Here's the next chapter. Man, I had this huge fanfic rush. Expect to see updates within a few days…if possible for me.

Disclaimer: I don't own Star Fox, Yugioh, or Star Wars, but I do own a few characters.

Encounter

Chapter 25

Love, Friendship, and Snowballs

Yugi and the others went to the location that Falco specified as the time was nearing 10:00. They all were to meet at the park as Falco for some unknown reason. As they all got to the snow covered park, they saw someone else standing there. Everyone got there and saw who it was.

"Fox, it's you!" Yugi pointed out.

"Yeah…why?" Fox asked.

"We were to come to the park for some strange reason," Téa said.

"Who told you that?" Fox questioned.

Someone came up from behind Fox as he answered Fox's question.

"I did, Fox," Falco said.

Fox looked behind to see Falco standing there in his uniform. Falco's hands were in his pockets, standing there as he kept looking to the group.

"Why did you ask us out here?" Duke asked.

"There's something that kind of bothered me because of what's out there," Falco explained.

"What's out there?" Fox asked.

Fox looked out to the park to see nothing but snow piled up to Yugi's height, which isn't much compared to Fox.

"What's out there is probably a body that's been reported to have been buried there," Falco explained.

"A body?" Fox questioned. "If that's the case, then why did you have to drag them out here?"

"I was thinking of meeting here so that we could get together for a Christmas party all over again. The problem was that after I called them, I got a report that there was a body in the park somewhere."

"So you were at the office, right?" Mai asked.

"Yeah, which is where I just came from," Falco said.

"So should we be leaving here?" Tristan asked.

"No, you're all fine, but don't go into the park since the park can't be tampered too much."

"Okay…I'll go in there," Fox said.

Fox made his way into the park and stopped at about 30 feet from where he started. He began to open himself up more to the Force to find the general area of any signs of a corpse. He began to feel something in the snow just a few feet ahead of him. Fox proceeded about three feet forward and began to dig in the spot where he thought the body could be. He began to dig slowly so that if he reached the body soon, he wouldn't accidentally ruin anything for the autopsy. Even though he's willing to do this, he has his doubts about something.

"Somehow…something doesn't feel right."

While Fox was busy checking the area out, everyone else was waiting for the results. Serenity looked over to Falco to see him grabbing a chunk of snow and began to roll it up into a ball. Serenity began to get some thoughts into her head that made her giggle under her breath. Serenity looked back over to see that Fox finally found something, but that something isn't what everyone expected. Fox lifted up what appeared to be something…plastic.

"…Falco…what's the meaning of this?" Fox asked.

Before he could turn around to look at Falco, he felt something slam into the back of his head. Fox only tilted his head forward from the impact as he began to hear Falco laughing out his lungs. Not only was Falco laughing, but he could hear someone else laughing as well. Yugi and the others looked over to see Falco and Serenity laughing their hearts out after what Falco pulled.

"Serenity, what's so funny about that?" Téa asked.

"Just leave her alone," Joey said. "Even though it is cruel of her to laugh like that, it's pretty rare to see Serenity laugh that hard from a joke."

Fox turned around to look at Falco, who still wasn't done laughing. Fox stood there with a stern look in his eye as the joke didn't seem so amusing.

"Falco, you went through all of that trouble to bring me out to here just for a lame joke?" Fox asked in a low tone.

Falco began to calm down after laughing for that long to explain to Fox a little something.

"Fox, I can't believe you fell for the 'dummy in the snow' trick!" Falco commented.

"Falco…that wasn't funny," Fox stated. "I actually thought that there was a body in the snow."

"Well, just let it go," Falco said. "I tried to cheer you up somehow."

Fox only stood there, glaring at Falco as he didn't appear to be happy at all. Falco stood there, waiting for any reactions that would come from Fox.

"Falco…that joke wasn't funny at all you know," Fox stated in a low tone.

"Well, just cheer up for once," Falco said. "You can't just keep putting yourself down all the time."

"I'm only going to tell you this once, so listen carefully to what I have to say."

Falco stood there, waiting for whatever Fox has to say. Everyone kept staring at Falco, worried about what might happen next; everyone except for one person. Serenity began to giggle, but she couldn't keep it under her breath this time.

"Serenity, what's so funny this time?" Bakura asked.

The rest of the gang looked over to Serenity, who was crouching down as she wrapped her arms around her sides as she was still giggling, trying to refrain from bursting into laughter. Falco ignored Serenity's giggling and focused on Fox just in case something might be happening to him.

"…Falco…"

Fox's fist tightened in grip, showing that he really meant it. Falco stood there in perfect stance, waiting for a response.

"Fox…what?"

As Fox lifted his head a little, his annoyance appeared to turn into anger. Fox then looked up at Falco with calm eyes, staring at Falco. Within seconds Fox's arm rose quickly, pointing at Falco.

"THINK FAST!"

Not even a second went by when they all saw Falco fly forward after being hit in the back of the head with a large snowball. Falco flew forward a few feet into the park hitting the snow face first leaving Fox and Serenity in a world of laughter. Falco lifted his head up as he had his arms support him. Falco saw that Fox was laughing so hard that he was kneeling down, holding his sides.

"FOX, THAT WASN'T FUNNY AT ALL!" Falco yelled.

"You should've seen the look on your face!" Fox said. "I can't believe YOU fell for that trick!"

"Bah! Stupid Jedi tricks!"

