Hey, guys! Here is the Leorai story i promised! Everybody! The Much Awaited Christmas Story has 1000 hits! And See You Tomorrow, the one that started it all, has 901 hits! *throws confetti* Thanks everybody who read my series for getting me this far! I never expected so many people to read my stories! Anywho,this chapter is for those of you that haven't read the foundation of this story in my prequel, between the lines, and its also meant to stall for time for me, and annoy all of you people who have already read this chapter in Between the Lines. ;) Enjoy the chapter!
Leonardo held his two brothers in a strong hug. He cried silently as his brothers sobbed. His little brother might not survive.
"To deal with grief, one must mourn each in their own way." Splinter said. Leonardo took this advice, and that night, he snuck out to have some time alone. He lept from roof to roof, balancing on wires, doing backflips. Soon, he had almost forgotten about Donnie, which made him feel guilty. How could he forget his brother? He stopped on a building with a large, flat rooftop with a billboard. Suddenly, a figure came out from behind the billboard, and stepped into the light, revealing black hair with a blonde back. It was Karai! She removed her face mask.
"Ready to fight?" she asked menacingly. Leo sighed. He wasn't in the mood to fight. "Um, hello? Worst enemy, right here!" Karai said, sarcastically pointing at herself, annoyed. Leonardo paid no attention to her, and sat on the edge of the building, looking down at the concrete roof between his feet. Suddenly, Karai's face softened. "I was there, you know." Leo looked up with surprise. "I saw everything," Karai continued, jumping nimbly off the steel railing of the billboard and walking over to Leo. "I battled your brother. He was a good fighter, by the way. I promised I would help him, but I went back on my word. I was going to help him, but my father acted first. He kicked the girl off the building, and your brother jumped off after her, the greatest feat of courage I have ever seen. I would have helped later, but how could I help him if he jumped off a building?" She sat on the building beside Leo. "Everything I touch, everything that I try to help...just turns to smoke and slips through my fingers." She sighed, looking away. Leo, afraid she was about to leave, gently took her hand. Karai looked up with surprise.
"But why would you want to help my brother? We are sworn enemies, you know." Leo asked. Karai hesitated.
"Because...I wanted to prove to you that I could be good. Okay? There, I said it." she said, looking away.
"Why would you want to do that?" Leo asked, confused, his cool, lapis eyes searching for an answer in her amber ones.
"Because I...I..." she stammered, trying to get her answer out. Leo was surprised. He had never seen Karai like this before. She always knew what to say, she was ever-confident. Now, she seemed almost vulnerable. "I l-" she started but was cut off by Raph erupting onto the roof. She gently but quickly slipped her hand out of Leo's, then threw a smoke bomb and disappeared.
"Leo! How many times have I told you?" Raph asked, annoyed. "Holding hands with the Foot is uncool! Especially now, of all times!" he finished, a tear shimmering in the corner of his eye.
"She was about to tell me something important!" Leo retorted, blushing furiously.
"And that was?" Raph asked, a slight waver in his voice.
"Why she promised Donnie she would help him!" Leo yelled. Raph was shocked into silence, both by Leo's outburst, and the fact that Karai had promised to help Donnie. They walked home in silence, Leo because of his shame, and Raph because of shock and sadness. When Leo got to the Lair, he went to his room, got in bed and stared at the ceiling. He didn't know what he felt about Karai. His head said to hate her, but his heart was another story. He went to sleep, still pondering.