Author's note

I do not own TMNT or any of the characters residing in their universe

This is my first story and I hope you like it.

Chapter 1: Falling Ninjas

"Now, FINISH!" Splinter ordered as his pupils completed their late night training. The turtles all bowed to their master but the moment was soon lightened when Mikey whooped. Raph hit him for this, but Splinter merely chuckled to himself and went back into his study

Almost immediately, Mikey was playing video games. Don was next to leave as he went to his lab, recently he had been working most of the night, it was if he had too much work even for himself. Raph on the other hand, decided he was tired and left to his room so he could "catch some z's" as he put it.

Leo looked around; he didn't know what to do. He wasn't tired in the slightest, he didn't feel like working or playing video games, and he had done sufficient training for the day. So he decided he'd go topside for a while.

Just before he left, he grabbed his shellcell for emergencies, his katana and some shuriken just in case. He walked out into the Sewers to the nearest manhole and went up and out to the streets where he went up to the rooftops.

Practically, as soon as he was on the rooftops, he was jumped by a group of foot ninja who had obviously been on a training run. Leo drew his twin katana and got into an offensive stance. Meanwhile, the foot ninjas' were taking up attack poses.

It was almost like a test of patience, who would break first? One of the newer initiates suddenly bolted at Leo and struck out towards him. Leo blocked rapidly, and then flung the ninja towards his comrades. The others all made their move, they all charged at Leo in a one-on-seven ninja battle. Swords clashed, punches dealt, and kicks thrusted aggressively towards the lone turtle. One ninja, who was another obvious newbie, kept trying to fake out attacks so he could catch his enemies out by 'surprise'. Too bad Leo was far too skilled a warrior for this trick. Eventually, they realised they were out-skilled and fled in defeat.

'Why didn't more foot ninja come?' Leo thought to himself as he climbed up higher. 'Usually they come in hundreds!' He reached the top of the building and perched on the ledge that was fairly high up. 'They must be up to something especially if only seven foot ninjas attack with no back-up what so ever'

He gazed up at the sky to see all stars twinkling down upon him. The moon was also complete and shining brightly in it's own beauty. But something else caught his attention, it was almost as if something was falling, no, someone! As soon as he realised this, he leapt up and ran across the rooftops, towards the place the person was falling. Then, with one enormous leap, he bounded as high as he could, and at the arc of his jump, he caught the person who was falling. He then landed smoothly back on the rooftops holding someone.

He couldn't believe what he saw in front of him. They... it... NO, SHE was hurt. He grabbed his shellcell and called Don, in which he arranged for Don to meet him where he was as soon as possible.

The girl was badly injured; he could see it, not to mention she didn't seem to be breathing properly. He started trying to get her to breathe properly by pushing down on her chest, but she still seemed unresponsive to this. There was only one thing left he could do...