The Mutant Ninja Turtles
Donatello's Biography: Part 4
By B.C.
The sound of metal cutting through air echoes in this secluded dojo as Leonardo finishes practicing his sword movements. Here, in the rich blue moonlight, he smoothly sheathes his late master's sword and places it back on its rack in the weapons cabinet. Can't get to tired, he thought, I must conserve energy for tonight. He kneels in front of his late master's plaque and pays homage one last time before he leaves the room. He then heads to the spiral stairwell and quickly makes his way to the basement. Once there, in a yellowish hue that is this underground lighting, he sees Donatello typing at his computer.
"Hours away from a life or death duel and, of course, I find you here typing at your computer. Only you Donatello, only you." he said in a light hearted tone as he slowly approaches his brother.
"Hey, it helps me relax."
"Indeed. So what are you at this time?" Leonardo said as he pulled up a chair to sit next to Donatello.
"If you must know, it's my biography. You know, similar to Splinter's diary." Donatello said this openly because he knew that, of the four of them, Leonardo would understand the most, being the only one besides himself who has also read Splinter's diary. And Leonardo did understand. He gave Donatello a smile and said "That is a great idea. When you're done may I read it?"
"Of course" replied Donatello. "But don't tell Mikey. I'm just not in the mood for his taunts. I know he will only be trying to loosen me up, but it will just get on my nerves."
"No prob. Hey did they leave for food yet?"
"Yeah a few minutes ago."
"Good cause I'm starving. I'm gunna go raid the fridge for snacks." He said, and he walked away. He could be the greatest actor of all time thought Donatello. Everyone is trying to stay high in spirits, he thought, as if nothing major was going to happen in just a few hours. Raph is being nice, Mikey is hyper as hell, Leo is acting as calm as a Hindu cow, and I feel like I could puke at any moment. Donatello shrugged off his nervousness, and turned back to his computer to begin typing once more.
The next day Yoshi woke feeling unusually refreshed, as though he had just recovered from a cold and was full of energy. He was beginning to prepare for his morning shower, which is a broken water pipe, when he heard his four new turtle friends scratching around. They must have escaped from their box, he thought. He walked towards them to pick them up and place them back in the box, but as he came closer he started to realize that something had changed. This can't be, thought Yoshi; they're twice as big as they were yesterday. Somewhat alarmed by this, Yoshi gather them up in an old backpack and decided to go see Dr. Tofu. It had been months since Yoshi had seen him, but even though he wished it was under better circumstances, Yoshi felt it was time to resurface. Along the way to Dr. Tofu's, Yoshi couldn't help wondering why he felt so extraordinarily well. However, he didn't become aware of how well until he was half way to the manhole behind Dr. Tofu's house when he realized that he had completely forgotten his walking stick. Upon grasping this Yoshi froze in his tracks, literally.
"I haven't used my cane all morning" he whispered to himself. "What the hell is going on?" Yoshi then began jogging to Dr. Tofu's. Yoshi climbed out of the sewer feeling a little uneasy. After all, it has been a while and they never exactly said goodbye. Yoshi gathered himself and knocked on the back door.
"Yoshisan!" said Dr. Tofu with a tone of disbelief. "My god, I did not expect it to be you."
"Ohayo (morning) Tofusama" Yoshi said as he bowed.
"Oh ha, Good morning. Well, come in, come in please. I've been wondering about."
"Oh?" said Yoshi as the walked through the kitchen and into the living room.
"We all have. It isn't very polite to wander into the sewers and then neglect to visit your friends."
"Well, I didn't want to offend you with my under-worldly aroma." They both had a little laugh at that. "However, I'm sorry to say that my visit isn't entirely a social one?"
"Really?"
"I'm afraid I need your advice as a doctor."
"That's fine what can I do for you? Are you injured?"
"Oh no I'm fine actually. Well, a little too fine I suppose." Dr. Tofu gave a confused face, so Yoshi briefed him on finding the turtles, their fast growth, the green ooze, and his new found health.
"Yoshisan." Dr. Tofu said while laughing. "Don't you worry about that ooze. Even if it was a hazardous chemical, you would be feeling worse not better. As for the growth of your new friends it could be anything, but if it will ease your mind I will take blood samples from the five of you just as a precaution. Besides I'm worried you may have an infection form living in the sewers."
"Thank you Tofusama."
"You are very welcome." The samples were taken, and after brief chatter Yoshi packed up leave. There was a hesitation in Tofu as Yoshi stood by the back door.
"Yoshi why don't you come live with me? Akane has been worried about you. I have been worried about you. None of us can stand the thought of you living down there. If you're still afraid of Saki, we can work something out. Maybe we can get you a new identity. I still have your money. I could send you somewhere far from here."
"I know. But that is not my destiny. I have found peace in the sewers. Trust me." Yoshi turned and walked out the door. His motive is right, but I question his method, thought Dr. Tofu, and after a slight adjustment of a manhole Yoshi was gone.
Once at his lair, Yoshi placed the four turtles on the table and began to eye them looking for distinctions between them. One he noticed was the smallest, and next to him was one that was the largest. The other two were similar in size but one's skin had a darker shade of green than the others.
"I've decided" Yoshi said to the turtles. "You my little one will be Michelangelo, and your big brother here will be Raphael. As for you dark skinned warrior, your name will be Donatello, and you will be Leonardo. There, how do you like them?" The turtles crawled aimlessly. Yoshi was pleased with the names he had given them, or I suppose I should now say us. The day carried out normally and night came once again.
The next day Yoshi woke up to an even more unbelievable sight. The four of us had doubled in size again and this time we were walking on two legs. Yoshi could not speak. He stood and stared with his mouth open and his eyes perfect circles. I have to talk to Tofu, he thought. Yoshi grabbed his clothes and bolted for the door. He quickly put a large piece of wood in front of the door to prevent us from escaping, and then ran to Dr. Tofu's. He was running at an unbelievable speed, but that was not all. About half way there he could hear Dr. Tofu yelling into the manhole.
"Yoshi! Are you there?!" He yelled repeatedly. I shouldn't be able to hear him, thought Yoshi. Yoshi picked up speed and flew up the ladder nearly bursting from the manhole and nearly scaring Dr. Tofu to death.
"How the hell did you climb that ladder so fast?" Dr. Tofu said with his hand on his heart. "Yoshi, oh my god."
"What?"
"Have you looked in a mirror yet?"
To be continued…
Authors Notes: I was thirteen when I first started writing my version of the TMNT. Since then I have added quite a bit of story and it has become longer and more detailed. In fact, in its original form it covers some eight hundred pages. After some advice from my FanFiction veteran girlfriend, I decided to summarize it in order to make it more readable to internet users. I have turned nearly a hundred pages into four chapters, and the plot is showing signs of this. The price for this shortening is the lack of proper character development in Akane, Jubei (who haven't even had dialog yet), and Dr. Tofu. There is much between the relation of these three characters and Yoshi, however, it would take some time to explain. Therefore, in the next few chapters I am going to slow things down a bit, in hopes giving a better under standing of these characters roles. I may publish a briefing page that would contain background information on the characters. This would be easier than trying to include it in the continuing story. Thank you for your time and support. Once again, if you read this please review whether your opinion is positive or negative for criticism is always welcome. Thank you again.