1- Yojimbo 1
Summary: What if, in the turtles' Samurai Arc, Kintaro-Sama wasn't a golden boy destined to have super abilities? Instead, what if he was a pampered 20 year old pug dog with the Axe of Power who's destined to become a golden warrior, a fighter of great skill and magic abilities?
I needed a little help from Angelxoxo8's Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fanfic to write the start of this damn story. Do you mind if I do, Angel? :S
ENJOY!
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The sky was dark and stormy and the wind blew hard against the trees as fighting noises were heard from a house isolated from everywhere else.
" You…Must be…Insane!"
An anthropomorphic white male samurai rabbit wearing a short blue kimono with a symbol on each side of his kimono and carrying his twin katanas in his belt stumbled out the door and landed outside on the grass with a thud. Another being laughed evilly from inside the lone house as it's full-on white eyes came into view and looked down at his foe. The rabbit held out one of his blades as he stood up and glared at his foe.
" You destroyed the entire family, you demon!" he spat out in hate, gritting his teeth.
The other creature continued to laugh, holding out a black spear with a blade that gave out a little, quick shine as it came out from a house.
It was an anthropomorphic grey male wolf with full-on white eyes and flowing black hair, wearing a long black kimono and carrying the black spear in his claws.
" They were infected with evil," he had an evil grin on his face as he spoke." The gods revealed their nature to me, as they to you,"
The rabbit launched an attack with his blade, which the wolf blocked with his own as the two fighters began to fight with their weapons clashing loudly. Both blades were blocked, with the rabbit pulling the other's spear down to aim towards the wolf, who ducks in response to avoid getting hit. They both landed a few feet from one another with the wolf starting to laugh as the clouds started to pour down rain.
" I tracked you down to bring you to justice!" the rabbit cried out, gripping tightly to the handle of his sword.
" I see the evil in this realm, ronin. I am the definition of justice!" the wolf boasted before charging.
The two battled once more as lightning struck from the dark, storm clouds above. The rabbit took out his other katana to continue to defend himself as his foe began to claim his actions.
" The gods impart this skill to me; to cleanse the world of evil!"
The wolf hit the tree when the rabbit dodged his attack then their blades got blocked by each other's again.
" You're the evil one!" the ronin roared out before looking up to see lightning striking the ground.
One of it's strikes hit a nearby tree, sending the rabbit flying as the tree began to flame. The ronin looked up at his enemy, who advanced towards him.
" Who are you?!" he demanded.
" I am Jei," the wolf replied." the Blade of the Gods,"
But as he was about to finish the ronin off, lightning struck him, making him scream and disappear.
(THE NEXT DAY)
Miyamoto Usagi, the ronin rabbit, woke up to see a little Tocogae lizard staring down at him curiously. He got up, which sent the little dinosaur-like lizard running off as he held his head and groaned. His eyes soon fell on the spear as black energy started to come from it. He narrowed his eyes as he looked at the tree then back to the spear.
Jei was still out there. He knew that he couldn't rest until Jei was gone.
He started to walk to the mountains with his kasa, a straw Japanese hat, on his head, which helped to place his tied-up long rabbit ears down. He rubbed his head as he walked through a forest filled with fog, a dragonfly flying past him.
Suddenly, he saw smoke when he looked up, alarming him so much that he had to quickly ran to the source. He stopped at a wrecked village, scratch marks and arrows on one of the pillars. He started to slowly walk deeper into the village, his eyes roaming around the place for any survivors. He felt a pair of eyes watching him from nearby so he came to a stop.
" I know you're here," he said solemnly." Come out!"
All of a sudden, another Tocogae lizard came out from one of the worn-out houses, running past the ronin with something in it's mouth, making Usagi sigh as he took off his hand from the sword handles on his belt. Creaking caught his ears, making him turn to see a familiar face.
" Akemi?" he asked as the creature came out.
It was an anthropomorphic white female cat with black hair, wearing a long white dress and carrying a spear, which she used to walk towards him.
