With Acting Leader Octavia gone and the Octarian army backing out of Octo Valley, the Octarian civil war ended.
Inkopolis Plaza, which had been destroyed by the Octarian army, was eventually rebuilt and restored.
Unfortunately by then, Inkopolis Square, serving as the main hub for ink battles, had gained much more popularity in the time it took to rebuild the Plaza.
In the end Inkopolis Square's Deca Tower took over the role of serving as the main Turf Wars lobby.
Thanks to Defense Minister Arcus Hilgendorf's actions, he and the rest of the cabinet members managed to get re-elected and thus would maintain their position for another four years.
Lynn, Kevin and the other wounded Octarians were saved thanks to Inkopolis' medical care, with some guidance by Violet. Eventually all of them returned to Octo Valley.
Not long after, what was previously known as the Undercity had been renamed New Octopolis, this new Octarian society immediately began friendly negotiations with Inkopolis for support in rebuilding their decaying city.
Eventually a deal was made, New Octopolis was loaned some zapfish to repair their city as well as respawn points just in case they needed to fight back the Octarian army again...
Inkopolis Square.
It had been just over a year since Kal last saw Victoria.
Not too much had changed with him, he was still playing turf wars all the time, though now he was also taking the time to study and someday become an ambassador for Inkopolis, just like he said he would.
He had also started part timing at Grizzco to pay for those studies.
He saw Sky and Neon pretty often, Neon was still doing nothing but ranked matches and was as great as always.
Sky on the other hand, was the first Inkling in decades to learn the Octarian language, since he was never too good at Turf Wars he instead started tutoring Inklings in how to speak Octarian.
As for Inker, he constantly travelled between New Octopolis and Inkopolis, keeping an eye on this when he could.
He watched Octo Valley being rebuilt with Inkling support, soon New Octopolis became a bright, clean and safe underground city for Octarians, he felt that his goal of reuniting the two races had finally been accomplished.
Time to head home.
Back in Inkopolis Kal considered travelling to New Octopolis on several occasions, but figured that Victoria had things under control.
However today as he roamed the square, something caught Kal's eye.
Getting a closer look, he saw what appeared to be some Inklings talking with an Octoling.
"Hey that hairstyle looks kinda familiar…" One Inkling said
"Ah r-really?"
"Yeah I feel like I've seen it before... Oh well it doesn't matter. Say how are you at turf? My friends and I are looking for a fourth and you look fresh enough, think you can keep up with us?"
"Uhh.. sure! I'll do my best!"
Kal watched the group enter the Deca Tower.
'That was an Octoling… wasn't it?' Kal wondered.
Looking around he saw similar scenes around him.
Octolings, though they looked slightly nervous, they appeared to be getting along with the local Inklings.
There was even one entering the Inkopolis News studio.
"Umm P-Pearlie… Are you sure about this? I-I mean… What if they don't like me?"
"Come on Marina, we've made it this far already, don't chicken out now!"
A small pale Inkling was pushing an Octoling into the studio.
Maybe they were here to auction and hopefully become the new hosts?
'No wait.. Why are there Octolings here all of a sudden? Why didn't I hear anything about it?' Kal wondered
He didn't recall any mention of Octolings moving to Inkopolis.
'Wait if there are Octolings here.. Could that mean?'
Kal looked around hopefully.
If there were Octolings here, he hoped he could see that one specific Octoling, that one who once broke into his home and used him, but then later would help rescue him from Melanin prison.
No luck.
For a while, Kal could not see the face he had been longing to see.
Only for a while.
"So you were here… I can't believe I wasted so much time looking for you in the Plaza."
Standing only a few feet behind him, was Victoria.
Kal was overjoyed to see her again, not a moment later the two found themselves wrapped in each other's arms.
When they finally stopped, Victoria looked at him expectantly.
"Well?"
"What?"
"Don't tell me you've forgotten…"
"Oh right, but umm can go somewhere else first?" Kal asked
"Well I've already spent a year waiting…"
"Let's just step away from the Square, this is kinda embarrassing."
"Yet you were able to shout it in front of the entire New Octopolis army last time."
"Please don't remind me.." Kal said, getting a bit red faced over those memories.
