Seeds Of Evil
Chapter 1: Encounter
A/N: I present to you a new story. In this story, Karai is going to lead the Foot. The reason is because I wasn't fond of Master Khan because we didn't know anything about him. So, I hope you enjoy this story. Feel free to leave a review after you've read it. I enjoy feedback.
Disclaimer: TMNT and all related characters are property of Mirage Studios, Inc. I only own my Ocs.
The night was clear and full of stars sparkling in the sky. The city was relatively quiet except for the cars passing by on the street below. Four figures took no notice of these things as they leapt from rooftop to rooftop. They were only focused on their training run.
The first figure stopped and scanned the perimeter of the opposite rooftop, eyes narrowing to slits. Seeing nothing, the first figure motioned to the others that all was clear. Then they all proceeded to the next rooftop where the process would begin again.
The first figure turned to the others to make sure they had followed then turned back to look at the surroundings. And there they were, the ones they loathed above all others. Four figures standing with their eyes narrowed. Four masks around their eyes all of different colors. These four weren't humans; they were mutant turtles who were skilled in ninjitsu. These Turtles were enemies of the Foot, and Mistress Karai wanted them destroyed at all costs.
The Turtle with the blue mask was the first to speak. "Well, what have we here?" he said.
"A couple of idiots lookin' for trouble," the red-banded Turtle replied.
"Silence!" the leader of the Foot group barked. "You are the ones looking for trouble, and it seems you have found it."
That got a rise out of the red-clad Turtle. With a cry, he lunged at their group, but they were ready. With a nod from the leader, the four Foot Ninjas launched into battle. The first Ninja was assigned to the blue-clad Turtle, the second to the red-clad Turtle, the third to the purple-clad Turtle, and the fourth to the orange-clad Turtle. With any luck, the Turtles would be destroyed tonight, and Mistress Karai would reward them for their loyalty to her.
But the battle wasn't going the way they planned. The Turtles were very skilled at their craft. The Foot leader was trying to confront the blue-clad Turtle, but he would parry every sword strike and deliver one of his own. The other three Foot members weren't doing any better. Of course, it didn't help that the fourth one was laughing at the orange masked Turtle's jokes, thus distracting her.
"Aisha, we need reinforcements," the third Ninja said as she dodged a blow from the purple masked Turtle's bo staff. "There's no way we can do this."
"Nonsense, Liana!" Aisha retorted. "We can beat them ourselves!" Just as she said this, the blue banded Turtle thrust one katana at her, missing her by mere inches. Still, she would not concede defeat.
"You were saying?" the second Ninja taunted.
"Be quiet, Kiara!" Aisha ordered. "Focus on your task!"
"It's hopeless!" the fourth Ninja moaned. "They're just too strong!" She was struggling to release her katana from the orange-clad Turtle's nunchakus with little success. Finally, she managed to give him a roundhouse kick to the stomach, causing him to break the hold.
"It's not hopeless, Mioka," Aisha replied. "We can still do this!" If they gave up now, they would be deemed failures in the eyes of Mistress Karai and their family. That thought made Aisha even more determined to destroy the Turtles. However, things weren't improving for the sisters. Aisha received a wound from the blue-clad Turtle's katana. Hissing in pain, Aisha tried to take him out, but the pain was too much. She knew that they couldn't win tonight. Cursing in rage, she took out a smoke pellet and ordered her sisters to retreat. The three others pulled out smoke pellets and threw them to the ground in front of the Turtles. Once the smoke appeared, the four sisters made a hasty retreat, hoping that the Turtles wouldn't follow them.
Once they were out of the vicinity of the Turtles, Kiara rounded on her sister. "What was that about?" she demanded. "You said it wasn't hopeless, and then you order us to retreat. Why?"
"Because the one in blue hit my shoulder," Aisha replied, wincing as the pain hit her again.
Liana grew concerned and looked at the cut closely. "It's not too deep, but you'll still need to get it treated," she concluded.
