Michelangelo: a MuTeens Side Story

 Michelangelo: 

A MuTeens Side Story:

Turtle Lair: Dojo:

Michelangelo was standing still on the Dojo just as Splinter instructed.

"Michelangelo, feel the energy flowing through your body. Feel the energy flow from the Earth. Feel the Earth's energy flow into your feet like water flows into the roots of the trees." Said Splinter.

"I-I think I feel it, Master Splinter!" Said Michelangelo.

"Now let that energy store within your core." Said Splinter as he saw the younger turtle struggle a bit. "Keep going... now let that energy flow out of your body, like opening a valve on a pressurized hose."

"Haaa!" Exclaimed Michelangelo as he posed in the classic Fireball pose. Nothing happened..

"Hyaaa!" He tried a different pose. "It's useless, Master! I feel the ki pressure, but it just doesn't want to come out!" Said Michelangelo. "I feel like I'm  gonna hurl!"  A ki Ball came out Michelangelo's mouth that sent Splinter reeling back.

"A bit unorthodox, but suits you." Said Splinter. "Let's call it Ryuunoiki, as it comes out your mouth."

"Dragon's Breath! Cool!" Replied Mikey.

"Now you must try to do it again!" Said Splinter as Michelangelo returned to his pose. "Once you Master gathering your ki, we'll begin combat training."

Once again, Michelangelo gathered his ki and belched another Dragon's Breath attack.

"Again!" Exclaimed Splinter as Michelangelo kept practicing the Dragon's Breath. Raphael was passing by the dojo when he had to duck and dodge a Dragon's Breath attack.

"What the shell!? Since when Mikey can shoot fireballs out of his mouth!?" Raphael exclaimed.

"Dude, we can shoot ki blasts like Street Fighter! The gap between Venus and us is shrinking, bro! If I can do it, so can you! Dude, imagine if you can Master Ki blasts before Leo..."

"What the Shell, I'm in!" Said Raph as Splinter chuckled.

"Raphael, Ki mastery requires focus and Meditation." Said Splinter. "In your case, channeling that rage would yield some impressive results. First, I want you to focus on feeling the energy flowing through your body. Take a deep breath. Hold it, let it go. Now feel your breath filling your lungs now feel the air flow out. Feel your heart pumping blood across your body. Once you have accounted the flow of blood and the flow of air, you should find the flow of ki across your body. Once you've found it, focus on it."

"Be like a tree, bro! A tree!" Said Michelangelo.

"Michelangelo! Leave Raphael alone!" Said Splinter. "Ki Mastery is different for each individual. Raphael needs to learn how to enhance his ki with his own rage. You needed to learn how to focus and become more aware of everything around you." Splinter explained. "Raphael, spar one round with me, while channeling your anger and ki. No weapons." Then Splinter let go of his walking cane and stood in an active battle stance.

"Hand to hand is the basis of all combat, only a fool trusts his life to a weapon!" Exclaimed Mikey while making a bad Nick impression.

Raphael went for a series of palm strikes that Splinter dodged with is.

"Focus, My son. Feel your Ki, gather it and release it!" Said Splinter as Raphael suddenly felt it. Splinter noticed it too. "Attack me with all your strength, my son!"

Raphael let the punch go. Each punch he threw had multiple ki after images that were hitting multiple places at almost the same time. Splinter parried and dodged the attacks with some difficulty. After 4 barrage, Splinter yelled: "Yamero!" And Raphael stopped. Once the adrenaline high wore off he fell unto his shell.

"You can gather enough ki in combat situations, but you need to learn how to not go over your limit so fast. That requires Meditation... this applies to you as well, Michelangelo. Practice every day and Next week, I'll test you." Said Splinter.

***

Two days later:

Michelangelo was focusing his energy before unleashing a Dragon's Breath attack on a training dummy as Leonardo walked by.

"Oh you're doing Ki training! So cool!" Said Leonardo as he watched Michelangelo. 

"Ah, the Tree..." said Leonardo. "Try gathering the energy WITHOUT the tree pose. It leaves you open for attack! I know, let's go to the training course and do a race while you gather your ki." Said Leonardo. "Try absorbing some ki from every step you take. Every nove you make, must have Two purposes: Help you win the battle and gather ki to unleash attacks that will ensure your victory."

