Lurking in the Darkness

Ch. 2

"An Enemy Amongst Friends"

Days passed after Amethyst was attacked by Hun. She was in deep thought in their third hour thinking about the one that saved her and his voice so clear in her mind. Angel tapped her cousin.

"Ame; the teacher is looking right at you daydreaming. Those are the notes for our chapter test on the board. Hurry up and copy them down or you won't have a study guide for the chapter."" Amethyst snapped out of her thoughts and started to copy the board with the notes for the chapter. It was now lunchtime and the two girls made their way to the lunchroom where Angel spotted Tara talking with a guy that had the Purple Dragon tattoo on his arm and shook her head. Amethyst looked at her.

"What is it Angel? Isn't that your friend Tara with that purple dragon?"

Angel sighed as she responded.

"Yes it is come on let's go meet Nikita; the last thing I need is for him to see you and tell Hun."

Nikita a girl with light orange hair in a braid called to them.

"Hey you two ova here; you know I have been holding this seat for you umm three for about ten minutes. I am starving too. Where is Tara?"

Angel sighed.

"Go on get your food Nikita; we'll be here when you come back. We both packed our lunch this morning. When you come back I'll tell you where Tara is."

Amethyst looked at her cousin.

"Ang I can't get his voice out of my head. He just came out the shadows and saved me from that big ox Hun! All I remember is before I passed out I saw a blue headband blowing in the wind; and heard a manly voice. When I woke up I was at your cousin Casey's girlfriend April's place with a pounding headache. I don't understand why Hun attacked me either. I don't even know who this Hun guy is either."

Angel sighed as she looked at her.

"Ame; Hun is the head of the Purple Dragons. They basically rule New York and are the most powerful gang. Why he attacked you is beyond me; and I am trying to figure it out."

Osono approached them with Nikita.

"Maybe we should all go back to our old Martial Arts School and advance our skills. Those guys meant business a few nights ago. Poor Amethyst the poor girl just got here and was already attacked by Hun. That makes no sense to me at all. Ame do you know martial arts?"

Amethyst looked up and responded.

"Yes I actually do; and have a pair of katana in the spare room at my cousin's."

Angel's eyes widen.

"Huh you know how to use katana; when did you learn? Then why didn't you defend yourself against Hun that night!"

Osono glared at Angel.

"Did it ever occur to you that she was more scared about what he was trying to do to her; than to defend herself Ang."

Nikita looked up.

"That sounds good; maybe we should go back to our teacher from when we were kids. But who will teach a bunch of teenage girls in college to do ninjitsu? Isn't that passed on in families or something?"

Angel thought to herself.

'No that is just stupid; Leo will kill me if I even attempt to ask him. I am going to kill my cousin for not telling me that she knows how to use katana.'

The lunch bell rang and the three friends made their way to their 4th hour.

After school; the four friends were walking home from school when they came across a Ninjitsu dojo in Brooklyn. Amethyst and Osono tapped them both.

"Look it's a ninjitsu school; wow let's go check it out."

Angel looked at them both.

"Ok you two if you insist. "

They entered the dojo; it was dark and then suddenly there was an ambush. Amethyst glared with anger as she attacked the guards.

Angel looked and yelled.

"Amethyst STOP!"

Osono was defending herself. Nikita went to hide from the attackers and let Amethyst and Osono take care of them. Amethyst almost broke a few of the guards' necks. The rest suddenly stopped a loud voice was heard and the girls froze in their places.

"ENOUGH!"

The guards moved away from the girls and bowed as they went in front of a short elderly chubby guy.

He looked at the girls.

"All of you bow now! Including the girl in the orange braid hiding. Be silent and listen.

"I am known as the Ancient One. This very skilled ninjas you were fighting are my guards. So you ladies want to learn Ninjitsu. I am warning you all it takes a lot of discipline and skill to master the art of ninjitsu!"

The girls bowed as they listened to a story. Ancient One began.

"Let me tell you ladies about a student of mine from three years ago; who was battling his anger as you are young lady. He was suffering from a major defeat causing his family to be injured severely. He was the eldest of his brothers and the most skilled of his brothers."

He continued his tale of the warrior.

"He was quite different then you girls all he can think about is to kill and to fight his anger became stronger and more worst, and then as we traveled up to my dojo he still had anger bottling up.

He was very skilled at such a young age; as we traveled we had to go through the cave of worthiness. He faced his fear and it faded away after that. He faced his biggest fear."

Ancient One paused as he looked as his new students.

"But I will stop the tale there when you 4 get that far you will face your own fears! "

He glanced at the young girl with magenta hair.

"Especially you young lady; what is your name? "

She looked up and introduced herself with an attitude.

"My name is Amethyst and I am 19 years old. I am nothing like the warrior in your story Sensei. I will be a very good student."

Ancient one stared at her.

"Yes you are just like the warrior in my story; you have the demeanor of a cumquat with his attitude he came to me with. Do you UNDERSTAND ME!"

Amethyst bowed in respect.

"Y-es Sensei."

Above the window stood a figure hidden in the shadows the blue bandanna flown in the wind. He said in his mind as he crossed his arms.

'Cumquat I hated that word; I'm a turtle a mutant turtle.'

He stood in the shadows as they all stood up.

Amethyst looked around sensing someone was near. She shrugged it off and began listening as The Ancient One explained the basic skills.

The figure peeked again as he watched; and seen the majestic girl. He slapped his face and said in his mind.

'Wow!'

He disappeared into the shadows because his shell cell rang. The girls turned around and looked up no one was there.

The Ancient One slapped all 4 with his hand.

"Pay attention!"

