"Huh!" Destiny grunts, swinging her leg out as she lunges at Raphael.
He dodges easily, smirking as he blocks her uchigatana with a quick upwards swipe of his sai. Near them, Donatello and Michelangelo spar, the orange-masked brother making his usual over-the-top noises as he swings his nunchucks. There's a whistling noise as April's tessen flies through the air, just barely missing its mark above Raphael's head. April regains her weapon and flips it open, fanning herself once before she tucks and rolls away from Destiny's next attack.
Casey leans against a tree, a stalk of wheat between his teeth as he watches the others spar. Donatello blocks Michelangelo's nunchucks and stumbles back, adjusting his footing easily. Casey smirks at Donatello, grabbing his hockey stick and spitting the stalk of wheat out.
"Goongala!" he hollers, leaping into the action.
Donatello spins around, stick clashing with bō staff. The turtle grits his teeth and pushes forward, the two frenemies dodging and fighting with each other with a new kind of ferocity. Without his original partner, Michelangelo quickly switches to Destiny, making goofy noises as he bounces around her.
"Oh! Oh! Can't catch me, girl!" he teases as she plays the offensive against him. "I'm too speedy! WHOO!"
She grins. "Oh yeah? How's this?"
With a flash, she zooms forwards, morphing into a wolf and tackling the orange-clad turtle to the ground. They go rolling away, Destiny coming out on top in the end. Her barking laugh comes out as Michelangelo grins, getting up and hugging her fluffy neck.
"Aw, I can't be angry when you're all cute and fluffy," he coos.
She snuffles his face with her long nose before returning to her preferred state. She stoops and retrieves her fallen sword, adjusting her grip before reengaging with the energetic turtle.
Raphael and April face each other, her swinging her tessen while the turtle evades the attempted blows. He ducks and sweeps his leg, tripping her up and causing her to land hard on her back.
"Sorry April," he laughs.
She narrows her bright blue eyes and lunges upwards with a grunt, catching him in the jaw with a well-aimed punch. He drops like a sack of potatoes, his eyes spiralling as he groans,
"I'm almost a full-on kunoichi," she challenges, crossing her arms over her chest in triumph.
"Aw, yeah! Gotta be quick if you wanna be hanging with the ninjas, dog!" Michelangelo whoops, teasing his disoriented brother before Destiny's uchigatana comes sweeping back at him.
Casey takes another swing at Donatello, but the turtle jerks himself to the side and avoids it. "Sweet moves, Donnie," Casey says, whipping out a slingshot. "Eat this!" He releases the pouch and sends a barrage of pebbles into the purple-masked turtle's face.
"Ow! Cheap shot!" Donatello exclaims, chucking his bō staff at the teen.
It hits Casey straight in the gut, earning a grunt of pain. The mutant tackles Casey, sending them both to the ground as they start to roll around and growl at each other, tugging and pulling at whatever their hands can grab. Michelangelo and Destiny stop their spar to watch the boys tussle.
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Forest Mutation (Book Two)
Fanfiction"In Saskatchewan, when I couldn't fall asleep, I'd watch the moon and think about how across the country and over the border, you were probably out on a rooftop beneath the same moon. You were the first person I enjoyed the moon with. Every other ti...
