Heya readers! So sorry about the wait, no excuse really. I had writers block and I was being bloody lazy.

Hope you enjoyed my Valentine's One shot though, but as promised here's another chapter! Hope you enjoy it!

Chapter Eight

Splinter's Trial

Splinter looked up at Shang Tsung and narrowed his eyes before walking over to the arena.

The turtles and Mona looked worried for their sensei, Raiden looked hopeful as he watched the old rat stand in the middle of the arena and look up at Shang Tsung.

The sorcerer then clapped his hands and announced the combatants.

"The rat Splinter" he said with a smirk "Shall face ten of my combatants at the same time!"

As he spoke, Splinter looked shocked and the turtles and Mona gasped in horror.

Raiden's mouth dropped open in shock as well.

"That's not right!" he cried.

"You fucking cheat!" shouted Mona

"Bad form!" yelled Michelangelo angrily.

"Dishonour!" cried Donatello

"Coward!" roared Raphael.

"Hold your tongues!" barked Shang Tsung "I shall deal with the combatants as I wish and if you four do not stay silent, I shall put you all in the same dungeon as your cheating brother and you'll suffer the same punishment as he will!"

Raphael growled whilst the others glared in fury at the insults about Leonardo.

Splinter gritted his teeth and looked up at Shang Tsung as ten human warrior monks appeared all brandishing weapons and ready to fight.

"Let us witness ten of the strongest and well trained monks fight the old rodent you call a sensei" said Shang Tsung as he sat back on his throne and clapped his hands.

"FIGHT!" he barked.

The monks readied their weapons ready to take Splinter down; the old rat held up his hands and gripped his walking stick.

Mona gripped Raphael's hands as they watched with baited breath.

"As long as we've known Master Splinter" said Donatello "He has taken all of us down single headedly, this can't be too difficult for him, can it?"

No-one spoke as they kept their eyes on Splinter as he performed a couple of slow graceful Ninjutsu moves before focusing on the monks and beckoned them over to him.

The monks roared and ran towards him, Splinter instantly jumped and began to use his feet and tail to deflect their weapons, very rarely using his fists and can.

Raiden's eyes widened at Splinter's skill as the rat fought with complete ease.

"What a Master you have" he commented "You no doubt have been trained well by him"

Donatello gave a weak proud smile at Raiden's comments about Splinter.

Splinter meanwhile continued to fight with ease, leaping over the monk's heads before taking them down with his tail and feet.

One Monk jumped in front of him and tried to bring a sword down onto his head, but Splinter used his cane and rammed it into his chest making him fall wheezing.

"Wow! You go Sensei!" cheered Michelangelo

Donatello, Mona and Raphael also cheered.

Splinter smirked and without looking rammed his cane into the stomach of a monk that was about to strike him with a spear.

Shang Tsung narrowed his eyes and looked confused as well as worried at how well Splinter was fighting against his monks.

Raphael saw Shang Tsung's worried look and smirked.

"You have every right to be scared" he thought "Our father and Sensei is not to be messed with"

Mona saw her mate smirking at Shang Tsung and squeezed his hand.

Splinter used his tail to trip up many monks before doing several back flips and graceful moves before landing on the ground.

There were six monks remaining and they looked scared but determined to fight Splinter and take him down.

Shang Tsung was gripping the sides of his throne and gritting his teeth.

"I didn't train you for nothing you incompetent fools!" he growled through his teeth "Take down that filthy rodent!"

Splinter could see Shang Tsung was looking nervous and he felt pleased, that sorcerer had no once of honour in him and he was starting to realise that his cheating and dishonourable ways were getting him nowhere.

He looked back at two monks who were racing towards him with their weapons but he just sighed and lifted his stick fighting them both with a bored look before sending one flying over his head and another off the arena with his defensive moves.

Mona couldn't help but punch the air slightly and Michelangelo gave a whoop of delight.

"Go sensei!" cried Donatello and Raphael.

Raiden also smiled and clapped casually as he watched the old rat take down the monks with ease and Shang Tsung look more and more worried.

Finally Splinter turned to the remaining four who started to show no mercy and charged at him.

