Seashells, Sand, and...SHARKS!?

Army POV

Aloha and his team must love the ocean because they would rush after waves and splash around in the water. My team finally let loose and decided to join them. Forge was laughing with Blue Sailor and Straw Hat, who must've cracked a joke.

"Hey~!" Aloha greets. He was soaking wet but a smile was clear on his face. I turned to him.

"Hello," I greet, smiling at him.

"Come on~! It's fun, I promise! You know, your team is actually really good swimmers~! Come on, let's go join them. You can stay dry forever. It's no fun!" Aloha whines playfully. I roll my eyes but follow him to the water. He splashes me and then dives into the icy waters, disappearing. I followed after him quickly. I went under where I thought he went but he seemed to have disappeared from thin air. I resurfaced and glanced around.

How long can he hold his breath? I looked around but didn't see him, when I thought about going back down, he resurfaced right in front of me. He shouted, "HA!" and I pushed myself back, splashing water on him and myself. He burst out laughing.

"Oh my cod! Army! I'm so sorry!" He says, smiling brightly.

"You were under there for a whole four minutes! What the heck, Aloha?" I ask him, smiling and swimming back to him.

"Four? Only four? Hmm...I can do it again. For a lot longer." He says gasping for breath and going back under. I followed him under, watching him swim around deeper and deeper. Then, a purple shark poked her head up and scared him, he swam back away from her a little. She smiled widely. Her hair was long and in ponytail that went all the way down to her waist. She wore a black tank top, crop top (like in the picture) and black shorts (longer). "Hello!" She chirps.

I think she didn't know we couldn't talk underwater...She then suddenly looks at us both, her eyes glaring. "Are you humans...!?" She demands. Aloha shook his head. "Then, what are you-?" Aloha cut her off by turning to a squid and then back. She watches him, curiously.

"Oh! You're a squid! I'm Aqualia!" (Aqua-Lia) She says. Aloha points up at the surface. "You want to go to the surface? But...well...can't you breathe down here?" She asks. Aloha shakes his head once more. I resurface and take a breath before going back down. Aloha and Aqualia were swimming up. I went up with them. We all resurfaced.

Aloha catches his breath, gasping. I set my hand on his shoulder. "You okay?" I ask. He nods.

"Yeah, I'm fine~!" He chimes, still breathing heavily. "A-Anyway, Aqualia, I thought...Sharks weren't here. I thought they lived in the deep, deep, ocean?" Aloha asks.

"We do, but, my boyfriend and I got into a fight and well, you see, he rushed off into Squid territory and I was looking for him. I know he loses his temper too fast and well I would feel really bad if he hurt somesquid or octoling!" She explains, holding her face and shaking her head. "That would be awful!"

"Ah, that would be. Which side did he go to? We can help you out, Aqualia. We've had a few shark visitors over the years, they are treated well so you don't have to worry about hiding!" Aloha tells her, smiling. She smiles at him.

"So, who are you two?" She asks. Aloha grabs my hand, smiling at me.

"This is Army! I'm Aloha~!" He chimes. I smile at him.

"It's nice to meet you, Aqualia!" I say. She nods to me.

"Same to you squids, I heard squids were just wonderful! Oh, who're they?" Aqualia points to Diver and Aloha's team with my team. I waved my team over and Aloha waved his over.

"This is Forge, Blue Sailor, White Sailor, and together we're Team Orange. I'm the leader, apart of Team S4. I assume you know of turf wars?" I ask Aqualia. She nods, eagerly.

"We watch turf wars at home all the time! I love them!" She explains, clapping her hands happily and beaming. "It's nice to meet you all! I'm Aqualia!!"

I turn to Aloha and he nods. "This is Diver, Straw Hat or just Straw, and this is Octoglasses- call her Octo. We're Team Pink~!! I'm also apart of Team S4~! Nice to meet ya~!" He chimes.

"Yo!" Diver calls. "Whatsup?"

"Yo, yo! How are you?" Octo greets, smiling.

"Hiya~! How're ya?" Straw says, beaming and splashing in the water in joy.

"Oh my! You're all so lovely!" Aqualia says.

"Ooh, can we call you Aqua?" Straw asks. "Oh yes! Please let us!" Octo begs. Diver nods, "Yeah!"

