Yumi:........(when I was young.....before my mother left........she told me....my eyes had a meaning......the sense of gold......it meant love.....strength...the will of luck and purity.......she said that good things will come my way one day.........but......)

*12 years ago*

Yuka:........what?.......

An Octoling man, presumably Yuka's father, crossed his legs as they sat on the living room table, smoking from a cigar and reading a newspaper with a very uncaring look on his face.

Y Dad: did you hear me? I said I sold your sister off.

Yuka:............f-father..........

Y Dad: hey, the man offered me a good deal. *shrugs* that's one less mouth to feed.

Yuka:.......FATHER, WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING!!!!? MOTHER LOVED YUMI AND ENTRUSTED US TO TAKE CARE OF HER!!!!

Y Dad: your mother died 2 months ago. Do you really believe I'm gonna listen to a rotting corpse? I sold the little weirdo off to slavery so she can be much more useful.

Yuka: YUMI CAN'T DEFEND HERSELF, FATHER!! THE ONLY REASON I JOINED THE OCTARIAN ARMY IS SO I COULD PROTECT HER AS WE GROW OLDER!!!!

Y Dad: you really think protecting that brat is important? Everything she gets involved in, she turns into a hell hole. I didn't want a second child....but your dumbass mother refused to abort the little weirdo.

Yuka:..........

Y Dad: you should honestly be thankful. You are my blood, and my successor to the Octarian army. Now you can truly focus on your training with that little brat gone.

Yuka:.........I'd rather kill myself than be related to a man like you.....

Just then, Yuka's father stood up and quickly slapped her across her face, making her fall on the ground, holding her cheek and looking up at him, seeing his disgusting glare.

Y Dad: First you yell at me....then you insult our blood heritage. WE ARE BORN WARRIORS!!! STRENGTH FLOWS THROUGH OUR VEINS!!! I SAW MY FRIENDS DIE IN FRONT OF MY FACE, BUT I DIDN'T CARE!!! BECAUSE ON THE BATTLEFIELD, LOVE, BONDS, FRIENDS, LINKS DON'T EXIST!!!

Yuka:.......

Y Dad:....don't make me throw you out as well....

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*Timeskip*
*one year later*

A 7 year old Yumi was instantly shoved straight onto the ground by an Octoling girl, looking dead into her eyes while gritting her teeth, bloody, and crying.

The Octoling girl got on top of Yumi and began viciously punching her in her face while screaming in agony as every punch connected. Even though she was brutally getting beaten, Yumi wasn't trying to defend herself whatsoever.....she just laid there.....and took the pain....not saying a single word....showing no signs of pain either.

An Octoling boy grabbed the Octoling girl and pulled her off of Yumi, and the Octoling girl tried her hardest to get out of his grip, attempting to kick Yumi to continue the beating even more. Yumi slowly leaned up and allowed the blood to drip from her nose, and bruises to swell up on her face, and the Octoling girl screamed at the top of her lungs at Yumi.

???: THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!!!

???2: *grunts* Clover! Calm down!!

Clover: I HATE YOU!!! I HATE YOU SO MUCH!!! YOU JUST GOT ALL OF US KILLED!!! WHY DID YOU GO TO THE SURFACE!!!!!? WHY!!!!!!!?

Yumi:........

Clover: YOU COULD'VE HELPED!! YOU WERE THE STRONGEST WARRIOR WE HAD!!! YOU GOT MY LITTLE BROTHER KILLED!!!! THEY JUST CAME AND TOOK EVERYTHING FROM US!!!!

Clover turned around and looked at the Octoling boy, seeing tears flowing down his face as well.

Clover: LET GO OF ME, INDRA!!

Indra: STOP IT!! 

Clover: DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT EVEN HAPPENED!!!!!? EVER SINCE SHE SHOWED UP, I HAD A BAD FEELING ABOUT HER!!

Yumi:......

Clover: ARE YOU HAPPY WITH YOURSELF!!!!!!? YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT OTHERS!!! YOU'RE SO SELFISH!!!

Yumi looked down slightly and couldn't even bring herself to look back at Clover and Indra, hearing their crying and wailing from the massacre, sitting down and staying emotionless without a single word seeping from her mouth.

Clover: SAY SOMETHING!!!!!! AT LEAST APOLOGIZE!!!!!!..*sniff*...why don't you just kill yourself?......because wherever you go.....you'll destroy other's lives.....

