Disclaimer: I do not own Splatoon, only the OCs are mine.

This story is sort of a sequel to my previous Splatoon fanfic, it takes place two months after Splatoon: Behind Enemy Lines, therefore it includes the OCs introduced in that story and takes place before the events of Splatoon 2 and , in case anyone has not and does not plan to read it I will make a summary of the events of that story at the end of this chapter.

Splatoon: Old Hatreds

Octo Valley, the underground home of the Octarians, a vast underground city falling apart bit by bit. Without any Zapfish, the Octarians could not produce enough power to repair and maintain their city, everyday accidents happen, buildings crumble and sink, trains derail, fuses blow, all these things are common in Octo Valley. Tired of living in these conditions, young Octarians flock to the ranks of the Octarian army, one by one, some drawn by the thought of glory, some by hatred, and others for the survival of their race. Even after DJ Octavio's defeat another high ranking Octarian would take the helm, and another after that. Hatred for the Inklings corroded the hearts of many, someday they would rise up and make the Inklings suffer as they have, even if they go through every surface dweller to do so.

But of course, not everyone thought this way.

Part 1:Squidnapped (chapter 1-5)

Octo Valley

The Nautilus base was Octo Valley's biggest and most well hidden base, it was here were DJ Octavio commanded his army, and now with him gone, command fell to the highest ranking Elite Octoling, Octavia.

Octavia had worked her way from the bottom to the top, she stood as second in command of the Octarian army, she looked not too different from any other Elite Octoling aside from being taller, but she was probably the deadliest Octoling in Octo Valley, physically fit, fast, accurate, and any other qualities that would make a great soldier.

"Acting leader!"

An Octotrooper ran up to Octavia holding a piece of paper.

"The recent report from the front"

She handed the report to Octavia, saluted her superior, then left.

This had gone on for a while now, they could have stormed Inkopolis before, but they missed their chance.

All because DJ Octavio was satisfied with simply retrieving the Zapfish, they should have just annihilated the whole Inkling race in their sleep. What good did sparing the Inklings do? All it did was give them a chance to strike back, dozens of Octarians fell, and all the Zapfish were stolen before they had a chance to be put to good use.

Now that annoying Cap'n Cuttlefish was quick to jump at the sight of danger, and whenever he did that he sealed off the manhole connecting to Inkopolis Plaza, taking the now imprisoned, DJ Octavio with him.

Thinking about it, Octavia grit her teeth in frustration.

Of course DJ Octavio wasn't her objective, she wasn't frustrated because of his capture, Octavia believed she could lead better than he ever could, he was old, always stuck to sneak attacks, and only stealing back the Zapfish. Octavia had a much better plan; the Inklings always managed to steal the Zapfish again each time they took them back, so instead why not just get rid of that whole pesky race all at once. The Octarian army may have lost the ability to power their Great Octoweapons but that wasn't necessary, they had three more advantages: a proper army, larger numbers and the ability to wake up early.

Yes this was desperate times, Octavio was too kind to the Inklings, always avoiding them instead of splatting them, the old DJ was too kind and only those in power could afford to be kind, and as much as Octavia hated to admit; the Octarians were no longer in power.

To reach the surface they had to get past Cap'n Cuttlefish, that old fart was faster than he looked, it didn't matter if it was a squad of Octotroopers or Octolings, every time they tried making a move he would notice and quickly block off the entrance to Inkopolis, with something that the Octarians could not break.

They had spent the first month trying to find out what that manhole cover was made of, but then someone suggested they switch back to DJ Octavio's stealthier tactics.

Octavia may not have liked Octavio's battle tactics but she had to admit that they did bear some success. Therefore they spent the last month observing Cap'n Cuttlefish, they would find every weakness he had, and once they did, they would exploit it.

