This is the final chapter to Encounter. I had a great time working on it, but I won't be done writing fanfiction for a long time. I won't be putting down a disclaimer since I'm getting sick of it. I hope you liked this story. Contributions to MEGAMANX411 for…well…being my friend and supporting me along the way; Psionicnemesis for being the first to review my revised version of Encounter and to continue to review; Serenity-Yugioh-Fan05 also for reviewing as well as being a great pal (lylas).

Encounter

Final Chapter

Waiting for You

Serenity woke up in the yacht to see no one around her as she was lying on the floor. She doesn't hear an engine, but she can hear people talking. She got up and out as she carried her lightsaber with her. She saw everyone else outside, but Fox and Falco were nowhere in sight.

"Guys, where's Fox and Falco?"

"They're going to be leaving for their home," Tristan said.

"Where can I find them?"

"They're in the forest," Yugi said."They seemed like they had to leave right away, so I don't know if they're still there or not."

"If I still have a chance, then I'll take it!"

Serenity jumped off the yacht and began to run into the forest. Joey only stood there, watching as her now grown up sister wouldn't want anyone to stop her. Everyone else was wondering why Joey wasn't going after her. Joey had his reasons for Serenity's sake.

"There's no need for me to tell her to stay here. I can't stop her from that."

Serenity kept running as fast as she could around trees and under branches as she tried to find their ships. Tears began to flow from her eyes as she didn't want them to leave yet before she could see them one last time. After running for two minutes, she began to hear an engine roaring to life as it took off. Serenity stopped, slumped to the ground, and began to cry into her own hands.

"…No…I'm too late…I just wanted to…say...good-bye…"

She began to cry harder until she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see someone kneeling at her level, staring into her eyes.

"Serenity, would you think I'd leave without saying good-bye?"

Serenity began to smile as she quickly wrapped her arms around Fox and held him in a tight embrace. Fox returned the embrace, but not as tight. He knew that Serenity would want to say good-bye before he left, as he did as well. Serenity let go of her embrace and looked at him again with more tears in her eyes.

"Fox…I thought…"

"You heard Falco take off. He's waiting in orbit for me, so don't think he's ditching me."

"Fox…I just wanted to…say…thank you."

"Serenity…we might be able to see each other again someday, I'm sure of it. Besides, I have to complete your training."

"That's true."

"When I come back, I'll bring you and your friends along for the ride."

"…Okay."

Fox got up as Serenity did as well. He began to walk back to his ship as Serenity followed along. They finally got to the ship with a 2 minute walk as they found the hidden grove. The AR-Wing sat there as Fox jumped into it, warming the engines up.

"Fox…how am I supposed to train?"

"…One of my few best suggestions is to train with a paintball gun so that you can practice blocking shots."

As the engines showed green on his monitor, he punched a few buttons as the ship's engines roared to life. Serenity's eyes were still filled with tears as they began to fly back from being blown.

"Fox…I promise, I won't fail you."

"…As I won't either."

"…Good-bye…"

"…Serenity…May the Force be with you."

The hatch shut as he kept looking out to Serenity. He began to feed more power to the engines to be able to lift off the ground. Serenity still kept looking up to Fox as she was smiling with tears in her eyes. Fox felt that he can leave the planet without regrets.

"My last wish was to say good-bye to everyone…including you, Serenity. I promise I'll come back to complete your training."

Fox's ship began to point towards the sky as he fed more power to the engines to leave. Serenity saw a note on the ground with a picture of Fox and Lauren when they were still kids; the same picture from his wallet. She held it close to her heart in her hands as she will cherish that picture.

As Fox finally got out of Earth's atmosphere, he saw that Falco was waiting in orbit for him.

"Took you long enough," Falco said over the comm. unit. "I was about to leave you behind."

"Well, that would be a bad idea," Fox said.

"So…ready to go back?"

"Yeah. Heading for sector 203, mark 540."

"Hyperdrive engines are functional."

"And now…we're heading home."

As the hyperdrive unit began to function, Fox began to think about his friends as the stars appeared to stretch into blue streaks around him. As soon as the system was in full function, they both were able to make the jump into hyperspace.

After 4 hours of traveling through hyperspace, they finally made it back to Corneria. He saw the planet before him as the Great Fox was waiting for their arrival. Fox opened a channel to the Great Fox and began to talk.

"Great Fox, we have returned home."

As Fox and Falco returned in the docking bay of the Great Fox, a cloaked Star Destroyer class is hiding in the shadows of the planet. The commander on the bridge began to think to himself as Fox and Falco has returned.

"I'll make sure that you and your friends suffer, for I won't lose to you this time."

This isn't the end…it's just the beginning.