Chapter 1: Where is she?
It was getting late. Arati would have been back by now. I paced back and forth, my master sitting there, watching me. I couldn't take it anymore!
"Master Kurani, I need to go look for her! She would've called by now. She knows better than to do this. She has me worried sick!" I slammed my hands on his desk.
"Monet." My master said in a striking voice. "You must be patient, for you to run out alone is dangerous to you and to us. If you wish to see her again, patience is the key."
He just sat there, calm. How could he be so calm in a time like this? My sister could be in trouble! "How can you sit there and do nothing? I need to know she's alright! shes been gone 4 days sensai. If you want to sit around and wait for some miracle to happen, you can. But im not. I need to go. She needs me." He looked at me, and I looked at him.
"What use are you to your sister if you are dead. If the foot find you, your gone." He said. I didn't care, I didn't listen. I needed my friend by my side. I needed my sister.
I stormed out of his room. Kanona sat there, listening to everything we said. "Monet, I..." She started.
"Just stop. Don't try to stop me. You need to stay and watch over Master Kurani. Don't follow." I grabbed my bag, and reached for trail mix, some dried fruit, and chocolate.
"Sissy, you'll need these." She handed me my kamas. I looked down, and looked at her. She looked worried, but she knew I needed to do this.
"Monet, be safe, and i'll wait here for you. Here is your cloak. You need to move fast." She helped the cloak onto me, and then my backpack. Mykamas attached themselves onto my belt.
"I'll be back before you know it Kanona." I held my hand up, and she placed her hand on mine.
"I love you."
The door clicked behind me, and it was finally silent. I must blend in. Maybe master's right. I might not be ready for this. No, I know I am. I leaped into the trees to stay off ground. Master thought it'd be better to be far away from town, so nobody knew we existed. I looked back at that old rundown house, where he took me in. He's the only parent I've ever had. I saw him look through the window, looking at me in utter disappointment. I'm sorry master. I must go.
The tree limbs were various sizes, my feet clinged to the branches. My kamas silent. Everything I did was swift and easy. 15 years of Ninjutsu has really paid off. I've mastered silence, and yet to master fight. My master has had a lot of problems with our once friends, and I feel like Arati has ran into a problem. This one she could not battle alone though.
At age 18, I've had a lot on my plate. I have two younger sisters to take care of, and a master who is becoming more fragile and frail. I have to make trips to the store to get food for my family. I pay for it. I guess that its the least I can do after he took me in. My other sisters are not blood, but I consider them my true family.
The trees were endless. It seemed like they went on forever. Lights got closer and closer though, and I felt closer and closer. Just then, I heard a blood curdling scream. "Arati" I whispered, and went even faster. "Hold on Arati!" I have to stay quiet. I arrive to an old garabage dump, and seen the foot symbol on a flag.
Master said we had dissapointed them. My sister had fallen in love with one of the foot soldiers. They loved each other. But after seeing everything that they did to poor innocent people, my sister had enough. She told him that if he really loved her, then he would quit. But the bond between a sensai and a student is unbreakable. He is Shredders companion, and my sister left him. For now, I fear that he is going to give her a reason to hate him even more.
The old warehouse looked as if it were going to fall down at any second. My sister was in that place. The Shredder has her. There are windows everywhere, and guards. I could barely make out what they were saying, but i could hear a little bit.
"you think you could just leave and forget about us?" The guard said. "Ha, think again hun, your outnumbered, and too weak."
My kamas filled my hands, and I softly touched the grass with my feet, and silently. I was after my sister, and wasn't going down without a fight. My blood boiled, listening to my sister being disrespected.
"Your sensei doesn't even have the guts to save his own daughter. What a father." I lost it, and blacked out. I went all out on the guards. My kamas were one with me, and i was one with them. the blades sliced through their armor, piercing their skin. They collapsed. they kept coming, and I kept going. The crowd finally thinned out, till there was nobody left. The blood of the Warriors slowly drooled down my kamas.
I walked to the door, and opened it. My blood boiled when I saw my sister sitting in the chair, bloody. I ran to her. "Arati, everything will be OK! I promise you. I will get you out.." I continued, crying and cutting the rope around her wrists. They cut into her arms, and it was gruesome. She grabbed me.
"You need to go. Everything will be ok." She placed her hand up. "He's been turning people into mutants. You need to go now!"
I placed my hand on hers. It was a symbol to say we were ok, and we loved one another. "Im sorry sissy, I already disappointed sensei, and i will bring you back." As I went to untie her legs, I felt a sharp pain on my back, and I collapsed, hearing my sister scream.
I barely remember anything after that. I remember going through a long hallway. "shes coming too." they jabbed a huge needle into my leg, and I couldn't scream. I didn't have the strength. I thought to myself that this is the end, and I disobeyed my sensei. I am a failure.