Chapter 11


Skip forward a week.

Ty's POV

We are at the Inkopolis Cafe. Milly was, as usual, being her cheery self. I have a coffee and a sour cream doughnut, Vybe has a latte and an old fashioned doughnut. I'm sipping my coffee while Vybe hasn't eaten anything.

"Are you nervous?" I ask.

"Yeah..." She said.

"At least eat something, Don't want you going hungry." I said.

"Yeah, I guess I am hungry." She responds.

Today I meet Vybe's parents and siblings. Vybe is a little bit embarrassed, and she keeps putting off my questions.

"Vybe, I know today will be embarrassing, but at least tell me if you have any siblings." I ask. "You rarely talk about them."

"Well, I have a younger sister and an older brother. My sister's birthday is today, so we would be going to my family's house. My older brother is a train technician for the subway." She said.

"Ah, a train technician is a good occupation to be in these days." I say. If I wasn't an inventor, I would be one of them.

"Yeah, the only downside is you don't choose your holidays." She explains.

"Yeah, I can see why that is an issue." I say. "Less coffee breaks." She laughs at that one.

"Hey sis!" a male voice behind Vybe said.

"Caleb! Where have you been?" Vybe said.

Caleb had the same color scheme for his hair as Vybe's, the same shade of tan, and was pretty muscular. He was only a few inches taller than Ty.

"Working. The coffee table has been broken, so I need to find a better table." Caleb said. "By the way, who is that?"

"My Fiancé." Vybe said.

"Whoa sis! Nice job!" Caleb said. He holds his hand out. "My name is Caleb, Vybe's older bro."

"Mine is Ty, Agent 3 if you want." I shake his hand.

"Wait, Agent 3? The one who took down the enemy Octarian rebellion?" He said.

"Yeah, and Vybe was beside me the entire time." I said. "She is Agent 4."

"Heh, looks like I need to respect you." He says, scratching the back of his head.

"Nah, don't sweat it." I say. "Besides, If I take advantage of that, I won't hear the end of it."

"Hey!" Vybe playfully complained.

Almost on cue, the train arrives. The three of us get on the train t go to the town where Vybe's family lives.

"Vybe, did you alert your parents we were coming?" Caleb said.

"Nah, I wasn't to surprise them." Vybe said.

"Well, how long is the ride?" I ask.

"It varies on how many people get on, usually about 3 hours to 3 hours and 10 minutes." She says.

"Alright then. Might as well tell him the events of the war." I say. Me and Vybe tell the events of the war, how we finally confessed to each other, and who the head of the rebellion really was. The entire story took almost 3 hours of the trip there with 2 minutes remaining. Once we arrived at the station, we walked out and looked around.

"Ty, welcome to my home town: Shorevale Town." Vybe said.

Although everything wasn't as large as Inkopolis, what really made it stand out to me was the architecture of the buildings: Steeply sloped fronts were common all around the place.

"This is interesting..." I say. "Why are the building here shaped like this?"

"It's so that moss grows on them when it rains, and each year there is a moss festival." Caleb explains.

"Ah, sounds nice!" I say. "Now let's get to your house."

"Ok, let's go!" Vybe says.

After quite a some minutes of walking and making left hand turns, we arrive at a marble brick section of town. This must be where the major corporations and the high-class homes are situated.

"High-class?" I said.

"Yep. High-ranking individuals and/or families live here." Caleb said. "The street around the corner here is where our house is."

"Oh, nice!" I said.

We round the corner and it becomes obvious which house is theirs: Balloons attached to the mailbox. The three of us walk up to the door and Vybe rings the doorbell. A young Cyan Inkling walks to the door and opens it.

"SIS!" The inkling shouts.

"Reef! How are you?" Vybe said.

"Vybe, who is that?" Reef asked.

"This is my Future husband, Ty, AKA Agent 3." Vybe said.

"WOT?" Reef shouted. "You are already engaged?"

"Yes." I respond.

