Chapter 7
Author's notes:
Team Marie has won the final Splatfest! Marie is now the supreme Squid Sister! Well guys, thats the end of it...however just because Splatfests are over doesn't mean Splatoon is over too, online multiplayer will still continue! And so will this story! I hope the sequel on the Nintendo NX will be as awesome and fresh as the original!
On the other hand, I see this crossover story now has 1k+ views and more than 5 followers/favorites! Glad you guys are interested in reading this and supporting it...it means a lot to me! More chapters will come hopefully soon! I know this isn't the best one but hey...least I tried.
Anyway...here's chapter 7
The following morning...
Toad is passed out on the couch with heavy drools coming out of his mouth while the TV is still on, showing the announcements from the Squid Sisters but instead of announcing the Turf War and Ranked Battle Stages...they decided to announce other news first. It does the usual transitions as Callie and Marie talked.
"Good morning, Inkopolis!" Callie shouted, while flashing her sharp teeth "Hold onto to your tentacles!"
"It's Inkopolis news time!" Marie followed in
"Before we announce the stages for Turf Wars and Ranked Battles...we have some other news for today!" said Callie
"Yup" said Marie "Starting off... here's the weather for this week"
It shows a forecast showing the weather Wednesday through Sunday plus Monday and Tuesday of next week, some are sunny, one overcast and two are partly cloudy.
"Looks pretty decent for Turf Wars and Ranked battles...expect for Saturday with overcast" Callie sounds un-amused at that part
"Hope we don't get gloomy on that day and it doesn't pour down rain either" Marie assured
"Like that big rainstorm we had a while back?" Callie recalled that day
"Yeah Callie...just like the big rainstorm that almost destroyed everything" Marie replied
"On the other hand, Splatoon Go is very popular with the Inklings!"
"Become an awesome trainer with this app as you go around and catch weird virtual sea monsters! Callie and I are having a lot of fun with this!" Marie smirked
"I caught over 60 sea creatures!" Callie exclaimed "My strongest is 637 SP and I'm level 12!"
"Pfft really Callie? I caught over 80 and my strongest is 900 SP, plus I took over 2 gyms" Marie boasted, smirking at her "Annnd I'm level 16"
"Just you wait Marie...I will take over your gym because Team Instinct for the win!" The pink Squid Sister raised her fist into the air
"Nah, Team Mystic is better...hope Team Valor doesn't take over anytime soon"
"So if you want to take a break from Turf War and Ranked Battles...then this app is for you! Now available on your Squidphone" said Callie
"But please be careful and stay safe while you're playing" Marie warned, looking at Callie
Callie gulped and smiled nervously "Yeah what she said"
The scene transition again after they announced today's stages. "Until next time..."
"Stay fresh!" Callie and Marie both posed their usual pose and the show ended, showing other TV programs.
At this point, Toad yawned and started to wake up. He stretched his arms, popping his joints and smacking his lips "What time is it?" He looked at the digital clock on the the night stand table that read "9:30". He sat up and inched himself to the edge of the couch "Man...how late did I stay up last ni-oh" He was cut short when he saw the boxes that Cassidy brought in last night.
"That...hmm wonder which one is mine" He sees a box much smaller than the other ones, right underneath him. It's his apparently. He grabbed it, ripped off the tape, opened it and dug his stubby hands into the little foamy peanuts and took out a rather colorful weapon. "Woah this is cool" He commented. It was raspberry-colored, with aqua teal parts and a yellow tank on it and it's just the right size for him.
"And its stylish too" He began to examine the look of the weapon and noticed a little gold logo with a face on it, but he ignored it and continued looking at the colorfulness and the style of it. Yep, its way better than the dumb Splattershot Jr. The thought of the Mario Bros, SMG4 and Steve came into his head and smiled "Can't wait to show the other losers this" He spoke to him
"Show me-a what Toad...woah!" Mario yelped, taking a step back as soon he laid eyes on the berry colored weapon welded by Toad "Bro, where did-a you get that?" then he see the boxes "Where did the-a boxes come from? Did you went box diving again?" He asked firmly, eyes narrowing.
"No but Mario, quick get the others!"
30 minutes later...
Everyone is in the living room of the Mario Bros apartment and looking at the new weapons they each received. Mario has the Krak-On Splat Roller, Luigi has the Aerospray MG, SMG4 has the Jet Squelcher and Steve has the...Heavy Splatling which caused everyone to become jealous and groaned in unison almost immediately.
"Ahh what? Why does Steve get the big ass weapon?" SMG4 complained. Steve lifted the minigun with ease and aim at his friends
"Because I'm special" Steve responded as he stares at them
"What the hell is-a this? What am I gonna do with-a paint roller?" Mario looks slightly grumpy, looking at his weapon
"You can paint the town red with that! Not if there's any red paint I believe..." Toad answered him
"This weapon looks-a pretty cool I say" Luigi examined the shiny, silver weapon clenched in his hands
"Well at least this weapon looks pretty good" said SMG4
"So what are we going to do today? We gotta splat some kids up or what?" Toad wondered. Everyone began to ponder for a moment until Luigi perked up
"Say...didnt-a those Inkling squid kids say they want us to hang out with-a them?" He reminded them of yesterday when they approached them
"Oh yeah those squid kids...they wanted us to go to a place called...what was it?" Toad couldnt remember the name
"Marijuana mall?" SMG4 snickered
"Yeah that's the name!" Toad agreed, which made everyone laugh again "I think for now let's not go Turf Warring today" The group nodded their heads in agreement
"So that-a means we're going to the mall right?" Luigi inquired
"Duh you green fatso, of course we're going to the mall!" SMG4 stated
"But I won't buy anything for you losers" Toad added in
"That's-a fine with me! Let's-a go!" Mario rushed to the door and went out into the hallway. Then he returned in a few seconds realizing they're not following him. The group all looked at him with a bored expression, judging the red plumber. Mario grins a sheepish grin "Oh right, we don't know where is it huh?"
