mariarosa: So this is like one of two TMNT stories I've thought up of, I'll probably work on the second one more than this one but for now this is the introduction of this new story, I hope you enjoy and give any helpful criticism, no flame or bashing 'cause I do love this fandom but having fun with what you love is part of the enjoyment! So without further notice, ENJOY!

Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own anything related to the TMNT universe, any of there incarnations ;.; However I do own Megumi and little Yoshi. Enjoy!


Time seemed to stand still as Megumi stared at the knife being held by her would-be assassin ready to plunge the cold steel into her heart and then would turn the weapon onto her six month old son. Slowly as time seemed to start again, Megumi twisted her body to try and shield her child as the knife moved in slow motion in her mind and eyes waiting for the pain the would come. A sudden yell pulled her out of her dazed state as she witnessed her assailant being tackled and brought down by her brother-in-law. Before she could say his name in shock he whipped his head around and shouted at her to escape and to find the others if she could. With a nod Megumi stood up from her pervious position and ran out of the house from the sliding doors that led to the small room she was in and into the forest the surrounded her clan's home. As she ran she could hear the sounds of even more enemies giving chase each with the instructions to kill her and her son who was the next in line to be leader of her clan once he was of age. She wondered if they would succeed, would her son never see his eighteenth birthday, never marry, never have children of his own, never see tomorrow. During her haste she failed to realize that the direction she was running to was a dead end, the tall cliff wall standing before her and once again her life and the life of her son was put in danger as more assassins loomed over them ready to fulfill what the first assassin failed to do. Then one by one each fell to the ground with various wounds that ended their lives, their killer stood in front of her, his usual blue hakuma stained red with blood, his masked eyes glaring with fire and anger for those who would dare threaten his family, and his katana dripping with the blood of his latest victims.

"Leo…" Megumi's soft spoken voice said followed with a hiccup and small sob as she threw her free arm around her husband's neck, "Leo!" She cried which startled her young son who gave a loud cry as he squirmed from between both his parents.

"Megumi, you have to get away from here, the guys and I will hold them off as much as possible, but you have to get away and keep our son safe."

"NO! No, no, no, please Leo, you can't ask me to abandon you and the others!"

"Megumi, what choice do we have?! Our son is too young to die; he needs a chance to live his life."

Megumi sobbed as she held her husband closer to her, "I can't lose you".

Leo's eyes softened as he held his sobbing wife to his chest, "and I can't lose either of you".

A sudden noise brought them apart with Leo pushing his wife and son behind him and raised his sword in defense but lowered when he saw it was just his genius brother. "Don…What are you doing here?"

"Following you of course, look we don't have much time but I have an idea of how to temporarily keep Megumi and Yoshi out of enemy hands…Maybe…"

"'Maybe'? What is this idea?"

Don pulled out a strange device from his bag he always carried, "I've been studying dimensional rifts and portals and I believe that I have found a way to open a dimensional door! Megumi and Yoshi will step through and be safe on the other side-"

"Throw them into another dimension, how will they get back?!"

"Well…After everything dies down I thought either we open the door again and retrieve them or someone on the other side of the door will also have this same technology and she can use that to return."

"How do we know we won't be tossing them out of the frying pan and into the fire?"

"Trust me Leo, I've been opening and studying as many new worlds as I could and I have a good idea of which one I can send her to."

Both brothers looked at each other when Leo finally sighed, "alright Don, I trust you, but please keep them safe." Leo turned to his small wife, "Megumi, please do as Don says and I promise that as soon as I can I'll come for you and our son."

"Okay…I trust you both. Leo, I love you, please be safe." Megumi let several tears fall at the thought of leaving her family behind to face this new threat.

Don nodded and set up the machine, in seconds there was a small boom and a blue portal was standing in front to them. "It's now or never, good luck Megumi and remember this world may be similar to ours, some people may have the same faces but they are not who WE are."

Megumi nodded at her brother-in-law, she turned once again to her husband and with a final kiss goodbye to him and a small kiss she allowed him to give to their son she walked into the portal leaving everything she knew behind her.