Star Fox: Miyu's Love - Chapter 38 - Party Up In The Neighborhood by LeoCuttridge < Submission

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Leonidas Cuttridge, Rob Cuttridge, Judy Cuttridge, Lawrence Lynx, Patricia Lynx and Sid Chalmer is copyright myself, Leo Cuttridge (Leo_cuttridge@proton.me).

The content written for this story arc will range from a PG rating all the way up to NC-17 and X-rating, therefore, this fanfic is recommended for adult reading only.

~Star Fox: Miyu's Love~

~Chapter 38: Party Up In The Neighborhood~

--Leo, Miyu and Krystal's house, three days later, 11:09--

The next few days were spent mostly in finishing unpacking belongings and placing them in the appropriate rooms to make the move complete, a huge task that they were thinking would be their only time in their lifetimes.  Miyu had placed and bolted in gun safes in the upper shelf of the wardrobe closet in their master bedroom for hers and Leo's firearms while a tall and big rifle safe was installed in the lower study area for all their rifles and automatic weapons along with Krystal's staff.  Other belongings of clothing, books, electronics and other trinkets were placed in various places.  Leo had set up the entertainment system in the large study against the wall separating that room from the garage right next to the bar.  He also parked both his Speedwell and his Horace in the garage as well as his econobox car he drive daily along with setting up a sealed display cabinet with all his trophies from past car shows as well as those that he received at the Grand Prix.  Krystal was busy finishing a trophy and photo cabinet in the living room which had all their precious moments together.  Everything was now complete and looking like a loving comfortable home for them all.
Once they were all done, it had only taken a few minutes for the doorbell to ring.  It was Sid with his minivan in the driveway, a couple of chefs with him to help him unload and cook food for the day.  “Nice crib, young man!” he said proudly to Leo.
“Thanks, Uncle Sid,” Leo said.  “Come on in and I'll show you around the kitchen.”  He was mildly surprised that Sid had asked for permission to use the kitchen along with the outdoor grill and smoker for cooking some of the dishes that were planned for the party.  In the end, they all agreed that fresh hot food would be better cooked at the party house instead of cooking food at the restaurant and transporting it over here.  Once he gave hugs to Leo, then Miyu and Krystal, Leo walked them all into the kitchen and showed them all the equipment and the outdoor grill/smoker.
“Wow, this kitchen is better than the one in my own house, Leo,” Sid said happily, his two assistants smiling and nodding as they looked around at everything.
“We're quite pleased with the find ourselves, too,” Leo said happily.  “Many thanks for catering for this, Sid.”
“I'm more than happy to do it for some of my most favorite patrons and friends, Leo,” Sid said happily.  “We'll get started with everything and move everything in from the van.  And don't worry about cleanup either, we will take care of that as well.  I take it we can place everything on the dinner table to serve?”
“Yeah, that'll work best, methinks,” Leo said.  “With dinnerware plates and plasticware at the head of it.”
“Alright then lad, step back and watch the magic happen while you all get ready elsewhere,” Sid said proudly.
“Sounds good, Sid,” Leo said.
“I'll help you bring some things in, too,” Krystal said.  While she went to help Sid and the two assistant chefs, Miyu then hugged Leo from behind and nuzzled his cheek while purring softly.
“Sweetieeee... would it be okay to borrow the car in a bit?”  Miyu asked.  “I need to head into the city to pick something up for the party tonight.”
“Sure thing, love,” Leo said with a smile, turning around and kissing Miyu on the lips.  Leo then went to the bar area and made sure there were enough plastic cups as well as a lot of ice in the freezer below the countertop.  All the bottles of everything they all enjoyed were there, especially the different kinds of rum that Leo loved the most, along with a couple different whiskeys, tequilas, bourbons and a bottle of gin with some white and red wines.  He even had some of the Fortuna plum wines that he loved with curry dinner.
Another half hour went by before Miyu came back with what she had to pick up, and then a few minutes later, hers and Leo's parents arrived in Lawrence's Horace heavy duty pickup, the bed covered with a dark tarp covering something.  Leo's parents came out of the rear doors of the cab of the pickup, Miyu's from the front doors of the cab, greeting him with hugs and kisses.  “Hey there Leo, happy birthday!” his dad said.
