Chapter 22:
Dragons vs. Tai Lung

“Let him go, Tai Lung.” A voice called out causing the villain to turn and see four turtles standing in the doorway. This brought back the memory of Oogway times four, but these turtles were younger, and in better shape.

“Who are you fools?” Tai questioned to the group that was glaring at him.

“Dude, we are the Dragon Warriors.” The one with the orange mask as he took out his mystic weapon. The others followed his lead and took theirs out as well.

“You? Four?” Tai said back them, and accepted that Oogway may have made a change since he was gone for twenty years, so he moved away from that thought. “Them? They are turtles. You four are turtles. What are you guys gonna do? Hide in your shells?” He said to Shifu, who was unconscious and to the four before him.

“That’s funny? He’s funny.” The one in orange said to his brothers before adding, “Nope, we’re going to defeat you with this.” With that he showed off the scroll causing Tai Lung to attack.

“Smoke pellets, now.” Leo said as he saw the feline charging at them. The four took out a single pellet from their belts and threw them to the ground making Tai Lung to hit one of the pillars that helped keep the outside of the palace upright.

‘The scroll must of increased their speed.’ The white warrior thought as he shook the pair away from his hand. The other four circled around him and decided to use their basic training for starters.

“You’re outmatched, outgunned, and outclassed - give up.” Donatello offered to him since he did not wish to show the villagers what he and his brothers were truly capable of.

“Never.” He shouted back and charged only to have blue and red sweep his feet causing the big cat to tumble down the stairs.

“Basic moves first. Then we’ll bust out our mystic training.” The oldest of the four suggested since they saw him land on the demonstration ground. With ease the four got down, and around him.

“You know what Tai Lung your dedication to training is a real inspiration in fact we want to show you a few of our moves. Ready bros?” Michelangelo stated and questioned.

“We’re with you bro.” The three others answered him, They got into position and used moved they showed the Five and Shifu.

“Juto - back-fist strike.” The field leader said and sandwiched the cat’s face with the back of their fists. “Front snap kick.” He issued after they got some distance, and he closed in on them only to have the four heels slam into his lower jaw area.

‘I won’t stand for this.’ Tai thought in anger and tried a downward claw strike, but they were prepared for that as well.

“Upper rising block.” The one in orange ordered and they followed; protecting themselves against his attack. “Double kick counter.” He issued after his arms were knocked away and they kicked him in the back. “Again.” He issued and they did the kick again.

“And finish.” The brainy one said as they all watched him fall to his gut. They knew that he wasn’t going to stay that way - he was too determined. That was when the party animal pointed over to the tree that loomed over the entrance wall. The team nodded and got to work.

“Where are they?!” Tai shouted after getting back to his feet, and then heard a whistling. The big cat turned and saw the one in orange standing on top of the wall.

“Yoo-hoo. If you don’t stop standing on your tail you’re going to be left behind.” The young one said while bending down and patting his own butt. As expected this got the exiled one angry.

“I’LL KILL YOU!!!” The bad cat shouted and leapt at him. The teen ninja leapt down, stayed on the tree until Tai was nice and close before rolling away. No sooner then he landed on the long tree trunk the other three let go of their lines and he was sent flying.

“That won’t keep him away for long.” Leo said and then looked down at the rest of the stairs. “Remember the one dimension that we saw where they had a shell move called ‘shell quake’?” He questioned to the others and got a nod from the others, and that’s where the got what he was talking about.

“Let’s do it.” The angered one shouted and it was then Tai Lung reappeared after his fling. With that the four fought him on the way down the stairs, but every time they neared the steps each of the four slammed him with their shells, and ended with the youngest.

“Guy’s keep away.” Donatello shouted when he saw the live ball on the field once they reached the valley. With that the four did just that…or at least three of them - Raphael kept on giving the snow leopard sucker punches or kicks.

“Looking for this?” The young one questioned as he held the scroll in hand.

“Give it to me.” The enemy said as he walked over to the turtle, and saw that he was standing on the handles of a wagon.

“No way, since we’re beating you senseless how about you reconsider your offer or there’s more to come.” The young one said in a boastful tone, not realizing his misplaced footing.

“I have a better idea.” He said and then walked up behind the turtle and pushed all his weight on the basket end of the wagon. In that instant the comical one was flung over the building and released his prize. Out of greed the cat followed to get what he has earned.

“This may work better than just beating him up.” The swords-turtle said to the others as he watched the cat run to the scroll.

“Says who? This is fun.” Raphael said back to the cautious one since he really was having a blast of kicking the man’s tail.

“Maybe, but I think I know how to really have fun.” Donatello said as he spotted a down firework cart, beyond a building. The others saw this and knew what he had planned, so as they rebuilt the cart Michelangelo was giving the chopstick challenge a shot.

“Lightning!” The lone turtle said as he was on a pair of bamboo stalks knocking around fifteen woks, one that slammed into the cat’s face before landing on the ground, to try to confuse him which one has the scroll.

‘As if this old trick will work on me.’ The powerful man thought before doing a sweep the feet motion that cleared away all of the woks and revealed the scroll. The turtle tried to fight him with the stalks, but he knocked them away.

‘Pay attention.’ The young one thought as he was falling pulled out Inazuma and used the extra length to hit him while falling. As soon as he belly flopped the foe Tai threw him off and chased after the rolling scroll.

“Mikey!” The three shouted as Lung ran after the scroll. The turtle in question saw what they were carrying and smiled. Thanks to a small flame from Gunshin they went flying.

