FLIGHT OF THE KITSUNE STAR STRIKER
Chapter 8: Gotta Catch a Train and Another Round
"Okay Levy-chan, so what was it that you found that you want to tell us about?" asked Naruto as he and the rest of the Star Fox crew had gathered in the bridge after resting from the repulsion of an ambush from Andross's forces with some help from their friends.
Levy was currently typing on the keyboard of the main console while they watched on until she spoke up "I was looking through the Intel that General Pepper sent to us when I came across a certain piece of information which could land a serious blow on Andross and give us an edge in this war,"
"Well don't keep us waiting any longer in suspense and tell us what it is," said Falco with his arms crossed.
"Okay, the next planet we should be targeting is this one…," Levy activated the holographic projector which displayed a certain planet and apparently Peppy, Slippy and Julie are familiar with it.
"It's planet Macbeth, of course it all makes sense now!" said Peppy in realization.
"What's so special about that planet?" asked Chopper curiously.
Slippy was the one to explain to them "It's practically a treasure trove of raw minerals above all planets in the Lylat system where many scientists and miners flock to it to thrive on the materials, knowledge and make incredible profits making Macbeth the center of galactic industry,"
Julie then spoke up "However, infighting started up due to greedy CEOs trying to buy up everything with hostile takeovers and buyouts even though there was enough wealth to go around,"
"I reckon that Andross must have noticed that and took advantage of the situation to invade Macbeth and enslave all the inhabitants to mine minerals, manufacture and assemble weapons for his army," said Peppy.
"Oh dear, that's terrible," said Lilli worriedly.
"Not only that, it was also where the copperhead missiles were launched from when we were ambushed back at Sector Z," Levy added.
"I see now, permanently disabling Andross's ability to produce weaponry will definitely be a hard hit on him," said Fox thoughtfully.
"Then let's go do some demolition," said Naruto eagerly.
"According to the Intel, there is a train which transports minerals and weapons from the mines and factories to Andross's main base and launching area. Disabling the train and stopping its shipment will give us the advantage, but we need to be careful as the train route is well defended," said Levy.
"Then we'll need to employ heavy duty, which calls for the Landmaster and Formula Zero," said Slippy.
"Sweet, been wanting to cruise in it again," said Naruto with a smirk.
"Then we'll provide support from the air like before," said Peppy.
"Alright then, let's get ourselves ready before arriving at Macbeth," said Fox, getting nods of affirmation from the others before leaving the bridge to prepare.
Great Fox soon arrived at Macbeth and was flying low over the rocky terrain as Fox drove the Landmaster out of the launch bay and slowly descended to the ground with use of its thrusters to hover, Naruto was soon to follow in the Formula Zero and hovered to the ground as well before driving up next to the Landmaster. Peppy and the rest of the crew took flight in their Arwings above the duo. The team traversed the rocky terrain for some time until coming across a railroad and moving along was the train which they're targeting.
"We've spotted the train, we're moving in to take it out!" Fox communicated to the others.
"Same here," said Naruto.
Music start: Star Fox 64 OST; Titania and Macbeth
Naruto and Fox drew close to the train, ready to attack when their HUD alerted them of being locked on and displayed a swivel-turning streamlined box shaped elevated turrets with three inner barrels identified as cannon cars took aim and launched bombs at them. Fox quickly activated his left thruster to roll to the right whilst Naruto drove out of the way of the bomb's trajectory.
Naruto manually aimed the rear right laser cannon at the cannon car then fired rapidly before Fox joined in by charging up a hyper shot and fired it to destroy the weapon. They drove through the rocky terrain and had to shoot down some barriers in order to advance. They came across a couple of tall watchtowers with laser turrets which began to shoot at them, Fox and Naruto took evasive action before returning fire to destroy some of them. Peppy and Falco were quick to swoop in and destroy the other watchtowers.
Suddenly the team's communication channel turned on to reveal an ape in green military uniform, an army officer's peaked cap, and possessing white fur.
