sm ⟿ sfour

❖ Chapter X ❖ So Fast It Can Happen ❖

[Y/N]'s POV

Four inklings.
Two visitors.
One battle and at each side somebody.

Me versus Mask, one of the S4, a team with S+ inklings, the rank, which is the second highest rank on existence.

And this, thanks to Gloves at the stage, Arowana Mall.

My second battle was about to start and as the timer started from three minutes, I started to ink the starting area of my side.
I was nervous as fu**, but luckily I could still concentrate, since I had in both of my hands something.

Clip-Ons' dualies, the red dualie squelchers.

The battle began and I actually kept calm, till I was in the middle and detected Mask, who rolled fast around with his carbon roller deco, as if he was sonic. Apparently he had even run speed ability slots, so that he was even faster than another one with a carbon roller, which is of course the roller, with whom you're the fastest on the way. I was aware of this fact after Sheldon told me, and tried to be flexible with moving around at any moment, but so far, Mask only concentrated himself on inking so much of a big surface as possible with cyan ink.

I threw a point sensor to him, as he turned his back to me, and as I located him, he knew totally, that I was close.
Perhaps this was a mistake, but I was supposed to do some risky moves, to impress my friends and so, the team, in which I got locked in.
I had the whole time Half-Rimz and Gloves in my sight, who carefully watched me. Each single second of the battle interested them, and it seemed like their eyes were mostly on me.

I didn't care much about that though, because after all, I had to win something right now.

I wasn't a nature talent in my point of view, but that Mask himself challenged me, without giving me some chances or such. He BELIEVED, what Gloves said about me, and this all after my first match already. This meant a ton to me, and therefore I was apparently a talent in THEIR point of view.

This result of this battle will definitely tell me, what I really am, at the battlefield.

I was tensed.
I didn't want to lose, but I had doubts that I win, which was bad. Very bad.
I was nervous.
I was scared.
I had different emotions and I couldn't think straight somehow. My head was really fucked up and therefore I became even more scared of a loss.

Suddenly, there was an auto bomb next to me, which looked pretty cute, but was of course very dangerous. It chased me and blew then up. I actually thought this auto bomb would be the only one, but in reality, I thought wrong.
As it blew up, behind me came mny more, and so it was clear, that his special ability was the auto bomb launcher. It was time to run away, and that's actually what I did, with tears in my eyes, because that was really very scary, as I was surrounded by the many robot dogs.

He didn't get me luckily, but on the other hand he brought me away, back to my spawnpoint, what gave him a great chance to ink everything into his color.

And indeed, it happened, as I thought.

I jumped down of the tall tower and fighted myself into the middle again.
Mask was nowhere and then I actually pretended to be like I wouldn't care about him lurking around, even tho I did.
He was for sure in the ink and waited for me, but as I arrived at his side, I asked myself, where the hell he could be.

But then, just as I got worried, he came out of the dust.
"GOT YA" Mask yelled then behind me and raised his carbon roller. With a strong splash, he got me half, but by the second time I had enough time to dodge with my rolling skills.

"ROLL, ROLL, NO U" I laughed with a big grin and had Mask already dead in my mind.

"HYUUUK?????" he asked very surprised and didn't see that coming at all. I splatted him and so he was history.