They got into the Daimyo's castle rather easily, with three of them disguised as Honor Guards, and they followed someone to the prison cells. When Amber saw April in a cage hanging from the ground, a man teasing her mercilessly, all her bottled up frustration came out. She punched the guy away, and glared at him through the helmet, which had a mask to cover most of her face. "What do you think you're DOING, man?!" "Excuse me?!" her temper hadn't dissipated, and it wasn't about to.
She took off her helmet, showing her clearly feminine features and long hair, held in a ponytail still. "A-A woman?! Is this some sort of joke?!" "You know what, I'm THIS close to kicking your ass, so watch it!" she snarled, dropping her helmet as she pulled her mace up. She swung it at him as the others came out of the shadows, beating up the other two guys. When a large Japanese man came towards Amber, her hot glare and large mace made him hesitate…BIG mistake…She immediately swung at him, making him back up, still getting hit in the stomach. She then kicked him in the chest, jumping off as he fell back, and used her mace to bust April's cage door open.
"Come on, April! Get out!" She then busted a door open with her mace, saying, "Let's GO already!!" She made sure everyone had gone down the shoot before she strapped the mace to her back and jumped in. When she hit the disgusting garbage below, she stood up, saying, "I HATE this place…" and noticed April had brought someone else with them, and he looked vaguely like Casey. They ended up heading to a river, though Amber kept an eye on their new acquaintance, Whit.
Once there, she immediately went behind a large tree, and changed into the clean kimono and shorts she'd brought in her backpack. She cleaned up a little before coming out, slinging her backpack over her shoulder again. She didn't notice how nervous Leo seemed to get, looking either at her or at the river, as if scared to get caught staring.
"That looks…nice on you, Amber…" she flushed scarlet, though she tried to hide it. "Thanks…" she didn't notice Raph and Donnie exchange a knowing look before an arrow whizzed by Leo's head.
Amber pulled out her double-edged swords as some men charged them, and jumped into the air, throwing kunai before she hit a tree feet-first, a propelled herself at them. Her swords were blocked, but she kicked them away, and got into a fighting stance as she glared at all of them. But Donnie didn't want a big fight, and showed they weren't Honor Guards.
A woman stopped the men from attacking, saying, "They're just like the other one…" "Mikey?! You know where he is?!" Amber immediately put away her weapons, her anxious worry obvious. They started leading them to their village, and the woman introduced herself as Mitsu.
"It's nice to meet you." Amber said respectfully. "Who are you? You wear the Daimyo's heirloom on your neck, but you fight brilliantly." "I'm Amber." She said simply, but before she could continue, she saw smoke, and her heart raced. 'Fire…' she ran forward, ignoring the confused looks she was receiving, when she looked down a hill. A village was on fire, and she turned back. "There's a fire down there!" "The village is on fire?" Mitsu questioned, worried.
'Oh no…Mikey…'
Before anyone could speak, she jumped down the hill, her worry making her disregard the ache in her lungs and heart.
'Mikey…Mikey…Where the SHELL are you, Mikey?!'
When she thought she heard the 'younger brothers' laughing voice, her heart soared. 'He's okay!' but when she saw him, she froze. 'For now at least…' She took out a kunai, throwing it. It hit the gun out of a man's hand, and his horse bucked slightly. She was at Mikey's side in a moment, and then hit him over the head. "Haven't I told you to stay AWAY from people with guns?" "…MAYBE…" "DON'T START THAT WITH ME!!! I WAS WORRIED SICK ABOUT YOU!!!" "A woman that can fight? What's this world coming to?" Her angry glare turned to the man on horseback, at least three times deadlier than it was on Mikey. "Is something wrong with me knowing how to fight? Because YOU sure don't know how to!" Mikey smiled, saying, "OOOOHHHH, BURN!!" "Shut up, Mikey!" "Okay…" "I know how!" he defended angrily. "Then fight me! Or are you too scared?" she glared at Mikey before he could mock the man again, and he returned a sheepish grin. "What?" "I don't know how I live with you…" she muttered.
Before he could retort, the others finally made it, and her defiant, stubborn attitude seemed to tone down when she saw the eldest brother. The horse was turned around and raced towards a fence that it cleared in one jump when Amber turned back, but her attention immediately snapped to Mikey as he moved towards a burning hut. She immediately stopped him, and, before he could question her intentions, she went in instead. "Sis!! Amber!!"
The moments dragged by painfully slowly outside, with the four turtles waiting to see their sister finally come out. When they saw her shaking form finally come out, holding a small child in her arms, they ran to help her. She could hardly breathe, partly because her lungs still ached from time to time, and partly because of the smoke.
Leo gave the child CPR as April kept Mitsu, the boy's older sister, from stopping them. Amber could hardly breathe, apart from small puffs of air, her tense muscles never relaxing. When the boy woke up, breathing heavily, the worried brother turned to her. When she made eye contact, she seemed to forget herself, and her muscles relaxed, allowing her to cough, at least. The villagers allowed them to stay, and Donnie decided that, since MIKEY lost the staff, they should make a replica.
As he went about doing that, with Mikey showing them how to make pizza and Raph hanging out with Mitsu's little brother, Yoshi, Amber didn't have anything to do. She sat on the hill, thinking things through. 'What if I DID tell him…what if he doesn't feel the same?' she never felt fear, but, then again, she'd never been in love before, either. She gave an exasperated sigh, falling back onto the grass, staring at the clouds.
She always seemed to see him in every cloud, like they were morphing like that to tease her, to encourage her to go tell him. 'I can't…he's my brother…that's all I should see him as! …Right?' she growled slightly, her hands balled into fists.
'I don't even know anymore! I'm acting like I don't know my own heart! But…maybe I do, but I just don't want to accept it…or I'm unwilling to…'
Before she could summon her courage to go and tell him, she heard Mikey calling her. She went down to see that Donny had finished the new scepter, but Raph and Mikey started fighting over it, the scepter falling down a well. "That's a HORRIBLE place for a well!" she muttered testily, glaring at the two brothers, who immediately pointed at each other. "You two are children!!" she scolded, hitting them both upside the head.
That's when Mitsu ran up, saying that the Daimyo had purchased guns from Walker, the man on horseback from before, and that he was going to attack the next day. "So soon?" Amber was slightly worried, when she noticed Yoshi practically drag Raph off. 'I wonder what Yoshi's planning…' When Raph came back, he was holding the scepter, and Amber's eyes widened. "Where'd you find it, Raph?" "Yoshi gave it to me."
The turtles turned on Mitsu, though Amber got in between them, saying, "I'm sure she had a good reason! You don't need to jump her!" She noticed Mitsu was still holding the scepter, when Whit came up behind her with a knife. "None of you do anything, or I'll kill her."
Amber glared, saying, "I can't BELIEVE we helped you escape from prison!" she had to watch, held back by all four of her brothers, as he dragged Mitsu off, though she raged and snarled, only calming down when Leo stood in front of her, cupping her face before saying, "Calm down, Amber! We'll get her back!" she flushed crimson when she noticed their position, but she didn't move away as she said, "Then let's get ready and go get her…"
