The Fox and the Guardian.

Prologue

Landing! Stick the landing, Andy!

I blinked rapidly, my eyes trying to focus as my mind restarted and my senses came to the forefront of my thoughts.

Trees.

Loads of trees and rain and it was dark.

… and I was falling.

My eyes widened, "holy geez! What the hell!"

I twisted my body, forcing my legs around towards the ground right as I passed the first tree top.

I probably had about-

Smack!

Crack!

"Fuckkkkkk!"

That must've hurt like hell… the ever present voice of my Ghost, a Guardians personal AI and best friend, filled my head.

"Ah… geezzzzzzzzz! Fuckkkkkk!" I roared, my eyes slamming shut as I grabbed my right leg, pulling the now twisted appendage towards my chest.

Ooh it probably shouldn't be facing that way…

"This is not the time for pointing out the obvious Kait!"

Sorry…

My helmet vanished, dark hair and caramel skin exposed to the nights cool touch.

I grimaced as I sat up, my black cape fanned out behind me as I stared through narrowed eyes and grit teeth at how my leg was literally facing the wrong direction.

How the heck I managed that was beyond anyone's guess but by the Light it hurrrttttttt….

A flash of light, and my ever faithful Ghost floated into her physical form next to me.

A white metal shell with pink highlights barely visible in the dead of night.

Well, I can fix you up, but it'll probably take at least an hour… if that. Sorry… her voice was soft, the fragile thing blasting my own emotions with genuine sadness.

I playfully rolled my eyes before sighing, "yeah well, we're stuck in the middle of a forest on…" I blinked looking around once before continuing, "actually where are we?"

I grunted as I shifted wrong and pain lanced up my leg.

Damn trees. Made me miss judge the fall.

Well, it's not the first time you've broken your leg falling. Also I'm not sure? I'm not registering any Comms or any transmat zones.

One that time on Mars didn't count! Two, that's weird, but it's happened before, no worries. Plus we're in a forest so we're on Venus most likely.

Oh? And what about the time at the Reef? Or the time you fell off the stage at a karaoke-

Point taken!

I cringed as the embarrassing memories replayed themselves in my head. Geez that sucked.

Still the pain in my head kept me focused and I sighed, "well, I'd rather you fix my leg, but fuck it, forests don't scream safe to me and this will get me killed either way."

I grabbed the hand cannon on my thigh, a massive side arm capable of punching through three feet of steel at the least, and aimed it at my head.

Are you sure-

Bang!

Nothing.

Then there was light and-

-really wish you wouldn't do that. I hate seeing you shoot yourself without warning. It's not very fun.

I cringed as I stood to my full height, my leg healed perfectly with my resurrection and I replied, sorry Kait.

The ghost lowered herself a bit to my eyes level and twirled happily, well at least you're okay now! Plus im sure Zavala and Cause are wondering where the hell you are. Also there's a woman watching us.

I rolled my eyes, Zavala's an ass and Caydes probably stalling for us, so if we take the highway just south of the Ishtar sink we could probably meet up with them at base camp and- hold on what?

I blinked and turned around as much ghost faded with a flash of light.

There was nothing in the trees. Nothing except darkness and silence.

Instantly my body tensed and I once more drew my hand cannon, my other hand slipping a knife from its sheath on my waist.

"Didn't you say a woman was watching us?" I asked aloud, my helmet flashing into existence and covering my head.

Yup. Don't know where she went. She seemed… curious?

I raised an eyebrow.

Curious?

Yeah! Like genuinely curious, plus she didn't attack you, so not a force of darkness at least.

Fair point.

I sighed aloud, and dropped my hands to my sides, "all right lady you can come out now! I'm a Guardian! Just crashing landing through the trees…" my voice died out.

Damn trees.

There was a cracking branch, and my instincts screamed at me to duck, but the crack was in front of me and I saw the cause of it; a woman with golden eyes and midnight black hair.

I rested the urge to duck and fire.

Light knows I've been ambushed at least ten times by Fallen soldiers in similar situations.

Like that time in Russia when you and Katherine were-

Yes Kait. I remember that too.

You had intestines in your hair for days. Hehe.

I sighed. Damn ghost.

Still, I kept my eyes on the woman, a harder than normal feet considering how dare it was underneath these trees.

Crazzzccckk!

Thunder roared above me and I glanced upward, though my focus never truly left the woman.

It was enough to see her jump at the intrusion, her eyes shooting to the sky and silently cursing nature.

"Look, I don't have all day. Do you need a ride to the Last City?"

Uhhh Andy, about that…

I pushed our mental link aside and focused on the woman as she narrowed her eyes at me- hold on were her eyes glowing?

