New to the Splatoon (Agent 8 X Agent 3)

by Jaster Kryze

Following the events of the Octo Expansion, the Squidbeak Splatoon has gained a new member in Agent 8, but as their adventure from the underground ends, a new one begins. With change coming, the octoling has to learn to fit in her new home. and who better to help her adjust to this "promised land" than her new friends in the Splatoon, especially Agent 3. (Agent 8 and 3 shipping).

4. Chapter 4

Author's Note

Hello There! I's me again. so this chapter is the second part of that original one super long chapter (or maybe not that long, you be the judge ;-D) But another thing, I have uploaded these last chapters pretty close to one another as i either had them finished, or almost finished by the time I started this series. Well, I am a little worn out after constantly writing these past few days, along with the world coming back to it's normal self in this month. So I am saying that my chapter upload schedule is going to slow down, to around one chapter every two-three weeks, and at minimum, one a month until I finish. So I thank you for your patience and sticking with me so far. as always don't forget to leave me your comments or ideas!

(I don't own Splatoon or any of it's DLC or characters, otherwise this story would be completely canon! ;-P)

Chapter 4: Meeting the Rest

Cuttlefish Cabin was secluded on Mt. Nantai, and so, a fair bit away from Inkopolis, and so Agent 3 and 8 were on a fairly empty path, with no other inklings on it as far as they could tell, only pine trees along each side. Since it would take a while to get there, they decided to talk to pass the time. They learned little bits about each other this way. 3 learned that the pink tentacled octoling, had accomplished several tests underground, and that she out of all of them, her least favorite had to do with eight balls. 8 also learned about the blue tentacled inkling's history, like that he had fought DJ Octavio before, and that when he first met her, on that night she couldn't remember, he and Cap'n Cuttlefish were doing some recon, to see how things were going in the Octo Valley. "3?" the octoling looked at the lightly tan inkling, as she curiously asked, " So you don't know Agent 4, but who are Agents 1 and 2?" 3 looked at the tan octoling, and realized that he hadn't mentioned the two at all since the chatroom this morning. "Well, they're both Cap'n Cuttlefish's granddaughters." The octoling looked surprised, "Really? I didn't know he had family." The inkling looked at 8, nodding as they were walked down the path, "Me either, I would've never guessed two celebrities like them would be related to him." 8 looked even more confused as they slowed their pace, "Celebrities?" Agent 3 decided that 8 must've not heard of them underground, 'Oh yeah, Callie and Marie are the most famous people I know," he stated matter of factly. This stopped Agent 8 dead in her tracks, and made her body freeze completely, holding a blank, but slightly nervous expression on her face.

"Callie and Marie?" 8's voice was slightly shaky, almost a whisper, which gave 3 a concerned feeling, "We're on our way to meet the Squid Sisters?" 3 gave an affirming nod. 3's perception of the pink tentacled girl changed in the next few moments, at least a little, since he never thought she could squeal that high...or loud. 'HOLY CARP! HOLY CARP! HOLY CARP! HOLY CARP!" was all the octoling agent could seem to say for a while. Until Agent 3 grabbed a hold of her shoulders, "Breathe 8! Breathe." She followed his advice and managed to somewhat calm herself. It looked like Agent 3 was wrong about her never hearing about them, and was glad he discovered this on his own without others around, lest they think 8 was crazy or something. After a few deep breaths, 8 seemed calm enough for 3 to ask what that was all about. "The Squid Sisters," she started, still excited about what she just learned, "Are the whole reason I left for Inkopolis to begin with." She took another breath to calm herself further, "Remember, the Calamari Inkantation? It's what made me, and Marina leave." 3 responded,"Yeah, but I didn't know you knew who Callie and Marie were." 8 gave him a look of disbelief, with one eyebrow raised incredulously, "EVERYONE knows who the Sisters are, even in Octarian society" She said this, feeling a vague sense of displeasure at the mention of her Octarian "home", and recalled finding the precious memcakes during her tests, the ones that let her hold onto the memories that let her know who the two were. Agent 3 seemed not to notice her silence, or at least, didn't seem to want to push on her thoughts, and just gave her a friendly smirk and said with a little chuckle, "Well If anyone could be that well known, it's the Sisters." She giggled a little, something 3 thought of as an admittedly, pretty sound.