" I'm glad you came," she said.
Usagi ran to make sure she was alright, asking," What happened here?"
" A band of samurai. They must have been ronin. They were led by a mercenary called Sumo Kuma,"
" I have never heard of him,"
" All my samurai have been wiped out. And many villagers too. I barely escaped," Akemi started to walk away." They ransacked the village, looking for the gifted man but could not find him,"
She turned her head to Usagi and added," Come, Kintaro is this way. I hid him well,"
She led him to a small sanctuary, which was clear and empty except for a trapdoor on the ground and in the floorboards. She opened it and it showed a small well, where they found a 20 year old pug dog with short, semi-tied black hair and chocolate brown eyes, wearing a red kimono with some strips of golden linings and black shorts with a belt. He carried a huge axe in his hands as he looked up at the two.
" It's about time!" he sounded and looked displeased." I was in there for days! How dare you treat me so disrespectfully?! I don't like small spaces, especially if I barely fit in them!"
" This is the gifted man?" Usagi asked in disbelief as the Kintaro continued to complain.
" Please humor him," Akemi gave a sigh then explained," Kintaro has been pampered his entire life because he is the golden warrior, destined to have magic skills and abilities. Just…not yet,"
They both helped the pug up and out of the small well, with Akemi telling him," My apologies, Kintaro-Sama. This is Miyamoto Usagi. He is a fierce swordsman and, with his help, I will deliver you to the temple palace,"
Kintaro narrowed his eyes and looked at Usagi, who was slightly taller and older than him, from head to toe and then folded his arms, rolling his eyes at them both as he said," Bah! This sorry-looking long ear? He looks like he couldn't even deliver sushi to a banquet,"
He placed his axe over his shoulder and was about to walk out of the sanctuary when Akemi grabbed the back of his kimono and pulled him back, causing him to yelp in shock as the cat looked around to check if the coast was clear.
She continued to walk forward, telling the two," We must get started immediately. The hour has already gotten late,"
Suddenly, she fell to the ground, alarming both the rabbit and the pug as they ran towards her.
" Akemi," Usagi said as Akemi held her one of her legs and looked back up at him." You're injured,"
" But I am…not hurt badly," Akemi struggled to stand and walk using her spear." I must continue with you to escort Kintaro—ah!"
She fell again, holding her knee again and causing Kintaro to look down at her worriedly too as he and the ronin walked over to her again.
" No," Usagi sighed and shook his head." You are barely able to stand, much less travel over mountains,"
" You are right," Akemi sighed and turned to the pug." Kintaro, you must go with Usagi-san,"
Upset, Kintaro threw his axe down as she added," Do what he says,"
" I am not listening to this stupid ronin!" the pug folded his arms and turned away." He was late for the battle, and I don't like his face,"
" Kintaro!" Akemi snapped, making the golden warrior jumped in response and shock." Do what he says! He will protect you,"
" Well…" Kintaro fiddled with his fingers." I'll…oh, alright! But I will hold onto my Axe of Power!"
He picked up his axe and turned to Usagi, adding," Just remember your place, ronin! And treat me with the respect I deserve!"
Usagi rolled his eyes then the two started off. The ronin placed on his kasa and glanced back at Akemi one last time before he and the golden warrior entered the foggy forest.
" Good luck, Usagi-san," Akemi said as she watched them leave.
(MEANWHILE)
" You don't even have a horse?! What kind of a ronin are you?!"
Kintaro was trailing behind when he ran to catch up to Usagi with more complaints," Do you even know where we're going, you smelly rabbit?! Hello!"
He ran in front of the ronin and stopped him, yelling," Can you hear me with those giant ears?!"
" Be silent, Kintaro-Sama," Usagi told him off before walking past the pug dog." We must not be noticed on the road,"
Kintaro blinked at him, his eyes twitching in irritation before getting really mad as he stomped behind to catch up with Usagi.
" WHAT?!" he roared." You dare insult the golden warrior by telling me what to do?!"
