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Donnie almost rolled his eyes at his fellow warrior/visitor/bodyguard. He didn't for two reasons. 1. He was in the midst of a fight, not the time to take your eyes off the ball. 2. It was really, mostly his fault.
He needed to remember this guy couldn't take a joke. Hadn't that more than awkward exchange about arrows earlier at Leo's beside taught him that already? He wouldn't be able to get the sight of Usagi's surprised, horrified face from his mind for a month if then.
As Usagi fought off the assassin armed with a spear with his katana and wakizashi, he "repeated" for Donnie, part of his earlier statement. Donnie could have kicked himself for replying to the rabbit's heartfelt warning with "You could say that again." Especially since he wondered if the Samurai's response to his response contributed to what came next.
Usagi held up a longer blade as he spoke to block the first blow of the spear aimed at him. He ducked a sweep made with the same. He jumped right over another aimed at his legs. And finally ducked a third as he finished his recitation of himself.
Then it happened. Usagi made an offensive strike with his katana, and it stuck in the spear's shaft. As he paused to pull it out, the assassin took advantage of the situation.
The assassin rolled the spear's staff with great enough force to pull the sword's hilt from Usagi's hand. And as the rabbit stared stunned at this, the assassin drove the same shaft back into the Samurai's head. The rabbit was knocked back out through the parting silk-screen leaving a jagged rip in his wake.
Donatello heard him hit the floor beyond the screen hard. The turtle cringed for a nanosecond. Then he chased his companion's flying body out, though he went through the door.
Hoh-no! He did "Not" want to face these "extremely skilled and dangerous" assassins alone with the Daimyo and Leo's lives on the line!
Once he was out by Usagi's side he noticed his new friend was not moving. As he glanced around, Donatello felt even more alone. There was no sign of his enemies. Then a chain wrapped around an end of his boe staff. It pulled it out of his hands. He looked up. The assassin with the chain was dropping down on his head.
Donnie jumped to the side just in time. The weight at the end of the chain cracked the pillar he's just been standing in front of! On landing, he found himself near shelves of healing supplies. The assassin tossed the end of his chain at him again. He dodged it again. Donnie grabbed a jar he'd been curious about the contents of earlier, pulled off its lid, and tossed the contents at his attacker. At this point, he didn't care "what" was in it!
As it turned out, the results were fairly effective. The contents were dark powder of some kind. While apparently not knock-out-gas, the unorthodox attack did cause the assassin to stop spinning his chain and protect his eyes. Donnie thought, what with the possibilities of what the mixture might be made of, this was probably altogether a good idea, except the defensive movement allowed the assassin's chain to wrap around him rather than anyone else. Then it was simply a matter of keeping him down. Donnie delivered a flying kick to the assassin's head to ensure just that.
Then he looked around for the second assassin. When he spied him, Donnie's eyes widened. He made one of those little sounds his father and Leo kept trying to get him to stop making when he was startled. They were very un-ninja like and almost always called attention to him. Not this time though. The second assassin was closing in on the Daimyo with that huge spear of his!
Donnie had to book it to the Daimyo's side to stop him. Thankfully, there was a very convenient short sword stuck into the spear's shaft. Donatello gripped it hard and locked his arms. This stopped the downward momentum of the assassin's weapon. Even as the assassin kept trying to force the spearhead down, Donnie used the struggle as an opportunity to imply the villain's second crime to his face. "I believe this belongs to my friend Usagi!"
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