FLIGHT OF THE KITSUNE STAR STRIKER

Chapter 9: Bringing down the House

In the confines of space around the planet Venom, a squadron of twin finned starships with a dorsal fin adorning the insignia of Andross on the sides called Vipers were currently being led by an assigned lieutenant which appears to be a green caiman lizard on patrol of the area before giving a report to his superior.

"Caiman here, no problems," said the lieutenant, a suddenly a laser blast came from out of nowhere and destroyed one of the Vipers much to his shock as he quickly sought out the instigator of the attack and was horrified to discover who it was "Do you copy? Star Fox is here, emergency maneuvers!"

Sure enough, the Star Fox team has appeared as Fox led the assault with Naruto and the others following him and the Great Fox was taking up the rear, fully armed and ready to take down the Venomian army!

Falco smirked in anticipation of the upcoming battle "It's too late you guys, game over!"

"Alright everyone, it's a straight line from here to Venom so let's punch through!" said Naruto.

"We'll lend you guys a hand from the Great Fox when you need us!" said Julie.

Music start: Star Fox 64 OST; Area 6

"Entering Venom air defense zone, go all out!" said Fox as the team advanced.

"Everyone stay alert!" Peppy cautioned them.

Their first encounter was the Umbra-class defense station built in the shape of a large wheel with two spikes as spokes, it tilted itself towards the group and launched a volley of shots and was soon supported by a swarm of Venom Space fighters. The team took evasion action while performing barrel rolls to deflect a majority of the incoming laser fire then Falco and Fox launched hyper shots to destroy the Venom fighters whilst Naruto and Peppy concentrated fire on the defense station to take it out as well as they continued their advance.

"Space mines ahead!" Slippy called out in alert.

"I'll clear them out of the way!"

Peppy fired a Nova bomb and remotely detonated it to destroy a large number of the space mines in order to clear out a path for the others. Several defense stations were positioned ahead with Venom fighters flying around so they rapidly fired at the formers quickly before they could be attacked then switched targets to the Venom fighters to take them down.

"Bogeys behind me, am I getting slow?" Falco was being pursued by a small group of Vipers, Fox was quick to back him up as he quickly activated his boost to catch up before launching a hyper shot to shoot them down before they could do the same for Falco "Thanks Fox, now let's clean up this mess!"

"You got it!" said Fox.

Naruto and the others soon caught up and proceeded to shoot at the incoming enemies, Naruto picked up Venom fighters chasing after him and performed a somersault whilst leaving behind an Accel Decoy as a distraction to appear behind them before firing his laser cannon rapidly to take them out. A swarm of Butterfly Fighters appeared from behind a defense station to attack by firing cyan plasma bursts, Peppy banked right to the right to avoid the attack before returning fire with Slippy joining in to take them out.

"Hold still and let me shoot you!" Falco was chasing down a lone Viper which was attempting to escape him as he charged up his laser cannon then locked on to it and fired a hyper shot to take it out "Gotcha!"

Up ahead, they saw a fleet of Harlock-class frigates heading in their direction to intercept them as they deployed clusters of heat-seeking missiles towards the Star Fox team, causing them to quickly shoot at the incoming enemy missiles before they got any closer then switched to attacking the assault frigates which were holding on strong, then they heard Julie speak up from the Great Fox.

"Let's help you guys out on this one!" said Julie, she manipulated the controls on the bridge and had the Great Fox fire its large laser cannons towards the Harlock frigates to inflict excessive damage which made it easier for the Arwings and Kitsune Striker "All clear, now you can move on ahead,"

"Thanks Julie-chan!" said Naruto gratefully.

"Incoming enemy missiles!" Slippy called out in alert, approaching the team are what appear to be drill-shaped rockets which are currently heading their way.

"Those are Ninjin missiles, they're not as powerful as the Copperhead missiles but they can pierce through your shields!" said Levy.

