4/12- I rewrote this chapter so I hope everyone enjoys it.
Hi everyone! I have wanted to write this for a while so I hope you enjoy. Oh and here is the whole summary for this story.
Splinter's old friend and adopted brother from the days back when he was human returns from another universe with his only daughter Autumn, which he has also trained in ninjitsu. Michael is taken by the krang and it is up to Autumn to figure out how her dad is connected to the krang while trying to figure out her feelings for the turtles.
And there are also going to be a lot of fights, relationships and a bunch of other stuff. If you want to find out what happens, read the story. :)
Prologue – 16 years ago
POV: Yoshi (Splinter)
'Damn it! Where is he?' I thought to myself. Sitting up on the highest limb in the largest tree in the court yard, I had the prefect view into the dark room that Michael had disappeared into a few minutes ago. He should have been out by now but I knew that Michael could handle himself in a fight.
I kept glancing back at the window and keeping a watchful eye for any enemies. A little on edge I could not help but worry, even though that was one of the first rules of being a ninja, 'when on a mission keep your head' but I think my father would have understood. Not only were we on Oroku Saki's estate, we or should I say Michael was taking back his little girl from Oroku and Jasmine, his ex-wife and Oroku's head ninja.
After the five minute mark I was about to go in and find Michael myself but before I could ready myself, alarms started to go off and almost instantly all the lights turned on. Michael bounded out of the now lit room and was by my side in mere seconds, carrying a little bundle in his arms.
I threw a smoke bomb and quickly pushed him towards our escape route. We jumped the tall wall that surrounded Oroku's estate and made a break for the trees. Ninjas were on our tails in a few short seconds but it gave us a few inches of ground between us. The moon lit our way through the forest, throwing another smoke bomb I grabbed Michael by the arm and hauled him over to a grove of thick trees.
Standing there in the shadows of the trees, I waited and saw that we indeed lost the foot ninjas. Letting out a sigh of relief, I let my body relax. We were out of the way of danger if only for a moment.
"Yoshi, you can let go of my arm now." Michael joked. I didn't even realize that I was still holding it. Glaring at him, I could not stop that anger from bubbling up inside of my chest. Gripping his arm even tighter, I had to resist the urge to punch him in the stomach.
"Why were you so reckless back there?! You could have gotten us and your little girl killed!" I whispered loudly through clenched teeth trying to keep myself from yelling. Michael narrowed his eyes and wrenched his arm away from my grip and looked down at the little baby in his arms before glaring at me.
"I wasn't being reckless. I was saving my little girl. I took out a few guys but I guess I didn't see one." He explained. I ran my hands through my hair and started pacing. The dead leaved crunched under my feet and the night air was starting to get chilly but none of it calmed my anger.
"You would have been distracted to if it was your kid Yoshi." Michael added calmly. I looked up at him and saw that he did not say to get at me but to just prove a point and for some weird reason I felt myself start to laugh.
"As true as that may be, you also know that you would be giving me a hard time just as I am doing to you right now." I chuckled. A smile pulled itself onto Michael's face and he started to laugh. A small noise came from the little baby in his arms. He smiled down at her and gestured me closer.
Taking a few steps I looked down at his little baby. She looked like every other baby, chubby cheeks with a cute little nose but instead of having fine or no hair at all, she had thick curly dark hair on her head. And she had her father's blue/greenish eyes; she looked up at me, her eyes wide and wondering.
"Hey there little one, I'm your uncle Yoshi." For a split second the corners of her mouth twitched into a smile.
"My brother this is where we need to go our different ways." I looked at Michael, surprised by what he said. "My daughter and I are not safe here, I know of this place that has some kind of portal that will take me and my little girl to another universe."
"What do you mean by another universe?" I asked. A smirk came to his face and he chuckled.
"It means a completely different place that I can train my daughter in peace and make sure that she can defend herself when the time comes." He explained. I crossed my arms and processed what he said.
"So based on what you just said, you already have a plan figured out for you two to come to this universe at some point in the future?" I asked. He smirked and lightly punched my shoulder.
"You got me figured out brother." He said giving me a sad smile. "I do have a plan but I need you to trust me. You do trust me right?"
"Of course I do, I don't trust anyone more than you brother. My or our father didn't just adopt you because you're an American, it's because he knew that you would make a wonderful ninja." Reaching out I patted his shoulder and smiled.
"And like always father was right. You are an accomplished ninja and I would trust you if you lead me to hell and back." Michael tried to hide the tears in his eyes but he was doing a horrible job of it.
"Thank you brother, that means so much to me. I hope that in the time I am gone that you get everything out of life that you have ever wanted and when I get back that Miwa and my little girl will be friends." He smiled.
I laughed at how childish and innocent he could be in even the most stressful or disheartening times. Smiling I pulled him into a hug but was careful not to hurt his baby. Bending down I pressed a kiss to his daughter's forehead.
"Safe trip to you and your little one."
"Thank you." He looked up at the sky and back to me. "We had better get going." Michael said. Looking around and sensing no one I told him it was safe to go but before he got to far I stopped him.
"Michael what is your daughter's name?" He turned to me with the same smile I've known for my whole life.
"Autumn. Her name is Autumn." Before I could say anything else Michael stuck his tongue out at me and started on his way. I watched him until he was out of sight.
