Stealthy Stories

[Askre]

A bit of a guide to the YI series, as I intend it to be bit longer than the other two smaller series, won't be as long as the Assassin series. But it will still have fair number of stories. The stories will not necessarily be long though, none of them will come close to the Nightmare Codes in lenght. But even so, generally speaking, the main stories will be longer than the side stories. That's not necessarily a strict rule.

Ok first of all, the main Stories of the YI series:

1) The Trip:The third story written, but the first official long installment. The family goes on a trip with their friends, but their enemies attack and injure Yo the Jonin. They escape to the farmhouse where it comes under siege by their attackers. The origins are told in flashbacks in this story.
The first long installment.

2) Yin & Yang; In & Yo: The YI family encounter for the first time, actual counterparts from an alternative universe.
The second long installment.

Upcoming Long installments (so far planned)

The Amulet of Aghor. The YI family must travel to stop their enemies to get a hold on a powerful artifact.
The third long installment.

Tello (Working title)Tello must fight to stay alive.
The fourth long installment.

The Foot (Working title)The YI family must face for the first time a more familiar TMNT enemy, the Foot and what almost looks like the Shredder.
The fifth long installment.



Aside from the main story, there are side stories. They are canon and would be a good idea to read.

Six lights, four shadows: One-shot, the first story written in the YI series. Just bit of an insight on what the YI family has to face.

Funny thing about anger: Donatello learns where his anger can lead him, but he also learns more than he cared for about his origins.

To know your enemy, is part of victory: Yo reflects on his dark enemies.

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Main characters are.

Yo: The Jonin of the family and father of the AU TMNT. Stoic and calm turtle. Very protective of his friends and family.

In: The Chunin to Yo and his soul mate, the mother of the AU TMNT. Generally calm but still has a more temper than Yo. Fiercely protective of her children.

Leonardo(YI): The oldest son of Yo and In. A more lenient and relaxed version of Leonardo, still has the leadership tendencies and the classic older brother role.

Donatello(YI): The second oldest son and the largest family member. A hot tempered and opinionated Donatello, still the general fix-it turtle.

Raphael(YI): More lighthearted Raphael and the second youngest son, yet can be quite impulsive. Obsessively protective of his youngest brother.

Michelangelo(YI): The baby of the family, ten years younger than Raphael. Very much a bundle of sunshine and joy and is fiercely protected by all family members.

April Jones: Formerly April O'Neil but is now married to Casey Jones. She is though considered part of the YI family.

Casey Jones: Husband to April and good friends with Leo, Tello and Raph. Is also considered part of the YI family.

Shadow Jones: Adopted daughter of Casey Jones, and now April. Michelangelo sometimes refers to her as little sis.


The Main Baddies.

The Black Turtles: A quartet of ancient, evil man eating turtles of a now pretty much extinct species called Dark Sliders. Well at least three of them are Dark Sliders.

The Dark One: The leader of the Black Turtle and the oldest by several thousand years. He's the most powerful and is the arch nemesis of Yo and In.

The Brute: The second in command to the Dark One and his most fearsome servant. Is the only other Black turtle with a Brother rank. His arch nemesis among the YI clan is Tello.

The Experimentor: The largest Black Turtle, the most cunning, devious and intelligent of them. Many plans made by the Black Turtles come from him despite him only having a cousin rank. His arch nemesis is Leonardo.

The Weak One: Does not quite live up to his name all the time, but is definitely the odd one among the Black Turtles. A cousin ranked black turtle and his arch nemesis is Raphael.

The Kasahara family: The counterparts of the YI family from earth 3254.

Yang Kasahara: A counterpart of Yo and the head of the Kasahara family, rich, powerful and ruthless. He's a politician, business man and a crime lord.



The black turtle rank system: It is a bit unclear the rank system the Black Turtles seem to have. What is known though is that it does not indicate blood relations. The Brute and the Dark One are not related by any means and neither are they relatives of the Experimentor and the Weak One.

Apparently Black Turtles with a Brother Rank have much more powerful abilities than cousins. The Brute can drive people into frightened frenzy, he can instill fear and inplant phobias into people. Not many can stand against him. While the cousins have much minor powers. The Weak One at most has an abnormal sense of smell and even that can be affected by the wind.

It is though clear that being a brother is a rank you need to earn. The Experimentor strives to become a brother and the only one who can grant it is the Dark One. You seem to start off as a cousin as In was a cousin when captive of the Black Turtles.
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[Askre]

How can this be a spin off from the assassin series?

How can TNG be a spin off from the Original Star Trek series? Or DS9 a spin off too?

Because they are happening in the same storyworld. That is, what is happening in the YI series, is canon to what is happening in the assassin series and vice versa. And the characters can meet easily if they were to locate each other. They are just currently operating in different worlds, at the moment unknown to each other.

While events of the Vicious Encounter series are not canon to the assassin series, or the "We never get a break" series, that's not canon either and thus those two are not spin offs. They operate in a different storyworld.


I read in the RPGs that the Black Turtles are AUs of the TMNT, but here you state they are OCs?

Yes, the Black Turtles I'm using in the YI series are what I refer to as phase 4 of the Black Turtles. These Black Turtles, have different origins than the other three versions. None of them are mutants, and none of them were named after deceased artists.

About the only things they still share with the older versions is the name "Black Turtles" and abnormal powers.


If the Black Turtles are so powerful, why haven't they taken over the whole damn world. Why let a family of mortal turtles stop them?

The Black Turtles are powerful but they are not all powerful. Also the YI family keeps their focus on them, and fortuantely the Dark One is very petty and is determined to bring Yo to his knees first. No mater how long it takes.

Also there is another reason, but spoilerwise I can't tell it.


Is it just me or is the Dark One a bit perverted... I mean he's ready to lie down with what is essentially food to him?

You got it right, the Dark One is a pervert. A big one, if he wasn't all big dark and powerful, he would be one of those creepy guys you meet in the alleyways oogling anything female that passes by.


Where are you going with this series?

Actually the YI series is not a strictly continuing story like the Assassin series is. It is more short telling of the fights the YI family has with the Black Turtles and other enemies.

It has only six long official instalments planned, and none of them will be nearly as long as the Nightmare Codes of the assassin series.

Essentially the YI series serves as introduction for people to these characters, and allows them to get to know them. Also it pretty much does manage to stand alone, even though it is a spin off from the Assassin series.


So you don't have to read the Assassin series to read the YI series?

No not at all. You can read the YI series and never have read the Assassin series, and you can read the Assassin series and never read the YI series.

It's very much like how it works in Star Trek spin offs. You can watch TNG without having ever seen thhe original series, same goes with DS9, Voyager and Enterprise.

The same applies to the two series, even if they are canon to each other.
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Confusing the heck out of the world since 1983.

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[Askre]

I've switched the main stories around a little for this series and removed one. The original idea I had for it just didn't really work when it came to the new directive I was hoping to take this series. (I did some re-planning after coming out of my two months "vacation" )

I also want to finish a plot point I actually started in another story from the Assassin series but can't be finished until here in the YI series.
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Confusing the heck out of the world since 1983.

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"He never gives up!" - Storm Shadow about Snake Eyes.