Life With Charlene (Episode 11-3) Return to Yokai City (Part 3-1) NOTE: This story begins a day after Part 2 ended... After Valerie helped make the arrangements to meet with Melissa Mason in Fox Valley City, Charlene and I took a plane to Mason Island, arriving at the Fox Valley City airport shortly after noon. We planned on spending two days in Mason Island before taking a flight back to Yokai City. Eva stayed behind with Valerie, deciding to assist her 'sister' with running the Sakura House and with other things. Eva could have come along with us, considering that if we were half-siblings to the Mason twins, Eva would be related to them as well. However, Eva insisted on staying, wanting to be with Valerie while Charlene and I were away. Anyway, when Charlene and I arrived in Fox Valley City, the first thing that we did was head over to a car rental station, so we'd have a way to get around while on Mason Island. We would also need to find a place to stay for the next two nights, but we would worry about that later in the evening, it wasn't a major concern at the moment. After getting our car, Charlene and I got inside and drove from the airport on the Southeast side of town towards the Northwestern part. Size-wise, Fox Valley City was comparable to Minneapolis, the population was nearly identical, and the downtown area reminded me a lot of home. Fox Valley City also had its own Island Football League and Island Baseball League franchises, with stadiums for both teams in the downtown area. The baseball season had just ended when Charlene and I arrived in Fox Valley City, but the football season was well underway. In fact, as luck would have it, the Victoria Stars (Victoria's IFL team) would be in town to play against the Fox Valley City Foxes this weekend. This was significant because both Mike and Michelle played for the Victoria Stars, and with the team coming to Fox Valley City it was likely that they would be in town as well. We received directions from Valerie on how to reach Melissa Mason's residence, driving through the downtown area on UIC Highway 55 until arriving at what was known as "Alpha Golden Fox Road". We got off the super-highway and went north a bit on Alpha Golden Fox Road, arriving in an affluent and sparsely populated part of the city. The residences in this portion of Fox Valley City resembled plantation properties in the southern and southeastern United States, with large mansions, many trees, and long driveways...minus the horrible history of using slave labor, of course. After driving for a couple moments, we arrived outside 11075 Alpha Golden Fox Road, a property surrounded by an ivy-covered brick wall with a solid brass gate near the entrance of the driveway. A sign posted on the gate pointed to an intercom box saying, "Press Button For Access". For this, Charlene had to get out of the car and manually press the button herself. She waited for several seconds while I stayed in the driver's seat, keeping the car running until a female voice responded through the box. "Hello? May I help you?", the older female voice asked in a polite tone, curious to know who was at the gate of her house. "Hello...is this Melissa Mason?", my sister asked curiously in response. The intercom soon sprang to life with the mystery female confirming that it was who we came to see. "My name is Charlene Kobylenski, I'm here with my twin brother to talk to you about our father as Valerie mentioned to you yesterday", Charlene soon added before there was a moment of silence over the intercom. Seconds later, we both heard the sound of the gate unlocking and beginning to open. "Come on in...I've been expecting you two", she answered before the intercom turned off and Charlene came back into the car. Once Charlene was in her seat, I started driving forward, going slowly down the 1/8-mile long driveway to reach the main residence. Along the way, Charlene made an observation. "You know, I can't help to think how ironic this whole situation is", Charlene mentioned to me as I drove at about 5 MPH down the driveway. "What do you mean by that, Sis?", I curiously asked, not understanding what Charlene was getting at. "Well, if that picture we saw is accurate it means that our dad once had sex with a female who worked in a sex club named Melissa. Now, almost 30 years later, you have a girlfriend who works in a sex club named Melissa", Charlene commented, seeming a bit playful as she made that remark. I rolled my eyes in response to Charlene's observation and had a response of my own. "Great...the next thing you're gonna tell me is that our big sister was named after Mike and Michelle's mother!", I responded sarcastically, causing Charlene to giggle a bit to my reaction. "Sis, I'm sure it's all just a weird coincidence. It's not like Melissa is a rare name or something", I soon added, trying to make sense of the whole situation, just as we passed in between two willow trees on the sides of the driveway, revealing the residence of Todd and Melissa Mason. Much like the other houses in the area, their house was a large three-level mansion, with a large enclosed patio in the front. It was mostly white with lemon yellow-colored exterior walls. The property had a gazebo not far from the main structure and its own canal with dock, which had a fancy motorboat attached to it. The canal led into nearby Fox Valley Lake, the nearest main body of water to Fox Valley City. Considering that Todd Mason was the founder of Independent Entertainment, it wasn't a surprise to see that they were extremely wealthy, even though Todd turned over the company to 'his' pups by this time. Charlene and I were cautious about how to proceed with things now that we were here. We didn't know what kind of emotional state Melissa (or her husband) would be in at this point, so it was best that we didn't say or do anything to upset them. Anyway, I parked the car up near the front porch and got out of the driver's seat as Charlene was getting out from the passenger's side. As I got up and stretched, the front door opened, and the figure of a middle-aged vixen appeared. It was Melissa Mason. In terms of her appearance, she looked a lot like how she did in the photo Valerie showed us. She was considered a Golden Fox (which was really little more than a variation of the typical red fox coloration scheme). Instead of having orange fur like Charlene and I did, her fur was lemon yellow, and she had chocolate brown hair along with blue eyes. She seemed to be pretty close to the same age as our mother, being a few years older, but looking like a vixen who was about 15 years younger. In fact, it seemed as if she were still capable of having more pups, as I could detect a small amount of vixen pheromone coming from her. Although, it's possible that I may have mistaken it for Charlene's. Since it was in the 70's outside, Melissa was wearing a pair of black knee-high shorts with a gold-colored stripe running along the sides of the leg. She also wore a matching black T-shirt with the Victoria Stars logo on the front near her bosom. This made sense, considering that her