Octavia sat in her office as she read the report, on her desk was a nameplate that read A.L Octavia. A.L stood for Acting Leader, a title never used before, Acting Leader meant that she was only leading in Octavio's absence, since the majority of the Octarian race had trusted Octavio so much, they believed Octavia was only a temporary leader until they managed to rescue Octavio, thus nobody went against Octavia for leadership, both out of fear and hope, hope that Octavia and Octavio could lead their race back to the surface, but in reality Octavia had no intention to rescue her former Leader.

Sure Acting Leader sounded like a silly title, but if Octavia went by something like; Leader, Empress, or Queen, other Octarians would get ideas, ideas like: "Hey that Octoling became leader so why can't I?" or "We can lead better than she can, lets all gang up and overthrow her!" Octo Valley was already in an awful state, a revolution was the last thing they needed.

Octavia silently read the report, it noted that Cap'n Cuttlefish only got distracted when he was busy eating, actually that was an understatement, Cuttlefish often got so distracted eating that DJ Octavio himself could slip away and probably capture him in the process if he tried.

'You gotta be kidding me' Octavia thought 'That old squid's weakness is FOOD?! Inklings are pathetic.' You would think the Octarians could have noticed this earlier but Octavia didn't think about it, she read on.

'So the Cap'n likes crabby cakes huh?' Octavia immediately summoned the other Elites, it was time for some action.

Nautilus base, mess hall, Octo Valley

Unlike the Inklings, whose had no army and the one it did once have was less strict and mostly made up of trigger happy volunteers, the Octarians had proper military facilities to train, treat, and maintain their army.

Nautilus base was deep underground, to reach it one would need to go far beyond the area around the kettles, this is where Octavio trained and kept his army.

The troops here spent their days jogging, exercising, shooting and training, with hopes that they would see action sometime soon.

Of course not all Octarians wanted to go to war, some were content with where they were now, these were the ones who did not join the army, however even in the army, some Octarians did not want to see a war, one in particular wanted to prevent it as she had been to the other side, she knew some Inklings, and she knew that they weren't bad or evil, just as misled as the Octarians were.

"Another day of target practice and jogging." Victoria sighed, she was seated with several other Octarian soldiers, there were all types of Octarians here, Octotroopers, Octobombers, Octolings and even an Octostriker, together they were one of the many Octarian Splatoons.

"Hey don't worry, the Acting Leader has had scouts all over the manhole for the past month, they have to have found something by now" the Octotrooper to her right said

He probably thought Victoria was bored because they had been doing nothing except training everyday.

In reality she was worried, the trooper was right, Octavia must have found out something by now, only problem is that Octavia constantly kept more important information to the ranks of the Elites, so there was no way she could know if war was imminent.

'The elites….' There was a time when Victoria dreamt of being one of those elites, skilled warriors, with jet black tentacles, wearing seaweed, with the fastest reactions and toughest training in the whole army.

But that was before, before she actually went on a mission and ended up wandering behind enemy lines, without even noticing.

'How could someone like me ever be like them?'

Not that it was a bad thing, the Elites often had to do dirtier jobs, such as making rebellious sea creatures "disappear" or "advanced" interrogation of prisoners, Victoria hoped she never had to do anything like that. Why? Well she had spent a good week or so in Inkopolis, and with Agent 3 of all squids, not only that but she got to know quite a few squids from Inkopolis, what would happen if one of them were captured? Would she torture her own friends? Actually were they even friends?

Victoria remembered what happened after she returned to Octo Valley, she was decked out in Inkling clothing, and even had a squid phone, it made everyone suspicious, the army questioned her over and over about what she did and who she met in Inkopolis, for her own safety she kept most things a secret and only told them about Inker, or as he was known to the army: Agent 3. Victoria had undergone a series of medical and psychological tests before being allowed back home, and a few more weeks had passed before she was allowed back into the army.

Now Victoria was back in the Cephalo Splatoon, waiting for the day the Octarians can finally rise up to the surface and "eradicate the Inklings…."

