Sorry for the lack of updates. Writers block, school, friends, plus three fics at the same time. Anyway, before we get to it, I wanna make a few dedications for some special reason. I just feel like it, so might as well say as many as possible.
bailey11095503: He continues to write to his only fan, me, and isn't that kind of person to give up because of lack of fans. He has finished, and now has the sequel, "Moonlight", up and running. If you wanna help him out, read through Dusk and Dawn, then start on the sequel. I'm the only one reviewing his story! C'mon!
starfighter-105: He is a good author, but that isn't it. For reasons I might not be able to say, he is going to a foreign country because of recent events. He isn't there permanently, and you would understand if I could tell you. If he says I can, I'll tell you next time.
Vinny Martello: He was the one who pretty much got me off to a good start. I wanted to thank him for everything, if he's reading this.
Well, I think that's all. Those are those I wanna recognize right now. For a special reason, I'm dedicated this chapter to starfighter-105. Enjoy!!
Chapter 3
Not The Only Trouble
The group of seven was assigned an examination tank each. They were stripped down to their undergarments for a clear look at what kind of creatures they were. Slippy had awakened after having his minor wounds treated; some pieces of shrapnel were in his limbs and on his back.
Beyond the strange nature, language, and look of the creatures, their method of attack was very peculiar. The one with the unordinary hair used some dark energy, which was ample enough to put the team into unconsciousness. The same energy was used as protection against Slippy's blaster fire. Not only that, but the happening with the vase. It wasn't too hard to deduce that it wasn't pushed by normal means. Falco was on the couch and the rest of the team was near the door at the time.
"Whatever these are, they're dangerous." Fox pondered. "These aren't normal beings. They have some power to them that, more than likely, no one has seen before… Not even us."
"I don't see how we're gonna get anything on them." Slippy said as he looked through various search results. He specified it as best he could, entering the behavior, defenses, and anything else that was considered vital in the creatures' identification. He didn't find it odd that there were a remarkable number of results-what did was that they didn't look anything like them. "I still have a few hundred to go through. I'll let you know if I see anything."
Fox resumed his observation, hoping any idea might come to mind, anything that would lead to a conclusion. But nothing would arise, and the one he was keeping his eyes on would remain motionless in the tube with air supply through an oxygen mask. As innocent as it was, Fox could only imagine how dangerous this being could become. Nothing with that kind of hair could be force of good.
"This isn't good, this isn't…good…" Fumatsuke couldn't think clearly, the effects of…whatever they were hit by earlier still keeping him on the verge of sleep. Body movement was impossible, even opening his eyes to survey the situation. "What are they planning…to do with…us?" He felt suspended in some liquid. He wondered how he was able to breathe, which led to his discovery of the mask on his face. Oxygen was flowing through. Whatever they were trying to do, it didn't involve death.
Yet.
Fumatsuke tried to tap into his telepathy, which hadn't been faltered. He tapped into his comrade's minds, finding that they were awake, too. It wasn't much of a surprise- the Tainnin wouldn't be found vulnerable so easily. But since the Tainnin were only on the brink of awareness, it was obvious that the others were fast asleep, especially Naruto. Again, Fumatsuke attempted to tap into a mind, but not from the others. He endeavored his previous idea, to send a message to their captors through telepathy and see if they understood.
And so he looked for the nearest and most accessible mind, which happened to be right in front of the tubes, no farther than five feet away.
Krystal stumbled backwards a bit, but managed to keep her balance if just barely. An overwhelming force came over her. But it wasn't so much as overwhelming, just surprising.
"Krystal." Fox helped her regain her balance. "What did you find?"
"I didn't find anything." She said, a bit frightened. "Something found me."
"Huh? You mean…" Fox wasn't in a right state of mind to ponder things like this.
"That one." She pointed at the one in front of him, the one who had been wearing the large jacket. "He was able to contact me through telepathy." The others saw what had happened, and fathered to see if any discovery was made. "He…said 'What do you want with us?'"
"Funny." Falco said with a slight laugh. "They really seem the to be the hostile ones. If that proves to be their nature, it's a little ironic they would be asking such a question." He walked off towards the door.
"Where are you going? We still have to find out what these things are." Fox protested.
"Cool your jets. I think I have something that will help. Just sit tight until I get back." He walked off. Fox scoffed.
"Wonder what he has in mind…"
"Well, he has gone across quite a few sectors." Peppy stated. "It's probably a communicator of some sort or a record on different life forms."
"Maybe…" Fox's apprehension of the creatures really had taken its toll. Not only did he feel anxious as to what the beings were and why they were there, but he also thought that he was pushing his team too far. "Peppy, tell Falco to wait. Let's all just rest a bit." Peppy nodded, and began to the door. A break was something hard to come by when you were part of a team of mercenaries. It was hard to come by when public speakings were of the utmost importance. And, it was hard to come by when part of the team seemed to be breaking apart.