"Shoot 'em down! We're being marked!" said Peppy, everyone began firing at the incoming missiles as fast as they could, the missiles proved to be faster than the Copperhead missiles but the team managed to detonate them halfway before the potentially powerful explosives drew any closer.

A communication channel opened up to display a Venomian commander who is a green lizard wearing a red uniform with white collared stripes and a red helmet with yellow horns and the insignia of Andross on the front spoke up "Did we get 'em?"

"Not yet sir!" Caiman responded.

"They're on me, I'm getting careless!" Peppy was flying as fast as he could from a volley of heat seeking missiles, Naruto increased the speed of the Kitsune Striker to go after them before firing a couple of hyper shots to take them out before they could hit him "Thanks Naruto, your father helped me like that too!"

"No problem there Peppy-Jiji," Naruto replied

He snapped back into focus upon seeing a fleet of new starfighters heading their way, they appear to be star-arrow shaped starfighters identified to be Star Warriors by Levy which were flying in an angular rotation and firing laser shots at him and the others. Naruto performed a barrel roll then triggered his boost whilst activating his plasma wing blades to slice through all of them in one go. Suddenly their communication channel switch on to display someone whom everyone began glaring at especially Naruto, Fox and Peppy being more intense. He is a primate with white fur framing around his face and appears to be very old but the eyes of madness can be easily seen.

"Ah the sons of James McCloud and Minato Namikaze," said the primate.

"Andross!" Fox growled in anger.

"Those tin cans are no match for me!"

"Why don't you come over here and test that theory!" said Naruto angrily with his body emitting aura.

Andross simply laughed "Hahahahahaha! You can never defeat me!"

"We'll see about that!" said Peppy.

"Once you're all destroyed, I'll make those mutts pay!"

"In your dreams, you crazy monkey!" Naruto refuted.

The Star Fox team continued to push through the fleet, destroying the defense stations which attempted to attack as well as the ambushing Butterfly Fighters. The Killer Bee fighters were the next to make their appearance and firing spiraling rainbow beams but were eventually destroyed like the others before them.

"They've broken through the first line!" said Caiman in a panic.

Several squads of Venom fighters appeared to intercept but Naruto and Falco teamed up to boost ahead of the others and rapidly shot at the fighters with a hyper shot every now and then for radial damage to clear them out with lesser attacks. A squad of six Star Warrior fighters conjoined to unleash stronger but Falco launched a Nova bomb to quickly take them all out at once before moving on with the other having caught up. Ahead of them, they saw Zeram-class cruisers along with the Harlock frigates in a much larger fleet compared to the last one.

"Alright guys, we're gonna break through that fleet!" said Fox, getting nods of affirmation from the others. They charged forwards, a squadron of Triangle fighters swooped in to attack only for Peppy to launch a hyper shot to take them all out in one go. Naruto and Fox fired at the bridges of the Zeram Cruisers rapidly with their laser cannons to destroy them then flying past for the next targets.

"They're through the second line!" Caiman was in a panic.

"Fire! Fire! Don't let them through!" the commander felt the same way.

"The Great Fox will assist you!" said ROB then he fired the ship's cannons to destroy more of the Zeram Cruisers and Harlock frigates, they kept up with the momentum to destroy the smaller enemies along the way during the barrage until it ended before retargeting the ships once more and laid waste to them.

"Venom's right there!" Slippy was unaware that a Butterfly Fighter was sneaking up on him, but Fox locked on to it and fired a hyper shot to bring it down before it could attack "Huh?"

"You gotta be more careful Slippy, you let your guard down!" said Fox after bringing down another Zeram Cruiser.

"Sorry Fox,"

"The last line has been breached," said Caiman.

"These guys are crazy!" the commander couldn't believe what was happening right, one team…just ONE small team was able to break through their defensive fleet! This is unprecedented as not even the Cornerian Army would be capable of such a feat! He saw the Star Fox go past the last line of defense and began approaching Venom "Dang! DEPLOY IT NOW!"

