Today was Wednesday, in two weeks on the weekend would be the fall splatfest hosted by Callie and Marie. Ever since their maturation from teen pop idols to megastar song artists, they've been touring all across Inkland; this was the only time that they would be performing in Inkopolis, mostly because they had to host GMI, perform at the winter festival in Squirabia, perform at Nationals and participate as commentators during the Inklympics; The Inklympics were very similar to the Olympics, only they were held every 2 years and athletes of any age could compete and represent their country if selected.

"So…before we begin our preparations…what exactly is the Fall splatfest?" asked Azule putting his hand behind his head, embarrassed; the other others laugh so hard that they a few begin coughing. It was homeroom, and Squidcom had been discussing their upcoming plans and preparations for the Splatfest event.

"Azule…aren't you a big fan of the Squid Sisters though? Shouldn't you know the events already?" asked Reice, taking out his textbook.

"Although I am a fan of the Squid Sisters, especially Callie… I've never followed their activity like splatfests since we rarely got the chance to hear about them." Azule responded.

"The splatfest that we do now lasts an entire week and is split into two major events. First there's the splatting between the two teams, whoever inks the most turf and claims the most points via popularity and turf wars will win, and this takes place on the weekend. The second event is the athletic events for those who don't participate in turf wars; the events are track, basketball and sword fighting. Also in regards to the fall splatfest, the theme is Trick or Treat. Callie is representing team Trick…" noted Tangie; Violet, Sally and Fuchsia glared at Azule mildly.

"You're on Callie's side?" Sneered Sally; Violet and Fuchsia also joined in.

Reice and Cobalt came to Azule's defense, "so what if he is? Callie is pretty cool…" said Reice with Cobalt nodding his head in the back with his arms folded.

"No. Marie is definitely the better of the two! I only support Marie!" declared Violet, raising her tone just a bit.

"So it's safe to say that we'll be participating on different teams?" concluded Fuchsia.

"It appears so, may the better team achieve victory!" Said Reice; Tangie was in the middle of both parties; Well…this is awkward she thought as she felt the tension from both sides, exchanging looks with both sides.

During the lunchtime, both parties ate separately with Tangie joining team Treat since all the other girls were on that team. Azule was eating lunch with them when he got a text from Pastelle telling him the details of when they'll begin training. Friday at 10 am at cabby's dojo on southwest blvd near Black belly got it! He thought, replying with those thoughts.

The boys were out in the cafeteria eating lunch on the team Trick side, seemed like the whole school was split between the splatfest teams. There was loud chatter everywhere as students shuffled around looking for a seat. Across the room sat the girls, still glaring at the boys, making taunts as well. Aaron and Austin join them, followed by Parker and Nelson.

"Hi guys are any of you participating in the fall splatfest?" asked Azule, taking a bite into his steaming hot lasagna, burning his mouth on the initial taste.

"Everyone except the members of the Elites is allowed to participate." Parker answered, taking out a bag of hot chips and a honey bun.

"How come?" asked Reice, taking out a cinnamon roll.

"The responsibility of winning the Rank Wars is that we mustn't participate in any external turf wars. We must set winning the preliminaries as our only goal and focus on making it to the winter tournament." Aaron said calmly, breathing lightly as he took in the delicious aroma from Austin's cheeseburger.

"Ohh…so what will you guys be participating in?" asked Azule, with his mouth full, turning to Parker and Nelson.

"We'll be in the turf wars, of course. What about you guys?" answered Parker.

"Well…I'll be participating in the Martial Arts tournament and the turf war." Azule answered as a visual lump performing a falling action as a gulp is heard.

"You do Martial Arts?" asked Nelson, beating Parker to the punch.

"Yes…I received intense survival and combat training from my parents as a child."-He opens and closes his fist repeatedly-"I guess I want to see if I still got it…" beginning to chuckle a bit.

Cobalt and Reice look at each other with a sweat drop, this is the same guy who nearly killed Spyke, took a bullet to the head and has the vicious glare of a monster… "Azule…I hope you know that Tangie will also be in the Martial Arts portion." Cobalt said.

Azule looked intrigued, "she knows Martial Arts, right? It'll be fun to compete against her!" he said with brightness covering his face.

"What about you two…are you doing the Martial Arts too?" asked Austin; both of them shook their heads no, "I'll be in the Sword fighting event, and Reice isn't participating in anything other than the turf war on the weekend."

By the time the conversation was finished, nearly all the boys had finished their food. On the other side, the girls weren't eating but were discussing the game plan for the week after this upcoming.

"The schedule for the events would be a clash of the Track event and the Sword fighting on that Monday, the Martial Arts event will be that following Tuesday to Thursday with Friday being a free day to go around and enjoy the festival. Then for the weekend we have the turf war to secure the victory for Team Treat." Announced Fuchsia, taking a look at the schedule that was posted on the splatfest site; the other girls had their game faces on with Sky chuckling along with Pearl as Pastelle stared at them, seeing that they were startling the nearby girls from the other table.

"So as it stands, only Tangie will be competing in any event. Violet and Sally will be in the turf war, right?" asked Sky, regaining her composure after guffawing again at the naivety of her under classmen.

"Tangie, are you sure you can handle it?"-Drinking her soda-"you'll be going up against Azule in the final more than likely…" closing one eye.

"I'm aware of Azule's hidden strength…"-clenching her fist-"B-but even so, out there on the battlefield…he will be my opponent. So I can't hold back…I can't lose to him, even if he's our captain." Tangie said with a strong determination in her tone.

"I guess we'll be watching to support you all in your events…but it goes down to the turf wars at the end of the day and Violet and Sally are the only ones here that's doing the turf wars, right?" Pearl said drinking an iced coffee from home.

Two girls came forward, standing in front their table. The two girls were none other than Friya and Brittany, Sally and Violet's roommates. They had a energetic posture as they both said in sync "we'll be joining the turf wars with you guys so that you can beat the boys!"

"Sure…but why are you both so enthusiastic about beating the boys?" Sally asked, eating an apple; both girls have a mischievous shine.

"Because we'll be going up against your boyfriends!" they say aloud, grabbing all the surround girls attention; some began whispering as Fuchsia, Sky and Pastelle all listened closely to what Sally and Violet would respond with. Sally and Violet look a little flustered by the sudden claim, struggling to find a response.

"T-they're not our boyfriends!" cried Violet, her face blossoming to a bright pink-just the same color as Sally's tentacles; Sally smirked.

"They're just friends, no romantic interest." she shrugged calmly; the surrounding girls that were eavesdropping immediately headed to their phones.

Finally, the school atmosphere was buzzing yet again as the two sides of the school became a battleground for the upcoming splafest. But now many people around the school were picking their favorite ship from Squidcom, the team that was quickly becoming the favorite team in the school. The next day would begin the training for everyone in preparation for their events. Azule was over with Pastelle and Parker, training on various skills from inking to hand-to-hand combat as Parker analyzed. Cobalt and Tangie were also with Azule, only they were in separate training areas for their own personal goals. Sally and Violet spent the day at the Inkopolis plaza with Fuchsia, Friya and Brittany.