A/N: Phew. NOW this one is long. But you want it, you got it. The final battle! Can Crash save the world and defeat Bowser? Well, that's why you came here. Anyway, please read, don't flame and review.
Chapter 28: The final battle:
'I had come this far now.' Crash thought 'And this may be my final battle alongside Shadow and Knuckles. Bowser, for all the evil things you done, and all those people you killed and all those worlds you hurt, I am going to defeat you once and for all. Crunch, I'll save you as fast as I can. Coco, if you can hear me, this battle is for you.'
Then as the light cleared, Crash, Shadow and Knuckles were standing on a sandy beach with palm trees. Shadow looked around.
"Where are we?" asked Shadow.
"This is a peaceful place…" Knuckles said.
Crash looked surprised "Is… is this… my island?"
"What? This is your world?" Knuckles asked.
"But it was destroyed, didn't you know?" Shadow said.
"I know. But for some reason, I had a feeling to go to the secret place Coco, Crunch and I found" Crash said.
Crash, Shadow and Knuckles turned to the secret place but they stopped when they heard a voice.
"This world has been connected."
"What the?" Crash, Shadow and Knuckles said. Knuckles noticed the trees disappear.
"What happened to the trees?" asked Knuckles.
"Tied to the darkness" the voice said as the huts disappeared and cracks appeared in the sand "Soon to be totally eclipsed. There is so much to learn. You understand so little."
"Wait a minute" Crash said "that voice is just like that man in the cloak back at my world. Gasp That man is Bowser! He did this!"
Then there was a massive earthquake and the sea turned purple. "A meaningless effort" Bowser's voice said as a bright light appeared "One who knows nothing can understand nothing."
As soon as it died down, Crash was in horror to see his home in a horrible shape. There were cracks on the ground and the trees all messed up. And standing in front of them was a muscular bandicoot wearing an dark attire.
"CRUNCH!" Crash gasped as he ran to him. Shadow and Knuckles followed suit. Crash was hopefully happy to see Crunch again but then he stopped smiling as he noticed something was wrong and stopped by the crack.
"Very good. You come this far" Crunch said in a different voice "Come. Take a look at this tiny place. Sure it look peaceful, with the sun, the sand, the sea and the trees, but to the hearts that seek freedom, this island is a prison surrounded by water." He then chuckled and raise his arms in the air "And so this foolish bandicoot, sought out to escape from his prison. He had sought to cross his ways to the other worlds, but in the end, he too has opened his heart to the darkness."
Then Crunch turned to them, but his form changed revealing Bowser, smirking with his shape teeth showing. He was using Crunch's body all this time.
"NO! CRUNCH!" Crash cried as he tried to reach him but was too late.
"Don't bother, child" Bowser said "I am afraid you're voice can't go to where he is now. His heart once again belong to darkness."
"You monster!" Knuckles said.
"Save me the details, echidna" Bowser cackled. "You see… I know everything around the worlds and everything there is. I am the master of knowledge. You see, all worlds begins in darkness. And it also ends. The heart is no different to the rest of them. Darkness sprouts within it. It grows, consumes it. Such as its nature." Crash snarled as he heard this. Then all of a sudden, Bowser appeared behind him, making Crash jump back almost falling down. "And in the end, every heart returns to the darkness from which it came. As you can see, my dear bandicoot boy, darkness is the heart's true essence."
"THAT IS NOT TRUE AT ALL!" Crash roared angrily. Bowser looked down at him very seriously. "It's true that the heart may be weak and sometimes, it may even give in to the darkness. But I learn that deep down in the heart is a light that NEVER goes out!"
Bowser chuckled evilly and flew in the air and just hovered in front of them. "Heh, heh, heh. Impressive, you defeated countless villains, save each world, seal each keyhole, meet new allies and you came so far, and still once again, you understand nothing at all. Every light must fade. Every heart must return to darkness!"
Then all of a sudden, a dark creature appeared behind them,
"What is that?" asked Knuckles.
"This is my guardian. If you want to fight me, then show me what you got!" Bowser said doing a little come on hand movement.
"Let's finish this!" Crash said as he and his friends charged.
