Shattered Utopia ~Chapter 5 - Power~

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So, you might have noticed this particular fanfic has gotten a bit... wild if you will. "WTF Rath, its getting way too Japanized!" Well ok, I'm sorry you don't like it, I'm not forcing you to read it, BUT I will say jokes on you since StarFox was conceived in Japan by a Japanese game designer!
But yeah, this fic is basically me getting years of built up want out of my system. Ive wanted to write a fic like this for years on end but never had the motivation. Its basically a mash-up of all the genres of anime I loved growing up and today, so yeah, its StarFox meets DBZ meets the Magical Girl genre meets my own personal fiction! I promise when its out of my system, I'll write less extreme fics X3; OR WILL I??
I know plenty of you are familiar with DBZ, but for those of you who don't know what the Magical Girl genre of anime is, its basically young ladies or young girls and the occasional gentleman who are granted a magical item, a wand, scepter, perfume, locket, powder puff, etc, that lets them transform into warriors with special powers, like Sailor Moon for example. In my case, I'm having Fox use a kitsune mask to transform. You are more than free to imagine him going through a Magical Girl transformation sequence. I know I did XD
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Power.

The raw, electric essence of it coursed through me as I stood there stunned from how it swallowed and rocked my entire being. I felt a strange bliss for that few moments I stood there, light radiating off of me, swirling, dancing and glinting. Another small light appeared before me and from it, the silhouette of a kitsune formed from it and danced around me merrily in its feral manner. It was pure white with red marking all over its body and had a red-tipped tail, its eyes glowing gold. It closed in and wrapped itself about me, seeming to melt into the light shining off of me, making it brighter until the light burst, leaving me visible once more and sporting a new outfit. The first thing I noticed was that despite my right eye being covered with the mask, I could see perfectly, almost beyond perfectly. It was like a combination of normal and not normal, it was pretty hard to describe. I looked all around so I could adjust and besides a brief feeling of slight off-balance, I adjusted enough to be able to ignore it, so I glanced down at myself and ran my hands over the new attire I wore. Most everything was white with a red streak running down the length of it all and along borders. I had a mini shirt on with a dark mini jacket over it, a cascading tuft of cream colored fur on the left shoulder. My right arm had a white bicep length glove with red borders secured by a belt of the same design while my left arm had a large sleeve, also white, red and secured with a belt, of equal bicep length and worn on my hand was a cestus, the metal plating forming claws at the finger tips. My lower torso was exposed, the tight white and red pants I was wearing worn low enough that my tail could have easily just hung over the waist of the pants. The fit my legs snuggly and ended in boots that were part of the pants, the design blended perfectly together. Two black and red belts wrapped my waist, a long blue ribbon on my right side with a small scroll attached and a long drape of fur on my left side. Behind me, attached to the collar of my jacket, a small wild purple cape was flowing unnaturally, slow and steady like water. Along with it was a large, long blue ribbon that was flowing about in the same manner. Finishing looking myself over, I realized this outfit was just a variation of an outfit Wolf had gotten his hands on for me, claiming it was the 'perfect companion assassin outfit' in contrast to his own, though I suspect he only got it because it hugged me, fit me tight in all the right places and was plenty revealing. The hornwolf. The only difference now was the color scheme and the addition of extra attire and fur, making it more kitsune-themed. I was digging it.

"Ah, a fitting outfit I would say, Fox. It suits you quite well." I turned and looked up at the god who was smiling down at me as he spoke and couldn't help but smile as well at his words.

"Yeah, this is pretty much a modified replica of an outfit Wolf went through a lot of trouble to get for me, said I should replace my flight suit with it on ground missions. Honestly, I'm sure he just thinks I look sexy in it." I said with a chuckle.

"Never a bad thing I hear. If the attire and your appearance in it has come to mean something between the both of you, it's no wonder you would don a variation as you face down the one with whom it holds the most meaning. Now, Fox, close your eyes, deep breath and let the power speak to you. It shall be your humble guide through the rest of this ordeal." the god said. I nodded as I ran a hand over the mask.

"Thank you for this. I appreciate it more than I can express. If I may ask, what might your name be?"

"I am Kadin Thanatrynus, son of Griever Thanatrynus. Many simply know me as the God of Light." he answered as he began to vanish in a flurry of glowing feathers. "The time to fight is now. Good luck, Fox. I shall be watching."

I smiled as I watched him vanish and then closed my eyes, taking in a deep breath and trying to relax myself. It helped that I had a warm feeling running all around through me and I concentrated on that for a moment. When I felt ready, I opened my eyes to find Wolf mere feet away from me, staring me down. I grinned and grabbed my sword, blowing him a kiss before we both vanished from the spot in a blur of speed. It was an incredible rush, everything rushing by me so fast that it was merely a collection of streaked and blurred colors. The only thing in focus was Wolf who was moving with the same speed. We stopped abruptly and the sword clash began, moving all about the area in the blink of an eye.

