FLIGHT OF THE KITSUNE STAR STRIKER

Chapter 2: Lighting up the Skies

Music Start: Star Fox 64 OST; Training Mode

Through the deep valleys of a mountainous area, a standard Arwing could be seen flying around at high-speed. Inside the cockpit is Naruto as the pilot of the starfighter. Naruto smirked in excitement as he flew in between the long valley with spires of rock jutting out in every direction.

A screen lit up to display a girl with blonde hair that is parted to the left with small grey reptilian scales around her cheeks, she smiled happily upon seeing the blond fox.

"Hey there, Naruto-kun. I can see you're brushing up on your flying skills," said the girl.

"Hi there, Julia-chan. I want to make sure that there aren't any rust on me," said Naruto smiling at one of his old friends Julia the dragon Faunus.

"In that case, let's go over the basics of aerial combat then,"

"Good to go," Naruto responded as he flew the Arwing with rapt attention.

"Okay first off, let's see you use the basic maneuvers to bypass the oncoming obstacles,"

Naruto started off by ascending over a stone spike jutting from the left side of the valley before quickly descending to avoid the next one from the right side. He turned to the left away from a rock pillar and then veered right for the second.

"Not bad, you can also tilt the starfighter in order to make sharper turns," said Julia.

"Check one, so what's up next?" asked Naruto.

Suddenly the valley began to quake and large boulders fell from above and towards the Arwing, Naruto veered left and right to evade them but there were some especially large ones which he can't move around.

"Use your ship's ability to boost in order to speed past them in time or the brakes to slow down!" said Julia.

Naruto quickly pressed a button on the side of the control stick as the Arwing's thrusters increased output before zooming right under the giant boulders and escaped being crushed.

"If you perform a barrel roll, the ship will generate an electromagnetic shield which will deflect most weapons or mediocre debris but you can't deflect ALL attacks so keep it in mind,"

"Now let's move on to the weapon's system, let's see how much of a good shot you are with the laser cannon,

Naruto pressed the button on top of the control stick as green projectiles shot out of the cannon attached to the Arwing and destroyed a couple of rock spires which were ahead of him.

"How's that?" asked Naruto with a smirk.

"That's good so far, you can also charge up your laser to provide a powerful charge shot to take down tougher enemies and obstacles in place of standard shots being ineffective, it's called the hyper shot. Charging your laser also receives targeting data from the targeting computer installed in the ship, allowing a charged shot to lock on, and home onto its target," said Julia.

"Sounds pretty useful, I'll keep that in mind," Soon Naruto had exited the valley and was flying out the wide open sea "Switching to all range mode," he pressed a button one the interface to make the wings of the ship fold out.

"In all range mode, the wings of your ship are fully open to grant full maneuverability when going up against the enemy,"

*Beep, beep, beep, beep*

A light on the interface blinks rapidly much to Naruto's confusion.

"What's that Julia?" he asked.

"That sound means there's a message for you, open and see what it is,"

Naruto pressed the light and screen displaying Julia changed to show a girl with shoulder-length wavy blue hair which is tied up in a yellow bandanna with a pink flower sewn into it, one could also see white miniature wings poking out from both sides of her head. The girl happily waved a clawed hand at Naruto.

"Hi Naruto, this is Levy! Hope you're doing great!" said the now named Levy.

Naruto smiled fondly at one of his other friends, Levy who belongs to a species known as harpies.

"Thanks Levy, I'll catch you later," said Naruto before the transmission switched back to Julia who seemed to be pouting a bit "Is there something wrong Julia?"

"Nothing at all, so you think got it all down now Naruto?" said Julia with a huff.

"Pretty much got it all memorized, I'm coming out now,"

Music End

Naruto pressed a red button before a holographic screen appeared before him with the words 'Simulation End' as the surrounding area flickered before revealing a large black room with white lines everywhere and Naruto was sitting in a booth designed to resemble a pilot's cockpit. He got off and left the room through a double door and met Julia who was wearing a yellow tank top with a black bar across her chest, black trousers with white stripes on the right leg and a black forehead protector which is worn around her waist.

He was about to call out to her when he felt someone wrap their arms around him and was lifted up into the air as sounds of wings flapping could be heard as well as giggling.

"Levy put Naruto-kun down okay?" said Julia, said person giggled again before setting him down back on the ground, he turned around to see Levy wearing an orange dress with a white bow on the chest as she hovered in the air with the white wings on her back.

