Now, we look to begin on the newcomers (and some extras) for this story! Splatoon and its sequel are games that I'm ridiculously fond of, given that it's much more objective-based than other shooters, thus requiring some coordination and cooperation between teammates instead of gunning for the highest amount of splats.
For this story, the girl Inkling's name is Meggy (yeah, thanks, SMG4), and the boy's name is Evan. It's been a year since DJ Octavio's theft of the Great Zapfish, and life in Inkopolis has mostly gone back to normal. Meggy and Evan have been very close friends since the age of 3, and both are massive fans of the Squid Sisters.
To those asking about my stance on Echo Fighters, no, they will not be getting individual chapters. In fact, they won't really be that prominent in the story, Dark Samus being the exception to that.
And finally, no, Agent 3 is an entirely separate character. Meggy and Evan are just incredibly good at Turf Wars and Ranked Battles. Meggy's better at Turf Wars and Splat Zones, Evan is better at Rainmaker and Tower Control.
Flounder Heights...
Meggy, wielding her trusty Wasabi Splattershot, had heard the announcement of "One minute left!" over the intercom. Looking at her on-hand map, she rolled her eyes in exasperation.
In the last ten seconds, her teammates had all been splatted by a Kraken that she presumed was Evan, and his team was slowly closing in on their territory, while she was pinned to a wall by enemy fire.
Deciding that it was now or never, Meggy sprang into action, vaulting over Evan's Kraken form, and managing to splat one of his teammates. Meggy landed in the splash of orange ink that was left there, and while Evan desperately tried to turn around, Meggy got the other two of his teammates with a well-placed Splat Bomb.
Meggy looked back at her map of Flounder Heights, and smiled when she saw that her teammates were beginning to push back and reclaim their territory.
Turning around once she heard a wet squelch, she saw Evan, now back in his Inkling form, barreling towards her with his Krak-on Splat Roller.
Meggy Super Jumped to a close by teammate, and Evan immediately reversed his direction once he had seen her jump.
Meggy opened fire on Evan while her teammate ran off to reclaim the center with his allies. Evan blocked most of her shots using his Roller.
Evan and Meggy then both heard the intercom shout that 30 seconds remained, and Evan threw a Squid Beakon at Meggy before swimming off to the center to regain the advantage.
As Meggy gave chase back to the center, she felt a warm feeling course through her body, and she smirked. Her Inkstrike was primed to fire.
"5... 4... 3... 2... 1!"
As she let the massive torpedo fly, Evan and his teammates had managed to barely retake the center just as the intercom screamed, "TIME!"
Evan's sense of relief turned to dread when he saw an Inkstrike missile falling to a sector that he and his teammates had completely covered in their ink.
With bated breath, both teams awaited for the results. Judd then pointed his flag to Meggy's team, and the results showed on the screen.
Meggy's team had won by 0.1 percent thanks to that last moment Inkstrike.
Evan, having lost to Meggy countless times in Turf Wars, sighed and walked over to her while the rest of his team threw a fit in frustration. After their respawn points had taken the 8 Inklings back to the lobby of Inkopolis Tower, Evan walked over to Meggy, shaking her hand before asking her, "Hey, Meggy. Would you like to get a drink at Crusty Sean's?"
Meggy replied, "Yeah! In fact, let's go right now!"
Evan blushed and let out a noise of protest as Meggy grabbed his hand and dragged him out into Inkopolis Plaza.
Master Hand, now in a completely different disguise, had walked into the plaza and decided to look at a replay of the most recent Turf War match. He took note of the two captains on each team, Meggy and Evan. He started the replay, and looked at the match in awe. Both captains commanded their teams with an aura of confidence and encouragement, made incredibly smart decisions throughout the match, and utilized each of their teammates' kits to the fullest. Master Hand now had a clear idea of which one of these Inklings would be joining the Super Smash Bros. tournament, so he snapped his fingers and created a duplicate of the letter that had "Inkopolis" scrawled on it. Now he just needed a way to find the two...
After they had both finished their smoothies, the two of them walked back to their shared apartment.
Meggy exclaimed, "Home at last!"
As the two took turns at playing on that old game console the two of them had found in Walleye Warehouse one day, Evan asked, "Meggy, do you ever feel these matches get... kinda boring?"
Meggy turned to Evan and said, "Yeah, it really does get kinda boring battling in the same four kinds of matches. I really wish they did something different, or maybe added a new type of Ranked match."
As Evan nodded, the two Inklings heard a knock at the door. The two of them went to answer, and visibly balked at the sight right in front of them.
A large right hand, clad in a white glove and holding a suitcase with a weird emblem emblazoned on it was floating in their faces.
Evan stuttered out, "W-wh-who the heck are you, a-a-and what d-d-do you want with us?"
Meggy simply stared at the emblem on the suitcase, wondering why it looked so familiar.
Before Master Hand could begin his explanation, however, Meggy interjected with, "Hey, Evan, isn't that the Super Smash Bros. symbol?"
Evan looked at the briefcase, and said, "Yeah, it is!"
Master Hand then asked, "Wait, how do the two of you know about the tournament?"
Meggy and Evan both replied at the same time, "It was a live broadcast, we still have the DVR recordings of the tournament."
As Master Hand made a sound of approval, Meggy continued, "It was so much fun watching the tournament live. See, thanks to Agent 3's findings over the course of the last year, we've discovered that we're actually one of the only surviving races on this this planet."
Evan then finished, "So it was REALLY exciting to see all these different people on our screens, as we've literally never seen them before."
Master Hand then mused to himself, "Capable and enthusiastic? Yeah, these two are definitely a lock."
Turning to the Inkling duo, Master Hand boomed out, "To the two of you, Meggy and Evan, you both have been granted a spot in the fifth Super Smash Brothers tournament! We expect you to come by December 7th, and we've also standardized your weapon selections too."
Passing them their invitations, Master Hand gave them a wave before vanishing into thin air.
After several minutes of stunned silence, Evan then whispered, "Pinch me, please."
Meggy obliged, and Evan let out a yelp of pain before choking out, "Yep, it's real alright!"
Meggy and Evan celebrated all night at the prospect of being able to see a human in the flesh.
Next stop, the ruined Frigate Orpheon! Ridley's been stewing over this for nine years.