became angry with Kaijira for what he did and wanted revenge. So I tried to inflict upon him the exact same harm that she subjected you to. And if Sabre hadn't stopped me from doing it, I'm not sure how long it would have taken for my moral fibre to collapse." Krystal hugged Elysia closely. "Women can become rapists too. In fact I would have become one myself if Sabre didn't stop me that night. And I fought women who thought of men as tools to satisfy their lustful desires just as Kaijira… well…" Krystal hesitated to say anymore. "It's just that the men in our tribe are good people. Including Sabre."

Elysia tightly returned the embrace. "Thanks. I'm sorry for being so angry with you. And your brother."

Krystal continued her story. "After that, Sabre and I tried walking Elysia through basic physical contact with men. We started with trying to get them to hold hands, but it was pretty tough. Fortunately, I was there to walk her through it."

Sabre sat down across from Elysia and held his hand out, saying, "Now, we're gonna have to take some baby steps to get you to be used to contact with men. I think we should start with holding hands."

Elysia hesitated. She then extended her hand for a bit, but then held it back.

Krystal sat next to Elysia. "I know you're nervous about this, but take a deep breath and take it nice and easy."

Elysia briefly nodded at Krystal. She then slowly extended her hand toward Sabre's. Her hand shook in nervousness and fear, but she kept moving it forward, until it was almost right next to Sabre's, but as soon as her fingers touched Sabre's palm…

Elysia immediately jerked her hand away from Sabre's as if she just touched a hot stove and her fingers were burning up. Krystal called to her. "Elysia?"

Elysia then started crying. "I'm sorry, Sabre! I just… I can't do it!"

Krystal then huggled Elysia, hard, saying, "Elysia, please. Have faith in us."

"I can't. I just…" Elysia's sobbing became more and more profuse.

"We hoped that the process would go smoothly, but the trauma Elysia dealt with made such a huge scarring on her that it took months for her to be able to tolerate physical contact with a man again, if she ever did."

"Did you and Sabre succeed eventually?"

"Yes, but it took approximately less than a year."

Fox looked devastated. "Wow. That bad, huh?"

"Yeah. Three months later, we killed that demon I told you about earlier, and then the following festival happened. And after that, Elysia became more comfortable with physical contact with Sabre."

Krystal watched as Elysia reached out to Sabre's hand. She took it slowly, and then, gently... gently...

Elysia began stroking Sabre's palms. Then she started wrapping her fingers around Sabre's hand.

Sabre smiled. Krystal cheered, "You did it, Elysia! You're getting the hang of this."

"Thank you, Krystal," said Elysia, "but it was you who gave me the confidence. Thank you."

"What other measures did you and your people take to help out Elysia and her tribeswomen?"

"For starters, we had them wear clothing that we thought they would be more comfortable with. We changed them into modest white dresses that showed off very little of their skin. On stone tablets, that would sound reassuring to them, but many of them weren't exactly comfortable with the fact that many of our own women were more than happy to dress skimpily. Especially Elysia herself. She wasn't all that comfortable with the fact that while she wore an un-provocative white dress, I still dressed in my traditional halter-top and loincloth. To her, it felt like a form of peer pressure for them to switch back to the harem outfit that Kaijura forced her into. And for a while, nothing I said could convince her otherwise."

Fox looked very pensive. He thought it was very depressing to hear what Elysia went through, and how that trauma made her so distrustful. Like she had to stay guarded no matter what even when everyone around her was being friendly because she lost the ability to trust anyone ever again.

Krystal then said to Fox, "Anyway, we have a SpellStone to return. We'd better get going."

Fox and Krystal stepped out of the shuttle Krystal borrowed and walked up to Fox's Arwing. Krystal tightly embraced Tricky as he rushed up to her and Fox. "I hope you didn't wait too long."

"Nope. Just a quick good night's sleep, and there you were."

"Good. Now let's get back to the Volcano Force Point Temple. We've got a SpellStone to return."

Fox then asked, "One question, though. What about the shuttle? How do we send it back to the main planet?"

"I dunno. Does your Arwing have any grappling devices on it?"

Fox shook his head. "No. It doesn't."

Krystal thought for a moment. But then she had an idea. "I got it! How about you hop in your Arwing and I follow you in that shuttle. Without any weapons of its own, that shuttle will need another ship to escort it."

"That shouldn't be too difficult. I think resistance may be softer on the way back due to how much damage we dealt to them on the way here. Shall we head off, now?"

"Yep."

Krystal then turned to Kite and hugged him tightly. "I guess this is goodbye for now, Kite. I'm sorry I can't stick with you much longer until the planet is back together again."

