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Some TMNT stuff really isn't for little kids. |
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[A retainer who served the governor of Kai was heading home one sundown from the governor's mansion when he saw a fox.] [The retainer gave chase and shot it with the kind of noisemaker arrow used for scaring off dogs.] [He hit it in the back leg. The fox yelped in pain, rolled over, and dove limping into the brush.] [As the retainer went to retrieve the arrow, the fox reappeared in front of him and he was about to shoot at it again when...] [...It vanished!] |
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[A short distance from home he saw the fox running ahead of him carrying a flaming brand in its mouth.] [What could it be up to?] [He spurred his horse on.] [On reaching the house, the fox chaned into a human being and set the house on fire.] [The retainer was ready to shoot as soon as he got within range, but the human changed back into a fox...] [...And got away.] [The house burned down.] [Beings like that exact swift vengeance...] |
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Splinter "Nnggg..." Kitsune "Still alive?" FWIIK Kitsune "Wha—" Michelangelo "Get. Off. My. Dad." Kitsune "Hrggkk..." Leo "Raph! Quick! We've got to get Father out of here!" KRKK FWOMP SCHLIP Splinter "Hrrranhh!" Leo "I've got you, Father. Now you see why I begged you to wear the kevlar all the time?" Splinter "Yes...nnf... Leonardo. And your astute precautions are certainly appreciated." Splinter "Now... Leave me. Protect our friends." Raphael "Yeah, well..." |
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"...I ain't so sure who's a friend and who ain't right now, Sensei." Splinter "The witch is the only enemy here, Raphael. This... Is her doing—" "—She must be stopped." Mikey "Guys! A little help, yeah?!" Kitsune "Yes... Grggk... Little turtle..." "...Seek your brothers' help." Raph (Kitsune) "Help..." Leo "Raph! No!" SWIP Mikey "Gyah!" |
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Mikey "Dude! Why'd you do that?!" Kitsune "This is why." Mikey (Kitsune) "Oh." Leo "Snap out of it! Kitsune's got you und—" KRAK Raph (K) "Help..." Leo "Dammit." Kitsune "And now for the chunin..." |
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Kitsune "...Fetch me my knife." Splinter "Do you feel it, my son?" Leo "Yeah, like... A thousand worms wriggling inside my brain." Leo "I've felt this before." Splinter "Dark magic. You must fight it, Leonardo." Splinter "Do not allow the witch inside your head." Leo "My head?" Leo "My head is my own!" FWK Kitsune "What's this?" Kitsune "So, the rat and his eldest are immune to my powers, hm?" Kitsune "No matter. Psychological warfare is but one of many weapons I utilize." Kitsune "Some far bloodier than others." Kitsune "Rend them to pieces." Leo "Crap." Splinter "Indeed." |
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Aka "Your friends need you." April O'Neil "Who—" April "Aka!" April "What... What are you doing here?" Aka "A thing I rarely ever do—intervening." Aka "I have come to warn you that your friends require your help." April "I know—that's what I'm doing down here." April "Wracking my brain looking for clues to help us stop your family." Aka "Yes, I see." Aka "Though, as noble as your intellectual efforts are, the assistance needed now is of a more immediate and physical nature." Aka "Please—take this..." Aka "...And pay careful attention to the words I am about to speak." |
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Splinter "We must get your brothers away from Kitsune, Leonardo!" Leo "I think we need to get away from them... Erf... First, Father!" Splinter "Just so." FWAK Splinter "Please forgive me, Michelangelo." Splinter "And know that this pains me far worse than it does you." Splinter "Far worse." |
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Kitsune "So, the rat would consume his young after all, hm?" "Such ferocity." Splinter "Enough, Raphael." Raph (K) "Grahh!" FWIPP Splinter "Enough." Raph (K) "Guh..." WHUMP FOOM Kitsune "Such bite." |
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Donatello "What in the world...?" Kitsune "Ahh... More food for the fodder." Donnie (K) "Food... Fodder..." Leo "Donnie..." Splinter "...No." Leo "Damn! Too late." Splinter "Yes." Splinter "Please help Jennika, my son." Splinter "I will deal with Donatello!" |
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SHUP Jennika "Nuh!" CRAK Jennika "Master... I have failed..." Leo "Alopex!" Leo "You don't wanna do that." Leo "This isn't who you are." Alopex "Leo?" Kitsune "No, little fox." Kitsune "...A bear." |
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Alopex (K) "Bear!" Alopex (K) "Rrrarr!" CHOK FWUMP Jennika "Th-Thank you, chunin. You..." Jennika "...You saved my life." Leo "Yeah?" Leo "We'll see." |
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Splinter "My son, I have already apologized to your brothers." Splinter "Now, as much as I would rather not..." CHAK Splinter "...I must do the same to you." SCHWIP Splinter "Because the time has come to end this madness." Splinter "Before another innocent life is lost." Splinter "I hope you will understand." |
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Kitsune "Innocent life, Yoshi? Truly?" Kitsune "I have walked this world for millennia, and if I have learned but one thing, it is that none who exist are innocent. None." Kitsune "Perhaps, Kitsune." Splinter "But not all are to blame for their guilt." Jennika "Back away from my master, witch." Kitsune "Ah, yes, the assassin. If ever one bore guilt for their dark deeds, it is you." Kitsune "Do you dare to atone for your sins now, girl?" Kitsune "Do you dare to face me?" April "Not her, Kitsune." April "Me." Kitsune "So, Miss O'Neil—you have decided to join us... And to challenge me, no less." Kitsune "I am curious, though—how, pray tell, do you intend to do that?" April "With a prayer, actually..." April "...And this." Kitsune "Aka?" |
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April "Powers of creation, masters of all. Hear my lamentations, heed my call." April "Restore eternity's balance, turn wrong into right. End this day's malice, cast darkness into... Light!" Kitsune "No!" Kitsune "My... My mind control. Gone." Kitsune "Gone!" April "Whoa. It really worked." Leo "April, how the heck did you... Do that?" April "I have no idea." Splinter "White magic..." |
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Splinter "...It was white magic." Rat King "So, beloved sister..." Rat King "...Not so neutral after all, hm?" Aka "Yes, well, it is as Kitsune said, my brother..." "...None are innocent." Leo "C'mon, Donnie... Easy does it." Donnie "That's the last time I teleport home without calling ahead." Mikey "Ohhh, my achin' melon." Raph "What the hell happened?" Raph "One second Father's tellin' us to fight Kitsune, and the next I'm snorin' next to Mikey." April "It was Kitsune. She decided to take the war to the next level, I guess." Raph "War? What war?" April "Her family's war. Long story." Splinter "Indeed, Miss O'Neil. Perhaps the longest story of all." Jennika "Master Splinter, forgive my interruption..." Jennika "...But something is wrong." Jennika "It's Alopex. I can't find her anywhere." Jennika "She's gone." |
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[Epilogue.] Kitsune "Infernal meddler!" Kitsune "I will not forget this, Aka!" Kitsune "You do not attack me?" Kitsune "Hm, my mental powers have returned, it seems." Kitsune "Aka's spell was only temporary." Kitsune "Ah, sister, your constant benevolence will be your undoing yet." Kitsune "Pilot..." "...Take us away from this place." |
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Kitsune "And so the game continues. I did not achieve all I had hoped for this day, my beloved, but it matters not." Kitsune "In the end, the prize I sought above all others is mine to claim." Kitsune "You have been returned to me at least, my Dragon Warri—" Kitsune "—Oh." Kitsune "Well played, Hamato Yoshi..." Kitsune "...Well played indeed." |