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This chapter will be divided into two people's POV. These areas will be clearly marked so as to help with any confusion.
Decisions
Chapter 13"No!" I screamed, "Kujiku!"
The shield around my brothers burst in a dazzling array of golden light stopping Katsuro's spell and temporarily blinding all of us. Katsuro screamed in pain. His magic enhanced eyes that gave him excellent night vision was very sensitive to light. Unfortunately, he recovered quickly. Too quickly.
"I'll kill you!" he shrieked as he wrapped his hands around my neck cutting off my air supply, "You have been more trouble than you were worth!"
He lifted me off of my feet and I was unable to get him to release his grip. I choose instead to lock eyes with my enemy. I would not fear death and would die with honor.
Michelangelo's POV:
"Now you die!" Katsuro hissed in my face as his grip around my neck tightened.
I literally felt the blackness begin to creep over my vision. I was not going to ever see April, Casey, or my beloved Splinter again. I had failed my family. I had failed myself.
"Dear God please protect my brothers," I prayed as I began to pass out from lack of oxygen.
"Hiiiyahhh!" Donnie screamed as he used his bo to sweep Katsuro's feet out from underneath him.
I dropped to the ground gasping for air. I felt arms go around me and pull me close as I struggled to breath normally again.
"That #in' bastard! Leo! Is the kid okay?" I heard Raph yell from behind me.
"I'm cough not a kid," I choked out leaning heavily on Leo's shoulder.
"He's going to be okay Raph," Leo called out chuckling despite the circumstances.
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Katsuro bellowed as he sent Donnie flying straight into Raph.
Leonardo's POV:
We recovered our vision in time to see Katsuro choking our little brother to death. Mikey was gasping for needed air, but refused to relinquish eye contact with Katsuro. Donnie was the first to reach the two and with finesse swept Katsuro's feet out from beneath him with his bo. Mikey dropped to the ground gasping for air. I quickly pulled him close to me to determine if he was hurt or not. Mikey coughed and struggled to breathe normally again. Donnie placed himself between Katsuro and Mikey and I to give our baby brother the chance to recover himself.
"That #in' bastard! Leo! Is the kid okay?" I heard Raph yell from behind the two of us.
"I'm cough not a kid," Mikey choked out leaning heavily on my shoulder.
"He's going to be okay Raph," I called out chuckling.
Only Mikey would have to negate something in the middle of a battle. It concerned me to feel his muscles tremble beneath my hands. His battle with Katsuro had taken too much out of him.
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" I suddenly heard Katsuro bellow as he sent Donnie flying straight into Raph.
Donnie and Raph didn't get back up. I quickly stood and placed myself between Katsuro and my baby brother with weapons ready.
"Get out of my way!" Katsuro snapped as he tried to lunge past me.
"Over my dead body Katsuro!" I growled, "Face me like a man that has some honor left within him."
"Honor? Hah! Honor is for fools like you and your brothers," Katsuro laughed, "Even if you stop me today, I'll rise up again tomorrow until all the world lies in ruins at my feet. Kurushimi!"
"Leo!" I heard Mikey scream from behind me as I dropped my weapons and fell to my knees in agonizing pain.
I looked up in time to see Katsuro pull a deadly looking dagger from his belt.
"Now you will die," Katsuro laughed, "I will then kill the other two and bind the little ones soul."
Almost in slow motion, I saw the dagger drop to render the deathblow. Once again, Mikey pushed me out of the way and managed somehow to block the dagger. The pain left my body as suddenly as it had come.
"Kasai!" Mikey screamed using the element of fire to heat the dagger enough to cause Katsuro to drop his weapon.
Katsuro grabbed up one of my kitana. He dropped Mikey to the ground hard enough to knock the breath out of him. Katsuro said nothing, but the look of fury on his face said enough. I saw the kitana come down in a deadly arch. He meant to kill my brother.
"No! Mikey!" I heard Donnie and Raph scream from to far away to help.
I didn't think. I merely reacted as I grabbed my second kitana. In one clean cut, I severed Katsuro's kitana yielding arm at the weakest point of his armor. All of us stood in shock as the man's arm fell to the ground still clutching my second weapon.
"NO!" Katsuro screamed, "It is impossible! No!"
"Leo?" Mikey whimpered as wind began to swirl and roar around us.
Katsuro seemed to be radiating an oddly dark and bright light and his screams continued. I ran to Mikey and pulled him into my arms and away from Katsuro. Katsuro screamed one final time as he suddenly burst into fire that burned black and seared our breath. With a final burst Katsuro departed our plain of existence leaving behind only ash that floated in the air. Shocked, I stared at the only thing left of Katsuro. I had taken Katsuro's left arm that contained the ring. We had won.
"Leo! Mikey! Are you okay?" Raph and Donnie asked in unison as they threw themselves at the two of us.
I couldn't speak. I could only open my arms wider to allow my other two brothers into my embrace. We stayed like this until the ash blew away completely. We stayed like this when the shadow warriors blinked out of existence. We stayed like this when Rinji and what was left of the rebels gathered around us in celebration of our victory. We stayed like this when Mikey burst out into relieved tears. We stayed like this together and it was good.
To be continued.
Japanese to English translations:
Kurushimi-Pain
Kasai-Fire