TMNT: SOD fluff chapter 4: Knockout round

TMNT X OC
WARNING FOR VIOLENCE AND LANGUAGE
I DO NOT OWN TMNT, ONLY OC
ART BY ME

     Raphael was in a bad mood that day. This wasnt uncommon at all as he was known for his anger and sarcasm but this day in particular something was really grating on his nerves. He wasnt really sure what it was but knew it had something to do with their recent female addition Celeste. He couldn't pick out exactely what it was about her that ticked him off.

     She was careful enough around him and made sure not to invade his space or do anything to upset him but just her presence in the lair from day to day drove him mad. Maybe it was how she sang to herself cheerfuly as she went about her chores or how she went out of her way to serve the boys tea after their daily training. Even worse was when she was practicing her dancing in the living room with her blindfold on and totally oblivious to the fact that everyone in the room stopped to watch her in awe as she twirled and jumped around. Maybe it was how she had sworn herself to Leo without much forethought and blindly followed his orders. Yeah that had to be it, she was a freaking goody toe shoes to the Nth degree. He couldnt stand goody toe shoes.

    As he walked through the lair to the living room and plopped himself on the sofa there she was as usual, milling about and performing her daily routine of cleaning things. In fact since she had moved in cleaning was all she really did. Even without being asked she did the majority of chores during the daylight hours when they were still out cold from a night of patrolling and though she insisted she did not like cooking, she always seemed to have a handmade snack ready for them when they returned. She mothered them big time. He crossed his arms over his chest and rolled his eyes as he watched her. Such a loyal little lap dog she was. He grabbed the remote and flipped on the tv. The first channel that came up was MTV and some rock music video was being featured. He kept it there and tried his best to ignore her.

    She came over and propped down a can of orange crush, god damn how did she know that was his favorite flavor, and a bowl of chips without saying a word and turned to go back to her business.

"Quit serving me." he snapped.

She turned her head. "You dont like it when I bring you food?"

"Not at all."

"Oh....sorry." She shrugged off the comment.

"And quit saying your sorry!"

"okayyyyyyyy." She said slowly. "Someone is having pms today...."She said under her breath.

"What was that?" He asked aggressively.

"Are you having some sort of ...I dont know...turtle pms or something?" She shot back.

"Whatever..."

"What is your problem Raphael? You dont like anything I do, you always snap at me, you always talk down to me and push me away! I dont think I've done anything to deserve that!" She said defensively.

"So go complain about it to your fearless leader!"

"Ohhhhhh." She said slyly. "So thats what this is, a pissing contest with Leo. You're jealous!"

He jolted up out of the seat. "Like hell I am! What is there to be jealous of?!"

"Oh I dont know, his lovely blue eyes....His calm temprament.... his self control....."Celeste rubbed in.

Raph felt heat on his face and knew a fight was coming on. He growled, "Now you listen here Bimbo!...."

She felt anger rush through her like lightning. "What did you just call me?!"

"Bimbo! Did I stutter?"

    She paused for a moment and knew this was going to get ugly. Raph was the type of guy that only knew one thing, how to beat people to a bloody pulp and as such he was only going to learn respect her one way....if she beat HIM to a bloody pulp. All other insults aside, she really didnt give a care what raph though of her, but she would be damned to let him get away with it.

"Get your ass in the dojo..." She hissed in a whisper.

"What?"

"I said GET YOUR ASS IN THE DOJO NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He grabbed him by the top of his plaston and with a force that surprised him, dragged him across the floor and towards the cistern room that acted as their training area.

    Within the room Donatello was remounting a few items on the wall and making some general repairs. He heard the struggle going on behind him and turned just in time to see Raphael being thrown across the room and sliding to a halt on the floor next to him. Donnie jumped up and stared wide eyed at this unfolding crisis.

"Donatello, I apologize for the interruption and with all due respect, Get out!" Celeste said sternly as she transformed into her battle suit. Raph jumped back onto his feat and cracked his neck, ready to have a go at her.

"Oh shell....."Donnie said and ran out of the room. He bolted it across the lair and to Master Splinters room where he and leo were silently meditating. Without knocking he threw back  the sliding door. "Celeste is going to kill Raphael!"

Leo opened one eyes. "What?"

"Just come look!" Donnie urged.

"Leonardo, go check what they are doing." Splinter said gently.



"Struck a nerve with the Bimbo word I see. Thats good, your too damn submissive and domicile." Raph teased.

"And you're too damn cocky and arrogant. A real hum dinger you are." Celeste sneered. They took their place on either end of the room and got into position.

"Hey Princess, I'll go easy on you and not use weapons."

"Oh well...unlike you I can get by without them naturally and to be fair I wont make turtle soup out of you with my magic." She said back.

Raph wasted no time charging at her like a raging bull and threw a series of fast punches. She easily dodged and evaded and kicked him back but he as well could easily counter her. They went on like this for a few minutes as they worked their way around the room. Leo and Donnie walked to the edge of the doorway and peeked in.

