Crash Bandicoot meets Nazza
N.B. The song Crash sings at the start is the Crash version of "19/2000" by RexRock/ Crash Bandicoot and all related Crash stuff belongs to Naughty Dog and Sony/ Link and all related Zelda stuff belong to some company owned by Nintendo/ Nazza is my own creation (obviously)
[CHAPTER 1: INSANITY BEACH]
Crash Bandicoot was sitting on the beach, listening to his Discman.
'There's a doctor in the castle watching bandicoots prevail Now caught up in his fury with his losses and his fails Now he plans elimination so there's not that much to lose Please repeat my message, it's the warp room that we choose.'
While he was singing, he looked up as he saw a distant explosion in the distance. Over from one of the distant islands billowed thick smoke. He saw a bluish speck flying through the air. As it got closer he could hear it shouting.
As Crash continued watching, he realized that the blue thing was in fact a blue wolf, and that it would land in the nearby trees of Insanity Beach. He stood up, and turned down the volume as the blue wolf flew downwards and landed, as Crash had guessed, in the nearby trees.
'Whoa,' said Crash, turning the Discman off and leaving it in the sand. He ran over to where the wolf had fell, which was about two metres off the ground. 'Are you alright?'
The wolf recovered from his position on the tree, jumped down, and said 'Yeah.'
'What happened?' Crash asked. 'Who are you?'
'Well,' said the wolf. 'For starters, my name's Nazza. I was in this volcano one of those islands over there, and suddenly it erupted, and before I could get out of the way a big pocket of air picked me up and threw me.'
'And you landed here?' asked Crash.
'No,' said Nazza. 'I landed in another volcano, which erupted, and I was thrown up into the air again.'
'And you landed here?' Crash guessed.
'No,' said Nazza. 'Then I landed on this catapult over there which launched me up into the air, and over here.'
'But -' said Crash. 'But what about the explosion?'
'I think a volcano on that island erupted when I landed on the catapult.' Nazza looked around. 'Where am I?'
'You're on Insanity Beach,' said Crash.
Nazza was about to say something when a helicopter flew from the billowing smoke and over their heads. 'Damn!' Nazza shouted. 'That's the guy I was after when I got blasted over here!'
'I think he's going to another island,' said Crash, 'but I can take you to a wharf, and they can take you to the island he's at (hopefully).'
'Okay,' said Nazza. 'Let's go then.'
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'So,' said Crash, 'what were you doing when the volcano erupted?'
'Well,' said Nazza, 'I was on the other island, and this guy called Cortex, he had attacked the town I was staying at.'
'Dr Neo Cortex?' asked Crash.
'No,' said Nazza. 'Doctor Miniscule Cortex, Neo's brother.'
'Oh, I see,' said Crash. 'As you were saying?'
'Well, Doctor Miniscule Cortex had attacked the town I was staying at, at the time. He tried to drop several bombs on the city from a hot-air balloon, except they weren't actual bombs, only water bombs.'
'Hang on, I think I've heard of this "Miniscule Cortex" guy,' said Crash. 'Oh yeah, he was the one who tried to use a vacuum to stretch his - '
'Yes, well, as I was saying, he was dropping water bombs on the town, and even though they weren't real bombs, they were annoying the heck out of everyone. So I decided to get even with this guy.
'So I climbed this steep cliff, and as Cortex floated by, I jumped into his hot-air balloon. "What are you doing?" he shouted. "I am busy!"
' "This is for dropping water bombs on the city!" I shouted. With that, I grabbed one from his stash and slammed it into his face.
' "Aargh!" cried Cortex. "The water burns my face! You will pay for that! Even if you don't have any money!" With that he grabbed a water bomb and threw it at me. I jumped, and it missed. "Oh well," said Cortex. "I'll just have to kill you then!"
'He jumped at me, and before I could get out of the way, he tried to make me fall off the hot-air balloon.'
'What happened after that?' Crash asked.