oldest pups were actively playing in the IFL for the Stars. Seeing Melissa in person made me think about that picture I saw of her with our father, and it made me see why he would want to have a sexual encounter with the vixen. Although, I kept this thought to myself since I didn't want to do anything to upset her. Eventually, Melissa made her way from the front patio down towards the driveway while Charlene and I slowly approached. The two of us stayed close together, going as far as to hold each other's hand as we did so. Melissa was taller than the average vixen, being just over 6 feet high, or about a half-foot taller than us, this was likely due to her having part of the "Alpha Golden Fox" gene, but not having a complete gene to grant her the abilities that her oldest pups had. "You must be Chad and Charlene", Melissa commented politely as she looked at us, noticing how we were holding hands. "I see that the two of you are as close to each other as my pups are", she added as Charlene and I immediately blushed and separated our hands. However, Melissa came closer to us and placed our hands back together. "You don't need to be shy about that here. We're a lot more open to your kind of relationship than they are back where you come from. Besides, it's important for brothers and sisters to be close to one another...especially twins", Melissa politely commented, seeming warm and motherly to us. "Gee, why couldn't our mom be more like this?", I thought to myself while holding my sister's hand, feeling encouraged by Melissa's acceptance of how Charlene and I were to each other. "Anyway, I'm sure that the two of you have some things you'd like to talk about. So, why don't you come inside, and we can discuss it in the den. I'll bring some fresh iced tea and shortbread cookies if you want some", Melissa offered as the two of us agreed, heading into the house with Melissa. The interior of the house was as expansive and decorative as the exterior, having a Victorian-era theme to it with a large crystal chandelier above the main entry way. Once inside, Melissa first guided us to the den, which had two coffee tables, two couches, and a projection-style TV set-up. There were two cabinets in the den, full of pictures and all sorts of memorabilia from high school, Oakwood College, the IFL, and the Kapernian Elite Guard. One cabinet belonged to Mike and the other belonged to Michelle. Charlene and I never had anything like this, but then again we weren't nearly as active as the Mason twins were. I did give some thought about being on the high school football team many years before, but I never did anything with it. Later on, I would earn my letter jacket, but it would be for things such as being on the Math Team or on the Bowling Team, not so much for any of the more popular clubs or sports. This, along with my class ring and yearbooks were all that I had to remind me of my high school days. Charlene and I had a seat together on one of the two couches while Melissa went off to the kitchen for the tea and cookies. While we waited, I happened to peek over at the cabinet that had Mike's memorabilia and noticed that he had a resume that would've made dad proud. Inside the cabinet, there was a newspaper clipping from April 14, 1996...the date when the infamous "Rat Island War" came to an end. The Rat Island Wars started in the early 1990's, when a separatist group of rats declared war on the Kapernian Mainland and the United Island Colonies. At the height of the war, the group of rats took over large portions of Georgetown Island and also parts of the northeastern provinces of the Kapernian Mainland. Part of the problem was caused by the rats developing a serum that caused their young to grow at a much faster rate. Meaning a female rat in the group could become pregnant, give birth in about a month, and have their offspring become fully mature within just a few months of being born...and this wasn't limited to female rats either. Females impregnated by male rats who had been exposed to the serum also gave birth to rapidly maturing offspring, all rats and all aggressive in nature. The male rats targeted females who could produce high numbers of offspring in a short amount of time...especially mice, often kidnapping them, raping them, and using them as breeding stock until they either died from exhaustion or from injuries incurred during birth or mating. Of course, some mousettes tried to escape, and those who were caught would be put to death by a most vile way...being raped by a gang of overly sexed and overly endowed male rats until she couldn't take it any longer. It seemed like there would be no stopping the rats, even the combined forces of the Kapernian Elite Guard, the Kapernian Mainland's Military, and the UIC's Regional Defense Corps could only slow down the advancing rats...that is until a certain male fox and his twin sister discovered an antidote to the serum. Upon discovering the anti-serum, Mike and Michelle used their connections with the Kapernian Elite Guard and part of their father's fortune to fund mass-production of it, first having it injected into every Kapernian female of breeding age. This altered their DNA enough for them to recognize the sperm of a male rat endowed with the serum, causing her immune system to attack and destroy the invading sperm cells. Also, if one happened to penetrate an egg anyway, the immune system would destroy the egg cell as well, preventing it from developing into another rat for the rat army. After the anti-serum was injected, the Kapernian Elite Guard went on the offensive, spraying the rat-controlled territories with a combination of anti-serum and another 'secret weapon' developed by the Mason twins...a metabolizing serum that would cause any infected rat to age by the equivalent of 1 year per minute. The rat army quickly dwindled in numbers and the Kapernian Elite Guard was able regain control of the conquered lands for the respective governments. Because of this, Mike and Michelle were quickly promoted through the ranks of the Kapernian Elite Guard, with Mike becoming the youngest Supreme Commander in the history of the guard in 2000, at the age of 25. Michelle was his second-in-command, a four-star general with five commendation stars. She would be the next-in-line to become Supreme Commander when Mike decided it was time to retire, but if Michelle was anything like Charlene was to me, it was likely that she would retire from the guard along with her brother. My feelings about seeing this were a bit mixed. On one hand, I could be proud knowing that my supposed big brother and big sister were heroes. On the other hand, it made me feel somewhat inadequate, considering that they were the ones that carried on dad's legacy when I couldn't even advance past a white belt in his karate classes. A couple moments later, Melissa returned from the kitchen, carrying a tray with a pitcher of iced tea, two glasses, and some shortbread cookies on them, placing the tray on the coffee table nearest to Charlene and I. "You two can go ahead and help yourselves...and while you're doing