Turf War Station's lobby: Hun, Mirii and Bars were near the reception desk, discussing with an Inkling woman.
"I told you before: we're dealing with a serious problem at the moment. You can't start your battle, until the problem has been solved." The receptionist said.
"That sucks, man! What's this problem all about, anyway?!" Bars complained.
"It's useless, Bars. She'll never tell…" Mirii said. "And besides, our leader isn't with us yet."
"What about the rival squad? I don't think I ever seen them, around here. Hey, maybe they got scared of us…!"
"Or they didn't turn their alarm on, today!"
The trio looks behind them: Grina arrived with a bossy attitude.
"Grina!" The trio said together.
"Hey there, team! Aunt Grina is finally here!" Grina said with a wink.
"Aunt?! Is this a nightmare?!" Bars said.
"Oooh, little Bars wanted a Mommy!"
"Ack! On second thought, you were better as an Aunt!" Bars corrected himself.
Grina and Hun laughs up. Mirii remained silent.
"Anyway, how my farmer boy is feeling today?" Grina asked to Hun.
"Oh… fine, I guess." Hun replied.
Grina sensed a bit of insecurity in Hun.
"Fine? That's all you got?"
"Uuuh… w-why? Something wrong?"
"No, there isn't something wrong Hunry… there's something lacking!"
Grina put her hands on Hun's shoulders.
"You were suppose to sprinkle energy all over you! Where's it?!"
"Oh… there's energy! Uhm… but I was suppose to do something with it?"
"Of course! What would you do, if you have the power to do anything you pleased?!"
"Well… I would… I would… oh, I would create the biggest farm in the world!" Hun said excited.
Bars and Mirii didn't got much surprised, but Grina was sparkling.
"Yes! That's the spirit! Imagine you have to build an empire of farms! Farms everywhere in the world! Farms so big, that the universe look like a small apple in comparison!" Grina said.
"Yeah! That's great! … but what's an universe, exactly?"
Grina stood there silent in front of such question. Bars, Mirii and even the receptionist were left speechless.
"… it's something too big for your head, Hunry…" Grina answered.
Hun didn't understand a thing about that answer.
"Yay team! We finally made it!"
"But we're so late! Why everything must go wrong with us?!"
"At least, we can blame that to a certain idiot…"
"H-hey! Why are you looking at me, now?!"
A group of 4 Inklings showed up in front of the Inkinators.
"Hey, hey! Look what we have here…!" Bars said.
"Let me guess… Team Temanga?" Grina asked.
"That's right! You must be the Inkinators." the boy with the glasses said.
"Correct, pal! I'm proud that our team is already in the memories of our estimated rivals." Grina said.
" –Correct, pal-?! Hey, that was my line!" Bars complained, but he got easily ignored.
"Whoa, that girl sure got some attitudine!" The other Inkling boy commented. "I like her already!"
"Nick! Don't forget she's our rival!" The girl with headphones said. "She may try to trick us with her funky ways of speech!"
"No tricks. We just want to know our rivals, before the battle…" Mirii adds.
"Yeah! Let's know each other!" the cheerful girl said, while doing a jump.
The happy girl shakes her hands with each member of the Inkinators, while talking.
"Hi! My name is Zira and I hope we're going to have fun, fun, fun in this battle!" Zira said excited.
"Uuuh, did you eat the whole Candy Factory before?" Bars asked.
"No, but that's a sweet idea! I can't wait to do that!" Zira said while touching Bars's nose with her forefinger.
"Zira, please! Don't make us look bad!" The boy with the glasses getting a bit desperate.
"Look you bad? That girl makes me want to go Sugar Rushed!" Grina said amused. "She's awesome! Too bad we're going to be rivals, now…"
"Well, since Zira introduced herself to each of you, we should all do the same!" The boy with the glasses proposed.
"Well said, boss! I'm Nick!" Nick said, while grinning.
"My name is Ana. Please to meet you." Ana introduced herself.
"The name is Bars and don't get that confused!" Bars said.
"And mine is Grina. What's yours, smart boy?" Grina asked to the boy with the glasses.
All the sudden, the boy got really surprised.
"G-Grina?! No, it can't be…!" he said.
"It can't be what? Speak up!"
"Grina! Don't you recognize me?! I'm Enrick!"
Everyone reacted in shock, after that revelation.
"Enrick…"
"Yes! Come on, Grina! Don't tell me, you already forgot?" Enrick insists.
Grina was looking at Enrick, focusing on her memories. After a while, she did a very big smile and quickly grabbed Enrick around his neck with her right arm, while with her left fist rubs the top of his head.
"Enriiick! I can't believe that's you!" Grina said happily.
"Ow, ow! G-Grina! I-I'm glad you d-didn't -ACK!- change a bit!" Enrick said.
"How are you?! I didn't recognize you, with those big glasses!" Grina said, while leaving him.
Enrick composed himself, before talking.
"Well, my eyesight dropped a bit… nothing to worry too much, about." Enrick explained.
