Discalimer: Don't own it, don't own it, don't own it. I do own Takara though. She is all mine. Mine, mine, mine!
6:00 am The Next day
The turtle's lair
The Sewers
New York, New York
Jarod awoke to sounds of fighting.
"So much for sleeping in," he mumbled to himself as he got out of bed. Naturally, Kara was already up. Jarod shuffled into the dojo where the guys where working out. To Jarod it looked like they all got into one heck of a fight, and Kara was watching in awe. Splinter called for a halt and the guys walked over to where Kara was sitting.
"That is amazing!" Said Kara still agog.
"We could teach you," offered the blue masked, katana wielding, Leo. "It may take a lifetime, but we could teach you."
Kara grinned. "Obviously Jarod did not fill you guys in on our story."
"Nah, he only told Master Splinter... why don't you tell us?" Asked Mikey, the orange nunchuck fighter.
"Well the short version of it is... We are Pretenders, geniuses with the ability to become anybody we want to be. In 1963 a corporation know as The Center isolated a young pretender named Jarod, and exploited his genius for their research. Then one day their pretender ran away. 5 years later I was discovered by The Center as a pretender. They kidnapped me and injected me with wolf chromosomes. In order for my body to adapt I began to mutate. Jarod came and rescued my friends and I, who were also being held for research. The Center had killed my mom when I was kidnapped and my dad was killed in a drive by shooting before I was born, so I traveled with Jarod. Five months later, here we are."
Mikey scratched his head. "So that has to do with you learning ninjitsu how?"
Donny, the purple bow carrier, knocked on Mikey's head
"Dude, genius, duh!"
Kara giggled. "So what is your guy's story?"
Leo volunteered to tell their life story.
"We were once ordinary turtles with an ordinary child owner but one day while he was crossing the street with us in a glass jar, a blind man walked out into the road right in front of a big truck. Our owner's brother went to help the man but he knocked us out of the boy's hands in the process. We fell down into the sewers and in attempt to keep from hitting the blind man the truck swerved and a canister of ooze fell out of the back. We were drenched in the ooze. Splinter, who was an ordinary rat back then, found us and took us to his sewer home. The next day we all woke up bigger. Apparently the ooze not only made us bigger, but also smarter and more agile. Splinter trained us in ninjitsu and here we are today."
"Hum, we aren't all that different then," said Kara.
"When do you want to start to learn ninjitsu?" Asked Leo
"Well if you guys are done with your training now would be fine."
Mikey smiled and got up. "Well, we can start off with this."
He jumped in the air and did a back flip, and then, landing in the same place where he started, he kicked both legs in the air in a roundhouse formation and landing on his right foot he kicked straight out one more time with his left foot.
"Mikey, I think that's a little too..."
Before Donny could say anymore. Kara had jumped off the ledge and did a back flip and then in slow mo, as if she were thinking hard about it, she did a roundhouse with both feet then she kicked out with her left foot.
"Something like that?"
Mikey nodded his head in disbelief. "Yeah, something like that."
Raph took out one of his sai. "I think she can skip basic training. Come at me. I want to see how much you already know."
"I don't know much, only what I read in the book Jarod gave me about street fighting. I am mostly flight, not fight. The only way I could do that move was cuz Mikey showed me."
Raph laughed as he put his sai back in his belt. "Ok then, I won't use a weapon. Now come at me."
Kara stood there for a moment as if deep in thought, then she came up to Raph and went to swipe him across the face half-heartedly. Raph ducked and went for a gentle upper cut. Kara jumped back with her arms up and kicked Raph softly but quickly in the face.
"Oh! Did I hurt you?" Asked Kara, her voice full of concern. Raph laughed.
"Hey, I'm a turtle; I don't hurt that easy. Now quit stallin and fight!"
Raph went for a high punch, but Kara ducked and moved in for a right leg swipe. Raph jumped over her leg swipe and delivered a kick of his own to her abdomen. Kara, instead of falling, somersaulted backwards and stood up again. Raph stood up straight and bowed to her.
"Nice work."