Suddenly the team's systems began picking up and signature of an incoming enemy with Slippy and Levy investigating it to find out the kind of enemy approaching to oppose them.

"Incoming enemy…but this one's different from the others," said Slippy.

"Crud! We were so close to Venom!" Falco growled in annoyance.

"Everyone be on guard, we don't know what we're up against," said Fox.

Then the enemy actually phased into existence before them much to their surprise as they weren't expecting that at all. It has the appearance of a massive disk-shaped machine with three long metal tentacles and a small blue energy core at the center.

"Just what is this thing?" asked Peppy.

"We don't know, but what we can tell you is that the technology is higher than any we had encountered and it's called Gorgon from the bits of information in the Intel. So please be careful!" said Julie.

"Will do, this has to be Venom's true final line of defense so let's destroy it then Andross is all ours!" said Naruto with determination, getting the others to feel the same way and prepare to battle.

Music Switch: Star Fox 64 OST; Boss Battle One

The gorgon was the first to attack as it lashed out with its metallic tentacles at the Star Fox team, causing them to take evasive action. Naruto took a shot at the shell only for it to have no effect whatsoever which he somehow expected just by looking at it with the same going for the blue energy core at the center.

"Any suggestion on how to hurt this thing?" asked Naruto whilst banking hard to the right to evade a tentacle being swung at him.

"Try destroying the tentacles, that would force it to do something else," Peppy spoke up.

"Sounds like the best place to start with,"

Naruto performed a quick evasion with an Accel Decoy to take the hit in his place then rapidly fired at one of the tentacles and successfully destroyed it, Fox swooped down from above and launched a hyper shot to strike the second tentacle and followed it up with a few additional shots to destroy it. Falco was the next to attack as he boosted forwards to outpace the last tentacle then sharply braked to take accurate aim then fired with his laser cannon to take out the last tentacle. The Gorgon phased out of reality to reappear a fair distance away from the team then it proceeded to deploy volleys of heat-seeking missiles towards them, they quickly shot down most of the incoming missiles whilst dodging the rest before it relocated itself before them. The Gorgon opened itself up in three sections like that of flower petals to reveal what appears to be metal teeth along the inside of each 'petal', they also saw three red energy balls orbiting around the blue energy core.

Naruto felt a bit suspicious about the energy balls and so shot to destroy them which seemed to have caused some reaction as the blue energy core began blinking red and yellow erratically, he shot at the energy core and saw that the laser blasts were actually damaging it and so pressed on until it closed up with the metal tentacles restored before phasing away to reappear far from them.

"Looks like we found a way to hurt it, now to do some real damage!" said Falco.

"Everybody look sharp, we're not out of the woods yet!" said Peppy.

The Gorgon swung its tentacles at its targets only to miss then it deployed a squad of Rock Gunners to attack, Slippy and Peppy moved in to take them out with hyper shots whilst defending with barrel rolls and at the same time Falco and Naruto were taking out the tentacles in order to force it to open up once more. Fox quickly took aim at the energy balls which were changing directions each time one was destroyed before striking at the energy core until it retreated again while closing up. The Gorgon deployed both missiles and Rock Gunners which were quickly taken out by the Star Fox team then it reappeared before them and opened up to reveal its core, but the energy balls were nowhere to be seen.

"Hey what gives? Where are the energy balls?" asked Naruto confusedly.

"Everyone be careful, we're detecting a large concentration of energy at the energy core," said Levy in alert.

"It's about to attack, take evasive action!" said Fox,

They all quickly moved out of the way just as the Gorgon launched a massive rainbow-colored laser beam. Naruto and the others had to move out of the way of the laser's trajectory as the Gorgon backed away whilst closing up with its tentacles restored for them having to destroy with their laser cannons along with the missiles launched at them. The Gorgon reappeared before them to open up and this time the energy balls were present, Naruto and Fox teamed up to shoot up the energy balls then Falco took the shot at the energy core and forced it to retreat.