They continued to walk, but in silence, which let 3 allow his mind to wander into different thoughts. 8 used the silence to look around, there were definitely trees underground, but never as many as this, and they never had such an array of sounds either. Her senses were ensnared by this wondrously new enviorment. They continued to walk for awhile, when they spotted the cabin in a clearing that overlooked the city. Agent 8 started to slow her pace, and started to take deeper and deeper breaths, closing her amber eyes as she did so. This got the inkling's attention, "You ok?" the octoling looked at him, and took another breath. He seemed to read this as an answer, "Nervous?" Since she was starting to feel a little sick in her stomach, she managed to nod her head as they got closer to the cabin. 3 took another guess, this time for the source of her nerves, "Is it because we are going to meet the Squid Sisters?" Once again, he was right on the money. She was worried that the would hate her, maybe because she was an octoling, maybe because Agent 3 was already such a good friend they would pay her no mind, her clothing might be terribly drab, she felt that anything no matter the reason, regardless how ludicrous, could ruin her first meeting with them. The inkling grabbed 8's hand, who held it, and squeezed it pretty hard in an attempt to fight her nerves. The squeezing hurt 3's hand, but decided he could easily get over it given the circumstances. They stopped walking, and 3 looked at 8's closed eyes, "Don't worry, I guarantee that they'll like you, I mean, it's pretty hard not to" he finished with a small smile. 8 opened her eyes, she was going to ask if he really thought that, but as he looked into his eyes, amber clashing with blue, she knew he was sincere. After a few moments of staring into each others eyes (moments that felt like lifetimes) 8 was finally able to clear her nerves, at least enough to speak, "Thanks, 3" His blue eyes, conveyed his response to her as clear as water, which made her smile blush, though 3 couldn't tell in the light. They walked up to the door, which was sturdily built, and wooden, much like the rest of the house. "The two looked at each other, nodding in agreement, it was time to meet the rest of the Squidbeak Splatoon.

3 knocked on the door, his hand still a little sore from when 8 squeezed it but he didn't mind. The pair stood there for a few seconds when they heard they heard steps approaching the door. Agent 8's butterflies threatened to return at the sound of the steps, and squeezed 3's hand, who lightly returned the feeling, comforting her a little. But her shyness vanished when she and 3 saw who answered the door. It was an inkling with paler skin than 3 did and had green eyes, he had orange tentacles, which were arranged in two rows of three, he wore a sweater that looked similar Agent 3's clothes, and had blue shorts, and black and orange sneakers. "Hi, he looked at 3, then looked at 8, with a look of confusion appearing on his face. Before the octoling could notice his expression, 3 interrupted before something could happen., "I'm Agent 3, and this," he gestured to 8, "is Agent 8." This made this new inkling's face to change into one of thought. "Oh...Ok." He seemed a little skeptical, but accepted it. "Well, nice to meet you two! I'm Agent 4," 4 proceeded to shake both of their hands eagerly. "C'mon in!" he held the door open for the two, who walked in. They both looked around the cabin. It was MUCH larger than it looked on the outside, from what they could see, there was a large living room with big tv, and couches facing the TV with a table in front of them, and a pretty big dining room, but the main focus was what was getting up from the couch, Callie and Marie. The pink tentacled octoling's first instinct, was to freeze. She froze, and her mind started to spiral as she panicked. But then, she opened her eyes and saw Agent 3, who was walking behind her with 4 following in the rear. When she saw her friend, she slowed her breathing, took one deep breath, and walked towards the approaching squid cousins. 3 saw what was about to happen, and quickly caught up to the octoling. Callie and Marie were wearing their normal stage clothes, as, they had come back from concert earlier that day, and thought they were quite stylish and comfortable. 8 was the first to talk, "H-hi!"

The Squid Sisters looked at the octoling, with a calm, and slightly confused look, with Marie being the first to speak "Hey there." When Agent 3 stopped next to 8, he could see their wheels turning and the growing suspicion they had of the pink tentacled girl. The knew who this was, and felt the same way he did when first meeting her, regardless of the Cap'n's words. This prompted him to quickly add himself to the conversation, 'Callie! Marie! It's good to see you two." the two inkling girls turned to face him, with friendly smiles as they gladly greeted 3, who continued. "Glad to see you guys too, but I want to introduce you to someone. This," he said as he gestured toward 8, "is Agent 8, the one you were asking about earlier Marie." The two sisters looked at the octoling, their gazes softening a little as Callie started, "Well then, nice to meet you Agent 8. We are Agents 1 and 2, but you can call us Callie and Marie" The octoling took one final deep breath, and decided to go for it. "Thank you, It's so fin-tastic to meet you, I'm a major fan!" This surprised the pop stars, as well as Agent 4, that they all bewilderingly asked, "Really?" The octoling took this in stride, "Yeah! It was the your song, that inspired me to leave Octarian society, and actually live my life, and I made it," she finished with a large, but anxious smile. At this point, 3 felt he didn't have to interfere, since it was evident that both "Sisters" and Agent 4, lost any suspicion and were beginning to embrace the newest of the Splatoon. Marie started to chuckle, "See 4? Even octolings from the depths have heard of us, so I guess you WERE the only who never heard of us." Agent 4 had a shocked and embarrassed face, which caused everyone else to laugh, which Agent 4 eventually also did, amused at the situation. As the laughter died down, Callie turned to 8, "Well, I'm glad you decided to join the Squidbeak Splatoon 8." This sincere statement, made the octoling's hearts skip a beat, Callie and Marie, her idols, liked her, "Oh my Cod, this is amazing, do you guys mind if I take a picture with you?" The Squid Sisters looked at the pink tentacled octoling, "Only if you send that photo to us!" they said with a lighthearted smile. Both 3 and 8 couldn't believe it, everything was going perfectly.

