Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait but here is finally chapter 7 ^^ I´m not really good at describing action scenes so I hope you won´t go too harsh on me?
Anyway from this point on the story will get interesting as you will see at the end of this chapter :) So hopefully you look forward to future chapters!
Thanks for the many followers, favourites and reviews this story recieved! It just shows your support and it keeps me writing this stuff.
Until next time!
Chapter 7 – Teamwork?
"What?! But you don´t understand! I have to be in the team!", I tried to convince my teacher.
"And you are. We will just use you in the very last matches, so the others stand a chance against us.", my teacher winked at me in response.
"But!", I still tried to argue but the pink coloured Inklingwoman only shook her head and brushed me off.
I sighed in annoyance and went to the many benches which were placed on a huge stage, so you could watch the matches from above. Carefully I placed my second favourite weapon, the Krak-On Splat Roller, down and sat myself next to it.
Didn´t that stupid teacher understand? Didn´t she see the battle between Shiro and me, which I had lost?! So what was the point in holding me back?!
"Umm, hey..", someone woke me up from my thoughts.
I looked up to see my favourite Inkling of the world in front of me... Not!
"What do you want?", I hissed at him.
He scratched his head: "Umm, I wanted to say sorry.. For yesterday? Well, I´m obviously not sorry because the match was fair and square, but I surely didn´t want to make you.. cry..", the grey eyed Inklingboy said the last words with a tiny voice.
Surprised and embarrassed at the same time I raised an eyebrow but couldn´t help blushing, either.
"What are you even talking about?", I stood up and shoved Shiro out of my way.
Still embarrassed I walked far away from that guy, only to bump right into Mari who was also a teammember of us.
"Oh, sorry Mari. I didn´t see you there!", I apologized.
"..You know, that wasn´t really nice what you said to Shiro.", she immediately commented.
"Huh? You saw that?", I asked surprised.
"I sure did. What is your problem with him? You normally don´t act that way towards others, Suzu! And he is such a nice guy!"
I swollowed.
Shit, so she saw how I had behaved towards Shiro? But since my outburst in PE everyone knew that I didn´t really like him. Obviously I had to give her some explanation, right?
Therefore I shrugged and said: "I dunno. I just have a bad gut feeling about him, that´s all."
"And what is your gut telling you?", Mari questioned me.
Again I shrugged: "Maybe he is hiding something.."
"Hahahaha, don´t you think that you are overthinking things? Like what would he hide, anyway? He is nice, good looking, smart and very skilled."
Suddenly a loud voice could be heard.
"Attention! The first turfwar will begin in five minutes!"
"Oh, I have to go! And to prove that your gut is wrong, just watch Shiro fight and you will admit how admirable he really is!", Mari smiled before she went downstairs to our other teammates.
I rolled my eyes at her last comment, but still sat down to watch our team play, which consisted of Mari, Shiro, Lukas and Ben. Well and of course myself, who wasn´t allowed to play...
Sighing in frustration I tried to look around my surroundings. The whole building was quite big. As I stated before, this place was practically a big gym hall with ramps and alleys to make it suitable for turfwar battles. In fact it was pretty similiar to our gym at school with the only difference it being smaller than this one. Of course this building was no competition against the normal turfwar arenas, which are held at the center of Inkopolis, but it was sure enough for school tournaments like this one.
Again my view turned towards our team, because I wanted to know which weapons were split among my teammates. The first thing I noticed was that Mari used her Splat Roller like she always did. Lukas also had his Splatter Shot ready, his most favourite weapon. While Ben held a Luna Blaster in his hands, I quickly glanced at Shiro, who casually held a Splat Charger over his shoulder.
"I guess now I know what HIS favourite weapon is.", I mumbled to myself.
Finally a teacher from another school arrived and explained the tournament rules for everyone. And after that and a short team discussion the first turfwar finally began. As usual Mari stayed behind and splatted our own base, while Ben and Lukas went straight forward seeking a Splatduel. Again my eyes drifted towards Shiro who immediately vanished in an alleyway, only to hide on one tall ramp, where he could easily spot and splat the enemys. Of course I didn´t watch him because Mari told me to do so. The only reason why I eyed him that closely is because this way I might obviously find out some of his weakpoints, which I could use against him afterwards.
But I had to admit: That Inkhole knew how to use his weapon.
While he took down one after another of our opponents, our other mates could easily concentrate on colouring the ground.
"If they go on like this, this battle will be ours.", I commented.
Right after I said that my eyes caught one of our enemys, who tried to sneak up on Shiro.
"Oh, so one Inkling of them has a brain after all.", I grinned
Sure, I wanted my team to win. But this was really interesting to watch, since Shiro seemed to be not aware of the other Inkling´s presence.
