Chapter 5

(Dante's pov)

3 hours later...

"General Pepper heard you mutter a strange language. What were you saying?" Luigia asks me.

Shit...I forgot the military are watching me...

"It means...I think I'm in love." I said rather embarrassed.

Luigia looks at me for a bit...then snickers a bit then starts laughing loud.

"Really? Oh man...who's the lucky girl? Wait...don't tell me. Gina?"

"Um...yeah..." I blushed.

"Oh man...this is gold." She snickers more.

"But I'm not going to tell her right off the bat that I love her. It makes me feel like a creep." I covered my face a bit.

"Smart. Take your time with her and when she gets to know you more then you confess your feelings to her." She chuckled.

"You think it's that simple?"

"Of course. Just whatever you do, don't do anything stupid that you will regret. It's not her father should be worrying...well...maybe if you take things too far...but her skills in combat are about as good as her father. Saw her put a wolf in his place when he tried to hit on her in the most disgusting ways I have ever seen. I'm not joking. She twist his arm, throws him down to the ground and knocks him out with a punch to the face."

My eyes went wide for a bit...Gina. a girl who's innocent and friendly can kick ass. Hell of a woman.

"Wow..."

"Yeah...anyway...I got a friend of mine who wants to meet you in person." She said as I started drinking water for a bit.

"Oh? Military I presume?"

"Yes."

"What can you tell me about him?" I asked rather curious.

"His name is James McCloud. The guy is an ace pilot and is very famous in the military. But...he tends to joke around when he's not in duty." Luigia chuckles.

Really? Interesting...

"Okay...Bring him here. I'm eager to meet this guy." I smiled.

She smiled as she went to the living room to call James while I think back at the conversation I had with Gina.

*10 hours ago*

"So you were the human the news reporters talked about?" Gina asked me rather curious.

"Yeah...my home planet was destroyed cause of Armageddon...lost my friends and my dad there..."

"Oh...sorry I asked."

"It's okay...let's change the subject."

"How was your first time in the classes?"

"Oh god...it's crazy. They were playing 20 questions with me for possibly the entire class just to learn about my race. I'm not going to lie...I felt like screaming so that we can proceed with the class but I didn't want them to think that I'm a hostile kind of guy. Thankfully...I did " I groaned.

"Was it just one class or all them?"

"All of them."

"Wow..." Her ears perked up with surprise.

"Yeah...that bad."

"I'm surprised you're keeping your cool about it. Normally it would drive a guy insane when he's being asked too many questions."

"Yeah well my father taught me how to keep a cool head in situations like that."

"So what do you have next period?"

"I got P.E."

"Oh no..."

"What?"

"My dad is the coach there and he is very...very intimidating."

"How intimidating are we talking about?"

"Huh?"

"This isn't the first time I met with intimidating instructors when I first got into a military academy. So I'm curious how intimidating your father is."

"Well...the kind of guy who would look like he could kill you if you did something stupid."

"Oh joy..."

"Take my advice. Don't do or say anything you will regret. Last recruit who got stupid with my father was when he was talking back at my father only to get a beating so badly he was in a hospital for probably a month."

"Yikes...I'll keep that in mind."

"Just be careful. My father is not to be messed with and would you put in your place by force if he has to make you be obedient."

*Present*

Gina wasn't kidding when her father was a scary mother fucker. If it weren't for her advice, I would be dead.

"Yeah...he wants to meet you, James...you're bringing Fox with you?...sounds good...okay. we'll be waiting. See ya." I heard Luigia say in the living room.

James MCcloud, huh? I wonder if what Luigia said is true about you...

So I waited for probably 20 minutes as I hear a knock on the door. As Luigia opens the door, there was this middle age fox in military clothing with shades on (why he wears it is beyond my understanding.) with the same fox I met at gym.

"Oh hey. You're that fox from gym." I said as the young fox saw me.

"Hm? Oh right. We were doing that test there. Names Fox. Dante, right?" Fox said with his ears perked.

"Yup." I nod.

I then look at the adult fox as he smiles at me in a friendly manner.

