Star Fox meets Star Wars (PG13)

[starfox87]

This is the story I mentioned in the Fanfic discussion thread. Remember, I will continue updating as long as people keep reading and reviewing.

Pairings: Fox/Krystal, slight Katt/Falco

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Chapter 1

The citizens of Coruscant went about their daily routines. In the Jedi temple, Jedi knight Fox McCloud practiced with his lightsaber. The shining sapphire blade swept through the air with a hum.

"Very good, Fox," a voice said from the other side of the room.

The voice belonged to Fox's mentor, Jedi master Peppy Hare. He was famed throughout the temple for his lightsaber and Force skills. He had also been a friend of Fox's father, Jedi knight James McCloud. As he watched Fox practice, Peppy remembered how James had violated the Jedi code by marrying a fellow Jedi named Vixy Reinard. It was a memory that made him shudder, for he felt Fox would soon start down the same path. He had good reason to think this, for Fox had already forged a close friendship with a fellow Jedi named Krystal, a master of Jedi battle meditation. At the moment, it was only friendship, but Peppy knew from experience that it could very well become something more if his young friend and student wasn't careful. Peppy got up from his seat.

"Fox, can I have a talk with you?" he asked.

Fox shut off his lightsaber and looked at Peppy.

"Yes, master?" Fox answered.

"I want to have a talk with you about an important matter," Peppy continued.

Fox and Peppy took a walk through the halls of the Jedi temple.

"What is it, master?" Fox asked.

"It's about your relationship with Krystal," Peppy replied.

"What about it?"

"You know that romances are against the Jedi code, right?" Peppy said.

"Master, my relationship with Krystal is only a friendship. Nothing more," Fox replied.

"And that's what worries me. Your mother and father were just friends, and look what happened to them,"

Fox thought about his parents. Both were dead, Vixy Reinard by a Sith war droid's blasters and James McCloud from a space battle.

"And this applies to me and Krystal how?" Fox asked.

Peppy sighed.

"It applies in every way," Peppy answered.

Fox looked as if he didn't understand.

"Just be careful," Peppy said as he walked away.

Fox walked off. As he did so, he thought on Peppy's words. He headed towards Krystal's room, towards a life-changing moment in his life. When he entered, he saw the beautiful blue vixen sitting cross-legged on the floor, cyan eyes closed. She was deep in meditation. Her lightsaber, which gleamed a bright purple when activated, sat on a nearby table. He watched her for a second before turning to leave. However, before he could exit, he heard her voice.

"Fox?"

He turned around.

"Yes?" he asked.

"What's going on?" she responded.

"Uh..."  was all Fox could manage.

Krystal giggled. They talked for a bit. As they did so, Fox realized that he in fact did have feelings for Krystal. He got a bit closer to her. Krystal felt a feeling inside of her. It was a strange feeling. A feeling like...love. She had never felt anything like it. No matter how much she tried to tell herself that it was against the Jedi code, she couldn't resist. She loved Fox like he loved her.

"Fox?" she said.

"What?"

"Can you keep a secret?"

"What secret?" he asked with eager anticipation of her next words.

"The secret of my newfound feelings for you," she answered, her heart beating faster than normal.

Fox was shocked and pleased at the same time. In that moment, without a second thought, he kissed her. The moment seemed to last forever, until Peppy walked into the room and saw them. Fox looked at the old hare with wide eyes. Peppy's expression was one of disapproval.

"Uh, I can explain," Fox said, his eyes glancing back and forth nervously.

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Chapter 2

"Uh-huh. Fox, may I talk with you?" Peppy said.

Fox left with his mentor. They walked about half-way down the hall.

"Fox, what is the matter with you?! You just violated the Jedi code!" Peppy exclaimed.

"So?" Fox replied.

"So? You know full well that you and Krystal weren't supposed to do that, and yet, you kissed her," Peppy answered.

"Look, I believe the Jedi code is somewhat outdated. Some of its teachings are good, but the one against love is just stupid. My father had the right idea when he married my mother," Fox said.

"You're speaking heresy, Fox," Peppy told him.

"And I'm not done yet. I think it's time I followed in my father's footsteps," Fox continued.

Peppy looked very displeased.

"You're lucky I don't go and tell the Jedi council about this," the hare said.

Fox looked at his mentor.

"Master, I'm not a padawan anymore. I should be allowed to choose my own path," Fox replied.

