A/N: Thank you for the reviews. Ch 21 coming at ya. Enjoy and as always see ch 1 for disclaimer.
Ch 21 The Final Battle
Shredder and Tiger Claw moved in for the kill as Splinter, the turtles and their friends braced themselves for a battle. By now Dog-Pound and Fishface had regained consciousness and Tiger Claw went to free them. "Oh no ya don't!" Casey cried out, tackling Tiger Claw to the ground. But the assassin quickly recovered and threw the dark headed teen off of him. Taking out his chain Tiger Claw hit Casey hard in his head, stunning him. Casey fell to the ground as the blood poured from his head. But luckily for him Mondo and Michelangelo were watching and the duo lept into action.
"Booyakashaw!" Mikey cried out as he lept in the air, spinning his nunchakus.
"Cowabunga!" Mondo cried at the same time as he too lept in the air, baseball bat in hand. But Tiger Claw wasn't about to go down without a fight and he grabbed Casey by his shirt and threw him hard into Mondo, sending both teens to the ground. But this left room for Michelangelo to attack and the orange masked turtle did so with a hard hit to Tiger Claw's head with his nunchakus. Tiger Claw fell to the ground and Mikey delivered a hard kick to the tiger's head, disorienting him. This gave Mondo and Casey time to recover and Mondo grabbed his bat and Casey grabbed his hockey stick and they both attacked together, successfully knocking the mutant tiger out.
"Yeah now that's what I call teamwork!" Mondo said as he high fived Casey and Mikey.
"Enough of this!" Dog-Pound snarled, suddenly breaking free of his restraints The mutant wolf charged towards Mondo, Casey and Michelangelo, seething mad. But Shinigami was watching and she came swooping in along with Miwa. Both girls succeeded in once again taking Dog-Pound to the ground. But he was about to stay down. Letting out a furious snarl Dog-Pound threw the girls off of him and delivered a hard punch to their faces, sending them crashing to the ground.
"C'mon Shini use those magical powers of yours," Donatello urged.
"I can't," Shinigami panted as she stood. "There's to many innocent people that could get hurt."
"Kanojo ni shūchū suru yō ni oshietekudasai (Tell her to concentrate,)" Shen said. "Kanojo ga shūchū sureba, kanojo wa kanojo no chikara o kontorōru shi, akuyaku dake ni shūchū suru koto ga dekimasu (If she concentrates hard then she will be able to control her powers and focus them on only the villains.)"
"Concentrate," Donnie said. "If you concentrate hard then you'll be able to focus your powers on the bad guys."
"Yeah concentrating isn't exactly gonna be easy Donnie," Shinigami said as she dodged Dog-Pound's blow. By now Tiger Claw had woken up and had freed Fishface and the two mutants were seething mad to say the least.
"Time to crack some more shells," Fishface snarled.
"Like Hell you are!" Raphael snarled, tackling Fishface by his legs. But Fishface wasn't about to go down for a third time. Using his mechanical legs he kicked Raph as hard as he could in the red masked turtle's already injured shell. A crack was heard and Raphael cried out in pain.
"Raphael!" Slash cried out, from his place where he was helping Leonardo, Splinter and Tosha battle the Shredder. The snapping turtle lunged towards Fishface, tackling the purple skinned mutant hard. It wasn't long before Fishface was completely disabled and left in a battered heap. "You ok Raphael?" Slash asked, reaching down to help his friend to his feet.
"Ugh my shell," Raph groaned, holding his shell, which had a medium sized crack going down it. Then his expression changed when he saw Fishface laying in a bloody heap. "Is he dead?" the green eyed turtle asked, looking at Slash.
"Nope," came Slash's gruff reply. "Bet he wishes he were though."
"Nice going," Raphael said, giving his friend a small smile. Then he noticed the other battles going on. Namely the one Miwa and Shinigami were having with Dog-Pound. Mondo, Casey and Mikey were taking on Tiger Claw with the help of Leo, who had come to their aid at Splinter's insistence. "Time to end this," Raph hissed, taking a step towards Dog-Pound.
"Raph are you insane?!" Donatello cried out. "With your cracked shell if you fight it'll be a death sentence."
"Raphael it ain't a good idea to be fightin'," Slash said at the same time.
"So what if its a death sentence?" Raphael hissed, his green eyes filled with hate as he glared at Dog-Pound.
"Ok that's it," Slash cried out, grabbing Raph by his arm.
"Slash let go of me!" Raphael cried out as he tried to pull away from the snapping turtle. But due to his injury the red masked turtle wasn't able to get very far without causing himself pain. Slash ignored his friend's protest and grabbed some chin that was nearby and chained Raph to a nearby pole.
"And you ain't movin' 'til the battles done," Slash declared as he snapped the lock shut.
