"beep… beep… beep…" just like a stationary seeker.

The alarm clock goes off at 9:00. Celia furiously shoots it with her Luna Blaster, still irritated by the call last night.

"Hanz… what did you even do?" she mutters as she prepares her favorite eggs bened-inkt. "How am I supposed to support Nanami now?" she murmurs, taking out a cup and filling it with shrimp nuts.

"I mean, I do have 789462 coins… but it doesn't seem enough… It's gonna decrease over time."

Celia heads over to Nanami's room to give her breakfast.

"Nanami?" Celia knocked on the door.

"Yes, nee-san?" a voice came through the door. It sounded like Nanami's, but it wasn't bubbly. It was still convincing, though. Celia noticed this and places the cup of shrimp nuts down.

"Are you ok, Nanami?"

"Uh…" Nanami hesitated, or at least that's what it sounded like. "Of course, nee-san…"

Celia tried to open the door, but Nanami interrupted her with a loud "D-don't open the door!"

Celia grew suspicious. "You sure you're ok, Nanami?"

"Yes…" a hesitant yet strong response came from Nanami.

"Ok then… I'm just gonna put your shrimp nuts here, outside the door…" Celia says as she does so, hoping to lure her sister out. Then, the sound of footsteps came, but came to a sudden stop.

"O-okay, nee-san! I'll eat them later…"

"Okay… see ya!" Celia's unsure answer came through the door.

"Weird… Nanami always goes out of her room when she hears 'shrimp nuts'…" Celia worries as she steps on the train.

"Something squid-spicious is going on…"

Hopping out of the Central Spawn Point of Inkopolis Plaza, Celia was immediately confronted by another inkling.

"Celia! What are going to do!?" this particular inkling said, holding Celia by the shoulders. She is Celia's friend, Ethel Swumpy, a lime green inkling in the same team as hers.

"E-Ethel!" Celia said, pushing Ethel away from her shoulders. "Calm down." she slowly follows.

"I-I'm sorry… it's just… you know how we all need these 1400 coin bonuses… actually 4200 because we play for three rotations everyday… plus around 24500, dependi–"

"I get it Ethel!" Celia shouts, ignoring how loud she was." "I need it too…" Celia explains, fixing her custom-made Two-Striped Mesh.

"Yeah… you and Nana-chan…"

Celia freezes as she hears that nickname. "What… 'Nana-chan'!?" Celia exclaims shockingly.

"What!? It's a nickname! I've been calling her that since, like, forever!"

Celia continues walking towards the Booyah Base, particularly towards Shrimp Kicks. "Ok, whatever… I have a different issue to deal with right now."

"Bigger than being disqualified?" Ethel interrogated.

"Yes, bigger than being disqualified!"

"Really?"

"Yes! Look… uh… 'Nana-chan'," Celia sarcastically begins, "has been acting a bit suspicious today." she added.

"Hmm," Ethel thinks, rubbing her chin. "What do you think she's up to?"

"Maybe she's been doing bad things?" Celia wonders, when suddenly the door to Shrimp Kicks bursts open.

"Who cares." a masculine, yet young voice answers. A male, dark blue inkling steps out of Shrimp Kicks. He fixes his Pro Trail Boots and straightens his 18K Aviators. This is Orbee Gaws, a teammate of theirs, but not necessarily a friend since one incident a couple months ago.

"Uh, I do." Celia responds. Orbee hears this, and walks toward Celia.

"Celia…" He said sternly. "I thought you played for fun."

"Who said I did?"

"You! The fun of excruciatingly splatting noobs!"

"Well, of course I do!"

"Then quit suppo–" Celia puts his hand over his face to interrupt him.

"Nanami is my youn–" Orbee does the same.

"Oh, always Nanami, Nanami, Nanami. She's only ten! What're you gonna do? Let her be Hanz's replacement!?" he responds, angrily and loudly; so loud that like an Inkstrike it alerts many inklings around them. In rage, Celia grabbed his 18K Aviators off of his face, and snaps them in half. Orbee quickly hides his eyes. The two walk away in anger.

"Orbee… why do you hate Nanami so much? Ever since I told you about her…"

"and… done!"

Celia had just finished signing Yellow Seahorses, placing it in her backpack. Coincidentally, the train stops at the same time. Celia stepped off the train. Celia walks over towards her house and slowly opens the door.

"I'm ho–"

Before she could greet the home completely she finds it almost completely covered in mint green ink.

"What the Judd happened here!?" She exclaimed, stepping around the ink to avoid getting stuck. "It's just as messy as Blackbelly Skatepark out of a turf war!" she thinks madly. The place becomes messier and more ink can be spotted as she heads towards…

Nanami's room.

Why Nanami's room? From inside the room, mint green ink pours out through the door's bottom gap. Loud music by the Chirpy Chirps blares outside the door, as clear as Flounder Heights' apartments.

Celia knocked on the door but on answer come. She knocks louder but the music gets as loud as her. "Nanami?" Celia called. No answer came at all. So the only way to get attention was to open the door.

