Man, have I been looking forward to this. I'm just putting this up to see if anyone likes the idea. If they don't, then I'll take it off. Yes, it is a Naruto/Star Fox crossover. Here you go.

Ninjas of Lylat

Prologue

"Is it finished, Andrew?" Spoke a gruff voice over the intercom. The voice startled Andrew, even though he expected him to check up on progress every so often.

"Um…One moment…" He turned to a visual communications array. He pressed a button, and an image appeared on the screen. A young tiger, no older than twenty-five, turned to a face-to-face view of his superior.

"Yes, Commander Oikonny?" He asked.

"Is it operational?" The tiger nodded. "Good. Get it up and running. We mustn't keep him waiting."

"Yes sir." He saluted Andrew, and the ape closed the communication. He turned his chair slowly to the small intercom on his desk, and held down the button.

"It is operational. It will be activated here shortly." He paused a moment to hear the grunt of approval, and found the silence following as the perfect time to ask. "Might I ask what the device is used for?" A groan of minor annoyance came through the small speaker on Andrew's desk.

"Andrew, if I told you one damn time, I told you a dozen fucking times!" Andrew knew he had angered him. In fact, he knew it would go that way from the start. But his curiosity beat his better judgement. He had been commanding workers to build an unknown device, and even he didn't know what it was. Just where which piece goes where and how to install it. And to make it even more confusing, he was never taught advanced technology. All he was taught was how to lead a large fleet and how to operate a stolen Cornerian Fighter. The point was that he desperately wanted to know what he was building. "…If I must tell you again, come to my office." The link broke off, and Andrew slowly stood up. He walked over to the door and out into the hall. The hallway was dark and brought a feeling of dread.

Andrew typed in the combination to the keypad on the wall beside the door, saying it under in order to remember as he typed.

"O, N, R, S, D, O, A, Y, K, N, I, S, N, O." The keypad beeped and the door slid open slowly. The dark room had no light, aside from the barely visible infrared beams and the dim green glow coming from a large glass tube on the other side of the room. Inside, a figure floated, no movement coming from it other than the slow rising and falling of the chest. A tube was connected to a mask around its mouth and nose, allowing a constant flow of oxygen. There were small wires connected to the open skull, stabbed into the exposed brain. Its limbs were missing, the stubs covered by steel caps to protect in from the embryonic-like fluid within the glass tube. The figure's eyes gradually opened, and what was visible was not normal pupils and the surrounding white. It was red, metallic red, a shade Andrew always thought was only produced through the eyes of a robotic signature of intelligence. A cold chill ran down Andrew's spine, freezing him to the spot and preventing him from fleeing. This was exactly what the mysterious being behind the glass wanted. At least, fear is what he wanted his visitor to feel.

"Andrew…" Its voice was channeled through a small speaker on the side of the glass. The wires that ran to it were one of the ones connected to the brain. Its thoughts were being announced through the speaker. The terrified primate brought his hand up into a salute. "Don't give me that shit! Just stand there…you've no reason to salute me." He brought his hand down. "Now, if you must know…For years, many years I have been searching for the one sure-fire way to rule Lylat. And for those many years, I have had a number of failures equal to my number of attempts. And every time, who is the single reason? …That same damn Star Fox." Heavy breathing could be heard. It resonated through the room, and another chill ran down Andrew's back. "I made sure that this time, it won't happen again. Because the device I have…"

"Yes?" Andrew asked anxiously.

"The device I have…will search out for the most powerful source of energy accessible. The point of which is that it will send out a bolt of lightning and will make the energy source give off a signal. Once we find it, we harness it."

"But…What if it's too powerful to handle? What if-"

"Silence!" The voice echoed several times. "You think too much about consequences, Andrew. Think forward. This is finally going to bring us victory!" He cackled loudly. "Now that you understand, leave me." The door slid open to invite Andrew out. The timid primate did as he was told. He walked back to his office, wondering still about what his master said. What if the power is too great? Only time would time the answer. With the doubt still floating around, Andrew fell into a deep sleep in his chair.

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Fumatsuke woke with a start. Another dream, another sense of great evil. This had been happening for about a month now, and even he didn't know what to make of it. His dreams of spiraling darkness were nothing compared to this. It was now dawn, and he figured a few more hours of sleep couldn't hurt. But just as he was about to nod off, he was hit in the stomach with something hard. It was a rock thrown through the window. There was a note tied to it. It read:

Fumatsuke

WAKE UP!! You remember what today is. I'm going to try a new jutsu that I found. Don't forget that you volunteered. Meet us at the gates in an hour.

Matetso

Then it all came back to him. The previous day, he promised Matetso that he would assist I testing a new jutsu. Something about time travel. This really the shinobi up. He ran to the closet and got his jacket and other clothes. Once full fully dressed, he ran out the door, eager for the day to come.

There. Hope you like the start enough for me to continue. I have been planning this for a long time. Yes, I'm probably in over my head with this plus the other two, but big whoop.

Keep impressing me, everyone!

Shadow