"That is true, but it must be a path that follows the code you've been committed to since your birth,"

Fox sighed and walked away. In his heart, a powerful emotion, anger, burned. It burned as hot as the twin suns of the planet Tatooine. However, knowing that anger could be dangerous, he quickly calmed himself by reciting the first line of the Jedi code in his mind.

"There is no emotion, there is peace,"

He said it a couple more times before arriving back at his room. He entered. He looked at his bedside table. On it was a picture of his parents. They had been very well-known Jedi, but got in serious trouble with the council when they fell in love and decided to marry. Fox sighed.

"Why can't I just be allowed to love Krystal? It's not like I'm joining the Sith or anything," he silently asked himself.

Fox looked out of his window upon the city that was Coruscant, the capital city of the Galactic Republic. The airspeeders passed by in an unending stream. Just then, he heard a voice. Krystal's voice.

"Fox?"

Fox turned around. The sight of the beautiful vixen caused him to become speechless for several seconds. Then, he went back to normal.

"What do you want?" he asked.

"What happened with you and Master Peppy?"

"He basically told me off," Fox answered.

"And then?"

Fox continued. Some time later, Peppy showed up again. He sighed.

"How did I know that you two would be together again? Anyway, you're both wanted by the council," Peppy said.

Fox and Krystal obeyed and followed Peppy to the council chamber. The masters welcomed them, then cut right to the chase.

"There's been reports that the Sith have taken over the planet Taris. The Republic military is planning an excursion to go and take it back," one of the twelve masters said.

"Is Darth Raan involved?" Krystal asked.

"Yes. The Force has revealed this to us," another master said.

"So, you want the three of us to go and help them?" Peppy asked.

"Not three. You'll be taking someone else with you," yet another master replied.

"Who?" asked Fox.

At that moment, the door opened, revealing Jedi padawan Slippy Toad.

"Oh great," Fox said a little too loudly.

Krystal nudged him. Slippy was known for his annoyingly high voice.

"What's happening?" Slippy asked.

"Apparently, we have to help the Republic save a planet," Fox answered.

After the briefing was over, they headed for an airspeeder that would take them to the Republic military base. When they arrived, they saw the ship that would take them to Taris, the Endar Spire. It was a massive vessel, and it was being loaded up. Fox, Krystal, Peppy and Slippy entered and settled in their bunk. Once loading was complete, the Endar Spire took off into space, ready for its mission.

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Chapter 3

The Endar Spire drifted through space. The trip out of the galactic core was a long one, so the team hung out in their bunk and discussed the mission.

"What's Taris like?" Slippy asked.

"It's very much like Coruscant. There's super-high buildings where the rich live, a gang-ridden lower city, and a disease-ridden undercity where criminals are sent," Krystal answered.

"It was once said to rival Coruscant. However, that was a long time ago. The planet's fallen into ruin and disrepair," Fox added.

As they talked, Peppy appeared to have something on his mind.

"Master Peppy, what is it?" Krystal asked.

Peppy looked up at the young vixen.

"It doesn't make sense. Why would the Sith want Taris? It's not a member of the Republic, and it hasn't contributed anything to galactic society," Peppy said.

"Wait a minute. Do you think they could've taken it because it's not part of the Republic?" Fox asked.

"Fox, what do you mean?" Peppy said.

"Because Taris is located far from the galactic core, away from the senate's jurisdiction, they knew that they could carry out a sucessful invasion," Fox replied.

"Well, that makes sense to me," Krystal said.

The rest of the trip to the Taris system was spent discussing this issue. Other than that discussion, the trip was uneventful. However, when they got there, it was a different story. The ship was spotted by the Sith, who promptly swarmed the ship and invaded it. Fox and the others heard the warning alarm go off. The door to their bunk opened. A husky dog in Republic uniform came running in.

"Come on! We've got to escape!" the husky exclaimed.

"Who are you?" Fox asked.

"My name is Zach Heston. Now, let's go!" the husky answered.

Zach opened the door that led into the hallway. Just as the group got there, a voice came over the intercom.

"This is Falco Lombardi. The Sith are about to overrun our positions. All hands to the bridge!"

"That was Falco contacting us. He's one of the Republic's best pilots. If he says things are bad, you better believe it! Now, come on!" Zach said as he took off.

