Here's the next chapter. Sorry to say, Browneyedalbino, I can't really do that since I already have it planned out. Still, I'm taking your suggestions into account. Thanks for the contributions. Ideas are always open for the public (and if you can, could you please tell me ifa character singing musical lyricsfrom an actual songis different from having music lyrics as background?).

Disclaimer: I don't own Star Fox, Yugioh, or Star Wars, but I do own a few characters (all of which aren't a part of this story).

Dark Side Rising

Chapter 8

The Dark Side Within

Several minutes have passed as the energy fields were still up. Serenity stood there as she was waiting for the energy fields to open again. Fox stood there as he had what is remaining of his staff in his hand. Wolf kept pacing back and forth, waiting for the energy fields to fall as well. Fox then set himself up, ready to dash forward as soon as the gates open. Wolf stopped pacing and stood there as he felt that the timing is right. Just then, the energy fields deactivated, opening one by one. Serenity immediately activated her lightsaber and began her assault again, leaving no space for Wolf to attack with. Fox's gate finally opened as Fox made a mad dash down as fast as he could. He wasn't thinking on using the Force at all since Wolf is challenging enough. Just as he was about to get to the end, the energy fields closed again, leaving Serenity in isolation against Wolf. Wolf took a quick glance back to see Fox standing there, worried about Serenity.

"That's it. Keep your eyes on the battle and watch as your friend dies!"

Serenity swung for low, trying to get Wolf to jump in anticipation. Wolf anticipated by blocking the blow and used his momentum to try to hit Serenity with a top-down hack. Serenity rolled to the right to avoid the attack and sprung back up in a defensive posture. Wolf had an evil look in his eye as he stood there, waiting for Serenity to strike again. Wolf stood there, waiting for Serenity to meet her demise. However, Serenity is smart enough to see through Wolf's tactics.

"I know he wants me to attack. If I do, then that means that he'll parry my attack and jump over me. That way, he'll have an opening to strike me down."

Serenity stood there, waiting for Wolf to come at her. Just as she thought of something that might work, Wolf began to rush her. Serenity brought her lightsaber up in a defensive posture. Wolf then jumped over Serenity in a twisting front flip in which he landed directly behind Serenity, leaving her open for an attack. Serenity whipped around and tried to block an attack, but she instead got a mouthful of a lightsaber's hilt. Serenity backed off a bit and stood there, holding her jaw. She then saw Wolf going in for a lateral cut that would decapitate her if she didn't anticipate it. She brought her lightsaber up and blocked the strike only to be knocked to the side slightly. She took a small leap back to get out of Wolf's range, but only to feel something pierce through her. She could feel the heat of the blade as it went through her chest. She thought she began to hear herself screaming out in pain, but she only could hear Fox's cry of agony as her vision began to darken and her body felt limp. Wolf took his lightsaber out of her chest, letting her fall to the ground. The last thing she heard was Wolf's footsteps circling her.

Falco stopped running as he felt a ripple in the Force. Krystal felt it as well when she looked over to Falco. Bakura and Yami both felt that same ripple, but Bakura collapsed on the ground after the first experience of this ripple in the Force. As he was on one knee, Slippy kneeled down to help Bakura back up.

"Falco, what's wrong?" Tristan asked.

"Yeah, why did you stop?" Duke asked, adding to the question.

"…I felt something…something in the Force," Falco responded.

Joey stepped forward, wanting to know what Falco meant. He didn't know if Falco was talking on Fox and Serenity or if it was something else. He then finally asked. "What is it?"

"…Joey…" Falco could only pause as his heart ached from knowing this. He could only tell Joey the truth. "I'm sorry…but…Serenity…I don't know if she'll make it."

"Falco…are…you…telling the truth?"

"He is. Katsuya, you have to understand that the will of the Jedi is to fight and sacrifice themselves for other's sake."

"But…she's my…sister."

Joey's head dropped down as he began to shed a tear. Even though Serenity chose her path as a Jedi, he couldn't let her go. He couldn't let his sister go, no matter the circumstance. He'd rather have his life taken over hers. Joey could only whisper under his own breath.

"Serenity…why did you…have to die on me?"

Seto went up to Joey, seeing the grief in his eyes. He could tell that he was in pain. He then wanted to say something to Joey on his thoughts.

"Look, your sister decided to go out there and give her life up for some meaningless cause."

Falco grabbed Seto by his coat collars and slammed him to the wall while holding him there.