3 let his mind drift a bit seeing about how well this was going, when he suddenly had a thought that made him release something. He went over to Agent 4 who was joining the others as they sat down on the couch, "Hey 4, can I you help me find the bathroom?" The Orange headed boy looked up, "Oh sure, let me show you!" The two walked out of sight of the others. When 3 stopped. "Alright, what did you really want to see me about? You didn't seem like the kind of person who would prefer to look yourself for something, rather than immediately ask." 3 was surprised to see how quickly 4 had caught on, definitely a trait he only saw the members (Pearl, Marina, and 8 included) hod the ability to do, (guess Marie picked a good recruit). 'Ok then, I'll just get straight to the point I'm sure it's going to be brought up anyway, but Agent 8 has amnesia, and she doesn't remember much, like her name." 4 looked at him straight in the eye, "That's terrible." "I know, but here's the thing, until we can figure out a way for her to remember, you and i shouldn't reveal our real name, so she doesn't feel that self conscious about it, or constantly worry over it." Orange tentacles swayed down a little as 4 thought about it, which only took a few moment, "You got it." 3 nodded in thanks, "We should probably head back." he said with a wink. They walked back, as they heard Marie saying "That's terrible!"

The two guys made it back, to find that 8 was already telling them how she lost their memories, which had the two cousins silently comforting the octoling. As 3 and 4 sat down, 3 decided to lift the mood, "So this is who you guys decided to recruit?" Marie gave a fake astonished look,"You and Gramps were busy, what else was a girl to do?" Callie smiled at the "argument" and soon everyone followed. And as the group was starting to get their energy back, the door opened. "Ah, I see everyone's here! Good thing I brought these two young ladies to complete the Splatoon!" Cap'n Cuttlefish had barely finished saying this when everyone heard a voice behind him. "Yo! It's time to get this party started!" Pearl ran over to the group and threw herself on a couch, with Marina still walking towards the others with Cap'n Cuttlefish. The darker skinned octoling was the first to explain, "Sorry we're late, Pearl had the map and got us lost!"she started, shooting daggers through her gaze at Pearl, to which she responded, "Did not!" as Marina continued, "So I called Cuttlefish here and he came to us to help us find the place." With that, Marina sat down, and as everyone was starting to talk to each other, The elderly leader of the group walked over to the kitchen and came back holding some boxes, "Well now that all of you are here, I think it's time to officially start the first meeting, of the Squidbeak Splatoon!" He then laid down the boxes, which ended up being anchovy pizzas, and cans of Quick Jump Orange soda. The rest of the day was spent with music playing, and everyone telling stories to catch everyone up, from 8's story of Tartar, her tests, the underground and Pearl's Killer Wail, to 4 and Marie's story of DJ Octavio's return, Callie's squid napping, and the loss and return of the Great Zapfish. That afternoon, there was shock, good stories, realization, piecing together of info, laughter, joy, and plenty of good food, and great music. However, like all good things, everything had to come to an end.

Agents 3 and 8 were the first to go. Agent 3 took the darkening sky as a sign that he and 8 should go so they could get home in time before it was too dark (and possibly dangerous). As they were saying goodbye, 4 quickly got everyone's attention, "before you go, we should get a group photo!" Everyone agreed, and soon enough the photo was taken, Cap'n Cuttlefish in the middle, surrounded by his team, with everyone smiling brightly, with Off the Hook and the Squid Sisters showed off their famous poses, and the other three agents flashed a peace sign. But nonetheless, they still had to part ways, so after a big group hug, the blue tentacled inkling, and the pink tentacled octoling walked back down the path. 8 had a large smile on her face, as she turned her head from side to side, listening to the noises of the night, noises she had never heard before that fascinated her and held her curiosity. This, coupled by the amazing day she just had, she felt nothing could keep her down., and that this was what she was meant for. 3 sensed the high she was at emotionally, and smiled, "Well 8, welcome to the Squidbeak Splatoon!" 8 laughed at the silly voice 3 used, and 3 joined her, since he used that voice because his brain was starting to run on fumes after an unusual but fun day, and was glad 8 didn't think of him as weird for having a moment of silliness. Their laughing soon dissolved to giggling and eventually stopped, but they walked back to 3's apartment, both smiling the whole way.

(Additional Note: I was starting to get tired by the end of this (not of the story of course) so I apologize if it's weird, rushed or rambly, but please let me know if it is, and if so, how bad it is ;-). As always, Veemo! and Woomy!)