It wasn't long before the group ran into squads of Sith troopers. Fox, Krystal, Peppy and Slippy ignited their respective blue, purple, green and yellow blades. Each of them had a different fighting style that they put to use. Fox's style was strong, swift and powerful, Krystal's was elegant and graceful, Peppy's was swift and powerful, and Slippy's was simple and elegant. Each style cut down troopers like they were nothing. After more fighting, they reached a room with a large closed door. Zach opened the door. Behind was a chameleon wearing black Sith robes and wielding a red double-bladed lightsaber. Zach pulled a long, machete-like sword.

"Keep going and get to the bridge! I'll take care of this!" Zach said.

"No, we can take him," Krystal replied.

Zach just sent them away. The chameleon, the Sith apprentice Darth Trucidus, struck the husky down without mercy. Fox, Krystal, Peppy and Slippy continued to fight their way to the bridge. When they got there, no one was present. Everyone was dead. Just then, Falco's voice came over the intercom again.

"You're the last surviving crew aboard the ship. Meet me in the escape pod room,"

Fox and the others did just that. After striking down a final squad of troopers, they made it.

"You made it just in time. Come on, let's get into the escape pod. There will be time for questions later," said Falco.

Fox and his friends followed Falco into the pod. Luckily, it was just big enough for all of them. Falco launched the pod, and it zoomed towards the planet Taris. The pod entered the planet's atmosphere and crashed in the upper city. It was a rough impact, and Fox was knocked out. With Peppy using the Force to cloak their presence from the many Sith patrols, they dragged an unconscious Fox to an abandoned apartment, where they layed him on a bed and waited for him to wake up. Krystal checked her love's body for injuries and found none, save for a bump on the head. She was thankful for that. Meanwhile, Falco scouted the area and found that not only had the Sith invaded this world, but they had also blockaded the planet, declared martial law, and forbidden anyone to come or go. This would be a difficult adventure indeed.

[Four-eyed Vulpine]

Wow, so far this is an excellent work, save for a few minor errors.  Crossover fan fiction is a touchy area that can be written with catastrophic results, but this work reaches the right balance.  I'm looking forward to Chapter 4.

[starfox87]

Note to Four-eyed Vulpine and other readers: I'm very sorry it's taken me so long to get this far, but for the last several days I've been in bed with the flu, so I haven't updated any of my work. To that effect, I'm posting chapter four in two parts.

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Chapter four, part 1

Sometime later, Fox woke up. He sat up, rubbed his head and looked around. He was in a strange building. He then saw Krystal, Peppy, Slippy and Falco looking at him.

"What happened?" he groaned.

Falco was the first to answer.

"We escaped the Endar Spire in an escape pod just before it blew up. The escape pod crashed on Taris. You were knocked out, and we had to drag you to this abandoned apartment," he said.

"Well, I guess we go and try to find a way off-world," Fox answered.

"I'm afraid that's going to be quite difficult, Fox," Peppy replied.

"What? Why?" Fox asked with a concerned look on his face.

"The Sith have blockaded the planet. No one can come or go," the old hare responded.

"That's really good. Now we're going to get caught and possibly executed," Falco said.

Krystal looked up at the pilot.

"Falco, you're going to have to trust Master Peppy's wisdom," she said.

Falco scoffed.

"Master Peppy is a great man," Krystal said.

"Yeah, great at getting us into trouble," Falco retorted.

Anger began to drift through Krystal. Her ears went back and her tail swished from side to side in an irritated manner.

"I didn't hear you give any good ideas," she told the pilot.

"Yeah, well, I need time to think," Falco responded.

"Just as I thought. You have no plan," Krystal said with a grin.

Falco was about to respond, but didn't.

"Just as I thought. You have no plan," Krystal remarked.

Peppy got tired of the discussion.

"All right, this is going to stop right now. From here on out, we're a team. We have to work together if we want to get off Taris," the old hare said.

"Sorry, master," Krystal answered.

"Yeah, sorry," replied Falco.

Peppy took a step back.

"Now for our plan.  On his scout trip, Falco discovered a guarded elevator to the lower city. I might be able to use a Jedi mind trick to allow us access," he told them.

"That's not a bad plan. It might just work," Fox said.

Slippy, however, was less convinced.

"Isn't the lower city full of gangs?" he asked.

"Yes, but I'm sure there isn't anything we can't handle," answered Fox.