Usagi chose to ignore him and covered his eyes with his kasa as they continued to walk deep into the forest.
(MEANWHILE)
From a high mountain top, Jei watched the two from a pot as they walked through the forest.
" So, ronin," he said." the gods have brought you to me again. No one has escaped my blade before."
He moved his hands around as he told himself," I need great warriors to destroy you, Miyamoto Usagi."
He then took out four turtle-shaped talisman and smirked.
" Powerful pawns to strike when the time is right," he added before chanting something in Japanese.
The four talisman levitated from his hand and started to glow blue, red, purple, and orange. Lightning was starting to crash as he chanted more then at the last lightning strike, the items turned into…the turtles!
The ninja turtle brothers of four fell on the lower part of the mountain, just below where Jei was on as they groaned and rubbed their aching heads. Hamato Leonardo stood up and looked around.
" Where the heck are we?" he asked.
" Donnie!" Hamato Raphael turned to his genius brother." Were you messing with some portal experiment again?!"
" Why do you always assume it's me?!" Hamato Donatello growled back, offended by his brother's false accusation as Hamato Michelangelo kept eating the pizza still on his hand.
" These are the great warriors that I asked for?" Jei chuckled evilly before heading down to face the brothers.
" Turtle ninja?" he pretended to be a weak, old man as the four turned to him." Mythic kappa of legend? I need your help,"
He caught them all in surprise as he told them," I was attacked by a viscous rabbit ronin,"
He placed a hand on the shoulder of the youngest, who looked at his brothers in alarm." Save me. Save me from the wrath of this madman, please,"
Suddenly, Mikey's eyes turned full-on white.
" We can take care of this evil jerk face for you," he replied in a robot-like manner." No worries, bruh,"
Jei grinned evilly, satisfied before turning to Raph and Donnie.
" He is pure evil!" he falsely told them in another weak voice as he touched their shoulders, turning their eyes full-on white too." I can sense it inside of him,"
He went over to Leo and placed a hand on his shoulder, finishing his false words with," Corrupting him like a plague!"
Leo realized what the wolf was doing and tried to resist the spell but failed, his eyes changing the same as his brothers.
" Evil." he muttered." Yes, we can help you, old man. No problem,"
Jei smirked and walked past them as the turtles gathered up in a group.
" You can count on us," Donnie said.
" Hunt down and destroy the long-eared ronin, that travels with a brown-eyed dog!" Jei told them then, with a cold, hoarse voice, he added," But do not harm the man,"
He raised his spear and pointed it's blade to a direction," Go! Do my bidding turtle warriors. Destroy the one called Miyamoto Usagi!"
(MEANWHILE)
Night had fallen so Usagi and Kintaro stopped at a small cave, where they made a campfire to warm their hands. Kintaro rubbed his arms while Usagi adjusted the firewood with a stick. The golden warrior huffed and crossed his arms.
" You're useless, slow and probably a terrible cook too!" he grabbed rocks and threw them towards the ronin, who dodged." It's already night and the camp should have been set up hours ago!"
" We only just stopped," Usagi calmly replied." You must be patient, Kintaro. Unless, you would like to help?"
He offered the pug the stick but Kintaro got offended as he gritted his teeth and growled.
" Do you dare suggest I dirty my hands with peasant work?! Fool!"
He threw another rock at the ronin, who hit it down with the stick before standing up to gather up more firewood. Once he was done, he placed the logs of would under his arm then went to a nearby river to gather water.
" He is still a young adult," he told himself." I must remain patient,"
Suddenly, the turtles rose from below the river, catching Usagi off guard and making him drop the firewood as he placed a hand on one of his sword handles.
" What is this?" he cautiously watched the turtles as they stood.
They took out their weapons and attacked the ronin, who deflected them using his blade.
" We must hide!" Kintaro cried out with wide, fearful eyes as he hid behind a tree." They are kappa!"
" But like no kappa I have ever seen," Usagi replied as the four came to a stop.