"Hello again Naruto!" said Levy, unlike most harpies that tend to forget after taking three steps, Levy possesses a really good memory which developed from her love for reading since she was younger and even serves as the foundation for her semblance. It's what made her the co-engineer with her ability to memorize blueprints and as such can recall every single detail, and she's often seen hanging out with Julia and Naruto.

"Hey there Levy, you too Julia," said Naruto with a smile.

"So you're done training?" asked Julia.

"Yeah, I had a few spars with Kaa-san yesterday, so I decided to come to the academy today and use their simulation room,"

It's been three years after his epiphany, Naruto had being training on his aura and semblance with Jiraiya and his Kushina. His mother also took to teaching him her sword style which is what made the Uzumaki famous and feared during the last war. Sparring with her always resulted in Naruto being beaten to the ground since she wasn't holding despite both wielding Bokkens, Naruto also learnt how to use his aura to form a layer to absorb powerful hits and also augment his physical abilities. With his semblance, Jiraiya was amused to see that it shared similarities to Minato's ability to make himself and whatever he touches to move at high-speeds which often lets out flashes of yellow light beforehand except Naruto's semblance is the ability to move so fast that he can behind a body double for enemies to attack or even project them to attack while he stands from a distance, christening it the Accelerated Decoy.

Itachi later joining in training Naruto in terms of marksmanship upon learning that Naruto is ambidextrous, Naruto learnt how to utilize a wide variety of firearms and combined it with the sword style and semblance resulting in making him a deadly both in close combat and long range.

After training for over one and half, Kushina decided the sacred Uzumaki heirlooms over to Naruto…not after challenging him into a no holds barred fight which he barely won with a well-placed Accel decoy before holding her at sword point.

**Flashback**

Outside Konoha, in a wide open area far away. The clearing was practically a battlefield with numerous craters, trenches and destroyed trees strewn everywhere. In the center of it all were Naruto and Kushina. With the redhead laying on her back with her katana far from her reach and Naruto stood over her with his half broken katana inches away from her heart.

"I…won Kaa-san…I finally…beat you," Naruto could barely speak out the words due to heavy fatigue.

Kushina looked at him with a proud smile on her face despite both having beat the living hell out of each other "That you did Sochi-kun, I can't even begin to tell you how proud I am. You've also earned the right to inherit the heirlooms of the Uzumaki clan,"

Naruto looked confusedly "Uh I don't get what you're saying, what do you mean by heirlooms?"

"We can talk about this tomorrow after a good night's rest,"

Naruto could only nod before helping her up from the ground as they made their way back to Konoha. After a full recovery from the intense battle, he was called to the living room as they sat down on the chair and faced each other.

"So what is this about the Uzumaki heirlooms and did Tou-san know about it?" asked Naruto.

"Yes he did, these heirlooms has been kept a secret with the exception of the Hokages because of the potential danger should our enemies learn of their existence as they can only be wielded by those with the blood of the Uzumaki flowing through their veins," said Kushina.

Naruto was stunned, if the knowledge of these items had been kept so well for so long then how powerful could they possibly be.

"If so then why are you telling me this?" asked Naruto.

"Because an Uzumaki who has proven to be stronger both in mind and body than one before would be told of the secret as well as be given possession of them. I inherited by defeated the previous Uzumaki who was Mito Uzumaki,"

"What you mean you fought the Shodaime's wife and won?!" Naruto was floored upon what he just heard.

Kushina puffed her chest out in pride "That's right and I have to tell you that it was close fight, just like ours,"

"Okay, so what are these heirlooms?"

"Maybe it's best that I rather show them to you,"

Kushina got up and pushed the family sofa to the side then she placed a palm on the floor and channeled her aura, making a large kanji appear with a bright glow before the floor slid apart to reveal a staircase leading underground.

"Come on,"

Kushina descended stairs with Naruto close behind, it was a bit of a long trip before they stopped before a large metal with a red spiral on it. Kushina channeled aura through her palm again and traced the spiral as it too glowed before several clicks could be heard to signal to it's being unlocked.

The door opened for them to pass through into a dark room. Inside were two spotlights, each shining on a stone pedestal which has an item on one of them. The first pedestal was displaying an O-katana with a rusted edge while the other was displaying a red gourd with a brown cork. At first sight Naruto would have simply disregarded them, but training made him learn that assumption is the staircase to self-destruction while analyzing is the basis for victory.

