(Author's note; hey guys, I enjoyed writing this little fluff chapter, but it just seems when an OC that I have interest in isn't in the chapter it takes so long for me to get the inspiration to write the chapter. Yes Yoko IS dead. You did read correctly. Yoko is KIA. Its just too bad. I thought I had developed him so well, but my friend gave me a great idea and in order for me to put that idea into effect... Yoko had to die. Sounds kinda cold but it will all be made clear soon. BTW, the battle with Yoko and Ryuu, isn't the last fight scene, so make sure that your not going to be disrupting anyone when your either yelling out of excitement for the hero/heroine, or yelling out of anger at the antagonist. Damn, cant believe I still remember how to spell that word. Lol. Babbling shall cease now. Enjoy.)
Chapter 10: The Ballad.
Everyone walked from the hanger to the command room, apart from Cinder who stayed behind to morn, and Krystal who left the GreatFox all together.
"Can't seem to understand it fully ya know?" Falco asked his group of friends.
"Understand what Falco?" Slippy inquired.
"Why Krystal seemed to know so much about what was going to happen after he died, and then she seemed so calm right before he dispersed." Falco replied, getting a few strange looks from Fox and Slippy.
"What? So you think Krystal is connected to this somehow?" Fox asked skeptically.
"I don't know... But it seems way to convenient that she willingly came back with us... then Yoko is killed by that guy..." Falco trailed off.
Fox looked at him and his eyes slowly go wide as the thought dawns on him. The conversation him and Yoko had not too long ago.
(Flashback. Lulz. The song I picked for this part is called To Zanarkand from Final Fantasy X)
Yoko was standing in the hanger, it was his first day as a pilot of the Star Fox Squadron Yoko sighed and leaned against his G-32 Juggernaut class Arwing. Fox had walked in the hanger and looked over towards him and waved, though Yoko seemed to be lost in thought. Fox walked up to Yoko and smacked his bicep jokingly.
"You seem to be pretty lonely so i figured I'd come keep you company." Fox stated, "Besides, your new to the team so i figured I'd get to know you a little bit."
Yoko looked down and closed his eyes.
"Its best if you didn't get to know me..." Yoko spoke, barely above a whisper.
"Why not? You seem like a reasonable person." Fox retorted.
"I've done some things in my life that I'm not proud of... hundreds fell by my hands..." Yoko stated and stood on the wing of his G-32 and gazed out towards Solar.
"Then why join Star Fox?" Fox inquired curiously.
"To make amends... for my own mistakes... and to right a wrong i did years ago..." Yoko continued gazing and started to speak slightly louder.
"Want to talk about it?" Fox asked worriedly.
Yoko sighed, it was a touchy subject, and most likely would be for the rest of his life.
"No." Yoko spoke trying to keep from breaking down in an emotional wreck. "But..."
Fox's ears perked up and he looked up at Yoko with curiosity about the new recruit. Yoko simply sighed and looked over his shoulder towards the vulpine, his shoulder blocking Fox's sight of his mouth, all he could see was his blue fur on the top of his muzzle, and the stone cold glare of his Cerulean eyes.
"Don't be surprised if one day i end up getting killed..." Yoko spoke, the words left his muzzle, knocked Fox for a loop, and sent chills down his spine.
"Come on... Whatever you did, it couldn't be bad enough that people would want to kill you." Fox replied.
"People kill for the stupidest reasons... for credits... reputation... or just because they were looked at wrong... if you knew my past you would understand..." Yoko turned away and sat on the nose of his G-32 and gazed out into Solar's light. "You might end up wanting to kill me yourself..."
Fox laughs, "Doubtful."
(Now Back To The Future! Lulz)
Fox's eyes widened and he finally spoke, "He knew... long before it happened..."
"What are you talking about Fox?" Slippy asked his vulpine friend.
"Yoko knew he was going to die..." Falco answered for him as what the vulpine was getting at had sunk in.
"Incoming radio transmission!" Rob spoke in his normal graspy, nails on a chalkboard, tone that caused the team to turn in attention.
