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Squidbeak Splatoon vs Octo-rock Squadron. (2/2)

Shinjiro turned to the direction the bullet came from.

"Long time no see, Shinji."

"Richard?! Aria?!"

Aria, who held her trusty revolver, smiled. "Man, we had a rough time getting here, after that old geezer told us where you all were."

Richard folded his arms, nodding, "Aye. We went from A to B...then to A again, then we got here." He said.

No doubt in Shinjiro's mind, this was the real deal. He and Toshiro's childhood friends were here. Maybe they can talk sense into him!

"Richard. And..." Toshiro eased up as he seen Aria.

"Toshiro..." Aria said quietly.

"What's going on, Toshiro! Get him!" An octoling called out.

"Come on! He's right there!"

Toshiro turned to face Shinjiro and Yaki.

"Aria...Is it really you?"

"Yes, Toshiro..."

He gave a nod, "then look away."

He charged at Shinjiro and the two began to clash once again.

Aria couldn't believe this. Her best friends were fighting. They weren't sparring like in the past, no.

They were fighting to kill.

Richard shook his head, shouting, "Oi! What the hell you two playing at!"

Toshiro whipped around, "Shut up! This does not concern either of you! Shinjiro, Yaki, All of the Inklings must die for what they done!"

Richard raised his eyebrow. "Why? What did they do?"

Toshiro raised his arms, gesturing to the Octarian army, "Why don't you ask them?"

"The Inklings had forced out of Inkopolis, and had pushed us here!" One Octoling spoke up

"They killed many of our families in the Great Turf War. Most of us are Orphans because of them!"

Toshiro now spoke, "Even now, the Inkling have the right to waltz on their turf, doing what they do best..." He pointed at Yaki with his sword.

"This pathetic excuse, knew what she did. She, herself, made the youngest among us an orphan and cause great pain to her and her comrades, when she destroyed an outpost near Inkopolis!"

Yaki looked down, hugging Shinjiro's leg. She wanted to go home and forget that horrible event.

"Tako still has nightmares, of an orange coloured Inkling slaughtering many Octolings and Octarians. You all don't know what it's like!"

"SHUT UP, TOSHIRO!" Shinjiro roared, startling Toshiro and everyone else.

"You don't know what it's like either! To fight for survival, when everyone is against you!"

Toshiro took a step back as Shinjiro advanced, the two fought once more.

"You don't know what it feels to steal and hurt just to make it through today!"

They crossed blades, Shinjiro easily gained the upper hand.

"Your parents didn't die in wars or natural causes!"

He kicked Toshiro onto his backside.

"You never have nothing to begin with..."

Toshiro looked to his side, "Tako had everything. She had a family. Someone who loved her."

He got on one knee, "She had a life... And it was stripped from her in an instant because of the Inklings!"

Shinjiro began to feel sorry for the Octoling.

"I won't rest, until every single, cowardly Inkling is dead! So you might as well kill me, Shinjiro!"

Toshiro charged once more, his blade held it high.

Marie opened fire on Zaku, who continued to evade her attacks. She was beginning to get angry,

Until Zaku tripped her up and held his blade at her neck.

As soon as she felt metal against her, she suddenly went limp.

Zaku kept his cold, emotionless face. "That is fear. Something you haven't experience in a while."

She wouldn't dare move. She was afraid, "This is satisfying...keep that look on as I take your life.

Callie noticed her cousin. She thrown Tan out of her way and ran towards Zaku.

He raised his sword to execute his opponent.

Everything went in slow motion.

Callie picked up the pace as she went into a sprint.

She wouldn't make it in time!

Suddenly a gas grenade was set off, blinding Zaku.

A solid smack was heard.

Tsung stood beside Marie.

"You! That guy from before!" Marie exclaimed.

Tsung turned, helping the female up. "Leave him to me. Help your sister."

She was going to tell him that they weren't blood related but she had no time.

Tsung turned in time to evade a slash with ease.

"You interrupted my execution."

Tsung noticed his side burn was trimmed.

"You trimmed my side burn."

Zaku displayed his first emotion in a long time, Anger.

He felt as if this human before him was mocking him.

Tsung pulled out a combat knife, which was a little longer than an ordinary one.

You would might as well call it a short sword.

Zaku closed the gap between them and began to cross blades with Tsung.

Callie and Tan continued to exchange punches and kicks.

"Why..!" Callie uttered

"Won't..!" Tan replied

"YOU GIVE UP!?" They both yelled as their arms past each other, their fists colliding into one another as the two coughed out their colours.

Tan fell to her knee, as did Callie.

In a fit of anger, Tan got up and prepared to stomp her to death. But she was grappled and incapacitated by Marie.

The two exchanged a smile.

Tsung advanced on Zaku, countering every blow he threw.

Suddenly, he struck him with the hilt, sending an electric charge through Zaku, knocking him out.

"Easy..." He said as he stowed his knife away.

"Shinjiro ran away with Yaki to distract the rest of the Octarians! We have to hurry!"

Tsung nodded. "Lead the way!"

The three ran down the hallway.

Heading toward the courtyard.

They seen the two cross swords again.

"I've...had..! ENOUGH!" Shinjiro shouted, he had slashed through Toshiro's sword. He kicked him down before pointing it at his neck.

"Would you really kill your own brother?" He said.

"You said it yourself...Shinjiro is dead." He raised his sword, Yaki got in the way.

"Stop!" She shouted and he stepped back, Toshiro was confused.

"Why? Why are YOU stopping him from killing me?" Toshiro asked.

Yaki's eyes filled with tears, "I didn't mean to hurt or kill...I only thought I was doing something right. I didn't know the Octarians were suffering..!"

"you...liar..!" Toshiro said, "You...know what you did..! You have guts, saying sorry! That won't bring the octarians and octolings you killed!"

Yaki fell to her knees, "I know that! I didn't want to do it! I was only defending myself...I'm sorry! I'm sorry..!"

She kept repeating herself as she hugged herself.

She felt someone hug her.

Looking up, she seen Tako wrap her arms around her.

"I...forgive you." One or two 'awh!'s were heard as they hugged one another.

Toshiro fell silent, he didn't know what to think...

"Well. Well. Isn't this a touching display?" Shinjiro, Toshiro and everyone else turned to face the direction of the voice.

"It's him..." Toshiro uttered.

Well, this was an action filled chapter! Sorry if I made you cringe heavily at the 'feels' attempt part.

Sad parts aren't my speciality.

Swords, blood and guns are :D.

I may not update as often as College is around the corner, and I have to get back into routine. :c

So 'Updating often' will have to be set to 'Updating weekly'. Hopefully you guys understand. :D