Hi, everyone. My name is Redbat132. This is my first story attempt in this fan fiction website. Some of the stories I write plus share with you all will mostly include my character, Dana, or the others, like Macy and Tommy, or a little bit of both, as part of the Turtles' adventures.
Now, before I begin, I would like to thank four fan fiction friends whom have helped me make this story happen: Hermana Kunoichi, BabyPinkPuppy, DivaGlam, and Angelxoxo8. Especially HK, BabyPink, and DG. BabyPink and DG helped me work on a new bat Yokai legend that all of you will be reading about in this three-part story, along with some other things. And HK has helped by not only ideas, but also checker on storyline being accurate and all that jazz.
And keep in mind that the stories/chapters I will be writing won't be every episode of TMNT. Besides, my characters don't meet them until around the beginning of season 2 (where the Turtles have Casey part of the team, I believe)
I also have some drawings in the Wattpad app by phones called "My Drawing/Art Gallery" under the name Redbat142. Some images are based on/used for this story, as well. And possibly thinking about future drawings of characters you will know in the second and third parts. Right now, in case you do want to check out the drawings, look at chapters 11, 23, and 25.
I don't own anything, except my characters. Here are some bios on what they look like plus stories:
Name: Dana Vontorez
Age: 15 (almost 16)
Heritage: Her mom, Simone, is from Paris but her dad, Drake, is an American. Also has Jack Kurtzman as her uncle (calls him Uncle Kurtzman). He's not really her uncle by blood, but a close friend of her father and thinks of him as one.
Personality: Caring, very curious, has a big/bright heart, self-confident, responsible, and adventurous.
Looks: She has long, black straight hair, her skin nearly pale, and black eyes.
Height: 5'0 feet tall
Appearance at day: She wears a pink ribbon like a headband tied around her head, but revealed a few bangs in front of her face, a short sleeveless pale rose shirt and dark mauve skirt tied with a metal belt, and silver boots. As accessories, she wears a yellow bracelet on her left wrist and silver necklace with a red gem in the center.
Appearance at night when being with the Turtles (her old outfit until around season 4): She wears a red ribbon like a headband tied around her head. She wears a white sleeveless shirt that had some red on the shirt collar, a short sleeveless blue jean jacket with yellow buttons on both sides, and long purple skirt tied to a brown belt around her waist where she wore a whip, and dark purple colored granny boots. A pair of purple bat wings stick out from her back occasional. Her accessories were a black stripe like necklace around her neck, and two long grey glovelettes on both arms with one yellow bracelet on both wrists. She also wears a black bat-like mask that give her appearance a mysterious vibe. Mikey, along with a little help from Tommy as his nicknaming student, was the one who came up with Dana's heroine name: Dracana. (Note: This is her old outfit until around season 4. Her new outfit is hard to describe, at the moment. But it's kind of inspired by Lolirock and you can find it in the Wattpad app by phones called "My Drawing/Art Gallery" under the name Redbat142. This new outfit is in chapter 11. Can't miss it)
Powers: Can run very fast, fly, retractable bat wings and fangs, has the ability to hear people far away, create high pitch sonic sounds (also known as echolocation), has an increase of strength, and fast healer.
Hobbies: Drawing (her drawings are very realistic. Looks like photos from a camera), singing, solving a good mystery, and painting
Skills: more on Tae-Kwon-Do, but sometimes learns ninjutsu. Knows how to use whips and katanas
Crush: Leonardo
Backstory: When Dana was eight years old, her family was attacked by the Kraang. They wanted to take Dana and her brother Tommy (whom was only a few months old) away and use them as test subjects, but her parents refused. So, the Kraang took Dana's Parents, instead, and she never saw them again. The last thing her parents told Dana before they were gone was "Be a good big sister to your brother, and don't lose hope on us." She ran away with her brother and promised to protect him, no matter what. After Dana ran away with her little brother when she was still 8 years old, she met Macy (a girl she just became friends with). Dana told her that she lost her parents. Feeling bad, Macy decided to bring her along as part of a new family.
As 8 years past, Dana became pretty good friends with Macy who always had her back and takes good care of Tommy. She lives with her friend Macy at an apartment around New York just 10 minutes away from Mr. Murakami's restaurant.
Dana got mutated on the day of her parents' anniversary of being captured. She saw and followed a Kraang droid, during a small evening walk, in hopes of looking for her parents that we're taken from her. When Dana ended up going inside an abandon building, she found out what/who the Kraang really are. To make things worse, a bat came flying out of nowhere and smacked Dana right in the face. This caused her to crashed into a bunch of crates. Also, cut her left arm on a mutagen container s and a drop of ooze spills inside her huge cut wound, not touching her skin. The ooze went inside her system and gave her the bat features making her half bat mutant instead of a full mutant. That's how she became a minor mutant. Long story short, she gets rescued by the turtles, be friends them, and ends up going on adventures with them. They even help Dana find her parents, but not until around season 4, after saving the earth from the Triceraton Blackhole situation.
More info on Dana as Dracana: She has not one but three different kinds of whips (All made by Donatello). She has an original whip (has a red strap around it) that is located on her belt, a long lasso whip (has a green strap around it) that is located inside her right boot, and a stun whip (has a blue strap around it) that is located inside her left boot. Due to its name, the long lasso is not only long but very strong enough to slice/cut through metal and glass. The stun whip can stun a person when it whips someone from a distance that can last up to an hour or 2. If Dana wants to stop the stunning effects quicker, all she has to do is use the stun whip again on the person on the same spot where the victim was hit. Luckily, the stun whip leaves a glowing mark on where Dracana struck her opponent.
Name: Macy Monroe
Species: human
Weapons: Shurikens (throwing stars), Sais, Katanas, and Nunchucks
Gender: female
Occupation: heroine/street fighter
Age: 15
Personality: Tough, diligent, vigilant, quick tempered (but sometimes controls/calms herself), rebellious, and over protective (to Dana sometimes)
What she looks like: has brown eyes, short-haired brunette, with a long bang almost covering her left eye, and healthy tan skin tone
At Day: a black tank top shirt with a long sleeve blue jean jacket worn underneath and dark blue jeans tied with a brown belt, and black sneakers that have white skulls on both sides. She even wore yellow sphered earrings.