"So here come the little hyenas now," said the ape arrogantly "Luckily we have some ways to 'entertain' you,"
At that moment, a fleet of Bandit Fighters descended from the skies above and swooped towards the crew with laser cannons firing at them. Naruto activated his antiaircraft gun to fire back at them while Fox used his laser cannon to fire at the fighters too.
"We got these guys," Slippy intercepted with a barrel roll to deflect the incoming projectiles before locking onto one of the fighters and firing a hyper shot to bring it down.
"Here ya go!" the ape pushed a button, causing the carrier cars to tilt to the right and drop his cargo of large ores onto the road amongst some watchtowers as the land based vehicles continued their pursuit.
"Nice try, but these rocks aren't gonna slow us down!" Naruto sneered, he took manual aim at the ores then pulled the trigger activate the grenade launcher from the rear left side to fire several grenades to destroy the obstructions whilst Fox provided backup by firing the laser cannon at the laser turrets in the watchtowers.
"They're not taking me seriously, are they?" said the ape "Then how about this?" he commanded for more Bandit Fighters to move in to attack the Star Fox team.
"Here they come!" said Fox, ready to engage the enemy fighters.
"Get ready to shoot them all down!" said Peppy, locking onto one of the fighters and firing his laser cannon to bring it down to the ground.
Naruto and Fox were quick to join in by firing their laser cannons from the ground with the former setting his antiaircraft gun to auto in addition to destroy the bandit fighters, however some automated rail guns moved along the railroads to oppress them so Naruto pushed a button for a plasma blade to slide out from the side of the combat vehicle which he then used to slice them in half.
"Hey guys, the train is trying to get away!" said Levy.
"Don't worry, we're not going to let it get away from us!" said Fox.
Then he and Naruto activated the boosters for a burst and soon caught up with the train in the middle of a canyon, then a trio of Tripod Fighters swooped down from above and fired cyan plasma bursts, they hastily moved out of the way before returning fire to bring two of them down, the third was about to fire once more but it got shot down by a hyper shot from Peppy.
"Thanks for the help, Peppy-jisan," said Naruto gratefully.
"No thanks necessary Naruto, now let's go after that train," said Peppy.
The ape saw that they were catching up with him again "Take this!" he pushed a button to make one of the cannon cars fire at the side of the canyon to make large ores roll off and towards the Landmaster and Formula Zero. Thinking quickly, Naruto and Fox activated the thrusters of their vehicles to get them to jump over the rolling ores to avoid collision and resumed their pursuit much to the anger of the ape "Dang, detach the rear vehicle!" he unlocked the link connecting to the carrier cars and left them behind.
"Don't let them get to the supply depot!" said Peppy.
"We got it!" said Fox.
They drove the Landmaster and Formula Zero down a slope next to an elevated railroad as the ape continued to have the cannon car fire at the canyon wall to bring down more ores as obstructions but they were quickly cleared out of the way courtesy of hyper shots then Fox fired a Nova bomb to destroy the majority. They crossed underneath an archway to the other side of the railroad and climbed up an uphill slope.
"Ahh, someone help me!" Slippy was being pursued by a Bandit fighter and the others are dealing with other fighters at the moment. Fox locked on to the fighter and charged up a hyper shot before firing to shoot it down to the ground "Thanks Fox, I thought they had me,"
"No problem Slippy," said Fox, they reached the top of the slope to see the train entering a tunnel and quickly followed after it but then they maintained a certain distance out of caution.
"What's wrong? Come a little closer!" the ape taunted arrogantly.
"Like we're going to fall for that," Naruto retorted, soon enough they saw large metallic bars protruding from the tunnel walls to bar their way. Naruto and Fox used the thrusters of their vehicles to jump over them while rapidly firing at the cars and managed to destroy three of them before exiting from the tunnel.
"Just a bit more then you'll soon get to the train engine and destroy it," said Julie.
"Roger that," said Naruto.
Naruto and Fox continued to fire constantly at the cars and destroying several more but they took note that the train's acceleration increases each time a car is destroyed due to the gradual loss of weight, so they had to utilize the boost more often to keep up with it. Naruto took a manual aim at the next car and fired his grenade launcher with the explosive projectiles chipping away at the armor plating until destroying it to reveal a copperhead missile beneath.
