Great Fox III

Star Fox was reunited under former General Peppy's order. Everyone had boarded the Great Fox III in their individual rooms. Falco sat beside the window looking at the gloomy rainy skies. He was worried about Fox if he would ever return back to normal. Katt entered his room and saw the depressed blue avian waste away his time spent in his room.

"Falco?" Katt called out his name. There was no response back from Falco. Katt walked closer towards the avian.

"What do you want now?" Falco expressed in a depressing manner. He knew Katt wanted him to be happy. It just wasn't going her way just yet.

"Lighten up bird boy, he won't just leave us like that." She referred to him as Fox before he became a Demon.

"I know, but what if he never comes back. That damn Krystal, betraying his heart." He slammed his fist into the window. The window didn't break but it made an obnoxious noise. "SHE HAD NO DAMN RIGHT TO MESS WITH FOX'S HEART LIKE THAT! THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF SHE JUST LISTENED TO HIM THE FIRST FUCKING TIME!"

Katt became intrigued by Falco's complaint. Something she liked about him and his personality. He was such a hothead but also had that kind of feeling. A feeling that only Katt could feel. "We have something that matters more." She placed her pink hand under Falco's beak. Changing the direction of where he was looking towards Katt's face. Katt swung her tail and wrapped it around Falco's arm.

Katt kissed Falco on his beak. It immediately calmed him down from his rage within his own heart. No longer was he feeling a burning fire but he felt a slight change in hope. It felt good to him, something he hasn't experienced. Katt moved her lips away from Falco's beak. He regained all of his senses.

"I'm sorry Katt, I guess I wasn't feeling it just now." He realizes how Katt cared for him since the beginning. "That was... lovely." I just wished Fox wasn't like that now. Hang tight buddy, you'll be saved soon. "The best we can say, is giving Krystal another chance to redeem herself worthy again. I hope Grey made the right decision with Lucy."

Katt smiled happily. "Of course my dear Falco, let us enjoy our moment while it lasts." Falco agreed and continued talking with Katt.

In another room, Amanda was watching over Slippy. His recovery has been improving after they injected the BioNanos. She was just talking to him about what could ever happen in the far future ahead of them. Slippy sat in bed having a conversation with his wife. Talking about the prototype barrier he created and Fox himself.

"When I created that prototype, it shielded us both and luckily reduced the amount of damage I took." Slippy was analyzing the prototype he built. It was badly damaged but it wasn't irreparable. Amanda had a closer look at it. One of the wires had been fried out for a while. They couldn't determine if that wire was the problem.

In a lighter voice, Amanda spoke. "Maybe there are other damaged parts?" Both toads kept identifying the same wire and possibly other parts. Slippy opened the back of the prototype. As he opened it, more of the parts were damaged. Amanda was right. Luckily it was just a prototype that survived against Demon Fox's preemptive strike. Every part was easily replaceable. Amanda agreed to go and fetch out the parts that were needed down on Corneria. Slippy couldn't help but smile at his lovely wife.

"What would I do without you, my beautiful beloved." Amanda's pink face flushed with red from Slippy's compliment. Such a lovely person he was, she thought. Slippy also reminded her to stay safe downtown. These two toads work best together.

Lucy and Peppy were in the control room. A father and daughter conversation. "Grey should be coming back soon with Krystal. Do you know anything else, Lucy?"

"They are almost here. When they arrive, what should we do?" Lucy asked.

Peppy stood confidently. "We ask them what they are doing and what for." Krystal and Grey are both Demon Hunters.

"I understand father, I'll be sure to take great notes about their powers."

Krystal and Grey landed their Arwings inside the Great Fox III's hanger. Guilt rushed into Krystal instantly the moment she saw the hanger.

"Krystal, you need to stay calm. I promise you they won't hate you for anything. Trust me." Krystal listened to her brother's words and took deep calm breaths. "Don't let the other half take you over."

"My other half?" Demon Hunters possess two forms, their regular or normal self and demon form. Krystal has Kursed as her demon form.

"Your demon form. Just make sure that doesn't take over at random or else you will rampage." Fear merged within her body. Let me take over your body Krystal, you are too scared to even face anyone besides your brother and him. Krystal shuttered with fear listening to Kursed speak.

"I sense her too, Krystal, your demon form, Kursed. Just to let you know, Demon Hunters also go against other Demon Hunters if necessary. I don't want to do that against my own sibling." Grey pointed the way inside the Great Fox. "I sense they are waiting for us now." They both entered inside the hallway. Fox's dark malice filled the air, only the Cerinians could detect its presence.

"It feels so dark in here." Krystal pointed out. "What happened when I was gone?" She thought. Upon entering the control room, they were greeted again by Peppy and Lucy Hare.

"Good work Grey," Lucy commented. Krystal was surprised that they weren't at all angry at her betrayal. It was more like relieved in their minds.

"I told ya, Krystal, you just needed to be calm I convinced them well enough." Krystal wanted to be like Grey, no panic, fear or stress. He was holding out strongly.