'I fell off the hot-air balloon,' stated Nazza.
'Really?' said Crash. 'Did you get injured?'
'No,' said Nazza. 'Luckily I fell onto a tree, and jumped at the hot-air balloon. I managed to grab onto the side of it, but as I was half-way through climbing up, Miniscule Cortex turned around, saw me, and started throwing water bombs at my hands.'
'How come?' asked Crash.
'I'm not sure,' Nazza replied. 'I think he was trying to get me to let go.
'Anyway, after a while Cortex realised that throwing water bombs at my hands didn't do anything, so he started throwing them in my face.'
'What did you do?' asked Crash.
'I said "Stop throwing them in my face!"
'But he wouldn't stop, so I closed my eyes and climbed up into the hot-air balloon.'
'Why didn't he try hitting your hands with his fists?' Crash asked.
'I'm not sure,' said Nazza. 'I don't think he thought of that.
'Anyway, I climbed up into the hot-air balloon, and swung a punch at Cortex. I ended up bursting a water bomb he had in his hand. I ducked as he threw a water bomb at me, then jumped and grabbed onto that dangly-thing that was heating the balloon. Cortex grabbed a few water bombs and threw them up at me. I dodged, and they put out the flame.'
'What happened after that?' asked Crash.
'I said, "You idiot, they put out the flame!" The balloon started folding inwards, and we went plunging down to the ground. I landed in a volcano, and it erupted, and.well, you know the rest.'
'So that's what happened,' said Crash, nodding his head wisely. 'I'm Crash Bandicoot. You must've heard of me.'
Nazza stared blankly at Crash for a few seconds.
'You know, Neo Cortex mutated me, then I broke free and defeated him?'
Nazza continued to stare blankly.
'I have five freaking games out based on me!' said Crash frustratedly.
'Oh,' said Nazza, nodding slowly. 'So you're an actor.'
Crash sighed. 'No, I'm not an actor. I actually did defeat Cortex, on several occasions!'
'Oh,' said Nazza, nodding slowly. 'I get it now. I think.'
'Good,' said Crash. The two walked for a few moments in silence, then out of the bushes burst a Venus fly-trap flower that snapped at the two. Crash spun around and chopped its head off.
'Oh, you're the spinning bandicoot!' said Nazza. 'I remember you now!'
Crash looked around to see if there were anymore Venus fly-trap flowers ready to attack them. 'There don't seem to be any more flora around that will try and attack us.'
'I hope not,' said Nazza. 'Because then I might not have an escort.'
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'When will we get out of this forest?' asked Nazza.
'In a while,' Crash replied. 'A long while, you might like to know.'
'Okay,' said Nazza. 'Is it always this boring?'
'What do you mean by boring?' asked Crash, as he jumped over one of the many holes in the path that led to death.
'I mean,' said Nazza, jumping over the same hole, 'I'm used to battling enemies, working out puzzles, it's my adventuring nature.'
'I have an adventuring nature,' said Crash, as he watched a stone wheel that was moving from one side of the path to the other on a rail. Crash jumped through when it was on the other side. 'But not all of this island is very adventurous.'
Nazza jumped through, and his toes missed getting hit by the wheel. Only by a few inches, though. 'There aren't any enemies though,' said Nazza. 'I'm a traveller. I like to explore. I belong to a band of other adventurers, did you know that?'
'No, I didn't,' said Crash. He jumped on a box, burst it, and ate the Wumpa fruit inside.
'I've been through many "first levels",' said Nazza. 'This one would have to be the most boring.'
'Even boring compared to Pokemon?' asked Crash.
'Probably not,' said Nazza. 'It might be, because I've never played Pokemon.'
'I went to Kanto and Johto once,' said Crash. 'For a holiday. It was a bit annoying, what with Ash and Misty and all those annoying animals jumping at you, but it's alright I guess.'
Nazza rolled his eyes.
'How come you're not with the band of adventurers?' asked Crash.
