Wow, sorry about the delay in getting this chapter up, I've had it written down for ages but I've only just typed this up. Well, without another further delay, here we are.
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Chapter 2 – Old faces, new enemies.
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Looking around Fox found himself to be in the infirmary of the mansion, a sterile white-walled room that just radiated an air of cleanliness, Master Hand pulled out all the stops when it came to Smashers recovering their strength. Observing the room a bit more Fox noticed that the computer workstation had a man sitting in front of it whom apparently hadn't noticed the fact that he had awoken. The man was furiously typing away, presumably doing some sort of a report for officials, Fox noticed how similar this person was to Mario, it was perfect in almost every way, the only differences that Mario wore a cap and red overalls whereas this person wore neither, opting for a more professional look by standing there with his hair neatly combed in his pristine white doctors coat.
Glancing up and down at the other beds revealed that Fox was currently the only patient in the infirmary at the present time, no doubt this place would be filled to the brim the majority of the time. The automatic doors to the infirmary slid open and a blue avian walked in, dressed in combat gear and clutching a piece of paper in his hand. Upon noticing Fox the avian shot him a death-glare, as if challenging him to even remain alive. He muttered something inaudible to the doctor, stuffed the bit of paper in his hand and then proceeded to leave the infirmary. It would have been a clean getaway if it wasn't for another person blocking the infirmary doors. Wolf.
Wolf raised an eyebrow as the avian walked past him; completely oblivious to the fact the he even existed, if Wolf didn't move the bird would have probably tried to walk straight through him. Noticing that Fox was awake he gave him a toothy grin, when Fox didn't return the smile Wolf faltered, his face falling slightly. As he approached the bed Fox contorted his bruised face into a snarling visage warning Wolf to back off and stay away.
"What the hell do you want Wolf?" snapped Fox, he wasn't in any mood to be messed around with at the moment and seeing his arch nemesis just turn up when he was injured only served to aggravate him.
Wolf was severely pissed off, he comes to visit Fox in the infirmary out of the kindness of his heart only to find that he is not wanted and is being shouted at, well… Two can play at that game.
Regaining his cocky demeanour Wolf flashed Fox a more sinister grin while uttering probably one of his most used lines in conversation against the rival star-pilot
"Nothing Fox, just remember that I'm going to be the one to take you down" said Wolf, staring Fox down, attempting to intimidate him. "It'll be best for me to leave before I kill something from anger" Wolf thought to himself. Turning to leave Wolf recalled that Fox still has Falco visiting him, therefore he shouldn't feel too guilty about abandoning him.
With Wolf gone the person at the workstation finally chimed up
"Well, that-a was eventful, never had-a so much commotion in-a the infirmary" said the person. Now that he had moved into plain view Fox saw that it was none other than Dr. Mario.
"You are-a very lucky to-a be alive Fox" said the Doctor, his fact changing to a rather grim expression as he paused with his sentence, wondering how to continue.
"If Falco didn't find-a you in time you-a would be dead" finished the Doctor.
Rage boiled inside Fox, the one person that he could TRULY call a friend, the one person who could rely on, the one person he loved had rescued him from something that was entirely his fault to begin with!
---FLASHBACK, Foxs POV---
I was sitting with Falco in the gym of the mansion, we were training together in order to get prepared for the next tournament that was rapidly approaching. I stopped my weights and looked over at the bird who was currently doing push-ups fairly rapidly.
"Falco, can we talk?" I said, quite surprising at the time to me, this was the first step that I needed to take in order to get this off my chest.
"Sure man, whatcha wanna talk 'bout?" Falco replied, his usual charismatic tone was a stark contrast to my rapidly deflating courage.
"Well, erm… I don't know how to say this easily so I'm just gonna say it."
Falcos interest had finally perked, he had stopped his push-ups and was giving Fox his full attention.
I looked him dead in the eye, trying to summon up a last bit of courage to say those two all-important words.