At Night: silver tank top shirt with a long sleeve black leather jacket to wear with a few shurikens up on her sleeves along with a katana sword on her back, dark black jeans tied with a brown belt with a bat symbol on the center, along with twin sais on her hips, and a nunchuck strapped on to her left ankle barely showing. She has the same black sneakers that have white skulls on both sides, wears, and a black mask. Silver shuriken like earrings and black leather fingerless biker gloves are her accessories. Goes by the name Black Rebel (Mikey's heroine nickname)
Skills: more on Tae-Kwon-Do, but learns some Ninjitsu, great at gymnastics, and never misses a shot with shurikens.
Her story: 8 years back, Macy was seeing her Grandfather. When she was about to go back home, she met Dana and her little brother (as a baby a few months old). Dana told her she lost her parents so Macy decided to bring her long. 8 years past, she became more of a rebel but still has Dana's back (Especially if Dana is a minor mutant bat.) She lives at an apartment around New York just 10 minutes away from Mr. Murakami's restaurant.
Any other info: She likes to practice on her guitar, play a little violin when she's in a good mood, do a few tricks on her skateboard (it's red with orange flame prints underneath and has different stickers full of white skulls and turtles, like her guitar), and has a pet turtle named Gliss (it's a girl and has a mini black bow on her head) since she was 7 years old. Plus, the violin was the very first instrument Macy plays before the guitar. She's a sucker for turtles, and would never harm one.
Name: Tommy Vontorez (Dana's little brother)
Species: human
Specialty: He may not have power's, but he knows Tae-Kwan-Do and some Ninjitsu
Favorite weapon: all of them (You name it: katanas, sais, nunchucks, shurikens, bo-staffs, etc.), but he uses nunchucks for combat
Gender: male
Personality: Hyper, adventurous, fun, fearless, very curious, and good hearted (like his sister)
Age: 8
What he looks like: He has spiky black hair, black eyes, almost pale looking skin, wears a midnight colored shirt that shows a wolf howling under a full moon, blue jeans, and brown sneakers.
Favorite Turtle/Mutant: He likes all of them. But he seems to hang out with Mikey a lot.
So, yeah, that's them. Of course, the only person you're going to be reading about with the Turtles is Dana. But I thought it would be important that I tell you the others so you could get a better understanding on how they're all connected.
I would also like to point out that how Dana fits into this story is kind of like a mystery. So, see if you can figure it out before the last part.
Okay, let's get to the story already. Hope you guys enjoy.
Tales of the TMNT: Yojimbo (Translation: Bodyguard)
Somewhere across the ten dimensions, there was a world where anthropomorphic animals were the dominant species that takes place in 16th century Feudal Japan. On a supposedly late afternoon, a white, gray-haired ronin rabbit named Miyamoto Usagi was traveling by foot in a foggy forest.
Usagi had an old scar on the left above his eye. His ears were tied with blue material in the shape of the samurai kits. He wore a blue kimono top, and had his embroidered cloak of his old clan on his chest. The same sign was also carved from wood and attached to his belt, where his two katana swords were located as well. His pants navy blue, and he also wore white socks with waraji straw sandals and finger-delimited. At the moment, he had a kasa hat on.
As he continued walking, Usagi noticed smoke from above, right in front of his path. He hurried towards the source and discovered a village that was in ruins. It became clear that a serious battle took place. There were scratch marks plus an arrow on one of the pillared stones. Usagi kept going, checking to see if there were any survivors in need of help.
Suddenly, a small pair of white eyes were watching plus following the Ronin Rabbit, in one of the village homes. Usagi stopped, sensing that someone or something was observing him.
"I know you're here…Come out!" Usagi said the so-called spy, ready to use his katana blade for whatever battle may come.
The infiltrator revealed itself as a small, harmless green dinosaur. The small creature just scurried passed Usagi, while holding fresh food to eat hanging on his mouth. After it left, Usagi then heard a creaking sound.
"Huh?" he turned his head to the source and became surprised to see a familiar face. "Akemi!"
Akemi was an anthropomorphic cat female and friend of Miyamoto Usagi. She had long black straight hair that was loose with two different ponytails: a small high one and a low strand tied together by a red bow. Her appearance was slightly white fur, green eyes, and some black lines around her eyes and on her cheeks. She also wore a golden-like crown on her forehead that had red tassels on the sides, white kimono dress that was covered in wooden armor, a pair of small circular gauntlets located on both of her paws, and wore white socks with waraji straw sandals. As a weapon-plus shown in sight and used to walk like a cane-Akemi had a naginata.
"I'm glad you've come," she told him. Akemi walked closer until Usagi, whom took off his strawed hat, went to her aid.
"What happened here?" Usagi questioned, concerned about his friend.
"A band of samurai," Akemi explained. "They must have been Ronin. They were led by a mercenary called Sumo Kuma."
"I have never heard of him," muttered the Ronin Rabbit, wondering about whom this new enemy was.
"All my samurai have been wiped out, and many villagers, too. I barely escaped," she continued talking while moving, "They ransacked the village, looking for the holy child, but could not find him. Come, Kintaro is this way. I hid him well."
Akemi lead Usagi to a small sanctuary. Inside, there was a trapdoor located on the floor. As she opened it, there revealed a small pugged boy holding an axe that was bigger than him. He looked up to see Akemi and Usagi with his puppy dog eyes. His name was Kintaro.
Kintaro was a white pug with a distinctive black-and-white patch on both his mouth and ears. His hair was black, reached his shoulders, and one band was tied with a red rubber band in a ponytail at the top. His puppy dog eyes were brown. He was dressed in red clothes with a gold Japanese sign in the middle, sandals on his feet and golden cuffed bracelets on his wrists. On his back, he had a goldfinch.
"It's about time! I was in there for days! How dare you treat me so disrespectfully!" Kintaro rebuked, much to the Ronin Rabbit's surprise.