'Sometimes I take a break,' said Nazza. 'Sometimes we all split up, to give ourselves the chance to meet new people, have new adventures, stuff like that.'
'I don't have a band of adventurers,' said Crash. 'All I have is -'
Before he could continue, a bandicoot ran out of the bushes and tackled him. '- my little sister,' Crash concluded. He tried to push the girl bandicoot off, but couldn't. 'Could you give me a hand here?'
'Sure,' said Nazza. He grabbed the girl bandicoot, pulled her off Crash and threw her a few feet ahead of them onto the dirt path.
'Why do you have to do that?' asked Crash.
'Hi, my name's Coco,' said the girl bandicoot, ignoring Crash. 'Who are you?'
'I'm Nazza,' the blue wolf replied. 'Your brother here is helping me get back at Cortex.'
'Doctor Neo Cortex?' asked Coco.
'No, Doctor Miniscule Cortex,' Nazza told her.
'Can I come? Can I come? Can I come?' nagged Coco.
'Crash?' asked Nazza.
Crash sighed. 'Okay, but no tackling us, no injuring us, no knocking stuff onto us, no throwing stuff at us, no pushing stuff onto us -'
'I get the point,' said Coco.
Crash and Nazza started walking, and so did Coco. Crash started walking faster, and so did Nazza, leaving Coco behind. She ran to catch up with them, so Crash started running, and Nazza ran like a wolf, and Coco ran as fast as she could.
'Hey! No fair!' she cried, stopping. 'I can't run as fast!'
'Look behind you,' shouted Crash.
Both Nazza and Coco looked behind, and saw a giant boulder rolling their way. 'Aargh!' screamed Coco, starting to run harder than she'd ever ran before. Nazza ran, as fast as the fastest dog in the world, and ended up leaving Crash a fair bit behind.
Nazza reached a small tunnel made by rock, small enough that the boulder would just hit it and stop. He turned around, and saw Coco running really hard, but the boulder was catching up to her.
'Help!' she cried. 'Someone help me!'
Crash looked back futilely. Nazza knew what he had to do.
He galloped at full speed, and just before Coco got ran over by the boulder, grabbed her and threw her on his back, and sped off to the tunnel. He overlapped Crash, who was know only a few feet from the tunnel.
Coco climbed off Nazza's back, and the three watched as the boulder hit the rock tunnel and stopped.
'That was a close one,' said Crash.
'Yes, very close,' said Nazza. 'It's only about two metres away from us.'
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The three walked slowly, still out of breath from the boulder situation.
'How come you're after Doctor Miniscule Cortex?' asked Coco.
'It's a long story,' said Nazza. 'But basically, he tried to attack the city I was staying at, and then I fell into a volcano because of him, and it erupted, and I was thrown up into the air, and well.that's how I got here.'
'Yeah,' said Crash. 'I remember, I was listening to the Discman at the time.damn! My Discman! I'll have to go back and get it!'
Crash turned around, and was about to leave when Coco said, 'One step ahead of you, bro.' She pulled a Discman out of her backpack. 'I realised you'd left it behind and picked it up.'
'Oh,' said Crash, taking the Discman. 'Thanks, I guess.'
'How long before we're out of this place?' asked Nazza. 'What is it called, by the way?'
'We're still in Insanity Beach,' said Crash.
'But this isn't a beach,' said Nazza.
'I know,' said Crash.
Nazza shook his head. 'Not only is this place boring, but it's inaccurate as well.'
Just then Link jumped out of the forest. 'This place isn't inaccurate.'
'Link!' said Nazza. 'Aren't you from Zelda?'
'Yeah,' said Link, 'why?'
'This isn't any place from Zelda,' said Nazza.
'In fact, this is a place in Crash Bandicoot,' said Crash matter-of-factly.
'So this place isn't Kokiri Forest?' asked Link.
'Nope, this is Insanity Beach,' said Crash.
'Right here? In this forest?' asked Link.
