A/N – To a Guest: Yes, it is Tagalog, and also written by a native Filipino, too. :D

And I forgot to add something:

Lichtenhain – A country in the Southwest and Lower Middle Continent, and the Splatoon incarnation of Germany, and the home of the Schneider siblings, Verique and Zayden. The country is well-known for the large number of engineers more than any other countries, and is also well-known for its advanced technology that is almost on-par with Ryujimizu's. Natives, Citizens, and Language are called Lichtens, or Lichtans.

And to add up to the Splatoon-verse Nationalities list:

Ryujimizu – A country in the Northeastern Region, and the Splatoon incarnation of Japan, the home of Ryoko Date, the 1st Elite of the LEF, and the country where Inkopolis has been built. The name came from the name of a sea god/dragon named Ryūjin, and –mizu which literally means "water" Japanese (thanks grandpa google), and it's alternative name is Ryujinku, which replaces mizu with inku instead, which literally means "ink" (again, thanks grandpa google). Natives, Citizens, and Language are called Ryujins, Ryujimeze, or Ryujinkans.

That's it, more notes are at the end of the chapter. Now, onto the chapter!

Chapter 5 – Promising Reminiscence

SPLASH!

Kthulhu splatted a balloon that is in the Ammo Knight's testing area. He is testing out a Splat Roller that he tinkered himself. It comes with Seeker and Kraken, a very deadly combo when used properly and correctly. He also adjusted its stats; it's slightly light, and it can paint a much wider area like a Dynamo Roller, but it has the damage of a Carbon Roller. It doesn't have the best offensive capabilities, but it sure is effective taking Turf, and has powerful ambush potential thanks to the Seeker and Kraken combo. Not the best thing he tinkered, but all those two hours he spent making this Splat Roller with this kind of set was worth the shite.

The testing area is now covered with lines, wide ink paths, sploshes, and Kraken Ink Trails. He's been working for at least two hours now, starting in 8:15AM. Yesterday he made a TW schedule with the Masquidteers so in case they have something to do in the morning or in the afternoon, he can arrange it to not conflict with his other schedules.

He just finished testing out his Splat Roller, as he lets it rest on his shoulder as he exits the testing area and back to the Ammo Knights. He stored the Splat Roller at an empty box that is specifically made for the Splat Roller that is labelled TSR #9212. He made his way back to the dining area, goes to the fridge and takes a pitcher of orange juice, takes a glass for the orange juice, places the pitcher at the table, sits on a chair, pours his glass with the orange juice, and proceeds to take a sip out. It's time to relax, and chill for a while…

Until a horseshoe crab came in randomly with the voice of a tiny Killer Wail…

"Kthulhu!" A tiny voice shouted his name, as he bursts into the room, a big grin on his face, "I have news for you!"

Kthulhu puts down his glass of orange juice down to the table, and looks at the excited crab, "New weapons in the shop?"

"Err, well, yeah, there are new weapons in the shop, but that's not what I meant," Sheldon then approaches him; his smile gets wider with every step, "Its important news that you need to hear!"

"Shoot." He then attempts to gulp down all of the remaining orange juice in his glass.

"Kyla has returned with her cousi-" He didn't even finish saying his news when suddenly, it's Kthulhu's time to shoot, but this time, instead of news, it's his drink that he will shoot out of his mouth. Hearing the name "Kyla" and the word "return" at the same time, he involuntarily spits out his drink at Sheldon, and chokes on his drink, as he tries to get the orange juice that got stuck on his throat.

"UGH! Dammit, Kthulhu!" Sheldon groans in disgust, as he gets himself soaked on Kthulhu's orange juice, "This is just fresh off the laundry, and now it's all orange, geez!" He then runs out of the room to get new clothes.

A second later, Kthulhu managed to spat out all of the excess orange juice that got stuck on his throat. He is breathing a little bit heavily, as his ears caught the first few words Sheldon told him. Kyla has returned from Karaga? When? Shet, shet, shet, shet, shet, shet, etc. His mind is full of "shet" going on a loop, as he doesn't know what to do. The "shet" train has been derailed when Sheldon quickly came back in with fresh, work clothes, which is still the same uniform that Kthulhu just spat on. Whoops…

"Whoops…" Kthulhu managed to say after all of that. He got replied with Sheldon's eyes narrowing at him in irritation.

"You could've listened to me first before you drink that damn juice!" Sheldon scolded him, "Now I have more clothes to wash!"

"I didn't know that you're news would be about Kyla," Kthulhu retorted, as he takes a sip of his orange juice that has not successfully emptied thanks to Sheldon, "When?"

