Star Fox Adventures: Krazoa Legends

by: Wolf E. Urameshi

Email: brooklyn2040@yahoo.com, wolf_urameshi@hotmail.com, wolf_urameshi@myway.com



DISCLAIMER: All Star Fox characters are legal property of Nintendo, and no infringement of the law is meant with their use. All original characters in this story belong to me, and may only be used by e-mailing me first and asking for permission.





Chapter 20: Choices Of Love



Fox couldn't sleep. Everyone was asleep, and Janus had fallen asleep a long while ago. He had wondered what was Janus dreaming about. He could hear the huge Sharpclaw softly moving. He began to ponder about the big day that would affect their lives. It wouldn't also affect Lylat- it would affect other galaxies as well. Then, his thoughts came to Krystal. Fox started to think. Did he really love her?



MEANWHILE, IN JANUS' DREAMS...



Janus slowly pulled away from the kiss that sealed his fate, but still embraced Cecilia. He reluctantly opened his blue eyes, and gazed at her crimson eyes that spoke a thousand words. "I really can't tell you how I've felt today about you... You are my center this night, and nothing can ever pull me away from you as long as I'm with you..." He whispered at Cecilia's ear as it perked up, and listened intently to his words that almost sounded like a song.



"You're my world too, and as long as you're there, I'll have the will to stand." She replied on a gentle tone of voice that pleased him. He didn't care how well it sounded- he only cared about her. He wanted to protect her. He didn't want to leave her side.



"But I'm not giving you the will to stand. You already have it." Janus replied at such a statement.

"You think so?"


"Of course. I'm not giving you any will. You have it because you believe in yourself, and not just in me. In fact, I feel the same way about myself too. I have the will. You do as well. Everyone has it, but it's only up to them to have the will to do anything. We have it, and with it, we can do anything. And anything means everything." Janus whispered again into her ear, embracing her even harder now.



"You... Think so? How ironic. To think that I thought you were empowering me..." Cecilia said slowly as she closed her eyes and lowered her head in shame.

"Don't say that, you know it's not true..." Janus said as he caressed her hair with the palm of his hand, caring not to hurt her with his claws.

"But I've always been a simple coward. And besides... Oh, never mind..."



"That's not true. You've always been brave. Possibly even braver than I could ever be. No one can ever match you in that, not even me." He said as he took her gentle face in his hands and held it all for his own. "I couldn't even match such courage."

"Do you really think of me like that?"

"Of course, anything for you... My love." This time, she took the initiative. She gave him a quick kiss, right in his lips, and he gasped in it. She smiled in a sly way.

"I suppose I could think of you the same way... My soul." She slowly said as this time, he started it. Janus pulled her into an everlasting kiss as he placed his hands on her waist, and pulled her closer. Her warm feel made him happy again. Now they only belonged together. As Janus passionately kissed her now, he opened his eyes, and looked at hers, which opened at the same time as his did.


Cecilia slowly elevated her hands and positioned them on his neck, pulling him even closer. Now he moved his hands all the way back to her waist, and held her tight as he only showed Cecilia his love for her. Slowly, he pulled away from her at long last, and looked at her gentle eyes as he again held her in her arms.

"If only this was all real... Then I could really feel happy." He said sadly as he caressed her jaded hair.

"But you've felt it. You know it felt real."



"But it's not! It's a dream! A dream YOU are causing!"

"But it's real. You'll see. I have to go now, I think Morex is coming..."


This time, Janus was not to blame himself. "Will you be alright, love?"

"Don't worry. If anything happens, I'll try to call you... My beloved." With that, Janus's mind went blank.


Later, Cecilia slowly opened her eyes, only to realize she was stuck on her cell again. She realized that it was only a matter of time before he came. But then...



"Well, well! What do we have here? Someone who can talk to people in their dreams!"



"YOU! You're the one tormenting me!" Cecilia yelled out at none other than Morex, who was gazing at her from the cell's entrance. He quickly opened the cell, and stood inside.

"I guess I do have some use for you after all!" He said as he only grabbed her arm, and pulled her brutally from the cell and into a large door at the end of the cell room.



