Catching Up, Moving Forward
It didn't take long for Fox to catch Krystal up on everything that happened on Dinosaur Planet during their quest to find her. This was mostly because Sunset actually remained quiet unless it was covering part of the adventure where she was moving about separately from Fox, since she realized just how happy her parents were to be reunited and knew trying to stretch out the conversation - and thus delay them 'celebrating' their reunion - would likely result in Uncle Birdy taking her planet side to see Tricky instead of staying to spend time with her Mom again.
Krystal proved to be an excellent audience, listening along intently, showing shock and awe at all the appropriate moments, and pulling Sunset into a comforting, motherly embrace at the parts where Sunset had went through emotional turmoil, especially since she saw reliving them caused her distress. The only pause came when they reached the part of the story where Tink defected, at which point Fox was exceptionally vague about how his lightning magic awakened.
"Fox, I need more details," Krystal interrupted insistently when he tried to skim over that. "The reaction it caused...magic awakening can do odd things to a being's essence and mind, especially elemental magic. I need to know more details to be sure it didn't...damage you."
"C...can I give you those details later?" Fox managed to ask, glancing awkwardly towards Sunset. "I don't think now is a...good time..."
Sunset let out a sigh through pursed lips. "Geeze Dad, is it really that hard to tell Krystal that Andross through General Scales turned the Sharpclaw into a rape focused culture and you heard those two Sharpclaws talking about Mom and I in an unpleasantly flattering light in context?"
Krystal's eyes popped open and her jaw dropped. "They what?"
"How did you-?" Fox began. "I thought-?"
"Uncle Birdy has weird tastes, didn't lock his holo-cube cabinet when he left, and Brobot is very good at explaining things," Sunset answered readily. "Mom's worried the lightning magic might have anchored to your Id and needs to know your reaction was fully justified."
"Given that, I'd say it was," Krystal murmured in shock.
Fox rubbed his face ruefully. "I was...trying to protect you from realizing what might happen..."
"I didn't put it together until Tink mentioned escaping 'mentally unscathed'," Sunset pointed out. "Given how eager she was to escape, that didn't seem right unless it was relative."
Krystal nodded in understanding. "I...suppose that does make sense," she allowed.
"Though Falco's still going to be in trouble for not locking that cabinet," Fox growled irritably. "And ROB for not mentioning it..."
"What sort of holo-cubes would tell you about such things, though?" Krystal asked curiously.
Fox turned to stare at Krystal in shock as Sunset giggled wickedly. "Hey Dad, maybe you should show Mom your cubes so she can get the idea?" she teased.
"Hush..."
After that the story telling went quite smoothly, though much to Sunset's embarrassment when it got to her interactions with Tricky post the King Redeye...especially when Fox showed Krystal the video. ...at least her laughter about Tricky 'trying to get flying lessons' pushed that back for a while.
Fox and Krystal lay back in Thorntail Hollow watching as Sunset played happily with Tricky, the two friends simply letting themselves be as they kicked up water and dashed over and around boulders. The Warpstone was under instruction not to send them anywhere...though the pair showed no interest in using his abilities at the moment. Apparently, they'd had their fill of adventure for now and just wanted to play.
"I'm...amazed," Krystal managed to say. "I...I knew Sunset was powerful, but...I hadn't realized just how strong she'd become."
"I know what you mean," Fox agreed softly. "I wanted to protect her from all this...but she pulled through better than I did." He chuckled softly. "Peppy would say that meant we've done a good job, that she's turned out better than us."
"Yeah," Krystal agreed thoughtfully. "Which means...soon as her suit's ready, she'll be heading off to the Academy. School, training, friends, parties...boys..."
"Don't get me started there," Fox groaned ruefully. "Somehow, Sunset wound up in a full color news snapshot in her focus outfit. ROB's already filtering her network messages to limit it only to those she actually knows."
"Is he doing the same for me?" Krystal asked curiously. "I mean, I'm not dressed that differently from her..."
"He is," Fox confirmed, "though in your case it's still getting through, just marked as filtered. Can you imagine the stink Sunset would make if-"
"How do you know 'Brobot' hasn't flat out told her what you're having him do, why, and shown her how many messages he filters out on a daily basis so she agrees with you?" Krystal quipped playfully. "He's plainly a lot more straightforward with her than we expected."
Fox sighed ruefully. "That's true..." He looked up to where Sunset continued to cavort. "I know she's ready to head to the Academy, to move on with her life, to grow up...but..."
"But you aren't sure you're ready to let her go?" Krystal asked softly. When Fox only nodded, she rested her hand on his. "I know exactly what you mean..."
They sat in silence a while longer as they watched the children play, letting it all turn over in their minds. Eventually, their calm deliberation was interrupted as Shabunga floated out of his shop.
"It's ready!" he barked out intensely, holding a package out to Sunset. "Now try it on already, so I can be sure it's working!"
Gasping eagerly, Sunset rushed over and seized the outfit before jumping into the shop, ducking around a corner so she was out of sight. Fox, Krystal, and Tricky watched on curiously, waiting for her to come out. When they did, they were able to see the outfit she was wearing now.