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*Timeskip*
*three years later*

A 10 year old Yumi was walking down a rundown subway station with a plate in her hands that contained two sandwiches. The Octoling slowly approached a boy....a boy who had black tentacles that faded into orange, and beautiful lavender eyes that faded into cyan blue, sitting on a bench and fixing his Jammed Octo shot.

The boy's name was Dusk, a 10 year old Octoling boy with amazing intelligence and skill, being considered as a prodigy along with Yumi. The boy wore a black hair clip that was shaped like a hornet, and a necklace that was shaped like a crescent moon that hung over his black sweater as he gritted his teeth in annoyance at the Octo shot, cleaning it out pretty roughly.

Dusk: come on, you fucking...

Yumi stood next to Dusk with her plate,  eventually catching his attention even though she didn't say a single word. She heard Dusk let out an annoyed groan and look away from her, stopping his work and shaking his head.

Dusk: aaaand you're back.....

Yumi didn't respond to Dusk, but instead sat down next to him in an innocent way, then placed down her plate of two sandwiches, which Dusk looked at and laughed at.

Dusk: wow, you actually managed to find food? You must've scavenged off of a dead body huh?

Just then, Dusk noticed a backpack behind Yumi, making him notice her gesture and seeing her pick up one of the two sandwiches, then take a bite.

Dusk: you made them...hm....*tsk*...

Dusk didn't even take his sandwich, but instead looked at Yumi....seeing her calmly and slowly eating her own sandwich without any type of expression.....and for some odd reason.......Dusk felt a sharp sting shoot down his body ink, and it only made him grit his teeth at her calm demeanor.

Dusk: why are you so damn calm....for everything that comes your way?....are you just unable to feel emotions?....

Yumi:.........*looks at Dusk*......

Dusk:........I can't believe Octavio actually put us together as partners.......and you stole my title as the strongest octarian......and here you are.........you're silently taunting me....I just know it.....

Yumi:........

Dusk: just you fucking wait......I'll surpass you......and I'll get my title back..........

Yumi didn't really take what Dusk was saying into consideration, but she instead looked at Dusk's backpack to see something glowing inside of it, and just as she was going to investigate, Dusk caught on and leaned away from her with an irritated look on his face.

Dusk: will you stop touching me all the time!? That is something I've been working on, and it's none of your business!

Yumi:...........*nom*......*holds up the other sandwich*

Dusk: no.....UGH!!

Dusk scoffed and stood up and dropped his Octo shot down on the ground, then began to storm away from Yumi.

Dusk: whatever....I'll just get a new one from Octavio.

Yumi:............
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*Dusk monologue*
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[Dusk: ( Throughout the next 7 Years......we went on multiple missions with each other......and during those years......I would always train myself until I couldn't even lift my arms....I could feel my new strength surging through my ink.......yet.....when I saw myself in action......)

Dusk and Yumi quickly ran at a rebellious Malfunctioning Octo Maw, with Dusk managing to dodge the instant chomps from the mechanical shark, and Yumi quickly turned into her octopus form, dodging a chomp as well, turning back into her Octoling form and summoning her inkzooka, running up to the Octo Maw with rapid speed.

Yumi saw the Octo Maw open it's mouth to chomp on her, and she quickly flew inside of the Octo Maw's mouth, slamming her Inkzooka down inside and rapidly shooting powerful gusts of Ink tornados into the shark's throat, making it squirm and try to bite down on Yumi, but Yumi's eyes glowed blue and she held her hand up, stopping the Maw from closing it's mouth on her. The Octo Maw's ink started to leak over and burn Yumi's hand slightly, but no sense of pain was shown on her face, and she continued to ruthlessly shoot down the machine.

The Maw began to glow as Yumi blasted it more and more until it completely exploded in Ink, splashing everywhere, and Dusk blocked himself from the wave of ink that splashed over him. He looked ahead of him and saw Yumi standing there while looking down at a Zapfish, picking it up and looking back at Dusk, deactivating her Low Tide.

[Dusk:.......(I hated how smart you were......how strong you were...how courageous you were.......it made me sick, not only of you.....but of myself...)

Dusk looked at Yumi slowly pull out a metallic collar, then clip it onto the zapfish, trapping it in an electric sphere.

