I climb onto the nightstand and pull out the vent cover. I put my hands on the inside and pull myself up. I crawl a little ways before looking back. Mikey is behind me and Raph is climbing in. I smirk under my mask.

We continue to crawl until I reach my next mile marker. This means we are above the kitchen. I crawl past it until we reach the end of the trail. I lift the vent cover and drop myself into the hall.

I look up to see Mikey's feet dangling, I reach up and help him down. Then Raph falls out and sticks the landing. Next Donnie hops down. I nod and we creep down the hall. We sneak past the keepers door and get to the front gate.

I slowly open it and the other three slip out. I look down the hall before slipping out myself and closing the door. We made it. A cold breeze whips my black hair in my face and sends shivers up my bare arms.

"Let's do this." I whisper and we take off away from the orphanage. We soon find ourselves in the middle of town. We make our way down the street. Not many other people are out this late, but there are still some people. Mikey starts to slip off his mask, I grab his hand.

"Agh, what?" he pushes my hand away.

"Keep your mask on. That was rule number one." I say sternly. We continue to walk down the street and it mysteriously empties. I look around. Further down the road is a few men dressed in black with visible purple dragon tattoos. Crap, a gang.

We turn as the door next to us opens. A tall Asian man stand us. He looks down the street at the men then back at us.

"My sons, come in." he says, "I have pizza." the others look at me and I look down at the men who are getting closer. I nod and we all go into this man's home. As soon as the door is closed Mikey takes off his mask and stuffed a piece of pizza in his mouth.

"Mikey!" I say in annoyance. He shrugs with a full mouth and chews his food. I look at the other two, "are you gonna join him?"

"Thought you'd never ask." Raph says rubbing his stomach and making his way to the pizza. I sigh and shake my head. I turn to the man who let us into his home.

"Thanks, you saved us back there. How can I repay you?" I bow slightly. The man smiles.

"My name is Hamato Yoshi, this is my studio, I teach youngsters like yourself how to be ninjas. You may repay me by not getting into situations you can't handle." he says kindly. I smile

"Wait you teach ninja stuff! Can you teach us? Were strong!" Mikey jumps up and wipes off his face. The man smiles.

"Are you? Good, will you be wondering the town at night frequently?" he asks, we look at each other.

"Um, most likely." I shrug

"And why is that?" he asks tilting his head.

"I kind of can't tell you that." I say "we were supposed to keep masks covering our faces as well, but, you see how well that turned out." I wave over at the others and Raph slurps up a piece of cheese and Donnie smiles his gap toothed grin.

"Yes I see. So, what I am getting out of this is that you are all orphans and you escaped from the orphanage together to see the outside of the only world you know, but you didn't think it through." I blink

"Wait, how did you know that?" I ask he raises a hand

"No more questions. If you wish to learn how to defend yourselves then get over here, all of you." the other three rush over and we stand in a line in front of him. "What are your names?" he points at Raph.

"Raphael, but you can call me Raph. I'm the strongest." he puffs up his chest. Then he points at Donnie.

"Donatello, But you can call me Donnie, or Don. I'm the smartest out of all of us." he rests a arm on Raph's head. Then he points at Mikey.

"Michelangelo, but you can call me Mikey! I'm the cute funny one. And you can call Raph, Raph-ie, if you want." Raph sends him a glare and he smiles. Then the man points at me.

"Leonardo, but you can call me-"

"Leo?"

"Uh, yes, I'm the leader, the one in charge." I say timidly

"And I can't see why I couldn't be the leader." Raph folds his arms and pouts. I roll my eyes and shake my head.

"If you could teach us somethings that would be really cool." I say. He nods.

"Kneel on the floor. It is a sign of respect to your elders." we kneel. "Now, how much do you already know? And how old are you?"

"We know how to make our beds, and clean the floors and do the dishes." Mikey starts to list off the things we do at the orphanage.

"We don't actually know that much about fighting." I admit "we are all around the age of twelve or thirteen. They don't keep very good track at the orphanage." I fold my hands in my lap.

"Hhmm, I see. Well we will have to start from the beginning. You must come here every day at this time." we all nod and we begin our lesson.