A steaming Joss was NOT one to pick on…
Even Ben and Theo knew THAT…
She tried to take her mind off it, to find something else for her mind to process, and saw a shadow out of the corner of her eye.
'Ninja, maybe?'
"You guys go ahead. I wanted to look at something."
Violet caught the double meaning, she always did with Joss…
"Sure…if you need some help, just call me and I'll be right there…"
Joss nodded, inwardly smiling at the confused looks that crossed the other's faces.
"See ya later…"
Joss waved slightly as her family kept moving, and turned to walk in the opposite direction.
When she was sure they couldn't see her, she walked calmly into a side alley, but her senses were pricked and ready to sense even the slightest movement.
Something stirred, and Joss tensed.
She heard something cut through the air, and grabbed an arrow before it struck her in the back of the neck.
'Assassins…'
The shadowy figures surrounded her, and she pulled out her katana.
'More than I thought there'd be…'
She blocked a curved blade, and a spinning kick sent the shadowy assassin into a wall.
She back flipped over another, and her katana caught its shoulder.
There were too many, and she had too many close calls to make her comfortable.
One kicked her shell, sending her on her stomach, and she rolled over only to have a blade at her throat.
'…Aw shell…'
"Our master will be pleased…with YOU out of the picture…"
"Yeah? Then tell your master to suck a dick!"
The blade raised, ready to strike a fatal blow, but another sword blocked it.
Without thinking, she rolled away, soon on her feet, and slashed at some assassins coming at her from her left.
As she fought back the assassins, she saw her savior.
A humanoid rabbit, with storm-grey fur and piercing black eyes, wearing samurai robes.
When the assassins retreated, Joss turned to him.
"Thanks for the help."
"It was no problem, kunoichi."
"…Jocelyn…"
She smiled shyly.
"The name's Jocelyn…"
"I'm Shou."
She nodded.
"Well…I guess we should head to the tournament…"
"Of course…"
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Violet looked behind her, slightly worried.
'Joss should've caught up by now…'
"HEY!!!"
Her head snapped towards her younger sister, and saw a strange humanoid hawk picking on her.
"Hey! Leave her alone!" She growled, pushing him away.
"Stay out of this-!"
He stopped when he saw her, and she glared at him hotly.
"Don't mess with my little sister, or I'll need ta kick yer ass all the way back home!"
Her cousins always found it strange that Violet got a Brooklyn accent when she was angry…
"And what are you going to do about it?"
He smirked.
"Gonna kiss me to death?"
"That would bring 'round MY death, smartass…" Violet retorted bitterly.
"Aw, too proud to give up one little kiss?"
"You can kiss my fist, jackass."
Rose smirked, proud of her sister.
'Show that perv who's boss…'
Violet forced her anger back, trying to think clearly.
"Ya know what, I don't got the time to waste on ya."
She turned to her cousins and sister.
"Come on, guys."
She froze, however, when she felt someone GROPE her ass, which was hidden under her shell.
"…He's a dead man…" Ben muttered, pulling out his nuchuks.
"…He's so dead he'll wonder why I'm still killing 'im…" Rose growled softly.
"…One…Two…"
Violet's eyes turned a dangerous red/purple.
"Three!!!"
She whipped around, ready to punch him to the high heavens, when someone stood beside them.
It was a humanoid wolf, pure white, with piercing ice blue eyes.
"You should respect a fellow warrior, Takashi."
"She's just a piece of meat, Tomohisa."
"EXCUSE ME?!"
Takashi turned to have a fist in the face, and he flew into a wall.
"I'm a skilled kunoichi and living being, ya asshole!! I ain't a piece 'a meat!!"
Her eyes narrowed.
"And I can kick yer ass whenever the shell I want ta!!"
Violet snarled threatening, and Rose looked on in amazement.
"…My sister is awesome…"
"For once, we agree with you…" Ben agreed.
Tomohisa turned to Violet.
"I apologize for his…rudeness…He's not the best with words…"
"Ya mean the best at playing nice."
Jazz moved forward.
"V-Vi…"
Once the attention was brought to her, Jazz looked at the ground nervously.
"Sh-Shouldn't we h-head to th-the arena?"
Realization flashed across the light purple-banded turtle's face.
"Aw shell!"
Rose started panicking, too.
"Mom and dad are gonna kill us!!!"
Violet growled, biting her thumb so it bled, and did hand signs.
"Summoning jutsu!"
A giant tigress, snow white and with icy blue eyes, appeared through the smoke.
"Get on already, ya scardey cats!"
The others scrambled on, and Violet turned to Tomohisa.
"See ya around."
She jumped on, and the large feline roared before disappearing like smoke.
They were soon in the Pavilion of Past Champions, their parents already there with Joss.
"Where have ya been?" Raph questioned gruffly as they jumped to the ground, the large feline poofing away.
"…Slowed down by traffic?" Ben tried with a sheepish smile.
Violet moved in when her father looked ready to murder, smiling reassuringly.
"We just ran into some…interference…"
She grinned.
"My fist took care of it, don't worry."
THAT brought on the curiosity of what caused the need of her fist, but an old friend came to greet them.
"Leonardo-san."
"Usagi-san. It's nice to see you again."
Joss turned to see who her father addressed, and her eyes locked with familiar black.
'Shou…'
"I see you've brought your daughters this time, Leonardo-san."
"Yes. And it seems you brought your son."
The blue-banded turtle turned to his two daughters.
"Joss, this is a good friend of mine, Usagi, and his son-."
Joss smiled slightly.
"I think we've already met, dad."
She bowed slightly.
"It's nice to see you again, Shou-san."
"Same to you, Jocelyn-san."
Violet gave her friend a suggestive look, and the light blue-banded turtle blushed.
'Yep…this is gonna be fun…'
"It's time. You guys better head out, 'kay?"
Cat gently propelled the children towards the arena, and they were soon running.
"LAST ONE THERE IS A ROTTEN TURTLE EGG!!!"
"HEY!!! WAIT UP!!!" Jackie called, falling behind.
"…Reminds me of you four when we were younger…" Cat mused.
Once in the actual arena, ready for a good fight, Rose jumped around.
"Sis, can you stop? You're making me dizzy…"
"Sorry, but I'm excited!"
"Excited to LOSE?"
Rose smacked Ben upside the head, and he pouted.
"You're just jealous that you'll inevitably lose!"
SMACK!!!!!
Theo joined his brother in his hurt pout.
Jackie giggled, looking up at her sister.
"They're silly…"
"Yeah…"
That's when the youngest turtle noticed the distant look on her sister's face, looking in the general direction of where Shou had gone.
"…Joss?"
Green-tinted brown eyes snapped back into focus, and she looked at her sister curiously.
"…Do you LIKE him?"
A dark crimson blush spread across the Joss's cheeks, and she broke eye contact.
"N-No!"
"Then why are you stuttering?"
"…What's with the interrogation?"
"Nothing…"
At that moment, a ringing brought everyone's attention to the daimyo, Splinter and the others sitting beside him.
He began the tournament, and the walls went up, separating everyone.
And so the fight began…