Splinter fought back with his cane and did many flips to avoid getting slashed and stabbed. As he landed behind one monk he pointed his fingers and struck several pressure points on his body causing him to fall and unable to move.

"Wow!" cried Michelangelo "He's using his pressure point technique!"

Raphael smiled evilly as he watched.

"That cowardly sorcerer's gonna get a right earful from Shao Khan!" he said.

As the monk fell, the others tried to get to Splinter but he again disarmed them with his cane and used his fingers to strike them at several areas of their bodies rendering them to fall and unable to move.

Soon all the monks were laying defeated on the arena.

Shang Tsung gritted his teeth in anger as Splinter picked up his cane and leaned on it for support like he had done before.

"So...the rat has shown he is not such an old man after all" he growled "You have surprised me Splinter, with your many interesting tactics"

Splinter bowed in respect to the fallen monks, but no sooner did he lift his head than Shang Tsung suck all the souls out of the bodies making them scream in agony before they lay dead on the arena floor.

Everyone winced in horror and Splinter stepped back in shock as the green souls flew around him and into Shang Tsung.

"Monster..." Mona growled under her breath.

Splinter also glared at Shang Tsung's brutality.

"So...you've managed to fight my monks" said Shang Tsung "But now, you must face the savage Tarkaten warrior"

Michelangelo gulped and gripped Donatello's arm and Mona and Raphael looked terrified.

Shang Tsung clapped his hands and instantly a giant Tarkaten warrior appeared drooling and brandishing it's long blades.

A look of fear flashed across Splinter's face as he stared up at the Tarkaten warrior.

"Holy Shell!" cried Michelangelo "That monster's gonna make rat chow out of our sensei!"

Raphael growled, Mona glared and Donatello smacked Michelangelo across the head.

"That's not gonna help Mikey!" he said "Just stay calm! Sensei will be ok"

He looked back at the worried looking rat and bit his lip.

Splinter looked nervous for a few seconds, but he soon gathered his courage and glared at the savage monster.

Mona clung onto Raphael and it her lip, Raphael clasped her close to comfort her as they watched.

Splinter gritted his teeth, he was feeling anger at Shang Tsung's dishonour and he felt no compassion towards the Tarkaten monster that stared at him hungrily.

The giant Tarkaten charged at him and began slashing at him with his blades. At once Splinter hopped about to avoid the blades, he gasped as he felt one of the razor sharp blades almost catch his arm but luckily he avoided it.

He didn't see any point in trying to fight the monster fairly; he knew that Tarkaten would slice him into rat stew if he tried, so he decided to just finish the job.

Splinter ducked and dodged the blades as well, then he jabbed the tarkaten's arm joints with his fingers rendering them limp.

He then saw an open area at the chest and proceeded to hit several points on it with his fingers.

The turtles, Raiden and Mona watched in fascination as the elderly rat moved his hand at break neck speed across the tarkaten's chest before delivering a final jab at where his heart would be.

Splinter stepped back and watched as the Tarkaten spat up blood and fell backwards still vomiting blood and fitting until he moved no more.

Everyone stared in shock and Michelangelo gulped.

"Whoa!" said Raphael "I knew sensei to have such disabling moves, but not so much he could kill!"

Shang Tsung looked worried yet he plastered a really horrible fake smile on his face and clapped.

"Splinter wins" he announced "FATALITY"

Splinter brushed his robes down and picked up his cane before returning to his rather shocked family.

"You're scary sometimes Master Splinter" commented Michelangelo "Brilliant, but scary"

Donatello, Raphael and Mona agreed, Splinter just smiled.

"Impressive Splinter" said Shang Tsung "I must say I've very impressed"

Splinter glared at Shang Tsung.

"I am glad you think so" he said in a threatening voice "And now...I believe you have yet to explain what has happened to my eldest son"

Shang Tsung smirked.

"Ah yes indeed" he said "He still has to compete in his trial, and he shall do so...against Goro!"

Michelangelo went pale and the others looked furious.

Shang Tsung's smile never faded.

"We shall now witness the trial of your last combatant" he said "and may you pray he survives against the mighty and merciless Goro..."

So Splinter has triumphed and used his Fatality!

But now they have to witness Leonardo fight Goro! Will he survive? Find out in the next chapter!