[Dusk: (you knew you were fully capable to handle that Maw alone....you knew you could splat it and maintain it......that's why you activated your low tide....huh?......the ink that's produced by powerful Octarian technology is much more acidic and lethal.....even to us.....yet you activated your Low Tide to increase the durability of your body, which gave you more resistance to the ink........)

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Dusk looked at his hands...seeing how torn and rough his skin was from his training, and he looked forward to see Yumi looking away from him, holding a mechanical-looking blaster.

[Dusk: no matter how hard I tried.....no matter how hard I worked.......it always seemed like.....you were always one step ahead of me........I hated it.....you were silent throughout the years.....yet you were very expressive......my father shunned me because of you......and the last thing I was given by him was my hornet hair clip.......made from my mother......I wear it as a symbol of hatred.......pain.......sorrow.....and one day.........one day.......

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Dusk was standing in front of Octavio with a very shocked, angered, and paralyzed look on his face, holding his Octo Shot so tightly that veins were popping out of his forehead and hand.

Octavio: with Yumi abandoning her duties and running away from my nation, I suppose I'll just have to promote you back up to rank 1....

Dusk:............

Octavio: Yumi is now considered an official criminal to us.....a traitor....

Dusk gritted his teeth, but kept his mouth closed, trying his hardest not to expose his anger to Octavio, and only saw the octopus simply wave him off.

Octavio: along with those other two..Mia and Dayna I believe.....if they ever were to return....do not hesitate on killing them....now....get out of my sight.....

Dusk quickly walked out of Octavio's office, holding in his anger while still aggressively marching down the hallway, seeing some Octoling soldiers shocked while talking to each other.

Octoling boy: did you hear? Yumi abandoned her duties and departed to the surface.

Octoling girl: I'm happy she's gone....she's held the number 1 rank for way too long now...seeing her would make me sick.

Octoling boy 2: I can't believe she'd actually leave....

Octoling girl 2: well she did used to sneak out to the surface a lot back then.

Octoling boy 2: but those were just rumors....we didn't actually know if Yumi did that.

Dusk ignored all of the Octoling bickering and went into his workshop, slamming the door behind him and not being able to hold in his anger any longer, letting out a scream and throwing a bunch of his components and gadgets around and to the ground, veins popping out of his head fiercely while doing so.

Dusk: WHY DAMMIT!? YUMI....YUMI!!!! YOU LEFT ME DOWN HERE....YOU DID IT ON PURPOSE!!....

Dusk was about to slam his fists down on his main desk, but then stopped himself. He saw an Octo shot on his table.....his old Octo shot.....repaired and in perfect working order....he stopped and his hands lowered down to his sides, looking at a sticky note that was placed on the tank of the weapon.

"I'm sorry Dusk. Please...take care of yourself"

Dusk:......Yumi.....

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*Entrance Exams*
*Present Time*

Yuka wasted no time on chatting with her sister, quickly pulling out a burst bomb and throwing it at Yumi very aggressively. Yumi dodged the bomb, but then saw Yuka run up to her and attempt to slash her with her claws, which she was barely able to avoid.

Yumi jumped in the air and shot down at Yuka, noticing her left dualie was shooting way slower than her right one, shooting out some ink from the crack on the side of the weapon whenever she pulled the trigger, letting out an annoyed grunt from it before falling back down and landing on her feet.

Yuka: show me how much you've improved, sister, because I won't hold back myself.

Yuka lifted her leg quickly and tried to kick Yumi, but Yumi jumped away from the kick and shot her ink towards Yuka, with Yuka quickly dodging and shooting at Yumi.

Coraline watched the two sisters....her body was shaking...her heart was rapidly pumping....her mind was frozen. She watched the siblings go back and forth at each other, delivering blow after blow, with Yumi being on the receiving end of majority of them.

Yumi let out a grunt as her sister threw punch after punch towards her, slash after slash, and shot after shot, with one of her dualies being wrecked, Yuka aimed specifically for it, and Yumi had no choice but to block with it.

Yuka: what's the matter!? You can fight with one dualie, right!? You can do anything! You're so amazing to the point where you can do anything, right!?

Yuka threw one last punch, and that punch had enough force to completely break One of Yumi's dualies in half, but instead of Yumi grieving over the broken weapon, she instantly dropped it and delivered a mean punch to Yuka's face with her free hand, knocking Yuka back a little and making her slightly spit up some blood.

