FLIGHT OF THE KITSUNE STAR STRIKER

Chapter 3: Recruitment and Enter Star Wolf

After Corneria's defense against the invading forces of Andross' army with help from the Star Fox team along with the arrival of their old friend Naruto, the group boarded the space battleship Great Fox and set course for Elementia to pick up the rest of Naruto's gear as well as meet the ones who he said wants to the join the team. At the moment, Naruto, Fox and Peppy were walking down the corridor in direction of the bridge to meet up with Slippy and Falco.

"I see…so Minato left behind a recorded message as well as blueprints of vehicles for you in case he was killed in action, sounds just like him he always has a habit of planning far ahead," said Peppy thoughtfully.

"And it's thanks to that, I underwent training from Kaa-san, Ero-sennin, and Itachi. Then my friends and I worked together to construct vehicles which he drew the schematics of," said Naruto.

"All I know is that it's good to have you with us Naruto, it never truly felt like a team without you," said Fox with a smile.

"It's good to be here, just wish it was a lot sooner if I wasn't so down in the dumps,"

"I understand how you feel Naruto, everyone looked up to both of your fathers which was why we all took it very hard when we heard of their deaths. I always wished that I could have done more back then," said Peppy guiltily.

Soon they arrived at the bridge of the Great Fox where they saw the other members of the Star Fox team, Slippy was busy typing away on the computer with a diagram of the Kitsune Striker being displayed on the screen and Falco was nearby lounging on a chair while looking out the window seemingly bored. Then there was a robot at the navigation controls whom Fox introduced Naruto as ROB 64 who is networked to the main computers of the ship, granting it the ability to control the Great Fox as its operator. ROB also uses the ship's transfer system to send vehicles and items to the team members when on the battlefield. Slippy noticed Naruto and waved at him to come over to which he complied.

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

"I was checking on your ship and I gotta admit that it's well made, so I took the privilege of installing some of our weapons like the nova bomb launcher which I designed myself and made sure that the specs are up to date," said Slippy.

"Thanks Slips, I'm pretty sure that you'll get along with one of my friends as they too like to invent things,"

"So who are these guys that you want to bring in to the team, and are they good enough?" asked Falco after being silent for so long.

"I can vouch for them for being the most talented in their own specialties, you can definitely count on them,"

"We'll just have to see then,"

Then ROB turned around to the group and spoke up "The Great Fox has arrived at Elementia," everyone looked out the window to see the said planet right before.

"It's been years since I stepped foot in Elementia," Peppy looked nostalgic.

"Yeah, me too," Fox was in agreement.

"As soon as we land, I'll take you to where they are while ROB and Slippy will be loading the vehicles into the Great Fox as well as restocking on supplies," said Naruto.

The Great Fox entered the planet's atmosphere and made its landing over at the Konoha Defense Force headquarters where it was stationed on one of its landing zones. Naruto along with the team got off the ship where they saw Hiruzen standing before them with a smile on his face as he approached.

"So this is the next generation of the Star Fox team, I've heard of your many exploits and I'm quite impressed," said Hiruzen then he turned to Peppy and smiled "It's been a long time since we last met Peppy-san,"

"Indeed it has my friend, I've heard that you've retired from the position of Hokage," said Peppy.

"That's correct, Tsunade has taken the position and is proving herself to be the right choice for the village as well as making her predecessors proud,"

Naruto then spoke up "Jiji, Fox and I will be heading out to pick the guys that want to join the team while Slippy will be loading the vehicles into the Great Fox with help from Levy and Julia as I've contacted them to come over before we landed,"

"Very well then, you can use one of the jeeps to get around while I catch up on old times with Peppy here," said Hiruzen.

Fox turned to Falco who was leaning on a wooden crate nearby "And what about you Falco?"

"I'll just hang around here, don't want to get myself lost here before we leave anyway," said Falco with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Okay then we'll see you later," said Naruto. The fox duo went inside one of the hangars and climbed onto one of the jeeps with Naruto at the wheel before driving out of the headquarters and into the city. Fox admired the scenery of the city as they drove by numerous buildings.

"This place has really changed since I last came here," said Fox.