"I'm gay"
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Needless to say Falcos reaction to Fox confession to him was disastrous, Falco accused Fox of so many brutal things, slandered him with each and every cruel phrase that he knew and to top it all when he was finished ranting AT Fox he started to rant ABOUT Fox to the other members of team Star Fox. It didn't take much time until Falco managed to have them all corrupted against him, saying that the hated him, despised him and never wanted to see him again. It tore Fox apart, just seeing Falco again brought back a fresh wave of painful memories.
"Hello? Fox? Are you alright?" asked the Doctor, this time genuine concern was upon his face and Fox knew why. At the mention of Falco Fox had broken down into a fit of silent tears, the salty liquid running down his face.
"Yeah Doctor, I'm fine, so… Falco saved me?"
"Yes, he-a saved you, he found-a you in the training room in a very bad state, broken bones, blood-a-everywhere" The Doctors expression turned from one of concern to one of sympathy.
"Master Hand would like to see you"
As if on cue the doors to the infirmary slid open and a giant disembodied hand floating in through the doorway. Fox wasn't able to read any emotions from the hand directly but the aura that he gave off made Fox aware that he was most displeased.
"Fox, you are without a doubt one of the stupidest and luckiest Smashers to reside in this mansion" said the Hand.
Fox was starting to get scared, it was NOT a good idea to get the Master Hand pissed off, as from his previous examples the Smashers learned that he could turn any one of them into a pile of dust within a millisecond just by wishing it.
Wiggling his fingers slightly the hand continued
"You know the rules Fox, nobody, absolutely NOBODY does Cruel Brawl without another smasher on standby!"
Master Hand pondered for a moment, thinking of an ideal punishment for Fox. He didn't want to come across as cruel as he cared for the safety of the Smashers above all else.
"I didn't want to do this Fox, but you have forced my hand (No pun intended). You are now forbidden to use the training room except under my own personal supervision, as such you will have to timetable your training sessions around my own schedule."
Fox sat in silence, lowering his head in shame, he knew he had done wrong, but what made him feel even more ashamed was the fact he was getting such a light punishment, Fox had half expected Master Hand to incinerate him on the spot.
"I recommend that you leave the infirmary and go and great the newest Smashers, you've been unconscious quite some time and you've missed the standard introductory ceremony."
Floating out of the door Fox decided to follow Master Hands advice and leave. As Fox gathered his things he received a last hasty "stay safe" from Dr. Mario, walking through the infirmary door he hoped he could at least make some new friends with the new group of Smashers.
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"Sonic! Don't you have any decency!" screamed a distraught woman wearing a frilly pink dress, she was holding up a pair of blue shorts in front of her, tears beginning to form in the corners of her eyes.
"Please Sonic, just wear them!"
Sonic was still standing there in the doorway in all his glory, displaying himself to the world, his furry sheathe on display, his testicles in his fuzzy blue ball sac just below, swaying slightly as his shifted his weight from one foot to the other.
"I don't wanna" said a defiant Sonic, turning his nose up at the offending garment the woman was holding.
"But Sonic… everybody can see!" said the woman, rapidly losing patience with the blue hedgehog.
"Yeah? So? Why exactly do you care?" replied Sonic
"Fine! I give up!" screamed the woman, throwing the shorts to the floor in front of Sonic. "You are impossible!"
The woman stormed away muttering to herself
"Fox is not going to be happy"
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Fox actually did a very good job getting acquainted with everybody. A quick hello to all the veterans (With the exception of Falco, that arrogant bird…) and a lengthy but short introduction to all of the newcomers (Except Wolf whom did not need an introduction). Fox had managed to introduce himself to everybody except one elusive person. Fox knew his name but hadn't a clue where he was hiding himself.
Settling himself on the fact that he would find this mysterious newcomer tomorrow he retired to his room. Upon reaching his room Fox found two things that were strange. One was that a pair of blue shorts were sitting right outside of his door on the floor and the second was that a second symbol was carved underneath the Star Fox symbol, it seemed to depict some sort of spiky head. Fox reached out and opened the door.
Sonic was curious about meeting his new roommate, from what he had gathered from some of the older Smashers he was a kind and caring person but had recently became a bit secluded and withdrawn. Hearing the door opening he approached it in order to greet his new roommate.