"Eh eh eh! Always so serious… like you were 3 years ago!" Grina remembers.
"Well, as the leader of Temanga, I must be serious." Enrick explained.
"Really?! You, the leader of Temanga?! Then, this match is going to be very interesting!"
"Uh… why?"
"Because I'm a leader too! The leader of the Inkinators!"
"Whaaat?!" Enrick got worried. "N-no! Y-you are very good at coming up with unpredictable plans!"
"Oh… really?" Grina said.
"Of course, you are! I know what you're capable of!"
"I told you before: she is playing with us. We must be careful!" Ana said to her team.
"Are you sure, Ana? Is not like she knows our aggressive plans!" Nick said.
Ana gave Nick a huge slap.
"You told them now, idiot!"
"Uuuuh, I'm sorry!" Nick apologies.
Enrick got a cunning idea.
"Grina, Nick told you our general tactics for mistake, so we have to balance the fight now."
"… what do you mean, Enrick?" Grina asked.
"Simple: you tell us who's your secret weapon!" Enrick said while pointing his forefinger to Grina.
"No way, pal! That's too much!" Bars complained.
"But you know what we're gonna do in the Global Testfire! You must tell us something in return!" Enrick explained his logic.
"If you know the secret weapon, then the Global Testfire is useless. It's suppose to test, how Inklings can react against it, as well as to see how legitimate the weapon is in an arena." Mirii explained in great details.
Enrick got a bit cornered by her reasoning, but Ana tries to help out.
"That may be true, but now your secret weapon can exploit our tactics easily. I mean, how hard is to counter someone that acts aggressive?! Can you explain me that… uhm… your name?"
"Mirii. My pleasure."
"Ok. Yeah, can you explain me that, Mirii?!" Ana concluded her speech.
"Very well. Tell me, do you have any other tactics?" Mirii asked.
Nick smiled, thinking about something.
"Of course we have! Did you really think we only have that one? You can bet my Splattershot, that we have tons of other tac"
Ana closes Nick's mouth with her hand.
"WHERE'S YOUR BRAIN TODAY?!" Ana shouts.
"I think in my closet…" Nick said with a hand covering his mouth.
"Then, you can use other tactics to trick the secret weapon. There's no need to tell you about it: you have to see it in battle." Mirii concluded.
"Hey, hey! Not bad at all, Mirii! You can always turn the tides of every situation!" Grina complimented Mirii. "So Enrick, I guess you're out of luck."
"Well, I tried. You can't always have them all, don't you?" Enrick answered resigned.
Nick noticed Hun chilling out in the background. He quickly reaches him.
"Hey you! Do you know how to talk?" Nick asked.
"Uh?! Y-Yes, I can talk!"
"Then, you don't say anything?"
"Eeeh… like, what I should say?"
"Your name!" Nick proposed.
"Oh, my name is Hun…"
"Your favourite weapon!" Zira said, coming from nowhere!
"Yikes! I don't have a weapon!"
Grina, Bars and Mirii felt like being petrified. Enrick smiled, while adjusting his glasses.
"… interesting." Enrick said.
"Way to go, guys!" Ana cheered Nick and Zira.
"Tee hee, it was nothing!" Zira said.
"Look at that! I did something right, for once!" Nick said becoming proud of himself.
"I can't believe this… we got busted from that crazy girl." Bars commented, with frustration.
"Busted? Hardly." Grina said. "They still don't know what Hunry is all about!"
"Exactly. They don't have any idea what Hunley is capable of…" Mirii adds.
"Ooooh, right! Hunter didn't tell anything about it!" Bars realized.
Nick starts to get confused.
"Wait a sec! Hunry… Hunley… Hunter? Who are those people?!"
"You didn't realize?! They are talking about the same Inkling: Hun! Every nickname starts with his original name." Ana explained.
"Oooh… you know what? I want to give him a nickname too! How about… Hunbert!" Nick invented.
"Mmm… not bad. I think that Hunsel sounds good too!" Ana said.
"I got this funny nickname, guys: Hunish! Because he likes to vanish, get it?!" Zira laughs at her own joke.
Actually, Hun really wanted to vanish right now, since he's too shy to stand all that attention.
"I prefer Hundrick: it sounds very clever!" Enrick said.
"It sounds cleverly familiar…" Grina commented.
"W-what makes you think of that?!"
"Hey, I have a good name too!" Hun said, while raising his hand.
"Yeah! Let's hear Hunbert's freshest nickname!" Nick replied, with a grin.
"What about Hun? Isn't it a good name?"
Everyone looked at him, with no reactions at all.
"… is that much unworthy?!" Hun asked.
"Ha ha ha! Hunworthy! Genius!" Nick laughed up.
"Ih ih ih! So Hun-worth it!" Zira adds, while laughing on the ground.
"What-a?! What's so funny about –unworthy-?!" Hun asked, not getting the joke.
While the Inklings were talking to each other, someone was coming from the Waiting Room…