Perfect By Nature
Chapter XXVII: Round Two
By: Michelle
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DISCLAIMER: I just write fanfics for fun. It wouldn't be pointless to sue me because I don't have shit.
Donatello was popped on the arm by Nightcrawler's tail in Chapter 13. It was like getting hit by a whip. He was hit so hard, that he is bruised to the bone. Because of his green skin, no one could really see the bruise to know it is hurting as bad as it is.
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Storm fell spiraling towards the ground. It felt like she was falling forever. She concentrated on her winds to save her, but the pain in her side was disrupting that. When she thought she was going to meet her end, she heard a familiar noise and loving arms catch her.
BAMF
Nightcrawler smiled at the beauty in his arms. He had seen her falling and broke free from his dragon encounter to save her.
BAMF
"Are you alright, Liebling?" Nightcrawler asked as they appeared behind a bunch of bushes and out of the view of the dragons.
"I think I'm going to be alright." Storm replied and looked at her side. Her black X-suit had a four in whole in it and a burn mark on her side. "He hit me pretty good though."
"Ja." Nightcrawler replied as he looked at the wound. Dragon Lord is going to pay for hurting her. "Stay here."
"I need to fight." Storm replied as stubborn as ever.
"You're hurt."
"It's not that bad." Storm said trying to convince him everything was alright. "Really, it's not as bad as it looks."
"Stay here." Nightcrawler said and kissed her softly on the lips. He pulled away and stared deep into her sapphire eyes. "I couldn't bear it if something happened to you. Please stay here."
He means that. "I'll stay." Ororo replied as she stared into his golden eyes. "But if anyone needs help, I'm not going to sit around."
"Alright." Nightcrawler kissed her again and disappeared.
BAMF
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The dragon pulled Venus up and put a choke hold around her neck. Gods. He's like trying to fight Raph. Venus thought to her self. Now what's that move I pulled on Raph the other day? Oh yeah.
Venus elbowed him in the chest, slammed on his foot, back fisted him in the nose, and kicked him in the groin. The dragon let go of her and fell to the ground in pain. Venus cast the spell and made him disappear. She would thank April for making her watch Miss Congeniality on their girls' night.
"Rogue, are you alright?" Venus asked the shaky teen.
"I think I'll be alright." Rogue said feeling the dragon's thoughts running through her head. It was like she was seeing all the death and destruction in caused in its lifetime. "I think it's unconscious."
Venus tapped the dragon with her foot. He was alive. "Yeah." Then, she sent him on the same trip she sent its friend.
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Xavier felt the weakness of Donatello's mind fall. Colossus. He called out mentally. Go to Donatello.
Colossus heard his mental calls and knocked out the dragon he was fighting. He marched through the dragons tossing them aside as though they were rag dolls. Then, he found the unconcious Donatello. "Donnie."
Donatello heard the sound of his name and opened his eyes to slits. "Leo."
"Not quite." Colossus replied getting him into a sitting position. "Are you alright?"
"Fine." Donatello barely managed to say. His arm was throbbing to no end. Kurt had popped him with his tail harder than he originally thought. Plus, the weight of the Retourner Ray and the burn on his arm didn't make matters any better. "I need…need to fight."
"No, you need to rest." Colossus said to the delirious Donatello. "You can barely tell what's going on."
"But…but I…need to fight." Donatello replied seeing the world around him spinning. "Too many…dragons."
"Rest." Colossus demanded him. He picked up the Retourner Ray. "How do you use this thing?"
"Like…like shooting a gun." Donatello tried to open his eyes a little more. "Everything is set." He began panting. "Just aim and fire…be careful…don't hit anyone else."
Colossus nodded. "Stay here. I won't go too far from you." He said as he took aim at a dragon. He fired away sending the target back where it came from. At least it works. He thought to himself and was on the hunt for more.
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Blood splattered all over Wolverine as he cut thru the dragon like a hot knife thru butter. He looked at the blood on his claws, then at the other dragons. "Who's next?"
The few dragons that were around him, looked at each other and took off running despite Dragon Lord's orders. Wolverine looked at Dragon Lord with malice in his eyes. "So are you going to just yell at your men, or are you brave enough to face me on your own?"
Dragon Lord chuckled under his breath as he walked forward. "I don't need men to fight for me. I'm quite capable of fighting myself." He said with is eyes brightening red.
