A SPLATFEST CHAPTER! but does it go as well as the last one? i originally wasn't gonna do a halloween chapter but here we are :P

"No, no, no…" Quartz kept answering Kai's repetitive questions like "Are you scared of ghosts?" and "Do zombies scare you?" The two were waiting in the hallway next to Quartz's room, for Bay to finish getting ready. Quartz was wearing a stylish devil outfit with his newly-fixed signature annaki mask, and Kai was dressed as a killer with a big gas mask on. "The hell are you wearing?" snickered Quartz as Bay walked out of the room. He was wearing a jetflame crest with a big black coat. "Something cool, duh!" confidently responded Bay.

"BOO!"

All three of them went pale in fright as Ember with a horrifying zombie mask on jumpscared them. She burst into laughter. "HEY CERU! I SCARED QUARTZ AND YOUR TWO SONS IN LAW!" she proudly exclaimed, still laughing. As Cerulean began to give Ember hell for it, Celeste shook her head. "I could totally do better than that!"

"QUARTZ! YOUR COSTUME IS SO CUNTY!" grinned Celeste, taking a bunch of pictures of her brother. "THE HORNS AND THE COAT ARE SO PERFECT, WHO MADE IT FOR YOU?!" she asked. Quartz sighed. "You."

Over 100 photos later, she got into her plague doctor costume. "LET'S GO!" she exclaimed, running out the door with the boys. "Damn, I gotta get the Squid Sisters to get off stage and fight for team zombies with me!" thought Ember. She still had her scary mask on, but other than that she just wore her Splatfest shirt with the knotty bois sandals. Her standards were quite low, because Cerulean and Haru rarely dress up at all for Splatoween!

She was surprised to see them come downstairs in pretty good looking costumes, but also smirked seeing them in sexy angel and devil costumes, worn by Cerulean and Haru respectively. The blue inkling was visibly a bit embarrassed. "That stupid store clerk switched the costume sizes. I was supposed to be the badass devil…" he grumbled. Haru laughed. "Shall we head to the lobby?" he smiled.

Splatsville was decorated in orange, black, purple and green. Quartz was impressed by the effort they put into making the Splatfest feel extra special. The four got Splatfest tees for team ghost, but the rule for Splatoween was you didn't have to wear them if you had a costume, as long as you wore the bracelet. After Celeste dropped 50 on Splatoween pictures of the Squid Sisters, Off The Hook and Deep Cut, they finally got into the lobby for a battle. The four of them were jamming to Deepers Creepers. It didn't take too long for the battle on Brinewater Springs to start.

"DAD HARU AND CERU AND OFF THE FUCKING HOOK?!" exclaimed Quartz and Celeste.

"YEAH IT'S YA GIRL PEARL!" shouted Pearl in response. "Are these the kids you've been telling us about?" smiled Marina. "Don't underestimate them!" said Haru, with a determined smile. Off The Hook was very busy with their world tour, but somehow Haru got them to make time for the Splatfest to fight with him and Cerulean on team skeleton.

Weapon lineup - team ghost

Quartz: Mini splatling

Bay: Splattershot

Kai: Krak-on splat roller

Celeste: Tri-stringer

Weapon lineup - team skeleton

Cerulean: Splattershot (Splatoon 1 version)

Haru: Octobrush

Pearl: Enperry splat dualies

Marina: Undercover brella

Kai turfed the base with his roller while Celeste looked for a nice perch to stand on to hit people with her tri-stringer. Quartz and Bay rushed to the middle to meet with their opponents. Quartz charged his weapon and unsuccessfully aimed for Haru, who hit him.

"NICE OLD MAN SPLATTERSHOT!" exclaimed Bay to Cerulean, which got them into a splattershot duel. The two got out their trizookas, and Bay missed shot after shot. Cerulean carefully fired the last shot he had. BOOM!

Kai made his way to the center right after, dodging shots and whacking Cerulean with his heavy weapon. His boyfriend didn't take that so lightly, and violently hit him with his octobrush. Celeste avenged her teammate by splatting Haru with an explosion from her arrows. She didn't see Pearl rolling from behind "GET REKT!" shouted the short inkling, sending Celeste right back into her spawn.

Quartz was the first to get back into the middle, and managed to hit Pearl from a somewhat far distance. "HELL YEAH!" shouted Celeste, riskily getting into the center and fighting for her life against Haru. She was able to hit him, but a fight against Marina began a second later. Being a former elite octoling, she had no issue knocking out Celeste. Marina quickly wiped Bay and Kai off the floor too, leaving only Quartz against the opposing team.

Without hesitation, he whipped out his ultra stamp, and crushed Off the Hook with it. Cerulean approached him from behind, and Quartz wouldn't have known if it weren't for Bay shouting "PROTECT THE PRINCE!" and firing his trizooka at the older blue inkling.