"Dont you think we should stop them?" Donnie asked.

Leo thought on it for a minute. "Actually....lets see how she does."

Mikey popped out of nowhere with a slice of pizza in one hand. "This is going to be EPIC! oh and....10 bucks says she cleans his clock."

"Not bad for a gimpy anorexic twig!" Raph shouted.

She growled and charged him, evading his last punch she fainted to the side and swung her leg hard into his head. She struck the side of his cheek and send him tumbling to the left side of the room. He steadied himself and wiped away a bit of blood from his lip. She got him good on that last kick. Now it was his turn to get serious. She charged at him again and aimed a side hook right at his face which he dodged by dropping down slightly and using her open arm against her, grabbed it and swung her down to the floor. She fell hard on her stomach and got the wind knocked out of her. Raph used the moment to straddle her body from behind, grab her arm and twist it behind her back while getting her in a chock hold with his other free arm.

"All you got to do is beg for mercy." He said as she struggled to get up.

"From you!? Get real!!!!" She screamed and used her magic to blast her and raph into the air. He was still clinging to her when his back smashed into the cieling, her under him and as they fell back to the ground, she flipped him over to his back, placed her feet on his chest and drove him into the floor with all her might. He felt the concrete crack underneath him and his ribs nearly snap from the force. This girl was a power to be reckoned with is she could hit him with the same pounds per inch as a semi truck going 50 miles per hour. He still had a few tricks up his shell though and quickly recovered. Grabbing her foot which was still planted on him he sat up, kocking her off balance and swung her around towards the back wall. She tried to catch herself but was moments to late and went crashing into the weapons wrack which clattered to the floor.

"Okay now we need to break this up!" Leo said and ran towards them.

Celeste glared at him and shot him back with a telekenetic blast. "Punish me for this later!" and with that, pushed herself off the wall and again charged at Raph. He was ready for her and met her head on catching her punch in one hand and another punch in the other. He had her by both fists and they pitted their strength against each other, neither one wanting to give way to the other.

"I've had kings bow at my feet, legions beg for my mercy, civilizations crumble under my heel and I will tame you one way or another!" She spat.

Raph could see the fire in her eyes and the experience of her ancestors coursing through her. He knew she would make good on her word when she was like this. In a way it was like him when he felt rage but in a very different way and for very different reasons. Slowly she was overpowering him and he could feel himself bending backwards. With his brothers watching he couldnt stand the humiliation of loosing to a girl let alone one like her. Growling like a wild beast he pushed back on her with all his might and using his free leg, swept her feet out from under her. She fell hard onto her back as he cam bearing down on her, his fist falling towards her face and missing just in the nick of time. His fist connected with the ground a mere milimeter from her skull where it embedded itself in the broken cement underneath. Celeste felt cold sweat drip down her temple as she realized how close she came to getting her face smashed in. She felt her self go pale as she stared at the fist next to her head and let her eyes travel up the muscle ripped arm to the eyes of the rage filled turtle tower over her.

A proper scowl on both their face they made eye contact. For a moment Celeste thought she was looking at someone else. This feeling lasted a mere second and she couldnt put her finger on what it was but something in his eyes made her uneasy. She was quickly snapped out of that thought by Splinter crossing the room.

"What is going on here?! What on earth did you do to the dojo?!" He said angrily, he must of heard the weapons wrack fall over.

Raph and Celeste, not moving from their position, turned to look at him.

"What are.....Celeste! Your arm!" Splinter gasped and pointed to a gaping wound freshly bleeding from her bicep. She hadnt event noticed it but must of gotten it when she hit the wrack.

Raph looked at it and his fierce expression failed, he hadnt meant to hurt her and quickly climbed off of her. "I...it was an accident! We were just having a disagreement."

Splinter looked furious as he approached Raph to chastise him but Celeste blocked his way. "Please dont be angry with him, It was my fault. He said something to me that made me angry and I dragged him in here to teach him a lesson. Let the punishment be on me."

"What ever the cause of your disagreement, bloodshed is never the answer! Clean up this mess immidiately and do something about the cieling and floor!"

They both bowed as he shuffled out of the room.

Leo came in afterwards. "You'd better let Donnie look at that."

"Its okay, It's not bad." Celeste said quickly.

Raph quickly pushed around Leo and stormed out of the room, his face dark and unreadable.

"I`ll...clean this up." Celeste sighed and guestured to the clattered weapons.

"Let me give you a hand." Leo said as they both grabbed a end of the wrack and flipped it upright. "What did he say that could get you so angry?"

"It may sound stupid but he called me a bimbo." She admitted with shame.

"Oh god...."

"I know its not really a bad word...he could of called me a slut or something but to me its the same thing. I dont let anyone question my integrity like that."

"You're a very proud woman." Leo stated.

"It's my vice. We all have one. Raphael and his explosive anger, me and my pride."

He chuckled at her honesty. "Well its not always a bad thing besides alot of girls find Raphs attitude to be pretty sexy."