“Hey dad, thank you so much,” Leo said, giving his dad a hug.
His mother came up carrying something covered in a plastic cover.  “I'll get a hug from you later after I put this cake in the fridge,” his mother said with a smile.
“Awesome mom, sounds good,” he said, her and his dad heading into the house being lead by Miyu and Krystal.
“Hey there, my son, happy birthday,” Lawrence said, wrapping his huge arms around Leo and hugging him so snugly he could feel his back popping in several places, the sensation making Leo wag his tail happily.
“Hhhhnnnggggg, thanks dad!” he said with a smile, always loving the fact not only Miyu was capable of hugging him like that, but her dad as well.  He loved getting tight hugs from them both.
“We got your gift in the pickup bed to put in the backyard when we do gifts, okay?”  Miyu's mother Patricia said as she gave Leo a hug and a kiss on each cheek, Leo returning the loving greeting.
“Sounds wonderful, mom,” Leo said, motioning them into the house.  “Come on in and we'll show you around!”
“Before we do thooooo...” Miyu started as she, Leo and her parents came into the house, Robert and Judy coming in to join them all in the living room as Krystal came in from finishing helping Sid and his chefs bring in all the food for the party.  Miyu then motioned Krystal to join her by Leo's other side so the three of them were together.  “Not only are we holding a house warming party as well as for Leo's birthday...  but we also wanted to announce that Krystal here, whom you will remember from the awards ceremony after we got back from Papetoon... we have all spoken during the Grand Prix and made the decision to include her in our relationship, so we are a trio now.”
The Lynx's and the Cuttridge's all smiled and applauded at the announcement in approval.  “Always the polyamory and predators with you, son,” Robert said happily, everyone getting a good chuckle at that remark.
“Yeah, well... I can't help it... I love these women with all my heart, and can't imagine living without either of them,” Leo said proudly and happily.
“Neither can we, sweetie bun,” Miyu and Krystal said in unison as they kissed his cheeks at the same time, Leo kissing Miyu then Krystal on the lips in return as he wrapped his arms around them.  Tears came to Judy's and Patricia's eyes at the sight of the trio together being so loving and affectionate.
“I am so proud of all three of you,” Judy said happily.
“Me too, darlings, it is so gorgeous to see you all together,” Patricia said.
“So Krystal, will your parents be coming to the party as well?” Robert asked suddenly.
Leo and Miyu felt a slight moment of tension at the question, but they left it open for Krystal to answer for herself.  “Well, umm... my parents have been gone since I was a youth... I barely remember anything about them nor where I even came from,” Krystal said with a nervous blushing grin.
“Awwww poor dear,” Lawrence said.  “Well, you can consider yourself as part of OUR family, just like we have Leo and Miyu, okay?”
It was Krystal's turn to shed happy tears.  “I'm... very thankful and grateful for this... thank you all so much for including me,” the lovely blue vixen said, everyone coming in to hug around Krystal simultaneously.
“Lawrence, get a picture of these three,” Patricia said.  “We both need a pic of them all together in our homes now.”
“I totally agree, hon,” Lawrence said, getting out his camera phone while Leo, wrapped his arms around Miyu and Krystal, the girls getting in close to nuzzle Leo's cheeks as they all smiled happily as Lawrence took the pic.  Once the picture was taken, Miyu then hopped off to the garage and got Leo's keys off the rack for his little car and headed off into Corneria City.
Krystal along with the Lynx's and Cuttridge's all sat around in the living room chatting together for an hour or so, all while beginning to smell the incredible aroma of cooking of food from the kitchen induced by Sid's incredible culinary expertise quickly filling the house and driving their hunger deeper and deeper.  They then took the parents on a tour of the house and the property all while chatting a bit with Sid and his chefs in the kitchen.
It was then that the doorbell rang again, Leo walking over to answer it.  He was then greeted by everyone in Star Fox standing outside his door shouting a cheerful “Hi Leo! Happy Birthday!” all in unison.  “Omigosh, thank you all so much!” he responded, then motioning to come in and enjoy the house.
“And of course, we all brought gifts!” Fay said happily, a wrapped box in her hands.
“Aww, you all didn't hafta get me anything,” Leo said with a blushing smile.