What had previously been a great dream was now an event she hoped would never happen, at least partially, Octo Valley was still in ruin, and she wanted to see her people rise to glory, but at the same time she couldn't imagine pulling the trigger on a bunch of Inklings, at least not anymore, not after learning that they weren't the vicious murderers the high ranking Octarians claimed they were.

"Maybe I should find a new job." Victoria accidently said aloud.

Her voice faded with the sounds of a dozen other conversations in the mess hall, only the two Octarians sitting closest to her heard what she said.

"Don't give up yet!" a large Octostriker said, giving her a pat on the back "We need to be ready, Octavia can't rely on the Elites forever."

"Shh, Kevin, you are supposed to call her Acting Leader, remember?" the Octotrooper to Victoria's right said.

"Oh right, I forgot about Octavia's title.."

"Be careful, you don't want the Elites to hear you say that name, you'd be punished for disrespect."

"Honestly, it feels like the Elites get to do everything around here." Victoria said

"Can't blame them, they can fight way better than I ever could, and without the use of a hovercraft too."

"Yeah but that is because you were born different, don't you think you are capable of something more?" the Octostriker said

"Nah, im fine with where I am now."

That was the mentality of nearly every Octarian soldier after a few months of service: 'no need to get ideas, just go with the flow and serve your people.'

Victoria wasn't like that, she always wanted to move up, but her experience in Inkopolis made her rethink that goal, now she had no idea whose side she should take if a war breaks out again, therefore she wanted to avoid it at all costs, unlike many other Octarians who still wanted revenge on the Inklings.

Hopefully she wasn't the only one in Octo Valley who wanted peace…

Victoria's home, Undercity, Octo Valley,

If Inkopolis had an Octarian counterpart this was it, the Undercity is the largest Octarian city in Octo Valley, and currently the only one safe enough to live in, of course by Octarian standards nowadays safe would not be the appropriate word.

In the Undercity, Victoria shared a small apartment with her roommate Violet, an Octoling with purple tentacles as only Octarians who had served in, or supported the army had dark red tentacles.

"Welcome back!"

Victoria was greeted by Violet, who was busy with dinner.

"How was your day?"

"Another bunch of military exercises, how were things on your end?"

"A bridge collapsed today, luckily only three people died and ten were hurt this time."

To other people this would not seem lucky, but to the Octarians it was. Octo Valley has been in a state of disrepair without the energy of the Zapfish, everyday it gets worse, buildings collapse, trains derail, blackouts happen, in fact someone would die almost every day in Octo Valley. At this point nobody really cared about deaths, unless they knew the one who died, but even they could only suck it up mourn a bit and keep living, this was life in Octo Valley.

Violet worked as a first responder to emergencies such as this, the hovercrafts used by the Octotroopers were also used like stretchers to quickly transport wounded Octarians to hospitals, of course they were bigger and faster. Violet was one of many who would rush to the scene and try to rescue whoever she could, in a scene she was basically a paramedic.

"Someone always has to suffer as long as others are living in comfort, that's the way of nature, we can't go against it, we can only help to the best of our ability." That was the reason Violet gave to doing her job, in the past Victoria dismissed it as a coward's excuse to avoid joining the army, nowadays she was beginning to understand what she meant; if the Octarians were to take the Zapfish, then Inkopolis would become Octo Valley, and vice versa, Victoria could not bring this fate to the Inklings who were so nice to her, therefore she decided to bear with whatever dangers Octo Valley held.

As the two Octolings sat down at the dinner table as all the lights went out, since Octo Valley was underground the whole city was plunged into darkness.

"Another blackout." Victoria sighed

"Second one this week"

Outside there were Octarians gathering in the middle of the street, holding tentacles they made a large circle.

"Come on let's join them!" Violet said

"Shouldn't we eat first?"

"Nah the food is still hot, this won't take long."

