The next day, Nathan and Diana found their way to Inkopolis Plaza, where many Inkling were already hanging out, looking at shops, or heading for the Lobby to play an old-fashioned turf war. The two had never actually been in the plaza before, so they were clearly excited.

"Wow! This place is bigger than I first thought it would be!" said Diana excitedly.

"Yeah!" said Nathan, "I never expected the Inkopolis Tower to be so big!"

"Oh! Nathan, look!" Diana pointed at the Inkopolis News Studio.

"The Squid Sisters' Studio is in the plaza? I thought it was like...on the edge of downtown."

"I know, right! That's a surprise!"

"Tell me about it!"

"I'll admit, this place is epic! Should we head for the Lobby?"

"Ha ha, you're on!" The two Inklings headed right for the Lobby, equipping their weapons while they were at it. Battle were already going on in both of the current stages, so the two had to wait. Their own town, as most Inkling towns and cities outside of Inkopolis, had their own turf war matches at times, and their records were not effected by moving to Inkopolis.

Nathan, who's full name was actually Nathaniel, was an experienced veteran in Turf War matches. Having been doing it for over a year, Nathan was Level 20. Since teams have random players each time, Nathan sometimes had "idiotic" players, but he always seemed to be able to bring even a mindless team to victory. He was good with all weapon types, but preferred rollers, his special roller especially.

Diana had been doing Turf War as long as Nathan, but she wasn't quite as good as him. She was Level 20, like Nathan, but wasn't as much of a certain-victory teammate. Diana preferred quick weapons like the Carbon Roller or Aerospray RG, but what she excelled at using were chargers, especially her favored weapon, the E-Liter 3K Scope. She often used the Kelp Splatterscope, however.

"Hey dude?" said one of other Inkling boys to Nathan, "I haven't seen you around before. Are you new to Turf War?"

"No. I'm new to the city," Nathan replied. "Me and my friend here just moved here yesterday. We're turf war veterans."

"Ah, veterans, eh?" said another inkling, "What level are ya?" The players looks at the giant screen in the lobby that listed all the players. Next the

Nathan's picture, it said "Level 20".

"He's a veteran all right," said yet another player.

"Yep, he sure is!" said Diana.

"Hey, what weapon do you use?" asked a player.

"This," said Nathan as he drew out his roller weapon. It was unlike any other the players had seen. It looked similar to a silver version of the Hero Roller Replica with yellow lights instead of sky blue. Its design was also different. It seemed to be made of metal.

"Whoa, dude!" said a player, "What the hell is that thing?!"

"I've never seen anything like it!" said another.

"This is limited-edition weapon sold exclusively at the shop back where I used to live," Nathan explained, "I got it for my 15th birthday a few months back. It's called the Silver Hero Roller, it has some enhanced stats, its sub weapon is the Splat Bomb, and its special is the new Inknado!"

"INKNADO?!" everyone said.

"Dude, I've heard about it, but I've never seen it!" said a player excitingly, "No weapons with it come to Inkopolis stores until tomorrow, and I've been DYING to see it! What's it like?!"

"Hey, hey! Calm down!" said Nathan, "You'll all see it, I'm sure."

"Wait...the Inknado wasn't released until AFTER you got the weapon! How'd you-"

"The storekeeper wanted to test the special, but he was sold out on weapons. So I let him use mine as a 'test dummy'. Heh heh, everybody was jealous, but I didn't rub it in."

"Oh yeah, that's right!"

"Hey wait..." said a player, "If it isn't released yet...why are you allowed to bring it?"

"The weapon was approved," said Nathan, "It's been tested and okay for battle. So I'm allowed to bring it in, despite that it hasn't released here."

"Oh..."

"Hey guys! The match is about to start!" said another player, "It's going to be in...Walleye Warehouse!"

"Alright!" said Diana, "Let's go!" Within minutes, the players were at the splatterfield. Nathan and Diana were on opposite sides, and the two wished each other luck before going to their starting points. Nathan an Diana were placed on their respective teams, Nathan on Team Blue and Diana on Team Orange. Judd was watching the players prepare, ready to try out a collar that let him talk in words.

