Chapter 6: Coco's Anger

"CRUNCH!"

Coco looked at the dead body of Crunch with horror. She could not believe what had just happened. In just a couple minutes, Crunch was taken away from her. Now, she'd never get to make out with him. Coco put a finger to her face as a tear fell from her eye. Then, she saw the knife.

"I should've known!"

Coco let out a low growl and turned on Dingodile.

"You killed Crunch, didn't you?"

Dingodile nodded his head, regretfully.

"Sorry, sheila. I was just jealous," he replied.

"Well now you've killed the guy I love!" Coco snapped. Then she muttered, "You idiot."

Dingodile stood there, unsure of what to think. On one hand, Coco DID break up with him and then fell for Crunch. On the other hand, she broke it to him gently. Now, Dingodile felt like a piece of crap.

"Sheila, I'm so sorry," he whispered as he tried to put his hand on Coco's head, but Coco pushed it away.

"YOU STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Coco screamed. "YOU HEAR? AS OF NOW, YOU'RE NOT MY HUSBAND, YOU'RE NOT MY BOYFRIEND, YOU'RE NOT EVEN MY FRIEND! NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!" With that, Coco began to sob hard. Dingodile tilted his ears down and turned to go.

"As ya wish, sheila," he sighed. "I just hope you'll forgive me soon." And so he left.

Coco stayed out all night, sobbing over Crunch's dead body. She was still sobbing the next morning when she walked into the Crash Hut. And then, even though she couldn't see clearly because of her tears, she saw Crash come in.

"What the— Coco? What the hell happened?" Crash demanded. Clearly, he wanted to know the truth and nothing but the truth.

"It was Dingodile! He— He— Oh, Crash! He killed Crunch!" Coco howled. She ran to Crash and sobbed on him. A low growl escaped from Crash.

"I'll kill him!" he snarled. "I swear to God I'm going to kill that god damn Dingodile!"

"Crash, no!" Coco screamed. "Don't make Cortex come after us!"

"I'm going to kill Dingodile for this! He killed Crunch for no apparent reason!" Crash snapped.

"That's not true," Coco replied, her eyes still wet from crying. "He was jealous because I fell in love with Crunch! Oh don't be mad!" She looked up, hopefully. Crash's face had turned beet red with fury.

"You mean to say that Dingodile killed Crunch because of you?" Crash growled.

"Yes!" Coco squeaked.

"You little— YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO THE BANDICOOT NAME!" Crash roared. "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO A FAMILY MEMBER? I OUGHTA DISOWN YOU!"

"Crash, please!" Coco whimpered. "It was only a mistake!"

"That YOU made!" Crash snapped. "Why should I kill Dingodile now? Instead, I'm going to kill YOU!"

Coco couldn't believe her ears! Her own brother, turning on her? It didn't seem right!

Coco let out a scream of terror and fled the hut. Crash ran after her.

"GET BACK HERE, YOU BENADICT ARNOLD!" he shouted. "GET BACK HERE!"

But Coco kept running. Soon, she reached the woods and then she bumped into Koala Kong.

"Watch where you're— COCO!" Koala Kong gasped. "I'm sorry! I didn't realize that you had come!"

"Kong, you've got to do something!" Coco shrieked. "Crash is after me and he might kill me! And all because I got angry at Dingodile!"

Koala Kong stared. Then, a low growl escaped him.

"Don't worry, Coco!" he promised. "That Crash will be history when I'm through!"