Yumi:.....let's test it.......I'll defeat you with only one dualie.....just so you can keep up with me properly....consider this a blessing......

Yuka:....curse you.......I hate it....

Yuka dashed at Yumi, but saw Yumi go completely on offense, realizing that her sister was holding back just to try and maintain her dualie from breaking. Yumi shifted, flipped, swung, and clicked her one dualie in her hand as she jumped around and shot at Yuka with it like an N-Zap.

The shifting and constant clicking of her dualie was a method Yumi used to throw off her opponent's hearing and make them lose focus, getting caught within the trance of her nonstop dualie flips and shifts. Click after click echoed in Yuka's ears, making her even more irritated at her sister, dodging close up shots, and diving at Yumi with her claws, planning on piercing straight in her sister's head.

Before that could happen, Coraline ran in and stopped the slash with her arm, taking the blow for Yumi and gritting her teeth, scared for her life, yet she held up her N-Zap towards Yuka, shooting straight at her, but Yuka jumped back from her shots.

Yuka:....pathetic surface kin....

Coraline: Amira! Do it!

Just then, Yuka was kicked directly on her head by Amira, knocking her away and putting her in a immobile state for a slight second from the mean blow. Amira had 3 golden clams behind her, which she picked up and tossed into their basket.

Yumi:...

Amira:....Miles is gathering clams....I entrust in him....sit the rest of this out....

Yuka stood up and held her head after the ringing settled down. Her vision focused and she saw Amira standing across from her, holding her E-Liter and glaring at her with her dark red eyes.

Amira: I'll take care of her....

Yuka:......you all truly are annoying.....

Amira shifted her feet and charged up a shot in her E-Liter, just as Yuka clenched onto her splash-O-matic. Yuka dashed at Amira, and Amira let out her E-Liter shot, piercing the air, but not Yuka's body because she dodged it just in time.

Yuka: especial stream.....

Yuka swung her claw at Amira, but Amira jumped in the air and charged up another shot, shooting down at Yuka, but Yuka moved her head out of the way, allowing the shot to hit the grass so hard that it indented the ground. When Amira landed, she was met with Yuka straight in her face, getting ready to slash her, but Amira swung her E-Liter like a bat, hitting Yuka's hand very hard, bruising it and making it slightly bleed.

Yuka grunted, but fought through the pain, watching Amira spin her E-Liter like a staff, swinging it once more at her and aiming straight for her head. Yuka used her Splash to block the attack, then grabbed a burst bomb and violently threw it at Amira, with her dodging to the side rather easily and effortlessly, watching Yuka jump back to recover her ink slightly.

Amira: is this really the best you can do?......

Yuka felt Amira's glance onto her, weighing down her shoulders slightly, seeing her own blood leaking from the end of her E-Liter.

Yuka:....(these children......everything they've done.....their strengths).....

Amira:.....considering that you share the same blood as a talented and gifted individual like Yumi.....I expected more from you.......

Yuka:.....

Amira: I was wrong.....I suppose every family has a mistake of a child........I guess that was you.....you're all talk....but no strength will back you up....how does it feel to get outclassed by young kin?.....

Yuka:......

Amira: you are a disgrace.....

Her mind went blank....staring at Amira and seeing her holding up her E-Liter, ready to splat her. Her vision became blurry, the ringing returned....her body shook, along with her eyes....she was lost.

Yuka:....(how......I devoted my life....my dedication.......yet......I'm still not strong enough to beat these children....)

Yuka found herself in her own conscious, standing across from Angelica, who was simply smiling at her.

Angelica: you've been doing pretty well, Yuka......your loyalty....*giggles* it impresses me....

Angelica walked up to Yuka, gently grabbing her face and smiling at her a little.

Angelica: consider this....a gift from a god....don't waste it~

Angelica used her knife and stabbed it straight through Yuka's forehead, making Yuka scream in pain within her own mind as Angelica laughed.

Yuka was on her knees in front of Amira, screaming and holding her head in pain, her tentacles began to erupt with corrupted ink, and even Amira was taken aback by her sudden behavior, but Yumi quickly grabbed onto Amira's shoulder and glared at her, snapping her out of her trance.

Yumi: splat her! Now!