"See you soon." I whispered into the wind. The night air was starting to get to me and I wanted nothing more than to see my beloved so I decided to head home, I was about halfway there when I heard my wife's scream pierce the air.
"Tang Shen!" I shouted into the air and ran with all my might. Bounding up the stairs I saw that front door had been ripped off its hinges and was thrown to the ground.
Tang Shen! Miwa!" I screamed. My voice echoed off the silent walls. I was about to yell again when I heard what sounded like a whimper coming from the second floor. Trying to keep my head and using all the ninja stealth that my father had taught me I quickly and quietly made it up the stairs.
The whole floor was completely still and dark, except for Miwa's room. An eerie glow of a few candles reached under the door and across the floor of the hallway. Silently inching myself closer to my daughter's room, I readied myself for whatever was waiting for me on the other side and slid inside.
A lone person was kneeling in the center of the room.
"Tang Shen?" I whispered. The figure stood, their blonde hair and green piercing eyes flashed in the candle light and I knew that my wife was not standing in front of me.
"Jasmine!" I yelled and readied myself for a fight but instead of attacking she started to laugh. My temper was starting to get the best of me.
"What are you laughing at?!" I shouted. Jasmine's laughing subsided but her smile never wavered.
"Thinking that I was you're dead wife. We look nothing a like you stupid man!" She laughed. My blood ran cold and my limbs felt like they each weighed a hundred pounds.
"You're lying…my wife is still alive where is she!" I yelled while I jumped and started to throw punches at her. She flipped away from me, still grinning and pointed to the broken window, she gestured me towards it, daring me to look. Slowly I walked over to the window and looked out.
At the base of my home my wife and daughter both lying motionless in the dead leaves and broken glass. Their eyes were closed but their mouths were open, almost like they was silently screaming. Turning back around I came face to face with Shredder.
"Why Oroku Saki?...You loved her, did you not?"
Without giving him any time to react I attacked first. I determined to beat this man…this heartless monster. I knew one of us was going to die, some part of myself hoped it was me. I saw one of Oroku's attacks coming, his blades heading straight for my neck, I stilled myself, waiting for death but then something appeared in my mind. A memory.
"There is no reason to be nervous about becoming a father Michael." I told my brother, trying to calm his fear in the matter. He was anxious but I had feeling I wasn't helping that is until Michael smiled at me and punched my shoulder.
"I know I have nothing to worry about because if anything were to happen to me or Jasmine, my kid will still have you and for that I am not worried in the least." He smiled, slinging an arm around my shoulders.
At the last possible moment I dodged Shredder's attack and punched him in the stomach which sent him sliding back a few feet. Oroku glared at me got ready for another attack.
"Why do you still fight? You lost everything, what else is there to fight for?" Oroku shouted angrily as I dodged his punches, instead of aiming for me though he had cut the candle holder in half. Running with everything I had I attacked him and pressed several different charka points on his body.
"I will keep fighting! For my wife and daughter! My brother Michael and his baby!" Sweeping my leg out I took his feet out from under him and he landed with a loud 'thud' onto his back. Taking the chance I pulled out my katana from my side and pushed it against his throat, one wrong move and he would be dead at my feet.
"Surrender now and I will make your death brief." I told him. Oroku glared up at me and spat in my face.
"Even if you kill me now, the foot clan will still have that girl." He said giving me a dark smile, daring to push my katana even closer to his neck, preparing to kill my enemy.
"You killed my family; there is no way I will let you destroy Michael's as well. I will protect them until I draw my last breath." Before I could finish Oroku I heard faint foot steps behind me. Moving out of the way just in time, Jasmine plunged her even longer katana straight onto Oroku's face, which was meant for me.
Shredder's pain filled scream echoed though the silence, Jasmine's face paled and she threw her sword aside, going to comfort her master. While there were distracted I went over to the candles that had fallen earlier in the fight, the floor was starting to catch on fire, picking one of them up I lit the curtains on fire, I didn't want this house to stand if it would only remind of what I once had.
"Get away from me!" Oroku bellowed. I watched as he pushed Jasmine off of him while holding the right side of his face. Blood was seeping out in between his fingers, I knew it was scar. His eye caught mine and before he could say or do anything else a flaming beam from the ceiling landed between us. Using this to my advantaged I leapt out of the window, landing beside my beloved Tang Shen and my precious daughter.
Jasmine's and Oroku's pain filled screams echoed through the fire. I picked up my wife and daughter in my arms, carrying them away from our burning house. Tears started to stream down my face as I collapsed to the ground, I did not move from that spot or lessen my grip on their bodies.
A few weeks later-
I was kneeling down in front of both Tang Shen's and Miwa's graves. I leaned forward and let myself feel the dips and curves of their names on their grave stones.
"My beloved, I have come here to say goodbye for the time being. I am leaving Japan and will be going to America, New York. I figured that when the time is right for Michael, he and his daughter will return to his home land. I will be back some day, I promise you both."
Softly kissing my fingertips, I lightly pressed them against their grave stones. I stood and was about to leave when it started to snow. Feeling tears come to my eyes, I turned away from their final resting places.
Walking to the harbor to catch my boat, I looked out over the sea, wondering what was waiting for me.
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