#Did I write Tmnt fanfic at 3am?

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A TMNT AU that focuses more on splinter. A story similar to 2012’s story, but with Rise’s personality.

What if instead of of protecting the world from the shredder, Yoshi was destined to protect the world from the Kraang? What if he knew he failed as soon as he mutated? What if there was nothing he could do but wait? What if Lou Jitsu was an early online influencer?

A story split in to three parts, three times, the early 2000’s/Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki, 2012/Lou Jitsu and the turtle tots, 2022/ Master Splinter and the TMNT

Anyway I’ve been thinking about this all day so here you go

The Tale of Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki

1980

Not too far from Tokyo sits a small village, home of the Hamato clan who happily welcome there newest addition, Hamato Yoshi

1984

Tragedy strikes, the first of many tragedies that will follow Yoshi throughout his life. His mother must leave, to watch for something, protect them from something

1987

Yoshi befriends a local boy named Oroku Saki. They quickly become inseparable. However, before the year is up, tragedy strikes once more, Leaving Saki an orphan, tragedy will follow Saki throughout his life. Yoshi’s family is quick to take in Saki, in there eyes the young boy was always family.

1995

The brothers learn together, play together, train together. But like all brothers they fight. They argue and bicker over silly things, but when it comes down to it they’ll always defend each other, won’t they?

1997

The brothers sit in the dojo while their father speaks to them. He talks to them about their family, their history, the Hamato clan. Hundreds of years ago their family stopped the demons that attempted to destroy their home. Yoshi in Saki will one day bare the responsibility of protecting them if the monsters shall ever return.

Saki nodes, he understands the weight that he must carry.

Yoshi on the other hand is not paying attention.

“Monsters and Demons and Aliens and Yokai,” he later tells his brother, “like they fairy tales he’d tell us to keep us out of trouble as kids? You seriously believe that?”

“Why wouldn’t I? I won’t ignore Hundreds of years of tradition because I don’t want to be responsible, will you?”

Their sibling rivalry suddenly lost its playful twang

1999

The rivalry between them continues to grow becoming more intense with every argument.

Saki believes that their father favors Yoshi, despite Yoshi never seeming to care or take anything seriously.

Yoshi believes that Saki is simply a hateful man. That Saki will hate him no matter what so there’s no point in trying to stay kind to him.

Yoshi also spends more of his free time on his computer, the internet was a fascinating thing.

1999

Yoshi posts on blogs and forums, starting to make a name for himself on online spaces. That name however is not Yoshi, he instead goes by ‘Lou Jitsu’

2001

A young woman moves to town. Yoshi and Saki both become smitten.

Tang Shen is her name, smart, strong, kind, beautiful.

Weather she realizes it or not, her love will be the final thing to push the brothers apart.

Shen finds them both charming in their own ways.

2002

The young men continue to try and win her attention. However in their fighting does not go unnoticed by Shen. She notices the malice behind Saki’s words, behind his eyes.

Tang Shen chooses Hamato Yoshi

2003

Lou Jitsu has gained quite a following on a new website called ‘MySpace’

He tends to embellish his life on the internet, he makes himself out to be some sort of hero. Never lying per say, just exaggerating.

2004

Tang Shen is pregnant.

Yoshi is there for her, but he starts distancing himself, spending more time working, training. He’s scared. He doesn’t think he could be a great father.

Saki doesn’t care that she’s going to have a child. He is convinced that she still loves him, that she will leave Yoshi. He is plans on raising the child as if it was his own

2005

The Hamatos happily welcome their newest addition,

Hamato Miwa

However this happiness dose not last.

Yoshi’s father is ill. While he tries to remain carefree, he can feel the sadness and responsibility he’s been running from begin to catch up with him.

Deep into the night someone knocks at the door.

Shen lights a candle and makes her way over to the door.

Oroku Saki

He demands she change her mind. She demands he leave her be.

Their argument wakes up Yoshi and they soon begin to fight, unlike they have ever fought before. The candle falls and fire slowly consumes the building.

Saki unsheathes his blade and swings for Yoshi,

“STOP” Shen blocks the swing before falling to the ground

Saki Runs

The supports of the small building begin to fall.

Yoshi barely makes it out alive

Miwa is lost

He sits outside whispering to himself though broken tears.

He goes to his clan. But Saki got there first, he doesn’t know what he told them but it couldn’t be good. His own father won’t look him in the eyes.

There’s only one thing left for him to do, flee.

He books a plane to the first place he can think of, America, he briefly considers LA before settling on New York, Shen always wanted to visit New York.

2006

Yoshi can’t shake the feeling that grief isn’t the only thing that followed him. He swears he sees things in the streets, things only mentioned in cautionary tales, hears the name he was taught to fear.

His mind must be playing tricks on him.

Since moving Yoshi struggled to find a job, before ending up at a local pet shop. Most of his paycheck went to paying the rent of a small run down apartment.

He was entirely alone, the only thing that gave him the slight sense of community that he craved was his online presence. He often posted martial arts videos and life blogs. He gave up attempting to be honest with them. Lou Jitsu became a character he put on as a last attempt at keeping his sanity, was he still sane?. He wished that could be a paying job.

The depression, grief, anxiety, and pain of his life was becoming to much to handle alone.

‘Maybe I should get an emotional support pet.’

The next day he clocked out of work, but didn’t walk home alone. He was now accompanied by the four baby turtles. He finally felt like things could be okay again.

And they almost were. Yoshi was mere feet from his apartment when he heard the voices coming from the alleyway.

“Kraang has received new orders from Kraang Prime” the horrid robotic voice screeched.

Fear, all he felt was fear. Then relief, he wasn’t seeing things, he wasn’t loosing his mind, they were real, they were here. Regret. He should have paid more attention to his father. He places the turtles on a window ledge

“What has Kraang-“

BANG

Yoshi hits one in the back of the head and it topples to the ground. The other stands shocked in front of him. ‘Could Kraang be shocked?’ In it’s hands was a glowing canister filled with a thick green substance that bubbled and oozed.

a fight brakes out the canister traded hands back and forth between the man and the alien-piloted machine. Suddenly it was in the air

The Air stood still. Rats ran by his feet. Shattering glass. Ooze coated his skin.

Pain. White hot pain. It clouded his vision, rang in his ears. He felt his bones stretching, skin morphing. Was he growing taller? Or getting shorter? He grasped his arms for stability, only to feel a thick layer of fur. When did he get on the ground?

‘The Turtles’

He glanced over and they too were sitting in a puddle of the ooze. They were changing right in front of him. Yoshi looked to the baby turtles and for a split second he thought they looked familiar. Almost like him, Almost like,

He picked up the children an ran, retreating into the sewers where no one would see them.

2006

The Hamato clan is born anew

They happily welcome four additions.

Hamato Raphael

Hamato Leonardo

Hamato Donatello

Hamato Michelangelo