Chapter 1: Splat!
Hello everyone, and welcome to my first published fanfic! I love Splatoon so much, and Super Smash Brothers is such an awesome game, so I really wanted to combine them. The setting is a fictional fifth smash tournament, so it takes place after Smash 4. Here are the eight Inkling OC's. The first four are girls, and the last four are guys.
Claire - Midnight Blue - Splash-o-matic (Suction Bomb, Bomb Rush), Cycle king Cap, Anchor Layered LS, Soccer Cleats
Harlow - Teal, Slosher Deco ( Splash Wall, Kraken) - Black Inky Rider, Moto Boots, Splash goggles
Violet - Purple, E-Liter 3K Scope (Burst Bomb, Echolocator) - full Octoling set
Luna - Magenta, Luna Blaster (Ink mines Inkzooka) - White Inky Rider, Punk Cherries, Skull bandana
Leo - Orange, Splattershot Pro (Splat Bombs, Ink Strike) - Aviator Glasses, Octo Tee,
Kai - Green, Heavy Splatling Remix (Sprinkles, Killer Wail) - full armour set
Jack - Yellow, Octobrush (Squid Beacons, Kraken) - full Octoling Set
Finn - Lime green, Tempered Dynamo Roller (Seekers, Killer Wail) - full Hero Suit set
And I added in a few new smashers, too: Amaterasu, Shadow, Crono, and Magus are all in this fanfic as well.
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Claire frowned in concentration as she surveyed the Splat Zone below. There was a minute left on the clock, and they were behind the other team by fourteen seconds, not counting their thirty-five second penalty. The outcome of these next few seconds would decide the game.
Silently she crept a bit closer towards the edge of the platform, surveying the zone one last time before allowing her eyes to drift around the stage. All of her teammates were in position - Harlow was in the back of Saltspray Rig, Violet was on the other side of the map on the larger platform, a deadly spot for an Inkling with a charger. Luna was hiding down below on one of the elevators, but it was rapidly rising. They were all focused, waiting for their leader's signal as their four opponents unwittingly walked about the zone below, curiously wondering where the purple team was. Claire sighed and took a deep breath, before standing up.
"Banzai!" She yelled, activating her bomb rush special and chucking the suction bombs left and right, causing a fair amount of panic down below as the yellow team suddenly found themselves in a minefield. And with that cry, an epic amount of chaos descended on the Splat Zone.
Violet activated the Echolocator, marking the inklings with a glowing signal that allowed for the purple team to see their rivals' locations, even when they were hidden in ink. She then quickly began to snipe them, first one, then another and another bursting apart into puddles of vivid purple ink. The last one turned tail and ran straight into Luna's ink mine, which chose that exact moment to go off. Harlow and Luna ran into the zone, spreading purple ink left and right with their Slosher Deco and Luna Blaster, respectively. Up above Claire's bomb rush came to an end, and with crackling pops the last of the suction bombs blew up, safely cementing the zone as theirs. Up above the timer added a penalty of forty-eight seconds to the yellow team's time, and the purple timer began to count down.
From there it all went downhill for the yellow team. The four girls abandoned the zone, and instead chose to guard the entrances to it. Purple and yellow ink flew fast and furiously, but in the end the girls were too skilled. The match ended in a knockout for them, the girls stealing the victory out from their opponents noses.
"Mrow...purrfect work, as always…" Judd said as he distributed the winnings to the victors.
"Oh, it was nothing." Harlow said with a false modesty, causing Luna to break into laughter.
"Meow...by the way…" The ancient cat added as he walked back towards the judging station. "The Squid Sisters want you to come to their studio after the 10:00 PM stage announcements."
The quartet looked at each other in confusion as Judd took his leave. The Squid Sisters wanted them to come to their studio? Most of the time any Inkling - the four girls included - would have been freaking out over the prospect of meeting the famous pop stars; but for now there was only confusion.