"Thanks again Grey," Commander Peppy stated. "We have important matters to attend to and we shall start by asking simple questions." Peppy looked directly into Krystal's eyes. Krystal already knew what he was going to say by telepathy.

Peppy kept speaking. "As a former member, we respect the choices of what you are going to make. We are not going to force anything onto you but we need an answer."

Krystal tightened her hands into a fist to keep herself in check from the Demon within her. Grey was there to help keep her situated. Just stay calm, it will be over soon. Peppy asked his question.

"Will you join us again on Star Fox? Our mission is to return Fox back to normal. We believe you have something to do with this and we are going to need you once again."

Join Star Fox?

*Flashback*

Fox was sitting on a bench in the park. He texted Krystal a message to visit him at the park. Roughly 12 minutes later she arrived. She happily smiling seeing her beloved Foxy. Krystal could just pry into his mind but she was blocked from reading, making her feel a little bit anxious. Fox was thinking about the upcoming invasion involving Andross' experimentation, the Anglars. Fox then took a deep breath before he spoke.

"I hate to break it with you, but I'm sorry Krystal. You are off the team now." Krystal felt her heart shattering into multiple pieces. She had been officially kicked off the team. Fox couldn't handle the guilty feeling in his gut. This was his decision to ensure she was safe from any violent danger.

"Don't ever come back to Star Fox." He slowly walked away from Krystal and the park. Krystal began to weep and cry. She felt as Fox no longer loved her anymore. Then he came out of hiding, Panther.

"Come and join us at Star Wolf, my Rose. You are desperately needed with us." Krystal accepted his offer and started a new relationship with Panther.

*Flashback End*

Do I have any other choice? The gut feeling made her feel very anxious. "I-I accept." Clenching her fist to maintain control of herself.

Peppy nodded. "Great, it's good to have you back once again."

"I'm sorry you guys for betraying the team and forcing Fox down the wrong path." Peppy and Lucy didn't mind. Since Grey convinced them to give her a second chance.

"It's alright Krystal," Lucy replied. "The past is the past, we just need Fox to come back to us. We also need to ask about the Demon Hunter you two were speaking of." They both agreed to answer Lucy's questions.

Question one, what is a Demon Hunter and how does someone become one of them?

Grey made the choice to answer the first question. "A Demon Hunter is someone who opposes the forces of Demons and their darkness created through someone's heart. In order to become a Demon Hunter, one must go through a series of trials or become one by will. If done by trials, it is known as the Heart and Soul trial and the Demon Hunter is known as the Heart and Soul, which allows for a second form or a demonic form known as your other self. I cannot explain the trial by will."

Lucy took good notes from Grey's explanation. The second question talked about the Heart and Soul trial. Only Krystal could answer this question as Grey doesn't possess that capability. Krystal explained the 3 trials she had taken before receiving her new powers. She received a pendant, emotional knowledge and another form to battle as the Demon Hunter. Lucy continued to write down the data.

Question three, "What are your alternative forms capable of performing in any way possible. If you can, are you able to transform or change?"

Krystal answered her question. "Demon form allows us to increase our strength and speed by becoming a demon. It also helps us detect the presence of a nearby demon monster within our normal forms. Take a closer look at our eyes." Lucy saw Krystal's two colored eyes, one blue and one violet. She even saw Grey's eyes, one natural grey and the other a blood red. Their odd colored eye allows them to detect a demon if one is present. Grey then explained that since he wasn't like Krystal's Demon Hunter, he is his own self in demon form (Grey is only one person while Krystal has Kursed).

Lucy finished writing down the information given from both Krystal and Grey. "Okay this is good enough and if there are any more questions I need to ask, I will do so. Now you should see the others, Krystal." Krystal didn't want to look at Falco or Katt. She ruined Falco by harming Fox and broke the friendship against Katt after she left for good.

"C'mon now Krystal. You don't have to worry, they will listen." Grey cheered the cerulean vixen to a more normal state. Now Krystal was officially back on the team once again. The two left the control room and looked for Falco and Katt.

"I sense their presence in this room on the left," Grey said. They walk in on the two talking to each other about love and other things when Katt happens to see both Cerinian foxes.

"Krystal? Grey?" Katt ran up to them both, hugging the two. "Welcome back you guys, we're glad you made it back safely." Krystal became surprised that Katt wasn't mad or angered at her betrayal.

"Hey there Katt, is everything alright now?" Grey asked. It seemed like Falco wasn't mad or anything at Krystal. Just relieved like Peppy and Lucy were.

Krystal felt scared to ask them her question but she insisted. "Are you guys not mad at me for what I did?"

Falco just smiled. "We forgive you after what Grey told us. Staying mad won't resolve anything." Krystal's heart sank a little but it rose back up when she felt relieved. Then it happened, her heartbeat thumped loudly as she placed her hand onto her chest. Krystal was breathing heavily, she didn't know what she was feeling.

"I-I can't control it, GET OUT AWAY FROM ME NOW!" She cried out. *ROAR* Kursed took over her body, blue to black fur. "I guess she was scared after all Grey. There was no use in helping out your sister in saving Fox McCloud." Kursed grew out her claws in both hands. She grabbed onto Falco's throat, holding him up into the air while he struggled to escape. Grey didn't feel Krystal's presence inside of her own body anymore. "God damn it, she isn't there anymore, Krystal!"

