This is the sequel to We Just Keep Fighting. You asked for it in your reviews so here it is. It's probably early for a sequel but I go crazy if I can't write so I started. Besides, if I don't do something other than just study for finals than my brain will melt so yeah enjoy… PLEASE REVIEW!

Bitter Spring

By: The Tenshi Chupip

Prologue

It was a quiet dark street, only the sound of rustling leafs and the soft pattering of a pair of tennis shoes disturbed the absolute silence. It was late winter and a young girl walked down the dimly lit sidewalk of New York listening to the silence. She often took walks, just to get out of the house. She just couldn't get a moments peace back home and being able to go out for her walks was difficult as it was. Her whole family was over protective, not just of her, but of all four of them. Why, she wasn't sure. Everyone knew she could spar with the best of them and easily hold her own; her father had taught her well. The girl shrugged her shoulders. Oh well, everything in its own time she supposed. But still, for once she just wanted to live life the way her brothers live; exciting and spur of the moment. Not afraid to go out and live her life.

Her sensitive ears picked up a sound behind her. Sounds actually. She peered out of the corner of her eye and noticed a couple of men fallowing her. She smirked; purple Dragons no doubt. She ignored their presence until they reached her side and started cat calling.

"Hey pretty kitty," one of them jeered, throwing his arm around her shoulder. "Wanna scratch my post?"

'You have got to be kidding me…' the girl snorted a laugh. 'What kinda pick up line is that?' she threw a look over her shoulder, "I'm no house cat, Pal," she said, shoving him off. "You mess with me and I'll claw your eyes out."

"Mmmm, we have ourselves a feisty one here, boys," he said grabbed her wrist and jerking her to a stop. He looked the girl in the eye and grinned lustfully. "I like 'em feisty."

"Well how do you like this," she landed a punch to his face. The punk tripped over his feet and fell down. The girl took off running, knowing that he was only going to stay on the ground so long. Hearing the thudding of people running behind her, the girl ducked into an alley. It was a dead end except for a fire escape and a man hole. She was just about to grab for the man hole when a thought crossed her.

'Why are you running away?' she thought. 'Stand and fight you idiot!'

"No where to go, little ally cat," the dragon she had punched sneered. The girl smirked at a quickly purpling bruise on the guy's cheek. "And no where to run."

"Who said I was gonna run?" she grinned. She laughed and rolled her eyes when he pulled out a switch blade. "I've got some of those too." She dipped into the folds of her coat and drew out two strange looking daggers. She twirled the three pointed knives in her hands gracefully. "Except I'm probably better at them." A low growl escaped the man's throat and he lunged at the girl. She easily dodged him and he tripped over her foot, "Not the most graceful one in the bunch, are you?" she mocked. The dragon snarled and kicked the girl's feet out from under her. The girl fell flat on her back and the man leaped onto her. The girl brought her sai down and stabbed the man in the leg. He let out a loud cry and tumbled off of her. "Anyone else?" she smirked at the men standing who were standing at the mouth of the ally. They all attacked her at once, trying use the good old strategy of out numbering and over powering five to one.

This made the girl laugh. Her father had trained her far to well for this and in no time she had all of them on the ground unconscious with no more damage to her than a small cut on her fore head. Smiling, she sheathed her Sais and stepped through the maze of dragons towards the man hole. Unfortunately she was a little to caught up in her victory and didn't notice that the dragon she had stabbed in the leg had gotten up. Catching her off guard, the dragon grabbed her and threw her to the ground. She caught his arm just before he brought his knife down to her throat.

"Whose better now, pretty kitty?" he sneered.

The girl snarled at him as she used all her strength to keep just enough space between her throat and his knife. Just as her arms were about to give out, the dragon was ripped off of her.

"Now that's not very nice," growled a baritone voice. The girl's attacker meeped a response just as his face made contact with a green fist. The new comer looked down and the girl and offered her a hand. "You hurt?"

"No," she said. She ignored his hand and stood up to brush herself off. "I could of handled it on my own, Leo."

"Yeah, you were doing so well too," Leo rolled his eyes. "You're bleeding."

"Stop that!" she snapped as she swatted his hands away. "I'm fine; it's just a small cut."

"We can't let you outta our sight for two seconds can we?"

"Oh save it, you're starting to sound like Madison," the girl rolled her eyes. "You're not gonna tell her are you?"

"No," Leo said walking over to the man hole. "You are."

"What!" she exclaimed. "But I didn't start it this time! They came after me."

"Yeah true, but I have been sitting up on the roof for at least ten minutes and I know for a fact that you had enough time to get down into the sewers before they got here," he replied, removing the cover and dropping into the hole. "You just decided to be stubborn like usual and stand and fight." He helped her down. "Beside, if you don't tell her, that cut on your forehead will probably give it away."

"If you were sitting up there for ten minutes watching me why didn't you come to save the day sooner?"

"Because you probably would of killed me," he shrugged. "I know you. You like to do things on your own."

"Damn right I do."

"Don't swear, you know your sister hates it."

"Point?"

"You're starting to act like Raph."

The girl smiled, "I'll take that as a complement."

Leo rolled his eyes and chuckled as he replaced the cover, "Come on you, lets go home."

Author Notes: Yeah it's short and sweet and there are no real details but you'll get those later. Besides I have to come up with a new plot line and my brain is half melted right now from final so the next chapter will be much better. Later!

Chupip