"Considering I don't know what the heck I'm doing?" Added on Kara jokingly.
Mikey's face lit up as if a light had suddenly popped on. "So that means that we could fight, and you could watch, and then you would be able to do it?"
Kara shrugged. "Well yeah, basically, but you would have to fight in slow mo and show me the moves a couple of times."
They spent all morning in the dojo showing Kara everything they knew. When lunchtime rolled around Kara came out of the dojo racing Mikey. They all sat around the couch eating pizza. Jarod and Splinter, being the oldest, got the couch. Kara and Mikey, preferring the floor, plopped down right in front, and Donny had grabbed his spinning chair from his computer desk and Raph and Leo fought for the armchair. Raph won, and Leo went over to sit on Mikey's lounge chair. Splinter looked at Mikey.
"Michelangelo, how did you get those marks on your face, my son?"
Mikey's hand reached up towards his face to lightly touch the scratches that Kara had given him last night.
"Heh, let's just say that that cats aren't the only things with claws."
"Let me guess," said Jarod dryly. "You snuck up on Kara when you went to get her last night."
"Never try to scare a sleeping child," chuckled Kara.
"Now my turn to ask you, Kara. Where did you get the bandanna?"
"Oh this?"
Kara touched the yellow bandanna that was tied around her head and pushed up to her hairline. It matched her yellow eyes perfectly. "The guys gave it to me, and Donny gave me this." She held up a Bo with the same yellow cloth rapped around the middle of it for a handgrip. Donny bowed his head in embarrassment when everybody looked at him.
"I liked the nunchucks," said Kara, "but I would not be able to carry a weapon around with me and chances are small that I would find two sticks connected with a piece of chain just lying around. So I choose the Bo." Jarod laughed at her excitement.
"What about you, Jarod? Do you want to learn ninjitsu?" Asked Leo
"Nah, fighting's not the thing for me. Though I do like this meditation that Splinter does."
"My sons," Splinter said, interrupting their talk, "Jarod says that the Purple Dragons are trying to kill April. When you go out on patrol tonight I want you to make sure that they stay away from her."
"Yes Sensei," they chorused.
6:00 am The Next day
The turtle's lair
The Sewers
New York, New York
Jarod awoke to sounds of fighting.
"So much for sleeping in," he mumbled to himself as he got out of bed. Naturally, Kara was already up. Jarod shuffled into the dojo where the guys where working out. To Jarod it looked like they all got into one heck of a fight, and Kara was watching in awe. Splinter called for a halt and the guys walked over to where Kara was sitting.
"That is amazing!" Said Kara still agog.
"We could teach you," offered the blue masked, katana wielding, Leo. "It may take a lifetime, but we could teach you."
Kara grinned. "Obviously Jarod did not fill you guys in on our story."
"Nah, he only told Master Splinter... why don't you tell us?" Asked Mikey, the orange nunchuck fighter.
"Well the short version of it is... We are Pretenders, geniuses with the ability to become anybody we want to be. In 1963 a corporation know as The Center isolated a young pretender named Jarod, and exploited his genius for their research. Then one day their pretender ran away. 5 years later I was discovered by The Center as a pretender. They kidnapped me and injected me with wolf chromosomes. In order for my body to adapt I began to mutate. Jarod came and rescued my friends and I, who were also being held for research. The Center had killed my mom when I was kidnapped and my dad was killed in a drive by shooting before I was born, so I traveled with Jarod. Five months later, here we are."
Mikey scratched his head. "So that has to do with you learning ninjitsu how?"
Donny, the purple bow carrier, knocked on Mikey's head
"Dude, genius, duh!"
Kara giggled. "So what is your guy's story?"
Leo volunteered to tell their life story.
"We were once ordinary turtles with an ordinary child owner but one day while he was crossing the street with us in a glass jar, a blind man walked out into the road right in front of a big truck. Our owner's brother went to help the man but he knocked us out of the boy's hands in the process. We fell down into the sewers and in attempt to keep from hitting the blind man the truck swerved and a canister of ooze fell out of the back. We were drenched in the ooze. Splinter, who was an ordinary rat back then, found us and took us to his sewer home. The next day we all woke up bigger. Apparently the ooze not only made us bigger, but also smarter and more agile. Splinter trained us in ninjitsu and here we are today."