It was then that I realized that Wolf had been seriously fucking with all of us the whole time. Even with my new speed and my new power aiding me, Wolf was still a handful. He nearly took my damn head off several times, but strangely I still found myself enjoying the bout and the feeling of the rush. Courting danger in the wake of Wolf was my specialty after all and I always loved it. I managed to grapple both his arms and snuck a kiss to his nose in which I think pissed him off as he threw me like a ragdoll afterward. I chuckled as I landed gracefully and send several waves of energy his way from my sword. As he dodged them and came at me again, I stuck my sword into the ground and grabbed the scroll at my hip, quickly opening it and scanning over its contents. It displayed kitsune techniques and how to perform them, pretty intricate stuff. Wolf was upon me before I could finish so I spent a few moments idly evading his attacks while I finished reading. When I did, I rolled it up, still evading Wolf and used a sudden Fox Flash to knock him back several yards. I put the scroll in my mouth and used my hands to form what the scroll called the Laughing Kitsune. When I did, several red paper lanterns appeared around me, flickering with light within. The scattered and swirled around Wolf as a massive tornado made up of a raging inferno of white flames spilled from the sky and engulfed the area the lanterns formed a large circle around, including Wolf. I don't know what I was expecting when I used that technique; the scroll called it 'Kitsunebi' which I knew meant 'Fire Fox', so I was expecting some kind of enhancement to my Fire Fox skill, not a controlled armageddon from the sky. I slowly put the scroll away, figuring I'd use it at a last resort seeing as it seemed to contain plenty of overkill. The lanterns vanished and the flames dispersed, revealing Wolf with his sword held up over him, his body steaming. Figures he'd be able to defend against even something like that, but I was ready to have my man back, so it was time to bring the games to an end. We both became blurs of speed once more, the clashing of our blades audible and visible as electricity and sparks were thrown everywhere when they made contact with each other. I hit the ground and sprung up just as Wolf tried to split me into two halves, switching the position of my sword in my hand. I whipped one of the long tassels up at him to psyche him out and get him to react, and in the heat of the moment, it worked, the lupine taking an instinctive swing at it as it got close to his face.

That was the only opening I needed.

I combined my Fox Flash with my new speed and even before Wolf could begin to react, I was on the other side of him, my sword held at the end of its arc. He remained still for several seconds before the huge gash appeared across his torso, glowing with a soft light. His coat began to slowly dissolve into black smoke, revealing the one I last saw him in before he went missing and all this started,rising up and away from him into the sky. When the entire coat was gone, his eyes lost that unnatural red glow and returned to normal, causing my chest to become tight with a mix of emotions, but mostly joy. How I missed those beautiful amethyst gems of his. My joy was short-lived though as his eyes slowly closed before his limply fell to his knees and then forward to hit the ground.

"Wolfus!" I went to my knees and rolled him over, pulling him up into my lap and checking his vitals. Still alive. I couldn't even begin to explain the amount of relief I felt at that moment. I cradled and cuddled him close, kissing his forehead and petting him lightly as I struggled to keep tears of happiness in check. I was about to turn and call Falco, Leon, Krystal and Panther over to help me get him out of here when I saw his eyes blink open and heard a low groan escape his throat.

"Welcome back, Wolf." I said with a smile. He blinked and looked around as if he had no idea where he was, and it was safe to assume he was probably pretty out of it in general.

"Fox… What the hell happened? Ugh… fuck, I feel like I wrestled a damn planet and got body-slammed by it." I couldn't help but chuckle at his ridiculous analogy.

"Something like that, Wolf. We'll talk about it later. Right now, we're getting you to a hospital so they can see if everything is all rig-"

"Fox! Wolfus! Look out! Above you!" Leon's voice shouted from across the field, grabbing our attention. We looked up and gasped as we saw a black creature hovering far above us. It looked like a phantom, with a few arcane-like accessories decorating it, a tall multi-sided hat, long golden claws and a face that looked like a thespian mask. There was no time to really get a good look at it though as apparently it had decided to hurl a huge sphere of energy at Wolf and I while we were distracted. I grabbed my sword, but I was then surprised to see Wolf react faster than me, already holding his as he threw himself up, hugging me close before he flashed out of the way, a blur for a second before stopping near Krystal, Panther, Leon and Falco who rushed to us as Wolf fell to one knee, panting out of breath.

"Wolfus! What are you doing, don't be fucking pushing yourself, you're going to mess yourself up!" I scolded, wrapping my arms around his torso to help hold him up. He just glanced at me and grinned that feral grin that had long since become his trademark.

"Sexy outfit, Pup. Diggin' the mask." he said simply. I sighed and smacked his shoulder in response.

"Wolfus. Don't change the subject. I'll handle this thing, you need to rest. Panther, Leon, I'm sure you can restrain your fearless leader? Krystal, if you would, heal him as much as you can, and Falco, contact Pepper, give him an update for me."

"Of course, Wolfus is a puppy in my hands." Leon said, kneeling next to Wolf who had a glare directed at him, Panther kneeling at his other side and patting the lupine's back.

"I'll do what I can, Fox." Krystal said, kneeling in front of Wolf and beginning her healing session as Falco pulled out his communicator to call Pepper.

"Anything specific I should tell him, Fox?" he asked me.

"No, just tell him that we've managed to secure Wolf and that the real enemy has been revealed. Let him know he can move out to offer back-up, but tell him not to engage. I don't want to be caught in the fire." I said, turning and walking back out to the field where that thing, the shayde, was floating about. Its mouth was an open frown as I approached, staring me down with pitch black eyes that gave me chills. I raised my sword and pointed it at the creature, my displeasure clear on my face.

"You're going to pay for what you did. You tried to take the most important person in my life away from me and I'll be damned if you're leaving here without facing my vengeance."

It just stared at me a moment before its mask morphed into a smile as I leaped at it.
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