In a whim, Sheldon's expression turns back to his usual, serious demeanour as he answers Kthulhu's question, "Just a few minutes ago. She's in her house now."

"Who told you?"

"Tarã, one of your cousins."

Tarã, the last time he saw his adorable cousin was when he was playing games on an old game console in their house, playing Super Splash Bros Melee, and also an ancient game called Super Smash Bros Melee with Kyla, and his two close cousins, Tarã and Sero, the two de Rodrigo siblings. That was a day before he was taken away. At least Kyro let him have fun with them for one last time before he had to be taken away.

"Tarã…" He repeated his cousin's name, with a tinge of nostalgia and sadness on his voice, "She's an adorable cousin when we were little."

"Don't worry; she's still adorable 'till this day!" Sheldon promises, which will make it more difficult for the author to make her adorable in this story. He then sits at a chair next to Kthulhu, before he continues, "Err, sometimes, that is… She's growing up to be a matured women, as she has a team to take care of."

"A team, you say?"

"Yes! It's named Rising Tsunami!"

"Surprised her team name doesn't consists of puns."

"Not everything has to be a pun, Kthulhu!" Says the crab who can get easily irritated with dumb puns.

"Moving on; do they have plans to play TW at this current time?"

"Hmm, they planned to, except for your sister. She's still at her house, resting," Sheldon's expression turned to worry, making him more anxious, "She has a headache again, and Tarã said that she is getting a series of it ever since they stepped into the train."

Headaches? His heart drops. He hopes that this is not a series of very painful series of chronic headaches, because that would make him anxious beyond belief, "Any obvious cause of her headaches?"

"According to them, there are none. They don't really know what caused these headaches to attack. They assume it might be overthinking."

"About what?"

"Isn't obvious? Think about you and Kyro, of course! She's been wondering where you are, how well you are, and many other things! She wanted to search for you, but doesn't have the time to do so, because she missed you! How could one-" He immediately stopped when he noticed Kthulhu is looking down, his hands are clasped into each other, with a downed expression on his face.

His heart warms up when he hears that she misses him, and that she wanted to search for him. That also filled his heart with sadness and guilt; leaving her and his cousins is the worst thing he ever done to his own family. As flurry of emotions swell up in his heart, he remembered what his father said to him that night before he was taken away;

"I know it hurts. I know you don't want to leave them behind. But my son, there is a reason why we should do this training. It's because of the series of events that you will encounter when you are fourteen. These events will occur to you during your journey of your own life, and you will have to find what these events are yourself. I want you to be prepared it in case you did encounter them.

"And my son, I hate to say this, but... leaving your sister and your cousins can help them become strong and independent individuals, just like you will be in the next couple of hard years…"

He hated those words, despite that it came out from his father. But as he progress gaining his strength through Kyro's teachings, and hard trainings that he gave him, he begins to understand Kyro's words, and tolerates it more.

"Hey, no offence, Kthulhu, but I didn't know that the man that defeated Yudius in a one-v-three fight would be a soft and wuss when it comes to his sister."

"That's the struggles of a brother that is older than his sister and his own cousins."

"Then why do you get anxious of them learning that you are at Inkopolis?" Sheldon finally asks the big question, "They would love to see you here, y'know."

Should he really tell him about it? He's about to, but he paused for a few moments to contemplate. He doesn't know if he should, but he thought that Sheldon deserves to know about it, since he is the one that helped them out ever since they first started Turf Warring. Another second has passed, he opened his mouth to speak, "A little recap first; you remember my father told you that I will be taken away for training?"

"Yep, he did," He answered, remembering Kyro's words, "He told me not to tell Kyla, Tarã, and Sero about it, so that they wouldn't try to…" He gulped, as if he was about to say something that would scar Kthulhu for life, "…visit you…"

In which it didn't, "Mhhmm… and Sheldon, I'll be more specific; I'm more anxious about my sister, because…" He paused again, having difficulty to let out the word he is about to say.

"Because of what?"

"… because of a promise that I have made to her, back when I was a little squid…" He finally answered. It was difficult to do it, but he managed to expel it out to Sheldon. He then glances at Sheldon, who looked surprised and confused, not the kind of reaction he is expecting.

"Promise?" He repeated in confusion, "What promise are you talking about, Kthulhu?"

"She haven't told you, huh?"

"Err, more like never had told me."

"It might be because she thinks that this promise is getting too childish for her," Kthulhu's gaze reverts back to the table, feeling guilty as ever, "I guess it's my fault if she thought it that way, now that I think about it…"

"Well, childish or not, tell me about the promise," Sheldon's tone is serious, and he sounded like a good, good friend that is ready to listen to you, no matter what it is.