"This is the holy child?" he asked Akemi incredulity, as Kintaro continued to tirade.
"Please humor him. Kintaro has been pampered his entire life because he is the golden boy, destined to possess superhuman abilities. Just…not yet," she and Usagi both lifted Kintaro up from his hiding spot. "My apologizes, Kintaro-sama. This is Miyamoto Usagi. He is a fierce swordsman, and with his help, I will deliver you to the temple palace," Akemi assured Kintaro.
"Bah! This sorry-looking long-eared? He looks like he couldn't deliver sushi to a banquet," scoffed the Holy Child. He carried his axe and was out the door; only to get pulled back by Akemi and yelped in the process.
Akemi poked her head to make sure the cost was clear, before moving ahead. Once it was safe, she walked out with Usagi and Kintaro following her from behind.
"We must get started immediately. The hour has already grown late," Akemi began, until she felt a pain in her leg and collapsed. "Uh!"
"Akemi!" Usagi immediately went towards his dear companion. He saw her grasp on her leg; realizing that she was seriously wounded. "You're injured."
"But I am…not hurt badly," she told him while standing up and try to walk again, "I must continue with you to escort the boy-Ugh!" Akemi trembled, grasping on her bruised leg in discomfort. Even Kintaro seemed worried for her.
"No. You are barely able to stand, much less travel over mountains," Usagi reasoned.
Although Akemi really wanted to take Kintaro to the temple unharmed, she knew that her ronin friend was correct. "You are right," she turned head towards the holy child, whom just walked over to the front, "Kintaro, you must go with Usagi-san. Do what he says."
This displeased him so much that Kintaro throw his axe down, crossing his arms in a stubborn way. "I am not listening to this stupid Ronin. He was late for the battle, and I don't like his face," he obdurately said.
"Taro-kun!" scolded Akemi, which got Kintaro's attention, "Do what he says! He will protect you."
Kintaro looked away, trying to find a way to answer. As much as he disliked this plan, Kintaro didn't seem to have any other option.
"Well…I'll…alright!" he said, in defeat, "But I will hold onto my Axe of Power. Just remember your place, Ronin, and treat me with the respect I deserve," Kintaro said to Usagi, while picking up his axe. As he swung it around until it was over his head, however, the axe over balanced him and caused Kintaro to fall backwards.
And so, with his mission set, Usagi must deliver Kintaro to the temple and protective from any harm. Before leaving, he looked back at Akemi and put his kasa hat back on.
"Good luck, Usagi-san," she said as she watched her ronin friend leave with Kintaro close behind.
While the two were traveling through the foggy forest, miles away from where they started, Kintaro was moving behind Usagi and began complaining.
"You don't even have a horse? What kind of Ronin are you!? Can you carry me, you smelly rabbit?" he then caught up to the ronin and stopped in front of him, "Hello? Can you hear me with those giant ears!?" Kintaro nearly spoke louder on that last question, as if Usagi had a hearing problem.
"Be silent, Kintaro-sama. We must not be noticed on the road," Usagi said, placing a bone in Kintaro's mouth and patted him on the head, before continuing the journey. Much to the holy child's surprise. Kintaro spitted out what was placed in his mouth and became enraged.
"What!? You dare insult the golden boy by offering a bone!?" he questioned, still staying close to the Ronin Rabbit.
Usagi pulled down his kasa, embarrassed by Kintaro's childish babbling. He knew that this was going to be a long journey. One that will require and test his patience.
Unbeknownst to them, they were being watched…
Somewhere in a high mountain top, a dark enemy was spying on them from a stoned-like bowl full of water. His name was Jei.
Jei was a tall anthropomorphic wolf with grey skin, long black hair, and completely whited out eyes. He wore a black kimono. His weapon was a special black-bladed yari that had a black lightning bolt on the speared blade.
He and Usagi once met and fought, not too long ago. Usagi was sent to put an end on Jei for destroying an entire family. Jei claimed that the family was diseased with evil and that the gods revealed their nature to him. As they battled during a stormy evening, Jei vowed that he will cleanse the world of its evil to Usagi. Before he could strike a blow on his ronin enemy, Jei was strucked by lightning, and vanished. The only thing Usagi found left from this mysterious villain was his spear, still smoking from the lightning hit. Since then, Jei was never heard from again…until now.
"So, Ronin, the gods have brought you to me again. No one has escaped my blade before. I will bring great warriors to destroy you, Miyamoto Usagi," Jei reached into his kimono and brought out five talismans: four turtles and a bat, "Powerful pawns to strike when the time is right."
As he cited an incantation in Japanese, the objects in his right hand began to magically float into the air and glow. The turtle figures each glowed a different color: orange, purple, red, and blue. The bat object was glowing dark magenta. In just a flash of lightning, the five talismans turned into the Turtles and Dracana!
The five heroes fell on the ground from the sky. Although she had bat wings, Dracana did not react quick enough to make a soft landing like the others and ended up hitting her head hard enough to get knocked out. As for the others, they got up and checked their surroundings; not noticing nor realizing that the bat heroine was transported, too.
"Where…where the heck are we?" Asked Leo, the Leader in Blue, while everyone, except one, got back on their feet from the crash.
"Donnie, have you been messing with some portal experiment again!?" Raph, being the Hothead of the team, asked.
"Why do you always assume it's me!?" argued Donnie, the Smart One.
Mikey, whom was the Wild One, just enjoyed eating a slice of pizza that he brought with him.
From a high distance, Jei became slightly surprised at his new pawns. "These are the great warriors I asked for?" questioned Jei. He lightly chuckled, evilly, and began to walk like an injured old man.
Back down in the hill, while Raph and Donnie were going at each other's throats again, the Turtles soon took notice of Jei, whom was pretending to be an innocent victim.
"Ahh, Turtle Ninja, Mythic Kappa of Legend?" Jei walked over to them and reached his hand forward, "I need your help. I was attacked by a vicious rabbit Ronin," he continued talking and, then, placed his hand on Mikey's shoulder; which creeped him out a little. "Save me, Save me from the wrath of this madman, please!"