Bowser then floated away from Shadow's punches and kicks and then used his tail to whack Knuckles. He then cast some dark energy balls and threw them at Crash and Shadow who dodged. As Crash leapt up to attack, Bowser then blew out fire from his mouth, Crash had to dodge them to dodge the flames. Shadow and Knuckles ran up to attack but Bowser call upon his guardian to guard himself. Bowser then used is claws and slash Knuckles and Shadow. Knuckles held his leg as blood trickled down from it as Shadow held his cheek as his hand was covered with blood. Bowser smirked evilly as Crash ran to attack again but Bowser called his guardian to shield him. Crash's attack was knocked aside as Bowser got around and slash Crash on the chest. Crash knelt down to the ground as blood trickle down his chest.
"That was so boring" Bowser laughed "You three are as weak as Mario's pipsqueak little brother. I might as well end it now."
As Bowser lifted his claw for a final blow, Crash moved aside and slashed Bowser hard on the chest. Bowser stood back as blood trickle down his chest.
"Impressive. I had misjudge you once again" Bowser said.
Crash got up again smirking "This may be my hardest battle than what I had with Ganondorf and Andross, but I will not let you get away with this! I just discovered your weakness."
Shadow and Knuckles smirked again.
"Hahahaha! You are dreaming again, aren't you boy?" Bowser laughed "Darkness don't have weaknesses!"
"That may be true, but it doesn't make you invincible" Crash smirked.
Bowser was confused at this, but then Crash used Sonic Blade and slashed Bowser so hard that he fell over. Knuckles appeared behind him and kicked him to the air where Shadow is waiting. Shadow then threw some punches and kicks sending Bowser back down to Crash. Crash leapt up, keyblade in hand, and he spins around knocking some damage to Bowser and then kicked him to the ground. Crash leapt back and so did Knuckles and Shadow. Bowser got up, very annoyed.
"Now you're starting to annoy me!" Bowser said "You insolent…" then he smirked and yells "SUBMIT!"
Then the guardian launched himself at Crash but Shadow took the hit himself. Then the guardian disappeared and entered into Shadow.
"What did you do?" asked Knuckles.
"Just watch" Bowser cackled and then he cast a white-like shield and goes closer to Shadow. "Come. Open your heart."
Shadow tried to escape but the guardian appeared behind him and held him to stop him from moving. Bowser's shield hit him causing Shadow to fall backwards hurt. Crash and Knuckles gasped as they saw this evil deed. Bowser smirked as he advanced Shadow again with the same shield around him. Crash leapt in and held Bowser's attack, defending Shadow. Bowser snarled and then put his hand in front of Crash's face and pushed him aside with some force knocking Knuckles down. Bowser turned to a weakened Shadow and prepares to finish this off. Shadow saw Crash and Knuckles on the ground hurt. He grew angry and yells "CHAOS CONTROL!"
Then Shadow disappeared from Bowser. Bowser turned to see Shadow in front of Crash and Knuckles.
"I will not let you harm them!" he snarled.
Bowser smirked and then called his guardian back from Shadow. "Really? You are the ultimate life-form. Why do you care for these pathetic fools?"
"Because of all the adventures I had with them, they were my best friends" Shadow snarled.
Crash and Knuckles, hearing them smiled and got up.
"And we're his friends too!" Crash said. "You have to deal with US!"
"Fine! SUBMIT!" Bowser said as the guardian launched at them again but this time the heroes ducked. "WHAT?!"
"Do you actually think you could use that again?" Knuckles smirked.
"You're finished!" Crash said as he and his friends ran forward and attacked Bowser hard and when Bowser was down, Crash was ready to finish this off, but then Bowser took flight again.
"I had misjudged you once again" Bowser said "but I am far from done. Come and get me if you can!"
Just then the trees broke away revealing a hill with a dark hole. Bowser entered and waited for them.
After curing themselves, Crash, Shadow and Knuckles then looked at each other.
"We can't give up" Crash said. "Everyone is counting on us. Let's give it all we got." He put his hand in front. Shadow put his hand on top and Knuckles did the same.
"LET'S DO IT!" They all called as they lifted their hands in the air and ran to the hole. Crash leapt in, but a barrier knocked Shadow and Knuckles out.
"Crash!" Knuckles gasped.
Then all a sudden, a huge human-like giant heartless appeared from the ground and stood in front of them. It was Darkness. The same heartless Crash fought on his island.
"You again?" Crash said "You do realize I already defeated you right?" The monster roared. "OK. Geez… such a temper."
The Darkside then put his hand to the ground to create smaller heartless but Crash attacked the hand as he also took care of the shadow heartless as well. Then when the Darkside lifted up his hands to do a powerful energy ball attack, Crash attacked his feet. Then the monster falls down and Crash strike his keyblade into its head killing it. Then he disappeared and Bowser reappeared.
