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Chapter 4: Secret of the Crystal Coconut
"Crystal Coconut…?" say the shamans strangely.
"I know what you want with it and I won't tell you!" Cranky snaps back at K. Rool.
"Never say never; wouldn't you say so, Dr. Scientistein?" K. Rool asks a human scientist who is bald and has white beard and moustache.
"Hehehe, right!" replies Dr. Scientistein.
"I'll never tell you the password to access it, no matter what!" yells Cranky. "Torture me, burn me over a stake, or pull out my nails! I'll never tell you!"
"Do you take us for barbaric savages that we will torture you?" says K. Rool. "It will be very painless for you to give out the password. Dr. Scientistein invented a kind of truth-drug that makes the victim leak out all that they're hiding, and we're going to use it on you so you will tell us!"
"Drug! You beast! Villain! Devil incarnate!"
"Enough blabbering! I don't want to waste time! We're going to Lost World at once! And put these prisoners into that cave!"
Under K. Rool's command, the Kremlings shove all the prisoners, except Cranky, into a cave and place a large boulder over the entrance. The animal buddies they leave them in the cage outside the cave. Just before the Kremlings leave with Cranky, K. Rool commands a large Kremling, Krusha, to guard the prisoners until they come back. With this, the Kremlings left to who-knows-where.
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Because there's not a single opening in the cave, and the entrance is blocked, it is pitch black inside; you cannot see even an inch in front of you.
"Man! This sucks!" grumbles Horohoro. "Who knows that breakfast would lead us to this!"
"It's so dark… I can't see anything!" complains Ryu, but then he sees a sparkle. "What's that sparkle?"
"I believe that's my teeth sparkling," replies Swanky Kong. "I always keep my teeth clean, so they sparkle and glitter whenever I bare my teeth."
"Anna? Where are you, Anna?" asks Yoh, trying to look through the darkness. "Are you here?"
SLAP!
"Ouch!"
"Don't step on my foot!" Anna scolds at him.
"Sorry… I can't see…"
"Pai-Long, can you break the boulder?" Jun asks Pai-Long.
"Sorry, Lady Jun, but these chains are made of hard substance that I cannot break out of. I'm sorry that I failed to protect you and your friends."
"It's all right. Don't worry about it. I believe we will be rescued somehow."
"Waaaaaa! It's so dark! I can't see big brother!" cries Pirika.
"By the way, what's the Crystal Coconut that fat croc talked about?" asks Ren.
"The Crystal Coconut? That is a sacred object found in the Lost World, an island not far to the north of here," answers DK.
"What is it?"
"A coconut that is crystal! Simple as that!" replies Chocolove.
"I'm not talking to you!"
"Chocolove is right. It is a coconut with a crystal-like shell. It is a rare kind of coconut that is planted from special fertilizers and can only be harvested once in a 1000 years."
"1000 YEARS! That's even longer than the shaman tournament!" exclaims Horohoro.
"It is said that whoever drinks the juice of the crystal coconut, you will get incredible powers. It is possible for one to destroy an entire island with that power."
"That's so scary!" cries Tamao.
"If K. Rool gets his mouth on that, then he will surely succeed his evil plans and become unstoppable!"
"What can we do?" asks Manta. "We're trapped here and K. Rool is on his way to the coconut. There's no way we can stop him now."
"Let's just hope Cranky won't tell him the password," says Diddy.
"Hey, is there anything at the end of this cave?" asks Yoh.
"No. This cave is only as big as a room. There's no path behind it."
"Oh…"
"Master Yoh!" cries a voice.
"That sounds like Amidamaru!" says Yoh. "Are you there?"
"I'm right next to you, Master Yoh! I'm sorry I can't do anything to help you! With your hands bind together, you cannot do anything for me help…"
"Don't worry. Everything will turn out fine in the end!"
"Where's Kororo anyway?" asks Horohoro.
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Outside the cave, Dixie Kong saw everything from behind a bush. She was the only one not captured, for she was not there at the time the Kremlings came. "What should I do? I must rescue the others! But that Krusha looks so tough!" She also sees that Krusha has the key to the animal cage, but how can she get it from him?
She hides behind the bush and ponders for a while, and then an idea finally comes to him.
