Coco Bandicoot: The Wumpa Games
By Mutitoon90
Chapter One
It was Decmeber and late spring at the Wumpa Islands. Everyone was working together to set up the second anniversary of their freedom of Neo Cortex. The natives on N. Sanity Island were busy hunting wild boar and gathering fruits and vegetables. At Gun Island, Pinstripe Potoroo and his gang were busy, working on their version of the twenty-one gun salute with machine guns. On Wumpa Island, the residents were working on many things.
Nathan was working on the decorations with Crash, who was complaining about doing the work and a little more about wanting to take a nap.
"Can't we stop and take a break?" The bandicoot whined, followed by releasing a huge yawn.
Rolling his eyes, Nathan, who had finished the decorating for the stage that Luna had built, turned to his friend and said, "Crash, we can't. Things, like this, takes weeks to prepare for, and all of us want this festival now that Cortex and Uka-Uka aren't going to crash the party.
Crash rolled his green eyes in annoyance, keeping his mouth shut. However, his eyes told all of the bandicoot's emotions.
"Yeah, thanks to us, of course." Nathan spoke again, casuing Crash to respond.
"Because of that, it should be a reason not to work." Crash grinned, hoping that his break would be granted.
"Making jokes like that isn't gonna help you to sneak out of working." Nathan announced.
"No fair!" Crash yelled out to his friend, "Sash doesn't have to work!"
"That's not true." Nathan shook his head, announcing his disagreement, "According to Luna, Sash was assigned one of the hardest jobs on the island."
"Hardest job on the island?" Crash exclaimed out loud, "What job could be so difficult that even Luna would call it hard?"
"Of course, Luna would stick me with the job of babysitting Coco." Sash growled in fury.
Furious at Luna for tricking her to caring for the youngest bandicoot, the silver-furred, yellow-eyed wolf searched for Coco, who disappeared with Pura, the female bandicoot's pet tiger cub.
Earlier, Luna asked Sash to keep an eye on Coco, who wanted to help with the decortating, but the older residents thought that she would be more of a problem.
The residents sent the Komodo Brothers as the representives of Wumpa Island, which kept them from looking after Coco. Luna was too busy being Nathan's representive to Papu Papu and Pinstripe to take care of the sister of Crash Bandicoot. So she turned to Sash, who was not thrilled at all to be Luna's scapegoat for the title of babysitter, and asked her to do it. At first, Sash was determined to stay out of that job, but when Luna told her that Coco was more like a human girl, which were easier than a werewolf of the same age, Sash gave in.
"As soon as Luna gets back, she's gonna be the bandicoot-sitter!" Sash growled as she looked for the duo.
Watching the wolf in her search, Coco and Pura sat in a tall tree, knowing that Sash prefered to sniff the ground over smelling the air. As Sash questioned her nose and the scent, Coco covered her mouth to keep herself from being exposed to the short-tempered wolf, remembering how she tricked Sash into 'losing' her.
An hour earlier, Coco told Sash that she wanted to use the restroom, and Pura needed to use the litter box. Sash allowed it, knowing that the young bandicoot would not take too long. She was wrong; minutes later, Sash was asleep, and Coco and Pura had stuck out of the bathroom window.
Coco, using the treetops, traveled through the jungle with little effort, and Pura leaped from branch to branch as he followed the young bandicoot. This kept Sash from finding the duo.
Once Sash was gone, Coco and Pura went off to into the trees, until she found Crash and Nathan, whom were working on the tables for the food.
"Hi, guys." Coco greeted her brother and friend.
When the males heard this, they were spooked until Coco and Pura appeared from the trees.
"Coco!" The friends glared at the young she-bandicoot, who responded in confusion.
"What?"
"Coco, where's Sash?" Nathan asked his best friend's sister, who replied, "Last time I saw her, she went for a quick walk."
The boys failed to truly believe the younger bandicoot, and Crash, knowing better, asked Coco, "Then why were you using the trees to travel through the jungle?"
"Come on, Big Brother," a sugar-coated tone of Coco Bandicoot spoke out, "why shouldn't I? It's easier that way."
"She's right." Nathan said, causing Crash to looked at him in confusion. Then, Nathan added, "It's a good way to hide from Sash."
"That's true." Crash chuckled in agreement, causing Coco to glare at her elder brother.
"Okay, so I tricked Sash. That's not a crime."
"Well, you're not helping us!" Crash declared like an older brother, while Nathan added, "We've got everything under control here."
The young bandicoot was upset. One: Coco was the youngest changed animal on the Wumpa Island and Gun Island. Two: everyone, in Coco's mind, thought she was useless and helpless to do anything important. Finally: she was being baby-sat by Sash, who was not pleased to do the job.
Coco turn around and called to the tiger cub.
"Let's go, Pura!"
The young tiger followed the female bandicoot, wanting to know how it could help his dearest friend.
As the duo walked off, Nathan shouted out a warning to them.
"Coco, Pura, if you go to the stage, please do NOT mess or play with on it!"
"Sure." Coco non-heartingly said upon hearing the warning of her brother's best friend, thinking that Nathan was trying to boss her around.
"Nathan, why are you giving warnings to her?" Crash inqurred to his oldest friend, "You know that she never listens to that."
"I know," Nathan admitted, "but you don't know for sure if she'll listen this time, Crash."