that, I'll explain to you what happened when your father and I met", she commented as I reached for one of the glasses and poured some iced tea, then handing the pitcher to Charlene so she could get some. I took a sip of tea and tasted it, noting that it had it had a honey lemon flavor to it. I used to drink honey-lemon tea as a pup, but it was usually hot tea, not iced tea like this. Meanwhile, Mrs. Mason had a seat on the other couch and started to discuss her past with us. "I know it must've been a shock for you two to learn that your dad mated with other vixens before he met your mother", she started to explain as I set my glass down to answer her. "Well...not entirely. After all, we already know that our father has been with at least three other females, not including our mother. We just didn't expect that we could possibly be related to your son and daughter", I answered while Charlene was busy sipping her tea. "Really? Are your other half-siblings older than you two, or younger?", she asked curiously, not knowing that our father had impregnated other females. She must've figured that if he had passed on his genes to Mike and Michelle that she was the first to receive them. "Well...one is younger than us, but the rest are younger", I answered. "I don't know how old our older sister is, because I've only seen her a few times, but I would assume that she's at least as old as your kids are...possibly older since I know she has at least one pup, and that was back when Charlene and I were still in elementary school", I continued. When Mrs. Mason heard my answer, she seemed a bit surprised, but then shrugged it off. "Well, I guess it shouldn't be too big of a shock then. After all, I sensed he was a carrier of the Alpha Golden Fox gene when I met him. I guess they would've wanted to try having Alpha Golden Fox pups of their own", Melissa commented as Charlene nearly choked on a shortbread cookie when she heard the response. I went over to Charlene and helped her out, keeping her from choking on the piece of cookie that she had in her mouth. After she recovered enough, I gave Charlene some iced tea as she slowly got over the shock. While she was doing this, I turned to Mrs. Mason with a question. "Wait...how were you able to tell that Dad had the Alpha Golden Fox gene? Wouldn't you need to do some sort of genetic test to find that out?", I asked while tending to my sister. Melissa stopped to take a sip of the iced tea, then explained how she knew about Dad's genetics. "In most cases, yes. However, I knew that your father was kitsune and that most kitsune were carriers of the gene. It is much less common for an ordinary fox like me to have part of the Alpha gene", Melissa explained. "You and your sister inherited the gene from your father, and if either of you were to mate with a partner with the other half of the gene, or someone like Mike or Michelle, you'll be able to create Alpha Golden Fox pups of your own", Melissa explained, also mentioning how the Alpha Golden Fox gene was usually passed down from parent to child, even if they only had half the gene. Slowly, Charlene recovered enough to where she could speak again, having a question of her own for Mrs. Mason. "So...how exactly did you and Dad meet to begin with?", Charlene asked as I stayed by my sister while Melissa told us the story. It was a night in Early November in 1974. Melissa was at The Sakura House, making her last appearance outside of Foxanne's Den before she and her current husband planned on getting married. At that time, Todd Mason was busy back in (what was then) East Island, working to get his fledgling TV network into more Kapernian households. He allowed Melissa to travel to Yokai City on her own, knowing that they would be together again in a couple of days and that they would be conceiving their first litter of pups when she got back. They were planning on getting married at the start of December and their pups would be born around the beginning of the new year. While at The Sakura House, she stayed in one of the guest suites there, making on-stage appearances every once in a while, and taking clients back to her room for sex. At that point in time, our father was in his mid-20's. He had been out of college for a couple years and was starting a career in computer programming. He was still single (or at least we thought he was single) and still searching for a mate of his own. From what Melissa told us, our father visited Yokai City as part of a "business trip", one that brought him to the Yokoi Technical Institute to learn more about Kapernian technology. His transportation and lodging were paid for by a grant from the institute, so he had money to spare for entertainment, which led him to visit The Sakura House and meet Melissa. Thankfully, Melissa spared Charlene and I the details of what she felt when she had sex with our father, but the end result of their mating produced Mike and Michelle, with her consciously deciding to get pregnant from our father's seed instead of her fiancée’s. Because Todd and Melissa had sex a couple days later, Todd never knew that Melissa was already pregnant when he turned the tie with her, he wouldn't find this out for several years. Of course, Melissa never told Todd that she willingly allowed our father to impregnate her, she simply told him that her contraception failed, and he believed it. After we heard Melissa's story, I was surprised that she would do such a thing to her then husband-to-be. Sure, I had sexual relationships with multiple different females, but I wasn't going to go around poking my foxhood into already married or soon-to-be married females. However, as shocked as I was about the whole scenario, Charlene was even more surprised...as well as a bit irritated. "How could you do something like that to your husband...or our father? What would your husband say if he knew that you let our father willingly impregnate you?", Charlene exclaimed in an agitated tone. "At first, I thought it was just a case of Dad being playful, but now I know that you were just using him! I'll bet that you were planning on slapping Dad with a paternity suit too, weren't you?", Charlene continued to angrily yell as I had to grab onto both of my sister's tails and pull her back. Charlene's eyes turned red and fire was coming from her nose, showing how angry she was about Dad getting used for his sperm. "Sis, you need to calm down! This isn't going to help anything!", I exclaimed, attempting to get Charlene to calm down, thinking that she would listen to me. "I think I know the reason why she wanted him to impregnate her...she was probably doing it for much the same reason that Kirara asked me to pass my sperm onto her. I don't think she meant to intentionally hurt anyone, I just think she saw what Dad had and decided that she wanted to have a litter of pups from his seed", I commented to my sister while Melissa sipped on her tea some more and spoke to us. "Your brother is right, Charlene. I've known my Todd since we were pups and I love him with every bit of my heart. However, when life gave me an opportunity to