"Back then was the first time that we met each other with our dads,"

"Yeah, I even remember the time we played a prank on the guys who tried to bully me for looking different. I bet he still shivers at the thought of rubber chicken," both chuckled at the thought of it.

After a couple of turns, Naruto stopped the jeep in front of a gray building complex which has a red sign with a kanji for 'Healing' printed on the front of the building.

"This is the Konoha hospital, is this where one of the members are?" asked Fox.

"Actually they're two, let's go inside and find them," said Naruto.

They went inside the building, passing by the medical staff along the way and took the elevator to the 13th floor where they got off and Naruto walked up to a door with Fox behind which he knocked on a couple of times.

"Who is it?" a feminine voice softly spoke from behind the door.

Naruto called out through the door "It's me Naruto, I've returned from Corneria with the Star Fox team,"

"Oh come in, Naruto,"

The duo opened the door and went inside where they saw a female Faunus sitting behind a desk, she is a fox Faunus with long blond hair and yellow fox ears could be seen twitching on the top of her hair. She wears a white kimono with lily petal designs and a lavender headband with the Konoha symbol embossed on it.

"Hi Lilli, it's been a while,"

"Indeed it has, who's that with you?" asked Lilli curiously.

"This is the leader of the Star Fox team and my childhood buddy, Fox McCloud. Say hello to her…Fox?" Naruto turned to his friend and saw that Fox was gazing at Lilli with awe. He prodded him with an elbow, causing Fox to look around in confusion.

"Huh…what?" asked Fox confusedly.

"You were supposed to say hello man," said Naruto with a quirked eyebrow.

"Oh right," Fox turned to Lilli and waved at her "Hello, my name is Fox McCloud and it's nice to meet you,"

Lilli raised a sleeved hand to cover her mouth as she giggled "It's nice to meet you as well Fox-san,"

"Lilli is one of the members that want to join the team, she is one of the best medic here in Konoha. I realized that you don't have a medic on the Great Fox," said Naruto.

"You have a point there, so where's the next recruit?" asked Fox.

"Oh he won't be so hard to find at all, as a matter of fact…" Lilli pointed behind them.

Naruto and Fox looked behind them to see a toddler-sized anthropomorphic reindeer with light brown fur wearing a big blue cap that has a ring of white dots around the circle while the cap has buckles hanging from it with the antlers poking out from a pair of holes, he wears a white and yellow tank top, and a pair of orange shorts. The reindeer was currently leaning on the doorway with his body visible and half of his face was hidden behind it.

Naruto shook his head amusedly and called out to him "Wrong way Chopper," the reindeer quickly corrected himself and poked his head out of the doorway "Much better, now come inside and say hello to my friend,"

The reindeer came and quickly hid behind Naruto before shyly poking his head out and spoke "Hello my name is Tony Tony Chopper, and it's nice to meet you,"

Fox smiled and responded "Same here, so how did you two meet?"

"Well I used to be a normal everyday reindeer back when I was a calf, one day I drank from a stream but what I didn't know was that it was contaminated with chemicals from a nearby plant. It altered my genes, giving me a more humanoid form though I could change back but my herd saw me to be unusual and forcefully banished me from the family. Lost and hungry in the forest, I was found by mama Tsunade who took me in and cared for me not caring for what I was which made me very happy. Throughout my time with her, she taught me the art of medicine and everything she knew," said Chopper feeling sad at the beginning but cheered up at the end.

Naruto then spoke "When I met Chopper, he was very shy and would normally run and hide whenever Tsunade-baachan wasn't around. It took me a while but I was able to get him to open up and he became the little brother I never while I became the older brother he didn't have either. With that, he got along with the other Faunus as time went on though a few tried to bully him but I made sure that they thought twice before doing anything stupid,"

Fox nodded in understanding "So we have two medics on the team, so who else will be joining?"

"There's Levy and Julia, both are mechanic geniuses,"

Fox looked at Naruto "But we already have Slippy as a mechanic,"

"True, but Slippy is both a pilot and mechanic. With Julia and Levy joining in, the maintenance of our weapons and vehicles are assured, they can also help in analyzing the enemy weak points like Slippy does in battle, not to forget that they like to invent like he does,"

"You have a point there, I'm guessing that's all of them?"

