Summer In China
Part XIII:
By: Michelle
The next day Donatello, Michaelangelo, and Raphael went to work on the roof while Venus and Leonardo went looking for ways to buy food without causing a panic.
Raphael looked up up at the roof. "Why don't the Chinese have normal roofs? Do they have to have the stupid things to curl up at the end? It looks like a backwards check mark and a regular check mark?"
"Raphael, the roofs are made that way on purpose. If you would have listened to Splinter's lessons, you would know that the roofs are curved like that so that if a bad spirit would fall to earth they would slide down the roof and shoot right back up to where it came from."
"Thanks for the history lesson, Donnie." He sighed. Why did Donnie have to show off like that. It burns him up.
Donatello rolled his eyes, "Just get on the roof Raphael." He turned and looked at his younger brother. "You too Mikey."
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Venus looked for Mai Li's house all throughout the village. Mai Li never told her where she lived.
Venus looked at Leonardo. "Maybe we should ask."
"I guess."
The two of them hid under their clothes and approached a woman picking vegetable. Venus muttered something in Chinese to her but Leonardo didn't understand what she said. The woman replied back and pointed to the right. Venus thanked her and turned to Leonardo.
"What she say?"
"Her house is a few houses down. I didn't realize she lived so close to my master."
He followed her to Mai Li's house. Venus was so gentle and kind. He watched every movement she made as she knocked on the door.
"Mei Pieh. Leonardo. Come in. Come in." Leonardo's mind went off from thinking of Venus and to noticing Mai Li. Mai Li was excited that they dropped by. He looked around her home. She had barely any furniture.
"Auntie." He listened to the gentle voice calling from the other room. "Who is at the door?"
Mai Li called back. "It is the friends I told you about." She looked at Venus and Leonardo. "Come meet my niece."
Venus observed the woman who entered the room. She was young and beautiful and very fat. She was pregnant. Venus looked her a little closer. She remember her. She was the woman she saw when they first arrived in China. She was also the woman she watched when she was younger.
"Hello I'm Venus and this is Leonardo."
"I'm pleased to meet you. My auntie told me all about you. By the way, I'm Suki." Venus was so excited to meet her especially after all those years of watching her.
"What can I help you with Mei Pieh?" Mai Li know she needed something. She could sense it.
"We need some help getting food. it's not easy for us to walk in a market or such." Venus didn't want to beg for help, but it was the only way. "Could you maybe buy us some food? I will give you the money."
"Venus, you're shaky. Of course I'll help."
"Thank you. Here is some money. I will be by tomorrow if that is all right."
"That is fine my dear." Mai Li except the money. She had other plans with it though.
"I must go. We are going to the dock to fish. Nice meeting you Suki."
"You too. Come by again. Maybe we can girl talk."
"OK" Venus smiled at her friends. "Thanks" She then told Leonardo's free hand and walked out the door and towards the docks.
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"Are you coming Donnie?" Michaelangelo called from on top of the roof.
"Yeah, I just forgot something in the house." Donatello walked back inside and began searching for the item.
Michaelangelo and Raphael looked at the roof. Boy it was old. They were going to have a lot of work ahead of them as they notice many missing or loose tiles.
Raphael began walking slowly along the top.
"Be careful Raph." Michaelangelo warned.
"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah." Raphael wasn't listening. He was to busy watching Venus and Leonardo at the dock. He started to feel a jealous rage brewing inside him.
Venus and Leonardo had just arrived at the dock. Leonardo placed the fishing poles on the ground. Raphael noticed him say something to her. Too bad he couldn't read lips. Raphael watched on. Leonardo leaned in and gave Venus a kiss which she accepted. Raphael walked further to watch and slipped on a wet tile.
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttttttttt." Raphael rolled down the roof. He rolled until he got to the curved ends, only he wasn't shot back up to where he came from. He rolled completely off the roof and landed on his side.
Michaelangelo came off the roof as quickly as he could without hurting himself. "DON'T MOVE RAPH. DON'T MOVE."
Splinter and Donatello rushed out the house just as Michaelangelo got by his brother's side.
Raphael screamed out in pain.
"Michaelangelo, go get Leonardo and Venus." Splinter looked down at his son. "Don't move my son." He knew Raphael was in pain.
Some of the villagers heard the scream and rushed to the scene. Some were shocked. Some were afraid. And some offered to help. The only problem was that Splinter knew Japanese and not Chinese. He sighed and tried to comfort the distressed Raphael.