"And you must be James MCcloud. It's honor to meet you, sir."

"Please. Call me James. No need to be formal." He chuckles as he shook my hand with a firm grip for a few seconds.

Huh...I'm starting to like this guy already.

"I heard you had a chat with Boss." James said with curiousity.

"What? You did?" Luigia looked at me shocked.

"Yeah...like I told Fox, he was concern about me talking with Gina and let me tell you...he was dead serious about it." I sighed.

"Can you blame him? He's really protective about his family and he's not going let some stranger do whatever they want to his little girl...especially if that stranger is a human like yourself. Take my word...the only way you can get on his good side is not cause trouble with him and don't mess with his family. Trust me." Luigia sighs as James chuckled.

For almost the rest of the day, I got to know James and Fox more. James is leader of a mercenary for hire group called Star Fox who serve under the Cornerian army. A mercenary group working for the military? That's new. Never heard of something like that back at Earth. While Fox wants to follow his father's footsteps as a soldier for the army. Sounds nice to hear to hear Fox wanting to follow his father's footstep and I find that quite interesting too. James also showed me a picture of his wife named Vixy and his 10 year old daughter, Vixen. Cute kid. So I told them before Earth was destroyed I was becoming a cadet for the army so I could follow my father's footsteps who retired from being a soldier when I was 16 (he took a nasty bullet wound so badly that he had to retire.). During my conversations with James and Fox...they took that information by heart and were very sympathetic about the loss of my father and I respect that. At least they are some people in this planet who aren't assholes...

Now here's when James takes things in a funny turn...just as James and Fox were leaving, James (and I shit you not...) said...

"Oh and Luigia? Good luck with your girlfriend." James snickered.

"What?" Me and Fox said with confusion.

I didn't get an answer from James about what he just said when Luigia chased him and Fox out of the house showing embarrassment on her face. It makes it even more awkward when Luigia shouts...

"IT WAS ONE NIGHT!"

This time I was wide eyed. Not because what she said...but how she shouted. I have never seen her so freaked out like that.

As James and Fox left, Luigia comes back looking at me even more embarrassed.

"Is there something you want to talk about?" I asked with my arms crossed.

She didn't say a word until we got in the house. And what she said...well...

"I...um...like...girls." Luigia said rather embarrassed.

"...Okay." I shrugged.

"What? That's it?" She looks at me confused.

"That's not new to me. I've seen that kind of stuff back at my home planet and I'm not one to judge if you like the same gender and no...I'm straight. I'm interested in the opposite sex. So...who's the lucky gal?"

She took a few minutes to regain her composure as she gives a deep sigh.

"There was this...Pantheress. we knew each other since our days as cadets. When we confessed our feelings a couple of weeks when we got to know each other...we uh...had fun..."

"So you had sex?"

"W-What? No! We didn't went that far. I mean sure...we kissed and felt our bodies but we didn't went too far."

"Okay okay. Sorry I asked. But like I said, I'm not one to judge. You love her that's fine with me." I sighed.

She looks at me with a faint smile with a nod as I went to my room with a chuckle. James sure loves being a joker I'll give him that...

(James' pov)

"Honey! We're home!" I said as me and Fox went inside.

Vixy shows up with her usual smile as Vixen was playing her toys in the living room.

"How was your visit with the human?" She asks me.

"It was great. He's a friendly guy to talk to." Fox said as he scratched his head a bit.

"Really?" Vixy asked with curiousity.

"Yeah...and uh...what the news said about his planet being destroyed and losing his father there...was true. He's recovering thankfully and is adjusting his life here." Fox sighs as I nod solemnly.

"Oh my...that's horrible. If he was here, my cooking would cheer him up." Vixy said almost surprised.

"Ha ha...your cooking always makes us smile." I chuckled.

"He also goes to the same academy that I'm at." Fox said.

"I see...you should talk to him once in a while so he can be used to being with the people here." Vixy suggested.

"That's not a bad idea. I'm sure you and him will be best friends." I smiled as Fox chuckled.

Not a bad idea at all...