Just to get things straight I don't own Starfox or any or any of the other characters although it would be awesome because I have to admit im the biggest StarFox fan ever. Hope you guys enjoy.

StarFox: The Next Battle

An Arwing pulled in to the docking bay of the Cornerian army base and landed in the centre of the room.

Fox was hopped out of his Arwing and began to walk to his room on the base. As he was walking past a reinforced window that looked out to the landscape, Fox stopped and began to admire the grounds and open space. Fox didn't usually do this, but it had only been a month or so after the aparoids invaded the Lylat System and everyone was still a little shaken up by the whole ordeal. Fox then began to think back on all his adventures that he had been on over the years. He smiled slightly thinking back to the old days when the mission codes was called 'Star Wing' instead of the Starfox Team. He almost missed the old days. They seemed much simpler back then. The only time they broke a sweat was during the Lylat Wars. The War had begun when his father had died through betrayal and deception. Every thing had changed when Fox's father died. Everything had gotten much more difficult. He never liked talking about his father, to anyone really. The only person who had actually talked about his father was Peppy. But Fox couldn't stop Peppy remembering the good old days with his father, besides Peppy had known James McCloud longer than Fox knew him. Sometimes Fox really envied Peppy.

Fox sighed as he continued to look out to open grounds and training fields reminiscing about his adventures.

"Something wrong Fox?" Krystal asked concerned. Fox turned around to find Krystal standing behind him with two mugs of steaming coffee.

"No…everything's okay" he said. Krystal could tell that something was bothering him. You didn't have to be a telepathic to see that.

"Are you sure Fox?" She continued. "You can always talk to me if your upset with some thing…you know that right" she asked still sounding sympathetic as she handed Fox one of the mugs of coffee.

Fox accepted the coffee. "Don't worry Krystal im okay…I promise" Fox said sipping his coffee and smiling at Krystal. Krystal then looked at him unsurely from her eyes. "Okay if you say so," she said as she turned and began to walk back out of the docking bay and into the main room. "Uh, Krystal…" Fox began.

"Yes Fox" she said almost instantly after Fox spoke. Fox then stared at her for a moment or two. "Uh never mind…I'll see ya later Krystal" he said slightly confused as to what he was actually going to say to her. "Okay Fox…see you later" Krystal said as she walked out of the docking bay.

Fox sighed once again looking back out to space. "Dang it" he cursed himself quietly as he began to think back to when he first met Krystal. It wasn't the most usual way to meet someone. He was a Adventure-4-hire Commando and she was a captive of Andross on planet Sauria. It was luck that they actually met, that and a young earth walker named tricky. In fact if it weren't for Tricky, Fox would never have met Krystal at all.

Fox smiled slightly. "Thanks old fried" he said as he sipped the remaining of his coffee and then walked out of the docking bay.

Meanwhile back in the main room.

"He just seems as though he has something on his mind Peppy…He says he's ok, but I think there's more to it" Krystal said to Peppy as she placed her mug in the sink. "Well its been tough on Fox he's just defeated an Aparoid army and had to begin rebuilding the Great Fox with all the funding we've been saving" Peppy said reading the Daily Lylat. Krystal then walked back and sat in her seat. "I know but I still don't understand why he's been like this lately, the mission was a success and we still have enough money to get by" She said. Peppy then disappeared behind the paper 'he he young love' Peppy thought to himself smiling. Uh, don't worry Krystal im sure Fox will eventually snap out of what's been bothering him, maybe if you tried talking to him about it, then he might open up a little more" Peppy said from behind the paper. Krystal looked away for a moment or two. "You really think so?" she asked. Peppy then placed the paper on the table. "Krystal when you reach my age you become very wise and stylish" peppy said. Krystal smiled a little. "But trust me, Fox will appreciate you caring for him, he does hold you in high regards" Peppy said smiling. "Hmm" was all Krystal could say. Peppy then smiled and began to walk to the bridge of the Cornerian base. 'To be young again' Peppy thought as he walked through the door. Peppy's head then appeared from the door. "Remember Krystal, you, me and Fox are visiting General Pepper today in about an hour and if you see Slippy or Falco tell them not to leave this room I'll be back soon" He said hopping down the hallway.