"Hum, we aren't all that different then," said Kara.
"When do you want to start to learn ninjitsu?" Asked Leo
"Well if you guys are done with your training now would be fine."
Mikey smiled and got up. "Well, we can start off with this."
He jumped in the air and did a back flip, and then, landing in the same place where he started, he kicked both legs in the air in a roundhouse formation and landing on his right foot he kicked straight out one more time with his left foot.
"Mikey, I think that's a little too..."
Before Donny could say anymore. Kara had jumped off the ledge and did a back flip and then in slow mo, as if she were thinking hard about it, she did a roundhouse with both feet then she kicked out with her left foot.
"Something like that?"
Mikey nodded his head in disbelief. "Yeah, something like that."
Raph took out one of his sai. "I think she can skip basic training. Come at me. I want to see how much you already know."
"I don't know much, only what I read in the book Jarod gave me about street fighting. I am mostly flight, not fight. The only way I could do that move was cuz Mikey showed me."
Raph laughed as he put his sai back in his belt. "Ok then, I won't use a weapon. Now come at me."
Kara stood there for a moment as if deep in thought, then she came up to Raph and went to swipe him across the face half-heartedly. Raph ducked and went for a gentle upper cut. Kara jumped back with her arms up and kicked Raph softly but quickly in the face.
"Oh! Did I hurt you?" Asked Kara, her voice full of concern. Raph laughed.
"Hey, I'm a turtle; I don't hurt that easy. Now quit stallin and fight!"
Raph went for a high punch, but Kara ducked and moved in for a right leg swipe. Raph jumped over her leg swipe and delivered a kick of his own to her abdomen. Kara, instead of falling, somersaulted backwards and stood up again. Raph stood up straight and bowed to her.
"Nice work."
"Considering I don't know what the heck I'm doing?" Added on Kara jokingly.
Mikey's face lit up as if a light had suddenly popped on. "So that means that we could fight, and you could watch, and then you would be able to do it?"
Kara shrugged. "Well yeah, basically, but you would have to fight in slow mo and show me the moves a couple of times."
They spent all morning in the dojo showing Kara everything they knew. When lunchtime rolled around Kara came out of the dojo racing Mikey. They all sat around the couch eating pizza. Jarod and Splinter, being the oldest, got the couch. Kara and Mikey, preferring the floor, plopped down right in front, and Donny had grabbed his spinning chair from his computer desk and Raph and Leo fought for the armchair. Raph won, and Leo went over to sit on Mikey's lounge chair. Splinter looked at Mikey.
"Michelangelo, how did you get those marks on your face, my son?"
Mikey's hand reached up towards his face to lightly touch the scratches that Kara had given him last night.
"Heh, let's just say that that cats aren't the only things with claws."
"Let me guess," said Jarod dryly. "You snuck up on Kara when you went to get her last night."
"Never try to scare a sleeping child," chuckled Kara.
"Now my turn to ask you, Kara. Where did you get the bandanna?"
"Oh this?"
Kara touched the yellow bandanna that was tied around her head and pushed up to her hairline. It matched her yellow eyes perfectly. "The guys gave it to me, and Donny gave me this." She held up a Bo with the same yellow cloth rapped around the middle of it for a handgrip. Donny bowed his head in embarrassment when everybody looked at him.
"I liked the nunchucks," said Kara, "but I would not be able to carry a weapon around with me and chances are small that I would find two sticks connected with a piece of chain just lying around. So I choose the Bo." Jarod laughed at her excitement.
"What about you, Jarod? Do you want to learn ninjitsu?" Asked Leo
"Nah, fighting's not the thing for me. Though I do like this meditation that Splinter does."
"My sons," Splinter said, interrupting their talk, "Jarod says that the Purple Dragons are trying to kill April. When you go out on patrol tonight I want you to make sure that they stay away from her."
"Yes Sensei," they chorused.