All of a sudden, the ninjas threw their shurikens at him yet he was able to block them with the blade of his katana, giving him a chance to defend himself from Raph's incoming sai.
He disarmed Mikey then threw him to the tree where Kintaro was hiding in. The golden warrior looked around to make sure he was safe but yelped when the youngest turtle's body slammed against his own, sending them both down on the ground.
'Ugh, why me??' Kintaro thought as he rolled Mikey off of him.
Usagi kicked Donnie to another tree, making him drop his bow staff as the ronin hit Raph then threw him to a rock, where the turtle in red hit his head before falling on the river.
Suddenly, the moment he turned around, Usagi found himself clashing swords with Leo then they dragged each other's blades with full force, making them pull away with a whoosh and land a few feet away from one another. Leo tightly gripped to his katanas, making their blades flash so that Usagi could see his reflection.
" You are not unskilled, demon. I willow branch is thirsty," the ronin cried out, flashing his blade at the turtle in blue so that his reflection would be reflected too before the two attacked again." And I shall clench it's thirst on your blood!"
The two jumped on the river and continued to battle. Kintaro took out his axe.
" I will save you, you stupid rabbit!"
He ran towards them but tripped, making him fall on Mikey and sending his axe flying. It hit a tree before it flew towards the two and it's blade hit the head of Leo, who's eyes turn back to normal before landing on the water after seeing blue stars. Kintaro quickly got off of the orange clad turtle then ran to pick up his axe, ready to fight anytime soon.
" Ow!" Leo exclaimed, rubbing his aching head." What the? My head. Ugh, what happened?"
Usagi stepped in front of him and was about to finish Leo off when Kintaro grabbed the ronin's shoulder to stop him.
" Stop!" he then turned to the four brothers, who struggled to pick themselves up." Kappas, I sense you are under an evil enchantment,"
" Guys," Leo sat on a rock and used his sword to keep himself from falling over." the pug's right,"
" We're not bad guys, tall pug dude," Mikey said as he kept balance on a rock." Ronin rabbit here is. Ugh."
Kintaro turned to Usagi and rolled his eyes, explaining," Oh. Usagi's my loyal bodyguard. Even if he is a useless peasant,"
Usagi was unamused as the other turtle's tried to focus and get out from the pain.
" Oh, man," Raph groaned, laying on the water of the river without a single care." what a headache. Skull's aching,"
" Yeah," Donnie agreed." this is like a double chocolate Mikey pizza hangover…"
" I sense they are not evil," the pug dog told the rabbit.
" Then what are these strange yokais?" Usagi asked, both of them turning to the turtles.
" Strange?" Leo was obviously offended as he pointed his other sword at the ronin." Look who's talking! A giant samurai rabbit!"
" All I remember is that blind wolf guy telling us to find this long-eared samurai," Mikey said as he still laid on the rock.
" What blind wolf guy?" Usagi asked, now curious and interested.
" He summoned us here somehow, to your dimension," Donnie replied as he used his bow staff as a walking stick.
Leo sheathed his swords and added," He carried a black spear like nothing I've ever seen before,"
" Black spear?" Usagi's eyes widened." That old, blind wolf is not blind but possessed by evil,"
He sheathed his sword too, adding," His name is Jei. He had you under a spell. Where are you from?"
Leo was about to reply when the pug dog began to comment.
" Who cares?! Look at how ugly they are!" Kintaro huffed, folding his arms as Raph stood up and growled while Leo gritted his teeth with a glare." And my sensitive nose can't handle how bad they smell!"
" Be silent, Kintaro-Sama!" Usagi snapped, making Kintaro jump.
" It's not really nice to point out our smell, puggy," Donnie snorted.
Kintaro folded his arms again and rolled his eyes." You can't tell me what to do, you ugly kappa. I am a grown man and a powerful golden warrior!"