produce rare fox pups with a different male, I knew I had to take the chance when I could", Mrs. Mason explained. "I never told your father that I was receptive when we had sex, I didn't want him to know that he was impregnating me. I thought that if he knew I was carrying his offspring, he'd want to raise them with me and ruin everything I had with Todd. Although I did manage to have a sample of his semen cryogenically frozen after we had sex, just in case a situation like this came up", Mrs. Mason continued. "Anyway, I would appreciate it if you would keep this little secret to yourselves and not tell my husband or my children about it. I'm sure Mike and Michelle will have plenty of questions for me when I tell them that Todd is not their biological father as it is", she mentioned after setting her glass of tea down on a nearby table. I released my grip on Charlene's tails once it seemed like she had calmed down enough. I could still tell that she was annoyed and that she probably thought Dad deserved to be treated better. However, this all occurred before he even met our mother. In fact, at the time our father was impregnating Mrs. Mason, our mom was just barely in high school. Plus, the explanation that she gave to us could explain why we had several half-siblings from our father in the first place. We both agreed not to mention anything about this to her husband, or to the Mason twins. Although it seemed like Charlene wasn't going to make any guarantees about that. She probably wouldn't blab about it intentionally, but if someone were to ask it was possible that Charlene could spill the beans. "So...I would assume that you two would like to meet your brother and sister now", Mrs. Mason commented. "Well...yes, I think we would. However, I don't want to bother them if they're busy. I mean, it must be difficult for them to run a business, the Kapernian Elite Guard, and play football all at the same time", I mentioned to Melissa in a calm tone as a thought dawned on me. "Wait...how the hell are they able to do all of that and not burn themselves out? I know that Alpha Golden Foxes are supposed to be unusually strong and have a lot of stamina, but I would think that doing all three of those activities at once wouldn't be very good for them physically and emotionally", I added. Mrs. Mason simply smiled and stood up from the chair she had been sitting in. "Well, why don't you ask them yourself? They're upstairs in their bedroom right now. Mike and Michelle always stay over at our place when the Stars are in town for a game", she explained to us. I didn't expect them to be here, but at least it would be a lot easier to finally meet them. "I'll come upstairs with you...it's possible that they could be a little 'busy' at the moment, but I think that maybe I could convince them to meet you as long as they're not too 'tied up'", she added in a more playful manner, putting a lot of emphasis on the words 'busy' and 'tied up'. Charlene and I knew exactly what she was getting at and couldn't help snickering a little. "I know what you mean, I wouldn't like it if someone barged into my room when my brother and I were 'tied up' in something", Charlene commented back as I couldn't help putting my hand to my face to her response. "You just had to say that, didn't you?", I mentioned while facepalming myself as Mrs. Mason chuckled at my response and soon got up from her seat. "Come on you two, I'll take you upstairs to meet your brother and sister", Mrs. Mason replied in a warm tone, again showing her more motherly nature to us before turning towards the main staircase that led to the other levels of the mansion. Charlene and I followed curiously, holding hands along the way up the stairs to the third level. The third floor of the mansion had three large bedrooms in it, each one containing its own attached bathroom. One of the bedrooms was reserved for when Jennie Mason (Todd and Melissa's legitimate daughter) visited. Jennie was a golden vixen like her mom and older siblings but lacked a full alpha gene. Another bedroom was for Todd and Melissa themselves and was the largest of the three bedrooms on the third floor, containing a jacuzzi with waterfall feature in the attached bathroom there. The mansion itself wasn't purchased by Todd and Melissa but was actually a gift from their oldest pups. Mike and Michelle wanted their parents to have a nice place to live, so they had this mansion built for them shortly after they took control of Independent Entertainment. The third bedroom, the one next door to Jennie's, was the one that Mike and Michelle had for themselves. However, as we got to the door, we noticed that there was a white sign hanging on the doorknob that said "Do Not Disturb" on it. "Damn! I suppose we're going to have to wait until they're done in there", I mentioned, thinking that the reason why the sign was there was because the Mason twins were doing what Charlene and I often did together. However, their mother went to the door anyway. "Hold that thought there...let me talk to them, maybe they haven't gotten too far along yet", Mrs. Mason told us calmly before knocking on the bedroom door. Almost immediately after she knocked, a loud and booming masculine voice came from the other side of the room. "Hey! Didn't you read the sign? Michelle and I are in the middle of having some private time here!", Mike shouted from inside the bedroom. The way he talked sort of reminded me of how the English voice actor for Piccolo from Dragon Ball Z sounded, which (combined with what I knew about how big he was) made me feel a bit nervous. "You know, maybe we should let them finish. Charlene and I can always come back another time when they're not busy bonding with each other", I suggested, thinking it was best not to piss off the 7-foot tall male fox who could probably pick me up effortlessly with one arm and toss me as if I were a javelin for a considerable distance. But their mother kept pressing the issue, knocking on the door some more. "Come on Mikey, open up the door. You and Michelle have some important visitors", Mrs. Mason tried to explain to her son, hoping that it would get Mike to unlock the door. However, a couple moments passed, and nothing happened. "Mikey...are you and Michelle stuck to each other right now?", she soon asked, thinking that they might be joined in a copulatory tie at the moment. A few seconds later, there was a bit of grumbling coming from inside the bedroom and Mike answered his mom's question. "No Mom...Michelle and I were about to get started before you showed up", Mike explained from inside the bedroom. "What's all of this about anyway? It better be important, because I promised Michelle that we'd have some private time together before we meet with the rest of the team down at the hotel later this evening!", Mike soon added, annoyed that he was being kept from having sex with his sister. Charlene and I could relate, we didn't like being interrupted during our private time either. "Mikey...there's something very important I need to tell you. I didn't tell you this before since I never thought