The New Enemy

Disclaimer: Star Fox, its trademarks, characters, etc. are owned by Nintendo. I do own, however, this story, and other characters that don't exist in the game. MS stuff is owned by You Know Who. Jutsus are from Naruto.

Episode 10: Start of a New Rivalry

"Hello! It's Shade! Yeah, I'm talking to you guys! You're probably wondering why, right? Well, we're actually going to bring this story down! Our sour-cream author isn't giving me and my pals a good part in the story, so I say we won't work until we get what we deserve!"

"Eh, am I already on?"

"Yes you are! That's right, reader! I'm getting even on the silly Wolfox Okamichan! He gave me a dreadful treatment by kidnapping me, and now, it's payback time! Beside me is Foxx McCloud, and yes, double X! You know why?"

"I'm Mr. McCloud's stunt double! You see, he won't be performing in the early parts of this chapter! His body's gone bigger because he was doing some workout while the author was thinking about this chapter. Since the story's going to be cancelled though…"

I immediately rushed into the scene, slapping thick masking tape on their faces. I heaved and breathed, "You two… You shouldn't be doing that! And guess what, you're only fictional characters that I can erase! Now, do as I please, or be deleted… You know, I can easily hit the Backspace button on my keyboard…"

The two rushed away as if they saw a ghost. "Ah yes," I proclaimed, "Fox's been doing some workout, that Wolf felt a competition he thought he was going to win! Ah well, let's get on with the story!"

"Prepare for trouble!" Shade shouted on the mountain pile he was standing. "I am the black terror that gives you nightmare! I am the fear that strikes your every bone! I am… Shade Lord!" He then pushed a button on his music player, giving techno music after his speech.

"Ah, the kid's acting weird," Foxx, I mean Fox, nodded. "That stupid little black kid is going to fall if he doesn't play safe!" Everybody suddenly pulled him back to the crowd.

"Yo," Falco whispered to him, "if I were you, I'd stay on the back until the part you're supposed to play opens up… You're giving Fox a bad look…" The vulpine crawled back as if he wasn't part of the story.

"Anyway," Shade growled and dashed from his position. He attempted to reach Andrew and Dr. Hamstermade, but his jump wasn't able to reach them. He fell down to a clump of dirt.

"HAHAHA! Silly boy," the miniature doctor laughed out loudly. "You are only wasting your time! You are simply just a fly fluttering over a garbage can! Anyway, I have business to attend to, and that is to blow your friends into bits!" He then ordered Andrew to blast Star Fox and Star Wolf.

"Any smart ideas?" Slippy asked the gang, who was looking at him. "What? I don't know what to… huh?" He wondered why everybody was looking at him.

Wolf suddenly grabbed him to the back and lifted him. "Frog missile, coming up!" he shouted as he threw the toad with force towards the two. Slippy was crying as he was launched to the enemies.

"What in the world is that?" Andrew wondered as he halted his attack. "That's… that's a…!"

"What are you dawdling about?" the hamster shouted as he pounced on top of the monkey's head. "Fire! Fire! In the name of all that is unfair and unjust, fire that damned thing!" However, the monkey was stunned that it was too late for them to do something.

As the amphibian landed on the platform where the two was sitting, an explosion occurred. A crater was formed with a toad being dizzy at the middle. Hamstermade and Andrew, while covered in soot, fled quickly towards an escape vehicle. "We will be back, you fools!" the monkey shouted before exiting.

"I did it!" Wolf cheered as he flexed his bicep. "Am I cool or not? This wolf of yours saved your life! Hail Star Wolf!" However, everybody moved away.

"Don't be so overconfident, you ninny!" Hamstermade laughed in an opening from the ship. He ordered Andrew to grab a poisonous dart. Sadly, it wasn't that ammunition he asked, and well, he didn't notice it. "Prepare to be poisoned, you fool!" He fired that dart which was noticed by Wolf.

The fox noticed that it was already his part - covering for Wolf. However, he felt fear, as he knew it would be painful, so he didn't move a muscle. However, Panther, Falco, and Peppy pushed him in front of Wolf, covering up for him. He was then hit at the side of his neck.

"Egad!" he moaned as he fell down to the ground, fainted. "My stunt was so short…" He suddenly fell asleep, and everybody looked at him.