"So they were planning to launch more of these missiles, well too bad cause they've gotta go like the rest of the stuff we've destroyed," Fox took aim at the copperhead missile and launched a Nova bomb to destroy it completely.
Falco then called out to the others "Hey guys I see a fuel bunker on right side and a track switcher up ahead,"
"I see what you're getting at Falco, changing the tracks to send the train crashing into the weapons factory and destroying both in one go," said Peppy thoughtfully.
"Like killing two birds with one stone!" said Slippy.
Falco growled in response "You'd better not be punning here,"
"You need to activate eight switches to open the lock to the switcher, I'm marking the switches on your radar," said Levy inputting some commands into the main consoles then blinking icons appeared on the team's mini map.
"Alright Levy-chan, we're on it," said Naruto with gusto.
Fox traced the switches #1 and #2 then shot to activate them on the left side of the railroad, Naruto found switch #3 on the right side before Fox shot switch #4 which was situated atop an elevated platform. Another fleet of Bandit fighters and Tripod fighters swooped in to attack them but Peppy and the others moved in to defend and were soon able to shoot them down before they got any closer, Naruto located switch #5 on the left side and shot to activate it.
"I didn't expect to have to use this…," the ape pushed a button which made the very last train car to open up and detached after something ascended into the air, it appears to be some sort of robotic machine with a pair of large wings and is tethered to the train via a long energy cable "You're very lucky!"
"What are we looking at here?" asked Fox.
"It seems to be some sort of biomechanical construct, but my analysis show it to be an experimental weapon as it doesn't possess an energy core hence why it is tethered to the train," Levy explained.
"We stick to the main plan and focus on changing the track lanes," said Fox.
"We'll back you up while you aim for the switches," said Falco.
The duo nodded in affirmation and maintained the pursuit whilst keeping an eye on their mini map for the remaining switch locations, the machine hovered overhead and keeping a lock-on the vehicles below then it suddenly swooped towards the Landmaster and swung its tail at it but Fox saw it coming and quickly activated a thruster to make the vehicle roll to the right to evade the attack. Fox shot open a gate with his laser cannon and passed through to find switch #6 and activated it. The machine switched targets to Naruto as it hovered before the Formula Zero and launched laser waves at it.
"Whoa there!" Naruto performed constant drift turns to evade the incoming projectiles, Falco swooped in with his laser cannon firing rapidly to hit the machine and force it away from Naruto. The blonde fox Faunus shot down a barrier ahead to reveal switch #7 and activated it as well "Just one more switch to open the lock guys,"
"Already found it and activating now!" said Fox as he fired a laser shot at switch #8, hence disabling the lock on the switcher.
"The switcher is open now, you can shoot it to change the lanes!" said Slippy.
"You better hurry though," said Falco.
"Step on the gas!" said the ape, making the train increase speed.
Naruto and Fox activated their boost to max output to get to the switcher and fired at the same time to have it change lanes.
"Good going you two!" said Peppy in approval, the crew slowed down to watch as the train went to the right at high-speed.
"NO! Hit the brakes!" the ape cried out in horror, the train began smashing through multiple barriers as the train crew attempted to slow the train down but to no avail and rapidly approached the Supply depot/ Weapons factory "I can't STOP IT!" the train went crashing into the building and moments later, series of explosions erupted throughout the facility before ending in a massive explosion.
"Taaamaayaa!" said Naruto jokingly before laughing as he and team moved away from the site.
Music End
"All aircraft report!" said Falco.
"I can see the look on their stupid faces," said Slippy gleefully.
"I'm sure we really hurt 'em this time," said Peppy.
"Looks like it's our turn to kick some tail!" said Falco with a smirk.
"Heh, I bet Andross will be tearing his hair over this," said Naruto with a foxy grin.
"Way to go guys! You did it!" said Chopper cheerfully.
"We're coming to pick you two up," said Julie.
"Roger that," said Fox in affirmation.
Soon enough, the Great Fox arrived and was flying overhead Naruto and Fox. The duo activated the thrusters of their vehicles to hover back into the launch bay before the battleship took to the air and flew out into space towards the next target.