"So what are they Kaa-san?"

These are the heirlooms of the Uzumaki clan for many years. The katana is called the Dragon Blade, records say that it contains the soul of dragon sleeping within, many wielded it like any other ordinary sword but one man by the name Genji Uzumaki was able to awaken the sleeping dragon and together they defeated any enemy foolish enough to challenge them. But when Genji died of old age, the dragon returned to slumber and never woke up since then.

"Not even when you took it?" Kushina shook her head at Naruto's question.

"The second one goes by many names every time someone takes possession and opens it. Legends has it that the first god created it with blessings stored inside for the people of Elementia but his wife being jealous cursed it with the evils of the world which was released when they opened. The god quickly sealed it and altered the curse for only the one of a resilient mind can use the content inside, only the Uzumaki are able to use it due to our innate stubbornness and refusal to give in so I'm counting on you to use them to protect the people you care about,"

Naruto looked conflicted "Are you sure I have what it takes to handle these heirlooms?" Kushina approached and gave him a heartwarming hug.

"You're my son and I have complete faith in you,"

"…geez when you say that, I can't afford to let you down,"

Naruto went to the Dragon Blade and grabbed it by hilt as it glowed brightly before dimming to reveal the O-katana appearing technologically advanced with a black blade and a glowing green edge. He also heard some sort of growl at the back of his mind. Next he went to the red gourd and touched with it glowing brightly as well before fading to reveal a grey briefcase with circuit looking cracks that go over each side of the box where yellow flows through, at the center and surrounded by a scaly membrane is the head of a fox with glowing yellow eyes. For this one, Naruto could hear a faint whisper of a name and called out on it.

"It said that its name is Pandora," said Naruto.

Kushina nodded in affirmation "Their transformation has proven that you were accepted to be their wielder, looks like Andross' forces will soon have a reason to be scared of you now.

"True that," said Naruto with a smirk.

**Flashback End**

After that, Naruto took to training on heirlooms to attune to them while waiting for Andross to make a move and reunite with Fox and the others. But he wasn't exactly being idle, with the disc from his father, Naruto enlisted the help of Tenten, Levy and Julia in constructing a new starfighter as well as other vehicles specified for certain terrains as well. Jiraiya and Hiruzen were quite impressed with the specs which Minato plotted for them.

At the moment, he was on his way home after having a 'satisfactory' amount of ramen from Ichiraku's with Julia and Levy with Naruto having to feed the latter due to her 'hands' unable to handle chopsticks with Julia watching with jealousy and the male blonde being clueless. He was halfway home when he heard the ringtone from his phone and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Naruto, it's Jiraiya,"

"Hey Pervy Sage, what's up?" asked Naruto curiously.

"It's Andross' army, they're attacking Corneria!"

Naruto's widened in surprise "What?! I'll be heading over there to help, call the girls to prep up the Kitsune Striker while I get ready,"

"Got it…give em hell kid,"

"Already planning on that,"

Naruto ended the call and was running towards the house as he barged through the door and Kushina was in the living room with Mikoto watching TV.

"Sochi-kun, what's the matter that you're in a hurry?" asked Kushina.

"Pervy Sage just called me that Andross' army is attacking Corneria, so I'll be heading over to help the army push them back," said Naruto.

Both women let out a gasp at the news "So you'll going then? I knew that this day would when you would leave to fight in the Lylat wars…my only wish is for you to return to me safely,"

Naruto walked over and gave her a hug "I will return Kaa-san, and that is a promise of a lifetime,"

"I'll hold you that," then he turned to Mikoto.

"And I won't stop searching for Sasuke either,"

"Thank you very much, Naruto-san," Mikoto bowed her head in gratitude.

He ran upstairs to his room and opened the closet to grab a set of clothes which he had custom made some time ago which is modified Konoha military uniform, a green flak jacket, a forehead protector with a long black cloth, and black sandals (Think of Minato's ANBU outfit from The Lost Tower movie without the headgear) and over it he also wore a short sleeved red coat with a black flame pattern around the hem.

Afterwards he was back out of the house and running along the sidewalk, Naruto reached into the pouch on his thigh and took out a gray cube that he flicked into the air for it to increase its size into a briefcase before he caught it "Pandora, execute PF258: Impatience!" he tossed Pandora before him and watched as it transformed into a power bike (AN Ducati 1098S) which he got on and rode at high-speed towards the Konoha Defense Force "Just you wait Andross, you have a debt to pay for the entire Lylat system…and Star Fox.