Aqualia nods. "Yeah! Sure, call me Aqua! It's cute a cute name! I love it!" Aqua says. "But, I really better find Blue, he's not very...pleasant to other sea creatures." Aqua explains.

"Of course, we'll help you!" Aloha says, his teammates nodding. Aqua's eyes light up.

"T-Thank you!" She says. "Thank you, all!"

"Of course! Let's go right now! We have nothing better to do, right?" Diver asks, turning to Aloha who looked thoughtful.

"I don't think so..." He mutters. "Ah, wait, no, we have a turf war at three." He points out.

"Three? That's in...thirty minutes." Diver says, sighing. "That sucks. It'll take thirty minutes to get ready...sorry, Aqua. We'll help after we prom-"

"YAY! CAN I WATCH!?" Aqua screams in delight. "Oh my cod! OH. MY. COD! Do you know how BIG of a fan I am of the S4 and of turf wars!? I wanna see one up close with a member of the S4!! YES, YES, YES! Let's go!!" Aqua grabs Diver by his wrist and practically drags him to shore. Aloha follows with the girls behind him. I go too and my team follows me.

Aloha laughs at Diver who was being dragged by Aqua. She stops. "Where is it...?" She asks, tilting her head. Aloha sighs.

"Thirty minutes. Why don't you go stay with my teammates at New Albacore Hotel? We'll be at Mahi-Mahi Resort! Feel free to meet us there soon! That's where we'll turf at!" Aloha explains to her. Aqua nods and runs off with Aloha's teammates. My team turns to me.

"Sir, shall we head back to our place? Or can be do whatever for a little bit?" Forge asks, motioning to her, Blue Sailor, and White Sailor.

"Do whatever you like, go have fun," I tell them. They smile and run off. I watch them before leaving with Aloha. We headed back to his place. He headed upstairs to clean up and change. I watched him go before starting to clean up his messy place. It wasn't bad but he still had a few things laying around where they shouldn't be. I even found one of his shirts that he said he couldn't find...funny, it was the one he hated. I sighed and rolled my eyes. Of COURSE Aloha would hide the thing. I picked it up and went to put it in the wash.

I heard the water from the shower kick on. I could hear Aloha's music just faintly...it had quite a bit of profanity in it. I sighed, disapprovingly. I went back to putting the shirt in the wash, but, did not start it. I would start it after Aloha got out of the shower.

~Aloha POV~

I hurried out of the shower, changing my clothes, and grabbing my weapon. I didn't want to smell like salt water...it's not the most pleasant thing to other people, of course, I loved it. But, I wasn't going to a turf war smelling like that. I grabbed my hat and put it on before grabbing my crazy arrow shoes and slipping them on. I double checked everything. I was ready to go! I heard the washer downstairs start and assumed it was Army doing laundry. I sighed.

"I told him not to do chores when he was over here..." I muttered to myself. I left my room, heading downstairs, still drying off my tentacles. I wouldn't drip water everywhere for Army to insist on cleaning. I dried them and took my towel to the wash. I then went out of the laundry room to find Army with his arms crossed, looking at me.

I straightened up and he looked me over. "You're fine. Did you forget anything?" He asks. I think for a moment before shaking my head, "Nope~!" I chirp. He nods. "Good, let's get going." He says, grabbing my hand and we walked out the door, locking it behind us. We went down to the Mahi-Mahi Resort's Turf War arena.

I saw Diver, Straw, and Octo and ran up to them. Army took Aqua over to watch us.

"Mahi-Mahi Resort, Turf War! Team Pink VS Team Seashell!" Marie, from the Squid Sisters band, announced. Lots of people were watching us.

"Seashell? I've never heard of them...this could be a rocky start~!" Straw warns.

"We've got this~!" I tell them. "Just paint away and do not let them past you. 'Kay~?" I say, smiling. My team all smile.

"M'Kay, Aloha!" They all chirp.

"READY?" Callie asks. "SET!" Marie yelps. "GO!" They shout together.

"Go right Diver and Straw! Octo and I will take left and then we meet up middle, 'kay?" I tell them and we split up, painting the stage away. Then, Callie yells, "Straw Hat has been shot! Will Diver make it out of this one!?"

"Super jump to him!" I tell Octo.