Sometime later, the group had gone to rest a bit while the others namely Julie and Slippy were working on the starfighters and upgrading them a bit more for their next mission. Everyone could tell that things are definitely going to get more intense as they drew closer to planet Venom and eventually face Andross himself.
Naruto was currently in his room sharpening the Dragon Blade with a whet stone whilst sitting on his bed when he heard knocking on the door the responded "Come on in," the door slid open to reveal Levy walking in "Oh Levy-chan, what's up?"
"Nothing really, l left ROB to take over the maintenance of the bridge and thought to visit since I didn't have anything else to do right now," said Levy.
"I don't mind the company," Naruto smiled in response then he patted the space next to him "You can sit over here,"
Levy cheerfully fluttered over and plopped next to him "Great, so what do you think of all this?"
"About the progress in the Lylat Wars?" asked Naruto getting a nod of affirmation "Well I think that everything will finally become peaceful once Andross has been taken down,"
"Me too, but what happens after that?"
Naruto stopped sharpening the blade and looked deep in thought "I don't really know, but it's something to look forward to though. Jiji once said that the past is for remembrance, the present for action, and the future is a mystery waiting to be discovered. Something to look forward to if you ask me,"
Levy giggled in response "There's lots of things to learn about, and I'm sure it will be fun!"
"No doubt about that, Levy-chan," said Naruto with a foxy grin, causing the harpy to look away with a blush. Then the door slid open again to reveal Chopper at the doorway.
"Hey guys, Peppy's calling us to the bridge again for a mission briefing," said Chopper.
"Okay Chopper, we're heading over," Naruto sheathed the Dragon Blade and got up from the bed, Levy pouted at being interrupted during her time with him "Come on Levy-chan, let's go and find out about our next mission,"
"Okay Naruto,"
Levy jumped off the bed and followed Naruto as they left the room and made their way to the bridge where they saw Peppy, Falco and Julie who glared at Levy for clinging to Naruto already there. Soon Fox and Lilli arrived with Chopper and Slippy being the last to show up.
"Now that we're all gathered here, what's next on our agenda?" asked Naruto with his arms crossed.
Peppy proceeded to speak to the assembled group "As of now we're drawing close to Venom and hopefully ending this wars. However there is an obstacle which obstructs our path there," he pushed a button on the main console to activate the holographic projector to display a massive artificial satellite for them to see.
"What's that?" asked Levy.
"According to Intel, it is an artificial defense satellite which goes by the name Bolse and it was created by Andross himself to defend planet Venom,"
"So we'll have to take down the satellite first before we can get to Venom, what else is there to know about it?" asked Fox.
"The sheer size of the station and the amount of magnetic energy generated by the force field protecting it resulted in a strong gravitational field. The satellite utilizes a fusion of biomutated energy and nuclear power as its core to battle enemy ships," said Peppy.
"But that kind of energy would be highly unstable, a slight misstep would result in a massive explosive or worse," Julie spoke up with a small frown.
Peppy nodded in affirmation "That's correct, which is why Andross constructed six reactor pylons to cool and stabilize the generator. Our objective is to destroy the reactor pylons to disable the force field and expose the satellite's core then attack it to trigger a meltdown,"
"And that way, we can enter Venom air space with lesser problems," said Naruto.
"Now that we got the gist of things, let's go wreck it already," said Falco with his arms crossed.
"The starfighters are all prepped up and ready to go," said Slippy with Julie nodding in agreement.
"Alright team, let's move out!" said Fox with gusto.
Sometime later, the team deployed from the Great Fox and made headway for Bolse. The satellite had detected the crew and launched its laser cannons but wasn't able to keep a beat on them as they rapidly approached the target to commence with their main objective.
"Okay guys, time to carry out with the mission!" said Fox.
"Roger!" the rest replied.
Music start: Star Fox 64 OST; Bolse
"We've marked the locations of the six reactor pylons on your maps, they shouldn't be hard to miss," said Levy.
"Got it!" Naruto responded as they drew closer, but then something started to mess with the Striker's flight stability "Whoa, what the heck is going on?"