"You really want to-"

"No need to ask, just say it!" Sheldon interrupted. He is really too eager to know about this promise he made with her.

Kthulhu then stares at Sheldon for a good five seconds in silence. He then lets out a deep breath before he continues, "This promise; I promised her something. It was before I was taken away, and it was a year ago before I was taken away by Kyro…"

Flashback, three years ago…

"Hey big bro, could you promise me one thing?"

"Hmm?" Her brother arched an eyebrow, curious.

"Promise me we would go to Inkopolis together."

Both his eyebrows raised. He didn't expect a promise that big, well at least for him.

"Why so surprised, big bro?" Asked Kyla, "Not just go together, I wanted you to be with me when we play Turf Wars. I prefer to play with you more than anyone else, as I don't really like to play with strangers for the first time."

Her brother's head looked down, his hand covering his chin, thinking. He is not the kind of squid that can keep promises, but he thinks that this is just a simple promise, since they will soon go to Inkopolis to start their career as Turf War Players, start a squad or a solo record.

He made up his mind. He looked up at Kyla, and saw childish hope in her eyes, that not even he can't resist.

"I promise, Kyla. When I hit fourteen we will be going to Inkopolis-" He didn't have the chance to even finish his sentence when Kyla suddenly lunges forward to him to give him hugs.

"Thank you, big bro, I will remember that promise."

He silently chuckles as he wraps his arms around her, returning the hug.

"Don't worry, Kyla," He reassuringly said to her sister, continuing what he is about to say, "I'll take you to Inkopolis with me. Oh, I won't forget our cousins, and when you hit fourteen, I'll make sure I'll take you, Tarã, and Sero on a Turf War match. We will play and win together."

End of Flashback

He told Sheldon about this promise, what, when, where, and how this promise was made. He managed to say all of those without having much difficulty on his part. Sheldon is processing all of what Kthulhu said to him; his fingers of his right hand are on his… round-ish chin, his eyes are closed shut at the moment. This kept going for ten seconds…

Ten seconds passed, Sheldon begins to speak, "Well, I can somehow agree about the promise you two made is quite childish, then again now that I think about it, if you look on a different perspective, you can't really help it, since you two are still quite young. A promise like that one you said can be pretty inevitable at that kind of age."

"You could say that again," Kthulhu leans back at his chair, looking at the ceiling, "Who knew growing up can be so harsh."

"True, true…" Sheldon then looks up at the ceiling, as the peaceful silence takes over the dining area. As the silence goes on, Kthulhu went into deep thought, as he again goes through an assortment of memories of his childhood; fun times playing video games and outdoor games with his sister and his cousins, watching shitty movies that many kids and many casual audiences find somehow funny, scary, romantic, and also good… somehow. And how many hardships they go through; school, learning about themselves, errands that are either frustrating or really repetitive, and other more stuff. They've gone through all of that shite together, and it was all good times for them. Now, he has been separated with them, he started to gain difficulty with a thought; a thought of how much they grew up without him to be there for them. He dreaded the possibilities, and hopes that they are not what he thought they would be now.

The long silence has been finally broken, and his train of thoughts has stopped dead in its tracks when Sheldon asking Kthulhu, "So, what do you do now? Soon, you'll eventually gonna meet them in Inkopolis."

"Hmm," In all honesty, he doesn't know what to do. Besides apologizing for leaving them, that is, but other than that, he has no idea, "Dunno, Sheldon. It's hard for me to think on what I will do when I did encounter them around Inkopolis. It's hard to face someone that thought you have vanished out of thin air and just came back to them either at the perfect or worst time possible after two in a half years."

"That mostly happens around the world."

"This is different though. I'm nervous to see what they've become now."

"Trust me, they are not like the kids you knew when you guys are young."

"I hope so…"

"Now, back to my question; besides apologizing to them, what would do you plan to do when you finally reveal yourself to them?"

Here we go again… This time, Kthulhu actually puts more effort on thinking about it. Besides apologizing… besides that and Turf Warri-… wait…

"You do realize now, huh?" Sheldon looks at him with a smirk, arms crossed.

Kthulhu does realize now. The promise… If I remember correctly, I made that promise when I was thirteen years old, and Kyla is at the age of eleven. And I did say something else other than taking her to Inkopolis with me when I hit fourteen;

I'll make sure I'll take you, Tarã, and Sero on a Turf War match. We will play and win together."

That's it; Take them on a good 'ol match of Turf Warring.