"Stop! Where are you taking me?!"



"Somewhere you don't want to know!" He yelled back as he pulled her into the dark room, and the door behind them closed.

"JANUS!!!"


THE NEXT DAY...



"CECILIA!" Janus awoke with a jump. He heard her. She was in danger. "Something's up! I have to save her!" He yelled as he quickly got up, and took his things.

"HOLD IT! Who do you have to save? And just who's Cecilia?" Fox's voice asked as Janus froze. Now how was he going to tell them?



"She's... A friend of mine. And she's in trouble." Janus replied as he got ready.

"She's alright.  There's no need to worry for now." James's voice said from behind as Janus gasped.

"Don't you understand?!  She NEEDS me!  I heard her!" He yelled in vain as James listened annoyingly.

"What if it was just a dream?" Katt asked groggily from behind James.

This stopped him.  Katt was right.  What if it was just a dream that didn't mean anything?  What if he had been once again fooled by reality, the one responsible by all his problems?

"…Maybe you're right." He replied solemnly.

"Don't lie, Janus.  You know she spoke to you.  You know she talked to you in her dreams.  Why don't you explain to us about your friend before we go?"

LATER, AT THE GREAT FOX…

"Cecilia is a childhood friend of mine.  I've known her since forever.  I can't remember well the time I met her, but ever since I did, I've always been there for her.  She's been captured by the bad guy here, Morex, so I want to save her, before anything bad happens." Janus explained as they all listened very intently. 

"I see.  Now I understand why you awoke so scared.  But hey, we'll help you." Fox stated once Janus finished that sentence. 

"Me too.  We will all help.  We won't let him destroy the Universe!" Falco yelled, cracking his knuckles.

"Guys…" Janus started as a silver tear welled up in his left eye.  "Thanks." 

"Well, we're already here.  Let's go!" James ordered as ROB nodded.

"It's only the final battle." Ivan Scales only said and kept silence.

"Yeah…  Everything ends today."  Krystal said as she looked at Space.

"We have to stand together…" Katt said solemnly.

"Yeah!" Peppy and Slippy said in unison.

"It's coming to an end." Wolf said and joined Fox.

"Beginning trip towards the Meteo Space Station.  Time to rocket." ROB yelled as Falco smiled.

"Wow, that was very original, ROB!  I like that!" Falco praised him as ROB continued the trip.

"Thank you.  Let's go kick some Fraternity butt."

"YEAH!!!" Everyone yelled as they set onward to their destiny.

Meanwhile, Bill, who had been on bed the whole time, heard the commotion.  "It's starting…"

"Hold on, Cecilia…  I'm coming for you, my love."

It had only been two hours before they finally reached the Asteroid Field.  "Now entering Asteroid Field.  Beware of asteroids."

"We better shoot them down!  Let's go, Falco!" Fox yelled as his counterpart nodded.

"Finally, some action!" They ran into the cockpit and went towards the Arwing, they mounted, and darted off into the empty space, ready to blast some asteroids. 

Suddenly, something seemed to hit the Great Fox.  It started to shake violently, and everyone had to hold on to something.  "What was that?!  An asteroid?!" Wolf asked ROB as it beeped.

"Abnormal asteroid course detected.  Now shooting down." ROB said as it started to fire lasers at the asteroids and destroying them, joined by Fox and Falco's constant firing at them. 

"Where are they coming from?!  It won't stop!" Fox asked as Falco replied, "You're right!  This isn't right!"

Then, a giant asteroid loomed over Fox.  He gasped and closed his eyes.  Then, an explosion was heard.  Fox opened his eyes.  "What…?"

"YEE-HAWW!!!  I LOVE FLYING LIKE THIS!!!"

"JANUS?!" Everyone asked at the same time in both shock and awe. 

"YEAH!  Been a long time since I flew like this!" He said from a mysterious ship.

"HEY!  That's my Wolfen!!!" Wolf yelled as Katt looked at him blatantly.  "He should have--"

"ALL RIGHT!  WE GET IT!" Katt yelled at him, who kept quiet.

