Musical Mikey Au

TMNT 2003: Mikey on the one

After a fight with Leo gets Mikey banned from going with his brothers to a movie, he takes out his anger on the drums.
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"I was gone for five minutes. I don't see what the problem is!" Mikey yelled at Leo.

"Five minutes?! Mikey, you went away from us for ten minutes just to save some cat!" Leo yelled back.

"At least I went to help! You wanted to leave the animals for some stupid training!" Mikey yelled.

"The training we were supposed to do was cut short because we had to find YOU!" Leo poked Mikey's shell.

"I was doing the right thing!" Mikey shouted.

"Well, I know what the right thing is. You're confined to the lair. which means no movie." Leo said calmly.

"WHAT?! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" Mikey yelled.

"Don't argue with me, Michelangelo! My decision is final!" Leo shouted.

"Yeeesh. Full name." Raph whispered to Donnie.

"Mikey's in trouble now." He replied.

Angry tears filled Mikey's eyes, threatening to fall.

"Whatever! Fine! I didn't want to watch that stupid movie anyway!" He ran to his room.

"Don't you think that was a little harsh?" Donnie said.

"He needs to learn not to wonder off. Let's go." Leo said before walking to the door.

Donnie and Raph looked at each other before following Leo.

Mikey reached his room and flopped himself onto his bed. He sobbed into his pillow for a good while before he went to his drums set. Mikey doesn't just play the cello. He plays drums as well. He grabbed his drumsticks and put his headphones on to listen to smells like teen spirit by Nivarna.

In the dojo, Master Splinter was meditating. He felt a strong and angry aura coming from his youngest son. He got up and went to check on him. Once he reached his room and waited outside as he saw him hitting the heck out of his drums. And he was actually really good at it.

Mikey unleashed all his anger into that song. His hands were moving at a million miles per hour, and his face stired with focus, something that Sensei had never seen before. It was like he could see Mikey's aura glowing brighter and brighter the more he played. Once Mikey was done, he did one last drum fill before putting his sticks down. It was only then that he saw Master Splinter at the door.

"Oh. Hi, Sensei." He said.

"Hello Michelangelo. Are you alright, my son?" He asked.

"I feel a little better now." He said.

"I felt your aura, my son. It was so angry. Something you aren't normally." He said.

"It's just Leo!" He said, smacking his stick onto his snare drum.

"He thinks he knows everything! But he doesn't know a single thing about compassion!" He yelled.

Master Splinter reached out to him and put his hand on his shoulder.

"My son. Leonardo may sometimes act rash. But he is just worried about you." He said.

"I know it's just that. We're the same age. But he still treats me like a baby." He said.

"I know. But it's still annoying." He said.

Just then, the other turtles walked into Mikey's room. Master Splinter got the message and left.

"Hey, Mikey." Leo said a bit sheepishly.

"Leonardo." Mikey said in a monotone voice.

"OK, we're going with full name." He said to himself.

"Look, Mikey. I had a lot of time to think about what happened and I'm sorry, ok. Guess I was a bit hard on you. I was just worried because you wandered off." He said.

Mikey kept eye contact with him. But he didn't say a word.

"We didn't watch the movie. We couldn't without you. We even got some pizza if you want some." He said with a hopeful look.

Mikey went into thought before saying.

"How much did you get?" He asked.

"We got six." Raph said.

"Hmmmm....ok, I'm in." He said as he put his sticks back on the drums.

"Hey, Mikey, since when could you play drums?" Donnie asked.

"One word. Internet." He said.

"Come on, let's eat." Raph said. "And then you could teach me that song you played."

"I can try. But it's gonna cost ya." He said.

"Nice try, nucklehead." He said as they went to the kitchen to grab a slice. And that night, Mikey taught Raph how to play drums, and now they even play together sometimes. Oh, how he loves being a musician.