Kite replied, "It's alright. At least I got to see you again. And thanks for rescuing me from the SharpClaw yesterday."

"You're welcome, Kite. The sooner we put the planet back together, the sooner I can reunite you with your friends and family. I won't let you down, Kite. Thanks for everything you've done for me." Krystal then turned to Teala, saying, "I'll be seeing you later too, Teala. I look forward to meeting this 'old friend' you referred to yesterday."

Tesla replied, "Not as much as we are. Now get out there and fix the planet."

Fox replied, "Will do." He then turned to Godora. "Thanks for helping us smash up those drone shield generators. Made exploring the terrain here far less of a hassle."

Godora then replied, "Oh, I'm the one owing gratitude for saving me from those villainous SharpClaw. Now get out there and make General Scales pay for what he has done."

"With pleasure. Well, Krystal, shall we head back to Sauria?"

Krystal then said, "Good idea, Fox. Tricky, how would you like a ride on the space shuttle I used to reach Sauria? It should be more comfortable than being cramped up in the bomb chute of Fox's Arwing."

"Oh, I'd love that. I bet it'll be much cozier."

Krystal and Tricky walked off into the shuttle. Tricky walked into the shuttle cargo bay while Krystal went into the cockpit. Then the shuttle closed up. Meanwhile, Fox hopped into his Arwing after its cockpit opened up. Fox called to the dinosaurs, "We'll be back once the planet is back together! See you later!" And then Fox's Arwing took off with Krystal's shuttle following it.

As soon as Fox and Krystal took off into space in their ships, Fox instantly received a brief call from General Pepper and instantly answered it. "Hello, General Pepper."

"Good work, Fox! General Scales cannot harm any dinosaurs ever again. You stopped his evil mutant army plans!"

"All in a day's work, General."

"Take this SpellStone to the Volcano Force Point. It will close the seal at the Volcano, and you will be one step closer to bringing the planet back together! Get to it, Fox. You know the way."

"Thanks, General. But I noticed that there were Venom ships on the way to Dragon Rock. Do you think the Venomians have hid a secondary outpost somewhere on the planet?"

"Well, now that you have notified us, we'll be sure to send a squad out to investigate. Pepper out."

As soon as the call ended, Fox then swooped underneath the asteroid belt that stood between him and the planet's surface. Normally, he would fly through the asteroid belt and blast each asteroid to bits, but with a large shuttle following him that wasn't even armed with any weapons, he didn't want that shuttle to take any damage. So, he flew beneath the asteroid belt, and once he was past it, entered Sauria's atmosphere and began to land on the planet's surface.

Krystal, piloting the shuttle, saw Fox take the safer route, as opposed to the more risk-taking methods that he usually does. She knew exactly why and thought that it was so considerate of him, and so followed that same safer path, and followed him as he entered Sauria's atmosphere.

Fox and Krystal almost immediately landed their respective ships back in ThornTail Hollow as usual. Afterwards, Fox hopped out of his Arwing, while Krystal opened the door of her shuttle, and released the back hatch, letting Tricky out. Then the trio reunited. Fox then asked, "So, how do we approach going to the Volcano Force Point Temple?"

Krystal wondered for a moment. "Walking there would be tedious, so we could try going there with your Arwing like we did with the Ocean Force Point Temple."

Tricky objected. "Oh, I'm hoping not to be all cramped up in the bomb bay of Fox's Arwing! We just landed!"

Fox said, "Then stay here with mommy and Krystal and I will head to the temple without you."

Krystal asked, "But won't we need him at the Temple? He did help us during our last trip there as well as the…" Krystal started to notice a presence rustling in the bushes "Ocean… Temple…"

She turned to the shaking bush and ran up to it, with Fox and Tricky following her. Krystal called out, "Is someone there?"

All of a sudden, a woman appearing to be the same species as Krystal popped her head out of the bush. She called out, saying, "Krystal? Krystal, is that you?"

Krystal was shocked to see who it was. "Elysia?"

"Krystal! It is you!" The other woman leaped out of the bushes, preparing to embrace Krystal. Unfortunately, she was in handcuffs, so she was unable to extend her hands to hug her.

But Krystal rushed to her and tightly embraced her in her arms. "Elysia! I thought you were in danger! I thought you were trapped in Krazoa Palace!"

"Yeah. And I would have been if I didn't fight back."

