"Hold up, hot shot," Raph sighed, walking over and gripping your elbows, digging his blunt thumbs in and forcing you to bend your arms in reaction to the pain. Then he grasped your wrists and made you bend them further down. "There, now try again."
You took a deep breath and attacked the training dummy, striking it directly across the target painted on its chest. You gasped before a dazzling grin overtook your features and you jabbed your Tanto* into the dummy before spinning around and throwing your arms around Raphael's neck, wringing a hug out of him.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
He chuckled, a small smile appearing on his face as he returned the hug.
"Anything for you, little sister; anything for you."
Tanto: A short, one-edged knife
