Guilt, Pain, and Happiness

My hand is in pain, and that is why I couldn't update sooner. I was writing with my left hand and it was horrible. My penmanship is bad as it is and I'm a right handed person, so using my left makes it look even worse, as if someone got their hand ran over repeatedly. Well, I would also like to thank you for the REVIEWS and I was told that the 'Star Fox' section was 'dying' in a way, and I plan to solve it and convince other readers to read these stories you have. Without further ado, let me begin the new chapter.

Fox was in the shower, letting the warm water run down his body and the shampoo cleaning his fur. His ears instinctively flinching as the water hit behind them. He reached for the shampoo bottle and squeezed more in his palm, and placing it back before rubbing his hands together and placing the cleansing soap on his body and scrubbing feverishly, getting rid of the dirt and mess from his 'adventure'.

"I know I didn't let the crew know about her staying with us, but I know they won't mind." He thought to himself as he scrubbed his body as the water washed away the soap, seeing the water turn a dirty brown.

"Damn, didn't know I had that much." He chuckled to himself as he repeated cleaning his body and seeing less and less dirt filled water flow down the drain. After about another half an hour in the shower, he turned the faucet off and grabbed the towel hanging on the rack outside the door and drying his fur. He stepped out and felt the humidity in the air and smelling the shampoo mask his old scent completely. He walked over to the bathroom mirror and grabbed a washcloth, wiping the mirror clean from the condensation. He looked at himself in the mirror and smiled happily, seeing his orange fur glisten and shine, better than before when his fur was a nasty brown, the color orange not even visible.

He turned around and wrapped the towel around his waist and walking over to his dirty clothes, picking them up and holding the wrenched filled clothing away from his body and opening the door. He walked over to a metallic square door on the wall beside the closet and opened it and tossed his clothes down the chute, smiling that the scent won't bother him anymore. He turned back to the bathroom and saw his sleeping clothes on the counter, consisting of boxers and a white tank top. He slipped the towel off and put hit sleeping clothes on and tossing the towel down the chute.

He then turned his attention to his bed, seeing his clothes and small nick-knacks in boxes. He walked over to the first box and removed his old shirt, from the top of the box; his dad got him and placed it aside, not wanting to remember what happened. He opened the box and started to place his shirts aside, sorting his shirts, shorts, pants, and under-wear utilities. After about half an hour, he stood with his hand scratching his head in confusion.

"Hm, out of all my boxes, I didn't pack my toothbrush, or my deodorant. Damn." He muttered under his breath.

"Going one night without it won't hurt just got to be careful when talking." He opened his closet and dresser, placing his clothing in them neatly and organizing his accessories. When he was done, he looked at the clock, that all rooms on the ship were provided with, seeing it was a quarter 'till midnight.

"Time to get some sleep. Hopefully she doesn't have any problems on her first night." He thought to himself as he moved his boxes from the bed and placing them beside the dresser and moving the bed sheets and lying down with his hand behind his head, starring at the ceiling. It didn't feel any different from his old room, in fact, it felt bigger and he didn't even know why. The room was smaller, but it didn't bother him because he didn't have a lot of stuff to begin with. He turned to his right and saw the window curtains agape slightly, letting him see hundreds of stars from the inch that exposed the Lylat System.

"Never thought it was possible for some, but look where we are, in space as if it's not new." He whispered to himself. He rolled to his side and closed his eyes, not even the lamp light bothering him and he soon fell asleep.

(Morning)

The alarm from the clock beside a vulpine bed when off without warning. The sound of the alarm beeping was constant enough to make a sane person go insane within seconds if weren't used to the routine. The sound would be heard from outside the room, but it wasn't due to it being shut off quickly with a loud slap on the snooze button.

"Can someone have some decent sleep?" the vulpine groggily whispered. He turned around and tossed his arm over the bed, enjoying his sleep.

