[DO: Even though The Chaos Crystals of Armageddon is still in progress, I've decided to write this instead for a more comedic storyline. tCCoA was getting a bit too serious and wasn't feeling very 'Crash-esque' to me. For those among you who actually do like tCCoA, I will go back to working on it after a few chapters of this are done. If you didn't know, the title for this one is a reference to the original name for Mind Over Mutant. It is a pun on 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'. Also, before anyone asks, the original MOM title had 'Crash' not 'Kuro'. Hope you like this thing. BTW, if I didn't make it (up) it belongs to either NaughtyDog, Sierra, or Activision. No Flaming.]

Kuruoshii Bandicoot and the Invasion of the Bandicoot Snatchers

(simpler title:) Kuro and the Invasion of the Bandicoot Snatchers

Episode I: Twinsane Troubles

[DO: I was going to start with some character info, but it would have taken forever. If you need to know what they look like exactly and I haven't given a detailed writing in any of my fanfics, look at my profile thing when I update it, it'll have some info on their appearance and stuff like that]

Kuro walked out of his penthouse suite in VonClutch's Faculty Hotel in MotoWorld. When he actually began to add more to the park than just a few tracks, the park acutally started to get some business. A new 'land' was even added: Shops and Dwelling, AKA Midway2. His room was fine for his needs, but the hallway left quite alot to be desired. There were large poles placed randomly to hold up the failing ceiling as well as quite a few buckets every few feet where the pitiful roof leaked. There was a weird old man who lived in the attic, but he didn't seem to care about the fact that one day the floor of his home could just be gone.

As he walked down the pitiful hall, he noticed several forms of new mold that he didn't recognize before. They were red, purple, and neon blue. The latter of which, he discovered upon closer examination, not only smelled minty but had a Park Drone stuck to it. He hadn't noticed at first because the drone was unconscious and therefore making no noise. He tried to free the drone but to no avail, the mold incasing him was just too thick.

Unfortunately, his efforts stirred the drone who began to scream and flail around violently. Kuro quickly ducked out of his line of sight and quietly slinked out into an intersection of a few hallways. There he found just the person he was looking for.

Coco heard him approaching from quite a distance, the sound of the screaming drone startled her a little, but not very seriously. She figured that it was Kuro's fault based on the way he entered the four-way. Three of the hallways led to other rooms, the fourth led to two staircases and a single elevator. She turned to look at Kuro just as he rose up from his crouching position. He quickly embraced her and gave her a kiss on the cheek, making Coco blush.

"What are you doing here?" Kuro asked Coco as he let her go. It took a second for her to calm down enough to reply, "Crash and Crunch are racing in the Tournament. They dragged me along even though I don't plan on entering. I got bored and decided to come visit you." She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, as she returned to her previous position she noticed Kuro's power crystal shaped tattoo. "I thought you had decided not to get that tattoo Kuro! The other one I can live with, but a power crystal on your left tricep? Are you ok? Is this some kind of early mid-life crisis?" Kuro laughed and Coco laughed a little too.

Kuro adored the sound of Coco's laugh, it was one of the things that had attracted him to her in the beginning. He had worked hard to get to where he was with Coco. It took him over a year to deter all of the 'suitors' that had suddenly appeared on Wumpa Island when Coco had become available afte moving out of her brother's house. His comedy, brashness, and knack for sticking himself into convenient places to intrude on a conversation had amused Coco. She had originally only seen him as a strange friend but as the other attempts at her dwindled, Kuro suddenly changed. He became kind, compassionate, gentle and caring. It turned out that the arrogant comic was just a facade to differentiate himself from other guys. There was a time where she didn't know which Kuro she liked better but then she realized that it didn't matter, they were both part of the same Kuro and she liked all of him.

Kuro felt the same way about Coco, much to the annoyance of Crash and Crunch. Once they officially began dating, whenever Aku Aku was in the same room as the two of them he began asking weird questions about cucumbers, pickles, balloons, and bananas. VonClutch also treated the pair in a similar manner, though more blunt.

"Iffink your planning to plunge ze torpedo en ze cave, do it on your own time, ya? Zere it too much money at zake for you to be going zoff every ten minutes to go scraw your voman." Kuro was confused as to what he had meant, but when Coco whispered a brief translation, his face reddened to a surprising level. He had much rather preferred Crash's silent dissapproval.

Kuro and Coco went into the elevator, which was empty for once, and as the doors closed Kuro spoke. "You know, due to budget cuts, there are no cameras in this elevator. Thought you'd like to-" He was cut off as Coco threw her arms around him and kissed him on the lips. His hands, throw up in surprise, fell down to Coco's waist. He had more dignity than people thought he would have.

When the elevator came to a stop on the ground floor, VonClutch was standing there smiling. When Kuro asked him what was up he replied. "You do know that vee found enough money en zign budget to get ze new elevator cameras. It vaz an interestink first tape, you are a skilled man Kuro," before Kuro could interject, VonClutch continued, "I might even give you zat raise you have been asking for, ya? I know now zat it von't be vasted on stupid thinks. It will be in ze mail by ze end of ze veek. Guten tagh banzicoots."

[DO: Cut kinda short for now. If you have any suggestions for additional parts, just lemme know!]