Guilt, Pain, and Happiness

Sorry for late update on this story and my others. My hand is somewhat healed and my ear still spontaneous bleeds. Just 2 days ago I had a muscle-spasm in my neck and the whole day I had my neck tilted to the right. Other than that life's been going great -_- Well, enough said and also good news. 2 more weeks of school left and my stories will be updated normally. Go ahead and get mad at me, I deserve it I guess for calling someone a 'female-dog'. I accidentally sent it to her then the original person. Haha, also, I text someone and they responded back, "What's the meaning of this? Who is this?" I didn't respond 'cause I HATE that person with a passion. WITH A PASSION! Well, that all happened at 7:30ish on 5/19/12. Please read and REVIEW and tell me what I can improve on.

The metallic door closed, and the vulpine stopped in his tracks. He looked straight ahead and saw the hallway that led to the control room, where Peppy was at. Fox walked down the hallway, his eyes focused on the metallic door ahead of him and ignoring the intersections of the hallway. But his mind was completely off subject. He couldn't help but shake the cold feeling he had that drove up his spine with every step he took away from the indigo vixen.

"Why do I have this feeling? Nothing will go wrong." He lied to himself, knowing that without the Lylat System being endangered, then his team won't be much use, and soon credits would be a problem. He shook his head from the dramatic premonition his mind played on him, and noticed that he was already behind the metallic door in the Control Room. Peppy sat in his chair, looking over the monitors and checking the fuel gages, seeing the meter just above the halfway mark.

"You asked for me Pep's?" Fox asked casually as he took a seat next to him. Peppy looked to his left and adjusted his glasses and crossed his arms and finally leaning in his chair. The hare stared at Fox, not taking his eyes off him or even blinking, making fox shift nervously.

"Wha-what? Why are you looking at me like that?" Fox asked, his casualness gone and shifted to nervousness. Peppy didn't say anything, just continued to stare at him, giving him the thousand yard stare.

"Alright, I didn't know what I was thinking. She didn't have anywhere to go so I asked her if she wanted to join the team and she accepted." Fox almost shouted. His breathing quickened from the amount of nervousness, hyperventilating more like it. The hare chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck.

"You're in charge Fox. I'm not saying that you made a bad decision on asking her to be on the team. I would have done the same, knowing that her home and everything she held dear was just gone in a flash. I'm proud of you Fox." Peppy finished as he stood up and walked passed Fox, giving him a pat on his shoulder. Fox was leaning forward in his chair, shocked that his friend quickly let it go; usually he wouldn't give up that often.

"But I bet that isn't the real reason why you offered her the position." Peppy chuckled as he flipped a few switches on the wall behind the vulpine. Fox, upon hearing what the hare said, jumped from his chair and spun around, facing Peppy's backside.

"N-no, I offered her because she… she didn't have anywhere else to go. Nothing else." Fox shot back, his cheeks burning red. The old hare just laughed to himself and continued to look over the computers and calibration systems.

"Look, if you would excuse me, I have to show someone around." Fox turned towards the door and started to walk away from Peppy, his intention on someone that wasn't in the room with him. But right as the metallic door opened and Fox was stepping through, Peppy called his name.

"I was just joking around." Peppy laughed. Fox turned his head to the side and grinned before he continued to walk and the door shutting behind him. Once on the other door, Fox took a deep breath, calming himself down and continued to walk to the living room. Right before he was about to step through the last door to the living room, he heard laughter… female laughter. He walked through and saw Falco on the couch with Krystal beside him and his arm around her shoulder, pulling her closer to him. Seeing this made Fox stiffen up, and stare at Falco with anger.

"So, there I was alright. I was standing on top of the little bugga'. His three friends were helping each other walk out of the bar, crying from the whooping I gave them. Then, haha, here, haha, here comes their mom." Falco started laughing again, making Krystal giggle. But, Fox could tell she was making herself laugh.

"So, having fun?" Fox smirked as he leaned against the wall, making both of them turn their attention to him.

"Yo, what up Foxxy?" Falco laughed as he pulled his arms from Krystal and stood up to shake Fox's hand. Fox accepted his handshake and punched his shoulder lightly.