"Yup, we just need to pack up and set off," said Naruto in affirmation.

"I already packed my things and said my goodbyes to mama Tsunade and Shizune-neechan," said Chopper.

"I've done the same with my parents, I was just waiting for your arrival," said Lilli, she took a glance at Fox and smiled softly.

"In that case, let's head back to the Great Fox," said Fox.

The group of four packed the bags at the back of the jeep and soon made their way back to the Konoha Defense Force headquarters. They unloaded their belongings after packing the jeep and made their way through the building back to where the Great Fox was, there they saw Slippy having a conversation with Levy and Julia, Peppy and Hiruzen were still conversing, Falco was hanging around the area. They all turned to see the arrivals.

"So these are the rest of the recruits since we've already met Levy and Julia earlier," said Peppy.

"I know them very well, Chopper-kun and Lilli-san are well-versed in terms of healing, and Levy along with Julia can assist Slippy to matters of tech and maintaining your vehicles. All this rounds up to a well-balanced team," Hiruzen nodded in understanding.

Levy flew over while smiling happily "Chopper-kun and Lilli-chan are coming with us, that's great!"

Then Fox's comm link beeped signaling an incoming contact to which he activated to receive.

"Conveyance is complete and the Great Fox is ready for departure," said ROB through the comm.

"Roger that," Fox then turned to the others "Alright everyone, it's time for us to leave,"

"Very well, I wish you all good fortune in your future battles and for you to return to us in good health," said Hiruzen.

"Not to worry Jiji, I promise that we'll come back and have a bowl of ramen together," said Naruto with a foxy grin while Hiruzen simply smiled at him fondly.

He watched as the group entered the Great Fox before it took to the air and was soon flying towards the next destination to resume the battle with Andross' forces.

"Minato…James, wherever you are…please watch over your sons and the team for they're in for the battle of their lives," thought Hiruzen.


In space, the group were currently having a meeting in the bridge in order to get themselves organized.

"So the sleeping arrangement has been settled, Fox and Naruto will share a room, Chopper and Slippy, Levy and Julia, then Falco and I while Lilli gets a room to herself in the meantime," Peppy, getting nods of agreement for the others.

"Darn, I was hoping to share a room with Naruto," thought Levy and Julia with a pout.

"Now that is all settled, where to next?" asked Naruto.

"We'll have to make our way through the asteroid field ahead of us before we can get anywhere," said Fox.

"We got information from General Pepper of picking up enemy activity there, it should make sense since Andross' soldiers would have to pass through in order to reach Corneria," said Peppy.

"Then we should expect those monkeys to be hanging around then," said Falco.

"So we should be ready for a trap when we enter the zone," said Naruto.

"Hey guys, we're approaching Meteo right now," said Julia from the control panel.

"Then let's move out!" said Fox

The he ran towards the hangar with Naruto, Falco, Peppy and Slippy close behind. They climbed aboard their Arwings and Naruto jumped into the Kitsune Striker before they were all shot out into space.

"We're heading into the asteroids," said Fox.

"We'll be keeping an eye out for you guys through the radar, good luck," said Levy through the communicator.

"Roger that," said Naruto.

Music Start: Star Fox 64 OST; Meteo

The team flew through the zone as small brown asteroids floated around in front of them, they used the lasers to destroy them though the gradient ones are impervious to them while keeping an eye on their radar to locate any sign of enemy lying in wait for them.

"It's quiet…too quiet," said Peppy, suddenly red dots started to appear on their radars "Just like we thought, here they come!"

Then a squadron of starfighters appeared from behind the cluster of asteroids ahead, they were designed to resemble butterflies, these fighters shot cyan plasma bursts from their laser cannons at the Star Fox team who either swerved out of the way or performed a barrel roll to deflect the incoming projectiles or Naruto using his Accel Decoys to defend.

"See how you guys like this!" Naruto pulled a trigger to fire a red missile at the Butterfly Fighters, when it drew close enough he pulled the trigger again to detonate it to cause a large explosion which took them out all at once.

"Be careful Naruto, use those Nova bombs wisely," said Peppy.