Immediately after opening, a shallow flood of mint green ink gushed outwards. Worried about her feet burning, Celia jumps and stays stuck in the ink. She'd rather get stuck than get splatted, anyway. Looking up, Celia saw something completely shocking in Nanami's room.

There was a completely self-controlled inkling in her room.

Her tentacles were shorter than most female inklings, yet longer than males'. They were tied up like twintails. She wore nothing but plain black shorts and a plain black shirt. Her eyes were yellow and her ink color was mint green, just like Nanami.

Before Celia could inspect her weapon laid down on Nanami's bed, this mysterious inkling noticed her. In fear the mystery girl grabbed a Splattershot Jr. as Celia grabbed her own Luna Blaster.

"P-p-please! D-don't s-splat meeee!" the mint one says.

"Tell me first. Who the Judd are you?" the pink one says.

"Eh… i-it's me, nee-san! I'm N-Nanami!"

"Hmph! As if! She's only ten! She can't control her human form yet!" Celia responds, sounding like Orbee.

Celia was about to pull the trigger of her weapon, when "Nanami"'s weapon caught her eye. On one side, she saw a pink signature inked on it. Celia came closer as the mint inkling tightened her grip on the gun. She scans it using her SplatStats device, which can tell the stats of any weapon. "Splats: 0" it read. Celia took one good look at the signature once more. She knew whose signature it was…

It was hers.

"…Na…Nanami…?" Celia hesitantly asked. "I-is that… you?"

"Y-yes…" the mint green inkling whimpered as she nods lightly.

It was Nanami.

"H-how did you–"

"I don't know! I just felt really, really painful last night…" Nanami says, before hesitating again. She always was shy even to her sister. "Did it also hurt when you, you know… gained control of your hum–"

"On the night before my 14th birthday, I felt excruciating pain." Celia interrupts, as she dramatically explains her story. "I thought I was ambushed by a group of rogue inklings, or worse, Octarians. But to my surprise, the only thing that happened was gaining control of my human form…" Celia daydreams for at least a second.

"How did you gain control so early?"

"I… don't know…"

"It's okay. We'll solve this sometime soon."

For a long time they talked about Celia's first days as a full-fledged inkling. They talked for a long time… until 9:00PM.

Nanami's early sense of control bugged Celia's sleep. Along with her fight with Orbee, it made sure she wouldn't stay in one position in her bed. As the long unsleepable night goes on, a disturbing quote echoes in her head.

"Oh, always Nanami, Nanami, Nanami. She's only ten! What're you gonna do? Let her be Hanz's replacement!?"

Orbee's words crept into her mind. As it disturbs her throughout the night, an idea struck her like a Burst Bomb through a Splash Wall. She takes her phone out and calls Ethel. "Come on, pick up…"

"Ugh. Celia… it's midnight. Make this important…" a tired voice replied through the phone.

"Payback, huh?" Celia smirks. "Anyway, I have the perfect replacement for Hanz."

"What? You do?" the concerned Ethel asks. "Who is it?"

"Well, it's…"

As Celia told Ethel the replacement's name, Ethel's shock can be heard clearly through the phone, like Shrimp Kicks' music in Ammo Knights.

"You're not serious…! How could she–"

"I'll explain it tomorrow. Spread the word to Orbee. Just… don't tell him that she is our replacement…" Celia hung up and rushed to Nanami's room.

"Nanami! Wake up! I've got news for you!" Celia impatiently said, banging on the door like the Rainmaker's shield. It's as if she doesn't remember that the time is 12:12AM. A few minutes later a cranky Nanami opened the door.

"What!?"

"Remember the promise yesterday in which we'll play Turf Wars together soon?"

"Yeah…?"

"Well…"

Celia came close to Nanami and whispered to her some news. Nanami's eyes widened as she heard it.

"Y-You're kidding, nee-san!"

"No, I'm not." Celia responded. Nanami couldn't catch her breath, probably because of the news, or the time, or both.

"So… I'm really…"

"Yes you are."

Celia takes out her Splattershot Jr. and another bag from Booyah Base.

"Nanami Avers… Welcome to the team."

Chapter 2: Welcome to the Team

Author's Notes

Surprise! You're getting Chapter 2 early! A huge thunderstorm here in Kuwait (apparently) cancelled our classes and I found some perfect time to write this!

My chapters seem to be doubling their word count from their handwritten counterparts! And this chapter is like twice as long as Chapter 1... I even wrote down Chapter 3 and it's probably even longer.

Also I see KitKattattack…

Also guys please don't ship CeliaxOrbee yet. At least wait… (CELIAxNANAMI = UNKNOWN RESULT.)

If you ever wondered where their names came from:

Celia Avers – Special Saver, my loadout, in which all my main abilities in my gears are Special Savers.
Ethel Swumpy – Stealth Swim+Jump, my brother's loadout and my secondary loadout, in which both Stealth Jump and Ninja Squid are the main abilities of her gear.
Orbee Gaws – Boredom Swag, my friend boredguy108, in which Orbee comes from scrambling "bore", and his outfit is total SWAG!

See you next Thursday…

- o.O