The Legacy Of Humanity - A Splatoon Fanfiction

2.8 - Homecoming part 1

The next morning, the squid sisters, Octoling and human, were eating another helping of waffles that Marie had requested for her victory meal. Judd was curled up on Drake's lap, and purred while getting stroked. "I still can't believe I won splatfest." Marie said, while eating her meal. "Though it would have been a lot more fulfilling if so many squids hadn't sabotaged the other team."

"Yeah, but some of my team did it too, the jerks. But you still won, Marie! Congratulations!" Callie responded.

"Thanks, Cal," Marie returned to finishing her waffle, and Otome looked up.

"Wait, sabotaging? Seriously?"

Callie and Marie both looked embarrassed. "Well, there's always a few that will do anything to get the theme they want to win, but I've never seen this much before," Marie said. "I guess they just got too wound up. I'm just glad that none of our friends did that."

As they finished up their meal, Otome looked at the clock and pointed. "Thanks for the breakfast, but we need to get going. You don't want to keep the Emperor waiting," she said.

"Right, you are! But we should check in with gramps first," Callie responded.

("Do what you must to insure we never go through that horrible war again") Judd said, as they left the lounge. The squid sisters changed into their disguises, and Otome and Drake put on their armored uniforms. They left the studio, and headed towards the pipe that leads to Octovalley. After checking that the coast was clear, they jumped in, and started walking down the pipe.

At Cuttlefish's shack, the other four squidbeak agents were already assembled, and getting the old Inkling caught up on what had transpired the previous day. Levin waved over the other group when he saw them emerge from the pipe. "Hey, guys. Um, Shara thought it would be best to tell the Cap'n what happened last night." The group looked over at Shara, who was leaning against a tree.

"I-is she okay?" Otome asked, which surprised everyone.

"I'm fine," Shara said, and walked over. "I hate to say it, but the idiot's simple mindedness is contagious."

"It takes one to know one!" Levin said, as he dodged a tentacle slap.

Shara turned to Otome and Drake, and bowed. "Thank you for standing up for me last night. I don't know what Gull would have done if you hadn't stepped in."

"Indeed," Cuttlefish said as he walked over. "While getting into a fight was foolish, protecting your friends and comrades is commendable."

"Well, I don't... I mean, we aren't-" Otome stumbled.

"What she means to say, is we only did what was natural. Right, Otome?" Drake said, and Otome just nodded while trying to recompose herself.

"That being said, I'm not too thrilled to learn that the Inklings found out about you," Cuttlefish said to Drake. "Though, I guess there's no helping it. I just hope both your race and ours, are as open minded as our little group is."

"You worry too much, gramps. The kids loved Otome after her turf war debut, and they were really interested in Drake," Callie said.

"Yeah, the living fossil over here, even has a couple of fan girls. Isn't that right, lover boy?" The smirking Neptune chimed in. Drake rolled his eyes.

"Don't remind me of that. Anyway, I'm pretty sure the only ones who know about the other Eden survivors are you guys."

"Well, if that is squared away, mind doing something about that flying thing? Darned thing woke me up early," Cuttlefish said, and pointed to an object hovering in the sky. It was the Eden drone, and it appeared to be searching for something.