Falco got up again with a snowball at hand and chucked it at Fox. Fox looked up in time to see the snowball coming straight at him. Instead of dodging it, Fox caught the snowball in the palm of his right hand while turning around to rebound the snowball back. Fox released the snowball as it traveled straight for Falco. Within a second, Falco flew backwards this time and landed face up. Fox began to laugh even harder, seeing that his friend fell for an easy trick. Without warning, something hit the back of Fox's head. He stopped laughing and slowly turned his head around to look behind him to see Mokuba laughing his lungs out.

"I can't believe you fell for it!" Mokuba yelled.

"Mokuba!"

Without warning, Fox threw a snowball at Mokuba, but aimed for the legs this time. Mokuba was leveled to the ground as he tried to move out of the way. As he hit the ground, snow began to cave in around his waist and legs, rendering him useless. Fox began to laugh as Mokuba was chuckling to himself.

"Hey, get me out!" Mokuba complained while laughing.

Everyone began to laugh as they all saw Mokuba struggling to get out of the mound. Serenity picked up a snowball and threw it at Fox. Fox looked back, noticing the snowball flying at him. Fox caught the snowball again and threw it straight back at Serenity in the same rebounding motion. She knew what was coming and ducked out of the way in time to dodge the snowball.

"Ha! You missed!" Serenity yelled.

Within seconds, Serenity was hit in the back of the head with the same snowball that she dodged. Serenity fell forward into the snow from the impact as she was lying there. Joey looked over and ran to her to just like how he always would.

"Serenity, you okay?" Joey asked.

He began to turn her over only to feel that she was laughing. He turned her over to see that she was laughing with such joy that it put a smile on Joey's face. Serenity looked to see Joey in front of her and took an opportune moment.

"THINK FAST!"

Serenity grabbed Joey's left arm and dumped him into the snow face first. Everyone began to laugh to see Joey's right arm flailing up, trying to get up out of the snow. Joey managed to get his hand planted down and got up again, concocting a plan. Joey rolled over and used his now free left arm to put Serenity into a headlock. Joey used his other hand to get some snow and started rubbing it into her head. Joey and Serenity were laughing hard from this excitement, obviously showing that they haven't had this much fun since they were little kids.

"Wow, I've never seen Serenity laugh like that in my life," Téa said.

"Yeah, I know," Yugi said.

Falco got up without warning and threw a snowball at Bakura. Bakura hit the ground hard and began to laugh from the fight and from being hit. Falco then put his hands up to his beak and began to yell.

"FREE FOR ALL!"

Without warning, Fox rushed over to Falco and tackled him down. Falco got back up as Fox did while scooping up a snowball. They both threw their snowballs at each other and nailed each other in the forehead. They both fell over and began to laugh out of their own stupidity.

Everyone began to get snowballs and start to chuck them at each other while trying to dodge each other's snowballs. Yugi kept running around and ended up running into a stray snowball. Mokuba managed to free himself and began to chuck snowballs into random directions in hopes of hitting someone. Yugi got up and stood there, thinking of an evil plan.

"Hey, Yami."

"Yeah?"

"I'm going to let you out now."

"What for?"

Without an answer, Yami appeared in front of everyone with a confused look on his face. Fox looked over and felt a strong presence in Yami.

"That's strange. He's…different. It's like he has an alter ego or something like that."

Without any warnings, everyone else began to bombard Yami with snowballs as they began their fun. Yami put his arms up, trying to shield himself from the flying snowballs.

"Okay, I think I get your game!"

Everyone stopped throwing snowballs at Yami to give their arms a rest. Yami took this opportunity to try to get a snowball and was ready to throw it.

"I think I understand the concept of your game now!" Yami said.

Yami wound up for a strong throw and whipped his arm forward to throw the snowball. Everyone stood there, staring at Yami as the snowball that he threw turned into powder again. Yami's face began to turn red from embarrassment. Without notice, Serenity managed to sneak up behind Yami and waited for her opportunity to pounce on him. She kept herself in a kneeling position, ready to tackle him down.

"Yami, you might want to look behind you," Joey said.

Yami began to look behind him only to see Serenity jumping at him while she was yelling out a battle cry as if she was like a tiger pouncing on its prey. As Serenity had her arms wrapped around Yami's neck, Yami began to scream at the top of his lungs from being surprised as he began to fall to the ground. Everyone began to laugh as they saw Serenity topple down Yami, which is an unexpected thing. Serenity was still laughing, but it began to fade while heavy breathing took its place. Her heart began to race not from the excitement, but from something else.

"Why do I feel this way? Why is my heart racing like this?"

Yami looked over to Serenity as he could hear her breathing hard. He didn't know why she was breathing hard, but he figured that she could've been exhausted.

"Serenity, you okay?" Yami asked.

Serenity lifted her head up and began to smile at Yami.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Serenity said. "I'm just tired, that's all."

Yami got up onto his feet as he saw everyone sitting down in where they were catching their breath as they all had their fun. Serenity let herself flop into the snow as she lie there facing the cloudy sky, thinking about Yami.

"I…I guess this is what it feels like to have a crush on someone."

An hour has passed as everyone finally returned to the Turtle Game shop to get some cocoa to drink. Fox and Falco decided to follow along since they felt like joining the fun again. As they all entered the living room, something stopped all of them in their tracks. Serenity began to hide behind Joey as he was staring at the one person that sat on the couch as she was waiting on the couch with a stern look in her eyes.

"Joey. I'm taking Serenity back with me."