'Yes, all of this forest is also called Insanity Beach,' said Crash.
'Jeez, I guess it is inaccurate,' said Link. 'Can you tell me where Kokiri Forest really is?'
'No, sorry,' said Crash.
'I do!' said Coco. 'Just follow the path back to the beach, then swim north- east and you'll find Kokiri Forest, okay?'
'Thanks,' said Link. He ran back along the path, and a swarm of cuccos emerged and chased him.
'Oh, and watch out for the boulder blocking the road!' shouted Crash.
'I never knew you played Zelda,' said Nazza.
'What are you talking about?' asked Coco. 'I've been to Kokiri Forest for a holiday. I also visited Lon Lon Ranch.'
'That explains a few things,' said Nazza.
'Coco doesn't play video games,' Crash whispered. 'She doesn't know she co- stars in Crash 3, or Crash Team Racing, or Crash Bash.'
'That explains a few more things,' said Nazza.
After a few seconds of thinking, Coco said, 'Oh, I get what you mean now. No, I haven't played against Zelda at any sports.'
'Oh, okay,' said Nazza, going along with it. 'Neither have I.'
'How much longer do we have?' asked Coco.
'We'll probably get out of this forest before night time,' said Crash.
'Good,' said Nazza.
'Why? Are you afraid of the dark?' asked Crash.
'No,' said Nazza. 'I just want to get out of here.'
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Crash looked in the distance. 'Yes!' he shouted, running along the path.
'What?' asked Nazza, who started running, trying to catch up to Crash.
'Hey! Wait for me!' cried Coco. She was the last to get to what Crash had seen.
'What is it?' asked Nazza.
'It's a warp pad, I think,' said Coco.
'It'll transport us to the next level,' said Crash. He jumped onto it, and funny lights started spinning around the pad. There was a flash, and Crash had disappeared.
'Ladies first,' said Nazza. Coco hopped on the pad, and in a flash she was gone. 'Here goes nothing,' Nazza said, jumping onto the pad.
N.B. The song Crash sings at the start is the Crash version of "19/2000" by RexRock/ Crash Bandicoot and all related Crash stuff belongs to Naughty Dog and Sony/ Link and all related Zelda stuff belong to some company owned by Nintendo/ Nazza is my own creation (obviously)
[CHAPTER 1: INSANITY BEACH]
Crash Bandicoot was sitting on the beach, listening to his Discman.
'There's a doctor in the castle watching bandicoots prevail Now caught up in his fury with his losses and his fails Now he plans elimination so there's not that much to lose Please repeat my message, it's the warp room that we choose.'
While he was singing, he looked up as he saw a distant explosion in the distance. Over from one of the distant islands billowed thick smoke. He saw a bluish speck flying through the air. As it got closer he could hear it shouting.
As Crash continued watching, he realized that the blue thing was in fact a blue wolf, and that it would land in the nearby trees of Insanity Beach. He stood up, and turned down the volume as the blue wolf flew downwards and landed, as Crash had guessed, in the nearby trees.
'Whoa,' said Crash, turning the Discman off and leaving it in the sand. He ran over to where the wolf had fell, which was about two metres off the ground. 'Are you alright?'
The wolf recovered from his position on the tree, jumped down, and said 'Yeah.'
'What happened?' Crash asked. 'Who are you?'
'Well,' said the wolf. 'For starters, my name's Nazza. I was in this volcano one of those islands over there, and suddenly it erupted, and before I could get out of the way a big pocket of air picked me up and threw me.'
'And you landed here?' asked Crash.
'No,' said Nazza. 'I landed in another volcano, which erupted, and I was thrown up into the air again.'
'And you landed here?' Crash guessed.
'No,' said Nazza. 'Then I landed on this catapult over there which launched me up into the air, and over here.'
'But -' said Crash. 'But what about the explosion?'
'I think a volcano on that island erupted when I landed on the catapult.' Nazza looked around. 'Where am I?'
