A/N: I Know that last entry was missing the disclaimer but I'm sure you all get it and stuff by now that I don't own the characters of Star Fox, and all that other stuff. Anyway, that last chapter showed that Shane and Katt go further back. This next chapter is focused a bit on Wolf and his character. I warn you all, more religious content is on the way, which seems to be the heart of this story. Anyway, enjoy!

Disclaimer: Umm… I kind of did it in the author's note so lets begin.

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Chapter 15: A Prophet

As Jon lead Wolf into the bar, the only thing the lupine prayed upon was that Jade wasn't there. If he saw Jade he didn't know what he would do.

The two took a seat at the bar and Jon ordered up two beers while he looked at Wolf, who was nervous as hell. "Is this the first time you've been in Zoness?"

"With a human!" Wolf snapped. He sighed and tried to relax a little. "I have my reasons for not coming here much."

"Care to share them?" Jon asked and before while the two beers came.

"Not with the likes of you! You couldn't possibly understand the torment I feel." Wolf said.

"Well, of course I can't understand how you feel. How am I supposed to if I don't know what the hell you're talking about?" Jon said.

Wolf wasn't in the mood for games but he did have some sort of point. "I just know you wouldn't understand."

"Maybe not but that doesn't mean I can't listen." Jon said.

The shoulder to lean on? Wolf thought. To Wolf, Jon was the kind of human people would take advantage of because he would be the shoulder to lean on. Of course there was nothing wrong with being the sensitive type, but he wondered if Jon was the kind of person to let other people walk all over him because he was too kind. Though after how Jon got him to Zoness he probably wasn't the type to let people bring him down.

Wolf sighed and lowered his ears and closed his eyes. "I know someone here in Zoness. Our relationship fell apart because I believed in something she didn't… and because she turned out to be something I wasn't."

Sounds a lot like Shane's dilemma in Corneria… sort of. Jon thought. "Want to elaborate?"

Wolf sighed. "Have you ever read 'The Will of Great Fox'?" Wolf asked. "It says that you shouldn't hate someone no matter what they believe, who they are; human or fur. I disobeyed what it was trying to teach me and the consequences were that I lost the feeling for someone I once loved."

"Wolf, The Will of Great Fox can't tell you how to love, only you can do that. Are you going to sit around and let some forgotten Will govern who you are?"

"It isn't a forgotten Will. It's a Will that every furry should abide by."

"That's one opinion. But that doesn't tell me why Zoness isn't a place you set paw into." Jon finished.

"I fell in love with a husky named Jade. She was beautiful no doubt but she didn't believe in the Will of Great Fox and she turned out to be… a human. Not a human, more of a shape shifter I'd say. She turned into a human. Since then, and my attack five years ago, it's hard for me to look at a human and say 'I really like him or her.' Sure the agony of being betrayed has passed on but the scars will never fade. I'll never forget that moment in my life. I was in love with a HUMAN, Jon. A HUMAN!" He pounded the bar.

Jon wanted to say something else but since he'd mentioned the name Jade that seemed to be all he really heard. "I know Jade."

"Well, I'd prefer not to talk to her again." Wolf said. "We haven't spoken since then. I don't even know if she would want to see me again."

"Why wouldn't she?" Jon asked.

"Because we're not exactly two peas in a pod."

"What about the whole Great Fox thing? How did that play in?"

"Well, I'm a strong believer in the Will of Great Fox. She didn't believe in it at all. She has no doubt that Great Fox really existed, but she doesn't believe that Great Fox is the reason we're all here and alive. She doesn't believe in the epic battle between Andross and Great Fox and therefore she doesn't believe in the messiah either."

Messiah? That's one I've not heard before. "Tell me about this messiah of yours."

"It's all in the Will." Wolf went on. "It is said that a black fox killed the Great Fox. It also said 1000 years after the battle one born in the light of a human but shadowed in the coat of a black fox shall bring about peace between the humans and the furs."

Jon dropped the beer glass when he heard the last part. It shattered into several pieces. "How would a human be shadowed in the coat of a black fox?"

"The Will says that a shape shifting platinum vixen changes a human into a black fox. From there he sets about to bring on peace and love to furs and humans. Which in turn makes the platinum vixen a prophet."