As the two started leaving the Square together, Kal had to ask about the Octolings he saw earlier.
"Hey I could have sworn I saw some other Octolings hanging out in the Square, what's with that?"
"Hmm? Well… some of us wanted to live in Inkopolis, but well we were busy with other things, so nobody managed to get permission to live here until now."
"So Inkopolis is going to become a mixed city of squids and octos."
"Just like you and Inker wanted."
"So what have you been up to this past year?"
"What else? Everyone wanted me to be president of New Octopolis so I had to quickly learn anything I could about running a nation… Luckily I had some help."
"President?"
"Yeah, we figured it was a more humble title compared to 'Leader' or 'Prime Minister'. It's like the president of a local club or committee, a modest title."
"Heh, I guess you've been pretty busy, how long do you have before you have to go back too, presidenting or whatever?"
"Oh I quit already."
"What?"
"I quit after my first year, that position was never meant for me to begin with, now I'm just a soldier in the New Octopolis army again."
"Still leading Vale's splatoon?"
"Nah, Lynn's doing that now, I mean Vale did say she'd lead that splatoon someday. By the way Lynn's been looking after Lila, she treats her like a little sister but every now and then Lila starts acting like Captain Vale and Lynn immediately becomes nervous around her, it's pretty fun to see. Eliza is still around as well, but after seeing Inker fight up close she is now obsessed with training all the new recruits to his level."
"Well what about you?"
"Me? I'm back to my original rank, I'm going to properly work my way up."
"That's so you."
"Yeah... Hey wait a second! Are you trying to distract me with other things?"
"No I'm just curious…"
"Well we are far enough from the Square now right? Come on, stop being such a wuss! Tell me what you think about me!" Victoria said.
Kal chuckled nervously, and scratched the back of his head shyly, averting his gaze.
"... You'd think after a year I'd be ready to say it but…"
"Aw come on, how hard could it be?"
"Alright fine!" Kal took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Once again he assured himself everything would be okay.
He already heard Victoria's confession, there was nothing to worry about. "I uhh.. I think you always put on a tough front, so at first you seemed unapproachable, but then later I found out you have a much sweeter and softer side... I don't know why, but I find that a bit adorable…. I know that's probably not how you'd like to be described, but well… That's what I think… yeah that's it!"
Victoria smiled
"Was that so tough?"
"Not at all."
"Eeeee" Both Victoria and Kal heard someone make a strange sound just around the corner.
"What was that? A shriek?" Kal wondered
"It sounded more like a squeal… Who's back there?!" Victoria said, her voice changing to the commanding tone she used back when she led the New Octopolis Army.
Victoria and Kal hurried around the corner and saw Neon, Sky and Inker.
Neon was covering her mouth.
"Why are you all here?!" Kal exclaimed
"I heard Victoria would be dropping by today, but when I told Neon she suggested we hang back and watch you two from a distance.. Sorry.." Inker explained
"Neon huh… I'm not surprised." Victoria remarked.
Neon, who squealed when she heard Kal confess to Victoria, quickly tried to cover up her actions.
"Hey! Nevermind that! Isn't this great? We are all back together! Come on this calls for celebration! And that means ink battles!"
"Strange way to celebrate if you ask me…" Sky commented
Inker, Kal and Victoria all agreed
"Ahh but this is Inkopolis! And when you think of Inkopolis you think of ink battles! Come on! Why not give it a go?" Neon continued.
"Well I guess it can't be that bad… sure I'll give it a try." Victoria said
"Perfect! Sky you'll have to sit out, k?"
"Why is that?" Victoria asked
"We can only have four guys in a squad."
"Four… so it's going to be a four on four battle…. Oh wait I have an idea! Meet me at the Deca tower! I'll be right back!" Victoria said.
"Wait! Where are you going?" Kal shouted after her
"Don't worry I'll be back in a flash! Just wait for me in the tower!"
Not long after Kal and his friends arrived at the Deca Tower, Victoria came back, this time she had company.
"No need to leave anyone out! If it has to be four on four, we can have a friendly battle between Inkopolis vs New Octopolis!" Victoria said,
She had brought, Lynn, Eliza and Lila with her.