"It must be the gravitational field which Peppy was talking about, it should go away once the pylons are destroyed," said Slippy.
"In that case, Naruto and I will go after the energy towers while you keep the enemies busy and off our backs," said Fox, receiving affirmation from the others as they split up.
Naruto quickly approached the first of the energy towers which was radiating energy towards the force field protecting the satellite's core while maintaining his flight and was taking manual aim when sudden two laser cannons flanking the energy tower came online and opened fire towards him. Naruto resorted to using the barrel roll to deflect the incoming laser projectiles as he wasn't too sure of evasion with the current situation at hand. He sharply took aim and fired at the laser cannons rapidly to destroy them.
"Now for the energy tower," Naruto charged up a hyper shot and launched it at the energy tower before following it up with a few more shots to guarantee its destruction "Got one moving onto to the next energy tower!"
"Okay Naruto," Fox had reached the next energy tower and was moving in to destroy but a couple of Bolse fighters got in the way and was firing at him, he managed to evade and returned fire but the shots bounced off upon contact "What just happened?"
"Those ships are shielded too, not even the hyper shot did anything!" said Slippy, having already tried so.
"I guess that they capable of drawing power from the satellite to power their shield systems, I'm sure that once the force field is down then their shields are nullified," said Julie.
"You two heard that? Better hurry up and destroy those energy towers, so I'll cover you in the meantime Fox!" said Falco.
"Got it, moving in!" Fox pulled off a few sharp turns to get past the fighters and towards the energy tower, he quickly took down the laser cannons guarding it before destroying the second energy tower "I got the second one!"
"Good going Fox, keep it up!" said Peppy in approval.
Back with Naruto, he was currently performing aerial maneuvers to evade the pursing Bolse fighters that were shooting at him. He activated his semblance to create several Accel decoys to confuse them then he triggered his boost and plasma wing blades simultaneously to rush towards the third energy tower, slicing it and the laser cannons cleanly in half.
"That's three so far, you're halfway there!" said Levy.
Peppy was using hyper shots to knock away the trio of Bolse fighters which were pursuing Fox who was making his way to the next energy tower then Falco boosted ahead to destroy the laser cannons, giving their leader the opportunity to take out the fourth energy tower. Naruto was currently being backed up by Slippy as he targeted the fifth energy tower and took aim before launching a Nova bomb to destroy it along with its laser cannons.
"I got the last one!" said Naruto then he activated his Plasma wing blades once more before boosting towards the next energy tower whilst charging up a hyper shot, he locked onto the tower and fired first before slicing through it and the laser cannons "There, all of the energy towers are destroyed!"
"Way to go Naruto, our scanners are detecting that the force field is disappearing with the same going for the shields on the enemy fighters," said Levy happily.
"Now all we have to do is aim for the satellite's core then we're all done here," said Fox.
"Looks like we've got company!" said Falco as multiple Bolse fighters emerged from the core before smirking "And it's time for a little payback!"
The team proceeded to take on the Bolse fighters and this time were able to destroy them much more easily now that the shielding has been crippled, however the enemy fighters have proven themselves to be just as formidable as they were proving themselves to be tougher challenges compared to the Bandit fighters. The members of the Star Fox had to watch each other's backs to avoid getting shot down but they were winning the dogfight.
"The satellite's core is now exposed," said ROB, drawing the team's attention towards the center where a tall black octangular pillar with yellow nodes attached rose into the air.
"Alright then, let's take it out!" said Fox.
"Guys I'm picking up four fighters heading your way, it's them!" Julie suddenly spoke up in worry.
"Who are you talking about?" asked Fox, then a familiar voice spoke up through the comms.
Music Change: Star Fox 64 OST; Star Wolf's Theme
"Playtime's over, Star Fox!" said Wolf as he and his crew arrived at the satellite to engage their targets.
"I think I'll torture you for a while," said Leon.
"Your daddies screamed REAL good before they died!" said Pigma haughtily, causing Naruto and Fox to grit their teeth in rage.
"You'll be sorry you crossed us!" said Andrew.
"I hope you're prepared to die Dobe," said Sasuke with a smirk.