"Just a little more guys, then it's done!" said Slippy excitedly.

The Gorgon was no attacking in a frenzy as it swung its tentacles whilst deploying both Rock Gunners and missiles at the same time in an attempt to overwhelm the group, they quickly fought back by firing hyper shots at the gunners to take them down then Slippy fired a Nova bomb towards the missiles to take them all out once before Peppy and Falco shot at the tentacles to make it open up, Naruto and Fox conjoined to destroy the energy balls before attacking the now red energy core. The critically damaged space station was unable to take anymore as it was sent hurtling and spiraling from the attacks to its core and was soon destroyed in a giant explosion.

"Way to go guys, you did it!" said Levy happily.

Music End

"The path is now clear for us to advance," said Peppy.

"Hold on, we're now entering Venom airspace!" said Fox.

"I wish you all good luck, please return safely," Lily worriedly.

Fox remained ever determined "We most certainly will!"

The team proceeded with the descent to the planet and was soon flying over the landscape which appears to consist of a barren surface, the atmosphere full of poisonous smog and a vast acidic ocean. Up ahead they saw what seems to be the entrance to Andross's base and began their descent towards it for the final assault.

"We're finally here, time for the big finish!" said Naruto gripping the controls with a small sense of nervousness

"You're right about that, time for Andross to be saying his prayers," said Fox.

"Don't get too cocky, Star Fox!" an all too familiar voice spoke up through the comm channel.

Music Start: Star Fox 64 OST; Star Wolf's Theme

The team looked to see five starfighters heading their way and immediately recognized who they are…Star Wolf is back and have returned with upgraded ships it seems.

"Let's see how you handle our new ships!" said Leon.

"Too bad dads' not here to see you fail!" said Pigma.

"We'll make sure you never reach Andross!" Andrew declared.

"You all will be defeated this time!" said Sasuke.

"We'll just see about that, Star Fox!" Fox retorted.

"I'm never to going to get tired of shooting you down Pigma! And as for you Sasuke, I'm gonna have to forgo shooting you and rather punch you in face before dragging you back to Elementia after this!" said Naruto angrily.

The Star Fox flew to engage Star Wolf in yet another dogfight, they came to discover that their targeting computers and Nova bombs don't seem to be working against them much to their confusion.

"Bet you're wondering why your gimmicks are working, Andross built these ships with anti-systems to make us immune to your hyper shots and Nova bombs!" said Pigma haughtily.

"Then we'll just have to be more manual about this," said Falco, then he targeted Leon and was pursuing him while preparing to fire when Leon performed a somersault to behind him to fire with his twin laser cannons. Thinking fast, Falco sharply braked for Leon to fly past for a rapid switch of positions and fired rapidly to damage him "You guys just don't give up!"

Leon quickly performed another somersault and flew away to avoid additional damage to the Wolfen II "Not yet, the party is just beginning!"

"I could use some help over here Fox!" Naruto called out as he was constantly veering from left to right with Sasuke pursuing him and constantly firing his laser cannons, the Accel Decoys weren't having as much effect due to his opponent's Sharingan singling him out every time.

"I'm on it!" Fox performed a U-turn to temporarily get away from Wolf and quickly boosted to catch up and shot at Sasuke to force him away from Naruto "Doing okay?"

"I'm just peachy, and here's a little favor for ya!" Naruto quickly maneuvered himself to fly over Fox and shot at Wolf who was coming at them and was forced to retreat from the ensuing attack "Now for you teme!" Naruto activated his plasma wing blades and his boost simultaneously in pursuit of Sasuke who saw him coming and boosted as well to outmaneuver him, the blonde fox Faunus kept up with him then triggered a burst of speed to strike which damaged one of the Wolfen II's wings but still capable of flight.

"Tch, this is far from over Dobe!" said Sasuke angrily.

