Leo walked up to his brothers and sensei, who were standing with the Ultimate Ninja. His brothers smiled as they noticed Leo coming up to them.
"Yo Leo! I thought you weren't gonna show" Raph said.
"What took you bro?" Donnie asked.
"I ran into trouble in the Pavilion of Past Champions, I got attacked" Leo answered.
"Attacked? Are you alright?" The Ultimate Ninja asked in shock and concern.
"I'll survive" Leo answered.
"This is terrible! I will look into the matter at once" The Ultimate Ninja said, he then bowed to Master Splinter and walked out of the arena.
A gong went off and the crowd began to roar in excitement, the tournament was about to begin.
"The time has come. Be brave my sons and most importantly be careful" Splinter advised them.
The Daimyo then banged on a gong and announced, "Let the contest begin!"
He then flashed his magical war staff and sent a beam of blue energy down to the arena ground, the ground suddenly shrunk a few feet and then walls separated all 34 competitors into pairs of two, indicating who they would be fighting in the first round. As soon as the walls were complete, Mikey turned to face his opponent a creature named Tjaluk who had a sword in his hand and one half of his body was covered in purple hair.
Mikey chuckled nervously and said, "Looks like it's just you and me"
He then turned his head and heard the Daimyo announce, "Warriors! First round, begin!"
The crowd roared in excitement and when Mikey turned back around, Tjaluk charged right at him. Mikey screamed in fright and then jumped out of the way as he swung his sword at him, he then pulled out his nun chucks and the two began to walk in a circle. Master Splinter's opponent was a creature named Wolf whose weapon was a spiked club, Wolf charged at Splinter and aimed his club right at him, Splinter however moved out of the way very quickly, ducked when he swung the club at him and then dodged another attack from above again.
Raph's opponent was some sort of short yellow skinned creature by the name of Fiyero, his weapon was two pairs of sharp circular blades. Raph blocked his strikes with his sies and then went for an attack, but Fiyero dodged out of the way and the revealed his other two blades in his hands. Danny transformed into his ghost half and faced his opponent, some kind of huge four legged creature with one eye named Spike whose weapon was a double bladed sicklesword, Danny then formed his own sword with ectoplasmic energy and a small shield in his other hand. Spike then tried to strike him with his weapon, but Danny blocked it with his sword and struggle a bit to keep the blade off him.
Skulker activated his glowing green blade and fought head on with his opponent Triad, both blades striking each other. Donnie faced off his opponent whose name was Sakora, his weapon was some sort of large nun chuck and so far Donnie was losing against him but he wasn't going to stop trying. Ten minutes later, the first opponent was eliminated from the competition as was faded to the medical bay, the crowd roared in excitement as more opponents won against their battles.
Leo faced his opponent Shintaro whose hands were made of blades, he blocked each of his attacks and then leapt over him, and Leo then delivered a flying kick and sent him straight the ground defeating him, in a flash of light Shintaro was gone. The crowd roared as another opponent was defeated. Splinter kicked the club out of Wolf's hand and then flipped towards him, giving him fast kicks to the chest and sending straight to the ground. In a flash of light Wolf was gone, Splinter had won this fight.
Traximus who was a Triceraton the turtles met when they were prisoners in space, blocked his opponent's weapon with his axe and then he knocked him back with his tail, sending him hard into the wall. Traximus then charged right at him with his hammer and just as he was about to strike, his opponent disappeared in a flash of light and Traximus then roared in victory.
Skulker and his opponent charged at each other head on again and when they finished his opponent fell to the ground defeated, Skulker raised his arm in the air victorious for his win. Raph continued to block the attacks coming from Fiyero who then jumped back and threw two of his blades straight at him, Raph blocked one of them with his sie and then moved out of the way of the second one, he then dodged out of Fiyero's next attack and kicked him right in the chest.
"Say goodnight freak boy" Raph said as he prepared his finishing blow, as soon as he struck Fiyero disappeared in a flash of light.
Danny blocked Spike's weapon as he struck again, he then flew up in the air and fired an ecto blast straight to his back, Danny then delivered his final blow and then Spike disappeared as he struck. The crowd continued to roar in excitement as more opponents were defeated.
"Hey fuzzy, what's say we call this a draw and I'll spring for the other half of that haircut" Mikey teased as faced off against Tjaluk.
Tjaluk growled in anger and then tried striking him with his sword, but Mikey dodged out of the way. Mikey then asked, "Where's your sense of humour?"
He was suddenly kicked back by Tjaluk, Mikey then jumped dodging Tjaluk's attack and then hit him with both his nun chucks, which sent him crashing to the ground. Tjaluk then disappeared in a flash of light, Mikey smiled at his victory and then blew air kisses to the roaring crowd. Donnie was still blocking Triad's strikes, he then swung his Bo staff right at him but missed when Triad ducked out of the way. Triad then kicked Donnie in the stomach and wacked him down to the ground with his weapon.
Donnie looked back up as Triad was about to deliver his finishing blow and said, "Oh shell" and then he disappeared in a flash of light.
Donnie then found himself with other defeated opponents and asked as he looked around, "What happened?"
"You have been defeated in the tournament" A medical staff answered as he checked Donnie for injuries.
"I don't believe it, I'm the first turtle to be eliminated? The guys will never let me live this down" Donnie said and then heard the horn blow and looked out from the balcony to see the remaining 16 opponents as the walls disappeared.
The Daimyo then announced, "Warriors, I commend you on your victories thus far and now prepare yourselves! The next round!"
Some sort of magical bubble then surrounded them and made them disappear for a few moments. Meanwhile the Ultimate Ninja watched the tournament from his lair, the assassins that attacked Leo in the Pavilion of Past Champions appeared and bowed before him.
"You have failed me, Leonardo still lives" The Ultimate Ninja said angrily.
"Forgive us young lord, we will not fail you again" One of the assassins said.
The Ultimate Ninja then turned around and said, "Good because the next time the price of failure will be your lives. The task ahead is very grave, I can afford no further blunders. Prepare yourselves and your brothers. Now be gone!"
The assassins then disappeared into the shadows. A large figure in a cloak and hood then came up and suggested, "Perhaps the destruction of Leonardo is premature my lord. Should you not first secure the throne?"
"You dare question me?! Do not forget your place councillor!" The Ultimate Ninja snapped back.
The hooded figure then bowed and said, "Yes my lord. You know I only try to serve you and as your councillor I must advise patience"
"More patience? I have suffered enough in the name of patience! I have bowed before the, I have begged their forgiveness as my father wished. But now my time has come, I will take the throne from my father and I will become the supreme Daimyo of the Battle Nexus and then I will make the turtles and their rat master pay for their insolence with their lives" The Ultimate Ninja said with anger and determination.