"So, I see Darkside is not much of a problem for you" Bowser said "However, I locked only you here so I can finish you off! Your friends give you strength. Let's see what you can do without them!"
"Wrong. My friends will always be in my heart" Crash said "so if you think you can defeat me alone, then COME ON!"
"As you wish" Bowser made his guardian appear and the two charged at each other. They begins bursting, locking their punches and kicks to each other in very fast motion. They take it to the air and then they separated. Crash took out his keyblade and charged again. Bowser clashed with him also with his claws and they continued bursting again as they headed to the ground again. Before they fell to the ground headfirst, they leapt away, twirl around and landed on their feet. Crash then leapt up and so did Bowser and both slashed each other on their arms. They turned around smirking, their arms bleeding. Bowser than yells "SUBMIT!" And the guardian launched at him again but Crash leapt over and kicked it in the chin while doing a cartwheel backwards. Bowser smirked and saw Crash running towards him and call his guardian up to protect it. Crash slashed the guardian but did not do any effect. Crash then got around it, which shocked Bowser, and kicked him in the butt. Bowser got up again and starts glowing.
"My strength have returned" Bowser said "I hope you're ready bandicoot, cause your enemy has no connection on me!"
"Uh oh" Crash said as he saw the guardian disappeared and appeared on the ground beside him trying to attack him but he ran off trying to dodge each attack.
"So what do you hope to accomplish?" Bowser asked as Crash continued dodging them by running. "Do not deny your fear."
"Who says I'm scared?" Crash said laughing "I am exactly enjoying this!"
"Well, the final darkness attack is now" Bowser said as he draws out some energy beams from the flash and it came towards Crash. But he leapt over and the guardian appeared to Bowser. Crash ran towards Bowser but Bowser blew out fire, which caught Crash's leg, who just stopped to dodge but his leg was caught on fire. Crash put out the fire to see his jeans are torn, but his fur is just fine. Crash frowned at him and charged at him again. But Bowser called his guardian to take over Crash again. This time, Crash was hit and the guardian was stuck in his body.
"Now boy" Bowser cackled evilly "Open your heart." He went towards him as the guardian was holding on to him as Bowser was ready to finish him off grinning evilly.
"CRASH!" Shadow and Knuckles cried.
Crash opened his eyes and smirked and put his hands to one side and yells "KAMEHAMEHA!" And shot the beam backwards at the guardian destroying it and freeing himself. Then he leapt over Bowser, who was watching in horror.
"I…IMPOSSIBLE! You destroyed my guardian!" Bowser gasped.
"And with nothing to protect you" Crash said "I say this match is over!"
Crash then leapt in the air and stabbed his keyblade into Bowser's chest. Bowser gasped in pain and held Crash's shoulders. Then all a sudden, everything turned white and the heroes and Bowser disappeared.
Crash opened his eyes to see he was holding the keyblade, but he wasn't stabbing Bowser. He found himself in a dark arena. Shadow and Knuckles were beside him.
"Wha?" Crash asked.
"Where are we?" asked Shadow.
"I think… no it can't be the eternal darkness" Knuckles said.
Then they hear a evil laugh coming from it.
"Bowser?! Where are you?" Crash shouted.
"I'd be right you very soon. But we are here in the endless abyss" Bowser's voice said "Within it lies, the heart of all worlds is here." Then Crash saw a white giant door in the darkness with some white land around it.
"What is that?"
"That… that is… Bandicoot Hearts" Bowser said.
"BANDICOOT HEARTS?!" Crash gasped.
"That's right, my young foolish friend" Bowser said "Look as hard as you able. You will not find the smallest glimmer of light. From those dark depths are all hearts born, even yours."
"Where are you, Bowser?!" Crash shouted.
"I am right in front of you".
Crash turned around and gasped. Shadow and Knuckles felt their mouths drop at what they saw as well. Standing before them was a giant vessel of some sort. It made the trio look like ants from where they were standing. At the front of it was a giant head with sharp teeth and sinister yellow eyes. Above them was a circular area that looked like branches around it.
Around were yellow spikes that stuck out of it. Above it, Crash saw Bowser wearing dark pants and no shell and holds a double-edge dark sword. Even further up was the guardian monster except it was huge now, it had a yellow ring around its back, and two blue energy balls on the shoulder. They felt their hearts pounding from the fear of this giant ship of. It was inexpressible to explain the fear they felt.