Falco then entered the room from the other doorway. "Hey Krystal, you seen slip anywhere?" he asked looking around the room. "No…I haven't seen him at all today" she said not looking at Falco and continuing to stare at the table top. "oh and Peppy wants you and Slippy to stay here until he comes back". Falco then swung a chair around and sat down. "What's up?" Falco asked. Krystal then let a deep sigh escape her. "Its Fox" she said. "I think something's upsetting him but he wont talk to me about it…im worried about him" Krystal said starting to sound a little upset herself. Falco then shrugged his shoulders. "Look Krystal…Fox probably just needs some time to work stuff out, he's probably just adjusting to everything that's been happening, I think the best thing you can do…well what we all can do, is just give him time and a bit of space" Falco said. Krystal then got up from her chair. "Thanks Falco…but I just want to see if he's okay" She said walking towards the door.

As Krystal was walking towards the exit Slippy came running through with a heavy box. "Hey guys look what I found, look what I found" Slippy said excitedly as he dropped the heavy box on the table. "What's in the box Slippy?" Falco asked interested. Slippy then grinned merrily and opened the box. Oh I was just taking a trip down memory lane when I found these…" Slippy said as he reached in the box and revealed a whitish grey jacket, matching gloves and a helmet communicator of some sort and a red bandanna. "This is what Fox wore when he defeated Andross" Slippy said excitedly.

Krystal then picked up the headpiece. "Fox used to wear this, how cute" she said as a smile crept over her mouth. She then picked up the bandanna. "Fox wore this when he came to Sauria"

"There's more" Slippy said digging further into the box. Slippy then produced three more grey whitish jackets from inside the box. Slippy placed one on. "It still fits, better than ever" he said bursting with excitement. Falco then picked one up. "Geez…when was the last time I washed this old rag?" He asked sniffing the jacket. He then backed away from the jacket. "Now I remember" he said. Krystal giggled and then picked up the last jacket. "Did this one belong to Peppy?" She asked. Falco then observed it closely. "Uh…yeah I think it did…see how his was longer than our ones" he said pointing out the length of the jacket. Slippy then poked his head from the box. "Why was that anyways Falco?" Slippy asked poking his head back into the box. Falco was just about to ask when Peppy entered the room.

"It's because I had more style and flair than you three" He said smiling as he walked over to the box on the table. "Oh my goodness its been a while since ive seen this" he said as he picked up the jacket. Krystal smiled as she watched Slippy, Falco and Peppy act like children at Christmas time opening presents. "I cant believe you saved all these things Slippy" Falco said putting on his jacket once he had aired it out a little. "I didn't save them" Slippy said hopping out of the box. Falco and Slippy then looked towards Peppy. Peppy then looked back at the two of them shaking his head. "I didn't save them, Rob might have thought it was necessary data," he said shrugging his shoulders. Krystal then picked up Fox's jacket. "Could Fox have saved this stuff?" she asked as she peered into the box. Peppy then picked up the box. "Maybe, but we'll have to ask him later, im sure all of you have work or choirs to do hmm" Peppy said picking up the box. "Aww…" said Slippy annoyed. Peppy then took the jackets from Falco, Slippy and Krystal. "You can look at all this stuff later, but right now shouldn't you two be off fixing the G-Diffusers" Peppy said pointing to Slippy and Falco. "And you, Fox and I are visiting General Pepper in one hour at the Cornerian Hospital" He continued to Krystal. "I thought me and Falco were invited to see the General as well?" Slippy asked. "After the G-Diffusers" Falco said as he began to walk to the mechanics bay. "They wouldn't need fixing if you didn't push your Arwing too far Falco" Slippy said sarcastically. "Well then maybe they should be built for my flying style, besides you've been known to push your Arwing, remember destroying Andross's secret weapon on Solar" Falco said laughing as Slippy followed him angrily. "These babies can stand the heat up to 9,000 degrees" Falco continued making fun of Slippy. "Shut up Falco, seriously" Slippy said. "Knock it off you two!" Peppy called after them.

