A/N: OK. I am starting on a new Legend of Crash Bandicoot trilogy like the Legend of Spyro series which take place after it. Also, I haven't written a Crash fic for a while now, so enjoy.

Chapter 1: Childhood friends reunited:

"You're not going are you?"

Coco Bandicoot stood by and watched her older brother, Crash Bandicoot push the makeshift boat onto the water. 7 years had gone passed since the events of the NV Invasion. Crash had matured all over the years. He no longer speaks gibberish as he used to. His hair had grown down towards his neck and fringes of hair covered his forehead. He now has a muscular figure and his abs are showing. He wore a green sleeveless jacket and blue jeans. Around his forehead was a red headband showing clearly. He carries a huge crystal sword in a strap around his back. He turned to Coco and nodded.

"Yeah… I got to find out about this terrible evil inside me" Crash said. During these 7 years, while confronting Tiny again, Crash had almost beaten Tiny to the point of death. It was luckily that Coco was able to stop him from doing so. That is when Crash realised that a terrible evil is about to awaken within him. "I decided to leave Wumpa Island until I have an answer. If I stay, I would risk you guys in grave danger."

Coco became sad all of a sudden. "But Crash, you and I always look out for each other. Will I ever see you again?"

"I am not sure but I won't come back for a while now" Crash said as he opened his sails. "However, without me around, Cortex will not attack you or this island. But I try to return sis. If not, I want you to defend Wumpa Island for me."

Coco looked up in shock. Her older brother giving her orders to protect Wumpa Island, something Crash had been doing the whole time.

"Can you do that, Coco?"

Coco looked up and nodded happily to her brother.

"OK, Crash. I promise. But come back safely, OK?"

Crash smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I promise."

And the boat sailed out to sea. Crash turned back to see Coco waving goodbye. Crash waved back too and soon he sailed across the sea until Wumpa Island was far, far behind.

As Crash was sailing, he suddenly lose conscious and he fell to the raft. Inside his head, he thinks he hear a voice.

"H… He… Help… me… Help… me… please. H…Help me…"

"Who's there?" Crash thought.

But as he drafted into unconscious, there was a terrible storm and Crash's ship broke and Crash was found drifting into the sea.

A small aircraft was floating above him. The 2 passenger's faces were not seen since they are both covered into shadows.

"Is this him?" came a squeaky female voice.

"Yes. Without a doubt" the deep voiced woman said.

"OK. Hold on" the first voice said as she flew in closer to Crash "He's ours now!"

"No, hold on!" the deep woman said.

All of a sudden, a purple flash flew past them and grabbed Crash by the arms as it flew to the island to where Crash was floating to.

"A dragon" the deep woman said as he recognised the blur at once.

"Should we go after them?"

"No. Let them go. We'll meet them again soon."

A female black dragon was waiting for the purple dragon to appear. They are Spyro the Dragon and Cynder the Dragoness. Spyro has got Crash on his back.

"Spyro? Why did you flew off? And who is this guy?" Cynder asked.

Spyro dropped Crash off his back, which is still unconscious and replied "Oh, he and I go way back, Cynder. Let's just he and I are best friends."

He turned to Crash and shook him with his tail. "Hey, Crash! Hey, buddy! Wake up!"

"Are you alright?" Cynder called "Say something!"

"Ooomph!" Crash groaned as he couched out sea water from his mouth and then slowly opened his eyes.

As Crash slowly sat up, Spyro helped him by using his wing for Crash to lean on.

"Erm… are you alright?" Cynder asked.

"Huh?" Crash clutched his head and looked at Cynder. "Yeah… I least I think so…"

"Good to see you alright, Crash" Spyro smirked.

Crash jumped up in shock. "Spyro?! Is that you? Wow. You got big."

"You too, Crash. I hardly recognised you at first" Spyro said.

"Well, it's nice to meet you, Mr. Bandicoot" Cynder smiled "I'm Cynder, I am Spyro's soon to be wife."

"So you're Spyro's engaged girlfriend huh?" Crash asked. "Nice to meet you. But where are we?"