"Ready...GO!" yelled Judd, and the players were off. Nathan and another player covered the zone, while the other two headed straight for the field. Team Blue was composed of a roller user (Nathan), two shooters, and a sniper. Team Orange had an Inkbrush user, a Blaster user, a shooter, and a sniper (Diana).

By the time the two players reached the main open area at the center of Walleye, two orange players were heading for the area as well. Diana took cover from behind a wall and aimed for the two blue players. She managed to splat one with the E-Liter 3K Scope, which she ultimately decided to bring with her.

The other blue player spotted Diana and charged at her. He quickly hid in his ink to chase her just as Nathan and all the other players arrived on the scene. A splat battle broke out between some while others tended to inking up the battleground. Nathan focused on building up his special meter in order to unleash the Inknado, but it was hard since much of the arena was already covered with blue ink.

He decided to head towards the enemy base and spawnpoint. He had to be extremely careful, as he would either successfully fill the special meter or get splatted and have to recharge most of it. He managed to get it fully charged and his hair started glowing, but wanted to save it for the right moment.

"Stored up I see?" said an orange player. Nathan soon found himself surrounded by three orange players. Diana wasn't there, but all the others were there. Nathan stood still for a few moments, then quickly splatted the player to the right of him and escaped by swimming through blue ink.

With only 30 seconds left on the clock, Nathan found the three orange player spraying the battlefield and heading right for him. Diana was on top of a wall, aiming at Nathan. He then decided now was the time to unleash Inknado. He could splat three players at once if he did.

"Special weapon: Inknado!" yelled Nathan as a massive gun, resembling the Inkzooka, appeared. The orange members stopped dead in their tracks as Nathan puleld the trigger and fired a large projectile that quickly turned into a massive, swirling blue ink tornado headed straight forward.

"Whoa!" yelled a player.

"Oh shit!" yelled an orange player, "Run away! RUN AWAY!" The giant tornado moved like a massive Inkzooka blast, only slower and much. much more lethal. The tornado sucked in the nearby orange players, splatting all three. The beast of a special wasn't slowed down by walls, and left a huge ink trail behind it. It came very close to Diana as it began to die down and soon disappeared. The clock had reached zero that exact moment. There was silence. Even Judd was surprised at the special weapon's power. Eventually, he regathered himself.

"Uh...ahem!" said Judd, "What a finish! Anyway, the match is over. The winner is..." He paused for a moment. "Team Blue! Winning 71.2% to 27.7%!" Team Blue rejoiced for their victory, but their attention was on Nathan especially.

"Dude," said a player, "YOU. ARE. AWESOME!"

"Definitely the freshest squid in Inkopolis!" said another.

"Oh, oh! You should go against the champion!" another player suggested.

"Yeah!" the other two said.

"Champion? You mean X?" said Nathan.

"Yep! No one's ever defeated Champion X in a battle before, whether it be Turf War, Splat Zones, Tower Control, whatever! I think you have what it take to beat him!"

"Hmmm, nah. Not interested."

"Huh?! Why?"

"I don't really want the Championship title just yet. Maybe one day, just not today."

"I see. Well, good luck man! See ya next time!" A few minutes later, Nathan and Diana met up and walked back home so they could explore Inkopolis more.

"You where awesome in that Turf War, Nathan!" said Diana, "That Inknado was...just...WOW! I can't wait to see what other new specials they'll come up with in the future!"

"Yeah," Nathan replied, "I wonder that myself."

"You know, I like to think that-"

"Shh."

"Huh? Why?"

"I heard something. Something fishy."

"What?" Diana whispered as she equipped her E-Liter. The two stayed in place, and heard something. It sounded like footsteps. Nathan then looked up the see magenta ink flying down towards them.

"Get down!" said Nathan as he shoved himself and Diana out of harm's way. He equipped his roller and saw three Octolings, two female and one male, drop down.

"What the-?!" said Diana.

"Octolings..."

"What are they doing here?!"

"I have a different question..." said the male Octoling, "How long will you survive?"

"Alright Octojerks," said Nathan, "Let's dance."