“Hey uh, Krystal.” He called out, there was no response. “Krystal?” He called out again and started to look around, she was nowhere in sight, he started to worry. “Krystal!” He shouted, suddenly his front door opened and a woman with brown hair walked in. She looked at him and smiled closing the door and pushing a button on her left wrist band morphing back into Krystal. Josh exhaled deeply trying to control his nerves.

“Where were you?” He asked trying not to sound too upset. Krystal was able to read his mind and could tell he was mad, but more so worried.

“Sorry…After you left your neighbor came by and we talked, she wanted me to come over to her place for a little bit.” She said.

“Ms. Evergreen?” He asked, Krystal nodded, and Josh sighed, “Just…Don’t scare me like that again okay, if you go anywhere while I’m not here please leave a note okay?” He asked. Krystal nodded, she could tell something was bothering him, and it wasn’t her leaving.

“Is something wrong?” She asked, Josh shook his head and sat down on the couch. Krystal sat down next to him with her tail lying on her lap. They sat next to each other in awkward silence for a few moments before one of them spoke.

“I ah…I might be a Dad.” He said. Saying it out loud didn’t make him feel better about the situation. Krystal however was smiling.

“Isn’t that a good thing?” She asked and placed her hand on his shoulder, He looked at her nearly in tears, Krystal’s ears suddenly lowered a little, something was wrong with the human.

“There’s a chance that it’s not mine.” He said, Krystal’s ears lowered even more.

“Oh.” She said and removed her hand from his shoulder, “I’m sorry.” It was all she could say to him. They countinued to sit side by side eachother for a few moments, Krystal could tell the Human was very much upset about his situation. Suddenly her ears flicked up when she thought of an Idea, she turned to him and smiled.

“Let’s go out.” She said, Josh looked over at her and raised an eyebrow.

“Go out?” He asked, she nodded.

“Yeah, this is my first time being to this planet…Why don’t you show me around.” Josh looked away for a second, then looked back at her.

“I don’t know.” He said.

“It’ll be fun.” She said and clapped her hands together, “Please.” She said giving him the saddest look she could muster, He stared at her for a few seconds. Krystal was hoping he would say yes, not only would she get to explore some places, but he would have something to keep himself from thinking about his situation. Just then he rolled his eyes at her with a gentle smile.

“Alright…I’ll take you out.” He said. Krystal smiled and threw her arms around his neck and gave him a hug. He was shocked at first, but soon returned the hug with one of his own.

Josh and Krystal got into the car and drove off, she had changed into her human disguise. Josh looked over to find a smile on her face, which forced one to appear on his.

“Have you eating anything?” He asked. Krystal shook her head and turned her gaze to him. “Have you ever had a burger before?” He asked.

“No…What is it?” She asked.

“You’ll see.” He said and pulled into a burger joint. He turned his car off and got out, the two made their way to the door and Josh quickly opened it for her, she smiled and thanked him before walking in. Instantly she was hit with the smell of french-fries and burgers.

“Oh my…It smells really good.” She said and looked up at Josh, he smiled.

“They taste a lot better than they smell.” He said and the two made their way to the counter, there was a young teenager at the counter. He looked up at the two and his eyes instantly landed on Krystal, technically her disguise. He gave a toothy smile at her.

“Hi.” He said, Krystal smiled at the teenager.

“Greetings.” She replied.

“Ah…Welcome to Peter’s burgers and fries…What you like to order?” He asked, Josh stepped forward.

“Just get us two cheese burgers, ketchup mustard pickle and onions and two large fries, and two large cokes please.” He said, the teenager started to type the order into the register.

“That’ll be 7.28 please.” He said, Josh reached into his pocket and fished out his wallet and handed the teen the money. Krystal stared at this planets form of courancy, green pieces of paper with faces on them, it certinaly wasnt like Lylat's credit system. The teen then pulled out two large Styrofoam cups and handed them to Josh. Josh nodded to the teen and him and Krystal walked off, not before the teen waved bye to Krystal and stared at her butt as she walked off. She smiled and waved back. The two made their way to the drink machine. Krystal watched as Josh filled both cups with ice, she then watched as he tapped a screen on the machine which brought up thirty different soda drinks. He clicked on one and placed one of the cups under the nozzle and green liquid sprayed out into the cup. He placed the lid on and put a straw in it. He then handed the cup to Krystal.