Yuka's screaming erupted and Amira quickly aimed her E-Liter at her head, pulling on the trigger just as Yuka's screaming stopped. When the shot was fired Yuka quickly evaded it and appeared straight behind Amira, catching her off guard completely, and when she looked back, she saw Yuka's pitch black eyes with a mark on her forehead, barely managing to pull her E-Liter back and block a severe blow from Yuka that knocked her back and indented her E-Liter tank.

Coraline: Amira!

Yuka: especial stream.....

Yuka grabbed a burst bomb and threw it, but then the burst bomb stopped in midair and began to spin violently just as Yuka clenched her fist towards it.

Yuka: endless chase....

The ink inside of the bomb formed into a sharp pillar of ink that shot straight towards Amira, and she jumped in the air to avoid it, but then the pillar switched directions and directed itself back at Amira, and she quickly turned into her squid form to avoid the sharp pillar, landing on her feet and charging up a shot, then releasing it straight at Yuka, but the shot stream of ink stopped right in front of Yuka's face, then Amira's ink turned black and Yuka pointed back at Amira, shooting the shot straight back at her, which Amira barely avoided, with her cheek getting skimmed by the black ink.

Yuka: is this what you wished for?......a stronger opponent?....

Miles: Amira!!

Miles dashed up behind Yuka, swinging his Splatling, hoping to cut Yuka with his Ink blade, but Yuka ducked under the attack and looked at Miles, stunning him and keeping him in place from fear.

Amira:....Miles.....Move....

Yuka:....especial stream...

Amira: Miles!!

Amira tried to run in and help, but it was too late, Yuka punched Miles straight on his stomach, and a giant sharp pillar of black ink extended straight through Miles' body, stabbing him and shocking the other 3 phantom members, catching the attention of Lux and even Harlow, seeing Miles fall to the ground and scream in pain as if he couldn't even breath before his body exploded and he was splatted.

Yuka:....disgusting....

Amira:........

Yuka looked at Amira, seeing her reaction after hearing the screams from Miles in pain after being splatted, and all she did was point her splash at her, showing no emotion towards her.

Yuka: a boy like him....doesn't even deserve to be here....

Amira's eyes started to fade into orange, surprising Yuka even. Cracks of Ink appeared above Amira's eyes, and her pupils turned yellow...glaring deep into Yuka's soul.

Amira: to hurt someone like him....you truly deserve to be sent to hell......But don't worry....

Yuka noticed Amira's high tide activation after being mentally pushed beyond her limits, Amira clenched her E-Liter so hard that veins struck out from her arm and hand, even scaring Yumi and Coraline.

Amira: I'll escort you there....because after I'm done with you....I'll be down there with you.....

Amira dashed straight at Yuka, and Yuka managed to dodge a swing from her E-Liter, especially since Amira was singing with such murderous intent. Every time she attacked, more and more veins would strike out from her body, delivering powerful strikes to Yuka.

Yuka wasn't overpowered in any sort, but she was finding it rather annoying to block the strong and impressive strikes. Yuka shot her splash, but Amira grabbed it and violently ripped it out of her hand, kneeing her in the stomach and sending her back. Yuka caught herself and dashed at Amira with her claws, swinging rapidly at her, and even though Amira's battle sense was enhanced from her high tide, she was still barely able to keep up with Yuka's speed.

With one shift and strike with her hand, Yuka managed to knock Amira's E-Liter out of her hand, then stabbed Amira straight in her stomach with her claws. Amira punched Yuka's hand, but then Yuka used her other hand and delivered a very very brutal scratch across Amira's left eye, but even though she was damaged greatly, Amira fought through her pain and punched Yuka, allowing Yumi to dash up from behind and quickly dispose of Yuka, splatting her just in time.

Coraline threw Miles' clams into their basket and they all looked up at the timer to see it basically ending. Yumi looked at their placement to see that they got 4th, just behind Charlotte and Lux's teams after Cosmo and her team stole 1st place.

Yumi:....*tsk*....

Just then, Yumi heard rapid panting and looked over to see Amira on her knees, holding onto her eye and finally letting out the pain that she bottled up earlier. Yumi ran over to Amira and tried to help, but it was too late, Amira exploded in ink in front of Yumi, and Yumi let out a deep sigh.

Coraline: why.....why aren't they better?.....why aren't they healed?

Yumi looked up and saw Amira and Miles standing on the spawn pad, and Miles held his stomach while Amira held her face, and Harlow instantly ran out, instructing some squids to go into the arena.

Harlow: medical! They need medical attention!! Get them help right now!!

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