Disclaimer: I don't own Star Fox! It's owned by Nintendo, and Terra System, names, etc. are license of Galaxy Wulf, in which I own. The story took place during Star Fox 64, sometime after your battle with Star Wolf at Venom 2. I was wrong about my first two disclaimers. There will be FEW flashbacks here. Anyway, the narrator is obvious. I suggest reading my other fics, since they're also good! Go and read!

Wild Wolf is today's narrator!

Oh, and um, moderate violence is present here too!

Rivals or Friends

Chapter 19: Existence

Why… Please tell me… Don't I have the right to exist in reality? I don't want to end up as a figment of imagination…

I wanted revenge. I wanted to show them that I also have the right to exist. I would not allow them to make me fade away… I never wanted to end up… like that. Now, now's the time for reckoning.

My attention was caught by the device that allowed me to have this body. They might be able to send me back as a memory… I needed insurance. With that thing gone, no one could send me back in the abyss. I must act now!

"Fox," the chameleon shouted, giving me a warning that that vulpine might do something, "he's about to destroy the brain disrupter. With that gone, we can't bring back Wolf!" I prepared myself, and I knew this was something I was created.

I knew it all along. That device they called brain disrupter, I must finish it! I quickly rushed to the machine, and with my powerful claws, I was sure that it could completely wreck it easily. That would've been easy though, if it weren't for those two mumbling fools.

My tail! Somebody suddenly pulled my tail! When I glanced to my back, it was that fox pulling it! Darn him! I wouldn't allow this to hinder me! I kicked him at his chest, and I hoped that gave him intense pain. However, he didn't let go. How absurd! I repeatedly kicked his face, but his grip wouldn't release.

"Hey," he muttered in his weak voice towards me, "is that… all… Wolf can do better… than that!" That sentence… it made me… mad!

RAAAAGGGHHH! I never liked being compared to him. I HAVE MY OWN IDENTITY! The machine could wait. This one's asking for it. I thrust my knee to his chin, making him fall to the ground. Then, I pounced on him. I could rip him apart, but I wanted to see him suffer. With my claws, I scratched him furiously, as if he was a post. Yes… YES! His screams… his agony… his blood from his wounds… I could see this fox suffer in front of me… but I was not satisfied… I wanted to make him feel the agony of having no existence!

"Wolf… please… stop… it… hurts…"

Hmph… Pathetic. I threw the fox away. He's no more fun… well… for now. Maybe when I need chew toy, I'd grab him again. Now, for the machine…

Huh? Something's… coming…

…at my back! I quickly felt that something was about to hit me. I swiftly rolled away, avoiding those dart-like things… Huh? Tranquilizers? That was close… If I was hit by that, then it's all over. I was lucky… Now… who did that? My eyes stared at the chameleon that was blended in the background. I could sniff his scent… Heh, there's no escape, lizard…

"He won't see me here… It'll buy me time to reload the gun," I heard him muttering those words, even if they were soft to hear. "Fox, hang in there. I promise, I'll bring Wolf back…"

Stop it… STOP IT! Why… why wouldn't you acknowledge my existence? WHY? WHY?

My fury was burning again. I HATED those words! Say goodbye, chameleon! I quickly lunged at the shocked lizard. He didn't probably think that I was able to detect him. He's such an imbecile… and to think that he was smart enough to be able to build a machine like the brain disrupter! He was tackled down, and his blending was disrupted. He was now visible… and he's ready to be tortured by me!

"Wolf, stop… stop this at once!" he tried to command me. Heh, as if they're going to work! "You've gone berserk! Don't you think you'll be accepted by everyone if you're acting like that, a wild monster?"

AAAAAAAHHH! NO… PLEASE… STOP… NO MORE! DON'T ACT AS IF YOU CARED!

It didn't matter… I bit him to his neck. Although that could be a fatal bite, I made sure that he'd not die, well, at least not quickly. Like what I did to the fox, I made him linger in pain. I then bit his arm repeatedly. First, I made marks on his left arm, then to his right. His yells of agony were music to my ears. I wasn't relieved yet though, for I had a better idea. I ripped his tail off! Yes, that gave him a mark he would never forget! While I knew lizards grew their tails back, I wasn't sure of chameleons… heh! When I left him, he was having labored breaths. It's only a matter of time before he dies…

Now… finally… the brain disrupter's in my mercy. Only a few walks more and it would be all over… I would own this body and I would have an identity…

I could still feel somebody breathing… Yes, that dog that attacked me earlier, it's still here. His scent, I could feel it. I slowly crept to the room where that mutt was sleeping. I was able to injure him earlier, and he's still under recovery. I pity him, so I would end his life painlessly!

STOP!

What? It's this fox again! Grr… He… wouldn't… stand… up… from… what I did… to him… earlier… WHY?

"Wolf, please… don't do this to him," his soft voice penetrated through my ears. "Please… Wolf…"

I… couldn't resist it anymore! I grabbed him to his neck and threatened him with my claws… No, wait, that's not a threat… It's for real! I'm going to kill him now!

"Go ahead… Kill me… I don't want to feel this pain anymore… Well, at least I made you happy… Wolf… You… got your identity… Maybe… we can continue… getting to know… each other… more… in after-life…"

Something sparkled… He spoke to me… Was he, was he saying that I could have this body?

"It doesn't matter… anyway… You're still Wolf… just wild… I'm pretty sure he's inside your head… I think… he'll be glad… that at least… you got what you want… You'll get the acknowledgement you're asking for… He wanted… he wanted you to have… that too…"

The original owner of this body… also wished me to have freedom?

Suddenly, somebody whispered to me… The real Wolf…

"Please! Don't kill Fox! I'll give you my body, but please, don't kill him! It's my entire fault… This whole mess was created by me. He doesn't deserve to be harmed because of my stupidity…"

Why? Why were they showing affection to each other? Was it… friendship? Wha… what… what have… WHAT HAVE AI DONE? EVERYTHING… I DIDN'T WANT THIS! I NEVER IMAGINED I COULD CAUSE A BLOODBATH HERE! My silly wishes… A figment's desire…

I couldn't hold it anymore. I couldn't! I wanted to let it out! Tears? Was I crying? I let go, and started to cry. So… is this true sadness?

"Wolf?" the fox whimpered to me.

I have to shout out my feelings. I couldn't keep it in. "All… all I wanted… was to be free and have my own identity… I was saddened by the fact that you'll all erase me in place of the original owner of this body… so I became an entity of wildness… I was all fooling around, up to the point that everything I could see was killed by me… I… I have no right to do that, though! I'm just an illusion who was created by some mishap! I tried to force myself to reality, even though I didn't deserve to live in that place… What… what was I thinking?"

I then had to do the right thing. I must undo… the damage I had done. I grabbed a tranquilizer dart, and well, I knew what the next steps were. I looked at the fox and told him, "You know what to do… The owner of this body, the real Wolf, should be brought back… I am merely an entity of something gone wild. I have no right to steal one's body… The pain of not living in reality is a burden, but when I cease to exist, the suffering will fade away." I then stabbed the thing to my neck, and afterwards, everything was a blur.

My last moments were slowly ending. However, before my last second passed, I felt a warm feeling. I felt comfort shrouding my body. The fox, he was hugging me, I think… That was all to tell… before my last moment of existing had ceased.