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The Krusher is sitting in front of the boulder. He is beginning to fall asleep when Dixie pops out in front of him. "Hey ugly! You guys didn't catch me along with the others!" she laughs at him. The Krusha gets up and rushes at her. Just when he is about to touch her, she quickly dashes aside and drops a banana peel in her place. The Krusha steps on the peel and slips forward.
"Whoa!"
He trips and falls face first onto the ground, and while he's down, Dixie quickly grabs the key that is tied to his waist. Before the Krusha can get up, she smacks his head with a steel keg.
DONG!
And he passes out. Dixie dances around with joy that her plan worked, and it was a very primitive one either. Trying to slip someone with a banana peel… Anway, she runs to the cage and the animals are happy to see her. She unlocks the lock with the key and the animals come running out happily. She notices a smaller cage next to the animal cage and sees Kororo and Morphine inside, so she frees them along too.
"Now we should rescue the others," she says to the animals.
"I can break this rock!" says Rambi. He faces the rock and pulls himself back a little, and with a loud grunt, he charges straight at the boulder and hits it.
CLASH!
"What was that sound? Can't I get a good shut eye around here?" asks Funky.
"Sounds like someone is breaking the rock!" says DK.
Rambi continues to bang the boulder over and over, as he is the only one strong enough to do so. Kororo flies to the boulder and freezes it. Rambi gives it another ram and the frozen boulder shatters into pieces and sunlight pours into the cave, lighting it up. "Yeah! Light at last!" says Pirika happily.
"Dixie! You rescued us!" says Diddy happily upon seeing his girlfriend. Then Dixie help unties everyone from his or her bondage.
And so, everyone is freed. But that Krusha slowly gets back up again. Before he can fully get up, DK punches him hard in the face and KO's him again.
"That's gotta hurt!" says Yoh.
"But it serves right him anyway," says DK.
"Now what do we do?" asks Manta.
"We must go after the Kremlings! I believe they are on that island already!"
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Sure enough, the Kremling have reached the island a while ago. K. Rool ordered some of the Kremlings to stay at the shore while he takes some of his more powerful henchmen with him. They come to a large mountain in the form of a crocodile head. "This is the place!" says K. Rool. "Now listen, my men. To open this head, you must activate the switches hidden in the five corners of this island! Go and open it so that I can enter the island's core. I will close it from the inside to prevent anyone from coming in, and you must guard the buttons carefully and make sure nobody come touches it! Who know? The prisoners may miraculously escape from their prison and come after me."
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The shamans and the Kongs are riding a boat to the Lost World Island. Funky, Swanky, and the animal buddies are the only ones staying behind. All the shamans, DK, Diddy, and Dixie are on the boat, heading for the island.
"I see lots of Kremlings on the shore," says Dixie, looking through the telescope. "How can we get there without getting spotted?"
"We'll just beat them all up before we reach there," says Ren.
"How?" Diddy asks him.
Ren raises his hand and shouts, "Bason, oversoul!" Bason appears and goes into his kwan-dao, and then Ren jumps up high into the air.
"Wow! Look at his cool skill!" exclaims Diddy.
"Rapid Tempo!" Ren strikes his weapon rapidly against the air, firing several golden energy beams. The Kremlings see the beams coming, but they have no time to avoid it, and the beams blast them away.
"WAAAAAAAAAA!"
The boat reaches the shore when the Kremlings are all defeated. "That was so cool!" Diddy says to Ren. "How do you do it?"
"It's not something everyone can learn," he tells him.
"Are you kids shamans?"
"How'd you guess?" Yoh asks him.
"Because my father used to talk about special people who can communicate with spirits and use them for special fighting purposed."
"Yep, we all are!"
"That's cool! I've never seen one in real life!"
"Do you know that K. Rool is also a shaman?" Horo asks him.
"Really? I didn't know that. Anyway, let's get going!"
They head deep into the island until they come to a large crocodile head. "This is the core of the island," explains DK. "K. Rool must've gone inside already and then closed it."
"How do we open it?" asks Lyserg.
"I came here once before, so I know. There are 5 switches hidden in the 5 corners of the island. All of them must be activated in order to open the core."
"So all we have to do is go look for the switches and activate it, right? Sounds too easy!" says Ren.
"Let's all go and activate the switches!" says Ryu.
"And we three will stay here and wait for you to activate it so we can go in," says DK. They all agree with the plan, and the shamans went separate directions to look for the switch.
"I hope they can make it," says Dixie.