"MAN!  I think this is the last of them!" Falco said as he blasted another asteroid into oblivion.

Suddenly, a gasp was heard.  "THE STATION!  I FOUND IT!" Fox yelled as Falco looked at the huge Station, which had a large yet strange sphere at its top. 

"THAT is the Space Station?  It's larger than I thought!" Katt asked in shock as they approached the place. 

"Wow…  Wait, something's wrong." Krystal said as everyone looked at her inside the Great Fox.  "Why aren't we being attacked?"

"You're right…  They must be planning a surprise attack.  We must be careful." Wolf suggested.  Everyone nodded and started to enter the giant Station. 

The Great Fox started to make its descent into the hangar of the Station, and soon, everyone dismounted after landing. 

"Well, we're here…  Where do we start?" Janus asked, quite confused at everything.

"Well, according to this map I got from a contact, we should start with the prisoner cells.  Which should be that way." Peppy said as he pointed to a small door in the east of the room. 

"I'll take it.  I bet that's where Cecilia is being held." Janus said as he started to walk towards that room.

"Wait.  Krystal, myself, and Scales are coming.  The rest of you guys go that way." Fox announced as all faces in the room nodded.  Soon, everyone left towards their destinies.  "By the way…" Fox started as everyone stopped.  "Good luck to us all."

They smiled, and continued their journey, the one that would affect their destinies forever…

Fox entered what seemed to be a small corridor.  The small group walked towards the exit.  "Something fishy is going on…  This is getting too easy."  Fox said slowly as he walked towards the light that marked the exit.  He came upon a small room with many cells, full of prisoners.

"This must be the prison…  I bet she's in here somewhere…" Janus said slowly as he walked about the place.  He checked each of the cells, but Cecilia was nowhere to be found. 

"Not here…  Where could she be?" Fox asked, when a shriek was heard.  Krystal's. 

"Krystal!" Fox shouted as he and Janus followed the scream to a big door, tainted blood red.

"Could this be the place?" Fox asked as he slowly opened the door, only to gasp.  Janus and Scales followed, and the shock was too much.  It was Cecilia.  But she was inside a gigantic tube in the center of the room, floating on it, unconscious.

"CECILIA!!!" Fox and Janus shouted at the same time as they ran towards the tube in which she was locked away.

"Who would do such a terrible thing?!  She's in danger!" Krystal said in a scared tone.

"I have to get her out of here!  I'm not leaving her!" Janus said as he only stood a few steps away from his comrades.  They retreated, and Janus simply charged towards the tube, hitting it with his own weight.  Nothing happened.  He quickly charged again against the tube.  Again, nothing happened. 

"That tube's too strong!  We need something stronger!" Krystal said as she took out her staff, and fired a red beam at the tube.  Nothing.

"There's got to be a control for this thing somewhere!" Fox noted as he looked around desperately. 

"There's no time for that!  We have to get her out!" Janus said as he kept charging against the tube, this time making a crack on it.  

"He's right!  We have no time!" Scales replied as he joined Janus in the charging.

Suddenly, she slowly opened her eyes.  "…Janus…?  Is that you?  I'm scared…" Cecilia said slowly and in a nervous tone. 

"CECILIA! HOLD ON!  IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, HOLD ON, I'LL GET YA OUT OF HERE!  HOLD ON A LITTLE LONGER!" Janus yelled with all the force available in his lungs.  She heard, but barely.

"Please be careful…  Can't…  Breathe…" She said as she started to choke violently. 

"NO!!!" He charged again…  And he destroyed the tube.  Glass was breaking through the air, and Cecilia falling from the tube.  Falling…And into his arms.  She had been saved.  He finally held her in reality. 

"You did it…  Thank you." Cecilia said as she looked at his gentle blue eyes.

"No need to thank me.  I did what I had to do.  For you…"

"Aw, how cute!  The poor fighter and the pitiful psychic or whatever she is, reunited!" A voice said as all eyes locked on to the source of the voice:  Morex.