--- Foxs POV ---
Looking into the room Fox saw an azure hedgehog standing in front of him, a childlike grin on his face and innocence glistening in his eyes. Fox examined him quickly, taking note of the many sharp quills on his head, his stunning emerald eyes, his cheeky little smile on his mouth, letting his eyes travel southward Fox almost did a double-take there and then.
The hedgehog was standing in front of him.
Naked.
And apparently he didn't even care.
---Sonics POV ---
My new roommate was an anthromorph just like me, score! A fox too he was almost the same height as me, fairly well built and wearing a combat jacket. Looking into his eyes I saw that they were a shade of green that could rival my own, looking into his eyes I saw that they were travelling downwards to view the area between my legs, I had to stifle laughter as his gaze seemed to stick there unmoving, apparently he found my current state of dress interesting.
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Fox pulled his eyes away from Sonics nether region, blushing furiously that was just barely masked by his fur. Turning to meet the hedgehog eye to eye he spoke.
"Two questions. One: Are you Sonic? And Two: Why are you naked?"
Sonic noticed Fox blushing even through his fur and couldn't help but grin at the sight.
"Two answers. One: Yes I am and Two: Because I feel like it"
Fox was lost for words; here was a perfectly attractive young, male hedgehog naked in front of him who didn't care about being nude at all. Foxs eyes began to glaze over, his mouth slightly ajar.
"Are you alright?" said Sonic, his voice snapping Fox out of his trance like state.
Realising that he probably shouldn't fantasise about those sort of things in public Fox quickly shut that part of his brain down and started to quickly formulate something to throw Sonic off of the subject.
"Ah, ergh, yes. I'm fine thank you. But I don't think that the other will take kindly to you walking around with nothing but shoes and gloves on. They're not – "
Sonic wiggled his finger in a cheeky fashion in front of Fox and took up the conversation himself
"Someone beat you to it, a crazy woman in a pink dress was screaming at me earlier." Said Sonic.
Racking his brain for a memory of a pink dress wasn't hard, there was only one woman at the tournament who always wore a pink dress and that was Princess Peach.
"That'll be Princess Peach, she may look weak but she packs some mean moves, especially her bomber-attack…"
Talking about fighting styles had once again peaked Sonics curiosity in the subject
"Bomber-attack?" he repeated after Fox, curious to know as to what this was.
"Yeah, it's one of her special abilities, she'll launch her body at you, hips first, and if she hits you, well… you basically explode"
Finding the whole topic of blowing somebody up with your hips Sonic started to imitate, jumping around the room launching himself hips first.
"You mean like this?" said Sonic amidst fits of laughter.
Fox was laughing with him too until something caught his eye.
Sonics ball sac was swinging free side-to-side, completely unrestrained as he moved. It wasn't long until Fox was starting. Fox became so caught up in the moment that he didn't even notice Sonic had stopped moving until he spoke.
"Like what you see?" asked Sonic, his devilish grin back on his face, his hand lightly patting himself downstairs.
It took a few moments for the words to sink in for Fox.
"Excuse me?" Fox raised an eyebrow "I'm not gay"
Sonics childish and innocent grin had return to his face, instead of the lustful look he was wearing just seconds before.
"I didn't say you were, but when you stare it kind of gives me that idea"
Fox shut his mouth, he didn't have a suitable comeback to counter the hedgehogs argument. Fox was getting aggravated, the hedgehog was friendly but seemed to be more than his share of annoying.
"Bah, fine. Be that way. I'm going to sleep. Be good, I don't want a horny hedgehog raping me in my sleep"
As Fox climbed into bed he heard Sonic say
"Don't worry, I'll be a good little hedgehog"--- --- ---
Me – Chappy 2 complete, yey!
Sonic – Well… this is a new side to me.
Me – Hope you enjoy it.
Fox – I certainly don't
Sonic – Then why did you stare?
Me – He's right Fox
Fox - *Angry muttering*
Wolf – What the hell am I doing here, I barely had a part!
Me – Shut up Wolf.