Guess who forgot about her own Fanfic. *slaps self* Luckily, I didn't get any reviews for chapter one, so no one will be upset about the delay of chapter two ^.^

Okay guys. I KNOW the turtles wouldn't so easily bring a stranger to the Lair, but in the world of Fanfiction, anything is possible, right? :D

TMNT © Nickelodeon

Kenjiro Koseki and Shadow Ninja © me

Chapter Two

Somehow the two managed to fight off the rest of the ninja. They only suffered a few minor wounds that didn't even qualify for a Band Aid, save Raphael's arm.

"What was that?" Raph cried, forgetting the girl was still there. It startled him when she answered.

"Half of them were a ninja clan by the name Shadow." She said, "As for the rest, well, I guess those were your enemies."

Raph didn't answer. He just gave the girl a look that seemed to put her off. She quickly recovered and put a smile on her face and held out a hand.

"My name is Koseki Kenjiro," she said, "Who are you?"

"Raphael," he muttered. Kenjiro might have just saved him from getting killed, or at least captured, but he wasn't in the mood to make friends. Especially with some girl. While he was thinking this, She was looking him over intently.

"What?" he asked, annoyed.

"You...You aren't human," she stated.

"No," he replied dryly. "And you ain't screamin' like humans usually do,"

"I didn't know New York City housed giant turtles," Kenjiro said with a hint of sarcasm, as if she hadn't heard his reply.

That's when Raph noticed her accent. Similar to Splinter's, but less formal. She was from Japan, not that he wasn't able to tell from the name. But that didn't explain why she wasn't freaking out right now.

He was waiting for her to look away or something, so he could slip into the shadows, and be gone by the time she looked back. But she was staring at him. Not like the way April did when they met, before she fainted, but almost curiously.

And frankly, it was annoying him.

"Look, uh...Kenjiro? Thanks for helpin' me but I gotta get home." he said.

"Home. Where does a giant turtle live in...Raphael?"

Somewhere in the middle of that, Raph's arm had started hurting really badly, and he was feeling lightheaded. Kenjiro must have sawit on his face. Must've lost more blood than I thought...

"Raphael, are you alright?" she reached to touch his shoulder, "Maybe you should sit down,"

He flinched away from her touch. "M'fine," he said, starting to walk away, "I don't need help," but he stumbled, barley catching himself and his vision blurred before coming back into focus.

"Raphael-san," she said, taking a step closer, "I think you're going to pass out. Could I take you somewhere? Are there...others who could help you?"

Her voice was calm, but her eyes told him she wouldn't give in without an answer. This was the thing Raph had been trying to avoid.

***

At this point in time, Leo was trekking through the sewers, following Raph's usual route, out onto the streets. The second closest manhole from the Lair that led into an alley with a fire escape that was rusted and always down.

This was a common occurrence in Leonardo's life. Fighting with Raph, letting Raph run off after telling him he couldn't, and then looking for Raph before he got into trouble, or pulling him out of trouble.

Don and Mikey had wanted to come with him, but Leo had told them to stay behind in case Master Splinter returned so they could tell him where he and Raph were.

Leo was just around the corner of Raph's manhole when he heard a splash. Like someone had dropped in from the surface. It can't be Raph, he thought, he never comes back this quickly.

He pressed himself to the wall, and shuffled along until he could just see around the corner.

Raph was standing there, or rather leaning, on someone else's shoulder. He looked annoyed about the whole thing, but it was obvious he wasn't being held captive. Still, Leo drew his katanas.

As he stepped closer, he got a better view of the other person. It was a girl. Still just a kid, and she was steadying Raph and saying something to him, but Leo couldn't hear what.

Leonardo stepped foreward boldly. Positive he could fight her off if he needed to. Which he doubted.

"Raphael," called in a hushed yet strong, always strong, voice.

Both heads shot up with startles expressions, but Raph's quickly turned to a mixture of annoyance and chagrin. Her's turned thoughtful.

"Hey, Leo," Raph muttered, "Ya found me."

Leo gave Raph an annoyed glance before tuning to the girl. "Who are you?"

"Kenjiro," she said curtly, "Who are you?"

Leo frowned, "I meant, who are you, and why are you with my brother?"

"Hmm, then you should have said that," Kenjiro said with smirk, "As for why I'm with him, he got into a fight, and I helped him out."

Leo gave Raph a questioning look.

"I wasn't payin' attention, okay?" Raph huffed. He obviously wasn't too happy with the fact of being rescued by a girl.

He'll just have to deal with that, Leo thought dryly. "You're a Ninja, Raphael. You should always be aware of your surroundings!"

"Like Splinter-junior 'as never made some mistakes!" Raph retorted.

"But unlike you, I learn from my-"

"Will you quit it?!" Kenjiro cut him off. "You're too focused on proving your brother wrong, that you don't even notice that he's bleeding too heavily!"

They glared into each other's eyes for a while until Leo's expression turned shameful.

Then she turned on Raph "And you! You're acting like the world will end if you admit that your brother is right. Do you realize that you are arguing over nothing?"

The two turtles just stood there, speechless. Leo might have been gaping if he hadn't had better control of himself. Raph, on the other hand, was gaping.

"Now," Kenjiro said in a soft voice, that made her outburst seem even louder, "Can we get Raphael home and patched up?"

***

Leonardo had been giving Kenjiro looks over Raphael's shoulders during the walk home. So naturally, she returned them. She had saved his brother from more than a few more wounds, and helped the vertigo-stricken turtle home. And he had the nerve to look at her like that? As if she were the reason he was bleeding? Kenjiro was one girl who would not take that lightly.

Leonardo stopped for no reason apparent to Kenji. She almost fell over from the momentum plus Raphael's weight. She was about to ask what the matter was, when the wall- no, a hidden door, She realized, opened in front of them.

Leonardo walked in, taking Raphael's weight. Kenjiro followed and looked around in wonder.

This place...It's amazing...