Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: From Allies to Lovers

Origami Tsunami

Splinter and Mizuki sat in the living area as they watched an old film that focuses on a hero fighting off crime bosses. Mizuki perched criss-cross beside Splinter, her back straight and an interested expression on her face.

"Where's our free grub, noodle man?" One of the crime bosses demanded.

Raph mimicked the hero on the screen. "Okay, ha. How 'bout some—hot soup?"

He grabbed Donnie and Mikey by the front of their shells and threw them over his shoulders as the hero on the screen did. Donnie and Mikey both fell face-flat on two bowls of noodles as the crime bosses.

A noodle splattered on Splinter, who slurped up the noodle as he continued to watch the scene in front of him.

"Too spicy for you?" Raph continued to mimic the hero with a laugh. "Everyone's a critic. Hm."

Mizuki got up and paused the movie. She turned to face Splinter. "So, this hero? This is Lou Jitsu?" She asked him.

"He is known throughout the world as a celebrity for years," he replied to her, nodding. "No one knows what happened to him or where he went off to, but they all still remember him through his movies and other merchandise."

"Seems like a worthy hero," Mizuki remarked, impressed.

"Man, 'Teriyaki Shakedown' always gets me so—" Donnie looked up and inhaled. "—jazzed!"

"Yeah, Lou Jitsu's the business!" Raph grinned.

Splinter threw the remote at him, prompting him to yelp and fall to the ground. Donnie and Mikey's eyes went wide with confusion and astonishment.

"Then why do you insult the master with your poor technique?" Splinter said.

"HOT SOUP!" He jumped off the chair and grabbed Donnie and Mikey again. He flipped them onto the bowls once more, but harder than Raph did before. Mizuki went wide-eyed at the stunt the rat mutant had pulled.

"Do not worry," Splinter went on. "Someday, you will be great ninjas with a little practice...is something I would say if I were a liar."

"That's nice of you to say, Pop," Mikey got up. "But I'm tired of practicing."

"Yeah, we can be heroes like Lou Jitsu!" Raph added.

Splinter laughed and walked away. "Nice try."

Mizuki got up to help Donnie get up from the floor. "Master Splinter, with all due respect, I believe in them. Even though they were inexperienced fighters, they had managed to fight off Draxum and defeated him. I saw their fighting skills when I was imprisoned. I see no reason why they aren't heroes yet."

"She's right," Mikey piped up. "We got the squillz, we got the tight color-coordinated team look."

"Let's do it! Let's go out and bust some bad guys!" Raph fist-bumped Mikey.

"But just one problem. Where are we going to find bad guys for you to fight off?" Mizuki asked.

"Good point, Mizzy," Donnie pulled out a tablet from his robo-shell. "I also feel like we need a case to get the juices flowing a bit. You know, let's see what the Internet has to say about it, shall we..." He started searching for any crimes committed in New York. Leo got up from behind the chair and sat on it upside-down.

"Yo, Leo, we're gonna be heroes!" Mikey exclaimed.

"Okay, what's the plan? Solve the city's rat problem?" Leo asked with a bored look. He got hit by Splinter in the tail and yelped, falling off the chair.

"Hey, now. I am standing right here." Splinter scolded.

"Pfft, no way! We're crime fighters!" Raph said.