"Got it,"

They happened upon a cluster of massive meteors where some robotic units with pronglike legs hopped from perch to perch all the while shooting laser beams at them, Fox evaded the shots and retaliated with a hyper shot to take one down before performing a rapid fire on another. Suddenly serpentine like creatures appeared and flew right at them.

"Those are Moras, keep a safe from them or they'll try to ram you! Their weak point is the head!" said Julia.

"Okay!" Peppy took aim at one of the Moras' head and fired his laser cannon to destroy it which resulted in a chain reaction with the rest of the body.

They flew through a tunnel of a colossal hollowed out asteroid and exited out of it only to find a cluster of giant gradient asteroids heading straight for them.

"All units, take evasive action!" said Fox.

"Use the boost and brake to avoid them!" said Peppy.

The team veered left and right to avoid the incoming asteroids, at times using the brakes to slow down for a tight turn or the boost to outpace them. A cluster of asteroids were about to box Naruto in when he used his semblance to quickly ascend whilst leaving behind an Accel decoy to get hit, Fox managed to boost through colliding large asteroids. Soon enough they were able to escape from the giant asteroids.

"Watch out Fox, you got three Rock Gunners coming up from behind!" said Falco.

Fox immediately performed a somersault to get over and behind a trio of twin pod starfighters as they zipped ahead losing sight of their target, then he charged up his laser cannon and locked onto the middle one before firing a hyper shot to take out all three at the same time.

"Thanks for the warning Falco," said Fox.

"No need to thank me, just keep your head in the game,"

Levy immediately called out in alert "Peppy-san, you have a group of Venom Space Fighters on your tail!" Sure enough, a group of purple, spiny seashell-like starfighters were currently chasing Peppy all the while opening laser fire on him.

"Darn it, I've gotten careless!" Peppy growled in annoyance.

"Hold on Peppy!" Fox activated the boost to quickly catch up with them before firing his laser cannons to take down the enemy starfighters.

"Thanks Fox,"

"Anytime,"

Several more Venom Space Fighters in lined formation approached them from the front, but Slippy used a Nova Bomb to take them all out in one explosion.

"The enemy is coming from behind," said Peppy.

Then four ships in a square formation appearing around them from behind to the front while leaving behind a long white trail similar to that of a spider's web as the team entered yet another hollow tunnel of a large asteroid. Both Naruto and Falco immediately used a hyper shot to take down two each to stop the potentially dangerous web trails. There were a cluster of asteroids ahead of them which suddenly opened up to reveal laser cannons fitted inside as they proceeded to open fire on the team.

"You guys got to go!" Naruto fired a Nova bomb to destroy the cluster.

A few more Rock Gunners and Moras attempted to intercept them with laser fire, Fox performed a barrel roll to deflect the incoming projectiles before returning fire to bring them down. Suddenly Slippy zipped by with a trio of automated drones in chase.

"Naruto, I'm baiting some Flip Bots so you can take them down with their weak points being their backsides," said Slippy.

"Got it Slips, activating Plasma Wing Blades!" blue blades made of energy appeared on the sides of his starfighter before he boosted forward at high-speed as he zipped past the Flip Bots and slashing them all into half and exploding.

"Take that!" Slippy sounded pretty smug.

Soon enough, the team saw a blue and white planet within their sights to which they recognized.

"That's Fichina ahead of us team, we're almost through Meteo!" said Fox.

Then Levy suddenly called out to them "Everyone be careful, we're detecting a large ship intercepting your route,"

At that moment, a large oddly shaped ship appeared before the team with some sort of revolving shield and four wings to form an 'X'. Then their screens lit up to display a large eared primate wearing a tall green pompous miter and matching uniform with the Andross insignia on the crown of his headwear.

"I cannot allow you to go any further, for I Galaxicos will crush you," said the pilot arrogantly.

"Then we might as well go through you," said Naruto with a glare.

Galaxicos simply scoffed "Humph, let's see what you've got,"

Music Change: Star Fox 64 OST; Boss Battle Two

"With pleasure!" Naruto unleashed a volley of laser fire only for the spinning shield to deflect the projectiles elsewhere much to his annoyance "Any weak points Slippy?"

"Aim for the anchors holding the deflector shield through the single gap in order to detach it," said Slippy.