Krystal then giggled a little. "Those two will never change" She said as she looked back to Peppy. "Im going to put this stuff in a safe place until we all have some time to go through it, Krystal can you find Fox where ever he is and tell him we've got to go soon" Peppy said struggling to carry the box through the doorway. "Okay Peppy" Krystal laughed as she watched Peppy almost fall through the doorway. "Hmm I wonder what Fox is up to?" Krystal said to herself.

meanwhile

Fox was running through a narrow corridor with blaster in hand. Suddenly the corridor began to close in around him. He began to sprint faster as the walls were getting closer and closer. Fox bolted out of the corridor just as the walls closed behind him skimming the hairs on tail. Fox was now standing in an open room much like the docking bay he was in earlier. He charged his blaster and walked slowly into the room. "So far so good" he said to himself. Suddenly robots shooting lasers began to appear all around the room. Fox began armed his blaster and began firing rapidly at the advancing robots. The robots seemed to not be slowed down or phased by the laser shots as they began to return fire on Fox who rolled out of the way. Fox then noticed a door at the far side of the room, behind all, of the laser shooting robots. He then began to run towards the robots, charging his blaster. As if time had stopped the robot was almost about to fire its gun at Fox, when Fox jumped over the robots and fired his blaster. The shock of the laser blast from Fox's Blaster and the explosions from the robots propelled him over the fire and destruction and close to the door. Fox landed by rolling and bolted straight through the door. He was now in another room different from the first two with an enormous television screen. Fox kept his blaster close and walked through the room. Suddenly spotlights from every direction beamed on Fox. "New recruits Fox McCloud with a new record of 12563 points and a new record time of 5:34 minutes, an entire minute off our highest ranking officer Bill Grey" a voice boomed over a loud speaker in the corner of the room. A mighty cheer could then be heard as the room was completely illuminated. There were hundreds of pilots both new and experienced were cheering for Fox. Fox then smiled and bowed to the crowd. Fox then walked out of the training simulation room waving to the pilots as he left.

Fox walked into the bridge of the Cornerian base to check his score. "Hey Bill whatcha think of the new high scorer" Fox said sounding like his old confident self. Bill then looked at the screen which read 'Fox McCloud 12563 points and 5:34 New High Score' "Well it's the new high score at the moment, but I can fix that buddy" Bill said laughing as he walked over to Fox. "It's been a while buddy, and kodoes on the Aparoids Invasion" Bill said shaking Fox's hand. "Thanks Bill" Fox said returning the handshake. "So why are you her at the Cornerian base? I thought you were still with Katina keeping the airspace free from Andross and Venom fleets?" Fox asked. Bill laughed slightly. "We took the remaining ones out and since ive done everything on Katina I thought I could use a vacation and when I heard that the Cornerian Army needed some support over the next few months I couldn't refuse" Bill said looking over the Bridge. Fox smiled "well its good to see you old friend" He said. "you'll have to tell me about all your adventures you've been holding out on me" Bill said laughing slightly. Fox then scratched the back of his neck. "Yeah ive been on some pretty big adventures" he chuckled. Bill then smiled. I hear that you also have a girlfriend now a days" Bill said playfully punching Fox in the shoulder. Fox then began to panic the way he did on Sauria when Tricky said that he and Krystal could go to Sauria for their honeymoon if Tricky looked after it. "Uh, i…well me and Krys…were not…" Fox began. Bill began to laugh. "Look why don't you tell me over a coffee I know a place down town" Bill said leading Fox out of the bridge. "She's not my girlfriend" Fox blurted out. Bill continued to laugh. "Of course she's not, and that's also why your not blushing at the moment" Bill said. "Shut up Bill" Fox said as the two old friends walked out of the bridge. "So she's cute then?" Bill said. "That's not the point" Fox replied. "So she is ay" Bill said playfully nudging Fox.

"BILL!"

Ok this was my first ever C2 story, I hope you enjoyed it. Please review, maybe some ideas for the next chapter. What I have so far is a battle; bit more Starfox history, how everyone is connected and plays more into the Fox/Krystal pairing.