“Bruuuh, birthday boy can't have a birthday without gifts!” Bill said cheerfully.
“Well, okay, good point,” Leo said.  He then noticed a cake pan in Bill's hands with a... recognizable dish...  “...brought dessert Bill?”
“Dude, how'd ya guess?” he said with a chuckle.
“It was an inspired one,” Leo said after snickering a bit with a grin.  “We can put that in the kitchen until food is ready.”
“Awesome,” Bill replied.  “By the way, would it be okay if I become the bartender tonight?”
“If you wanna, by all means,” Leo said happily, his arm raising to point in the direction of the entertainment room with the bar in it.
“Awesoooome!  Thanks, Leo!” Bill replied before he walked off to the kitchen to put his Spotted Dick away.
Leo then went and gave a tour of the home to those who had not been there yet before they all began to gather and chat for a long time of the evening in both the living room and the entertainment room.  Leo had fired up the projector television and played a bunch of videos on it, one of which was a video that Slippy had provided which contained recaps and snippets from the race footage of the Grand Prix when they were all racing, which brought a lot of praise from everyone.  Slippy told Leo to not worry about his race footage against Panther because he edited out the flip in the middle of the final run, which Slippy thought might not prove to be a good sight for a second time for his parents and likely Miyu's parents.  Leo thanked Slippy silently in agreement for the sentiment.
One of the best sights at the party for Leo was seeing that Lucy was able to come along with Peppy.  She smiled and greeted him with a hug that lasted for several moments, followed by a kiss on the lips that was very soothing and comforting.  He could tell that she had a bit of nervousness about her when she did that when their eyes met, but she was still happy to hold his hands in hers as her spade tail wagged happily.  “Happy birthday, Leo.”
“Thank you so much, Lucy,” Leo replied with a smile.  “How are things going with the teaching?  It's been a while since I've heard from ya.”
“Oh!  Things are going very good, all of our teachers and schools are doing well, and... yeah... it's working out well,” she said, obviously still a little nervous.  Leo began to wonder who she was seeing at the moment, or if she had been with anybody else in her life up til now.
“That is wonderful to hear, hon,” Leo said, his hands holding hers for a little while longer.  She then moved to hug Leo again softly, the reaction making Leo softly wrap his arms around her lovingly once again.  “You okay?”
“Yeah, just... feeling better now that I'm here,” she said softly, seeming to melt into Leo's embrace.
“That's good,” Leo said.  “Well, feel free to mingle around... and I'm always open to hold and be held, okay?”
“O-okay,” she said, taking a deep breath and exhaling in relief as she broke the hug gently.  She then began to walk around the rest of the group as everyone stood and chatted about various things.  Leo noticed that many people had brought gifts that they put on the coffee table in the living room to be opened.  Leo couldn't remember a time in the past when he had so many gifts at his birthday than he had now, and he felt very grateful.  He also reminisced briefly that he never had as many friends as he did now.  He couldn't help but smile at the thought of all his loved ones and friends in a home that he could call his own with not just one, but TWO very lovely and open women that loved him dearly.
It was then that Peppy approached him.  “Hey there, Leo.  Congrats on the new house and happy birthday, my friend.”
“Oh hey, thanks Pepster!” he said, giving Peppy a hug.
Peppy then produced an envelope.  “This is from General Pepper.  He said he really wanted to attend tonight, but something pressing came up that required his attention elsewhere, sooo...”
“I understand,” he said, taking the envelope.  “Those in great leadership positions are quite busy.  So is um.... Lucy, doing okay....?”
“Oh yeah, she's just de-stresssing from being so busy with her duties,” Peppy explained.  “That and with her having no special guy yet, she is quite lonely.”
Leo thought about some words of support, but everything he knew and could think of was something germane to his polyamorous lifestyle that he knew Peppy was too old be be supportive of or even understand.  “Well, she'll find someone.  I'm a firm believer that everyone finds that special someone in their lives sometime or another.”
Peppy couldn't help but smile wide at Leo's words.  “Ever the optimist!  I like that a lot, Leo.  I'd be more than happy to have you replace me on the team someday.  In the meantime, I need to see Bill about a carrot gingertini.”
“Hehehe I DO have the stuff to make that one,” Leo said proudly as Peppy walked off to the entertainment room to the bar.