"Turf Warring…" Kthulhu muttered, "I did promise her that…"

"Yep, you said it yourself that you would take her and your cousins to a Turf War match!" Sheldon exclaimed excitedly, "So you technically haven't broken your promise, Kthulhu!"

"Technically, I still kinda did."

"Eh, you still have one more promise to take care of, am I right?"

"Hmm… Yeah, there is still that one promise…"

"Now, one more question," Sheldon clears his throat, "When do you think will face them?"

"…" He fell silent again. That usually either means he doesn't want to answer the question or he can't think of an answer to the question. This time is that he has no idea what to answer him, "No idea, Sheldon. Like I said earlier, it's hard to face someone you loved that thought you have vanished out of thin air, and just came back after a cod knows how long you have disappeared."

"And like I said, that always happens."

"And like I said, this is a different case we are talking about."

"And what if they are not like the squid you knew since you were kids?"

"That's a big if. And it would depend of what they have become different."

"Then you would have to find out and judge for yourself. Anyway-"

Sheldon was interrupted when a door bell suddenly rings, making both of them shift their gazes to the dining entrance. A feminine voice is heard along with it, "Hello, Sheldon? Are you in here?" At the same time, Kthulhu felt a faint and familiar aura that is resonating through his neuron system.

Sheldon stifled a yelp, and quickly regained his composure, "I'm here! I'm occupied at the moment! I'll be there in a minute!"

"Another customer?" Kthulhu asked.

"Yes, she might be buying some weapons or maybe want some repairs." Sheldon answered, as he gets out of his chair and walks to the entrance of the dining area.

"Ok, while you do that, I'll clean up the table for you."

"Appreciated it. I'll see ya later, Kthulhu." And there he exited the dining area, and went to the counter to meet his customer.

And there he goes; Kthulhu's alone again in the dining area, back in deep thought… His sister, Kyla, has returned to Inkopolis, along with his cousins, Tarã de Rodrigo and Sero de Rodrigo. Honestly, he doesn't know what to feel about the whole thing, when he hasn't seen his family for two in half years. Don't get the wrong idea, he wants to finally see them again, he really do. They are his family after all.

The only hindrance is his heart; the mind wants to see them again, but the heart is stopping him from doing so, because of the anxiety he is feeling for a few days now, and the guilt that weighed heavily feel like he is holding the world up on his shoulders. It hurts him badly when that happens.

He then looks at his almost empty glass of orange juice. He is still thirsty, so he takes the pitcher and pours his glass with orange juice again, and without any interruptions, he gulps down all of the juice in the glass in one go, quickly emptying it. He has some things he has to do with the Masquidteers, so he had to be quick.

He was about to stand up from his chair, until his phone rang up in his pocket. He takes his phone out and reads the messages there.

A few minutes earlier, at the Inkopolis Plaza…

"Welcome back, Tarã and Sero!" A slightly brownish Inkling greeted the de Rodrigo Siblings and waves his hands at them as they approach. He has Blue Spikey Tentacle Hair with Light Green tips slicked back that has three rows, three tentacle spike piece each, with Dark Purple Eyes, wears a pair of Tinted Shades, Anchored Layer LS, and Zombie Hi-Horses. He carries a Krak-on Splat Roller by his shoulders.

"Welcome back," Greeted a shy Inkling girl that has her long Blue tentacle hair with Yellow tips tied up. She wears a Tennis Headband, Baseball LS, a short pale blue skirt overlapping her black leggings, and Yellow Seahorses. She carries a Heavy Splatling with both of her hands.

"Hola, Rodhann and Mikaela," Tarã greeted back to her teammates, carrying her Squiffer by her shoulders, "It's good to be back."

"Took ye' long enough to get back, mate," Rodhann spoke in a slightly thick Australian accent, as he lets his other arm rest on his Splat Roller, "Been waiting here for ages! I got bored on fightin' on Normal and Ranked matches all day long, y'know! My OP Roller is itching to fight some noobs!"

"You're just as boastful as we know, Rodh."

"I already told ye', Tarã, I'm not being boastful!" Rodh denies, as he huffs and looks away from the siblings.

"Heheh, hope you don't change."

"I would appreciate if ye' stop calling it being boastful; it's what I call 'boostin' my self-esteem', mate."

She ignores him as her gaze changes to Mikaela, who is shyly observing Rodhann's behavior, "Ahh, ignore him, Mika. He's just like that, and that's what makes him efficient."

"Being… arrogant?" She said in a low voice, low enough that Rodhann can't hear her say it, "Isn't that… a bad thing, Tarã?"

"Nah, not arrogant, he's being boastful. I know you're new with the team, but once you get to know the dude, you'll see that he has a good side, and he'll protect you with all his life like he does with his friends."

