Arriving back at Inkopolis, the young squid grinned happily as his fiery orange colored hair returned and was brushed by a gently breeze as he grinned happily and ran around to greet his fellow Inklings."

"Hey guys!" He waved to them as music blasted from nearby speakers.

"Hi…" a few waved back as they saw the happy Inkling run about in the plaza. Sighing happily, the Inkling turned to see a disgruntled girl walking towards him.

"Oh, hey there Penny." He chirped before getting smacked in the face.

"You imbecile! We could have won that!" She yelled to him.

Thinking for a moment, the Inkling thought back to a few moments ago. "Won what- oh… yeah sorry about that. I we were on pink and I wanted to paint hearts to practice and I guess I got carried away…" He blushed embarrassingly as he twiddled his fingers.

"Well my win streak is gone thanks to you." She said before hugging him.

"Aw, sorry Penny."

"Hush Ninko, I can't stay mad at you." She said, using her tentacles to wrap her friend in a tight hug.

"Aw, thanks Penny." The Inkling smiled as he gave his friend a not-as-strong hug.

"Now I'm gonna get a slusho before heading back out for one more battle. You in?" Penny asked.

"I can't, Muida has been home alone all day and I need to spend time with her. Plus…" He began to blush again.

Penny faceplamed with a tentacle. "Oh come on dude! She's not gonna be mad if you went and saw her or not."

"Well I'll be if I don't." Ninko argued as he fumed a little. "I'll see you tomorrow. I promise." He said as he began to run away. "Please don't hate me tomorrow." He called to her.

Sighing, Penny walked off and left Ninko to do what Ninko always did before he goes home.

Running up the stairs excitedly, Ninko passed the battle dojo where he and Penny would often battle before getting to his destination. He was nearly out of breath when he stopped in front of the window. Not wanting to look tired, he dropped to the ground and below the window. Out of their sight.

An inkling saw this and ran over. "Hey buddy, you alright?"

"Shh, don't let her see me." He shushed as he breathed heavily. "Are they there?" Ninko asked.

"Looking up and through the window, the Inkling saw the two chatting away.

"Yeah… do you want to see them?" He asked Ninko./p

Yes! Just not while I'm so tired from running and I don't want them, let alone her, to see me like this." The nervous boy told him.

Shrugging, the Inkling told him, "Whatever man, though I'm sure they've dealt with more crazy."

"I'm not crazy! Honest!" Ninko yelled out before slapping his hand over his mouth so that they wouldn't hear.

"Crouching and dusting himself off, Ninko took in a final breath and fixed his hair before rising up and peering through the glass.
There they were, chatting to each other. They giggled to each other as the gossiped exchanged itself between the "sisters". Ninko grinned as he watched the Inkling in pink talk to her sister, giving an aroused sigh as he pressed himself against the window.

Seeing an inkling watching them out of the corner of their eyes, the two turned and waved to the fan watching them. He saw what he had hoped for. she smiled happily, and waved to him. His breath lost, Ninko waved back weakly, causing her to giggle before turning back to talk to her sister.
Seeing her giggle to him set Ninko off, as he turned into his squid form and made an odd giggling sound as he raced through the street of Inkopolis and back to his house just as the sunset.

Opening the door with his tentacle, Ninko kept swimming through his house, the giggling noise persistent as he shifted back to his human form and grabbed a soda from his fridge before resuming his Squid form and making the same sound as he slid to his room and onto his bed.

"She noticed me!" He squealed.

"Big brother!" A voice squabbled as a little squid ran into Ninko's room.

"Hey there Muida!" Ninko hopped off the bed and gave his sister a hug.

"Hai!" She wrapped his small tentacles around her brother's head before rubbing up against his tentacles.

"Sorry I was away all day sis. What do you wanna do?''

"Play Inklings vs Octarians!" She cheered.

"Alright then. You be the Inkling and I'll be the Octarians!" Ninko called to his sister.

That night, nothing but the sound of household objects breaking and ink being splated were heard as the two laughed and chased each other throughout the house.

"Hey Callie." Marie asked as the two were getting ready for bed. "Ever notice how there's that one fan that comes to see us every day?"

Callie stopped and looked over to her cousin. "Well that's kinda hard, cause lots of the same fans visit us everyday."

"No, this one was there for you this time." Marie said before getting lightly slapped. "He had orange hair and was red as a tomato when we waved at him."

"Oh yeah… that… guy." Callie said as she climbed into bed. "He's a fan…. what more do you want?"

"I think he has a crush on you." Marie said as she turned the lights off.

"Well he and several others… as long as he isn't secretly hiding under the bed, we're fine." Callie told her before closing her eyes. "Night Marie."

"Sleep tight, got a big day tomorrow." Her cousin yawned.

Callie grinned in her sleep, snuggling a plush squid. "That we do…" she said, the fliers on her desk were decorated in pink and green that read "Splatfest".

The alarm clocked buzzed, signaling that morning had come at last. Ninko pressed the button and got out of bed. He rushed to the bathroom and brushed his teeth before getting dressed and running to the kitchen where his sister was on the couch watching early morning cartoons.

"Big brother! You going to turf wars today?" She asked him.

"Yep!" Ninko answered as he poured a bowl of cereal. "There's supposed to be an announcement today that I can't wait to find out!" He exclaimed before chowing down and eating his breakfast in almost one huge bite.

Grabbing his Splattershot and hugging his sister goodbye, Ninko ran out of his house and arrived to the plaza of Inkopolis and saw that a crowd was gathering around a stage. The green and pink colors meant that the Squid sisters were going to be there. Ninko tried his best to get a close look without disturbing them.

"Sorry. Sorry. I said sorry. Excuse me. Coming through." That was what an Inkling who was gently pushed out of the way heard as Ninko moved through them and to the front as music play.

"Inklings of Inkopolis, put your tentacles together for the SQUID SISTERS!" The speakers boomed as the crowd roared with anticipation as the two rose through the stage. Ninko cheered loudly as the two waved down to them.

"Greetings everyone." Callie addressed. "We're here to announce the biggest event in Turf War history."

"You said that last year Callie." Marie muttered.

"This year, me and my co- sister have found a way to figure who the better of us is." Callie told them.

"We decided to have our own turf war teams." Marie said.

"Yep! You get to sign up and represent us in a team!" Callie cheered. "The best team also gets an invitation to a house party of the winning sister.

As the crowd roared with excitement, Ninko watched Callie dance on stage and waved to the audience. His eyes beamed as he was barely able to speak from excitement.

"This… is my chance."