Peppy was also facing Pigma was chasing after him and shooting wildly to get a hit in and inflicted a few hits so far "Give it up Peppy, you'll soon be joining our old friends!"

Peppy growled in response "That's what you think Pigma!" he performed a U-turn to fly past Pigma. The pig scoffed at his attempt to escape from him and performed a U-turn as well to give chase as well, however he was taken completely by surprise upon seeing Peppy flying straight for him with his laser cannon firing rapidly and was unable to put up any kind of defense leading to him crashing to the ground.

"This can't be happening!" Pigma cried out in disbelief.

"That was for betraying us Pigma!" said Peppy.

"Nice ship!" said Slippy sarcastically as he exchanged fire with Andrew in the air, he was analyzing the Wolfen II's spec while in the middle of action.

"No compliment will save you from the might of Andross!" Andrew declared as he fired at Slippy.

"We'll just have to see about that!" Slippy performed the barrel roll multiple times to deflect the laser shots towards then hit the brake to slow down and have Andrew fly past him pursuit before going after him and attacked from behind with his laser cannon "I've been analyzing your ship this whole time and I know just where to strike, like over here!" Slippy charged up a hyper shot despite being unable to lock on and fired for it to hit in between the afterburners which caused it to malfunction and explode for it to plummet to the ground below.

"Ahhhhhh!" Andrew cried out in despair as his starfighter exploded.

Leon was beginning to corner Falco and inflicting a lot of damage much to the latter's annoyance as he keeps trying to get away from his opponent "Man I can't shake this guy!"

"Face it annoying bird, you can't escape from the great Leon!" the chameleon took aim and fired once more when suddenly an Arwing intercepted to deflect the incoming shot with a barrel roll, revealing it to be to be Peppy. Falco seized the opportunity to perform a quick U-turn to attack with his laser cannon firing rapidly to send the Wolfen II crashing down to the ground "No! This wasn't supposed to happen!"

"I suppose I should be thankful," said Falco.

"Pretty much, now let's go help the others take down the rest," said Peppy.

"This is far enough Sasuke!" Naruto performed a barrel roll to defend against some laser shots fired at him before using his semblance to move to the side and leave behind an Accel Decoy in place as he turned to face Sasuke "We've wasted enough time as it is with this fight!"

"I don't see you defeating me as far I can tell Dobe!" Sasuke taunted.

"Oh you won't alright, overdrive!" Naruto transferred a lot of energy to the afterburners to a rapid increase in speed though it isn't close to that of the Hyper Mode and was nothing more than blur. Sasuke struggled to keep an eye on the blonde fox which became increasingly difficult when he created Accel Decoys to distract him, Naruto proceeded to pelt him with laser shots from different directions then followed it up by using the Plasma wing blades to slice the Wolfen II's wings off to send him careening to the ground.

"Damn you!" Sasuke raged.

"You have no one to blame but yourself, you have no idea how you're hurting Mikoto-san and Itachi-san," Naruto responded stoically, he heard an explosion and turned to see that Fox managed to shoot down Wolf "Guess he's finished over there too,"

Music End

"I'm going it alone!" said Fox as he flew towards the entrance leading towards Andross.

"Fox wait!" Slippy called out to stop him when someone flew past him and saw who it is "Naruto!?"

"I'm not gonna let you go solo on this one Fox, I'm coming too!" Naruto declared, quickly flying after him into the entrance as well with it closing up to prevent further.

"…you two better not go dying us, I wouldn't know how to face James and Minato if you did," Peppy could only mutter and wait for the duo's return.


Naruto and Fox were currently flying down the tunnel towards where Andross is sure to be waiting for them, to them this is more than putting an end to the Lylat wars…this is personal. Both foxes lost their fathers to this mad scientist and was responsible for the deaths of many close to them. The duo went deeper when their communication channel turned on to displayed their hated enemy taunting them.