"Mom and Dad didn't get engaged until they were 20..." Reef said.

"War does things to people." I explain. "It can tear relations apart, or it can strengthen them. In this case, it glued us together."

"Sis, you gonna let us in or what?"

"Well, then come on in!" Reef said.

"Reef, where are mom and dad?" Vybe asked.

"Out getting some things. That's all they said to me." Reef said.

"Well then, Ty, get comfortable." Vybe said.

"Where did Caleb go?" I ask. "he was with us a minute ago."

"Probably went in the backside; his key does not work on the front door." Reef said.

"Oh. I live in an apartment, so I wouldn't know." I said. "The only other door to the outside is my patio."

"Heh, no wonder." Reef said. "So when did you two decide to become girlfriend and boyfriend?"

"The first night of the war. We had just pushed back an offensive push from the Octarian Rebellion. We all went home for the night, and She snuck into my apartment at around... what was it... Midnight?" I said. "She was scared. I was about to show her to the guest room but then she tackled me."

"Sis, you goofy goober, you need to stop tackling people!" Reef said. Vybe just stuck out her tongue.

"ANYWAYS! She then said that she liked me. I told her that I knew where this was going to go. That's how it started really." I said.

" I assume you two did the respect challenge?" Reef said.

"Yeah, we succeeded because we were both too tired to do anything but sleep." I said. Vybe giggled.

"I can confirm that was almost exactly what he said." Vybe said.

"Oh, Vybe! You're home!" A female voice behind me said. I turned around and I swear Vybe and her mother could pass for twins were it not for the height difference. "Who are you?"

"Hi! I'm Ty, AKA Agent 3." I said. "Nice to meet you Mrs. Cutter."

"Oh my, looks like my little Vybe has a boyfriend!" She said. "And she knows how to find them too." She was looking me up and down, I was getting uncomfortable.

"Mom, he isn't just a boyfriend anymore." Vybe said. "He is my Fiancé."

"OH MY GOODNESS!" Vybe's mother exclaimed. "Vybe, you're getting married? When?"

"In two weeks." Vybe said. "We still need to find my dress and the honeymoon location."

"Vybe, I can help you with the dress, but Honeymoon locations I am bad at." Her mother said.

"Just like Callie." I say. "Port mackerel is not a romantic spot." Her mother could not help but laugh at that.

"Mary, I'm home! With the gifts!" A male voice said. Vybe's father was burly, but same cyan hair, same color skin, and blue eyes. "What did Vybe reel in?"

"My name is Ty, AKA Agent 3..." I said before being slugged in the arm by him. "And I assume that's your way of saying 'Hi'?"

"Heh, just as I suspected from Agent 3!" He said. "The name's Ampre, Glad to meet you!"

"So I can only assume you know what situation we are in?" Vybe said.

"Of course I do! I heard your mother's Excited shouts." Ampre said. "Marriage is a wonderful thing!"

"Dad, I've known you for 18 years, your humor surpasses you." Vybe said.

"Well then, let's get to the party at hand!" Ampre said.

Reef decided to open presents first. She took the smallest one first and opened it.

"Wow! Cool! I got a Golf Visor!" Reef said as she held it up.

"what is next?" Mary asked.

"How about this one?" I said as I handed Reef one of the gifts.

"Ok!" Reef opened up the box and out came an Ink Tank. "What is this?"

"That is an ink tank used in Turf wars." Vybe said. "You wear it on your back. I can show you how to put it on later. Open up the long one next!"

Reef opened up the long box and it was a Splatterscope. "AW YEAH!"

"That goes along with your ink tank." Mary said. "For turf wars."

"Sorry I'm late. Oh, nice Splatterscope." Caleb said as he came down the stairs.

"Caleb! When did you get time to come by?" Mary said.

"Someone broke the coffee table." He said. "So everyone is off until a new one arrives."

Laughs were shared all around.

After that it was mainly clothing. After all the gifts, it was cake time. We all had finished that poor cake in less than 5 minutes.