Leo was then greeted by Slippy.  “Hey there Leo, happy birthday!”
“Heya Slip!  Thank you so much,” Leo responded.
“You already know Beltino here,” he said, motioning to the older amphibian standing next to him.  “But this is my uncle Grippy,” he then said, pointing to an almost identical frog standing next to Beltino.  “He runs the salvage yard here in Corneria City.”
“Oh hey, thank you both for coming by!” Leo said happily.
“Not a worry, Leo!” Beltino said, giving Leo a handshake and hug.
“Pleasure to meet ya, my lad!”  Grippy said.  “Many congrats on the house and your birthday, not to mention your win at the Grand Prix! So much to celebrate!”
“Thank you so much, sir,” Leo said with a smile, giving Grippy a handshake.
“And by the way, if you should ever need parts for either your Horace or Speedwell, PLEASE call me!  For the last week or so I've been pulling old classic cars from that era and putting them aside for you just in case, okay?” he said as he put up his phone, showing pics of a huge lot in his junkyard, many of the vehicles a wide assortment of the entire production line from Horace and Speedwell with a few luxury Walters in the mix as well in it, the entrance having a sign saying 'entry restricted to only Leo Cuttridge, or Grippy, Slippy or Beltino Toad'.
“Oh my goodness, thank you so much, Grippy,” Leo said, a deep blush forming on his face.  “I will definitely be coming to you for parts in the future should I need it.”
“Not a problem, my friend!  It's is a great pleasure to hold onto them for you,” Grippy said, shaking Leo's hand happily and hugging his close and tight.
The Toads all ventured off to join others at the party when Falco and Katt joined Leo.  “Hey there, brother, happy birthday,” Falco said offering a hug.
“Thank you so much, my flying brother!”  Leo said as he hugged Falco before getting a good hug and kiss from Katt.
“Happy birthday, hunky tiger,” Katt said with a wink, Falco chuckling at the scene.
“Aaaawwww I can't POSSIBLY be hunkier than this big guy,” Leo responded, nudging Falco's arm softly.
They all chuckled happily as Katt then hugged Falco from the side tightly, the sensation making Falco hug her close and tight as he rubbed the bottom of his beak atop her forehead.  “Falco is my lovely big sweetie bird that I am so very happy to have,” Katt responded.
Leo couldn't help but smile and hug the both of them where they stood.  “I'm so happy for you both,” he said.  “Let nothing come between you, and always be accepting of other friends and loved ones in your journey.”
“We are both forever grateful for you in our lives, Leo,” Falco said on the edge of happy tears as he held onto Leo and Katt closely.  Leo always got the idea that Falco may have always struggled in finding the right girl that he could be with forever, whether that be due to his bad and bold image or if he was just very reserved... but he was glad to see that through all the trials, tribulations and differences they went through, Falco and Katt looked so amazing together.  And the fact they were here together to be with each other til the end of days made Leo very pleased.
“Thank you so much Leo,” Katt said sweetly, the pink feline said with a sniffle, giving Leo a passionate kiss on the lips that lasted several seconds that elicited a smile from Falco.  She then broke the kiss and smiled, giving a wink to Leo as she walked to mingle with others in the house.
“She's a real sweetheart, brother,” Leo said to Falco.
“She is,” Falco said in a wisp of euphoria as he watched her walk away.  “By the way... I was wondering if I could ask you for something more....?”
“Of course,” Leo said.
“Well... I'm not mad at you for it at all, but I understand you and Katt have been together, soooo... can you tell me what she's like in bed...?”  Leo could swear the red and blue feathers covering his head couldn't hide the blush forming on the tall masculine raptor's face.
“Simple... she... LOVES... being on top... and she is a wonderful powerbottom... so my advice is park any pride you have as a dominant for a short time and let her take the lead,” Leo said with a smile.  “Trust me... you'll love it.”
Falco smiled wide and let out a sigh of relief.  “Thanks bro... I'm sorry if that sounded weak...”
“Nonsense!” Leo said softly as he hugged Falco closely once more.  “When the time is right, you and Katt have the best time of your lives, okay brother?”
“You got it.  Thank you so much again, Leo,” Falco said smiling, giving a brofist before wandering off to join others in the party.
