Summary: Title says all. Leo and Kari fall in love, but the feud between their masters threatens to tear them apart. Will Leo be able to get Kari to come to her senses and leave the Shredder? And will Kari be able to choose between Leonardo, the one who understands her and loves her, or The Shredder, her dishonorable Master that she owes her life to? Leo/Kari! please RR!
AN: I've been iiiitching to write a Leo/Kari fic, so I did! They belong together, don't you think? And the whole Kari being shredder's daughter thing makes a perfect storyline! WOOHOO! Okay, I know other people have written Leo/Kari fics, but do I care? Nope:D Anyway, sorry about not updating the Epilogue to The Love of a Mechanic. I could be taking quite a long break from that series. I've got so many other ideas, I'm getting bored with that. But don't worry, I'll get to it. The title of this fic is from the song 'It's All Coming Back to Me' by Celine Dion. the song turns up in the fic at some point. Anyway, please read and review!
Monny
CHAPTER 1: ENCOUNTER
LEO'S POV:
I winced as I heard something break. I HAD been meditating. I blinked and shook my head, looking up. "Great, what did they do now?" I mumbled. It was obviously Raph or Mikey who had broken something, seeing as how I now heard Don yelling at them. And the fact that Mike and Raph were usually the ones that did that kind of stuff. I got up from my position on the mat and left the dojo, looking around for my brothers. My ears led me to the kitchen.
I had to laugh when I looked inside. Mike was standing in the middle of a bunch of broken glass, with Don yelling at him and Raph whapping Mike on the head in between Donny's sentences. I needed a camera, but since I didn't have one, I proceeded to take charge. "Guys, what the shell is going on in here?" I asked, and they all looked up and at me.
"Nothin bro! Just uh...decorating! See, the nice broken glass gives the kitchen a...wild look." Mike lied, and I raised an eye ridge at him. I could see right through that load of crap.
"Sure, Mikey." I said, and Mike pouted. I grabbed the broom that was leaning against the wall by the doorway, and tossedit at him. He caught it quickly without looking, and huffed. "Get sweeping, Mikey." I told him, and Don and Raph chuckled as we left Mikey to clean up his mess.
"So, what exactly happened so that Mike broke that plate?" I asked my two brothers, but looking pointedly at Raph. I was expecting to hear that he and Mike had been in some kind of fight, resulting in the broken plate.
"Mike was annoyin' me, so I pushed 'im and he dropped the plate." Raph grumbled. How'd I know. I'm Phsycic or something.
"I figured it was something like that. Raph, have you noticed whenever you get annoyed, something gets broken?" I asked, and Raph shot me a glare. "I'm just saying!" I defended, not wanting to get in a fight.
"Shut up, Leo. I don't need a lecture." Raph spat at me, and I sighed. What, does he think I LIKE giving lectures to him? I'm only trying to help him. I guess he just doesn't get it. "Raph, come on. I don't like lecturing you. I just do it because I have to. I'm only trying to help."
"Well, this help of yers is startin to piss me off!" Raph growled, and I rolled my eyes.
"Raph, everything pisses you off."
"Not everything!"
"Yeah, everything, Raph."
"Shuttit!"
"No!"
"I said shut UP, Leo!"
"Do I look like I care!" Now I"m getting mad! raph's such a jerk sometimes! Whenever I try to help, he shrugs me off! God, I just want to...gah!
"Do I look like I care if you care!" Raph yelled, and I took a deep breath. I decided this needed to end now, and turned around and walked out of the lair, thinking a little space would do us good. We had been underground for more than a week because of the bad weather topside, and had no space from each other. The togetherness was enough to make you scream. Now that the weather was better, everyone was glad to leave.
About ten minutes later I was running on the rooftops, my anger with Raph slowly fading away with every heavy footstep I slammed on the rooftop above me. My steady breathing calmed my mind and I listened to it with my eyes fixed straight ahead, no destination in mind.
Then, I heard footsteps. Above me? I looked up, and saw on a slightly higher building a dark figure running at the same pace I was. I stopped abruptly, and looked to see who it was. I couldn't see a face, but I did see the foot sign on their clothing. I glared after the figure and jumped up to the rooftop and pursued the Foot follower.