"I don't know. We were on our way to our home until we saw you and dropped you off here" Spyro said "Maybe it wouldn't harm if we look around."

"Sounds like a plan" Crash said. "Besides, someone around here must know about "it"."

"It? What it?" Cynder asked.

"There's this terrible evil inside of me and I need to know what it is" Crash said "It awakens in me ever since the NV Invasion and it's getting worse."

Spyro closed his eyes to sense it inside Crash. Then he opened his eyes in shock. "A demon?"

"What?"

"Crash, you have got the demon gene, a blood cell which turns you into a devil-half-bandicoot" Spyro said.

Crash looked concerns as his eyebrows turn to a frown. Then they heard a scream from over the mountains. They looked at each other, nodded and climbed over the mountain to see.

Down there, monsters were forming around a poor female jaguar who also have the body of a human. She has golden fur and a white stomach and chest. She had a huge fringe on her forehead tipped with brown. She has brown ears, brown eyes and brown spots. She wore a yellow bra and a long yellow loincloth and has a green strap tied around her arm.

"Oh no!" Cynder gasped "That poor girl!"

"We have to do something. Crash, we have to… Crash?" Spyro saw that Crash was gone.

The monsters looked up in shock to see Crash high above them, his crystal sword raised to strike. Crash then brought his sword down and slashed him into half. The other monsters fled in terror of Crash's oversized sword.

The jaguar girl opened her eyes in surprise to see that the monsters were gone. As Crash come to help her up, he stopped as he gazed at her face. The girl looked at him too in shock.

As the girl accepted Crash's hand and he lifted her up, the girl stumbled over and brought her face closer to Crash as they gazed into each other's eyes. At once, Crash recognised the girl at once.

"Juba? Juba Jaguar?"

Juba looked shocked and backs a little away. Crash looked at her. "Is it… really you?"

"Who are you?" Juba asked confusedly.

"It's me…" Crash said with a warm smile "Crash Bandicoot."

"Crash?" Juba looked into his eyes. And then she recognised him too and smiled happily and rushed and hugged him. "IT IS YOU!!! I thought I wouldn't see you again!"

"Me too!"

Spyro and Cynder rushed up to her. "Hey, Crash. Who is this girl? You seemed to know each other."

"This is Juba Jaguar. She is my childhood friend when we were little" Crash said introducing Juba to the dragons.

"Really?!" Cynder gasped.

"It's been a long way back. When I was 7" Crash said.

Flashback…

"Juba and I were best friends after I defeated Cortex for the first time" Crash narrators as the vision sees Kid Crash and Kid Juba playing and making pranks on Coco and relaxing "We get into some much trouble, pulling pranks on Coco, painting on trees and messing around on the beach. But at times, we always like to relax with each other. Until one day…"

A boat with a huge jaguar man with a crown waited on the island as he watched Kid Crash and Kid Juba talking to each other for a last time.

"I found out that Juba is a princess of the Jaguar Kingdom and so we have to part ways. But I made a promise to her."

"Juba" Kid Crash said as Kid Juba looked at him with tears in her eyes "Even though we were apart, we will always be best friends. OK?"

Kid Juba nodded "Yes… I promise."

"And Juba returned with her father back to the Jaguar Kingdom as I watched behind." Crash narrators.

End Flashback…

"My father heard about your fights against evil, Crash" Juba said "If you come back to the Jaguar Kingdom with me, I'm sure he recognised you."

Crash looked a little uncertain but Spyro cut across him.

"We'll be delighted to meet your father" Spyro smiled. "Besides, we can always use a vacation here."

"Wonderful, now let's go!" Juba called as she grabbed Crash's hand and runs off while the dragons followed.

Crash smiled to see how fast and beautiful she had gotten but his smile turned to worry as he thought about the Demon Gene within him. He looked down, feeling guilty.

To be continued…

A/N: Well of course Spyro and Cynder will be in it also. But in the meantime, how would Crash react around Juba? Stayed tuned.