this would ever come up, but now it's time that you know the truth", Mrs. Mason began to explain to her son from outside the bedroom. "You have a younger brother and sister", she mentioned to Mike as there was another awkward pause before the male fox responded from inside the bedroom. "Not this shit again! Mom, we've been through this several times before. The only other sibling that Michelle and I have is Jennie! All of those others who have claimed to be our siblings have just been trying to take advantage of us since they know you used to work at a sex club and they want a piece of our fortune!", Mike commented in a somewhat aggressive tone, seeming to be annoyed by anyone who claimed to be related to them without any proof. I was still too nervous to say anything as I stood with Charlene, the two of us still holding hands. I felt it was best that Melissa did the talking for us right now since she knew what her pups were like more than we did. "Mikey, I'm telling you the truth! I really did get pregnant with you and Michelle from one of my past clients, and he apparently had pups with another vixen a few years later", she explained to her son, attempting to get Mike to listen to reason. "Please let us in so we can talk about this", she begged her son, using a soft and warm tone of voice. Charlene and I were surprised by how calm Melissa was around Mike. If I ever talked like that around my mother, best case scenario would be that I'd get a mouthful of mustard, if not slapped silly. There were several moments of silence after Mrs. Mason talked to her son. Charlene and I didn't know what to make of it, perhaps Mike was trying to process what his mother told him...or possibly communicating with his sister behind closed doors. It took several moments before the door to the bedroom opened and a hand reached out to grab the "Do Not Disturb" sign, taking it off the door. After this, the door opened some more, and face of a golden vixen peeked out through the opening. It was Melissa's older daughter, Michelle. I didn't see much of Michelle from behind the door, since I could only see her head. However, she had brown hair much like that of us and bright blue eyes that looked similar to our own (though it was likely that she inherited that from her mother, and it was just coincidence). She also seemed to be a bit calmer and less aggressive than her twin brother. "So...what's all this about Dad not really being our father...and about how these two here are supposed to be related to us?", Michelle asked her mom in a significantly calmer tone than the one her brother had. She seemed more curious than suspicious about us. Melissa let out a sigh and shook her head. "Sweetheart, it's a long story...I know it may be a bit difficult for you and your brother to believe it, but I have proof that it's all true", she explained to Michelle calmly. "Could you let us into your room so we can talk about this?", she soon asked her daughter before Mike responded for his sister. "Give us a minute to get some clothes on, then we'll talk!", Mike called from inside the bedroom, suggesting that he and Michelle were at least partially naked at that moment. "You heard Mikey...let us get dressed then you can come in", Michelle reiterated as I started to sense the sweet aroma of vixen nectar caress my nose. It wasn't coming from Charlene, since it had a more citrusy scent to it compared to the spicier aroma my sister produced, but it still contained everything else that caused my own foxhood to stir a bit inside my pants. Although I did my best to fight these urges since I knew now was not the time to think about sex. Michelle's mom listened to her children and gave them a response. "Alright...we'll let you two get some clothes on. Just let us know when you're ready and we'll come in", Mrs. Mason assured her pups before Michelle closed the bedroom door and went back inside. A minute or so passed while Charlene and I waited together, with her still holding onto my hand. Apparently, I wasn't the only one who noticed Michelle's sex scent. Charlene turned to me and whispered in my ear. "Hey...do you think that she goes both ways?", Charlene asked, suggesting that she might have been sexually interested in Michelle. I blushed immediately and whispered into my sister's ear. "Charlene, now is not the time for that sort of shit. For starters, we hardly know anything about our brother and sister. Secondly, we don't know if they would even WANT to do something like that with us", I whispered back to Charlene as quietly as I could without Mrs. Mason hearing us. "Besides, I like where my spinal column is right now...on the INSIDE of my body", I added, thinking that if Mike knew I was getting turned onto Michelle's scent he'd want to do something like the "ESRB-maker" on me. We continued to wait several more moments before Michelle called to the three of us from inside the bedroom. "Alright, it's safe for you to come in now", Michelle called to her mom as she opened the door to the bedroom and invited Charlene and I to come inside. While still holding onto Charlene's hand, I walked in with her, seeing what the inside of the bedroom was like. The bedroom had three separate parts to it, with the part connected to the doorway being like a combination of a small living room and a kitchenette. It had a large loveseat inside with big-screen TV and cable hooked up on the other side of the room, with the kitchenette containing a full-size fridge, stove, microwave oven, and sink. On the wall closest to a window looking towards downtown Fox Valley City, Charlene and I noticed a picture of Mike and Michelle on their graduation day from Oakwood College up in the city of Alva, the picture frame also had each of their gold-colored tassels that they received for completing college with an A average grade. Underneath the picture, the twins had their original diplomas framed, with each of them having a double major. Mike majored in both robotics and chemistry, while his sister majored in medical science and biochemistry. It was a bit surprising to see that Mike and Michelle had such intelligence, yet they both decided that they wanted to play football and manage the company that their 'father' founded. However, I figured that they must've taken over for their 'father' because he wanted to keep the business in the family. He didn't want to sell the business to anyone who would make radical changes to it. From the way the room was decorated, it seemed like Mike and Michelle had a thing for the color blue. The carpet and drapes over the windows were a deep blue while the loveseat in the living room was a sky blue. Which was actually something that I didn't mind so much, considering that I liked blue as well, though Charlene preferred purple. We didn't linger in the living room section too long though, as Melissa guided us to the bedroom part of the room, where Mike and Michelle were waiting on their "Super King-size" bed. Much like the drapes and other decor, the bedding was mostly in shades of blue, with a bit of white thrown in on the sheets and pillowcases, making them