I blinked and the image faded, just the woman with golden eyes again. No glowing.

"Look my ships not too far from here, but hey if you have a place to go back too then by all means. Just be careful, Fallen are crawling around this area."

Andy seriously, somethings really wrong-

Again I pushed the link aside. She seemed more curious than anything so it was obviously nothing to worry about.

Still, the woman hadn't moved.

She simply stood behind a tree in a low crouch, her eyes glued to me as she simply looked around the trunk.

I frowned.

"Do you even speak English?"

A nod.

I sighed. "Okay well, I kinda need an answer here. Unless you're mute. Then I'd just feel like a dick."

With a deep breath the woman moved from behind the tree and took a few steps towards me.

She was my height and her attire was that of a red top and white shirt that showed a lot of leg.

Her eyes truly were golden, and her skin- fuck were those wolf ears on her head!?

Kait, am I losing my shit here?

Andy no its- wait wolf ears? What?

I blinked twice, my confusion obvious as the smallest of smirks pulled at the corners of her lips.

How did… prosthetic? Maybe?

I shook my head. Didn't matter.

"Okay look lady, or wolf lady," she frowned, "do you need a ride?"

She tilted her head.

"What are you?"

Instantly I felt my heart rate increase.

Weird.

A… what the… am I feeling hot?

Kait did the temperature just increase?

No but your heart rate did. Like a lot. Also we're not getting any sort of comms here.

That froze me.

What does that-

"You fell from the sky," she asked taking a step towards me, leaning in as if she were examining me, "yet you live and move fine."

The way she moved.

It was…

I gulped.

Intoxicating. She was alluring so to speak, and…

I shook my head to clear my thoughts before replying, "um yeah, kinda thing we do. And hell I'm a Guardian. You know big bad light warrior."

She blinked in confusion and took a step closer.

-ndy-some-ot-rong-

Huh. What was that annoying voice. Weird.

"And what is a Guardian?" She purred and her eyes began to glow.

I swallowed hard, my heart pounding in my chest.

"Warrior. You know."

She narrowed her gaze, and as she came close enough to touch I noticed the flush on her cheeks, the way her eyes were that of a feline.

And the nine tails trailing behind her.

Yet none of it bothered me.

Then for some reason… her body glowed. God. I wanted her. I need her.

She stepped forward again, a finger caressing my check as she spoke, "never… felt this before. So much… strength."

She licked her lips.

But then my eyes returned to hers.

They were… awesome…

-DY-SOM-RONG-AKE-P-AN-TOP-

The annoying voice. I ignored it.

I couldn't take my eyes off hers. I didn't want to.

She stepped closer.

"Come to me…" she whispered, and a pink wave washed over me.

I stepped closer. My helmet vanishes.

Her lips came closer, and as her tails wrapped around me and pulled me into their warm embrace, I realized just how beautiful this woman was.

Soft lips meet mine and-

Pain.

"AHHHH!"

But the screams wasn't just mine. It was hers too.

The woman fell back, as did I, my head hitting the ground with a snap.

"Shit!"

Andy! Oh thank the Light! I couldn't reach you!

I blinked in confusion and grit my teeth in pain.

What're you talking about Kait?

Golden eyes landed on me, the beauty gone and replaced with that of confusion and anger.

I easily took my eyes off her and made sure to scan my surroundings on instinct.

You were… I don't know! It was weird! I couldn't talk to you! Like, a wall was between us and I couldn't feel you and your light!

"You're human…"

A sweet voice, soft and humble and I looked to the woman once more. She was holding a hand to her head, massaging it lightly as she pushed herself to her knees.

"...but you're not."

I tilted my head, "I told you I'm a Guardian."

"Guardian?" She asked, slowly standing, muscles tense and obviously on edge as if I was going to attack.

"Uh duh? Light soldier? Defender of humanity and the traveler?"

No response.

I shook my head, both in annoyance and with the hope of clearing away some of the pain.

But with a groan I sat up and slowly pushed myself to my feet.

Kait, what do you mean a wall?

I'm not sure! It… it was a… an energy I couldn't identify… but it came from her. It had to. There's no other energy source around here but her.

My eyes narrowed at the woman, a motion she immediately picked up on and forced her to take a step back.

I gently picked my hand canon, wary of the woman now that I knew something was happening.

"What did you do to me?" I asked, my voice growing steady and cold.

He swallowed hard, and took another step back the golden glow returning to her eyes as blue energy swirled around her arms.

She looked… like a caged animal. Terrified, and terrifying all the same.

Odd... She doesn't have any darkness in her! That doesn't make sense! Then why would she attack you?

So she's human?