" Please excuse him, kappa warriors," Usagi bowed in respect and apology." I am Miyamoto Usagi, an honorable ronin samurai. And this is Kintaro-Sama, my charge and the soon-to-be golden warrior, mystic savior of the realm,"
Leo seemed to be more grateful for the ronin's attitude than the pug's as he bowed too." I am Hamato Leonardo and these are my brothers; Hamato Raphael, Hamato Donatello and Hamato Michelangelo. We, on the other hand, are honorable turtle ninjas,"
" Honorable ninjas?" Kintaro huffed with a head turn." I doubt it."
Suddenly, before anyone else could comment, there was a tiny sneeze from behind. They turned to see Mikey sneezing rapidly as he sat on the rock he laid on and shivered in the cold. Being the doctor in the family, Donnie was alarmed and ran straight to his little brother.
" Mikey! Are you okay?" he quickly checked the little turtle over.
" Yeah, dude," Mikey smiled weakly as he sniffled." Just a little…uh—ACHOO!"
" Great." Raph rolled his eyes and folded his arms." He's got a cold,"
" It must be the cold atmosphere of the night plus the cold water from the river," Donnie observed, taking out a blanket from his belt and wrapping it around his youngest brother.
Leo turned to the white rabbit and hesitantly asked," Um, so, Usagi, you wouldn't mind if we…"
" Oh no, not at all," Usagi replied, knowing what the turtle leader was about to ask." Please, kappas, share our campfire,"
Soon, the turtles were in the cave with Usagi and Kintaro. Mikey felt warmer as he took out a slice of pizza and cooked it against the fire while the ronin fixed the campfire with another stick.
" Thanks, Usagi," Leo said, thankful that he and his brothers have a place to stay warm." So, what's your story?"
Usagi sat down next to him and explained," I was Lord Mifune's personal bodyguard in the battle against Lord Hikiji. Our forces might have been victorious, had not a trusted general turned against our lord. It was my duty to protect his flank. I failed. I became a ronin, roaming the land,"
His expression darkened at the last few words but he lightened up a bit to explain," Now, I am charged with taking Kintaro-Sama to the temple palace of his order. But, where do you come from, strange warriors?"
" My brothers and I are…from far away," Leo tried to explain as he turned to his brothers." I-It's kinda hard to explain,"
" Have we traveled back in time again?" Raph asked, turning to his genius brother.
" I don't think so," Donnie replied as he hugged his knees." We must have been transported to different dimension. One inhabited by anthropomorphic animals instead of humans!"
" Cool!" Mikey smiled, eating his pizza slice." Sounds like my kind of place!"
" But how can we get home?" Leo asked as he turned to the ronin.
" Hmm," Usagi rubbed his chin in thought." the monks of Kintaro's order may know a way. They are powerful mystics,"
" Ha!" Kintaro mocked." These ninja turtle scums are doomed!"
Mikey rolled his eyes and huffed, commenting," Whatever, Pugtaro,"
Kintaro growled as the other turtles smirked and youngest continued to taunt him," Yeah, that's what I'm going to call you. It's a way better name than Kintaro,"
Pissed, the pug dog turned to the turtle he was sitting next to.
" What would a simple reptile like you would know?" he growled, pointing." You don't even have any ears, nose or even fur!"
Mikey's eyes widened, imagining his loss of cat ears and cat nose before grunting. The two began to baby fight, making the older turtles roll their eyes.
" Well, I'm not sitting around to watch this," Raph stood up and walked out." I'm getting more firewood,"
" I'll go help you out," Donnie stood up too and followed behind.
" I'll get your water container and get some water, Usagi," Leo said as he also got up on his feet and followed his brothers out, leaving Usagi, Kintaro and Mikey in the cave to warm up around the campfire.
Mikey placed his hands on his arms to rub and the three different creatures were surrounded with silence…until Kintaro's tummy grumbled loudly.
" Oh great," the pug dog glared at the rabbit." Thanks to your terrible cooking, we've got nothing to eat!"