"DARKNESS CONQUERS ALL WORLDS!" Bowser roared.
Then all a sudden, Crash, Shadow and Knuckles starts falling. A dark portal appeared and poor Shadow and Knuckles fell into it.
"NOO! I can't be absorbed by the darkness yet!" Shadow yells.
"CRASH! HELP!" Knuckles cried as they both disappeared.
Crash fell down from the vessel and into the darkness. Then he heard a voice.
"Giving up already?"
"Crunch?"
"Come on, Crash!" Crunch said "I thought you were a lot stronger than that."
Crash smirked and then he stopped falling and flew up back in front of the vessel and Bowser. He grabbed his keyblade in mid-air.
"It's you and me, Bowser!"
"Then come on and fight me, Crash!" Bowser said.
Bowser twirls his weapon around and he and Crash clashed their weapons together. Crash and Bowser continued sword fighting and came to a lock-on. Bowser then pushed Crash aside and calls upon some electric beams. Crash dodged them all and then slashed Bowser 20 times. Bowser then slashed him aside, cutting a piece of fabric off his gloves. Crash smiled and flew at him again clashing their weapons again. Bowser then twirls his weapon in the air and then sends a tornado at Crash. Crash spins his keyblade in front of him causing a tornado as well. The two wind forces clashed together and it cause a massive light. Bowser shielded his eyes from the light as Crash appeared from it and slashed Bowser on the chest. Bowser then used his claws and slashed Crash on the leg. Crash got up and covered his leg with his hand while blood runs down it. Bowser ran out to attack again but Crash stopped his weapon with his foot so he could stab Bowser in the arm. Bowser staggered back and smirked.
"D…Darn you. I am feeling a lot weaker" Bowser said "but now I must recover. And while I recover, I will emerge even more powerful."
"Grr…" Crash snarled.
Bowser then made his weapon disappeared and cross his arms and lean back. Then a heartless symbol covered him. Then a portal which Shadow and Knuckles fell in appeared. Crash decided to save his friends entered. But he couldn't find them but some shadow heartless. He took care of them and saw what looked like a orange core. Crash thinks he should destroy it and when he did, it exploded. Crash made his way out of the portal. Then he saw one of the laser cannon which is on a pillar below Bowser starts firing. Crash flew to take care of them and another portal appeared. As Crash entered, he saw someone there fighting the dark ball heartless.
"Knuckles! Are you're OK?"
"Crash! Thank goodness you came" Knuckles said.
They took care of the heartless and destroyed the core. As they left, Knuckles saw Bowser with the heartless symbol on him.
"What is he doing?" Knuckles asked.
"He's trying to recover" Crash said "We have to rescue Shadow and defeat him before anything else happens."
Then in front of the vessel the face moved and move in to attack. Crash and Knuckles, thinking that Shadow might be in there, flew in to attack. The monster fired laser beams at the heroes but they dodged. Knuckles then kicked it and Crash slashed it. The monster then shot a massive beam from his mouth but Crash and Knuckles flew out of the way.
"How many times must we hit it?" Crash asked.
"Not much longer now. Some more hits and he's finished" Knuckles said.
Crash nodded and he and Knuckles charged. The head then shot some shocks towards them but they moved out of the way and slashed and attacked it again. After some hits, the head stood still and a portal appeared from his mouth. They entered to see Shadow with some heartless swordsmen.
"Crash! Knuckles!" Shadow said.
"Are you OK, Shadow?" asked Crash.
"I'm fine. Just help me defeat them" Shadow said.
Crash and the others defeated the heartless and they destroyed the last small core. They escaped just in time to see the head explode. They looked up to see the big core underneath Bowser lost it barrier.
"We got to stop him before he gets to full power" Knuckles said.
"Quick! Attack that huge core!" Crash said noticing the huge blue core.
They all flew up and attacked the blue barrier as hard as they could. Then it was destroyed. But then Bowser's heartless symbol appeared, smirking.
"Ah, now that's better" He said as his weapon appeared. "So now where we? Ah, yes. We were just getting ready for round 2!" then he saw Crash, Shadow and Knuckles flew in front of him. "Ah. The three friends are together. No matter. I will kill you all and the eternal darkness shall take over."
"I don't think so" Shadow said as he and the others charged forward.