Jon didn't believe it but he let Wolf go on. "I have no doubt in my mind that Shane is that prophet. He looks JUST like the fox described in the will."

"You really think this fox is here to bring about peace?"

"The black for is here isn't he? If I find the platinum vixen then it proves the Will must be true."

"How do you figure that? There's more than just ONE black fox out there and I'm pretty sure there is more than ONE platinum vixen." Jon countered.

"According to the Will the messiah is the same black fox that killed him. That black fox had a white tail-tip, a slash across his chest and red slits on his eyelids. Shane has the white tail-tip and the red slits. Does he have a slash across his chest?"

Come to think of it, Jon had NO IDEA. He'd noticed most of the characteristics fit. But he was sure that Shane COULDN'T be this 'messiah' that Wolf was going on about. There could be lots more black foxes with white tail-tips. But the red slits on the eyelids were one to question. How many black foxes have ALL those characteristics?

"You don't believe me do you?" Wolf asked. He didn't get a response but he did get a shrug. "You're in disbelief. The fact that you dropped your glass and haven't realized it yet. I think you don't believe me. You think because there are so many black foxes out the odds of finding the one fox are next to nothing. A one in a millionth chance, right?"

Jon nodded, but Wolf didn't seem to notice as he pressed on. "I believe Shane to be the black fox. If I could see underneath his shirt I can prove it to you. The black fox with the scar across his chest is the ONLY one who could be the messiah. The one to spread this peace."

Jon waned to agree with Wolf but Shane didn't seem like the type. Wasn't it Shane that HATED furs before he actually became one? Wasn't it Shane that didn't like humans either? How could the messiah be Shane if Shane spent the first half of his life hating everything he had later become?

But there were the points that proved what Wolf said to be correct. Shane didn't hate humans or furs anymore and he had agreed to go on Jon's journey. Wait! The Journey! "Wolf, in that Will does it say anything about the black fox having a human companion?"

Wolf gulped down his beer and nodded. "It says that a human will help him a long in his quest. A human and the platinum vixen would go about spreading the peace and love. It said they'd be successful and the world would open its eyes. But it also said that it would take a great many years."

"Does the Will say what the human looks like?"

"No, only that a human should assist him. If Shane is the messiah then I have the feeling I've found the human as well." Wolf looked to Jon.

"But you hate humans. How is the Will supposed to be true if even ONE human or fur doesn't like a human or fur?"

"That's where the belief comes in. When the black fox reaches the end of his journey… all the haters shall fall to the Wrath of Great Fox. And for your information, I don't hate humans. I just don't get along with them."

Jon hesitated for a moment. "If you were a 'true' believer in Great Fox you wouldn't fear humans at all. You'd trust that the black fox would succeed in his journey."

Wolf nodded. "Strike, Jon. Strike true. That in itself means I haven't lived my life by the Will. The Great Fox doesn't expect one to. I shouldn't have to fear any humans according to the Will. I have sinned by his Will in having such a fear."

Jon shook his head. "Believe what you want, but what if it doesn't happen?"

"What do you mean?"

Jon realized he had his moment to get in his say, "Say Shane does have the mark on his chest and say he IS the messiah. Well, what if he chooses not to go about his journey? What if Shane is a false messiah? What if for some reason Shane doesn't go on his journey, assuming he is the 'messiah'?"

Wolf looked down. He hadn't thought about that. But what other choice was there to make? "What would he choose above eternal peace?"

"Someone to love." Jon answered.

"And if she came on this journey? Imagine the black fox making the journey with the ones he loves by his side? A human, the platinum vixen and the one he loved by his side? And say the one he loved turned out to be a shape shifter like Jade? It would show that such a bond CAN exist. Mark my words, Jon."

"But really, say Shane IS the messiah and he doesn't make the journey because he decides to stay with the one he loves?"

"If Shane really is the messiah… then he won't pass up the opportunity for the 'Eternal Calm' as the Will calls it. If Shane really is the messiah than by The Will of Great Fox he WILL make the journey."

The lupine was sure in his words and it made Jon begin to think he was crazy.

But for some reason, Jon was starting to believe.

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A/N: This chapter ends here. This is not to impinge on anyone's religious belief it is all-fictional. Please respect that. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm trying to update more often but it isn't all that easy.