Mikaela glances back at Rodhann, who is having a casual conversation with Tarã's brother, Sero, about who is the best roller, "Are you really sure about that?"

"Yes, I am, trust me. I've known him long enough to know that he'll be loyal to anyone who he considers friends," She then glances to the Inkopolis Tower, standing tall above the Battle Lobby. She is observing the grace of the tower, until someone patted her back, gaining her attention as he glances back to see who patted her back; it's an Inkling with Blue Tentacle Hair with Cyan tips and is a three taller than her. He is wearing Black Arrowbands, Green Check Shirt, and Mawcasins, and a Dual Squelcher is hanging on his Black Cycling Shorts. It was none other than one of her closest friends; Verique Schneider, whom she met when she was just starting Turf Wars with Kyla and her brother along with Yeran Murchadha.

"Hallo, Tarã," He greeted in a happy and slightly thick Lichten accent, smiling widely, "'vwelcome back."

This instantly widens her smile, "Verique!" She proceeds to turn to him and hug him by the waist, making his cheeks blush blue. He immediately regained his composure as he returns the hug, "Finally, I'm back in action!"

"Yes, yes, 'ze Tsunami herself is back in action," The two also quickly breaks away from their hug, Tarã's eyes slightly widened along with her smile, noticing Verique's choice of clothing.

"Whoa, Verique, you really look like a nerd now," Tarã commented bluntly, "Did Yeran suggested this clothes or something to make you look like that?"

"Heheh, nah, I picked it myself. And I've embraced my inner nerd-ness."

"Oh really, huh? I'm proud of you, amigo."

"TaaAARIIYAAAAH!" Before they even continue their conversation, a female Inkling suddenly came out of nowhere running to Tarã, and tackled her with a hug. The Inkling has Blue Tentacle Hair with Yellow Tips, wearing a Bobbly Hat, CoroCoro Hoodie, and Yellow Seahorses. She has a Kelp Splat Charger on her back. Both Inklings stumbles, and almost fell to the ground, "You're back, finalleehh!"

"Hahah, yes I am, Yeran!" Tarã returns the surprise hug that came from an ever-so excited Yeran, "You guys haven't changed a bit, still the same 'ol dunces that I know and loved!"

"Oh I see you two have returned," A voice is heard yet again, behind Verique. They turned around, as a male Inkling with pure black eyes, his Orange Tentacle Hair with Yellow Tips that is untied and is touching his shoulders. He wears a Splash Goggles by his neck, Dark Urban Vest, and Blue Moto Boots. He carries a Custom E-Liter 3K Charger somewhat like a soldier, and his hand has a glove that has the Roman Numeral III on it. He has two Inklings that are walking right behind him; one is a tall and buffy Inkling that wearing a set of Power Gear, with the exception of the boots, and Armor Boots Replica takes its place instead, and carries a Hydra Splatling. The other Inkling is a female one that has light pink eyes, Orange Tentacle Hair with Purple Tentacles, wearing a Squidvader Cap, Navy Stripped LS, and Orange Arrows, while carrying an Aerospray PG. A confident expression is plastered on her face.

Tarã's Team, Tarã, and Sero turned to look at the Inklings, in which they immediately recognize; its Yhavin Krauss, the 3rd Elite from the League's Elite Fighters, and one of the most popular and powerful chargers in Inkopolis, and the fourth best in the World League. Tarã is the first to react, as she replies back to him, "Well, ain't it the 3rd Elite himself; Yhavin Krauss."

Yhavin smirks at the sound of his title, as he reply, "Yes, that is me, and the one and only. Nice seeing you here at the Plaza," He then held out his free right hand to Tarã, offering her a handshake, "My teammates are dying to have Sero back in the team."

"Heh," Tarã accepted his offer, and the two leaders exchange a short handshake, before glancing to Sero, who is now between Verique and Yeran, "I bet you felt the same, am I right brother?"

Sero's lips formed a small smile, as he answers, "Yes, you are right," He then walks to the 3rd Elite's side, "Never knew that this will get interesting quickly. Guess I'll be with them for a while, sis."

"Ahh, its fine, don't worry, I have my team here with me. You can go with them."

"If you say so, then."

Yhavin then pats Sero's shoulders, as he approaches Yeran, "Well, I guess we'll be going now. Gotta see if Sero still has his charms on his Roller."

"Don't worry, he still have it." She then winks at her brother, which in turn he timidly averts his gaze away.

"I hope so. And before I go, there are new Chargers at the shop, you might wanna check. Maybe you'll see something that catches your tastes." He then went pass her team, as his own started to follow him to the Battle Lobby, "See ya later, Little Tsunami. May we meet again at the splattlefield."