Bowser then swings his weapon and blew Knuckles and Shadow away but Crash came towards him and clashed their weapons. They continued clashing as Shadow and Knuckles got up again and charged. Bowser then pushed Crash aside and blew fire on them. But Shadow and Knuckles moved out of the way and Crash leapt over it. Then the heroes attacked Bowser at once. Bowser tried to hold them back with his weapons but he was knocked back into the wall. Bowser then pushed him aside. Then he raised his sword in the air.
"Now darkness, witness our real power!"
Then the heroes begin to draws in as the guardian starts to suck them in. Bowser the slashed them when they drew close. Crash then blocked Bowser's attack and they held on. They continued sword fighting as Shadow and Knuckles tried to kick him but Bowser moved aside. But he forgot about Crash and the bandicoot slashed him on the chest. Crash then flew back as Bowser clutched his chest, watching him in anger.
"You little insect!"
Bowser then cast some dark energy balls. Crash didn't have time to move but he held on to one of the energy balls and watched as the others was getting closer to him. He then used his keyblade to knock one aside and then deflected the rest of them. Shadow and Knuckles joined in by deflecting them some and attacking Bowser. Bowser got punched in the face and stepped on the tail. Bowser roared in anger and held Knuckles in the air by the chest. Crash slashed him on the arm to save Knuckles. But what Crash didn't know that Bowser brought his sword behind him and…
STAB!
Crash gasped in pain as Bowser's sword was impaled within his chest. Knuckles and Shadow watched on in horror.
"Goodbye, you pitiful fool!" Bowser snarled as he threw Crash off and he laid on the platform on the vessel motionless. "That's one pipsqueak down, and 3 more to go."
As Knuckles and Shadow watched in sorrow at their fallen friend, Crash was still laying motionless.
Shadow turned to Bowser in rage "YOU MONSTER! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO CRASH?!"
"HE'S MY BEST FRIEND!" Knuckles snarled "AND YOU KILLED HIM!"
Bowser laughed evilly and said "Oh don't worry. Soon you'd be joining him in the afterlife. Huh?" He looked in the sky. "What is that?!"
Then all of a sudden, a bright light appeared from the sky. Bowser, Shadow and Knuckles looked up. Then all of a sudden, 25 tall pink crystals came falling from the sky and floated in front of Crash. Then they glowed and there was a bright light covering Crash. Bowser, Knuckles and Shadow shielded their eyes as the light awakened.
"Crash? Crash, are you alright?"
Crash opened his eyes to find a blinding light. And looking down above them was his smiling sister.
"Coco?" Crash said weakly. His chest was bleeding badly and he clutched his chest in agony. "I am sorry. Bowser is just too strong."
"No, Crash" Coco smiled "You haven't lost yet. We had managed to find all of the 25 power crystals which was scattered all over the worlds and we managed to get them over to you."
"We?" Crash looked up to see all his friends he met during his adventures. "You guys… thank you. You're the best friends a bandicoot could have."
Each of his friends from his adventures, from Naruto to Goku, from Spike to Luffy, from Mario, Link and Fox to Cloud all smiled and give them a thumbs up. Crash saw Crunch in the corner, smiling and giving him a thumbs up.
"Crash… use the crystals. They can help you become more powerful" Coco smiled and she kissed him on the cheek "Go get them, big brother."
Then she cured Crash and Crash got up and grasped his fists together and the keyblade appeared in his hand. "OK. I will not rest until Bowser is defeated! Crystals, now's your chance. Give me your power!"
The 25 power crystals appeared and starts to glow. Crash bend down and yells as the crystals fired its beams at him. Crash then yelled at the top of his voice and there was nothing but whiteness.
As soon as the light died down, Shadow, Knuckles and Bowser had finally got a chance to look. Bowser saw frist and his face was now twisted with shock and fear.
"WHAT? NO! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!"
Crash was standing up, completely healed. His fur is now golden and his hair was golden as well as it was waving by the golden aura which is dancing around him. His eyes had turned blue and the keyblade transformed into a more powerful form, the Ultima Weapon. It was embraced by golden diamonds shape holes. The yellow lines going diagonally up to the top of the blade which had a golden flame. The crystals was flying around him dancing as he gazed up to Bowser.
"C…Crash?" Knuckles asked "Is that you?"
Crash smiled to them and said "Yes. Thanks to the power crystals, I am now Crash Bandicoot, a Super Bandicoot!"
"CRASH!" Knuckles and Shadow cheered.