Violet and Victoria left the apartment and joined the dozens of Octarians outside

This was a common thing to do in Octo Valley, blackouts were serious in Octo valley since no sunlight reached here, a blackout meant the whole city would go dark, whenever it happened, all the Octarians would bunch up together and chant their fears away.

"Blackout! Back out!"

This went on until the power came back, all the Octarians then returned to their respective homes.

This was life in Octo Valley, it may not be clean, safe, or pretty, but everyone was friendly to one another, and they all had the same wish; to make Octo Valley a good place to live.

Yes they all had the same wish, just different resolves.

Cap'n Cuttlefish's shack, Octo Valley

"I can't believe I forgot a whole basket of Crabby Cakes outside my shack!' Cuttlefish said as he popped another Crabby Cake into his mouth.

In reality he did not forget any Crabby Cake, the ones in question were left there by a sneaky Elite, why didn't said elite just run to the manhole if she could sneak up to Cuttlefish's shack? Well it was obvious, the manhole was in plain sight on both sides, so it would be safer if she only left the Crabby Cakes at Cuttlefish's shack first, then returned with a splatoon or so.

That was exactly what happened; as Cuttlefish happily munched away at the Octarian made Crabby Cakes, four Elite Octolings made their way into Inkopolis, ignoring the snowglobe containing DJ Octavio, who was silently trying to get their attention.

Meanwhile in a mission control room in the Nautilus base was four pink dots on an old screen, one by one they disappeared, meaning that the troops they represented were no longer in Octo Valley.

"Ma'am, the team has penetrated into enemy territory, we begin radio silence now."

Octavia watched as all four dots disappeared, that was phase one of their plan, phase two would be carried out in sixteen hours.

"Ma'am, if you don't mind me asking, what is the purpose of abducting Inklings?"

Octavia turned and looked at the Elite with a face that would intimidate even the toughest soldier.

"Two reasons, for bait and morale."

Inkopolis Tower, the next day

As always Inkopolis Tower was filling young and fresh Inklings, each one of them dressed in different clothes and holding different gear.

Inker, Kal, Neon and Sky were amongst these Inklings, they entered Inkopolis Tower for a round of Turf Wars

"Whooohooo another great day for turf!" Neon said happily as she and her friends prepared for a match.

She was a neon green Inkling who was always full of energy, she also loved Turf Wars more than anything since to her, fighting with ink and weapons was the most exciting thing there was.

Neon had previously used a Splatterscope but now it was replaced by a custom E-liter 3k, which she gripped excitedly as the teams were being made.

Beside her was Inker, a blue Inkling boy holding a Splattershot Pro. Unbeknowst to the rest of the world Inker was secretly Agent 3 of the New Squidbeak Splatoon it had previously been a secret to even his friends, until two months ago.

Inker was followed by Kalus, or Kal as everyone called him; a red Inkling boy. He and Inker were friends since they were squids in kindergarden, the two were best friends and they know each other better than anyone else. Unlike the competetive Neon and experinced Inker, Kal was more casual when it came to Turf Wars, thus Kal liked to use all sorts of weapons, his last one had been a Slosher, but now he had a Heavy Splatling.

The last member of the group was Sky, the youngest of the group, he was a cyan colored Inkling who was usually quiet and calm, he was the lowest level of the group and used a Roller.

The Inklings changed color as the they were put into their respective teams.

"R.I.P you guys!" Neon laughed as she and Inker, the two better players were paired with two other Inklings, leaving Kal and Sky with two others.

"Hey, don't think we will give up just cause of the teams!" Kal responded

Of course Inker and Neon were undoubtedly the better of the four, so Kal and Sky facing off against them would be a one sided match, unless they got lucky and their teammates were pros.

The teams popped up in Arowana Mall, and were greeted by a familiar view of a large shopping mall, signs with advertisements were on almost every wall,and the sky was filled with hot air balloons and blimps.