Even though they were members of the Foot, Karai wanted them to hold respectable jobs so they would look good in the community. Because of this, the four women were enrolled at NYU taking courses in order to get a degree. Aisha was studying to be a teacher, Kiara was studying to be a lawyer, Liana wanted to be a doctor, and Mioka had dreams of being an artist.
When they arrived at Foot Headquarters, the guard outside permitted them to go in. Once inside, the four headed to Karai's quarters to report on their training run. They knew that Karai would be angry once she heard of their defeat, but there was nothing they could do about that.
She was waiting for them and looked up when Aisha knocked on the door. "Enter," she commanded, and the four women came into the room and knelt at her feet.
"We have returned from our training run, Mistress," Aisha reported.
"And how was your run?" Karai inquired.
"It was going well until the Turtles showed up," Aisha answered.
"Well, I see no bodies, so I assume you did not destroy them," Karai concluded. "Unless you left the bodies on a vacant building for my men to retrieve." Her eyes were filled with hope that this was true.
"No, Mistress, we did not," Aisha responded. "The Turtles were too much for us."
"Too much?" Karai repeated. "There were only four of them and four of you. There's no way you could have lost the battle."
"Mistress Karai, I asked Aisha to call for reinforcements, but she refused," reported Liana. "She insisted that we could win the battle and continued to fight. It was only after she got wounded that she ordered us to retreat."
"Show me your wound," ordered Karai. Aisha showed her where she had been hit. "It is not deep," Karai concluded. "It can be easily treated. Which Turtle were you fighting?"
"The one with the blue mask," replied Aisha.
"Leonardo," hissed Karai. Her green eyes narrowed as she thought of her hated enemy. "I would have expected you to be able to counter his attack," she said. "I have taught you better than that. You have failed to destroy our enemies, which is a disgrace to our Clan. As punishment you will report to the dojo at seven in the morning and give me one hundred flips for your failure. Then you will do extra chores around headquarters. Perhaps this will teach you that you must never retreat from a fight no matter what. You are dismissed."
The four bowed to her and left for their own quarters. They were afraid that their parents would be waiting for them, but they weren't present when the four entered. That was just as well for they knew their father would be upset and yell at them for their failure. It was better that they wait until morning to face him.
"We'd better go to bed," said Aisha. "We need to get up early in the morning. Kiara, Mioka, make sure you don't wake the young ones."
"Knowing Jade, Rini, and Ryu, they are probably awake waiting to hear what happened," predicted Kiara.
Two years ago, Ito Nakura had been ordered to go to Japan to recruit new members for the American branch for the Foot, but he was also there as a spokesman for charity work. He visited an orphanage and saw two girls and a boy who looked very lonely. Thinking that these three would make a fine addition to the Foot Clan, he adopted them and made them a part of his family.
When Kiara entered her room, she found Jade asleep, but the girl opened her eyes when Kiara came in. Jade was fourteen years old and resented the fact that her older sisters were able to go out on training runs. Karai never allowed any recruits to go out on training runs until they were eighteen. She felt that at that age, they would be skilled in ninjitsu and thus able to keep up with everyone else. Until then, Jade and her younger siblings could only train in the dojo, which Jade thought was stupid.
"How was the run?" she asked.
"It was fine until the Turtles showed up," replied Kiara. Then she told Jade all that had happened. "So now we have to give Mistress Karai one hundred flips and extra chores for our failure," she concluded.
"That sucks," commented Jade. "Do Mother and Father know this?"
"They will tomorrow," said Kiara. "Now, be quiet. I need to get some sleep."
Jade did as she was told, but she couldn't help thinking that if she had been there she would have been able to help. She felt that she was just as skilled as her sisters, and age shouldn't matter in the least if one could fight well. Yes, if she had been there, they wouldn't have failed.
In Mioka's room, Rini and Ryu were wide awake and waiting for their sister to come in. As soon as she did, they launched themselves at her for a hug. The two eight-year-olds were very curious and mischievous, often asking questions and pulling pranks on certain victims. Often the pranks would get them in trouble, but that didn't deter them.
"How was your run?" Rini asked.
"Did you see anybody?" asked Ryu.