Leo then went off to join some of the others in the entertainment room at the bar, Peppy and Fay sitting at the bar and having drinks while Bill chatted and served.  “Leoooooo!  Happy birfdaaaaaay!” the cute short spaniel Fay said to Leo as she hugged him tight while holding onto a wine glass in her hand.  The drink looked like a dark-tinted transparent fluid that was bubbly.
“Hi there, cute puppy,” he said, hugging Fay close, giving a playful lick to the end of her muzzle.  “What you been driiiiiinking?” he asked playfully.
“Just some champagne with some crème de cassis.  Ish yummy!”  Fay said with a rapidly wagging tail.
“That is a very good combo,” Leo said, giving a thumbs up to Bill behind the bar as he served drinks.
It was then that Sid came into the entertainment room and announced that food was ready on the dining room table.  The aroma that filled the air was incredible, for so many dishes in serving trays contributed to the delicious scents...  barbecued smoked beef ribs, chicken wings, fried chicken, beef and veggie kabobs, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn-on-the-cob, fresh grilled asparagus, hamburgers and hot dogs, fixings for tacos and burritos, and of course, the fixings for his famous salsa fries.  Sid motioned Leo to come over to dish up first before anyone else, which he did so everyone could begin eating.
He walked into the living room and noticed that Miyu had returned and sat with Krystal, prompting him to sit in the middle of the big sofa between them as they ate while setting their plates of food on the coffee table where all of his presents sat waiting to be opened.  Some stood with plates in hand, others stood or sat in the entertainment room and ate.  The atmosphere in the house was warm, calm and happy everywhere.  Another calm comforting moment for Leo and every one of his friends and family.  Miyu and Krystal did their usual adorable thing where they shared forkfuls of food and fed Leo, and he them while they sat and ate.
A half hour went by of eating and drinking with friends and family before the lights suddenly dimmed a bit in the living room and every body starting singing the birthday song while Sid came out of the kitchen with his cake... and the cake itself was one to remember, a carrot cake with white cream cheese frosting that was literally styled in the shape of Leo's Speedwell, a cartoony bunny in a racing suit standing by the driver's door while magnesium sparkler candles lit from the rear engine exhaust ducts to make it look like it was racing.  When the song was over, Leo bent forward in his sitting position and took the deepest breath he could and blew at the sparkler candles, a few of them relighting as designed a couple times, but by the time Leo ran out of breath, all the candles were extinguished, everyone applauding happily at the sight.
“Okay, time for gifts!” Miyu announced happily, her nubtail wagging and thumping against the couch.
First were the Cuttridge's and Lynx's, both presenting what looked like a bunch of papers in envelopes.  “Here ya go, my boy, happy birthday,” Lawrence said.
“These are both in Lawrence's pickup that we will have to unload before the night is over,” Robert said.
“O-okay...” Leo said, looking back and forth between the gifts for a few seconds.  “...it almost looks like I'm being served papers or something,” he said jokingly, the reaction making everyone laugh for several seconds.
“Hehehe  Nah, trust us, it's MUCH better than that,” Lawrence said with a grin and a wink.
Leo opened the gift from his parents first, and inside it was a set of instruction manuals for a 2-piece portable electric scissor lift for cars.  “I noticed you had a pit, but not one of these in your garage,” Robert said.  “This'll make work on the four corners of your cars much easier and quicker when you need to do it.”
“You got that right!  Thanks mom & dad!”  Leo said happily, opening the envelope from the Lynx's, inside was similar but different paperwork along with a pair of plastic keys for a zero-turn riding lawn mower.
“That'll make cutting the grass MUCH faster at this property, my boy,” Lawrence said.
“Very true!  Thanks other mom & dad!” he said, the word 'other' making some chuckle.
Falco then came up and gave Leo a box.  “I'm hoping I did my research right on this one Leo,” the tall avian began. “I had a bit of help from Beltino and Grippy on this one.”
Leo unwrapped the box to reveal what appeared to be an instrument cluster for his Speedwell... but he also noticed that it had a 200 mph speedometer with the Road & Transport emblem in it.  “Oh wooooow... and EXCELLENT find, Falco!  This was the cluster in the Lancier Road & Track from the model year after mine when it was made as an option, and these were far more rare,” Leo explained.