Falco, being as much of a freebird as the attitude and past actions implied, really had his eyes out for something new. Like the years before, he had talked about his own team, something for him to run instead of being run by. Peppy was on the verge of retirement, something he had been saying for the past few major nerve racking missions. Slippy, luckily enough, had no plans of change. But anything was possible in time.
And then there was Krystal. Awkward moments, her feminine reign across the team, and specific needs really had a toll on the place. Not that it bothered anyone really, but it really did take its effect on Fox, at least the awkward moments.
Had all of the following not been a bother, his job would've been much easier. But it wasn't. And now these things show up all of a sudden, from who knows where, and for whatever reason they had.
"Trusting my instincts doesn't seem to be working around this time, Dad…" Fox often thought to himself. Another situation to think of it and another chance to feel grief of the things he'd done and hadn't done. But over thinking things was not going to help him around this time. As the rest of the team left to wherever they were headed, Slippy turned back to him.
"Don't you want a break, Fox?" His normal concerned voice both comforting and annoying at the same time.
"No thanks. I think I'll just sit here." He plopped in the chair in the corner. Krystal, moving past Slippy, walked up to him. Slippy just progressed down the hall.
"Please Fox, don't overdo it." She put a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm not. I just…" He let out a breath through his nose as an alternative to sighing. "I won't." Krystal smiled. She pecked him on the cheek, which made his blood run cold. She chuckled a bit.
But their little moment was cut short. Krystal put a hand to the side of her head, feeling a disturbance in the room. A large presence of power appeared out of no where. It came from one of the tubes. The tube holding one of the creatures burst open with a wave of pitch-black energy. The fluids flowed across the room. It landed on the ground and rose slowly. He opened his eyes while muttering a single word, a symbol that appeared to be an addition sign with a gleaming blood red color in his eyes, stretching to the edge of his pupils.
"Matetso, I don't think Kyno can break free." Fumatsuke had reached his comrade. Kyno wasn't asleep, but he was still crippled. And since his skills of chakra control weren't anything to admire, Matetso was their only hope, or at least the only one able to break free. "You need to try."
"Hey, Fumatsuke. Is it just me, or do those creatures looks like animals? Like, anthropomorphic animals?" He didn't have telepathy, but Fumatsuke was able to read thoughts well.
"…Yeah, they do. But that still doesn't tell us who or what they are exactly, or what their intentions are. You have to get us out of here." With a small amount of difficulty, Matetso was able to lift his eyes enough to get a view of his surroundings. Beyond the obscuring glow of the lights at the top, he saw most of them walking out through a door. It was barely illuminated in the room, so all he could see was the fox sitting in the chair. He also observed the blue fox walking up to him.
"A blue fox?! This is fucked up!" Fumatsuke groaned through telepathy, a trick he would use with this or speech to one of his slacking teammates to act out the plan. "Fine, fine." He focused as much chakra as he could muster. He charged up a good amount, enough for the energy levels to be felt by Fumatsuke. "Ninja Art: Shadow Eruption!" The glass burst open, releasing the fluid and, along with it, Matetso. He landed beyond the remaining glass that stayed intact at the bottom of the tube. He opened his eyes, his vision able to fully register his surroundings after activating his Kekkei Genkai, the Shratengan. Everything was metallic; the walls, floor, ceiling, and almost all objects in the room were of metallic properties.
His gaze met that of the two in front of him, the two foxes that he saw through the glass. "Rasengan." The blue ball of swirling chakra began to form in his right hand. The two creatures saw the phenomenon and prepared some form of fighting stance. "Fools. They think they can beat me?" Suddenly, his head started to ache, and a familiar nagging voice made itself known. Truth be told, there were actually two.
"No Matetso. You mustn't resort to violence so quickly." Toratsu protested. (A/N: Whenever one of the demons are talking, it will appear in bold.)
"She's right. Get us out, there's no need for hostile actions." Fumatsuke followed up the groaned from what they said. He stopped the Rasengan, making the chakra release itself across the room like a rush of cold air. He turned to the tanks and positioned his hand and arm as if he were holding a ball and showing it to someone.
"Chakra bullet." A flash of blue came out of his hand and launched itself toward the tank holding Fumatsuke. The glass broke, releasing the shinobi and the water in a similar fashion as what happened with Matetso. He repeated the same action to each of the tanks.
Fox slammed the alarm button as it continued to release the others. Krystal could barely concentrate on anything. The power being used in the room was so bizarre and she couldn't fully grasp what it was. The magic that she had observed before was completely different from what they were using based from the aura it gave off. The klaxon lights flashed as the alarm sounded. It only took mere seconds for all seven of them to be free from their chambers.