Wolverine grunted. "That's why you have yet to fight in this battle." He replied. "Some lord you are. Maybe someone needs to over throw you. How about I make your men mine?"
Dragon Lord growled at the comment and his eyes burned red. How dare he make such a suggestion? His eyes shot out a burning ray of light hitting Wolverine straight in the chest.
Wolverine flew backwards, slamming into a tree. His whole body felt like it was on fire. He fell down, flat on his chest with his claws slowly retracting back in.
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The more and more Xavier mind blasted the dragons, the more and more they learned from their fallen. Each time he had made a move, he had to blast them twice as power as before. The great telepath had underestimated them.
Xavier felt weak mentally. He didn't know how much more stress he could put on his mind. Then, he got his answer.
Faster than Xavier could mentally blast him, Kurai (second to Dragon Lord) shot an energy blast at him. It didn't hit him directly, but the ground beneath him knocking him out of his wheelchair.
Xavier rolled on the ground a few times. He hated being so weak, especially since he was the one who watched over his X-men. He looked at the dragon. There was a reason he was still alive.
He used his arms to drag his himself back. He didn't need to be a telepath to know the Dragon Lord required them to be alive to conduct the power transfer spell.
Raphael tackled Kurai before he could harm Xavier sending the two of them to the ground. Meanwhile, Storm ignored the burn mark on her side. As a leader, she could never just stand around and watch the people she cared about get hurt. She hurried to help Xavier to get to safety.
Kurai and Raphael rolled all over the ground trying to pin each other. Kurai pinned Raphael on his back and growled down at him.
Raphael, of course, couldn't stand to be on the losing end. He flipped Kurai off of him, slamming him hard to the grounds. 'Sucks to lose don't it."
Kurai growled with his eyes lighting up. With one blink, he blasted Raphael off of him. He quickly jumped to his feet to look for his victim.
Raphael wasn't exactly down for the count. He looked at the black marking on his shell and was pissed. "You are going to pay for that."
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Leonardo had seen Wolverine fall. He was shocked, especially with Wolverine's healing ability. It was apparent Dragon Lord was not playing games.
"You think you are ready to face me, don't you." Dragon Lord said as he walked towards him.
Leonardo turned around to see his enemy's glowing red eyes. "I am ready."
"Are you sure?" Dragon Lord chuckled. "Because I sense fear." He smiled. "Are you afraid of me Leonardo?" He pulled out the sword and looked at the blade. "You afraid your dreams will come true."
"You are more afraid of me." Leonardo replied getting ready with his katana. "I'm not the one afraid of the powers of a single female turtle."
Their weapons clashed as they began a one on one duel.
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Raphael eyed up Kurai. "You marked up my shell."
Kurai held out his hands ready to blast him again. He growled heavily under his breath.
"You think I'm afraid of you." Raphael said to him. "Look around you."
Kurai glanced around to see Colossus, Rogue, and Venus surround him.
"You're out numbered." Raphael said to him. "And your buddies are on the run."
"As a warrior, you should know a true warrior never runs from battle." Kurai said with his voice growling. "A true warrior can get himself out of any situation, or die trying."
"So what shall it be?" Raphael smirked. "You kill yourself or I kill you."
Kurai's eyes brightened red. "Those aren't options." He said and vanished into thin air.
"Where'd he go?" Colossus asked as he looked around. Then, he felt his feet sweep from under him.
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CLANG
Leonardo held his ground as Dragon Lord held his sword steady. He could feel Dragon Lord trying to pushing him down to the ground. He ground his teeth to stop him from doing so.
Dragon Lord glared down at Leonardo as he forced his strength down on him. He had many advantages over the mutant turtle. First, he was a lot taller. Second, he was twice as strong as him. And third, he was a master at alchemy.
Leonardo looked at Dragon Lord's face that was inches from his own. The bigger they are the hard they fall. He thought as he put all his strength into pushing Dragon Lord from him.
In one quick movement, Leonardo broke from their stalemate and kicked Dragon Lord's feet from under him. He could hear the THUD from his royal fall, but knew he wasn't going to go down so easily and tightened his grip on his katana.
The weight of his body armor pulled him down quick. As his helmet fell off, Dragon Lord realized he had underestimated the fighting abilities of Leonardo.
Thinking Dragon Lord was weak, Leonardo swung down with his katana. CLANG. Dragon Lord's sword blocked what would be a death blow to him.