“Try this.” He said, Krystal held onto the cup and put the straw into her mouth and drank it, it left a slight burning feeling in her mouth and throat but the taste was amazing.

“Mm what is this?” She asked and took another sip, Josh smiled and filled his cup with the same drink.

“That would be the greatest soda ever created, Mt. Dew.” He said and took a sip out of his.

“Order 220.” A voice called out, Josh looked at the receipt and saw their order number had just been called.

“That’s us.” He said and walked off with Krystal following close behind still drinking the soda. The two made their way back to the counter and saw a tray filled with food. Josh sat his drink on the tray and carried it with them. The two found a booth near the back and sat down.  Josh handed Krystal her burger and fries and then started to eat his. Krystal grabbed the warm burger wrapped in foil, she started to unwrap it and was met with a sesame seed bum, with melted cheese and meat. She looked up at Josh who stopped eating to look back at her, as if waiting for her to try it. She looked back at the burger and opened her mouth and took a bite. She started to chew it slowly, then even slower until she stopped chewing all together, she looked up at Josh.

“What’s wrong? Do you not like it?” He asked.

“This…Is…AWSOME!” she nearly shouted and quickly took another big bite, Josh smiled and continued to eat his food. Krystal quickly inhaled the burger and moved on to the fires and started to eat them like a mad woman. “Oh my God these things are great!” She said as she ate more fries. Josh noticed she was running low on fries so he grabbed his and handed them to her.

“You want mine?” He asked, Krystal instantly grabbed his fries and thanked him with a mouthful of food. She then began to eat what was left of his fries, soon they were getting strange and disgusted looks from other people close by, Josh looked back at Krystal who finished eating and was drinking her drink, she drank until she made the annoying sucking sound the straw makes trying to get the last bit of soda. She finished with a loud burp, and quickly covered her mouth with her hands and her eyes went wide.

“Sorry.” She said embarrassedly, Josh shook his head.

“Nah, don’t worry about it…Are you done?” He asked, Krystal gave him a smiling nod, “Well ah…Want to go see a movie?” He asked.

“Oh really? I haven’t seen a movie in a while.” She said and stood up, “First I have to use the bathroom.” She said and walked off. Once she was gone everyone watching turned to look at Josh. Suddenly he felt his cheeks flare up.

“Ah…She’s not from around here.” He said in a nervous chuckle and quickly gathered the trash to throw away.

“I have to use the bathroom, I'll be right back.” He said and walked off, Krystal stood in the lobby eating what was left of the popcorn that they had shared. She noticed two large biker looking men approaching her.

“Hey there sweetheart.” One of them said and stood too close to her.

“Hi.” She said took a step away from him, he stepped closer and placed his arm around her shoulder.

“Such a pretty thing like you shouldn’t be standing all by themselves.” Krystal used her free hand to remove his arm off of her.

“Actually gentlemen, I’m here with my…Boyfriend, he went to relive himself in the bathroom.” She said, suddenly the other guy walked up to her from behind and placed his hand on her butt.

“I need some relief as well.” He said, Krystal smiled and turned to the two men.

“Oh I see…You want me to help…Relive you?” She asked, they nodded, “Well then boys, let’s go outside for a few moments…I’ll make sure you two never forget this moment.” She said and walked with the two men outside. A few moments later Josh walked back into the lobby to find Krystal sitting on a bench eating her popcorn. He made his way up to her, when she noticed him she smiled and stood.

“All set?” She asked.

“Yeah” He said, She nodded and they walked out of the theater, as Josh made his way outside he quickly noticed the crowd of people gathering around a flag pole, he then noticed two large men tied to it, gaged, and naked.

“Good lord.” He said, Krystal looked over and gasped.

“Who could have done such a thing?” She asked and slowly walked off with Josh with a smirk on her face. It was surely a moment the two biker men would never forget.

“Oh, oh, oh lets go there!” She called out like a little girl wanting something really bad and would pout all day if she didn’t get it. Josh looked over to find her pointing at an arcade.

“An arcade?”

