is?" ALeu asked. "I told him I'd be here."

  "You forgot," growled Copper.

  "I did?" Aleu asked. "Oh ya! I did!" She and Copper ran back to Todd's and Copper collapsed.

  "Man, Aleu!" he growled. "I had a good covr up too! Goldy saw us together and got the wrong impression so I-"

  "-said I was June," Aleu nodded. "Dang, I'm sorry."

  "It's all right," Copper sighed.

  "What's up?" Todd asked. Copper explained evry thing. Vixey looked at Copper, with pity!

  "Oh, poor puppy," she cooed.

  "Shut it," Copper hissed.

  Vixey grinned. "Maybe I will and maybe I won't." 

   "Right," Copper groaned.

 "Dang!" growled Vixey. "I have to meet up with someone." Copper sensed panick in her voice. Why?

 "k. Bye!" Todd called, as Vixey took off.

   "I have to use the restroom," Copper lied. He went behind a bush ten took off after Vixey.

  When she stopped, Copper hid in a bush. Vixey was with another male fox!!

 "What do you want, Phil?" she growled.

  "To father my pups," he replied.

  "Their Todd's," Vixey snarled.

  "You mean the fox you ditched me for?" Phil asked.

  "i ditched you before I met Todd," Vixey snapped. Copper thought she had been mad at him! He hadn't seen her actually lose her temper before this!

  "There's still a chance the pups are mine," the fox snarled.

  "I-" Vixey glanced at the ground. "I know! But they're not!"

 "You sure?" Phil smirked.

  Copper couldn't take it. He ran back to Todd.

  "What took so long?" Todd asked.

  "I followed Vixey," Copper said. "She met with a male fox and apparently he was her mate before you were! So, the pups might be his."

  "No!" Todd growled. "You're joking! She'd tell me!"

 "I'm not!" Copper hissed.

  "You're lying!" Todd snarled. "Why, Copper?"

   "Todd, trust me," Coppper murmured.

 "NO!" Todd lunged at Copper! Copper gasped and slid to the side. "Leave, Copper! Your welcome has left!"

  "Don't shut me out," Copper begged.

 "I'm not," Todd told him, sadly. "You shut me out."

 "Todd," Copper whsipered.

  "Leave!" Todd groaned. He looked away. "please. Your debt is repaid if you leave." Copper hesitated.

  "You said you'd do something for me when I asked!" Todd growled. "So leave!"

  Copper turned to go. "Your the best friend I could have. And you saved me." Copper began to trudge away.

 He heard Aleu say, "Copper! Todd, it's true!" He then felt Aleu's fur brushing against his. Suprisingly, it comforted Copper.

 He sat down in puddle. "What do I do?"

  "Talk to Vixey," Aleu replied. She sat down beside him. "She'll listen, believe me."

  "She doesn't trust me," Copper sighed.

  "You've earned it," Aleu told him. Copper looked at her. Her soft blue eyes were filled with emotion.

 "Thanks," he whispered. Copper didn't know what he was thinking, but he found himself licking Aleu's ear. He pulled away and looked at his paws. "Sorry. Cheif rasied me better. I can't cheat on Goldy."

  "Ya know," Aleu said, "if you don't like her anymore..."

  "Leave her?" Copper asked. "Well, I don't like her at all!"

  "Neither do I," admitted Aleu.

  "Stay put," Copper told Aleu. "I'll be right back." She nodded and he ran to Goldy's home.

  "Goldy," he said. she turned to face him.

  "Hi, Coppy!" she cried.

  "We're over, just so you know," Copper growled. He then turned around and walked back to Aleu. "I ditched her."

  "Good for you," Aleu replied, averting his eyes.

  "I really like you Aleu," he blurted.

  "Copper, I-" Aleu sighed. she looked at him. "I like you too."

  "Really?" Copper gasped.

   Aleu nodded. "Ya." Copper walked to her and nuzzled her. "Copper? Does this mean we're dating or we're mates?"

  "Um..." Copper hesitated. "I'll ask..." A sinking realization hit him. "...Todd..."

  "Copper." Aleu licked his ear. "Go talk to Vixey. Trust me."

  Copper grinned. "Alright but, Aleu, let's take our relationship slowly, okay?"

 Aleu nodded. "Sounds great." Copper ran to Todd's place. When he arrived, he realized that they were gone! He followed their scent to the spot where he saw Vixey and Phil.

 Sure enough, they were ther, with Phil!! But it was no friendly gathering. Phil was snapping at Todd!

 Copper leaped onto Phil's back and tore at his fur.

  "Huh?" Phil fell back wards to try to get Copper off but Copper leaped off. He jumped on Phil's stomach and snarled.

  "Keep away from them!" he growled. Copper lunged at Phil's throat, but Phil moved his head and kicked Copper in the throat! Copper went rolling off and soon Phil was ontop of him!

  Phil lunged at Copper's throat. That was what Copper what waiting for. When Phil wasleaning in, Copper kicked him and sent him flying into a tree.

  Copper leaped and attacked Phil once more. He soon had the dead fox at his paws. Copper looked at Todd.

  "You were wrong," he panted. "This is how I chose to repay my debt."

  "Copper, i'm sorry," Todd sighed. "I was wrong."

 "Todd, I'm sorry I didn't tell you," Vixey shuffled her paws. "There's a big chance that they're yours but even if they're not, I've always cared for you you."

  "I know," Todd grinned. "I care about you too."

    Months passed. Inmstead of being a stray, Aleu was adopted by Amos. Cheif always poked fun at the two. and, of course, it didn't help when Copper and Aleu became mates and had 2 pups. One was named Buster, the tan and copper colored male. Then there was Daisy, the copper female wiht a tan spot on her back.

 Todd and Vixey had two pups as well. There was the male, Rusty, ad the female, Rosie.  Todd and Copper are still best friends to this day.

 After the last argument, they began closer than ever. That was how it was supposed to be.

 The end!! I hope you liked it! Please Review!

 Author's note: This is dedicated to a friendship I've had for a long time. I think that I'll tresure the time spent with the friend always.