I can't tell without a blood sample… maybe go easy on her? She doesn't seem… well, super violent…

I narrowed my eyes.

"I'm gonna ask one more time. I said what did you do-"

Blue energy, flashing and wild, flew at me and at a speed fast enough I was forced to use blink to dodge to the side.

So much for not being violent!

I said super violent!

Her eyes barely widened, but it's was visible how her will steeled and then her tails fanned out like a pissed off wolf.

Blue flames flashed out at me, three in total each firing from one tail.

I expertly dodged the first two; one going around me and the other I sidestepped.

The third hit me dead on in the chest, the flash and power draining my armors shields by at least ten percent.

Pain lanced through my head. Then... memories mixed with it.

A small tabby cat. Bright eyes. A woman with blonde hair and a delicate laughter.

I… I'd never seen these people before…

The pain pressed and I frowned, pushing the thoughts away.

And that was just one...

I blinked again, the teleportation ability launching me at least a dozen feet to my right, and I raised my weapon.

Bang!

Two rounds left my gun, the woman's eyes flashing with fear before she expertly weaved under the first and as the second flew to connect with her leg energy enveloped her body and she dashed to the side almost as quick as my blink.

Almost, but it still fast enough to avoid my round.

My eyes widened.

Uh, so that's not good Andy. She's fast and- duck!

I did as warned and another sizeable lump of energy flew over my head. But as I did, I saw the trap.

At least six blue flames raced at me from all directions, and the woman was pulling back her arm for another arc of energy.

Physically, I had no way out.

So once more I teleported upwards, the fire racing under me and through where I had once been.

Arc lightning wrapped around me, and I drew back my hand, and with a mighty heave related an arc grenade right at her.

She saw it and dove aside, my light vaporizing the shrubbery below where she had been.

I landed and rolled under another bout of flame, coming up on a knee and this time unleashing the rest of my clip at her.

Again she dove, fire once more springing up to her, and completely incinerating what rounds she didn't manage to dodge.

Now that, was surprising.

I grimaced and jumped back, letting a single bout of flame singe the earth instead of me.

My hand cannon, the graceful killer called The Old Fashioned, disappeared in a flash, and with a mighty spectacle, Ice Breaker the most powerful sniper rifle in existence flashed into my arms.

The sheer size of the sniper very much for its power and I fired almost instantly, careful to aim for her shoulder.

The shockwave blew apart the air around me and it shook the very trees.

For all her agility, even the woman wasn't fast enough to dodge, instead her tails swinging around to shield her.

Blue flames exploded as my round connected with her, a shockwave blasting out and literally ripping the two trees behind her apart.

I held my ground and let my light roll off me in arcs of lightning.

The woman was still standing, her hair now disheveled and her stance weaker. Whatever had happened obviously tired her out.

I frowned.

I didn't want to kill this idiot but damn she was making it hard.

Maybe talking would work now that she was tired.

"Look we can talk this out, I don't want to hurt you lady."

She snarled, more like a purr mixed with a vicious growl and suddenly she was lurching towards me far faster than I thought possible.

Pink and blue swirled around her.

I stepped back, fist emblazoned with enough Arc lightning to vaporize all ten feet of a Fallen Captain, then I blinked forward.

Nine tails engulfed in blue flame met the fist of lightning.

The last thing I saw before the darkness was a flash of burning light and fire.

A/N Soooo hey! I'm back with a new story! Don't worry, the newest chapter of the darkest Knight is also in the works about halfway done right now.

I apologize for the delay in content, I've been swamped at work, and I've barely started finding my groove.

So with that, the newest TDK chapter should be out hopefully within the next week as I've pumped 2,000 words into already in the past week, so I'm hoping to get more done tonight and later on.

Now this story was a passion project of mine. I really like League but was unsure of how to go about writing a fic for it. Then I realized, why not do a destiny crossover? Like what I did with the Darkest Knight?

And here we are!

Obviously it's Ahri our Guardian encountered here in the forest, and I'll tell you right now, they are BOTH protagonists in this story. Aside from this chapter, each one will be split between their two POVs.

Also this goes off of new lore. There is no League here or ISM or Summoners. This is just Runeterra on the brink. And trust me when I say it's on the brink.

Also, unlike the Darkest Knight, our Guardian here is going to have a lot more trouble in terms of power. Ahri is proof enough of that, though he was holding back, her sheer prowess with Magic and energy allowed her to fight him almost evenly plus he's susceptible to magic like he is to darkness and light. And Ahri is not the most powerful being in Runeterra. Not even close. Needless to say our Guardian is in for a rough ride.

Anyway, take care! God bless!

-Metal4k