"What the hell?" Katt shouted. "Grey, get her out of here."

"I'm trying, my teleport powers aren't fully functional yet but here it goes!" Everyone in the room saw Grey put his hands together as he glowed with a grey aura. "Here goes nothing! I activate teleport, I send Grey Winter and Krystal Rose away from this area to the outside!" Krystal's body began to fade away as her grip from Falco was slowly weakening. Grey also began to fade away. Both Cerinians disappeared and Falco fell to the floor gasping for air.

"Are you okay my love?" Katt went to assist the fallen avian.

Cough* *Cough* *Cough* "That bitch, I can't believe she even did that after we've forgiven her."

"It's alright Falco, Grey took care of the matter. Now we just need to know what is going on." Amanda rushed into their room.

"Is everything alright? I heard roaring noises coming from this room and OH MY GOD." She noticed Falco had fallen on the floor. Katt patted Falco on the back.

"Yes Amanda, everything is alright." She said calmly. "I need you to do me a favor and check on Grey outside for me." Amanda nodded and quickly ran outside. She headed off the bridge and saw the two Cerinians fighting against each other.

"Oh my goodness, what is happening?" She noticed Grey fighting a black vixen. Amanda wondered if that was Kursed or Krystal as those two are the same person with different aliases.

"I call forth, Demon Hunter activate!" Grey chanted. His blood red eye began to glow granting Grey the powers of the demon. He pulled out his sword and fought Kursed (Krystal). "I guess it was going to happen, two Demon Hunters fighting against each other. Krystal, please snap out of it." The sword's blade came in contact with Kursed's metal claw. Kursed deflected the attack back along with strong force as it knocked Grey unconscious when he made an impact on the ship. He reverted forms immediately after knocking out. Blood started to drip out of his left eye, probably because it was a blood red eye.

"Oh my god, Grey!" Amanda went over to assist the fallen grey tod, shaking his body. "Grey, wake up!" There was no response coming back from Grey. "Good grief! Katt, Lucy, I need help!" Amanda ran back inside. Kursed began to slowly weaken herself, slowing reverting back to Krystal. Her fur changed from black to blue, she fell onto the ground.

"What just happened to me?" Placing her hand onto her throbbing headache. "Huh? Grey! What did I do to you? Wake up!" She shouted and got up immediately. This can't be happening. He isn't conscious, please let this just be a dream.

Just like that, Lucy and Katt came out to investigate the matter. They noticed Grey knocked unconscious and Krystal next to him. At least he wasn't going to die. Before he reverted, his Demon strength reduced the damage he took so Grey didn't suffer any major injuries. Lucy rushed closer to the fallen tod. Checking his body for any signs of injuries.

"What did you do to him?" She yelled frantically at Krystal. The blue vixen felt scared to death. Unable to control her own powers, she almost killed someone close to her.

"I didn't mean too, I-I swear!" Krystal responded. Lucy knew she wasn't lying about it, but her powers were beyond her control. Lucy called over Katt to assist her in taking Grey inside to the medical bay for recovery. They grabbed Grey and quickly rushed inside towards the medical bay. Amanda had seen everything about Krystal. She didn't know what to do about her except just watch.

Krystal saw the fear inside her round eyes. Her watering tears that reminded her about when Fox attacked her beloved, Slippy. She felt that same fear coming out of Krystal. They were the same, demons but with different purposes. Demon Fox (Vel) thrives to kill for bloodlust, Demon Krystal's purpose is to slay demons. Just as everything was going to plan, it turned out wrong towards Amanda. Krystal had transformed into Vel's purpose, to kill non demons. She had almost killed Grey in her reverse form. (Reverse form is when demon form takes over the soul temporarily and considers everyone an opposing force).

Unable to control her powers, Krystal became afraid to use them again. She locked herself into Fox's room where she was reminded of all the lost memories of her and Fox together. Along side her teammates and King Tricky. Everyone had been through many moments together.

A few hours later,

Lucy and Katt analyzed the x-rays that were completed on Grey's body. Lucy spoke about his injuries. "The sound of the impact he made against the ship seemed like he took a major injury. Apparently he isn't damaged anywhere on his body." Katt became awfully surprised. It would be impossible for someone to take full force impact on strong metals.

They just patched up his left eye to halt any bleeding shown and left it at that. Shortly, Krystal came running in, feeling panicked about what she did. "Is he okay?" She asked. No one could give a concise answer. "Let me take over, I can restore him."

Katt already lost her trust in her. "You will just kill him won't you?" Anger in her voice took over. "Just like how you almost killed Falco."

Krystal felt bad. "I know but I'm very serious this time." She placed her hands on Grey's head and channeled her magical energies. "This is Cerinia's healing magic, I learned this from my mother." Her arms surged with a blue aura and traveled towards Grey. He will awaken, I'm sure of it.

This is unusually longer than normal but it's to explain certain aspects of the story. Hope you enjoy it!

~Sealies