I think the figure heard me, because it stopped sharply and turned around quickly, looking around. The figure stepped forward, out of the shadows and into the light of the moon. It was a woman, with short black hair and cold hazel eyes. "Kari?" I asked, stepping out of the shadows as well.
"Leonardo?" she said, looking around as though she thought she was being watched. "Why were you following me!" she asked sharply, and I shrugged.
"I saw the foot sign on you, but I couldn't see your face, I thought I should follow you since..."
"Since you saw the Foot sign. I know." she mumbled, looking down. I sighed, and walked towards her.
"Kari, why don't you leave him? What has the Shredder ever done for you?" I asked her for the millionth time. I keep trying to convince her that The Shredder is an evil person, but she won't listen.
"Leonardo, we have discussed this. He took me in. I owe my well being, my life to him."
I sighed. "But Kari, your well being is at stake here. You're being torn apart emotionally by him, I can tell." I told her, staring into her eyes, that were staring up at me, permantly fixed into a cold gaze.
"How is that?" she asked me softly, and I shuddered at her tone. It was so icy and dangerous. She looked slightly amused at my reaction, and that just annoyed me a little.
"I just can." I said flatly, but just as softly as she had answered me. She nodded, still staring up at me.
"Leonardo, I can't just leave Shredder. He is my master. I am bound to him by honor. Would you leave your Master so willingly as you expect me to if I told you that he was evil and you were getting yourself into trouble?" she said, her voice starting to waver and her eyes starting to shine. I knew I was upsetting her.
"I'm sorry..." I said, and felt my stomache twist with guilt when I saw a tear running down her cheek. "Look, I know this is hard for you. I've said all I can to you, and now I'll let you alone to make the decision yourself. I'm sorry for upsetting you, Kari." I told her, and she smiled, wiping the tear away. "You are forgiven." she whispered, and I looked at her, feeling a wierd twisting feeling in my stomache. But, it wasn't guilt.
I noticed I was just staring stupidly, especially when Kari's voice snapped me awake. "Leonardo? Are you alright?" "Fine, I'm fine. Great." I stuttered, and she smiled. I smiled too, and noticed something. I was moving forward. 'Oh crap. No, Leo! Don't do it! You can't! You shouldn't! You wouldn't!' I saw that Kari was leaning forward too, and we both closed our eyes. Before we could stop ourselves, our lips were locked and our arms were around each other. 'YOU WOULD! Ooooh, Leo what have you gotten yourself into!'
I was just beginning to enjoy the kiss when Kari suddenly pulled away. "We shouldn't have done that..." she whispered, looking down. "Why not?" I asked her, confused. She looked up with a sad and longing look in her hazel eyes. "Because. Kissing you is a dishonor...to...well, you know."
"The Shredder." I mumbled, and by the look in her eyes my tone had broken her heart like THAT. "No...I mean...Kari, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it to sound like that...I-" "Leonardo, we...we can't do this, okay! It's just not right! You hate my Master, and I'm honor-bound to serve him! If I continue to see you, it would be a terrible dishonor! And don't give me any of that 'he has no honor' okay! It's an insult, and I'd appreciate it if you would back off, please!" I opened my mouth to say something, but then closed it, lost for words. Wow...she has a lot to say, doesn't she?
"Kari, I..." But, Kari just gave me a cold stare, and in a blink she was off, leaping from the rooftop and sprinting away. I sighed and stared after her, feeling that odd feeling tingle in my stomache again. Ah, great. Just brilliant. Now Kari hated me, and I thought I was falling for her! "Damn you, Leo!" I hissed to myself as I continued my run, "Kissing her was a bad idea, and you knew it!" I growled, now very angry with myself for having these feelings for Kari. I knew that with Kari serving the Shredder, me and my family's worst enemy, I could never have a relationship with her and sleep on it. But my heart just didn't want to understand. I couldn't change how I felt, no matter how much I cursed myself.
I had fallen in love with Kari Saki.
What else could go wrong?
AN: Please read and review! Hope you liked it!
Monny