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Possible KaraixLeo... hmm... or maybe KaraixRaph... that ain't too common ;) No Karai haters! Takes place some time after Rogue in the House, but not instantly afterwards. The Shredder wants Karai to kill Leonardo and his brothers one by one in front of him, when she finds herself unable to do so, the Shredder attacks her, prepared to kill her for treason. Will the turtles aid Karai? Will she let them? R&R! Be nice, please. This is meh first TMNT fic, as well as my first fanfic in years.
Suggestions for title appreciated.
How often this story will be updated I honestly don't know, I've still got other stories (excluding the two unfinished fanfics I have up) I'm working on, but I was suddenly inspired to write this.
And yeah, I don't own TMNT characters, blehblehbleh….
Chapter One
It was night time in New York city, a crescent moon glowing, high in the night's sky. Four figures could just barely be seen, leaping from rooftop to rooftop, their laughter hanging in the night air as they raced.
The creatures racing on the rooftops were muscle-bound mutant turtles, each with their own colored bandana and their own weapon or weapons. The one in the lead, wearing a blue mask had two katanas. "Hurry up guys, you're as slow as-"
"What? Turtles?" One with nunchucks and an orange mask leaped over his brother, the blue-banded one, landing in front of him before picking up speed. He laughed boisterously, "Turtle Titan's faster than you snails!"
"Bone-head!" The voice was a deep, gruff one, the voice of a fierce fighter. A turtle with a red mask and two sais raced passed him, "Ya gotta be faster'n that, Mikey!"
He leapt to another building, the ends of his red bandana waving in the air. The turtle with a red mask picked up speed, determined to beat his brothers. He let out a grunt of annoyance as his purple-banded brother Donatello leaped over him acrobatically, landing a meter or two away, "See ya, Raph!" he laughed.
Leonardo's eyes narrowed as his brothers raced on ahead of him, their destination was drawing near- an antique shop with a sign that read "Second Time Around". Running faster, the turtle soon found himself right behind Donatello, who was in the lead.
Leaping over his brother and somersaulting, Leonardo landed on all fours in the alley next to the shop, "Slow as snails, guys!" he laughed as his brothers jumped down to join him one by one. First Donatello, then Michelangelo, with Raphael right behind him.
"Speak fer yerself, fearless leader," Raph muttered, although Leo could hear the slight humor in it.
A woman with short, straight black hair walked along the corridor that lead to her master's –her father's- room. He had asked to see her, and from what the messenger said, he didn't seem happy. Karai let out a sigh, her green eyes on the floor as she walked. She guessed it was about Leonardo and his family. Oroku Saki… the Shredder… hated the turtles and almost always had his Foot Ninjas battling them. But Karai found herself caught between the promise that she made to Leonardo and her loyalty to her father. Honor or loyalty to her master? Karai knew she would have to choose one day and choose permanently. Before all this, she might have chosen her duty to her master above anything and everything… but now… she wasn't so sure…
If she obeyed her master and killed the turtles that day, she would live on with guilt clutching her heart in a vice-like grip. But even if she didn't slay them, she still felt guilty and ashamed of being unable to do her master's bidding.
Karai was so deep in thought she was surprised to already be at the door. Taking a deep breath before letting it out slowly, Karai knocked. She couldn't help feeling worried by the cold "Enter," that she heard.
She was immediately greeted by Hun's cold, deep, gruff, growl-like "Karai,"
Karai's only response was a glare as she approached her father and bowed respectfully.
Before she could say anything, Saki spoke, "Karai, I am aware that you have certain… ties… with those turtle creatures and their rat master."
"But, master-" Karai started.
"What? Are you going to tell me that you are honor-bound to spare their lives? We have already discussed this before. Your duty to me is far more important than your honor. Yet you still spared their lives that night, when I specifically told you to take them out. Hun himself witnessed this."
Karai avoided her master's cold gaze, watching the floor, lost for words.
"Tomorrow night, you will prove to me that you are more loyal to me than to those mutants. I will have those turtles captured and brought here. In this chamber, in front of me, one bye one, you will take away their lives. If you fail me this time, you will be slain."
A gasp escaped Karai's lips as her emerald eyes widened in shock.