"Where did you get a cake so good?" I said. The vanilla was strong, but creamy at the same time. "It was amazing!"

"There is a cake shop down the street from us. They aren't well known, but we like them a lot." Mary said.

"I think we know where to get our wedding cake." I said as I winked at Vybe. She nodded in understanding.

"Yup. So when are we going to find the location of our honeymoon?" Vybe asked.

"Ah, I can help with that!" Caleb said. "I've been many places because of work."

"Nice! So what would you recommend?" I ask.

"Well, to the north you have the ski resort that Inkline was founded at. If I remember correctly, everything they sell there is half-off, and Ski passes are at a discount until may. The only issue is that the trip by train is about 6 hours." Caleb said. "Now, if you want warm places, Then I suggest Kraken Beach Resort, which is owned by Krak-On. Similar to the Ski resort, anything Krak-On is half-price in the resort. It isn't mainly a place that people go to relax, but instead do kraken sports."

"Can I make a suggestion?" Reef asked.

"Sure!" I said.

"Rockenburg is starting it's Inkopolis Bus Tour down in the east side." Reef said.

"All of these seem good, I can't choose..." Vybe said.

"Holy cow it's nearly time to go." I say.

"Why do you two need to leave?" Reef said.

"I promised our Octoling friends that we would be there to watch them at the ping-pong tournament." Vybe said. "They are pretty good at it."

"Ok." Reef said.

"Well, it was a pleasure meeting you all!" I say. "Have a good time, and Happy Birthday Reef!"

"Bye!" all of them say.

"Have fun storming the castle!" Ampre said as we walked out the door.

Once we are out of earshot of Vybe's house, we start talking again.

"Your dad is fun to be around with." I say as we walk to the train station.

"Yeah, I was more concerned about him, because I didn't know what kind of humor you enjoyed." Vybe said.

"Really? I like many kinds!" I respond. "It's my mood that determines the funny."

"Hmm, never thought of it like that." Vybe said.

We get on the train, get back to Inkopolis by about 0600, and head over to the Inkopolis convention center.

"I hope they win." I said.

"I do too" Vybe said back.


The Tournament was won by the two Octolings we came to see. After the tournament, we went to see them.

"Aizel! Futo! Nice going!" I said.

"Thanks guys! It was fun!" Aizel said.

"Funny how we beat people who have been playing for years: we only have been playing for over a week." Futo said.

"Well, you guys have war experience, they do not." I said.

"I guess that'd be why." Futo said. "Hey you gonna need some chefs for your wedding, right?"

"Yeah, we will." I said. "As the head of the kitchen."

"HEAD OF KITCHEN STAFF?! I... wow Ty, You know how to give me a heart attack man." Futo said.

"And one of the groomsmen." Ty said.

"Heh, ya trust me that much, do ya?" Futo said.

"Aizel, do you mind being one of the Bridesmaids?" Vybe asked.

"Sure, If you trust me that much!" Aizel said.

Finally! Back in the apartment!

"Ah, home sweet home!" I say.

"Yeah, although we are going to need to either get a house or a larger apartment after the wedding." Vybe said. "OH SHOOT! We need a best man and a best woman!"

"I think we know who they are..." I say. "Rex and Coral."

"I will call Coral, You call Rex." Vybe said.

"On it!" I said.

After that fiasco, we got a yes from both of them. We put on our pajamas, and went to bed.

"Still, no funny business, ok?" Vybe asks.

"Ok! No funny business from you either!" I said.

"It's a deal!" She said.

And we then fell asleep.

Ty...

Ty...

It's me...

Your brother...

Thank you...

For living a life...

Instead of on the streets...

Your existence on this earth...

Is important...

Do not let it go to waste...


And so ends Section 1: The Second Great Turf War

Next will be the prologue for Section 2: Just Married

And I actually have a slight confession. I had to use Wikipedia to remember what certain members were called in a wedding. I'M SO BAD!

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