When Jei touched him, and looked into his eyes, Mikey's pupils began to turn white. He was now under Jei's control. "We can take care of this evil jerk face for you. No worries, brah." Mikey said, completely emotionless.
One by one, Jei placed his hand on the Turtles until they became just like Mikey.
"He is pure evil. I can sense it inside of him, corrupting him like a plague,"
Leo tried to resist, but he soon fell deeply into the dark spell. "Evil. Yes, we can help you, old man. No problem," he said to Jei.
"You can count on us," Donnie said.
Soon, after taking control of the Turtles, Dana finally came around and slowly got up half way. The heroine bat placed her hand on the back of her head and rubbed it.
"Ugh, my head really hurts," she groaned, before noticing Jei with the Turtles. "Huh? Is that…the Turtles?" Her eyes widened, slightly gasping quietly to herself; for she realized that she and her friends were in danger. Jei eventually saw Dana, whom was now conscious.
"Ahh, Komori-Onna. Thank goodness you are awake," Jei told her, still playing as a guiltless elderly man while walking towards her. Dana, whom was not fooled, immediately brought out her whip, flipped a few feet back and did a battle stance.
"Back off, Wolf Creep! What did you do to my friends?!" she questioned in a demanding tone, keeping her stern gaze at him.
"Please, I mean no harm. In fact, I am only here to ask for help,"
Suddenly, Dana was starting to feel lightheaded. And it wasn't from the crash she just had. For some weird reason, she was compelled to do what the strange wolf said. Dana placed a hand on her forehead, trying to resist whatever the dark wolf was doing to her. While she was struggling, Jei became close enough to place his spear-freed hand under Dana's chin and gently lifted her head until her eyes met his.
"Help me, Akuto-Komori. I will be more than grateful of your assistance,"
In less than a second, Dana's eyes turned completely white, just like the Turtles. "Of course. I will do what you ask. How may I serve you, Master?" she asked, impassively.
Jei let out a small chuckle, before removing his hand from Dana's face. "Excellent. I want you and your Turtle allies to hunt down and destroy the long-eared Ronin who travels with a child. But do not harm the boy," he walked in front of the Turtles with Dana following him until she was next to Leo. Jei then turned around and pointed with his spear while commanding them.
"Go! Do my bidding, Turtle and Bat Warriors. Destroy the one called… Miyamoto Usagi."
Hours later, it became night. Usagi and Kintaro have started a campfire in a small cave. Both warmed their hands by the fires. While Usagi adjusted the firewood, using a stick, Kintaro began to protest once more.
"You're useless and slow and probably a terrible cook, too," he began to throw a rock at Usagi, twice, but the ronin was able to dodge both of them with ease, "It's already night, and the camp should have been set up hours ago!"
"We only just stopped. You must be patient, Kintaro," Usagi spoke. "Unless you would like to help?"
Kintaro stood up and said, "Do you dare suggest I dirty my hands with peasant work? Fool!" He threw another rock, only this time, Usagi hit it back with his stick, instead of dodging.
The Ronin Rabbit left the campsite to collect more. After gathering some logs, he decided to collect some water in a nearby river. Although Kintaro was a spoiled brat that could get into anyone's nerves, Usagi had to keep a cool head and continue his job.
"He is still a child," Usagi reminded himself out loud. "I must remain patient."
Suddenly, four certain ninja turtle warriors rose out from the river. This caused Usagi to this regard the firewood he was carrying and placed his hand on one of his blades.
"What is this?"
The four turtles drew out their weapons. Each of them ran and made a move with Usagi blocking them with his katana blade. The Ronin Rabbit stayed firm on his ground, doing whatever it took to protect the holy child; whom was behind Usagi and hiding.
"We must hide! They are kappa!" Kintaro cried in fear.
"But like no kappa I have ever seen," clarified Usagi.
The Turtles attacked once more, using shurikens. The Ronin deflected them, along with defending himself from Raph's sai attack. He managed to disarmed Donnie from his bo-staff and threw him into a tree. Kintaro continued hiding by moving behind a different tree. Usagi managed to take down Raph and flipped him over his shoulder, causing him to knock into Mikey and land into the water at once.
Little did the holy child and Ronin knew, a bat-like female was in one of the trees, waiting for the right moment to strike. When she saw three of the four turtles down and the Ronin with his back turned, the bat heroine decided to take it as her window of opportunity. Yanking out her whip, without hesitation, Dana used it to try and hit him. Unfortunately, for her, Usagi sensed it, got the whip around his katana, and heaved back; resulting Dana to get pulled out of her hiding place and land on the ground with ease with the help of her bat wings.
As Usagi took a good look at her, his eyes grew wide in shock. It was as if he had sawn a ghost. Even Kintaro became surprised by Dana's appearance, in a terrified way.
"A komori-onna? This cannot be!"
Realizing that her opponent had his guard down, not to mention still had her whip attached to it, she tugged Usagi's sword out of his hands and steered it towards the heart of a faraway tree trunk. Then, Leo tried to attack Usagi, believing he was now defenseless. Turns out, Usagi still had another katana with him and clashed it into Leo's double blades. The two of them moved just a few feet away from each other. Usagi was now against Leo and Dana in this heated battle.
"You are not unskilled, demons! A willow branch is thirsty," Usagi told his enemies, before lunging forward to end up clashing his sword into Leo. "And I will quench its thirst on both your bloods."
The three opponents continued fighting, all of them individually skilled. As he fought them, Usagi studied his two opponents. He noticed that they were inseparable on their moves. When Leo would strike high, Dana would assault low. But that didn't catch him off-guard. The Ronin Rabbit remained strong in combat.
Their fight soon moved near the water. Usagi blocked Leo's twin katanas, while dodging Dana's whip attacks. All three warriors kept attacking and defending themselves.
Just then, Kintaro started running into the battle with his axe.
"I will save you, stupid rabbit," he told him before tripping on a rock and accidently threw his axe forward. The axe flew passed the trio, bounced off a tree, almost whacked Dana but she moved out of the way, and smacked Leo right in the head.