"Patch it through."
Suddenly Krystal's image appeared on the screen.
"Krystal?" Fox inquired, "What's going on?"
"Well... Lets just say..." Krystal hiccups, which catches everyone off guard but she continues, "I went out and now... I need some help... I cant seem to remember were the GreatFox locator is..."
Falco chuckles, "So your wasted?"
Krystal glares at him, "Hey, I'm not as think as you drunk i am..."
Krystal slurring her words caused Fox and Falco to start cracking up.
"Fine, we'll come get ya girl." Falco spoke.
And with that said they cut the connection.
"That was... a different side of her." Fox said, holding back his laughter.
"Yea. But at least she will be calm when she gets back." Falco stated. But soon he would realize just how wrong he was.
(Meanwhile, somewhere in the far corner of the Lylat system.)
"So your saying that you need help with a hit?" The fennec vixen spoke to her 'client'.
"No. I need help containing myself. I might need some training for the near future." The male spoke.
"So, why would you come to me for this? And why wouldn't you get it from someone who could actually help you better, like Starfox?" She spoke, as lightning struck outside the window, reveiling Fara Pheonix.
"Because, you owe me a favor, after your faulty death. And why I didn't enlist Starfox is my own concern. Plus the cost would be too great." The male answered calmly.
"I see. So you need our help, and your calling in the favor I owe you?" Fara spoke.
"Do you have to ask? I know you know better."
"Yea, I figured as much. Bill! Show him to the-" She was cut off by the man raising his hand.
"You know what..." A smile crept across his muzzle. "Never mind."
"What do you mean?" Fara inquired.
"I know someone who would be better fit for this job. And she just entered this building." He spoke.
A loud beep came out of nowhere.
"Miss Pheonix! She's back! Its..." Fara only stared at the comm on her wrist, then up at the male standing before her, a large grin across his face.
"My hearing is amazing... isn't it? Her breathing and step patterns are very unique indeed." The man spun on a heel and walked out towards the entrance.
"That was weird... But weirder stuff has happened before." Fara spoke and shrugged.
The male walked down towards a female Black Dragon, similar to Ryuu.
"Its been too long Tsuki. Or should I call you by your first name?" The male walked down to her.
"Your not Pheonix. Who are you?" She spoke in a calm, and energetic, tone.
"The name of this vessel isn't important. But you can call me Zero." He spoke. "But I figured, with all of your training, you would have been able to pick out my presence without a problem and instantly know."
"Well..." She spoke, curling her tail around her legs like she normally did when she thought. "Now that I think about it, your energy is familiar... so much so that it's kinda scary."
"Well, would you like a job?" Zero spoke.
"How dangerous?" She inquired.
"Depends, it could be mild, or it could be so dangerous that it could cost you your life." He answered, "It all depends on your skill."
"Fine. I'll take it." She instantly replied, barely letting him finish, catching him off guard, "Better than all of the childish jobs Fara keeps giving me."
"Follow me." Zero spoke walking out of the building, followed closely by Tsuki.
I still cant put my finger on it... But I know this guy... he seems... dark... and slightly... frightening... but at the same time... calm... content... its so confusing...
(On Back to the main plot, and Corneria.)
Fox had arrived to retrieve Krystal, who, in her drunken state, had not only forgotten where the GreatFox locator was in her Arwing, but forgot where her Arwing was completely.
So the vulpine had to do what he knew best, use the second seat in his Arwing to transport Krystal until she remembered where she left it. The whole way back she was clinging to him, seemingly forgot all about Yoko's death.
"Oh Fox..." She spoke wrapping her arms around him as he flew through space, "Your so helpful, Unlike Falco. Your the only one I could depend on, and for as long as I've been here, that's how it has been."
"What about Yoko?" He asked, feeling slightly uncomfortable.
"Yoko? Who's that?" She asked, causing Fox to slam on the break in surprise.
"How can you not remember him?" He asked out of shock, nearly falling out of his seat.
"Fox, I have no idea who your talking about."
She doesn't remember? This is fucking crazy!
She doesn't remember...