Hey all! Sorry for being away so long.

Here's a one shot to tide you all over till the next chapter of In Crimson It Began.

(This one shot happens two days after the last chapter of In Crimson It Began)

Naruko and Ekolu's apartment

-Late night-

(Naruko's bedroom)

"*sigh* Callie really sucks at writing mission reports." Naruko murmured as she read through a recent report.

You see, Callie had insisted on shadowing Ekolu on a patrol yesterday..honestly Naruko was happy about that, but by the gods was this report despite Callie attempting to be professional was absolutely childish.

Date:

Feb 6th

Time:

Dunno...sevenish?

Mission:

Standard patrol/Zapfish retrieval/Shadowing our adorable new agent.

Status:

We kicked Octobutt and looked hella fresh while we did it!

After Notes:

Eh? Is this really necessary?...yes? Ugh fiiiine. Naruko is glaring at me now…she's kinda hot when she does that.

My observations concluded that Agent 3 is suitable for more field missions, however I would highly recommend that Agent 0 train her in the safe use of MV weapons.

The reason being that Agent 3 accidentally switched her Hero Shot to HP mode(I'm going to assume that the HP lock is not active on the Prototype) and damn near blew her foot off. I provided the necessary medical aid(no I didn't freak out…to much), luckily it only grazed her ankle.

On that note, who is the dumb ass that gave Agent 3 an untested weapon to use!? We have an ample supply of standard MP Splattershots in storage as well as some slightly outdated MV's(Shooter variant) as well. Hell me and Agent 2 used them on our last patrol and that was…that was… uhh...shit how long was it again?

Ah, and before I forget. Ekolu's CQC skills are abysmal, like…worse than Marie's, this needs to be rectified immediately. If needed I can train her.

Anywho Ekolu did great, and I looked fresh as fuck dropping in from above near the end.

Addendum: I just found out that Gramps gave Ekolu the Prototype Hero Shot…whoever's turn it is to read through the reports please please don't tell Gramps I called him a dumb ass… I'll give you Pepsi and chocolate pudding for a month.

Naruko pinched the bridge of her nose "Not a single mention of the Zapfishs condition or enemy numbers?…fucking hell Callie."

Putting the report down Naruko looked at the time,

"Damn, 2:30 already?" She murmured before looking back at the papers on her desk.

"fuck it I'm going to bed. I'm too tired to give Callie a blasting so maybe tomorrow I guess."

Naruko placed the report back onto the desk and pushed her chair out. She stretched slightly after standing and made her way to her bed, discarding her pants and shirt along the way leaving her in only her panties. Reaching the bed she picked up the pyjama shirt she wore the night prior that she had left on the bed and slipped it on.

After a moment of thought she opted to leave it unbuttoned before flopping face first on her bed and letting out a relaxed sigh.

"Oh bed, how I've missed you." Naruko murmured happily as she buried her head in her pillow.

"Nice and *Yawn* cozy…" She yawned as she drifted off to sleep.

-One hour later-

*Creeak*

Naruko's eyes shot open at the sound of her bedroom door opening. Slowly, she reached under and past her pillow for the knife she had tucked between the mattress and the wall. It was bad enough that her sleep hadn't been a restful one, and now she was on edge from her door opening.

" N-Naruko *sniff* are…a-are you awake?" Oh…it was just Ekolu...good…wait shit no it wasn't.

"Yeah…I'm up," Naruko said sitting up. "Another nightmare?" She asked as she looked at the younger girl.

"Y-yeah…*sniff*"

Naruko let out a soft sigh "Come on in kid."

Ekolu complied and hastily entered Naruko's lightly lit room(though Naruko could have sworn she turned the lamp off) allowing Naruko to get a good look at her,

She was wearing some of Naruko's spare pyjamas, a pair of slightly baggy red pants and a too big for her black long-sleeved shirt that had weird purple design on the sleeves that looked like six eyes.

"Must've been a bad one if you came to me for it?"

Ekolu nodded as she sat on Naruko's bed.

"Well…at least it wasn't one of the ones were you woke up screaming...probably woulda kicked down your door." Naruko joked getting a small grin from Ekolu.

"Wanna sleep here tonight?"

Another nod.

Naruko reached over and pulled the younger girl into a hug "Y'know, you don't need to ask. If you have a nightmare just come on in, I won't get mad. Hell, even if you just don't want to be alone I'm not fussed." Naruko said gently. Ekolu just hugged her tighter.

"C'mon then, get under the blanket and get some sleep." Naruko said as she released Ekolu from the embrace.

The younger girl crawled under the covers and proceeded to latch onto Naruko. Not long later she was asleep.

"Get some rest kiddo…" Naruko whispered as she wrapped an arm around Ekolu, pulling her deeper into her side.

'Should probably *yawn* probably get some shut eye myself.'

Naruko closed her eyes and for the first time in weeks, drifted off into a restful sleep.

If only she knew what events would take place in the following weeks.

Welp that's that one finished.

So I've decided to list the next five one-shots in this chapter, and no, these are in no particular order.

1. Chatroom Shenanigans 3(Naruko posts a dirty video, Marie is both furious and embarrassed)

2. Our War

3. The things we do for those we love(Despite it all, I still care)

4. Ekolu vs Pepsi menace

5. Chaotic Victory(The day after)

Those are the next five, so look forward to them.

Ahh yes and the next Chapter of In Crimson It Began will be out sometime in the next week or two, so look forward to it.

And with that being said…Ahem,

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WE WON BITCHES! CHAOS! CHAOS! CHAOS! I know I'm late but I don't care! CHAOS! CHAOS!

But in all honesty it was a great Final fest, kinda hoping that in Splatoon 3 we play as either Agent 3,4 or 8 instead of a new one.