Little Tsunami, A title and nickname that are given by him the first time she teamed up with him, which is a few months ago. He gave her that nickname when she still uses the Aerospray RG, and she somehow landed a perfect Inkstrike placement Yhavin has ever seen, effectively turning the tides to their side and eventually won. Ever since that they became friends, and she is usually pairs with him, Sero, and Kyla. He is also the one who taught her how to use the Chargers, and ever since then, she started to use the Classic Squiffer, and he is responsible for the creation of her team, the Rising Tsunami, or can also go by the name Tsunamink, consisting of herself, Tarã as the Leader; Verique as the Assassin; Yeran as the Sniper; Rodhann as the Backdoor Roller; and Mikaela as the Suppressor. She is really grateful for meeting him and gave her many advices that she can use in Turf Wars, her career gradually changes thanks to him.

After she watches Yhavin leave with his team, she then glances at her watch; 10:21AM. They still have time. She then turns to her teammates, which are now anticipating her next move. Before she leaves for the moment and run to the Ammo Knights, she speaks with her team, "So, Yhavin said that there are new Chargers delivered in Ammo Knights. Gotta check 'em out."

"Ok, then, we'll wait in 'ze tower for you," Verique replied, as he turns to their Roller, Rodhann, "After all, we have a lot to catch up, don't you agree, Rodh?"

"Yeah, just returned from a glorious Basketball game in my hometown yesterday," Rodh nods in agreement, "So I didn't get a whole lot of new trends here."

"Alright, if it's fine for you guys to wait, then I should be going now. But first, we should have one of us to go and play solo for a while. We have Yeran and Verique here, and we are not full."

"I-I'll go solo," Mikaela shyly volunteers, as she raises her hand up.

"Are you sure, Mika? You know you don't really do well when you are not playing with friends."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. I've been going solo ever since I started Turf Warring, and I'm quite accustomed to it now."

"Well, alright. Then, you may go Turf Warring if you want. Maybe we'll meet in the splattlefield."

Mika shyly smiles as she nods and waves her team goodbye and runs inside the battle lobby. Tarã sighs in worry, but knows that she have let her go for a while, because it is true, she has been accustomed to play alone in Turf Wars. She then turns to her team, which are now waiting in their spot, "Ok, you three just stay here. I promise I'll be quick."

The team nodded, and she ran to the Ammo Knights to see what the latest weapons are in store today, leaving her team for a while.

Tarã entered the shop; the inside is still the same as before, except Sheldon is not at his usual place, and there are no customers. In fact, he is not in the counter. Tarã thought that he may be in the backroom polishing and repairing weapons. Just to be in case that he's in the shop, she called out for him, "Hello, Sheldon? Are you in here?"

"I'm here! I'm occupied at the moment! I'll be there in a minute!" He answers. He's definitely in the backroom. With that, she waited for him to come to the counter and meet her. Eight seconds later, Sheldon came out of the door that is just behind the counter. He still looks the same; big goggles, work outfit that looks like it came from The Great Turf War, and a goofy grin. This goofy grin got wider as soon as Tarã got in his line of sight, "Hello, Tarã! I see you have returned from Karaga."

"Oh, yes, I am, Sheldon, ready for some turf." She then lightly pounds her chest with her free left hand to show that she's pumped for action.

"So, what do you want to buy? Repairs? Weapons?" Sheldon asked.

"Yhavin said you had new Chargers here. May I see them?"

"Of course there are new Chargers here as well, as well as others! Hold on, let me get a recently arrived Charger, give me a sec," He then disappeared to where he first appeared to meet her, assuming he returned to the backroom to get the new weapon. Time flies by, specifically for at least fifteen seconds, Sheldon returns with the Charger that has arrived. The Charger looks like her Classic Squiffer, but with it is color Red-White instead of the original Blue-White, "This is the named the Fresh Squiffer! This is basically your Classic Squiffer, just with a different appearance, and a different loadout that I, myself, made."

Handing over the new Squiffer, Tarã takes it from Sheldon and inspects it, "So, what's the new catch with this type of Squiffer?"

"The Fresh Squiffer has Suction Bomb, as pairing bombs with the Squiffer will make it easier for you and your team to get the upper hand, and time it correctly, you can turn the tides to your side with the Kraken special!"

"Hmm," Tarã inspects the weapon more, "I don't know… this is like the contrast weapon to me and how I play."