"Fair enough." She smiled.



After they had cleaned up the dojo Donnie was waiting at his computer desk with his med kit in hand to treat her arm. She grabbed it off the desk and headed up the stairs. "Dont you want me to fix that?" Donnie called after her.

She shook her head. "Raphael is the one who caused it so he should fix it."

"I dont think you should bother him for a while. It takes him a good hour or two to cool off." He warned.

"I'll take my chances."



Raph as laying on his bed with his arms tucked under his head thinking about what just happened. He had exploded on people before but never on a girl and he felt miserable that he took it out of Celeste. Even if he didnt like her, he and his brothers were tasked with protecting her so causing her any injuries was a blow to his ninja pride and skills. On that note,he dug hard in his own soul to find why he didnt like being around her. He had other girls in his life who were honestly worse than her and in the typical plastic barbie doll clueless type way. Celeste was totally different than anything he had ever encountered. She was older than him for one, a grown woman who had her own ideals and opinions, was set in her ways, beautiful, intelligent, hardworking, kind....really she was without a doubt a highly desireable lady. Even though physically she was not his type as he preffered more curvacious women, he had to admit that seeing her naked in the shower the first time did give him a bit of a rise though he chalked that up to male hormones.

And then it struck him, a lady. He had dealt with many girls but never a true lady! He sat upright quickly and rubbed his head at his own revelation. Raph never considered himself a whiz with the female species or his confidance in attracting them but was still able to land a girl once in a while. Here was one girl that saw right through him and was willing to give him back twice as much grief as he gave her! He didnt know how to behave himself around her and that made him insecure and furious.He couldnt just flex his muscle with her (though this trick worked with the majority of girls who chased after him, he had a pension for dealing with kinky women), he actually had to apply himself when dealing with a woman of her league. he had to have some wit and charm and those were two things he felt he severely lacked.

He groaned and rubbed his head. He was such a dumbass...the reason why he was so mad at her was not because it was her but because he felt unconfidant in himself around her. A soft knock came at his door, waking him from his eiphany.

"Go away." He said coldly.

"I can always just phase through the door." Came the voice of his tormentor.

"I've had enough of you for one day. Please just go away." He said trying to keep his cool.

"Raphael...."She said his name softly." Please....?"

Cursing himself for his weakness he opened the door for her and there she stood, still with a bleeding arm and a first aid kit in her hand. She held it out to him.

"What do you want?"

"I'd like you to fix up my arm."

"Get Donnie to do it." He said flatly.

She shook her head. "I'd like it to be you."

He paused and stared at her. She must of been out of her mind to want him to touch her after he man handled her but he relented, took the kit from her and let her inside. Pulling ou the stool from his drum set he sat on it and scooted close to the bed as she sat down. He took her hand and laid it on his shoulder so he could straighten her arm out and putting the kit on his thick knee pulled out a guaze peice and some medical tape.

She sat silently watching his hands work as he cut the gauze into the right size and ripped the tape into two large strips. It amazed her that his big hands could work so easily and delicately. She knew he did knitting as a punishment in the Hashi which in itself was an act of god with his chunky fingers. He took out a tube of anticeptic and squeezed some on to his forefinger then spread it over her wound. She gasped.

"Does it hurt?" He asked keeping his face blank.

"No it tickles...."She said honestly.

He felt a twinge of something in himself that wasnt anger but tried to ignore it as he laid the gauze over it and wrapped the long strip of tape around the circumference of her bicep. He was just about the wrap the final peice.

"You have very soft hands for a turtle." She blurted out.

He looked at her as if she were a mad woman. "Why would you say something like that?"

"Because its true." She said simply.

"Yeah well....even so you dont just blurt something like that out!"

"Why not? Cant you accept a compliment?"

"Not from you!" He snapped. Her face fell and she looked down. Crap, he hurt her feelings. He groaned. "Listen...its not that I dont like you....its just that....You and I are so...different."

"Why is that a problem?" She titled her head to one side.

"Because look what we just did!! We could have killed each other! Look what I did to your arm! Our personalities clash on so many levels its not even funny!"

"No...its not funny but...its kind of romantic." She smiled.

He nearly fell out of his chair. "Are you crazy?!"

"Come on it's like Beauty and the Beast material right here!" She pointed to him then herself.

He had to crack a smile at that. "You are insane. Cute but insane."

"Thanks. Im glad you think I'm cute atleast." She smiled back.

"Dont get cheeky!"

"I'm not! Im just really happy that you think that."

"Well...fine then! You're welcome." He said grunted and pushed his chair away from her. She touched the bandage and flexed her arm. "Thanks Raphael."

"Why do you keep calling me that? Everyone else calls me Raph you know, its cool for you to use my nickname."

"I know but I like your full name. It has a nice sound to it." She smirked over her shoulder and she left the room.

Raphael let out a big sigh of relief when she turned the corner and slapped his forhead. "Jesus H Christ what am I thinking?"