"Come on Fox, you need to get up." The toad's voice was heard outside in the hallway, knocking on the vulpines' room. Fox's eyes immediately opened up, completely forgetting to let his team members know that Krystal was staying with them. He shot of his bed and ran to the door and opening it up, seeing Slippy facing his old room with Krystal behind the door and Fox behind him. Slippy stood with his hand in a fist from when he was knocking, seeing Krystal in Fox's room in his clothes.

"Oh, um, hi Krystal. I didn't know you were staying here with us, could you let Fox know that Peppy needs to talk to him?" Slippy asked as he lowered his hand and rubbed the back of his neck. Fox stood in shock, his face burning bright red from seeing Krystal before him… starring back at him. Krystal didn't even acknowledge the toad, but she was more focused on the vulpine across from her. Slippy raised an eyebrow and saw the Krystal wasn't looking at him, but behind him, so he turned around, seeing Fox standing with his cheeks red.

"I'm a, just go." The toad said as he waddled away from the two down the hallway and turning. Fox lifted his arm and scratched the back of his neck, looking away from the vixen from seeing that his shirt was a little small on her, showing off her curves.

"Sorry about that. I forgot to let the crew know that you were staying with us." He apologized. He looked back at Krystal and saw her blushing a bit, making him shift nervously, but he got the hint why when the air conditioner turned on and a cool breeze blew past him from the vent on the ceiling in the hall. The breeze blew past him and he got the sudden chill running up his legs, making him look down and look back up and back down before jumping behind his door.

"Ah! Uh, so-sorry you had to see that." He called out from behind the door as only his head showed.

"I-It's okay Fox."

"I'm just, going to get change." He said as he slowly closed his door, leaving the vixen outside with an image of him in his boxers and tank top.

"Great, a perfect way to start the morning." He thought sarcastically. He walked over to his dresser and opened it up and pulled out a pair of green work out shorts and throwing them on before moving to the closet. He opened it up and picked an orange shirt with a black collar and black sleeve ends. He walked to the door and his hand on the door knob, remembering what the vixen looked like when he saw her. The grey shirt was a close fit on her and showed her curves really well.

He shook his head from the thoughts and took a deep breath before pushing down on the door handle and opening the door to the hallway and to the close door that held the vixen and giving a few knocks. Krystal opened the door and stood in the door way with a small smile.

"Yes Fox?" she asked, her voice brightening his mood already.

"Well, I was wondering, since I was heading to talk to Peppy, that I could show you around." He asked somewhat nervously.

"Sure, I'll be right out, let me grab something first." She responded as she turned around and headed to her bed, grabbing something in a plastic bag and walking up to the vulpine and handing it to him.

"Here, you left it behind." She smiled as he took the zip-lock bag and saw his tooth brush and deodorant in it.

"Thanks Krystal. I was actually looking for it last night after I took a shower but I couldn't find it. Thanks." He smiled back and walked to his room, opening it up and tossing it on the bed before turning around and closing the door.

"Well, its morning, what do you want for breakfast?" Fox asked as Krystal and he started to walk down the hallway together.

"I'll just…" Krystal was cut short when ROB's voice was heard over the intercom.

"Fox McCloud, please report to dining room. Peppy is waiting for your acquaintance." When the intercom was ended, Fox let out a sigh of disappointment.

"Come on, I'll show you the crew while I'm talking to Peppy." Fox suggested as they both continued to walk side by side. As they were walking, they turned to the left down the hallway and down the stairs heading to the dining room where everyone was. When Fox walked up, everyone greeted him, along with seeing Krystal beside him.

"Hey Fox, hey Krystal, Peppy just made some breakfast. Come pull up a chair." Slippy greeted as he bit into his toast.

"Hey everybody." Krystal greeted with a smile and a small wave of her hand. Falco put down his coffee and lifted his head, seeing the vixen before him and giving her a small nod in return. Peppy came out of the kitchen with two plates in his hands and began setting them down on the table.

"Ah, Fox, and Krystal. Good morning, coffee or tea?" the hare offered as he went to the counter and pulled out two cups for them.

