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The Hidden City Tour

"Alright Mikey it's just you and me!" Splinter said happily when the rest of the family went their separate ways. "Ready for the Lou Jitsu celebrity walking tour of the Hidden City?" Splinter asked jamming a little in excitement.

Mikey pulled down the white shirt he was wearing that had one of the heads on it. Complete with a white visor hat and brown shorts. "Oh boy am I!" he cheered happily.

"Wait?!" asked a voice "That voice, are you really Lou Jitsu!?"

"Who is asking?" Splinter asked worriedly as Mikey got nervous.

"As I live and breathe the legend the hero! I knew you weren't dead!" said a voice. "But excuse me I go by name internet handles. LouJitsuFan1000, Bronze June, The Lou Jitsu Archivist but you can call me," said a small Macaque Yokai wearing a copy of Splinter's Lou Jitsu outfit. But with Spikey Silver hair that spiked back behind him. "Jerry!"

"Nice to meet you Jerry, I'm Mikey!" he said holding out a hand for him to shake.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, move it kid!" he said shoving past the Box Turtle who looked a little dejected as he got up to Splinter eyes sparkling. "You got Mutated by that Draxum guy? That's what happened right?"

"Yes," Splinter replied.

"Where have you been all these years?! I can totally get you back in fighting shape in a few weeks!" he said excitedly. "Then you- "

"I am very flattered for your concern!" Splinter said sheepishly. "But my Nexus Fighting Days are far behind me. Now I just want to spend the day with my son." He added gesturing to Mikey. "Come on Mikey let's go."

"Right behind ya pops!" Mikey said as they headed downtown. Jerry glared he wasn't going to let some brat, get in the way of him seeing Lou Jitsu in action again! Or get him back to glory.

X X X

The next area they were in was called Dragon town. Famous for having a huge nest of Dragons of all shapes and sizes hanging out by it. Mikey hadn't exactly liked the idea of being near one since that one Tiger Claw killed had ripped his shoulder open four years ago. "Ahh the old Neighborhood!" Splinter said happily.

"Uhh Splinter not to complain but I've had a bad experience with Dragons. These ones aren't gonna attack us, right?" Mikey asked nervously.

"Hmm Oh don't worry! They're super used to people and tame, just don't feed them and you'll be fine. Now," he began pointing out various buildings. "On your right is the place I used to get my hair cut. On the left is where I would get Lunch after getting my hair cut." Splinter said smiling at the memories.

"Oooh! Maybe we can take the fam there sometime!" Mikey said happy to know Splinter's time stuck in the Battle Nexus wasn't all bad. There was suddenly some screaming as a large rock rushed towards them. Splinter quickly shoved Mikey out of the way as it passed them going over a mystic protection barrier but towards some Dragon Eggs as the mother shrieked in worry and tried to rush back to her nest. She wouldn't get there in time. However, Mikey quickly grabbed his Nunchucks and wrapped up the rock and lifted it safely into the air as he placed it down gently. People clapped for his quick thinking and stopping, the boulder.

"Whew two chains are better than one." Mikey sighed in relief.

"Ooooh Safety standards have gotten lax, since I was here last." Splinter huffed in annoyance. As Jerry from his hiding place snarled at their survival and success. Splinter suddenly gasped when he saw something. "It's still here!" he said giggling excitedly as Mikey gasped as well rushing to catch up.

What he saw was a massive mural of Splinter in his younger years the largest one of him pointing with a pose in the background. There was a smaller one up in the corner in purple paint like the largest Lou but in the Center was Splinter fighting off a large bright red yellow glowing Phoenix like Monster with a Wattle and Snood like a Turkey's. And Large clawed webbed feet like a duck. Splinter put his hand on it.

"One of my biggest fan's painted this." He said with reverent nostalgia.

"It's awesome, look at all the colors, it looks like one of your movie posters too!" Mikey said, his eyes sparkling as he smiled at it. "Hey what do you think would be a harder fight. Xethulu in real life or the Turducken?" Mikey asked.

Before Splinter could answer they heard an annoying giggle and snort laugh. "It's a good thing you were brought here! You would've just been wasting your life as a fake artist." Jerry said hanging from his tail on a rafter nearby.

Splinter gasped. "My Craft!"