"We've marked them on your HUD," said Julia.

"Got it," Fox kept an eye on the gap of the shield as it spun around until it stopped, there he saw a yellow glowing spot which caught his attention "That must be one of the anchors," he fired at the target repeatedly until it was destroyed.

Naruto was quick on the uptake as he also waited for the shield to rotate until it stopped to expose another anchor for him to shoot at, both pilots kept this up until the remaining anchors were destroyed which resulted in the shield being knocked off from the ship.

"I've underestimated you," said Galaxicos "Let's see you handle this!" the ends of the wings began to gather cyan energy which then converged at the center before firing a lightning-like laser beam at them only for the team to swerve out of the way of the attack.

"Aim for the core in the center, it's what's powering that laser cannon!" said Julia.

"Then I'll be using the last of my Nova bombs!" said Naruto, he zoomed forward as the ship fired yet another laser beam, but he activated his semblance before performing a barrel roll to the side whilst leaving behind an Accel decoy for a distraction. He waited until the cannon stopped firing before he launched his third and last Nova bomb at the center to destroy the generator.

"Alas I am no match for you, I shall admit defeat," said Galaxicos as he turned the ship around to face them.

Falco simply scoffed "Are you gonna listen to that monkey?"

"Of course not Falco, the sarcasm in his voice pretty much gave him away," said Fox.

Galaxicos sneered upon hearing this "Ha-ha, you're not as stupid as you look!"

The team took note of how the drill-like attachments on both sides of the ship were glowing with lavender energy before it launched a barrage of plasma rings at them.

"As if you lying doesn't make you appear like a cornered animal," Naruto snorted in response "Let's finish this guy off!" he and Fox took aim at the marked targets and whaled on it with laser fire until they were destroyed, resulting in a chain reaction off explosion.

Music End

"This can't be, I refuse to believe that I just lost to these scums!" Galaxicos roared out in disbelief.

"Sorry to jet, but we're in a hurry. Plus Naruto did warn you earlier," said Fox as the team flew ahead with the enemy ship exploding behind them "All aircraft report!"

"I'm fine," said Slippy.

"I've taken a few hits but I'm okay," said Peppy.

"Ah, you're getting better Fox," said Falco.

"I'm doing great, just need to reload on Nova bombs," said Naruto.

"Alright then, let's return to the Great Fox before heading to Fichina," said Fox, then they all flew to the rendezvous point to meet up with the others.


Back in the ship, Levy, Slippy and Julia were checking on the starfighters as well as reloading the ammo on the equipped with Chopper and Lilli checking on Naruto and the others for injuries though it was quite amusing with how Fox was being awkward around Lilli who was giggling all the way. Then everyone gathered at the bridge as ROB opened up the connection to Corneria.

A screen popped up to display General Pepper before them.

"Star Fox here, this Fox McCloud speaking," said Fox.

"Ah I see that you've arrived at Fichina," said General Pepper.

"Yes sir, so what would be our main objective here?"

"Apparently, our base has been overrun by Andross's forces. We need to liberate it from their clutches before they use the top secret information stored there for their own evil ends,"

"Roger General Pepper, we'll do our best," said Naruto.

"Thank you, and it's good to see you again Naruto," General Pepper smiled at the fox Faunus.

"Same here General," Naruto smiled in return as he watched the screen go off.

"Looks like we've got some house guests that need evicting huh?" asked Falco.

"That's right, so let's move out!" said Fox.

Later on, the team had entered Fichina which turned out to be a rather snow-swept planet with no signs of vegetation with the exception of certain trees which have adapted to the subzero temperatures, making the planet the most uninhabitable in the Lylat system with only a few being able to.

"Okay guys, you're approaching the Fichina base so be careful," said Julia.

Sure enough, ahead of them was an immense hourglass shaped building with three horizontal jettisons at the top as well as three entryways and is surrounded with a network of radar antennas. In addition, there were also various pillars within the vicinity as well.

"Split up and take it to em!" said Fox.

Music Change: Star Fox 64 OST; Fortuna and Sector Z

As they approached the base, multiple starfighters emerged from the entryways and made their way towards them. The team broke formation as they began to take down each and every one of the Invaders 1. Falco used the boost and banked right for a very sharp turn to appear behind an enemy ship before opening fire to bring it down to the ground.