"I've been waiting for you, Star Fox," they chose to ignore the monkey and continued to move on and went through the left tunnel "You know that I control the galaxy," they went right "It is foolish to come against me," A left turn "You will die like your fathers," a right turn down another tunnel "Now you will feel true pain!" the duo took another right into a dark tunnel and found themselves in some sort of distorted space with a multicolored atmosphere, emerging from the shadows was a giant disembodied head and robotic hands with glowing multicolored gems within the palms.

"Andross!" Fox growled in anger at the sight of their enemy.

"Time has come for the sons to follow the shared fate of their fathers!" Andross laughed arrogantly.

"Wrong Andross, it's rather the time for us to finish what our fathers started…which is destroying you and putting an end to your mad ambitions!" said Naruto with eyes full of determination.

"We shall see!"

Music Start: Star Fox 64 OST; Andross Battle

Andross reared one of the fists back and swung at Naruto and Fox but the duo quickly flew out of the way before retaliating by firing their laser cannons but it didn't seem to having an effect on the ape who chortled arrogantly then he lashed out to grab them only to miss one more with them barrel rolling out of the way to avoid getting smashed. Naruto was seeking out for something like a weak point by firing at random parts of Andross's and coming up with nothing unless…

"Fox, aim for his eyes!" Naruto called out.

"Got it!" Fox performed a somersault to evade another incoming punch from Andross then took aim to fire at one of his eyes, causing the ape to groan in pain and rub them with one of the hands "Those gems on the palms look suspicious Naruto, let's trying aiming for that too,"

"Sounds like a viable plan so far," said Naruto, targeted the gem on the left hand and fired rapidly at it until Andross recovered from the attack on the eyes.

"You little rats, take this!" said Andross angrily,

Then he pointed an index finger of his right hand to project purple lightning blasts from the tip, Naruto and Fox quickly took evasive action to avoid getting hit by the electrical attack until he stopped firing. Naruto recovered and fired at the eyes but Andross wasn't falling for that the second time as he used one hand to shield the eyes from the laser shots then used the other to attack Naruto which forced him to use his semblance to distract him with an Accel Decoy, Fox capitalized on the opportunity to shoot at the partially exposed eye to make Andross rub at them again.

Naruto wasn't taking any chances this time as he charged up a hyper shot despite being unable to lock-on and fired at the gem on the left hand, successfully destroying it "That's one down…whoa!" he hastily performed a somersault to avoid a swipe from an angry Andross who was glaring at the blonde fox Faunus.

"Damn you! Furry rat!" Andross yelled.

"Oi I'm not a rat, I'm a fox Faunus! Get it right!" Naruto retorted.

"And don't forget about me!" Fox swooped down from above and fired at the eyes, to distract him before he and Naruto teamed up to destroy the remaining hand, further aggravating the mad scientist. Andross then opened his mouth widely and began to inhale deeply, dragging the duo towards him with the powerful vacuuming force "He's trying to suck us in!"

Naruto's mind raced for a way out of this situation, then he came up with an idea and a crazy one at that "Well if he's trying to have us for lunch then I have just the substitute, eat this Andross-teme!" he fired a Nova bomb straight into Andross's mouth which got him to stop inhaling.

Moments later the ape's entire face bulged for a couple seconds with steam coming out of his ears and nose then his mouth as he screamed out loud in pain "Ahhhhhh!"

"Now, fire while he's still vulnerable!" Naruto and Fox proceeded to fire rapidly with their laser cannons to attack Andross with the shots having an effect on him this time, Andross screamed again in pain as his head began to explode in bits and pieces before exploding in a bright flash of light until it died down to reveal something else in his place…something ghastly.

"What the heck…just what has this guy done to himself!?" Naruto was aghast at what he and Fox are looking at.

Before the duo is a gigantic pink brain with whip-like tentacles below the medulla and a pair of large eyeballs which seem have purple electricity linking them together. Falco was right…Andross is truly an insane fool!

"Only I have to brains to rule Lylat!" Andross proclaimed arrogantly.