Leo's eyes went back to normal, along with him falling face first on the water.
"Ow! What the? My head," Leo said, rubbing his head and slowly tried to recover, "Oh! What happened?"
Kintaro heard the Leader in Blue, while getting his axe back. He looked at the confused kappa and then the komori-onna, whom was still fighting Usagi. As Kintaro studied her very carefully, he realized what was really going on.
The Ronin Rabbit managed to duck from Dana's side thrust kick, flip over her, and slashed her left arm that leaved a nasty scar. Much to his surprise, the scar immediately faded away; as if he did no damage to her. The two of them, now a few feet away once more, circled around each other, waiting who will make the next move.
"I do not know the reason why you destroyed your kind, Akuto-Komori... but, for the honor of this tribe and for the sake of this world's villagers, I will make sure you will no longer hurt anyone!" Usagi was ready to finish her and the Turtles off until a certain golden boy pug interfered by getting between him and Dana.
"Stop! Komori-Onna, I sense you and the Kappa are under an evil enchantment. You must break free!"
Usagi wasn't sure whether to believe Kintaro or not. He slightly feared that the bat-girl and turtles could be dangerous. But then, he noticed something in the female warrior's eyes.
Dana's mindless anger expression started to soften. It was Kintaro's words that helped the heroine bat remember something-or rather, someone-important.
"Tommy…," she muttered under her breathe, before dropping her knees to the ground, looking down and releasing her weapon. Dana slowly lifted her head, slightly groaning, to reveal her normal midnight black eyes. "Where am I? What just happened?" she asked, dizzily.
"Guys, the little kid's right," Leo called out to his brothers as they walk over.
"We're not bad guys, little pug kid. Ronin rabbit here is," Mikey said while pointing at Usagi.
"Usagi is my loyal bodyguard," simplified Kintaro, "Even if he is a useless peasant."
"Oh, man, what a headache," moaned Raph, whom was still floating in the river, "Skull's aching."
"Yeah, this is like a double chocolate Mikey pizza hangover," Donnie said.
When Leo saw Dana, he immediately went to her aid and slowly helped her up. He couldn't believe that the Bat Detective was stuck in this world, as well.
"Dana! Are you all right?" he asked, worried about the heroine bat.
"My brain feels like it's been banged by a drum multiple times and my stomach going through a rollercoaster ride, but, otherwise, I'm okay," she answered, trying to keep herself from barfing.
"I sense they are not evil," Kintaro told Usagi.
"Then what are these strange Yokai?" Questioned Usagi, facing the Turtles. He even gave a small glare at Dana, which made her feel a little uncomfortable and Leo slightly offended by his comment.
"Strange? Look who's talking, a giant samurai rabbit," he pointed his sword towards the Ronin Rabbit. Dana placed a hand on his chest, as if saying 'calm down'. She didn't like seeing the turtle she admired get angry over something small and unpractical.
"All I remember is that blind wolf guy telling us to find this long-eared samurai," said Mikey, whom was laying his head on a rock.
"What blind wolf guy?" questioned Usagi.
"He summoned us here, somehow, to your dimension," started Donnie.
"He carried a black spear, like nothing I've ever seen before," Leo continued, after sheathed his katana blades.
"I was there, too. His spear had this black lightning bolt symbol on the blade part," exclaimed Dana. She turned her head towards Leo and Donnie. "After I recovered from that unexpected fall, I saw you and the others in some hypnotic trance. I knew, then, that whoever was with you, was responsible and up to no good."
"Black spear? That old, blind wolf is not blind, but possessed by evil," explained the Ronin Rabbit, whom also sheathed his sword.
That much I had figured. The real question should be why summon us, thought Dana. It doesn't add up. At least…not yet.
"His name is Jei. He had you under a spell. Where are you from?"
Before any of the Turtles or Dana could answer, Kintaro interrupted them.
"Who cares? Look how ugly they are," insulted the little boy. He pointed at Dana and said, "Especially the weird Komori-Onna. She looks different from her ancient race," Kintaro's words made Mikey growl, Leo grit his teeth, and Dana slightly confused. "And my sensitive nose can't handle how bad they smell."
"Be silent, child!" Scolded Usagi, whom was behind Kintaro and caused him to jump plus fall in the river. He then looked up to the five strangers and said, before gesturing towards where his camp was located, "…Excuse the boy, Kappa and Komori-Onna Warriors. Please, share our campfire."
Few minutes had past. The Turtles and Dana sat down, sharing the campfire of Usagi and Kintaro. The young bat heroine sat between Leo and Usagi. She stayed close next to the blue masked turtle and warmed her hands near the fire. While admiring the dancing flames, Dana's thoughts started flowing with questions: Who is Usagi? Why summon her to a world where only anthropomorphic animals rule? How will she and the Turtles get back home? And what did Kintaro meant when he said Dana looked different from her 'ancient race'?
Her own thoughts became interrupted when she heard Leo talking.
"Thanks, Usagi. So, what's your story?"
This brought the young bat detective's attention. One of her questions she was thinking of were about to be answered.
"I was Lord Mifune's personal bodyguard in the battle against Lord Hikiji," Usagi told, "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," he paused to feel the scar on his forehead.
Dana placed a hand on her mouth, too speechless after hearing Usagi's tragic story. He did his best to protect his Lord, but was unsuccessful in the end. And there was nothing Usagi could have done. She actually felt bad for him.
"Now, I am charged with taking this boy to the temple palace of his order. But where do you come from, strange warriors?"
"My brothers, friend, and I are from far away," explained Leo, "It's…it's kind of hard to explain,"
Dana could only nod her head in agreement.
"Have we traveled back in time again?" asked Raph.
"I don't think so. We must have been transported to a different dimension. One inhabited by anthropomorphic animals instead of humans," explained Donnie.
"Sounds like my kind of place!" exclaimed Mikey, whom was holding a stick with his slice of pizza over the fire and bit into it.
"I wouldn't stay comfy here for long. We have a home to protect. Not to mention a family," Dana reminded, rubbing her arms anxiously. She couldn't bear the thought of never seeing the people she cared for ever again. Seeing the distress in her face, Leo gave Dana a small side hug to cheer her up. It, sort of, did worked. Just a little bit.
