Splatoon: Love Between Species

Chapter 40: A Destined Battle

non-stop shooting of Ink was heard throughout the arena, but also specifically louder in one location. Charlotte blasted her 3 bursts of her Cherry H-3 at Yumi, and Yumi swiftly dodged Charlotte's shots, firing off shots of her own at her. Charlotte jumped in the air and fired 2 rounds of burst shots at Yumi, but Yumi avoided them both and saw Charlotte pull out her splashwall, then throw it at Yumi like a spear after landing back on her feet.

Yumi quickly moved to the side and pulled out her splat bomb, throwing it straight at Charlotte, and Charlotte responded by jumping over to the side, and the bomb flew past her and exploded behind her. but when Charlotte moved her body, she saw Yumi waiting for her with her dualie Squelchers, pulling the trigger and shooting at Charlotte, but Charlotte turned into her Octopus form and dove into the ink, swimming away from Yumi and jumping out of the Ink, turning back into her human form, glaring straight at Yumi from a distance.

Charlotte: not bad.....

Yumi:......

Charlotte: keeping yourself silent......just like before.....some things never change.

Charlotte's tentacles glowed, then she summoned her bubble blower, holding it behind her like a baseball bat..

Charlotte: especial stream.....

Charlotte blew a bubble and it instantly turned solid like a jawbreaker, the solid bubble was shaped exactly like a heart, and when Charlotte walked up to it, she gently touched it with her sharp finger, making it explode and create multiple sharp shards floating around her, then she raised her finger and pointed straight at Yumi.

Charlotte: Fallen shards from a broken heart......

The shards quickly flew towards Yumi, attempting to impale her, but Yumi quickly dodged the shards by running to the side and sliding with her dualie Squelchers. Yumi shot at one of the shards, then suddenly saw it explode near her.

Charlotte: my shards are made from explosive ink....one single touch with anything will cause it to explode....and if a shard impaled you.......it'll explode, splatting you from the inside out.

Yumi let out a grunt as she dashed and tried her hardest to dodge the shards and explosions that they created from impaling the nearby trees. Yumi noticed another jump pad near her, so she quickly ran over to it and jumped on it, bouncing high in the air as the shards followed her.

Yumi dove back down towards the ground, turning herself into her Octopus form and swiftly maneuvering through the shards, passing by all of them and turning into her human form again, turning around and grabbing a splat bomb and throwing it at the barrage of shards midair. The Splat bomb exploded the second it made contact with the shards, causing a huge explosion of ink in the sky.

Yumi shot down at Charlotte from the sky, and Charlotte jumped back just as Yumi landed on the ground, then instantly dashed straight towards Charlotte, giving her no time whatsoever. Yumi held her dualies straight up at Charlotte's face, getting ready to pull the trigger, but....Charlotte didn't have any sense of change in her face whatsoever. Just as Yumi was about to shoot her, she saw Charlotte tightly grip her bubble blower, making Yumi realize what was going to happen, causing her to hesitate a little.

Yumi jumped back from Charlotte and saw her loosen her grip on her bubble blower, making her predictions correct. Charlotte clipped her bubble blower onto her back, slightly surprised from Yumi.

Charlotte: so you knew that I was going to counter your attack?.....

Yumi:....

Charlotte:.....very observant....But....

Yumi saw Charlotte move way quicker than usual, actually catching her off guard. Yumi quickly turned her head and saw Charlotte right behind her, and in a split second, Charlotte clenched her fist and attempted to punch Yumi, and Yumi held one of her dualies up to the side of her head, barely managing to block the quick and strong punch.