"Star Wolf again? Why now?" said Fox in annoyance.
"We need to take them out first before going after the satellite's core," said Peppy.
"I'm down with that!" said Falco before moving in to engage Leon in a dogfight.
Naruto was flying from left to right constantly to evade the shots fired at him from Sasuke who was currently in pursuit, he applied the brakes and ascended slightly for Sasuke to fly past him before applying the boost for a rapid switch of roles and was now firing at the rogue Uchiha. However Sasuke was evading most of the shots despite a few landing on him.
"Not bad Dobe, but see how you like this!" Sasuke performed a U-turn to charge at Naruto, both fighters rapidly fired at each other while deflecting most of the others shots, then they tilted their fighters to the side and flew past at the last minute.
"I'm just getting started Sasuke!" said Naruto with a glare.
"Take care of the guy behind me, Naruto!" Peppy called out as Pigma was right behind him and was firing his laser cannon.
"I'll do you fast Peppy old pal!" said Pigma gleefully.
"I don't think so, Pigma-teme!" Naruto located the traitor and activated his boost to close the distance with a hyper shot charged up then locked on before firing to hit the Wolfen, forcing him to fly away from Peppy.
"Damn you!" Pigma growled angrily.
"Thanks Naruto, your father helped me like that too!" said Peppy.
"No problem Peppy-jisan," the HUD quickly alerted Naruto of him being locked on then he barrel rolled to the right whilst leaving behind an Accel clone to take the hit, realizing that it came from Sasuke "Nice try teme!"
Fox himself was dealing with Wolf while at the same time shooting down any Bolse fighters that got in his way, he performed a barrel roll to deflect a volley of laser shots from Wolf when he banked to the left with the pursuer still behind him.
"You'll be seeing your dad soon, Fox!" said Wolf with a sneer.
"That's what you think, Wolf!" Fox activated his boost and performed a somersault to quickly position himself behind Wolf "Take this!" he fired his laser cannon rapidly to damage the Wolfen before Wolf managed to fly out of his range.
"You're good but I'm better!" said Wolf.
"We'll just see about that!" Fox replied.
"Shoot, he's right behind me!" Falco gritted his teeth in frustration as he flew past the Bolse fighters led by Leon as they fired at the Arwing and he was evading the best he could.
"You're not as tough as I thought, this is the end for you!" said Leon haughtily, at that moment a white and blue blur blitzed through the Bolse fighters which destroyed them before slowing down to reveal that it was the Kitsune Striker with its plasma wing blades active "What?"
"He's all yours Falco!" Naruto called out.
"I guess you're for something Naruto!" said Falco with a smirk, he activated his boost to pull out ahead of Leon before performing a U-turn while still upside down "Time for some payback!" then he fired rapidly to destroy a wing of the Wolfen then charged up a hyper shot to finish him off.
"This can't be happening!" Leon cried out in denial as he crashed to the ground.
"Hmph, that's what happens when you underestimate me," Falco snorted in response, he turned to see that Naruto was still battling Sasuke "Looks like you're busy,"
"Yeah, check to see if the others need your help," said Naruto while banking left to evade laser fire.
"Already on it!" Falco flew off and saw Slippy being chased by Andrew and went after them, he got behind his target and fired rapidly to force him away from his teammate "I'm here to rescue you!"
"Thanks Falco, he almost had me!" said Slippy with relief, his radar picked up a fleet of Bolse fighter heading their way then he took aim at them and fired a Nova bomb before remotely detonating it to destroy them once within range.
Andrew came round and was flying towards them again "Bow before the great Andross!"
"Sorry but we refuse!" Falco and Slippy took aim and shot at the incoming opponent, inflicting stacking damage before firing a double hyper shot to bring him.
"Uncle Androoosss!" Andrew yelled despairingly.
"Sheesh, don't know whether he's loyal or a fanatic for that insane uncle of his," said Falco shaking his head.
"I hear that, let's go help the others," said Slippy, then they split up to do just that.
Naruto continued to outmaneuver Sasuke with his speed and Accel decoys but the rogue Uchiha wasn't so easily outpaced with use of his Sharingan and continued to keep a beat on him though couldn't help be feel annoyed at all this.