"No we don't Mario" Toad replied "Where's the directions that the Inkling girl written down?" They all starting searching in their pockets and found nothing. "Found it" Steve spoke up holding a piece of paper on his blocky hand
"Sweet, here we go!" Luigi shouted. They all cheered, then they went down the hall passing by some Inklings who happily greeted them until they went inside an elevator. As soon as it arrived and opened the doors, the group gather up inside and hit the down button. Music automatically started to play which happen to be playing the elevator version of "Bomb Rush Blush".
They were dead silent as they were going down to the first floor of the hotel, looking around and such. All you can hear is the bumping and the low droning hum as its descending. "Well guys this will be awesome as crap" Toad blurted out
"Hope so..."
"Pretty much"
"Nothing bad is-a gonna happen right?"
Elsewhere...
"Dude, where the hell are we? There's nothing but a bunch of floating platforms and rocks" SMG3 looked around, seeing the large mountain formation of octopus-shaped rocks, waterfalls and weird floating platforms that appears to be very old for this time like radio towers and broken pieces of buildings and such.
Toadsworth was busy looking at the huge rock that's shaped like an octopus and then at the platforms, commenting about them "Marvelous! Is this some sort of lost civilization remains?" SMG3 shrugged "Most likely" The ground began to rumble slightly.
"So Toadsworth is this where the morons went too?" Bowser butted in, stepping in and observed the surroundings "Seems pretty empty to me"
"I guess so...and is that a teapot kettle?"
"A teapot kettle?"
They all looked behind and they were see a gray bridge and then they looked up...there's a teapot kettle that looks sorta impossible to enter. Then they see 3 more nearby which made them even more confused. "So where exactly are we?" Bowser demanded "This place is so freaking weird!"
"You sure we're not in the wrong place you old geezer?" SMG3 questioned with a hint of irritation, with Toadsworth looking at him angrily
"Hey! Watch your tone with me young lady! Like i said, I'm pretty sure the Mario Bros, Toad and the other two are bound to be here in this world! I'm sure of it!" He looked very confident as he finished "But I have no clue what location we're in"
"Why you're in Octo Valley of course!" An old, hoarse voice ranged out. Toadsworth, SMG3 and Bowser directed their attention of the source...there stood a very old-looking Inking wearing a tattered,old rag with medals on it, has a white beard, big googly eyes, wearing a blue hat and has a cane in his hand, and brown footwear with his toes visible. They all looked at him strangely and they see the similar age between him and Toadsworth. "Wow, this guy is just as old as you are" said Bowser
"Don't mind him...say who are you good sir?" Toadsworth asked
"I'm Cap'n Cuttlefish, veteran war hero and watcher of Octo Valley! Nice to meet ya lads...I've never seen some strange creatures before" He said
"Neither have we..."
"So what are you suppose to be exactly?" Bowser implied. Cuttlefish cleared his throat.
"I am what you call an Inkling...I've been in this place for a long, long time" He declared "For about over 100 years or so and you there" He pointed at Toadsworth "Glad to see I'm not the only elder around here"
"If you insist, Mr. Cuttlefish" Toadsworth replied
"Now if you don't mind me...who are you fellers and where did you come from?" Cuttlefish wondered, staring hard at them. "You're not one of those Octojerks are ya?"
"Allow me...I'm Toadsworth, this blue plumber here is SMG3 and this morbidly mean turtle is Bowser" The elderly shroom spoke. Bowser glared at him, grunting.
"Nice to meet ya lads"
"Hate to rush to this old man but do you know we get outta here?" SMG3 asked impatiently
"Pipe down, you blue fatso...now Mr. Cuttlefish you mentioned you were a veteran war hero?"
"Yes I was...let me tell you the story of how I became a hero" The elderly Inkling started "It all started with a war called the Great Turf War..." the plumber and the Koopa King both groaned "I was a young man and these vicious beings were known as the Octorians fought against us Inklings for territory and one da-"
"Can we get to the part of where the exit is?" Bowser rudely interrupted. Cuttlefish sighed "If you're that in a hurry, the exit's over there" He pointed with his cane at the a teapot kettle. "Don't mind the shack and the snowglobe over there" They see a giant snowglobe with a mean looking octopus inside, DJ Octavio. He was shocked to see different creatures "What are you sluggers lookin' at?" He yelled
"Don't pay attention to him...he's just grumpy"
"If you say so, Cutfish...thanks for the direction and we're not those Octo...things you said" Bowser thanked him and they all went to the exit, lifting the lid and jumping in one by one which the Koopa has slight trouble going through.
"Weird creatures indeed..." Cuttlefish commented "Not as weird as your face!" Octavio insulted. The Inkling turned around, facing him and was a silent for a moment.
"Shut up"
"Hello mister!" A cheery, young nerdy voice called out. When they turned to see who it was...they see a Toad wearing glasses "Where am I?"
"The wind...is blowing" Cuttlefish muttered under his breath. Another weird creature. "To this ugly thing"
Looks like there's gonna be trouble...
Stay fresh, my readers!