Chapter 20
Fox and friends arrived at school on a Thursday morning with generally positive attitudes about the day. Fox walked into the lobby of the school with the guys. "So yeah I think we got this project competition in the-" Fox stopped suddenly when he saw something.
He saw sitting at their usual table, a wolf, panther, and chameleon. "Oh hey there Fox, fancy seeing you here." Wolf said as he smirked.
"Yeah, right. So what now? Are you actually going to school here or are you just trying to copy me?" Wolf chuckled at the vulpine's comment.
"Yeah I go to school here, Leon too. You got a problem with it?"
Now Fox laughed at the lupine a little, "None whatsoever, sure hope you like it here. But, you're in our usual spot, you mind moving somewhere else?" Panther growled at this comment,
"What you got some 'special memories' with my girlfriend here?" He said snarling at Fox.
Now Fox was a little mad. "You don't have a girlfriend Panther, Krystal is my girlfriend. She stopped being around you for a reason." Wolf got angry at this "Why don't you watch what you say before me and my crew shut you up?" Fox had enough of this now. "Right, why don't you just shut up and go somewhere else if you're gonna do nothing but cause trouble?"
This time Wolf was done. He jumped up and launched a fist at Fox. He ducked through it but didn't expect Panther to come at him next. Panther decked him in the jaw and Fox took a few steps back.
As if it were on cue, Falco rushed to stop Leon before he could do anything, and Bill ran and pushed panther back into the table. Fox got his composure back and grabbed Wolf's arm when he tried to backhand him. He pulled his arm for leverage and pushed him into the wall, facefirst.
Leon punched Falco in the gut and tried to club him in the neck but not before the bird caught him with a shoryuken-like uppercut, causing the lizard to fall backwards. Panther grabbed Bill by the shirt and threw him into the wall, trying to stack his fist on top of Bill's face as he hit the wall. Bill dodged it and just as panther turned around did Fox rush up and kick panther in the back of his knee, causing him to hit the floor.
Right as he turned around did Fox get grabbed by Wolf on his shirt and he slung him into a window. The glass shattered as Fox slid down onto the covered his head to keep away cuts on his head.
Falco ran over and pushed the lupine into a nearby trash can. Leon recovered from the punch Falco delivered and hit Falco in the ribs. Bill kicked Leon in the back and knocked him down. Panther nearly clubbed Bill in the neck, but Fox ran out of nowhere and bashed him with his shoulder, knocking him down on his back.
Wolf got up and pulled out a knife, running towards Fox. Fox turned around and saw him holding the knife, and had a defensive stance ready. Just as Wolf was about to swing, Slippy came around the corner with a few teachers. The dog teachers came and broke up the fight, just after Wolf quickly put away the knife. Fox and the guys stopped their fighting quickly, as where Wolf's friends didn't want to go down. They struggled into the office and the first to go in was Wolf's gang.
Fox and his friends sat out in the office. "You guys okay?" He asked his friends.
"A better question is are YOU okay?" Falco said looking at his friend. "That was pretty rough when you hit that window" Fox looked around himself.
"Yeah I guess you have a point. I'm fine, now we just have to wait and see what they're gonna do to us." Soon after the others came out with nasty looks at Fox and his friends. The principal beckoned Fox and the others to come in. The principal was a beagle and asked them how it all happened.
"Just be honest, I'm far more trusting of you four than those three."
Fox shrugged his shoulders, "Well they were in our spot and we asked them to leave and all, but then there were some remarks they made that were pretty offensive, and then it just resulted in Wolf coming at me, then the other two. Falco and Bill came in just to keep me from getting injured." Fox told the beagle.
"I went to get some help as soon as I saw Wolf go at Fox." Slippy told the principal.
"Hm, I see now, all self defense. Well the boarding rules say that you guys are gonna have to leave for the day. But, it isn't suspension, not to worry. It's really a day off from this, consider yourselves lucky." They all laughed at the principal's comment.
Just as he finished did a knock come at the door. A bird lady poled her head in "Sorry sir, but there is a group of young ladies up at the front wanting to see these young men." The boys all groaned and the two adults laughed.
"Looks like you're gonna need a day off after what's about to happen." The beagle said as he laughed and showed them out. They walked out into the waiting area of the office and were completely barraged with questions from the girls.
Krystal ran up to Fox and pulled an icepack out of nowhere and slapped it on his head. "Fox! Are you okay? Honey did they hurt you? How did this all happen?" All Fox could ask was "Where did you get that icepack?"
Katt slapped Falco across the face and said "Why would you get into a fight when I'm not around?"
Amanda was hugging Slippy, happy he didn't get hurt. Lucy was scolding Bill for getting into a fight in the first place. "Look girls just calm down so we can explain." Fox told them.
"Yeah see they started all this, we just had to defend ourselves." Falco continued.
"Except for this useless guy" Bill said messing with Slippy.
"Hey! I went and got the teachers!" They all laughed. "But all this means we get the day off, so you girls will be without us for the day." The girls weren't happy at this news, but decided it may be best. As the boys hugged their girlfriends goodbye and walked out of the school, when they were out of site, they cheered about being out for the day.
"Man this is sweet!" Slippy yelled. Of course explaining to their parents may be a problem, but they would decide that later.
"I'm sure they'll all understand when we explain it." Fox assured everyone. They all left and Fox was prepared completely to explain to his parents just why he was home so early.
He opened the door to see surprised parents. He quickly explained his situation.
James still didn't seem satisfied. "Well alright, but you need to try and avoid these things. Self defense or not, they aren't good."
Fox nodded respectfully and went to his room, maybe a day off is just what he and the guys needed.
