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Two ninjas crept through the shadows, becoming one with the night as they slunk past their clan members. Unwanted watchers whisper, eyeing the Ninja's suspiciously. Karai and Leonardo ignore the looks they receive, both too eager to meet up with each other on their roof.
Leo glances at his three brothers out of the corners of his eyes, worried that they might follow him to his destination. Raphael had been keeping an eagle eye on his older brother all day; he sensed something different about Leonardo, something dangerous. Raph stepped forward, his two little brothers standing behind him as he folded his arms across his plastron. "Where are you going, Leo?" Raphael demanded.
Leonardo looked back at his brothers from over his shoulder, where each of the three younger turtles stared back at the eldest skeptically. "No where." Leo muttered rather quietly as he turned his back and, stealthily, ran through the dank sewer tunnels.
Across the city, Karai gyrated, her back now facing her father as he studied her posture. Just returning back from her nightly patrol, Karai had gone straight to the Shredder to inform him that there was no sight of the turtles, nor their allies. Displeased but somewhat patient, Saki dismissed his daughter. As Karai made her way towards the large doors, Shredder found something odd with Karai, a small smile had made its way onto her cherry lips, causing suspicions to arise from her father.
Despite the fact that everyone around the two teenagers were whispering, they both set out to meet, neither one of them wanting to waste a single second apart when they could be in each other's warm, loving arms.
Karai stared up at Leonardo elegantly as his strong, green arms wrapped around her waist line. She settled into the embrace, welcoming it just as she had the first time. Karai rested her face in the crook of Leonardo's neck, her hands toying with the blue tails of the turtles mask. Leo held his girlfriend close to him, like she was a princess in need of protecting, he would be her prince.
"Karai, it's a scene that we're out here in plain sight, we should go somewhere more secret." Leonardo whispered in a low tone, glancing around at the rooftop they stand on. The Fearless leader knew the prices of getting caught with Karai; he'd be knee deep in conflict, constant punishments swimming around him as he moved forward in life. He knew that he could loose his role as team leader, that he would loose his brothers trust, that Splinter would never look at him the same way again. Leonardo reminded himself of the consequences of seeing Karai as more than an enemy, more than a friend, but every time he thought about it, he just realized how incredibly worth it she was. Through Leo's eyes, Karai was an angel, so magnificent that not even God himself was worthy enough of befriending her.
Karai moved her head away from Leo's neck, and looked up into his sapphire blue eyes that blazed with so much passion, so much love, that they would soon melt away into the sky, with the stars and full moon. Karai saw beauty in Leonardo, not caring that he was a "mutant freak." "I know, we're risking so much, standing in the open like this. My father's ninja's whispered as I passed by, I fear that someone saw us together at one time or another. It's a bad sign, Leonardo, a very bad sign."
Leonardo gave Karai a reassuring smile, taking a strand of black hair behind her ear. "I know it is, my brothers were doing the same thing. Donnie probably wouldn't rat me out, same with Mikey; its Raph I'm worried about. If my brother finds out about me and you, heck, he'll be circling us like a vulture in dark clouds." Karai chuckled, imagining Raphael following them around in a stalking manner, waiting for the right moment to attack.
The longer she thought about it, though, the scarier it seemed. Someone might be watching the two teens right now, and they wouldn't know about it. Karai's mind wandered down a dark corridor, recalling images of ex boyfriends. Something always happens when everybody finds out. Her father never liked the idea of Karai dating a boy, Saki always said it was too much of a distraction, and always forced his one and only daughter to break up with a man she loved. There was one time, only once, where Karai disobeyed her father. She continued seeing the boy, and when her father found out, he hunted the boy down and slaughtered him. Karai was devastated, and had been locked in her room for several days as punishment.
If that was the penalty for dating a boy from school, imagine what would happen if Saki found out about Leonardo? Karai could only imagine.
"Love's a fragile little flame, it could burn out easily. Is our relationship really worth risking our lives for?" Doubt and insecurity filled up Karai's voice like rain water in a puddle.
"Of course this is worth it. I love you, Karai. Nothing in this world is strong enough to change that, not even death itself. Besides, it could burn out? Maybe someone else's love, but not ours. Our love isn't a flame, ours his a fire." With that said, Leonardo lifted Karai up and held her much closer to him than before, pressing his lips to hers as she wrapped her legs around his waist, hoisting up her spirits.
Seconds passed, minutes passed, as Leonardo's and Karai's lips moved quickly and swiftly against each other, desperate for the romance they each guaranteed to provide. When Leonardo set his love back down on the ground, smiles were on both sets of lips, fingers laced together. "But my father, he has an army, they got the swords, and guns. They'll find us, Leonardo." Though confident, Karai continued to argue. She didn't fully trust this city, it had far too many hiding places.
