Yay, another chapter ^^ I´m so sorry that you guys always have to wait that long and then the chapters are so short.. What can I say? I´m a lazy writer, plus sometimes I don´t have time to write anything. Anyway no worries, I will keep updating :) More SuzuXShiro coming up next chapter :D

Chapter 11 – Meet cute Tsubasa

I already knew how splat zones worked, considering I was already at rank A+ so I figured I should try out one of the new modes. So in the end I decided that tower control sounded really fun. According to that, I carefully picked a fitting weapon for this mode and finally chose the 52 Gal Deco. What can I say? I like to try out new weapons! After I changed into my normal battle clothing I finally went to the waiting room to meet my comrades for the next battle. I really hoped to meet nobody I knew, especially a certain Inklingboy. Really though. I was still pissed about what he had pulled on me. But today luck seemed to be with me, since my teammates were complete strangers to me. Three Inklingboys I didn´t know. So after a short introduction and a little planning about who should go where, we finally went to the warp zone and warped to the map, where the match was supposed to be held. Bluefin Depot. I grinned to myself, because I exactly knew how my tactic would be on this one!

"Rank S+, you soon will be mine!", I cried out, when the battle started.

Immediately I started to rush forward, deciding to take the right route. It didn´t take long to meet gazes with my first oponent, since everybody seemed to have the same stupid idea of rushing directly to the tower. But instead of concentrating on the tower, I stopped running and send a seeker directly to my enemy. BOOM! He exploded out of his clothes and back to his own base. Shortly after another enemy approached the tower, but luckily I was there to give him the exact same treatment as his buddy before. After I took two Inklinggirls down, I finally rushed to the tower myself and took control of it, so it moved towards the enemys base.

"What the heck are you guys doing?! Protect me, for Inklings sake!", I screamed into my mic, so my teammates would hear me.

But unfortunately it seemed like I was once again paired up with idiots, since they did nothing to help me win this battle! How the heck did they even manage to get a high rank like that?!

I sighed to myself, answering my own question out loud: "By being carried by another Inkling, that´s how.. Seems like today it´s my job to do so.."

Determined to win this battle, I chose to fight by myslef. It didn´t really seem like my enemys were any better than my comrades anyway. And I was right! After I took control of the tower, I just had to hide in my ink and dodge their attacks by splatting them, if they were to attack me. One Inkstrike at the end and presto! We won the battle! Happily we warped back to the waiting room. While one of our teammates decided to leave the party, another Inklinggirl entered the room, being our new teammate. Immediately as she saw me, she rushed over to me.

"Wow! You were amazing out there! I saw the whole thing!", she praised me.

A little taken aback from the sudden compliment, I eyed her closely. She was a cute, bright blue coloured Inklinggirl with purple freckles on the ends of her tentackles, dressed in a super cute, white dress and being a little shorter than me.

I finally looked at her shining, purple eyes and answered: "Thank you.."

"Oh, don´t worry! I won´t let you hanging like the other dudes did. I´m really good with my E-liter 3K Scope!", the girl answered happily.

I looked at her weapon and immediately an immage of Shiro came into my mind, since he used the same model as the petite girl in front of me.

I just nodded my head and we went back to the warp zone, to enter the next battle. Like before our other teammates really did nothing to bring us victory. But with me using the same technique as before and with the new girl, protecting me from above we managed to win this battle once again! As the battle was over, once again the cute girl came running to me and babbled about how an awsome team we were.

"Ah by the way, my name is Tsubasa!", the energic Inklinggirl squeeled.

"Nice to meet you, my name is...", I wanted to answer politely, but was cut short by her interupting me.

"Suzu Hoshino. Everyone knows you! It´s a pleasure!", she beamed.

I smiled right back at her.

"So, are you ready for another round?", she winked at me.

"You bet. I´m after rank S+ after all!", I laughed.

"Good! That makes two of us then."

And with that we went back to splat on another battle.

"That was awsome! We make such a great team! Who is at rank S+?", Tsubasa exclaimed, while embracing my left arm.

"We are!", I finished her sentence.

After various of battles on tower control, Tsubasa and me joined some battles on rainmaker mode as well. We really made a super team and hardly lost any battle. And with each battle we won, our bond seemed to grow bigger. It was really strange. I didn´t know this girl for too long but somehow I felt an connection between us. It´s like we were some kind of soulmates or something. Anyway I was glad to make another friend, since I really hadn´t that many because of my little... problem. But with Tsubasas enthusiastic self it was easy for me to not play the perfect Inklinggirl for once in a while. I wasn´t faking my friendlyness towards her or anything. Being friendly towards her was real, because I really started to like her. So after managing to get on rank S+, Tsubasa and me went to eat some ice cream before we headed back to our homes. It was a really great time. I even told her about my school and about my best friend Sakura. Maybe I did find a new friend, I could rely on?