Close to the planet Corneria, a large white battleship with four large wings and a decal of a red fox on the tail fin slowly approaches. Inside it, an alarm could be heard blaring as a group of could be seen running down an aisle. They were a red fox, a rabbit, a blue-feathered avian and a bullfrog. They arrived at the docking bay and got into white and blue Arwings, then they prepped their systems and flew out of the battle ship towards Corneria.

The group had entered the atmosphere and were flying over the sea when the red fox spoke through the comm link

"Open the wings," said the fox, they all had the wings of the starfighters partially open halfway "Check your G-Diffuser system!"

"Falco here, I'm fine," said the blue avian.

"This is Peppy, all system's go," said the rabbit.

"Slippy here, I'm okay," said the bullfrog.

"I see 'em up ahead, let's rock and roll!" said the fox as they broke formation and sped ahead.

Music Start: Star Fox 64 OST; Corneria

Fox flew over the ocean shooting down a pair of Granga Fighters up ahead before veering to the right as he evaded laser fire from some Bandit Fighters and retaliated with a hyper shot.

"Slippy! Get back here!" said Peppy angrily when the young frog broke from their formation and that was a very big mistake "Slippy, watch out! You got a bogey on your tail!"

Sure enough, a Granga fighter was chasing after Slippy while shooting.

"Whoa! Help me!" Slippy cried out worriedly.

"Hang on Slippy, I'm coming!" Fox charged up a hyper shot for it to home in on the pursuing ship and destroy it upon impact.

"Phew! Thanks Fox, I thought they had me,"

"No problem Slippy, but you've got to be more careful,"

The team arrived at the shores of Corneria and were flying through a valley all the while shooting down more of the bandit and Granga fighters along the way.

"We're entering Corneria city now!" said Fox before they exited the valley.

"This is horrible…" Falco muttered out loud, as they gazed upon the destruction of the once peaceful city.

"Everybody stay alert!" said Peppy.

Fox and the others flew around the city as they shot down more of the ships including new ones like the Tripod and Dragon fighters. Fox quickly moved out of the way of a toppling building courtesy of a berserk construction bot and was forced to take it.

"Fox you got an enemy on your tail, use the brakes!" said Peppy.

Fox activated the flaps on both sides of the wings for a quick deceleration as a bandit fighter zip by and he opened fire to send it crashing to the ground. Falco was flying ahead of Fox and spoke to him through the comm link.

"I'll take this one, get the ones behind me!" said Falco before flying off with a group of Granga fighters in pursuit.

"Use the boost to chase after them!" said Peppy.

"Got it!" Fox increased the output of his Arwing's thruster for a quick burst of speed as he quickly caught up with Falco and Granga fighters before firing a hyper shot to destroy the enemies with one hit.

"I guess I should be thankful," said Falco sarcastically.

"Pretty much," said Fox.

They flew over the mountainous region where several Venomian Landmasters were on the ground shooting at them.

"Do a barrel roll!" Peppy called out to the group.

Fox and the others did as such, successfully deflecting the shots before retaliating with laser fire to take them out. They reached another part of the Cornerian Sea where they flew around and under some stones while shooting robots with dual water skis known as Ski bots until getting across to the side and pass a nearby waterfall.

"Enemy robot, dead ahead!" said Slippy.

"Let's go!" said Falco, then a voice suddenly spoke through their comm link much to their surprise.

"Mind if I join in on the fun?"

Fox, Peppy and Slippy recognized the voice as it belonged to one of their oldest friends.

"That voice…Naruto is that you?!" said Fox.

Then a starfighter appeared from above and flew next to them, it has a color scheme of blue, silver and grey while possessing a sleek and aerodynamic design, there was a decal of an orange nine-tailed fox on the wings (AN Turbo Jet from Max Steel). At the cockpit, they could see a blond fox Faunus smiling at them.

"It's been quite a while since we met face to face!" said Naruto.

"Naruto, it is you!" Slippy was ecstatic upon seeing his friend from their academy days.

"So you're Naruto whom Fox has been talking, I hope to see you show me what you got,"

"What are you doing here Naruto?" asked Peppy.

"I came here to help defend Corneria as well as join the Star Fox team," said Naruto.

"So you mean you'll join us?" Fox was happy to hear that.