'You're on Insanity Beach,' said Crash.
Nazza was about to say something when a helicopter flew from the billowing smoke and over their heads. 'Damn!' Nazza shouted. 'That's the guy I was after when I got blasted over here!'
'I think he's going to another island,' said Crash, 'but I can take you to a wharf, and they can take you to the island he's at (hopefully).'
'Okay,' said Nazza. 'Let's go then.'
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'So,' said Crash, 'what were you doing when the volcano erupted?'
'Well,' said Nazza, 'I was on the other island, and this guy called Cortex, he had attacked the town I was staying at.'
'Dr Neo Cortex?' asked Crash.
'No,' said Nazza. 'Doctor Miniscule Cortex, Neo's brother.'
'Oh, I see,' said Crash. 'As you were saying?'
'Well, Doctor Miniscule Cortex had attacked the town I was staying at, at the time. He tried to drop several bombs on the city from a hot-air balloon, except they weren't actual bombs, only water bombs.'
'Hang on, I think I've heard of this "Miniscule Cortex" guy,' said Crash. 'Oh yeah, he was the one who tried to use a vacuum to stretch his - '
'Yes, well, as I was saying, he was dropping water bombs on the town, and even though they weren't real bombs, they were annoying the heck out of everyone. So I decided to get even with this guy.
'So I climbed this steep cliff, and as Cortex floated by, I jumped into his hot-air balloon. "What are you doing?" he shouted. "I am busy!"
' "This is for dropping water bombs on the city!" I shouted. With that, I grabbed one from his stash and slammed it into his face.
' "Aargh!" cried Cortex. "The water burns my face! You will pay for that! Even if you don't have any money!" With that he grabbed a water bomb and threw it at me. I jumped, and it missed. "Oh well," said Cortex. "I'll just have to kill you then!"
'He jumped at me, and before I could get out of the way, he tried to make me fall off the hot-air balloon.'
'What happened after that?' Crash asked.
'I fell off the hot-air balloon,' stated Nazza.
'Really?' said Crash. 'Did you get injured?'
'No,' said Nazza. 'Luckily I fell onto a tree, and jumped at the hot-air balloon. I managed to grab onto the side of it, but as I was half-way through climbing up, Miniscule Cortex turned around, saw me, and started throwing water bombs at my hands.'
'How come?' asked Crash.
'I'm not sure,' Nazza replied. 'I think he was trying to get me to let go.
'Anyway, after a while Cortex realised that throwing water bombs at my hands didn't do anything, so he started throwing them in my face.'
'What did you do?' asked Crash.
'I said "Stop throwing them in my face!"
'But he wouldn't stop, so I closed my eyes and climbed up into the hot-air balloon.'
'Why didn't he try hitting your hands with his fists?' Crash asked.
'I'm not sure,' said Nazza. 'I don't think he thought of that.
'Anyway, I climbed up into the hot-air balloon, and swung a punch at Cortex. I ended up bursting a water bomb he had in his hand. I ducked as he threw a water bomb at me, then jumped and grabbed onto that dangly-thing that was heating the balloon. Cortex grabbed a few water bombs and threw them up at me. I dodged, and they put out the flame.'
'What happened after that?' asked Crash.
'I said, "You idiot, they put out the flame!" The balloon started folding inwards, and we went plunging down to the ground. I landed in a volcano, and it erupted, and.well, you know the rest.'
'So that's what happened,' said Crash, nodding his head wisely. 'I'm Crash Bandicoot. You must've heard of me.'
Nazza stared blankly at Crash for a few seconds.
'You know, Neo Cortex mutated me, then I broke free and defeated him?'
Nazza continued to stare blankly.
'I have five freaking games out based on me!' said Crash frustratedly.
'Oh,' said Nazza, nodding slowly. 'So you're an actor.'
Crash sighed. 'No, I'm not an actor. I actually did defeat Cortex, on several occasions!'