"THAT'S HIM!!!   He's the one!" Cecilia yelled hard once Janus realized with a gasp:  So, this was Morex.  The evil villain bent on resurrecting Andross. 

Janus slowly stood up.  "Morex.  So, we finally meet." Janus told the evil shape shifter. 

"Likewise…  My little trump card." Morex replied menacingly. 

"What?" Janus asked him, confused.

"Well, I had the time of the world with her.  She's a charm when it comes to dreams.  Her power has been quite useful actually…  Now that I have it all for myself!"

"YOU FIEND!!!" Fox yelled hard.  He ran for Morex but was hit away with an invisible force…  And sent to a wall, then to the floor, and there he was, unconscious. 

"How can you do this?!  Why?!" Krystal asked as Morex only grabbed her by the neck, and started to choke her. 

"Did you have to ask?  Isn't this the part where I'm supposed to tell you my plan?  Well, it's simple:  Take over the galaxy, revive my deceased brother, and destroy you all!  It's simple!" The megalomaniac told her.  Then, he threw her away to Fox's side, unconscious.  "Don't you just love it when the bad guy wins?!  Hee hee hee!"

He looked at Janus.  "Poor you, to think you could have done better.  You're just an amateur.  An amateur with no shame or honor whatsoever!" Morex told him, but Janus kept quiet. 

"Shut up…" It was all that came out of the Sharpclaw's mouth.

"That's it?  I thought you had more!"

"Shut up."

"Are you telling me to shut up?  Have you no respect for your elders?"

"Shut up!" Janus replied again as he only stood up, holding his beloved in his arms.  He slowly placed her on the ground, and started to walk towards Morex, head face down.

"To think it could end this way.  You disappoint me.  Why not surrender and make her mine?"

"SHUT UP!!!" Janus started to run towards his sworn enemy, tears swelling in his blue eyes.  He raised his fist, and Morex caught it with his hand. 

"You're only a very strong mouse compared to me.  Why do you wish to fight?"

"Because of all the things you've done!  You're nothing but a very stupid excuse for a villain!  You've done so many terrible things and even tried to harm the one I love the most!  You can't be allowed to live!  You're nothing but a fiend!  I won't let you live!" Janus strengthened his grip on Morex's hand, but it was nothing useful. 

Morex suddenly grabbed Janus's neck, and raised him high above him.  Janus started to choke.  "I hope you enjoyed your last minutes alive, because this is the part where you die!" Morex said with an evil grin. 

"Don't you think you're doing a poor job as a villain?  You look like you've been practicing with a book or something…" Janus said as suddenly Morex only tightened the grip on the neck.

"You'll pay for those insults!" Morex muttered as he only worsened Janus's pain and misery.  He suddenly raised his left arm, and slashed Janus in the face, right below his right eye.  A river of red blood was pouring out of the wound.

"Is this the end?" Janus asked himself on thought as he kept suffering.

"But, what about my friends?  Fox and the guys…  Dad, whom I just met?  And…  Cecilia.  I can't let her down!  I already did so once and I won't let that happen again!  I don't want to give up now!  This isn't the end!"

"IT'S NOT THE END YET!!!" With that, Janus kicked his enemy's stomach, and landed on the floor, gasping for breath.

Morex slowly recovered from the blow, now angry.  "You've been a very naughty boy.  Now you must pay…  With the worst pain you could ever go through!" Morex said as he flew and kicked Janus and sent him flying into a nearby giant tube, and then he approached him, and hit him in the stomach with his own fist.  Janus screamed out in pain and misery.  It was too much.  Now Morex hit him again, and again, and kept hitting him very hard. 

But Janus didn't want to give in.  He tried to survive it, but it was too much.  Now Morex stopped, and Janus slumped to the ground.  "Well, it's been grand.  You know what they say, like father…" After stopping, he glowed in white light, and had transformed into the own image of Ivan Scales.

"Like son!" 

"NO!!" Janus closed his eyes.  "I'm sorry, guys.  I…"

"ARGH!" Suddenly, Morex shifted back into his former self, and gasped once he looked down to the floor:  He had been stabbed by what seemed to be a staff and a metallic claw, and a small hole that was hot. 

