The Mutant Ninja Turtles
Donatello's Biography: Part 5
By B.C.
The Breath of Death
"That sound…"thought Donatello, "like a fresh peach being sliced with a sharp knife. "Damn that hurts!" The blade went into the tender flesh in the left side of Donatello. "Of course, right between the shells" he thought. Donatello hadn't blocked the Spade as well as he'd hoped, and the extreme strength of these beasts didn't help either. With all his might he pushed against the spade with his staff and hoped to get enough distance to regain himself. It worked. He stood six feet away from the Tiger mutant. He wasn't faring so well. They had been battling for nearly an hour. Fatigue was beginning to settle in Donatello, but the Tigers seemed unaffected. "This punk Jinketsu is gunna send me to my grave. Damn it!" he thought. The Tiger rushed at him raising his spade high, roaring with the fierce growl that only Tigers posses, and brought down his weapon with full force.
In the background the war was under way. Raph was fighting the Tiger Ramuda with the three piece staff (the one Donatello wanted). It seemed to be an equal match. Raphael was a tough opponent, and even though the creature was larger, Raphael seemed to have the advantage of speed.
Michelangelo was toe to toe with the Broad sword swinger, Shokuma. Mikey was able to knock away one of the Broad swords Shokuma was holding, and it went flipping off into the shadows. He was a marvelous fighter. Even though he was weaker, smaller and had the least lethal weapons than the beast, he still had complete control over the fight. Mikey decided to pull a move which looks like break dancing; he spins off his shoulders sending both legs at the Tiger, but the lower leg (hidden by the higher) is delayed, so that when the Higher leg is caught, blocked, or countered, the second is free for a trip. The tiger caught it. Mikey went for the trip, and sent the creature heels over head. Mikey kept his lower legs in motion, and was able to , by rotating in the air, put the higher leg on the ground while the other, which caused the trip, raised high (mind you, the tiger hasn't hit the floor yet) and dropped down on the face of the Tiger. A loud crack seemed to echo in the open warehouse. The first beast was dead.
Unfortunately, there were two cracks, Shokuma's face and Mikey's ankle. Even though it was obviously broken Mikey knew what to do. Leo had to be freed. Mikey flew at Leo's opponent. Leo was kicking the crap out of the Tiger with the Kamas, Ryogatsu. Leonardo didn't even draw his blades. He was fighting the tiger bare handed. Every slash the tiger made, Leo dodged with a bored and calm look on his face, as though he was listening to a song and all his movements were simply reflexes. Shredder stood in the distance with his arms crossed, just staring at Leo; waiting for his turn.
"Hey punk! Tell me how these taste!" Michelangelo shouted. He threw one of his nunchukus at the Tiger's mouth. Ryogatsu could see it coming, opened wide, and caught it in his mouth. He looked Leo in the eyes, bit down and shattered it in his jaws. Leo used this distraction to draw his sword, and before Ryogatsu could raise a Kama to block, Leonardo cut the beast from shoulder to hip at an angle.
"Some are stronger than others, that's for sure." thought Michelangelo. He and Leo exchanged a "good job" nod, and Leonardo went for Shredder. Mikey could see Donatello in the distance holding his side, looking at the ground, and not seeing the Tiger in the air with his spade raised high in preparation to bring it down on Donatello's head. Mikey almost felt his heart explode at the sight, and with all the power in his entire body he ran to Donatello, screaming his name so loud that it hurt his throat.
Leo slowly walked towards Shredder. He reached back, gripped the handle, and drew his second sword.
"So Leonardo, you think you will have your revenge? Haha, I hope you do. It will make this battle all the more interesting." Shredder reached behind into the shadows of the warehouse and retrieved his Kwandao (4½ft staff with 1½ft blade on the end). Shredder pointed his weapon at Leonardo. "I must say I am surprised to see my mutants defeated so easily by you, but that is to be expected from a disciple of Shaolin." Leo ignored every word. All his attention was in his plan. Leo was going to kill Shredder, and there was no way in he was going to lose him.
Raphael had lost one Sai in a clashing of weapons, and the other was lodged in the beast Ramuda's leg, although, he didn't seemed fazed by this. Ramuda's weapon was pretty much destroyed, and all he had was a 2ft section he was whipping at Raph. Raphael decided it was time for some serious tricks. He started to "dance" (evading by small rhythmic steps) around Ramuda. Ramuda became aggressive and attacked wildly. "Perfect." thought Raphael. It was impossible for Ramuda to land anything. The whole point of the tactic is the "rope a dope" method (the opponent wears himself out). Soon the intense attacks become slower and weaker, and Raphael makes his move. Unfortunately, Ramuda go a punch in that Raph didn't count on. It was so hard that it spun Raph horizontally. Raph used this by extending his leg so as his body rotated, the leg was rising up. He extended it just in time to connect with Ramuda's chin. He then landed on the same foot, and pulled a fierce round house that connected with Ramuda's throat. Ramuda fell backwards choking. For a moment it looked like he was trying to crawl away, but then he stopped moving altogether. Raph sighed in relief, but that relief was shattered when he heard Donatello grunt in pain. Raphael turned to see Donatello holding his bleeding side, staring at the floor with wide terrified eyes. "Oh God!" Raph whispered to himself. Then the beast Jinketsu leaped into the air raising his spade back, aiming at Donatello's skull, and bringing it down at full force.
To Be Continued…
Author's Notes: Okay, I want to apologize to those of you who found this chapter to be a little boring. I know that written fight scenes are less than enthralling. There is a reason for this, and for those of you that care read on, otherwise stop reading now. Okay, as I've said before in these notes, I began writing this story close to five years ago. I used my limited knowledge of the Turtles (both animated and comic) to create what I felt is a realistically logical and darker version of the TMNT. In its original form, it is over a 1000 pages. I had hoped that when I began work in film I may be able to strike a deal and have it produced. I wrote the story with the idea that it could be an anime series. It would still be American, just done in a more anime style. When the new turtle cartoon show was aired, I knew that the creators would not be interested in a second project that would only appeal to the older fans of the original series. That's when I decided to shorten and publish the story on fanficion.net. The problem here is that, this chapter was never really written. It was choreographed. I had tons of sketches mapping out the fight. Turning the fight to words is both frustrating and tedious. So I tried my best to incorporate what I felt were the easiest to explain, and the highlights of the fight, but I still feel that it is a little drawn out. So! Sorry if this chapter bored you, and I assure you that it will be the only chapter where 80% of it is fight description. As usual, your criticism is always welcome whether positive or negative. Thank you for reading.