‘An alien blue colored fox, who can read minds and plays video games…My God all the nerdy furry lovers would kill to be in my shoes.’
“I guess so.” He said.

“Yes.” She said and started to look really excited about going, Josh couldn’t help but chuckle at her eagerness. They pulled into a parking spot and got out then made their way inside. Once inside Krystal noticed the only lights that were on were the lights coming from the games. Josh moved up ahead and placed a five dollar bill into a machine which gave him five dollars in quarters. As Krystal looked around she noticed that she had never heard of any of these games before, she then came to two player fighting game that looked like it would be fun.

“Can we play this one?” She asked and looked over at Josh.

“Death Battle…Have you ever played?” He asked, Krystal shook her head.

“Nope, but I’ve played fighting games before…Just a fair warning, I’m unbeatable.”

“Sounds like you’re challenging me.” He replied, to which Krystal smirked and crossed her arms.

“You man enough to accept it?” Josh smiled and inserted two quarters.

“DEATH BATTLE!” the games announcer called out. The screen went dark and then the character selection menu came up. Krystal moved her side’s joy stick and looked around at the fifteen character choices, she found a female red humanoid fox, that had a large gun strapped to her back and clicked on it.

“Foxy Fox!” The announcer called out, now it was Josh’s turn. He moved the joy stick and selected a character that had a sword attacked to his waist and was wearing a white kimono.

“Jack!” The announcer said and then the screen faded to a level selection, Krystal selected the random choice and the screen went dark. Once it came back on the game had begun, the two warriors were on a floating platform in space.

“Fight!” The announcer shouted. Krystal wasted no time moving her joystick towards Josh’s character. Krystal started to push the three attack buttons next to the joystick. Foxy Fox started to punch at Jack with face punches. Josh quickly moved his joystick down making Jack drop to his knees dodging Krystal’s attacks. Josh then moved the joystick up and pushed an attack button which caused Jack to upper cut Foxy Fox. The fox flew into the air and landed on her back. Krystal started to randomly push buttons to get her character to get up. Josh however didn’t move his character at all.

“Any day now.” He said.

“Shut up, I’ve never played this game before.” She said in her defense and then managed to get her character to stand up. She then ran to Jack and threw another face punch. Josh made Jack block the attack and then pushed a series of buttons that made Jack punch Foxy Fox in the face and then upper cut her into the air and while in the air he jumped up and started to repeatedly kick her over and over still in midair and then finished with grabbing her and slamming her to the ground. Blood splattered on the screen and slowly started to fade away. Krystal noticed her health was flashing red and was nearly gone.

“Aright then let’s see you do something about this!” She called out and made her character jump in the air and tried to superman punch Jack. Josh quickly pushed the attack button and Jack kicked Foxy Fox before she could touch him. Foxy Fox shouted in pain and her shouts echoed as she landed on her back. Foxy Fox stood up and she started to sway back and forth.

“Finish it!” The announcer called out.

“With pleasure.” Josh said and made Jack walk up to Foxy Fox. He pushed another series of buttons and then Jack grabbed his sword and pulled it out and plunged it into Foxy Fox’s chest, she shouted in pain as he pulled the blade out and blood started to spry around the room. Foxy Fox dropped to her knees covering the wound with her hand. Jack then spun around and brought his sword down cutting her head off. Foxy Fox fell to the ground.

“WINNER!” The announcer shouted. Josh looked over to find Krystal with her mouth slightly gapped open.

“But…I’ve never lost.” She said in disbelief, Josh then brought up the scoreboard, Krystal then noticed the top five names were the same JNG, she looked over at Josh who was smiling.

“Joshua Nathanial Grant…Always check the scoreboard before you challenge someone.” Krystal crossed her arms and looked the human in the eyes.

“Well you know what? I didn’t even know how to play the game, and you beat me up before I could figure out the controls…You cheated is what I’m getting at.” She said.

“Ah I see…Someone is just a sore loser.”

“Rematch.” She demanded, Josh shrugged his shoulders and inserted two more quarters.

“Okay…You asked for it though.” The two selected the same characters and picked the random arena again which took them to a platform floating a few inches above lava.