"How do you know so much?" Asked Michelangelo. 

"I've spent most of this year training ki mastery with Venus. She was often bored at Cade's with the whole egg watching thing. I also got to spar with Nick using only swords. Score is 8-6 with yours truly being the 8." Said Leonardo a bit smugly. "He relies too much on his powers, but that doesn't diminish his natural talent for the blade. I'm aware why you're training. Venus is helping Raph at the moment. Donnie, well, you know how he is. Despite the evidence that demons and magic are real, he focuses on technology." They finally reached the training course that Donatello built to Splinter's specifications.

"Let's go, big bro! I want to see this ki mastery of yours." Michelangelo Exclaimed excitedly.

"Get ready little bro!" .said Leonardo as he stood by the starting line. "Ready, set..."

"Go!" Exclaimed Michelangelo as he leapt towards the wall and began climbing. Leonardo jumped straight up and made a mid-air jump to reach the top of the wall.

"Too slow for my air step, Mikey!" Exclaimed Leonardo. "Keep gathering that Ki and release it when ready!"

Furious, Mikey climbed gathering ki from his hands and feet. Leonardo had already descended the zip line. Mikey grabbed the zip line backwards and launched his Dragon's Breath, which propelled him faster down the zipline. "Creativity! That's a plus for you little bro!" Said Leo as he had finished the next obstacle. Little by little Mikey was closing the gap with Leo until the final sprint Mikey had gathered enough ki for a Dragon's Breath, which he fired at Leo. The fearless leader turned around and countered with a ki blast of his own: The Cross Cutter! Both ki blasts clashed and pushed each turtle back with Leonardo being propelled towards the finish line. 

"Damn, I lost." Said Michelangelo dejected.

"Actually, you would've won if I hadn't seen your Dragon's Breath in action by the Zipline." Said Leonardo. "It helped me develop a new technique. The second attack in the Cross Cutter was intentionally made to push me further back. The drawback is that it hurts like crap!"

"That double jump was amazeballs!" Said Mikey.

"That was just expelling ki from my feet like a small springboard. You'd need Dragon Ball levels of ki to float or fly..."

"Or be a Verdosian or a Demon Mutant Alien Space Prince." Replied Mikey.

"Or Ashley." Said Leo as both Turtles began to laugh!

"Boy scout! You me one on one NOW!!" Exclaimed Raphael angrily. "The one time I think I'll be able to get an advantage over you, I find out you're already an elemental ki master! That's a load of bullshit!" Snarled Raphael.

"Hold it!" Exclaimed Michelangelo. "Leo, LEAVE!" Michelangelo yelled as he walked towards Raph. "Raph, bro, listen to me. Before you fight Leo, you need to know some stuff." Said Mikey to a scowling Raph. Angrily Raph unleashed a Senken attack, which Mikey somehow managed to dodge as he could see Raph's ki pathways before he attacked. "Whoa... I know Kung Fu!" Said Michelangelo sounding like Keanu Reeves.

Raphael lunged towards Mikey and by releasing ki through his feet, he flung himself towards Mikey in a corkscrew of pain, which sent Mikey flying back.

"Dude, did you just Psycho Crushed me? Asked Michelangelo. "I didn't have time to dodge!"

Raphael helped his little brother up. "So, think I don't stand a chance against Leonerdo?" Raphael asked cockily.

"You're pretty good, but Leo is miles ahead of us. We only have less than a week of ki training and he has nearly a year of training." Said Mikey. "When I dodged your Senken, I HAD to focus and induce that awareness state. Leo is stuck in that state naturally, almost like Master Splinter. He can also fire multiple ke shots from his sword." 

"I hear you now lil'bro! Guess we have to get stronger together." Said Raphael. "So what did 'Nerdo teach you?"

"To gather Ki while moving. What did Venus teach you?" Replied Mikey.

"Boring passive stuff about meditation, but I learned how to push off ki from. My feet, which you saw." Said Raph. "I can also double jump!"

"Leonardo can double jump too!" Exclaimed Michelangelo. 

"Ask Venus to teach you. I'm gonna go to Northampton to train. Rocky 4 style. I told Master Splinter to give us a month for proper training." Said Raphael.

"You got it, bro..." replied Mikey as he went looking for Venus.