"NO, NO. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! I KILED YOU!" Bowser shouted in horror.
"Bowser… this is for all the people you killed and the worlds you hurt" Crash said as he reached to the end of the vessel and said "It's finally over!"
He ran the Ultima Weapon keyblade into the middle of the platform which glowed a line and he ran up it as if he was cutting the vessel apart. Bowser gasped as Crash came near him and cut across Bowser as he finally reached the top. Crash then leapt up in the air and held up his hand and grasped it together. All of a sudden, the ship started to exploded. Shadow and Knuckles managed to get away. Bowser was in horror as his vessel was being destroyed as he dropped his weapon.
"No… Noo… NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Bowser yells as his chest was engulfed by light.
Then there was a huge explosion and the vessel was nowhere in sight. Crash smiled and then the crystals entered his pocket. Crash then closed his eyes and his fur and hair returned to his original colour and his keyblade changed back to it's original form. He starts to fall down, but Shadow and Knuckles caught him.
"Hold it there, kid" Shadow said "You're not going anywhere."
"Did we get him?" Crash said opening his eyes revealing his green eyes again.
"Yeah. You did it, Crash!" Knuckles said "You saved the worlds! You defeated Bowser!"
"Yeah. You just transformed into a Super Bandicoot" Shadow said "Using the power of the crystals from your world and you defeated Bowser in an instance."
Crash smiled as he got back up again as he floated alongside his friends. Then he remember Bandicoot Hearts. But before they could reach to it, someone appeared in a bad shape in front of them.
"Bowser?" Crash gasped, seeing Bowser in his regular form.
"DARN YOU, BANDICOOT!" Bowser snarled "But you're too late. Once I open Bandicoot Hearts, you lose. It is futile. The keyblade alone cannot seal the door to darkness."
"Don't do it, Bowser!" Knuckles persuaded him but no use.
Bowser turned to Bandicoot Hearts with his hand outstretched to them. "Bandicoot Hearts! F…Fill me, with the power of darkness!"
Then the silver door opened revealing some black mist.
"Supreme darkness…" Bowser called to it.
"You're wrong!" Crash said "I know now, without a doubt…" then he called to Bandicoot Hearts "BANDICOOT HEARTS IS LIGHT!"
Then the door burst open with light and it engulfed Bowser as he tried to shield himself but he couldn't help but watch on in horror.
"What? Light…?" Bowser managed to speak weakly "It can't be… why… I hate… that bandicoot…"
"Finally, he said something other than darkness" Shadow said.
Bowser's chest was engulfed and he suddenly begins to vanish. Then when it died down, Bowser was no longer seen.
"Bowser is finally gone!" Knuckles said.
"Now, we just have to close Bandicoot Hearts!" Crash said.
They ran to the white door and Crash pushed one side of the door and yells "Come on!" while Shadow and Knuckles pushed the other. They tried to pull but with little effect. Knuckles looked over to see what is on the other side and gasped.
"Will you stop staring and keep pushing!" Shadow snapped. And then he looked too and gasped. Inside was a lot of heartless coming towards them.
"The Heartless!" Knuckles and Shadow gasped.
"Hurry!" Shadow called as he and Knuckles continued pushing again.
"I can't… move it…" Crash said.
Then a familiar hand grasped the door Crash was holding. "Don't give up!" Crash looked up to see Crunch on the other side. "Come on, Crash! If we work together, we could do it!"
"OK!" Crash said as he pushed and Crunch pulled. It moved a bit faster now, but then 2 Darkness heartless appeared and they advanced towards them.
"Oh no!" Crunch gasped "They're coming fast!"
"It's hopeless!" Shadow cried.
But then the heartless was all wiped out before they could even get to the door.
"Where the heartless go?" asked Crash.
"Some old friend of your friends just helped out" Crunch smiled.
Shadow and Knuckles were confused and looked over. Then someone leapt on a pillar. He looked like Shadow but his fins were smooth and he was blue. He has a pink cheek and green eyes. He wore white gloves and red and white sneakers. Shadow and Knuckles couldn't gasp. Could it be…?
"Hey guys." The figure said "It's me, Sonic the Hedgehog!"
"You majesty!" Knuckles gasped "You're alive!"
"Sonic!" Shadow gasped.
"Shadow, Knuckles" Sonic smiled as he turned to them. "So you did it after all. But there isn't much time to lose. We have to close the door to darkness".