"We know, Dana," Leo told her, "The question is, how?"
Usagi took a moment to think of an answer. "Hmmm…The monks of Kintaro's order may know a way. They are powerful mystics," he explained.
This brought a little spark of hope into the bat detective. "That might work," she said to Usagi.
"Ha! These turtles, along with that bat-winged girl, are doomed," commented Kintaro.
"Whatever, Pugtaro," retorted Mikey. This made the other turtles smirk to one another while Kintaro growled. "Yeah, that's what I'm gonna call you. It's a way better name than Kintaro."
In anger, Kintaro stood up, pointed at Mikey, and said to him, "What would a simple reptile know? You don't even have ears or a nose."
Mikey covered his face, grunting. Eventually, the two of them began flinging their arms at each other. The sight of this made Dana gently facepalm and shook her head, comprehending that she was going to have to deal with them until the Turtles and herself reach the temple.
This is going to be a very long trip to get back home, she presumed to herself, in thought.
While they continued their silly little fight, Dana lightly turned her gaze towards Usagi, whom was kind of staring at her in a curious way. He looked away when she realized what he was doing. The bat detective couldn't help but think there was something Kintaro and Usagi were not telling her and the Turtles. She only wished what it was.
The next morning, everyone was already walking through the forest. They had to continue the journey, in order to deliver Kintaro to his destination and find the key to getting Usagi's new allies back to their dimension. Usagi was ahead of the group, with Kintaro close behind. The Turtles and Dana kept staying by their side from a small distance.
Although not interested in staying forever, the bat detective was fascinated by this world's beauty. Including the small dino-lizard creatures that kept roaming around the forest. Dana knew that she and the Turtles will get back home. The least she could do, in the meantime, was keep herself busy.
"So, Usagi, how do you know Jei?" she asked the ronin samurai.
"Our paths crossed when I was sent to stop someone that was going around annihilating innocent lives," Usagi began while slightly facing Dana and walking, "I tracked Jei down to bring him to justice, one night, only to find out that he murdered a family. I showed no mercy against him. When I asked whom he was, he told me his name and claimed that he was the Blade of the Gods, to cleanse the world of its evil. Jei would have finished me off, if it wasn't for a storm that struck a lightning bolt at him. When I awoke, the next morning, all that was found was his weapon. It was smoking for who knows how long. That was the last time I ever saw him,"
Dana rubbed her chin, intrigued by Usagi's story. The way he was described, Jei sounded like a mysterious and powerful enemy. Not to mention a mad man. She wondered what a crazy wolf like Jei would want to go through all this trouble to summon her friends, along with herself, from another world to do his dirty work. There was definitely something else to Jei's plans. If only she and her friends knew.
"Ugh, I can't believe we're stuck here!" grumbled Raph, "Donnie, can't you invent something to send us back home?"
"Well, I could build a portal to get back to our home dimension," suggested Donnie, "But manufacturing all the necessary wires and components in this feudal age would only take approximately…fifty-seven years."
"Sweet! Good thing turtles have long lives," exclaimed Mikey, as he placed his hands behind his head.
"Yeah, that's not an option. Some of us aren't even turtles," pointed out Dana, whom could hear the whole conversation from behind.
"Oh, yeah, forgot you'll be old and wrinkly by then," Mikey chuckled nervously on overlooking that plan. "Sorry, Dana."
The young bat only sighed before answering, "None taken," she decided to ignore that problem by asking a few more questions to the Ronin Rabbit. "Usagi, would it be too much trouble to ask you something?"
"Of course not," he answered, firmly. "Please, what is it?"
"Well, before I was under Jei's influence, he called me an Akuto-Komori. I know the word 'komori' is Japanese for 'bat', but I'm unfamiliar with the first word. What does the word 'akuto' mean?"
Usagi looked down, trying to think how he could gently explain it to the bat heroine. After a few seconds of thinking, Usagi answered, "…Rogue. It means 'rogue', Dana-chan."
This caused Dana to raise an eye brow at this. "Rogue Bat? Why would he call me that?"
Before he could answer, Usagi stopped and lifted his hand before saying, "Listen."
The Turtles could only hear a simple breeze. Dana, on the other hand, closed her eyes and concentrated deeply to hear what Usagi was hearing. As part bat, she required echolocation; which allowed Dana to know where her friends and or enemies are, if she couldn't see them with her eyes.
"What is it? I don't hear anything," Leo replied, still obscured.
"Horses are approaching from the east," Usagi explained while pointing at the direction of the source.
"He's right. I hear them, too, and heading our direction, fast," exclaimed Dana, whom now had her eyes opened.
Everyone looked at each other, nodding on what they were thinking. They hid up in the trees before getting caught. Dana grabbed Kintaro, stretched out her wings, and flew towards the same tree her turtle and rabbit friends were.
Seconds later, a band of ronins were on horses, galloping passed where the team was hidden.
"Kintaro, are these the samurai who attacked the village?" Usagi asked Kintaro, in a whispering tone.
The young boy looked at them, carefully, and whispered back, "They are. That's Sumo Kuma."
Sumo Kuma appeared as an anthropomorphic brown bear. He had light-golden brown colored eyes, and a small bun of hair on top of his head. For attire, he wore a sumo robe with orange, blue, black, and gold colors. There were golden flowers on the shoulder parts of it, red-orange hexagon patterns on the sides plus bandana around his head, blue flowers on the belt, and blue triangle patterns with the background black as the sleeves. He also carried a kanabo on his back, as his weapon.
"We need to find out what his plan is for the boy," Usagi told the Turtles and Dana, "But how can we get close enough to hear them?"
"We're ninja. We're experts at getting close to people," Leo whispered, causing Usagi to give a little smile.
Dana couldn't help but smile at this. She knew the Turtles long enough that what Leo said was true. They even taught her about the secrets and rules of being a true ninja…Leo, mostly. Not that she minded.