Peppy sighed at his student's overconfidence, but restrained himself from saying anything. They left the apartment and headed towards the elevator. The Sith trooper stood on guard duty. Peppy went up to him.

"You there, Jedi, your kind isn't welcome here," the trooper said.

This didn't deter Peppy for a second. The Jedi master simply looked at the trooper and waved his hand slightly.

"You want to let us into the lower city,"

"I want to let you into the lower city," the trooper repeated.

The elevator was opened and everyone got in.

"Wow, that went better than I expected," Fox remarked.

The elevator continued on its way. Before long, the group was standing in the slums of the lower city, and it wasn't long before they were fighting for their lives against violent gang members. However, the battle didn't last long, and soon all the gangsters were dead. They walked on, talking amongst themselves as they went.

"What do we do now?" Krystal asked.

Just as Peppy was about to answer, a passerby, a young male fennec fox, came up and gave a suggestion.

“If you want help, you should see Joran Thek. He’s the leader of the Hidden Bek gang,” the fennec said.

“Just what we need. Association with gangs,” Falco said.

“No. I think he has a good idea,” Fox said.

“Where is his base?” asked Krystal.

“Just a few feet away from here,” the fennec answered before going on his way.

They went down to the base’s entrance.  After a less-than-friendly talk with the guard, they were admitted inside. A leopard in gleaming silver armor stood at the far side of the room.  Next to him was an attractive young female silver fox. They cautiously approached. Just then, the silver fox spoke up

“Hold it right there. Who are you and what is your business with Joran?” she asked.

“Calm down, Belle,” Joran said calmly.

“You’re too trusting, Joran. Kana and his Vulkars want you dead, and it’s my job to make sure you’re safe,” Belle replied.

“Do you want us to start attacking strangers on sight, Belle? Like the Vulkars do? I will never let it come to that. Now, let them pass,” Joran said.

Belle did as instructed. Fox and the others walked forward.

“You’ll have to forgive Belle. Ever since Kana and the Vulkars started this war against us, we’ve had trouble, and the problems with the Sith haven’t helped things. Now, what can I do for you?” Joran asked.

Peppy was the one who stopped forward. Even though Joran seemed friendly enough, the old hare was nervous. He, Fox, Krystal and Slippy were not in disguise. They were in their Jedi robes, with their lightsabers displayed prominently on their belts. As for Falco, he was wearing his Republic pilot’s uniform. It wouldn’t do them any good to get in trouble, so Peppy decided not to reveal the group’s actual plan.

“You see, our transport was caught up in a space battle with the Sith, and now we're stuck here. We know that other soldiers escaped, and now, we want to find the escape pods," Peppy said.

"The escape pods. They're in the undercity. In fact, I sent a spy to search them out yesterday. That's when everything went wrong," Joran answered.

"How so?" Krystal asked.

"The spy I sent, katt Monroe, was kidnapped by the Black Vulkars. I need help to find her. She has much valuable information," Joran replied.

"What's going to happen to her?" Slippy asked.

Joran hesitated for second. He sighed, then looked at Slippy, his yellow feline eyes showing a look of concern.

"They're going to sell her as a slave,"

"How can we help?" Fox asked.

"With all the information she has, she's way too valuable to stay with the scum at the base. She's hidden away somewhere safe," Joran continued.

"Then how can we help?" Fox asked.

"By entering the lower city swoop race," Belle replied.

"How do we do that?" Peppy asked.

"I'm willing to help you. However, first you'll have to do something for me," Joran said.

"What is it?" Fox asked.

"By sneaking into the Vulkar base and retrieving the prototype swoop bike engine the Vulkars stole from me," Joran answered.

"How do we get in?" Krystal asked.

"Getting in won't be easy. The front door is locked tight. You'll have to go in the back way, through the sewers in the undercity. Luckily, I know just the person to help you. Lily Conlin," Joran said.

"Lily? Joran, she's just a kid. How's she going to help them?" Belle asked.

"Lily knows the undercity better than anyone. If anyone's going to get the group into the base, it's her," Joran answered.

"Where can we find her?" Peppy asked.

"She and her bear friend Solomon are always looking for adventure. Look in the undercity," Joran said.

After finalizing the agreement, Fox and his group left. After using a mind trick on the Sith guard, the boarded the elevator to the lower city. When they got there, they found a dark, gloomy place that reeked of death.