If one looked at a balloon through a scope they could probably see the spectators viewing the battles from above, these were mostly squids too young to participate, parents who were eager to see what their children could do, or just veterans who decided they were too old for Turf Wars, yet were still interested in the talent of others.

The countdown began, and in a few moments both teams were rushing across the map.

Sky charged ahead with his Roller, covering a large amount of turf behind him, his teammates followed.

Suddenly Sky was splatted by a shot out of nowhere, one of his teammates; a tough looking inkling with a Scoped E-Liter 3k attempted to fire back at Neon, who quickly changed position, heading to a new sniping spot.

Inker appeared from the left surprising Kal's team, he purposely ignored Kal and took out one of Kal's teammates.

"Spinning up!"

Kal set loose a barrage of ink from his Heavy Splatling as Inker retreated.

Kal gave chase but was then splatted by Neon.

He respawned on his side on the map, Sky was already ahead, Kal and two other Inklings swam after him.

The sniper on Kal's team found a sniping spot.

Kal and Sky managed to get the drop on Neon and she fell to Sky's roller, however her teammates came to her aid.

Sky was splatted once again, Kal took out one Inkling before swimming to his team's sniper for support.

Inker decided to go easy on his friend and didn't give chase.

This is when everything went wrong; Kal swam back to his teammate with the Charger, behind him was one of Neon and Inker's teammates, a girl chasing him down with an Aerospray.

When he got to his teammate he suddenly realised he wasn't standing in his team's ink color anymore, it was then when someone emerged behind him, he didn't even get the chance to turn around when something hard hit him in the back of the head.

Both the Inkling chasing Kal, and the one sniping met the same fate, they were taken away without even getting a glimpse of their attackers.

"Our window is almost up!" An Elite said to her squadmates

"I'll cover the ink, take the prisoners away" another one said, grabbing an Aerospray from on of the Inklings.

She quickly covered up the Octarians' ink before retreating.

Kal and two others were gone in ten seconds, and all evidence of Octarian involvement was gone in twenty.

Nobody noticed until later into the game.

"Where did Kal go?" Inker asked Neon, noticing that his friend was no longer on the enemy team.

"Hah, he probably rage quit or something." Neon replied

"Kal never rage quits, he doesn't even care if he wins or loses."

"There's a first time for everything right? Let's find him after we win this match!"

Inker quickly took out both Sky and his teammate, before moving to cover more ground.

"Hey one of our teammates left too."

"Who cares, they got two we got three, no way we are losing!"

Sure enough Neon and Inker's team won, with a huge difference too.

The Inklings reverted back to their normal colours as they exited the play area.

"Woomy! Another win for me!"

Neon was happy as always, even if they had an advantage.

Sky came running up to them.

"Did any of you see Kal?" he asked

"I was about to ask you the same thing." Inker replied

"Yeah, did he get mad and leave?" Neon asked

"No he just vanished without saying anything."

"That's strange."

The three exited Inkopolis Tower wondering what happened.

"Excuse me." came a voice from behind

It was one of the Inklings they had just played with, he looked about a year older then Inker and Neon, and he had light purple tentacles, he was also worried about something.

"Have any of you seen my sister? much shorter than me, same tentacle color, carrying an Aerospray, i'm worried, she seems to have left the match and now I can't find her."

Inker, Neon and Sky all shook their heads.

"We kinda have the same problem, did you see our friend here by any chance?" Inker said, showing a picture on his squid phone of the four of them and pointing at Kal.

"No, no I haven't"

"Maybe Kal went home?" Sky suggested

"Maybe"

"Probably"

"We should go check." Inker said waving good-bye to the other Inkling.

'Still this is strange, Kal never quits a match, not only that but another Inkling went missing too.' Inker recalled the match they just had, four on each side, him, Neon, and two others versus Kal, Sky and two others.

'When did he quit?' he wondered.

Inker barely remembered seeing Kal in Arowana Mall after the first minute.

'How long was he in the match?'