"What? But what about you?" asked Shadow.
Crash then noticed something in Sonic's hand. It has a silver handle and a gold blade. "A keyblade!"
"That's right." Sonic said "Shadow, Knuckles, if you returned home, promise you tell Sally that I am very sorry. But I had to do this."
"I understand" Shadow said.
"We gonna miss you Sonic" Knuckles called.
"And I will too" Sonic said "OK, Crash. Let's close this door down for good."
"Come on, Crash! Close it quick!" Shadow said.
"But what about Crunch and Sonic?" asked Crash.
"Don't worry" Sonic said "There will always be a door to the light."
"Don't worry about me, Crash" Crunch said "One day we will meet again. I just hope we could have a proper rematch one day."
Crash nodded as a tear trickle down his eye.
"Crash, you can trust King Sonic" Knuckles said.
"You're right. Let's close it" Crash said.
"It had to be now. There are more coming" Crunch called.
Sonic smiled. "Shadow, Knuckles, thank you. Take care of everyone back home. You too, Crash."
Shadow, Knuckles and Crash pushed the door closed. Crunch turned to smile at Crash.
"Take care of your sister OK?" Crunch said.
Crash nodded and he closed at last. Crash then stood back and held the keyblade in the air as Sonic inside the door did the same. Then the door begins to glow and with one flash disappears.
"We gonna miss you, your majesty" Shadow said.
Crash then turned around and saw someone by the end of the road. It was Coco and she was looking around confusedly. Crash ran towards her. Knuckles wanted to follow him but Shadow stopped him as they watched him ran. Unaware of a mysterious light behind them.
Coco then looked down and saw that some arena of the road was pulling away. She was standing on a sandy path.
"Coco!" Crash called as he ran up to her.
"Crash?" Coco asked as he watched towards him. "Did you did it? Did you defeat him?" Then the sandy path got separated from the white path and Coco almost fell but Crash grabbed her hand.
"I'm sorry, Coco. But it look like I won't be returning to you" Crash said.
"Don't leave me, Crash!" Coco cried tearfully.
"Don't cry, please. Remember what you've said before. I'll always with you too" Crash said "I will come back to the Wumpa Jungle after I rescue Crunch and I will come back to you. I promise!"
Crash and Coco were losing their grips on their hands.
"I know you will!" Coco called to him.
Then they let go and Crash watched as Coco was sailing away from him. Coco wanted to stop it from happening but she was too far away. Then a piece of light landed on her hand. Coco looked up to see more light falling. Crash looked up as well and smiled. Coco looked as well but then she turned around to see palm trees appear behind her and sand and the sea. She saw 3 familiar children laying down sleeping. She recognises them at once as Pikachu, Mewtwo and Samus. She turned to Crash, who was about to disappear.
"I promise, Coco!" Crash called to her "I promise!" and he disappeared from the clouds.
Coco bowed her head and then she looked up to see shots of lights heading towards the sky making stars. The worlds have been restored. Coco watched as they shot more out and she smiled.
"Come back soon, Crash" she said.
Then, Pikachu, Mewtwo and Samus woke up after it finished. The sky was packed with stars. Coco then turned to them and told them what happened.
"You mean… Crash and Crunch are far away out there?" Mewtwo asked. Coco nodded.
"I hope we see them again" Samus said sadly.
Pikachu turned around and smiled at them "Hey, don't worry. Crash and Crunch are the coolest guys I know they will return."
Coco smiled at his comfort but she still misses her friend and brother.
The next morning, the Wumpa Jungle was as good as new. But for some reason, Cortex has not attacked them. Coco decided to take a look in the secret passageway and looked at the walls. She smiled as it brought memories of her and Crash together when they were small. Then she gasped when she saw the drawing they done. It was a drawing of Crash and Coco with Crash giving her a Wumpa fruit. Then she thought she saw Crash using a gravel to colour in something. He turned around and smiled and disappears. Coco smiled as she was shredding tears. Then she begins to scribble something on the wall.
"Please come back soon, Crash" she smiled and walked away. We sees on the picture where she draw was Coco giving a power crystal to Crash.
To be continued…
A/N: There. Now for the ending. I had to find somewhere to make Crash more powerful and... I am not copying you, Key19, honestly, I just thought of this up. Anyway, the ending will be up soon and stay tuned cause the next story is Bandicoot Hearts 2 and DBZ and Naruto Fusion Reborn 2. See ya later.