"YOU THINK THE JEDI SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES FOR A MEANINGLESS CAUSE?"

Seto kept looking into Falco's eyes without fear as he wasn't reacting to Falco's anger. Krystal put a hand on Falco's shoulder and tried to calm him down.

"Falco, yelling at others isn't going to make them change their minds. There might still be a chance that she could live," Krystal explained. "She hasn't died completely yet."

"You mean…there's…still a chance?" Joey asked.

"Yes, but the window is very small to get her from there to here."

Joey looked down to the ground and felt a sharp pain enter his heart as he couldn't bare the fact that his sister might for sure die.

Fox was on his knees as his head was down. He kept staring at the ground, paying no attention to what's on the ground. Wolf took Serenity by the throat as her dying spirit kept pulsing with less strength. He then let go and let the Force do his bidding by making Serenity suffer in her death.

"Fox, you should just give up now. You can't save her. By the time this field is down, she'll be dead."

Fox stood back up, thinking of something as his feelings began to overtake him. He picked up the staff and began to stare out to Wolf. What surprised Wolf is that something's different about Fox. He could see a burning fire inside his eyes, a fire that wanted to kill.

"So this is your Dark Side. I see that you'll do anything to kill me now."

With that, Fox took his staff and used the tail end of it to jam one of the energy field couplings. As he did so, the energy field began to malfunction and was at risk of blowing up. Wolf let go of the Force around Serenity and began to focus it towards Fox. By the time he could, the energy field coupling blew, causing a chain reaction with gate 1. Wolf put his arm up, trying to protect himself from shrapnel that came from the exploding gate. He looked back up and saw black smoke spewing out of the gate.

"I see…so Fox didn't survive, did he?"

As he thought that, he was about to focus his attention back to Serenity when he saw a green beam of light. He couldn't believe his eyes as the giant beam and the gigantic size sword swung for him. Wolf dodged the vertical strike, but just barely. He looked back over to see Fox emerging from the smoke, holding his Titan Slayer. The difference with this one is that he designed it so that a lightsaber isn't needed for the energy.

"I see…so that's the legendary Titan Slayer. No matter, you can't win."

"Wolf, you'll regret every last bit of harming her!"

Fox then began to charge at Wolf with such speed that it'd seem impossible, especially with the Titan Slayer. Wolf brought his lightsaber up to block the lateral strike, but he was flung off of his feet and into a wall. Wolf managed to recover quickly as Fox lunged at Wolf in attempts to impale him. Wolf tried to do the same, but Fox was able to block the attack swiftly with his Titan Slayer. Wolf was surprised to see Fox block such a quick attack with his Titan Slayer. It'd seem impossible to block such an attack. Fox began to charge in with such rage that he began to cry out in a battle cry. Wolf began to block all of Fox's attacks as they were all swift, as if Fox was really using a lightsaber instead. Wolf kept blocking, attack after attack, as he's looking for an opening to get Fox. Wolf then parried one of Fox's vertical strikes, leaving Fox open. Wolf blasted Fox with a wave of Force energy, but Fox recovered through that in a backflip, which hit Wolf in the jaw. Wolf staggered back a bit, giving Fox a little time to recover some of his strength. Fox looked over to Serenity as she was lying there, dying from her fatal wound.

"Serenity, just hang in there."

Wolf took an advantage and tried to impale Fox. Fox was able to anticipate the attack and knocked the lunge away with his Titan Slayer with a top-down hack. Not only that, but he struck a vertical strike that lifted upwards. He managed to split Wolf's staff saber in half, leaving Wolf with one half of his staff saber. Fox made a quick spinning thrust kick that put Wolf on the ground. Fox went in for a top-down hack that would've split Wolf in half if he didn't roll out of the way. Wolf then used his Force energy and blasted Fox to the ground. Wolf went in and tried to use a sweeping lateral strike, which was targeting his legs. Fox curled his legs back and began to balance on his neck and shoulders for a second. He then kicked himself up with the nip-up and began to block all of Wolf's attacks that were coming at him. He parried a lateral strike to the waist and began an assault pattern of his own. Fox backed off to the edge and waited there for Wolf to come at him. Unfortunately, he didn't anticipate Wolf to use the Force on him to shove him down. He dropped his Titan Slayer from above and began to hang on the edge of some strange beacon like object stuck on the wall. Wolf looked down at Fox and kicked his Titan Slayer down the shaft.