TMNT The Movie: Shredder's Apprentince

By: Tidota Eru

Ch.1: Trouble in the Big Apple

The night floated calmly in the evening sky. People were sleeping in peace after the recent defeat of the Shredder. Noneone knew that these heroes who defeated him were none other than the Ninja Turtles. But now these four heroes have split up to find thier own way around in the world.

At least one of them stayed in his hometown while the other three scattered to who knows where. The turtle who stayed in New York was none other than Rapheal.

Right now Raph was looking up at the silent sky, breathing in the sweet air of the night. Nothing in New York was silent for long though. As proof the scream of a factory alarm suddenly pierced through the night instantly catching the red-masked turtle's ear.

Slowly Raph reached down the new part of his belt and grabbed his favorite three-pronged weapon called: the sais.

"It's showtime," said Raph as he pulled out his weapons.

With one leap Raph was in the air and sailing over the edge of the rooftop he had just been standing upon. You would think he was crazy and could get killed doing something like that, but no, he landed on the ground as nimbly as a cat on it's feet. Quickly Raph sprinted to where he knew the alarm was coming from.

His guess paid off as he reached the West Labotory. Raph quickly hid to prevent himself from being seen. Foot ninja seemed to be crawling all around the place. There must have been at least twenty here right now. Karia could be seen talking to one of the ninja at the factory steps. Raph's eyes instantly narrowed when he saw her.

The turtles have had trouble with Karia in the past and now, even in the present, she still was trouble.

Karia was found suffering in the lonely streets of Japan when Oruku Saki a.k.a. The Shredder took her in. After the turtles finally defeated him Karia now led the Foot Clan as the new Shredder. So much for peace and queit. But what was Karia up to now?

Raph's eyes shifted from one solider to another, but a motion from Karia suddenly grabbed his attention. She was ordering for her Foot ninja to leave, but why? The ninja's bowed to thier master and obeyed. Soon not a single Foot solider was left in sight.

"What is she up to?" Raph mumbled under his breath to prevent himself from being heard. His sias were still ready for a brawl if it came to one.

Causalily Karia walked towards the spot where Raph was hiding.

"I know you are here Rapheal" said Karia " I could see you from the factory steps,"

Knowing his cover was blown Raph walked out of the shadows of the pillar that had shaded him from sight. His sias were out and ready to rumble.

"If you knew I was here" said Raph " why didn't you rat me out to your little 'foot' stools?"

"I felt it would be better if you fell by my hand" said Karia grinning "instead of thiers," Drawing out her sword Karia faced Rapheal ready to fight.

"Let's rumble," said Raph.

For a moment the two stared at each other looking for weakness in the others eyes. Raph's eyes were burning in flaming anger, and showed tons of determination to take Karia down. Karia's own eyes were hard to distinguish. There seemed to be no emotion in them at all. She was cold as ice and istantly struck the first blow.

Raph quickly blocked her blow with his sais and delivered a heel-thrusting kick right into Karia's mid-section. Karia was pushed back about five feet and Raph charged in pushing one of his sais forward. Karia recovered from the kick and jumped out of reach before Raph's sai could strike a fatal blow to the heart.

"You show much improvement since we last fought Rapheal," said Karia.

"I credit myself for stealing a girl's moves," said Raph smiling widely.

"Really?" said Karia grinning as well " let's see you copy this!"

Instantly Karia sped towards Rapheal, her sword flashing brightly in the dim moonlight. With one lunge Karia dove towards Raph, blade pointed downward.

Waiting one second later Raph jumped out of the blade's path and reached for Karia's leg. A feeling of sucess passed through Raph as he grabbed Karia's leg and threw her to the ground. Police sirens started to sound in the distance as Raph sheathed his sais and mockingly bowed to Karia.

"Any time you want to fight" said Raph turning and walking away from his beaten opponent "I'll be waiting,"

Later that same night Raph was sitting on the couch watching the news. A reporter was just telling the news about the factory break in. It turned out a major chemical had been stolen. There was nothing about Karia being carted off to jail though, resultly saying that she got away.

Turning off the T.V. Raph sighed and said "Got away again. I'll get her in jail some day,"

"How was your patrol tonight my son?" asked Master Splinter from behind Rapheal.

Raph turned and smiled at his Master. The turtles Sensei had stayed along with Raph not wanting to leave his home. When Raph's brothers went to pursue thier own lives Splinter's pupils had been narrowed down to one. Because of all the training he had to go through now, Raph could keep toe to toe with Karia.

"The usaul" said Raph, answering his Master's previous question " I just wish my bro's were here,"

Splinter sighed and put a hand on Raph's shoulder saying " I miss them too my son,"

"Thanks Master," said Raph as he got up and walked to his room.

Raph's room hadn't changed one bit since the turtles seperated. Old stuff layed on the dust covered floor. A single latern lit the room next to Raph's hammock and his old training sais. A picture hung on the wall showing the turtles with thier two best friends April and Casey.

"I wish you guys were still here" said Raph looking at the old photo " ah well there's nothing I can do about it now. Leo's over in Japan, Don's working for some famous computer company, and Mikey is just being Mikey. And I end up being the new vigilante ever since Casey and April got hooked up and started a family. It's been fun being the new tough guy on the block. Constant battles with the Foot and Karia, it couldn't get any better. Still wish you guys were here to enjoy it,"

Author's Note: A shocking realazation comes to Karia in the next chapter. Trust me you DO NOT want to to miss out. It will be a shock to you all.