One month later...
"Breaking news! Agent Three is coming close to taking all of our precious Zapfish!" A male octoling with yellow tentacles said from the TV.
"What!?" A second male octoling -this one had blue tentacles- asked.
"Reports show that we only have three Zapfish remaining!" The first male -who was named Nyusu- explained.
"Including the Great Zapfish!?" The other male -who was named Kyodai- asked even more worried.
"Yes, including the Great Zapfish."
"So... We're good then... right?"
"No, not exactly. Without the other Zapfish, we'll only-"
The TV cut out.
"Huh? What happened?" Iho asked as she stood up from the sofa. She then checked the back of the TV and sure enough, it was plugged in.
"What's wrong with it, Iho?" Yujin asked.
"Your answer is as good as mine." Iho replied before hitting the top of the TV. "Work!"
"Did you really think that was-"
"ALRIGHT!" Shiraberu interrupted. "Everyone, listen up!" Every octoling in the room stood in front of her. "Starting now, every move you make will affect not only you, but Octo Valley as a whole! You morons only have one job, that's to splat Agent Three!" Shiraberu pointed to a kettle. "Now enter the kettle and splat him!"
All the octolings grabbed their ink tanks and Octoshots before entering the kettle.
At Saltspray Rig...
"Ok, we can do this Iho. All we need to do is splat that slimy inkling." Yujin said as they went to their places.
"Yeah, don't let up either. I'll see you after this is over." Iho said before taking a right and climbing next to the Zapfish. And just like the time before, Iho took out her marker and just as she marked the heart on her cheek, the octoling next to her took the marker and threw it. "Hey!" Iho called out to her.
"Listen here, missy. If Agent Three doesn't splat you, if he even reaches us, I'll be telling Octavio about this." The woman replied. "Because you've been raising some attention for being the only octoling Agent Three hasn't splatted yet."
"Well it's not my fault. I guess the marker is just lucky for me." Iho then sighed. "Me and a friend were talking about it, and we think that sicko is in love with me."
"WHAT!?" The woman asked.
"I know, it makes me sick just thinking about it." Iho explained. Cod. Kareshi, can you come over here and splat her already? She's gonna- Iho's thoughts where interrupted as she saw very light blue ink cover over the octoink. "Ok girls, let's do this!" The woman exclaimed before jumped down to the battle.
Almost instantly Agent Three splatted her.
Another octoling with red tentacles jumped down after her and had a little fight with Agent Three but he came out as the winner.
Agent Three then swam up the wall to Iho as she turned her head to the side. As Iho look back at Agent Three, he pulled his gun back. She then whispered to him. "I love you, Kareshi."
As Agent Three looked away, he hit Iho. "I love you too, Iho." He whispered back.
"Agent Three, what are you doing!?" Agent Two asked. "Splat her!"
Agent Three broke open the Zapfish's shield before saying. "No."
"WHY NOT!?"
"Um... Agent Two-" Agent one was cut off by Agent Two. "SHUT UP, AGENT ONE!"
"Whoa, whoa! Calm down, two." Agent Three said but this only angered her more.
"JUST SPLAT HER!"
"No, I'm coming back now." Agent Three said before going through the kettle.
"Agent Two, you need to calm down, seriously." Agent One said.
"He let her live!" Agent Two screamed.
"Yeah, because she's my girlfriend. I'm not gonna kill her." Agent Three reasoned with her.
"Mar- I mean, Agent Two, just lay off of him, we almost got gramps and the Great Zapfish, after that, you don't have to deal with him anymore."
"Whatever..." Agent Two said as she took off her headset.
"What's her problem?" Agent Three asked. "It's only an octoling, she's really nice so I don't see why Agent Two doesn't like her."
Agent One sighed. "I don't either, three."
"Well, I see the shack, talk to you in a minute."
"Ok."
When Kareshi got back to Cuttlefish's shack...
Agent Three walked through the front door and passed Agent One the Zapfish. "Good work Agent Three. Just one more Zapfish before we get the great Zapfish back." She praised him.
"And then you can get out of our lives." Agent Two added.
Agent One sighed. "No, Agent Two. Just because he has an octoling girlfriend doesn't mean you have to shun him."
"She's getting in the way of his mission!"
"No she's not! All your doing is arguing to splat an innocent octoling!"
"INNOCENT!? How do we know that she's not-"
"Agent Two, shut up!" Agent One's tone frightened Agent Two. "We are NOT having this discussion again. Just let Agent Three love Iho, if you got a problem, then your just gonna have to deal with it."
Agent Two looked at Agent One, then at Kareshi.
"Um... Sorry to interrupt, but can I come in?" Iho asked as she poked her head around the side of the open door.
"Iho, I'm sorry but I don't think-"
"Agent Three, leave." Agent Two cut Kareshi off.
No point in arguing with her. Kareshi thought before nodded and left the shack as he looked at Iho. "So, are we going to go to your apartment? I got the items you gave me."
"Well... No. I came here to tell you that... I got fired." Iho explained sadly.
"W-what!?" Kareshi asked.
"After you took the Zapfish... Octavio fired all of the octolings in his army. He doesn't want "worthless hipsters" in his army."
"Worthless!? He doesn't know who he's talking to!" Kareshi exclaimed. "And just for that, I'm gonna kick his butt twice as hard for saying that to you!"
"I... Thank you Kareshi. But you know what the good thing about me being fired is?" Iho hugged him. "I no longer have to fight you."
"You know, it hurt me more then it hurt you every time I had to hit you... I never want to hit you again."
"Well, you don't have to now... Thank cod."
"So, about me coming down to Octo Valley with you..."
"Get dressed."
"Alright then, let me go behind the tree and I'll be out in a minute."
"Ok, Tako." Iho said with a wink.
Kareshi smiled at her before kissing her. "I love you, Iho."
"I love you too, Kareshi." The two kissed again before Kareshi went behind the trees to change into his octoling gear so he and Iho could spend some time together. Without having to worry about anyone else.