"Hey, whoa, what was that for man?" Falco asked as he brushed his shoulder where Fox punched him.

"That's for leaving the team." Fox chuckled. Krystal stood up and walked over to the two guys, passing Falco and giving Fox a surprise hug. Fox was taken back from the hug, but returned it. After a couple of seconds, they both pulled away and Krystal took a step back, giving both the boys enough room.

"Telling her the story of the, "Amazing Lombardi?" are we?" Fox chuckled.

"Hey, it's a good way to break the ice." Falco added as he shot a look at Krystal, giving her a smile. Krystal smiled back, but quickly turned away.

"You made that up. None of it was true. It was a dream you had, remember?" Fox added laughing. Falco looked at Fox with anger, then he felt his blood boil with embarrassment when he heard Krystal join in on the laughter.

"Yo-you were sleep fighting wi-with your pillow." Fox laughed as he leaned against the wall to support himself. Krystal and him continued to laugh, making the birds feathers ruffle out of place and he stormed off, embarrassed. Once Falco stepped through the hallway and left, Slippy came walking in confuse as to why the two foxes were laughing.

"He lied about his "fight" with the muscular guys, didn't he?" Slippy said as his lips started to lift and turned into a grin. Fox and Krystal kept laughing, but managed a nod, making the amphibian laugh too. After the whole hysteria laughing of Fox and Krystal of about 5 minutes, they began to calm down and both of them wiped a tear from their eyes. Slippy stopped to and gained his composure back.

"Well, you met Falco, and here's Slippy, our mechanic and weapons specialist." Fox introduced. Slippy waddled up to the foxes and shook Krystal's hands firmly, giving her a warmful smile. Krystal shook his hand and let go, finished with the introduction.

"Say, Fox. I was working on your Arwing and I found this is it. Not sure where it came from, but somewhat of an idea as to where, but I'm not making any assumptions." Slippy handed Fox the Staff that he used on Dinosaur Planet. Fox took the staff and thanked the toad.

"Well, I'm going to rub the 'fight' in Falco's face. Catch you two later." Slippy laughed as he walked out the living room and towards Falco's room.

"Here, this is yours, not mine." Fox started as he handed Krystal her staff. Krystal took the staff and looked it over, seeing the small scratches and chips in it.

"Yeah, I didn't really know how to use it at first, so I kind of, wacked them with it." Fox nervously chuckled. Krystal held the staff up and looked at Fox, smiling and giving him a hug.

"Thanks Fox." She thanked as he returned the hug. They both let go and Krystal stood beside him, looking around the ship.

"Here let me show you around." Fox offered as he took her by the hand and walked off into the corridor, making small talk along the way and asking questions.

(Hours Later)

Fox just finished showing Krystal the simulation/ workout room on the second floor of the Great Fox. Throughout the whole time Fox was showing her around, Krystal was amazed by how well he explained things.

"Well, this concludes out tour, thank you for being such a lovely audience and I'll be here all week long, and more." Fox joked. Out of nowhere, ROB came from the hallway and played the sound of applause from an audience, making both the foxes laugh.

"Thanks ROB." Fox thanked as he saw him turn and leave. The two foxes ceased there laughing and stood in the doorway, staring at one another.

"Thanks for the tour Fox. I'm surprise you didn't buckle under the pressure." She purred. Fox's blood heated and his blood pressure rose. Never had he heard her say something like that to him, scratch that, at ALL has he heard her talk like that.

"Bu-buckle under pressure?" he gulped, seeing her move closer to him, making him back up against the door wall. Krystal continued to get closer, her eyes not leaving his and he leaned forward, making him stiffen and slid up against the wall.

Well, I'm gonna have to call it quits there. My ear still spontaneous bleeds and my hand is still in pain. Sorry for late update, but expect more within two weeks. So what do we have here? Krystal seems to be getting closer to Fox and both Fox and Falco seem to be jealous of Krystal's staying. But how will it work out? What will happen? And what will happen between Fox and Krystal in the next chapter? Read and Review, please?