"Hey that was his Dream Job! And he was proud of it! Back off!" Mikey snapped glaring at him.

"You think I'm afraid of something slow and dopey like a turtle!?" Jerry sneered.

"I'm not like any Turtle you've seen Hoser!" Mikey snarled as the two got right up in their faces, however.

"Sir, leave the child alone." They heard someone say they turned to see a big burly purple bird Yokai in a uniform. The Hidden City Police. Mikey sighed in relief while Jerry scowled.

"Fine," He muttered slinking away.

"Thank you, Officer!" Mikey cheered.

"Just doing my job. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to see a book about an Axe." He said heading towards the direction of the library.

"Good thing he was passing by. Now the two of us can just enjoy the day I have planned!" Splinter declared as they headed off.

"I hear that!" Mikey chirped. He began taking several pictures. One where they took a picture in front of the Mural one eating ice cream among other places but among them was a picture of Jerry making the most hateful glare in the background, he could muster one picture was simply him doing that as Splinter and Mikey looked nervously at the Photos. "I think Jerry might have some issues…." Mikey muttered nervously going into his shell a bit pulling down a bit of the fabric of his shirt.

"Ignore him, he's just some crazy salty monkey." Splinter said before he lit up at the sight before him. "Ooh Look my favorite lucky fountain!"

Mikey looked and Ooohhed in awe. "Woooowww!" Mikey muttered as he saw a huge elegantly sculpted golden statue of an Eastern Dragon that had its jaw wide open with a large stream of water pouring out like it was breathing the blast. Its body was coiled up with several smaller dragons around it, all taking menacing poses.

"Here Mikey," Splinter said smiling pulling out a gold coin as he made himself comfortable on a bench. "Go take this coin and go make a wish." Mikey took the coin and rushed off. When he got closer he could sense mystical properties in the water. He let some energy into it and smiled brightly as how it reacted with the bubbles becoming Dragons and floating around the water. He glanced back at Splinter who seemed to be lost in his memories.

Mikey looked sadly at him. He thought about Krysta for a moment. She didn't show it as much as Splinter did, but she missed being human too. She even used her cloaking broach a lot. Mikey sighed whispering his wish to the coin before tossing it into the fountain as it glittered when the coin made a splash and sunk to the bottom with other coins.

"Hey little Kame got a minute?" a voice asked. Mikey recognized it as Jerry's Mikey groaned.

"Really dude this is getting old!" Mikey snapped.

"Oh, come on I just have a question." He replied.

"Okay…." Mikey allowed suspiciously.

"How did Lou Jitsu get turned into a Rat?" Jerry asked coolly.

Mikey visibly flinched at the question, his eyes got wide and he immediately turned away. "I have to leave!" he said with a hurt tone going to rush back to Splinter only to find his mind suddenly hazy memories shuffling rapidly before him. He gasped the minute he got clarity back. "HOW DARE YOU!" Mikey snarled.

"It was you! You're the little brat that got him mutated! And you're not even his son. You're just some adopted brat who ran away!" Jerry chuckled. "You really think you have the right to call him father? When you did that too him?" Jerry asked "You shouldn't even be on good terms with him! He's only doing it because he feels sorry for you. He should hate you honestly. Who could love someone who ruined their life and hurt them twice. And you know I'm right. Because you ruined everything for him and then insulted him to his face with something that would hurt."

Mikey teared up and hung his head with a sob he took off running. Jerry grinned evilly as the Box Turtle disappeared into the crowd.

Splinter meanwhile was eating a Mystic Falafel when it was suddenly snatched away from him. "None of that!" said the Macaque. "We need to get you back into shape which means nothing but meat, Vegetables and exercise!" He said shoving Splinter onto the running wheel he suddenly summoned Splinter yelped as he fought against the wheel. He lay flat as he swung him around a could of times before he smashed his way out.

"What the Hell!? What part of retired do you not understand Monkey Boy!" Splinter snarled at him.

"The part where you're content with being an absolute fat slob!" Jerry growled.

"Because the Nexus was Hell for me! You don't know what my life there was really like! And you want me to willingly go back to it! No way! And I'll stay away doubly just to spite you! Mikey, we need to go!" he shouted. But No answer.

"Mikey? Mikey!" Splinter shouted rushing around the fountain before glaring at the Macaque Yokai. " .my. Son?!"