"The run was fine until the Turtles came," said Mioka answering both questions.
"Did you fight them?" asked the twins.
"Yes, but we didn't win," replied Mioka. "They were too skilled for us."
"I could have taken them on," bragged Ryu, striking a fighting pose. "They'd never stand a chance against me."
"Yeah, right," scoffed Rini. "They'd probably beat you just like they did to our sisters."
Ryu was about to retort, but Mioka said, "That's enough, you two. It's time for bed."
"Yes, Mioka," they said. The twins settled into bed and fell asleep soon after.
Mioka lay awake, thinking of all that had happened. She knew it was her fault that they had lost the battle. She just wasn't as skilled as her sisters were, despite how long she'd been training. Was it that, or was it something else? She had never liked fighting, yet she had to fight in order to survive. And why had she laughed at the orange banded Turtle's jokes? He was supposed to be her enemy, but maybe there was more to the Turtles than she thought. Maybe they could be friends instead of enemies. With that last thought, she fell asleep.
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The Turtles returned home after their encounter with the Foot Ninjas. All of them agreed that it had been an unusual fight. Whenever they encountered Foot Ninjas in the past, there had barely been any conversation amongst them. The Turtles were equally surprised at the fact that these Ninjas were female, since they assumed that only males were allowed in the Foot. But what bother the brothers the most was the conversation amongst the four Foot Ninjas. The Foot members had acted much like the Turtles did when they were having a conversation during a fight.
"Those Ninjas were obviously related to one another," concluded Donatello. "Why else would they argue amongst themselves?"
"It don't matter how they act, Donnie," retorted Raphael. "All that matters is that they need to be stopped."
"We wouldn't have had to fight them if you hadn't attacked like that, Raph," lectured Leonardo. "I swear, you act more rashly every time we encounter them."
"Shut up, Leo!" snarled Raph. "I don't wanna hear it."
"You know what's weird?" piped up Michelangelo. "That one Ninja was laughing at my jokes like she liked them. None of the Foot Ninjas have ever laughed at my jokes, not even Karai. What's up with that?"
"She probably has a poor sense of humor," commented Raph.
"Hey, my jokes are funny!" protested Mikey. "You're the one with the poor sense of humor, bro."
Raph made a lunge for his younger brother, but a stern voice said, "Raphael, that is enough!" The four Turtles turned and saw Master Splinter emerge from his quarters. He stood in front of his sons and asked them to tell him what had happened on their patrol. The four brothers relayed the events of the night to their father. When they were done, Splinter was thinking hard, his paw on his chin.
"What should we do, Sensei?" asked Leo.
"The only thing you must do is be careful," replied Splinter. "They may have retreated tonight, but that does not mean they will do so again."
"They only ran 'cause Leo cut that chick in the shoulder," said Raph. "They're nothing but cowards."
"If you recall, we had to do something similar to help your wounded brother," pointed out Splinter. "Would you call that cowardly, Raphael?"
Raphael looked ashamed. "No, but that was different," he said. "Leo was in bad shape. This chick only had a cut."
"Nevertheless, it is best to be alert," advised Splinter. "You may encounter them again with even more Foot Ninjas. It is obvious Karai was trying to make you let down your guard."
"What do you mean, Master?" inquired Leo.
"She probably figured you would not be so aggressive with females," replied his father. "With your guard down, she will try to send more Ninjas and strike harder than before. I know you did not let your guard down, but she will think that is what you did. You must remain alert and not take this battle lightly. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Sensei," said his four students.
"Good," said Splinter. "Now, it is late. We must go to bed." He bowed to them and received the gesture in return. Then he went to his quarters to meditate upon what he had heard.
The Turtles also went to bed, replaying their father's dire warning. There was no doubt in their minds that Karai was toying with them, but they were determined not to let their guard down. And when the time came, they'd be ready to fight for honor.
A/N: Well, that's the end of the first chapter. I hope you liked it. I want to let you know that there will be no romances within this story at all. Feel free to leave a review after you've read this. I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I can, though I'm not sure how soon it will be. Have a shell-tastic day.