A/n: This book includes a series of oneshots involving the turtles and brotherly moments between them. I'll keep updating more whenever I come up with new ones. I can take requests too, so if you have any in mind, you can leave them in the review section or send me a PM. No romance though, and it must have at least two of the turtle brothers in it. Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer
I don't own the turtles, April, Casey, Splinter or any other character which might be used later on in this book. All of them belong to their respective owners.
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Ultimate Showdown
The air was heavy with anticipation. April, Casey, Donnie, Mikey and Master Splinter stood to the side.
In the centre of the pit, Leo and Raph faced each other off for their little contest, both determined to win. April had been appointed as the referee since she was the only one who wouldn't pick sides.
On the other side of the living area, Mikey nudged Donnie with a mischievous smile. "So, D, how about a bet? Winner gets three large pizzas for the next movie night."
"And he also gets to choose the movie." Donnie smiled smugly.
"Fine" Mikey sighed, "Three large pizzas and the choice of the movie says, Raph would win."
"I'm betting on Leo."
"My sons, as much as I love to watch this intriguing competition, I must warn you all that there will be no victor."
"But Sensei!" Mikey whined, "It's The Ultimate Showdown! No one ever knows the outcome of these type of matches. It'll be fun to watch, please don't cancel it!"
"I'm not saying that I don't want to watch. On the contrary my son; I would love to. I am simply placing my own bet."
"Wait... What?"
Splinter chukled at the dumbfounded expressions on his younger sons' faces.
"Three large, extra cheese pizzas and movie choice says, neither will be victor."
After a long moment of staring at his father, Mikey finally nodded. He then skipped towards the eldest two, his bubbly, excited persona back like it had never really left.
The two brothers were seated on chairs with a small table between them (courtesy of April). At first, everyone had agreed to do this in the kitchen since a table and stools were already present there but then Mikey pointed out that the table was greasy as he hadn't cleaned it after trying another one of his recipes and it would be more fun in the pit anyway.
"You guys ready?" He asked them excitedly.
"Yup"
"Sure"
"Alright then!" Mikey turned to face the 'audience' and cleared his throat before announcing.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Mutants and Humans!" Raph rolled his eyes at Mikey's dramatic speech.
"I Present to you; The Ultimate Showdown between the top two fighters of THE HAMATO CLAN!"
Beside Mikey, both Leo and Raph had interlocked their right hands, their elbows pressed to the table's surface and their muscles tense. Fiery green met focused blue, the glares competative and challenging with a hint of exasperation, due to Mikey's circus-speech, in both of them.
Mikey continued with his (completely unnecessary) announcement.
"The match that will determine who is the best! LET THE ARM WRESTLING TOURNAMENT BEGIN!"
Shaking her head in amusement, April came forward to signal the start.
"Ready?"
They both gave a nod, never breaking eye contact.
"OK. 3... 2... 1... GO!"
As soon as those words left her mouth, both brothers pushed, each trying to bring the other's arm down. Their forarms were shaking with the combined force but neither's moved.
Everyone watched in tense silence as the time passed, neither Leo nor Raph showing any signs of yielding. If Leo's arm moved a little downward, he would shift his stance slightly to counteract the force. And if Raph's arm moved downward, he would apply more strength in pushing the other's arm.
It didn't look like any of them was going down any time soon.
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April checked the time on her T-phone.
7:42 pm
She was leaning back against the couch as Casey, Donnie and Mikey absent-mindedly watched the ongoing arm wrestle match; nothing had changed. Splinter had gone to his room to meditate a while ago.
April took another look at the T-phone and sighed. The match had been going on for 27 minutes. And frankly, she was considering about ending it. None of the two were really backing down, they didn't even look tired. At that rate, they wouldn't move until they are passed out from exhaustion which, apparently, wouldn't happen anytime soon, considering how the two of them hadn't even broken a sweat yet. She thought for a moment and decided that she would give them another 3 mintues.
At least this way, half hour would be completed.
"Casey, can you bring Master Splinter? He wanted to be here when the match ends."
"Sure thing, Red." Casey stood up from his position next to Mikey and walked towards Sensei's room, he paused on his way there and turned to face April. "By the way, how much longer till you call an end to that? I'm starving."
"Just three more minutes."
"Great!"
After Master Splinter had arrived, only one minute was left and the eldest two were still working on trying to bring the other down. Donnie and Mikey were already informed that the match was at the end and they both were worried that they'll lose the bet.
Mikey then decided to cheer Raph on and Donnie soon followed, cheering Leo.
"Bring him down, Raph!"
"Don't let him win, Leo!"
"Raph! Put more force in those muscles!"
"C'mon, Leo! You can beat him!"
They kept encouraging their brothers, trying to get one of them to win because Sensei's choice was terrible. No one really wanted to watch soap operas on their special movie night. Heck! even a Barbie movie would be a better choice than that.
April checked the time once more and started countdown.
"10... 9... 8..."
Raph and Leo doubled their efforts, putting much more force in pushing.
"7... 6..."
Their jaws clenched, eyes narrowing.
"5... 4... 3..."
Their arms were shaking immensely now, due to the effort of trying to bring each other down. Raph growled at his brother, "You're gonna lose, Leo."
"2..."
Leo growled back, "I don't think so."
"1..."
Their knuckes had turned white.
"And Stop!"
Both dropped their arms, groaning at the slight ache in the muscles. April walked towards them and smiled at them. "Congratulations! It's a tie!"
"But I wanted to beat Leo!"
"And I wanted to beat Raph!"
Master Splinter chuckled at their whining and addressed Mikey and Donnie, who sat on the ground, pouting.
"I do not want to say I was right but... I was right!"
Leo and Raph moved to sit beside their brothers. "Looks like Sensei won the bet." Raph put an arm around Mikey's neck and pulled his baby brother towards him, ignoring the indignant squeaks and gave him a noogie, "But thanks for cheering us on."
"H-hey! Let go, Raphie! Leo, help!"
Leo and Donnie laughed at their antics before the former came to rescue Mikey from Raph's noogies. As soon as he was free, Mikey scrambled away from Raph and sat beside Donnie with arms crossed and a pout.
"Maybe it would have been more fun if there were teams."
Hearing this, Raph and Leo shared a look, an evil glint in their eyes and looked at their younger brothers with mischievous grins.
Donnie recognized that look, and felt ice shoot down his spine.
"Oh no..."
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Mikey and Donnie unceremoniously flopped down on the couch, groaning at the immense pain in their arms. They looked exhausted, as if they had just ran a marathon.
After a minute of silence, Donnie spoke:
"Mikey..."
"Hmm?"
" Always remember to never, ever, ever give those two any hint for teaming up ever again!"
"Trust me, dude...ughh... wouldn't dream of it."