"Why do you care or call him your son? He's the reason you turned into this!" Jerry said with a crinkled nose infuriating Splinter further as he practically took a feral stance on the rim of the fountain pool making several Yokai watching back away including a mother with her son eating ice cream. Covering her son's eyes as she backed away with him.

"NO, HE WAS NOT! IF YOU WERE AS GOOD A LOU JITSU FAN AS YOU SAY YOU WERE YOU'D KNOW IT WAS THAT MAD SCIENTIST WHO TRIED TO WIPE OUT, THE HUMAN RACE BARON DRAXUM! YOU, YOU'RE CREEPY OBBESSION AND REFUSAL TO LET GO ARE RUINING MY LIFE AND MY SPECIAL DAY!"

"Ruining your life! How!? You were the best fighter the Battle Nexus has ever seen!" Jerry growled.

"Not anymore!" Splinter growled calming down. "There's a new Champion called Shadow Fiend check him out! The Hidden City has moved on from Lou Jitsu. So should you!" he said rushing off to find Mikey Jeremy glared hatefully at him, his teeth gritting.

X X X

"Michelangelo!" Splinter shouted worried. There were too many things that could happen to Mikey with his power in the Hidden City. And poor Orange couldn't handle anymore trauma. And Splinter had failed him enough already. "ORANGE!" he shouted. His ears suddenly twitched, when he heard sobbing, he rushed to its source. In an alley behind some Boxes was Mikey's shell in his clothes. He heard the sobbing clearly now. But it stopped looking up at him from inside his shell were two big violet eyes threatening to spill more tears... "Where you have been you scared me to death!" Splinter scolded. "No, now's not the time for that." He groaned correcting himself.

"I'm sorry…." Mikey whimpered.

"What did the stupid Monkey say to make you run away?" Splinter asked.

"Not that…. well that too, but." Mikey began quietly. "I'm the one that ruined your life….if you hadn't tried to save me you could've stayed human."

"And leave you and brothers with that monster! Especially with how you turned out! NO!" Splinter said incredulously. "Although maybe I shouldn't have befriended that evil little rat." Splinter added thoughtfully.

Mikey let out a weak whimper, but looked up at Splinter as he patted his shell. "If anyone failed anyone that night it was me failing you! Draxum took you, and I couldn't get you back and I was too much of a coward to return."

"But if you had come back, Big Mama might've captured you again or worse!" Mikey said, poking his head out.

"But I'm realizing she wouldn't have recognized me…." Splinter sighed. "I'm sorry, the only solace I ever got from losing you. Was the hope you were spared from a worse fate." He finished hanging his head.

Mikey came out of his shell. "I'm here now, and I don't blame you." He said before smiling suddenly. "I just thought of something the real Lou Jitsu lead heroes to come to my rescue when I was in trouble! Something Marcus Moncrief can't claim! Something he did even though I was so cruel to him." He finished hanging his head "I should've tried to understand and empathize whey you guys were doing what you were doing when- "

"No," Splinter said cutting him off. "You were right," he said taking Mikey's hands with a loving squeeze. "The Scrolls were wrong. And I was wrong to make your brothers follow them. If I had believed in what made each of you special. That horrible night would never have happened." He added hanging his head.

"I found this," Mikey said pulling something out of his bag. It was a mug with Lou Jitsu doing a drop kick on it. It read number one. "I couldn't find 'world's best dad.' I wanted to replace the one you had since I broke it."

Splinter teared up taking it. "It's perfect." He caressed Mikey's face coming to a realization. "You and your brothers are the one good thing that came out of everything I went through. And I wouldn't trade any of you for anything."

Mikey smiled, his eyes glistening with joy at this. However, something screeched coming down between them making them yelp and jump back. Splinter still had the intact new Mug. "The Spinning crane bomb!?" Splinter yelped.

"You want to see Number one Lou Jitsu fan?" Jerry asked darkly. "We'll I'll show you!" he said green fire charging up. Mikey and Splinter recognized it as the Macho Gazpacho Kick. Thinking quickly Mikey circled around and punched Jeremy as hard as he could in the stomach to stop it making the Macaque fall back and hit against a box that held glowing mushrooms inside hard.

He snarled at Mikey who growled back. "I know a few non-Lou Jitsu moves! Do not do this! We just want to be left alone!"

