"I did it because..." Annaki-Chan looked a little hesitant about saying whatever she was going to say. You looked concerned. Surely your friend would be able to tell you anything?

"Annaki-Chan, are you alright? You are getting a little pale..." you said with an uncertain look. Annaki-Chan was hiding something from you, something you weren't sure if you should find out.

"O-Oh I'm fine Y/n-Chan, I guess I'm just getting into my head about certain things..." she laughed a nervous laugh. Not normal for Annaki-Chan... guess she's just feeling out of it today.

"Well, that's okay Annaki-Chan, you can tell me when your ready," you smiled at her, trying to put her nervous look past you. Annaki-Chan looked at you gratefully. And you smiled back. You were a nice person in general, and nobody's bad mood had an impact on you... yet...

"Ahem..." N-Pacer coughed, "I'd better get going now, my team and I have some very important practicing to be doing. You glared at her.

"You could have left AGES ago. But NO! You decided to stay here and watch a sappy story unfold. It's not my fault that you aren't GENIUS enough to go walk away yourself!" You snapped at her. You were VERY protective of your friends. And they were protective of you in the same way.

"Wow, that was very loud Y/n-Chan," Zekko-Kun commented as he stared at Team Emperor. You could just tell that the sudden hatred that had shown up in his eyes were all because of Emperor. You didn't really LIKE Emperor or anything- wait... WHY. AM. I. THINKING. ABOUT. THIS?!?! You quickly closed off your brain to this sudden nonsense.

"Alright then... let's go!" said Takora-Chan. You could tell she was trying to be bright, but her disappointment was showing.

"We can still practice Takora-Chan," You reassured her, "We can still go over your amazing battle strategies! Where would we be without you?"

"Well there has to be one smart person on this team," she rolled her eyes and gave a small smile. You liked seeing your teammates smile. You may have seemed tough on the outside, but on the inside, you had many things you worried about.

"Well, we can practice on this side, just where we aren't in the range of Team Emperor okay?" you asked Takora-Chan.

She grinned. She nodded. You could tell she was happy to practice. Takora-Chan spent most of her time planning the weakness' of every team and how we could counter their strong offensive moves. She was really loyal to her team. And you acknowledged that. You were the leader of the team, you had to be a good team leader.

What if i'm not good enough?

The thought suddenly appeared in your mind. You were shocked and brought your hand to your mouth and suddenly had some flashing flashbacks.

Flashback:

A yellow squid... reaching out for my hand? Who is this even? You looked up and saw a young cute-looking squid, and most likely, his little brother.

"Who are you?"

"I'm...-"

Flashback cuts.

You gasped. You recognized the squid, but not to the point where you knew their names. Hmmm... who were they? You didn't know, and it was swallowing you up inside. You had a sinking feeling about who it was...  You had lost a friend a long time ago... you had been squidnapped and taken to a 'octarian concentration camp' There, you were sent to just rot and work. Rot and work, over and over again. You would be in hunger, and then suddenly pulling 68 pounds of a weird gooey liquid. You weren't the only inkling who had been captured, there was another... who came after you. Forge was it?

(Yes, I'm sorta tying this into my Forge Manuals, Go read it! :3 -Mochi)

That time was out of your mind now. You had escaped, but you didn't know what happened to Forge. Nor did you understand who was looking for her. If you knew, you would have helped instantly. She just seemed like a moody inkling that always wrote in a 'diary' or something.

You blinked, suddenly waking up on the couch?! Of- WHO'S HOME IS THIS?!?!

"Oh good, your up," a voice said. You blinked. You were still confused. Who's house was this, how did you get here, and how long had you been out for?

"Uhhh-" you started, only to be cut off.

"Shhh... No need to talk. Have some tea," you felt a hand give you some tea. You instantly knew who this was. It was N-Pacer. You would have known from anywhere that it would be her, giving you tea. But, why was she being so nice?

"N-Pacer...?" you asked, still slightly confused. You gripped the cup and sat up carefully.

"Yeah?" She asked, "Your name is Y/n-Chan right?" she double checked. She still wasn't entirely cool with the idea of another team in their house, but she made do with it.

"Yeah... I'm Y/n-Chan..." you murmured, "How did I get here?"

"Oh, Emperor carried you," she said, as if it was a normal thing.

"HE. DID. WHAT?!" you screeched. You were awake now. And N-Pacer seemed to notice this.

"Hmm, fast at recovering. Now that is what I like. Now, you go beat him to death if you want, I guess he might deserve that, also, don't tell him I said that," she winked. You knew what she meant, and you were gonna do just that.

You sped off down the hallway of the huge mansion. I mean HUGE mansion. You turned the corner and nearly hit Eging Jr. "YEET!" you screeched (because Author-Chan is lazy and doesn't want to think of more words other then 'screech' or 'screeched') like a crazy inkling- actually, you were.

"Oh! Your up!" Eging Jr. gave a flashy pearly-grin.

"Yeh, so what?" you asked still sitting on the floor.

"So, where you going?" Eging Jr. inquired you. You weren't really in the mood for being questioned, so you just said this:

"Emperor, Me, Beat, Doomed."

"So your going to... Go to Emperor's room, beat him up, and then he'll be doomed, yes?" he asked with a chuckle. You nodded, your eyes shining. Honestly, sometimes you couldn't just help it sometimes. You REALLY wanted to do this, and nobody was going to get in the way of that. You do you, and I'll do me, you often said.

"Mk, then see ya around Y/n-Chan," Eging Jr. told you, "Don't get lost in our house, it's big. Lemme give you a quick summary."

You really didn't want to listen, but it could be helpful. With a little plan you had been brewing up while N-Pacer was talking to you.

"We have over 200 closets, 44 bathrooms, 68 bedrooms, 5 garages, 27 lounge rooms," he rambled on and on. It didn't stop there apparently. You quickly slapped your hand onto his mouth to make him BE QUIET.

"Thanks Eging Jr. for that LOVELY, LONG summary! I'll be sure you use that to my advantag- I mean so I don't get lost! Thanks!" You gave a big smile and headed on your way.

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Sheesh that took me a while to write, I really enjoyed writing it though. I hope you enjoyed this 3rd part of "Don't Even Try" it was so fun to write. And I really do ship this uhmmm ship??? (Correct meh please) So thank you so much! I really do appreciate it!

Word count: 1246 WHOA! That's like really good for me! I am still super tired from doing state tests, so PLEASE go easy on me! :3 Thank you! -Mochi