"So Andross, you finally show your true form! Now it's time to end all this!" Fox had the Arwing switch to All-Range mode to engage Andross alongside Naruto in the final round of this battle.

Music Change: Star Fox 64 OST; Ultimate Andross

The eyeballs detached from the brain flew after the two starfighters while firing laser shots at the duo, Naruto and Fox took evasive action and performed a couple of barrel rolls to deflect the incoming shots before returning fire, the eyeballs continued to pursue the duo who were using the boost to keep away and took aim at the brain and fired but it teleported out of the way and reappeared behind Naruto with the tentacles reaching out to snag the Kitsune Striker. Naruto hastily performed a somersault whilst leaving behind an Accel Decoy to take the hit for him and put a distance between him and Andross's brain.

"We need to deal with the eyeballs or they'll keep luring us to ambushes of the brain!" said Fox, he performed a barrel roll to deflect the incoming laser shots from the pursuing laser shots and charged up a hyper shot to strike the pursuing eyeball then finished it by launching his last Nova bomb and remotely detonating it once close enough to the target to take it out.

"Roger that!" Naruto turned his attention to the eyeball pursuing him and barrel rolled to the right to deploy an Accel Decoy to distract the eyeball and appear behind it before firing rapidly at it, he activated the plasma wing blades and boost to slice through the eyeball to destroy it "That takes care of one, now for the brain,"

"Gah! Naruto, I need some help over here!" Fox cried out, Naruto turned round to see that Fox's Arwing had been caught by the brain's tentacles and was being slowly constricted.

"Hang on Fox, I'm coming!" Naruto boosted at high-speed and activated his plasma wing blades along the way then sliced through cleanly through the tentacles, freeing Fox from Andross's clutches "You okay buddy?"

"I am now, thanks to you," Fox checked to see that his systems are still and so snapped back into focus and targeted Andross to fire with his laser cannon but the brain teleported before he could get a shot in to reappear behind him and attempted to grab him with the tentacles. Fox was ready for him this time as he used the boost to get away before he would end up getting captured again

Naruto was quickly approaching and firing at the brain, he quickly figured out that the medulla part of the brain is the weak point and so relayed the information to Fox. The brain teleported away from the onslaught and reappeared close to the Kitsune Striker and attempted to grab it with its tentacles, Naruto barrel rolled to the side with an Accel Decoy in his place to take the damage as Fox came in from the other side and shooting at the medulla to damage Andross further. Andross teleported away to escape but Fox was nearby where he reappeared and was assaulted with laser shots once more, his brain can't seem to be able to take much more damage and was feeling quite frustrated.

"Hey Andross-teme, I've been saving this for you for a while. Now take it courtesy of everyone!" Naruto pulled the trigger to launch a Nova bomb and remotely detonated it once hitting the medulla to inflict a massive amount of damage on the brain and they could hear Andross screaming in pain.

"Argh! If I go down, I'm taking you two with me!" Andross roared out in rage, then the brain unleashed a massive explosion which began to engulf everything which includes Naruto and Fox

"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!" Both pilots screamed out at their impending as everything went white before them.

Music End

"Don't ever give up, my son," a familiar voice spoke up.

"Come on Naruto, it's not your time to die just yet," another familiar voice spoke as well, Naruto and Fox's eyes widened in recognition of the voices belonging to two people whom they thought they would never see again.

"Father?!" asked Fox in disbelief.

"Tou-san, is that really you?!" Naruto was feeling the same way.

The two Arwings belonging to their fathers turned around and began flying towards the entry point of where they had come from and called out to the duo.

"Follow us, Fox and Naruto," said James McCloud.

"We'll lead you back to your friends," said Minato.

Naruto and Fox immediately flew after the two into the tunnel with the explosion erupting right behind them. the pilots flew as fast as they could with James and Minato in the lead "This way you two," they took the right tunnel with the sons following after them then they took a turn into the left tunnel "Never give up, trust your instincts," they turned into the right tunnel followed by another right then into a left tunnel with a second left afterwards, there they saw the exit within their sights and activated the boost for maximum speed.