Osono spoke.

"But master someone was watching us. "

The Ancient one spoke.

" Young warriors in training must focus! Don't worry about the figure you will meet him sooner than you think."

All 4 looked at each other. Angel whistled as she continued her basic skills!

~Below Ground~

Raphael was in the dojo punching his bag looking at the clock.

'Leo where the shell are you? Come on please don't tell me you are back to the way you were three years ago.'

Leonardo entered the lair when he heard a thick accent.

"Yo Leo where were you; you disappeared again! Please don't tell me you are back to the way you were three years ago I hated you that way!"

Leonardo glared and slapped his forehead.

"What is the matter with you? No I'm not I went on my training run. I saw the error of my ways Raph!"

Raphael rubbed his forehead.

"Ow oh; what you see any punks to fight?"

Leonardo rolled his eyes.

"No Raph; the streets have been quiet. "

Raphael sighed.

"Man no more punks to attack that is boring."

Michelangelo came in.

"Hey good for us; we can actually relax without worrying about protecting the city from the punks. More video games for me; maybe I can raise my high score!"

Raphael played with his Sai on his finger.

"That's all you care about Mikey is your stupid video games!"

Michelangelo looked.

"What's the matter Raphie?"

Michelangelo looked at his younger brother.

"Nothing; it's just been boring around the city!"

Michelangelo shrugged.

"Isn't that a good thing dude?"

Master Splinter looked at his sons.

"My sons; your brother Leonardo is himself I can assure you of that. To answer your question Donatello. He went to follow the girls to the Ancient One's dojo. One of those girls is going through the same thing that your brother Leonardo went through when I sent him away to Japan to seek out the Ancient One."

Raphael stood up and yawned as he put his Sai back in his belt.

"So what was it like to be trained bro you never told us?"

Michelangelo spoke.

"Yea bro I wanna know pleaseee."

Leonardo chuckled.

"I'm tired can I tell you later on?"

Michelangelo looked with a pouty face. Raphael slapped him.

"Yes Leo."

Leonardo stretched and went to his room. He laid on his shell after he took his bandanna off. He was thinking about that girl and what Master Splinter said. He drifted off to sleep.

Michelangelo stretched and entered his room, and fell right back to sleep.

Raphael stretched and was in his room already; and fell asleep.

Donatello was already fast asleep in his room.

After his sons were asleep Master Splinter wrote a note to the Ancient One and it disappeared in a flame to the Ancient One.

~Above ground in the dojo~

Ancient One looked at his students.

"Amethyst and Osono I advise you both if you know how to use a weapon have them on you at all times. I will decide on what weapon Nikita and Angel will be using."

The girls kneeled down and bowed in respect.

"Thank you sensei goodnight. "

Casey beeped the horn as he waited. They walked to the van and Casey drove the girls home.

When she got home Amethyst entered her room. She took a quick shower and put her pajamas on as she had flash backs of her mistakes and bad choices she made and drifted off to sleep.

Angel fell asleep in her clothes.

The next day Nikita looked at her watch and dialed Tara's cell phone. She got her answering machine and sighed.

Osono glared.

"Let me guess; no answer again? What the hell is she doing; this is the 7th time she is avoiding us. What is going on with her?"
Angel, and Amethyst shrugged. Amethyst looked around and went for her bag on her back. Then she tapped Osono and whispered in her ear. Osono also went for her bag. Nikita and Angel gulped.

Osono unsheathe her katanas as well as Amethyst unsheathed hers. Amethyst stayed silent when they took the short cut through the north alley.

Amethyst and Osono got in a stance Osono spoke.

"We are not alone! "

Amethyst stayed in position when they were ambushed by the purple dragons. A familiar voice was heard Amethyst, Osono and Nikita glared all 3 yelled in anger.

"TARA!?"

Tara revealed herself and smirked.

"Yes it is me; now you girls walked in the wrong territory now you face me! "

The purple dragons stood there as they watched Tara who was about to attack when a Sai was thrown at her Jutte, Tara was bleeding as she glared.

A giant mutant turtle in a trench coat landed in front of the girls as his red bandanna flown in the wind. He spoke with a thick accent that was a powerful one.

"You, punk ass kid thinks your better than everyone! How about you back off and turn away from punk asses like these lowlifes! "He took them all out including the leader which was Tara's b/f." Tara looked and yelled out his name.

"RICHARD!?" She glared and picked up her Jutte.

"I'll teach you to mess with us purple dragons! "She lunged at him.

The mutant turtle glared and gritted his teeth.

"You don't want to mess with me kid!"

He blocked her attack and flipped over her as he kicked her to the wall, Tara hit the wall and got back up as she went back at him she tried to stab him. When he blocked her Jutte with his Sai. He cut the hand she wielded the Jutte with.

"You think the purple dragons are all that; you don't even know what they are all about! You are a punk ass wanna be who needs a lesson in life!" He round housed her to the ground. He held his Sai to her neck.

The girls just stared.

Richard ran off and with his gang and left her there.

Tara was scared when he pulled the Sai away from her neck.

"You still think they care for you!?" Tara looked up at him as a tear rolled down her eye, he helped her up

"The name is Raphael. "

Amethyst, Nikita and Osono walked to them slowly. Osono unsheathe her katanas Raphael blocked.

"Are you that bored you had to take out your katanas? " Osono looked

"How you know?" Raphael chuckled

"I'm a ninja not a phony. " Osono shield her katanas.

The girls hugged Tara.

"We are still here for you Tara but you were pretty dumb to join them. "

Raphael looked as he put his Sai back in his belt.

"So who are you 4?"