The Turtle team was able to use their stealth skills to knock out five male warriors. They were almost caught by a female bodyguard, if Dana hadn't knocked her out with a side thrust kick from below, causing the bodyguard to hit a tree and hit her head. Soon after, they tied up the knocked-out warriors with rope, not after disrobing them of their armor.
"Good thing Sumo Kuma had a girl samurai around," Dana spoke, while putting on the female guard's clothing.
"Quick, before they realize they're missing a few warriors," Leo whispered to the others.
While they put on their armor, the Turtles, Usagi, and Kintaro turned their heads to see Dana in her Japanese disguise. Her hairstyle was changed to a high ponytail that was tied by an elegant white ribbon bow, along with her bangs departed into two. Her outfit was a magenta kimono top with the edges of it white and a dark mauve turtle neck, a double white ribbon belt around her waist that was tied the same way as her ribbon bow on her hair, a long dark mauve skirt with double magenta lines in the bottom part that nearly reached her ankles, and white socks with waraji straw sandals that were slightly adjusted to match her foot size. She already had on the samurai helmet, chest plus neck armor, thigh guards, shoulder pads that were similar to Akemi's, and gauntlets with black fingerless gloves. Her whip was tied by a mauve with red sash that was holding both the armor and thigh guards.
"Well, what do you boys think?" Dana asked, letting out a small smile while placing a hand on her hip.
"Wow…" Leo muttered as he covered the tint of red in his cheeks by putting on the samurai helmet. Dana was able to spot that and giggled quietly to herself.
"Aw, yeah!" beamed Mikey.
"Cool," commented Raph.
"You look nice, Dana," complimented Donnie.
Usagi only let out a small grin, as if saying he liked her new look.
"Please, she still looks weird either way," insulted Kintaro in a 'I don't care' tone. This caused the Turtles and Usagi to glare at him. Dana, on the other hand, kept her smile while rolling her eyes.
"It's fine, guys," she spoke up to stop them from saying or doing anything. "The whole point is that we blend in perfectly to hear what the bad guys are up to. And hearing from you five, I know that I have nothing to worry about," Dana then got on her horse and put on her mask.
Leo began to smile. He appreciated how Dana wasn't so easily insulted by Kintaro. She truly was a cool girl, in his eyes.
"What about me? You're missing a horse, fools!" Kintaro said, noticing there were only six horses instead of seven.
Usagi and Raph looked at each other, smirking. Raph opened a basket and stuffed Kintaro in there.
"All right, get in there, shorty. And don't make a peep," he told the holy child.
"Let me out of here! I told you I don't like small spaces! I will have your head for this!" protested Kintaro, before Raph closed the basket.
"Don't worry, young one, this is for your own good," assured Usagi, as he and Raph put him on a horse.
"Excitable little guy, isn't he?" Donnie replied before putting on his mask. "Hmm, not at all what I pictured as the mystical savior of the realm would be like."
"I think he's just grumpy because he missed breakfast," Raph said while getting on his horse.
"We all did. So hungry," complained Mikey.
"Quiet, ninjas. Let's blend in," Leo told them, already putting on his mask and began riding.
Usagi, Dana, and the other Turtles followed him…Well, all except Raph; whom was having a hard time riding his horse.
"Oh, man! Easy girl! Why do horses hate me?!"
"Hurry, stragglers," ordered Sumo Kama, "Keep up! The master awaits us."
The Turtles, Usagi, and Dana managed to blend in with the other samurai. No one suspected anything out of the ordinary.
"Spread out. But do not let Sumo Kuma spot you," Usagi whispered to Leo and the others, whom nodded in response.
They moved away from the group, trying to listen in on what Sumo Kuma's men were talking about.
"I don't trust Master Jei," one warrior said to another.
"But there is something in his voice that compels me," the second samurai replied.
"He is a wise leader. We must obey at whatever the coast."
The others heard the conversation and looked at each other.
"Master Jei?" Asked Raph in a whispered tone. Even Dana didn't like the sound of that.
What is up with this Jei guy everyone's talking about? the bat heroine contemplated to herself. Something smells bad here...and it's not Mikey for eating broccoli.
Suddenly, Sumo Kuma started to get a weird scent in the air. He slowly turned his head, looking around his men…until he noticed six warriors that were not the same as the others. Including his female bodyguard. He lifted up his kanabo, signaling his samurai warriors to halt.
This made Leo look around a little worriedly. Along with Dana sharing the same concerns.
Sumo Kuma turned around and said, "We have intruders in our midst," while raising his kanabo.
The ronin warriors began to surround the six heroes until they were in the middle. The bat heroine lightly gulped, realizing that she, the Turtles, and Usagi were caught. Usagi placed his hand on his sword, ready to use it when the time was right. Once they gathered around them, Sumo Kuma's men aimed their arrows at the six imposters.
"Oh, no. Watch out!" warned Leo as he took off his mask, unsheathing his sword.
One of the bad ronins shot the first arrow that was about to Mikey. Fortunately, Usagi came in and deflected the arrow with his sword.
"Whoa! Thanks, Usagi dude," Mikey replied.
Usagi began to take down a few guards that were Sumo Kuma's. Just then, a bad ronin was heading towards Leo, about to strike his sword. Before he could defend himself, someone threw a helmet at the ronin hard enough to knock him off his horse. Leo turned his head to see who did that and smiled.
"Nice toss," he complemented the bat detective, whom shared a sweet smirk at him.
"Thanks. Now, come on! Time to move," Dana said as she and the others began to ride their horses away.
And so, the chase was on. The Turtles, Usagi, and Dana rode their horses with Sumo Kuma and his stragglers close behind. They began to battle while moving at the same time.
"How did you find us out?" Leo questioned while blocking Sumo Kuma's kanabo attacks with his katana blade.
"You smell different!" he answered.
"What?" Raph questioned while sniffing himself, "Why do we smell different?"
"We live in the sewers, dude," Mikey answered, "Not hard to figure out."
And I'm so used to going into the Turtles' home many times, that my bat nose isn't bothered by their scent, Dana supposed in thought, while avoiding a few of Sumo Kuma's men whom were trying to get her.