“I figured if anything it would be a great collector's piece,” Falco said with a smile.
“Absolutely!  Thank you so much, brother!”  Leo said happily.  Falco grinned and gave a thumbs up.
It was then Katt's turn to come up and she gave Leo a paper tube.  “This should help spruce up the garage quite a lot, hon.”
Leo popped open the end of the tube and shook it, and out came advertising posters from dealerships regarding his cars... the Horace Lancier Road & Track, the Speedwell Cushman LX, along with several other cars from the company during the days of performance and the beginnings of the implementation of the G-diffuser powerplant.  “Oh wow, this all definitely will!  Thank you so much, Katt,” Leo said, getting up to give a hug and a kiss to the purple feline.
Fay then adorably walked over and gave Leo a couple of gifts, one of them a bit heavy and shaped like a bottle.  “Here ya go Leooooo,” Fay said adorably, sitting on one of Leo's legs and leaning back between him and Miyu, the feline's arms hugging around Fay's middle as Fay hugged Leo from the side.
Leo opened Fay's gift to reveal a small book that was a drinks book of all the known mixed drinks in Lylat.  “Oooohhh nice!  This'll be handy at the bar.  Thank you sweetie puppy,” Leo said hugging Fay tightly before kissing her lips.  He then unwrapped the bottle shaped gift... and indeed it was a bottle... not only was it an extremely rare vintage of rum from the best producer in the Lylat, but it was their special 151 proof blend.  “Wh-what the??? I thought they didn't make this stuff anymore, Bill?  How did you find it?” Leo asked, totally blown away by this surprise.
“Hahaaaaa... they don't!  I just happened to find it online a few months back for a good price and knew you'd love it.  Use it sparingly, and enjoy it, bruh,” Bill said, raising a glass and winking with a grin.
“Will do, thank you so much, Bill,” Leo said with a smile, part of him deep inside thankful it wasn't the recipe for his Spotted Dick.
Fara then came up behind Leo from the other side of the couch and put a wrapped box in his lap as she hugged his chest from behind.  “Heeere ya go, Leo,” Fara said with her usual sexy grin and voice.
“Mrowrrrr, my other lovely vixy,” Leo said as he unwrapped a box of gentleman's cologne set from his favorite company, Früt.
“Gotta keep our bun smelling oh-so-sexy,” Fara said as she kissed his cheek.
“Eeeee... how'd you know this was my favorite, hon?” he asked with a grin.
“I smelled it on you all the time when we were on Fortuna all those months ago,” she said in a sultry tone, the response illiciting an “aaaooowwww!” from a lot of the men in the room, Leo blushing with a smile.
“Thank you so much, Fara,” Leo said, turning his head to kiss her lips sweetly.
Lucy then approached and gave Leo a gift.  “Here's one from me and Peppy.  I know you like history and astronomy and science, soooo...” she said shyly.
“I sure do,” Leo said, unwrapping the gift to reveal a brand new book that contained a history of the Lylat system from its creation and evolution over time, a detailed history about discoveries on all the planets and a little bit of the factual events and policies of government.  It was literally a history of time and evolution as it was known.  He then flipped open the front cover and noticed the most recent printing date was from this year, the latest edition being used in Cornerian schools now, along with Lucy's autograph right next to her name printed on the introduction.  “Aaawwww thank you so much, Lucy.  I will always treasure this,” he said as he got up and gave a loving hug and kiss to Lucy, the sensation making them both bunny toothpurr happily, their spade-shaped tails wagging happily.
Slippy then approached with gifts from him, Beltino and Grippy.  “We all got you something as well, Leo!  I happened to have a spare of these sitting around and figured you'd like it.”
Leo opened the one from Slippy first, and it was a box with an electrical device with a green LCD dot matrix display and keyboard attached to a device that had sockets that accepted integrated circuits of various pin layouts...  “Ooh an EEPROM programmer!”
“What's that, hon?” Krystal asked, her knowledge of electronics very limited.
“It's a device that is capable of writing code to a chip that is used in the engine controllers in my cars,” Leo explained.