"Yes, I know you always play defensive support, but you can still defend teammates with it! Suction Bomb backs enemies off yourself and your teammates, and the Kraken makes them run back to their mommies! So, it's more of an Offensive-Defensive Style Weapon."

"Hrm, ignoring the color scheme, I say it's pretty fresh! How much is this?"

"That costs 7200 gold, Tarã."

"Kinda expensive, but I have enough to buy it," She then takes out a big bag full of gold out of her pocket, "I'll take it to my collection of Squiffers."

Sheldon grabs the bag of gold, "Nice. Thanks for you for the purchase, that weapon can be a perfect return weapon!"

"I hope so, 'cause I'll be kicking squidass with this thing."

"I bet you will. So, anymore things you need before you go?"

"Oh, uhh, yes, I do," With her free hand, she takes her Classic Squiffer that is on her back, and hands it over to Sheldon, "My Squiffer seems busted a bit, because it goes all wonky whenever I fire it. Can you check it for me and repair if you ever found a problem to it?"

"Sure, I'll do it," Sheldon then takes the Classic Squiffer, "I'll take care of it. Come back later in the afternoon to see if it's finished."

"Yeah, I will, thank you, Sheldon," She bows at him in gratitude as she is about exit the Ammo Knights.

"Wait, Tarã," Tarã stops by the Ammo Knights door as soon as Sheldon calls her out. She glances at him, her eyebrow raised, "Welcome back, Tarã. Show them how you kick their asses!"

She nodded with a smirk, definitely ready to kick ass, before she turns away and runs back to her team, and along with them, they disappear to the Battle Lobby.

Phew… Sheldon wipes off a sweat on his forehead after Tarã disappeared back to the Battle Lobby for a match of Turf War. He thought that he did a good job on acting natural so that she doesn't find out that her long lost cousin is inside the Ammo Knights Dining area. If she were to ever find out Kthulhu here unprepared… he doesn't wanna think about the possibilities of what will happen, and he dreads of it whenever he does.

With her out of the shop, busy with Turf Wars and stuff, he turns around to get to the door that leads to the backdoor so that he can inspect the weapons that are newly arrived in the shop, particularly the Sheldon's Picks weapon that he modified and designed himself.

Until he saw Kthulhu leaning on the door frame…

Again, he managed to stifle a yelp, scared shitless when a random Kthulhu suddenly just appears, who seemingly watched and listens to the whole conversation that Sheldon and Tarã had. It is also something he despises too, as Zrix always scares him whenever he does his "shortcuts" or whatever they are.

I did not do a good job…

"Geez, you scared me!" He complained as he clutches to his tiny chest. He's not the type of crab that would just shrug off a sudden appearance of someone or something, "Don't freakin' do that!"

"Sorry, Sheldon," He then bows for a second before standing up straight, "I can't help overhearing you two talking…"

"Oh… d-did you hear everything?" Sheldon nervously asks.

"No, only tidbits of it," And then he went silent, as he gazes at the door that his cousin went through to leave the shop. Sheldon, too, went silent as well, as he also followed his gaze and shifts it to the Ammo Knights entrance. Even after all of that, the silence felt somehow peaceful, because Kthulhu felt relieved that Sheldon didn't go through telling Tarã is just a few feet away from Kthulhu, who has been waiting and searching for him for years.

The silence didn't last long, as fifteen seconds has passed; Kthulhu is the first to speak, "She really grew up, huh?"

"Yep, like I told ya'," Sheldon glances at Kthulhu, a smirk is plastered on his face, "Even without you, they can still grow into someone they wanted to be and mature… no offence, Kthulhu."

"None taken," He lets out a sigh of relief, as he stares at Sheldon, "… thanks, Sheldon…"

His smirk only got wider, and gave him a thumbs-up, "No problem, K. I thought that you need to get mentally prepared first before meeting one of your cousins."

"Yeah," Kthulhu couldn't agree more.

"Hey, K, I gotta say something," His facial expression turns into seriousness, "It's important."

"What is it?"

"Do you have plans to play with your team today?"

Kthulhu's head shakes, "No, I'll be Turf Warring with Raei. Yeran and Verique said that they'll be doing some important. If I have to guess, they might be playing with Tarã and Sero, or in short, might be playing with the Rising Tsunami."

"How do you know that they are a part her team? Did they mention it to you or anything like that?"

"So they are huh? And no, they didn't tell me about it, I just suspect that they are a part of the Tarã's team. I heard from Zayd about something about them being a part of another team. Before I clean up the table earlier, I checked my phone because Yeran and Verique sent me a message; they said that they will not be playing with the Masquidteers at the moment, and they have important things to take care of."