'Hey watch it!' Neon cried

Inker was lost in thought and bumped into her in his carelessness.

'Oops, my bad'

Octo Valley, Nautilus base

Back inside a dimly lit room, Elite Octolings each sat in front of a monitor, each one with a headset on, they were waiting for the team they sent to Inkopolis the other day.

An Octoling was communicating with someone through a headset, she nodded as whoever was on the other side reported back, she walked towards Octavia.

"We just dropped off more Crabby Cakes at Cuttlefish's shack, the team should be coming back anytime now."

"Excellent, i'll leave the rest to you, notify me once the team has returned." Octavia said

"Yes ma'am"

Octavia left the operations room and summoned another Elite Octoling, who came running up.

The Octoling stopped about four feet away from Octavia, stomped her feet together, and saluted Octavia, who did the same back.

"There will be an assembly for all members of the Octarian army in two hours, let everyone know."

After exchanging another salute the Octoling walked off.

Back in the operations room four dots appeared on the main screen, each Elite sitting in front of a monitor now saw live footage from their compatriots goggles.

Three of them held an Inkling each, the fourth held their gear.

The Four Elite Octolings quietly slipped past Cuttlefish, being unable to transform while holding hostages they broke into a sprint once they were out of earshot.

Then once they were out of sight they spoke.

"Mission accomplished, returning to base"

A/N: So I realized my last story left a lot of room for a sequel, and to be honest, I wasn't done with the characters yet I just wanted a break from writing stories for a while. Anyways here is the first chapter of a longer story, involving characters from both sides, just like before this is a Splatoon 1 story, so no Agent 4, or Off the Hook. The first chapter is going to be shorter than the rest, as I plan to average 5000 words per chapter, but needed to have less conversation and more explanation in the introductory chapter. I plan to release a new chapter once every one or two weeks, or until I get bored of this story, let's hope that never happens. Stay fresh!

For those who have not read my previous story this is what happened:

Victoria, an Octoling soldier on her first mission gets lost and wanders into Inkopolis causing a panic. Inkopolis is set on lockdown while Victoria goes into hiding as she believed the Inklings were an evil race. Victoria broke into Kal's house, and when Kal came back to see an Octoling in his home he called Inker a.k.a Agent 3 for help. Victoria is initially fearful of the infamous Agent 3, but to both her and Kal's surprise Inker decided to keep Victoria safe and help get her back to Octo Valley, as he wishes to someday develop peaceful relations between the two races. Due to the way both races seeing each other as the villain, Kal distrusts Victoria, and Victoria suspects an ulterior motive. Remembering her duties Victoria decides to try and steal the Great Zapfish, only to be stopped by Inker. Inker shows Kal and Victoria the 16th sunken scroll and explains that Octarians and Inklings weren't always at each other's throats, Kal believes Victoria tried to steal the Great Zapfish because of greed, but Victoria claims that it's the Inklings who are greedy and hog all the Zapfish to themselves while Octo Valley falls apart. Kal having never once thought that the Octarians needed Zapfish, feels bad for assuming that Victoria was evil, while Victoria feels bad for questioning and abusing Inker and Kal's kindness for her own gain. Victoria and Kal come to terms with each other, Victoria tells Kal of how dangerous Octo Valley has become, and Kal begins to feel sympathy for Victoria. Suddenly Neon shows up, Victoria had caused a lockdown which shut down Inkopolis Tower since Neon has nothing else to do aside from Turf Wars she decided to take matters into her own hands and investigate on her own, she believes getting rid of Victoria will end the lockdown so she prepares to splat Victoria but Kal blocks her, Inker and the other Agents arrive in time to protect Victoria, seeing so many Inklings defend an Octarian Neon gives up and tells Inker to hurry up and send Victoria back to Octo Valley. In the end Victoria is returned to Octo Valley despite increasing hostilities from the Octarian army, everyone returns to their normal lives while Kal and Victoria are left wondering if their two races can ever get along.