"Scratch one bogey!" Falco smirked.

"I'm not going to let you get away from me!" Peppy was pursuing an escaping invader before charging up his laser cannon and locking on to the target to launch a hyper shot which destroyed it.

"Darn it, Naruto I could use some help here!" said Fox as he was being chased by a pair of enemy starfighters.

"Hang on, I'm on my way!" Naruto himself was being pursued but he activated his boost before performing a half loop with a 180 roll for a U-turn as he left behind an Accel decoy for the enemy to chase. He quickly reached where Fox was and rapidly fired at the enemy, taking them down.

"Thanks for the save, Naruto!" said Fox looking relieved.

"Anytime buddy," said Naruto.

Slippy was being shot at but he performed a barrel roll to deflect the incoming projectiles before doing a somersault to get behind an enemy starfighter "I've got you now!" he shot at the ship for it to crash on the ground.

"Gangway monkeys!" Naruto streaked across the sky and through a couple of Invader 1s with his Plasma Wing Blades "We should be able to flush out these guys in no time at all,"

"Why are ships coming out of the base?" asked Slippy curiously.

ROB called through their comm links "A bomb has been planted at the base,"

"That explains why they aren't trying to defend the base which they took over," said Falco.

"Geez, can anyone take care of it before it detonates?" asked Fox.

"Guys hang on, we're detecting five starfighters heading your way," said Levy.

Music Change: Star Fox 64 OST; Starwolf's Theme

"Can't let you do that, Star Fox!"

A voice spoke through their comm links making the team look up to see five starfighters which share the same design of possessing a pair of X-shaped wings with a red and silver color scheme. A screen popped up to display an anthropomorphic gray wolf with a black eyepatch.

The screen switched to show a green veiled chameleon "Andross has ordered us to take you down,"

Next was a snow monkey who was sneering evilly "Andross' enemy is my enemy!"

The third was a pudgy pig with white eyes whom Naruto, Fox and Peppy recognized before their eyes narrowed in anger "Peppy! Long time no see! And it appears that Minato's boy has finally come out of his little hidey hole!"

"Pigma…Dengar," Fox growled in anger.

"You gluttonous swine, you're going to pay for betraying Tou-san and James-san!" said Naruto angrily.

"Instead of paying attention to him, why not focus on me?" Naruto's eyes widened as he instantly recognized the voice.

"That voice…it can't be him," he muttered in disbelief, a screen popped up in his radar to display a humanoid like him but with black hair and wolf ears on top of his head "Sasuke!"

"It has been a long time…Dobe," said Sasuke with a smirk.

"So all this time you have been with Star Wolf and supporting Andross? Why?!"

Sasuke scoffed in reply "If you must know, I saw the opportunity for power and seized it. I'll show the world my superiority,"

"You're superior alright…a superior idiot! I'm sending you back to Elementia where Mikoto-san and Itachi-san are looking for you,"

"Naruto stay focused! We need to take care of these guys quickly and then defuse the bomb before it explodes!" said Fox.

"Like we will let you do that!" Wolf taunted.

Then both teams proceeded to engage each other in a dogfight as the timer on the bomb within the base counted down by the second.

"Naruto, I could some help over here!" said Peppy as he being pursued by Pigma.

"I'll do you fast, Peppy old pal!" Pigma cackled evilly.

"Hang on, Peppy-Jiji!" said Naruto but he quickly swerved to avoid laser fire from Sasuke who was currently shooting at him.

"How are you going to do that with me chasing you?" Sasuke with a quirked eyebrow.

"Like this!" Naruto gave a quick glance at his radar to search for Peppy and then performed a loop while charging up a hyper shot which he shot at Pigma resulting in the traitor getting knocked away before appearing behind Sasuke and shooting at him.

"Thanks Naruto, your father helped me just like that too," said Peppy.

"Gaara! Why you little runt!" Pigma growled in anger.

"Ngh, not bad but I'm far from finished with you!" Sasuke's eyes suddenly changed color from black to red with two black tomoes encircling the iris. He made a U-turn and closed on Naruto who continued to fire at him, however Sasuke could see the shots clearly and was able to evade them all the while shooting back at a surprised fox Faunus.