Just then, one warrior jumped onto Raph's horse. Fortunately, the Hothead was able to throw him off his horse. Donnie knocks down a warrior off his horse with his bo staff, and eventually fought another that was using a wooden spear. Their weapons clashed into each other's.
"Heads up!" Mikey spoke when knocking Donnie's sparrer off his horse.
Dana grabbed her whip from her sash and began striking from behind to get the ronin warriors off her tail. She kept using her weapon to either scare their horses enough to move into a different location, smack their helmets hard enough until they were on backwards and couldn't see, and or just use it to deflect upcoming arrows.
Speaking of arrows, three ronin each fired arrow that was about to his Usagi. Fortunately, after defeating another rider, he dodges and deflected them.
Then, Mikey, whom was off his horse, jumped from tree to tree until he kicked off a samurai from his horse and was standing on the creature like he was riding a surf board.
"Sweet landing, Mikey!" Dana shouted loud enough for him to her hear.
"Thanks, dudette," Mikey said before seeing something heading his female friend's way. "Look out!" he warned while pointing.
Dana turned her head to see more warriors firing more arrows. And some of them were coming towards the heroine bat's direction! Just then, a certain Leader in Blue appeared and defended Dana from the arrows by slashing them. Mikey, then, threw some throwing stars at the three samurai warriors that caused them to fall off.
"Thanks, Leo," she told him, secretly relieved that Leo came just in time.
"Don't mention it," he said with one of his proud smiles Dana liked while steering his horse back to where Usagi was and said, "This way!"
Nodding her head, Dana stayed close to Leo on this horse chase battle.
"Faster, Kappa and Komori-Onna! We are losing them!" called out Usagi.
The six heroes now appeared to be out of danger while still moving fast enough to run past a tiny group of dino creatures. Just when the team thought they were safe, more riders were still chasing them.
"Uh, Usagi?" Dana started, seeing that the bad ronin were coming up on both sides of where they were riding. The Ronin Rabbit noticed and thought of a plan.
"Move ahead, Kappa and Komori-Onna." he ordered before steering his horse away from the group.
Please, be careful, she told him in thought.
Usagi took down three warriors that were with Sumo Kuma. Once they were out of the way, Usagi stood up from his horse, made a big leap, and landed on his enemy's horse to strike at him. Sumo Kuma grabbed his katana strike, like it was nothing, before trying to hit the Rabbit Ronin, only for Usagi to jump back on to his own horse.
"I have heard of you, Long Eared. I will relish crushing your proud skull," Sumo Kuma clashed his kanabo with Usagi's blade. "You are no match for me, little one!"
When he wasn't looking, Donnie whacked Sumo Kuma's horse with his bo staff; resulting Sumo Kuma to fall off forward, knock into a rock, and groaned.
Let's hope that hit knocked some sense and Jei's control out of Sumo Kuma, pondered Dana, after watching the whole thing from a distance.
Meanwhile, Mikey jumped off his horse and spin kicked on a few more warriors to take down. When Raph turned around, knocking out another samurai, his horse stood up a little to cause the basket Kintaro was in to fall off and roll down the hill.
"Pugtaro!" called out Mikey. He quickly rode on Raph's horse and they were both galloping to save the holy child.
"Saving this brat better be worth it!" Raph replied.
"Hey! What's going on out there?" replied an angry Kintaro, whom was unaware of the predicament, "You stupid kappa! I'll get you for this! You are the worst bodyguards! You couldn't protect a rock!"
Just then, from a distance, Dana noticed the basket tumbling down fast enough to hit something.
"Oh, no, Kintaro! He's off the horse and about to hit a tree!" exclaimed Dana to Donnie and Leo.
"Can you fly down there and get him? Or use any of your special whips?" asked Leo.
"Not with this armor covering my wings. And my long lasso and stun whip were left back home," answered the Bat Detective.
"Guys, look!" Donnie called out when pointing at a certain rabbit ronin grabbing some bow and arrows from another warrior before knocking him out.
"My…brain…feels…like…mochi!" groaned Kintaro, still spinning out of control.
Usagi pulled out the bow, firing two arrows at a perfect range. They hit each other, causing them to land in front of the tree the basket was about to crash into. This caused Kintaro to catapult into the air until Usagi caught him, with his horse skidding to a stop.
"All right! Nice shot and catch, Usagi!" exclaimed Dana, impressed by how he saved Kintaro like that. Her expression changed when she saw more ronin firing more arrows at her plus her friends. "Uh oh."
"Ride!" shouted Usagi.
The Turtles and Dana joined Usagi to continue moving.
"They're gaining on us!" exclaimed Leo, while looking back.
"Hurry, Kappa and Komori-Onna! Ride faster!" Usagi told them, snapping the reins harder on his horse.
Suddenly, they noticed something up ahead.
"Oh, no. Cliff!" shouted Donnie.
"Everyone, brace for impact!" cried Dana, before screaming with the others.
As their horses leaped off, the six heroes fell down the cliff…
To be continued…
Don't you guys just hate 'cliffhangers'? *laughs a little* See what I did there? Anyway, the next part of the story won't be posted for a long while. In the meantime, feel free to leave a comment on what you all thought of it. And if any of you have questions, don't be afraid to ask.
Also, once again, special thanks to Hermana Kunoichi, BabyPinkPuppy, DivaGlam, and Angelxoxo8.I couldn't have made this story without the help of my Best Fan Fiction Friends.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that Dana's outfit plus look was inspired by a character in the Usagi comics. Her name is Tomoe Ame. She's an onna bugeisha, a lady samurai of the Geishu clan. Her most notable position within the clan is as Lord Noriyuki's personal bodyguard. She made an appearance in the TMNT 2003 series, "The Real World, Part 1" episode.
And please understand that those were the only Japanese words I looked up and could possibly work with. So, if you already looked it up, only to find it means something else, I don't want to hear it. Just bear with me here. I do know for a fact that 'Komori-Onna' is Japanese for 'Bat Woman'. In case you guys were asking.
Anyway, hope you all enjoyed it.
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