"So why do you think the almighty Squid Sisters want us Inkstormerz to come visit them?" Violet wondered as the group left the rig through the launchpad, soaring over the water to land inside of Inkopolis Tower. Claire shrugged.
"I don't know." She replied. "But I'm guessing it has to do with our status in the realm of Ink Battles. We are among the best."
That statement wasn't meant to be boastful, but rather it was a fact. Their squid squad was called the Inkstormz, and they were some of the best in the business. The group got their name for their closing tactic, one that they used to seal matches. Violet would start things off with the activation of the echolocator, followed by Harlow turning into a kraken and chasing everyone in sight, while Claire and Luna took care of the ones their prankster of a teammate missed with their bomb rush and inkzooka respectively. It had gotten them into the top tier of ranked battles, the S rank, and launched their careers into the spotlight. Everyone feared the squid squad that called themselves the Inkstormz. Well, almost everyone…
"Hey, it's the rainshowers." A joking voice called out as the group exited Inkopolis Tower. Luna smirked as they took in four boys relaxing in one of the alleyways, weapons leaning up against the sides of buildings.
"Oh look, it's the noisemakers." She retorted as the four boys grabbed their gear and joined their friends.
This was perhaps the only team that could say they had beaten the Inkstormz in a fair match - the Killer Seas. Composed of Kai, Leo, Jack, and Finn the four boys were ruthlessly efficient and could use any kind of tactic to tip a match in their favor. Their favorite, though, was something Jack liked to call the killing sea. Finn and Kai would set off dueling killer wails while Leo would launch an inkstrike. Jack would, in the confusion, turn into a kraken and rapidly splat the opposing team who would ideally be huddled in one place to avoid the killer wails and the inkstrike. It was rather noisy, hence why Luna had taken to jokingly call them the noisemakers.
The Killer Seas and the Inkstormz were fierce rivals, often battling each other to try and determine who was the best, but they were also great friends off the field. It was an odd relationship they two squads had - one moment they would be chilling together, the next moment they would be at each other's' throats - but somehow it all worked out.
At least, it had to this point. As Violet had bluntly put it, no one had wound up dead so far, so the eight inklings had to be doing something right.
"So, I take it you guys got invited to see you-know-who after the ten o'clock announcement?" Leo asked as the group drifted towards the building that housed the television studios.
"Yeah." Claire said, hanging back to talk with her counterpart on the team. Each one of Inkstormerz had a counterpart on their team, filling a specific role beyond what weapon type they had. Claire and Leo led the squads, while Violet and Kai were the strategists. Harlow and Jack were the experts in espionage, and Luna and Finn were the unpredictable wild cards. The last two, more than anyone else, were perhaps the reason why the groups were so hard to beat - no one was exactly sure what the crazy pair would do, and thus their opponents could not analyze them.
"It's kind of weird, don't you think?" The orange teen asked as they walked through the doors, just in time to see Finn deck the security guard. The boy sighed and made a mental note to talk to his teammate later. Finn was a good battler, but he had to stop letting his temper get a hold of him. "I mean, I know the Squid Sisters keep tabs on some of the better fighters, but I wasn't aware that they had taken a particular interest in us."
"Regardless of what their reasons are, they want to speak to us." The midnight blue teen replied as they walked into the elevator that the other security guard had opened for them. The fact that this one didn't question their presence, nor their request to visit the Squid Sisters meant one of two things. The first, and most likely, option was that Finn had terrified the man and intimidated him into allowing them through. The other was that the guards were expecting them.
At this point it didn't matter, for no sooner were both of the squads in the elevator did it rumble to life, zooming up into the building. It passed a few of the other floors before stopping at the main studio. Unconsciously all eight teens tensed, straightening their posture and quickly glancing around to make sure everyone was presentable.
"What if this is some kind of trap?" Violet suddenly asked, reaching for her charger. "Maybe this is just a trick."
"Trick, trap, or not, it's too late." Kai quietly reminded her as the door opened with a pneumatic hiss. "They already know we're here."
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