"Slash unchain me!" Raphael shouted. "This ain't finny anymore!"
"You're right," Slash huffed. "Its not funny. Its really pathetic." Without saying another word Slash turned and went to help his other friends.
"Slash get back here damn you!" Raph shouted, pulling hard on the chain. Suddenly a sharp pain went through his cracked shell and he hissed in pain and slid to the ground.
"See Raph?'' Donnie said from his place beside his brother. "Now aren't you glad you didn't fight?" Raphael said nothing. He just glared at his purple masked brother and watched as the fighting took place.
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While all of this was happening with Raph Tosha and Splinter were battling it out with Shredder. "Oroku Saki," Tosha hissed, glaring at Shredder.
"Nakamura Tosha," Shredder growled, glaring back at the other man. "We meet again."
"Yes," Tosha growled. "And for the last time. You will pay dearly for taking my beloved Himari."
"And my beloved Shen," Splinter said with venom.
"Himari's death was an accident Tosha," Shredder said. "She was like my sister. If I had known she was in the house when I set fire to it I would not have done it."
"I was like your brother," Splinter reminded the armor clad man. "Yet you tried to kill me and my daughter!"
"You were never my brother!" Shredder cried out, clenching his fists tight.
"Enough lies Saki!" Tosha shouted. "You wanted both Yoshi and I to suffer because we dared to challenge you!"
"I wanted him dead!" Shredder boomed. "But now I will correct that error." With that Shredder lunged towards Splinter, his bladed extended. But Tosha intercepted and delivered a hard punch to Shredder's torso, winding him. Wasting no time Tosha then delivered a hard kick to Shredder's side when he was down. Tosha went in to kick again but Shredder grabbed his foot and flipped him hard to the ground. Shredder was about to hit Tosha with his blades when Splinter intervened. The brown coated rat tackled Shredder by his waist and both ninja masters went to the ground. Shredder quickly threw Splinter off of him and the battle was on. Soon Tosha was on his feet and helping his friend fend off their former friend. Exchanging knowing looks Tosha and Splinter grabbed hands and using their combined strength they lunged themselves in the air and delivered simultaneous kicks to Shredder's chest, sending him flying backwards into Tiger Claw, who had just knocked Michelangelo and Mondo to the ground. The pair of villains fell to the ground, stunned by the sudden impact. Working quickly Tosha and Splinter, along with Casey, Mikey and Mondo attacked, sending Tiger Claw into a world of black. But Shredder wasn't knocked out and the evil ninja quickly got to his feet.
"I grow tired of this!" he shouted. But suddenly a strong gust of wind came from nowhere. Suddenly Dog-Pound came flying through the air, a swarm of bats surrounding him. "What is this?!" Shredder cried out as the bats came swooping towards him. The rest of the group looked up and saw Shinigami floating in the air, her cape extended.
"Time to end this once and for all," came her chilling voice.
"Go get them Shini!" Miwa cried out.
"Watashi no musume o hokori ni omou yō ni suru (Make me proud my daughter,)" Tosha said softly. But Shinigami heard her father's words and a determined look went across her face.
"Kore wa watashinohahadesu! (This is for my mother!)" Shinigami cried out as the wind pick up. Thrusting her hands forward Shinigami blew Shredder and his minions away. Literally. They went flying in the air and out the door. And they didn't come back.
"Yes!" Raph cheered from his place on the ground. "Way to go Shini!"
"Guess its safe to unchain you," Slash said as he broke the chain and helped Raphael to his feet.
"Thanks," Raph said with a small grimace.
"You ok Raph?" Leonardo asked, approaching his younger brother.
"Yeah I'm good Leo," Raphael said, trying not to wince.
"Good," Leo said, a hint of anger to his voice. "Cause I'm gonna kill you for pulling that stunt and almost getting yourself killed! Again!"
"Leo they'll be plenty of time to kill him later," Shinigami said. "Right now we need to.."
"Hold it right there Shinigami!" Raph said. "You and Uncle Tosha have some explaining to do."
"Raph what are you..." Shinigami began.
"Don't pull that bullshit with me!" Raphael shouted. "You know damn good and well what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the little secret you're keeping that involves Donnie."
"What is this about Donatello?" Splinter asked, approaching the trio with Tosha and the rest of the group behind him.
"C'mon Shinigami out with it!" Raph demanded. "What's this big secret with Donnie." Shinigami's golden eyes widen and she looked at Tosha, who nodded.
"Ok you guys deserve to know the truth," the dark headed teen said with a sigh. The group said nothing. They merely stared at Shinigami silently.
"So out with it then," Slash said impatiently.
"Ok here goes," Shinigami said, taking in a deep breath. "Donnie is alive."
A/N well there you have it folks ch 21 complete. Hope you all enjoyed it. Let me know in a review please.