The Sacred Blue Rose [LeoxOC TMNT Fanfiction]

Chapter 7

Yesterday was a crazy day and because of the events that took place, Master Splinter decided to give the guys the day off for training. Which meant a full day of training for me since I couldn't do my beginners katas test yesterday. Even though Splinter gave them the day off, he still made them all sit in on my training session. It started off like normal, a few stretches here, balance beam jumps there, and then I totally aced my beginners katas test. Splinter seemed pleased with my quick progress as he approached me with a smile on his face.

"Well done Skylar.. You have successfully passed your beginner katas.. There is still much to learn and there is one more thing I would like for you to do today before we end. Depending on how you do.. Will depend on your reward." Splinter said, standing in front of me as I sat on my knees.

"Of course Sensei.." I said bowing my head respectfully.

He bowed his head back and then looked over at his sons. "Donatello, Michelangelo.. Stand" Splinter ordered.

The two of them looked at each other for a second but they both got to their feet and stood in the middle of the dojo. I looked back at them for a moment, wondering what was going on before looking back in front of me. If there was one thing I made sure to remember from Splinter's teachings, is to be ready for anything. Splinter then motioned with his hand for me to stand up.

"You excelled quickly in your training Skylar and I want to see what you are capable of doing.. Now this does not mean you will skip any of your training.. But it will help me understand how quickly you will learn." Splinter explained as he walked over to the wall that stored a lot of different types of weapons, including extras of the turtle's own weapons.

He grabbed a small wooden sword that looked like it had seen better days. It was definitely used plenty of times before. You could see the knicks and knoches of where other weapons hit it. He walked up to me and handed me the small wooden sword. I took it in my hand firmly, examining the wood closer.

"You are to spar against Donatello and Michelangelo.." Splinter said as he walked back towards the front side of the dojo and knelt down on his pillow. "Hajime!" He called out, starting the sparring match.

I quickly took a stand, holding the wooden sword with both hands in front of me, legs slightly apart in my stance for good balance. Donnie and Mikey quickly whipped their weapons out, holding them firmly, Mikey twirling his nunchucks quickly. My eyes shifted between the two of them, anticipating their first moves. I must have had my eyes on Mikey longer than I thought because when I looked back at Donnie, he was no longer there.

Mikey, seeing that I was distracted while trying to sense where Donnie was, took the opportunity to run towards me, which at the same time I heard footsteps behind. I stared at Mikey waiting for the right moment, I smirked when I sensed both of them were close enough to not be able to change their attacks quick enough. I quickly ducked down and Mikey was met with Donnie's foot to his chest, they both went sliding on the ground away from me. I stood back up tall, back in my starting position.

Donnie got back up quicker than Mikey and he ran towards me, twirling his bo staff to his side. He jumped up and tried to attack from above, raising his bo staff high above his head striking down to mine, but I quickly blocked and pushed it away with the wooden sword. He swung his bo staff around his body quickly and tried a few attacks to my sides, slowly pushing back, but each time I blocked his attacks. He changed his attack up by swiping his bo staff at my feet and I was just a tad too slow in reacting. I let out a loud grunt as my back made contact with the ground. He pointed his bo staff at me which at this point I expected Splinter to end the sparring match, but he didn't.

I sat there for a moment, saw Mikey getting back up to his feet with his nunchucks in hand and then I got an idea. I looked back up at Donnie who looked confident in having taken me down. I quickly rolled onto my upper back, wrapped my legs around his bo staff and twisted them back around, causing him to lose his grip on his weapon. He tried to hold on, but it only allowed me to twist his arm and flip him to his side. I kicked his bo staff up into the air as I rolled onto my feet and caught his weapon in my hand, swinging it back behind me as Mikey stood there watching with wide eyes. Donnie laid on his shell, shocked to have seen me over take him and take his weapon.