"No way…." The Macaque snarled. He rushed forward swinging his tail at Mikey's head only for Splinter to jump up and whip his tail around knocking Jerry back only for him to use his foot to swing several times around and generate a field of fire and spin towards them like a buzzsaw. Mikey, however, put up a fiery shield.

"This guy has the ability to read minds right now he's just focused on attacking but what if-"Mikey said to Splinter worriedly before his father cut him off.

"Leave that too me!" he said rushing around as Mikey and Jerry began to trade blows. Mikey rolled out of the way of another Crane bomb before grabbing his tail and slamming him into the ground. Mikey tried to move around quickly so Jerry couldn't get a good lock on him. He started to feel a more serene and calm Mystic energy flowing. However, Splinter returned just in time with one of the glowing mushrooms and squashed it all over his paws quickly writing the symbol for block on his head and kicking Jerry away before motioning for Mikey to kneel when the Turtle did Splinter quickly wrote it on his forehead. He felt the squish sludge like juice on his head. It was like he had yogurt splattered on him but warm.

Mikey didn't care right now, however. He fought the instinctive urge to wipe it off. "How'd you know to do that?!" Mikey asked having that question distract him.

"You pick up many things being trapped down here." Splinter boasted as Jerry screeched at them throwing the Fifty-man punch. It was too late for them to dodge as they went spiraling spread eagle into the air and landed in the shopping district. Yokai screamed and ran away as Jerry lunged at them again and again. Splinter blocking moves as Mikey landed counter attacks that Draxum had taught him.

One of which being using his Nunchucks to stop another spinning Crane bomb midair and slam Jerry into the ground disorienting him as Splinter used his own on top of him before grabbing him with his tail and throwing him up into the air.

Mikey jumped up and kicked him in the chest however Jerry quickly grabbed him and spun wildly disorienting Mikey as the two crashed into a potions shop. Mikey groaned as he sat there, the world spinning. He felt a slight bit of Nausea as he was becoming more aware of the sights and sounds around him. And Jerry quickly disappeared into the nooks and crannies of the store for a sneak attack.

Mikey, however, suddenly smelt something he remembered Draxum teaching him about. The one thing from Draxum's lessons he took interest in. "A Mystic Toxin!" Mikey asked as he suddenly found where Jerry was.

The Box Turtle looked up to see the Yokai giving him a menacing glare. "I'm going to smash you like an egg literally!"

"Wait Jerry don't! There's a Mystic Toxin!" he shouted but the Macaque didn't listen when he jumped for an attack he crashed into the large network of coils and tubes that had the glowing pink liquid wired through the ceiling of the store.

Mikey quickly ducked away grabbing a blue potion for safety as he did, so as he had been splashed as he felt his bones turn to jelly like he was liquid he quickly gripped the vile he had with his mouth and downed it feeling himself return to normal as he escaped the store and saw Jerry growing.

"Michelangelo!" Splinter shouted rushing over.

"I'm okay!" Mikey called as he spat out the vile.

"HEEELLLP!" Jerry said his face on the center of a large ball his hair spread out like a drawn aura around a sun picture and tiny flailing hands, feet and tail. "I'm nothing but a giant head!" he cried.

"You're attached to your body and it's in there…somewhere…. Mikey muttered.

Splinter gently pushed Mikey behind him as he glared up at the now spherical Macaque Yokai. "Lou Jitsu…" Jerry muttered. "No hard feelings?" he asked nervously.

"Very hard," Splinter growled to him giving him a good kick that sent him screaming and rolling down the hill behind the story. He sighed. "I'm sorry Mikey our day is completely."

"No it's not I had fun! Even though I could've done without your crazy fan! I don't think we've ever fought together either." Mikey pointed out. "We should do it more often."

"Yeah, we should," Splinter replied. "Now lets go see about a reservation at my favorite restaurant for Dinner!"

"YAY!" Mikey cheered both unaware of the Mystic Library nearby exploding open and a bunch of stuff including a screaming Tiger Claw from it.

So it might be a little while before the Next Chapter comes out as Super Mario RPG Remake just came out as I'm writing this and I've heard good things already so I'm excited! But I wanted to get this one out before I go get my copy. But next time is the last Chapter of what I call the Peace Arc

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