“Get out of our way!!!” Raphael shouted at the cat as they were speeding over to him. Tai Lung heard and turned his head to see the four riding a speeding cart: blue and purple in the cart with red and orange on the roof. In one swift motion blue grabbed the scroll, but was forced to let go.

“Maybe I should have installed a brake on that thing.” The brainy brother pointed out after he and the others ride stopped at one side of the bridge while they were flung into the side of a building on the other side of the river.

“Turtle luck running true to form.” The angered one said as he saw their target was now in another dragon mouth. With nothing better to do they began to climb the tall building. “Guys who ever get’s there last has to clean Monkey’s toes for a year.” The competitive one said and they all nodded in agreement.

“The scroll has given them power!” Tai Lung shouted as he watched how effortlessly the four were climbing the building. “NO!” He shouted while running on the bridge before leaping up and giving the building causing it to crumble.

“And there’s the scroll going airborn.” The swords-turtle said as he heard they were climbing at flew away. They continued to follow it and the youngest was able to grab it.

“Got it.” He shouted with joy until he heard a snarl from behind and saw that it was Tai Lung falling right at them. It was then the four nodded since they knew the best way to end this was beam style.

“GIVE ME THAT…” That was as far as he could go since flashes of blue, red, purple, and orange blinded him. “Where did…” He questioned before seeing a shadow behind him.

“Go, Go Inazuma!” The comedian shouted before firing a bright orange beam at the cat.

“Byakku, unleash the cleaving wind.” The genius shouted as he fired his own beam.

“Give `im shell Bonrai!” The angered one shouted before firing a beam through his sickle-like tools.

“Gunshin, fight with the fire of the dragon king.” Leonardo shouted as he too fired off a mystic beam from his weapon. All four beams became one and slammed into the evil cat. In that attack he was slammed right beside the Hamato Hovel.

“If you want this stupid thing then…here.” Raphael shouted out after they landed, and tossed the scroll over to the cat since they really didn’t need it anyways.

“Finally! Oh yes.” Tai said after caught the scroll. “The power of the Dragon Scroll is…MINE!” He shouted while opening the container and opened the scroll.

“He seems confused.” The fourth one stated with a smile on his face. The others got a chuckle of that, but their smiles stopped when he threw the scroll down in anger.

“There’s nothing on there!” He shouted at the four as if it were their fault. They went back to being silent, but the studious one spoke to him.

“In short the scroll is referring to inner strength. You know - your own power.” The one in blue said calmly to the confused cat before them. Tai Lung’s anger quickly became anger and he focused that anger toward them. Their enemy lunged his right hand at them with a specific finger formation.

“So, this is how you took down whiskers and them.” The angered one said in semi-calm tone as he stood there holding the leopard’s wrist with one hand. It was only then the cat saw that all four of them had some sort of glow to them.

“By the way…you’re going to need a shell more than physical strength to take us down.” The one in purple said before baseball swinging the student’s gut, and at that time the second oldest released his wrist.

‘Despite these powers that they have. I will still win.’ Tai thought after crashing into a building. The cat charged at them, and the fight was surprisingly easy due to the lessons they learned of the Ninja Tribunal have taught them.

‘I prefer to have fun with this guy rather than beating him up.’ The speed factor thought as he stepped on his opponent’s toes, and made him bite his own tails which they did find funny. Out of anger Tai Lung leapt into the air - higher than they did when breaking the tiles.

“Guys, avatar it up, but don’t meld.” The field leader said to the others as they all gathered around the blast crater, caused by the cat’s falling body, and concentrated. Their bodies lit up with power and with that four powerful dragons loomed over them.

“What is this?!” Tai shouted in awe at the sight of these four powerful dragons. Instead of blasting him with beam blasts the four used their right claw and slammed him as hard as they could back to the ground.

‘What are those?’ The Furious Five thought as they continued to escort the civilians away, but looked back at the valley one last time and saw four dragons over their hometown. Back at the fight the group was now looking at a familiar figure on the ground.

“Wow, so those exist here, huh?” The comedian as he and the others were looking at a traditional outline of a warrior that went through the ground. Eventually the leopard was able to pull himself out of the ground.

“You…can’t beat…me. You’re just like…Oogway, and…I could have taken…” Tai Lung stammered due to his sever injuries, but he still tried to strike the leader of the four, but he grabbed one fuzzy finger and stood there.

“The problem is we’re not Oogway. The four of us go by a different name: the Teenage…” The blue one said as he rose his index finger.

“Mutant…” The one in purple said as he grabbed the cat’s left foot with his Pinky raised.

“Ninja…” The red one said as he grabbed the cat’s other hand, and rose his Pinky.

“Turtles.” The orange turtle said as he grabbed the right foot and did as his brothers. It was then Tai saw that each had their Pinky finger’s raised which scared him.

“The Wuxi Finger hold.” He said with terror in his voice.

“So, you know this move, fleabag.” The red one said with a smile since he was happy to see the fear in this foe.

“You four have to be bluffing. You’re all bluffing. Shifu didn’t teach you that.” The cat said since this was one move that not even he knew about.

“No, he didn’t, but my brothers and I can catch onto special moves pretty quick.” The blue one said, and with that all four of them lowered their fingers, but the youngest had to add a word to it.

“Skadoosh.” The comical one said and when the move was accessed a powerful shockwave rushed all over China. The wave ran over the five and the civilians, but did not harm them as Tigress checked on the rabbit in her arms, that she guarded only to see that the young one was safe.

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