"Tea." Both Fox and Krystal said at the same time, making them look at each other and smile slightly. Peppy poured the tea and handed it to them and placed the sugar and honey at the table.

"Please, help yourself to what you want. I made eggs with bacon, with toast on the side. The strawberry jam is on the table." The hare informed as he took Slippy's dishes and turned to the kitchen.

"I'm going to the hanger, going to work on the Arwing's and improve them as much as I can with what we got." Slippy informed as he stepped out of his seat and walked to the door.

"Alright Slip, but be careful, last time I was here you smashed your hand by dropping that 40 pound wrench." Falco sneered.

"Once alright, but it was your fault for adding too much oil that got my hands slippery." The toad countered.

"This officially gave you the name, "Slippy"." Falco laughed.

"Alright, that's enough. Its morning and I'm sure we don't want to be up at 7 o'clock in the morning every morning." Fox yawned, covering his mouth. Krystal giggled at seeing the amphibian and bird argue a little and surprised at how calm they took it. She took a seat at the table, adding a few sugar packets to her tea and little honey to sweeten it up. Fox sat down beside her, adding honey and a sugar packet. He stirred it thoroughly, breaking the honey down and taking a sip and smiling.

"Good tea Peppy, like always." Fox complimented as he held the mug up and smiling at the hare.

"It's really good Peppy." Krystal added as she drank more and stopped, wanting to enjoy the taste.

"Thank you Krystal and Fox, I still need to talk to you so after you're done, come talk to me in the Kitchen." The hare left with the toads dishes and placed them in the sink before exiting and walking to the control room. Fox watched as Peppy walked into the room and seeing the door shut behind him.

(10 Minutes Later)

Both Krystal and Fox were done eating and have been for about 5 minutes and were now talking among themselves.

"Here, let me take that for you." Fox stood up from the table when he saw Krystal standing. He walked over to her and took her place and placing it on top of his before walking into the kitchen and placing them into the sink. He began to wash the dishes left behind and putting them on the counter to dry. He grabbed a washcloth and exited the kitchen, seeing Krystal walking around the room and entering the living room.

"Not much, but it's better than doing nothing." Fox said next to her, making her jump a little and him laughing.

"Damn Fox, you know I hate to be snuck up on." She giggled as she looked into the living room again, seeing a 42 inch LCD television mounted into the wall and a T.V stand under it with the shelves holding quite a bit of movies. There was a couch that ran in the middle of the room facing the T.V and a love seat on the left of it, facing inward and to the wall with a window viewing space. Krystal walked up to the window and leaned in, seeing a planet that had clouds and a deep blue see on it with some land that was barely visible from the clouds. The sun was appearing over the planet, showing half of it and it continued to grow.

"That's Corneria." Fox said as he pointed to the planet they were orbiting. Krystal watched in awe as she saw the planet's clouds move slowly around the atmosphere.

"Peppy needs to talk to me, so I'm just going to head to the control rooms, try not to get lost." He joked as he backed up and walked towards the door to Peppy. Krystal just laughed at his sense of humor and shrugged it off, still staring out into space.

"I wonder what he's thinking about. Sure I read his thought's this morning and yesterday, but that was because he asked me to stay so suddenly… like he… wants me to stay. No, he was just doing it out of the kindness of his heart…right?" Krystal thought to herself as she turned around, but saw the last of his tail vanish behind the metallic door.

"Oh Fox, you're such a mystery."

Well, how do you like it so far? My hand is hurting and it feels like a never ending cramp. To make matters worse, my ear spontaneously began to bleed, weird huh? Well, like I said, I'm going to convince other readers to read Star Fox fan-fics so it doesn't die out. Thanks also go to UnwarierTitan789. Please REVIEW and tell me how I'm doing. I would also like to call out to . This part pertaining to him. I added you to a connection thing like you said, but it says pending, sooooo... yeah, not much on the feedback about that. REVIEW please.