"There's only room for one Scales, and that Scales is me!" Scales said as he took his claw out of Morex's body. 

"He's all yours!" Fox and Krystal both said at the same time, smiling. 

"KIAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Janus yelled, and he raised his fist. 

"Janus…" Cecilia said in a low tone once she really saw what happened.

Janus had punched Morex in the stomach so hard, he had practically stabbed him.  The fist had gone through the body, and left him dying. 

"Why must it be this way?  All I wanted was to see my…  Cousin…" With that, the evil villain collapsed, Janus retracted hi arm, and Morex fell to the floor. 

Janus looked at his friends.  "Thanks, I guess…" With that, he passed out, and fell to the ground, a smile drawn in his face. 

"It's all over…  Thank goodness." Fox said as he walked towards Krystal, who was looking around.  "Hey.  You alright?"

"Yeah.  I see you're okay too…" Krystal replied in a sadistic tone. 

Scales approached his son, and checked his pulse.  "That's my boy.  You did an excellent job."

"How's he doing?" Fox asked when he saw poor Janus.

"He's alright.  He only passed out."

"I see."

Fox walked over to the empty, broken tube.  He wondered what to do next.  G-Force 7 was finished, and also, Morex's plans to revive Andross were stopped.  Or…  Were they?

"I guess it's over.  It really is over.  But, should we get out?" Fox asked as Krystal gasped.

"But, what about those guys?  We can't leave them here!" Krystal said.

"She's right- they haven't done anything.  It's not right to leave them." Janus said as he slowly came to, and was back in his feet. 

"Yeah, we have to get them out." Ivan said.

LATER…

"Hurry, get out!  Follow that cat into the Great Fox!" Falco quickly yelled as the many prisoners were making their escape.

"Hey, Falco, I think that's it." Katt yelled at him, who grinned.

"Yeah, I suppose.  What about Fox?" He said, when suddenly, an alarm echoed across the station.

"SIX MINUTES TO DETONATION.  REPEAT, FIVE MINUTES TO DETONATION.  ALL PERSONNEL, EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY."  A computerized voice rang as Katt gasped.

"What?  But, there's no one alive!" Falco yelled.

"Come on, let's go!" Falco yelled, and started to make his escape.

"Oh no, we have to get out!  Hurry!" Fox said as Falco and Katt made their way inside the Great Fox.

"OK, we're here!  Let's move!" Wolf yelled at ROB once everyone was inside.

"Firing thrusters…" ROB managed to take off from the station, and darted off into space.

But meanwhile, Morex had regained consciousness, and took out a remote.  "If I can't take them down, maybe my cousin will…" Morex said as he pressed a button, and died.

Behind the Great Fox, the Space Station finally exploded, debris and space junk flying around.  Inside, everyone cheered   They were all happy with their victory.

"You alright?" Janus asked his friend, who smiled.

"Yeah, I'm okay…" Cecilia replied slowly.  Janus slowly tried to kiss her.

But then…

Cecilia gasped.  "HEY!  What's that?!"

Everyone's eyes turned to the attention of a small energy sphere, which flew across space, and stood in front of the Great Fox.

"…Mc Cloud…" The sphere called out.

Fox gasped.  "…Andross."

"Mc Cloud…  Die…"

"He has vague memory of the past, so…  I have a small advantage…" Fox slowly managed to say, unsure of himself.  Could he have the power to destroy his enemy one last time?

"…I'm going." Fox said as he quickly ran to the hangar.

"Fox!" Krystal called out, but to no ears.  Fox quickly mounted his Arwing, and darted off to his final battle.

"It ends now, Andross…"

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Author's Notice:  I have to say that while it was a little bit too easy to write this chapter, here's a memo:  Andross will NOT be killed in the classic way.  That means, no shooting in his hands, then the eyes, and then himself.  No, no, no!  That's too old!  It'll be in a different way…  Want to know?  Stay tuned for the next chapter!