"And those important things are playing with the Rising Tsunami for a while!" Sheldon finished, as he puts his fist to his palm of his other tiny hands, "Of course, there's no reason that they will not play Turf Wars with their first team after their leader returns!"

"You got that right."

After that, Sheldon takes a deep breath and exhales it before he continues speaking, "Ok, now, we have to figure out how you will play Turf without your cousins or your sister recognizing you during a match."

"Worse is that I have to play while trying to not be recognized by both Verique and Yeran if we ever battle against each other. They know me a little too well when it comes to Turf Warring…" Kthulhu added, his tone is grim, eyebrows are furrowed together. He can't afford to be recognized by both of his two friends during a Turf Match, or else… he can't think of any possible outcomes to what will happen if they ever did recognize him.

When it comes to be incognito around his cousins, it will be easy, but with his friends? It would be difficult, because they know how well he can do in Turf War, and how he moves in Turf Wars. To add up to the difficulty, if he doesn't want to be recognize, he'll either have to do some other tricks (though that would make them assume that he is Kthulhu), or play normally like how normal players play (he is really accustomed on doing ridiculous stunts and being extreme in battles that playing normally is like making a left hand person write a sentence using his right hand). And they could recognize his seemingly closed eyes, his two piece mustache, one for each side of his lips, and his shoulder length hair.

"Sadly, I can't help you with that problem," Sheldon said, his tone is apologetic tone, "My only advice is you change your gear, something more suitable for your playstyle, and probably for something that your opponents will feel the enigma that surrounds you!"

"I'm thinking about it…" He then glances to the ceiling, thinking.

"I'm sure you'll know what to wear. After all, your sister has a nice fashion sense and maybe you too inherit the same trait!" Kthulhu's not sure about Sheldon's statement, but he hoped that Kyla does have a good fashion sense…

Kthulhu then looks back down, then he fishes out his phone and looks at the time; 8:29AM. Looks like it's time to go on Turf Warring. He doesn't want to keep Raei waiting.

"I think it's time for me to go…" Kthulhu announced to Sheldon.

"Then I wish you luck going Incognito, Kthulhu!" Sheldon cheers for him, as he walks through the doorway Kthulhu's leaning on, "I know you can do it! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be in the back checking the new weapons that just arrived! See you later!" And then, he disappeared to the back room, where all of his weapons are stored.

Looks like Kthulhu's alone again, as he let out a sigh. He knows that this will be tough for him, but he thinks that it'll be necessary to avoid a confrontation of him and his cousins. He's not ready to face them, as guilt will just crawl on his back and it will weigh him down a bit more than necessary.

He decided to stop doing a Verique and go to deep thought in the middle of the doorway that is out of the open, because he doesn't want to get noticed by his cousins and his sister standing there like a creepy idiot. He then goes back to his room, opened the cabinet, revealing the weapons he currently have now, with a new weapon that is now below his vanilla Blaster; the Range Blaster.

He stares at it for a few seconds, before finally grabbing it from the rack, and holsters it behind his back. He then exits the Ammo Knights, using his hat to obscure his eyes, and went on to the shops of Booyah Base to get a good gear to use on hiding his identity for the next few Turf Wars.

A/N – And that's a wrap! This is the end of Chpt. 5 of Reunion, named as the Promising Reminiscence. Now that we got a full glimpse of what the actual promise that the Yun Zhao siblings have made in the past and now Kthulhu got a small glimpse of what has his cousin, Tarã de Rodrigo, has become after two in a half years of his absence, Kthulhu now has to find a way to cover himself and hide his identity to his de Rodrigo cousins that he might battle in Turf Wars and/or Ranked Matches, all while attempting to not let himself get noticed by his own friends, who almost knows how he exactly battles. Will he succeed? We'll find out in the next chapter!

Alright, I'm finished! This somehow took a while, trying to like, ehh, improve the scenes in this chapter. Also, this chapter itself is in the beta version of the Reunion that I've been working on while Duel was still ongoing, and this was supposed to be the Chpt. 2 in the Beta. The beta version will be uploaded in this story's bonus chapter.

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Previw for the Next Chapter

"Ya' sure you're up to this?" Raei asked Kthulhu, who is inspecting his Range Blaster, "If what you said is true, they might not take it easily if they saw you."

"Yeah, don't worry," Kthulhu answered in a reassuring tone, "It may not go well for me, but I can do it. Yeran and Verique is the main problem though, they might recognize me."

"And what if they did?"

"They might inform my cousins about the Duel, including who fought in it… and they might confront me if she suspects that I'm her long-lost cousin…"

Development starts - Tomorrow/After upload

Chapter will be uploaded in – Late May