Fox instantly noticed that Elysia had the implant in her forehead blocking Krystal's telepathy. Krystal instantly noticed, and she said to Elysia, "Hand on a second." She touched the implant on Elysia's forehead, and the implant short-circuited and the scrap metal fell to the ground. With the implant destroyed, Krystal then asked Elysia, "There. Can you read my mind now?"

"Yeah. I think so."

"Maybe you should give it a try and see."

Fox felt a bit bewildered. He felt it was a sign that the two trusted each other to see that Krystal willingly encouraged Elysia to read her thoughts.

Elysia then started reading Krystal's mind and she viewed her memories. How she fled Cerinia with her life, stole a Venomian shuttle as she fled, was forced to leave her brother Sabre, behind, battled numerous evil doers, confronted and tried to protect herself from those wanting to attack or manipulate and use her, tried to help those in need, and ultimately met up with Fox and teamed up with him to save an entire planet from a planet-ending calamity. Elysia smiled, knowing that Krystal really was her and that she managed to escape from the same torment that she was subjected to, yet she empathized with her for the trials that she did go through, yet was uplifted by how Krystal kept fighting back against them, coming out on top each and every time.

Krystal then touched the handcuffs restraining Elysia, and the handcuffs shattered in pieces on the ground as well. Then the two vixens tightly embraced each other. Elysia stepped out of the bush, and Fox can now see Elysia more clearly. She looked a bit similar to Krystal except a bit older, she had a more violet coloring to her fur instead of Krystal's cobalt blue, and wore a modest white dress as opposed to Krystal's skimpy bra and loincloth.

Krystal proposed, "Now, don't be shy. I want to introduce you to my newest friend." Then she called Fox over. "Come along, Fox. I want to introduce you to Elysia."

Fox approached Elysia and said to her, "Hello, Elysia. My name is Fox McCloud. You okay?" He restrained from extending his hand for Elysia, because he remembered how Elysia was iffy about being touched by men.

Elysia gave Fox a nervous smile. She was hesitant to reach out to Fox, because her traumatic experience made her nervous around men, so he took a few steps back.

Krystal smiled, saying, "It's okay, Elysia. I trust him. I think you can trust him too."

Elysia tried reading Fox's mind, but Krystal stopped her, saying, "Please, Elysia. I know this man. I know he can be trusted."

Elysia broke into tears! "How can you trust him so casually!? Our planet was destroyed because your tribe…"

But Fox called out saying, "Krystal, I think you should let Elysia read my mind. Otherwise, my mere presence would keep scaring her away."

Krystal seemed shocked for a moment. Her people always had laws that prohibited them from reading the thoughts of others unless it is apparent that there is something suspicious about them. And the fact that she could read the thoughts of others made many other people mistrustful of her. So she was absolutely astonished that Fox would ask a member of her kind to read his thoughts, hoping that doing so would gain her trust. Then she solemnly nodded. "Go ahead, Elysia. Read Fox's mind."

Elysia then began probing Fox's thoughts. She then looked into his past, seeing how his father was a member of Star Fox who fought for peace and justice, how he wanted to grow up to be just like him, how distraught he was when he heard that his father died, how he joined the Star Fox team and became its new leader, how he saved many lives during the Lylat Wars, who his comrades were and what they were like, how the armies of Venom where his enemies, how he destroyed Andross, how he treated Krystal well and tried to refrain from doing anything sexual with her until he was confident that their relationship has grown, how he helped to tend to her wounds when she was badly hurt during her fight with General Scales, how she helped Krystal save the friends she made on Sauria, and even how he helped Krystal save her brother… Elysia's husband! After seeing all the good deeds that Fox did and how he opposed the very fiends that destroyed her homeworld, Elysia mellowed to Fox saying, "I'm sorry, Fox. Krystal was right to trust you. Forgive my rudeness. And thank you for saving my husband."

Fox smiled. "Don't be too hard on yourself. I can't blame you for being skeptical." He then asked Krystal, "Well, Krystal, should I call Slippy to take her to the medical bay with Sabre and the others?"

"Maybe in a bit. Right now, I want to stay here and help to tend to Elysia's wounds."

"But we have to return the SpellStone to the Volcano Force Point Temple. Should I head there without you?"

"Please do. With Sauria on the verge of collapse, we can't afford to waste any time in bringing it back together."

Fox decided not to argue against that. "Okay, Krystal. But be sure to use your clairvoyance on me so that you'll know where I am and be able to assist me in battle."

Krystal nodded. Fox then hopped into the Arwing, and opened the bomb bay to let Tricky crawl inside. Once Tricky got in, Fox closed the bomb bay, and took off in his Arwing to the Moon Mountain Pass, and the Volcano Force Point Temple.