Part XIII:
By: Michelle
The next day Donatello, Michaelangelo, and Raphael went to work on the roof while Venus and Leonardo went looking for ways to buy food without causing a panic.
Raphael looked up up at the roof. "Why don't the Chinese have normal roofs? Do they have to have the stupid things to curl up at the end? It looks like a backwards check mark and a regular check mark?"
"Raphael, the roofs are made that way on purpose. If you would have listened to Splinter's lessons, you would know that the roofs are curved like that so that if a bad spirit would fall to earth they would slide down the roof and shoot right back up to where it came from."
"Thanks for the history lesson, Donnie." He sighed. Why did Donnie have to show off like that. It burns him up.
Donatello rolled his eyes, "Just get on the roof Raphael." He turned and looked at his younger brother. "You too Mikey."
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Venus looked for Mai Li's house all throughout the village. Mai Li never told her where she lived.
Venus looked at Leonardo. "Maybe we should ask."
"I guess."
The two of them hid under their clothes and approached a woman picking vegetable. Venus muttered something in Chinese to her but Leonardo didn't understand what she said. The woman replied back and pointed to the right. Venus thanked her and turned to Leonardo.
"What she say?"
"Her house is a few houses down. I didn't realize she lived so close to my master."
He followed her to Mai Li's house. Venus was so gentle and kind. He watched every movement she made as she knocked on the door.
"Mei Pieh. Leonardo. Come in. Come in." Leonardo's mind went off from thinking of Venus and to noticing Mai Li. Mai Li was excited that they dropped by. He looked around her home. She had barely any furniture.
"Auntie." He listened to the gentle voice calling from the other room. "Who is at the door?"
Mai Li called back. "It is the friends I told you about." She looked at Venus and Leonardo. "Come meet my niece."
Venus observed the woman who entered the room. She was young and beautiful and very fat. She was pregnant. Venus looked her a little closer. She remember her. She was the woman she saw when they first arrived in China. She was also the woman she watched when she was younger.
"Hello I'm Venus and this is Leonardo."
"I'm pleased to meet you. My auntie told me all about you. By the way, I'm Suki." Venus was so excited to meet her especially after all those years of watching her.
"What can I help you with Mei Pieh?" Mai Li know she needed something. She could sense it.
"We need some help getting food. it's not easy for us to walk in a market or such." Venus didn't want to beg for help, but it was the only way. "Could you maybe buy us some food? I will give you the money."
"Venus, you're shaky. Of course I'll help."
"Thank you. Here is some money. I will be by tomorrow if that is all right."
"That is fine my dear." Mai Li except the money. She had other plans with it though.
"I must go. We are going to the dock to fish. Nice meeting you Suki."
"You too. Come by again. Maybe we can girl talk."
"OK" Venus smiled at her friends. "Thanks" She then told Leonardo's free hand and walked out the door and towards the docks.
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"Are you coming Donnie?" Michaelangelo called from on top of the roof.
"Yeah, I just forgot something in the house." Donatello walked back inside and began searching for the item.
Michaelangelo and Raphael looked at the roof. Boy it was old. They were going to have a lot of work ahead of them as they notice many missing or loose tiles.
Raphael began walking slowly along the top.
"Be careful Raph." Michaelangelo warned.
"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah." Raphael wasn't listening. He was to busy watching Venus and Leonardo at the dock. He started to feel a jealous rage brewing inside him.
Venus and Leonardo had just arrived at the dock. Leonardo placed the fishing poles on the ground. Raphael noticed him say something to her. Too bad he couldn't read lips. Raphael watched on. Leonardo leaned in and gave Venus a kiss which she accepted. Raphael walked further to watch and slipped on a wet tile.
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttttttttt." Raphael rolled down the roof. He rolled until he got to the curved ends, only he wasn't shot back up to where he came from. He rolled completely off the roof and landed on his side.
Michaelangelo came off the roof as quickly as he could without hurting himself. "DON'T MOVE RAPH. DON'T MOVE."
Splinter and Donatello rushed out the house just as Michaelangelo got by his brother's side.
Raphael screamed out in pain.
"Michaelangelo, go get Leonardo and Venus." Splinter looked down at his son. "Don't move my son." He knew Raphael was in pain.
Some of the villagers heard the scream and rushed to the scene. Some were shocked. Some were afraid. And some offered to help. The only problem was that Splinter knew Japanese and not Chinese. He sighed and tried to comfort the distressed Raphael.