Naruto hastily performed a barrel roll to deflect the shots and banked right to move away "How was he able to avoid the shots like that? Unless…"

"That's right, I've awakened my clan's semblance…the sharingan! Now you don't a chance!" Sasuke smirked.

Andrew shot at Slippy while boasting arrogantly "Stick to the pond froggy, and bow before the great Andross!"

"I'm not a frog, I'm a toad!" Slippy activated the brakes for Andrew to pass by, then he charged up his laser cannon and locked onto his target before launching a Nova bomb to home on him which inflict serious damage on the starfighter "That's what you get for calling me froggy!"

"Annoying bird, I am the great Leon!" the said pilot was currently shooting at Falco who was taking evasive action to dodge the incoming projectiles.

"Yeah right, like a title proves anything!" Falco dove towards the ground and fired several times to form a dust cloud which covered him.

"What was that supposed to do?" Leon went through the cloud and emerged only to see Falco gone from his sight "What the? Where did he go?"

"Up here!" Leon looked up only to be pelted with a barrage of laser fire from Falco who was diving in from above "I used the dust cloud as a cover for a surprise attack.

"Damn you!"

"Guys hurry up or the base will be destroyed with you getting caught in the blast!" said Julia.

"We know! Everyone let's use the CxC formation!" said Fox.

"Right!" the others responded in affirmation, with their pursuers behind them as they headed towards each other in a collision.

"Have you guys lost your mind? You're going to crash into each other?" said Wolf with a quirked eyebrow.

"Heh, that's what you think!" Naruto smirked.

Upon drawing close enough, the Star Fox team all fired a Nova bomb before quickly performing a simultaneous somersault as the bombs created a massive explosion with the shockwave slamming into Wolf and his team.

"Dammit, it was a trap!" Sasuke growled in anger as the blast blinded him before his Wolfen got hit.

Wolf wanted to continue attacking, he was receiving warnings of his shield at a critical level from the excessive damage with the same being said for the other members of his team "Retreat for now, you haven't seen the last us Star Fox!" then he flew off with the others following him.

"Consider this a first round Dobe," said Sasuke.

"You will die soon enough," said Leon.

"You all will fall to the might of Andross," said Andrew.

"We'll get you next time, and to reward money will be as good as mine!" said Pigma.

Music End

"I'll take care of the bomb now!" Fox quickly flew into one of the entryways of the base. Soon afterwards, the team got a response from him "The bomb has been disarmed!"

Later on, the team had left the planet and were making their way back to the Great Fox.

"All aircraft report!" said Fox.

"Hey we made it before the bomb blew up!" said Slippy.

"That was a close call Fox," said Falco.

"Fox, Naruto! Take it easy, I know you were angry upon see Pigma but calm down," said Peppy.

"Sorry Peppy-Jiji, I'm a bit upset especially seeing Sasuke working for Andross. His family won't be happy about this," said Naruto.

Suddenly the comm links beeped loudly before Levy spoke "We have a distress call from General Pepper. The main fleet are being attacked and suffering serious damage, they're requesting our assistance!"

"Okay Levy-chan, we'll be heading over!" said Naruto,

The Star Fox team docked at the Great Fox before it set its course for the nebula in order to provide assistance to the Cornerian Army against Andross' army.


This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Naruto and the Star Fox returned to Elementia to gather his remaining gear along with his friends Julia (Rave Master), Chopper (One Piece), Levy (Fairy Tail) and Lilli (OC) who joined the team. They ventured through Meteo and took back the Fichina Base, however what they didn't expect was for their rival team Star Wolf to make an appearance as well as Naruto's old friend Sasuke to be a member after his disappearance for so long. Stay tuned to find out what happens next.

I would like to inform all readers that this fic will go through a majority of the planets in the game. Also before anyone calls me out on the naming error of the planet. The fact is that Fichina is the actual name for the planet instead due to a translation error of the Star Fox but was corrected in later games. Fortuna is also the planet in the first level of Star Fox: Assault.

Be sure to read and review as always.

This is Hussbek from Ghana.

Signing out.