"Kal!" Lila said, running forward and giving Kal a big hug.
From what it looked like, Lila was in her normal personality at the moment.
Lynn glanced around, she looked just slightly nervous.
As for Eliza she once again glared at Inker.
"Alright! This is great! Everyone is here! Let's not waste any more time! Get this show on the road!" Neon cheered.
"Hey wait! Shouldn't explain to Lynn and Eliza what we are even doing?" Sky said
"They'll figure it out!"
"Well from what I understand, this is like a battle simulation that Inklings do to pass the time right?" Eliza said.
"See! They know already! Come on! Let's get started!"
"U-umm wait, I still don't understand how this lobby works." Lynn said.
"Just stand in the private battle lobby as a squad, then you'll be sent to a spawn point on one of the maps." Inker explained
"Ahh I get it, so we stand in here?" Victoria asked, pointing at a room with a spawn point drawn on the floor.
"Yes that's it, We'll be in the adjacent room. Well good luck guys!" Kal said
"Good luck to you too!" Victoria said. "Don't think we'll go easy on you!"
"I won't!"
Blackbelly Skatepark, Inkopolis
Inker, Kalus, Neon and Sky appeared on one end of the map, now green.
Victoria, Lynn, Eliza and Lila appeared on the other, now pink.
"I hope this isn't permanent…" Eliza muttered
"Don't worry! Everyone goes back to normal once the match ends." Lila explained
"Oh.. Well then, this is a battle right? Then leave Agent 3 to me!" Eliza declared.
"I'll uhh, I'll watch your back!" Lynn said
"Emily, do you think you can…. Of course, just sit back and watch, I'll show you the skill of an Octarian captain!… Okay then! I'll be counting on you!" Lila said to herself, letting Vale once again take control of her actions.
"I thought things would go a bit differently… oh well, Kal and I have plenty of time. A little ink battle wouldn't hurt." Victoria muttered.
"BOOYAH!" Came a voice across the map.
Squinting her eyes, Victoria could see a now green Kal waving at her across the map.
"Booyah? Does that mean start?" Victoria wondered
"It's just fun to say, don't just stand there! Booyah back!" Lila urged "like this; Booyah!"
"Umm okay then…"
Victoria cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted
"BOOYAH!"
Kal heard this loud and clear, he smiled seeing Victoria waved back at him.
"Hey! I bet you're feeling lovey dovey today right? That better not hold us back!" Neon shouted
"Don't worry, I'm always up for turf!" Kal assured her.
"Alright then! Sky you stay close to me okay? Otherwise you are going to get splatted WAY to much!"
"I'm not that bad! I mean sure I don't play nearly as much as you guys, but I can handle myself!" Sky protested.
Meanwhile, Inker prepared his Splattershot Pro "I bet Eliza's coming right for me, so I'll go right, you guys do whatever you want." he said.
"I wanna see if Lila really can fight like Vale! Cause that would be awesome!" Neon exclaimed
As for Kal
"I'm just glad Victoria is here again."
Their short intermission was over, the map was clean and ready for their match.
A blimp flew above the center of the map, on it was a big screen which got the attention of both sides as it would soon signal the start.
"Ready? GO!"
The two sides enjoyed a friendly battle.
Not just here, but all over Inkopolis, Octarians were accepted into Inkopolis and found themselves immersed into the joy of Turf Wars against other Inklings.
Any hatreds left over from the past had faded away.
And so ends our story, Splatoon: Old Hatreds
A/N: So yeah' it's finally over. It's been a long ride, sometimes it felt like I would never reach an ending, but everything has to come to an end eventually.
I really enjoyed writing life into these characters, having them go through ups and downs, some making sacrifices others slowly becoming attracted to one another… It was pretty fun.
I guess now would be a good time to mention that I have actually never played any Splatoon game before. I still can't believe that a fanfic recommendation would end up getting me hooked onto Splatoon lore and eventually creating this fanfic of my own... Well actually Behind Enemy Lines came first and this is a sequel to that but who cares.
Sometimes I was worried that I wasn't doing such a good job writing, but you guys were always there telling me otherwise.