Usagi rolled his eyes as Mikey's eyes fell on the dead fish caught through a stick, which was laying against the cave wall. He grabbed it then got an idea. He took some leaved and sticks from the ground and placed the sticks together to form some kind of table right on top of the campfire.
" What are you doing, kappa?" the golden warrior asked, raising an eye brow at the turtle in orange.
" Firstly," Mikey placed the leaves on the stick table." the name's Michelangelo but you can just call me Mikey. Secondly, I'm gonna make you dinner!"
" You better cook better than that rabbit ronin! His cooking is burnt and they taste terrible!"
Usagi growled, making Mikey giggle as he placed the fish with the stick through it on the leaves to start cooking. He grabbed a stick and made sure the fish was well-cooked before taking off the fish by using the stick as a handle.
" Here, Kintaro," he pointed the fried fish to the pug." Try some!"
" No way!" Kintaro gagged." I am not tasting that! It might taste as disgusting as how Usagi might cook it!"
Mikey blinked at him before smirking. He slowly took back the stick then, to the pug's surprise, he pinched his arm. Kintaro yelped, giving Mikey the perfect chance to get a handful of the fried fish and stuff it inside the the golden warrior's mouth. Kintaro was surprised but soon grew to like the taste of the fish. He chewed and chewed, savoring the taste of the delicious fish before swallowing, licking his lips.
" Mm~" his tummy felt so relieved to eat the fried fish." Yummy~"
" What was that?" Mikey teased, pretending to try to hear the pug's words clearly.
Kintaro shot him an angry look and pretended to gag," I mean, eww! Bleh! How disgusting!"
Usagi took notice of this and smiled as Mikey giggled.
" Okay, then," the orange clad ninja turtle grinned." If you don't like it then Usagi and I can probably share this…"
" No!" Kintaro snatched the fried fish-on-a-stick and nibbled on it little by little." MINE!"
Usagi chuckled and Mikey began to laugh.
Kintaro's POV:
I don't know what happened but suddenly, I felt different.
As I ate the fried fish-in-a-stick, I heard the orange banded kappa, er, Mikey was it? Yeah, I heard him laugh at me.
I didn't know if it was to mock me or something else but the moment I heard it, I felt my heart…flutter?
What the heck?!
I couldn't even focus on eating as he laughed in an…adorable way?!
Aah! What is happening and why is this happening?! What spell did this ninja kappa cast to make me feel this way?! It's so strange!
Finally, he stopped laughing and stood up.
Since I was still sitting down, it looked like he was taller than me, even if I know that he's smaller than me by so many inches, as he looked down at me with his shimmery baby blue eyes and smiled at me with his cute smile.
Shimmery?! Cute?! Why?!
" Since you're taking that fish as a solo, Pugtaro," he grinned at me playfully." I'll be heading to the river to catch more fish! BBIAH, Be Back In An Hour!"
I don't know why I suddenly felt myself blush as he skipped out of the cave in…a feminine way?
Is he, what my maids and servants before used to call males acting like girls, gay?
Even if he was gone, I have no idea why Mikey's image was stuck on my head.
His shimmering baby blue eyes, his cute, shiny smile, his adorable freckles…I was starting to think that everything about that turtle is amazing! Why?! Why am I starting to think these things about him?!
" Kintaro-Sama?"
I turned my head to Usagi, who looked at me back with a worried expression.
" Are you alright?" he asked.
I growled." Yes! Of course I am! Why wouldn't I be?!"
" Well, you seemed to be thinking deeply. As you did, you began to sweat and tremble while your face is reddening," he raised an eye brow at me." Are you sure you are alright?"
My eyes widened as I turned my head to see the hand that was holding the fried fish-in-a-stick trembling. I felt my face and realized that it was hot and red, making me gulp.
" Oh!" I tried acting confident as I grinned at him." Of course I'm alright! I'm just…thinking! That's all!"
Usagi blinked at me for a couple of times before shrugging and turning away, making me sigh in relief.
Please let these feelings go away overnight…