almost look like wisps of clouds on the bed. This is where we got to see our older siblings for the first time in person. Both Mike and Michelle were considerably taller than us, with each of them having muscular profiles. Given that he was 7-feet tall and had the physique of a professional bodybuilder, Mike seemed a lot closer to the size of an average Kapernian wolf than a male fox. All he had on was a pair of black shorts with gold trim and the Victoria Stars logo on them, I didn't even know if he was wearing anything underneath them. Michelle wasn't as tall or as muscular as her brother but was still well above average for a vixen. She stood at 6'3" tall and had a more athletic muscular body. She wore only a Victoria Stars T-shirt over her front and a pair of white-colored panties over her crotch. I also noticed that Michelle's panties appeared to be damp, likely from sexual arousal. Of course, I wasn't the only one who noticed this. "Michelle, honey...could you have found a moment to put some pants on before we walked in?", her mother asked, getting a prompt response from her daughter. "Well, excuse me! It's not like there was a "Do Not Disturb" sign hanging on the doorknob before you decided to interrupt us!", Michelle responded in a somewhat annoyed tone before Mike placed an arm around his sister and calmed her down. "Relax Sis...we'll get back to what we were doing a bit later. Right now, I think we have more important things to attend to", her brother calmly told Michelle before the golden-furred vixen nuzzled against her littermate briefly. That was when Mike turned his attention towards us. I noticed that he was taking a long look at both Charlene and I, likely noticing how we were both much shorter than he was and looked more like normal Kapernian foxes (aside from our twin tails and Charlene's pink nose). I think he expected any siblings of his to be taller and more muscular than Charlene and I were. "So, you're saying that these two here are our half-siblings?", Mike asked his mom curiously after giving us both a look over. Charlene and I kept holding onto each other's hand, with me squeezing her hand a bit tighter. I was still fearful of the much bigger and much stronger male fox in front of me and I didn't want to say anything to piss him off. Fortunately, his mother did the speaking for us. "I know it might be hard to believe, but I'm almost certain that it's true. These two have provided strong evidence that supports their claim, and I don't think they're just saying it because they want money either", Mrs. Mason explained to her pups before telling them the story about how she had sex with our father while receptive...though she didn't mention the part about how she intentionally allowed our father to mate with her to get pregnant, she still stuck to the original story about how she became pregnant from another male without knowing at first. After listening to the story told by their mother, Mike and Michelle thought about it for a few moments, still looking a bit unsure. "Hmm...I don't know...they still look like ordinary foxes to me", Mike commented, thinking that if it was possible that we could be related to them that there had to be something special about us. That's when I decided to get brave enough to show Mike what I could do, spontaneously changing into my ninetales form and letting out a bit of flame from my mouth. Not enough to accidentally burn anything, just enough to get the smoke detectors in the room to go off. To further get the point home, Charlene changed into her vulpix form, but didn't breathe any flame. "As you can see, my brother and I are anything but ordinary foxes", Charlene commented in a surprisingly calm tone given the situation. "We're kitsune...and from what your mom told us about our kind, many of us carry part of the Alpha Golden Fox gene", my sister continued as it seemed Mike and Michelle took more of an interest in us after the demonstration. "Maybe these two are related to us after all", Michelle commented to her brother as they sat together on their bed, with Mike thinking about it some. "Possibly...but I want to know for sure before we get too carried away", Mike answered. "I think a DNA test is in order here...we can go down to the University of Fox Valley City's genetic testing lab and have the results by tomorrow...assuming that you have a sample of your father's DNA", he continued. "I have a sample of his DNA...I saved some of the semen that he put in me the night you and your sister were conceived", Mrs. Mason told her son as Mike couldn't help putting his hand to his forehead while his cheeks turned red. "Do I even want to know HOW you were able to collect that sample?", Mike exclaimed in a somewhat embarrassed tone. "Who cares about how Mom got it...if she has some of his DNA, we can get the testing done and find out for sure if these two are our siblings", Michelle commented to her brother, recognizing the significance of this. Mike still felt uneasy about knowing about all of this, but he saw what Michelle was getting at. "Alright...I get the point. We'll all head down to the genetic testing lab and get this done. However, while we're waiting, I think it would be a good idea if we had a chance to talk to our 'siblings', just in case", Mike responded, as it seemed from the tone of his voice that he was still somewhat skeptical. From there, we all headed on over to the genetic testing lab on the campus of the University of Fox Valley City. There, DNA samples were taken from my sister and I, along with the Mason twins and their mother. Finally, enough of the cryogenically frozen semen sample that was from our father was warmed to the point where a DNA sample could be extracted from it. Genetic testing technology on Kapernia was more advanced than that of Earth, but even with that being said it would still take several hours to decode and compare all the samples given. We likely wouldn't know the final results of the testing until the next day. After the visit to the lab, Mike and Michelle decided that they wanted us to accompany them back to Victoria for the night. They mentioned that they wanted to get to know Charlene and I more, just in case it did turn out that we were related to them by blood. Since there were still a few days until their next game in Fox Valley City and since this was intended to be a 'personal day' for the team anyway, it was easy for them to leave Fox Valley City and come back the next day. It was about a two-hour drive from Fox Valley City to the northwest side of the city of Victoria, not too far from where Independent Entertainment's headquarters were located. Soon, we arrived at a considerably more modest house than the one that belonged to their parents. It was still a two-story house that looked to have no less than four separate bedrooms from the outside, painted light blue, a two-car garage, and a white picket fence that surrounded the front and back yard. Considering that the Mason twins were worth so much, one would think that they'd have a home that was even larger than the one they gifted to their