Kai also stepped in, kraken mode activated. He charged into Cerulean to finish him off, and Quartz won a fight against Pearl. When Marina got in front of him to avenge her girlfriend, Kai did the same for Quartz and ended up getting hit in the process while Quartz got Marina. "Dying to protect you is so honorable!" wailed Kai dramatically. "Kai…" groaned Quartz, blushing.

"AND STAY OUTTA MID!" shouted Celeste, firing her killer wail 5.1 which stalled team skeleton at the spawn…except Cerulean, who quietly struck Quartz. "FUCK!" shouted the young octoling. His father quickly got out his own trizooka to quickly refill his ink tank and paint the ground as much as possible in the last 5 seconds.

The battle ended, and the map looked very close. Both teams were anxious over who was going to win. Despite Quartz and crew's best efforts, team skeleton emerged victorious! "FUCK YEEEEEAH!" shouted Pearl, fistbumping Haru. Team ghost let out a mildly painful sigh. "Hey, you still did really well!" smiled Marina. "You're strong, I can tell Haru's definitely teaching you right."

"What about me?" asked Cerulean, who was secretly a bit jealous. "Hey, you're a good dad too! I barely know you but I bet you don't hit your kids!" said Pearl in an attempt to reassure him, giving him a slap on the back. "It was amazing to finally battle with you." smiled Haru to the younger cephalopods. "CAN I GET A PICTURE WITH YOU?!" Celeste begged to Off The Hook. "Knock yourself out!" replied Pearl. She took so many photos of the two, who were in their Splatoween outfits. Cerulean had to be the one to step in and tell her that they had to go.

The four took a short break to sit down and have some Splatoween cookies that Daisy was selling. Quartz remembered how good her cakes tasted, and the cookies were no different. "You look so cute right now." smiled Bay. "Whatever." mumbled Quartz, his mouth full of a cookie. "Quartz loves his sweets." snickered Celeste. "I'm going to tape your mouth." grumbled Quartz. "THE SQUID SISTERS?!" gasped Kai.

Ember, Callie and Marie stood in front of them, with an unfamiliar inkling boy. "FIGHT US!" shouted Ember. "YEAH!" added Callie. "Who's he?" asked Celeste. "Oh, right." chuckled Ember. "GUYS, THIS IS MY LITTLE BROTHER FLINT!" she exclaimed. "I'm 22!" sighed Flint. "You're also my little brother!" laughed Ember. "You're also a bit of a bitch." muttered Marie, referring to Ember. "What these goofballs are saying is that we want to battle you so we can get a free victory for team zombies!" said Marie with a smirk.

"You came to the wrong team!" replied Celeste, also wearing a confident smirk. "This is silly, why are we picking a fight with these kids?!" thought Flint. His opinion didn't matter though, because Ember and Celeste rushed their teams to the lobby.

Ember redid her outfit, and was now wearing a tri-shred tee to go with the mask and rugged sandals, and she painted herself green. The Squid Sisters wore their pumpkin outfits, and Flint was dressed as a vampire.

Weapon lineup - team zombie

Ember: Splat dualies

Callie: Splat roller

Marie: Splat charger

Flint: Dualie squelchers

The battle, this time on Hammerhead Bridge, began very similarly to the last battle. Quartz's team kept the same weapons from last time and most of the team started off similar to last time, like Bay rushing to the center…and instantly getting killed. This time, Quartz took it a bit slower and stayed behind a bit to charge his special weapon, seeing Callie reminded him of what she said yet again. Once it was charged, he pulled out the giant hammer and ambushed the opposing team for an early wipeout.

"Never change, Quartz." smirked Ember as she respawned. She thought about charging her special back up and getting back at him, but rushing right to the middle sounded way more fun! Marie and Celeste were staring each other down, their weapons both fully charged and ready to kill the other. "HA!" they both shouted, splatting each other at the same time. "CRAP!"

"BWAHAHA! ROLLER DUEL!" laughed Callie as her and Kai ran into each other. It wasn't really a duel though, because she instantly smacked him. Bay and Quartz thought the exact same thing when they saw it. "Oh, she's gonna PAY." They pelted her with their bombs like a crowd throwing vegetables at a bad performance.

"HEY! LEAVE MY COUSIN ALONE!" shouted Marie, sniping both of them

"LEAVE MY BROTHER AND BROTHERS IN LAW ALONE!" shouted Celeste, splatting Marie.

"LEAVE MARIE ALONE!" shouted Ember, about to get Celeste.

"LEAVE MY SISTER ALONE!" shouted Flint, also about to get Celeste.

"LEAVE MY SISTER ALONE!" shouted Quartz, joining Celeste in a 2-on-2 battle of older sisters and younger brothers.