“Fight!” The announcer called out. Josh moved his joystick and headed towards Krystal figuring he would go ahead and end the round. Josh pressed the attack button and Jack threw a face punch. Krystal quickly pressed a few buttons and Foxy Fox blocked the attack and then countered with two kicks to the face and then a backflip which upper cut Jack and sent him onto his back.

“Alright, beginners luck.” Josh said and made Jack quickly stand up and rush to Foxy Fox, Jack jumped in the air and went for a kick to the face, Foxy Fox ducked and rolled under Jack and stood behind him where she grabbed him and lifted him up and then leaned all the way back slamming his head on the ground. Josh went wide eyed and quickly brought Jack up, Josh looked over at his health which told him one more hit and he was done.

“Alright…Alright.” He said and started pushing buttons as fast as he could, making Jack rush to her with his sword drawn. Krystal made Foxy Fox jump into the air and flipped behind him and dropped kicked him. Jack fell to the ground while his echoing shouts filled the air. Jack slowly stood up and started to sway back and forth.

“Finish it!” The announcer shouted, Krystal looked over at Josh who looked back at her with a look of utter shock; Krystal smiled all sweet and innocent at him.

“Bye, bye.” She said and pushed a few buttons which made Foxy Fox run up to Jack, she jumped in the air and her knees landed on Jack’s shoulders putting his face into her crotch. Foxy Fox then sharply and quickly shifted her legs to the right breaking Jack’s neck; a loud snapping sound was heard. Foxy Fox then back flipped off of him and he fell dead.

“WINNER!” The announcer shouted. Suddenly the ‘enter your initial’ screen came on, Krystal moved her joystick to move to a K, she then clicked it and the screen went to the scoreboard. Josh watched in horror as her initial took over his spot as highest score. He looked over to find Krystal was still smiling at him all sweetly.

“You just hustled me didn’t you?” He asked, Krystal kept smiling and tapped her nose a few times telling him ‘the nose knows’ Josh sighed and lowered his gaze to the floor.
“Well…You successfully destroyed my ego…What do you want to do now?” He asked. After a few more games the two decided on driving up to the park and just walk around a bit.

Krystal enjoyed seeing the park; it had a better nature feel to it than some of the parks she been to at Corneria. As the two walked down the concrete sidewalk they came to a light post where an older woman was throwing pieces of bread to the ducks next to a pond. Krystal had seen many people back in Lylat feed animals at parks before. Krystal smiled and run up ahead from Josh and to the older woman. From where he was he couldn’t hear what the two women were talking about, but he was able to notice that the older woman had handed something to Krystal, Krystal then bowed a little and turned back around and started to run to Josh.

When she approached him he noticed she had four pieces of bread in her hands, she then used her free hand and grabbed his and quickly lead him to the pond next to the older woman. Krystal handed Josh two pieces of the bread, she then started to break off smaller pieces and fed the ducks one piece at a time, Josh noticed how happy Krystal looked. Josh then looked down at the two pieces in his hand and started to break pieces off and fed the ducks as well. No one said a word as the three fed the animals. A few minutes later they ran out of bread and the ducks went back to the pond. Krystal thanked the older woman for sharing the bread with her and Josh. The older woman smiled and gave Krystal a hug which the Vixen happily accepted. Then the older woman walked off and disappeared from sight. The two then agreed it was time to head back to the apartment.

Josh opened the apartment door for Krystal, when she walked in Josh closed the door behind him and she deactivated her wrist-com and transformed back into her furry self. Josh noticed her tail was slightly swaying to the left and right.

“Well?” He asked and approached Krystal, “How did it go for you?”  Krystal smiled.

“I had an amazing time, thank you Joshua Grant for this amazing night…I won’t ever forget it, but what about you, did you enjoy yourself as well?” She asked. Josh smiled and nodded.

“Actually Krystal…I had an amazing night as well, thank you for convincing me to go.” He said and did a slight bow. “Now I’m off to bed my lady.”  Krystal chuckled a little and did a slight curtsy.

“As should I.” And with that Krystal made her way to the bedroom, she took one last look at Josh who was about to lie down on the couch. She didn’t know why, but he was just like Fox in a way. It seemed as if the soul of Fox was sliced in two and given to the Vulpine and Human. Suddenly she felt her chest tighten at the thought of Fox McCloud. She sighed and made her way to the bed.