parents. Upon arriving at the house, I parked the rental car in the driveway as the Mason twins parked their vehicle in the driveway. They had what was known as a hover car, a vehicle that was propelled by a hover pad and air jets in the rear of the vehicle. The technology required to build a hover car was expensive, with the standard price for such a vehicle starting at about 250,000 UIC Dollars. Most Kapernians still owned gas-powered vehicles, either those built on Kapernian soil or (in some cases) imported from places like Japan or Detroit. However, the Kapernian-built cars had greenhouse-gas reducing filters installed in them, so they did not generate as much carbon monoxide and other gases as Earth-built vehicles did. Furthermore, hover cars produced no pollutants whatsoever. They were powered by a solar energy with a backup battery near the engine. This allowed them to be able to drive from one end of the island to another without ever having to stop for gas. Charlene and I got out of our car together, with us looking at the place that Mike and Michelle called home. "Gee...you'd think that the two wealthiest beings on the planet would live in something bigger than this", Charlene mentioned as she stood with me, with Mike and Michelle getting out of their car and Mike overhearing my sister. "Michelle and I thought that we didn't need to have a big home for ourselves...at least not yet. Once we find mates and have our own pups, we'll find something bigger, but that won't be for a little while yet", Mike explained to us as he noticed how Charlene and I were intertwining our tails. "By the way...are the two of you...", he started to ask before Charlene started to get a bit grumpy and I could see a little smoke coming from her nostrils. "Hey! Don't judge us! We get that same kind of shit back home from our mother!", Charlene snapped as I tried to calm my sister down by grabbing hold of her arms. However, Mike knew a better way to defuse Charlene's temper. "Hey...relax...Michelle and I don't care what you two do", he calmly told Charlene before taking his sister into his arms, kissing Michelle deeply for several moments while she clenched his buttocks. "You see...Michelle and I know exactly how you feel", he continued, assuring Charlene that it didn't matter to them if they knew about our relationship. "In fact, Michelle and I even talked about becoming mates and having a couple of alpha pups of our own...that is if there were some way we could do it without risking the nasty side effects caused by inbreeding", Mike continued before Michelle had something she wanted to say. "I take it that neither of you two are from Kapernia originally, are you?", she asked before Mike placed his arm around Michelle and held her close. "Let's talk about this some more inside. I don't think the neighbors need to know about any of this", Mike told his sister calmly as Michelle nuzzled against her brother, going along with him. "Anyway, come on into the living room and we'll talk for a bit. Then, we'll all go out to get something to eat Downtown", Mike offered as Charlene and I decided it was best to follow them, walking behind our two older and larger siblings into the house they shared. The inside of the house was a bit fancier than the outside, with a large kitchen, a dining room with solid oak chairs and a table big enough for eight, and a living room that looked a lot like the den in the mansion their parents lived in (except with a black-and-blue color motif instead of a gold-and-black motif). Charlene and I sat down together on one couch while Mike and his sister sat down on the other. "So, tell us more about where you two came from and what you do back home. If you really are our brother and sister we want to know as much as we can", Mike asked, with him and Michelle eager to hear our story up to that point. We told them that we were from Minnesota and about the bond Charlene and I shared. Much like the Mason twins, we considered ourselves to be mated to each other...though not in the official sense. We also told them about how our mother tried to keep us from acting on our feelings in the past and how we longed for a place where we could express our love for each other freely without being judged for it. Thankfully, Kapernia (or at least most of Kapernia) was much more open and understanding about incest than Earth, so we felt more comfortable here. That was when Mike had a suggestion for the two of us. "Why don't the two of you move here? If you really want to be mates, you should just do what Michelle and I did...get your own place and live how you want to", Mike explained. There was some logic in his statement, but he didn't know everything about us. "We want to move here, we've talked about moving to Kapernia for quite some time, but we can't really do that right now", I answered. "You see, my sister and I are still in college back home, we can't really abandon that right now...even if we know we'll be happier here", I continued before Charlene had something else she wanted to mention. "We have other reasons why we want to move here as well. We both have other mates that live on Kapernia. We're both mated to the current owner of the Sakura House, who is also carrying my brother's pup...and in addition to that he has another girlfriend that we've known since we were 8", Charlene commented. After we told them this, Mike and Michelle turned to each other and seemed to have an idea. "Could you two excuse us for a minute", Michelle commented wishing to speak with her brother in private. Charlene and I agreed, and we waited in the living room while they went into another part of the house. We couldn't hear what they were talking about, but I thought it had something to do with what we told them. "I hope that we didn't say anything to offend them", I thought to myself, thinking that maybe mentioning how I had multiple partners and/or Charlene being bisexual somehow offended the Mason twins. Although the latter of the two cases was unlikely, considering how Kapernians were much more open about homosexuality and bisexuality than most places on Earth. We waited for a few moments before Mike and Michelle came back into the room. They sat back down on the other couch and spoke to us some more. "What would you say if I told you that we want to help you out?", Mike asked curiously. "It's obvious to us that you have a lot more to gain from living on Kapernia than living on Earth, so we want to help you move here to stay. After all, if you really are our brother and sister, we would like to have you become a part of our Independent Entertainment family", Michelle added, making my mouth hang wide open. I never expected the Mason twins to be this open to us. Charlene spoke for both of us while I was unable to talk, still in shock over what Mike and Michelle just mentioned. "Well...I don't know...it would be nice to move here, but I'm not sure if we could accept charity", Charlene explained. However, it seemed like Mike and Michelle had their minds made up. "We want you two to be happy, and my brother and I have far more money than we