"Oh no, the stunt double, I mean, our leader is dead!" Krystal whined out, with the sign of faking her expression noticeable.

Leon pulled the dart from the neck and looked at it. "O-M-G!" he spelled out with surprise. "It's no poison, so he's not dead! It's… It's… Super Buffer!" Everybody looked puzzled.

"Hmm… some kind of muscle enhancer formula, right?" Panther commented them. He then looked at Wolf, who was sweating. "Ah… I see… Tee hee hee! Looks like our wolf friend here will have some competition…"

"Okay, my part is done," Foxx told me while I continued to plot more stuff inside Great Fox. "Say, um, Mr. Employer, is the dart that struck me for real? I mean, it did stab on my neck, but does it contain anything?" I just laughed from his question.

"Don't worry, Foxx McCloud, it's only a prop," I replied to him as I patted his shoulder. "Besides, I'm pretty sure the head of the Props - Science Department didn't give me the contaminated shot!" A thought however, flew inside of me, as I imagined Bark, the head of the P-SD, misplaced the contaminated one along with the non-contaminated ones, and the deliveryman brought everything, including that one.

Then, a familiar looking fox with a build resembling Wolf's entered my office. "Hey-a," he greeted me. Yeah, it was Fox McCloud. He took that liberty of bulking up for this chapter, and for personal reasons (beating Wolf in every aspect, including bodybuilding).

"I'll just expect my payment in my bank account!" Foxx told me as he walked away. "Thank you for employing me even for a short time!"

"All right," I then declared as I stood up from my seat and enjoying the new keyboard I recently bought, "people, let's go to work!"

Fox woke up in the infirmary. He rubbed his eyes, and he was welcomed by Krystal. "Wh-what happened to me?" he whimpered.

"This is the real Fox, right?" she whispered to the air, in other words, she asked me. I nodded. She then smiled and looked at him, replying, "Don't worry! You just fainted after taking that hit! That dart wasn't poisonous, though it did have another effect…" She grabbed a mirror and showed it to him. He was surprised to see himself having pectorals, six-packs, big biceps and triceps, and the like. "Heh, don't worry, I'm sure it's a positive thing."

"Positive? Yeah, I guess so," he whimpered as he stood up and looked at himself. He was wearing above-knee shorts, and on top of that, it seemed that his uniform was ruined when the effect occurred on him. He then remembered Wolf, who was challenging him to have a better body than him. "Say, um, what was Wolf's reaction?"

"Him? Ah," she smirked, giving a clue for him. "Wolf was so furious about what happened. Earlier, he started to do 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 50 dumbbell lifts, 30 minutes of treadmill running, and well… I think he's currently doing some boxing…" Before she could finish though, she noticed that her conversation partner vanished in thin-air.

Fox peeked at the gym, where he saw Wolf, donning his usual gym outfit (his shorts), punching a punching bag. It also records the force of his punches. He was sweating like a broken holed water pipe. Of course, he giggled from what he saw, making the lupine realize that he was around.

"Come out there, lucky boy!" he growled as he punched the bag with power, but as the record popped out, he fell down and pouted. The fox tiptoed out from the door, and laughed as he pointed at the score. Wolf was about to explode when suddenly, he heard a voice.

Issen Tetsu Sakura!

Translation: One Thousand Iron Cherry Blossoms. A swoop of invisible force suddenly entered the gym, and well, it furiously bruised the punching bag. After many hits, a powerful blow was given, making it rise up and fall down. Cherry blossom petals suddenly fluttered around, and a female lupine - black long hair, red jacket, above-stomach white sleeveless shirt, pink short pants, below-knee carnation socks, and white rubber shoes, posed. The counter recorded the power, and because of the ultimate force from the blows, it exploded.

"Amazing," Stanice, who was actually responsible for the petals prop, awed in amazement. "She's so strong!"

"Heh," she snickered as she touched her hair with her hand, "I am Lupina Klaus, member of Galaxy Wulf!" Wolf and Fox just drooled at her.

"Hey, Wolfox, I am about to get you!"

Shade growled at me as I was about to finish this chapter. "I thought you're going to give me a good line! You only made me say a quote and then drop me to a pile as if I was nothing!" I simply laughed from his complaint.

"Actually, I gave you a good line! Yes, isn't that single statement a line?" I grinned at him as I pushed away. Yes, this chapter ended with him being tied by two bodyguards.