"You two have become so strong," said James with a soft smile.

"No words can describe how proud we are of both of you," Minato smiled as well.

"Father/Tou-san…," Fox and Naruto felt so much joy at those words, they flew as fast as they could through the tunnel with the fiery explosion pursuing them until they finally made it out of there and saw the Great Fox and its crewmembers anxiously waiting for them.

"Fox! Naruto! I'm so glad that both of you are okay!" said Peppy joyfully.

"Way to go, you two!" Slippy cheered at their return and victory.

"I have to admit that both of you are really something," said Falco with a smirk.

"We're so relieved to see that you're okay! You need to come over so we can give you a checkup," said Chopper happily.

"You had us so worried, you bakas!" said Julie tearfully.

"Yeah, don't do that again!" Levy was in agreement.

"I'm so happy to see that you've returned," said Lilli with a warm smile.

Peppy was about to praise the two once more when he noticed they were looking around as if looking for something or someone "What's wrong?" they were silent for a moment before finally responding.

"Nothing…nothing's wrong," said Fox "Thank you…father,"

"Yeah, just having for a moment there," said Naruto "Thanks for looking out for us,"

"Anyways, best we head back to Corneria and report to General Pepper," said Peppy, getting nods of affirmation from the others before beginning the return journey to the aforementioned destination.


Music Start: Star Fox 64 OST; Andross Battle

The team flew through space towards Corneria and along the way were accompanied by Katt along with Miyu and Fay too. Bill soon showed up to give his congrats on attaining the much needed victory over the Venomian Army and defeating Andross. Naruto was deep in thought and was wondering where Sasuke was now and what he was going to tell Mikoto and Itachi, he resolved to find the wayward Uchiha and this time send him back to Elementia with higher priorities this time.

They finally arrived at Corneira and descended towards the main landing point, the core members made their way towards the inner part of the Cornerian Military headquarters where a ceremony was being held in their honor, the team walked along the royal purple carpet towards General Pepper while being saluted by the surviving soldiers with the utmost respect before standing in front of the General.

"Star Fox, we're in your debt. I would be honored to have you as part of the Cornerian-" General Pepper began his speech.

"Oh no, sir. We prefer doing things our own way," said Fox with Peppy, Slippy and Naruto nodding in agreement while Falco looked away and tapped his foot in impatience.

"He's right, but rest assured that we'll always answer to your call when you need our help," said Naruto with a smile.

The comm link began beeping for Fox to answer and received an update from ROB "Great Fox is ready to go,"

"It's time for us to go now," Fox turned round and ran out of the room with the others following, Naruto took a glance at Miyu and Fay before winking at them as if saying that he'll see them around before moving to catch up with the rest.

The team jumped into their starfighters and immediately took to the skies alongside the Great Fox as they flew into the sunset in anticipation for the next big adventure ahead of them

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OH! And by the way, Fox had sent an invoice to charge General Pepper for their service and let's just say that the receipt had a LOT of zeros due to doing their job too well…


This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, it was finally crunch time for the Star Fox team as they began their final assault on the Venomian army by attacking planet Venom, breaking through their defensive lines and even a new weapon wasn't able to stop them. the team arrived at the base and were about to go in and face Andross when Star Wolf returned once again to battle them in newer and stronger starfighters but in the end still lost to the opposition. Naruto and Fox went by themselves to face Andross in a fierce battle which they emerged victorious.

Andross in a mad rage attempted a kamikaze attack to kill the two pilots but they were saved by the intervention of James and Minato much to their shock before being led out of the exploding base back to the others. The team returned to Corneria where they refused General Pepper's offer to join the army before leaving for the next mission. So the big question now is…what else is in store for the Star Fox?

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This is Hussbek from Ghana.

Signing out.