I swear to God, this is the third time I've had to write this, because the site keeps telling me there's an "authenticity error". It's so frustrating! Anyway, this has been a long time coming, if the site will even let me save the document this time.

Chapter Three

The Goddess

(Skul's apartment, three days later)

Sagaci held up three pieces of paper, forms for Turf War IDs, and was waiting for Susan to get back. She was out on a grocery run, and Sagaci was alone in the apartment. She was nervous, but tried to keep a cool head. She looked over the papers, and knew that the last paper needed to be signed by Susan, while she could easily handle the first two. A knock came from the door, and Sagaci looked over, slowly getting up. She walked to the door, and looked in the peephole.

An Inkling male that she'd never seen before was on the other side of the door. He was wearing a hat that looked like it was made for winter, and he looked impatient. He sighed. "Susan, open the door." Right as he said that, Susan's voice came on the other side of the door. "I'm right here, Kyle." He looked over, and said, "Oh, sorry." Sagaci silently sighed in relief, and walked back over to the bed. Choco heard her. "Hey, who's in your apartment?" Skul replied, "My recently-discovered-half-sister."

Choco nodded, and said, "How long have you known her?" Skul replied, "Four days. I've been helping her get settled in, and went on a grocery run today." She opened the door, revealing Sagaci sitting on the bed, looking at the papers. Skul smiled. "Right where I left you, huh?" Sagaci looked over, and said, "Is that your boyfriend?" Skul nodded. "Yep. That's Kyle, but like I said before, only I can call him that. Everybody else calls him Choco." Sagaci nodded.

Skul faced Choco. "Kyle, let me formally introduce Sagaci." Choco nodded to her. "'Sup?" She simply replied, "Hi..." Choco faced Skul, confused. She told him, "She's nervous a lot around people. That's why I try to keep her contact with people to a small amount for now." Skul took note of the papers in Sagaci's hand. She faced her sister, curious. "Are you-?" Sagaci nodded. Skul raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure you want to? You'll have to deal with a LOT of people."

Sagaci nodded, and said, "I know. But I can't just sit in here for the rest of my life." Skul thought that over. "Good point." She walked over to the kitchen, and started putting groceries away. Choco watched Skul leave, then faced Sagaci. He sat cross-legged on the floor, and said, "You're half-Octoling, aren't you?" She nodded. Choco took off his hat, and looked at it. "The Octarian King, DJ Octavio, killed my sister two years ago." Sagaci gasped, and put her hand over her mouth.

Choco continued. "He got what he deserved. He's serving a life sentence, with no parole, and no bail." Putting his hat back on, he added, "You probably think I blame the whole species for her death, but I don't. They were just pawns. Right now, the Octarian forces have been quiet, which is probably because they have no leader. Our job is to keep an eye on their activity right now. Honestly, you're the most exciting thing to happen in regards to the Octarians in two years."

Sagaci was silent for a moment. "Not sure if I should take that as a compliment or an insult, but, okay." Skul walked back in the main room just then. Facing Choco, she said, "Stop cross-examining my sister." He bowed his head. "Sorry..." Facing Sagaci, Skul said, "Well, while you're applying for your Turf War ID, I'm gonna be with Kyle and the others. We're testing a new potential teammate." Sagaci nodded. "Okay."

(A few minutes later)

Skul watched as Vian brought over the proposed addition to the team. The girl, who had identified as Crystal, held her Gold Dynamo Roller, and leapt down. Facing Skul, she said, "I'm ready." Skul nodded. "All right." Facing the others, she said, "Go ahead, boys. Let's see what she's got." Skul was going to regret saying that, as Crystal dominated all four of her teammates in less than a minute. Skul stood there, mouth open wide in shock. "Holy Carp..."

Crystal leapt onto a crate, and said, "Hey, boys, I've got a game idea." All four ran over, and Fishy asked, "What kind of game?" Hoisting her Roller, Crystal said one word: "Live." She Splatted all four of them at once, and Skul winced at the sight of Choco's Splatting, as that looked painful. Crystal faced Skul. "So what do you think?" Skul faced her. "I think you hurt my boyfriend..." Crystal shrugged. Skul continued. "Man, how are you so good with the Gold Dynamo? I don't know anyone who can use that."

Crystal simply held it over her shoulder. "Practice." Skul sighed, and said, "Well, you're in the team now. There's no way I can refuse someone like you." Crystal nodded. "Well, thank you." Choco looked at Vian, and asked, "How do you know her?" Vian blushed. Crystal answered for him. "We dated for a while, before deciding that we should just be friends." Everyone present nodded in understanding, and Skul looked at the footage from Sagaci's current match, shocked by how accurate her sister was with a Splattershot Jr. "Wow..."

A/N

I really hope it saves the stupid file this time... Anyway, Crystal is based off of the Team B-Rush member Crystal, or more commonly known nowadays as The Goddess.