"What about you?" She asks.

"I'll be fine~! Now, hurry!" I tell her. She super jumps to Diver. "Sandy has been shot!" Marie yells. Good job, guys. I turned to continue taking the left side when, out of nowhere, a girl with a seashell necklace and cream colored hair that faded to orange jumps in front of me.

"Aloha! Leader of Team Pink and third highest S-Ranked! You're apart of the S4!" She tells me. I didn't hesitate to shoot. I missed the first shot. She must be good at dodging. "I'll be the one to put you and your team on halt! I wanna be an S4! So, be ready to make it the S5!" She tells me, shooting. I jumped to the side, dodging her. I shot at her. We continued on like this until all of her teammates backed her up.

"Dang!" I cursed as I had to duck behind a wall to not get hit.

"Aloha! You good?" Straw asks.

"No, they're all are on me!" I tell her. She and the others super jump to me.

"We're here." She tells me, encouragingly. I smile at her.

"Thank you, now let's go!" I tell them and we all come out from behind the wall, aimed at the enemy team, shooting. "SAND, SEASHELL, OCEAN BLUE, AND BREEZE WERE ALL HIT!! THAT'S A TEAM WIPE FROM TEAM PINK! AS EXPECTED OF ONE OF THE STRONGEST TEAMS OUT THERE!!" Marie and Callie announce.

"Paint away~!" I chime and we go haywire with the painting. We used one special move just to paint away the stage. "Here they come!" I warn my team, who instinctively get back to me.

"We're ready!" Diver says, clenching his fist in determination. "We've got this!"

"You're right! We do~! Let's go, Team Pink~!!" I yell and we all split up and corner Team Seashell.

"Use it!" Seashell yells. Two of her teammates pulled out Tenta-missiles.

"GET BACK! SHOOT THEM AND GET BACK!" Straw yells in a blind panic.

"Team Pink is stuck at a stand-still with Team Seashell!" Marie says.

"No, we aren't. Let's finish this~! Special moves!" I tell my team and we split up once more.

"Only ONE minute remaining! This could get nasty!" Callie warns. "Count down time!"

I was counting in my head...59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50...Diver and Straw were behind their team, ready. Octo was almost to her spot...42...41...I hurried to my spot. Octo was in hers. We would nail their entire team in one huge attack. They were painting away on the main stage.

"Where's Team Pink at!? Team Seashell is just painting away!!" Marie exclaims. "They seem to be in trouble! At this rate will Team Pink...LOSE? Or will Aloha, member of the S4, pull a trick out of his sleeve to win this game for his team and him! It's a close call right now with only twenty seconds left!!"

We all went in.

19...18...17...16...15....

"THEY'VE ALL BEEN HIT! I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS! FOUR SPECIALS AT THE SAME TIME FROM TEAM PINK!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! WOW! THEY JUST PAINTED OVER EVERYTHING TEAM SEASHELL GOT DONE! WILL TEAM SEASHELL BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING NOW!?" Marie practically screams.

"Keep painting! Even if you get risk getting hit! Just paint! We've got this~!" I tell my team who cheer and continue painting every little spot.

10...9...8...7...6...5...

"That was a dirty trick, Aloha!" Seashell accuses.

"It's called strategy. You should try it sometime~!" I call to her. She growls.

"It was a cheap trick! I can't believe you!"

"Well, sometimes cheap tricks are just what you need. You done, honey~" I tell her and point at the stage. It was covered in pink. Not a spot of their creamy orange was left.

"GAME!" Callie and Marie yell. "The winner is..." They both trailed off. "TEAM PINK!!! WITH A WHOLE 97.2%!! WOW!!" A loud cheer from the crowd told my team and I we did it again. I smiled brightly.

"You want to be an S-ranker?" I ask Seashell who nods hesitantly. "Keep practicing. You're almost there. I mean, you held your own against me, didn't you?" I asked her. She looks up at me and smiles softly.

"Yeah...I guess I did...thank you, Aloha."

"Anytime~!" I chirp, waving and walking off, leaving her and her team alone.

"That was fun!" Straw comments.

"It was. I liked the special move at the end. Their faces!!" Diver laughs. I sigh, rolling my eyes.

"Good job~!" I say, they all nod.