“Part of my gift goes along with it,” Beltino explained.  Leo opened the next box and saw that it had something he recognized... a black plastic box with a one-piece 60-way electrical connector on it along with a set of papers with information on it.  “That PCM is the very first engine computer Arspace Dynamics used when Carrolton Silvey and I created your Series III engine,” Beltino said, Leo looking into the internals where the EEPROM was placed on the mainboard and noticed amongst the text on the chip was CSX-X-1, which Leo knew from his knowledge of car parts from that specific era meant Carrolton Silvey eXperimental, number X-1.   “It's the only one of it ever made.  I stored it away in an archive and happened to come across it recently and thought you'd like something like that in your collection.”
“That is an amazing piece of history, Beltino.  Thank you so very much.  I will cherish this one, for sure,” Leo said, starting to quickly sift through all the papers in the booklet with it.
“And that booklet contains the air, fuel, spark and wastegate trim values in code you can use on that programmer if you should desire.  It has ALL of the engine computers from the first generation of computers for Walter, Horace and Speedwell vehicles, including all the V6 engines,”  Beltino explained.  “Lots of stuff you can tinker with in there.”
“I'm blown away by this, Bel, Slip.  Thank you so very much, guys!” Leo said happily, Beltino and Slippy giving a smile and thumbs up as Grippy then came by with a box that was three feet long, a foot wide and a few inches thick.
“This is just to give you an idea of what I've stored away for ya at my yard, my boy,” Grippy said.
Leo opened the box to reveal something Leo recognized, a very rare overhead console for his Speedwell that had overhead map lights, sunglasses storage and a trip computer that calculated average and instant fuel economy, compass direction, two trip odometers and outside temperature readout.  Complete with bracket and wiring harness.  “Omigawd, this is VERY rare, Grip!”
“Hahaha and LOTS more fun and rare parts just like that for those cars are out there for you, Leo!” Grippy said proudly and happily.
“This is all so awesome, thank you so much, Grippy, Slippy and Beltino,” Leo said.
It was then Sid's turn.  “I got something for you as well, being one of my favorite customers, you get early access to this,” he said as Leo opened Sid's gift... a book titled 'A Journey Through Meals: My Time In The Evolution Of Corneria Air Force Base and Corneria City.' Leo opened the book and noticed that it too was autographed.  “That's my first book.  It's got pictures from when I was a kid and my upbringing around here when the space race began as well as how I got into the restaurant business, along with several recipes that I proudly serve at my restaurant.”
“I absolutely love it.  Thank you, Uncle Sid,” Leo said as he gave a big hug for Sid.
“Okay, time for the final two gifts,” Fox announced as he got up and handed Leo a small box.  “Leo... this is from all of us in Star Fox.”  The room got quiet with all eyes on Leo as he opened to the box slowly... and inside was what looked like a digital access card with a chip on it, the words Capt. Leo Cuttridge below the golden flying fox insignia of the Star Fox team.  “That is a pilot card... for now, it will grant you access to the flight simulator onboard the Great Fox so you can learn how to pilot all of our aircraft should you desire to learn them.  The Blue Marine and Landmasters along with several Bottlenose and other craft are also on there to learn as well.”
“And with experience and practice and many logged practice and exercise hours, sweetie,” Miyu added as she sat by Leo's side.  “You can get certified as a pilot and actually fly the real deal in the future.  Including my Interceptor.”
Leo smiled and sighed happily, blown away by this particular gift from the Star Fox team.  “Wow... thank you all so much for this... I will truly treasure it... and I will do my best to battle my nervousness about flying the skies so I can be an aid and a partner for you all... thank you all so much,” Leo said on the verge of happy tears as everyone applauded and cheered for several moments, Leo's arms wrapping around Miyu and Krystal to hug them close to him.
“We have your final gift, love,” Krystal said, Miyu bringing up a gift that was covered in paper that looked like it was shaped like a straw basket.  Once he removed the paper, it was indeed a straw basket... but it was what was inside that drew his attention... in it were his childhood lynx plushie Mewmew that he now associated as Miyu, along with the white rabbit plush Miyu and Krystal associated as Leo, and a new plushie that was a literal plushie version of Krystal, an adorable blue vixen.