Leonardo was quick to reply, his keen sense of thinking always grinding like gears in a clock. "I know. They are the hunters, we are the foxes. And we run." With that, Leonardo released one of Karai's small hands from his as he gran to run across the roof. Karai followed, not really having a choice, considering Leo's left hand gripping hers firmly. She giggled as they ran, jumping across buildings, skidding to stops to avoid hitting power lines and air vents.
The large city of Manhattan passed by the turtle and the girl as they sprinted across roofs, adrenaline pumping through their veins. Both needed air after awhile, so they stopped at the far edge of a high-rise, both breathing heavily as they sought to regain their breath. Karai let shock set in, it all happened so fast, there was most definitely no time for thinking. "What the hell just happened?"
Leonardo smirked. "Baby, I know places we won't be found. Your father's army'll be chasing their tails tryin' to track us down." Romeo brought Juliet's hand up for a kiss, his green, reptilian face holding a look of mischief. "Cause I know places we can hide."
"You, the mutant turtle that lives in the sewers, knows places where we can hide?" Karai raised her eyebrows in a teasing way.
"Yes, Karai, I know places. You know, we better hurry before we run out of time and have to go home. Come on." Leonardo tangled his fingers in Karai's before breaking out into a lightening-fast run.
Down on the ground, lights flashed, indicating flash lights shining into the darkness. Leonardo glanced down for a split second, and he could've swore that he saw his brothers. We're they seriously looking for him? How did they know where to look? Oh, wait.
Leonardo put his right foot in front of his left, practically gliding to a stop. "What? Why'd we stop?" Karai noticed that something was wrong, Leonardo expression proved it.
Leo let go of Karai hand and dug into his belt pocket, pulling out his tphone. Leonardo remembered Donnie mentioning a tracking device in it, which explain why his brothers were so close to finding him and Karai. Leonardo flung the phone across the roof, watching it disappear to the ground. "We better hurry, my brothers are close." As if on queue, Michelangelo's voice was heard from the alleyway below them. "Dudes, did you hear that?"
"Leo must be up there." Donatello claimed.
"Good, cause I'm goin' to get 'im." At Raphael's voice, Leonardo knew he didn't have much time. Suddenly, he didn't care if his brother saw him, he knew that all he needed to do is get Karai to their hiding spot and everything would be okay. "RUN!" Leonardo shouted to Karai as he grabbed her hand and ran for it.
"You better run, Fearless, cause when we find you, you and your little friend are gonna be in a lot'a trouble!" Raphael threatened as he reached the building of which Leonardo had just stood.
Leo and Karai ran, speeding past inanimate objects, eager to stray away from Leonardo's brothers. "Let them say what they want, we won't here it." Leo said, talking loudly enough for his voice to be heard over the roaring wind.
Karai nodded in agreement. "Loose lips sink ships all the damn time; not this time."
Leonardo led Karai down an emergency ladder and into an alleyway. Leonardo dragged his girlfriend down many dark alleys, rounding dozens of corners, until finally nearing their destination. Leo looked up at the tall, abandoned building looming over himself and Karai, who he turned to, pressing a kiss to her cheek. "Just grab my hand and don't ever drop it, my love, they are nothing but hunters, while we are the nifty foxes." Karai obeyed, grabbing Leonardo's hand with a determined spark in her Amber eyes. "And we run." She whispered.
Leonardo smirked at Karai before turning his back to her, beginning to scale the tall building, one hand laced in Karai's, the other aiding him in the climb. "I know places we can hide, my brothers'll be chasing their tails trying to track us down. But baby, I know place we won't be seen, places where they won't find us." Leonardo babbled on and on, erasing all doubt from Karai's mind. "Oh, this is it."
The couple slipped through an open window, and into a master bedroom. Karai stood a gap, marveling at the beautiful room that she was centered in. A king sized bed was pushed against the wall, a bedside table in either end, holding lamps and clocks. The large bathroom was connected, and a hall led to the kitchen and living room. "Don't worry, no one comes here anymore," Leonardo confirmed Karai's forming question.
"This is beautiful, Leonardo."
"Well, that's two things in this apartment." Karai blushed, realizing what exactly Leonardo meant. "I love you, Karai."
Leonardo pulled Karai into an embrace, pressing a light kiss to the crown of her head. "I love you too, Leonardo."
Lips danced, rules broken, lovers loving each other till sunrise, brothers and clan members hunting for the missing.
Leonardo kissed Karai hard, his mouth crashing into hers. He pulled back for the slightest moment, whispering three words to her. "I know places."