know what to do with", Michelle explained to us as I slowly got myself back together and started to listen. "We wouldn't be offering you an opportunity like this if we didn't trust you", Mike commented. "We are just wary when someone comes around asking for money up-front because they claim to be related to us. That's another reason why Michelle and I are only comfortable in mating with each other", he continued before Michelle corrected him. "Well...there was that Johannsen girl that you had a thing with a couple years ago", Michelle added as the name "Johannsen" immediately caused my ears to perk straight up. "Michelle, I only did that the one time...and we both know that we can trust Melissa and her family. Her dad worked with us ever since we both started our football careers", Mike mentioned in a slightly annoyed tone. "Besides, Melissa told me afterwards that she wasn't interested in dating me. She told me that she had her heart set on marrying her 'honey fox', whoever that is", Mike continued as I immediately interrupted him. "You know my Mel-Mel?!!", I exclaimed, shocked to learn that my supposed half-brother had sexual relations with her. I was also equally surprised to learn that Mike offered Melissa a chance to date him, but she refused. When he heard my exclamation, Mike sighed and started to talk about how he knew Melissa and her family. It turned out that Melissa's family had an extensive history with the Mason twins. Melissa's father worked as a sales representative for the Mason City (then Wakita) Yellowjackets early in Mike and Michelle's playing career...but then moved with the Mason twins to Victoria once they left their hometown to play for the Victoria Stars...a franchise that was owned by the Mason family. Furthermore, Melissa's brother (Brian) was one of their teammates, having signed on with the team soon after the move. Mike also explained how Melissa's parents were unexpectedly killed one night a couple years ago after a night out on the town, leaving Melissa to care for her younger sister Abigail. Mike told me that he happened to visit the Mouse Hole one evening when Melissa was working and spent the evening making out with her. For Mike, he figured he'd be doing Melissa and her family a favor by being her mate, providing Melissa with plenty of money to help in raising Abigail, and providing him with a family that he wanted to start. He told me that Melissa was flattered by the offer, but also mentioned that her mind had been made up years earlier. Melissa wanted me...she wanted to be my mate and bear our future pups. She also mentioned that while there was no denying that it would've been an honor to be impregnated by an Alpha Golden Fox (especially considering her own heritage), she seemed to think that he was too tall for her tastes and preferred a mate that was a lot closer to her own size. Of course, there was also the fact that an Alpha Golden Fox could only produce alpha pups with another fox, and even then there would be no guarantees...unless he impregnated Michelle. I was still surprised by this little bit of Melissa's past history that I knew absolutely nothing about. Sure, I expected her to have plenty of males who wanted to get it on with her, but I never imagined that she'd receive a marriage proposal from one of her clients, let alone my supposed half-brother. "Why...why didn't she tell me that you and her were sexually involved?", I asked my older half-brother, still trying to come to grips with the news. Mike saw how I was acting and sighed. "My guess is that she didn't want you to think that she was in a relationship with someone else. She cares very deeply about you and mentioned it quite a bit when we've had her over", Mike explained. "In fact, we've often heard Melissa get upset about how it sucked for the two of you not to be together. She wants to be with you, but it seems as if she's getting impatient, especially ever since she had her son", Michelle mentioned as the word "son" immediately got my attention. "Wait a minute...are you telling me that my Mel-Mel has a kid?!!", I exclaimed in shock, wondering if the son she had came from me. That was when Charlene moved in close to me to wrap her arm around my backside, bringing me closer to her. "W...why didn't she tell me about THIS?!!", I stuttered, being held by my twin sister as Mike and Michelle looked at each other for a moment and came up with an idea. "Tell you what...why don't we take you to her house. I'm sure she would be happy to see you and answer any questions you might have", Michelle soon suggested. I was very curious to see the son she had given birth to since the last time I saw her. I felt certain that I was the father, though I couldn't be sure of it until I saw him for the first time. "Yes...I think that would be a very good idea", I replied before I watched Michelle take out her cell phone, dialing Melissa's phone number. While she was busy doing that, Charlene and I had a moment to talk amongst ourselves. "Did you and Melissa breed together the last time she visited?", Charlene curiously asked. "I didn't think so...it wouldn't surprise me if she secretly wanted to get pregnant from me, but I always thought that Melissa wanted to wait until we were married before starting a family", I commented. "Although, having a son with Mel-Mel might make it easier to explain Satoshi to her", I added before Charlene brought up a valid point. "Assuming that the kid is yours. Who knows how many dicks she's taken in her since she started working at The Mouse Hole, any one of them could've impregnated her without you knowing", Charlene added. I didn't think Melissa would breed with anyone other than me...at least not intentionally. She seemed interested in having kids with me from when we were young, when Mel-Mel and I would play 'house' at her parents' house back when they lived in Minnesota. She was always the 'mommy' and I was always the 'daddy'. Still, I couldn't dismiss this possibility. Before I could respond to my sister's statement, Michelle finished talking to Melissa on her cell phone. "Melissa says that she can't wait to see you again", Michelle replied before standing up from the couch and taking a moment to stretch. After this, she and Mike had a bit of a conversation of their own regarding the present circumstances. "What do you think? Should we let them stay at Melissa's place for the night and pick them up in the morning...or should we stay with them?", Michelle asked her twin, referring to Charlene and I. "Well, if we're all a part of the same family, I think it would be best to support our younger brother. Considering the circumstances, he might need it", Mike replied a moment later as the Mason twins reached an agreement. "C'mon...Michelle and I will take you to Melissa's place", Mike soon mentioned to Charlene and I before the four of us left in the hovercar, heading for the east side of Victoria near the Capital district. To be continued... P.S.: Yeah, I know...but was already starting to get too long for one submission. I promise that the next part will be the last one in this episode.