"What will you do now, Shiro?", I asked myself.
The other Inklingboy slowly moved towards our Sniper when surprisingly a hidden Inkbomb started to explode, immediately splatting the poor guy.
"That clever Bastard!", I exclaimed.
So he knew that something like this would eventually happen? He isn´t only skilled but also a tactician! Damn!
My eyes once again grew bigger when I realized that someone else tried the very same thing. No Inkbombs left, so what will Shiro do now?
Before I could even I ask myself this question the grey eyed Inklingboy jumped right off the ramp, turned around and splatted the intruder right away. And that while being still in the air!
I was stunned in awe. How the heck did he notice him?
It didn´t take long for the battle to finish and of course our team was the one who had won.
Still in awe I watched our teammates celebrating our victory by jumping around like crazy.
Maybe he was a little cool. But just a little...
After several victories our team had managed to make it to the very final battle.
"Teach! It´s the last one! So can I please join my comrades?", I pleaded.
"Haha, okay fine. Mari, is it okay for Suzu to take your place?", The Inklingwoman asked the dark blue coloured girl.
Mari smiled: "Of course! Besides she would rip my head off if I were to disagree, right Suzu?"
"Come on, I would never do such a thing!", I put on a fake smile.
So after a short group discussion I was finally standing in the gym itself, along with my classmates who were lined up behind me.
"Ready.."
I put my Krak-On Roller on the floor, ready to rush off.
"Set.."
A bright grin formed on my lips.
"Go!"
I rushed off and quickly tried to cover our base in our colour, so my special attack, the Kraken itself, would be usable. Once it was ready, I ran directly to the enemy´s base, turned into a Kraken and splatted everyone who got in my way.
There was no other way to describe it: Our team destroyed the other one!
Once my special ability had reached it´s limit, I quickly turned back to the middle of the gym hall, to avoid any intruder who could sneak up behind me.
But I guess I was a little too slow by doing so, because all of a sudden I felt someone shooting ink behind me. I planned to rescue myself by turning around and splatting that idiot, but unfortunately I twisted my ankle and fell flat on the ground.
Fastly I looked up again and saw that the opponent still ran towards me, trying to splat me.
Was he dense?
Couldn´t he see that I was actually hurt?
In panick I reached for my Roller and tried to desperately sprinkle some ink on him, when all of a sudden that idiot was shot instantly.
I looked up, only to see Shiro jumping off a ramp and heading towards me.
"Hey, are you okay?", he said while offering a hand to me.
I blushed but still said: "Are you stupid? Hurry back to your position, or we will loose!"
Instead of answering me, he grabbed my hand and tried to pull me up.
"Ouch!", I screamed in pain.
"Damn. We have to look for a doctor.", He commented.
I hissed at him: "Not now! We still have a battle to win! I can´t.. I just can´t loose again!"
Suddenly the Inklingboy started to grin at me.
"Don´t worry.", he said while showing me the digital map of the battlefield.
And he was right. Almost the whole map was coloured in our ink, making it impossible for the others to win.
"So... Do you seek revenge?", Shiro still grinned at me.
"What do you mean?"
I couldn´t even react when he all of a sudden picked me up, holding me bridal style in his arms.
I blushed furiously: "What.. What do you think you are doing?!"
"Do you know how to use this weapon?", he asked me while giving me his Splat Charger.
"Sure.."
"Good.. So let´s splat that son of a squid who broke the rules by attacking you.", Shiro winked at me and started to climb up a ramp.
It didn´t took long for him to spot him, too.
"There he is. Are you ready?", he asked.
I shyly nodded, still not sure what to think of the current situation.
"Then charge!", my mate screamed enthusiastically.
And I did.
And I stroke.
And I splatted him
After that, we had indeed won the whole tournament. It was really refreshing to win again.
The guy who broke the rules also got scolded and had to apologize for his actions.
But one question was still in my mind and had been unanswered.
Why did Shiro do that for me?
So in order to finally get some answers from him, I waited in front of the locker rooms for him. After getting my ankle treated, that is.
"Hey, can we talk for a minute?", I asked him, immediately as he exited the boys locker room.
"Sure. What´s on your mind?", he asked.
"Alone?", I asked again.
Shiro nodded so I lead him to the rooftop of the gym, where we would be definately alone.
As we reached the top, I leaned against a wall and got to the point why I called him out here in the first place.
"Why?", I started.
"Why what?"
"Why did you help me back there? Why are you being so friendly with me? I mean, I obviously don´t treat you very nice so what is your point? What are you planning?"
At first the Inklingboy just stared at me. But then he suddenly started to grin and before i knew it, he pressed his lips against mine.