The main part of the outfit was a black bodysuit, running from her feet to just under her shoulders, leaving her arms bare. Blue straps held the outfit up passing over one shoulder, and connected the outfit to yellow gloves and boots, shaped to her legs and hooves. In a holster at her side was a blaster in black and red, with the same blue as the straps of the outfit. Every blue circuit - as it was revealed to be - glowed with the blue of Sunset's magical aura. On each hip, the symbol from her own hips - the one the books of magic she'd come with called a 'Cutie Mark' - was emblazoned, outlined in the circuitry. The tight fit of the outfit showed, even more than the skimpiness of her focus outfit, that she was growing up well, and was definitely becoming a young woman. She was grinning eagerly as she looked it over, turning this way and that to show it off.
As Shabunga moved in to check everything over and explain the connections between outfit, boots, gloves, and blaster, Fox and Krystal watched on with matching bittersweet smiles.
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Well, for any boys that don't get that no means no, Sunset will just have to prove that hooves are made for crushing nuts. I can't wait to see the friends she makes, pranks she might play, and the romance that might come up.
nice chapter mate but when is the star fox assault chapters coming out?, and if you could could you put this story on fan-fiction.net?
Hey, Sunset finally got her outfit from the cover art!
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Indeed, no means no. Additional verbal and physical no's also mean no. Any additional no's needed may be supplied via irate Starfox Team Member. Any additional no's needed after that may be supplied via Solar Dissuasion.
If one more no is needed after that, Celestia Arrives Despite Story Structure.
9027312
Ando, of course, the possible unexpected crossovers. :D
9027312
I would imagine, even in an anthro, normally bipedal form, hooves can pack a wicked buck.
Their little pony is growing up.
9027312 I can see her acting like Tomoko Higashikata.
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Given how strong we've seen Human AJ is in the movies, yes.
9027349
Part of me wants crossover, part of me wants OCs. Not sure what Tats will do, but I do know
IT WILL BE AWESOME!
9027365
Why not both?
9027363
Well, yeah, the Apples are absurdly strong even before you factor in the massive boost she gets from her element/geode.
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Nothing wrong with that, but it is Tats call. For all we know he's going to be bringing us furry versions of characters we don't expect.
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Like you said, though; whatever Tats gives us is all but guaranteed to be a blast!
Oh yeah, of course; I was just trying to be funny.
Well it's about time the Sunset in the cover image starts coming about! And it only took about a year our time.
Ah, they grow up so fast...
Yes Sunny, statements like really are that hard to talk about. Especially when they involve your Daughter and Lover.
Guess Fox doesn't need to worry about her innocent mind being ROBbed out of context for most things since he can blame Brobot and flip Uncle Birdy for that.
Woohoo! Great job!
Soon their little pony is going to fly. So I wonder how their relationship is going to progress with her gone? Krystal has almost no reason to stay anymore as Sunset is almost completely trained and she has her answers of what happened to her people. Hopefully she and Fox can find more common ground.
D'awww...
Even after normal adventures from life you need time to wind down, after something like this? Sunny will never be a laid back individual but she should be a little less high strung for a few minutes.
9027312>>9027365 DARN STRAIT!
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[looks at Starfox Command]
...Ehh... It's gonna be great
Best case they'll live happily ever after and potentially get a son that will carry on the Starfox legacy.
Worst case Krystal betrays Fox for Panther and Starwolf, Fox might get into Fzero racing, the public hates Krystal for her actions and when she can't take it anymore she escapes into a new galaxy, takes on a new identity as a ruthless bounty hunter named Kursed and when her and Fox meet again years later they don't recognize each other.
9027327 Solar Dissuasion
Do you mean by Main Mana Cannon or by Colossal Lava Bug?
Err, probably both, both is good.
Falco made the unfathomable mistake of forgetting to erase his browser history. RIP Uncle Birdy.
Nice suit.
ok how long till sunsets A expledd for putting some people in there oplace for a few things or B her dad and mom being barred from visiting outside of offical means
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I second the "both" idea. I almost want to see it happen just to find out what percentage of planet surface gets rendered uninhabitable.
Technically, wouldn't Krystal need Academy lessons? Or is that just being skimmed over with the Star Fox team? I mean, it's a way to at least make sure that Sunset isn't doing something M rated.
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Only if Krystal wants to use an Ar-Wing. But she isn't presently using an Ar-Wing, she's using her own fighter that relies more on magic than technology. And between her, Slippy, Tink, and Sunset's books, they'll be able to upgrade that fighter to the point she won't need to switch - or get the implants - to keep up with Ar-Wings (though they won't be able to reproduce it, since her fighter uses materials - required for the process - that can't be replicated and were only available on Cerinia).
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The extra experience and know how would be useful, especially in an emergency where her fighter was destroyed. Besides, keeping an eye on Sunset would definitely appeal to both Krystal and Fox.
Bittersweet indeed
in short Sunset found Falco's porn.