I'm glad I spent the time to write this, I'm glad could get these ideas out of my head and give you guys something to enjoy.
Thank you for reading Splatoon: Old Hatreds, a Splatoon 1 fanfic by Obliterwrite.
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"Why did you call us here?"
"S-sorry but we had no other choice! The Octarian army has already stolen plans for Rollers, Blasters and worst of all, Spawn Points!"
"I see."
"hmm.. Cap'n, you were saying that Octavio might have been freed, maybe that has something to do with this?"
"I-I know it's a lot to ask, but umm, Agent 3, Cap'n Cuttlefish, can you please stay at Nautilus base for a few days? If the Octarian army comes again you'll be our best shot at catching them!"
"Well… I guess I don't have anything better to do. Don't worry Lynn, you can count on us."
That night the Octarian army struck again.
"Ahh! The Octarian army is here! Up and at em Agent 3, the Octarian army is here again! sic em!"
"Got it!"
"We're right behind you Agent 3!"
Inker and a team of New Octopolis Octolings chased after the intruder.
Whoever it was, was pretty good at their job.
Inker tossed a Seeker and swam after it, catching up to the octarian interloper.
Soon he could see them clearly, one single Octoling, her outfit was different than usual Octarian army Octolings, the ink tank she wore looked far more advanced and even though she appeared to be wearing heels she was outrunning Inker and the other Octolings.
'She's fast!'
Inker ducked as the Octoling tossed a splat bomb at him, he slowed down, jumped out of his ink and out of it's radius.
It had been a near perfect toss, if Inker hadn't slowed down, he would have been caught dead center in that blast.
Whoever this Octoling was, she was good.
Inker followed the Octoling as she reached the Undercity, now known as New Octopolis.
He shouted at it's Octarian citizens to get off the streets as he chased the Octoling down the roads.
The Octoling did everything to shake him off her tail, tossing back bombs and sometimes even tossing civilians into Inker's way.
"Look up and smile Agent 3! It's the New Octopolis airborne!" Inker heard someone shout into his headset.
Above him, an Octarian saucer flew past, lowering altitude in front of the Octoling revealing Cap'n Cuttlefish and a bunch of Octosnipers perched on top of it, their chargers ready to fire at the intruder.
Seeing this the Octoling changed her course.
She ran back out of New Octopolis, but not in the direction of Octo Canyon.
"Stop right there and disarm yourself! This is your last warning!" the saucer's pilot shouted.
The Octoling however didn't stop.
Though she had to find a way to lose that saucer chasing her.
Inker saw her quickly pull off some planks on an abandoned subway entrance and hop inside.
"She went in there! Come on! We can't lose her!"
"Agent 3 wait!"
"Huh?"
Inker stopped, both the Octolings and the Octarians on the saucer refused to go any further.
"What's wrong?" Inker asked
"T-that's the Deepsea Metro… Octarians who go there never return, in fact they become zombies of the deep." One Octoling explained
She was trembling and wouldn't get any closer to the abandoned entrance.
"So wait, we are just letting her go?"
"If she went down there, it would be safe to assume she'll never come back out. Whatever she took from us is lost, let's return to Nautilus."
"We can't just assume that! I'm going down there and making sure that Octoling never reaches Octo Canyon! Are any of you with me?"
None of the Octarians moved
"S-sorry but I'm not ready to die yet."
"Me neither."
"Is it really that bad?"
The Octarians all nodded.
Inker looked at the abandoned subway entrance.
It did look a bit creepy, but that's probably because it looked abandoned.
If he did get splatted, his Hero Suit could save him.
"I'm going in."
"Good choice bucko! No urban myth is stopping us!" Cuttlefish said as he descended from the saucer.
"Thanks for the lift Kevin, but it's nigh time I dust off my land legs."
The Octarians all looked at Cuttlefish and Inker as they entered the Deepsea Metro.
"Is anyone going to stop them?" someone asked
"No way! I'm not getting anywhere close to that cursed place!" another replied.
"Great…. Now how are we going to report this to Captain Radars?"
(I just wanted to make a little intro to the Octo Expansion using Old Hatreds characters, I'm not actually going to write a story on that, sorry if it got your hopes up.)