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The shamans are going to the switches in separate groups so the job can be done faster. Yoh, Anna, Manta, and Tamao went for one switch. Horohoro and Pirika by themselves. Ren, Jun, and Pai-Long by themselves. Ryu and Lyserg went together. Poor Chocolove went alone… But he didn't mind.
"Let's all meet at the mouth of the core after we're done!" says Yoh.
"We will!" says everyone. And they went their ways…
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As Yoh's group is traveling, Tamao stops to tie her shoelaces, but the other three didn't notice her and kept on moving. By the time she is done tying, she is lost… "Uh…? Where am I? Master Yoh! Ms. Anna! Where are you?" she shouts. "Konchi, Ponchi, have you seen them?"
The two spirits didn't keep their eyes on them, so they don't know either, but because they don't want to disappoint Tamao, they point to a random direction. "They went that way!"
"Really? Let's go!" So she runs in that direction.
"Now how will she react if it isn't?" asks Konchi.
"We'll just point a random direction again!" suggests Ponchi.
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Ryu and Lyserg come into a forest of dead trees and spider webs everywhere. "Something tells me that there will be several spiders here," says Tokageroh.
"I think so too," says Ryu. "Why else are there spider webs?"
"My pendulum is pointing to that direction," says Lyserg. "The switch must be there!" They keep on moving forward and see a large dead tree with an opening in front. "It must be inside!" But the tree is totally covered with thick spider web.
"You will not go in!" says a loud voice. They look up and see a large hairy red spider crawling down from the web surrounding the tree.
"A giant spider!" scream both Tokageroh and Ryu.
"I am Arich, one of K. Rool's elite henchmen. I will not allow you to get to the switch!" roars Arich loudly.
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Horohoro and Pirika are traveling through a terrain with nothing special. Just trees and grasses. Really, nothing special… "No sign of danger around here," says Horo.
"You shouldn't let your guard down, brother!" says Pirika. "Danger may come out at unexpected times."
"The girl is right!" says a large vulture sitting on top of a tree. "I am Krow, and I am guarding the switch!"
"Ha! Only one opponent! This will be easy!" says Horo.
Suddenly, a large Kremling holding a spiked club hops down from the air and lands in front of them. The ground trembles when he lands. "ROAR! I am Kudgel! I will not let you pass!"
"Who said I'm the only one here? This is two against two!" says Krow.
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Ren's team is standing on muddy ground with several clay figures everywhere. "This place must've used to been a place for natives to worship," says Jun, looking at the idols everywhere.
Ren suddenly got into defensive position. "Watch out! I sense enemy around here!" They stand there quietly for a short while, and they feel rumbling coming from below them. "It's below us! Watch out!"
Ren quickly jumps out of the way and Pai-Long pushes Jun away just as the ground below them bursts upon. A large mole wearing a hardhat pops out. "Hehehehe! You were fast enough to avoid me! I am Hardhat and you cannot escape my territory!"
"I'll make a short work out of you!" says Ren as he readies his weapon. But then he senses something coming from behind, and he quickly moves aside just as a sword flies in from behind, barely missing him. The sword stops by Hardhat and floats besides him.
"That sword is moving by itself!" gasps Jun.
"This is Kleever, the sword possessed by the spirit of a great native warrior," explains Hardhat. "He is betrayed by his own tribe and put to shame. Now his soul possesses this sword and he is dying to cut you into pieces so he can cool down from his anger and hatred!"
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Chocolove is encountering several giant bees. He is able to move around swiftly and took them down with ease. "Boy… That wasn't so hard, right, Mic? Where do these giant bees come from?"
"You have killed my children…" says a voice. Chocolove turns around and sees an even larger bee!
"Whoa! You must be the queen of these bees!"
"I am Queen B. You have killed my children, and I am angry!" says Queen B. angrily.
Then another bee flies in to accompany Queen B. "King Zing, see what that imbecile human have done to our precious children," B. says to King Zing.
"That human will pay dearly!" says Zing angrily. "We will feed him to our newborn children!"
"Uh oh… I should've brought an insect spray…" Chocolove says to himself.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Lots of actions are going to happen in the next chapter and so on! I hope you review this story and look forward to it! Are you surprised to see lots of boss characters from the DKC games? In case you didn't know, Hardhat was the third boss for Donkey Kong Land on Gameboy.
The next chapter will be about Horohoro and Pirika's battle. Stay tuned for a shocking moment!