'Oh,' said Nazza, nodding slowly. 'I get it now. I think.'
'Good,' said Crash. The two walked for a few moments in silence, then out of the bushes burst a Venus fly-trap flower that snapped at the two. Crash spun around and chopped its head off.
'Oh, you're the spinning bandicoot!' said Nazza. 'I remember you now!'
Crash looked around to see if there were anymore Venus fly-trap flowers ready to attack them. 'There don't seem to be any more flora around that will try and attack us.'
'I hope not,' said Nazza. 'Because then I might not have an escort.'
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'When will we get out of this forest?' asked Nazza.
'In a while,' Crash replied. 'A long while, you might like to know.'
'Okay,' said Nazza. 'Is it always this boring?'
'What do you mean by boring?' asked Crash, as he jumped over one of the many holes in the path that led to death.
'I mean,' said Nazza, jumping over the same hole, 'I'm used to battling enemies, working out puzzles, it's my adventuring nature.'
'I have an adventuring nature,' said Crash, as he watched a stone wheel that was moving from one side of the path to the other on a rail. Crash jumped through when it was on the other side. 'But not all of this island is very adventurous.'
Nazza jumped through, and his toes missed getting hit by the wheel. Only by a few inches, though. 'There aren't any enemies though,' said Nazza. 'I'm a traveller. I like to explore. I belong to a band of other adventurers, did you know that?'
'No, I didn't,' said Crash. He jumped on a box, burst it, and ate the Wumpa fruit inside.
'I've been through many "first levels",' said Nazza. 'This one would have to be the most boring.'
'Even boring compared to Pokemon?' asked Crash.
'Probably not,' said Nazza. 'It might be, because I've never played Pokemon.'
'I went to Kanto and Johto once,' said Crash. 'For a holiday. It was a bit annoying, what with Ash and Misty and all those annoying animals jumping at you, but it's alright I guess.'
Nazza rolled his eyes.
'How come you're not with the band of adventurers?' asked Crash.
'Sometimes I take a break,' said Nazza. 'Sometimes we all split up, to give ourselves the chance to meet new people, have new adventures, stuff like that.'
'I don't have a band of adventurers,' said Crash. 'All I have is -'
Before he could continue, a bandicoot ran out of the bushes and tackled him. '- my little sister,' Crash concluded. He tried to push the girl bandicoot off, but couldn't. 'Could you give me a hand here?'
'Sure,' said Nazza. He grabbed the girl bandicoot, pulled her off Crash and threw her a few feet ahead of them onto the dirt path.
'Why do you have to do that?' asked Crash.
'Hi, my name's Coco,' said the girl bandicoot, ignoring Crash. 'Who are you?'
'I'm Nazza,' the blue wolf replied. 'Your brother here is helping me get back at Cortex.'
'Doctor Neo Cortex?' asked Coco.
'No, Doctor Miniscule Cortex,' Nazza told her.
'Can I come? Can I come? Can I come?' nagged Coco.
'Crash?' asked Nazza.
Crash sighed. 'Okay, but no tackling us, no injuring us, no knocking stuff onto us, no throwing stuff at us, no pushing stuff onto us -'
'I get the point,' said Coco.
Crash and Nazza started walking, and so did Coco. Crash started walking faster, and so did Nazza, leaving Coco behind. She ran to catch up with them, so Crash started running, and Nazza ran like a wolf, and Coco ran as fast as she could.
'Hey! No fair!' she cried, stopping. 'I can't run as fast!'
'Look behind you,' shouted Crash.
Both Nazza and Coco looked behind, and saw a giant boulder rolling their way. 'Aargh!' screamed Coco, starting to run harder than she'd ever ran before. Nazza ran, as fast as the fastest dog in the world, and ended up leaving Crash a fair bit behind.
Nazza reached a small tunnel made by rock, small enough that the boulder would just hit it and stop. He turned around, and saw Coco running really hard, but the boulder was catching up to her.
'Help!' she cried. 'Someone help me!'