"How long do you intend to keep playing this game of cat and mouse Dobe?" Sasuke demanded.
Naruto simply smirked in response "Who said we were playing a game? I've been serious this whole time and now I'm going to end it," he pressed a few buttons on the console then the HUD displayed the words [Hyper Mode Initiated], the engine surged with more power than normal and the Kitsune Striker is enshrouded with an orange aura "Let's see if you can keep an eye on me this time!" he took off at mach speeds with the appearance of a shooting star.
Sasuke's eyes widened in disbelief at what he's seeing, he couldn't keep Naruto within his sights and watched the starfighter blast through the Bolse fighters in its path "What's going on, how is he doing this?!" before he could react, Naruto was already with an empowered hyper shot which came out in the form of a beam and destroyed a majority of the Wolfen beyond function as it crashed to the ground "How I be so easily defeated?!"
"Should have known better Sasuke," Naruto shook his head in disappointment "Better wrap this up while the hyper mode is still active…I just found my next target," Naruto sharply steered the Kitsune Striker towards Pigma who gulped in fear upon being targeted "This is for our fathers!" he activated the plasma wing blades which resembled that of a bird's as he slashed through the traitor's fighter for it to explode.
"Noooooo, my beautiful reward!" Pigma screamed in dismay.
"Hmph, serves you right," Naruto scoffed, then the aura enshrouding the Kitsune Striker dissipated with the system alerting him of overheat "Well, I'm sure the others can take care of the rest,"
Fox and Wolf were still going at it head to head but the former was able to pull off a couple of moves to get an edge in the dogfight but Wolf wasn't giving in either and fought back with much ferocity. Fox was currently being chased by Wolf who was firing laser shots rapidly which were being deflected via barrel rolls.
"Wait for it, wait for it…," Fox was timing his next move when he saw the opportunity and seized it "…Now!" he performed an inverse somersault with charging up a hyper shot to appear behind Wolf.
"What the heck?!" Wolf was stunned yet again.
"Take this!" he fired to inflict critical damage and sent the Wolfen crashing down to the ground.
"I…can't…lost!" Wolf roared in anger.
"Good job Fox, now let's end all this by destroying the satellite's core," said Peppy.
"Roger that," said Fox.
Naruto spoke up "I already dealt a lot of damage on it when I was in hyper mode, so you guys can wrap this up,"
"Thanks for that Naruto," the others targeted the core at the center and fired Nova bombs at it for maximum damage, then the entire began to shake and rumble violently.
"Guys, the core is now undergoing bionuclear meltdown so you all need to get out of there right now!" said Levy in alert.
"Got it, we're hightailing it out of there!" Fox quickly flew away from the satellite with the others right behind him, they had placed a safe distance in time for the artificial defense satellite to be destroyed in a massive explosion.
Music End
"Way to go everyone, the path to Venom is now open," said Fox.
"We're drawing to the end of all this," said Peppy.
"Yup," said Slippy.
"Time to finally get these monkeys off our backs," said Falco.
"We're gonna have the last hurrah!" said Naruto but then he had over thoughts "I didn't see any of the Wolfen before we left, especially Sasuke's. Could they have somehow retreated without us noticing? I better keep an eye out for them,"
The Star Fox crew made their way back to the Great Fox to prepare for what will one of the greatest battles of their lives, there will be no rest once they deploy for their final assault on Andross and the Venomian army.
This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Levy reveals to that Andross has been using the resources to construct weapons for his army in the Lylat wars so they launched an assault to take out the source and were successfully able to do so with extra along the way. The Star Fox are now drawing close to planet Venom but they had to disable the artificial defense satellite defending the planet. During the operation, the team had another encounter with Star Wolf who appeared to interrupt them yet again, however Naruto and the others were able to defeat them along with destroying the satellite. Now they're drawing close to the climax of the Lylat wars and there's going to be only one victor!
The next chapter will hopefully mark the end of the Star Fox 64 arc, be sure to look forward to it. Until then read and review as always.
This is Hussbek from Ghana.
Signing out.