Dragon Lord summoned his power and blasted Leonardo sending him flying a few feet away from him. He quickly stood up to see Leonardo starting to do the same.
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Colossus fell hard to the ground. He wasn't expecting that.
"He's using the prism." Venus said feeling the dragon's spirit around them.
"So where the fuck is he?" Raphael yelled getting ready for the unexpected.
Rogue looked around. She could feel the dragon around her, but she couldn't see him. It was starting to freak her out. Then, she felt something grab her and swing her into Raphael.
"You alright?" Raphael asked the confused teen. He never felt so lightheaded and dizzy before.
"Yeah." Rogue rubbed her head. She knew she was going to have a headache. Especially, after knocking heads with the head headed Raphael and absorbing some of his life-force. She was glad it was just briefly. Raphael had so much anger in him.
Venus looked around. I am a Shinobi. I should be able to stop him. She thought to herself. I need to cast another spell. A counter spell to the prism.
Kurai invisibly circled around Venus. She was Shinobi, the adopted daughter of the descendant of the Shinobis that imprisoned the dragons in the mirror thousands of years ago. He was going to make her pay.
Venus took a death breath and began reciting. She hoped she was casting the right spell. If not, she was screwed.
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"Come on Jamie, Evan.' Bobby opened a hidden passage. "Get in. I have to go help the others."
"But where do we go?" Several Jamies asked shrugging each of their shoulders.
"Just stay hiding in here." Bobby ordered.
Evan looked down the hallway of the dark tunnel. "But we're scared."
"It's going to be alright." Bobby tried to assure them. "No one can find you in here."
"You will be safe sons." Splinter said coming out of the shadows. "Come Evan. Come Jamie. Bobby must go."
Bobby watched the hidden opening close. How did Splinter know how to find us? He thought to himself. Then, remember what he needed to do.
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Venus concentrated hard on her spell. She could feel the power flowing thru her body as smoke began to surround her.
Kurai growled under his breath. He knew what she was doing and there was no way to stop it.
Venus could see his hiding spirit. It glowed blue showing his form in the smoke. She knew he knew he was spotted. And he was pissed.
Majesty would be more than pleased to have the Shinobi. Kurai sent a blast of energy at her.
Venus flipped out of the way. Yeah, he's pissed. She felt the energy from her spell flow thru her at him.
Kurai bended backwards in what could only be described as a Matrix move. He could see the light from the energy that flew over him. I lucked out.
Venus cursed him under her breath. He had to move, didn't he?
They walked slowly around ready to fight. They could hear each other breathing. Then, they fired away.
Raphael, Rogue, and Colossus looked into the smoke. First they saw Venus and the spirit of the dragon, and then bright lights of energy flashed.
After she hit the ground, Venus breathed heavily with her eyes closed. She was almost afraid to open them. She knew if she missed, it wouldn't be good. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at the smoky grounds. Her side hurt. He had hit her with her blast on the side of her shell, but other than that she was fine. She could see someone coming towards her.
"Venus."
Venus sighed grateful at the sound of his voice. "Raphael."
"You alright." He asked as he walked to her side.
"I'm alright." Venus replied. She could tell he was weak from touching Rogue still. "Is he gone?"
"Yeah."
Venus sighed in relief. "It's over."
"Not quite." Rogue said as she and the weaken beat up team walked over to them. "Dragon Lord is still here."
Leonardo could feel his body tiring. He could see Dragon Lord tiring as well. But neither of them was backing down.
Moving quickly, Dragon Lord blocked a blow, spun around and sliced Leonardo in the arm.
Leonardo whined in pain and back up. He held his katana still in hand. He knew he couldn't fall and his enemy knew it too.
Dragon Lord saw the weakened in his victim. Leonardo put up quite a fight, but in the end it wasn't enough.
Leonardo katana flew out of his hand and he fell down to one knee. Dragon Lord dug the tip of his sword in his neck. He knew he was defeated.
Dragon Lord flashed his sharp teeth. "Looks like I win." Then, he felt the tip of Leonardo's katana digging under his neck.
"Not quite."
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I was evil again. I'm sorry. I couldn't help it. I can't make any promises next chapter either.
Anyways. I better get cracking on Chapter 28.
3 More chapters to go. The Truth Hurts sequel, Sweet Little Lies, is coming…
Thanks for the reviews.
Michelle