"That's right, time for my debut,"

Music Change: Star Fox 64 OST; Boss Battle One

"Alright team, switching to All-range mode," said Fox, then the team's Arwings folded out completely for easier movement.

Ahead of them in a large grassy field is a red and bipedal giant robot that is several stories tall, and stands on two rickety legs with a pair of missile launchers for arms, a large green backpack-shaped device attached to the back plate and there are fleets of Granga fighters accompanying it.

Their screens lit up to display a blue eyed, tan skinned ape wearing the Venomian military uniform with a white brimmed lavender helmet with green ear covers and the letter 'A' embossed on it.

"Ah, so this is Star Fox? I'm going to enjoy crushing you!" said the ape.

"And we're going make you regret not eating your last banana before coming here," said Naruto.

"Good one," said Falco with a smirk.

"Why you little…all fighters attack!"

The Granga fighters instantly flew towards Fox and the others as they opened fire only for them to scatter into different directions.

"Alright team, divide and conquer. Slippy, we'll be needing some analysis on the enemy robot," said Fox.

"I'm on it,"

"Time to show you guys what the Kitsune Striker can do!" Naruto sped forward with a couple of Granga fighters chasing him from behind, he performed a somersault and got behind them before unleashing a rapid fire of laser to shoot them down. He quickly banked right to evade an explosion from one of the grenades launcher by the Granga Mech and followed up with a barrel roll to deflect the lasers fired from the Granga fighters.

"I could use some help!" said Peppy as a Granga fighter is currently.

"Hang on Peppy-jiji, I'm coming over to help!" Naruto released orange aura from his body which enveloped the Kitsune Striker.

"Stop moving, so I can squash you!" the Granga Mech launched a volley of missiles which homed in on Naruto as they hit him, causing an explosion "Got one of you flies….what?!" the ape was shocked to see no signs of a burning wreckage, then he felt his mech being attacked by missiles fired by Naruto who was flying from above.

"That was the wrong one, better get some vitamin A in your diet for better accuracy," Naruto taunted.

"Is that your semblance Naruto?" asked Peppy.

"Yup, I can move quickly enough to project decoys to fool my enemies,"

"Slippy, anything yet?" asked Fox as he took a fighter down with a hyper shot.

"Enemy shields analyzed, the mechs weakness are its legs and the green device on its back which is its source of energy," said Slippy.

"Then you leave the legs to me," said Naruto before flying straight at the Granga Mech remaining low on the ground "Activating the Plasma Wing Blades!" blue blades made of plasma energy appeared on the sides of the Kitsune Striker as he flew in the between the Granga Mechs legs and sliced through them cleanly, making it lose its balance and crash to the ground.

"Nooo! My mech!" the pilot cried out in despair.

"Good job Naruto, now we can attack the energy source!" said Fox took aim at the fallen mech with his laser charging as a red reticle appeared on his HUD before pressing a button to fire a red missile which upon hitting the energy pack resulted in a large explosion and the destruction of the Granga Mech.

"My emperor…I've failed you!" the pilot cried out as he died in the explosion.

Music End

The Star Fox turned and were making their way to their battleship.

"We're heading out, all aircraft report," said Fox.

"You did it! I was worried there for a moment, but not anymore now that Naruto is joining us," said Slippy happily.

"You and Naruto are becoming more like your fathers," said Peppy with a nostalgic smile.

"I gotta admit Fox, your friend here has definitely got my attention," said falco.

"Say Fox, can we make a stop over at Elementia? I need to get my gears since I came to Corneria in a hurry," said Naruto.

"Sure thing, Naruto," said Fox.

"…and another thing, some of my friends also want to join the team too,"

The team were surprised to hear that.

"More recruits? Who are they?" asked Peppy.

"I'll introduce them to you when we get there, I can vouch for them,"

"I hope they're good at what they do," said Falco.

"Like I said, I can vouch for them," said Naruto with a smirk as they draw close to the battleship.


This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Naruto has undergone training and inherited sacred weapons from his mother's clan as well as armed himself with weapons gifted to him by his late father. Now Naruto joins the Star Fox team which will soon acquire additional members to the group.

I based Naruto's current starfighter on the Turbo Jet from Max Steel which will change much later in this Fic and I'm sure you've gotten an idea of his Semblance as well as the weapons that Kushina gave to him. the other weapons will make an appearance in the future so be sure to look forward to it.

Be sure to read and review as always.

This is Hussbek from Ghana.

Signing out.