Fox woke up before Krystal. He tried to release himself from her embrace, but her grip was too strong. He sighed and decided to wait for her to wake. Her warm body felt nice as it spooned his. Why ruin the moment? After about a half hour, she awoke.
"Good morning." he greeted as she released him from her grip. He crawled out of bed and stretched.
"Very good morning." she replied with a smile as she climbed out of bed and headed for her clothes, "That was the best sleep I've had in a while." She grabbed a sack and began stuffing clothes into it. Fox, meanwhile, put the few things he had there in a pile.
"How's my priestess doing this morning?" Krystal asked.
"Good." Fox answered, "Just don't let Falco find out when we get to my system. We'll never hear the end of it."
Fox stepped out of sight behind a cabinet and had removed his loincloth to put on his uniform when he made an unwelcome discovery.
"What happened now?" he asked out loud. Krystal walked by to look and see what the problem was. She was shocked to find female bits where his manhood was supposed to be. Fox noticed her spying on him and quickly pulled up his flightsuit.
"How am I going to explain this?" Fox asked himself, " Hey Dad. You have a daughter now. Hey Falco. Your best guy friend, the guy you tell things to because he's a fellow guy, is now female. Hope that doesn't make things awkward."
Fox zipped up his suit and put on the rest of his uniform.
"It's not so bad." Krystal assured him, "It's not like you couldn't hide your changes in your suit."
"You're right." Fox told her, "It's not like either of them are in a hurry to see me naked."
The pair packed their things and left. As they headed for their ship, Fox contemplated what to do. He could have his body surgically returned to its original sex, but how he explain it? He really didn't want to have any awkward chats with his friends and family and he knew he couldn't hide it from them, no matter how hard he tried. He'd take combat over awkward chats anyday.
As they loaded their things into the ship, the villagers came over and cheerfully wished them a good voyage. The pair thanked the crowd and climbed into the craft. They waved to the crowd before closing the cockpit and taking off. As soon as they reached orbit, Fox entered the coordinates into the auto-pilot.
"Is something wrong?" Krystal asked, "You seem apprehensive."
"It's complicated." Fox told her, "I want to go home, but I also don't want to be anywhere near home. I'm stuck with options that all lead to painful awkwardness."
Krystal nodded her head.
The pair waited in silence for a few hours. Fox kept himself busy monitoring the instruments as well as the surrounding space. Krystal herself stared at the surrounding cosmos. This was the first time she had left her world. She wondered what was out there. New worlds. New peoples. The mere idea of countless peoples on countless worlds, all out there, many unaware of the others existence, filled her with new feelings she couldn't even begin to describe.
After about 12 hours, the Arwing automatically left warp speed and cruised toward the Great Fox. Fox scanned the giant ship and was relieved it was empty with the lone exception of Rob64. Sighing in relief, Fox punched in a code on his console and flew the ship into the opening hanger bay. He could at least shower and change as he thought about what he would do.