A couple more seconds going by before he noticed something else... each of the plushies had a chain necklace around their necks with a pair of golden rings on each chain.  Everyone smiled and gave many awws of adoration at the adorable sight, Miyu then grabbing the necklace around Mewmew to take the rings off and then placed one of them each around Leo's and Krystal's left ring fingers.  After that, Krystal then took the necklace with the rings around her new plushie and placed rings on Leo's and Miyu's left ring fingers.  Finally, Leo grabbed the necklace around his white rabbit plushie and took the rings and then placed them on Miyu's and Krystal's left ring fingers, the three of them each having a gold band signifying their bond with each other.  “We love you, Leo.  Happy birthday,” Miyu and Krystal said as they leaned in to Kiss his lips at the same time, their cheeks together.
“I love you too Miyu and Krystal,” Leo said after they kissed.  “My world is complete with you both, and very empty without.”
Everyone then applauded and cheered on the trio for their moment, Bill raising a glass and shouting out “to Leo, Miyu and Krytsal!” to which everyone repeated in a toast followed by more cheering and applause.
“We're still open, by the way!” Miyu said cheekily with a wiggle of her butt, the words and action making a lot of people laugh out loud.
The party continued on as Leo stood before Krystal and Miyu happily.  “I've... never had a birthday like this before,” he said with a sigh of bliss.
“We haven't either, sweetie,” Miyu said with a smile.
“We wanted to do it for you,” Krystal said.
“I'm... so very happy you did... I can never thank you both enough,” Leo said as he hugged his girls lovingly.  They held together for several more seconds before the house was then filled with the sounds of text message alerts from nearly everyone's phone, including Peppy's old hound dog sound file he used.  That one in particular made everyone chuckle as they all stopped what they were doing and check their phones.
“Heh... we're all still trying to get used to being texted all the time, I guess,” Fox said.  Gentle chuckles arose from that comment as everyone spent the next minute reading their messages.
Miyu and Krystal had confused looks on their faces as they faced Leo, sharing their screens with each other and shrugging.  It was then that Miyu looked over at Leo who was still reading his phone... and when he looked up he had the saddest face Miyu had ever seen on him in the year they had been together.  It looked to her like whatever he read sucked the joy right out of him and replaced it with depression... and it only hit her hard when she saw tears suddenly streaking down his face.  It only took a second or two for Krystal to notice too, and she stood in confusion with Miyu as to what was going on, also feeling something was suddenly very wrong...
...and all throughout the room and the gentle conversation that arose from the sudden mass text was then suddenly broken one by one as they too noticed Leo, Miyu and Krystal standing in total silence, tears pouring from their eyes.

--22:47--

It had been nearly three hours since the mass text messages were received, and Leo, Miyu and Krystal cried almost the entire time.  Leo took it the hardest as he suddenly felt like he had his whole life taken away from him in an instant, like the unexpected loss of a loved one.  They all sat on the edge of the bed in their bedroom as Leo continued to look at his phone, trying to read some sort of mistake, some error, some wrong number, anything to indicate that he had gotten something from a wrong number... but even looking at the source code of the message in his phone showed it was genuine... but he still couldn't believe it.
He then gently put his phone plugged into the charger onto the bedside table and weakly and slowly crawled into bed.  He curled up on a pillow and continued to sob as Krystal and Miyu followed him, joining him on each side of him, tears flowing from their eyes as well.  Krystal then raised a hand where a gentle blue light emitted from her index finger as she touched his forehead to put Leo into an instant sleep, his sobbing replaced by snoozing to help him get the rest he needed.  She then looked into Miyu's wet blue eyes as she too curled up before Leo, giving a nod to Krystal to say she was ready for sleep... and Krystal touched her forehead with her gently glowing finger to put Miyu to sleep.  Krystal then sighed and spooned in behind Leo and touched her forehead to go to sleep as well, the faint blue light from her finger dissipating, the only light remaining in the room coming from Leo's phone displaying the text message from earlier before the display shut off.

From: General Pepper's office
To:  Leo Cuttridge

Subject:  Mandatory meeting

You are required to attend a meeting at CAFB meeting room 100A at 10:00 tomorrow concerning new plans   and mission reassignment.  You are to be deployed to Venoma City, Venom for the purpose of rebuilding and
re-purposing major buildings in partnership with a firm from Fortuna.
More information to be explained during the meeting.

Mission duration:  One year, minimum

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