"LEAVE OUR BOYF-"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" shouted Marie.

A battle of exchanging kills dragged on for the rest of the match, but Quartz snuck away from the fray to turf the ground until the time ran out. Team ghost wins!

"WOAH WOAH WOAH, MAN! WE NEED A REMATCH!" shouted Ember. "Maybe we shouldn't have gotten sweaty like that." said Flint. "Don't act like you weren't part of it." shot back Ember. "Not bad, kids." said Marie to team ghost, with her signature smile. Flint nodded in agreement. "YOU SHOULD COME TO THE SPLATOWEEN PARTY!" grinned Callie. "YESSS!" enthusiastically replied Celeste. "IT'S AT 11 AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SCARY STUFF AT 3AM!" smiled the pink idol.

Everyone decided to go, including Quartz. After the battle, his team went into the coffee shop to wind down– The same one Bay first talked to Quartz in. "This took way too long." smirked Celeste, referring to the three's relationship. "You left poor ol' me waiting and waiting and waiting for you to realize you love each other!"

"You try falling in love with someone, then you'll get it!" replied Quartz, somewhat snarkily. "Yeah, no way! I'm all about being a hero and stuff!" replied Celeste. "You're not just jealous that your brother's way cuter?" asked Bay, smugly. While Quartz hid his face in embarrassment, his older sister burst out into laughter and didn't take offense to the inkling's comment. "Kai's way cuter." mumbled Quartz. Kai blushed. "I actually think you're cuter!" he laughed. Celeste sighed, feeling like the third–err, fourth wheel.

Something struck Quartz though. Not something literally striking him, but a feeling. A really bad feeling hit his gut, and it instantly took him out of the lighthearted chatter going on around him. He tried to ignore it though, since if something were to happen out of nowhere, Celeste was right there to protect them. He shook his head.

After they had their drinks, the gang decided to call it quits and Celeste ran off ahead of the boys. "What did you want me to stay behind for?" asked Quartz. "Another kiss or few." winked the blue inkling, playfully tugging at the dark purple octoling's mask. Quartz knew that these guys get too much fun out of flustering him. He agreed to it, though.

Kai butted in front of the inkling, and gently wrapped his arms around Quartz's neck. "I should've done this a few days earlier." he chuckled, giving Quartz a nice and long kiss on the lips. As much as he loves it, Quartz will never get used to that warm and fuzzy feeling.

After the two finished covering his face in kisses that were only invisible because neither wore lipstick, that awful feeling came back to Quartz. "Wait…" he muttered, catching their attention. He gave them both a kiss on the cheek, before this disaster he's imagining happens. "I love you."

Quartz and the New Squidbeak Splatoon spent the next few hours getting ready for the Squid Sisters' party, but that feeling still wouldn't go away. At the party, he decided to step out on the front porch for some space and brought his weapon in case anything were to happen. He smiled as he heard Celeste shout "TEAM GHOST WINS! HELL YEAH BABY!" and Ember being salty about it.

His eyes were in the direction of a small forest that was pitch black at night. He got a bit nervous as he stared into the forest a bit more. "Are those…Eyes?" He decided to look elsewhere, then decided that going inside would be the better idea. "I have to be overthinking this."

"To think my soldiers failed to catch such a frail brat…" said a new voice, coming from an elite octarian soldier standing behind him.

"Octavia…" Quartz's eyes widened in horror.

He quickly got out his splatling and fired it, sending her backwards down the steps. Octavia growled in anger and jumped up to unarm him and use his own weapon to knock him out by hitting his head with it. He let out a loud scream in terror.

"QUARTZ!" shouted his boyfriends from inside. "SHIT! NOT HER AGAIN!" cried Ember. "Cal, we're gonna need the whole Squidbeak here right now." Cerulean said to Callie. "W-What happened?" asked Kai. Cerulean shook his head. "Stay here with Marina and Pearl, we have adult business to take care of."

Cerulean, Haru, Ember, Celeste, Callie and Marie all rushed to get into their hero gear. Celeste got Rayray and ran out first. "This is the last fucking time she's going to get away with this." she thought. "AS AGENT 3 OF THE NEW SQUIDBEAK SPLATOON, THIS IS THE LAST FUCKING TIME SHE'LL EVER TOUCH HIM!"

To be continued...

CLIFFHANGER! This chapter came out quickly cuz i realized that i'll have no time to publish it tmrw :P also i don't think tricolor maps are on normal rotation during a splatfest but for some reason i just imagined the 1st battle being on brinewater

UPDATE ABT THIS FIC: the next few chapters will be the FINAL ones! BUT THIS IS ONLY BOOK 1! i plan to have book 2 ready to go right after book 1 is done! also due to the boycotts, i'm retconning any places in the fic that were parodies of a real life brand, the events still happened and the places still exist, but they have different names now.