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Firing his charged blaster, Fox’s laser soared out, and Wolf quickly leapt away from it. He whipped his blaster forward, and fired a shot against Fox.

 Sidestepping it, Fox twisted his arm and fired his shot at Wolf, who yelped as it connected with his arm.

 “When did you even learn that one?!”

 “Training lets me loosen up a bit,” announced Fox. “I can try things that normally work less in real combative situations.”

 “You still think this isn’t real?!”

 “Fine, yes, it’s real enough,” relented Fox. “Slippy really outdid himself on accounting for the lines that you receive in this sim, huh?”

 “Seriously, what are you—?”

 “No, enough of this,” barked Fox. “It’s ending here, Wolf! I’m taking you down and taking you in!”

 “Not likely!”

 Clutching his shoulder, Wolf darted across the roof and charged at Fox. Though Fox fired several shots, Wolf’s agility allowed him to evade each laser.

 Rushing in close, Wolf threw his hand forward and held Fox up by the throat. Fox kicked in the air, hitting Wolf’s arm, but remained unable to free himself.

 “Wow, Slippy did a real good job,” commended Fox.

 “Are you kidding me right now?” Wolf shook his head. “What does it take?”

 “Enough of your nonsense, Wolf!”

 “How about enough of yours, Fox?” Wolf pointed his blaster at Fox’s head. “This ends here.”

 Struggling, Fox broke free of Wolf’s grip, as the blaster shot fired and soared into the sky. It connected with the barrier of the room, breaking through it and disrupting the simulation.

 “Wait, what…?”

 “Is that normal for this crap, too?” Wolf folded his arms. “Or did I finally break through?”

 “…Simulation override, 101,” called Fox. “End simulation.”

 “Training simulation terminated.”

 At ROB’s recording, the cityscape faded around Fox. He pushed up from the ground and gawked as Wolf set his blaster back in its holster.

 “W…Wolf?!” Fox shook his head. “That’s really you? What are you even doing here?”

 “Took you long enough,” snapped Wolf. “I thought you’d actually do me in thinking it wasn’t a real fight.”

 “That didn’t answer the last question!” Fox raised his fists. “If you’re here to fight me now, rest assured, I’m more than capable of—”

 “Yeah, I’m not here to fight,” intervened Wolf.

 “…What? Oh, come on.” Fox rolled his eyes. “First, no missions. Then, my training is interrupted. And now you’re telling me that you actually don’t want to fight me. How much of this am I supposed to deal with?”

 “Well excuse me, Fox,” snapped Wolf. “I thought you’d actually be happy about not fighting for once.”

 “Ok, fair enough, it is a nice change of pace,” admitted Fox. “But then…what are you doing here? Trying to steal intel for a battle against us? Swiping tech and schematics to replicate and steal our craft?”

 “No, you dolt! …Ok, wait, no, that’s fair,” relented Wolf. “But, uh, no, I’m not here for that either.”

 “Then why else would you be here?”

 “Um…listen, your father used to take me under his wing when I was a pup, kind of like his son before you,” revealed Wolf. “And…I’ve been thinking…you know, lately, we haven’t needed to fight each other as much. The whole reason that I resented you was because you’re part of what took away James’s time with me.”

 “Yeah, sure, blame me for something completely out of my control,” grumbled Fox.

 “Look, it goes beyond just that!” Wolf sighed and folded his arms once again. “Let’s just…maybe I’m here to…try something different.”

 “Oh? And that would be…?”

 “Um…w-well…I was thinking of…maybe…” Wolf swallowed hard. “Of maybe joining Star Fox, officially, after all of these years. James offered it to me a long time ago, but then he went back on it, and so I—”

 “Yeah, no, where is this coming from?” Fox shook his head. “My longtime rival wanting to suddenly disband his own team and join mine? That’s definitely what you’d call a load of crap.”

 “Believe whatever you want, but I really want to!” Wolf scowled. “I just…look, after being fooled to work with Andross, I’ve realized that…I’ve done a lot wrong.”

 “Here we go, there it is,” mocked Fox. “You want to avoid the bounty on your head from Corneria.”

 “I’ll admit, that’s definitely a perk,” agreed Wolf. “But, no, that’s…not the only reason. I, uh…look, I really liked your father. A lot.”

 “Ok.” Fox lightly shrugged. “Still a traitor and jerk, probably murderer too.”

 “Hey, that’s…ok, that’s fair,” allowed Wolf. “But I want to move forward from that. I want…I want to make James proud.”

 “Uh-huh.”

 “Also, I realized a better way to stick it to him.”

 “And that would be?”

 “Getting in bed with his son.”

 “W-what?!”

 “Being on your team would make James so annoyed if he were around,” reasoned Wolf. “I could completely tear his little idealisms apart because I’m a great pilot, and working with you instead of against you would be something he’d never expect, nor anyone else, and yet, it would be the best possible solution to everything!”

 “…Oh.” Fox blinked and shook his head again. “I don’t know—”

 “Also, I’ve stared at you enough times to realize that I’m pretty much attracted to you.”

 “Wait, you what?!”

 “Yep, you heard right,” taunted Wolf. “So, how about it, Fox? Want to get to know this Wolf better? Want to…try turning a new page for us, once and for all?”

 “That sounds completely ridiculous and totally out-of-character,” contended Fox. “But I kind of feel the same way. Who had this terrible idea, anyway?”

 “Both of us.” Wolf picked up Fox’s hands. “Let’s start, here and now. Star Wolf is no more, and I, Wolf O’Donnell, hereby announce my loyalty ties to team Star Fox!”

 “Wolf, that’s a little—”

 “And my loyalties to my new potential boyfriend, too.”

 “Wow, ok, that’s very over-the-top,” determined Fox.

 “Yeah, probably,” admitted Wolf. “But hey, I’m bored and I mean it. Plus, Leon’s kind of doing his own thing right now, but if this works out for me, he wants to join too. Something about wanting to get with that annoying bird or whatever.”

 “Seriously?”

 “Right? I thought it was weird too, but I guess they could be a thing.”

 “I meant about…oh, forget it.” Fox shook his head. “Fine, Wolf, you win. You’re on the team…for now. Betray that trust, and I’m making sure that you go directly to jail.”

 “No chance to pass Go?”

 “This isn’t a joke.”

 “You’re right. And the other thing?”

 “What other—?”

 Before he could finish his thoughts, Wolf’s lips, pressed into his, interrupted Fox. He paused and shuddered, but slowly lowered his guard, allowing Wolf’s arms to wrap around him, as Fox pressed back into him. They parted from their kiss after another minute, and gazed at one another.

 “So…how about more of that, Fox?”

 “…That was good, I’ll admit.”

 “You think?”

 “But I’ll get back to you on that one.”

 “What?! But…don’t you want more?”

 “Maybe, we’ll see.”

 “But…but…”

 “Come on, Wolf. We’ve got a lot of ground to cover, if you really mean it.”