Crash looked back futilely. Nazza knew what he had to do.
He galloped at full speed, and just before Coco got ran over by the boulder, grabbed her and threw her on his back, and sped off to the tunnel. He overlapped Crash, who was know only a few feet from the tunnel.
Coco climbed off Nazza's back, and the three watched as the boulder hit the rock tunnel and stopped.
'That was a close one,' said Crash.
'Yes, very close,' said Nazza. 'It's only about two metres away from us.'
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The three walked slowly, still out of breath from the boulder situation.
'How come you're after Doctor Miniscule Cortex?' asked Coco.
'It's a long story,' said Nazza. 'But basically, he tried to attack the city I was staying at, and then I fell into a volcano because of him, and it erupted, and I was thrown up into the air, and well.that's how I got here.'
'Yeah,' said Crash. 'I remember, I was listening to the Discman at the time.damn! My Discman! I'll have to go back and get it!'
Crash turned around, and was about to leave when Coco said, 'One step ahead of you, bro.' She pulled a Discman out of her backpack. 'I realised you'd left it behind and picked it up.'
'Oh,' said Crash, taking the Discman. 'Thanks, I guess.'
'How long before we're out of this place?' asked Nazza. 'What is it called, by the way?'
'We're still in Insanity Beach,' said Crash.
'But this isn't a beach,' said Nazza.
'I know,' said Crash.
Nazza shook his head. 'Not only is this place boring, but it's inaccurate as well.'
Just then Link jumped out of the forest. 'This place isn't inaccurate.'
'Link!' said Nazza. 'Aren't you from Zelda?'
'Yeah,' said Link, 'why?'
'This isn't any place from Zelda,' said Nazza.
'In fact, this is a place in Crash Bandicoot,' said Crash matter-of-factly.
'So this place isn't Kokiri Forest?' asked Link.
'Nope, this is Insanity Beach,' said Crash.
'Right here? In this forest?' asked Link.
'Yes, all of this forest is also called Insanity Beach,' said Crash.
'Jeez, I guess it is inaccurate,' said Link. 'Can you tell me where Kokiri Forest really is?'
'No, sorry,' said Crash.
'I do!' said Coco. 'Just follow the path back to the beach, then swim north- east and you'll find Kokiri Forest, okay?'
'Thanks,' said Link. He ran back along the path, and a swarm of cuccos emerged and chased him.
'Oh, and watch out for the boulder blocking the road!' shouted Crash.
'I never knew you played Zelda,' said Nazza.
'What are you talking about?' asked Coco. 'I've been to Kokiri Forest for a holiday. I also visited Lon Lon Ranch.'
'That explains a few things,' said Nazza.
'Coco doesn't play video games,' Crash whispered. 'She doesn't know she co- stars in Crash 3, or Crash Team Racing, or Crash Bash.'
'That explains a few more things,' said Nazza.
After a few seconds of thinking, Coco said, 'Oh, I get what you mean now. No, I haven't played against Zelda at any sports.'
'Oh, okay,' said Nazza, going along with it. 'Neither have I.'
'How much longer do we have?' asked Coco.
'We'll probably get out of this forest before night time,' said Crash.
'Good,' said Nazza.
'Why? Are you afraid of the dark?' asked Crash.
'No,' said Nazza. 'I just want to get out of here.'
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Crash looked in the distance. 'Yes!' he shouted, running along the path.
'What?' asked Nazza, who started running, trying to catch up to Crash.
'Hey! Wait for me!' cried Coco. She was the last to get to what Crash had seen.
'What is it?' asked Nazza.
'It's a warp pad, I think,' said Coco.
'It'll transport us to the next level,' said Crash. He jumped onto it, and funny lights started spinning around the pad. There was a flash, and Crash had disappeared.
'Ladies first,' said Nazza. Coco hopped on the pad, and in a flash she was gone. 'Here goes nothing,' Nazza said, jumping onto the pad.