"Ah man! It's freezing in here!" Naruto complained. It was true, the liquid added with the slightly lowered temperature made them shiver every few seconds.
"So, what now genius?" Kyno said to Fumatsuke in a smart-ass tone. "You must have plan for what to do now, don't you?"
"Ya know, Kyno, I don't. You can quit the smart-ass attitude and maybe try and figure out a strategy yourself without my help all the time."
"Not much will come from fighting, guys." Tenten tried to reason them. They both looked at her, then at each other, and then did the cold macho act; they would turn away and ignore each other's presence.
"Um…" Matetso started. He heard a door slide open and saw the others from before step in the room in response to the alarm. "Ya know, maybe it'd be better for me to teleport us somewhere else?"
"Yeah. Before they do anything else to us." Sakura quickly agreed with him. In a second, the group was engulfed in shadow, sinking into the floor and feeling the same, yet odd, rush of darkness.
"Great. You let them break free and now you let them escape. Good going, Fox." Falco said.
"Hey, that thing was able to bust open the tank without touching it, and was shooting blue bolts from its hand." Fox explained. "Would you tangle with something like that?"
"…I guess not…But now what? Where did they go?"
"They just sank into the ground." Krystal said feebly.
"So, what, are they ghosts are something?"
"Impossible. If we were able to put them in the tubes, then they had to be solid." Peppy stated. "These are living beings, but they must possess some power that we're not familiar with. What was it that you were going after earlier, Falco?"
"It's a record device that had files on some of the lesser known creatures across the Lylat System and beyond. Should I still get it?"
"Yes." Fox said, his commanding voice beginning to awaken. "And everyone else, split up and find them. Find anything you can use. Just try not to-" He was interrupted by ROB over the intercom.
"INTRUDER IN THE HANGER BAY. INTRUDER IN HANGER BAY."
"Scratch that. I'll check the hanger bay. Everyone, search the ship." They nodded and set out down the hallway, finding a different path to take. Fox made his way to the hanger, his blaster in hand.
The two pods opened and two Seekers came out from each. They wore gray clothing, weaponry attached to every possible point on their body, and a scanner over their eyes like normal sunglasses. Two of them were tigers, one was a wolf, and the other was a primate. A map flashed across their scanners, and a light was flashing over their target.
"Move out." Said the primate. They proceeded forward. Halfway across the hanger, they flashed their hands across a reflector on their belts. It would make them undetectable by scanner, and would cloak them, making them invisible. A small hum sounded, and they disappear. The door opened, and they walked out.
There we go. I know this chapter was kinda sucky, but it'll get better. Plus, most of the story is gonna be about the different arcs. Recruitment, Settlement, New Threat, and Inner Feelings. Those four arcs should prove to excite this, but it'll be confusing as it skips between the four. Anyway, I'll explain it more later. Let's answer some reviews!
bailey11095503:
Nice. I can just picture Slippy flying into that shield. Keep it up!
I just thought it would kinda fit. Star Fox has gone through a lot, but they never came face to face with ninjas who use these kind of powers. It's gonna get much better, just you wait!
Yamagata:
Oh No! Matetso's been knocked out! What's gonna happen to him?! Gaara may be pissed if he finds out Temari is gone.
There's no technology in the Leaf Village is there?
I know, but it's with the plot. Just like Star Fox hasn't faced something like this, shinobi of the Leaf Village never faced something like they have. Well, Gaara has no idea. Temari kinda stationed herself with the Leaf Village since she starting dating Kyno. Dating and...well...giggity. YEah, let's go with that. Yeah, there is. But technology like that, they are not familiar with. Sliding doors, they might have seen that before, like in "Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow", but oh well. They never operated something like that. There.
ShadowFox0324:
Sorry. Anyway Wow payback's bitch. I don't fully understand how they got to Corneria but I'm sure you'll explain it in time. "Is life truly but a dream?"-?
I know. I still think that one of them could've retaliated, but maybe the difference is getting to them. They got there through a backfire of Matetso's jutsu...Or was that just it? You'll find out later, yeah. ...Maybe, a very real dream then.
starfighter-105:
Ahh so I'm guessing that andross brought them there, interesting. Getting good. I've been out of town latley so I haven't been writing. But my next chapter will be up in the next day or two just FYI. Keep it up and thanks for the support.
Man, you're good at guessing. But I gave a lot of clues to it. I can understand, my writers block is kinda getting to me. No problem, always here to help and support my friends.
Alright, there you go. READ AND REVIEW, BITCHES!! I HAVE A CREAM PUFF, AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO USE IT!! DON'T THINK I WON'T DO IT, BRAH!!
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